1976 UEFA European Football Championship qualifying

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The qualifying round for the 1976 European Football Championship consisted of 32 teams divided into eight groups of four teams. Each group winner progressed to the quarter-finals. The quarter-finals were played in two legs on a home-and-away basis. The winners of the quarter-finals would go through, to the final tournament.

Contents 1 Group Stage 1.1 Group 1 1.2 Group 2 1.3 Group 3 1.4 Group 4 1.5 Group 5 1.6 Group 6 1.7 Group 7 1.8 Group 8 2 Quarter-finals 3 External links

[edit] Group Stage

[edit] Group 1

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
Czechoslovakia	9	6	4	1	1	15	5
England	8	6	3	2	1	11	3
Portugal	7	6	2	3	1	5	7
Cyprus	0	6	0	0	6	0	16

Group matches

England 3 - 0 Czechoslovakia England 0 - 0 Portugal England 5 - 0 Cyprus Czechoslovakia 4 - 0 Cyprus Czechoslovakia 5 - 0 Portugal Cyprus 0 - 1 England

Cyprus 0 - 2 Portugal Czechoslovakia 2 - 1 England Portugal 1 - 1 Czechoslovakia Portugal 1 - 1 England Cyprus 0 - 3 Czechoslovakia Portugal 1 - 0 Cyprus

[edit] Group 2

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
Wales	10	6	5	0	1	14	4
Hungary	7	6	3	1	2	15	8
Austria	7	6	3	1	2	11	7
Luxembourg	0	6	0	0	6	7	28

Group matches

Austria 2 - 1 Wales Luxembourg 2 - 4 Hungary Wales 2 - 0 Hungary Wales 5 - 0 Luxembourg Luxembourg 1 - 2 Austria Austria 0 - 0 Hungary

Hungary 1 - 2 Wales Luxembourg 1 - 3 Wales Hungary 2 - 1 Austria Austria 6 - 2 Luxembourg Hungary 8 - 1 Luxembourg Wales 1 - 0 Austria

[edit] Group 3

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
Yugoslavia	10	6	5	0	1	12	4
Northern Ireland	6	6	3	0	3	8	5
Sweden	6	6	3	0	3	8	9
Norway	2	6	1	0	5	5	15

Norway 2 - 1 Northern Ireland Yugoslavia 3 - 1 Norway Sweden 0 - 2 Northern Ireland Northern Ireland 1 - 0 Yugoslavia Sweden 1 - 2 Yugoslavia Norway 1 - 3 Yugoslavia

Sweden 3 - 1 Norway Norway 0 - 2 Sweden Northern Ireland 1 - 2 Sweden Yugoslavia 3 - 0 Sweden Northern Ireland 3 - 0 Norway Yugoslavia 1 - 0 Northern Ireland

[edit] Group 4

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
Spain	9	6	3	3	0	10	6
Romania	7	6	1	5	0	11	6
Scotland	7	6	2	3	1	8	6
Denmark	1	6	0	1	5	3	14

Denmark 1 - 2 Spain 30th October 1974 Denmark 0 - 0 Romania 20th November 1974 Scotland 1 - 2 Spain 20th November 1974 Spain 1 - 1 Scotland 5th February 1975 Spain 1 - 1 Romania 16th April 1975 Romania 6 - 1 Denmark 13th May 1975

Romania 1 - 1 Scotland 1st June 1975 Denmark 0 - 1 Scotland 3rd September 1975 Spain 2 - 0 Denmark 8th October 1975 Scotland 3 - 1 Denmark 29th October 1975 Romania 2 - 2 Spain 29th October 1975 Scotland 1 - 1 Romania 17th December 1975

[edit] Group 5

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
Netherlands	8	6	4	0	2	14	8
Poland	8	6	3	2	1	9	5
Italy	7	6	2	3	1	3	3
Finland	1	6	0	1	5	3	13

Finland 1 - 2 Poland Finland 1 - 3 Netherlands Poland 3 - 0 Finland Netherlands 3 - 1 Italy Italy 0 - 0 Poland Finland 0 - 1 Italy

Netherlands 4 - 1 Finland Poland 4 - 1 Netherlands Italy 0 - 0 Finland Netherlands 3 - 0 Poland Poland 0 - 0 Italy Italy 1 - 0 Netherlands

[edit] Group 6

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
USSR	8	6	4	0	2	10	6
Republic of Ireland	7	6	3	1	2	11	5
Turkey	6	6	2	2	2	5	10
Switzerland	3	6	1	1	4	5	10

Republic of Ireland 3 - 0 USSR Turkey 1 - 1 Republic of Ireland Turkey 2 - 1 Switzerland USSR 3 - 0 Turkey Switzerland 1 - 1 Turkey Republic of Ireland 2 - 1 Switzerland

USSR 2 - 1 Republic of Ireland Switzerland 1 - 0 Republic of Ireland Switzerland 0 - 1 USSR Republic of Ireland 4 - 0 Turkey USSR 4 - 1 Switzerland Turkey 1 - 0 USSR

[edit] Group 7

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
Belgium	8	6	3	2	1	6	3
East Germany	7	6	2	3	1	8	7
France	5	6	1	3	2	7	6
Iceland	4	6	1	2	3	3	8

Iceland 0 - 2 Belgium East Germany 1 - 1 Iceland Belgium 2 - 1 France France 2 - 2 East Germany East Germany 0 - 0 Belgium Iceland 0 - 0 France

Iceland 2 - 1 East Germany France 3 - 0 Iceland Belgium 1 - 0 Iceland Belgium 1 - 2 East Germany East Germany 2 - 1 France France 0 - 0 Belgium

[edit] Group 8

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
West Germany	9	6	3	3	0	14	4
Greece	7	6	2	3	1	12	9
Bulgaria	6	6	2	2	2	12	7
Malta	2	6	1	0	5	2	20

Bulgaria 3 - 3 Greece Greece 2 - 2 West Germany Greece 2 - 1 Bulgaria Malta 0 - 1 West Germany Malta 2 - 0 Greece Bulgaria 1 - 1 West Germany

Greece 4 - 0 Malta Bulgaria 5 - 0 Malta West Germany 1 - 1 Greece West Germany 1 - 0 Bulgaria Malta 0 - 2 Bulgaria West Germany 8 - 0 Malta

[edit] Quarter-finals

1st Leg - Saturday April 24, 1976 18:00 CET Tehelne Pole, Bratislava
Referee: Hilmi Ok (TUR)

Czechoslovakia	2 - 0	(1-0)	Soviet Union
Moder 35'
Panenka 48'

2nd Leg - Saturday May 22, 1976 19:00 EET Olimpiyskiy, Kiev
Referee: Alastair Mackenzie (SCO)

Soviet Union	2 - 2	(0-1)	Czechoslovakia
Burjak 53'			Moder 44', 82'
Blokhin 88'

Czechoslovakia won 4-2 on aggregate.

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1st Leg - Sunday April 25, 1976 14:30 CET De Kuip, Rotterdam
Referee: Jan Dubach (SWI)

Netherlands	5 - 0	(2-0)	Belgium
Rijsbergen 17'
Resenbrink 28', 58', 86'
Neeskens 80' pen

2nd Leg - Saturday May 22, 1976 20:00 CET Heysel Stadium, Brussels
Referee: Alberto Michelotti (ITA)

Belgium	1 - 2	(1-0)	Netherlands
Van Gool 28'			Rep 64'
			Cruyff 79'

Netherlands won 7-1 on aggregate.

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1st Leg - Saturday April 24, 1976 17:30 CET Maksimir Stadium, Zagreb
Referee: Paul Schiller (AUT)

Yugoslavia	2 - 0	(1-0)	Wales
Vukotic 1'
Popivoda 58'

2nd Leg - Saturday May 22, 1976 15:00 GMT Ninian Park, Cardiff
Referee: Rudi Glöckner (East Germany)

Wales	1 - 1	(1-1)	Yugoslavia
Evans 38'			Katalinski 18' pen

Yugoslavia won 3-1 on aggregate.

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1st Leg - Saturday April 24, 1976 21:00 CET Vicente Calderón, Madrid
Referee: John Keith Taylor (ENG)

Spain	1 - 1	(1-0)	West Germany
Santillana 21'			Beer 60'

2nd Leg - Saturday May 22, 1976 16:00 CET Olympiastadion, Munich
Referee: Robert Wurtz (FRA)

West Germany	2 - 0	(2-0)	Spain
Hoeness 17'
Toppmöller 43'

West Germany won 3-1 on aggregate.

[edit] External links

• tables and results at RSSSF.com

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