UEFA Euro 1980 qualifying Group 4

Standings and results for Group 4 of the UEFA Euro 1980 qualifying tournament.

Group 4 consisted of Netherlands, Poland, East Germany, Switzerland, and Iceland. Group winners were Netherlands, who outran Poland by a single point.

Final table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	8	6	1	1	20	6	+14	13	Qualify for final tournament		—	1–1	3–0	3–0	3–0
2	Poland	8	5	2	1	13	4	+9	12			2–0	—	1–1	2–0	2–0
3	East Germany	8	5	1	2	18	11	+7	11			2–3	2–1	—	5–2	3–1
4	Switzerland	8	2	0	6	7	18	−11	4			1–3	0–2	0–2	—	2–0
5	Iceland	8	0	0	8	2	21	−19	0			0–4	0–2	0–3	1–2	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Results

6 September 1978

Iceland	0–2	Poland
		Kusto 24' Lato 85'

Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík

Attendance: 6,594

Referee: Thomas Perry (NIR)

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20 September 1978

Netherlands	3–0	Iceland
Krol 31' Brandts 53' Rensenbrink 63' (pen.)

De Goffert, Nijmegen

Attendance: 13,113

Referee: Anders Mattsson (FIN)

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4 October 1978

East Germany	3–1	Iceland
Peter 6' Riediger 29' Hoffmann 72'		Pétursson 14' (pen.)

Kurt-Wabbel-Stadion, Halle

Attendance: 9,084

Referee: Thomas Henry Charles Reynolds (WAL)

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11 October 1978

Switzerland	1–3	Netherlands
Tanner 32'		Wildschut 19' Brandts 67' Geels 90'

Wankdorfstadion, Bern

Attendance: 20,732

Referee: César Correia Diaz da Luz (POR)

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15 November 1978

Netherlands	3–0	East Germany
Kische 18' (og.) Geels 72' (pen.), 88'

Feyenoord Stadion, Rotterdam

Attendance: 33,972^[1]

Referee: Ulf Eriksson (SWE)

15 November 1978

Poland	2–0	Switzerland
Boniek 39' Ogaza 56'

Olimpijski, Wrocław

Attendance: 27,576

Referee: Franz Wöhrer (AUT)

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28 March 1979

Netherlands	3–0	Switzerland
Kist 55' Metgod 84' Peters 89'

Philips Stadion, Eindhoven

Attendance: 21,674

Referee: John Hunting (ENG)

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18 April 1979

East Germany	2–1	Poland
Streich 59' Lindemann 63'		Boniek 9'

Zentralstadion, Leipzig

Attendance: 45,254^[2]

Referee: Eldar Azimzade (URS)

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2 May 1979

Poland	2–0	Netherlands
Boniek 19' Mazur 64' (pen.)

Silesian Stadium, Chorzów

Attendance: 71,298^[3]

Referee: Robert Wurtz (FRA)

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5 May 1979

Switzerland	0–2	East Germany
		Lindemann 45' Streich 90'

Espenmoos Stadium, St. Gallen

Attendance: 7,486

Referee: Augusto Lamo Castillo (ESP)

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22 May 1979

Switzerland	2–0	Iceland
Herbert Hermann 27' Zappa 53'

Wankdorfstadion, Bern

Attendance: 20,234

Referee: Albert Victor (LUX)

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9 June 1979

Iceland	1–2	Switzerland
Guðlaugsson 49'		Ponte 59' Heinz Hermann 61'

Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík

Attendance: 10,469

Referee: Edward A. Farrell (IRL)

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5 September 1979

Iceland	0–4	Netherlands
		Metgod 48' W. van de Kerkhof 71' Nanninga 73', 87'

Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík

Attendance: 10,375^[4]

Referee: Clive Thomas (WAL)

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12 September 1979

Iceland	0–3	East Germany
		Weber 66' (pen.), 73' Streich 80'

Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík

Attendance: 9,162

Referee: Svein Inge Thime (NOR)

12 September 1979

Switzerland	0–2	Poland
		Terlecki 34', 63'

Stade Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne

Attendance: 22,363

Referee: Otto Anderco (ROU)

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26 September 1979

Poland	1–1	East Germany
Wieczorek 77'		Häfner 62'

Silesian Stadium, Chorzów

Attendance: 63,938^[5]

Referee: Patrick Partridge (ENG)

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10 October 1979

Poland	2–0	Iceland
Ogaza 55', 74' (pen.)

Stadion Miejski, Kraków

Attendance: 13,352

Referee: Henning Lund-Sørensen (DEN)

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13 October 1979

East Germany	5–2	Switzerland
Weber 1' Hoffmann 11', 75', 80' Schnuphase 26'		Barberis 19' Pfister 72'

Stadion der Weltjugend, East Berlin

Attendance: 32,406

Referee: Robert Wurtz (FRA)

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17 October 1979

Netherlands	1–1	Poland
Stevens 65'		Rudy 4'

Olympisch, Amsterdam

Attendance: 45,049^[6]

Referee: Paolo Casarin (ITA)

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21 November 1979

East Germany	2–3	Netherlands
Schnuphase 17' Streich 33' (pen.)		Thijssen 45' Kist 50' W. van de Kerkhof 67'

Zentralstadion, Leipzig

Attendance: 89,297^[7]

Referee: António da Silva Garrido (POR)

Goalscorers

There were 60 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 3 goals per match.

4 goals

• Martin Hoffmann
• Joachim Streich

3 goals

• Gerd Weber
• Ruud Geels
• Zbigniew Boniek
• Roman Ogaza

2 goals

• Lutz Lindemann
• Rüdiger Schnuphase
• Ernie Brandts
• Kees Kist
• John Metgod
• Dick Nanninga
• Willy van de Kerkhof
• Stanisław Terlecki

1 goal

• Reinhard Häfner
• Werner Peter
• Hans-Jürgen Riediger
• Janus Guðlaugsson
• Pétur Pétursson
• Ruud Krol
• Jan Peters
• Rob Rensenbrink
• Huub Stevens
• Frans Thijssen
• Piet Wildschut
• Marek Kusto
• Grzegorz Lato
• Włodzimierz Mazur
• Wojciech Rudy
• Henryk Wieczorek
• Umberto Barberis
• Heinz Hermann
• Herbert Hermann
• Hans-Jörg Pfister
• Raimondo Ponte
• Markus Tanner
• Gian-Pietro Zappa

1 own goal

• Gerd Kische (against Netherlands)