UEFA Euro 1976 qualifying Group 1

Group 1 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 1 consisted of four teams: Czechoslovakia, England, Portugal, and Cyprus, where they played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners were Czechoslovakia, who finished one point above England.

Final table

Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Czechoslovakia 6 4 1 1 15 5 +10 9  England 6 3 2 1 11 3 +8 8  Portugal 6 2 3 1 5 7 −2 7  Cyprus 6 0 0 6 0 16 −16 0

Cyprus  — 0–3 0–1 0–2 Czechoslovakia  4–0 — 2–1 5–0 England  5–0 3–0 — 0–0 Portugal  1–0 1–1 1–1 —

Matches

England  v  Czechoslovakia

30 October 1974 19:45

England	3–0	Czechoslovakia
Channon  72' Bell  80', 83'	Report

Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 83,858 Referee: Michel Kitabdjian (France)

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England  v  Portugal

20 November 1974 19:45

England	0–0	Portugal
	Report

Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 84,461 Referee: Anton Bucheli (Switzerland)

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England  v  Cyprus

16 April 1975 19:45

England	5–0	Cyprus
MacDonald  2', 35', 48', 53', 86'	Report

Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 68,245 Referee: Martti Hirviniemi (Finland)

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Czechoslovakia  v  Cyprus

20 April 1975 17:00

Czechoslovakia	4–0	Cyprus
Panenka  10', 35', 50' (pen.) Masný  78'	Report

Letenský Stadion, Prague Attendance: 4,994 Referee: Heinz Einbeck (East Germany)

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Czechoslovakia  v  Portugal

30 April 1975 17:00

Czechoslovakia	5–0	Portugal
Bičovský  11', 22' Nehoda  25', 46' Petráš  52'	Report

Letenský Stadion, Prague Attendance: 12,034 * Referee: Ferdinand Biwersi (West Germany)

Note: Attendance also reported as 22,000.

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Cyprus  v  England

11 May 1975 16:45

Cyprus	0–1	England
	Report	Keegan  6'

Tsirion Stadium, Limassol Attendance: 15,708 Referee: Tsvetan Stanev (Bulgaria)

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Cyprus  v  Portugal

8 June 1975 16:45

Cyprus	0–2	Portugal
	Report	Nené  25' Moínhos  87'

Tsirion Stadium, Limassol Attendance: 8,615 Referee: Gheorghe Limona (Romania)

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Czechoslovakia  v  England

30 October 1975 14:00

Czechoslovakia	2–1	England
Nehoda  45' Galis  47'	Report	Channon  26'

Tehelné pole, Bratislava Attendance: 50,651 Referee: Alberto Michelotti (Italy)

Note: The match was originally abandoned after 17 minutes on 29 October 1975 due to fog. The score at that moment was 0–0.

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Portugal  v  Czechoslovakia

12 November 1975 21:30

Portugal	1–1	Czechoslovakia
Nené  8'	Report	Ondruš  7'

Estádio das Antas, Porto Attendance: 38,000 Referee: Charles Corver (Netherlands)

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Portugal  v  England

19 November 1975 21:00

Portugal	1–1	England
Rui Rodrigues  16'	Report	Channon  42'

Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Erich Linemayr (Austria)

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Cyprus  v  Czechoslovakia

23 November 1975 14:45

Cyprus	0–3	Czechoslovakia
	Report	Nehoda  9' Bičovský  27' Masný  33'

Tsirion Stadium, Limassol Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Sándor Petri (Hungary)

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Portugal  v  Cyprus

3 December 1975 21:00

Portugal	1–0	Cyprus
Alves  20'	Report

Estádio do Bonfim, Setúbal Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Richard Casha (Malta)

Top goalscorer

• Malcolm Macdonald (ENG) - 5 goals

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.