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 v t e	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

11 October 1970

15:00

Malta	1–1	Greece
Vassallo 66'	Report	Kritikopoulos 80'

Empire Stadium, Gżira

Attendance: 8,689

Referee: Concetto Lo Bello (Italy)

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16 December 1970

14:45

Greece	0–1	Switzerland
	Report	Müller 85'

Stadio Karaiskaki, Piraeus(Athens)

Attendance: 30,699

Referee: Milivoje Gugulović (Yugoslavia)

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20 December 1970

14:30

Malta	1–2	Switzerland
Theobald 55' (pen.)	Report	Quentin 49' Künzli 57'

Empire Stadium, Gżira

Attendance: 4,739

Referee: Gocho Rusev (Bulgaria)

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3 February 1971

15:00

Malta	0–1	England
	Report	Peters 35'

Empire Stadium, Gżira

Attendance: 29,751

Referee: Ferdinand Marschall (Austria)

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21 April 1971

19:45

Switzerland	5–0	Malta
Blättler 14' Künzli 17' Quentin 26' Citherlet 28' Müller 30'	Report

Allmend Stadion, Lucerne

Attendance: 16,470

Referee: Gunnar Michaelsen (Denmark)

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21 April 1971

19:30

England	3–0	Greece
Chivers 23' Hurst 68' Lee 87'	Report

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 55,123

Referee: Martti Hirviniemi (Finland)

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12 May 1971

20:00

Switzerland	1–0	Greece
Odermatt 73'	Report

Wankdorf Stadion, Bern

Attendance: 32,770

Referee: Iorwerth Jones (Wales) /injured 29'/ from 29' Thomas Henry Reynolds (Wales)

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12 May 1971

19:45

England	5–0	Malta
Chivers 1', 47' Lee 41' Clarke 46' (pen.) Lawler 74'	Report

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 41,534

Referee: Einar Røed (Norway)

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18 June 1971

21:00

Greece	2–0	Malta
Davourlis 60' Aidiniou 80'	Report

Stadio Karaiskaki, Piraeus(Athens)

Attendance: 9,561

Referee: István Zsolt (Hungary)

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13 October 1971

20:00

Switzerland	2–3	England
Jeandupeux 10' Künzli 44'	Report	Hurst 1' Chivers 12' Weibel 77' (o.g.)

St. Jakob Stadium, Basel

Attendance: 47,877

Referee: Vital Loraux (Belgium)

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10 November 1971

19:45

England	1–1	Switzerland
Summerbee 9'	Report	Odermatt 26'

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 90,423

Referee: Constantin Bărbulescu (Romania)

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1 December 1971

14:45

Greece	0–2	England
	Report	Hurst 59' Chivers 90'

Stadio Karaiskaki, Piraeus(Athens)

Attendance: 34,014

Referee: José María Ortiz de Mendíbil (Spain)

Goalscorers

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

5 goals

• Martin Chivers

3 goals

• Geoff Hurst
• Fritz Künzli

2 goals

• Francis Lee
• Kurt Müller
• Karl Odermatt
• René-Pierre Quentin

1 goal

• Allan Clarke
• Chris Lawler
• Martin Peters
• Mike Summerbee
• Kostas Aidiniou
• Kostas Davourlis
• Michalis Kritikopoulos
• Eddie Theobald
• Willie Vassallo
• Rolf Blättler
• Roland Citherlet
• Daniel Jeandupeux

1 own goal

• Anton Weibel (against England)