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1970 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)

FieldValue
tourney_name1970 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)
dates19 May 1968 - 7 December 1969
num_teams29
confederations1
top_scorerGerd Müller (9 goals)
prevseason[1966](1966-fifa-world-cup-qualification-uefa)
nextseason[1974](1974-fifa-world-cup-qualification-uefa)

The European (UEFA) zone of qualification for the 1970 FIFA World Cup saw 29 teams competing for eight places at the finals. UEFA members England qualified automatically as the defending champions. The qualification process started on 19 May 1968 and ended on 7 December 1969.

Format

FIFA rejected the entry of Albania, while Iceland and Malta did not enter. The remaining 29 teams were drawn into eight groups, five groups of four teams and three of three teams. All eight group-winners qualified automatically.

Draw

The draw for the qualifying groups took place in Casablanca on 1 February 1968. During the draw procedure, entrants were drawn into the 8 qualifying groups from the four pots of seeds.

Pot APot BPot CPot D

Groups

Group 1

Main article: 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 1

RankTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
**1**632176+1**8**Qualify for the [World Cup](1970-fifa-world-cup)
**2**6231139+4**7**
**3**621358−3**5**
**4**6123810−2**4**

Group 2

Main article: 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 2

RankTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
**1=**6411167+9**9**
**1=**6411126+6**9**
**3**6213610−4**5**
**4**6015314−11**1**

Czechoslovakia and Hungary finished level on points, and a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would qualify. Czechoslovakia won the play-off to qualify for the World Cup.

Group 3

Main article: 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 3

RankTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
**1**4310103+7**7**Qualify for the [World Cup](1970-fifa-world-cup)
**2**4211770**5**
**3**4004310−7**0**

Group 4

Main article: 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 4

RankTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
**1**431081+7**7**Qualify for the [World Cup](1970-fifa-world-cup)
**2**421173+4**5**
**3**4004213−11**0**

Group 5

Main article: 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 5

RankTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
**1**4301125+7**6**Qualify for the [World Cup](1970-fifa-world-cup)
**2**420264+2**4**
**3**4103413−9**2**

Group 6

Main article: 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 6

RankTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
**1**6411148+6**9**Qualify for the [World Cup](1970-fifa-world-cup)
**2**6312197+12**7**
**3**6222106+4**6**
**4**6105628−22**2**

Group 7

Main article: 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 7

RankTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
**1**6510203+17**11**Qualify for the [World Cup](1970-fifa-world-cup)
**2**6312187+11**7**
**3**6303127+5**6**
**4**6006235−33**0**

Group 8

Main article: 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 8

RankTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
**1**6411127+5**9**Qualify for the [World Cup](1970-fifa-world-cup)
**2**6402198+11**8**
**3**631295+4**7**
**4**6006424−20**0**

Goalscorers

;9 goals

  • FRG Gerd Müller

;7 goals

  • ITA Luigi Riva
  • POL Włodzimierz Lubański

;6 goals

  • BEL Johan Devrindt
  • HUN Ferenc Bene
  • POL Kazimierz Deyna
  • SCO Colin Stein
  • SWE Ove Kindvall

;5 goals

  • AUT Erich Hof
  • BEL Odilon Polleunis
  • TCH Jozef Adamec

;4 goals

  • AUT Helmut Redl
  • BUL Georgi Asparuhov
  • BUL Hristo Bonev
  • POL Andrzej Jarosik
  • YUG Dragan Džajić

;3 goals

  • TCH Karol Jokl
  • DEN Ole Sørensen
  • FIN Arto Tolsa
  • FRA Hervé Revelli
  • GRE Vasilis Botinos
  • GRE Giorgos Sideris
  • HUN Antal Dunai
  • NOR Ola Dybwad-Olsen
  • POR Eusébio
  • ROU Florea Dumitrache
  • SCO Alan Gilzean
  • ESP José Eulogio Gárate
  • FRG Wolfgang Overath
  • YUG Vahidin Musemić
  • YUG Slaven Zambata

;2 goals

  • BEL Wilfried Puis
  • BUL Dinko Dermendzhiev
  • TCH Vladimír Hagara
  • TCH Ladislav Kuna
  • TCH Andrej Kvašňák
  • GDR Wolfram Löwe
  • GDR Eberhard Vogel
  • FIN Tommy Lindholm
  • FRA Jean-Claude Bras
  • GRE Giorgos Dedes
  • HUN Lajos Kocsis
  • IRL Don Givens
  • ITA Sandro Mazzola
  • LUX Johny Léonard
  • NED Theo Pahlplatz
  • NIR Terry Harkin
  • POR Jacinto Santos
  • SCO Bobby Murdoch
  • URS Kakhi Asatiani
  • URS Volodymyr Muntyan
  • URS Givi Nodia
  • ESP Amancio Amaro
  • SWE Bo Larsson
  • SUI Fritz Künzli
  • SUI Georges Vuilleumier
  • FRG Helmut Haller
  • YUG Josip Bukal
  • YUG Metodije Spasovski

;1 goal

  • AUT Wilhelm Kreuz
  • AUT Helmut Siber
  • AUT August Starek
  • BEL Léon Semmeling
  • BUL Dimitar Penev
  • BUL Dimitar Yakimov
  • CYP Panicos Efthimiadis
  • CYP Nicos Kantzilieris
  • TCH Dušan Kabát
  • TCH František Veselý
  • DEN Bent Jensen
  • DEN Ulrik Le Fevre
  • DEN Ole Madsen
  • GDR Henning Frenzel
  • GDR Hans-Jürgen Kreische
  • GDR Peter Rock
  • FIN Turo Flink
  • FRA Jean Djorkaeff
  • GRE Mimis Domazos
  • GRE Kostas Elefterakis
  • GRE Giorgos Koudas
  • GRE Mimis Papaioannou
  • HUN Flórián Albert
  • HUN János Farkas
  • HUN László Fazekas
  • HUN Zoltán Halmosi
  • HUN Lajos Puskás
  • HUN Lajos Szűcs
  • IRL Eamonn Rogers
  • ITA Angelo Domenghini
  • LUX Josy Kirchens
  • LUX Paul Philipp
  • NED Johan Cruyff
  • NED Dick van Dijk
  • NED Willem van Hanegem
  • NED Wim Jansen
  • NED Sjaak Roggeveen
  • NED Wietse Veenstra
  • NED Henk Wery
  • NIR George Best
  • NIR William Campbell
  • NIR Derek Dougan
  • NIR Eric McMordie
  • NIR Jimmy Nicholson
  • NOR Odd Iversen
  • POL Bronisław Bula
  • POL Jerzy Wilim
  • POR José Augusto de Almeida
  • POR Jacinto João
  • POR Fernando Peres
  • ROU Emerich Dembrovschi
  • ROU Nicolae Dobrin
  • ROU Flavius Domide
  • SCO Billy Bremner
  • SCO Tommy Gemmell
  • SCO Eddie Gray
  • SCO Willie Henderson
  • SCO Jimmy Johnstone
  • SCO Denis Law
  • SCO Billy McNeill
  • URS Anatoliy Byshovets
  • URS Vitaly Khmelnitsky
  • ESP Juan Manuel Asensi
  • ESP Miguel Ángel Bustillo
  • ESP Pirri
  • ESP Joaquín Sierra
  • ESP Manuel Velázquez
  • SWE Leif Eriksson
  • SWE Ove Grahn
  • SWE Roland Grip
  • SWE Örjan Persson
  • SUI René-Pierre Quentin
  • TUR Ender Konca
  • TUR Ogün Altıparmak
  • WAL Mike England
  • WAL David Powell
  • WAL John Toshack
  • FRG Klaus Fichtel
  • FRG Sigfried Held
  • FRG Horst-Dieter Höttges
  • FRG Reinhard Libuda
  • FRG Max Lorenz
  • YUG Rudolf Belin
  • YUG Ivica Osim
  • YUG Miroslav Pavlović
  • YUG Denijal Pirić
  • YUG Edin Sprečo ;1 own goal
  • AUT Johann Eigenstiller (playing against West Germany)
  • POR José Augusto Torres (playing against Greece)
  • SUI Bruno Michaud (playing against Romania)

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