The qualifying round for the 1984 European Football Championship consisted of 32 teams divided into seven groups; three of four teams and four of five teams. The qualifying round was played at various times between May 1982 and December 1983, with some groups concluding earlier than others.[1]
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) | |
Qualified teams
editTeam | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances in tournament[A] |
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Host | 10 December 1981 | 1 (1960) | |
Group 1 winner | 12 October 1983 | 2 (1972, 1980) | |
Group 2 winner | 1 November 1983 | 0 (debut) | |
Group 3 winner | 16 November 1983 | 1 (1964) | |
Group 6 winner | 20 November 1983 | 3 (1972, 1976, 1980) | |
Group 5 winner | 30 November 1983 | 0 (debut) | |
Group 4 winner | 21 December 1983 | 3 (1960, 1968, 1976) | |
Group 7 winner | 21 December 1983 | 2 (1964, 1980) |
- ^ Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.
Seedings
editThe 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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Overview
editThere were a number of extremely close finishes in some of the qualifying groups. In Group 2, Portugal edged out the Soviet Union by beating them narrowly 1–0 on a penalty by Rui Jordão in Lisbon on the final day. Meanwhile, in Group 5, again on the final day, Romania managed to hold on for a tense 1–1 draw in Bratislava and qualify at the expense of Czechoslovakia. A major surprise in this group was the poor performance of then-World Cup holders Italy, who were rebuilding after the retirement of many of their 1982 heroes and quickly dropped out of contention.
Another surprise was the qualification of Denmark in Group 3 at the expense of England. Having conceded a 2–2 draw at home against the Three Lions, the hitherto unknown Danes performed well in their other qualifiers and capped their impressive campaign with a 1–0 win at Wembley, while England dropped a point at home against Greece that ultimately cost them the qualifying berth.
There was also heartbreak for Northern Ireland in Group 6. After managing to beat hot favourites West Germany both home and away earlier in the campaign, they came within 11 minutes of making it to France, but could only look on as Gerd Strack scored a crucial late winning goal for the West Germans in their own final fixture at home to Albania.
In Group 7, The Netherlands thought they had done enough to qualify, given that their closest rivals Spain went into the final match needing to beat Malta by eleven goals in order to qualify. And when Spain went in at half-time in Seville leading the Maltese minnows by a margin of only 3–1, the Dutch could have been forgiven for assuming they were home and dry. Spain, incredibly, then proceeded to score nine more goals in the second half, the last of them coming in the 83rd minute from Juan Señor, to book an unlikely passage to the finals. UEFA has since changed its rules: all teams now play their final game at exactly the same time and date, so that none of the teams has an advantage. Also, overall goal difference is now de-emphasised in the tie-breakers in favour of head-to-head results.
Things were tightest of all in Group 4, where Wales, Bulgaria and Yugoslavia were all in contention until the final few seconds of the last match in the group, between the latter two teams in Split. A draw would have put the onlooking Welsh through to the finals, but just moments after Bulgaria had squandered a glorious chance to score the winning goal and seal their own qualification, Yugoslavian defender Ljubomir Radanović wrote himself into Balkan footballing history with the 90th-minute header that sent him and his teammates to France.
Tiebreakers
editIf 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
editGroups
editFour 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
editPos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||
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1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 8 | +4 | 9 | Qualify for final tournament | — | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | ||
2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 6 | 3–1 | — | 0–0 | 2–0 | |||
3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 1–2 | 3–0 | — | 2–1 | |||
4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 4 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | — |
Group 2
editPos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||
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1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 10 | Qualify for final tournament | — | 1–0 | 2–1 | 5–0 | ||
2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 2 | +9 | 9 | 5–0 | — | 2–0 | 2–0 | |||
3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 4 | 0–1 | 1–1 | — | 1–1 | |||
4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 14 | −11 | 1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–3 | — |
Group 3
editPos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ||||||
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1 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 5 | +12 | 13 | Qualify for final tournament | — | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 6–0 | ||
2 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 3 | +20 | 12 | 0–1 | — | 0–0 | 2–0 | 9–0 | |||
3 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 8 | 0–2 | 0–3 | — | 2–2 | 1–0 | |||
4 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 17 | +1 | 7 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 2–3 | — | 6–2 | |||
5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 36 | −31 | 0 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 2–6 | — |
Group 4
editPos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||
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1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 11 | +1 | 8 | Qualify for final tournament | — | 4–4 | 3–2 | 2–1 | ||
2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 7 | 1–1 | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | |||
3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 5 | 0–1 | 1–0 | — | 2–2 | |||
4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 4 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | — |
Group 5
editPos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ||||||
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1 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 12 | Qualify for final tournament | — | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | ||
2 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 5 | +9 | 11 | 0–1 | — | 1–0 | 2–0 | 5–0 | |||
3 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 7 | +8 | 10 | 1–1 | 2–2 | — | 2–0 | 6–0 | |||
4 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | −6 | 5 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 2–2 | — | 3–1 | |||
5 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 21 | −17 | 2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | — |
Group 6
editPos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ||||||
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1 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 5 | +10 | 11 | Qualify for final tournament | — | 0–1 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 2–1 | ||
2 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 11 | 1–0 | — | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | |||
3 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 10 | +5 | 9 | 0–0 | 2–0 | — | 4–0 | 5–0 | |||
4 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 16 | −8 | 7 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 3–1 | — | 1–0 | |||
5 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 14 | −10 | 2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | — |
Group 7
editPos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ||||||
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1 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 8 | +16 | 13 | Qualify for final tournament | — | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 12–1 | ||
2 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 6 | +16 | 13 | 2–1 | — | 2–1 | 3–0 | 5–0 | |||
3 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 10 | +10 | 9 | 3–3 | 2–3 | — | 2–0 | 8–0 | |||
4 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 13 | −10 | 3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | — | 1–0 | |||
5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 37 | −32 | 2 | 2–3 | 0–6 | 0–1 | 2–1 | — |
Goalscorers
editThere 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
edit- ^ Stokkermans, Karel (13 December 2001). "European Championship 1984". RSSSF.com. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
External links
edit- UEFA Euro 1984 at UEFA.com