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1976 UEFA European Football Championship
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Tournament details
Host countryYugoslavia
Dates16 – 20 June
Teams4
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 played4
Goals scored19 (4.75 per match)
Attendance106,087 (26,522 per match)
Top scorer(s)Germany 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 played 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 his delicately chipped penalty that gave his country victory in the tournament's final against holders West Germany.[1]

Venues

Alternate tournament logo

Zagreb
Belgrade
Belgrade
Crvena Zvezda Stadium
Capacity: 90,000
Zagreb
Maksimir Stadium
Capacity: 55,000

Qualifying round

1976 UEFA European Football Championship finalists
Main article: UEFA Euro 1976 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 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.

The following teams participated in the final tournament:

For a list of squads, see UEFA Euro 1976 squads.

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Final tournament

All time are CET/UTC+1

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
16 June – Zagreb (Maksimir Stadium)
 
 
 Czechoslovakia (a.e.t.)3
 
20 June – Belgrade (Crvena Zvezda Stadium)
 
 Netherlands1
 
 Czechoslovakia (pen.)2 (5)
 
17 June – Belgrade (Crvena Zvezda Stadium)
 
 West Germany2 (3)
 
 Yugoslavia2
 
 
 West Germany (a.e.t.)4
 
Third place
 
 
19 June – Zagreb (Maksimir Stadium)
 
 
 Netherlands (a.e.t.)3
 
 
 Yugoslavia2

Semi-finals

Czechoslovakia 3 – 1
(a.e.t.)		 Netherlands
Ondruš 19'
Nehoda 114'
Veselý 118'		 Report Ondruš 77' (o.g.)
Attendance: 17,969
Referee: Clive Thomas (Wales)
Yugoslavia 2 – 4
(a.e.t.)		 West Germany
Popivoda 19'
Džajić 30'		 Report Flohe 64'
D. Müller 82', 115', 119'
Attendance: 50,562

Third place play-off

Netherlands 3 – 2
(a.e.t.)		 Yugoslavia
Geels 27', 107'
Van de Kerkhof 39'		 Report Katalinski 43'
Džajić 82'
Attendance: 6,766

Final

Main article: UEFA Euro 1976 Final
Czechoslovakia 2 – 2
(a.e.t.)		 West Germany
Švehlík 8'
Dobiaš 25'		 Report D. Müller 28'
Hölzenbein 89'
Penalties
Masný soccer ball with check mark
Nehoda soccer ball with check mark
Ondruš soccer ball with check mark
Jurkemik soccer ball with check mark
Panenka soccer ball with check mark		 5 – 3 soccer ball with check mark Bonhof
soccer ball with check mark Flohe
soccer ball with check mark Bongartz
soccer ball with red X Hoeneß
Attendance: 30,790

Statistics

Top scorers

With four goals, Dieter Müller is the top scorer in the tournament. In total, 19 goals were scored by 13 different players in 4 games for an average of 4.75 goals per game. One of the goals is credited as own goal.

4 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal

Awards

UEFA Team of the Tournament[2]
Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards
Czechoslovakia Ivo Viktor Czechoslovakia Ján Pivarník West Germany Rainer Bonhof Czechoslovakia Zdeněk Nehoda
Netherlands Ruud Krol Czechoslovakia Jaroslav Pollák West Germany Dieter Müller
Czechoslovakia Anton Ondruš Czechoslovakia Antonín Panenka
West Germany Franz Beckenbauer Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dragan Džajić

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. ^ "1976 team of the tournament". Retrieved 2 January 2015.
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