UEFA Euro 1976 qualifying Group 6

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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.

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Final table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Flag of Ireland.svg Flag of Turkey.svg Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg
1Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 6402106+48Advance to quarter-finals 2–1 3–0 4–1
2Flag of Ireland.svg  Republic of Ireland 6312115+67 3–0 4–0 2–1
3Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 622251056 1–0 1–1 2–1
4Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 611451053 0–1 1–0 1–1
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Matches

Republic of Ireland  Flag of Ireland.svg3–0Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Givens Soccerball shade.svg22', 30', 70'
Dalymount Park, Dublin
Attendance: 31,758
Referee: Erik Axelryd (Sweden)

Turkey  Flag of Turkey.svg1–1Flag of Ireland.svg  Republic of Ireland
Dunne Soccerball shade.svg54' (o.g.)* Givens Soccerball shade.svg61'
Atatürk Stadı, İzmir
Attendance: 69,999
Referee: Marian Srodecki (Poland)

(*)NOTE: The first goal in other sources has also been reported as an own goal by Mick Martin or Terry Conroy.


Turkey  Flag of Turkey.svg2–1Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland
İsmail Soccerball shade.svg21'
O. Mehmet Soccerball shade.svg85'
Schild Soccerball shade.svg18'
Atatürk Stadı, İzmir
Attendance: 51,410
Referee: Milivoje Gugulović (Yugoslavia)

Soviet Union  Flag of the Soviet Union.svg3–0Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
Kolotov Soccerball shade.svg25' (pen.), 56' (pen.)
Blokhin Soccerball shade.svg75'
Kyiv Central Stadium, Kyiv
Attendance: 74,223
Referee: Robert Holley Davidson (Scotland)

Switzerland  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg1–1Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
İsmail Soccerball shade.svg43' (o.g.) Alpaslan Soccerball shade.svg54'
Hardturm Stadion(*), Zürich(*)
Attendance: 21,965
Referee: Riccardo Lattanzi (Italy)

(*)NOTE: Some sources state that the venue was St. Jakob-Park, Basel.


Republic of Ireland  Flag of Ireland.svg2–1Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland
Martin Soccerball shade.svg2'
Treacy Soccerball shade.svg28'
Müller Soccerball shade.svg74'
Lansdowne Road, Dublin
Attendance: 48,074
Referee: Paul Schiller (Austria)

Soviet Union  Flag of the Soviet Union.svg2–1Flag of Ireland.svg  Republic of Ireland
Blokhin Soccerball shade.svg13'
Kolotov Soccerball shade.svg29'
Hand Soccerball shade.svg79'
Kyiv Central Stadium, Kyiv
Attendance: 84,480
Referee: René Vigliani (France)

Switzerland  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg1–0Flag of Ireland.svg  Republic of Ireland
Elsener Soccerball shade.svg75'
Wankdorf Stadion, Bern
Attendance: 12,793
Referee: César da Luz Diaz Correia (Portugal)

Switzerland  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg0–1Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Muntyan Soccerball shade.svg78'
Hardturm Stadion, Zürich
Attendance: 17,887
Referee: Leonardus van der Kroft (Netherlands)

Republic of Ireland  Flag of Ireland.svg4–0Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
Givens Soccerball shade.svg26', 33', 38', 89'
Dalymount Park, Dublin
Attendance: 16,533
Referee: Ángel Franco Martínez (Spain)

Soviet Union  Flag of the Soviet Union.svg4–1Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland
Konkov Soccerball shade.svg13'
Onishchenko Soccerball shade.svg14', 68'
Veremeyev Soccerball shade.svg81'
Risi Soccerball shade.svg45'
Kyiv Central Stadium, Kyiv
Attendance: 24,581
Referee: Klaus Ohmsen (West Germany)

Turkey  Flag of Turkey.svg1–0Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Reshko Soccerball shade.svg22' (o.g.)**
Atatürk Stadı, İzmir
Attendance: 21,325 *
Referee: Petar Nikolov (Bulgaria)

(*)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

Notes

  1. The Turkey v Soviet Union match was delayed by 30 minutes due to adverse weather conditions. [1]

References

  1. "Протокол матча Турция - СССР 1:0" [Match report Turkey v Soviet Union 1–0] (in Russian). Retrieved 28 January 2019.
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