UEFA Euro 1976 qualifying Group 5

Group 5 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 5 consisted of four teams: Netherlands, Poland, Italy, and Finland, where they played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners were the Netherlands, who finished tied on points with Poland, but the Netherlands advanced with a better goal difference.

Final table

Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Netherlands 6 4 0 2 14 8 +6 8
 Poland 6 3 2 1 9 5 +4 8
 Italy 6 2 3 1 3 3 0 7
 Finland 6 0 1 5 3 13 −10 1
Finland Italy Netherlands Poland
Finland  0–1 1–3 1–2
Italy  0–0 1–0 0–0
Netherlands  4–1 3–1 3–0
Poland  3–0 0–0 4–1

Matches

1 September 1974
15:00
Finland  1–2  Poland
Rahja 3' Szarmach 23'
Lato 50'
Olympiastadion, Helsinki
Attendance: 18,759
Referee: John Wright Paterson (Scotland)

25 September 1974
18:30
Finland  1–3  Netherlands
Rahja 16' Cruijff 28', 40'
Neeskens 51' (p)
Olympiastadion, Helsinki
Attendance: 20,449
Referee: Wolfgang Riedel
(East Germany)

9 October 1974
14:30
Poland  3–0  Finland
Kasperczak 12'
Gadocha 14'
Lato 53'
Stadion Warty, Poznań
Attendance: 38,724
Referee: Dušan Maksimović (Yugoslavia)

20 November 1974
20:30
Netherlands  3–1  Italy
Rensenbrink 24'
Cruijff 64', 80'
Boninsegna 5'
Stadion Feyenoord (De Kuip), Rotterdam
Attendance: 58,463
Referee: Pavel Kazakov (USSR)

19 April 1975
15:30
Italy  0–0  Poland
Stadio Olimpico, Rome
Attendance: 66,048
Referee: Robert Héliès (France)

5 June 1975
19:00
Finland  0–1  Italy
Chinaglia 26' (p)
Olympiastadion, Helsinki
Attendance: 17,732
Referee: Walter Eschweiler (West Germany)

3 September 1975
20:00
Netherlands  4–1  Finland
van der Kuijlen 29', 35', 55'
Lubse 48'
Paatelainen 9'
Stadion de Goffert, Nijmegen
Attendance: 19,189 *
Referee: Eric Smyton (Northern Ireland)

(*)NOTE: Attendance also reported as 28,000


10 September 1975
17:30
Poland  4–1  Netherlands
Lato 14'
Gadocha 44'
Szarmach 63', 77'
van de Kerkhof 80'
Stadion Śląski, Chorzów
Attendance: 70,409
Referee: Patrick Partridge (England)

27 September 1975
16:30
Italy  0–0  Finland
Stadio Olimpico, Rome
Attendance: 29,203
Referee: Costas Xanthoulis (Cyprus)

15 October 1975
20:15
Netherlands  3–0  Poland
Neeskens 16'
Geels 47'
Thijssen 59'
Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam
Attendance: 56,030
Referee: Károly Palotai (Hungary)

26 October 1975
14:00
Poland  0–0  Italy
Stadion Dziesięciolecia, Warsaw
Attendance: 59,773
Referee: Paul Schiller (Austria)

22 November 1975
14:30
Italy  1–0  Netherlands
Capello 20'
Stadio Olimpico, Rome
Attendance: 33,307
Referee: Robert Schaut (Belgium)

Top goalscorer

References

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