UEFA Euro 1980 qualifying Group 6

Standings and results for Group 6 of the 1980 UEFA European Football Championship qualifying tournament.

Group 6 consisted of Soviet Union, Hungary, Greece and Finland. This group proved to be one of the toughest as unexpected group winners Greece outran both Finland and Hungary by only one point and Soviet Union, who finished last, by two points.

Final table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Greece	6	3	1	2	13	7	+6	7	Qualify for final tournament		—	4–1	8–1	1–0
2	Hungary	6	2	2	2	9	9	0	6			0–0	—	3–1	2–0
3	Finland	6	2	2	2	10	15	−5	6			3–0	2–1	—	1–1
4	Soviet Union	6	1	3	2	7	8	−1	5			2–0	2–2	2–2	—

Results

24 May 1978

Finland	3–0	Greece
Ismail  35',  82' Nieminen  80'

Olympiastadion, Helsinki

Attendance: 7,740

Referee: Heinz Einbeck (GDR)

20 September 1978

Finland	2–1	Hungary
Ismail  30' Pyykkö  53'		Tieber  74'

Olympiastadion, Helsinki

Attendance: 4,797

Referee: Erik Fredriksson (SWE)

20 September 1978

Soviet Union	2–0	Greece
Chesnokov  20' Bezsonov  53'

Hrazdan Stadium, Yerevan

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: John Carpenter (IRL)

11 October 1978

Hungary	2–0	Soviet Union
Váradi  26' Szokolai  60'

Budapest

Attendance: 32,000

Referee: Walter Eschweiler (FRG)

11 October 1978

Greece	8–1	Finland
Nikoloudis  15',  25' Delikaris  23',  47' Mavros  38',  44',  75' (pen.) Galakos  81'		Heiskanen  61'

Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium, Athens

Attendance: 9,000

Referee: Marcel van Langenhove (BEL)

29 October 1978

Greece	4–1	Hungary
Galakos  58',  67' Ardizoglou  71' Mavros  89'		Váradi  90'

Kaftanzoglio Stadium, Thessaloniki

Attendance: 13,463

Referee: Nikola Milanov Doudine (BUL)

2 May 1979

Hungary	0–0	Greece

Budapest

Attendance: 23,000

Referee: Bartley John Homewood (ENG)

19 May 1979

Soviet Union	2–2	Hungary
Chesnokov  23' Shengelia  75'		Tatar  33' Pusztai  63'

Dinamo Stadium, Tbilisi

Attendance: 75,000

Referee: Brian R. McGinlay (SCO)

4 July 1979

Finland	1–1	Soviet Union
Ismail  55'		Khapsalis  28'

Olympiastadion, Helsinki

Attendance: 13,119

Referee: Ole Amundsen (DEN)

12 September 1979

Greece	1–0	Soviet Union
Nikoloudis  9'

Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium, Athens

Attendance: 25,537

Referee: António José da Silva Garrido (POR)

17 October 1979

Hungary	3–1	Finland
Fekete  11',  42' Tatar  57'		Toivola  47'

Oláh Gábor Stadium, Debrecen

Attendance: 18,000

Referee: Charles G.R. Corver (NED)

31 October 1979

Soviet Union	2–2	Finland
Andreyev  50' Gavrilov  67'		Haaskivi  76' Hakala  82'

Central Lenin Stadium, Moscow

Attendance: 1,500

Referee: Aleksandar Nikić (YUG)

References

• Robinson, J. (1996). The European Football Championships 1958-1996. Soccer Book Publishing. ISBN 0-947808-69-8.