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UEFA Euro 1976

5th European association football championship

Summary

5th European association football championship

Field	Value
tourney_name	UEFA European Football Championship
year	1976
other_titles	Europsko prvenstvo u nogometu Jugoslavija 1976.
Европско првенство во фудбал Jугославиjа 1976
Европско првенство у фудбалу Jугославиjа 1976
Evropsko prvenstvo v nogometu Jugoslavija 1976
image	UEFA Euro 1976 logo.svg
size	200px
country	Yugoslavia
dates	16–20 June
num_teams	4
venues	2
cities	2
champion	TCH
count	1
second	FRG
third	NED
fourth	YUG
matches	4
goals	19
attendance	106087
top_scorer	Dieter Müller (4 goals)
prevseason	1972
nextseason	1980

Европско првенство во фудбал Jугославиjа 1976
Европско првенство у фудбалу Jугославиjа 1976
Evropsko prvenstvo v nogometu Jugoslavija 1976

The 1976 UEFA European Football Championship tournament was held in Yugoslavia. This was the fifth UEFA European Championship, held every four years and endorsed by UEFA and the only tournament that was held in a socialist state. The final tournament took place between 16 and 20 June 1976.

Only four countries played in the final tournament, with the tournament consisting of the semi-finals, a third place play-off, and the final. This was the last tournament to have this format, as the tournament was expanded to include eight teams four years later. It was the 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.

Czechoslovakia won the tournament after defeating holders West Germany in the final on penalties following a 2–2 draw after extra time. Antonín Panenka gained fame for his delicately chipped penalty, which has since been named after him, to win the penalty shootout and Czechoslovakia's only European Championship title.

Qualification

Main article: UEFA Euro 1976 qualifying

The qualifying round was played in 1974, 1975 (group phase), and 1976 (quarter-finals). There were eight qualifying groups of four teams each, with matches played on a home-and-away basis. The group winners qualified for the quarter-finals, played in two legs, home and away. The winners of the quarter-finals would go through to the final tournament.

This was the first time the Soviet Union failed to qualify for the finals.

Quarterfinals

Qualified teams

Alternate logo for the tournament

Venues

{{Location map+	Yugoslavia	float=center	width=300
Red Star Stadium	Stadion Maksimir
Capacity: 90,000	Capacity: 55,000
[[File:Fk Red Star stadium.jpg	200px]]	[[File:Dinamo Zagreb v Maribor.jpg	240px]]

Squads

Main article: UEFA Euro 1976 squads

Match officials

Country	Referee
BEL Belgium	Alfred Delcourt
ITA Italy	Sergio Gonella
SUI Switzerland	Walter Hungerbühler
WAL Wales	Clive Thomas

Final tournament

Main article: UEFA Euro 1976 final tournament

1976 UEFA European Football Championship finalists

At the final tournament, extra time and a penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary.

All times are local, CET (UTC+1).

Bracket

Semi-finals

Third place play-off

Final

Main article: UEFA Euro 1976 final

Statistics

Goalscorers

Dieter Müller
Ruud Geels
Dragan Džajić
Karol Dobiaš
Zdeněk Nehoda
Anton Ondruš
Ján Švehlík
František Veselý
Willy van de Kerkhof
Heinz Flohe
Bernd Hölzenbein
Josip Katalinski
Danilo Popivoda
Anton Ondruš (against Netherlands)

Awards

;UEFA Team of the Tournament

Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Ivo Viktor	Anton Ondruš
Ján Pivarník
Ruud Krol
Franz Beckenbauer	Antonín Panenka
Jaroslav Pollák
Rainer Bonhof
Dragan Džajić	Zdeněk Nehoda
Dieter Müller

References

Bibliography

References

Smallwood, Jimmy. (12 May 2012). "Euro 1976: The year the Welsh Dragon roared again". BBC Sport.
(21 March 2016). "1976 team of the tournament". [[UEFA]].

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