UEFA Euro 1976 qualifying

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.

Qualified nations

  Qualified
  Did not qualify – First Round
  Did not enter
  Not a UEFA member
Country Method of qualificationFinals appearanceDate qualification was secured Previous appearances in tournament1
 Czechoslovakia Quarter-finals winner 2nd 22 May 1976 1 (1960)
 Netherlands Quarter-finals winner 1st 22 May 1976 0 (debut)
 West Germany Quarter-finals winner 2nd 22 May 1976 1 (1972)
 Yugoslavia Quarter-finals winner 3rd 22 May 1976 2 (1960, 1968)
1 Bold indicates champion for that year

Tiebreakers

If two or more teams finished level on points after completion of the group matches, the following tie-breakers were used to determine the final ranking:

  1. Greater number of points in all group matches
  2. Goal difference in all group matches
  3. Greater number of goals scored in all group matches
  4. Drawing of lots

Groups

Group 1

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Czechoslovakia England Portugal Cyprus
1  Czechoslovakia 6 4 1 1 15 5 +10 9 Advance to play-offs — 2–1 5–0 4–0
2  England 6 3 2 1 11 3 +8 8 3–0 — 0–0 5–0
3  Portugal 6 2 3 1 5 7 −2 7 1–1 1–1 — 1–0
4  Cyprus 6 0 0 6 0 16 −16 0 0–3 0–1 0–2 —
Source: UEFA

Group 2

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Wales Hungary Austria Luxembourg
1  Wales 6 5 0 1 14 4 +10 10 Advance to play-offs — 2–0 1–0 5–0
2  Hungary 6 3 1 2 15 8 +7 7 1–2 — 2–1 8–1
3  Austria 6 3 1 2 11 7 +4 7 2–1 0–0 — 6–2
4  Luxembourg 6 0 0 6 7 28 −21 0 1–3 2–4 1–2 —
Source: UEFA

Group 3

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Northern Ireland Sweden Norway
1  Yugoslavia 6 5 0 1 12 4 +8 10 Advance to play-offs — 1–0 3–0 3–1
2  Northern Ireland 6 3 0 3 8 5 +3 6 1–0 — 1–2 3–0
3  Sweden 6 3 0 3 8 9 −1 6 1–2 0–2 — 3–1
4  Norway 6 1 0 5 5 15 −10 2 1–3 2–1 0–2 —
Source: UEFA

Group 4

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Spain Romania Scotland Denmark
1  Spain 6 3 3 0 10 6 +4 9 Advance to play-offs — 1–1 1–1 2–0
2  Romania 6 1 5 0 11 6 +5 7 2–2 — 1–1 6–1
3  Scotland 6 2 3 1 8 6 +2 7 1–2 1–1 — 3–1
4  Denmark 6 0 1 5 3 14 −11 1 1–2 0–0 0–1 —
Source: UEFA

Group 5

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Netherlands Poland Italy Finland
1  Netherlands 6 4 0 2 14 8 +6 8 Advance to play-offs — 3–0 3–1 4–1
2  Poland 6 3 2 1 9 5 +4 8 4–1 — 0–0 3–0
3  Italy 6 2 3 1 3 3 0 7 1–0 0–0 — 0–0
4  Finland 6 0 1 5 3 13 −10 1 1–3 1–2 0–1 —
Source: UEFA

Group 6

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Soviet Union Republic of Ireland Turkey Switzerland
1  Soviet Union 6 4 0 2 10 6 +4 8 Advance to play-offs — 2–1 3–0 4–1
2  Republic of Ireland 6 3 1 2 11 5 +6 7 3–0 — 4–0 2–1
3  Turkey 6 2 2 2 5 10 −5 6 1–0 1–1 — 2–1
4   Switzerland 6 1 1 4 5 10 −5 3 0–1 1–0 1–1 —
Source: UEFA

Group 7

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Belgium East Germany France Iceland
1  Belgium 6 3 2 1 6 3 +3 8 Advance to play-offs — 1–2 2–1 1–0
2  East Germany 6 2 3 1 8 7 +1 7 0–0 — 2–1 1–1
3  France 6 1 3 2 7 6 +1 5 0–0 2–2 — 3–0
4  Iceland 6 1 2 3 3 8 −5 4 0–2 2–1 0–0 —
Source: UEFA

Group 8

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification West Germany Greece Bulgaria Malta
1  West Germany 6 3 3 0 14 4 +10 9 Advance to play-offs — 1–1 1–0 8–0
2  Greece 6 2 3 1 12 9 +3 7 2–2 — 2–1 4–0
3  Bulgaria 6 2 2 2 12 7 +5 6 1–1 3–3 — 5–0
4  Malta 6 1 0 5 2 20 −18 2 0–1 2–0 0–2 —
Source: UEFA

Play-offs

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