Standings and results for Group 6 of the UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying tournament.
Standings
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |
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1 | ![]() | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 7 | +22 | 23 | Qualify for final tournament | — | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 8–0 | |
2 | ![]() | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 11 | +6 | 17[a] | Advance to play-off | 1–0 | — | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 4–0 | |
3 | ![]() | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 15 | +5 | 17[a] | 1–2 | 0–4 | — | 5–3 | 1–2 | 4–1 | ||
4 | ![]() | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 29 | 14 | +15 | 16 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | — | 5–0 | 7–0 | ||
5 | ![]() | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 20 | −9 | 12 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 3–2 | — | 1–0 | ||
6 | ![]() | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 40 | −39 | 1 | 0–7 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 0–4 | 0–1 | — |
Matches
Northern Ireland ![]() | 4–1 | ![]() |
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Quinn![]() Lomas ![]() Dowie ![]() | Report | Hasler![]() |
Windsor Park, Belfast
Attendance: 7,150
Referee: Roelof Luinge ( Netherlands)
Latvia ![]() | 0–3 | ![]() |
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Report | Aldridge![]() Sheridan ![]() |
Daugava Stadium, Riga
Attendance: 3,226
Referee: Anders Frisk ( Sweden)
Liechtenstein ![]() | 0–4 | ![]() |
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Report | Polster![]() Aigner ![]() |
Sportpark, Eschen
Attendance: 5,800
Referee: Wieland Ziller ( Germany)
Northern Ireland ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() |
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Quinn![]() | Report | Rui Costa![]() Domingos ![]() |
Windsor Park, Belfast
Attendance: 6,301
Referee: Rune Pedersen ( Norway)
Latvia ![]() | 1–3 | ![]() |
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Miļevskis![]() | Report | João Manuel Pinto![]() Figo ![]() |
Daugava Stadium, Riga
Attendance: 5,400
Referee: Eric Blareau ( Belgium)
Austria ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() |
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Polster![]() | Report | Gillespie![]() Gray ![]() |
Ernst Happel Stadion, Vienna
Attendance: 19,742
Referee: Antonio Jesús Lõpez Nieto ( Spain)
Republic of Ireland ![]() | 4–0 | ![]() |
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Coyne![]() Quinn ![]() | Report |
Lansdowne Road, Dublin
Attendance: 32,980
Referee: Bragi Bergmann ( Iceland)
Portugal ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Figo![]() | Report |
Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon[1]
Attendance: 22,273
Referee: Peter Mikkelsen ( Denmark)
Liechtenstein ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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Report | Babičevs![]() |
Sportpark, Eschen
Attendance: 1,300
Referee: Piotr Werner ( Poland)
Northern Ireland ![]() | 0–4 | ![]() |
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Report | Aldridge![]() Keane ![]() Sheridan ![]() Townsend ![]() |
Windsor Park, Belfast
Attendance: 10,336
Referee: Serge Muhmenthaler ( Switzerland)
Portugal ![]() | 8–0 | ![]() |
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Domingos![]() Oceano ![]() João Domingos Pinto ![]() Couto ![]() Folha ![]() Alves ![]() | Report |
Estádio da Luz, Lisbon
Attendance: 22,800
Referee: Lubomír Puček ( Czech Republic)
Republic of Ireland ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Quinn![]() | Report | Dowie![]() |
Lansdowne Road, Dublin
Attendance: 32,200
Referee: Mario van der Ende ( Netherlands)
Austria ![]() | 5–0 | ![]() |
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Herzog![]() Pfeifenberger ![]() Polster ![]() | Report |
Stadion Lehen, Salzburg
Attendance: 5,262
Referee: Charles Agius ( Malta)
Latvia ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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Report | Dowie![]() |
Daugava Stadium, Riga
Attendance: 1,560
Referee: Finn Lambeck ( Denmark)
Austria ![]() | 7–0 | ![]() |
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Kühbauer![]() Polster ![]() Sabitzer ![]() Pürk ![]() Hütter ![]() | Report |
Stadion Lehen, Salzburg
Attendance: 5,700
Referee: Vasiliy Melnichuk ( Ukraine)
Republic of Ireland ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Vítor Baía![]() | Report |
Lansdowne Road, Dublin
Attendance: 33,500
Referee: Christer Fällström ( Sweden)
Portugal ![]() | 3–2 | ![]() |
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Figo![]() Secretário ![]() Domingos ![]() | Report | Rimkus![]() |
Estádio das Antas, Porto
Attendance: 26,619
Referee: Zoran Petrović ( FR Yugoslavia)
Liechtenstein ![]() | 0–0 | ![]() |
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Report |
Sportpark, Eschen
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Charles Agius ( Malta)
Northern Ireland ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() |
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Dowie![]() | Report | Zeiberliņš![]() Astafjevs ![]() |
Windsor Park, Belfast
Attendance: 6,935
Referee: Juan Ansuátegui Roca ( Spain)
Republic of Ireland ![]() | 1–3 | ![]() |
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Houghton![]() | Report | Polster![]() Ogris ![]() |
Lansdowne Road, Dublin
Attendance: 33,000
Referee: Markus Merk ( Germany)
Liechtenstein ![]() | 0–7 | ![]() |
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Report | Domingos![]() Santos ![]() Rui Costa ![]() Alves ![]() |
Sportpark, Eschen
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Dragutin Poljak ( Croatia)
Latvia ![]() | 3–2 | ![]() |
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Rimkus![]() Zeiberliņš ![]() | Report | Polster![]() Ramusch ![]() |
Daugava Stadium, Riga
Attendance: 2,600
Referee: Ilkka Koho ( Finland)
Portugal ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Domingos![]() | Report | Hughes![]() |
Estádio das Antas, Porto
Attendance: 26,780
Referee: Rémi Harrel ( France)
Austria ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() |
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Stöger![]() | Report | McGrath![]() |
Ernst Happel Stadion, Vienna
Attendance: 24,000
Referee: Ahmet Çakar ( Turkey)
Latvia ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Zeiberliņš![]() | Report |
Daugava Stadium, Riga
Attendance: 3,800
Referee: Tom Henning Øvrebø ( Norway)
Austria ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Stöger![]() | Report | Santos![]() |
Ernst Happel Stadion, Vienna
Attendance: 44,000
Referee: Nikolai Levnikov ( Russia)
Republic of Ireland ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Aldridge![]() | Report | Rimkus![]() |
Lansdowne Road, Dublin
Attendance: 33,500
Referee: Juan Fernández Marín ( Spain)
Liechtenstein ![]() | 0–4 | ![]() |
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Report | O'Neill![]() McMahon ![]() Quinn ![]() Gray ![]() |
Sportpark, Eschen
Attendance: 1,100
Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ ( Slovakia)
Portugal ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() |
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Rui Costa![]() Hélder ![]() Cadete ![]() | Report |
Estádio da Luz, Lisbon
Attendance: 71,766
Referee: Piero Ceccarini ( Italy)
Northern Ireland ![]() | 5–3 | ![]() |
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O'Neill![]() Dowie ![]() Hunter ![]() Gray ![]() | Report | Schopp![]() Stumpf ![]() Wetl ![]() |
Windsor Park, Belfast
Attendance: 8,451
Referee: Leif Sundell ( Sweden)
Goalscorers
There were 107 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 3.57 goals per match.
11 goals
- Toni Polster
6 goals
- Domingos Paciência
5 goals
- Vīts Rimkus
- Iain Dowie
- Paulo Alves
- John Aldridge
4 goals
- Peter Stöger
- Jimmy Quinn
- Rui Costa
3 goals
- Armands Zeiberliņš
- Phil Gray
- Michael O'Neill
- Luís Figo
- Niall Quinn
2 goals
- Andi Herzog
- Adi Hütter
- João Vieira Pinto
- Paulinho Santos
- Tommy Coyne
- John Sheridan
1 goal
- Franz Aigner
- Dietmar Kühbauer
- Andreas Ogris
- Heimo Pfeifenberger
- Marcus Pürk
- Dieter Ramusch
- Herfried Sabitzer
- Markus Schopp
- Christian Stumpf
- Arnold Wetl
- Vitālijs Astafjevs
- Vladimirs Babičevs
- Jevgeņijs Miļevskis
- Daniel Hasler
- Keith Gillespie
- Michael Hughes
- Barry Hunter
- Steve Lomas
- Gerry McMahon
- Jorge Cadete
- Fernando Couto
- António Folha
- Hélder
- Oceano
- João Domingos Pinto
- Carlos Secretário
- Ray Houghton
- Roy Keane
- Paul McGrath
- Andy Townsend
1 own goal
- Vítor Baía (against Republic of Ireland)
References
- ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6sD_7woJTM
- A. Yelagin - History of European Championships 1960-2000 (Terra-Sport, Moscow, 2002, ISBN 5-93127-145-7) - attendance information