1978 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 1

Group 1 consisted of four of the 32 teams entered into the European zone:[1] Cyprus, Denmark, Poland, and Portugal. These four teams competed on a home-and-away basis for two of the 8,5 spots in the final tournament allocated to the European zone, with the group's winner claiming those spots.

Standings
Rank Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
1  Poland 116510174+13
2  Portugal 96411126+6
3  Denmark 462041412+2
4  Cyprus 06006324−21
23 May 1976 Cyprus  1 – 5  Denmark Limassol, Cyprus
Michael  10' Report Simonsen  14'
Tune-Hansen  19'
Rasmussen  21'
Bastrup  51', 76'		 Referee: Dudin (Bulgaria)
16 October 1976 Portugal  0 – 2  Poland Porto, Portugal
Report Lato  49', 77' Referee: Kitabdjian (France)
27 October 1976 Denmark  5 – 0  Cyprus Copenhagen, Denmark
B. Nielsen  54'
H.M. Jensen  60' (pen.), 64'
Røntved  68' (pen.)
Kristensen  75'		 Report Referee: Coiling (Luxembourg)
31 October 1976 Poland  5 – 0  Cyprus Warsaw, Poland
Deyna  24' (pen.), 40'
Szarmach  25'
Boniek  58'
Terlecki  76'		 Report Referee: Müncs (Hungary)
17 November 1976 Portugal  1 – 0  Denmark Lisbon, Portugal
M. Fernandes  69' Report Referee: Aoussi (Algeria)
5 December 1976 Cyprus  1 – 2  Portugal Limassol, Cyprus
Stylianou  74' (pen.) Report Chalana  36'
Nené  76'		 Referee: Ghita (Romania)
1 May 1977 Denmark  1 – 2  Poland Copenhagen, Denmark
Simonsen  50' Report Lubański  7', 55' Referee: Mattsson (Finland)
15 May 1977 Cyprus  1 – 3  Poland Limassol, Cyprus
Antoniou  13' Report Lato  26'
Terlecki  40'
Mazur  82'		 Referee: Ashkenazi (Israel)
21 September 1977 Poland  4 – 1  Denmark Chorzów, Poland
Masztaler  27'
Lato  38'
Deyna  62'
Szarmach  81'		 Report Nygaard  66' (pen.) Referee: Rainea (Romania)
9 October 1977 Denmark  2 – 4  Portugal Copenhagen, Denmark
Røntved  45' (pen.)
A. Hansen  88'		 Report Jordão  15'
Nené  35'
M. Fernandes  61'
Machado  79'		 Referee: Azim Zade (Soviet Union)
29 October 1977 Poland  1 – 1  Portugal Chorzów, Poland
Deyna  36' Report M. Fernandes  61' Referee: Eschweiler (West Germany)
16 November 1977 Portugal  4 – 0  Cyprus Faro, Portugal
Seninho  11'
Chalana  35'
Vital  58'
M. Fernandes  71'		 Report Referee: Jursa (Czechoslovakia)

Notes
  1. Only 31 of the entered teams actually competed in the qualification tournament: West Germany qualified for the World Cup automatically as defending champions.
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