1974 FIFA World Cup Group 3

Group 3 of the 1974 FIFA World Cup was contested between 15 and 23 June 1974. Matches were played in three cities: Dortmund, Hanover and Düsseldorf.^[1]

The pool comprised Uruguay (Pot 3-South America), Bulgaria (Pot 2-Eastern Europe), Netherlands (Pot 1-Western Europe) and Sweden (Pot 4-Rest of the world).

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	3	2	1	0	6	1	+5	5	Advance to second round
2	Sweden	3	1	2	0	3	0	+3	4
3	Bulgaria	3	0	2	1	2	5	−3	2
4	Uruguay	3	0	1	2	1	6	−5	1

Source: FIFA

Matches

All times listed are local (CET)

Uruguay vs Netherlands

15 June 1974 (1974-06-15)

16:00 CET

Uruguay	0–2	Netherlands
	[Report 1]	Rep 7', 86'

Niedersachsenstadion, Hanover

Attendance: 55,100

Referee: Károly Palotai (Hungary)

Uruguay

Netherlands

GK 1 Ladislao Mazurkiewicz RB 4 Pablo Forlán  50' CB 2 Baudilio Jáuregui CB 3 Juan Carlos Masnik (c)  65' LB 6 Ricardo Pavoni RM 18 Walter Mantegazza  25' CM 5 Julio Montero Castillo  69' LM 8 Víctor Espárrago RF 7 Luis Cubilla  64' CF 9 Fernando Morena LF 10 Pedro Rocha Substitutions: FW 19 Denis Milar  64' Manager: Roberto Porta

GK 8 Jan Jongbloed RB 20 Wim Suurbier CB 17 Wim Rijsbergen CB 2 Arie Haan LB 12 Ruud Krol RM 13 Johan Neeskens CM 6 Wim Jansen LM 3 Willem van Hanegem RF 16 Johnny Rep CF 14 Johan Cruyff (c) LF 15 Rob Rensenbrink Manager: Rinus Michels

Assistant referees: Pavel Kazanov (Soviet Union) Nicolae Rainea (Romania)

Sweden vs Bulgaria

15 June 1974 (1974-06-15)

16:00 CET

Sweden	0–0	Bulgaria
	[Report 2]

Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf

Attendance: 23,800

Referee: Edison Peréz Núñez (Peru)

Sweden

Bulgaria

GK 1 Ronnie Hellström DF 2 Jan Olsson DF 3 Kent Karlsson DF 5 Björn Andersson MF 6 Ove Grahn MF 7 Bo Larsson (c) MF 8 Conny Torstensson MF 14 Staffan Tapper FW 9 Ove Kindvall  73' FW 10 Ralf Edström FW 11 Roland Sandberg Substitutions: MF 15 Benno Magnusson  73' Manager: Georg Ericson

GK 1 Rumyancho Goranov DF 4 Stefan Velichkov DF 5 Bozhil Kolev DF 6 Dimitar Penev MF 7 Voyn Voynov  75' MF 11 Georgi Denev MF 17 Asparuh Nikodimov MF 18 Tsonyo Vasilev MF 19 Kiril Ivkov FW 8 Hristo Bonev (c) FW 15 Pavel Panov  73' Substitutions: DF 13 Mladen Vasilev  73' MF 9 Atanas Mihailov  75' Manager: Hristo Mladenov

Assistant referees: Alfonso González Archundía (Mexico) Govindasamy Suppiah (Singapore)

Bulgaria vs Uruguay

19 June 1974 (1974-06-19)

19:30 CET

Bulgaria	1–1	Uruguay
Bonev 75'	[Report 3]	Pavoni 87'

Niedersachsenstadion, Hanover

Attendance: 13,400

Referee: Jack Taylor (England)

Bulgaria

Uruguay

GK 1 Rumyancho Goranov DF 4 Stefan Velichkov DF 5 Bozhil Kolev DF 6 Dimitar Penev MF 7 Voyn Voynov MF 11 Georgi Denev MF 17 Asparuh Nikodimov  59' MF 18 Tsonyo Vasilev  9' MF 19 Kiril Ivkov FW 8 Hristo Bonev (c) FW 15 Pavel Panov Substitutions: FW 9 Atanas Mihailov  59' Manager: Hristo Mladenov

GK 1 Ladislao Mazurkiewicz (c) DF 2 Baudilio Jáuregui DF 4 Pablo Forlán DF 6 Ricardo Pavoni DF 14 Luis Garisto  73' MF 8 Víctor Espárrago  44' MF 10 Pedro Rocha MF 18 Walter Mantegazza  62' FW 9 Fernando Morena FW 11 Rubén Corbo FW 19 Denis Milar Substitutions: MF 16 Alberto Cardaccio  62' DF 3 Juan Carlos Masnik  73' Manager: Roberto Porta

Assistant referees: Doğan Babacan (Turkey) Klaus Ohmsen (West Germany)

Netherlands vs Sweden

19 June 1974 (1974-06-19)

19:30 CET

Netherlands	0–0	Sweden
	[Report 4]

Westfalenstadion, Dortmund

Attendance: 53,700

Referee: Werner Winsemann (Canada)

Netherlands

Sweden

GK 8 Jan Jongbloed DF 6 Wim Jansen DF 12 Ruud Krol DF 17 Wim Rijsbergen DF 20 Wim Suurbier MF 2 Arie Haan MF 3 Willem van Hanegem  73' MF 13 Johan Neeskens FW 14 Johan Cruyff (c) FW 9 Piet Keizer FW 16 Johnny Rep  72' Substitutions: MF 7 Theo de Jong  73' Manager: Rinus Michels

GK 1 Ronnie Hellström DF 2 Jan Olsson  75' DF 3 Kent Karlsson DF 4 Björn Nordqvist  36' DF 5 Björn Andersson  74' MF 6 Ove Grahn  86' MF 7 Bo Larsson (c) MF 14 Staffan Tapper  61' MF 16 Inge Ejderstedt FW 10 Ralf Edström FW 11 Roland Sandberg Substitutions: MF 21 Örjan Persson  68'  61' DF 13 Roland Grip  75' Manager: Georg Ericson

Assistant referees: Kurt Tschenscher (West Germany) Clive Thomas (Wales)

Bulgaria vs Netherlands

23 June 1974 (1974-06-23)

16:00 CET

Bulgaria	1–4	Netherlands
Krol 78' (o.g.)	[Report 5]	Neeskens 5' (pen.), 45' (pen.) Rep 71' De Jong 88'

Westfalenstadion, Dortmund

Attendance: 53,300

Referee: Tony Boskovic (Australia)

Bulgaria

Netherlands

GK 21 Stefan Staykov SW 19 Kiril Ivkov RB 18 Tsonyo Vasilev CB 6 Dimitar Penev LB 4 Stefan Velichkov  45' RM 7 Voyn Voynov CM 5 Bozhil Kolev CM 10 Ivan Stoyanov  46' LM 11 Georgi Denev  67' SS 8 Hristo Bonev (c) ST 15 Pavel Panov  57' Substitutions: ST 9 Atanas Mihaylov  46' CM 20 Krasimir Borisov  57' Manager: Hristo Mladenov

GK 8 Jan Jongbloed RB 20 Wim Suurbier CB 2 Arie Haan CB 17 Wim Rijsbergen LB 12 Ruud Krol CM 6 Wim Jansen  5' CM 13 Johan Neeskens  79' CM 3 Willem van Hanegem  28'  46' RW 16 Johnny Rep SS 14 Johan Cruyff (c)  29' LW 15 Rob Rensenbrink Substitutions: CB 5 Rinus Israël  46' CM 7 Theo de Jong  79' Manager: Rinus Michels

Assistant referees: Ferdinand Biwersi (West Germany) Walter Eschweiler (West Germany)

Sweden vs Uruguay

23 June 1974 (1974-06-23)

16:00 CET

Sweden	3–0	Uruguay
Edström 46', 77' Sandberg 74'	[Report 6]

Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf

Attendance: 28,300

Referee: Erich Linemayr (Austria)

Sweden

Uruguay

GK 1 Ronnie Hellström DF 3 Kent Karlsson DF 4 Björn Nordqvist DF 5 Björn Andersson DF 13 Roland Grip MF 6 Ove Grahn MF 7 Bo Larsson (c) MF 15 Benno Magnusson  60' FW 9 Ove Kindvall  76' FW 10 Ralf Edström FW 11 Roland Sandberg Substitutions: MF 22 Thomas Ahlström  60' MF 8 Conny Torstensson  76' Manager: Georg Ericson

GK 1 Ladislao Mazurkiewicz (c) DF 2 Baudilio Jáuregui  21' DF 4 Pablo Forlán DF 6 Ricardo Pavoni DF 14 Luis Garisto  46' MF 8 Víctor Espárrago MF 10 Pedro Rocha MF 18 Walter Mantegazza FW 9 Fernando Morena FW 11 Rubén Corbo  43' FW 19 Denis Milar Substitutions: MF 7 Luis Cubilla  43' DF 3 Juan Carlos Masnik  46' Manager: Roberto Porta

Assistant referees: Vicente Llobregat (Venezuela) Heinz Aldinger (West Germany)

See also

• Bulgaria at the FIFA World Cup
• Netherlands at the FIFA World Cup
• Sweden at the FIFA World Cup
• Uruguay at the FIFA World Cup

References

1. "World Cup 1974 finals". RSSSF. Retrieved 30 April 2026.

Reports

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4. • "Netherlands vs Sweden | Group Matches | 1974 FIFA World Cup Germany". FIFA. Retrieved 1 May 2026.
   • "1974 FIFA World Cup Germany – Matches – Netherlands v Sweden". FIFA. Archived from the original on 23 December 2017. Retrieved 1 May 2026.
5. • "Bulgaria vs Netherlands | Group Matches | 1974 FIFA World Cup Germany". FIFA. Retrieved 1 May 2026.
   • "1974 FIFA World Cup Germany – Matches – Bulgaria v Netherlands". FIFA. Archived from the original on 3 August 2017. Retrieved 1 May 2026.
6. • "Sweden vs Uruguay | Group Matches | 1974 FIFA World Cup Germany". FIFA. Retrieved 1 May 2026.
   • "1974 FIFA World Cup Germany – Matches – Sweden v Uruguay". FIFA. Archived from the original on 14 December 2017. Retrieved 1 May 2026.