UEFA Euro 1976 qualifying

Qualification for
championships (UEFA)

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

First round

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:

October 30, 1974
19:45
 England  3–0  Czechoslovakia Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 83,858
Referee: Michel Kitabdjian (France)
Channon 72'
Bell 80', 83'
November 20, 1974
19:45
 England  0–0  Portugal Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 84,461
Referee: Anton Bucheli (Switzerland)
April 16, 1975
19:45
 England  5–0  Cyprus Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 68,245
Referee: Martti Hirviniemi (Finland)
MacDonald 2', 35', 48', 53', 86'
April 20, 1975
17:00
 Czechoslovakia  4–0  Cyprus Letenský Stadion, Prague
Attendance: 4,994
Referee: Heinz Einbeck (East Germany)
Panenka 10', 35', 50' (p)
Masný 78'
April 30, 1975
17:00
 Czechoslovakia  5–0  Portugal Letenský Stadion, Prague
Attendance: 22,000 *
Referee: Ferdinand Biwersi (West Germany)
Bičovský 11', 22'
Nehoda 25', 46'
Petráš 52'

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

May 11, 1975
16:45
 Cyprus  0–1  England Tsirion Stadium, Limassol
Attendance: 15,708
Referee: Tsvetan Stanev (Bulgaria)
Keegan 6'
June 8, 1975
16:45
 Cyprus  0–2  Portugal Tsirion Stadium, Limassol
Attendance: 8,615
Referee: Gheorghe Limona (Romania)
Nené 25'
Moínhos 87'
October 30, 1975
14:00
 Czechoslovakia  2–1  England Tehelné Pole (Slovan), Bratislava
Attendance: 50,651
Referee: Alberto 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  1–1  Czechoslovakia Estádio das Antas, Oporto
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Charles Corver (Netherlands)
Nené 8' Ondruš 7'
November 19, 1975
21:00
 Portugal  1–1  England Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Erich Linemayr (Austria)
Rui Rodrigues 16' Channon 42'
November 23, 1975
14:45
 Cyprus  0–3  Czechoslovakia Tsirion Stadium, Limassol
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Sándor Petri (Hungary)
Nehoda 9'
Bičovský 27'
Masný 33'
December 3, 1975
21:00
 Portugal  1–0  Cyprus Estádio do Bonfim, Setúbal
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Richard Casha (Malta)
Alves 20'

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:

September 4, 1974
19:30
 Austria  2–1  Wales Praterstadion, Vienna
Attendance: 30,795
Referee: Doğan Babacan (Turkey)
Kreuz 63'
Krankl 74'		 Griffiths 35'
October 13, 1974
15:45
 Luxembourg  2–4  Hungary Stade Municipal, Luxembourg
Attendance: 3,326
Referee: Magnus Pétursson (Iceland)
Dussier 15', 43' (p) Horváth 18'
Nagy 29', 55'
Bálint 71'
October 30, 1974
19:30
 Wales  2–0  Hungary Ninian Park, Cardiff
Attendance: 8,445
Referee: António da Silva Garrido (Portugal)
Griffiths 57'
Toshack 88'
November 20, 1974
19:30
 Wales  5–0  Luxembourg Vetch Field, Swansea
Attendance: 10,539
Referee: Preben Christophersen (Denmark)
Toshack 34'
England 53'
P.Roberts 70'
Griffiths 73'
Yorath 75'
March 16, 1975
15:30
 Luxembourg  1–2  Austria Stade Municipal, Luxembourg
Attendance: 5,340
Referee: Leonardus van der Kroft (Netherlands)
Braun 12' Köglberger 58'
Krankl 75'
April 2, 1975
19:30
 Austria  0–0  Hungary Praterstadion, Vienna
Attendance: 65,674
Referee: Jack Taylor (England)
April 16, 1975
17:30
 Hungary  1–2  Wales Népstadion, Budapest
Attendance: 21,080
Referee: Pablo Sánchez Ibáñez (Spain)
Branikovits 77' Toshack 44'
Mahoney 69'
May 1, 1975
16:00
 Luxembourg  1–3  Wales Stade Municipal, Luxembourg
Attendance: 3,289
Referee: Jan Peeters (Belgium)
Philipp 39' (p) Reece 24'
James 32', 83' (p)
September 24, 1975
17:15
 Hungary  2–1  Austria Népstadion, Budapest
Attendance: 31,270
Referee: René Vigliani (France)
Nyilasi 3'
Pusztai 35'		 Krankl 16' (p)
October 15, 1975
19:00
 Austria  6–2  Luxembourg Praterstadion, Vienna
Attendance: 14,499
Referee: Miroslav Kopal (Czechoslovakia)
Welzl 1', 46'
Krankl 38', 76' (p)
Jara 41'
Prohaska 80'		 Braun 4'
Philipp 32'
October 19, 1975
13:30
 Hungary  8–1  Luxembourg Stadion Rohonci Út, Szombathely
Attendance: 7,503
Referee: Nikola Dudin (Bulgaria)
Pintér 13'
Nyilasi 21', 32', 44', 57', 67'
Wollek 78'
Várady 84'		 Dussier 83'
November 19, 1975
19:30
 Wales  1–0  Austria The Racecourse Ground, Wrexham
Attendance: 27,578
Referee: Sergio Gonella (Italy)
Griffiths 69'

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

Group matches:

September 4, 1974
19:00
 Norway  2–1  Northern Ireland Ullevaal, Oslo
Attendance: 7,192
Referee: Alfred Delcourt (Belgium)
Lund 50', 72' Finney 3'
October 30, 1974
19:00
 Yugoslavia  3–1  Norway Stadion JNA, Belgrade
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Antoine Queudeville (Luxembourg)
Vukotić 43'
Katalinski 58', 72'		 Lund 36'
October 30, 1974
19:00
 Sweden  0–2  Northern Ireland Råsunda Stadion, Solna(Stockholm)
Attendance: 18,131
Referee: Theodorus Boosten (Netherlands)
Nicholl 7'
O'Neill 23'
April 16, 1975
17:00
 Northern Ireland  1–0  Yugoslavia Windsor Park, Belfast
Attendance: 25,847
Referee: Robert Wurtz (France)
Hamilton 23'
June 4, 1975
19:00
 Sweden  1–2  Yugoslavia Råsunda Stadion, Solna(Stockholm)
Attendance: 27,250
Referee: Vital Loraux (Belgium)
Edström 16' Katalinski 41'
Ivezić 77'
June 9, 1975
19:00
 Norway  1–3  Yugoslavia Ullevaal, Oslo
Attendance: 21,843
Referee: Edgar Pedersen (Denmark)
Thunberg 65' Buljan 12'
Bogićević 13'
Šurjak 25'
June 30, 1975
19:00
 Sweden  3–1  Norway Råsunda Stadion, Solna(Stockholm)
Attendance: 9,580
Referee: Rudolf Glöckner (East Germany)
Nordahl 33', 56'
Grahn 65' (p)		 Olsen 54' (p)
August 13, 1975
19:00
 Norway  0–2  Sweden Ullevaal, Oslo
Attendance: 18,011
Referee: Anders Mattsson (Finland)
Sandberg 29'
Sjöberg 53'
September 3, 1975
17:30
 Northern Ireland  1–2  Sweden Windsor Park, Belfast
Attendance: 14,622
Referee: Hans-Joachim Weyland (West Germany)
Hunter 32' Sjöberg 44'
Torstensson 55'
October 15, 1975
18:00
 Yugoslavia  3–0  Sweden Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb
Attendance: 29,836 *
Referee: Walter Hungerbühler (Switzerland)
Oblak 18'
Vladić 50'
Vabec 83'

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

October 29, 1975
14:30
 Northern Ireland  3–0  Norway Windsor Park, Belfast
Attendance: 8,923
Referee: Guðjón Finnbogason (Iceland)
Morgan 2'
McIlroy 5'
Hamilton 53'
November 19, 1975
18:00
 Yugoslavia  1–0  Northern Ireland Stadion JNA, Belgrade
Attendance: 21,545 *
Referee: Antonio Camacho Jiménez (Spain)
Oblak 21'

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

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

Group matches:

September 25, 1974
19:00
 Denmark  1–2  Spain Idrætsparken, Copenhagen
Attendance: 27,300
Referee: John Carpenter (Rep. of Ireland)
Nygaard 48' (p) Claramunt 28' (p)
Roberto Martínez 41'
October 13, 1974
13:30
 Denmark  0–0  Romania Idrætsparken, Copenhagen
Attendance: 15,700
Referee: Ferdinand Biwersi (West Germany)
November 20, 1974
20:00
 Scotland  1–2  Spain Hampden Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 94,331
Referee: Erich Linemayr (Austria)
Bremner 11' Quini 36', 61'
February 5, 1975
20:30
 Spain  1–1  Scotland Estadio Luis Casanova, Valencia
Attendance: 40,952
Referee: Alfred Delcourt (Belgium)
Megido 67' Jordan 1'
April 17, 1975
20:30
 Spain  1–1  Romania Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid
Attendance: 54,660 *
Referee: Charles Corver (Netherlands)
Velázquez 6' Crişan 70'

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

May 11, 1975
17:00
 Romania  6–1  Denmark Stadionul 23. August, Bucharest
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Nikolaos Zlatanos (Greece)
Georgescu 28', 76'
Crişan 40', 59'
Lucescu 83'
Dinu 85'		 Dahl 86'
June 1, 1975
17:30
 Romania  1–1  Scotland Stadionul 23. August, Bucharest
Attendance: 52,203 *
Referee: Ertuğrul Dilek (Turkey)
Georgescu 21' McQueen 89'

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

September 3, 1975
19:00
 Denmark  0–1  Scotland Idrætsparken, Copenhagen
Attendance: 40,300
Referee: Robert Schaut (Belgium)
Harper 51'
October 12, 1975
20:30
 Spain  2–0  Denmark Estadio Sarriá, Barcelona
Attendance: 6,869 *
Referee: Paul Bonett (Malta)
Pirri 40'
Capón 85'

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

October 29, 1975
20:00
 Scotland  3–1  Denmark Hampden Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 48,021
Referee: Rolf Nyhus (Norway)
Dalglish 48'
Rioch 54'
MacDougall 61'		 Bastrup 20'
November 16, 1975
14:00
 Romania  2–2  Spain Stadionul 23. August, Bucharest
Attendance: 45,381
Referee: Hans-Joachim Weyland (West Germany)
Georgescu 72' (p)
Iordănescu 80'		 Villar 29'
Santillana 57'
December 17, 1975
20:00
 Scotland  1–1  Romania Hampden Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 11,375
Referee: Adolf Prokop
(East Germany)
Rioch 39' Crişan 74'

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

Group matches:

September 1, 1974
15:00
 Finland  1–2  Poland Olympiastadion, Helsinki
Attendance: 18,759
Referee: John Wright Paterson (Scotland)
Rahja 3' Szarmach 23'
Lato 50'
September 25, 1974
18:30
 Finland  1–3  Netherlands Olympiastadion, Helsinki
Attendance: 20,449
Referee: Wolfgang Riedel
(East Germany)
Rahja 16' Cruijff 28', 40'
Neeskens 51' (p)
October 9, 1974
14:30
 Poland  3–0  Finland Stadion Warty, Poznań
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Dušan Maksimović (Yugoslavia)
Kasperczak 12'
Gadocha 14'
Lato 53'
November 20, 1974
20:30
 Netherlands  3–1  Italy Stadion Feyenoord (De Kuip), Rotterdam
Attendance: 58,463
Referee: Pavel Kazakov (USSR)
Rensenbrink 24'
Cruijff 64', 80'		 Boninsegna 5'
April 19, 1975
15:30
 Italy  0–0  Poland Stadio Olimpico, Rome
Attendance: 71,048
Referee: Robert Héliès (France)
June 5, 1975
19:00
 Finland  0–1  Italy Olympiastadion, Helsinki
Attendance: 17,732
Referee: Walter Eschweiler (West Germany)
Chinaglia 26' (p)
September 3, 1975
20:00
 Netherlands  4–1  Finland Stadion de Goffert, Nijmegen
Attendance: 19,189 *
Referee: Eric 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  4–1  Netherlands Stadion Śląski, Chorzów
Attendance: 70,409
Referee: Patrick Partridge (England)
Lato 14'
Gadocha 44'
Szarmach 63', 77'		 van de Kerkhof 80'
September 27, 1975
16:30
 Italy  0–0  Finland Stadio Olimpico, Rome
Attendance: 29,203
Referee: Costas Xanthoulis (Cyprus)
October 15, 1975
20:15
 Netherlands  3–0  Poland Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam
Attendance: 56,030
Referee: Károly Palotai (Hungary)
Neeskens 16'
Geels 47'
Thijssen 59'
October 26, 1975
14:00
 Poland  0–0  Italy Stadion Dziesięciolecia, Warsaw
Attendance: 59,773
Referee: Paul Schiller (Austria)
November 22, 1975
14:30
 Italy  1–0  Netherlands Stadio Olimpico, Rome
Attendance: 33,307
Referee: Robert Schaut (Belgium)
Capello 20'

Group 6

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
 Soviet Union 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

Group matches:

October 30, 1974
15:00
 Republic of Ireland  3–0  Soviet Union Dalymount Park, Dublin
Attendance: 31,750
Referee: Erik Axelryd (Sweden)
Givens 22', 30', 70'
November 20, 1974
20:00
 Turkey  1–1  Republic of Ireland Atatürk Stadı, İzmir
Attendance: 67,000
Referee: Marian 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  2–1  Switzerland Atatürk Stadı, İzmir
Attendance: 51,410
Referee: Milivoje Gugulović (Yugoslavia)
İsmail 21'
O.Mehmet 85'		 Schild 18'
April 2, 1975
19:00
 Soviet Union  3–0  Turkey Kiev Central Stadium, Kiev
Attendance: 74,223
Referee: Robert Holley Davidson (Scotland)
Kolotov 25' (p), 56' (p)
Blokhin 75'
April 30, 1975
20:15
 Switzerland  1–1  Turkey Hardturm Stadion(*), Zürich(*)
Attendance: 21,965
Referee: Riccardo 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  2–1  Switzerland Lansdowne Road, Dublin
Attendance: 48,074
Referee: Paul Schiller (Austria)
Martin 2'
Treacy 28'		 Müller 74'
May 18, 1975
19:30
 Soviet Union  2–1  Republic of Ireland Kiev Central Stadium, Kiev
Attendance: 84,480
Referee: René Vigliani (France)
Blokhin 13'
Kolotov 29'		 Hand 79'
May 21, 1975
20:00
 Switzerland  1–0  Republic of Ireland Wankdorf Stadion, Bern
Attendance: 12,793
Referee: César da Luz Diaz Correia (Portugal)
Elsener 75'
October 12, 1975
15:00
 Switzerland  0–1  Soviet Union Hardturm Stadion, Zürich
Attendance: 17,887
Referee: Leonardus van der Kroft (Netherlands)
Muntyan 78'
October 29, 1975
15:00
 Republic of Ireland  4–0  Turkey Dalymount Park, Dublin
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Ángel Franco Martínez (Spain)
Givens 26', 33', 38', 89'
November 12, 1975
19:00
 Soviet Union  4–1  Switzerland Kiev Central Stadium, Kiev
Attendance: 24,581
Referee: Klaus Ohmsen (West Germany)
Konkov 13'
Onishchenko 14', 68'
Veremeyev 81'		 Risi 45'
November 23, 1975
15:00
 Turkey  1–0  Soviet Union Atatürk Stadı, İzmir
Attendance: 21,325 *
Referee: Petar Nikolov (Bulgaria)
Reshko(**) 22' (og)

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

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

Group matches:

September 8, 1974
14:00
 Iceland  0–2  Belgium Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík
Attendance: 7,540
Referee: Thomas Henry Charles Reynolds (Wales)
Van Moer 38'
Teugels 87' (p)
October 12, 1974
17:00
 East Germany  1–1  Iceland Ernst-Grube-Stadion, Magdeburg
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Svein Inge Thime (Norway)
Hoffmann 7' Hallgrímsson 25'
October 12, 1974
20:00
 Belgium  2–1  France Stade du Heysel, Brussels
Attendance: 32,108
Referee: Kenneth Howard Burns (England)
Martens 12'
Vander Elst 75'		 Coste 16'
November 16, 1974
20:30
 France  2–2  East Germany Parc des Princes, Paris
Attendance: 45,381
Referee: Pablo Augusto Sánchez Ibáñez (Spain)
Guillou 79'
Gallice 89'		 Sparwasser 25'
Kreische 57'
December 7, 1974
17:30
 East Germany  0–0  Belgium Zentralstadion, Leipzig
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Sergio Gonella (Italy)
May 25, 1975
14:00
 Iceland  0–0  France Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík
Attendance: 7,613
Referee: Malcolm Wright (Northern Ireland)
June 5, 1975
20:00
 Iceland  2–1  East Germany Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík
Attendance: 10,373
Referee: Ian Foote (Scotland)
Eðvaldsson 12'
Sigurvinsson 32'		 Pommerenke 48'
September 3, 1975
20:30
 France  3–0  Iceland Stade Marcel Saupin, Nantes
Attendance: 25,418
Referee: Albert Victor (Luxembourg)
Guillou 20', 74'
Berdoll 87'
September 6, 1975
20:00
 Belgium  1–0  Iceland Stade Sclessin, Liège
Attendance: 9,371
Referee: Henning Lund-Sørensen (Denmark)
Lambert 43'
September 27, 1975
20:00
 Belgium  1–2  East Germany Stade Émile Versé, Anderlecht
Attendance: 17,281 *
Referee: Nicolae Rainea (Romania)
Puis 60' Ducke 50'
Häfner 71'

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

October 12, 1975
14:30
 East Germany  2–1  France Zentralstadion, Leipzig
Attendance: 28,544
Referee: Erik Fredriksson (Sweden)
Streich 55'
Vogel 77' (p)		 Bathenay 50'
November 15, 1975
20:30
 France  0–0  Belgium Parc des Princes, Paris
Attendance: 35,547
Referee: Robert Holley Davidson (Scotland)

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

Group matches:

October 13, 1974
16:00
 Bulgaria  3–3  Greece Vasil Levski Stadium, Sofia
Attendance: 14,291 *
Referee: Alberto 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  2–2  West Germany Stadio Karaiskaki, Piraeus(Athens)
Attendance: 11,425 *
Referee: Nicolae Rainea (Romania)
Delikaris 13'
Eleftherakis 70'		 Cullmann 51'
Wimmer 83'

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

December 18, 1974
16:00
 Greece  2–1  Bulgaria Stadio Karaiskaki, Piraeus(Athens)
Attendance: 22,328
Referee: Paul Schiller (Austria)
Sarafis 4'
Antoniadis 40'		 Kolev 89'
December 22, 1974
14:30
 Malta  0–1  West Germany Empire Stadium, Gżira
Attendance: 12,528
Referee: Gyula Emsberger (Hungary)
Cullmann 44'
February 23, 1975
15:30
 Malta  2–0  Greece Empire Stadium, Gżira
Attendance: 8,621
Referee: Robert Matthewson (England)
Aquilina 33'
Magro 79'
April 27, 1975
17:00
 Bulgaria  1–1  West Germany Vasil Levski Stadium, Sofia
Attendance: 47,200 *
Referee: Jean Dubach (Switzerland)
Kolev 71' (p) Ritschel 75' (p)

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

June 4, 1975
21:00
 Greece  4–0  Malta Stadio Toumbas, Salonika
Attendance: 16,545
Referee: Marjan Rauš (Yugoslavia)
Mavros 32'
Antoniadis 34' (p)
Iosifidis 47'
Papaioannou 50'
June 11, 1975
00:00
 Bulgaria  5–0  Malta Vasil Levski Stadium, Sofia
Attendance: 27,560
Referee: Michal Jursa (Czechoslovakia)
Dimitrov 2'
Denev 22'
Panov 25'
Bonev 68' (p)
Milanov 71'
October 11, 1975
20:30
 West Germany  1–1  Greece Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf
Attendance: 61,252
Referee: Clive Thomas (Wales)
Heynckes 68' Delikaris 78'
November 19, 1975
15:00
 West Germany  1–0  Bulgaria Neckarstadion, Stuttgart
Attendance: 68,819
Referee: Alistair McKenzie (Scotland)
Heynckes 64'
December 21, 1975
14:30
 Malta  0–2  Bulgaria Empire Stadium, Gżira
Attendance: 7,174
Referee: Norbert Rolles (Luxembourg)
Panov 69'
Iordanov 83'
February 28, 1976
15:30
 West Germany  8–0  Malta Westfalenstadion, Dortmund
Attendance: 52,248
Referee: Marian Kustoń (Poland)
Worm 5', 27'
Heynckes 34', 58'
Beer 41' (p), 77'
Vogts 82'
Hölzenbein 87'

Quarter Finals

Team 1   Agg.   Team 2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Czechoslovakia  4–2  Soviet Union 2–0 2–2
Yugoslavia  3–1  Wales 2–0 1–1
Spain  1–3  West Germany 1–1 0–2
Netherlands  7–1  Belgium 5–0 2–1

Czechoslovakia vs Soviet Union

April 24, 1976
18:00
First Leg
 Czechoslovakia  2 – 0  Soviet Union Tehelné Pole (Slovan), Bratislava
Attendance: 47,621
Referee: Hilmi Ok (Turkey)
Móder 34'
Panenka 47'
May 22, 1976
19:00
Second Leg
 Soviet Union  2 – 2  Czechoslovakia Kiev Central Stadium, Kiev
Attendance: 76,495 *
Referee: Alistair 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  2 – 0  Wales Stadion Dinamo, Zagreb
Attendance: 36,917 *
Referee: Paul Schiller (Austria)
Vukotić 1'
Popivoda 54'

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

May 22, 1976
15:00
Second Leg
 Wales  1 – 1  Yugoslavia Ninian Park, Cardiff
Attendance: 30,346
Referee: Rudolf 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  1 – 1  West Germany Estadio Vicente Calderón, Madrid
Attendance: 51,771
Referee: Jack Taylor (England)
Santillana 21' Beer 60'
May 22, 1976
16:00
Second Leg
 West Germany  2 – 0  Spain Olympiastadion, Munich
Attendance: 77,673
Referee: Robert Wurtz (France)
Hoeneß 17'
Toppmöller 43'

West Germany won 3 – 1 on aggregate

Netherlands vs Belgium

April 25, 1976
14:30
First Leg
 Netherlands  5 – 0  Belgium Stadion Feyenoord (De Kuip), Rotterdam
Attendance: 48,706
Referee: Jean Dubach (Switzerland)
Rijsbergen 17'
Rensenbrink 27', 58', 85'
Neeskens 79' (p)
May 22, 1976
20:00
Second Leg
 Belgium  1 – 2  Netherlands Stade du Heysel, Brussels
Attendance: 19,050
Referee: Alberto Michelotti (Italy)
Van Gool 27' Rep 61'
Cruijff 77'

Netherlands won 7 – 1 on aggregate

Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, West Germany and Netherlands qualified for the final tournament.

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