UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying Group 6

Standings and results for Group 6 of the UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying tournament.

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Portugal	10	7	2	1	29	7	+22	23	Qualify for final tournament		—	3–0	1–1	1–0	3–2	8–0
2	Republic of Ireland	10	5	2	3	17	11	+6	17[a]	Advance to play-off		1–0	—	1–1	1–3	2–1	4–0
3	Northern Ireland	10	5	2	3	20	15	+5	17[a]			1–2	0–4	—	5–3	1–2	4–1
4	Austria	10	5	1	4	29	14	+15	16			1–1	3–1	1–2	—	5–0	7–0
5	Latvia	10	4	0	6	11	20	−9	12			1–3	0–3	0–1	3–2	—	1–0
6	Liechtenstein	10	0	1	9	1	40	−39	1			0–7	0–0	0–4	0–4	0–1	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
Notes:

1. Head-to-head points: Republic of Ireland 4, Northern Ireland 1.

Matches

20 April 1994

20:00 UTC+1

Northern Ireland	4–1	Liechtenstein
Quinn 5', 34' Lomas 25' Dowie 48'	Report	Hasler 84'

Windsor Park, Belfast

Attendance: 7,150

Referee: Roelof Luinge (Netherlands)

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7 September 1994

20:00 UTC+3

Latvia	0–3	Republic of Ireland
	Report	Aldridge 16', 75' (pen.) Sheridan 29'

Daugava Stadium, Riga

Attendance: 3,226

Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)

7 September 1994

17:00 UTC+2

Liechtenstein	0–4	Austria
	Report	Polster 18', 45', 78' Aigner 22'

Sportpark, Eschen

Attendance: 5,800

Referee: Wieland Ziller (Germany)

7 September 1994

20:00 UTC+1

Northern Ireland	1–2	Portugal
Quinn 58' (pen.)	Report	Rui Costa 8' Domingos 81'

Windsor Park, Belfast

Attendance: 6,301

Referee: Rune Pedersen (Norway)

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9 October 1994

19:00 UTC+2

Latvia	1–3	Portugal
Miļevskis 87'	Report	João Pinto 31', 69' Figo 70'

Daugava Stadium, Riga

Attendance: 5,400

Referee: Eric Blareau (Belgium)

12 October 1994

19:35 UTC+1

Austria	1–2	Northern Ireland
Polster 24' (pen.)	Report	Gillespie 3' Gray 36'

Ernst Happel Stadion, Vienna

Attendance: 19,742

Referee: Antonio Jesús Lõpez Nieto (Spain)

12 October 1994

20:30 UTC+1

Republic of Ireland	4–0	Liechtenstein
Coyne 2', 4' Quinn 30', 82'	Report

Lansdowne Road, Dublin

Attendance: 32,980

Referee: Bragi Bergmann (Iceland)

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13 November 1994

18:00 UTC+1

Portugal	1–0	Austria
Figo 37'	Report[dead link]

Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon

Attendance: 22,273

Referee: Peter Mikkelsen (Denmark)

15 November 1994

14:00 UTC+1

Liechtenstein	0–1	Latvia
	Report	Babičevs 14'

Sportpark, Eschen

Attendance: 1,300

Referee: Piotr Werner (Poland)

16 November 1994

20:00 UTC

Northern Ireland	0–4	Republic of Ireland
	Report	Aldridge 6' Keane 11' Sheridan 38' Townsend 54'

Windsor Park, Belfast

Attendance: 10,336

Referee: Serge Muhmenthaler (Switzerland)

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18 December 1994

18:00 UTC+1

Portugal	8–0	Liechtenstein
Domingos 2', 11' Oceano 45' João Pinto 56' Couto 72' Folha 74' Alves 75', 79'	Report

Estádio da Luz, Lisbon

Attendance: 22,800

Referee: Lubomír Puček (Czech Republic)

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29 March 1995

14:30 UTC+1

Republic of Ireland	1–1	Northern Ireland
Quinn 47'	Report	Dowie 72'

Lansdowne Road, Dublin

Attendance: 32,700

Referee: Mario van der Ende (Netherlands)

29 March 1995

18:25 UTC+2

Austria	5–0	Latvia
Herzog 17', 59' Pfeifenberger 40' Polster 71' (pen.), 90+1'	Report

Stadion Lehen, Salzburg

Attendance: 5,262

Referee: Charles Agius (Malta)

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26 April 1995

19:00 UTC+3

Latvia	0–1	Northern Ireland
	Report	Dowie 70' (pen.)

Daugava Stadium, Riga

Attendance: 1,560

Referee: Finn Lambeck (Denmark)

26 April 1995

18:25 UTC+2

Austria	7–0	Liechtenstein
Kühbauer 7' Polster 10', 54' (pen.) Sabitzer 80' Pürk 84' Hütter 87', 89'	Report

Stadion Lehen, Salzburg

Attendance: 5,700

Referee: Vasiliy Melnichuk (Ukraine)

26 April 1995

19:30 UTC+1

Republic of Ireland	1–0	Portugal
Vítor Baía 44' (o.g.)	Report

Lansdowne Road, Dublin

Attendance: 33,500

Referee: Christer Fällström (Sweden)

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3 June 1995

22:00 UTC+2

Portugal	3–2	Latvia
Figo 5' Secretário 19' Domingos 20'	Report	Rimkus 51', 85'

Estádio das Antas, Porto

Attendance: 26,619

Referee: Zoran Petrović (FR Yugoslavia)

3 June 1995

18:00 UTC+2

Liechtenstein	0–0	Republic of Ireland
	Report

Sportpark, Eschen

Attendance: 4,500

Referee: Charles Agius (Malta)

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7 June 1995

20:00 UTC+1

Northern Ireland	1–2	Latvia
Dowie 44'	Report	Zeiberliņš 59' Astafjevs 62'

Windsor Park, Belfast

Attendance: 6,935

Referee: Juan Ansuátegui Roca (Spain)

11 June 1995

16:00 UTC+1

Republic of Ireland	1–3	Austria
Houghton 65'	Report	Polster 69', 78' Ogris 72'

Lansdowne Road, Dublin

Attendance: 33,000

Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)

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15 August 1995

18:00 UTC+2

Liechtenstein	0–7	Portugal
	Report	Domingos 25' Santos 33' Rui Costa 41', 70' (pen.) Alves 66', 73', 90'

Sportpark, Eschen

Attendance: 3,500

Referee: Dragutin Poljak (Croatia)

16 August 1995

20:00 UTC+3

Latvia	3–2	Austria
Rimkus 11', 59' Zeiberliņš 88'	Report	Polster 68' Ramusch 78'

Daugava Stadium, Riga

Attendance: 2,600

Referee: Ilkka Koho (Finland)

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3 September 1995

22:00 UTC+2

Portugal	1–1	Northern Ireland
Domingos 47'	Report	Hughes 66'

Estádio das Antas, Porto

Attendance: 26,780

Referee: Rémi Harrel (France)

6 September 1995

20:30 UTC+2

Austria	3–1	Republic of Ireland
Stöger 3', 64', 77'	Report	McGrath 74'

Ernst Happel Stadion, Vienna

Attendance: 24,000

Referee: Ahmet Çakar (Turkey)

6 September 1995

18:30 UTC+3

Latvia	1–0	Liechtenstein
Zeiberliņš 83'	Report

Daugava Stadium, Riga

Attendance: 3,800

Referee: Tom Henning Øvrebø (Norway)

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11 October 1995

20:30 UTC+1

Austria	1–1	Portugal
Stöger 21'	Report	Santos 49'

Ernst Happel Stadion, Vienna

Attendance: 44,000

Referee: Nikolai Levnikov (Russia)

11 October 1995

20:30 UTC+1

Republic of Ireland	2–1	Latvia
Aldridge 61' (pen.), 64'	Report	Rimkus 78'

Lansdowne Road, Dublin

Attendance: 33,500

Referee: Juan Fernández Marín (Spain)

11 October 1995

15:00 UTC+1

Liechtenstein	0–4	Northern Ireland
	Report	O'Neill 36' McMahon 49' Quinn 55' Gray 72'

Sportpark, Eschen

Attendance: 1,100

Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)

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15 November 1995

22:00 UTC+1

Portugal	3–0	Republic of Ireland
Rui Costa 60' Hélder 74' Cadete 89'	Report

Estádio da Luz, Lisbon

Attendance: 71,766

Referee: Piero Ceccarini (Italy)

15 November 1995

20:00 UTC

Northern Ireland	5–3	Austria
O'Neill 27', 78' Dowie 32' (pen.) Hunter 53' Gray 63'	Report	Schopp 55' Stumpf 70' Wetl 81'

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
• João Pinto
• Niall Quinn

2 goals

• Andi Herzog
• Adi Hütter
• 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
• Carlos Secretário
• Ray Houghton
• Roy Keane
• Paul McGrath
• Andy Townsend

1 own goal

• Vítor Baía (against Republic of Ireland)