UEFA Euro 1976 qualifying
Appearance
Tournament details | |
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Dates | 1 September 1974 – 22 May 1976 |
Teams | 32 |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 104 |
Goals scored | 289 (2.78 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Don Givens (8 goals) |
← 1972 1980 → |
UEFA European Qualifiers |
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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.[1]
Qualified teams
[edit]Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances in tournament[A] |
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Czechoslovakia | Quarter-final winner | 22 May 1976 | 1 (1960) |
Netherlands | Quarter-final winner | 22 May 1976 | 0 (debut) |
West Germany | Quarter-final winner | 22 May 1976 | 1 (1972) |
Yugoslavia (host) | Quarter-final winner | 22 May 1976 | 2 (1960, 1968) |
- ^ Bold indicates champion for that year.
Summary
[edit] Group winners advanced to the quarter-finals (second round)
Other teams were eliminated after the qualifying group stage
Tiebreakers
[edit]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:
- Greater number of points in all group matches
- Goal difference in all group matches
- Greater number of goals scored in all group matches
- Drawing of lots
Groups
[edit]Group 1
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||
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1 | Czechoslovakia | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 5 | +10 | 9 | Advance to quarter-finals | — | 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
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||
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1 | Wales | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 4 | +10 | 10 | Advance to quarter-finals | — | 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
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||
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1 | Yugoslavia | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 10 | Advance to quarter-finals | — | 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
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||
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1 | Spain | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 9 | Advance to quarter-finals | — | 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
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||
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1 | Netherlands | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 8 | +6 | 8 | Advance to quarter-finals | — | 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
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||
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1 | Soviet Union | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 8 | Advance to quarter-finals | — | 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
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||
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1 | Belgium | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 8 | Advance to quarter-finals | — | 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
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||
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1 | West Germany | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 4 | +10 | 9 | Advance to quarter-finals | — | 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
Quarter-finals
[edit]Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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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 |
Goalscorers
[edit]There were 289 goals scored in 104 matches, for an average of 2.78 goals per match.
8 goals
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
- Kurt Welzl
- Hristo Bonev
- Bozhil Kolev
- Pavel Panov
- Marián Masný
- Colin Bell
- Timo Rahja
- Georgios Delikaris
- Mimis Papaioannou
- László Nagy
- Nico Braun
- Paul Philipp
- Bryan Hamilton
- Robert Gadocha
- Nené
- Bruce Rioch
- Volodymyr Onyshchenko
- Quini
- Santillana
- Thomas Nordahl
- Thomas Sjöberg
- Leighton James
- Bernhard Cullmann
- Ronald Worm
- Branko Oblak
- Momčilo Vukotić
1 goal
- Kurt Jara
- Helmut Köglberger
- Wilhelm Kreuz
- Herbert Prohaska
- Raoul Lambert
- Maurice Martens
- Wilfried Puis
- Jacques Teugels
- François Van der Elst
- Roger Van Gool
- Wilfried Van Moer
- Borislav Dimitrov
- Kiril Milanov
- Yordan Yordanov
- Dušan Galis
- Anton Ondruš
- Ladislav Petráš
- Lars Bastrup
- Peter Dahl
- Kristen Nygaard
- Peter Ducke
- Reinhard Häfner
- Martin Hoffmann
- Hans-Jürgen Kreische
- Jürgen Pommerenke
- Jürgen Sparwasser
- Joachim Streich
- Eberhard Vogel
- Kevin Keegan
- Matti Paatelainen
- Dominique Bathenay
- Marc Berdoll
- Christian Coste
- Jean Gallice
- Kostas Eleftherakis
- Lakis Glezos
- Konstantinos Iosifidis
- Thomas Mavros
- Stavros Sarafis
- László Bálint
- László Branikovits
- József Horváth
- Sándor Pintér
- László Pusztai
- Béla Várady
- Tibor Wollek
- Jóhannes Eðvaldsson
- Matthías Hallgrímsson
- Ásgeir Sigurvinsson
- Roberto Boninsegna
- Fabio Capello
- Giorgio Chinaglia
- Richard Aquilina
- Vincent Magro
- Ruud Geels
- Harry Lubse
- Johnny Rep
- Wim Rijsbergen
- Frans Thijssen
- René van de Kerkhof
- Tommy Finney
- Allan Hunter
- Sammy McIlroy
- Sammy Morgan
- Chris Nicholl
- Martin O'Neill
- Erik Just Olsen
- Stein Thunberg
- Henryk Kasperczak
- João Resende Alves
- Mário Moinhos
- Rui Rodrigues
- Eoin Hand
- Mick Martin
- Ray Treacy
- Cornel Dinu
- Anghel Iordănescu
- Mircea Lucescu
- Billy Bremner
- Kenny Dalglish
- Joe Harper
- Joe Jordan
- Ted MacDougall
- Gordon McQueen
- Leonid Buryak
- Anatoliy Konkov
- Vladimir Muntyan
- Volodymyr Veremeyev
- José Luis Capón
- José Claramunt
- Roberto Juan Martínez
- Alfredo Megido
- Pirri
- Manuel Velázquez
- Ángel María Villar
- Ralf Edström
- Ove Grahn
- Roland Sandberg
- Conny Torstensson
- Rudolf Elsener
- Kurt Müller
- Peter Risi
- Hanspeter Schild
- İsmail Arca
- Alpaslan Eratlı
- Mehmet Oğuz
- Mike England
- Ian Evans
- John Mahoney
- Gil Reece
- Phil Roberts
- Terry Yorath
- Uli Hoeneß
- Bernd Hölzenbein
- Manfred Ritschel
- Klaus Toppmöller
- Berti Vogts
- Herbert Wimmer
- Vladislav Bogićević
- Ivan Buljan
- Zvonko Ivezić
- Danilo Popivoda
- Ivica Šurjak
- Drago Vabec
- Franjo Vladić
1 own goal
- Tony Dunne (against Turkey)
- Stefan Reshko (against Turkey)
- İsmail Arca (against Switzerland)
References
[edit]- ^ Stokkermans, Karel; Tabeira, Martín (20 June 2013). "European Championship 1976". RSSSF.com. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
External links
[edit]- UEFA Euro 1976 at UEFA.com