European Championships

1976

Hosted in Yugoslavia

 

 

Winners: Czechoslovakia

Runners-up: West Germany

Holders from previous tournament: West Germany

 

QUALIFYING

Group 1

30 October 1974England3-0Czechoslovakia83,858Wembley Stadium, London
 Channon (72), Bell 2 (80, 83)
      
20 November 1974England0-0Portugal84,461 Wembley Stadium, London
16 April 1975England5-0Cyprus68,245Wembley Stadium, London
 MacDonald 5 (2, 35, 48, 53. 86)
      
20 April 1975Czechoslovakia
4-0Cyprus4,994Letensky Stadion, Prague
 Panenka 3 (10, 35, 50 - pen.), Masny (78)
      
30 April 1975Czechoslovakia5-0Portugal12,034 *Letensky Stadion, Prague
 Bicovsky 2 (11, 22), Nehoda 2 (25, 46), Petras (52)
    * attendance also reported as 22,000 
11 May 1975Cyprus0-1England15,708Tsirion Stadium, Limassol
     Keegan (6)   
8 June 1975Cyprus0-2Portugal8,615Tsirion Stadium, Limassol
     Nene (25), Moinhos (87)  
30 October 1975Czechoslovakia2-1England50,651Tehelne pole, Bratislava
 Nehoda (45), Gallis (47)   Channon (26)Match was originally started on 29 October 1975 but was abandoned due to fog in the 17th minute. The score at this stage was 0-0.
12 November 1975Portugal1-1Czechoslovakia21,978Estadio da Antas, Porto
 Nene (8)   Ondrus (7)  
19 Novemer 1975Portugal1-1England13,912Estadio Jose Alvalade, Lisbon
 Rui Rodrigues (16)   Channon (42)  
23 November 1975Cyprus0-3Czechoslovakia8,636Tsirion Stadium, Limassol
     Nehoda (9), Bicovsky (27), Masny (33)  
3 December 1975Portugal1-0Cyprus4,994Estadio do Bonfim, Setubal
 Alves (20)      
Final Group 1 tablePWDLFAPtsGoal Diff
1Czechoslovakia64111559+10
2England63211138+8
3Portugal6231577

-2

4Cyprus60060160-16

Group 2
4 September 1974Austria2-1Wales30,7965Praterstadion, Vienna
 Kreuz (63), Krankl (74)   Griffiths (35)   

13 October 1974

Luxembourg

2-4Hungary3,326Stade Municipal, Luxembourg

 

Dussiers 2 (15, 43 - pen.)   Horvath (18), Nagy 2 (29, 55), Balint (71)  
30 October 1974

Wales

2-0Hungary8,445Ninian Park, Cardiff
 Griffiths (57), Toshack (88)      

20 November 1974

Wales5-0

Luxembourg

10,539Vetch Field, Swansea

 

Toshack (34), England (53), Roberts P (70), Griffiths (73), Yorath (75)   

 

  

16 March 1975

Luxembourg1-2Austria5,340Stade Municipal, Luxemborg

 

Braun (12)   Koglberger (58), Krankl (75)  

2 April 1975

Austria0-0

Hungary

65,674Praterstadion, Vienna

16 April 1975

Hungary1-2Wales21,080

Nepstadion, Budapest

 

Branikovits (77)   Toshack (44), Mahoney (69) 

 

1 May 1975

Luxembourg1-3

Wales

3,289Stade Municipal, Luxembourg

 

Philipp (39 - pen.)   Reece (24), James 2 (32, 83 - pen.)  

24 September 1975

Hungary

2-1

Austria

31,270Nepstadion, Budapest

 

Nyilasi (3), Pusztai (35)   

Krankl (16 - pen.)

  

15 October 1975

Austria

6-2

Luxembourg

14,499

Praterstadion, Vienna

 

Welzl 2 (1, 46), Krankl 2 (38, 76 - pen.), Jara (41), Prohaska (80)   

Braun (4), Philipp (32)

 

 

19 October 1975

Hungary8-1Luxembourg7,503Stadion Rohonci Ut, Szombathely

 

Pinter (13), Nyilasi 5 (21, 32, 44, 57, 67), Wollek (78), Varady 84)   Dussler (83)  

19 November 1975

Wales1-0Austria27,578Racecourse Ground, Wrexham

 

Griffiths (69)
      
Final Group 2 tablePWDLFAPtsGoal Diff
1Wale650114410+10
2Hungary63121587+7
3Austria63121177+4
4Luxembourg60067280-21

Group 3

4 September 1974

Norway

2-1Northern Ireland7,192Ullevaal, Oslo

 

Lund 2 (50, 72)   Finney (3)
  
30 October 1974Yugoslavia3-1Norway9,910Stadion JNA, Belgrade
 Vukotic (43), Katalinski 2 (58, 72)   Lund (36)  
30 October 1974

Sweden

0-2Northern Ireland18,131Rasunda Stadion, Solna (Stockholm)
     Nicholl (7), O'Neill (23)  
16 April 1975

Northern Ireland

1-0

Yugoslavia

25,847Windsor Park, Belfast
 Hamilton (23)   

 

  
4 June 1975Sweden1-2

Yugoslavia

27,250Rasunda Stadion, Solna (Stockholm)
 Edstrom (16)   Katalinski (41), Ivezic (77)  
9 June 1975Norway1-3

Yugoslavia

21,843

Ullevaal, Oslo

 Thunberg (65)   Buljan (12), Bogicevic (13), Surjak (25)  
30 June 1975Sweden3-1

Norway

9,580Rasunda Stadion, Solna (Stockholm)
 Nordahl 2 (33, 56), Grahn (65 - pen.)
   Olsen (54 - pen.)  
13 August 1975

Norway

0-2Sweden18,011Ullevaal, Oslo
     Sandberg (29), Sjoberg (53)  
3 September 1975Northern Ireland1-2Sweden14,622Windsor Park, Belfast
 Hunter (32)   Sjoberg (44), Torstensson (55)  
15 October 1975Yugoslavia3-0Sweden29,836*Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb
 Oblak (18), Vladic (50), Vabec (83)
    * attendance also reported as 45,000 
29 October 1975

Northern Ireland

3-0Norway8,923

Windsor Park, Belfast

 Morgan (2), McIlroy (5), Hamilton (53)      
19 November 1975Yugoslavia1-0Northern Ireland21,545*Stadion JNA, Belgrade
 Oblak (21)    * attendance also reported as 40,000 
Final Group 3 tablePWDLFAPtsGoal Diff
1Yugoslavia650112410+8
2Northern Ireland6303856+3
3Sweden6303896-1
4Norway61055152-10

Group 4

25 September 1974

Denmark

1-2

Spain

27,300

Idraetsparken, Copenhagen

 Nygaard (48 - pen.)   Claramunt (28 - pen.), Martinez Roberto (41)  

13 October 1974

Denmark0-0

Romania

15,700Idraetsparkden, Copenhagen
20 November 1974

Scotland

1-2Spain94,331

3rd Hampden Park, Glasgow

 Bremner (11)   Quini 2 (36, 61)  

5 February 1975

Spain1-1Scotland40,952

Estadio Luis Casanova, Valencia

 Megido (11)   Jordan (1)  

7 April 1975

Spain

1-1

Romania

54,660

Santiago Bernabeu, Madrid

 Velasquez (6)   Crisan (70)* attendance also reported as 100,000

11 May 1975

Romania6-1Denmark37,773 

Stadionul 23. August, Bucharest

 

Georgescu 2 (28, 76), Crisan 2 (40, 59), Lucescu (83), Dinu (85)
   Dahl (86)
 

 

1 June 1975

Romania1-1Scotland
52,203

Stadionul 23. August, Bucharest

 

Georgescu (21)
   McQueen (89)* attendance also reported as 80,000

3 September 1975

Denmark0-1Scotland40,300

Idraetsparken, Copenhagen

 

    Harper (51) 

 

12 October 1975

Spain2-0Denmark6,869*

Estadio Sarria, Barcelona

 

Pirri (40), Capon (85)    * attendance also reported as 20,000 

29 October 1975

Scotland3-1Denmark48,021

3rd Hampden Park, Glasgow

 

Dalglish (48), Rioch (54), MacDougall (61)
   Bastrup (20)
 

 

16 November 1975

Romania2-2Spain45,381

Stadionul 23. August, Bucharest

 

Georgescu (72 - pen.), Iordanescu (80)
   Villar (29), Santillana (57) 

 

17 December 1975

Scotland1-1Romania11,375

3rd Hampden Park, Glasgow

 

Rioch (39)
   Crisan (74)
 

 

Final Group 4 tablePWDLFAPtsGoal Diff
1Spain63301069+4
2Romania61501167+5
3Scotland6231867+2
4Denmark60153141-11
Group 5
1 September 1974Finland1-2Poland
18,759Olympiastadion, Helsinki
 Rahja (3)   Szarmarch (23), Lato (50)  
25 September 1974
Finland1-3Netherlands20,449Olympiastadion, Helskini
 Rahja (16)   Cruyff 2 (28, 40), Neeskens (51 - pen.)  
9 October 1974Poland3-0Finland38,724Stadion Warty, Poznan
 Kasperczak (12), Gadocha (14), Lato (53)      
20 November 1974Netherlands3-1Italy58,463Stadion Feyenoord (De Kuip), Rotterdam
 Resenbrink (24), Cruyff 2 (64, 80)   Boninsegna (5)  
19 April 1975Italy0-0Poland66,048Stadio Olimpico, Rome
5 June 1975Finland0-1Italy17,732Olimpiastadion, Helsinki
     Chinaglia (26 - pen.)  
3 September 1975
Netherlands4-1Finland19,189*Stadion de Goffert, Nijmegen
 Van der Kuijlen 3 (29, 35, 55), Lubse (48)   Paatelainen (9)* attendance also reported as 28,000 
10 September 1975Poland4-1Netherlands70,409Stadion Slaski, Chorzow
 Lato (14), Gadocha (44), Szarmach 2 (63, 77)   Van der Kerkhof (80)  
27 September 1975Italy0-0Finland29,203Stadio Olimpico, Rome
15 October 1975Netherlands3-0Poland56,030

Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam

 Neeskens (16), Geels (47), Thijssen (59)     

 

26 October 1975Poland0-0Italy59,773

Stadion Dziesieciolecia, Warsaw

22 November 1975Italy1-0Netherlands33,307

Stadio Olimpico, Rome

 Capello (20)     

 

Final Group 5 tablePWDLFAPtsGoal Diff
1Netherlands64021488+6
2Poland6321958+4
3Italy62313370
4Finland60153131-10
Group 6
30 October 1974Republic of Ireland3-0Soviet Union31,758

Dalymount Park, Dublin

 Givens 3 (22, 30, 70)     

 

20 November 1974Turkey1-1Republic of Ireland69,999

Ataturk Stadi, Izmir

 Dunne (54 - og)
   Givens (61) 

 

1 December 1974Turkey2-1Switzerland51,410

Ataturk Stadi, Izmir

 Ismail (21), Mehmet O (85)
   Schild (18)
 

 

2 April 1975Soviet Union3-0Turkey74,223

Kyiv Central Stadium, Kyiv

 Kolotov 2 (25 - pen., 56 - pen.), Blokhin (75)     

 

30 April 1975Switzerland1-1Turkey21,965

Hardtum Stadion, Zurich *

 Ismail (43 - og)   Alpaslan (54)* some sources state venue was St Jakob Park, Basel
10 May 1975Republic of Ireland2-1Switzerland48,074

Lansdowne Road, Dublin

 Martin (2), Treacy (28)
   Muller (74) 

 

18 May 1975Soviet Union2-1Republic of Ireland84,480

Kyiv Central Stadium, Kyiv

 Blokhin (13), Kolotov (29)   Hand (79)
 

 

21 May 1975Switzerland1-0Republic of Ireland12,793

Wankdorf Stadion, Bern

 Elsener (75)
     

 

12 October 1975Switzerland0-1Soviet Union17,887

Hardtum Stadion, Zurich

     Muntyan (78) 

 

29 October 1975Republic of Ireland4-0Turkey16,533

Dalymount Park, Dublin

 Givens 4 (26, 33, 38, 89)
     

 

12 November 1975Soviet Union4-1Switzerland24,581

Kyiv Central Stadium, Kyiv

 Konkov (13), Onishchenko 2 (14, 68), Veremeyev (81) 
   Risi (45) 

 

23 November 1975Turkey1-0Soviet Union21,325*

Ataturk Stadi, Izmir

 Reshko (22 - og)    

* attendance also reported as 45,000 

Final Group 6 tablePWDLFAPtsGoal Diff
1Soviet Union64021068+4
2Republic of Ireland63121157+6
3Turkey62225106-5
4Switzerland61145103-5

Group 7

8 September 1974Iceland0-2Belgium7,540

Laugardalsvollur, Reykjavik

     Van Moer (38), Teugels (87 - pen.) 

 

12 October 1974East Germany1-1Iceland8,410

Ernst Grube Stadion, Magdeburg

 Hoffmann (7)   Hallgrimsson (25) 

 

12 October 1974Belgium2-1France32,108

Stade du Heysel, Brussels

 Martens (12), Van der Elst (75)
   Coste (16) 

 

16 November 1974France2-2East Germany45,381Stade de France, Paris
 Guillou (79), Gallice (89)   Sparwasser (25), Kreische (57)
 

 

7 December 1974East Germany0-0Belgium20,557

Zentralstadion, Leipzig

25 May 1975Iceland0-0France
7,613Laugardalsvollur, Reykjavik
5 June 1975Iceland2-1East Germany10,373

Laugardalsvollur, Reykjavik

 Eovaldsson (12), Sugurvinsson (32)
   Pommerenke (48)
 

 

3 September 1975France3-0Iceland25,418

Stade Marcel Saupin, Nantes

 Guillou 2 (20, 74), Berdoll (87)
     

 

6 September 1975Belgium1-0Iceland9,371

Stade Sclessin, Liege

 Lambert (43)
     

 

27 September 1975Belgium1-2East Germany17,281*

Stade Emile Verse, Anderlecht

 Puis (60)
   Ducke (50), Hafner (71)

* attendance also reported as 30,000

12 October 1975East Germany2-1France28,544

Zentralstadion, Leipzig

 Streich (55), Vogel (77 - pen.)   Bathenay (50)
 

 

15 November 1975France0-0Belgium35,547

Parc des Princes, Paris

Final Group 7 tablePWDLFAPtsGoal Diff
1Belgium6321638+3
2East Germany6231877+1
3France6132765+1
4Iceland6123384-5

Group 8

13 October 1974Bulgaria3-3Greece14,291*

Vasil Levski Stadium, Sofia

 Bonev (2), Denev 2 (27, 29)   Antoniadis (28), Papaioannou (86), Glezos (88)

* attendance also reported as 30,000

20 November 1974Greece2-2West Germany11,425*

Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus

 Delikaris (13), Eleftherakis (70)   Cullmann (51), Wimmer (83)
* attendance also reported as 22,000
18 December 1974Greece2-1Bulgaria22,328

Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus

 Sarafis (4), Antoniadis (40)
   Kolev (89)
 

 

22 December 1974Malta0-1West Germany12,528

Empire Stadium, Gzira

     Cullmann (44)
 

 

23 February 1975Malta2-0Greece8,621

Empire Stadium, Gzira

 Aquilina (33), Magro (79)     

 

27 April 1975Bulgaria1-1West Germany47,200*

Vasil Levski Stadion, Sofia

 Kolev (71 - pen.)
   Ritschel (75 - pen.)

* attendance also reported as 60,000

4 June 1975Greece4-0Malta16,545

Stadio Toumbas, Salonika

 Mavros (32), Antoniadis (34 - pen.), Iosifidis (47), Papaioannou (50)     

 

11 June 1975Bulgaria5-0Malta27,560

Vasil Levski Stadion, Sofia

 Dimitrov (2), Denev (22), Panov (25), Bonev (68 - pen.), Milanov (71)
     

 

11 October 1975West Germany1-1Greece61,252Rheinstadion, Dusseldorf
 Heynckes (68)   Delikaris (78)  
19 November 1975West Germany1-0Bulgaria68,819Neckarstadion, Stuttgart
 Heynckes (64)
      
21 December 1975Malta0-2Bulgaria7,174Empire Stadium, Gzira
     Panov (69), Iordanov (83)
  
28 February 1976West Germany8-0Malta52,248Westfalenstadion, Dortmund
 Worm 2 (5, 27), Heynckes 2 (34, 58), Beer 2 (41 - pen., 77), Vogts (82), Holzenbein (87)
      
Final Group 8 tablePWDLFAPtsGoal Diff
1West Germany63301449+10
2Greece62311297+3
3Bulgaria62221276+5
4Malta61052202-18

QUARTER-FINALS

1st leg

24 April 1976Yugoslavia2-0Wales 36,917Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb
 Vukotic (1), Popivoda (57)
      
24 April 1976Czechoslovakia2-0Soviet Union47,621Tehelne Pole, Bratislava
 Moder (34), Panenka (47)
      
24 Aoril 1976Spain1-1West Germany51,771Estadio Vicente Calderon, Madrid
 Santillana (21)
   Beer (60)  
25 April 1976Netherlands5-0Belgium48,706Feijenoord Stadion, Rotterdam
 Rijsbergen (17), Resenbrink 3 (27, 58, 85), Neeskens 79 (pen.)
      
2nd leg
22 May 1976Wales1-1Yugoslavia30,346Ninian Park, Cardiff
 Evans (38)
   Katalinski (19 - pen.)  
(Yugoslavia win 3-1 on aggregate)
22 May 1976Soviet Union2-2Czechoslovakia76,495NSK Olimpiyskyi, Kyiv
 Buryak (53), Blokhin (87)   Moder 2 (45, 82)  
(Czechoslovakia win 4-2 on aggregate)
22 May 1976West Germany2-0Spain77,673Olympiastadion, West Berlin
 Hoeness (17), Toppmoller (43)
      
(West Germany win 3-1 on aggregate)
22 May 1976Belguim1-2Netherlands19,050Roi Baudouin, Brussels
 Van Gool (27)
   Rep (61), Cruyff (77)  
(Netherlands win 7-1 on aggregate)
SEMI-FINALS
16 June 1976Czechoslovakia3-1Netherlands17,879

Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb

(aet)

 Ondrus (19), Nehoda (114), Vesely (118)   Ondrus (73 - og) 

 

17 June 1976Yugoslavia2-4West Germany50,652

Red Star Stadium, Belgrade

(aet)

 Popivoda (19), Dzajic (30)
   Flohe (64), Muller 3 (82, 115, 119) 

 

THIRD PLACE PLAY-OFF
19 June 1976Netherlands3-2Yugoslavia6,766

Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb

(aet)

 Geels 2 (27,107), Van der Kerkhof (39)
   Katalinski (43), Dzajic (82) 

 

FINAL
20 June 1976

Czechoslovakia

(won 5-3 on pens.)

2-2West Germany30,790

Red Star Stadium, Belgrade

(aet)

 Svehlik (8), Dobias (25)   Muller (28), Holzenbein (89)