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

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 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Matches

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

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.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.