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 qualification	Finals appearance	Date qualification was secured	Previous appearances in tournament1
Czechoslovakia	00 !Quarter-finals winner	2nd	000000001976-05-22-000022 May 1976	1 (1960)
Netherlands	00 !Quarter-finals winner	1st	000000001976-05-22-000022 May 1976	0 (debut)
West Germany	00 !Quarter-finals winner	2nd	000000001976-05-22-000022 May 1976	1 (1972)
Yugoslavia	00 !Quarter-finals winner	3rd	000000001976-05-22-000022 May 1976	2 (1960, 1968)

¹ Bold indicates champion for that year

Groups

Group 1

Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Czechoslovakia 6 4 1 1 15 5 +10 9  England 6 3 2 1 11 3 +8 8  Portugal 6 2 3 1 5 7 −2 7  Cyprus 6 0 0 6 0 16 −16 0

Cyprus  — 0–3 0–1 0–2 Czechoslovakia  4–0 — 2–1 5–0 England  5–0 3–0 — 0–0 Portugal  1–0 1–1 1–1 —

Group 2

Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Wales 6 5 0 1 14 4 +10 10  Hungary 6 3 1 2 15 8 +7 7  Austria 6 3 1 2 11 7 +4 7  Luxembourg 6 0 0 6 7 28 −21 0

Austria  — 0–0 6–2 2–1 Hungary  2–1 — 8–1 1–2 Luxembourg  1–2 2–4 — 1–3 Wales  1–0 2–0 5–0 —

Group 3

Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Yugoslavia 6 5 0 1 12 4 +8 10  Northern Ireland 6 3 0 3 8 5 +3 6  Sweden 6 3 0 3 8 9 −1 6  Norway 6 1 0 5 5 15 −10 2

Northern Ireland  — 3–0 1–2 1–0 Norway  2–1 — 0–2 1–3 Sweden  0–2 3–1 — 1–2 Yugoslavia  1–0 3–1 3–0 —

Group 4

Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Spain 6 3 3 0 10 6 +4 9  Romania 6 1 5 0 11 6 +5 7  Scotland 6 2 3 1 8 6 +2 7  Denmark 6 0 1 5 3 14 −11 1

Denmark  — 0–0 0–1 1–2 Romania  6–1 — 1–1 2–2 Scotland  3–1 1–1 — 1–2 Spain  2–0 1–1 1–1 —

Group 5

Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Netherlands 6 4 0 2 14 8 +6 8  Poland 6 3 2 1 9 5 +4 8  Italy 6 2 3 1 3 3 0 7  Finland 6 0 1 5 3 13 −10 1

Finland  — 0–1 1–3 1–2 Italy  0–0 — 1–0 0–0 Netherlands  4–1 3–1 — 3–0 Poland  3–0 0–0 4–1 —

Group 6

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

Republic of Ireland  — 3–0 2–1 4–0 Soviet Union  2–1 — 4–1 3–0 Switzerland   1–0 0–1 — 1–1 Turkey  1–1 1–0 2–1 —

Group 7

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

Belgium  — 1–2 2–1 1–0 East Germany  0–0 — 2–1 1–1 France  0–0 2–2 — 3–0 Iceland  0–2 2–1 0–0 —

Group 8

Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  West Germany 6 3 3 0 14 4 +10 9  Greece 6 2 3 1 12 9 +3 7  Bulgaria 6 2 2 2 12 7 +5 6  Malta 6 1 0 5 2 20 −18 2

Bulgaria  — 3–3 5–0 1–1 Greece  2–1 — 4–0 2–2 Malta  0–2 2–0 — 0–1 West Germany  1–0 1–1 8–0 —

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

External links

• tables and results at RSSSF.com