title: UEFA Euro 1972 qualifying Group 4
text: # 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
  