UEFA Euro 1976 qualifying Group 2

Group 2 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 2 consisted of four teams: Wales, Hungary, Austria, and Luxembourg, where they played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners were Wales, who finished three points above Hungary.

Final table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Wales 6 5 0 1 14 4 +10 10 Advance to quarter-finals — 2–0 1–0 5–0
2  Hungary 6 3 1 2 15 8 +7 7 1–2 — 2–1 8–1
3  Austria 6 3 1 2 11 7 +4 7 2–1 0–0 — 6–2
4  Luxembourg 6 0 0 6 7 28 −21 0 1–3 2–4 1–2 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Matches
Austria 2–1 Wales
Kreuz  63'
Krankl  74'		 Griffiths  35'
Attendance: 30,795
Referee: Doğan Babacan (Turkey)
Luxembourg 2–4 Hungary
Dussier  15', 43' (pen.) Horváth  18'
Nagy  29', 55'
Bálint  71'
Attendance: 3,326
Referee: Magnus Pétursson (Iceland)
Wales 2–0 Hungary
Griffiths  57'
Toshack  88'
Attendance: 8,445
Referee: António da Silva Garrido (Portugal)
Wales 5–0 Luxembourg
Toshack  34'
England  53'
P. Roberts  70'
Griffiths  73'
Yorath  75'
Attendance: 10,539
Referee: Preben Christophersen (Denmark)
Luxembourg 1–2 Austria
Braun  12' Köglberger  58'
Krankl  75'
Attendance: 5,340
Referee: Leonardus van der Kroft (Netherlands)
Austria 0–0 Hungary
Attendance: 65,674
Referee: Jack Taylor (England)
Hungary 1–2 Wales
Branikovits  77' Toshack  44'
Mahoney  69'
Attendance: 21,080
Referee: Pablo Sánchez Ibáñez (Spain)
Luxembourg 1–3 Wales
Philipp  39' (pen.) Reece  24'
James  32', 83' (pen.)
Attendance: 3,289
Referee: Jan Peeters (Belgium)
Hungary 2–1 Austria
Nyilasi  3'
Pusztai  35'		 Krankl  16' (pen.)
Attendance: 31,270
Referee: René Vigliani (France)
Austria 6–2 Luxembourg
Welzl  1', 46'
Krankl  38', 76' (pen.)
Jara  41'
Prohaska  80'		 Braun  4'
Philipp  32'
Attendance: 14,499
Referee: Miroslav Kopal (Czechoslovakia)
Hungary 8–1 Luxembourg
Pintér  13'
Nyilasi  21', 32', 44', 57', 67'
Wollek  78'
Várady  84'		 Dussier  83'
Attendance: 7,503
Referee: Nikola Dudin (Bulgaria)
Wales 1–0 Austria
Griffiths  69'
Attendance: 27,578
Referee: Sergio Gonella (Italy)

Goalscorers

There were 47 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 3.92 goals per match.

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

References
  • "1976 UEFA European Championship". uefa.com. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  • "European Championship 1976". rsssf.com. 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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