Soccer Nostalgia: Compendium to the 1976 Euros-Qualifiers-Part 6 (Group 6)

UEFA European Championship Qualifiers-Group 6

October 30, 1974 (Dublin, Republic of Ireland 3-USSR 0)

November 20, 1974 (Izmir, Turkey 1-Republic of Ireland 1)

December 1, 1974 (Izmir, Turkey 2-Switzerland 1)

April 2, 1975 (Kiev, USSR 3-Turkey 0)

April 30, 1975 (Basel, Switzerland 1-Turkey 1)

May 1, 1975 (Dublin, Republic of Ireland 2-Switzerland 1)

May 18, 1975 (Kiev, USSR 2-Republic of Ireland 1)

May 21, 1975 (Bern, Switzerland 1-Republic of Ireland 0)

October 12, 1975 (Zurich, Switzerland 0-USSR 1)

October 29, 1975 (Dublin, Republic of Ireland 4-Turkey 0)

November 12, 1975 (Kiev, USSR 4-Switzerland 1)

November 23, 1975 (Izmir, Turkey 1-USSR 0)

Table		P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	USSR	6	4	0	2	10	6	4	8
2	Republic of Ireland	6	3	1	2	11	5	6	7
3	Turkey	6	2	2	2	5	10	-5	6
4	Switzerland	6	1	1	4	5	10	-5	3

P-Played, W-Win, D-Draw, L-Loss, GF-Goals For, GA-Goals Against, GD-Goal Difference, Pts-Points

Date: October 30, 1974

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifiers-Group 6

Result: Republic of Ireland 3-USSR 0

Venue: Dublin -Dalymount Park

Attendance: 31,758

Referee: Erik Axelryd (Sweden)

Goalscorers:

(Republic of Ireland): Don Givens 22, 30, 70

(USSR): None

Summary of goals:

1:0 (22^nd minute, Republic of Ireland): From the middle, Giles passed to Kinnear on the right side, his long cross was headed in by Givens.

2:0 (30^th minute, Republic of Ireland): A long throw-in by Heighway from the right side, was headed out by a Soviet defender , it reached Treacy who headed towards Givens to score

3:0 (70^th minute, Republic of Ireland): Giles’ free kick from the right side was headed in by Givens.

Lineups:

Republic of Ireland:

1-Patrick Joseph Christopher ‘Paddy’ Roche (Manchester United Football Club / England)

2-Joseph Patrick Kinnear (Tottenham Hotspur Football Club-London / England)

4-Patrick Martin ‘Paddy’ Mulligan (Crystal Palace Football Club-London / England)

5-Terence John ‘Terry’ Mancini (Arsenal Football Club-London / England)

3-James Paul Holmes (Coventry City Football Club / England)

7-Michael Paul ‘Mick’ Martin (Manchester United Football Club / England)

10-John Michael Giles (Leeds United Association Football Club / England)

6-William ‘Liam’ Brady (Arsenal Football Club-London / England)

9-Stephen Derek Heighway (Liverpool Football Club / England)

8-Raymond Christopher Patrick Treacy (Preston North End Football Club / England)

11-Daniel Joseph ‘Don’ Givens (Queen’s Park Rangers Football Club-London / England)

Player-Coach: John Michael Giles

Sent off: Terry Mancini 32

Team Captain: John Michael Giles

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USSR:

1-Vladimir Mihaylovich Pilguy (Dynamo Moskva)

2-Sergei Nikolaevich Nikulin (Dynamo Moskva)

5-Vladimir Aleksandrovich Kaplichni (CSKA (Central'nyy Sportivnyy Klub Armii) Moskva)

3-Sergei Petrovich Olshanski (Spartak Moskva)

6-Evgeny Serfimovich Lovchev (Spartak Moskva)

4-Viktor Antonovich Matvienko (Dynamo Kiev)

9-Viktor Mihaylovich Kolotov (Dynamo Kiev)

10-Vladimir Grigoryevich Veremeyev (Dynamo Kiev)

8-Vladimir Ivanovich Onischenko (Dynamo Kiev)

7-Vladimir Grigoryevich Fedotov (CSKA (Central'nyy Sportivnyy Klub Armii) Moskva) (15-Vladimir Ivanovich Fedorov (Pakhtakor Tashkent) 58^th)

11-Oleg Vladimirovich Blokhin (Dynamo Kiev)

Coach: Konstantin Ivanovich Beskov

Booked: Sergei Nikulin

Sent off: Vladimir Kaplichni 32

Team Captain: Sergei Petrovich Olshanski

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Note:

1-Vladimir Kaplichni and Terry Mancini were both sent off for fighting with one another.

2-Mick Martin dropped back to replace sent off Mancini.

3-In another source (Ireland on the Ball, Author Donal Cullen, 1993), Matvienko is noted to have been booked for a foul on Brady.

Photo From: The Boys in Green, THE FAI international Story, Author: Sean Ryan

(October 30, 1974, EC Qualifier, Republic of Ireland 3-USSR 0)

Date: November 20, 1974

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifiers-Group 6

Result: Turkey 1-Republic of Ireland 1

Venue: İzmır -Kemal Atatürk Stadyumu

Attendance: 67,000

Referee: Marian Srodecki (Poland)

Goalscorers:

(Turkey): Own Goal (Mick Martin) 56

(Republic of Ireland): Don Givens 71

Summary of goals:

1:0 (56^th minute, Turkey): Metin’s corner was headed in by Martin (who was under pressure from Cemil).

1:1 (71^st minute, Republic of Ireland): Giles crossed from the left wing, the Turkish sweeper failed to clear, the ball reached Givens who controlled and shot past Yasin Özdenak.

Lineups:

Turkey:

Yasin Özdenak (Galatasaray Spor Kulübü–Istanbul)

Alpaslan Eratlı (Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü –Istanbul)

İsmail Arca (Eskişehirspor Kulübü)

Ziya Şengül (Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü –Istanbul)

Zekeriya Alp (Besiktas Jimnastik Kulübü–Istanbul)

Selçuk Yalçıntaş (Makina Kimya Endüstrisi Ankaragücü Kulübü)

Mehmet Türkkan (Fuji Mehmet) (Göztepe Spor Hizmetleri ve Ticaret Anonim Þirketi-Ýzmir) (Osman Arpacıoğlu (Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü –Istanbul) 80^th)

Engin Verel (Galatasaray Spor Kulübü–Istanbul)

Mehmet Oğuz (Galatasaray Spor Kulübü–Istanbul)

Cemil Turan (Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü –Istanbul)

Metin Kurt (Galatasaray Spor Kulübü–Istanbul)

Coach: Coşkun Özarı

Booked: Mehmet Oğuz 24

Team Captain: Ziya Şengül

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Republic of Ireland:

Patrick Joseph Christopher ‘Paddy’ Roche (Manchester United Football Club / England)

Joseph Patrick Kinnear (Tottenham Hotspur Football Club-London / England)

Patrick Martin ‘Paddy’ Mulligan (Crystal Palace Football Club-London / England)

Eoin Kevin Joseph Colin Hand (Portsmouth Football Club / England)

Anthony Peter Dunne (Bolton Wanderers Football Club / England)

Michael Paul ‘Mick’ Martin (Manchester United Football Club / England)

John Michael Giles (Leeds United Association Football Club / England)

William ‘Liam’ Brady (Arsenal Football Club-London / England)

Stephen Derek Heighway (Liverpool Football Club / England)

Daniel Joseph ‘Don’ Givens (Queen’s Park Rangers Football Club-London / England)

Gerard Anthony Francis ‘Terry’ Conroy (Stoke City Football Club / England) (Jeremiah ‘Miah’ Dennehy (Nottingham Forest Football Club / England) 86^th)

Player-Coach: John Michael Giles

Booked: Paddy Mulligan 52

Team Captain: John Michael Giles

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Note:

1-In one source, Joseph Watters is shown to have replaced Terry Conroy instead of Miah Dennehy.

2-In another source, Tony Dunne is credited with the own goaol.

Date: December 1, 1974

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifiers-Group 6

Result: Turkey 2-Switerland 1

Venue: İzmır -Kemal Atatürk Stadyumu

Attendance: 51,410

Referee: Milivoje Guguloviç (Yugoslavia)

Goalscorers:

(Turkey): İsmail Arca 21, Mehmet Oğuz 85

(Switzerland): Hans-Peter Schild 18

Lineups:

Turkey:

Yasin Özdenak (Galatasaray Spor Kulübü–Istanbul)

Alpaslan Eratlı (Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü –Istanbul)

İsmail Arca (Eskişehirspor Kulübü)

Ziya Şengül (Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü –Istanbul)

Zekeriya Alp (Besiktas Jimnastik Kulübü–Istanbul)

Selçuk Yalçıntaş (Makina Kimya Endüstrisi Ankaragücü Kulübü) (Raşit Karasu (Adana Demirspor Kulübü) 46^th)

Mehmet Türkkan (Fuji Mehmet) (Göztepe Spor Hizmetleri ve Ticaret Anonim Þirketi-Ýzmir)

Engin Verel (Galatasaray Spor Kulübü–Istanbul)

Mehmet Özgül (Galatasaray Spor Kulübü–Istanbul)

Metin Kurt (Galatasaray Spor Kulübü–Istanbul)

Osman Arpacıoğlu (Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü –Istanbul) (Mehmet Oğuz (Galatasaray Spor Kulübü–Istanbul) 57^th)

Cemil Turan (Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü –Istanbul)

Coach: Coşkun Özarı.

Booked: Alpaslan Eratlı 47

Team Captain: Ziya Şengül

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Switzerland:

Erich Burgener (Football Club Lausanne-Sports)

René Häsler (Fußball Club Basel 1893)

Luciano Bizzini (Cercle Sportive Chênois -Genéve)

Gilbert Guyot (Servette Football Club- Genéve)

Rene Botteron (Fußball Club Zürich)

Jacob Kuhn (Fußball Club Zürich)

Hans-Peter Schild (Berner Sport Club Young Boys)

Hansruedi Schneeberger (Sankt-Gallen Fußball Club)

Hans-Jorg Pfister (Servette Football Club- Genéve) (Ernest Rutschmann (Fußball Club Zürich) 58^th)

Daniel Jeandupeux (Fußball Club Zürich)

Kurt Müller (Berliner Sport-Club Hertha 1892 e.V. / West Germany)

Coach: René Hüssy

Booked: Kurt Müller 18

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Date: April 2, 1975

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifiers-Group 6

Result: USSR 3-Turkey 0

Venue: Kiev- Central Stadium

Attendance: 74,223

Referee: Robert Holly Davidson (Scotland)

Goalscorers:

(USSR): Viktor Kolotov 25 pen, 56 pen, Oleg Blokhin 75

(Turkey): None

Lineups:

USSR:

Evgeny Vasilyevich Rudakov (Dynamo Kiev)

Anatoly Dmitrievich Konkov (Dynamo Kiev) (Leonid Iosifovich Burjak (Dynamo Kiev) 72^th)

Mikhail Ivanovich Fomenko (Dynamo Kiev)

Stefan Mihaylovich Reshko (Dynamo Kiev)

Viktor Antonovich Matvienko (Dynamo Kiev)

Vladimir Nikolaevich Troshkin (Dynamo Kiev)

Vladimir Ivanovich Onischenko (Dynamo Kiev) (Vladimir Ivanovich Fedorov (Pakhtakor Tashkent) 79^th)

Vladimir Grigoryevich Veremeyev (Dynamo Kiev)

Vladimir Fedorovich Muntyan (Dynamo Kiev)

Viktor Mihaylovich Kolotov (Dynamo Kiev)

Oleg Vladimirovich Blokhin (Dynamo Kiev)

Coach: Valeri Vasiliyevich Lobanovsky and Oleg Bazilevich

Team Captain: Viktor Mihaylovich Kolotov

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Turkey:

Sabri Dino (Besiktas Jimnastik Kulübü–Istanbul)

Kemal Batmaz (Bursaspor Kulübü)

İsmail Arca (Eskişehirspor Kulübü)

Ziya Şengül (Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü –Istanbul)

Alpaslan Eratlı (Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü –Istanbul)

Raşit Karasu (Adana Demirspor Kulübü)

Zafer Göncüler (Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü –Istanbul)

Engin Verel (Galatasaray Spor Kulübü–Istanbul)

Ali Kemal Denizci (Trabzonspor Kulübü)

Cemil Turan (Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü –Istanbul)

Metin Kurt (Galatasaray Spor Kulübü–Istanbul) (Tuncay Temeller (Galatasaray Spor Kulübü–Istanbul) 51st)

Coach: Sabri Kiraz

Team Captain: Ziya Şengül

Booked: Zafer Gonculer

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Photo From: Футбол - Футбол-Хоккей, 1975 №14---06.04

(April 2, 1975, EC Qualifier, USSR 3-Turkey 0)

Photo From: (Magazine Source unknown) / Contribution From a blog viewer (USSR squad, April 2, 1975, EC Qualifier, USSR 3-Turkey 0)

Date: April 30, 1975

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifiers-Group 6

Result: Switerland 1-Turkey 1

Venue: Zürich –Hardturm Stadion (Grasshoppers-Club Zürich)

Attendance: 21,695

Referee: Riccardo Lattanzi (Italy)

Goalscorers:

(Switzerland): Kurt Müller 43

(Turkey): Alpaslan Eratlı 54

Lineups:

Switzerland:

Hans Kung (Fußball Club Winterthur)

Gilbert Guyot (Servette Football Club- Genéve)

Pius Fischback (Fußball Club Winterthur)

Luciano Bizzini (Cercle Sportive Chênois -Genéve)

Max Heer (Fußball Club Zürich)

Rene Botteron (Fußball Club Zürich)

René Häsler (Fußball Club Basel 1893) (Hans-Peter Schild (Berner Sport Club Young Boys) 70^th)

Ernest Rutschmann (Fußball Club Zürich) (Hans-Jorg Pfister (Servette Football Club- Genéve) 70^th)

Rudolf Elsener (Grasshopper -Club Zürich)

Daniel Jeandupeux (Fußball Club Zürich)

Kurt Müller (Berliner Sport-Club Hertha 1892 e.V. / West Germany)

Coach: René Hüssy

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Turkey:

Yasin Özdenak (Galatasaray Spor Kulübü–Istanbul)

Alpaslan Eratlı (Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü –Istanbul)

Ziya Şengül (Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü –Istanbul)

İsmail Arca (Eskişehirspor Kulübü)

Zekeriya Alp (Besiktas Jimnastik Kulübü–Istanbul)

Fatih Terim (Galatasaray Spor Kulübü–Istanbul)

Niko Kovi (Besiktas Jimnastik Kulübü–Istanbul)

Engin Verel (Galatasaray Spor Kulübü–Istanbul)

Ali Kemal Denizci (Trabzonspor Kulübü) (Aydın Çelik (Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü –Istanbul) 69^th)

Gökmen Özdenak (Galatasaray Spor Kulübü–Istanbul)

Cemil Turan (Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü –Istanbul)

Coach: Sabri Kiraz

Team Captain: Ziya Şengül

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Date: May 10, 1975

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifiers-Group 6

Result: Republic of Ireland 2-Switerland 1

Venue: Dublin -Dalymount Park

Attendance: 48,074

Referee: Paul Schiller (Austria)

Goalscorers:

(Republic of Ireland): Mick Martin 2, Ray Treacy 38

(Switzerland): Kurt Muller 73

Summary of goals:

1:0 (2^nd minute, Republic of Ireland): Treacy intercepted Heer’s pass, then did a one-two with Conroy and crossed for Martin who scored with a diving header.

2:0 (38^th minute, Republic of Ireland): Conroy took a shot that Burgener parried, Givens’ shot the rebound and it was parried again by Burgener , Treacy picked up the rebound.

2:1 (73^rd minute, Switzerland): Jeandupeux crossed for Muller who volleyed home.