UEFA Euro 1980 qualifying Group 7

Standings and results for Group 7 of the UEFA Euro 1980 qualifying tournament.

Group 7 consisted of West Germany, Wales, Turkey and Malta. West Germany easily won the group, outrunning Turkey by three points.

Final table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	West Germany	6	4	2	0	17	1	+16	10	Qualify for final tournament		—	2–0	5–1	8–0
2	Turkey	6	3	1	2	5	5	0	7			0–0	—	1–0	2–1
3	Wales	6	3	0	3	11	8	+3	6			0–2	1–0	—	7–0
4	Malta	6	0	1	5	2	21	−19	1			0–0	1–2	0–2	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Results

25 October 1978

Wales	7–0	Malta
O'Sullivan 18' Edwards 20', 45', 48', 51' Thomas 71' Flynn 82'	Report

Racecourse Ground, Wrexham

Attendance: 11,475

Referee: Magnus V. Pétursson (Iceland)

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29 November 1978

Wales	1–0	Turkey
Deacy 70'	Report

Racecourse Ground, Wrexham

Attendance: 11,798

Referee: Alojzy Jarguz (Poland)

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25 February 1979

Malta	0–0	West Germany
	Report

Empire Stadium, Gżira

Attendance: 8,450

Referee: Vojtech Christov (Czechoslovakia)

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18 March 1979

Turkey	2–1	Malta
Özden 34' Terim 56'	Report	Spiteri-Gonzi 52'

Alsancak Stadium, İzmir

Attendance: 34,154

Referee: Tome Manojlovski (Yugoslavia)

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1 April 1979

Turkey	0–0	West Germany
	Report

Alsancak Stadium, İzmir

Attendance: 69,800

Referee: Myroslav Stupar (Soviet Union)

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2 May 1979

Wales	0–2	West Germany
	Report	Zimmermann 30' Fischer 52'

Racecourse Ground, Wrexham

Attendance: 26,975^[1]

Referee: Alberto Michelotti (Italy)

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2 June 1979

Malta	0–2	Wales
	Report	Nicholas 15' Flynn 51'

Empire Stadium, Gżira

Attendance: 8,358

Referee: Nikolaos Lagoyannis (Greece)

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17 October 1979

West Germany	5–1	Wales
Fischer 21', 38' Kaltz 32' Rummenigge 42' Förster 83'	Report	Curtis 84'

Müngersdorfer Stadion, Cologne

Attendance: 53,390^[2]

Referee: Jan Keizer (Netherlands)

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28 October 1979

Malta	1–2	Turkey
Farrugia 62'	Report	Özden 20' Denizli 25'

Empire Stadium, Gżira

Attendance: 1,976

Referee: Gianfranco Menegali (Italy)

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21 November 1979

Turkey	1–0	Wales
Önal 80'	Report

Alsancak Stadium, İzmir

Attendance: 30,650

Referee: Constantin Ghiță (Romania)

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22 December 1979

West Germany	2–0	Turkey
Fischer 15' Zimmermann 89'	Report

Parkstadion, Gelsenkirchen

Attendance: 68,270^[3]

Referee: Rudolf Renggli (Switzerland)

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27 February 1980

West Germany	8–0	Malta
Allofs 14', 55' Bonhof 19' (pen.) Fischer 40', 90' Holland 61' (o.g.) Kelsch 70' Rummenigge 74'	Report

Weserstadion, Bremen

Attendance: 33,278

Referee: Norbert Rolles (Luxembourg)

Goalscorers

There were 35 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 2.92 goals per match.

6 goals

• Klaus Fischer

4 goals

• Ian Edwards

2 goals

• Sedat Özden
• Brian Flynn
• Klaus Allofs
• Karl-Heinz Rummenigge
• Herbert Zimmermann

1 goal

• Emanuel Farrugia
• Ernest Spiteri-Gonzi
• Mustafa Denizli
• Erhan Önal
• Fatih Terim
• Alan Curtis
• Nick Deacy
• Peter Nicholas
• Peter O'Sullivan
• Mickey Thomas
• Rainer Bonhof
• Karlheinz Förster
• Manfred Kaltz
• Walter Kelsch

1 own goal

• John Holland (against West Germany)