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 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |
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1 | ![]() | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 4 | +9 | 10 | Advance to quarter-finals | — | 2–1 | 1–0 | 6–1 | |
2 | ![]() | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 3 | +11 | 8 | 0–0 | — | 3–0 | 7–0 | ||
3 | ![]() | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 6 | 1–1 | 1–1 | — | 5–0 | ||
4 | ![]() | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 26 | −24 | 0 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–3 | — |
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
Matches
Spain ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() |
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Rexach ![]() Pirri ![]() Aragonés ![]() | Report |
Cyprus ![]() | 1–3 | ![]() |
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Charalambous ![]() | Report | Kolotov ![]() Yevryuzhikhin ![]() Shevchenko ![]() |
Cyprus ![]() | 0–3 | ![]() |
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Report | Nicholson ![]() Dougan ![]() Best ![]() |
Northern Ireland ![]() | 5–0 | ![]() |
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Dougan ![]() Best ![]() Nicholson ![]() | Report |
Soviet Union ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Kolotov ![]() Shevchenko ![]() | Report | Rexach ![]() |
Soviet Union ![]() | 6–1 | ![]() |
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Fedotov ![]() Yevryuzhikhin ![]() Kolotov ![]() Banishevski ![]() | Report | S. Michael ![]() |
Soviet Union ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Muntyan ![]() | Report |
Northern Ireland ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Nicholson ![]() | Report | Byshovets ![]() |
Spain ![]() | 0–0 | ![]() |
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Report |
Northern Ireland ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Morgan ![]() | Report | Rojo ![]() |
Goalscorers
There were 39 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 3.25 goals per match.
4 goals
3 goals
Jimmy Nicholson
Viktor Kolotov
Gennady Yevryuzhikhin
2 goals
1 goal
Nikos Charalambous
Stefanis Michael
[[Sammy Morgan (footballer)|]]
Anatoliy Banishevskiy
Anatoliy Byshovets
Vladimir Muntyan
Francisco Aguilar
Luis Aragonés
Enrique Lora
José Luis Violeta
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.