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 v t e	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	—

Matches

30 October 1974

19:45

England	3–0	Czechoslovakia
Channon 72' Bell 80', 83'	Report

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 83,858

Referee: Michel Kitabdjian (France)

20 November 1974

19:45

England	0–0	Portugal
	Report

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 84,461

Referee: Anton Bucheli (Switzerland)

16 April 1975

19:45

England	5–0	Cyprus
Macdonald 2', 35', 48', 53', 86'	Report

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 68,245

Referee: Martti Hirviniemi (Finland)

20 April 1975

17:00

Czechoslovakia	4–0	Cyprus
Panenka 10', 35', 50' (pen.) Masný 78'	Report

Letenský Stadion, Prague

Attendance: 4,994

Referee: Heinz Einbeck (East Germany)

30 April 1975

17:00

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.

11 May 1975

16:45

Cyprus	0–1	England
	Report	Keegan 6'

Tsirion Stadium, Limassol

Attendance: 15,708

Referee: Tsvetan Stanev (Bulgaria)

8 June 1975

16:45

Cyprus	0–2	Portugal
	Report	Nené 25' Moínhos 87'

Tsirion Stadium, Limassol

Attendance: 8,615

Referee: Gheorghe Limona (Romania)

30 October 1975

14:00

Czechoslovakia	2–1	England
Nehoda 45' Galis 47'	Report	Channon 26'

Tehelné pole, Bratislava

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.

12 November 1975

21:30

Portugal	1–1	Czechoslovakia
Nené 8'	Report	Ondruš 7'

Estádio das Antas, Porto

Attendance: 21,978

Referee: Charles Corver (Netherlands)

19 November 1975

21:00

Portugal	1–1	England
Rui Rodrigues 16'	Report	Channon 42'

Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon

Attendance: 13,912

Referee: Erich Linemayr (Austria)

23 November 1975

14:45

Cyprus	0–3	Czechoslovakia
	Report	Nehoda 9' Bičovský 27' Masný 33'

Tsirion Stadium, Limassol

Attendance: 8,636

Referee: Sándor Petri (Hungary)

3 December 1975

21:00

Portugal	1–0	Cyprus
Alves 20'	Report

Estádio do Bonfim, Setúbal

Attendance: 4,994

Referee: Richard Casha (Malta)

Goalscorers

There were 267 goals scored in 96 matches, for an average of 2.78 goals per match.

8 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

References

• "1976 UEFA European Championship". UEFA. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
• "European Championship 1976". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 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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