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| Dates | 1 September 1974 – 22 May 1976 |
| Teams | 32 |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 104 |
| Goals scored | 289 (2.78 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |  Don Givens (8 goals) |
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| UEFA European Qualifiers |
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The qualifying round for the 1976 European Football Championship consisted of 32 teams divided into eight groups of four teams. Each group winner progressed to 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.[1]
| Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances in tournament[A] |
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 Czechoslovakia |
Quarter-final winner | 22 May 1976 | 1 (1960) |
 Netherlands |
Quarter-final winner | 22 May 1976 | 0 (debut) |
 West Germany |
Quarter-final winner | 22 May 1976 | 1 (1972) |
 Yugoslavia (host) |
Quarter-final winner | 22 May 1976 | 2 (1960, 1968) |
If two or more teams finished level on points after completion of the group matches, the following tie-breakers were used to determine the final ranking:
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Czechoslovakia
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6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 5 | +10 | 9 | Advance to quarter-finals | — | 2–1 | 5–0 | 4–0 | |
| 2 | England
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6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 3 | +8 | 8 | 3–0 | — | 0–0 | 5–0 | ||
| 3 | Portugal
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6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 7 | 1–1 | 1–1 | — | 1–0 | ||
| 4 | Cyprus
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6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 16 | −16 | 0 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–2 | — |
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | 
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| 1 | Wales
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6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 4 | +10 | 10 | Advance to quarter-finals | — | 2–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 | |
| 2 | Hungary
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6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 8 | +7 | 7 | 1–2 | — | 2–1 | 8–1 | ||
| 3 | Austria
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6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 7 | 2–1 | 0–0 | — | 6–2 | ||
| 4 | Luxembourg
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6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 28 | −21 | 0 | 1–3 | 2–4 | 1–2 | — |
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Yugoslavia
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6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 10 | Advance to quarter-finals | — | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | |
| 2 | Northern Ireland
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6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 6 | 1–0 | — | 1–2 | 3–0 | ||
| 3 | Sweden
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6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 6 | 1–2 | 0–2 | — | 3–1 | ||
| 4 | Norway
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6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 15 | −10 | 2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–2 | — |
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | 
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| 1 | Spain
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6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 9 | Advance to quarter-finals | — | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | |
| 2 | Romania
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6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 7 | 2–2 | — | 1–1 | 6–1 | ||
| 3 | Scotland
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6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 7 | 1–2 | 1–1 | — | 3–1 | ||
| 4 | Denmark
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6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 14 | −11 | 1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | — |
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Netherlands
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6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 8 | +6 | 8 | Advance to quarter-finals | — | 3–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | |
| 2 | Poland
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6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 8 | 4–1 | — | 0–0 | 3–0 | ||
| 3 | Italy
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6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 1–0 | 0–0 | — | 0–0 | ||
| 4 | Finland
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6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 13 | −10 | 1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 | — |
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| 1 | Soviet Union
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6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 8 | Advance to quarter-finals | — | 2–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 | |
| 2 | Republic of Ireland
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6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 7 | 3–0 | — | 4–0 | 2–1 | ||
| 3 | Turkey
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6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 6 | 1–0 | 1–1 | — | 2–1 | ||
| 4 | Switzerland
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6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | — |
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | 
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| 1 | Belgium
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6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 8 | Advance to quarter-finals | — | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | |
| 2 | East Germany
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6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 7 | 0–0 | — | 2–1 | 1–1 | ||
| 3 | France
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6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 5 | 0–0 | 2–2 | — | 3–0 | ||
| 4 | Iceland
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6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 4 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | — |
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | West Germany
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6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 4 | +10 | 9 | Advance to quarter-finals | — | 1–1 | 1–0 | 8–0 | |
| 2 | Greece
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6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 9 | +3 | 7 | 2–2 | — | 2–1 | 4–0 | ||
| 3 | Bulgaria
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6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 6 | 1–1 | 3–3 | — | 5–0 | ||
| 4 | Malta
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6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 20 | −18 | 2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | — |
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Yugoslavia
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3–1 | Wales
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2–0 | 1–1 |
| Czechoslovakia
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4–2 | Soviet Union
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2–0 | 2–2 |
| Spain
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1–3 | West Germany
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1–1 | 0–2 |
| Netherlands
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7–1 | Belgium
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5–0 | 2–1 |
There were 289 goals scored in 104 matches, for an average of 2.78 goals per match.
8 goals
6 goals
5 goals
Malcolm Macdonald Johan Cruyff4 goals
Antonín Panenka Rob Rensenbrink Zoltan Crișan Dudu Georgescu Arfon Griffiths Jupp Heynckes Josip Katalinski3 goals
Přemysl Bičovský Jozef Móder Mick Channon
Jean-Marc Guillou Antonis Antoniadis Gilbert Dussier Johan Neeskens Willy van der Kuijlen Tom Lund Grzegorz Lato Andrzej Szarmach Oleg Blokhin Viktor Kolotov John Toshack Erich Beer2 goals
Hristo Bonev Bozhil Kolev Pavel Panov Marián Masný Colin Bell Timo Rahja Georgios Delikaris Mimis Papaioannou László Nagy Nico Braun Paul Philipp Bryan Hamilton Robert Gadocha Nené Bruce Rioch Volodymyr Onyshchenko Quini Santillana Thomas Nordahl Thomas Sjöberg Leighton James Bernhard Cullmann Ronald Worm Branko Oblak Momčilo Vukotić1 goal
Helmut Köglberger Wilhelm Kreuz Herbert Prohaska Raoul Lambert Maurice Martens Wilfried Puis Jacques Teugels François Van der Elst Roger Van Gool Wilfried Van Moer Borislav Dimitrov Kiril Milanov Yordan Yordanov Dušan Galis Anton Ondruš Ladislav Petráš Lars Bastrup Peter Dahl Kristen Nygaard Peter Ducke Reinhard Häfner Martin Hoffmann Hans-Jürgen Kreische Jürgen Pommerenke Jürgen Sparwasser Joachim Streich Eberhard Vogel Kevin Keegan Matti Paatelainen Dominique Bathenay Marc Berdoll Christian Coste Jean Gallice Kostas Eleftherakis Lakis Glezos Konstantinos Iosifidis Thomas Mavros Stavros Sarafis László Bálint László Branikovits József Horváth Sándor Pintér László Pusztai Béla Várady Tibor Wollek Jóhannes Eðvaldsson Matthías Hallgrímsson Ásgeir Sigurvinsson Roberto Boninsegna Fabio Capello Giorgio Chinaglia Richard Aquilina Vincent Magro Ruud Geels Harry Lubse Johnny Rep Wim Rijsbergen Frans Thijssen René van de Kerkhof Tommy Finney Allan Hunter Sammy McIlroy Sammy Morgan Chris Nicholl Martin O'Neill Erik Just Olsen Stein Thunberg Henryk Kasperczak João Resende Alves Mário Moinhos Rui Rodrigues Eoin Hand Mick Martin Ray Treacy Cornel Dinu Anghel Iordănescu Mircea Lucescu Billy Bremner Kenny Dalglish Joe Harper Joe Jordan Ted MacDougall Gordon McQueen Leonid Buryak Anatoliy Konkov Vladimir Muntyan Volodymyr Veremeyev José Luis Capón José Claramunt Roberto Juan Martínez Alfredo Megido Pirri Manuel Velázquez Ángel María Villar Ralf Edström Ove Grahn Roland Sandberg Conny Torstensson Rudolf Elsener Kurt Müller Peter Risi Hanspeter Schild İsmail Arca Alpaslan Eratlı Mehmet Oğuz Mike England Ian Evans John Mahoney Gil Reece Phil Roberts Terry Yorath Uli Hoeneß Bernd Hölzenbein Manfred Ritschel Klaus Toppmöller Berti Vogts Herbert Wimmer Vladislav Bogićević Ivan Buljan Zvonko Ivezić Danilo Popivoda Ivica Šurjak Drago Vabec Franjo Vladić1 own goal
Tony Dunne (against Turkey) Stefan Reshko (against Turkey) İsmail Arca (against Switzerland)|
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