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

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification England Switzerland Greece Malta
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

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

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

  • "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.