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UEFA Euro 1976 qualifying Group 8

Group 8 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 8 consisted of four teams: West Germany, Greece, Bulgaria, and Malta, where they played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners were West Germany, who finished two points above Greece.

Final table edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification        
1   West Germany 6 3 3 0 14 4 +10 9 Advance to quarter-finals — 1–1 1–0 8–0
2   Greece 6 2 3 1 12 9 +3 7 2–2 — 2–1 4–0
3   Bulgaria 6 2 2 2 12 7 +5 6 1–1 3–3 — 5–0
4   Malta 6 1 0 5 2 20 −18 2 0–1 2–0 0–2 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Matches edit

Bulgaria  3–3  Greece
Bonev   2'
Denev   27', 29'		 Antoniadis   28'
Papaioannou   86'
Glezos   88'
Attendance: 14,291*
Referee: Alberto Michelotti** (Italy)

(*)NOTE: Attendance also reported as 30,000.
(**)NOTE: Referee also reported as Alberto Lattanzi.

Greece  2–2  West Germany
Delikaris   13'
Eleftherakis   70'		 Cullmann   51'
Wimmer   83'
Attendance: 11,425*
Referee: Nicolae Rainea (Romania)

(*)NOTE: Attendance also reported as 22,000

Greece  2–1  Bulgaria
Sarafis   4'
Antoniadis   40'		 Kolev   89'
Attendance: 22,328
Referee: Paul Schiller (Austria)
Malta  0–1  West Germany
Cullmann   44'
Attendance: 12,528
Referee: Gyula Emsberger (Hungary)
Malta  2–0  Greece
Aquilina   33'
Magro   79'
Attendance: 8,621
Referee: Bob Matthewson (England)
Bulgaria  1–1  West Germany
Kolev   71' (pen.) Ritschel   75' (pen.)
Attendance: 47,200*
Referee: Jean Dubach (Switzerland)

(*)NOTE: Attendance also reported as 60,000.

Greece  4–0  Malta
Mavros   32'
Antoniadis   34' (pen.)
Iosifidis   47'
Papaioannou   50'
Attendance: 16,545
Referee: Marjan Rauš (Yugoslavia)
Bulgaria  5–0  Malta
Dimitrov   2'
Denev   22'
Panov   25'
Bonev   68' (pen.)
Milanov   71'
Attendance: 27,560
Referee: Michal Jursa (Czechoslovakia)
West Germany  1–1  Greece
Heynckes   68' Delikaris   78'
Attendance: 61,252
Referee: Clive Thomas (Wales)
West Germany  1–0  Bulgaria
Heynckes   64'
Attendance: 68,819
Referee: Alistair McKenzie (Scotland)
Malta  0–2  Bulgaria
Panov   69'
Iordanov   83'
Attendance: 7,174
Referee: Norbert Rolles (Luxembourg)
West Germany  8–0  Malta
Worm   5', 27'
Heynckes   34', 58'
Beer   41' (pen.), 77'
Vogts   82'
Hölzenbein   87'
Attendance: 52,248
Referee: Marian Kustoń (Poland)

Goalscorers edit

There were 40 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 3.33 goals per match.

4 goals

3 goals

2 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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