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UEFA Euro 1976 qualifying Group 1

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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

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Czechoslovakia England Portugal Cyprus
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 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Matches

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England 3–0 Czechoslovakia
Channon 72'
Bell 80', 83'		 Report
Attendance: 83,858
Referee: Michel Kitabdjian (France)
England 0–0 Portugal
Report
Attendance: 84,461
Referee: Anton Bucheli (Switzerland)
England 5–0 Cyprus
Macdonald 2', 35', 48', 53', 86' Report
Attendance: 68,245
Referee: Martti Hirviniemi (Finland)
Czechoslovakia 4–0 Cyprus
Panenka 10', 35', 50' (pen.)
Masný 78'		 Report
Attendance: 4,994
Referee: Heinz Einbeck (East Germany)
Czechoslovakia 5–0 Portugal
Bičovský 11', 22'
Nehoda 25', 46'
Petráš 52'		 Report
Attendance: 12,034 *
Referee: Ferdinand Biwersi (West Germany)

Note: Attendance also reported as 22,000.

Cyprus 0–1 England
Report Keegan 6'
Attendance: 15,708
Referee: Tsvetan Stanev (Bulgaria)
Cyprus 0–2 Portugal
Report Nené 25'
Moínhos 87'
Attendance: 8,615
Referee: Gheorghe Limona (Romania)
Czechoslovakia 2–1 England
Nehoda 45'
Galis 47'		 Report Channon 26'
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.

Portugal 1–1 Czechoslovakia
Nené 8' Report Ondruš 7'
Attendance: 21,978
Referee: Charles Corver (Netherlands)
Portugal 1–1 England
Rui Rodrigues 16' Report Channon 42'
Attendance: 13,912
Referee: Erich Linemayr (Austria)
Cyprus 0–3 Czechoslovakia
Report Nehoda 9'
Bičovský 27'
Masný 33'
Attendance: 8,636
Referee: Sándor Petri (Hungary)
Portugal 1–0 Cyprus
Alves 20' Report
Attendance: 4,994
Referee: Richard Casha (Malta)

Goalscorers

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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

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  • "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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