1974 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 4

Group 4 consisted of four of the 32 teams entered into the European zone:^[1] Albania, East Germany, Finland, and Romania. These four 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.

Standings

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	East Germany	6	5	0	1	18	3	+15	10
2	Romania	6	4	1	1	17	4	+13	9
3	Finland	6	1	1	4	3	21	−18	3
4	Albania	6	1	0	5	3	13	−10	2

Matches

21 June 1972

Finland	1–0	Albania
Toivola 13'	Report

Referee: Lööw (Sweden)

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20 September 1972

Finland	1–1	Romania
Rissanen 86'	Report	Nunweiller 52'

Referee: Eksztajn (Poland)

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7 October 1972

East Germany	5–0	Finland
Kreische 26' Sparwasser 68', 86' Streich 70', 76'	Report

Referee: Radunchev (Bulgaria)

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29 October 1972

Romania	2–0	Albania
Dobrin 38' Dembrovschi 41'	Report

Referee: Vamvacopoulos (Greece)

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8 April 1973

East Germany	2–0	Albania
Streich 62' Sparwasser 69'	Report

Referee: Helies (France)

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6 May 1973

Albania	1–4	Romania
Bizi 87'	Report	Dumitru 12' Dumitrache 25', 57' (pen.) Țarălungă 72'

Referee: Raus (Yugoslavia)

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27 May 1973

Romania	1–0	East Germany
Dumitrache 53'	Report

Referee: Linemayr (Austria)

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6 June 1973

Finland	1–5	East Germany
Manninen 88'	Report	Streich 7', 30' Löwe 44' Ducke 75' Kreische 83'

Referee: Kazakov (Soviet Union)

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26 September 1973

East Germany	2–0	Romania
Bransch 42', 64'	Report

Zentralstadion, Leipzig, East Germany

Referee: Scheurer (Switzerland)

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10 October 1973

Albania	1–0	Finland
Rragami 25' (pen.)	Report

Referee: Angonese (Italy)

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14 October 1973

Romania	9–0	Finland
Dumitru 6' Marcu 8', 42' Sandu 25', 65' Dumitrache 45', 63' Pantea 55' Georgescu 81'	Report

Referee: Emsberger (Hungary)

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13 November 1973

Albania	1–4	East Germany
Gjika 15'	Report	Streich 5', 35' Löwe 62' Sparwasser 77'

Referee: Bonett (Malta)