UEFA Euro 1976 qualifying Group 6

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.

Final table

Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Soviet Union 6 4 0 2 10 6 +4 8
 Republic of Ireland 6 3 1 2 11 5 +6 7
 Turkey 6 2 2 2 5 10 −5 6
  Switzerland 6 1 1 4 5 10 −5 3
Republic of Ireland Soviet Union Switzerland Turkey
Republic of Ireland  3–0 2–1 4–0
Soviet Union  2–1 4–1 3–0
Switzerland   1–0 0–1 1–1
Turkey  1–1 1–0 2–1

Matches

30 October 1974
15:00
Republic of Ireland  3–0  Soviet Union
Givens 22', 30', 70'
Dalymount Park, Dublin
Attendance: 31,758
Referee: Erik Axelryd (Sweden)

20 November 1974
20:00
Turkey  1–1  Republic of Ireland
Dunne(*) 54' (og) Givens 61'
Atatürk Stadı, İzmir
Attendance: 69,999
Referee: Marian Srodecki (Poland)

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


1 December 1974
00:00
Turkey  2–1   Switzerland
İsmail 21'
O.Mehmet 85'
Schild 18'
Atatürk Stadı, İzmir
Attendance: 51,410
Referee: Milivoje Gugulović (Yugoslavia)

2 April 1975
19:00
Soviet Union  3–0  Turkey
Kolotov 25' (p), 56' (p)
Blokhin 75'
Kiev Central Stadium, Kiev
Attendance: 74,223
Referee: Robert Holley Davidson (Scotland)

30 April 1975
20:15
Switzerland   1–1  Turkey
Müller 43' Alpaslan 54'
Hardturm Stadion(*), Zürich(*)
Attendance: 21,965
Referee: Riccardo Lattanzi (Italy)

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


10 May 1975
15:30
Republic of Ireland  2–1   Switzerland
Martin 2'
Treacy 28'
Müller 74'
Lansdowne Road, Dublin
Attendance: 48,074
Referee: Paul Schiller (Austria)

18 May 1975
19:30
Soviet Union  2–1  Republic of Ireland
Blokhin 13'
Kolotov 29'
Hand 79'
Kiev Central Stadium, Kiev
Attendance: 84,480
Referee: René Vigliani (France)

21 May 1975
20:00
Switzerland   1–0  Republic of Ireland
Elsener 75'
Wankdorf Stadion, Bern
Attendance: 12,793
Referee: César da Luz Diaz Correia (Portugal)

12 October 1975
15:00
Switzerland   0–1  Soviet Union
Muntyan 78'
Hardturm Stadion, Zürich
Attendance: 17,887
Referee: Leonardus van der Kroft (Netherlands)

29 October 1975
15:00
Republic of Ireland  4–0  Turkey
Givens 26', 33', 38', 89'
Dalymount Park, Dublin
Attendance: 23,000
Referee: Ángel Franco Martínez (Spain)

12 November 1975
19:00
Soviet Union  4–1   Switzerland
Konkov 13'
Onishchenko 14', 68'
Veremeyev 81'
Risi 45'
Kiev Central Stadium, Kiev
Attendance: 24,581
Referee: Klaus Ohmsen (West Germany)

23 November 1975
15:00
Turkey  1–0  Soviet Union
Reshko(**) 22' (og)
Atatürk Stadı, İzmir
Attendance: 21,325 *
Referee: Petar Nikolov (Bulgaria)

(*)NOTE: Attendance also reported as 45,000
(**)NOTE: The own goal scorer is also reported as Mikhail Fomenko.

Top goalscorer

References

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