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23.02.1974: Spain v Germany 1-0 (in Barcelona) (F)
Referee: Jursa (Czechoslovakia), attendance: 17,000
German roster:
GK: Maier, Kleff, Nigbur
DF: Schwarzenbeck, Helmut Kremers, Weber, Breitner, Beckenbauer, Höttges, Vogts, Cullmann
MF: Uli Hoeness, Overath, Flohe, Netzer, Wimmer
FW: Grabowski, Gerd Müller, Heynckes, Herzog
Spain:
Iribar – Sol, Benito, J.Martinez (63. Costas), Capon – Asensi, Marcial, Claramunt – R.Martinez (86. Galan), Quini, Churuccu (76. Rexach)
Germany:
1 Nigbur – 2 Vogts (55. Breitner), 5 Beckenbauer (c), 4 Weber, 3 Höttges – 8 U.Hoeness, 10 Overath, 6 H.Kremers (83. Wimmer) – 7 Grabowski (46. Heynckes), 9 G.Müller, 11 Herzog
Scorer: 1-0 Asensi (20.)
26.02.1974: Italy v Germany 0-0 (in Rome) (F)
Referee: Bucheli (Switzerland), attendance: 90,000
Italy:
1 Zoff – 2 Spinosi, 5 F.Morini, 6 Wilson, 3 Facchetti (19. Sabadini) – 7 Mazzola, 4 Benetti, 10 Rivera, 8 Capello (87. Juliano) – 9 Chinaglia, 11 Chiarugi
Germany:
1 Maier – 2 Höttges (80. H.Kremers), 5 Beckenbauer (c), 4 Schwarzenbeck, 3 Breitner – 6 Cullmann, 8 Netzer, 10 Overath – 7
Flashback: 1974 FIFA World Cup
As the countdown to the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ ramps up, we're throwing back to Australia's five previous appearances on the world stage!
Read on to look back at the Socceroos' 1974 FIFA World Cup campaign, or find out more about our 2018, 2014, 2010 and 2006 appearances at the tournament.
Our qualification journey
In this era, 16 nations qualified for the World Cup finals (changing to 24 in 1982 and 32 in 1998).
The Socceroos' path to the 1974 FIFA World Cup in West Germany began with a 1-1 draw against New Zealand in Auckland courtesy of a strike from Brian Turner. Wins against Iraq and Indonesia followed before the side drew 3-3 against New Zealand and 0-0 with Iraq.
The final match of the first phase of qualification saw the Socceroos smash Indonesia to clinch top spot in the group and advance to the Zone B Final against Iran in two home-and-away legs.
After triumphing 3-0 on home soil in the first leg, the squad travelled to Tehran, where they were greeted with a baptism of fire including 119,000 spectators.
The return leg was not as smooth sailing, with
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West Germany's World Cup squad 1974
D.O.B. CLUB WC 1 GK Sepp Maier 28 Feb 1944 Bayern Munich 1966,70 2 DF Berti Vogts 30 Dec 1946 Borussia Mönchengladbach 1970 3 DF Paul Breitner 05 Sep 1951 Bayern Munich 4 DF Hans-Georg Schwarzenbeck 03 Apr 1948 Bayern Munich 5 DF Franz Beckenbauer 11 Sep 1945 Bayern Munich 1966,70 6 DF Horst-Dieter Höttges 10 Sep 1943 Werder Bremen 1966,70 7 MD Herbert Wimmer 09 Nov 1944 Borussia Mönchengladbach 8 MD Bernhard Cullmann 01 Nov 1949 1.FC Cologne 9 FW Jürgen Grabowski 07 Jul 1944 Eintracht Frankfurt 1966,70 10 MD Günther Netzer 14 Sep 1944 Real Madrid (SPA) 11 FW Jupp Heynckes 09 May 1945 Borussia Mönchengladbach 12 MD Wolfgang Overath 29 Sep 1943 1.FC Cologne 1966,70 13 FW Gerd Müller 03 Nov 1945 Bayern Munich 1970 14 FW Uli Hoeness 05 Jan 1952 Bayern Munich 15 MD Heinz Flohe 28 Jan 1948 1.FC Cologne 16 MD Rainer Bonhof 29 Mar 1952 Borussia Mönchengladbach 17 FW Bernd Hölzenbein 09 Mar 1946 Eintracht Frankfurt 18 FW Dieter Herzog 15 Jul 1946 Fortuna Düsseldorf 19 FW Jupp Kappellmann 19 Dec 1949 Bayern Mun