UEFA Euro 1972 qualifying Group 3

Group 3 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 3 consisted of four teams: England, Switzerland, Greece, and Malta, where they played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners were England, who finished two points above Switzerland.

Final table

Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  England 6 5 1 0 15 3 +12 11   Switzerland 6 4 1 1 12 5 +7 9  Greece 6 1 1 4 3 8 −5 3  Malta 6 0 1 5 2 16 −14 1

England  — 3–0 5–0 1–1 Greece  0–2 — 2–0 0–1 Malta  0–1 1–1 — 1–2 Switzerland   2–3 1–0 5–0 —

Matches

Malta  v  Greece

11 October 1970 15:00

Malta	1–1	Greece
Vassallo  66'		Kritikopoulos  88'

Empire Stadium, Gżira Attendance: 8,689 Referee: Concetto Lo Bello (Italy)

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Greece  v   Switzerland

16 December 1970 14:45

Greece	0–1	Switzerland
		Müller  85'

Stadio Karaiskaki, Piraeus(Athens) Attendance: 30,699 Referee: Milivoje Gugulović (Yugoslavia)

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Malta  v   Switzerland

20 December 1970 14:30

Malta	1–2	Switzerland
Theobald  57' (pen.)		Quentin  50' Künzli  59'

Empire Stadium, Gżira Attendance: 4,739 Referee: Gocho Rusev (Bulgaria)

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Malta  v  England

3 February 1971 15:00

Malta	0–1	England
		Peters  35'

Empire Stadium, Gżira Attendance: 29,751 Referee: Ferdinand Marschall (Austria)

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Switzerland   v  Malta

21 April 1971 19:45

Switzerland	5–0	Malta
Blättler  14' Künzli  17' Quentin  26' Citherlet  28' Müller  30'

Allmend Stadion, Lucerne Attendance: 16,470 Referee: Gunnar Michaelsen (Denmark)

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England  v  Greece

21 April 1971 19:30

England	3–0	Greece
Chivers  23' Hurst  68' Lee  87'

Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 55,123 Referee: Martti Hirviniemi (Finland)

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England  v  Malta

12 May 1971 19:45

England	5–0	Malta
Chivers  29', 48'(*) Lee  41' Clarke  47' (pen.) Lawler  75'

Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 41,534 Referee: Einar Røed (Norway)

(*)NOTE: The fourth goal is also reported at 59'.

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Switzerland   v  Greece

12 May 1971 20:00

Switzerland	1–0	Greece
Odermatt  73'

Wankdorf Stadion, Bern Attendance: 32,770 Referee: Iorwerth Jones (Wales) /injured 29'/ from 29' Thomas Henry Reynolds (Wales)

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Greece  v  Malta

18 June 1971 21:00

Greece	2–0	Malta
Davourlis  60' Aidiniou  80'

Stadio Karaiskaki, Piraeus(Athens) Attendance: 9,561 Referee: István Zsolt (Hungary)

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Switzerland   v  England

13 October 1971 20:00

Switzerland	2–3	England
Jeandupeux  10' Künzli  44'		Hurst  1' Chivers  12' Weibel  78' (o.g.)

St. Jakob Stadium, Basle Attendance: 47,877 Referee: Vital Loraux (Belgium)

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England  v   Switzerland

10 November 1971 19:45

England	1–1	Switzerland
Summerbee  9'		Odermatt  26'

Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 90,423 Referee: Constantin Bărbulescu (Romania)

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Greece  v  England

1 December 1971 14:45

Greece	0–2	England
		Hurst  57' Chivers  90'

Stadio Karaiskaki, Piraeus(Athens) Attendance: 34,014 Referee: José María Ortiz de Mendíbil (Spain)

References

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