UEFA Euro 1984 qualifying
Tournament details | |
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Dates | 1 May 1982 – 22 December 1983 |
Teams | 32 |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 116 |
Goals scored | 341 (2.94 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (7 goals) |
UEFA European Qualifiers |
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The qualifying round for the
Qualified teams
Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances in tournament[A] |
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France | Host | 10 December 1981 | 1 (1960) |
Belgium | Group 1 winner | 12 October 1983 | 2 (1972, 1980) |
Portugal | Group 2 winner | 1 November 1983 | 0 (debut) |
Denmark | Group 3 winner | 16 November 1983 | 1 (1964) |
West Germany | Group 6 winner | 20 November 1983 | 3 (1972, 1976, 1980) |
Romania | Group 5 winner | 30 November 1983 | 0 (debut) |
Yugoslavia | Group 4 winner | 21 December 1983 | 3 (1960, 1968, 1976) |
Spain | Group 7 winner | 21 December 1983 | 2 (1964, 1980) |
- ^ Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.
Seedings
The draw took place on 8 January 1982 in Paris, France. 32 teams were drawn from the five pots into the seven groups. France qualified automatically as hosts.
Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 | Pot 5 |
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Czechoslovakia |
Scotland |
Overview
There were a number of extremely close finishes in some of the qualifying groups. In
Another surprise was the qualification of
There was also heartbreak for
In
Things were tightest of all in
Tiebreakers
If two or more teams finished level on points after completion of the group matches, the following tie-breakers were used to determine the final ranking:
- Greater number of points in all group matches
- Goal difference in all group matches
- Greater number of goals scored in all group matches
- Drawing of lots
Summary
Groups
Four groups of five teams and three groups of four teams competed for qualification for UEFA Euro 1984. The teams played home and away matches against the other teams nations in their group. The seven teams that acquired the most points to win their respective group qualified for the main tournament, joining the host nation France.
Group 1
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||
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1 | Belgium | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 8 | +4 | 9 | Qualify for final tournament | — | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | |
2 | Switzerland | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 6 | 3–1 | — | 0–0 | 2–0 | ||
3 | East Germany | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 1–2 | 3–0 | — | 2–1 | ||
4 | Scotland | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 4 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | — |
Group 2
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||
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1 | Portugal | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 10 | Qualify for final tournament | — | 1–0 | 2–1 | 5–0 | |
2 | Soviet Union | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 2 | +9 | 9 | 5–0 | — | 2–0 | 2–0 | ||
3 | Poland | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 4 | 0–1 | 1–1 | — | 1–1 | ||
4 | Finland | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 14 | −11 | 1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–3 | — |
Group 3
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ||||||
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1 | Denmark | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 5 | +12 | 13 | Qualify for final tournament | — | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 6–0 | |
2 | England | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 3 | +20 | 12 | 0–1 | — | 0–0 | 2–0 | 9–0 | ||
3 | Greece | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 8 | 0–2 | 0–3 | — | 2–2 | 1–0 | ||
4 | Hungary | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 17 | +1 | 7 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 2–3 | — | 6–2 | ||
5 | Luxembourg | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 36 | −31 | 0 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 2–6 | — |
Group 4
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||
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1 | Yugoslavia | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 11 | +1 | 8 | Qualify for final tournament | — | 4–4 | 3–2 | 2–1 | |
2 | Wales | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 7 | 1–1 | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | ||
3 | Bulgaria | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 5 | 0–1 | 1–0 | — | 2–2 | ||
4 | Norway | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 4 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | — |
Group 5
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ||||||
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1 | Romania | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 12 | Qualify for final tournament | — | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | |
2 | Sweden | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 5 | +9 | 11 | 0–1 | — | 1–0 | 2–0 | 5–0 | ||
3 | Czechoslovakia | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 7 | +8 | 10 | 1–1 | 2–2 | — | 2–0 | 6–0 | ||
4 | Italy | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | −6 | 5 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 2–2 | — | 3–1 | ||
5 | Cyprus | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 21 | −17 | 2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | — |
Group 6
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ||||||
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1 | West Germany | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 5 | +10 | 11 | Qualify for final tournament | — | 0–1 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 2–1 | |
2 | Northern Ireland | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 11 | 1–0 | — | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | ||
3 | Austria | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 10 | +5 | 9 | 0–0 | 2–0 | — | 4–0 | 5–0 | ||
4 | Turkey | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 16 | −8 | 7 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 3–1 | — | 1–0 | ||
5 | Albania | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 14 | −10 | 2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | — |
Group 7
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ||||||
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1 | Spain | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 8 | +16 | 13 | Qualify for final tournament | — | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 12–1 | |
2 | Netherlands | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 6 | +16 | 13 | 2–1 | — | 2–1 | 3–0 | 5–0 | ||
3 | Republic of Ireland | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 10 | +10 | 9 | 3–3 | 2–3 | — | 2–0 | 8–0 | ||
4 | Iceland | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 13 | −10 | 3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | — | 1–0 | ||
5 | Malta | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 37 | −32 | 2 | 2–3 | 0–6 | 0–1 | 2–1 | — |
Goalscorers
There were 341 goals scored in 116 matches, for an average of 2.94 goals per match.
7 goals
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
- Muhedin Targaj
- Felix Gasselich
- Max Hagmayr
- Ludo Coeck
- Václav Daněk
- Petr Janečka
- Petr Rada
- Jesper Olsen
- Glenn Hoddle
- Sammy Lee
- Paul Mariner
- Bryan Robson
- Gyula Hajszán
- Atli Eðvaldsson
- Alessandro Altobelli
- Jeannot Reiter
- Carmel Busuttil
- Frank Rijkaard
- Cees van Kooten
- Martin O'Neill
- Ian Stewart
- Norman Whiteside
- Åge Hareide
- Arne Larsen Økland
- Hallvar Thoresen
- Włodzimierz Smolarek
- Rui Jordão
- Carlos Manuel
- Nené
- António Oliveira
- Liam Brady
- Gerry Daly
- Mark Lawrenson
- Kevin Sheedy
- Gary Waddock
- Rodion Cămătaru
- Kenny Dalglish
- Charlie Nicholas
- John Wark
- Oleg Blokhin
- Fyodor Cherenkov
- Anatoliy Demyanenko
- Ulf Eriksson
- Robert Prytz
- Glenn Strömberg
- André Egli
- Hasan Şengün
- Selçuk Yula
- Robbie James
- Ian Rush
1 goal
- Genc Tomorri
- Ernst Baumeister
- Karl Brauneder
- Bruno Pezzey
- Toni Polster
- Herbert Prohaska
- Jan Ceulemans
- Franky Vercauteren
- Georgi Dimitrov
- Rusi Gochev
- Bozhidar Iskrenov
- Stoycho Mladenov
- Plamen Nikolov
- Nasko Sirakov
- Boycho Velichkov
- Takis Mavris
- Fanis Theofanous
- Marios Tsingis
- Fivos Vrahimis
- Přemysl Bičovský
- Pavel Chaloupka
- Ladislav Jurkemik
- Milan Luhový
- Zdeněk Prokeš
- Jiří Sloup
- Klaus Berggreen
- Søren Busk
- Allan Hansen
- Søren Lerby
- Rainer Ernst
- Ronald Kreer
- Hans Richter
- Terry Butcher
- Mark Chamberlain
- Steve Coppell
- Phil Neal
- Peter Withe
- Keijo Kousa
- Ari Valvee
- Georgios Kostikos
- Lakis Papaioannou
- Dimitris Saravakos
- Béla Bodonyi
- Győző Burcsa
- Péter Hannich
- József Kardos
- László Kiss
- Sándor Kiss
- Gábor Pölöskei
- Lázár Szentes
- Marteinn Geirsson
- Antonio Cabrini
- Francesco Graziani
- Paolo Rossi
- Marcel Di Domenico
- Théo Malget
- Romain Schreiner
- Silvio Demanuele
- Emanuel Fabri
- Ernest Spiteri-Gonzi
- Bud Brocken
- Hugo Hovenkamp
- Ronald Koeman
- Edo Ophof
- Marco van Basten
- Ben Wijnstekers
- Billy Hamilton
- John McClelland
- Tom Lund
- Zbigniew Boniek
- Dariusz Dziekanowski
- Paweł Król
- Janusz Kupcewicz
- Fernando Gomes
- José Luís
- Tony Grealish
- Ashley Grimes
- Kevin O'Callaghan
- Michael Robinson
- Mickey Walsh
- Ioan Andone
- Ion Geolgău
- Michael Klein
- Florea Văetuș
- Eamonn Bannon
- Paul Sturrock
- Sergey Andreyev
- Sergei Baltacha
- Nikolay Larionov
- Sergey Rodionov
- Lobo Carrasco
- Rafael Gordillo
- Víctor Muñoz
- Juan Carlos Pedraza
- Manuel Sarabia
- Glenn Hysén
- Mats Jingblad
- Andreas Ravelli
- Thomas Sunesson
- Jean-Paul Brigger
- Alain Geiger
- Heinz Hermann
- Marco Schällibaum
- Claudio Sulser
- Arif Kocabıyık
- Metin Tekin
- Fatih Terim
- İlyas Tüfekçi
- Jeremy Charles
- Brian Flynn
- Joey Jones
- Wolfgang Dremmler
- Uli Stielike
- Gerhard Strack
- Mehmed Baždarević
- Zvjezdan Cvetković
- Miodrag Ješić
- Zlatko Kranjčar
- Ljubomir Radanović
- Dušan Savić
- Nenad Stojković
- Zlatko Vujović
- Zvonko Živković
1 own goal
- Agustin Kola (against Austria)
- Ján Kapko (against Italy)
- Jukka Ikäläinen (against Portugal)
- Marcel Bossi (against England)
- Paweł Janas (against Finland)
- Roman Wójcicki (against Soviet Union)
- Mick Martin (against Spain)
- Heinz Ludi(against Belgium)
- Raşit Çetiner (against Albania)
References
- Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
External links
- UEFA Euro 1984 at UEFA.com