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UEFA Euro 1976 qualifying Group 7

Group 7 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 7 consisted of four teams: Belgium, East Germany, France, and Iceland, where they played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners were Belgium, who finished one point above East Germany.

Final table edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification        
1   Belgium 6 3 2 1 6 3 +3 8 Advance to quarter-finals — 1–2 2–1 1–0
2   East Germany 6 2 3 1 8 7 +1 7 0–0 — 2–1 1–1
3   France 6 1 3 2 7 6 +1 5 0–0 2–2 — 3–0
4   Iceland 6 1 2 3 3 8 −5 4 0–2 2–1 0–0 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Matches edit

Iceland  0–2  Belgium
Van Moer   38'
Teugels   87' (pen.)
Attendance: 7,540
East Germany  1–1  Iceland
Hoffmann   7' Hallgrímsson   25'
Attendance: 8,410
Referee: Svein Inge Thime (Norway)
Belgium  2–1  France
Martens   12'
Van der Elst   75'		 Coste   16'
Attendance: 32,108
Referee: Kenneth Howard Burns (England)
France  2–2  East Germany
Guillou   79'
Gallice   89'		 Sparwasser   25'
Kreische   57'
Attendance: 45,381
East Germany  0–0  Belgium
Attendance: 20,557
Referee: Sergio Gonella (Italy)
Iceland  0–0  France
Attendance: 7,613
Referee: Malcolm Wright (Northern Ireland)
Iceland  2–1  East Germany
Eðvaldsson   12'
Sigurvinsson   32'		 Pommerenke   48'
Attendance: 10,373
Referee: Ian Foote (Scotland)
France  3–0  Iceland
Guillou   20', 74'
Berdoll   87'
Attendance: 25,418
Referee: Albert Victor (Luxembourg)
Belgium  1–0  Iceland
Lambert   43'
Attendance: 9,371
Referee: Henning Lund-Sørensen (Denmark)
Belgium  1–2  East Germany
Puis   60' Ducke   50'
Häfner   71'
Attendance: 17,281 *
Referee: Nicolae Rainea (Romania)

(*)NOTE: Attendance also reported as 30,000

East Germany  2–1  France
Streich   55'
Vogel   77' (pen.)		 Bathenay   50'
Attendance: 28,544
Referee: Erik Fredriksson (Sweden)
France  0–0  Belgium
Attendance: 35,547
Referee: Robert Holley Davidson (Scotland)

Goalscorers edit

There were 24 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 2 goals per match.

3 goals

1 goal

References edit

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