UEFA Euro 1972 quarter-finals

The UEFA Euro 1972 quarter-finals was the last round of qualifying competition for UEFA Euro 1972. They were contested by the eight group winners of the qualifying tournament. The winners of each of four home-and-away ties qualified for the finals tournament in Belgium. The matches were played on 29–30 April and 13–14 May 1972, with a replay on 17 May 1972.

Belgian goalkeeper Christian Piot (on foreground) saves on Italian forward Gigi Riva (on background). Milan, April 29, 1972.

Qualification

Main article: UEFA Euro 1972 qualifying group stage

Each group winner progressed to the quarter-finals. The quarter-finals were played in two legs on a home-and-away basis. The winners of the quarter-finals would go through to the final tournament.

Summary

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	Replay
Italy	1–2	Belgium	0–0	1–2
Hungary	5–4	Romania	1–1	2–2	2–1
England	1–3	West Germany	1–3	0–0
Yugoslavia	0–3	Soviet Union	0–0	0–3

Matches

The eight matches took place over two legs, the first being on 29 and 30 April 1972, and the second on 13 and 14 May 1972. A third leg would be played for any matches tied on aggregate after the second leg. All times are CET (UTC+1).

Italy	0–0	Belgium
	Report

29 April 1972 (1972-04-29)

15:30

San Siro, Milan

Attendance: 63,549

Referee: Petar Nikolov (Bulgaria)

Belgium	2–1	Italy
Van Moer 23' Van Himst 71'	Report	Riva 86' (pen.)

13 May 1972 (1972-05-13)

20:00

Stade Émile Versé, Brussels

Attendance: 26,561

Referee: Paul Schiller (Austria)

Belgium won 2–1 on aggregate and qualified for UEFA Euro 1972.

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Hungary	1–1	Romania
Branikovits 11'	Report	Sătmăreanu 56'

29 April 1972 (1972-04-29)

17:00

Népstadion, Budapest

Attendance: 68,446

Referee: David William Smith (England)

Romania	2–2	Hungary
Dobrin 14' Neagu 81'	Report	Szőke 5' Kocsis 36'

14 May 1972 (1972-05-14)

16:00

Stadionul 23 August, Bucharest

Attendance: 60,254

Referee: Kurt Tschenscher (West Germany)

3–3 on aggregate. A replay was played on a neutral ground to determine the winner.

Hungary	2–1	Romania
Kocsis 27' Szőke 89'	Report	Neagu 34'

17 May 1972 (1972-05-17)

20:00

Stadion JNA, Belgrade

Attendance: 32,130

Referee: Christos Michas (Greece)

Hungary won 5–4 on aggregate and qualified for UEFA Euro 1972.

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England	1–3	West Germany
Lee 78'	Report	Hoeneß 21' Netzer 84' (pen.) Müller 88'

29 April 1972 (1972-04-29)

20:45

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 96,766

Referee: Robert Héliès (France)

West Germany	0–0	England
	Report

13 May 1972 (1972-05-13)

16:00

Olympiastadion, West Berlin

Attendance: 76,122

Referee: Milivoje Gugulović (Yugoslavia)

West Germany won 3–1 on aggregate and qualified for UEFA Euro 1972.

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Yugoslavia	0–0	Soviet Union
	Report

30 April 1972 (1972-04-30)

16:00

Stadion Crvena zvezda, Belgrade

Attendance: 58,312

Referee: Rudolf Scheurer (Switzerland)

Soviet Union	3–0	Yugoslavia
Kolotov 53' Banishevskiy 74' Kozynkevych 90'	Report

13 May 1972 (1972-05-13)

15:00

Central Lenin Stadium, Moscow

Attendance: 90,263

Referee: Aurelio Angonese (Italy)

Soviet Union won 3–0 on aggregate and qualified for UEFA Euro 1972.

Goalscorers

There were 19 goals scored in 9 matches, for an average of 2.11 goals per match.

2 goals

• Lajos Kocsis
• István Szőke
• Alexandru Neagu

1 goal

• Paul Van Himst
• Wilfried Van Moer
• Francis Lee
• László Branikovits
• Luigi Riva
• Nicolae Dobrin
• Lajos Sătmăreanu
• Anatoliy Banishevskiy
• Viktor Kolotov
• Eduard Kozynkevych
• Uli Hoeneß
• Gerd Müller
• Günter Netzer