Group 5 consisted of five of the 34 teams entered into the European zone:[1] Denmark, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, and Yugoslavia. These five teams competed on a home-and-away basis for two of the 14 spots in the final tournament allocated to the European zone, with the group's winner and runner-up claiming those spots.
| Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Yugoslavia
|
13 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 7 | +15 |
| 2 |  Italy
|
12 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 5 | +7 |
| 3 |  Denmark
|
8 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 11 | +3 |
| 4 |  Greece
|
7 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 13 | −3 |
| 5 |  Luxembourg
|
0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 23 | −22 |
| Luxembourg | 0 – 5 | Yugoslavia |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Sušić  50'Zl. Vujović 64', 81'Petrović 70'Buljan 90' |
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Franz Latzin (Austria)
| Yugoslavia | 2 – 1 | Denmark |
|---|---|---|
| Pantelić 18' (pen.) Zo. Vujović 37' |
Report | Arnesen 5' (pen.) |
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Antonio Garrido (Portugal)
| Luxembourg | 0 – 2 | Italy |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Collovati 33' Bettega 77' |
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Henk Weerink (Netherlands)
| Denmark | 0 – 1 | Greece |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Kouis 50' |
Attendance: 45,700
Referee: Éamonn Farrell (Republic of Ireland)
| Italy | 2 – 0 | Denmark |
|---|---|---|
| Graziani 7', 51' |
Report |
Attendance: 45,087
Referee: Belaïd Lacarne (Algeria)
| Italy | 2 – 0 | Yugoslavia |
|---|---|---|
| Cabrini 40' (pen.) Conti 75' |
Report |
Attendance: 50,677
Referee: Abraham Klein (Israel)
| Denmark | 4 – 0 | Luxembourg |
|---|---|---|
| Arnesen 13', 41' (pen.) Elkjær 57'Simonsen 71' |
Report |
Attendance: 10,600
Referee: Clive White (England)
| Greece | 0 – 2 | Italy |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Antognoni 10' Scirea 81' |
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Michel Vautrot (France)
| Greece | 2 – 0 | Luxembourg |
|---|---|---|
| Kouis 8' Kostikos 33' |
Report |
Attendance: 11,114
Referee: Nikolai Dudin (Bulgaria)
| Luxembourg | 0 – 2 | Greece |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Kouis 31' Mavros 54' (pen.) |
Attendance: 8,590
Referee: Peter Scherz (Switzerland)
| Yugoslavia | 5 – 1 | Greece |
|---|---|---|
| Šljivo 7' Halilhodžić 23'Pantelić 42' (pen.)Zl. Vujović 50', 56' |
Report | Kostikos 76' (pen.) |
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Valeri Butenko (Soviet Union)
| Luxembourg | 1 – 2 | Denmark |
|---|---|---|
| Nurenberg 37' |
Report | Elkjær 46' Arnesen 62' |
Attendance: 2,844
Referee: Louis Delsemme (Belgium)
| Denmark | 3 – 1 | Italy |
|---|---|---|
| Røntved 59' Arnesen 61'Bastrup 87' |
Report | Graziani 69' |
Attendance: 36,300
Referee: Franz Wöhrer (Austria)
| Denmark | 1 – 2 | Yugoslavia |
|---|---|---|
| Elkjær 62' |
Report | Zl. Vujović 48' Petrović 63' |
Attendance: 48,400
Referee: Siegfried Kirschen (East Germany)
| Greece | 2 – 3 | Denmark |
|---|---|---|
| Anastopoulos 60' Kouis 84' |
Report | Lerby 8' Arnesen 28'Elkjær 65' |
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Josef Bucek (Austria)
| Yugoslavia | 1 – 1 | Italy |
|---|---|---|
| Zl. Vujović 9' |
Report | Bettega 33' |
Attendance: 70,000
Referee: Walter Eschweiler (West Germany)
| Italy | 1 – 1 | Greece |
|---|---|---|
| Conti 61' |
Report | Kouis 87' |
Attendance: 39,670
Referee: Nicolae Rainea (Romania)
| Yugoslavia | 5 – 0 | Luxembourg |
|---|---|---|
| Halilhodžić 1', 45' Šurjak 65'Pašić 73'Zl. Vujović 75' |
Report |
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Charles Scerri (Malta)
| Greece | 1 – 2 | Yugoslavia |
|---|---|---|
| Mavros 5' |
Report | Šurjak 22' Jerković 39' |
Attendance: 11,595
Referee: George Courtney (England)
| Italy | 1 – 0 | Luxembourg |
|---|---|---|
| Collovati 7' |
Report |
Attendance: 49,247
Referee: Velichko Tsonchev (Bulgaria)
