UEFA Euro 1976 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.

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[edit] Group Stage

[edit] Group 1

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

Group matches:


October 30, 1974
19:45
England Flag of England 3–0 Flag of Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 83,858
Referee: Kitabdjian (France)
Channon 72'
Bell 80', 83'

November 20, 1974
19:45
England Flag of England 0–0 Flag of Portugal Portugal Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 84,461
Referee: Bucheli (Switzerland)

April 16, 1975
19:45
England Flag of England 5–0 Flag of Cyprus Cyprus Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 68,245
Referee: Hirviniemi (Finland)
MacDonald 2', 35', 48', 53', 86'

April 20, 1975
17:00
Czechoslovakia Flag of Czechoslovakia 4–0 Flag of Cyprus Cyprus Letenský Stadion (Sparta), Prague
Attendance: 4,994
Referee: Einbeck (East Germany)
Panenka 10', 35', 50' (p)
Masný 78'

April 30, 1975
17:00
Czechoslovakia Flag of Czechoslovakia 5–0 Flag of Portugal Portugal Letenský Stadion (Sparta), Prague
Attendance: 22,000*
Refeeree: Biwersi (West Germany)
Bičovský 11', 22'
Nehoda 25', 46'
Petráš 52'

(*)NOTE: Attendance also reported as 12,034


May 11, 1975
16:45
Cyprus Flag of Cyprus 0–1 Flag of England England Tsirion Stadium, Limassol
Attendance: 15,708
Referee: Stanev (Bulgaria)
Keegan 6'

June 8, 1975
16:45
Cyprus Flag of Cyprus 0–2 Flag of Portugal Portugal Tsirion Stadium, Limassol
Attendance: 8,615
Referee: Limona (Romania)
Nené 25'
Moínhos 87'

October 30, 1975
14:00
Czechoslovakia Flag of Czechoslovakia 2–1 Flag of England England Tehelné Pole (Slovan), Bratislava
Attendance: 50,651
Referee: Michelotti (Italy)
Nehoda 45'
Galis 47'
Channon 26'

NOTE: The match was originally abandoned after 17' on 29.10.1975 due to fog.The score at that moment was 0-0.


November 12, 1975
21:30
Portugal Flag of Portugal 1–1 Flag of Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia Estádio das Antas, Oporto
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Corver (Netherlands)
Nené 8' Ondruš 7'

November 19, 1975
21:00
Portugal Flag of Portugal 1–1 Flag of England England Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Linemayr (Austria)
Rui Rodrigues 16' Channon 42'

November 23, 1975
14:45
Cyprus Flag of Cyprus 0–3 Flag of Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia Tsirion Stadium, Limassol
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Petri (Hungary)
Nehoda 9'
Bičovský 27'
Masný 33'

December 3, 1975
21:00
Portugal Flag of Portugal 1–0 Flag of Cyprus Cyprus Estádio do Bonfim, Setúbal
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Casha (Malta)
Alves 20'


[edit] Group 2

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

Group matches:


September 4, 1974
19:30
Austria Flag of Austria 2–1 Flag of Wales Wales Praterstadion, Vienna
Attendance: 30,795
Referee: Babacan (Turkey)
Kreuz 63'
Krankl 74'
Griffiths 35'

October 13, 1974
15:45
Luxembourg Flag of Luxembourg 2–4 Flag of Hungary Hungary Stade Municipal, Luxembourg
Attendance: 3,326
Referee: Pétursson (Iceland)
Dussier 15', 43' (p) Horváth 18'
Nagy 29', 55'
Bálint 71'

October 30, 1974
19:30
Wales Flag of Wales 2–0 Flag of Hungary Hungary Ninian Park, Cardiff
Attendance: 8,445
Referee: da Silva Garrido (Portugal)
Griffiths 57'
Toshack 88'

November 20, 1974
19:30
Wales Flag of Wales 5–0 Flag of Luxembourg Luxembourg Vetch Field, Swansea
Attendance: 10,539
Referee: Christophersen (Denmark)
Toshack 34'
England 53'
P.Roberts 70'
Griffiths 73'
Yorath 75'

March 16, 1975
15:30
Luxembourg Flag of Luxembourg 1–2 Flag of Austria Austria Stade Municipal, Luxembourg
Attendance: 5,340
Refere: van der Kroft (Netherlands)
Braun 12' Köglberger 58'
Krankl 75'

April 2, 1975
19:30
Austria Flag of Austria 0–0 Flag of Hungary Hungary Praterstadion, Vienna
Attendance: 65,674
Referee: Taylor (England)

April 16, 1975
17:30
Hungary Flag of Hungary 1–2 Flag of Wales Wales Népstadion, Budapest
Attendance: 21,080
Referee: Sánchez Ibáñez (Spain)
Branikovits 77' Toshack 44'
Mahoney 69'

May 1, 1975
16:00
Luxembourg Flag of Luxembourg 1–3 Flag of Wales Wales Stade Municipal, Luxembourg
Attendance: 3,289
Referee: Peeters (Belgium)
Philipp 39' (p) Reece 24'
James 32', 83' (p)

September 24, 1975
17:15
Hungary Flag of Hungary 2–1 Flag of Austria Austria Népstadion, Budapest
Attendance: 31,270
Referee: Vigliani (France)
Nyilasi 3'
Pusztai 35'
Krankl 16' (p)

October 15, 1975
19:00
Austria Flag of Austria 6–2 Flag of Luxembourg Luxembourg Praterstadion, Vienna
Attendance: 14,499
Referee: Kopal (Czechoslovakia)
Welzl 1', 46'
Krankl 38', 76' (p)
Jara 41'
Prohaska 80'
Braun 4'
Philipp 32'

October 19, 1975
13:30
Hungary Flag of Hungary 8–1 Flag of Luxembourg Luxembourg Stadion Rohonci Út, Szombathely
Attendance: 7,503
Referee: Dudin (Bulgaria)
Pintér 13'
Nyilasi 21', 32', 44', 57', 67'
Wollek 78'
Várady 84'
Dussier 83'

November 19, 1975
19:30
Wales Flag of Wales 1–0 Flag of Austria Austria The Racecourse Ground, Wrexham
Attendance: 27,578
Referee: Gonella (Italy)
Griffiths 69'


[edit] Group 3

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

Group matches:


September 4, 1974
19:00
Norway Flag of Norway 2–1 Flag of Northern Ireland Northern Ireland Ullevaal, Oslo
Attendance: 7,192
Referee: Delcourt (Belgium)
Lund 50', 72' Finney 3'

October 30, 1974
19:00
Yugoslavia Flag of Yugoslavia 3–1 Flag of Norway Norway Stadion JNA, Belgrade
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Queudeville (Luxembourg)
Vukotić 43'
Katalinski 58', 72'
Lund 36'

October 30, 1974
19:00
Sweden Flag of Sweden 0–2 Flag of Northern Ireland Northern Ireland Råsunda Stadion, Solna(Stockholm)
Attendance: 18,131
Referee: Boosten (Netherlands)
Nicholl 7'
O'Neill 23'

April 16, 1975
17:00
Northern Ireland Flag of Northern Ireland 1–0 Flag of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia Windsor Park, Belfast
Attendance: 25,847
Referee: Wurtz (France)
Hamilton 23'

June 4, 1975
19:00
Sweden Flag of Sweden 1–2 Flag of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia Råsunda Stadion, Solna(Stockholm)
Attendance: 27,250
Referee: Loraux (Belgium)
Edström 16' Katalinski 41'
Ivezić 77'

June 9, 1975
19:00
Norway Flag of Norway 1–3 Flag of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia Ullevaal, Oslo
Attendance: 21,843
Referee: Pedersen (Denmark)
Thunberg 65' Buljan 12'
Bogićević 13'
Šurjak 25'

June 30, 1975
19:00
Sweden Flag of Sweden 3–1 Flag of Norway Norway Råsunda Stadion, Solna(Stockholm)
Attendance: 9,580
Referee: Glöckner (East Germany)
Nordahl 33', 56'
Grahn 65' (p)
Olsen 54' (p)

August 13, 1975
19:00
Norway Flag of Norway 0–2 Flag of Sweden Sweden Ullevaal, Oslo
Attendance: 18,011
Referee: Mattsson (Finland)
Sandberg 29'
Sjöberg 53'

September 3, 1975
17:30
Northern Ireland Flag of Northern Ireland 1–2 Flag of Sweden Sweden Windsor Park, Belfast
Attendance: 14,622
Referee: Weyland (West Germany)
Hunter 32' Sjöberg 44'
Torstensson 55'

October 15, 1975
18:00
Yugoslavia Flag of Yugoslavia 3–0 Flag of Sweden Sweden Stadion Dinamo, Zagreb
Attendance: 29,836*
Referee: Hungerbühler (Switzerland)
Oblak 18'
Vladić 50'
Vabec 83'

(*)NOTE: Attendance also reported as 45,000


October 29, 1975
14:30
Northern Ireland Flag of Northern Ireland 3–0 Flag of Norway Norway Windsor Park, Belfast
Attendance: 8,923
Referee: Finnbogason (Iceland)
Morgan 2'
McIlroy 5'
Hamilton 53'

November 19, 1975
18:00
Yugoslavia Flag of Yugoslavia 1–0 Flag of Northern Ireland Northern Ireland Stadion JNA, Belgrade
Attendance: 21,545*
Referee: Camacho Jiménez (Spain)
Oblak 21'

(*)NOTE: Attendance also reported as 40,000



[edit] Group 4

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

Group matches:


September 25, 1974
19:00
Denmark Flag of Denmark 1–2 Flag of Spain Spain Idrætsparken, Copenhagen
Attendance: 27,300
Referee: Carpenter (Rep. of Ireland)
Nygaard 48' (p) Claramunt 28' (p)
Roberto Martínez 41'

October 13, 1974
13:30
Denmark Flag of Denmark 0–0 Flag of Romania Romania Idrætsparken, Copenhagen
Attendance: 15,700
Referee: Biwersi (West Germany)

November 20, 1974
20:00
Scotland Flag of Scotland 1–2 Flag of Spain Spain Hampden Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 94,331
Referee: Linemayr (Austria)
Bremner 11' Quini 36', 61'

February 5, 1975
20:30
Spain Flag of Spain 1–1 Flag of Scotland Scotland Estadio Luis Casanova, Valencia
Attendance: 40,952
Referee: Delcourt (Belgium)
Megido 67' Jordan 1'

April 17, 1975
20:30
Spain Flag of Spain 1–1 Flag of Romania Romania Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid
Attendance: 54,660*
Referee: Corver (Netherlands)
Velázquez 6' Crişan 70'

(*)NOTE: Attendance also reported as 100,000


May 11, 1975
17:00
Romania Flag of Romania 6–1 Flag of Denmark Denmark Stadionul 23. August, Bucharest
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Zlatanos (Greece)
Georgescu 28', 76'
Crişan 40', 59'
Lucescu 83'
Dinu 85'
Dahl 86'

June 1, 1975
17:30
Romania Flag of Romania 1–1 Flag of Scotland Scotland Stadionul 23. August, Bucharest
Attendance: 52,203*
Referee: Dilek (Turkey)
Georgescu 21' McQueen 89'

(*)NOTE: Attendance also reported as 80,000


September 3, 1975
19:00
Denmark Flag of Denmark 0–1 Flag of Scotland Scotland Idrætsparken, Copenhagen
Attendance: 40,300
Referee: Schaut (Belgium)
Harper 51'

October 12, 1975
20:30
Spain Flag of Spain 2–0 Flag of Denmark Denmark Estadio Sarriá, Barcelona
Attendance: 6,869*
Referee: Bonett (Malta)
Pirri 40'
Capón 85'

(*)NOTE: Attendance also reported as 20,000


October 29, 1975
20:00
Scotland Flag of Scotland 3–1 Flag of Denmark Denmark Hampden Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 48,021
Referee: Nyhus (Norway)
Dalglish 48'
Rioch 54'
MacDougall 61'
Bastrup 20'

November 16, 1975
14:00
Romania Flag of Romania 2–2 Flag of Spain Spain Stadionul 23. August, Bucharest
Attendance: 45,381
Referee: Weyland (West Germany)
Georgescu 72' (p)
Iordănescu 80'
Villar 29'
Santillana 57'

December 17, 1975
20:00
Scotland Flag of Scotland 1–1 Flag of Romania Romania Hampden Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 11,375
Referee: Prokop
(East Germany)
Rioch 39' Crişan 74'


[edit] Group 5

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

Group matches:


September 1, 1974
15:00
Finland Flag of Finland 1–2 Flag of Poland Poland Olympiastadion, Helsinki
Attendance: 18,759
Referee: Paterson (Scotland)
Rahja 3' Szarmach 23'
Lato 50'

September 25, 1974
18:30
Finland Flag of Finland 1–3 Flag of the Netherlands Netherlands Olympiastadion, Helsinki
Attendance: 20,449
Referee: Riedel
(East Germany)
Rahja 16' Cruijff 28', 40'
Neeskens 51' (p)

October 9, 1974
14:30
Poland Flag of Poland 3–0 Flag of Finland Finland Stadion Warty, Poznań
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Maksimović (Yugoslavia)
Kasperczak 12'
Gadocha 14'
Lato 53'

November 20, 1974
20:30
Netherlands Flag of the Netherlands 3–1 Flag of Italy Italy Stadion Feyenoord (De Kuip), Rotterdam
Attendance: 58,463
Referee: Kazakov (USSR)
Rensenbrink 24'
Cruijff 64', 80'
Boninsegna 5'

April 19, 1975
15:30
Italy Flag of Italy 0–0 Flag of Poland Poland Stadio Olimpico, Rome
Attendance: 71,048
Referee: Héliès (France)

June 5, 1975
19:00
Finland Flag of Finland 0–1 Flag of Italy Italy Olympiastadion, Helsinki
Attendance: 17,732
Referee: Eschweiler (West Germany)
Chinaglia 26' (p)

September 3, 1975
20:00
Netherlands Flag of the Netherlands 4–1 Flag of Finland Finland Stadion de Goffert, Nijmegen
Attendance: 19,189*
Referee: Smyton (Northern Ireland)
van der Kuijlen 29', 35', 55'
Lubse 48'
Paatelainen 9'

(*)NOTE: Attendance also reported as 28,000


September 10, 1975
17:30
Poland Flag of Poland 4–1 Flag of the Netherlands Netherlands Stadion Śląski, Chorzów
Attendance: 70,409
Referee: Partridge (England)
Lato 14'
Gadocha 44'
Szarmach 63', 77'
van de Kerkhof 80'

September 27, 1975
16:30
Italy Flag of Italy 0–0 Flag of Finland Finland Stadio Olimpico, Rome
Attendance: 29,203
Referee: Xanthoulis (Cyprus)

October 15, 1975
20:15
Netherlands Flag of the Netherlands 3–0 Flag of Poland Poland Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam
Attendance: 56,030
Referee: Palotai (Hungary)
Neeskens 16'
Geels 47'
Thijssen 59'

October 26, 1975
14:00
Poland Flag of Poland 0–0 Flag of Italy Italy Stadion Dziesięciolecia, Warsaw
Attendance: 59,773
Referee: Schiller (Austria)

November 22, 1975
14:30
Italy Flag of Italy 1–0 Flag of the Netherlands Netherlands Stadio Olimpico, Rome
Attendance: 33,307
Referee: Schaut (Belgium)
Capello 20'


[edit] Group 6

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

Group matches:


October 30, 1974
15:00
Republic of Ireland Flag of Ireland 3–0 Flag of the Soviet Union USSR Dalymount Park, Dublin
Attendance: 31,750
Referee: Axelryd (Sweden)
Givens 22', 30', 70'

November 20, 1974
20:00
Turkey Flag of Turkey 1–1 Flag of Ireland Republic of Ireland Atatürk Stadı, İzmir
Attendance: 67,000
Referee: Srodecki (Poland)
Dunne(*) 54' (og) Givens 61'

(*)NOTE: The first goal in others sources is also reported as an own goal by Mick Martin or Terry Conroy.


December 1, 1974
00:00
Turkey Flag of Turkey 2–1 Flag of Switzerland Switzerland Atatürk Stadı, İzmir
Attendance: 51,410
Referee: Gugulović (Yugoslavia)
İsmail 21'
O.Mehmet 85'
Schild 18'

April 2, 1975
19:00
USSR Flag of the Soviet Union 3–0 Flag of Turkey Turkey Kiev Central Stadium, Kiev
Attendance: 74,223
Referee: Davidson (Scotland)
Kolotov 25' (p), 56' (p)
Blokhin 75'

April 30, 1975
20:15
Switzerland Flag of Switzerland 1–1 Flag of Turkey Turkey Hardturm Stadion(*), Zürich(*)
Attendance: 21,965
Referee: Lattanzi (Italy)
Müller 43' Alpaslan 54'

(*)NOTE: Some sources state that the venue was St. Jakob-Park, Basle.


May 10, 1975
15:30
Republic of Ireland Flag of Ireland 2–1 Flag of Switzerland Switzerland Lansdowne Road, Dublin
Attendance: 48,074
Referee: Schiller (Austria)
Martin 2'
Treacy 28'
Müller 74'

May 18, 1975
19:30
USSR Flag of the Soviet Union 2–1 Flag of Ireland Republic of Ireland Kiev Central Stadium, Kiev
Attendance: 84,480
Referee: Vigliani (France)
Blokhin 13'
Kolotov 29'
Hand 79'

May 21, 1975
20:00
Switzerland Flag of Switzerland 1–0 Flag of Ireland Republic of Ireland Wankdorf Stadion, Berne
Attendance: 12,793
Referee: da Luz Diaz Correia (Portugal)
Elsener 75'

October 12, 1975
15:00
Switzerland Flag of Switzerland 0–1 Flag of the Soviet Union USSR Hardturm Stadion, Zürich
Attendance: 17,887
Referee: van der Kroft (Netherlands)
Muntyan 78'

October 29, 1975
15:00
Republic of Ireland Flag of Ireland 4–0 Flag of Turkey Turkey Dalymount Park, Dublin
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Franco Martínez (Spain)
Givens 26', 33', 38', 89'

November 12, 1975
19:00
USSR Flag of the Soviet Union 4–1 Flag of Switzerland Switzerland Kiev Central Stadium, Kiev
Attendance: 24,581
Referee: Ohmsen (West Germany)
Konkov 13'
Onishchenko 14', 68'
Veremeyev 81'
Risi 45'

November 23, 1975
15:00
Turkey Flag of Turkey 1–0 Flag of the Soviet Union USSR Atatürk Stadı, İzmir
Attendance: 21,325*
Referee: Nikolov (Bulgaria)
Reshko(**) 22' (og)

(*)NOTE: Attendance also reported as 45,000
(**)NOTE: The own goalscorer is also reported as Mikhail Fomenko.



[edit] Group 7

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
Flag of Belgium Belgium 8 6 3 2 1 6 3
Flag of the German Democratic Republic East Germany 7 6 2 3 1 8 7
Flag of France France 5 6 1 3 2 7 6
Flag of Iceland Iceland 4 6 1 2 3 3 8

Group matches:


September 8, 1974
14:00
Iceland Flag of Iceland 0–2 Flag of Belgium Belgium Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík
Attendance: 7,540
Referee: Reynolds (Wales)
Van Moer 38'
Teugels 87' (p)

October 12, 1974
17:00
East Germany Flag of the German Democratic Republic 1–1 Flag of Iceland Iceland Ernst-Grube-Stadion, Magdeburg
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Thime (Norway)
Hoffmann 7' Hallgrímsson 25'

October 12, 1974
20:00
Belgium Flag of Belgium 2–1 Flag of France France Stade du Heysel, Brussels
Attendance: 32,108
Referee: Burns (England)
Martens 12'
Vander Elst 75'
Coste 16'

November 16, 1974
20:30
France Flag of France 2–2 Flag of the German Democratic Republic East Germany Parc des Princes, Paris
Attendance: 45,381
Referee: Sánchez Ibáñez (Spain)
Guillou 79'
Gallice 89'
Sparwasser 25'
Kreische 57'

December 7, 1974
17:30
East Germany Flag of the German Democratic Republic 0–0 Flag of Belgium Belgium Zentralstadion, Leipzig
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Gonella (Italy)

May 25, 1975
14:00
Iceland Flag of Iceland 0–0 Flag of France France Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík
Attendance: 7,613
Referee: Wright (Northern Ireland)

June 5, 1975
20:00
Iceland Flag of Iceland 2–1 Flag of the German Democratic Republic East Germany Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík
Attendance: 10,373
Referee: Foote (Scotland)
Eðvaldsson 12'
Sigurvinsson 32'
Pommerenke 48'

September 3, 1975
20:30
France Flag of France 3–0 Flag of Iceland Iceland Stade Marcel Saupin, Nantes
Attendance: 25,418
Referee: Victor (Luxembourg)
Guillou 20', 74'
Berdoll 87'

September 6, 1975
20:00
Belgium Flag of Belgium 1–0 Flag of Iceland Iceland Stade Sclessin, Liège
Attendance: 9,371
Referee: Lund-Sørensen (Denmark)
Lambert 43'

September 27, 1975
20:00
Belgium Flag of Belgium 1–2 Flag of the German Democratic Republic East Germany Stade Émile Versé, Brussels
Attendance: 17,281*
Referee: Rainea (Romania)
Puis 60' Ducke 50'
Häfner 71'

(*)NOTE: Attendance also reported as 30,000


October 12, 1975
14:30
East Germany Flag of the German Democratic Republic 2–1 Flag of France France Zentralstadion, Leipzig
Attendance: 28,544
Referee: Fredriksson (Sweden)
Streich 55'
Vogel 77' (p)
Bathenay 50'

November 15, 1975
20:30
France Flag of France 0–0 Flag of Belgium Belgium Parc des Princes, Paris
Attendance: 35,547
Referee: Davidson (Scotland)


[edit] Group 8

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

Group matches:


October 13, 1974
16:00
Bulgaria Flag of Bulgaria 3–3 Flag of Greece Greece Vasil Levski Stadium, Sofia
Attendance: 14,291*
Referee: Michelotti** (Italy)
Bonev 2'
Denev 27', 29'
Antoniadis 28'
Papaioannou 86'
Glezos 88'

(*)NOTE: Attendance also reported as 30,000.
(**)NOTE: Referee also reported as Alberto Lattanzi.


November 20, 1974
16:00
Greece Flag of Greece 2–2 Flag of West Germany West Germany Stadio Karaiskaki, Piraeus(Athens)
Attendance: 11,425*
Referee: Rainea (Romania)
Delikaris 13'
Eleftherakis 70'
Cullmann 51'
Wimmer 83'

(*)NOTE: Attendance also reported as 22,000


December 18, 1974
16:00
Greece Flag of Greece 2–1 Flag of Bulgaria Bulgaria Stadio Karaiskaki, Piraeus(Athens)
Attendance: 22,328
Referee: Schiller (Austria)
Sarafis 4'
Antoniadis 40'
Kolev 89'

December 22, 1974
14:30
Malta Flag of Malta 0–1 Flag of West Germany West Germany Empire Stadium, Gzira
Attendance: 12,528
Referee: Emsberger (Hungary)
Cullmann 44'

February 23, 1975
15:30
Malta Flag of Malta 2–0 Flag of Greece Greece Empire Stadium, Gzira
Attendance: 8,621
Referee: Matthewson (England)
Aquilina 33'
Magro 79'

April 27, 1975
17:00
Bulgaria Flag of Bulgaria 1–1 Flag of West Germany West Germany Vasil Levski Stadium, Sofia
Attendance: 47,200*
Referee: Dubach (Switzerland)
Kolev 71' (p) Ritschel 75' (p)

(*)NOTE: Attendance also reported as 60,000.


June 4, 1975
21:00
Greece Flag of Greece 4–0 Flag of Malta Malta Stadio Toumbas, Salonika
Attendance: 16,545
Referee: Rauš (Yugoslavia)
Mavros 32'
Antoniadis 34' (p)
Iosifidis 47'
Papaioannou 50'

June 11, 1975
00:00
Bulgaria Flag of Bulgaria 5–0 Flag of Malta Malta Vasil Levski Stadium, Sofia
Attendance: 27,560
Referee: Jursa (Czechoslovakia)
Dimitrov 2'
Denev 22'
Panov 25'
Bonev 68' (p)
Milanov 71'

October 11, 1975
20:30
West Germany Flag of West Germany 1–1 Flag of Greece Greece Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf
Attendance: 61,252
Referee: Thomas (Wales)
Heynckes 68' Delikaris 78'

November 19, 1975
15:00
West Germany Flag of West Germany 1–0 Flag of Bulgaria Bulgaria Neckarstadion, Stuttgart
Attendance: 68,819
Referee: McKenzie (Scotland)
Heynckes 64'

December 21, 1975
14:30
Malta Flag of Malta 0–2 Flag of Bulgaria Bulgaria Empire Stadium, Gzira
Attendance: 7,174
Referee: Rolles (Luxembourg)
Panov 69'
Iordanov 83'

February 28, 1976
15:30
West Germany Flag of West Germany 8–0 Flag of Malta Malta Westfalenstadion, Dortmund
Attendance: 52,248
Referee: Kustoń (Poland)
Worm 5', 27'
Heynckes 34', 58'
Beer 41' (p), 77'
Vogts 82'
Hölzenbein 87'


[edit] Quarter-finals


Czechoslovakia vs USSR

April 24, 1976
18:00
First Leg
Czechoslovakia Flag of Czechoslovakia 2–0 Flag of the Soviet Union USSR Tehelné Pole (Slovan), Bratislava
Attendance: 47,621
Referee: Ok (Turkey)
Móder 34'
Panenka 47'

May 22, 1976
19:00
Second Leg
USSR Flag of the Soviet Union 2–2 Flag of Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia Kiev Central Stadium, Kiev
Attendance: 76,495*
Referee: McKenzie (Scotland)
Buryak 53'
Blokhin 87'
Móder 45', 82'

(*)NOTE: Attendance also reported as 100,000
Czechoslovakia won 4–2 on aggregate



Yugoslavia vs Wales

April 24, 1976
17:30
First Leg
Yugoslavia Flag of Yugoslavia 2–0 Flag of Wales Wales Stadion Dinamo, Zagreb
Attendance: 36,917*
Referee: Schiller (Austria)
Vukotić 1'
Popivoda 54'

(*)NOTE: Attendance also reported as 50,000


May 22, 1976
15:00
Second Leg
Wales Flag of Wales 1–1 Flag of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia Ninian Park, Cardiff
Attendance: 30,346
Referee: Glöckner (East Germany)
Evans 38' Katalinski 19' (p)

Yugoslavia won 3–1 on aggregate



Spain vs West Germany

April 24, 1976
21:00
First Leg
Spain Flag of Spain 1–1 Flag of West Germany West Germany Estadio Vicente Calderón, Madrid
Attendance: 51,771
Referee: Taylor (England)
Santillana 21' Beer 60'

May 22, 1976
16:00
Second Leg
West Germany Flag of West Germany 2–0 Flag of Spain Spain Olympiastadion, Munich
Attendance: 77,673
Referee: Wurtz (France)
Hoeneß 17'
Toppmöller 43'

West Germany won 3-1 on aggregate



Netherlands vs Belgium

April 25, 1976
14:30
First Leg
Netherlands Flag of the Netherlands 5–0 Flag of Belgium Belgium Stadion Feyenoord (De Kuip), Rotterdam
Attendance: 48,706
Referee: Dubach (Switzerland)
Rijsbergen 17'
Rensenbrink 27', 58', 85'
Neeskens 79' (p)

May 22, 1976
20:00
Second Leg
Belgium Flag of Belgium 1–2 Flag of the Netherlands Netherlands Stade du Heysel, Brussels
Attendance: 19,050
Referee: Michelotti (Italy)
Van Gool 27' Rep 61'
Cruijff 77'

Netherlands won 7–1 on aggregate


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