UEFA Euro 1976

1976 UEFA European Football Championship
Europsko prvenstvo u nogometu 1976. (in Croatian)
Европско првенство во фудбал 1976 (in Macedonian)
Европско првенство у фудбалу 1976 (in Serbian)
Evropsko prvenstvo v nogometu 1976 (in Slovene)

UEFA Euro 1976 official logo
Tournament details
Host country Yugoslavia
Dates 16 – 20 June
Teams 4
Venue(s) 2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  Czechoslovakia (1st title)
Runners-up  West Germany
Third place  Netherlands
Fourth place  Yugoslavia
Tournament statistics
Matches played 4
Goals scored 19 (4.75 per match)
Attendance 106,087 (26,522 per match)
Top scorer(s) Germany Dieter Müller (4 goals)

The 1976 UEFA European Football Championship final tournament was held in Yugoslavia. This was the fifth European Football Championship, held every four years and endorsed by UEFA. The final tournament took place between 16 and 20 June 1976.

At the time, only four countries played the final tournament, which meant that there were only the semi-finals, the final and the third-place match. This was the last tournament to have this format, as the tournament was expanded to include eight teams four years later.

It was the first and only time that all four matches in the final tournament were decided after extra time, either on penalties or by goals scored.

This was also the last tournament in which the hosts had to qualify for the final stage.

Czech player Antonín Panenka gained fame for his delicately chipped penalty that gave his country victory in the tournament's final against holders West Germany.[1]

Venues

Alternate tournament logo

Zagreb
Belgrade
Belgrade
Crvena Zvezda Stadium
Capacity: 90,000
Zagreb
Maksimir Stadium
Capacity: 55,000

Qualifying round

1976 UEFA European Football Championship finalists

The qualifying round was played throughout 1974 and 1975 (group phase) and 1976 (quarter-finals). There were eight qualifying groups of four teams each. The matches were played in a home-and-away basis. Victories were worth two points, draws one point, and defeats no points. Only group winners could qualify for 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. This was the first time the Soviet Union did not qualify for the finals tournament.

The following teams participated in the final tournament:

Match officials

Country Referee
Belgium Belgium Alfred Delcourt
Italy Italy Sergio Gonella
Switzerland Switzerland Walter Hungerbühler
Wales Wales Clive Thomas

Final tournament

At the final tournament, extra time and a penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary.

All times are local, CET (UTC+1).

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
16 June – Zagreb
 
 
 Czechoslovakia (a.e.t.)3
 
20 June – Belgrade
 
 Netherlands1
 
 Czechoslovakia (p)2 (5)
 
17 June – Belgrade
 
 West Germany2 (3)
 
 Yugoslavia2
 
 
 West Germany (a.e.t.)4
 
Third place play-off
 
 
19 June – Zagreb
 
 
 Netherlands (a.e.t.)3
 
 
 Yugoslavia2

Semi-finals

16 June 1976 (1976-06-16)
20:15
Czechoslovakia  3–1 (a.e.t.)  Netherlands
Report Ondruš  73' (o.g.)
Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb
Attendance: 17,969
Referee: Clive Thomas (Wales)

17 June 1976 (1976-06-17)
20:15
Yugoslavia  2–4 (a.e.t.)  West Germany
Report
Red Star Stadium, Belgrade
Attendance: 50,562
Referee: Alfred Delcourt (Belgium)

Third place play-off

19 June 1976 (1976-06-19)
20:15
Netherlands  3–2 (a.e.t.)  Yugoslavia
Report
Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb
Attendance: 6,766
Referee: Walter Hungerbühler (Switzerland)

Final

20 June 1976 (1976-06-20)
20:15
Czechoslovakia  2–2 (a.e.t.)  West Germany
Report
  Penalties  
5–3
Red Star Stadium, Belgrade
Attendance: 30,790
Referee: Sergio Gonella (Italy)

Statistics

Top scorers

With four goals, Dieter Müller is the top scorer in the tournament. In total, 19 goals were scored by 13 different players in 4 games for an average of 4.75 goals per game. One of the goals is credited as own goal.

4 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal

Awards

UEFA Team of the Tournament[2]
Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards
Czechoslovakia Ivo Viktor Czechoslovakia Ján Pivarník West Germany Rainer Bonhof Czechoslovakia Zdeněk Nehoda
Netherlands Ruud Krol Czechoslovakia Jaroslav Pollák West Germany Dieter Müller
Czechoslovakia Anton Ondruš Czechoslovakia Antonín Panenka
West Germany Franz Beckenbauer Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dragan Džajić

References

  1. Smallwood, Jimmy (12 May 2012). "BBC Sport - Euro 1976: The year the Welsh Dragon roared again". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 17 June 2012.
  2. "1976 team of the tournament". UEFA.com. 21 March 2016. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
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