UEFA Euro 1976

1976 UEFA European Football Championship
Europsko prvenstvo u nogometu 1976. (in Croatian)
Европско првенство во фудбал 1976 (in Macedonian)
Европско првенство у фудбалу 1976 (in Serbian)
Evropsko prvenstvo v nogometu 1976 (in Slovene)
UEFA Euro 1976 official logo
Tournament details
Host country Yugoslavia
Dates 16–20 June
Teams 4
Venue(s) 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(s) West Germany Dieter Müller (4 goals)

The 1976 UEFA European Football Championship final tournament was held in Yugoslavia. This was the fifth European Football Championship, held every four years and endorsed by UEFA. 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 won the tournament for Czechoslovakia, the country's first European Championship title.[1]

Qualification

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 two points, draws one point, and defeats no 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. This was the first time the Soviet Union did not qualify for the finals tournament.

Qualified teams

Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament[upper-alpha 1]
 CzechoslovakiaPlay-off winner22 May 19761 (1960)
 NetherlandsPlay-off winner22 May 19760 (debut)
 West GermanyPlay-off winner22 May 19761 (1972)
 Yugoslavia (host)Play-off winner22 May 19762 (1960, 1968)
  1. ↑ Bold indicates champion for that year.

Venues

Belgrade Zagreb
Red Star Stadium Stadion Maksimir
Capacity: 90,000 Capacity: 55,000

Squads

Match officials

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

Final tournament

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

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
16 June – Zagreb
 
 
 Czechoslovakia (a.e.t.)3
 
20 June – Belgrade
 
 Netherlands1
 
 Czechoslovakia (p)2 (5)
 
17 June – Belgrade
 
 West Germany2 (3)
 
 Yugoslavia2
 
 
 West Germany (a.e.t.)4
 
Third place play-off
 
 
19 June – Zagreb
 
 
 Netherlands (a.e.t.)3
 
 
 Yugoslavia2

Semi-finals

Czechoslovakia 3–1 (a.e.t.) Netherlands
 Report Ondruš  73' (o.g.)
Attendance: 17,969
Referee: Clive Thomas (Wales)
Yugoslavia 2–4 (a.e.t.) West Germany
 Report
Attendance: 50,562

Third place play-off

Netherlands 3–2 (a.e.t.) Yugoslavia
 Report
Attendance: 6,766

Final

Statistics

Goalscorers

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

4 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Awards

UEFA Team of the Tournament[3]
Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards
Czechoslovakia Ivo Viktor Czechoslovakia Anton Ondruš
Czechoslovakia Ján Pivarník
Netherlands Ruud Krol
West Germany Franz Beckenbauer		 Czechoslovakia Antonín Panenka
Czechoslovakia Jaroslav Pollák
West Germany Rainer Bonhof
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dragan Džajić		 Czechoslovakia Zdeněk Nehoda
West Germany Dieter Müller

References

  1. ↑ Smallwood, Jimmy (12 May 2012). "BBC Sport - Euro 1976: The year the Welsh Dragon roared again". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 17 June 2012.
  2. ↑ "European Football Championship 1976 FINAL". euro2000.org. Union of European Football Associations. Archived from the original on 17 August 2000. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
  3. ↑ "1976 team of the tournament". UEFA.com. 21 March 2016. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
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