1974 FIFA World Cup Final

1974 FIFA World Cup Final

File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-N0716-0315, Fußball-WM, BRD - Niederlande 2-1.jpg Johan Neeskens scores the opening goal of the Final
Event	1974 FIFA World Cup
Netherlands West Germany 1 2
Date	7 July 1974
Venue	Olympiastadion, Munich
Man of the Match	Gerd Müller
Referee	Jack Taylor (England)
Attendance	75,200

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.

Road to the final

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

Details

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7 July 1974

16:00 UTC+1

Netherlands	1–2	West Germany
Neeskens Goal 2' (pen.)	Report	Breitner Goal 25' (pen.) Müller Goal 43'

Olympiastadion, Munich

Attendance: 75,200

Referee: Jack Taylor (England)

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File:Kit left arm.svg File:Kit body.svg File:Kit right arm.svg File:Kit shorts.svg File:Kit socks long.svg Netherlands

File:Kit left arm.svg File:Kit body.svg File:Kit right arm.svg File:Kit shorts.svg File:Kit socks long.svg West Germany

GK 8 Jan Jongbloed RB 20 Wim Suurbier CB 17 Wim Rijsbergen Substituted off 69' CB 2 Arie Haan LB 12 Ruud Krol DM 6 Wim Jansen CM 13 Johan Neeskens Yellow card 40' CM 3 Willem van Hanegem Yellow card 23' RW 16 Johnny Rep LW 15 Rob Rensenbrink Substituted off 46' CF 14 Johan Cruyff (c) Yellow card 45' Substitutes: GK 18 Piet Schrijvers DF 5 Rinus Israël MF 7 Theo de Jong Substituted in 69' MF 10 René van de Kerkhof Substituted in 46' FW 9 Piet Keizer Manager: Rinus Michels

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GK 1 Sepp Maier RB 2 Berti Vogts Yellow card 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) <section end=Lineups />

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

• FIFA World Cup