1978 FIFA World Cup Group B explained

Group B of the 1978 FIFA World Cup was one of two groups of nations competing for the de facto semi-finals of the 1978 FIFA World Cup. The group's first round of matches began on 14 June and its last matches were played on 21 June. All six group matches were played either at the Estadio Ciudad de Mendoza in Mendoza, or the Estadio Gigante de Arroyito in Rosario. The group consisted of Argentina, Brazil, Peru and Poland. Argentina advanced to the final match, and Brazil advanced to the third place match.^[1]

Qualified teams

The winners of Group 2 and 4 and the runners-up of Group 1 and 3 qualified for Group B of the second round.

Standings

Matches

Brazil vs Peru


GK	1	Émerson Leão (c)
DF	2
DF	3	Oscar
DF	4	Amaral
DF	16	Rodrigues Neto
MF	17	Batista
MF	5	Toninho Cerezo
MF	11	Dirceu
FW	18
FW	19	Jorge Mendonça
FW	20
Substitutions:
MF	8
MF	21
Manager:
Cláudio Coutinho

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GK	21	Ramón Quiroga
DF	4	Héctor Chumpitaz (c)
DF	3	Rodolfo Manzo
DF	2	Jaime Duarte
DF	5
MF	6
MF	8	César Cueto
MF	10	Teófilo Cubillas
FW	7	Juan Muñante
FW	11
FW	19	Guillermo La Rosa
Substitutions:
DF	14
FW	9
Manager:
Marcos Calderón

Argentina vs Poland


GK	5	Ubaldo Fillol
DF	19	Daniel Passarella (c)
DF	7	Luis Galván
DF	20	Alberto Tarantini
DF	15	Jorge Olguín
MF	6
MF	2	Osvaldo Ardiles
MF	21
FW	9
FW	10	Mario Kempes
FW	4	Daniel Bertoni
Substitutions:
MF	22
FW	16
Manager:
César Luis Menotti

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GK	1	Jan Tomaszewski
DF	8	Henryk Kasperczak
DF	9	Władysław Żmuda
DF	3	Henryk Maculewicz
DF	4	Antoni Szymanowski
MF	5	Adam Nawałka
MF	11
MF	12	Kazimierz Deyna (c)
MF	18	Zbigniew Boniek
FW	16	Grzegorz Lato
FW	17	Andrzej Szarmach
Substitutions:
FW	2
Manager:
Jacek Gmoch

Peru vs Poland


GK	21	Ramón Quiroga
DF	4	Héctor Chumpitaz (c)
DF	3	Rodolfo Manzo
DF	2	Jaime Duarte
DF	14	José Navarro
MF	8	César Cueto
MF	10	Teófilo Cubillas
MF	17	Alfredo Quesada
FW	7
FW	11	Juan Carlos Oblitas
FW	19
Substitutions:
MF	9
FW	20
Manager:
Marcos Calderón

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GK	21	Zygmunt Kukla
DF	3	Henryk Maculewicz
DF	4	Antoni Szymanowski
DF	6	Jerzy Gorgoń
DF	9	Władysław Żmuda
MF	5	Adam Nawałka
MF	11
MF	12	Kazimierz Deyna (c)
MF	18
FW	16	Grzegorz Lato
FW	17	Andrzej Szarmach
Substitutions:
DF	8
FW	19
Manager:
Jacek Gmoch

Argentina vs Brazil


GK	5	Ubaldo Fillol
DF	19	Daniel Passarella (c)
DF	7	Luis Galván
DF	20	Alberto Tarantini
DF	15	Jorge Olguín
MF	6	Américo Gallego
MF	2
MF	10	Mario Kempes
FW	4	Daniel Bertoni
FW	16
FW	14	Leopoldo Luque
Substitutions:
MF	22
FW	1
Manager:
César Luis Menotti

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GK	1	Émerson Leão (c)
DF	2	Toninho
DF	3	Oscar
DF	4	Amaral
DF	16
MF	17	Batista
MF	21
MF	11	Dirceu
FW	18	Gil
FW	19
FW	20	Roberto Dinamite
Substitutions:
DF	6	Edinho
MF	8
Manager:
Cláudio Coutinho

Brazil vs Poland


GK	1	Émerson Leão (c)
DF	13	Nelinho
DF	3	Oscar
DF	4	Amaral
DF	2	Toninho
MF	17	Batista
MF	5
MF	8
FW	11	Dirceu
FW	18	Gil
FW	20	Roberto Dinamite
Substitutions:
FW	19
MF	10
Manager:
Cláudio Coutinho

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GK	21	Zygmunt Kukla
DF	4	Antoni Szymanowski
DF	9	Władysław Żmuda
DF	6	Jerzy Gorgoń
DF	3	Henryk Maculewicz
MF	5	Adam Nawałka
MF	8
MF	12	Kazimierz Deyna (c)
MF	18	Zbigniew Boniek
FW	16	Grzegorz Lato
FW	17	Andrzej Szarmach
Substitutions:
FW	19
Manager:
Jacek Gmoch

Argentina vs Peru

See main article: Argentina v Peru (1978 FIFA World Cup).


GK	5	Ubaldo Fillol
DF	19	Daniel Passarella (c)
DF	7	Luis Galván
DF	20	Alberto Tarantini
DF	15	Jorge Olguín
MF	6
MF	12	Omar Larrosa
MF	10	Mario Kempes
FW	4
FW	16
FW	14	Leopoldo Luque
Substitutions:
FW	9
MF	17
Manager:
César Luis Menotti

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GK	21	Ramón Quiroga
DF	4	Héctor Chumpitaz (c)
DF	3	Rodolfo Manzo
DF	2	Jaime Duarte
DF	22	Roberto Rojas
MF	17
MF	6
MF	8	César Cueto
FW	7	Juan Muñante
FW	11	Juan Carlos Oblitas
FW	10	Teófilo Cubillas
Substitutions:
FW	16
Manager:
Marcos Calderón

Notes and References

Web site: 1978 World Cup. https://web.archive.org/web/20150330175434/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/argentina1978/groups/index.html. dead. 30 March 2015. fifa.com. 3 April 2018.