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.[1]

UEFA Euro 1976 qualifying
Tournament details
Dates1 September 1974 – 22 May 1976
Teams32
Tournament statistics
Matches played104
Goals scored289 (2.78 per match)
Top scorer(s) Don Givens (8 goals)
UEFA European Qualifiers
FIFA World Cup
UEFA European Championship

Qualified teams
  Qualified
  Did not qualify
  Did not enter
  Not a UEFA member
Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament[upper-alpha 1]
 CzechoslovakiaQuarter-final winner22 May 19761 (1960)
 NetherlandsQuarter-final winner22 May 19760 (debut)
 West GermanyQuarter-final winner22 May 19761 (1972)
 Yugoslavia (host)Quarter-final winner22 May 19762 (1960, 1968)
  1. Bold indicates champion for that year.

Summary
  Group winners advanced to the quarter-finals (second round)
  Other teams were eliminated after the qualifying group stage
Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 Group 5 Group 6 Group 7 Group 8

Czechoslovakia
Wales
Yugoslavia
Spain
Netherlands
Soviet Union
Belgium
West Germany

England

Portugal

Cyprus
Hungary

Austria

Luxembourg
Northern Ireland

Sweden

Norway
Romania

Scotland

Denmark
Poland

Italy

Finland
Republic of Ireland

Turkey

Switzerland
East Germany

France

Iceland
Greece

Bulgaria

Malta

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
Main article: UEFA Euro 1976 qualifying Group 1
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
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
Main article: UEFA Euro 1976 qualifying Group 2
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
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
Main article: UEFA Euro 1976 qualifying Group 3
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
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
Main article: UEFA Euro 1976 qualifying Group 4
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
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
Main article: UEFA Euro 1976 qualifying Group 5
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
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
Main article: UEFA Euro 1976 qualifying Group 6
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
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
Main article: UEFA Euro 1976 qualifying Group 7
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
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
Main article: UEFA Euro 1976 qualifying Group 8
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
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
Main article: UEFA Euro 1976 quarter-finals
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

Goalscorers

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

1 goal

1 own goal

References
  1. Stokkermans, Karel; Tabeira, Martín (20 June 2013). "European Championship 1976". RSSSF.com. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
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