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 U.Hoeness, 9 G.Müller, 11 Heynckes
27.03.1974: Germany v Scotland 2-1 (in Frankfurt) (F)
Referee: Schiller (Austria), attendance: 60,000
German roster:
GK: Maier, Nigbur
DF: Breitner, Beckenbauer, Cullmann, Schwarzenbeck, Höttges, Vogts
MF: Wimmer, Helmut Kremers, Netzer, Bonhof, Uli Hoeness
FW: Heynckes, Gerd Müller, Grabowski, Herzog, Hölzenbein
Germany: 1 Maier – 2 Breitner, 5 Beckenbauer (c), 4 Schwarzenbeck, 3 Vogts – 8 U.Hoeness, 6 Cullmann, 10 Wimmer – 7 Grabowski, 9 G.Müller, 11 Herzog
Scotland: 1 Allan – 2 Jardine, 6 Stanton, 5 Buchan, 3 Schaedler – 4 Hay, 8 Dalglish, 11 Burns (59. Robinson) – 7 Morgan, 9 Law (59. Ford), 10 Hutchison
Scorers: 1-0 Breitner (33., pen.), 2-0 Grabowski (35.), 2-1 Dalglish (78.)
17.04.1974: Germany v Hungary 5-0 (in Dortmund) (F)
Referee: Schaut (Belgium), attendance: 56,000
German roster:
GK: Maier, Kleff, Nigbur
DF: Vogts, Beckenbauer, Schwarzenbeck, Breitner, Helmut Kremers
MF: Wimmer, Uli Hoeness, Cullmann, Flohe, Bonhof
FW: Grabowski, Hölzenbein, Gerd Müller, Erwin Kremers, Herzog
Germany: 1 Nigbur – 2 Vogts, 5 Beckenbauer (c), 4 Schwarzenbeck (46. Bonhof), 3 H.Kremers – 10 Wimmer (46. Hölzenbein), 6 Cullmann, 8 U.Hoeness (70. Flohe) – 7 Grabowski, 9 G.Müller, 11 E.Kremers
Hungary: Meszaros – Fabian, Balint, Horvath, Megyesi – Juhasz (70. Kovacs), Fazekas, Zambo (61. Fekete) – Bene, Vidats, Mate (46. Toth)
Scorers: 1-0 Wimmer (11.), 2-0 Hölzenbein (54.), 3-0 E.Kremers (67.), 4-0 Müller (74.), 5-0 Müller (87.)
01.05.1974: Germany v Sweden 2-0 (in Hamburg) (F)
Referee: Kitabdjian (France), attendance: 55,000
German roster:
GK: Maier, Nigbur, Kleff
DF: Vogts, Beckenbauer, Schwarzenbeck, Breitner, Helmut Kremers, Höttges
MF: Uli Hoeness, Netzer, Cullmann, Bonhof, Wimmer, Flohe
FW: Grabowski, Gerd Müller, Heynckes, Erwin Kremers, Hölzenbein, Herzog
Germany: 1 Maier – 2 Vogts, 5 Beckenbauer (c), 4 Schwarzenbeck, 3 Breitner – 6 Cullmann (68. Hölzenbein), 10 Netzer, 8 U.Hoeness – 7 Grabowski, 9 G.Müller, 11 E.Kremers (26. Heynckes, 78. Bonhof)
Sweden: Hellström (46. Larsson, 88. Hellström) – Olsson (68. Grip), B.Larsson, Karlsson, Andersson – Tapper, Grahn, Kindvall (46. Paalsson) – Ejderstedt (75. Ahlström), Sandberg, Torstensson
Scorer: 1-0, 2-0 Heynckes (51., 58.)
1974 World Cup roster
01 Josef Maier (Bayern München), 30 years, 50 A, Goalkeeper
02 Hans-Hubert Vogts (Bor. Mönchengladbach), 27 years, 51 A, Full Back
03 Paul Breitner (Bayern München), 22 years, 19 A, Full Back
04 Hans-Georg Schwarzenbeck (Bayern München), 26 years, 23 A, Central Defender
05 Franz Beckenbauer (Bayern München), 28 years, 78 A, Central Defender
06 Horst-Dieter Höttges (Werder Bremen), 30 years, 65 A, Full Back
07 Herbert Wimmer (Bor. Mönchengladbach), 29 years, 23 A, Midfielder
08 Bernhard Cullmann (1. FC Köln), 24 years, 12 A, Midfielder/Central Defender
09 Jürgen Grabowski (Eintracht Frankfurt), 29 years, 38 A, Winger
10 Günter Netzer (Real Madrid), 29 years, 34 A, Midfielder
11 Josef Heynckes (Bor. Mönchengladbach), 28 years, 28 A, Winger
12 Wolfgang Overath (1. FC Köln), 30 years, 72 A, Midfielder
13 Gerhard Müller (Bayern München), 28 years, 55 A, Centre Forward
14 Ulrich Hoeness (Bayern München), 22 years, 20 A, Midfielder/Forward
15 Heinz Flohe (1. FC Köln), 26 years, 14 A, Midfielder
16 Rainer Bonhof (Bor. Mönchengladbach), 22 years, 4 A, Midfielder
17 Bernd Hölzenbein (Eintracht Frankfurt), 28 years, 4 A, Winger
18 Dieter Herzog (Fortuna Düsseldorf), 27 years, 2 A, Winger
19 Josef Kapellmann (Bayern München), 23 years, 3 A, Midfielder
20 Helmut Kremers (FC Schalke 04), 25 years, 5 A, Full Back/Midfielder
21 Norbert Nigbur (FC Schalke 04), 24 years, 2 A, Goalkeeper
22 Wolfgang Kleff (Bor. Mönchengladbach), 27 years, 6 A, Goalkeeper
14.06.1974: Germany v Chile 1-0 (in Berlin) (WC)
Referee: Babacan (Turkey), attendance: 84,000
Germany: 1 Maier – 3 Breitner, 5 Beckenbauer (c), 4 Schwarzenbeck, 2 Vogts – 14 U.Hoeness, 8 Cullmann, 12 Overath (76. Hölzenbein) – 9 Grabowski, 13 G.Müller, 11 Heynckes
Chile: 1 Vallejos – 2 R.Garcia, 5 Figueroa, 3 Quintano, 4 Arias – 8 Valdes (79. Veliz), 6 J.Rodriguez (85. Lara), 10 Reinoso, 16 Paez – 7 Caszely, 9 Ahumada
Scorer: 1-0 Breitner (17.)
18.06.1974: Germany v Australia 3-0 (in Hamburg) (WC)
Referee: Kamel (Egypt), attendance: 55,000
Germany: 1 Maier – 2 Vogts, 5 Beckenbauer (c), 4 Schwarzenbeck, 3 Breitner – 14 U.Hoeness, 8 Cullmann (68. Wimmer), 12 Overath – 9 Grabowski, 13 G.Müller, 11 Heynckes (46. Hölzenbein)
Australia: 1 Reilly – 2 Utjesenovic, 3 Wilson, 4 Schäfer, 5 Curran – 6 Richards, 7 Rooney, 8 Mackay, 19 Campbell (46. Abonnyi) – 20 Buljevic (61. Ollerton), 12 Alston
Scorers: 1-0 Overath (12.), 2-0 Cullmann (35.), 3-0 Müller (53.)
22.06.1974: Germany v GDR 0-1 (in Hamburg) (WC)
Referee: Ruiz (Uruguay), attendance: 61,000
Germany: 1 Maier – 2 Vogts, 5 Beckenbauer (c), 4 Schwarzenbeck (68. Höttges), 3 Breitner – 14 U.Hoeness, 8 Cullmann, 12 Overath (69. Netzer) – 9 Grabowski, 13 G.Müller, 15 Flohe
GDR: 1 Croy – 18 Kische, 4 Weise, 3 Bransch, 12 Wätzlich – 13 Lauck, 16 Irmscher (65. Hamann), 10 Kreische, 2 Kurbjuweit – 14 Sparwasser, 20 Hoffmann
Scorer: 0-1 Sparwasser (77.)
26.06.1974: Germany v Yugoslavia 2-0 (in Düsseldorf) (WC)
Referee: Marques (Brazil), attendance: 67,461
Germany: 1 Maier – 2 Vogts, 5 Beckenbauer (c), 4 Schwarzenbeck, 3 Breitner – 7 Wimmer (66. U.Hoeness), 6 Bonhof, 12 Overath – 17 Hölzenbein (73. Flohe), 13 G.Müller, 18 Herzog
Yugoslavia: 1 Maric – 2 Buljan, 5 Katalinski, 4 Muzinic, 3 Hadziabdic – 8 Oblak (78. Jerkovic), 10 Acimovic, 18 Karasi – 17 Popivoda, 9 Surjak, 11 Dzajic (78. Petkovic)
Scorers: 1-0 Breitner (38.), 2-0 Müller (77.)
30.06.1974: Germany v Sweden 4-2 (in Düsseldorf) (WC)
Referee: Kazakov (Soviet Union), attendance: 68,000
Germany: 1 Maier – 2 Vogts, 5 Beckenbauer (c), 4 Schwarzenbeck, 3 Breitner – 14 U.Hoeness, 16 Bonhof, 12 Overath – 17 Hölzenbein (81. Flohe), 13 G.Müller, 18 Herzog (66. Grabowski)
Sweden: 1 Hellström – 2 J.Olsson, 4 Nordqvist, 3 Karlsson, 18 Augustsson – 6 Grahn, 14 Tapper, 7 B.Larsson (34. Ejderstedt) – 8 Torstensson, 10 Edström, 11 Sandberg
Scorers: 0-1 Edström (26.), 1-1 Overath (50.), 2-1 Bonhof (51.), 2-2 Sandberg (53.), 3-2 Grabowski (78.), 4-2 U.Hoeness (89., pen.)
03.07.1974: Germany v Poland 1-0 (in Frankfurt) (WC)
Referee: Linemayr (Austria), attendance: 62,000
Germany: 1 Maier – 2 Vogts, 5 Beckenbauer, 4 Schwarzenbeck, 3 Breitner – 14 U.Hoeness, 16 Bonhof, 12 Overath – 9 Grabowski, 13 G.Müller, 17 Hölzenbein
Poland: 2 Tomaszewski – 4 Szymanowski, 9 Zmuda, 6 Gorgon, 10 Musial – 14 Maszczyk (79. Kmiecik), 12 Deyna, 13 Kasperczak (79. Chmiekiwicz) – 16 Lato, 17 Szarmach, 18 Gadocha
Scorer: 1-0 Müller (75.)
07.07.1974: Germany v Netherlands 2-1 (in Munich) (WC)
Referee: Taylor (England), attendance: 79,000
Germany: 1 Maier – 4 Schwarzenbeck, 5 Beckenbauer (c), 2 Vogts, 3 Breitner – 14 U.Hoeness, 16 Bonhof, 12 Overath – 9 Grabowski, 13 G.Müller, 17 Hölzenbein
Netherlands: 8 Jongbloed – 20 Suurbier, 2 Haan, 17 Rijsbergen (68. De Jong), 12 Krol – 6 Jansen, 13 Neeskens, 3 van Hanegem – 16 Rep, 14 Cruyff, 15 Rensenbrink (46. R.van de Kerkhof)
Scorers: 0-1 Neeskens (1., pen.), 1-1 Breitner (25., pen.), 2-1 Müller (43.)
04.09.1974: Switzerland v Germany 1-2 (in Basel) (F)
Referee: Schiller (Austria), attendance: 48,000
German roster:
GK: Maier, Nigbur
DF: Vogts, Kapellmann, Helmut Kremers, Beckenbauer, Schwarzenbeck
MF: Bonhof, Cullmann, Uli Hoeness
FW: Geye, Pirrung, Hölzenbein, Herzog, Seel
Switzerland: Burgener – Valentini, Guyot, Bizzini, Stierli – Kuhn, Meyer (46. Rutschmann), Botteron (76. Risi), Schneeberger – K.Müller, Jeandupeux
Germany: 1 Maier – 2 Vogts, 5 Beckenbauer (c), 4 Schwarzenbeck (78. Kapellmann), 3 H.Kremers – 10 U.Hoeness, 8 Bonhof, 6 Cullmann – 7 Geye, 9 Hölzenbein (46. Seel), 11 Herzog
Scorers: 0-1 Cullmann (6.), 1-1 K.Müller (23.), 1-2 Geye (27.)
20.11.1974: Greece v Germany 2-2 (in Piraeus) (ECQ)
Referee: Rainea (Romania), attendance: 22,000
German roster:
GK: Maier, Nigbur
DF: Beckenbauer, Helmut Kremers, Dietz, Schwarzenbeck, Vogts
MF: Cullmann, Wimmer, Uli Hoeness, Kapellmann, Hölzenbein
FW: Geye, Seel, Held, Heynckes, Pirrung
Greece: Ikonomopoulos – Kyrastas, Siokos, Glezos (62. Fyros), Iossifidis – Eleftherakis, Domazos, Safaris – Tersanidis, M.Papaioannou (63. Aslanidis), Delikaris
Germany: 1 Maier – 2 Vogts, 5 Beckenbauer (c), 4 Schwarzenbeck, 3 H.Kremers – 10 U.Hoeness, 8 Wimmer, 9 Hölzenbein, 6 Cullmann (78. Kapellmann) – 7 Geye, 11 Heynckes (81. Pirrung)
Scorers: 1-0 Delikaris (13.), 1-1 Cullmann (51.), 2- 1 Eleftherakis (70.), 2-2 Wimmer (83.)
22.12.1974: Malta v Germany 0-1 (in Gzira) (ECQ)
Referee: Emsberger (Hungary), attendance: 22,000
German roster:
GK: Maier, Nigbur, Franke
DF: Vogts, Beckenbauer, Schwarzenbeck, Helmut Kremers, Dietz, Konopka, Körbel
MF: Bonhof, Flohe, Danner, Bernd Nickel, Cullmann, Kapellmann
FW: Pirrung, Kostedde, Hölzenbein, Seliger
Malta: Debono – Borg, Holland, Darmanin, Vella – E.Aquilina (50. R.Aquilina), Vasallo, R.Xuereb – Magro, Camilleri, Seychell
Germany: 1 Nigbur – 2 Vogts, 5 Beckenbauer (c), 4 Körbel, 3 Dietz – 8 Bonhof, 10 Flohe, 6 Cullmann (74. Seliger) – Pirrung (46. B.Nickel), 9 Kostedde, 11 Hölzenbein
Scorer: 0-1 Cullmann (44.)