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UEFA Euro 1972 qualifying Group 4

Group 4 of the UEFA Euro 1972 qualifying tournament was one of the eight groups to decide which teams would qualify for the UEFA Euro 1972 finals tournament. Group 4 consisted of four teams: Soviet Union, Spain, Northern Ireland, and Cyprus, where they played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners were the Soviet Union, who finished two points above Spain.

Final table edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification        
1   Soviet Union 6 4 2 0 13 4 +9 10 Advance to quarter-finals — 2–1 1–0 6–1
2   Spain 6 3 2 1 14 3 +11 8 0–0 — 3–0 7–0
3   Northern Ireland 6 2 2 2 10 6 +4 6 1–1 1–1 — 5–0
4   Cyprus 6 0 0 6 2 26 −24 0 1–3 0–2 0–3 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Matches edit

Spain  3–0  Northern Ireland
Rexach   39'
Pirri   60'
Aragonés   75'		 Report
Attendance: 26,215
Referee: Gyula Emsberger (Hungary)
Cyprus  1–3  Soviet Union
Charalambous   42' Report Kolotov   10'
Yevryuzhikhin   16'
Shevchenko   50'
Attendance: 8,980
Referee: Petar Kostovski (Yugoslavia)
Cyprus  0–3  Northern Ireland
Report Nicholson   53'
Dougan   55'
Best   86' (pen.)
Attendance: 9,119
Referee: Francesco Francescon (Italy)
Northern Ireland  5–0  Cyprus
Dougan   2'
Best   44', 47', 56'
Nicholson   85'		 Report
Attendance: 19,153
Referee: Jacques Colling (Luxembourg)
Cyprus  0–2  Spain
Report Pirri   3'
Violeta   86'
Attendance: 5,818
Referee: Constantin Bărbulescu (Romania)
Soviet Union  2–1  Spain
Kolotov   79'
Shevchenko   83'		 Report Rexach   88'
Attendance: 81,700
Referee: Ferdinand Biwersi (West Germany)
Soviet Union  6–1  Cyprus
Fedotov   4', 86'
Yevryuzhikhin   23', 38'
Kolotov   59'
Banishevski   85'		 Report S. Michael   75'
Attendance: 21,159
Referee: Erik Beijar (Finland)
Soviet Union  1–0  Northern Ireland
Muntyan   43' Report
Attendance: 51,186
Referee: Ove Dahlberg (Sweden)
Northern Ireland  1–1  Soviet Union
Nicholson   13' Report Byshovets   32'
Attendance: 16,573
Referee: Rolf Nyhus (Norway)
Spain  0–0  Soviet Union
Report
Attendance: 40,169
Referee: Norman Burtenshaw (England)
Spain  7–0  Cyprus
Pirri   9', 47' (pen.)
Quino   13', 22'
Aguilar   63'
Lora   66'
Rojo   75'		 Report
Attendance: 19,176
Referee: Joseph Cassar Naudi (Malta)
Northern Ireland  1–1  Spain
Morgan   71' Report Rojo   41'
Attendance: 19,925
Referee: Jack Taylor (England)

Goalscorers edit

There were 39 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 3.25 goals per match.

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

References edit

  • "1972 UEFA European Championship". uefa.com. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  • "European Championship 1972". RSSSF. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  • Robinson, J. (1996). The European Football Championships 1958-1996. Soccer Book Publishing. ISBN 0-947808-69-8.
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