UEFA Euro 1976

1976 UEFA European Football Championship

Europsko prvenstvo u nogometu Jugoslavija 1976. (in Croatian) Европско првенство во фудбал Jугославиjа 1976 (in Macedonian) Европско првенство у фудбалу Jугославиjа 1976 (in Serbian) Evropsko prvenstvo v nogometu Jugoslavija 1976 (in Slovene)
File:UEFA Euro 1976 logo.svg
Tournament details
Host country	Yugoslavia
Dates	16–20 June
Teams	4
Venue	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Czechoslovakia (1st title)
Runners-up	West Germany
Third place	Netherlands
Fourth place	Yugoslavia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	4
Goals scored	19 (4.75 per match)
Attendance	106,087 (26,522 per match)
Top scorer	Dieter Müller (4 goals)
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The 1976 UEFA European Football Championship tournament was held in Yugoslavia. This was the fifth UEFA European Championship, held every four years and endorsed by UEFA and the only tournament that was held in a socialist state. The final tournament took place between 16 and 20 June 1976.

Only four countries played in the final tournament, with the tournament consisting of the semi-finals, a third place play-off, and the final. This was the last tournament to have this format, as the tournament was expanded to include eight teams four years later. It was the only time that all four matches in the final tournament were decided after extra time, either on penalties or by goals scored. This was also the last tournament in which the hosts had to qualify for the final stage.

Czechoslovakia won the tournament after defeating holders West Germany in the final on penalties following a 2–2 draw after extra time. Antonín Panenka gained fame for his delicately chipped penalty, which has since been named after him, to win the penalty shootout and Czechoslovakia's only European Championship title.

Qualification

Main article: UEFA Euro 1976 qualifying

The qualifying round was played in 1974, 1975 (group phase), and 1976 (quarter-finals). There were eight qualifying groups of four teams each, with matches played on a home-and-away basis. The group winners qualified for the quarter-finals, played in two legs, home and away. The winners of the quarter-finals would go through to the final tournament.

This was the first time the Soviet Union failed to qualify for the finals.

Quarterfinals

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Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	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

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Qualified teams

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)

File:UEFA Euro 1976 official logo.svg

Alternate logo for the tournament

Venues

UEFA Euro 1976 is located in Yugoslavia Belgrade Belgrade Zagreb Zagreb	Belgrade	Zagreb
	Red Star Stadium	Stadion Maksimir
	Capacity: 90,000	Capacity: 55,000
	File:Fk Red Star stadium.jpg	File:Dinamo Zagreb v Maribor.jpg

Squads

Main article: UEFA Euro 1976 squads

Match officials

Country	Referee
Belgium	Alfred Delcourt
Italy	Sergio Gonella
Switzerland	Walter Hungerbühler
Wales	Clive Thomas

Final tournament

Main article: UEFA Euro 1976 final tournament

File:Euro 1976.png

1976 UEFA European Football Championship finalists

At the final tournament, extra time and a penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary.

All times are local, CET (UTC+1).

Bracket

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Semi-finals

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Third place play-off

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Final

Main article: UEFA Euro 1976 final

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Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 19 goals scored in 4 matches, for an average of 4.75 goals per match.

4 goals

• Dieter Müller

2 goals

• Ruud Geels
• Dragan Džajić

1 goal

• Karol Dobiaš
• Zdeněk Nehoda
• Anton Ondruš
• Ján Švehlík
• František Veselý
• Willy van de Kerkhof
• Heinz Flohe
• Bernd Hölzenbein
• Josip Katalinski
• Danilo Popivoda

1 own goal

• Anton Ondruš (against Netherlands)

Awards

UEFA Team of the Tournament

Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Ivo Viktor	Anton Ondruš Ján Pivarník Ruud Krol Franz Beckenbauer	Antonín Panenka Jaroslav Pollák Rainer Bonhof Dragan Džajić	Zdeněk Nehoda Dieter Müller

External links

• UEFA Euro 1976 at UEFA.com