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

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Soviet Union Spain Northern Ireland Cyprus
1  Soviet Union 6 4 2 0 13 4 +9 10 Advance to quarter-finals — 2–1 1–0 6–1
2  Spain 6 3 2 1 14 3 +11 8 0–0 — 3–0 7–0
3  Northern Ireland 6 2 2 2 10 6 +4 6 1–1 1–1 — 5–0
4  Cyprus 6 0 0 6 2 26 −24 0 1–3 0–2 0–3 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Matches

Spain 3–0 Northern Ireland
Rexach 39'
Pirri 60'
Aragonés 75'		 Report
Attendance: 26,215
Referee: Gyula Emsberger (Hungary)
Cyprus 1–3 Soviet Union
Charalambous 42' Report Kolotov 10'
Yevryuzhikhin 16'
Shevchenko 50'
Attendance: 8,980
Referee: Petar Kostovski (Yugoslavia)
Cyprus 0–3 Northern Ireland
Report Nicholson 53'
Dougan 55'
Best 86' (pen.)
Attendance: 9,119
Referee: Francesco Francescon (Italy)
Northern Ireland 5–0 Cyprus
Dougan 2'
Best 44', 47', 56'
Nicholson 85'		 Report
Attendance: 19,153
Referee: Jacques Colling (Luxembourg)
Cyprus 0–2 Spain
Report Pirri 3'
Violeta 86'
Attendance: 5,818
Referee: Constantin Bărbulescu (Romania)
Soviet Union 2–1 Spain
Kolotov 79'
Shevchenko 83'		 Report Rexach 88'
Attendance: 81,700
Referee: Ferdinand Biwersi (West Germany)
Soviet Union 6–1 Cyprus
Fedotov 4', 86'
Yevryuzhikhin 23', 38'
Kolotov 59'
Banishevski 85'		 Report S. Michael 75'
Attendance: 21,159
Referee: Erik Beijar (Finland)
Soviet Union 1–0 Northern Ireland
Muntyan 43' Report
Attendance: 51,186
Referee: Ove Dahlberg (Sweden)
Northern Ireland 1–1 Soviet Union
Nicholson 13' Report Byshovets 32'
Attendance: 16,573
Referee: Rolf Nyhus (Norway)
Spain 0–0 Soviet Union
Report
Attendance: 40,169
Referee: Norman Burtenshaw (England)
Spain 7–0 Cyprus
Pirri 9', 47' (pen.)
Quino 13', 22'
Aguilar 63'
Lora 66'
Rojo 75'		 Report
Attendance: 19,176
Referee: Joseph Cassar Naudi (Malta)
Northern Ireland 1–1 Spain
Morgan 71' Report Rojo 41'
Attendance: 19,925
Referee: Jack Taylor (England)

Goalscorers

There were 39 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 3.25 goals per match.

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

References

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