UEFA Euro 1984 qualifying Group 7

Standings and results for Group 7 of the UEFA Euro 1984 qualifying tournament.

Group 7 consisted of Iceland, Malta, Netherlands, Republic of Ireland and Spain. The group winners were Spain, who won the group ahead of the Netherlands on goals scored following a 12–1 win over Malta.

Final table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	8	6	1	1	24	8	+16	13	Qualify for final tournament		—	1–0	2–0	1–0	12–1
2	Netherlands	8	6	1	1	22	6	+16	13			2–1	—	2–1	3–0	5–0
3	Republic of Ireland	8	4	1	3	20	10	+10	9			3–3	2–3	—	2–0	8–0
4	Iceland	8	1	1	6	3	13	−10	3			0–1	1–1	0–3	—	1–0
5	Malta	8	1	0	7	5	37	−32	2			2–3	0–6	0–1	2–1	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Results

5 June 1982

Malta	2–1	Iceland
Spiteri Gonzi 44' Fabri 48'	Report[dead link]	Geirsson 51' (pen.)

Stadio Comunale Giovanni Celeste, Messina

Attendance: 1,271

Referee: Pietro D'Elia (Italy)

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1 September 1982

Iceland	1–1	Netherlands
Eðvaldsson 49'	Report	Schoenaker 51'

Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík

Attendance: 2,862

Referee: Brian McGinlay (Scotland)

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22 September 1982

Netherlands	2–1	Republic of Ireland
Schoenaker 1' Gullit 64'	Report	Daly 80'

De Kuip, Rotterdam

Attendance: 20,498

Referee: Ivan Gregr (Czechoslovakia)

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13 October 1982

Republic of Ireland	2–0	Iceland
Stapleton 36' Grealish 75'	Report

Lansdowne Road, Dublin

Attendance: 23,371

Referee: Paul Rion (Luxembourg)

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27 October 1982

Spain	1–0	Iceland
Pedraza 60'	Report

Estadio La Rosaleda, Málaga

Attendance: 15,132

Referee: Mario da Silva Luis (Portugal)

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17 November 1982

Republic of Ireland	3–3	Spain
Grimes 2' Stapleton 64', 76'	Report	Maceda 31' Martin 47' (o.g.) Muñoz 60'

Lansdowne Road, Dublin

Attendance: 35,088

Referee: Jan Redelfs (West Germany)

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19 December 1982

Malta	0–6	Netherlands
	Report	Ophof 22' (pen.) Van Kooten 25', 71' Hovenkamp 34' Schoenaker 39', 51'

Tivoli Stadium, Aachen

Attendance: 15,634

Referee: Dieter Pauly (West Germany)

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16 February 1983

Spain	1–0	Netherlands
Señor 44' (pen.)	Report

Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán, Seville

Attendance: 30,499

Referee: Paolo Bergamo (Italy)

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30 March 1983

Malta	0–1	Republic of Ireland
	Report	Stapleton 89'

Ta' Qali National Stadium, Ta' Qali

Attendance: 6,487

Referee: Adolf Mathias (Austria)

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27 April 1983

Spain	2–0	Republic of Ireland
Santillana 51' Rincón 89'	Report

La Romareda, Zaragoza

Attendance: 28,211

Referee: Valeri Butenko (Soviet Union)

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15 May 1983

Malta	2–3	Spain
Busuttil 30', 47'	Report	Señor 21' Carrasco 60' Gordillo 84'

Ta' Qali National Stadium, Ta' Qali

Attendance: 7,732

Referee: Evangelos Giannakoudakis (Greece)

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29 May 1983

Iceland	0–1	Spain
	Report	Maceda 9'

Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík

Attendance: 7,055

Referee: Ronald Bridges (Wales)

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5 June 1983

Iceland	1–0	Malta
Eðvaldsson 43'	Report

Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík

Attendance: 5,718

Referee: Alex Jacobsen (Denmark)

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7 September 1983

Netherlands	3–0	Iceland
R. Koeman 17' Gullit 19' Houtman 21'	Report

Oosterpark Stadion, Groningen

Attendance: 5,617

Referee: Andrzej Libich (Poland)

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21 September 1983

Iceland	0–3	Republic of Ireland
	Report	Waddock 16' Robinson 21' Walsh 81'

Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík

Attendance: 13,706

Referee: Gérard Biguet (France)

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12 October 1983

Republic of Ireland	2–3	Netherlands
Waddock 7' Brady 35' (pen.)	Report	Gullit 51', 76' Van Basten 66'

Dalymount Park, Dublin

Attendance: 26,406

Referee: André Daina (Switzerland)

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16 November 1983

Netherlands	2–1	Spain
Houtman 26' Gullit 63'	Report	Santillana 41'

De Kuip, Rotterdam

Attendance: 49,915

Referee: Michel Vautrot (France)

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16 November 1983

Republic of Ireland	8–0	Malta
Lawrenson 25', 63' Stapleton 28' (pen.) O'Callaghan 35' Sheedy 74' Brady 76', 84' Daly 86'	Report

Dalymount Park, Dublin

Attendance: 8,993

Referee: Ole Amundsen (Denmark)

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17 December 1983

Netherlands	5–0	Malta
Vanenburg 19' Wijnstekers 30' Rijkaard 74', 90' Houtman 79'	Report

De Kuip, Rotterdam

Attendance: 53,027

Referee: Klaus Peschel (East Germany)

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Main article: Spain 12–1 Malta

21 December 1983 (1983-12-21)

20:15 CET

Spain	12–1	Malta
Santillana 15', 26', 28', 75' Rincón 46', 55', 63', 78' Maceda 60', 62' Sarabia 79' Señor 84'	Report	Degiorgio 24'

Estadio Benito Villamarín, Seville

Attendance: 18,871

Referee: Erkan Göksel (Turkey)

Goalscorers

There were 74 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 3.7 goals per match.

6 goals

• Santillana

5 goals

• Ruud Gullit
• Frank Stapleton
• Hipólito Rincón

4 goals

• Dick Schoenaker
• Antonio Maceda

3 goals

• Peter Houtman
• Juan Antonio Señor

2 goals

• Atli Eðvaldsson
• Carmel Busuttil
• Frank Rijkaard
• Cees van Kooten
• Liam Brady
• Gerry Daly
• Mark Lawrenson
• Kevin Sheedy
• Gary Waddock

1 goal

• Marteinn Geirsson
• Silvio Demanuele
• Emanuel Fabri
• Ernest Spiteri-Gonzi
• Bud Brocken
• Hugo Hovenkamp
• Ronald Koeman
• Edo Ophof
• Marco van Basten
• Ben Wijnstekers
• Tony Grealish
• Ashley Grimes
• Kevin O'Callaghan
• Michael Robinson
• Mickey Walsh
• Lobo Carrasco
• Rafael Gordillo
• Víctor Muñoz
• Juan Carlos Pedraza
• Manuel Sarabia

1 own goal

• Mick Martin (against Spain)

References

• UEFA Page
• RSSSF

See also

• Spain 12–1 Malta