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 Portugal Republic of Ireland Northern Ireland Austria Latvia Liechtenstein
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. ^ a b Head-to-head points: Republic of Ireland 4, Northern Ireland 1.

Matches

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)
Latvia 0–3 Republic of Ireland
Report Aldridge 16', 75' (pen.)
Sheridan 29'
Daugava Stadium, Riga
Attendance: 3,226
Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)
Liechtenstein 0–4 Austria
Report Polster 18', 45', 78'
Aigner 22'
Sportpark, Eschen
Attendance: 5,800
Referee: Wieland Ziller (Germany)
Northern Ireland 1–2 Portugal
Quinn 58' (pen.) Report Rui Costa 8'
Domingos 81'
Windsor Park, Belfast
Attendance: 6,301
Referee: Rune Pedersen (Norway)
Latvia 1–3 Portugal
Miļevskis 87' Report João Pinto 31', 69'
Figo 70'
Daugava Stadium, Riga
Attendance: 5,400
Referee: Eric Blareau (Belgium)
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)
Republic of Ireland 4–0 Liechtenstein
Coyne 2', 4'
Quinn 30', 82'		 Report
Lansdowne Road, Dublin
Attendance: 32,980
Referee: Bragi Bergmann (Iceland)
Portugal 1–0 Austria
Figo 37' Report
Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon
Attendance: 22,273
Referee: Peter Mikkelsen (Denmark)
Liechtenstein 0–1 Latvia
Report Babičevs 14'
Sportpark, Eschen
Attendance: 1,300
Referee: Piotr Werner (Poland)
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)
Portugal 8–0 Liechtenstein
Domingos 2', 11'
Oceano 45'
João Domingos Pinto 56'
Couto 72'
Folha 74'
Alves 75', 79'		 Report
Estádio da Luz, Lisbon
Attendance: 22,800
Referee: Lubomír Puček (Czech Republic)
Republic of Ireland 1–1 Northern Ireland
Quinn 47' Report Dowie 72'
Lansdowne Road, Dublin
Attendance: 32,700
Referee: Mario van der Ende (Netherlands)
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)
Latvia 0–1 Northern Ireland
Report Dowie 70' (pen.)
Daugava Stadium, Riga
Attendance: 1,560
Referee: Finn Lambeck (Denmark)
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)
Republic of Ireland 1–0 Portugal
Vítor Baía 44' (o.g.) Report
Lansdowne Road, Dublin
Attendance: 33,500
Referee: Christer Fällström (Sweden)
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)
Liechtenstein 0–0 Republic of Ireland
Report
Sportpark, Eschen
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Charles Agius (Malta)
Northern Ireland 1–2 Latvia
Dowie 44' Report Zeiberliņš 59'
Astafjevs 62'
Windsor Park, Belfast
Attendance: 6,935
Referee: Juan Ansuátegui Roca (Spain)
Republic of Ireland 1–3 Austria
Houghton 65' Report Polster 69', 78'
Ogris 72'
Lansdowne Road, Dublin
Attendance: 33,000
Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)
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)
Latvia 3–2 Austria
Rimkus 11', 59'
Zeiberliņš 88'		 Report Polster 68'
Ramusch 78'
Daugava Stadium, Riga
Attendance: 2,600
Referee: Ilkka Koho (Finland)
Portugal 1–1 Northern Ireland
Domingos 47' Report Hughes 66'
Estádio das Antas, Porto
Attendance: 26,780
Referee: Rémi Harrel (France)
Austria 3–1 Republic of Ireland
Stöger 3', 64', 77' Report McGrath 74'
Ernst Happel Stadion, Vienna
Attendance: 24,000
Referee: Ahmet Çakar (Turkey)
Latvia 1–0 Liechtenstein
Zeiberliņš 83' Report
Daugava Stadium, Riga
Attendance: 3,800
Referee: Tom Henning Øvrebø (Norway)
Austria 1–1 Portugal
Stöger 21' Report Santos 49'
Ernst Happel Stadion, Vienna
Attendance: 44,000
Referee: Nikolai Levnikov (Russia)
Republic of Ireland 2–1 Latvia
Aldridge 61' (pen.), 64' Report Rimkus 78'
Lansdowne Road, Dublin
Attendance: 33,500
Referee: Juan Fernández Marín (Spain)
Liechtenstein 0–4 Northern Ireland
Report O'Neill 36'
McMahon 49'
Quinn 55'
Gray 72'
Sportpark, Eschen
Attendance: 1,100
Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)
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)
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

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

References

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