1978 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 4

Group 4 consisted of four of the 32 teams entered into the European zone:^[1] Belgium, Iceland, Netherlands, and Northern Ireland. These four teams competed on a home-and-away basis for one of the 8.5 spots in the final tournament allocated to the European zone. The spot would be assigned to the group's winner.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Netherlands	6	5	1	0	11	3	+8	11
2	Belgium	6	3	0	3	7	6	+1	6
3	Northern Ireland	6	2	1	3	7	6	+1	5
4	Iceland	6	1	0	5	2	12	−10	2

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Matches

5 September 1976

Iceland	0 – 1	Belgium
	Report	Van Der Elst   73'

Referee: Carpenter (Republic of Ireland)

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8 September 1976

Iceland	0 – 1	Netherlands
	Report	Geels   42'

Referee: Mulhall (Republic of Ireland)

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13 October 1976

Netherlands	2 – 2	Northern Ireland
Krol   64' Cruyff   66'	Report	McGrath   4' Spence   88'

Referee: Martinez (Spain)

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10 November 1976

Belgium	2 – 0	Northern Ireland
Van Gool   29' Lambert   52'	Report

Referee: Prokop (East Germany)

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26 March 1977

Belgium	0 – 2	Netherlands
	Report	Rep   19' Cruyff   65'

Referee: Gonella (Italy)

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11 June 1977

Iceland	1 – 0	Northern Ireland
Albertsson   33'	Report

Referee: Glöckner (East Germany)

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31 August 1977

Netherlands	4 – 1	Iceland
Van Hanegem   15' Geels   18', 89' (pen.) Rep   35'	Report	Sigurvinsson   68'

Referee: Hirviniemi (Finland)

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3 September 1977

Belgium	4 – 0	Iceland
Van Binst   15' Martens   20' Courant   60' Lambert   65'	Report

Referee: Thime (Norway)

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21 September 1977

Northern Ireland	2 – 0	Iceland
McGrath   67' McIlroy   76'	Report

Referee: Lund-Sørensen (Denmark)

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12 October 1977

Northern Ireland	0 – 1	Netherlands
	Report	W. van de Kerkhof   76'

Referee: Garrido (Portugal)

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26 October 1977

Netherlands	1 – 0	Belgium
R. van de Kerkhof   4'	Report

Referee: Partridge (England)

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16 November 1977

Northern Ireland	3 – 0	Belgium
Armstrong   42', 74' McGrath   58'	Report

Referee: Konrath (France)

Notes

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

External links

• Group 4 Detailed Results at RSSSF