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  — 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

Republic of Ireland  v  Soviet Union

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)

Turkey  v  Republic of Ireland

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.

Turkey  v   Switzerland

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)

Soviet Union  v  Turkey

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)

Switzerland   v  Turkey

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.

Republic of Ireland  v   Switzerland

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)

Soviet Union  v  Republic of Ireland

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)

Switzerland   v  Republic of Ireland

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)

Switzerland   v  Soviet Union

12 October 1975 15:00

Switzerland	0–1	Soviet Union
		Muntyan 78'

Hardturm Stadion, Zürich Attendance: 17,887 Referee: Leonardus van der Kroft (Netherlands)

Republic of Ireland  v  Turkey

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)

Soviet Union  v   Switzerland

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)

Turkey  v  Soviet Union

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

• Don Givens (IRL) - 8 goals

References

• "1976 UEFA European Championship". uefa.com. Retrieved 13 August 2014. 
• "European Championship 1976". rsssf.com. Retrieved 13 August 2014. 
• Robinson, J. (1996). The European Football Championships 1958-1996. Soccer Book Publishing. ISBN 0-947808-69-8.