UEFA Euro 1976 qualifying

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)Republic of Ireland Don Givens (8 goals)
1972
1980

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 teams

Euro 1976 qualifiers
 Qualified
 Did not qualify
 Did not enter
 Not a UEFA member
Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament
 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)
  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

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 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

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 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

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 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

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 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

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 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

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 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

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 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

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 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

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


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