30 July 1966 - 
		WORLD CUP FINAL
		
			
				| Group One | 
				
			
				| 1 | 
				 England | 
			
			
				| 
        2 | 
				
         West Germany | 
			
			
				| 3 | 
				 Portugal | 
			
			
				| 4 | 
				 USSR | 
			
			
				| Group 
				Two | 
			
			
				| 
				Argentina, DPR Korea, Hungary, Uruguay. | 
			
		
		6 December 1967 (Wembley Stadium, 
		London)
          England 2-2 USSR 
		x - no change
		4 
		May 1968 - European 
		Championship Quarter-Final first leg (Budapest)
          Hungary 2-0 USSR
		(Hungary promoted to Group 
		1, USSR relegated)
		
			
				| Group One | 
				
			
				| 1 | 
				 England | 
			
			
				| 
        2 | 
				
         West Germany | 
			
			
				| 3 | 
				 Portugal | 
			
			
				| 4 | 
				 Hungary | 
			
			
				| Group 
				Two | 
			
			
				| 
				Argentina, DPR Korea, Uruguay, USSR. | 
			
		
		11 
		May 1968 - European Championship Quarter-Final second leg (Moscow)
          USSR 3-0 Hungary
          USSR win 3-2 on aggregate.
		(USSR promoted to Group 1, 
		Hungary relegated)
		
			
				| Group One | 
				
			
				| 1 | 
				 England | 
			
			
				| 
        2 | 
				
         West Germany | 
			
			
				| 3 | 
				 Portugal | 
			
			
				| 4 | 
				 USSR | 
			
			
				| Group 
				Two | 
			
			
				| 
				Argentina, DPR Korea, Hungary, Uruguay. | 
			
		
		1 June
		1968 (Hanover)
          West Germany 1-0 England
		(West Germany go top, 
		England drop to second)
		
			
				| Group One | 
				
			
				| 1 | 
				 West 
				Germany | 
			
			
				| 
        2 | 
				
         England | 
			
			
				| 3 | 
				 Portugal | 
			
			
				| 4 | 
				 USSR | 
			
			
		8 June
		1968 - European 
		Championship Third Place match (Rome)
          England 2-0 USSR 
		x - no change
		17 June
		1970 - 
		West Germany lost to Italy in the World Cup Semi-Final, after beating 
		England in the
          quarter-final.
		
		21 June 1970 - WORLD CUP FINAL
		
			
				| Group One | 
				
			
				| 1 | 
				
				 Brazil | 
			
			
				| 
        2 | 
				
         Italy | 
			
			
				| 3 | 
				
				 West Germany | 
			
			
				| 4 | 
				 Uruguay | 
			
			
				| Group 
				Two | 
				
			
				| 
				England, Mexico, Peru, USSR. | 
				
			
				| Group 
				Three | 
			
			
				| 
				Argentina, DPR Korea, Hungary, Portugal. | 
			
		
		29 
		April 1972 - European Championship Quarter-Final first leg (Empire Stadium, 
		Wembley)
          England 1-3 West Germany 
		x - no change
		
		13 May 1972 - 
		European Championship Quarter-Final second leg (Berlin)
          West Germany 0-0 England 
		x - no change
          West Germany win 3-1 on aggregate.
		
		14 June 1972 - European Championship Semi-Final (Brussels)
          Hungary 0-1 USSR 
		x - no change
		
		18 June 1972 - European Championship Final (Brussels)
          USSR 0-3 West Germany 
		x - no change
		2 
		July 1972 - Brazilian 
		Independence Cup (Belo Horizonte)
          Argentina 1-0 USSR
		(Argentina promoted to Group 
		2, USSR relegated)
		
			
				| Group Two | 
				
			
				| 
				Argentina, England, Mexico, Peru. | 
				
			
				| Group Three | 
			
			
				| 
				DPR Korea, Hungary, Portugal, 
		USSR. | 
			
		
		9 
		June 1973 (Rome)
          Italy 2-0 Brazil
		(Italy go top, Brazil drop 
		to second)
		
			
				| Group One | 
				
			
				| 1 | 
				
				 Italy | 
			
			
				| 
        2 | 
				
         Brazil | 
			
			
				| 3 | 
				
				 West Germany | 
			
			
				| 4 | 
				 Uruguay | 
			
		
		10 
		June 1973 (Moscow)
          USSR 1-2 England 
		x - no change
		14 
		June 1973 (Turin)
          Italy 2-0 England 
		x - no change
		16 
		June 1973 (Berlin)
          West Germany 0-1 Brazil 
		x - no change
		26 
		February 1974 (Rome)
          Italy 0-0 West Germany 
		x - no change
		
		19 June 1974 - World Cup Finals Group match (Stuttgart)
          Argentina 1-1 Italy 
		x - no change
		23 June
		1974 - 
		Italy were eliminated by Poland in the World Cup.
		7 July 1974 - WORLD CUP 
		FINAL
		
			
				| Group One | 
				
			
				| 1 | 
				
				 West Germany | 
			
			
				| 
        2 | 
				
         Netherlands | 
			
			
				| 3 | 
				
				 Poland | 
			
			
				| 4 | 
				 Brazil | 
			
			
				| Group 
				Two | 
				
			
				| 
				Argentina, German Democratic Republic, Sweden, 
		Yugoslavia. | 
				
			
				| Group 
				Three | 
				
			
				| 
				England, Italy, Mexico, Peru, Uruguay. | 
				
			
				| Group Four | 
			
			
				| 
				DPR Korea, Hungary, Portugal, USSR. | 
			
		
		4 
		September 1974 -
          (Stockholm)
          Sweden 1-5 Netherlands 
		x - no change
          (Warsaw)
          Poland 1-3 German Democratic Republic
		
		(German 
		Democratic Republic promoted to 
		third, Poland drop 
		to fourth, Brazil relegated)
		
			
				| Group One | 
				
			
				| 1 | 
				
				 West Germany | 
			
			
				| 
        2 | 
				
         Netherlands | 
			
			
				| 3 | 
				
				 German Democratic Republic | 
			
			
				| 4 | 
				 Poland | 
			
			
				| Group 
				Two | 
				
			
				| 
				Argentina, Brazil, Sweden, 
		Yugoslavia. | 
				
		
		28 
		September 1974 (Zagreb)
          Yugoslavia 1-0 Italy 
		x - no change
		20 
		November 1974 - European Championship Preliminary Group match (Wembley Stadium, 
		London)
          England 0-0 Portugal 
		x - no change
		17 
		May 1975 (Frankfurt)
          West Germany 1-1 Netherlands 
		x - no change
		28 May 1975 (Halle)
          German Democratic Republic 1-2 Poland
		
		(Poland go 
		third, German Democratic Republic drop 
		to fourth)
		
			
				| Group One | 
				
			
				| 1 | 
				
				 West Germany | 
			
			
				| 
        2 | 
				
         Netherlands | 
			
			
				| 3 | 
				
				 Poland | 
			
			
				| 4 | 
				 German 
				Democratic Republic | 
			
		
		31 May 1975 
		(Belgrade)
          Yugoslavia 3-0 Netherlands
		(Yugoslavia promoted to 
		second, 
		Netherlands drop to third, Poland to fourth, German Democratic Republic relegated)
		
			
				| Group One | 
				
			
				| 1 | 
				
				 West Germany | 
			
			
				| 
        2 | 
				
         Yugoslavia | 
			
			
				| 3 | 
				
				 Netherlands | 
			
			
				| 4 | 
				 Poland | 
			
			
				| Group 
				Two | 
				
			
				| 
				Argentina, Brazil, German Democratic 
				Republic, Sweden. | 
				
		
		4 June 1975 - 
		European Championship Preliminary Group match (Stockholm)
          Sweden 1-2 Yugoslavia 
		x - no change
		8 June 
		1975 (Moscow)
          USSR 1-0 Italy
		(USSR promoted to Group 
		3, 
		Italy relegated)
		
			
				| Group Three | 
				
			
				| 
				England, Mexico, Peru, Uruguay, USSR. | 
				
			
				| Group Four | 
			
			
				| 
				DPR Korea, Hungary, Italy, Portugal. | 
			
		
		
		18 July 1975 - Newton Cup (Montevideo)
          Uruguay 2-3 Argentina 
		x - no change
		
		1 August 1975 (San Francisco)
          Mexico 2-3 German Democratic Republic 
		x - no change
		
		3 August 1975 (Los Angeles)
          Mexico 0-1 German Democratic Republic 
		x - no change
		
		6 August 1975 (Monterrey)
          Mexico 1-0 German Democratic Republic
		(Mexico promoted to Group 
		2, 
		German Democratic Republic relegated)
		
			
				| Group 
				Two | 
				
			
				| Argentina, Brazil, 
				Mexico, Sweden. | 
				
			
				| Group Three | 
			
			
				| 
				England, German Democratic Republic, Peru, Uruguay, USSR. | 
			
		
		
		10 September 1975 - 
		European Championship Preliminary Group match 
		(Chorzow)
          Poland 4-1 Netherlands
		(Poland go 
		third, Netherlands 
		drop to fourth)
		
			
				| Group One | 
				
			
				| 1 | 
				
				 West Germany | 
			
			
				| 
        2 | 
				
         Yugoslavia | 
			
			
				| 3 | 
				
				 Poland | 
			
			
				| 4 | 
				 Netherlands | 
			
		
		
		30 September 1975 - Copa Am�rica 
		Semi-Final first leg 
		(Belo Horizonte)
          Brazil 1-3 Peru
		(Peru promoted to Group 
		2, 
		Brazil relegated)
		
			
				| Group Two | 
				
			
				| Argentina, Mexico, 
				Peru, Sweden. | 
				
			
				| Group Three | 
			
			
				| Brazil,
				England, German Democratic 
				Republic, Uruguay, USSR. | 
			
		
		
		4 October 1975 - Copa Am�rica 
		Semi-Final second leg 
		(Lima)
          Peru 0-2 Brazil
		(Brazil promoted to Group 
		2, 
		Peru relegated)
		
			
				| Group Two | 
				
			
				| Argentina, Brazil, 
				Mexico, Sweden. | 
				
			
				| Group Three | 
			
			
				| 
				England, German Democratic Republic, Peru, Uruguay, USSR. | 
			
		
		
		15 October 1975 -
          
		European Championship Preliminary Group match 
		(Amsterdam)
          Netherlands 3-0 Poland
          (Zagreb)
          Yugoslavia 3-0 Sweden 
		x - no change
		(Netherlands go 
		third, Poland 
		drop to fourth)
		
			
				| Group One | 
				
			
				| 1 | 
				
				 West Germany | 
			
			
				| 
        2 | 
				
         Yugoslavia | 
			
			
				| 3 | 
				
				 Netherlands | 
			
			
				| 4 | 
				 Poland | 
			
		
		
		19 November 1975 - 
		European Championship Preliminary Group match 
		(Lisbon)
          Portugal 1-1 England 
		x - no change
		
		25 February 1976 - Copa del 
		
		Atl�ntico 
		Group match 
		(Montevideo)
          Uruguay 1-2 Brazil
          
		x - no change
		20 
		March 1976 (Kiev)
          USSR 0-1 Argentina 
		x - no change
		
		24 March 1976 (Chorzow)
          Poland 1-2 Argentina
		
		(Argentina 
		promoted to fourth, Poland relegated)
		
			
				| Group One | 
				
			
				| 1 | 
				
				 West Germany | 
			
			
				| 
        2 | 
				
         Yugoslavia | 
			
			
				| 3 | 
				
				 Netherlands | 
			
			
				| 4 | 
				 Argentina | 
			
			
				| Group 
				Two | 
				
			
				| Brazil, 
				Mexico, 
				Poland, Sweden. | 
				
		
		
		28 April 1976 - Copa del 
		
		Atl�ntico 
		Group match 
		(Rio de Janeiro)
          Brazil
          2-1 Uruguay
          
		x - no change
		
		19 May 1976 - Copa del 
		
		Atl�ntico 
		Group match 
		(Rio de Janeiro)
          Brazil 2-0 Argentina
		
		(Brazil promoted 
		to fourth, Argentina relegated)
		
			
				| Group One | 
				
			
				| 1 | 
				
				 West Germany | 
			
			
				| 
        2 | 
				
         Yugoslavia | 
			
			
				| 3 | 
				
				 Netherlands | 
			
			
				| 4 | 
				 Brazil | 
			
			
				| Group 
				Two | 
				
			
				| 
				
				Argentina, Mexico, Poland, Sweden. | 
				
		
		
		26 May 1976 
		 (Budapest)
          Hungary 1-1 USSR 
		x - no change
		28 
		May 1976 - American 
		Bicentennial Tournament (New York)
          England 3-2 Italy 
		x - no change
		
		4 June 1976 (Guadalajara)
          Mexico 0-3 Brazil
          
		x - no change
		
		9 June 1976 - Copa del 
		
		Atl�ntico 
		Group match 
		(Montevideo)
          Uruguay 0-3 Argentina
          
		x - no change
		
		17 June 1976 - 
		European Championship 
		Semi-Final (Belgrade)
          West Germany 4-2 Yugoslavia 
		AET  
		x - no change
		
		19 June 1976 - 
		European Championship Third Place match (Zagreb)
          Netherlands 3-2 Yugoslavia 
		AET
		(Netherlands go 
		second, Yugoslavia 
		drop to third)
		
			
				| Group One | 
				
			
				| 1 | 
				
				 West Germany | 
			
			
				| 
        2 | 
				
         Netherlands | 
			
			
				| 3 | 
				
				 Yugoslavia | 
			
			
				| 4 | 
				 Brazil | 
			
			
		
		22 September 1976 - 
		
		 (East Berlin)
          German Democratic Republic 1-1 Hungary 
		x - no change
		
		28 October 1976 - Castilla Cup first leg (Lima)
          Peru 1-3 Argentina
          
		x - no change
		
		10 November 1976 - Castilla Cup second leg (Buenos Aires)
          Argentina
          1-0 Peru 
          
		x - no change
		
		17 November 1976 - 
		World Cup Preliminary Group match (Rome)
          Italy 2-0 England
		(Italy promoted to Group 3, 
		England relegated)
		
			
				| Group Three | 
				
			
				| 
				German Democratic Republic,
				Italy, Peru, Uruguay, USSR. | 
				
			
				| Group Four | 
			
			
				| 
				DPR Korea, England, Hungary, Portugal. | 
			
		
		
		28 November 1976 (Buenos Aires)
          Argentina
          0-0 USSR 
		x - no change
		
		22 December 1976 (Lisbon)
          Portugal 2-1 Italy
		(Portugal promoted to Group 3, 
		Italy relegated)
		
			
				| Group Three | 
				
			
				| 
				German Democratic Republic, Peru, Portugal, Uruguay, USSR. | 
				
			
				| Group Four | 
			
			
				| 
				DPR Korea, England, Hungary, Italy. | 
			
		
		
		1 February 1977 (Leon)
          Mexico 5-1 Yugoslavia
		
		(Mexico promoted 
		to third, Yugoslavia drop to fourth, Brazil relegated)
		
			
				| Group One | 
				
			
				| 1 | 
				
				 West Germany | 
			
			
				| 
        2 | 
				
         Netherlands | 
			
			
				| 3 | 
				
				 Mexico | 
			
			
				| 4 | 
				 Yugoslavia | 
			
			
				| Group 
				Two | 
				
			
				| 
				
				Argentina, Brazil, Poland, Sweden. | 
				
		
		
		8 February 1977 (Monterrey)
          Mexico 0-1 Yugoslavia
		
		(Yugoslavia go 
		third, Mexico drop to fourth)
		
			
				| Group One | 
				
			
				| 1 | 
				
				 West Germany | 
			
			
				| 
        2 | 
				
         Netherlands | 
			
			
				| 3 | 
				
				 Yugoslavia | 
			
			
				| 4 | 
				 Mexico | 
			
			
		
		9 February 1977 (Lima)
          Peru 3-2 Hungary
          
		x - no change
		30 
		April 1977 - 
		
		World Cup Preliminary Group match (Budapest)
          Hungary 2-1 USSR
          (Belgrade)
          Yugoslavia 1-2 West Germany 
		x - no change
		(Hungary promoted to Group 3, 
		USSR relegated)
		
			
				| Group Three | 
				
			
				| 
				German Democratic Republic, Hungary, Peru, Portugal, Uruguay. | 
				
			
				| Group Four | 
			
			
				| 
				DPR Korea, England, Italy, USSR. | 
			
		
		
		18 May 1977 - 
		
		World Cup Preliminary Group match (Tbilisi)
          USSR 2-0 Hungary
		(USSR promoted to Group 3, 
		Hungary relegated)
		
			
				| Group Three | 
				
			
				| 
				German Democratic Republic, Peru, Portugal, Uruguay, USSR. | 
				
			
				| Group Four | 
			
			
				| 
				DPR Korea, England, Hungary, Italy. | 
			
		
		
		5 June 1977 (Buenos Aires)
          Argentina 1-3 West Germany 
		x - no change
		
		10 June 1977 (Lima)
          Peru 1-3 Poland
          
		x - no change
		12 
		June 1977 (Rio de Janeiro)
          Brazil 1-1 West Germany 
		x - no change
		14 
		June 1977 (Mexico City)
          Mexico 2-2 West Germany 
		x - no change
		
		15 June 1977 
		 (Montevideo)
          Uruguay 0-0 England 
		x - no change
		26 
		June 1977 (Belo Horizonte)
          Brazil 0-0 Yugoslavia 
		x - no change
		
		3 July 1977 (Buenos Aires)
          Argentina 1-0 Yugoslavia
		
		(Argentina promoted 
		to third, Yugoslavia drop to fourth, Mexico relegated)
		
			
				| Group One | 
				
			
				| 1 | 
				
				 West Germany | 
			
			
				| 
        2 | 
				
         Netherlands | 
			
			
				| 3 | 
				
				 Argentina | 
			
			
				| 4 | 
				 Yugoslavia | 
			
			
				| Group 
				Two | 
				
			
				| 
				Brazil, Mexico, Poland, Sweden. | 
				
		
		
		10 July 1977 - 
		
		World Cup Preliminary Group match (Cali)
          Brazil 1-0 Peru 
		x - no change
		5 
		April 1978 (Hamburg)
          West Germany 0-1 Brazil
		(Brazil 
		promoted to top, West Germany 
		drop to second, Netherlands to third, Argentina to fourth, Yugoslavia 
		relegated)
		
			
				| Group One | 
				
			
				| 1 | 
				
				 Brazil | 
			
			
				| 
        2 | 
				
         West Germany | 
			
			
				| 3 | 
				
				 Netherlands | 
			
			
				| 4 | 
				 Argentina | 
			
			
				| Group 
				Two | 
				
			
				| 
				Mexico, Poland, Sweden, Yugoslavia. | 
				
		
		11 
		April 1978 (Los Angeles)
          Mexico 0-1 Peru
		(Peru promoted to 
		Group 2, 
		Mexico relegated)
		
			
				| Group 
				Two | 
				
			
				| 
				
				Peru, Poland, Sweden, Yugoslavia. | 
				
			
				| Group Three | 
				
			
				| 
				German Democratic Republic, Mexico, Portugal, Uruguay, USSR. | 
				
		
		19 
		April 1978 (Stockholm)
          Sweden 3-1 West Germany
		(Sweden promoted to 
		second, 
		West Germany drop to third, Netherlands to fourth, Argentina relegated)
		
			
				| Group One | 
				
			
				| 1 | 
				
				 Brazil | 
			
			
				| 
        2 | 
				
         Sweden | 
			
			
				| 3 | 
				
				 West Germany | 
			
			
				| 4 | 
				 Netherlands | 
			
			
				| Group 
				Two | 
				
			
				| 
				Argentina, Peru, Poland, 
				Yugoslavia | 
				
		
		
		1 May 1978 
		 (Rio de Janeiro)
          Brazil 3-0 Peru 
		x - no change
		
		1 June 1978 - World Cup Finals Group match 
		 (Buenos Aires)
          Poland 0-0 West Germany 
		x - no change
		
		3 June 1978 - World Cup Finals Group match 
		 (Mar del Plata)
          Brazil 1-1 Sweden 
		x - no change
		21 June
		1978 - 
		Brazil were eliminated on goal difference by Argentina in the World 
		Cup despite
          remaining 
		unbeaten. In the second group stage, they drew with Argentina and beat 
		both Peru and Poland.
		25 June 1978 - WORLD CUP 
		FINAL
		
			
				| Group One | 
				
			
				| 1 | 
				
				 Argentina | 
			
			
				| 
        2 | 
				
         Netherlands | 
			
			
				| 3 | 
				
				 Brazil | 
			
			
				| 4 | 
				 Italy | 
			
			
				| Group 
				Two | 
				
			
				| 
				Austria, Peru, Poland, West Germany | 
				
			
				| Group 
				Three | 
				
			
				| 
				Sweden, 
				Yugoslavia | 
				
			
				| Group 
				Four | 
				
			
				| 
				
				German Democratic Republic, Mexico, Portugal, Uruguay, USSR | 
				
			
				| Group 
				Five | 
				
			
				| 
				DPR Korea, England, Hungary |