1976 UEFA European Under-23 Championship

The 1976 UEFA European Under-23 Championship, which spanned two years (1974–76) had 23 entrants. Soviet Union U-23 won the competition.

The 23 national teams were divided into eight groups (seven groups of 3 + one group of 2). The group winners played off against each other on a two-legged home-and-away basis until the winner was decided. There was no finals tournament or 3rd-place playoff.

Qualifying Stage

Draw

The allocation of teams into qualifying groups was based on that of UEFA Euro 1976 qualifying tournament with several changes, reflecting the absence of some nations:

• Group 1 did not include Cyprus
• Group 2 did not include Wales
• Group 3 did not include Northern Ireland
• Group 4 did not include Spain
• Group 5 did not include Poland (moved to Group 8)
• Group 6 did not include Republic of Ireland and Switzerland
• Group 7 did not include Iceland
• Group 8 did not include West Germany and Malta, but included Poland (moved from Group 5)

Qualifying Group 1 P W D L F A Pts 1  England 4 3 1 0 9 4 7 2  Portugal 4 1 1 2 5 6 3 3  Czechoslovakia 4 0 2 2 3 7 2

England 3-1 Czechoslovakia Portugal 2-3 England Portugal 2-0 Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 1-1 England Czechoslovakia 1-1 Portugal England 2-0 Portugal  England qualify as group winners

Qualifying Group 2 P W D L F A Pts 1  Hungary 4 3 1 0 11 2 7 2  Austria 4 1 2 1 6 6 4 3  Luxembourg 4 0 1 3 2 11 1

Luxembourg 0-3 Hungary Luxembourg 1-3 Austria Austria 2-2 Hungary Hungary 2-0 Austria Austria 1-1 Luxembourg Hungary 4-0 Luxembourg  Hungary qualify as group winners

Qualifying Group 3 P W D L F A Pts 1  Yugoslavia 4 2 2 0 7 2 6 2  Sweden 4 2 1 1 6 6 5 3  Norway 4 0 1 3 1 6 1

Yugoslavia 2-0 Norway Sweden 1-1 Yugoslavia Norway 0-0 Yugoslavia Norway 0-2 Sweden Sweden 2-1 Norway Yugoslavia 4-1 Sweden  Yugoslavia qualify as group winners

Qualifying Group 4 P W D L F A Pts 1  Scotland 4 4 0 0 11 2 8 2  Romania 4 1 1 2 8 9 3 3  Denmark 4 0 1 3 4 12 1

Romania 6-2 Denmark Denmark 1-1 Romania Romania 1-2 Scotland Denmark 0-1 Scotland Scotland 4-1 Denmark Scotland 4-0 Romania  Scotland qualify as group winners

Qualifying Group 5 P W D L F A Pts 1  Netherlands 4 3 1 0 10 3 7 2  Italy 4 2 1 1 9 6 5 3  Finland 4 0 0 4 2 12 0

Netherlands 3-0 Finland Netherlands 3-2 Italy Italy 3-0 Finland Finland 0-3 Netherlands Finland 2-3 Italy Italy 1-1 Netherlands  Netherlands qualify as group winners

Qualifying Group 6 P W D L F A Pts 1  Soviet Union 2 1 0 1 4 2 2 2  Turkey 2 1 0 1 2 4 2

Turkey 2-1 Soviet Union Soviet Union 3-0 Turkey  Soviet Union qualify as group winners

Qualifying Group 7 P W D L F A Pts 1  France 4 2 1 1 6 5 5 2  East Germany 4 1 2 1 4 4 4 3  Belgium 4 1 1 2 4 5 3

France 1-0 Belgium East Germany 1-1 France Belgium 0-0 East Germany East Germany 1-2 Belgium France 1-2 East Germany Belgium 2-3 France  France qualify as group winners

Qualifying Group 8 P W D L F A Pts 1  Bulgaria 4 3 0 1 6 3 6 2  Poland 4 2 0 2 7 5 4 3  Greece 4 1 0 3 4 9 2

Greece 0-2 Bulgaria Bulgaria 2-1 Greece Poland 2-1 Bulgaria Poland 4-1 Greece Greece 2-1 Poland Bulgaria 1-0 Poland  Bulgaria qualify as group winners

Knockout Stages

Quarter Finals Netherlands 2-0 Scotland Scotland 2-0 Netherlands 2-2:  Netherlands win 4-3 on penalties Hungary 3-0 England England 3-1 Hungary  Hungary win 4-3 on aggregate France 2-1 Soviet Union Soviet Union 2-1 France 3-3:  Soviet Union win 4-2 on penalties Bulgaria 2-3 Yugoslavia Yugoslavia 2-1 Bulgaria  Yugoslavia win 5-3 on aggregate

Semi Finals Hungary 3-2 Yugoslavia Yugoslavia 1-1 Hungary  Hungary win 4-3 on aggregate Soviet Union 3-0 Netherlands Netherlands 1-0 Soviet Union  Soviet Union win 3-1 on aggregate

Final Hungary 1-1 Soviet Union Soviet Union 2-1 Hungary Soviet Union win 3-2 on aggregate  Soviet Union finish as Champions

See also

• UEFA European Under-21 Championship

External links

• Results Archive at uefa.com
• RSSSF Results Archive at rsssf.com