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
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Soviet Union 6 4 0 2 10 6 +4 8 Advance to quarter-finals — 2–1 3–0 4–1
2  Republic of Ireland 6 3 1 2 11 5 +6 7 3–0 — 4–0 2–1
3  Turkey 6 2 2 2 5 10 −5 6 1–0 1–1 — 2–1
4   Switzerland 6 1 1 4 5 10 −5 3 0–1 1–0 1–1 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Matches
Republic of Ireland 3–0 Soviet Union
Givens 22', 30', 70'
Attendance: 31,758
Referee: Erik Axelryd (Sweden)
Turkey 1–1 Republic of Ireland
Dunne(*) 54' (og) Givens 61'
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.

Turkey 2–1  Switzerland
İsmail 21'
O.Mehmet 85'		 Schild 18'
Attendance: 51,410
Referee: Milivoje Gugulović (Yugoslavia)
Soviet Union 3–0 Turkey
Kolotov 25' (p), 56' (p)
Blokhin 75'
Attendance: 74,223
Referee: Robert Holley Davidson (Scotland)
Switzerland  1–1 Turkey
İsmail  43' (o.g.) Alpaslan 54'
Attendance: 21,965
Referee: Riccardo Lattanzi (Italy)

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

Republic of Ireland 2–1  Switzerland
Martin 2'
Treacy 28'		 Müller 74'
Attendance: 48,074
Referee: Paul Schiller (Austria)
Soviet Union 2–1 Republic of Ireland
Blokhin 13'
Kolotov 29'		 Hand 79'
Attendance: 84,480
Referee: René Vigliani (France)
Switzerland  1–0 Republic of Ireland
Elsener 75'
Attendance: 12,793
Referee: César da Luz Diaz Correia (Portugal)
Switzerland  0–1 Soviet Union
Muntyan 78'
Attendance: 17,887
Referee: Leonardus van der Kroft (Netherlands)
Republic of Ireland 4–0 Turkey
Givens 26', 33', 38', 89'
Attendance: 23,000
Referee: Ángel Franco Martínez (Spain)
Soviet Union 4–1  Switzerland
Konkov 13'
Onishchenko 14', 68'
Veremeyev 81'		 Risi 45'
Attendance: 24,581
Referee: Klaus Ohmsen (West Germany)
Turkey 1–0 Soviet Union
Reshko(**) 22' (og)
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.

Goalscorers

There were 31 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 2.58 goals per match.

8 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Notes
  1. The Turkey v Soviet Union match was delayed by 30 minutes due to adverse weather conditions.[1]

References
  1. "Протокол матча Турция - СССР 1:0" [Match report Turkey v Soviet Union 1–0] (in Russian). Retrieved 28 January 2019.
General references
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