UEFA Euro 1976 qualifying Group 1

Group 1 of the UEFA Euro 1976 qualifying tournament was one of the eight groups to decide which teams would qualify for the UEFA Euro 1976 finals tournament. Group 1 consisted of four teams: Czechoslovakia, England, Portugal, and Cyprus, where they played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners were Czechoslovakia, who finished one point above England.

Final table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Czechoslovakia 6 4 1 1 15 5 +10 9 Advance to quarter-finals — 2–1 5–0 4–0
2  England 6 3 2 1 11 3 +8 8 3–0 — 0–0 5–0
3  Portugal 6 2 3 1 5 7 −2 7 1–1 1–1 — 1–0
4  Cyprus 6 0 0 6 0 16 −16 0 0–3 0–1 0–2 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Matches
England 3–0 Czechoslovakia
Channon  72'
Bell  80', 83'		 Report
Attendance: 83,858
Referee: Michel Kitabdjian (France)
England 0–0 Portugal
Report
Attendance: 84,461
Referee: Anton Bucheli (Switzerland)
England 5–0 Cyprus
Macdonald  2', 35', 48', 53', 86' Report
Attendance: 68,245
Referee: Martti Hirviniemi (Finland)
Czechoslovakia 4–0 Cyprus
Panenka  10', 35', 50' (pen.)
Masný  78'		 Report
Letenský Stadion, Prague
Attendance: 4,994
Referee: Heinz Einbeck (East Germany)
Czechoslovakia 5–0 Portugal
Bičovský  11', 22'
Nehoda  25', 46'
Petráš  52'		 Report
Letenský Stadion, Prague
Attendance: 12,034 *
Referee: Ferdinand Biwersi (West Germany)

Note: Attendance also reported as 22,000.

Cyprus 0–1 England
Report Keegan  6'
Tsirion Stadium, Limassol
Attendance: 15,708
Referee: Tsvetan Stanev (Bulgaria)
Cyprus 0–2 Portugal
Report Nené  25'
Moínhos  87'
Tsirion Stadium, Limassol
Attendance: 8,615
Referee: Gheorghe Limona (Romania)
Czechoslovakia 2–1 England
Nehoda  45'
Galis  47'		 Report Channon  26'
Attendance: 50,651
Referee: Alberto Michelotti (Italy)

Note: The match was originally abandoned after 17 minutes on 29 October 1975 due to fog. The score at that moment was 0–0.

Portugal 1–1 Czechoslovakia
Nené  8' Report Ondruš  7'
Attendance: 38,000
Referee: Charles Corver (Netherlands)
Portugal 1–1 England
Rui Rodrigues  16' Report Channon  42'
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Erich Linemayr (Austria)
Cyprus 0–3 Czechoslovakia
Report Nehoda  9'
Bičovský  27'
Masný  33'
Tsirion Stadium, Limassol
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Sándor Petri (Hungary)
Portugal 1–0 Cyprus
Alves  20' Report
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Richard Casha (Malta)

Goalscorers

There were 31 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 2.58 goals per match.

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

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References
  • "1976 UEFA European Championship". uefa.com. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  • "European Championship 1976". rsssf.com. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  • Robinson, J. (1996). The European Football Championships 1958-1996. Soccer Book Publishing. ISBN 0-947808-69-8.
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