UEFA Euro 1976 qualifying Group 2

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Group 2 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 2 consisted of four teams: Wales, Hungary, Austria, and Luxembourg, where they played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners were Wales, who finished three points above Hungary.

Final table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Wales Hungary Austria Luxembourg
1  Wales 6 5 0 1 14 4 +10 10 Advance to quarter-finals — 2–0 1–0 5–0
2  Hungary 6 3 1 2 15 8 +7 7 1–2 — 2–1 8–1
3  Austria 6 3 1 2 11 7 +4 7 2–1 0–0 — 6–2
4  Luxembourg 6 0 0 6 7 28 −21 0 1–3 2–4 1–2 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Matches

Austria 2–1 Wales
Krankl
74'		 Griffiths 35'
Praterstadion, Vienna
Attendance: 30,795
(Turkey)
Luxembourg 2–4 Hungary
Dussier 15', 43' (pen.) Horváth 18'
Nagy 29', 55'
Bálint 71'
Attendance: 3,326
Referee: Magnus Pétursson (Iceland)
Wales 2–0 Hungary
Griffiths 57'
Toshack 88'
Attendance: 8,445
Referee: António da Silva Garrido (Portugal)
Wales 5–0 Luxembourg
Toshack 34'
England 53'
P. Roberts 70'
Griffiths 73'
Yorath 75'
Attendance: 10,539
Referee: Preben Christophersen (Denmark)
Luxembourg 1–2 Austria
Braun 12'
Krankl
75'
Attendance: 5,340
Referee: Leonardus van der Kroft (Netherlands)
Austria 0–0 Hungary
Praterstadion, Vienna
Attendance: 65,674
Referee: Jack Taylor
(England)
Hungary 1–2 Wales
Branikovits 77' Toshack 44'
Mahoney 69'
Luxembourg 1–3 Wales
Philipp 39' (pen.) Reece 24'
James 32', 83' (pen.)
Attendance: 3,289
Referee: Jan Peeters (Belgium)
Hungary 2–1 Austria
Nyilasi 3'
Pusztai 35'
Krankl 16' (pen.
)
Népstadion, Budapest
Attendance: 31,270
(France)
Austria 6–2 Luxembourg
Krankl 38', 76' (pen.)
Jara 41'
Prohaska
80'		 Braun 4'
Philipp 32'
Hungary 8–1 Luxembourg
Pintér 13'
Nyilasi 21', 32', 44', 57', 67'
Wollek 78'
Várady 84'		 Dussier 83'
Wales 1–0 Austria
Griffiths 69'

Goalscorers

There were 47 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 3.92 goals per match.

6 goals

5 goals

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
    .
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