UEFA Euro 1976 qualifying Group 5

Group 5 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 5 consisted of four teams: Netherlands, Poland, Italy, and Finland, where they played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners were the Netherlands, who finished tied on points with Poland, but the Netherlands advanced with a better goal difference.

Final table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Netherlands 6 4 0 2 14 8 +6 8 Advance to quarter-finals 3–0 3–1 4–1
2  Poland 6 3 2 1 9 5 +4 8 4–1 0–0 3–0
3  Italy 6 2 3 1 3 3 0 7 1–0 0–0 0–0
4  Finland 6 0 1 5 3 13 10 1 1–3 1–2 0–1
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Matches

Finland 1–2 Poland
Rahja  3' Szarmach  23'
Lato  50'
Attendance: 18,759
Referee: John Wright Paterson (Scotland)

Finland 1–3 Netherlands
Rahja  16' Cruyff  28', 40'
Neeskens  51' (pen.)
Attendance: 20,449
Referee: Wolfgang Riedel
(East Germany)

Poland 3–0 Finland
Kasperczak  12'
Gadocha  14'
Lato  53'
Attendance: 38,724
Referee: Dušan Maksimović (Yugoslavia)

Netherlands 3–1 Italy
Rensenbrink  24'
Cruyff  64', 80'
Boninsegna  5'
Attendance: 58,463
Referee: Pavel Kazakov (USSR)

Italy 0–0 Poland
Attendance: 66,048
Referee: Robert Héliès (France)

Finland 0–1 Italy
Chinaglia  26' (pen.)
Attendance: 17,732
Referee: Walter Eschweiler (West Germany)

Netherlands 4–1 Finland
Van der Kuijlen  29', 35', 55'
Lubse  48'
Paatelainen  9'
Attendance: 19,189 *
Referee: Eric Smyton (Northern Ireland)

(*)NOTE: Attendance also reported as 28,000


Poland 4–1 Netherlands
Lato  14'
Gadocha  44'
Szarmach  63', 77'
Van de Kerkhof  80'
Attendance: 70,409
Referee: Patrick Partridge (England)

Italy 0–0 Finland
Attendance: 29,203
Referee: Costas Xanthoulis (Cyprus)

Netherlands 3–0 Poland
Neeskens  16'
Geels  47'
Thijssen  59'
Attendance: 56,030
Referee: Károly Palotai (Hungary)

Poland 0–0 Italy
Attendance: 59,773
Referee: Paul Schiller (Austria)

Italy 1–0 Netherlands
Capello  20'
Attendance: 33,307
Referee: Robert Schaut (Belgium)

Goalscorers

There were 29 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 2.42 goals per match.

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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