UEFA Euro 1972 qualifying Group 4
# UEFA Euro 1972 qualifying Group 4

Group 4 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 4 consisted of four teams: Soviet Union, Spain, Northern Ireland, and Cyprus, where they played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners were the Soviet Union, who finished two points above Spain.

## Final table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | | |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Soviet Union | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 4 | +9 | 10 | Advance to quarter-finals | — | 2–1 | 1–0 | 6–1 |
| 2 | Spain | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 3 | +11 | 8 | | 0–0 | — | 3–0 | 7–0 |
| 3 | Northern Ireland | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 6 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | — | 5–0 |
| 4 | Cyprus | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 26 | −24 | 0 | | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–3 | — |

## Goalscorers

There were 39 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 3.25 goals per match.

4 goals

* George Best
* Pirri

3 goals

* Jimmy Nicholson
* Viktor Kolotov
* Gennady Yevryuzhikhin

2 goals

* Derek Dougan
* Vladimir Fedotov
* Vitaly Shevchenko
* Quino
* Carles Rexach
* José Francisco Rojo

1 goal

* Nikos Charalambous
* Stefanis Michael
* [[Sammy Morgan (footballer)|]]
* Anatoliy Banishevskiy
* Anatoliy Byshovets
* Vladimir Muntyan
* Francisco Aguilar
* Luis Aragonés
* Enrique Lora
* José Luis Violeta
