UEFA Euro 1976 qualifying Group 6
Group 6 of the UEFA Euro 1976 qualifying tournament was one of the eight groups to decide which teams would qualify for the UEFA Euro 1976 finals tournament. Group 6 consisted of four teams: Soviet Union, Republic of Ireland, Turkey, and Switzerland, where they played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners were the Soviet Union, who finished one point above the Republic of Ireland.
Final table
Pos | Team
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |
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1 | ![]() | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 8 | Advance to quarter-finals | — | 2–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 | |
2 | ![]() | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 7 | 3–0 | — | 4–0 | 2–1 | ||
3 | ![]() | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 6 | 1–0 | 1–1 | — | 2–1 | ||
4 | ![]() | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | — |
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
Matches
Republic of Ireland ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() |
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Givens ![]() |
Turkey ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Dunne ![]() | Givens ![]() |
(*)NOTE: The first goal in other sources has also been reported as an own goal by Mick Martin or Terry Conroy.
Turkey ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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İsmail ![]() O. Mehmet ![]() | Schild ![]() |
Soviet Union ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() |
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Kolotov ![]() Blokhin ![]() |
Switzerland ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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İsmail ![]() | Alpaslan ![]() |
(*)NOTE: Some sources state that the venue was St. Jakob-Park, Basel.
Republic of Ireland ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Martin ![]() Treacy ![]() | Müller ![]() |
Soviet Union ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Blokhin ![]() Kolotov ![]() | Hand ![]() |
Switzerland ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Elsener ![]() |
Switzerland ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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Muntyan ![]() |
Republic of Ireland ![]() | 4–0 | ![]() |
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Givens ![]() |
Soviet Union ![]() | 4–1 | ![]() |
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Konkov ![]() Onishchenko ![]() Veremeyev ![]() | Risi ![]() |
Turkey ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Reshko ![]() |
(*)NOTE: Attendance also reported as 45,000
(**)NOTE: The own goal scorer has also been reported as Mikhail Fomenko.
Goalscorers
There were 31 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 2.58 goals per match.
8 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal
Tony Dunne (against Turkey)
Stefan Reshko (against Turkey)
İsmail Arca (against Switzerland)
Notes
- ^ The Turkey v Soviet Union match was delayed by 30 minutes due to adverse weather conditions.[1]
References
- ^ "Протокол матча Турция - СССР 1:0" [Match report Turkey v Soviet Union 1–0] (in Russian). Retrieved 28 January 2019.
- General references
- "1976 UEFA European Championship". uefa.com. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- "European Championship 1976". RSSSF. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- Robinson, J. (1996). The European Football Championships 1958-1996. Soccer Book Publishing. ISBN 0-947808-69-8.