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

Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Soviet Union 6 4 2 0 13 4 +9 10  Spain 6 3 2 1 14 3 +11 8  Northern Ireland 6 2 2 2 10 6 +4 6  Cyprus 6 0 0 6 2 26 −24 0

Cyprus  — 0–3 0–2 1–3 Northern Ireland  5–0 — 1–1 1–1 Spain  7–0 3–0 — 0–0 Soviet Union  6–1 1–0 2–1 —

Matches

Spain  v  Northern Ireland

11 November 1970 20:30

Spain	3–0	Northern Ireland
Rexach  39' Pirri  59' Luis Aragonés  76'

Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán, Seville Attendance: 26,215 Referee: Gyula Emsberger (Hungary)

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Cyprus  v  Soviet Union

15 November 1970 15:00

Cyprus	1–3	Soviet Union
Charalambous  42'		Kolotov  10' Yevriuzhikin  16' Shevchenko  50'

GSP Stadium, Nicosia Attendance: 8,980 Referee: Petar Kostovski (Yugoslavia)

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Cyprus  v  Northern Ireland

3 February 1971 15:00

Cyprus	0–3	Northern Ireland
		Nicholson  53' Dougan  55' Best  86' (pen.)

GSP Stadium, Nicosia Attendance: 9,119 Referee: Francesco Francescon (Italy)

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Northern Ireland  v  Cyprus

21 April 1971 19:45

Northern Ireland	5–0	Cyprus
Dougan  20' Best  44', 47', 56' Nicholson  85'

Windsor Park, Belfast Attendance: 19,153 Referee: Jacques Colling (Luxembourg)

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Cyprus  v  Spain

9 May 1971 16:30

Cyprus	0–2	Spain
		Pirri  3' Violeta  86'

GSP Stadium, Nicosia Attendance: 5,818 Referee: Constantin Bărbulescu (Romania)

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Soviet Union  v  Spain

30 May 1971 18:30

Soviet Union	2–1	Spain
Kolotov  79' Shevchenko  83'		Rexach  88'

Central Lenin Stadium, Moscow Attendance: 81,700 Referee: Ferdinand Biwersi (West Germany)

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Soviet Union  v  Cyprus

7 June 1971 19:30

Soviet Union	6–1	Cyprus
Fedotov  4', 86' Yevryuzhikhin  23', 38' Kolotov  59' Banishevski  85'		S.Michael  75'

Central Lenin Stadium, Moscow Attendance: 21,159 Referee: Erik Beijar (Finland)

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Soviet Union  v  Northern Ireland

22 September 1971 19:30

Soviet Union	1–0	Northern Ireland
Muntyan  43' (pen.)

Central Lenin Stadium, Moscow Attendance: 51,186 Referee: Ove Dahlberg (Sweden)

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Northern Ireland  v  Soviet Union

13 October 1971 16:00

Northern Ireland	1–1	Soviet Union
Nicholson  13'		Byshovets  32'

Windsor Park, Belfast Attendance: 16,573 Referee: Rolf Nyhus (Norway)

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Spain  v  Soviet Union

27 October 1971 20:30

Spain	0–0	Soviet Union

Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán, Seville Attendance: 40,169 Referee: Norman Burtenshaw (England)

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Spain  v  Cyprus

24 November 1971 20:00

Spain	7–0	Cyprus
Pirri  8', 47' (pen.) Quino  15', 23' Aguilar  63' Lora  66' Rojo I  75'

Estadio Los Cármenes, Granada Attendance: 19,176 Referee: Joseph Cassar Naudi (Malta)

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Northern Ireland  v  Spain

16 February 1972 15:00

Northern Ireland	1–1	Spain
Morgan  72'		Rojo I  41'

Boothferry Park, Kingston upon Hull Attendance: 19,925 Referee: Jack Taylor (England)

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.