1978 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 5

Group 5 consisted of three of the 32 teams entered into the European zone:[lower-alpha 1] Bulgaria, France, and Republic of Ireland. These three teams competed on a home-and-away basis for one of the 8.5 spots in the final tournament allocated to the European zone. The spot would be assigned to the group's winner.

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  France 4 2 1 1 7 4 +3 5
2  Bulgaria 4 1 2 1 5 6 −1 4
3  Republic of Ireland 4 1 1 2 2 4 −2 3
Source:

Matches
Bulgaria 2 – 2 France
Bonev 45'
Panov 68'		 Report Platini 37'
Lacombe 40'
Referee: Foote (Scotland)
France 2 – 0 Republic of Ireland
Platini 47'
Bathenay 88'		 Report
Referee: Maksimovic (Yugoslavia)
Republic of Ireland 1 – 0 France
Brady 11' Report
Referee: Linemayr (Austria)
Bulgaria 2 – 1 Republic of Ireland
Panov 14'
Zhelyazkov 76'		 Report Givens 47'
Referee: Zlatanos (Greece)
Republic of Ireland 0 – 0 Bulgaria
Report
Referee: Gonella (Italy)
France 3 – 1 Bulgaria
Rocheteau 38'
Platini 63'
Dalger 89'		 Report Tsvetkov 85'
Referee: Corver (Netherlands)

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