1974 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 7

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Group 7 consisted of three of the 32 teams entered into the European zone:[1] Greece, Spain, and Yugoslavia. These three teams competed on a home-and-away basis for one of the 9.5 spots in the final tournament allocated to the European zone, with the group's winner claiming the place in the finals. This group required a play-off to decide the winner.

As of 2022, this was the last time Spain failed to qualify for the World Cup finals.

Standings[]

Rank Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
1=  Spain 6 4 2 2 0 8 5 +3
1=  Yugoslavia 6 4 2 2 0 7 4 +3
3  Greece 0 4 0 0 4 5 11 −6
19 October 1972 Spain  2 – 2  Yugoslavia Las Palmas, Spain
Amancio 30'
Asensi 89'		 Report Bajević 52', 60' Referee: Walker (England)
18 November 1972 Yugoslavia  1 – 0  Greece Belgrade, Yugoslavia
Aćimović 14' Report Referee: Tschenscher (West Germany)
17 January 1973 Greece  2 – 3  Spain Athens, Greece
Domazos 41'
Koudas 56'		 Report Valdez 40', 86'
Claramunt 65'		 Referee: Glöckner (East Germany)
21 February 1973 Spain  3 – 1  Greece Málaga, Spain
Claramunt 29'
Sol 39'
Martínez 78'		 Report Antoniadis 37' Referee: Kitabdjian (France)
21 October 1973 Yugoslavia  0 – 0  Spain Zagreb, Yugoslavia
Report Referee: Linemayr (Austria)
19 December 1973 Greece  2 – 4  Yugoslavia Athens, Greece
Eleftherakis 29'
Katalinski 44' (o.g.)		 Report Bajević 12'
Karasi 15', 90'
Šurjak 62'		 Referee: Tschenscher (West Germany)

Spain and Yugoslavia finished level on points and goal difference, and a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would qualify.

13 February 1974 Yugoslavia  1 – 0  Spain Frankfurt, West Germany
Katalinski 13' Report Referee: Loraux (Belgium)

Notes[]

  1. ^ Only 31 of the entered teams actually competed in the qualification tournament: West Germany qualified for the World Cup automatically as host.

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