Qualifiers

Mexico 1970 Qualification Round (UEFA Group 7)

Helmut Schön’s German side qualified for the 1970 finals in Mexico at the expense of Scotland, Austria and Cyprus, finishing top of their four-team group with eleven points from a possible twelve – though things were perhaps not so clear-cut as the final analysis would suggest. The two games against the Scots were close, and Cyprus somehow managed to keep a clean sheet in Nicosia right until the dying moments when the prolific Gerd Müller – who scored in every game of the campaign – struck the winner for the Mannschaft. The return fixture against the Cypriots in Essen produced a completely different result however, with Germany winning 12-0 – a German record for a World Cup qualifying game.

Match Results and Details

v Austria, Praterstadion, Wien, 13.10.1968

2-0 (1-0)
Müller 16., Eigenstiller og 49. / –

Team: Maier – Vogts, Höttges – Beckenbauer, W. Schulz (c), W. Weber – B. Dörfel, Ulsaß, G. Müller, Netzer, Held

v Cyprus, Lefkosia, 23.11.1968

1-0 (0-0)
Müller 90. / –

Team: H. Wolter – Vogts, Höttges (67. Gerwien) – W. Weber, W. Schulz (c) (46. Patzke), Lorenz – Wimmer, B. Dörfel, G. Müller, Overath, Held

v Scotland, Hampden Park, Glasgow, 16.04.1969

1-1 (1-0)
Müller 39. / Murdoch 85.

Team: H. Wolter (46. Maier) – Patzke, Vogts – Beckenbauer, W. Schulz (c), Schnellinger – B. Dörfel, Haller, G. Müller, Overath (79. Lorenz), Held

v Austria, Frankenstadion, Nürnberg, 10.05.1969

1-0 (0-0)
Müller 88. / –

Team: Lehmann – Maier – Höttges, Vogts – Beckenbauer, W. Schulz (c), Patzke – B. Dörfel, Overath, G. Müller, Held (77. Heynckes), Brenninger (66. Volkert)

v Cyprus, Georg-Melches-Stadion, Essen, 21.05.1969

12-0 (7-0)
G. Müller 3., 44., 48., 85., Overath 5., 12., 63., Haller 17., 46., Lorenz 32., Held 41., Höttges 51. / –

Team: Maier – Vogts, Höttges (84. L. Müller) – Beckenbauer, W. Schulz (c), Lorenz (75. Patzke) – Libuda, Haller, G. Müller, Overath, Held

v Scotland, Volksparkstadion, Hamburg, 22.10.1969

3-2 (1-1)
Fichtel 37., Müller 59., Libuda 79. / J. Johnstone 3., Gilzean 62.

Team: Maier – Höttges, Vogts – Beckenbauer, W. Schulz, Fichtel – Libuda, Seeler, G. Müller, Overath (c), Haller

Final Group Standings