Standings and results for Group 6 of the UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying tournament.
| Pos | Team
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | 
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| 1 | Portugal
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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
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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
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10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 15 | +5 | 17[a] | 1–2 | 0–4 | — | 5–3 | 1–2 | 4–1 | ||
| 4 | Austria
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10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 29 | 14 | +15 | 16 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | — | 5–0 | 7–0 | ||
| 5 | Latvia
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10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 20 | −9 | 12 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 3–2 | — | 1–0 | ||
| 6 | Liechtenstein
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10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 40 | −39 | 1 | 0–7 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 0–4 | 0–1 | — |
| Northern Ireland | 4–1 | Liechtenstein |
|---|---|---|
Quinn  5', 34'Lomas 25'Dowie 48' |
Report | Hasler 84' |
Attendance: 7,150
Referee: Roelof Luinge (Netherlands)
| Latvia | 0–3 | Republic of Ireland |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Aldridge 16', 75' (pen.) Sheridan 29' |
Attendance: 3,226
Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)
| Liechtenstein | 0–4 | Austria |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Polster 18', 45', 78' Aigner 22' |
Attendance: 5,800
Referee: Wieland Ziller (Germany)
| Northern Ireland | 1–2 | Portugal |
|---|---|---|
| Quinn 58' (pen.) |
Report | Rui Costa 8' Domingos 81' |
Attendance: 6,301
Referee: Rune Pedersen (Norway)
| Latvia | 1–3 | Portugal |
|---|---|---|
| Miļevskis 87' |
Report | João Pinto 31', 69' Figo 70' |
Attendance: 5,400
Referee: Eric Blareau (Belgium)
| Austria | 1–2 | Northern Ireland |
|---|---|---|
| Polster 24' (pen.) |
Report | Gillespie 3' Gray 36' |
Attendance: 19,742
Referee: Antonio Jesús Lõpez Nieto (Spain)
| Republic of Ireland | 4–0 | Liechtenstein |
|---|---|---|
| Coyne 2', 4' Quinn 30', 82' |
Report |
Attendance: 32,980
Referee: Bragi Bergmann (Iceland)
| Portugal | 1–0 | Austria |
|---|---|---|
| Figo 37' |
Report |
Attendance: 22,273
Referee: Peter Mikkelsen (Denmark)
| Liechtenstein | 0–1 | Latvia |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Babičevs 14' |
Attendance: 1,300
Referee: Piotr Werner (Poland)
| Northern Ireland | 0–4 | Republic of Ireland |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Aldridge 6' Keane 11'Sheridan 38'Townsend 54' |
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 |
Attendance: 22,800
Referee: Lubomír Puček (Czech Republic)
| Republic of Ireland | 1–1 | Northern Ireland |
|---|---|---|
| Quinn 47' |
Report | Dowie 72' |
Attendance: 32,700
Referee: Mario van der Ende (Netherlands)
| Austria | 5–0 | Latvia |
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| Herzog 17', 59' Pfeifenberger 40'Polster 71' (pen.), 90+1' |
Report |
Attendance: 5,262
Referee: Charles Agius (Malta)
| Latvia | 0–1 | Northern Ireland |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Dowie 70' (pen.) |
Attendance: 1,560
Referee: Finn Lambeck (Denmark)
| Austria | 7–0 | Liechtenstein |
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| Kühbauer 7' Polster 10', 54' (pen.)Sabitzer 80'Pürk 84'Hütter 87', 89' |
Report |
Attendance: 5,700
Referee: Vasiliy Melnichuk (Ukraine)
| Republic of Ireland | 1–0 | Portugal |
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| Vítor Baía 44' (o.g.) |
Report |
Attendance: 33,500
Referee: Christer Fällström (Sweden)
| Portugal | 3–2 | Latvia |
|---|---|---|
| Figo 5' Secretário 19'Domingos 20' |
Report | Rimkus 51', 85' |
Attendance: 26,619
Referee: Zoran Petrović (FR Yugoslavia)
| Liechtenstein | 0–0 | Republic of Ireland |
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| Report |
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Charles Agius (Malta)
| Northern Ireland | 1–2 | Latvia |
|---|---|---|
| Dowie 44' |
Report | Zeiberliņš 59' Astafjevs 62' |
Attendance: 6,935
Referee: Juan Ansuátegui Roca (Spain)
| Republic of Ireland | 1–3 | Austria |
|---|---|---|
| Houghton 65' |
Report | Polster 69', 78' Ogris 72' |
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' |
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Dragutin Poljak (Croatia)
| Latvia | 3–2 | Austria |
|---|---|---|
| Rimkus 11', 59' Zeiberliņš 88' |
Report | Polster 68' Ramusch 78' |
Attendance: 2,600
Referee: Ilkka Koho (Finland)
| Portugal | 1–1 | Northern Ireland |
|---|---|---|
| Domingos 47' |
Report | Hughes 66' |
Attendance: 26,780
Referee: Rémi Harrel (France)
| Austria | 3–1 | Republic of Ireland |
|---|---|---|
| Stöger 3', 64', 77' |
Report | McGrath 74' |
Attendance: 24,000
Referee: Ahmet Çakar (Turkey)
| Latvia | 1–0 | Liechtenstein |
|---|---|---|
| Zeiberliņš 83' |
Report |
Attendance: 3,800
Referee: Tom Henning Øvrebø (Norway)
| Austria | 1–1 | Portugal |
|---|---|---|
| Stöger 21' |
Report | Santos 49' |
Attendance: 44,000
Referee: Nikolai Levnikov (Russia)
| Republic of Ireland | 2–1 | Latvia |
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| Aldridge 61' (pen.), 64' |
Report | Rimkus 78' |
Attendance: 33,500
Referee: Juan Fernández Marín (Spain)
| Liechtenstein | 0–4 | Northern Ireland |
|---|---|---|
| Report | O'Neill 36' McMahon 49'Quinn 55'Gray 72' |
Attendance: 1,100
Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)
| Portugal | 3–0 | Republic of Ireland |
|---|---|---|
| Rui Costa 60' Hélder 74'Cadete 89' |
Report |
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' |
Attendance: 8,451
Referee: Leif Sundell (Sweden)
There were 107 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 3.57 goals per match.
11 goals
6 goals
5 goals
Iain Dowie Paulo Alves John Aldridge4 goals
Jimmy Quinn Rui Costa3 goals
Phil Gray Michael O'Neill Luís Figo Niall Quinn2 goals
Adi Hütter João Vieira Pinto Paulinho Santos Tommy Coyne John Sheridan1 goal
Dietmar Kühbauer Andreas Ogris Heimo Pfeifenberger Marcus Pürk Dieter Ramusch Herfried Sabitzer Markus Schopp Christian Stumpf Arnold Wetl Vitālijs Astafjevs Vladimirs Babičevs Jevgeņijs Miļevskis Daniel Hasler Keith Gillespie Michael Hughes Barry Hunter Steve Lomas Gerry McMahon Jorge Cadete Fernando Couto João Domingos Pinto António Folha Hélder Oceano Carlos Secretário Ray Houghton Roy Keane Paul McGrath Andy Townsend1 own goal
Vítor Baía (against Republic of Ireland)