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

Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Greece 6 3 1 2 13 7 +6 7
 Hungary 6 2 2 2 9 9 0 6
 Finland 6 2 2 2 10 15 −5 6
 Soviet Union 6 1 3 2 7 8 −1 5
 
Finland  – 3–0 2–1 1–1
Greece  8–1 – 4–1 1–0
Hungary  3–1 0–0 – 2–0
Soviet Union  2–2 2–0 2–2 –

Results

May 24, 1978
 Finland  3 – 0  Greece Olympiastadion, Helsinki
Attendance: 7,740
Referee: Heinz Einbeck (GDR)
Ismail  35',  82'
Nieminen  80'
September 20, 1978
 Finland  2 – 1  Hungary Olympiastadion, Helsinki
Attendance: 4,797
Referee: Erik Fredriksson (SWE)
Ismail  30'
Pyykkö  53'		 Tieber  74'
September 20, 1978
 Soviet Union  2 – 0  Greece Hrazdan Stadium, Yerevan
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: John Carpenter (IRL)
Chesnokov  20'
Bezsonov  53'
October 11, 1978
 Hungary  2 – 0  Soviet Union Budapest
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Walter Eschweiler (FRG)
Váradi  26'
Szokolai  60'
October 11, 1978
 Greece  8 – 1  Finland Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium, Athens
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Marcel van Langenhove (BEL)
Nikoludis  15',  25'
Delikaris  23',  47'
Mavros  38',  44',  75' (pen.)
Galakos  81'		 Heiskanen  61'
October 29, 1978
 Greece  4 – 1  Hungary Toumba Stadium Salonika
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Nikola Milanov Doudine (BUL)
Galakos  58',  67'
Ardizoglou  71'
Mavros  89'		 Váradi  90'
May 2, 1979
 Hungary  0 – 0  Greece Budapest
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Bartley John Homewood (ENG)
May 19, 1979
 Soviet Union  2 – 2  Hungary Dinamo Stadium, Tbilisi
Attendance: 75,000
Referee: Brian R. McGinlay (SCO)
Chesnokov  23'
Shengelia  75'		 Tatar  33'
Pusztai  63'
July 4, 1979
 Finland  1 – 1  Soviet Union Olympiastadion, Helsinki
Attendance: 13,119
Referee: Ole Amundsen (DEN)
Ismail  55' Khapsalis  28'
September 12, 1979
 Greece  1 – 0  Soviet Union Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium, Athens
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: António José da Silva Garrido (POR)
Nikoludis  9'
October 17, 1979
 Hungary  3 – 1  Finland Oláh Gábor Stadium, Debrecen
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Charles G.R. Corver (NED)
Fekete  11',  42'
Tatar  57'		 Toivola  47'
October 31, 1979
 Soviet Union  2 – 2  Finland Central Lenin Stadium, Moscow
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Aleksandar Nikić (YUG)
Andreyev  50'
Gavrilov  67'		 Haaskivi  76'
Hakala  82'

References

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