UEFA Euro 1972 qualifying Group 2

Group 2 of the UEFA Euro 1972 qualifying tournament was one of the eight groups to decide which teams would qualify for the UEFA Euro 1972 finals tournament. Group 2 consisted of four teams: Hungary, Bulgaria, France, and Norway, where they played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners were Hungary, who finished two points above Bulgaria and France.

Final table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hungary	6	4	1	1	12	5	+7	9	Advance to quarter-finals		—	2–0	1–1	4–0
2	Bulgaria	6	3	1	2	11	7	+4	7			3–0	—	2–1	1–1
3	France	6	3	1	2	10	8	+2	7			0–2	2–1	—	3–1
4	Norway	6	0	1	5	5	18	−13	1			1–3	1–4	1–3	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Matches

7 October 1970

19:00

Norway	1–3	Hungary
Iversen 50'	Report	Bene 6' Nagy 23' Karlsen 69' (o.g.)

Ullevaal, Oslo

Attendance: 16,090

Referee: Adrianus Boogaerts (Netherlands)

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11 November 1970

17:00

France	3–1	Norway
Floch 30' Lech 55' Mézy 63'	Report	Nilsen 79'

Stade de Gerland, Lyon

Attendance: 10,357

Referee: António Ribeiro Saldanha (Portugal)

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15 November 1970

15:30

Bulgaria	1–1	Norway
Atanasov 29'	Report	Fuglset 83'

Vasil Levski Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 21,465

Referee: Michalakis Kiriakides (Cyprus)

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24 April 1971

16:30

Hungary	1–1	France
Kocsis 70' (pen.)	Report	Revelli 64'

Népstadion, Budapest

Attendance: 45,867

Referee: Joaquim Fernandes dos Campos (Portugal)

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19 May 1971

18:30

Bulgaria	3–0	Hungary
Kolev 38' Petkov 48' Velichkov 72'	Report

Vasil Levski Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 28,342

Referee: Tofik Bakhramov (USSR)

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9 June 1971

19:00

Norway	1–4	Bulgaria
Iversen 80'	Report	Bonev 26', 42' (pen.) Zhekov 29' M. Vasilev 37'

Ullevaal, Oslo

Attendance: 22,041

Referee: William Gow (Wales)

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8 September 1971

19:00

Norway	1–3	France
Dybwad-Olsen 80'	Report	Vergnes 33' Blanchet 34' Loubet 46'

Ullevaal, Oslo

Attendance: 16,544

Referee: John Wright Paterson (Scotland)

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25 September 1971

17:30

Hungary	2–0	Bulgaria
Juhász 51' Vidáts 52'	Report

Népstadion, Budapest

Attendance: 67,740

Referee: Robert Holley Davidson (Scotland)

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9 October 1971

15:00

France	0–2	Hungary
	Report	Bene 35' Novi 43' (o.g.)

Stade Olympique, Colombes(Paris)

Attendance: 21,756

Referee: Gaspar Pintado Viu (Spain)

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27 October 1971

17:30

Hungary	4–0	Norway
Bene 22', 43' Dunai 24' Szűcs 63'	Report

Népstadion, Budapest

Attendance: 29,253

Referee: Doğan Babacan (Turkey)

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10 November 1971

20:30

France	2–1	Bulgaria
Lech 64' Loubet 84'	Report	Bonev 54' (pen.)

Stade Marcel Saupin, Nantes

Attendance: 9,405

Referee: Jack Taylor (England)

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4 December 1971

14:30

Bulgaria	2–1	France
Zhekov 47' Mihaylov 82'	Report	Blanchet 84'

Vasil Levski Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 18,057

Referee: Kurt Tschenscher (West Germany)

Goalscorers

There were 38 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 3.17 goals per match.

4 goals

• Ferenc Bene

3 goals

• Hristo Bonev

2 goals

• Petar Zhekov
• Bernard Blanchet
• Georges Lech
• Charly Loubet
• Odd Iversen

1 goal

• Tsvetan Atanasov
• Bozhil Kolev
• Atanas Mihaylov
• Petko Petkov
• Mladen Vasilev
• Stefan Velichkov
• Louis Floch
• Michel Mézy
• Hervé Revelli
• Jacques Vergnes
• Antal Dunai
• Péter Juhász
• Lajos Kocsis
• László Nagy
• Lajos Szűcs
• Csaba Vidáts
• Ola Dybwad-Olsen
• Tor Fuglset
• Olav Nilsen

1 own goal

• Jacky Novi (against Hungary)
• Geir Karlsen (against Hungary)