
World Cup 1974
See the status and results from FIFA World Cup 1974.
Tournament Information
World Cup Winning Country:
West Germany
Participant teams:
99 (final tournament: 16)
Matches played:
38
Goals scored:
97 (2.55 per match)
Top scorer/Golden Shoe:
Grzegorz Lato (POL) 7 goals
Host:
West Germany
Attendance:
1,774,022 (46,685 per match)

Coach: Helmut Schön (GER)
No.: | Position | Player | Date of Birth | Age | Caps | Club |
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1 | GK | Sepp Maier | 28 February 1944 | 30 | 50 | ![]() |
2 | DF | Berti Vogts | 30 December 1946 | 27 | 24 | ![]() |
3 | DF | Paul Breitner | 5 September 1951 | 22 | 19 | ![]() |
4 | DF | Hans-Georg Schwarzenbeck | 3 April 1948 | 26 | 23 | ![]() |
5 | DF | Franz Beckenbauer (c) | 11 September 1945 | 28 | 78 | ![]() |
6 | DF | Horst-Dieter Höttges | 10 September 1943 | 30 | 65 | ![]() |
7 | MF | Herbert Wimmer | 9 November 1944 | 29 | 23 | ![]() |
8 | MF | Bernhard Cullmann | 1 November 1949 | 24 | 12 | ![]() |
9 | FW | Jürgen Grabowski | 7 July 1944 | 29 | 38 | ![]() |
10 | MF | Günther Netzer | 14 September 1944 | 29 | 34 | ![]() |
11 | FW | Josef "Jupp" Heynckes | 9 May 1945 | 29 | 28 | ![]() |
12 | MF | Wolfgang Overath | 29 September 1943 | 30 | 74 | ![]() |
13 | FW | Gerd Müller | 3 November 1945 | 28 | 55 | ![]() |
14 | FW | Ulrich "Uli" Hoeneß | 5 January 1952 | 22 | 23 | ![]() |
15 | MF | Heinz Flohe | 28 January 1948 | 26 | 14 | ![]() |
16 | MF | Rainer Bonhof | 29 March 1952 | 22 | 4 | ![]() |
17 | FW | Bernd Hölzenbein | 9 March 1946 | 28 | 4 | ![]() |
18 | FW | Dieter Herzog | 15 July 1946 | 27 | 2 | ![]() |
19 | FW | Jupp Kappellmann | 19 December 1949 | 24 | 3 | ![]() |
20 | MF | Helmut Kremers | 24 March 1949 | 25 | 5 | ![]() |
21 | GK | Norbert Nigbur | 8 May 1948 | 26 | 2 | ![]() |
22 | GK | Wolfgang Kleff | 16 November 1946 | 27 | 7 | ![]() |
First round
Group A
Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 5 |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 4 |
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3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 2 |
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -5 | 1 |
June 14
Olympiastadion, Berlin
Olympiastadion, Berlin
West Germany 

1 - 0

June 14
Volksparkstadion, Hamburg
Volksparkstadion, Hamburg
East Germany 

2 - 0

June 18
Volksparkstadion, Hamburg
Volksparkstadion, Hamburg
West Germany 

3 - 0

June 18
Olympiastadion, Berlin
Olympiastadion, Berlin
East Germany 

1 - 1

June 22
Olympiastadion, Berlin
Olympiastadion, Berlin
Australia 

0 - 0

June 22
Volksparkstadion, Hamburg
Volksparkstadion, Hamburg
East Germany 

1 - 0

Group B
Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
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3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 1 | +9 | 4 |
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3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 4 |
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3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 4 |
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 14 | -14 | 0 |
June 13
Waldstadion, Frankfurt
Waldstadion, Frankfurt
Brazil 

0 - 0

June 14
Westfalenstadion, Dortmund
Westfalenstadion, Dortmund
Scotland 

2 - 0

June 18
Parkstadion, Gelsenkirchen
Parkstadion, Gelsenkirchen
Yugoslavia 

9 - 0

June 18
Waldstadion, Frankfurt
Waldstadion, Frankfurt
Brazil 

0 - 0

June 22
Waldstadion, Frankfurt
Waldstadion, Frankfurt
Scotland 

1 - 1

June 22
Parkstadion, Gelsenkirchen
Parkstadion, Gelsenkirchen
Brazil 

3 - 0

Group C
Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 5 |
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3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 4 |
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3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 2 |
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -5 | 1 |
June 15
Niedersachsenstadion, Hannover
Niedersachsenstadion, Hannover
Netherlands 

2 - 0

June 15
Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf
Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf
Sweden 

0 - 0

June 19
Niedersachsenstadion, Hannover
Niedersachsenstadion, Hannover
Bulgaria 

1 - 1

June 19
Westfalenstadion, Dortmund
Westfalenstadion, Dortmund
Netherlands 

0 - 0

June 23
Westfalenstadion, Dortmund
Westfalenstadion, Dortmund
Netherlands 

4 - 1

June 23
Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf
Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf
Sweden 

3 - 0

Group D
Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | +9 | 6 |
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 3 |
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 3 |
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 14 | -12 | 0 |
June 15
Olympiastadion, Munich
Olympiastadion, Munich
Italy 

3 - 1

June 15
Neckarstadion, Stuttgart
Neckarstadion, Stuttgart
Poland 

3 - 2

June 19
Neckarstadion, Stuttgart
Neckarstadion, Stuttgart
Italy 

1 - 1

June 19
Olympiastadion, Munich
Olympiastadion, Munich
Poland 

7 - 0

June 23
Olympiastadion, Munich
Olympiastadion, Munich
Argentina 

4 - 1

June 23
Neckarstadion, Stuttgart
Neckarstadion, Stuttgart
Poland 

2 - 1

Second round
Group 1
Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | +8 | 6 |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 1 |
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -5 | 1 |
June 26
Parkstadion, Gelsenkirchen
Parkstadion, Gelsenkirchen
Netherlands 

4 - 0

June 26
Niedersachsenstadion, Hannover
Niedersachsenstadion, Hannover
Brazil 

1 - 0

June 30
Niedersachsenstadion, Hannover
Niedersachsenstadion, Hannover
Brazil 

2 - 1

June 30
Parkstadion, Gelsenkirchen
Parkstadion, Gelsenkirchen
Netherlands 

2 - 0

July 3
Parkstadion, Gelsenkirchen
Parkstadion, Gelsenkirchen
East Germany 

1 - 1

July 3
Westfalenstadion, Dortmund
Westfalenstadion, Dortmund
Netherlands 

2 - 0

Group 2
Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 6 |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 |
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 2 |
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 0 |
June 26
Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf
Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf
West Germany 

2 - 0

June 26
Neckarstadion, Stuttgart
Neckarstadion, Stuttgart
Poland 

1 - 0

June 30
Waldstadion, Frankfurt
Waldstadion, Frankfurt
Poland 

2 - 1

June 30
Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf
Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf
West Germany 

4 - 2

July 3
Waldstadion, Frankfurt
Waldstadion, Frankfurt
West Germany 

1 - 0

July 3
Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf
Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf
Sweden 

2 - 1

Third place match
July 6
Olympiastadion, Munich
Olympiastadion, Munich
Poland 

1 - 0

Final
July 7
Olympiastadion, Munich
Attendance: 77,822
Referee: Jack Taylor (England)
Goals: Neeskens (NED) 2' (penalty), Breitner (FRG) 25' (penalty), Müller (FRG) 43'
Olympiastadion, Munich
Attendance: 77,822
Referee: Jack Taylor (England)
Goals: Neeskens (NED) 2' (penalty), Breitner (FRG) 25' (penalty), Müller (FRG) 43'
West Germany 

2 - 1
