1978 FIFA World Cup Group 3 explained

Group 3 of the 1978 FIFA World Cup was one of four groups of nations competing at the 1978 FIFA World Cup. The group consisted of Brazil, Austria, Spain and Sweden.

In their first world cup since 1958, Austrian players retrieved a part of their past glory. They won the group before an astonished Brazil. "Auriverdes" who scored only two goals were thrilling until the end of the third game. An Austrian equalizer could send Spain to the next round.

Finally, Brazilians clinched the second place to reach the second round where they had to play against the Argentinians hosts and Peruvians in a "Latin American coloured group".

Standings

Matches

Austria vs Spain


GK	1	Friedrich Koncilia
DF	2	Robert Sara (c)
DF	3	Erich Obermayer
DF	4	Gerhard Breitenberger
DF	5	Bruno Pezzey
MF	7
MF	8	Herbert Prohaska
MF	10	Willi Kreuz
MF	11	Kurt Jara
FW	9	Hans Krankl
FW	18
Substitutions:
DF	15
FW	19
Manager:
Helmut Senekowitsch

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GK	13	Miguel Ángel
DF	2	Toño
DF	4	Asensi
DF	5	Migueli
DF	18	Pirri (c)
MF	11
MF	17	Marcelino
MF	21	Isidoro San José
FW	7	Dani
FW	19
FW	20	Rubén Cano
Substitutions:
MF	14
FW	9
Manager:
Ladislao Kubala

Brazil vs Sweden

This match is remembered for Zico's disallowed goal during injury time of the second half. Welsh referee Clive Thomas whistled for full time while the ball was in the air after a corner kick, fractions of second before Zico's header. https://web.archive.org/web/20180601203119/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/kempes-key-argentina-are-crowned-with-confetti-502160.


GK	1	Leão
RB	2	Toninho
CB	3
CB	4	Amaral
LB	6	Edinho
DM	5
CM	17	Batista
RW	18
AM	8	Zico
CF	9	Reinaldo
LW	10	Rivellino (c)
Substitutions:
RW	13
LW	11
Manager:
Cláudio Coutinho

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GK	1	Ronnie Hellström
DF	2	Hasse Borg
DF	3	Roy Andersson
DF	4	Björn Nordqvist (c)
DF	5	Ingemar Erlandsson
MF	6	Staffan Tapper
MF	7	Anders Linderoth
MF	8	Bo Larsson
MF	9
FW	10	Thomas Sjöberg
FW	11
Substitutions:
FW	22
Manager:
Georg Ericson

Austria vs Sweden


GK	1	Friedrich Koncilia
DF	2	Robert Sara (c)
DF	3	Erich Obermayer
DF	4	Gerhard Breitenberger
DF	5	Bruno Pezzey
MF	7
MF	8	Herbert Prohaska
MF	10	Willi Kreuz
MF	11	Kurt Jara
FW	9
FW	12
Substitutions:
DF	15
Manager:
Helmut Senekowitsch

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GK	1	Ronnie Hellström
DF	2	Hasse Borg
DF	3	Roy Andersson
DF	4	Björn Nordqvist (c)
DF	5	Ingemar Erlandsson
MF	6
MF	7
MF	8	Bo Larsson
MF	9
FW	10	Thomas Sjöberg
FW	11
Substitutions:
FW	16
FW	22
Manager:
Georg Ericson

Brazil vs Spain

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GK	1	Leão (c)
RB	2	Toninho
CB	3
CB	4	Amaral
RW	13
DM	5
LB	6	Edinho
LW	11
CM	17	Batista
AM	8
CF	9
Substitutions:
RW	18
AM	19
Manager:
Cláudio Coutinho


GK	13	Miguel Ángel
DF	3
DF	4	Asensi (c)
DF	5
DF	16	Olmo
MF	11
MF	14
MF	17	Marcelino
MF	21	Isidoro San José
FW	8	Juanito
FW	10	Santillana
Substitutions:
DF	6
MF	12
Manager:
Ladislao Kubala

Spain vs Sweden

Brazil vs Austria

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GK	1	Leão (c)
RB	2	Toninho
CB	3
CB	4	Amaral
DM	5
LW	11
LB	16	Rodrigues Neto
CM	17	Batista
AM	19
RW	18	Gil
CF	20	Roberto Dinamite
Substitutions:
DM	21
AM	8
Manager:
Cláudio Coutinho

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GK	1	Friedrich Koncilia
DF	2	Robert Sara (c)
DF	3	Erich Obermayer
DF	4	Gerhard Breitenberger
DF	5	Bruno Pezzey
MF	7
MF	8	Herbert Prohaska
MF	10	Willi Kreuz
MF	11	Kurt Jara
FW	9
FW	12
Substitutions:
DF	15
MF	13
Manager:
Helmut Senekowitsch