Football World Cup 1978 / Group A

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Netherlands	3	2	1	0	009: 400	+5	05: 10
2.	Italy	3	1	1	1	002: 200	± 0	03: 30
3.	BR Germany	3	0	2	1	004: 500	−1	02: 40
4th	Austria	3	1	0	2	004: 800	−4	02: 40

Group A of the Football World Cup 1978 :

Germany - Italy 0-0

BR Germany		Italy
	1. Group game Wednesday, June 14, 1978 at 1:45 p.m. in Buenos Aires ( Estadio Monumental ) Spectators: 67,547 Referee: Dusan Maksimovic ( Yugoslavia )   Match report
	Sepp Maier - Manfred Kaltz - Berti Vogts , Rolf Rüssmann , Bernard Dietz - Rainer Bonhof , Heinz Flohe (68th Erich Beer ), Herbert Zimmermann (53rd Harald Konopka ) - Karl-Heinz Rummenigge , Klaus Fischer , Bernd Hölzenbein Trainer: Helmut Schön	Dino Zoff - Gaetano Scirea - Claudio Gentile , Mauro Bellugi , Antonio Cabrini - Romeo Benetti , Marco Tardelli , Giancarlo Antognoni (46th Renato Zaccarelli ) - Franco Causio , Paolo Rossi , Roberto Bettega Trainer: Enzo Bearzot

Netherlands - Austria 5: 1 (3: 0)

Netherlands		Austria
	1. Group game Wednesday 14 June 1978 at 1:45 p.m. in Córdoba ( Estadio Olímpico Chateau Carreras ) Spectators: 25,050 Referee: John Gordon ( Scotland )   Match report
	Piet Schrijvers - Ruud Krol - Piet Wildschut , Ernie Brandts (66th Adrie van Kraay ), Jan Poortvliet - Wim Jansen , Arie Haan , Willy van de Kerkhof - René van de Kerkhof (60th Dick Schoenaker ), Johnny Rep , Rob Rensenbrink trainers : Ernst Happel ( Austria )	Friedrich Koncilia - Erich Obermayer - Robert Sara , Bruno Pezzey , Gerhard Breitenberger - Herbert Prohaska , Josef Hickersberger , Eduard Krieger , Kurt Jara - Wilhelm Kreuz , Hans Krankl Trainer: Helmut Senekowitsch
	1-0 Brandts (6th) 2-0 Rensenbrink (35th, penalty kick ) 3-0 Rep (36th) 4-0 Rep (53rd) 5: 1 W. van de Kerkhof (82nd)	4: 1 Obermayer (79th)

Italy - Austria 1: 0 (1: 0)

Italy		Austria
	2. Group game Sunday, June 18, 1978 at 4:45 p.m. in Buenos Aires ( Estadio Monumental ) Spectators: 66,695 Referee: Francis Rion ( Belgium )   Match report
	Dino Zoff - Gaetano Scirea - Claudio Gentile , Mauro Bellugi (46th Antonello Cuccureddu ), Antonio Cabrini - Romeo Benetti , Renato Zaccarelli , Marco Tardelli - Franco Causio , Paolo Rossi , Roberto Bettega (72nd Francesco Graziani ) Trainer: Enzo Bearzot	Friedrich Koncilia - Erich Obermayer - Robert Sara , Bruno Pezzey , Heinrich Strasser - Herbert Prohaska , Josef Hickersberger , Eduard Krieger , Wilhelm Kreuz - Walter Schachner (63rd Johann Pirkner ), Hans Krankl Trainer: Helmut Senekowitsch
	1-0 Rossi (14th)

Federal Republic of Germany - Netherlands 2: 2 (1: 1)

BR Germany		Netherlands
	2. Group game Sunday, June 18, 1978 at 4:45 p.m. in Córdoba ( Estadio Olímpico Chateau Carreras ) Spectators: 40,750 Referee: Ramón Barreto ( Uruguay )   Match report
	Sepp Maier - Manfred Kaltz - Berti Vogts , Rolf Rüssmann , Bernard Dietz - Rainer Bonhof , Erich Beer , Bernd Hölzenbein - Rüdiger Abramczik , Dieter Müller , Karl-Heinz Rummenigge Trainer: Helmut Schön	Piet Schrijvers - Ruud Krol - Piet Wildschut (79th Dick Nanninga ), Ernie Brandts , Jan Poortvliet - Wim Jansen , Arie Haan , Willy van de Kerkhof - René van de Kerkhof , Johnny Rep , Rob Rensenbrink Trainer: Ernst Happel ( Austria )
	1: 0 Abramczik (3rd) 2: 1 D. Müller (70th)	1: 1 Haan (27.) 2: 2 R. van de Kerkhof (84.)
	Maier	W. van de Kerkhof (6th), Nanninga
		Nanninga (88.)

Netherlands - Italy 2: 1 (0: 1)

Netherlands		Italy
	3. Group game Wednesday, June 21, 1978 at 1:45 p.m. in Buenos Aires ( Estadio Monumental ) Spectators: 67,433 Referee: Angel Franco Martínez ( Spain )   Match report
	Piet Schrijvers (21st Jan Jongbloed ) - Ruud Krol - Ernie Brandts , Jan Poortvliet - Wim Jansen , Johan Neeskens , Arie Haan , Willy van de Kerkhof - René van de Kerkhof , Johnny Rep (65th Adrie van Kraay ), Rob Rensenbrink trainers : Ernst Happel ( Austria )	Dino Zoff - Gaetano Scirea - Antonello Cuccureddu , Claudio Gentile , Antonio Cabrini - Romeo Benetti (77th Francesco Graziani ), Renato Zaccarelli , Marco Tardelli - Franco Causio (46th Claudio Sala ), Paolo Rossi , Roberto Bettega Trainer: Enzo Bearzot
	1: 1 Brandts (50th) 2: 1 Haan (75th)	0: 1 Brandts (18th, own goal )
	Rep (35.), Haan (50.)	Benetti (40th), Cabrini (65th), Tardelli (70th)

Austria - Federal Republic of Germany 3: 2 (0: 1)

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Austria		BR Germany
	3. Group game Wednesday, June 21, 1978 at 1:45 p.m. in Córdoba ( Estadio Olímpico Chateau Carreras ) Spectators: 38,318 Referee: Abraham Klein ( Israel )   Match report
	Friedrich Koncilia - Erich Obermayer - Robert Sara , Bruno Pezzey , Heinrich Strasser - Herbert Prohaska , Josef Hickersberger , Eduard Krieger , Wilhelm Kreuz - Walter Schachner (71st Franz Oberacher ), Hans Krankl Trainer: Helmut Senekowitsch	Sepp Maier - Manfred Kaltz - Berti Vogts , Rolf Rüssmann , Bernard Dietz - Rainer Bonhof , Erich Beer (46th Hansi Müller ), Bernd Hölzenbein - Rüdiger Abramczik , Dieter Müller (60th Klaus Fischer ), Karl-Heinz Rummenigge Trainer: Helmut Schön
	1: 1 Vogts (59th, own goal ) 2: 1 Krankl (66th) 3: 2 Krankl (87th)	0: 1 Rummenigge (19th) 2: 2 Holzbein (68th)
	Sara, Prohaska	Abramczik