UEFA Euro 1992 qualifying#Group 5

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2018}}

{{Infobox international football competition

| tourney_name = UEFA Euro 1992 qualifying

| dates = {{nowrap|30 May 1990 – 22 December 1991}}

| num_teams = 33{{refn|group=note|34 teams entered the competition: due to German reunification on 3 October 1990, West Germany's place was taken by unified Germany, while East Germany were withdrawn as they had ceased to exist.}}

| matches = 123

| goals = 333

| attendance =

| top_scorer = {{fbicon|YUG}} Darko Pančev {{nowrap|(10 goals)}}

| prevseason = 1988

| nextseason = 1996

}}

{{Qualification for championships (UEFA)|expanded=Euro}}

The qualifying competition for UEFA Euro 1992 was a series of parallel association football competitions to be held over 1990 and 1991 to decide the qualifiers for UEFA Euro 1992, to be held in Sweden. The draw for the qualifying rounds was held on 2 February 1990.

There were a total of seven groups. At the conclusion of qualifying, the team at the top of each group qualified for the final tournament, to join the hosts in completing the eight participants. This was the last European Championship to feature eight teams, as the competition was expanded to 16 teams for 1996.{{cite web |last=Stokkermans |first=Karel |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tables/92e.html |title=European Championship 1992 |website=RSSSF.com |publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation |date=22 October 2001 |access-date=5 March 2018}}

Qualified teams

File:UEFA Euro 1992 Qualifiers Map.png

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Team

! Qualified as

! Qualified on

! data-sort-type="number"|Previous appearances in tournament{{efn-ua|Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.}}

{{fb|SWE}}{{sort|*|Host}}{{dts|16 December 1988}}0 (debut)
{{fb|FRA|1974}}Group 1 winner{{dts|12 October 1991}}2 (1960, 1984)
{{fb|ENG}}Group 7 winner{{dts|13 November 1991|addkey=1}}3 (1968, 1980, 1988)
{{fb|CIS}}{{efn-ua|From 1960 to 1988, CIS competed as the Soviet Union.}}Group 3 winner{{efn-ua|Replaced the Soviet Union.}}{{dts|13 November 1991|addkey=2}}5 (1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1988)
{{fb|SCO}}Group 2 winner{{dts|20 November 1991|addkey=3}}0 (debut)
{{fb|NED}}Group 6 winner{{dts|4 December 1991}}3 (1976, 1980, 1988)
{{fb|GER}}{{efn-ua|From 1972 to 1988, Germany competed as West Germany.}}Group 5 winner{{dts|18 December 1991}}5 (1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988)
{{fb|DEN}}Group 4 runner-up{{efn-ua|Replaced FR Yugoslavia (after qualifying as Yugoslavia), who were subject to sanctions under UN Security Council Resolution 757 and thus banned from appearing.{{cite web |url=http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/peace/docs/scres757.html |title=United Nations Security Council Resolution 757 (Implementing Trade Embargo on Yugoslavia) |website=UMN.edu |publisher=United Nations |date=30 May 1992 |access-date=18 August 2008}}}}{{dts|31 May 1992}}3 (1964, 1984, 1988)

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Seedings

The draw took place on 2 February 1990. Sweden qualified automatically as hosts of the competition, and 34 teams entered the draw, with the Faroe Islands and San Marino participating in a European qualifying tournament for the first time.

As initially made, the draw placed East Germany and West Germany in the same qualifying group; this would have been the first time the two sides had met since the 1974 World Cup. However, following German reunification on 3 October 1990, the East German team was withdrawn and its fixtures scrapped, while the unified German team took over the fixtures of West Germany.

The qualifiers thus consisted of 33 teams divided into seven groups (two of four teams and five of five teams) were played in 1990 and 1991. Each group winner progressed to the finals. This was the last European Championship qualifying phase which awarded two points for a win; from 1996 onward, teams earned 3 points for a win.

class="wikitable"
width=15%|Pool 1

!width=15%|Pool 2

!width=15%|Pool 3

!width=15%|Pool 4

!width=15%|Pool 5

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| {{fb|NED}} (title holders)
{{fb|ENG}}
{{fb|ESP}}
{{fb|ITA}}
{{fb|YUG}}
{{fb|FRG}}
{{fb|ROM}}

| {{fb|URS}}
{{fb|IRL}}
{{fb|TCH}}
{{fb|DEN}}
{{fb|BEL}}
{{fb|SCO}}
{{fb|POR}}

|{{fb|GDR}}
{{fb|HUN}}
{{fb|AUT}}
{{fb|FRA|1974}}
{{fb|BUL|1971}}
{{fb|POL}}
{{fb|GRE}}

|{{fb|SUI}}
{{fb|ISL}}
{{fb|WAL}}
{{fb|TUR}}
{{fb|NOR}}
{{fb|NIR}}
{{fb|FIN}}

|{{fb|MLT}}
{{fb|CYP|1960}}
{{fb|LUX}}
{{fb|ALB|1946}}
{{fb|SMR|1862}}
{{fb|FRO}}

Summary

{{legend|#BBF3BB|Six group winners and one runner-up (replacing a banned team) qualified directly for UEFA Euro 1992}}

{{legend|#BBBBBB|Group winner was banned from UEFA Euro 1992}}

{{legend||Other teams were eliminated}}

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style="width:14.28%" | Group 1

! style="width:14.28%" | Group 2

! style="width:14.28%" | Group 3

! style="width:14.28%" | Group 4

! style="width:14.28%" | Group 5

! style="width:14.28%" | Group 6

! style="width:14.28%" | Group 7

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| {{fb-big|FRA|1974}}

| {{fb-big|SCO}}

| {{fb-big|URS}}

| style="background:#BBBBBB" | {{fb-big|YUG}}

| {{fb-big|GER}}

| {{fb-big|NED}}

| {{fb-big|ENG}}

{{fb-big|TCH}}

| {{fb-big|SUI}}

| {{fb-big|ITA}}

| style="background:#BBF3BB" | {{fb-big|DEN}}

| {{fb-big|WAL}}

| {{fb-big|POR}}

| {{fb-big|IRL}}

style="vertical-align:top;"

| {{fb-big|ESP}}
{{fb-big|ISL}}
{{fb-big|ALB|1946}}

| {{fb-big|ROU}}
{{fb-big|BUL}}
{{fb-big|SMR|1862}}

| {{fb-big|NOR}}
{{fb-big|HUN}}
{{fb-big|CYP|1960}}

| {{fb-big|NIR}}
{{fb-big|AUT}}
{{fb-big|FRO}}

| {{fb-big|BEL}}
{{fb-big|LUX}}

| {{fb-big|GRE}}
{{fb-big|FIN}}
{{fb-big|MLT}}

| {{fb-big|POL}}
{{fb-big|TUR}}

Tiebreakers

If two or more teams finished level on points after completion of the group matches, the following tie-breakers were used to determine the final ranking:

  1. Greater number of points in all group matches
  2. Goal difference in all group matches
  3. Greater number of goals scored in all group matches
  4. Drawing of lots

Groups

=Group 1=

{{main|UEFA Euro 1992 qualifying Group 1}}

{{UEFA Euro 1992 qualifying group tables|Group 1|show_matches=yes|only_pld_pts=no_hide_class_rules}}

=Group 2=

{{main|UEFA Euro 1992 qualifying Group 2}}

{{UEFA Euro 1992 qualifying group tables|Group 2|show_matches=yes|only_pld_pts=no_hide_class_rules}}

=Group 3=

{{main|UEFA Euro 1992 qualifying Group 3}}

{{UEFA Euro 1992 qualifying group tables|Group 3|show_matches=yes|only_pld_pts=no_hide_class_rules}}

=Group 4=

{{main|UEFA Euro 1992 qualifying Group 4}}

{{UEFA Euro 1992 qualifying group tables|Group 4|show_matches=yes|only_pld_pts=no_hide_class_rules}}

=Group 5=

{{main|UEFA Euro 1992 qualifying Group 5}}

East Germany were originally drawn into this group alongside West Germany, but after reunification, a single German team participated in the qualification process, taking over the fixtures of West Germany.

Subsequently, East Germany's game on 12 September 1990 against Belgium was reclassified as a friendly, and was also East Germany's final international match, which it won 2–0: the remaining seven fixtures of East Germany were scratched.{{cite web |title=East Germany - International Results 1952-1990 |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesd/ddr-intres.html |publisher=The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation |access-date=3 July 2021}}

{{UEFA Euro 1992 qualifying group tables|Group 5|show_matches=yes|only_pld_pts=no_hide_class_rules}}

=Group 6=

{{main|UEFA Euro 1992 qualifying Group 6}}

{{UEFA Euro 1992 qualifying group tables|Group 6|show_matches=yes|only_pld_pts=no_hide_class_rules}}

=Group 7=

{{main|UEFA Euro 1992 qualifying Group 7}}

{{UEFA Euro 1992 qualifying group tables|Group 7|show_matches=yes|only_pld_pts=no_hide_class_rules}}

Goalscorers

{{#invoke:Goalscorers|main|UEFA Euro 1992 qualifying}}

Notes

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References

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