Compendium to the 1972 Euros- Part 10 (Finals)

UEFA European Championship –Finals

Finals Squads:

Belgium:

Christian Piot (Royal Standard Club Liegeois) (goalkeeper) 

Luc Sanders (Royal Football Club Brugeois) (goalkeeper)

Georges Heylens (Royale Sporting Club Anderlechtois)

Leon Dolmans (Royal Standard Club Liegeois)  

Jean Thissen (Royal Standard Club Liegeois)  

Erwin Vandendaele (Royal Football Club Brugeois)

Jean Dockx (Royale Sporting Club Anderlechtois)

Leon Semmeling (Royal Standard Club Liegeois)  

Maurice Martens (Royal Racing White)

Raoul Lambert (Royal Football Club Brugeois)

Paul Van Himst (captain) (Royale Sporting Club Anderlechtois)      

Jan Verheyn (Royale Sporting Club Anderlechtois)

Gilbert Van Binst (Royale Sporting Club Anderlechtois)

Odillon Polleunis (Koninklijke Sint-Truidense Voetbal Vereniging)

Jacques Teugels (Royal Racing White)

Johnny Thio (Royal Football Club Brugeois)

Frans Janssens (Koninklijke Lierse Sportkring)

Coach: Raymond Goethals

Hungary:

Istvan Geczi (Ferencvárosi Torna Club- Budapest) (goalkeeper)

Tibor Fabian (Vasas Sport Club- Budapesti)  

Miklós Páncsics (Ferencvárosi Torna Club- Budapest)

Peter Juhasz (Újpesti Dózsa Sport Club- Budapest)

Florian Albert (Ferencvárosi Torna Club- Budapest)

Lájos Szucs (Budapesti Honvéd Sport Egyesület)

Laszlo Balint (Ferencvárosi Torna Club- Budapest)

Istvan Szoke (Ferencvárosi Torna Club- Budapest)

Lájos Kocsis (Budapesti Honvéd Sport Egyesület)

Ferenc Bene (Újpesti Dózsa Sport Club- Budapest)

Lajos Kü (Ferencvárosi Torna Club- Budapest)

Sandor Zambo (Újpesti Dózsa Sport Club- Budapest)

Istvan Juhasz (Ferencvárosi Torna Club- Budapest)    

Mihaly Kozma (Budapesti Honvéd Sport Egyesület)

Antal Dunai II (Újpesti Dózsa Sport Club- Budapest)

József Kovacs  (Videoton Sport Club- Székesfehérvári)

Imre Rapp (Pecs) (goalkeeper)

Coach: Rudolf Illovszky

USSR:

Evgeny Vasilyevich Rudakov (Dynamo Kiev) (goalkeeper)

Revaz Mihaylovich Dzodzuashvili (Dynamo Tblissi)

Murtaz Kalistratovich Khurtzilava (captain) (Dynamo Tblissi)

Nikolai Ivanovich Abramov (Spartak Moskva)

Viktor Antonovich Matvienko (Dynamo Kiev)

Viktor Mihaylovich Kolotov (Dynamo Kiev)

Vladimir Nikolaevich Troshkin (Dynamo Kiev)

Anatoli Nikolaevich Baydachny (Dynamo Moskva)

Anatoly Andreyevich  Banishevski  (Nefchi Baku)

Vladimir Fedorovich Muntyan (Dynamo Kiev)

Oleg Vasilyevich Dolmatov (Dynamo Moskva)

Vladimir Aleksandrovich Kaplichni (CSKA (Central'nyy Sportivnyy Klub Armii) Moskva)

Yuri Vasilyevich Istomin (CSKA (Central'nyy Sportivnyy Klub Armii) Moskva)

Anatoly Dmitrievich Konkov (Shakhtar Donetsk)

Eduard Teodorovich Kozinkevich (Karpaty Lvov)

Givi Georgievich Nodiya (Dynamo Tblissi) 

Vladimir Ivanovich Onischenko (Zarya Voloshilovgrad)

Vladimir Pilguy (Dynamo Moskva) (goalkeeper)

Coach: Alexander Ponomarev

West Germany:

1-Josef ‘Sepp’ Maier (Fußball-Club Bayern München e.V.) (goalkeeper)
2-Horst-Dieter Höttges (Sport Verein Werder Bremen von 1899 e.V.)

3-Paul Breitner (Fußball-Club Bayern München e.V.)
4-Hans-Georg Schwarzenbeck  (Fußball-Club Bayern München e.V.)

5-Franz Beckenbauer (captain) (Fußball-Club Bayern München e.V.)

6-Herbert Wimmer (Borussia Verein für Leibesübungen 1900 e.V. Mönchengladbach)

7-Jurgen Grabowski (Eintracht Frankfurt e.V.)
8-Ulrich ‘Uli” Hoeness  (Fußball-Club Bayern München e.V.)

9-Josef ‘Jupp’Heynckes (Borussia Verein für Leibesübungen 1900 e.V. Mönchengladbach)

10-Gunther Netzer (Borussia Verein für Leibesübungen 1900 e.V. Mönchengladbach)

11-Erwin Kremers (Fußball Club Schalke von 1904- Gelsenkirchen)

12- Michael Bella (Meidericher Spielverein 02 e.V. Duisburg)

13- Gerhard ‘Gerd’ Müller (Fußball-Club Bayern München e.V.)

14- Hans-Hubert ‘Berti’ Vogts (Borussia Verein für Leibesübungen 1900 e.V. Mönchengladbach)

15- Rainer Bonhof (Borussia Verein für Leibesübungen 1900 e.V. Mönchengladbach)

16-Horst Koppel (Borussia Verein für Leibesübungen 1900 e.V. Mönchengladbach)

17- Johannes Lohr (1. Fußball-Club Köln 01/07 e.V.)

18-Wolfgang Kleff (Borussia Verein für Leibesübungen 1900 e.V. Mönchengladbach) (goalkeeper)

Coach: Helmut Schön

Date: June 14, 1972

Competition: UEFA European Championship-Semifinals

Result: Belgium 1-West Germany 2

Venue: Antwerp - De Bosuil Stadion, Belgium      

Attendance: 59,000

Referee: William Joseph Mulan (Scotland)

Goalscorers:

(Belgium): Odillon Polleunis 83rd

(West Germany): Gerd Müller 24^th, 71^st

Summary of goals:

0:1 (26^th minute, West Germany): Nezter crossed from right side into the box, Gerd Muller’s header lobbed over the advancing Christian Piot.

0:2 (71^st  minute, West Germany): Nezter sent a long cross from the middle into the box for Muller to shoot past Piot.

1:2 (83^rd  minute, Belgium):A Belgian cross from the right side into box, German defenders did not clear properly, Odillon Polleunis blasted the bal in.

Lineups:

Belgium:

1-Christian Piot (Royal Standard Club Liegeois)  

2- Georges Heylens (Royale Sporting Club Anderlechtois)

3- Erwin Vandendaele (Royal Football Club Brugeois)

4-Jean Thissen (Royal Standard Club Liegeois)  

5-Leon Dolmans (Royal Standard Club Liegeois)  

6-Jean Dockx (Royale Sporting Club Anderlechtois)

7-Jan Verheyn (Royale Sporting Club Anderlechtois)

8- Maurice Martens (Royal Racing White) (14- Odillon Polleunis (Koninklijke Sint-Truidense Voetbal Vereniging) 65th)

9-Leon Semmeling (Royal Standard Club Liegeois)  

10- Paul Van Himst (captain) (Royale Sporting Club Anderlechtois)                

11-Raoul Lambert (Royal Football Club Brugeois)

Coach: Raymond Goethals

Booked: Erwin Vandendaele 17^th

Other Substitutes:

12-Luc Sanders (Royal Football Club Brugeois)

13- Gilbert Van Binst (Royale Sporting Club Anderlechtois)

15- Johnny Thio (Royal Football Club Brugeois)

16- Jacques Teugels (Royal Racing White)

17- Frans Janssens (Koninklijke Lierse Sportkring)

West Germany:

1-Josef ‘Sepp’ Maier (Fußball-Club Bayern München e.V.)
2-Horst-Dieter Höttges (Sport Verein Werder Bremen von 1899 e.V.)

3-Paul Breitner (Fußball-Club Bayern München e.V.)
5-Franz Beckenbauer (captain) (Fußball-Club Bayern München e.V.)

4-Hans-Georg Schwarzenbeck  (Fußball-Club Bayern München e.V.)

6-Herbert Wimmer (Borussia Verein für Leibesübungen 1900 e.V. Mönchengladbach)
8-Ulrich ‘Uli” Hoeness  (Fußball-Club Bayern München e.V.) (7-Jurgen Grabowski (Eintracht Frankfurt e.V.) 58^th)

10-Gunther Netzer (Borussia Verein für Leibesübungen 1900 e.V. Mönchengladbach)

9-Josef ‘Jupp’Heynckes (Borussia Verein für Leibesübungen 1900 e.V. Mönchengladbach)

13- Gerhard ‘Gerd’ Müller (Fußball-Club Bayern München e.V.)

11-Erwin Kremers (Fußball Club Schalke von 1904- Gelsenkirchen)

Coach: Helmut Schön

Photo From: Kepes Sport / http://splendoremagiaro.altervista.org/Pagine/Europei/FF1972.htm

(June 14, 1972, UEFA European Championships, Belgium 1-West Germany 2)

Photo From: Chronik des deutschen fussballs, 2005

(June 14, 1972, UEFA European Championships, Belgium 1-West Germany 2)

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(Belgium squad, June 14, 1972, UEFA European Championships, Belgium 1-West Germany 2)

Photo From: France Football, Issue 1368, June 20, 1972

(Gerd Muller, June 14, 1972, UEFA European Championships, Belgium 1-West Germany 2)

1972 (June 14) Belgium 1-West Germany 2... by sp1873

Date: June 14, 1972

Competition: UEFA European Championship-Semifinals

Result: USSR 1-Hungary 0

Venue: Bruxelles (Brussels) - Parc Astrid- Stade Emile Versé, Belgium      

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Rudolf Glöckner (East Germany)

Goalscorers:

(USSR): Anatoly Konkov 53^rd

(Hungary): None 

Summary of goals:

1:0 (53^rd minute, USSR): A Corner from right, was headed out by Miklós Páncsics into the path of Anatoly Konkov. He volleyed from the edge of the box into the top left hand corner (the shot touched Peter Juhasz on its way in)

Lineups:

USSR:

1- Evgeny Vasilyevich Rudakov (Dynamo Kiev)

2-Revaz Mihaylovich Dzodzuashvili (Dynamo Tblissi)

3-Murtaz Kalistratovich Khurtzilava (captain) (Dynamo Tblissi)

12- Vladimir Aleksandrovich Kaplichni (CSKA (Central'nyy Sportivnyy Klub Armii) Moskva)

13- Yuri Vasilyevich Istomin (CSKA (Central'nyy Sportivnyy Klub Armii) Moskva)

6- Viktor Mihaylovich Kolotov (Dynamo Kiev)

7- Vladimir Nikolaevich Troshkin (Dynamo Kiev)

8- Anatoli Nikolaevich Baydachny (Dynamo Moskva)

9- Anatoly Andreyevich  Banishevski  (Nefchi Baku) (16- Givi Georgievich Nodiya (Dynamo Tblissi)  70)

14- Anatoly Dmitrievich Konkov (Shakhtar Donetsk)

18- Vladimir Ivanovich Onischenko (Zarya Voloshilovgrad)

Coach: Alexander Ponomarev

Booked: Murtaz Khurtsilava

Hungary:

1-Istvan Geczi (Ferencvárosi Torna Club- Budapest)

2-Tibor Fabian (Vasas Sport Club- Budapesti)  

3-Miklós Páncsics (Ferencvárosi Torna Club- Budapest)

6-Laszlo Balint (Ferencvárosi Torna Club- Budapest)

4-Peter Juhasz (Újpesti Dózsa Sport Club- Budapest)

12-Istvan Juhasz (Ferencvárosi Torna Club- Budapest)    

8-Lájos Kocsis (Budapesti Honvéd Sport Egyesület) (5-Florian Albert (Ferencvárosi Torna Club- Budapest) 60^th)

10-Lajos Kü (Ferencvárosi Torna Club- Budapest)

7-Istvan Szoke (Ferencvárosi Torna Club- Budapest)

9-Ferenc Bene (Újpesti Dózsa Sport Club- Budapest) (13-Antal Dunai II (Újpesti Dózsa Sport Club- Budapest) 60th)

11-Sandor Zambo (Újpesti Dózsa Sport Club- Budapest)

Coach: Rudolf Illovszky

Booked: László Bálint

Referee: Rudolf Glöckner (East Germany)

Photo From: World Soccer, August 1972

(USSR’s goal, June 14, 1972, UEFA European Championships, USSR 1-Hungary 0)

Photo From: Kepes Sport / http://splendoremagiaro.altervista.org/Pagine/Europei/FF1972.htm

(June 14, 1972, UEFA European Championships, USSR 1-Hungary 0)

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(USSR squad, June 14, 1972, UEFA European Championships, USSR 1-Hungary 0)

Date: June 17, 1972

Competition: UEFA European Championship-Third Place

Result: Belgium 2-Hungary 1

Venue: Liège (Luik) - Stade de Sclessin (Stade Maurice Dufrasne), Belgium      

Attendance: 6,184

Referee: Johan Einar Boström (Sweden)

Goalscorers:

(Belgium): Raoul Lambert 24^th, Paul Van Himst 29^th

(Hungary): Lajos Kü 50^th pen      

Summary of goals:

1:0 (24^th minute, Belgium): Raoul Lambert received a pass from the middle and went to the right side. He went passed two defenders, at the edge of box and curled a shot past Istvan Geczi.

2:0 (29^th minute, Belgium): Hungarian gave away the ball on left side that was intercepted, The cross was made from the left side that Miklós Páncsics should have covered but instead jumped over it assuming Istvan Geczi had it covered. The ball went past him to van Himst who tapped it in.

2:1 (50^th minute, Hungary):Hungary were awarded their penalty kick after Antal Dunai was fouled in the box. Lajos Ku scored from the ensuing spot kick.

Lineups:

Belgium:

1-Christian Piot (Royal Standard Club Liegeois)  

2- Georges Heylens (Royale Sporting Club Anderlechtois)

3- Erwin Vandendaele (Royal Football Club Brugeois)

4-Jean Thissen (Royal Standard Club Liegeois) 

5-Leon Dolmans (Royal Standard Club Liegeois)  

6-Jean Dockx (Royale Sporting Club Anderlechtois)

7-Jan Verheyn (Royale Sporting Club Anderlechtois)

8- Odillon Polleunis (Koninklijke Sint-Truidense Voetbal Vereniging)

9-Leon Semmeling (Royal Standard Club Liegeois)  

10-Paul Van Himst (Captain) (Royale Sporting Club Anderlechtois)

11-Raoul Lambert (Royal Football Club Brugeois)

Coach: Raymond Goethals

Booked: Léon Dolmans

Other Substitutes:

12-Luc Sanders (Royal Football Club Brugeois)

13- Gilbert Van Binst (Royale Sporting Club Anderlechtois)

14- Maurice Martens (Royal Racing White)

15- Johnny Thio (Royal Football Club Brugeois)

16- Jacques Teugels (Royal Racing White)

17- Frans Janssens (Koninklijke Lierse Sportkring)

Hungary:

1-Istvan Geczi (Ferencvárosi Torna Club- Budapest)

2-Tibor Fabian (Vasas Sport Club- Budapesti)  

3-Miklós Páncsics (Ferencvárosi Torna Club- Budapest)

5-Laszlo Balint (Ferencvárosi Torna Club- Budapest)

4-Peter Juhasz (Újpesti Dózsa Sport Club- Budapest)

10-Istvan Juhasz (Ferencvárosi Torna Club- Budapest)    

8-Florian Albert (Ferencvárosi Torna Club- Budapest)

6-Lajos Kü (Ferencvárosi Torna Club- Budapest)

7-Mihaly Kozma (Budapesti Honvéd Sport Egyesület)

9-Antal Dunai II (Újpesti Dózsa Sport Club- Budapest)

11-Sandor Zambo (Újpesti Dózsa Sport Club- Budapest) (12-Lájos Szucs (Budapesti Honvéd Sport Egyesület) 46th)

Coach: Rudolf Illovszky

Booked: Péter Juhász

Photo From: Kepes Sport / http://splendoremagiaro.altervista.org/Pagine/Europei/FF1972.htm

(June 17, 1972, UEFA European Championships, Belgium 2-Hungary 1)

Photo From: World Soccer , July 1972

(June 17, 1972, UEFA European Championships, Belgium 2-Hungary 1)

Date: June 18, 1972

Competition: UEFA European Championship-Final

Result: West Germany 3-USSR 0

Venue: Bruxelles-Stade du Heysel  (Brussels- Heizelstadion), Belgium 

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Ferdinand Marschall (Austria)

Goalscorers:

(West Germany): Gerd Müller 28^th, 57^th, Herbert Wimmer 52^nd   

(USSR): None

Summary of goals:

1:0 (28^th minute, West Germany): Beckenbauer went forward after pased to Muler who flicked to Netzer. His outstreched kick hit thr crossbar. The ball reached Heynckes at the edge of box on right side. His volley was parried by Rudakov but Muller scored from the rebound. Rudakov protested for a handball but replays verified there was no handball by Muller.

2:0 (52^nd minute, West Germany): In the middle, Netzer passed to Heynches on the left. He sent a through ball to Wimmer who shot to the lower far right corner.

3:0 (57^th minute, West Germany): Schwartzebenk advanced to opposition half and passed to Muller in the center.

Muller advanced and passed to Heynckes who made a one-two with Schwarzenbeck, who immediately passed to Muller to score.

Lineups:

West Germany:

1-Josef ‘Sepp’ Maier  (Fußball-Club Bayern München e.V.)
2-Horst-Dieter Höttges (Sport Verein Werder Bremen von 1899 e.V.)

3-Paul Breitner  (Fußball-Club Bayern München e.V.)
5-Franz Beckenbauer (captain) (Fußball-Club Bayern München e.V.)

4-Hans-Georg Schwarzenbeck  (Fußball-Club Bayern München e.V.)

6-Herbert Wimmer (Borussia Verein für Leibesübungen 1900 e.V. Mönchengladbach)
8-Ulrich ‘Uli” Hoeness (Fußball-Club Bayern München e.V.)

10-Gunther Netzer (Borussia Verein für Leibesübungen 1900 e.V. Mönchengladbach)

7-Josef ‘Jupp’Heynckes (Borussia Verein für Leibesübungen 1900 e.V. Mönchengladbach) 

9- Gerhard ‘Gerd’ Müller (Fußball-Club Bayern München e.V.)

11-Erwin Kremers (Fußball Club Schalke von 1904- Gelsenkirchen)

Coach: Helmut Schön

USSR:

1- Evgeny Vasilyevich Rudakov (Dynamo Kiev)

2-Revaz Mihaylovich Dzodzuashvili (Dynamo Tblissi)

3-Murtaz Kalistratovich Khurtzilava (captain) (Dynamo Tblissi)

4- Vladimir Aleksandrovich Kaplichni (CSKA (Central'nyy Sportivnyy Klub Armii) Moskva)

5- Yuri Vasilyevich Istomin (CSKA (Central'nyy Sportivnyy Klub Armii) Moskva)

8- Viktor Mihaylovich Kolotov (Dynamo Kiev)

7- Vladimir Nikolaevich Troshkin (Dynamo Kiev)

9- Anatoli Nikolaevich Baydachny (Dynamo Moskva)

10- Anatoly Andreyevich  Banishevski (Nefchi Baku) (15- Eduard Teodorovich Kozinkevich (Karpaty Lvov) 66^th)

6- Anatoly Dmitrievich Konkov (Shakhtar Donetsk)  (14- Oleg Vasilyevich Dolmatov (Dynamo Moskva) 46^th)

11- Vladimir Ivanovich Onischenko (Zarya Voloshilovgrad)

Coach: Alexander Ponomarev

Booked: Murtaz Khurtsilava, Vladimir Kaplichni

Topscorer overall: Gerd Muller (West Germany) 11 goals

Topscorer final tournament: Gerd Muller (West Germany) 4 goals

Photo From: World Soccer , July 1972

(Franz Beckenbauer, June 18, 1972, UEFA European Championships, West Germany 3-USSR 0)

Photo From: Calcio 2000, Issue 23, October1999

(Paul Breitner, June 18, 1972, UEFA European Championships, West Germany 3-USSR 0)

Photo From: Calcio 2000, Issue 23, October1999

(Gerd Muller, June 18, 1972, UEFA European Championships, West Germany 3-USSR 0)

Photo From: Calcio 2000, Issue 23, October1999

(June 18, 1972, UEFA European Championships, West Germany 3-USSR 0)

Photo From: IFFHS-Europameisterschaften 1958-1984, No 2

(Gerd Muller scoring the first goal, June 18, 1972, UEFA European Championships, West Germany 3-USSR 0)

Photo From: Kicker Sportsmagazin Edition, 100 Jahre Deutsche Landerspiele

(Gerd Muller scoring the first goal, June 18, 1972, UEFA European Championships, West Germany 3-USSR 0)

Photo From: Deutschlands Fussball Landerspiele, Eine Dokumentation von 1908-1989

(Herbert Wimmer scoring the second goal, June 18, 1972, UEFA European Championships, West Germany 3-USSR 0)

Photo From: IFFHS-Europameisterschaften 1958-1984, No 2

(Gerd Muller scoring the third goal, June 18, 1972, UEFA European Championships, West Germany 3-USSR 0)

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(Franz Beckenbauer, June 18, 1972, UEFA European Championships, West Germany 3-USSR 0)

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(Gerd Muller, June 18, 1972, UEFA European Championships, West Germany 3-USSR 0)

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(June 18, 1972, UEFA European Championships, West Germany 3-USSR 0)

Photo from:  IFFHS-Europameisterschaften 1958-1984, No 2

(USSR squad, June 18, 1972, UEFA European Championships, West Germany 3-USSR 0)

Photo from:  IFFHS-Europameisterschaften 1958-1984, No 2

(West Germany squad, June 18, 1972, UEFA European Championships, West Germany 3-USSR 0)

Photo From: Chronik des deutschen fussballs, 2005

(West Germany squad, June 18, 1972, UEFA European Championships, West Germany 3-USSR 0)

Photo From: Deutschlands Fussball Landerspiele, Eine Dokumentation von 1908-1989

(West Germany squad, June 18, 1972, UEFA European Championships, West Germany 3-USSR 0)

Photo From: France Football, Issue 1368, June 20, 1972

(West Germany squad, June 18, 1972, UEFA European Championships, West Germany 3-USSR 0)

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(West Germany squad, June 18, 1972, UEFA European Championships, West Germany 3-USSR 0)

Photo From: Футбол - Футбол-Хоккей, 1972 №26---25.06

(Franz Beckenbauer, June 18, 1972, UEFA European Championships, West Germany 3-USSR 0)

Photo From: Футбол - Футбол-Хоккей, 1972 №26---25.06

(West Germany and USSR squads, June 18, 1972, UEFA European Championships, West Germany 3-USSR 0)

1972 (June 18) West Germany 3-USSR 0 (EC Final) by sp1873