1974 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 7

Group 7 consisted of three of the 32 teams entered into the European zone:[1] Greece, Spain, and Yugoslavia. These three teams competed on a home-and-away basis for two of the 9,5 spots in the final tournament allocated to the European zone, with the group's winner claiming those spots.

As of 2018 this is the last time Spain have failed to qualify for the World Cup finals.

Standings
Rank Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
1=  Spain 6422085+3
1=  Yugoslavia 6422074+3
3  Greece 04004511−6
19 October 1972 Spain  2 – 2  Yugoslavia Las Palmas, Spain
Amancio  30'
Asensi  89'		 Report Bajević  52', 60' Referee: Walker (England)
18 November 1972 Yugoslavia  1 – 0  Greece Belgrade, Yugoslavia
Aćimović  14' Report Referee: Tschenscher (West Germany)
17 January 1973 Greece  2 – 3  Spain Athens, Greece
Domazos  41'
Koudas  56'		 Report Valdez  40', 86'
Claramunt  65'		 Referee: Glöckner (East Germany)
21 February 1973 Spain  3 – 1  Greece Málaga, Spain
Claramunt  29'
Sol  39'
Martínez  78'		 Report Antoniadis  37' Referee: Kitabdjian (France)
21 October 1973 Yugoslavia  0 – 0  Spain Zagreb, Yugoslavia
Report Referee: Linemayr (Austria)
19 December 1973 Greece  2 – 4  Yugoslavia Athens, Greece
Eleftherakis  29'
Katalinski  44' (o.g.)		 Report Bajević  12'
Karasi  15', 90'
Šurjak  62'		 Referee: Tschenscher (West Germany)

Spain and Yugoslavia finished level on points and goal difference, and a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would qualify.

13 February 1974 Yugoslavia  1 – 0  Spain Frankfurt, West Germany
Katalinski  13' Report Referee: Loraux (Belgium)

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