UEFA Euro 1976 qualifying Group 8

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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

More information Pos, Pld ...
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification West Germany Greece Bulgaria Malta
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
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Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Matches

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

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


More information Greece, 2–2 ...
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Attendance: 11,425*
Referee: Nicolae Rainea (Romania)

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


More information Greece, 2–1 ...
Greece 2–1 Bulgaria
Sarafis 4'
Antoniadis 40'
Kolev 89'
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Attendance: 22,328
Referee: Paul Schiller (Austria)

More information Malta, 0–1 ...
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Attendance: 12,528
Referee: Gyula Emsberger (Hungary)

More information Malta, 2–0 ...
Malta 2–0 Greece
Aquilina 33'
Magro 79'
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Attendance: 8,621
Referee: Bob Matthewson (England)

More information Bulgaria, 1–1 ...
Bulgaria 1–1 West Germany
Kolev 71' (pen.) Ritschel 75' (pen.)
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Attendance: 47,200*
Referee: Jean Dubach (Switzerland)

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


More information Greece, 4–0 ...
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Attendance: 16,545
Referee: Marjan Rauš (Yugoslavia)

More information Bulgaria, 5–0 ...
Bulgaria 5–0 Malta
Dimitrov 2'
Denev 22'
Panov 25'
Bonev 68' (pen.)
Milanov 71'
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Attendance: 27,560
Referee: Michal Jursa (Czechoslovakia)

More information West Germany, 1–1 ...
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Attendance: 61,252
Referee: Clive Thomas (Wales)

More information West Germany, 1–0 ...
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Attendance: 68,819
Referee: Alistair McKenzie (Scotland)

More information Malta, 0–2 ...
Malta 0–2 Bulgaria
Panov 69'
Iordanov 83'
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Attendance: 7,174
Referee: Norbert Rolles (Luxembourg)

More information West Germany, 8–0 ...
West Germany 8–0 Malta
Worm 5', 27'
Heynckes 34', 58'
Beer 41' (pen.), 77'
Vogts 82'
Hölzenbein 87'
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Attendance: 52,248
Referee: Marian Kustoń (Poland)

Goalscorers

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

  • "1976 UEFA European Championship". UEFA. Archived from the original on August 20, 2014. 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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