1974 FIFA WORLD CUP

The '1974 FIFA World Cup', the tenth staging of the World Cup, was held in West Germany from June 13 to July 7. Germany had been chosen in July 1966 as hosts by FIFA. The tournament marked the first time that the current trophy, the FIFA World Cup Trophy, created by the Italian sculptor Silvio Gazzaniga, was awarded. The previous trophy, the Jules Rimet Trophy, was won for the third time by Brazil in 1970 and awarded permanently to the Brazilians. The host nation won the title beating Netherlands in the final, 2-1. The victory was the second for West Germany, who had won in 1954.
Attendances were rather low . The tournament was held mostly in bad weather, and the stadia had few protected places. Few western European nations had qualified, of which most were eliminated early. Fans from the Eastern neighbor states were hindered by political circumstances, or by lack of funds.
Carlos Caszely of Chile became the first player to be sent off with a red card in a World Cup match, during their match against West Germany. Red cards were formally introduced in World Cup play in 1970, but no players were sent off in that tournament.

Contents

Qualification

Summary

Germans vs. Germans

The Final

Mascot

Venues

Seeded teams

Match officials

Squads

Results

First round

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Group 4

Second round

Group A

Group B

Third place match

Scorers

Other facts

External links

Qualification

Main articles: 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification

Summary

The format of the competition changed from 1970: 16 teams qualified, divided into four groups of four. The top two teams in each group advanced to the second round, where they split into two groups of four. The winners of each group played each other in the final, and the second place finishers in the third place match.

Germans vs. Germans

The first round saw a politically charged match as the Germany national football team, representing the Federal Republic of Germany and the DFB which represents Germany since 1908, and the East Germany football team representing the socialist German Democratic Republic that existed from 1949 to 1990, had been drawn to play each other in Hamburg - the first and only time the two ever met on the football field. A non-professional West German selection had lost to the East Germans in the 1972 Olympic Games, though, with Uli Hoeneß still having amateur status then. Both teams were already qualified for the second round, which the game deciding the group winner. Only a limited number of East German ''Reisekader'', persons considered reliable enough to return home behind the Berlin Wall, had been allowed to leave the GDR to support their team. The goal of East German Jürgen Sparwasser won the match, and the group. The East Germans fell in the next round in games against Brazil and the Netherlands for which West German fans had secured tickets in anticipation of their team winning the group. The loss led to changes within Beckenbauer's squad, that, like the German team of 1954, turned a loss into a World Cup title win.

The Final

Eventually, West Germany and the Netherlands made it to the final. West Germany was led by Franz Beckenbauer, while the Dutch had their star Johan Cruijff, and their Total Football system which had dazzled the competition. With just a minute gone on the clock, following a solo run, Cruijff was brought down by Uli Hoeneß close to the German penalty area, and the Dutch took the lead from the ensuing penalty by Johan Neeskens before any German player had even touched the ball. West Germany struggled to recover, and the 26th minute was soon awarded a penalty after Bernd Hölzenbein fell within the Dutch area, causing British referee to award another controversial penalty. Paul Breitner spontaneously decided to kick, and scored. These two penalties were the first in a World Cup final. West Germany now pushed, but could not score, until when in the 43rd, in his typical style, Gerd Müller scored what turned out to be the winning goal, and the last of his career as he retired from the national team. The second half saw chances for both sides, with Müller putting the ball in the net for a goal that was disallowed as offside. In the 85th, Hölzenbein was fouled again, but no penalty this time. Eventually, West Germany, the European Champion of 1972, won also the 1974 World Cup.
Poland's Grzegorz Lato led the tournament in scoring seven goals. Gerd Müller's goal in the final was the 14th in his career of two World Cups, beating Just Fontaine's record of 13, in his single World Cup. Müller's record was only surpassed in 2006 by Ronaldo's 15 goals from three World Cups.

Mascot

The official mascots of this World Cup were ''Tip'' and ''Tap'', two boys wearing outfit similar to Germany's, with the letters WM (''Weltmeisterschaft'', World Cup) and number 74.

Venues

Nine cities hosted the tournament:

★ West Berlin, Olympiastadion

★ Dortmund, Westfalenstadion

★ Düsseldorf, Rheinstadion

★ Frankfurt, Waldstadion

★ Gelsenkirchen, Parkstadion

★ Hamburg, Volksparkstadion

★ Hanover, Niedersachsenstadion

★ Munich, Olympiastadion

★ Stuttgart, Neckarstadion

Seeded teams

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Match officials

;Africa

★ Mahmoud Mustafa Kamel

★ Youssou N'Diaye


;Asia

★ Jaffar Namdar

★ Govindasamy Suppiah


;Europe

★ Aurelio Angonese

★ Dogan Babacan

★ Bob Davidson

★ Rudi Glöckner

★ Pavel Kasakov

★ Erich Linemayr

★ Vital Loraux

★ Károly Palotai

★ Nicolae Rainea

★ Pablo Sánchez Ibáñez

★ Rudolf Scheurer

★ Gerhard Schulenburg

★ Jack Taylor

★ Kurt Tschenscher

★ Arie Van Gemert

★ Hans-Joachim Weyland
;North and Central America

★ Archundia González

★ Werner Winsemann


;Oceania

★ Tony Boskovic


;South America

★ Ramon Barreto

★ Omar Delgado Gómez

★ Vicente Llobregat

★ Armando Marques

★ Luis Pastarino

★ Edison Peréz-Nunez

Squads

For a list of all squads that appeared in the final tournament, see ''1974 FIFA World Cup squads''.

Results

First round

All times local (UTC+2)

Group 1

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
	'5'	3	2	1	0	4	1	+3
	'4'	3	2	0	1	4	1	+3
	'2'	3	0	2	1	1	2	-1
	'1'	3	0	1	2	0	5	-5

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Group 2

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
	'4'	3	1	2	0	10	1	+9
	'4'	3	1	2	0	3	0	+3
	'4'	3	1	2	0	3	1	+2
	'0'	3	0	0	3	0	14	-14

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Group 3

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
	'5'	3	2	1	0	6	1	+5
	'4'	3	1	2	0	3	0	+3
	'2'	3	0	2	1	2	5	-3
	'1'	3	0	1	2	1	6	-5

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Group 4

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
	'6'	3	3	0	0	12	3	+9
	'3'	3	1	1	1	7	5	+2
	'3'	3	1	1	1	5	4	+1
	'0'	3	0	0	3	2	14	-12

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Second round

Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
	'6'	3	3	0	0	8	0	+8
	'4'	3	2	0	1	3	3	0
	'1'	3	0	1	2	1	4	-3
	'1'	3	0	1	2	2	7	-5

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Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
	'6'	3	3	0	0	7	2	+5
	'4'	3	2	0	1	3	2	+1
	'2'	3	1	0	2	4	6	-2
	'0'	3	0	0	3	2	6	-4

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Third place match

===Final=

Awards==

1974 World Cup Winners
West Germany 'West Germany' 'Second Title'

Scorers

'7 goals' ★ Grzegorz Lato '5 goals' ★ Johan Neeskens ★ Andrzej Szarmach '4 goals' ★ Gerd Müller ★ Johnny Rep ★ Ralf Edström '3 goals' ★ René Houseman ★ Rivelino ★ Paul Breitner ★ Johan Cruijff ★ Kazimierz Deyna ★ Dušan Bajević

'2 goals' ★ Héctor Yazalde ★ Jairzinho ★ Joachim Streich ★ Wolfgang Overath ★ Emmanuel Sanon ★ Joe Jordan ★ Roland Sandberg ★ Stanislav Karasi ★ Ivica Šurjak ;1 goal ★ Rubén Ayala ★ Carlos Babington ★ Miguel Ángel Brindisi ★ Ramón Heredia ★ Valdomiro ★ Hristo Bonev ★ Sergio Ahumada ★ Martin Hoffmann ★ Jürgen Sparwasser ★ Rainer Bonhof ★ Bernhard Cullmann ★ Jürgen Grabowski ★ Uli Hoeneß

★ Pietro Anastasi ★ Romeo Benetti ★ Fabio Capello ★ Gianni Rivera ★ Theo de Jong ★ Ruud Krol ★ Rob Rensenbrink ★ Jerzy Gorgoń ★ Peter Lorimer ★ Conny Torstensson ★ Ricardo Pavoni ★ Vladislav Bogićević ★ Dragan Džajić ★ Josip Katalinski ★ Branko Oblak ★ Ilija Petković ;Own goals ★ Roberto Perfumo (for Italy) ★ Colin Curran (for East Germany) ★ Ruud Krol (for Bulgaria)

Other facts

External links

★ 1974 FIFA World Cup at FIFA.com

★ Details at RSSSF

★ History of the World Cup-1974

★ Planet World Cup - West Germany 1974