UEFA Euro 1976 qualifying Group 4

Group 4 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 4 consisted of four teams: Spain, Romania, Scotland, and Denmark, where they played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners were Spain, who finished two points above Romania and Scotland.

Final table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification        
1   Spain 6 3 3 0 10 6 +4 9 Advance to quarter-finals 1–1 1–1 2–0
2   Romania 6 1 5 0 11 6 +5 7 2–2 1–1 6–1
3   Scotland 6 2 3 1 8 6 +2 7 1–2 1–1 3–1
4   Denmark 6 0 1 5 3 14 −11 1 1–2 0–0 0–1
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Matches edit

Denmark  1–2  Spain
Nygaard   48' (pen.) Claramunt   28' (pen.)
Roberto Martínez   41'
Attendance: 27,300
Referee: John Carpenter (Rep. of Ireland)

Denmark  0–0  Romania
Attendance: 15,700
Referee: Ferdinand Biwersi (West Germany)

Scotland  1–2  Spain
Bremner   11' Quini   36', 61'
Attendance: 94,331
Referee: Erich Linemayr (Austria)

  Spain1–1  Scotland
Megido   67' Jordan   1'
Attendance: 40,952
Referee: Alfred Delcourt (Belgium)

Spain  1–1  Romania
Velázquez   6' Crişan   70'
Attendance: 54,660 *
Referee: Charles Corver (Netherlands)

(*)NOTE: Attendance also reported as 100,000


Romania  6–1  Denmark
Georgescu   28', 76'
Crişan   40', 59'
Lucescu   83'
Dinu   85'
Dahl   86'
Attendance: 37,773
Referee: Nikolaos Zlatanos (Greece)

Romania  1–1  Scotland
Georgescu   21' McQueen   89'
Attendance: 52,203 *
Referee: Ertuğrul Dilek (Turkey)

(*)NOTE: Attendance also reported as 80,000


Denmark  0–1  Scotland
Harper   51'
Attendance: 40,300
Referee: Robert Schaut (Belgium)

Spain  2–0  Denmark
Pirri   40'
Capón   85'
Attendance: 6,869 *
Referee: Paul Bonett (Malta)

(*)NOTE: Attendance also reported as 20,000


Scotland  3–1  Denmark
Dalglish   48'
Rioch   54'
MacDougall   61'
Bastrup   20'
Attendance: 48,021
Referee: Rolf Nyhus (Norway)

Romania  2–2  Spain
Georgescu   72' (pen.)
Iordănescu   80'
Villar   29'
Santillana   57'
Attendance: 45,381
Referee: Hans-Joachim Weyland (West Germany)

Scotland  1–1  Romania
Rioch   39' Crişan   74'
Attendance: 11,375
Referee: Adolf Prokop
(East Germany)

Goalscorers edit

There were 32 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 2.67 goals per match.

4 goals

2 goals

1 goal

References edit

  • "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.