UEFA Euro 1972 qualifying Group 3

Group 3 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 3 consisted of four teams: England, Switzerland, Greece, and Malta, where they played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners were England, who finished two points above Switzerland.

Final table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification        
1   England 6 5 1 0 15 3 +12 11 Advance to quarter-finals 1–1 3–0 5–0
2    Switzerland 6 4 1 1 12 5 +7 9 2–3 1–0 5–0
3   Greece 6 1 1 4 3 8 −5 3 0–2 0–1 2–0
4   Malta 6 0 1 5 2 16 −14 1 0–1 1–2 1–1
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Matches

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Malta  1–1  Greece
Vassallo   66' Report Kritikopoulos   80'
Attendance: 8,689
Referee: Concetto Lo Bello (Italy)

Greece  0–1   Switzerland
Report Müller   85'
Attendance: 30,699
Referee: Milivoje Gugulović (Yugoslavia)

Malta  1–2   Switzerland
Theobald   55' (pen.) Report Quentin   49'
Künzli   57'
Attendance: 4,739
Referee: Gocho Rusev (Bulgaria)

Malta  0–1  England
Report Peters   35'
Attendance: 29,751
Referee: Ferdinand Marschall (Austria)

Switzerland  5–0  Malta
Blättler   14'
Künzli   17'
Quentin   26'
Citherlet   28'
Müller   30'
Report
Attendance: 16,470
Referee: Gunnar Michaelsen (Denmark)

England  3–0  Greece
Chivers   23'
Hurst   68'
Lee   87'
Report
Attendance: 55,123
Referee: Martti Hirviniemi (Finland)

Switzerland  1–0  Greece
Odermatt   73' Report
Attendance: 32,770
Referee: Iorwerth Jones (Wales) /injured 29'/ from 29' Thomas Henry Reynolds (Wales)

England  5–0  Malta
Chivers   1', 47'
Lee   41'
Clarke   46' (pen.)
Lawler   74'
Report
Attendance: 41,534
Referee: Einar Røed (Norway)

Greece  2–0  Malta
Davourlis   60'
Aidiniou   80'
Report
Attendance: 9,561
Referee: István Zsolt (Hungary)

Switzerland  2–3  England
Jeandupeux   10'
Künzli   44'
Report Hurst   1'
Chivers   12'
Weibel   77' (o.g.)
Attendance: 47,877
Referee: Vital Loraux (Belgium)

England  1–1   Switzerland
Summerbee   9' Report Odermatt   26'
Attendance: 90,423
Referee: Constantin Bărbulescu (Romania)

Greece  0–2  England
Report Hurst   59'
Chivers   90'
Attendance: 34,014

Goalscorers

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There were 32 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 2.67 goals per match.

5 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

References

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  • "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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