UEFA Euro 1972 qualifying Group 6

Group 6 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 6 consisted of four teams: Italy, Austria, Sweden, and Republic of Ireland, where they played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners were Italy, who finished three points above Austria.

Final table

Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Italy 6 4 2 0 12 4 +8 10  Austria 6 3 1 2 14 6 +8 7  Sweden 6 2 2 2 3 5 −2 6  Republic of Ireland 6 0 1 5 3 17 −14 1

Austria  — 6–0 1–2 1–0 Republic of Ireland  1–4 — 1–2 1–1 Italy  2–2 3–0 — 3–0 Sweden  1–0 1–0 0–0 —

Matches

Republic of Ireland  v  Sweden

14 October 1970 20:00

Republic of Ireland	1–1	Sweden
Carroll  44' (pen.)		Brzokoupil  61'

Dalymount Park, Dublin Attendance: 28,194 Referee: Robert Héliès (France)

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Sweden  v  Republic of Ireland

28 October 1970 19:00

Sweden	1–0	Republic of Ireland
Turesson  74'

Råsunda Stadion, Solna(Stockholm) Attendance: 11,922 Referee: Pavel Kazakov (USSR)

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Austria  v  Italy

31 October 1970 15:00

Austria	1–2	Italy
Parits  29'		De Sisti  27' Mazzola  34'

Praterstadion, Vienna Attendance: 54,953 Referee: Laurens van Ravens (Netherlands)

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Italy  v  Republic of Ireland

8 December 1970 14:30

Italy	3–0	Republic of Ireland
De Sisti  22' (pen.) Boninsegna  42' Prati  84'

Stadio Comunale, Florence Attendance: 41,092 Referee: Robert Schaut (Belgium)

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Republic of Ireland  v  Italy

10 May 1971 19:00

Republic of Ireland	1–2	Italy
Conway  23'		Boninsegna  15' Prati  59'

Lansdowne Road, Dublin Attendance: 22,613 Referee: Gerhard Schulenburg (West Germany)

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Sweden  v  Austria

26 May 1971 19:00

Sweden	1–0	Austria
Olsson  62'

Råsunda Stadion, Solna(Stockholm) Attendance: 5,416 Referee: Stanisław Eksztajn (Poland)

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Republic of Ireland  v  Austria

30 May 1971 15:30

Republic of Ireland	1–4	Austria
Rogers  50' (pen.)		Schmidradner  4' (pen.) Kodat  11' J.Dunne  30' (o.g.) Starek  72'

Dalymount Park, Dublin Attendance: 14,674 Referee: Henry Øberg (Norway)

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Sweden  v  Italy

9 June 1971 19:00

Sweden	0–0	Italy

Råsunda Stadion, Solna(Stockholm) Attendance: 36,528 Referee: Rudolf Scheurer (Switzerland)

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Austria  v  Sweden

4 September 1971 15:00

Austria	1–0	Sweden
Stering  23'

Praterstadion, Vienna Attendance: 38,274 Referee: Rudolf Glöckner (East Germany)

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Italy  v  Sweden

9 October 1971 14:30

Italy	3–0	Sweden
Riva  3', 83' Boninsegna  41'

Stadio San Siro, Milan Attendance: 65,582 Referee: Roger Machin (France)

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Austria  v  Republic of Ireland

10 October 1971 15:00

Austria	6–0	Republic of Ireland
Jara  12', 85' Pirkner  40' (pen.) Parits  45', 52', 90'

Linzer Stadion, Linz Attendance: 15,050 Referee: Karl Göppel (Switzerland)

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Italy  v  Austria

20 November 1971 14:30

Italy	2–2	Austria
Prati  10' De Sisti  75'		Jara  36' Sara(*)  59'

Stadio Olimpico, Rome Attendance: 58,752 Referee: Gyula Emsberger (Hungary)

(*)NOTE: The Austria's second goal is also reported as an own goal by Sergio Santarini.

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.