1974 FIFA World Cup Final

Championship match of the 1974 FIFA World Cup

The 1974 FIFA World Cup Final was the final match of the 1974 FIFA World Cup. The match was played with the teams West Germany and the Netherlands. The West Germans won the match 2–1, winning their second world cup title.[1]

1974 FIFA World Cup Final
Johan Neeskens scores the opening goal of the Final
Event1974 FIFA World Cup
Date7 July 1974
VenueOlympiastadion, Munich
Man of the MatchGerd Müller
RefereeJack Taylor (England)
Attendance75,200

Road to the final change

Netherlands Round West Germany
Opponent Result First round Opponent Result
  Uruguay 2–0 Match 1   Chile 1–0
  Sweden 0–0 Match 2   Australia 3–0
  Bulgaria 4–1 Match 3   East Germany 0–1
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Netherlands 3 2 1 0 6 1 +5 5
  Sweden 3 1 2 0 3 0 +3 4
  Bulgaria 3 0 2 1 2 5 -3 2
  Uruguay 3 0 1 2 1 6 −5 1
Final standing
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  East Germany 3 2 1 0 4 1 +3 5
  West Germany 3 2 0 1 4 1 +3 4
  Chile 3 0 2 1 1 2 −1 2
  Australia 3 0 1 2 0 5 −6 1
Opponent Result Second round Opponent Result
  Argentina 4–0 Match 1   Yugoslavia 2–0
  East Germany 2–0 Match 2   Sweden 4–2
  Brazil 2–0 Match 3   Poland 1–0
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Netherlands 3 3 0 0 8 0 +8 6
  Brazil 3 2 0 1 3 3 0 4
  East Germany 3 0 1 2 1 4 −3 1
  Argentina 3 0 1 2 2 7 −5 1
Final standing
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  West Germany 3 3 0 0 7 2 +5 6
  Poland 3 2 0 1 3 2 +1 4
  Sweden 3 1 0 2 4 6 −2 2
  Yugoslavia 3 0 0 3 2 6 −4 0

Match change

Details change

Netherlands  1–2  West Germany
Neeskens   2' (pen.) Report Breitner   25' (pen.)
Müller   43'
Attendance: 75,200
Referee: Jack Taylor (England)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Netherlands
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
West Germany
GK 8 Jan Jongbloed
RB 20 Wim Suurbier
CB 17 Wim Rijsbergen   69'
CB 2 Arie Haan
LB 12 Ruud Krol
DM 6 Wim Jansen
CM 13 Johan Neeskens   40'
CM 3 Willem van Hanegem   23'
RW 16 Johnny Rep
LW 15 Rob Rensenbrink   46'
CF 14 Johan Cruyff (c)   45'
Substitutes:
GK 18 Piet Schrijvers
DF 5 Rinus Israël
MF 7 Theo de Jong   69'
MF 10 René van de Kerkhof   46'
FW 9 Piet Keizer
Manager:
Rinus Michels
 
GK 1 Sepp Maier
RB 2 Berti Vogts   4'
CB 5 Franz Beckenbauer (c)
CB 4 Hans-Georg Schwarzenbeck
LB 3 Paul Breitner
CM 16 Rainer Bonhof
CM 12 Wolfgang Overath
AM 14 Uli Hoeneß
RW 9 Jürgen Grabowski
LW 17 Bernd Hölzenbein
CF 13 Gerd Müller
Substitutes:
GK 21 Norbert Nigbur
DF 6 Horst-Dieter Höttges
MF 8 Bernhard Cullmann
MF 15 Heinz Flohe
FW 11 Jupp Heynckes
Manager:
Helmut Schön

Linesmen:
Ramón Barreto (Uruguay)
Alfonso González Archundia (Mexico)

Match rules:

  • 90 minutes
  • 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary
  • Replay on 9 July if scores still level
  • Five substitutes named, of which two may be used

Related pages change

References change

  1. "World Cup history - West Germany 1974". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 4 May 2006. Retrieved 27 July 2012.