# 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.
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 | Advance to second round |
| 3 | Bulgaria | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 2 | |
| 4 | Uruguay | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 1 | |

## Matches

All times listed are local (CET)

### Uruguay vs Netherlands

| 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

| 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

| 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

| 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

| Bulgaria | Netherlands |
| GK | 21 | Stefan Staykov |
| DF | 4 | Stefan Velichkov | 44' |
| DF | 5 | Bozhil Kolev |
| DF | 6 | Dimitar Penev |
| MF | 7 | Voyn Voynov |
| MF | 10 | Ivan Stoyanov | | 45' |
| MF | 11 | Georgi Denev | 67' |
| MF | 18 | Tsonyo Vasilev |
| MF | 19 | Kiril Ivkov |
| FW | 8 | Hristo Bonev (c) |
| FW | 15 | Pavel Panov | | 55' |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 9 | Atanas Mihaylov | | 45' |
| MF | 20 | Krasimir Borisov | | 55' |
| Manager: ||
| Hristo Mladenov ||
Jan Jongbloed :
| DF | 6 | Wim Jansen | 5' |
| DF | 12 | Ruud Krol |
| DF | 17 | Wim Rijsbergen |
| DF | 20 | Wim Suurbier |
| MF | 2 | Arie Haan |
| MF | 3 | Willem van Hanegem | 28' | 46' |
| MF | 13 | Johan Neeskens | | 79' |
| FW | 14 | Johan Cruyff (c) | 29' |
| FW | 15 | Rob Rensenbrink |
| FW | 16 | Johnny Rep |
| Substitutions: |||
| MF | 5 | Rinus Israël | | 46' |
| MF | 7 | Theo de Jong | | 79' |
| Manager: |||
| Rinus Michels ||||
* Assistant referees:
* Ferdinand Biwersi (West Germany)
* Walter Eschweiler (West Germany)

### Sweden vs Uruguay

| 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)