Group 5 consisted of three of the 32 teams entered into the European zone:[a]Bulgaria, France, and Republic of Ireland. These three 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.
^Only 31 of the entered teams actually competed in the qualification tournament: West Germany qualified for the World Cup automatically as defending champions.
External linksedit
Group 5 Detailed Results at RSSSF
October 28, 2023
1978, fifa, world, qualification, uefa, group, group, consisted, three, teams, entered, into, european, zone, bulgaria, france, republic, ireland, these, three, teams, competed, home, away, basis, spots, final, tournament, allocated, european, zone, spot, woul. Group 5 consisted of three of the 32 teams entered into the European zone a Bulgaria France and Republic of Ireland These three 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 Contents 1 Standings 2 Matches 3 Notes 4 External linksStandings editPos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts1 nbsp France 4 2 1 1 7 4 3 52 nbsp Bulgaria 4 1 2 1 5 6 1 43 nbsp Republic of Ireland 4 1 1 2 2 4 2 3Source citation needed Matches edit9 October 1976Bulgaria nbsp 2 2 nbsp FranceBonev nbsp 45 Panov nbsp 68 Report Platini nbsp 37 Lacombe nbsp 40 Referee Foote Scotland 17 November 1976France nbsp 2 0 nbsp Republic of IrelandPlatini nbsp 47 Bathenay nbsp 88 ReportReferee Maksimovic Yugoslavia 30 March 1977Republic of Ireland nbsp 1 0 nbsp FranceBrady nbsp 11 ReportReferee Linemayr Austria 1 June 1977Bulgaria nbsp 2 1 nbsp Republic of IrelandPanov nbsp 14 Zhelyazkov nbsp 76 Report Givens nbsp 47 Referee Zlatanos Greece 12 October 1977Republic of Ireland nbsp 0 0 nbsp BulgariaReportReferee Gonella Italy 16 November 1977France nbsp 3 1 nbsp BulgariaRocheteau nbsp 38 Platini nbsp 63 Dalger nbsp 89 Report Tsvetkov nbsp 85 Referee Corver Netherlands Notes edit 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 editGroup 5 Detailed Results at RSSSF Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1978 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group 5 amp oldid 1137734198, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
