Today we bring you the footballers who hit the most goals in Euro 1972. The UEFA European Championship 1972 or European Nations’ Cup 1972 was the fourth edition of the European tournament, hosted by Belgium during June 14- 18, 1972. Four teams qualified for the final tournament, after contest between European teams in the qualifiers, with the hosts, Soviet Union, West Germany & Hungary being the four teams. West Germany won their first UEFA Euro title. We see here the exceptional scorers who got listed among the most goals in Euro 1972.
7. Lajos Kű
The Ferencváros TC Footballer was part of the Hungary team in UEFA Euro 1972. Lajos Kű would hit a goal from the match his team played during the tournament. With this goal, the Hungarian Footballer got himself among the footballers with the most goals in Euro 1972. His team went on to lose their semifinal match 0-1 against eventual Runners-up Soviet Union, would then lose the 3rd place playoff 1-2 against Belgium to finish 4th in the tournament. Lajos Kű was also part of the Silver-medalist Hungary team at the Munich 1972 Summer Olympics.
6. Raoul Lambert
The Club Brugge Footballer was Belgian First Division top scorer in 1971-72 season. Raoul Lambert was part of the Belgian team during 1966-1977. Lambert would hit a goal from the match his team played during the tournament. With this goal, the Belgian Footballer got himself among the footballers with the most goals in Euro 1972. His team went on to lose their semifinal match 1-2 against eventual Champions West Germany, would then win the 3rd place playoff against Hungary 2-1. Raoul Lambert would go on to score 18 goals from 33 matches in his international career.
5. Odilon Polleunis
The Sint-Truidense VV Footballer was part of the Belgian team during 1968-1975. Odilon Polleunis would hit a goal from the match he played during the tournament. With this goal, the Sint-Truiden born Footballer got himself among the footballers with the most goals in Euro 1972. His team went on to finish the tournament at number 3 in the team table. He would go on to score 10 goals from 22 matches in his international career.
4. Paul Van Himst
The Anderlecht Footballer was part of the Belgium team during 1960-1974. Paul Van Himst would hit a goal in the third place playoff match of UEFA Euro 1972. With this goal, Polle Gazon got himself among the footballers with the most goals in Euro 1972. His team went on to finish third in the tournament. He would go on to score 30 goals from 81 matches Van Himst played for Belgium.
3. Anatoliy Konkov
The Shakhtar Footballer was part of the Soviet Union team during 1971-1978. Anatoliy Dmytrovych Konkov would hit a goal from the matches he played during the tournament. With this goal, this former Avanhard Footballer got himself among the footballers with the most goals in Euro 1972. His team played the tournament final, losing it 0-3 to the West Germany team and Konkov would go on to score 8 goals from his 47-match international career.
2. Herbert Wimmer
The Borussia Mönchengladbach Footballer was part of the West Germany team during 1968-1976. Herbert Wimmer would hit a goal from the matches he played during the tournament. With this goal, this former Legnano Footballer got himself among the footballers with the most goals in Euro 1972. Wimmer would go on to win five national championships for his club team in 1970, 1971, 1975, 1976, and 1978. He would score 4 goals from 36 matches he played for the West Germany national football team.
1. Gerd Müller
The Bayern Munich Footballer was part of the West Germany team in UEFA Euro 1972, was playing with the national team since 1966. Gerhard Müller would go on to score 4 goals, 2 braces from the 2 matches he played in the mega tournament. With these 4 goals, this former 1861 Nördlingen Footballer led the footballers with the most goals in Euro 1972. His team would go on to win the tournament edition, their first and Müller would go on to become one of the German legends in Football.
These were the footballers who made the list of most goals in Euro 1972, in fact these are the only goal-scorers of the tournament with one leading and 6 being the second most. UEFA Euro 1972 would start with semifinals between the four teams based on their qualification points, followed by 3rd place playoff and then the tournament final. Hosts Belgium will finish third in the tournament.
A total of 10 goals were scored during the tournament of 4 matches, all goal-scorers listed here. Hope you liked the content, don’t forget to put in your questions and thoughts below; yes, the comments section awaits your listing always.
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