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 Soviet Union Republic of Ireland Turkey Switzerland
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' (o.g.)* Givens 61'
Attendance: 69,999
Referee: Marian Srodecki (Poland)

(*)NOTE: The first goal in other sources has also been 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' (pen.), 56' (pen.)
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, Basel.

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: 16,533
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' (o.g.)**
Attendance: 21,325 *
Referee: Petar Nikolov (Bulgaria)

(*)NOTE: Attendance also reported as 45,000
(**)NOTE: The own goal scorer has also been 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.
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