1976 UEFA European Football Championship

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The 1976 UEFA European Football Championship (Euro 76) 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 June 16 and June 20, 1976.

At the time, only four countries could play the final tournament which meant that there were only the semi-finals, the final and the third place match. This was the last edition to have this format, as the tournament was expanded to include eight teams four years later.

This was also the last edition in which the hosts had to qualify for the final stage.

1 Venues
2 Squads
3 Qualifying Round
4 Final tournament
5 Statistics

[edit] Venues

Maksimir Stadium, Zagreb - Capacity: 45,000
Crvena Zvezda Stadium, Belgrade - Capacity: 54,000

[edit] Squads

For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see 1976 UEFA European Football Championship squads.

[edit] Qualifying Round

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 2 points, draws 1 point, and defeats 0 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.

The following teams participated in the final tournament:

For details concerning the qualifying phase see, 1976 UEFA European Football Championship qualifying.

[edit] Final tournament

Semi finals			Finals

16 June – Zagreb (Maksimir Stadium)
Image:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands	1 (1)
Image:Flag of Czechoslovakia (bordered).svg Czechoslovakia (aet)	1 (3)

			20 June – Belgrade (Crvena Zvezda Stadium)
			Image:Flag of Czechoslovakia (bordered).svg Czechoslovakia (pen)	2 (5)
			Image:Flag of Germany.svg West Germany	2 (3)


			Third place
17 June - Belgrade (Crvena Zvezda Stadium)		19 June - Zagreb (Maksimir Stadium)
Yugoslavia	2 (2)	Image:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands	2 (3)
Image:Flag of Germany.svg West Germany (aet)	2 (4)		Yugoslavia	2 (2)

[edit] Semi-finals

June 16, 1976 20:15
	Czechoslovakia Image:Flag of Czechoslovakia (bordered).svg	3–1 (AET)	Image:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands	Maksimir Stadium, Zagreb Referee: Clive Thomas (Wales)
	Ondruš 19' Nehoda 114' Vesely 118'		Ondruš 77' (o.g)	Maksimir Stadium, Zagreb Referee: Clive Thomas (Wales)

June 17, 1976 20:15
	Yugoslavia	2–4 (AET)	Image:Flag of Germany.svg West Germany	Crvena Zvezda Stadium, Belgrade Referee: Alfred Delcourt (Belgium)
	Popivoda 19' Džajić 30'		Flohe 64' Müller 82', 115', 119'

[edit] Third place play-off

June 19, 1976 20:15
	Netherlands Image:Flag of the Netherlands.svg	3–2 (AET)	Yugoslavia	Maksimir Stadium, Zagreb Referee: Walter Hungerbühler (Swiss)
	Geels 27', 107' Van De Kerkhof 39'		Katalinski 43' Džajić 82'

[edit] Final

June 20, 1976 20:15
	Czechoslovakia Image:Flag of Czechoslovakia (bordered).svg	2–2 (AET) (5–3 PSO)	Image:Flag of Germany.svg West Germany	Crvena Zvezda Stadium, Belgrade Referee: Sergio Gonella (Italy)
	Svehlik 8' Dobias 25'		Müller 28' Hölzenbein 89'

		Penalties
	Panenka: scored Jurkemik : scored Ondruš: scored Nehoda: scored Masny: scored	5–3	Bongartz: scored Flohe: scored Bonhof: scored Hoeness: crossbar