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 Czechoslovakia England Portugal
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

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)

20 November 1974
19:45
England  0–0  Portugal
Report
Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 84,461
Referee: Anton Bucheli (Switzerland)

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)

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)

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.


11 May 1975
16:45
Cyprus  0–1  England
Report Keegan  6'
Tsirion Stadium, Limassol
Attendance: 15,708
Referee: Tsvetan Stanev (Bulgaria)

8 June 1975
16:45
Cyprus  0–2  Portugal
Report Nené  25'
Moínhos  87'
Tsirion Stadium, Limassol
Attendance: 8,615
Referee: Gheorghe Limona (Romania)

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.


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)

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)

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)

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

References

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