UEFA Euro 1976 Yugoslavia: 2011

Belgrade	Zagreb
Crvena Zvezda Stadium	Maksimir Stadium
Capacity: 54,000	Capacity: 45,000

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.

Group 1

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
Czechoslovakia	9	6	4	1	1	15	5
England	8	6	3	2	1	11	3
Portugal	7	6	2	3	1	5	7
Cyprus	0	6	0	0	6	0	16

Group 2

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
Wales	10	6	5	0	1	14	4
Hungary	7	6	3	1	2	15	8
Austria	7	6	3	1	2	11	7
Luxembourg	0	6	0	0	6	7	28

Group 3

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	GF	GA
Yugoslavia	10	6	5	1	12	4
Northern Ireland	6	6	3	3	8	5
Sweden	6	6	3	3	8	9
Norway	2	6	1	5	5	15

Group 4

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
Spain	9	6	3	3	0	10	6
Romania	7	6	1	5	0	11	6
Scotland	7	6	2	3	1	8	6
Denmark	1	6	0	1	5	3	14

Group 5

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
Netherlands	8	6	4	0	2	14	8
Poland	8	6	3	2	1	9	5
Italy	7	6	2	3	1	3	3
Finland	1	6	0	1	5	3	13

Group 6

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
Soviet Union	8	6	4	0	2	10	6
Republic of Ireland	7	6	3	1	2	11	5
Turkey	6	6	2	2	2	5	10
Switzerland	3	6	1	1	4	5	10

Group 7

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
Belgium	8	6	3	2	1	6	3
East Germany	7	6	2	3	1	8	7
France	5	6	1	3	2	7	6
Iceland	4	6	1	2	3	3	8

Group 8

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
West Germany	9	6	3	3	0	14	4
Greece	7	6	2	3	1	12	9
Bulgaria	6	6	2	2	2	12	7
Malta	2	6	1	0	5	2	20

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 2 points, draws 1 point, and defeats 0 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.

The following teams participated in the final tournament:

Czechoslovakia
Netherlands
West Germany
Yugoslavia

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Euro 1976 Schedule Result

Semifinals			Final

	16 June – Zagreb (Maksimir Stadium)
	Netherlands	1
	Czechoslovakia (a.e.t.)	3

				20 June – Belgrade (Crvena Zvezda Stadium)
				Czechoslovakia (pen.)	2 (5)
				West Germany	2 (3)


				Third place
	17 June – Belgrade (Crvena Zvezda Stadium)		19 June – Zagreb (Maksimir Stadium)
	Yugoslavia	2	Netherlands (a.e.t.)	3
	West Germany (a.e.t.)	4		Yugoslavia	2

Semi-finals

16 June 1976 20:15	Czechoslovakia	3 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Netherlands	Maksimir Stadium, Zagreb Attendance: 17,969 Referee: Clive Thomas (Wales)
	Ondruš 19' Nehoda 114' Veselý 118'	Report	Ondruš 77' (o.g.)

17 June 1976 20:15	Yugoslavia	2 – 4 (a.e.t.)	West Germany	Crvena Zvezda Stadium, Belgrade Attendance: 50,562 Referee: Alfred Delcourt (Belgium)
	Popivoda 19' Džajić 30'	Report	Flohe 64' D. Müller 82', 115', 119'

Third place play-off

19 June 1976 20:15	Netherlands	3 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Yugoslavia	Maksimir Stadium, Zagreb Attendance: 6,766 Referee: Walter Hungerbühler (Switzerland)
	Geels 27', 107' Van de Kerkhof 39'	Report	Katalinski 43' Džajić 82'

Final

20 June 1976 20:15	Czechoslovakia	2 – 2 (a.e.t.)	West Germany	Crvena Zvezda Stadium, Belgrade Attendance: 30,790 Referee: Sergio Gonella (Italy)
	Švehlík 8' Dobiaš 25'	Report	D. Müller 28' Hölzenbein 89'
		Penalties
	Masný Nehoda Ondruš Jurkemik Panenka	5 – 3	Bonhof Flohe Bongartz Hoeneß

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