UEFA Euro 1976

1976 UEFA European Football Championship

Europsko prvenstvo u nogometu 1976 Европско првенство у фудбалу 1976 (Serbo-Croatian) Evropsko prvenstvo v nogometu 1976 (Slovene)
UEFA Euro 1976 official logo
Tournament details
Host country	Yugoslavia
Dates	16 June – 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)	Dieter Müller (4 goals)
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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.

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 tournament to have this format, as the tournament was expanded to include eight teams four years later.

It was the first and 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.

Czech player Antonin Panenka gained fame for innovating the Panenka penalty, now commonly known as the chip shot in the tournament's final against West Germany.

Venues

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

Squads

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

Qualifying round

1976 UEFA European Football Championship finalists

Main article: 1976 UEFA European Football Championship qualifying

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:

• Czechoslovakia
• Netherlands
• West Germany
• Yugoslavia

Final tournament

All time are CET/UTC+1

	Semi-finals				Final
	16 June – Zagreb (Maksimir Stadium)
	Netherlands	1
	Czechoslovakia (a.e.t.)	3
					20 June – Belgrade (Crvena Zvezda Stadium)
					Czechoslovakia (pen.)	2 (5)
					West Germany	2 (3)
					Third place
	17 June – Belgrade (Crvena Zvezda Stadium)			19 June – Zagreb (Maksimir Stadium)
	Yugoslavia	2		Netherlands (a.e.t.)	3
	West Germany (a.e.t.)	4			Yugoslavia	2

Semi-finals

16 June 1976 20:15	Czechoslovakia	3 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Netherlands	Maksimir Stadium, Zagreb Attendance: 17,969 Referee: Clive Thomas (Wales)
	Ondruš  19' Nehoda  114' Veselý  118'	Report	Ondruš  77' (o.g.)

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17 June 1976 20:15	Yugoslavia	2 – 4 (a.e.t.)	West Germany	Crvena Zvezda Stadium, Belgrade Attendance: 50,562 Referee: Alfred Delcourt (Belgium)
	Popivoda  19' Džajić  30'	Report	Flohe  64' D. Müller  82', 115', 119'

Third place play-off

19 June 1976 20:15	Netherlands	3 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Yugoslavia	Maksimir Stadium, Zagreb Attendance: 6,766 Referee: Walter Hungerbühler (Switzerland)
	Geels  27', 107' Van de Kerkhof  39'	Report	Katalinski  43' Džajić  82'

Final

20 June 1976 20:15	Czechoslovakia	2 – 2 (a.e.t.)	West Germany	Crvena Zvezda Stadium, Belgrade Attendance: 30,790 Referee: Sergio Gonella (Italy)
	Švehlík  8' Dobiaš  25'	Report	D. Müller  28' Hölzenbein  89'
		Penalties
	Masný Nehoda Ondruš Jurkemik Panenka	5 – 3	Bonhof Flohe Bongartz Hoeneß

Statistics

• Fastest goal: 8 minutes – Ján Švehlík (Czechoslovakia vs West Germany)

Top scorers

19 goals were scored in 4 games for an average of 4.75 goals per game.

4 goals

• Dieter Müller

2 goals

• Dragan Džajić
• Ruud Geels