Group 7 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 7 consisted of four teams: Belgium, East Germany, France, and Iceland, where they played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners were Belgium, who finished one point above East Germany.

Final table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Belgium East Germany France Iceland
1  Belgium 6 3 2 1 6 3 +3 8 Advance to quarter-finals — 1–2 2–1 1–0
2  East Germany 6 2 3 1 8 7 +1 7 0–0 — 2–1 1–1
3  France 6 1 3 2 7 6 +1 5 0–0 2–2 — 3–0
4  Iceland 6 1 2 3 3 8 −5 4 0–2 2–1 0–0 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Matches

Iceland 0–2 Belgium
Van Moer 38'
Teugels 87' (pen.)
Attendance: 7,540
Referee: Thomas Henry Charles Reynolds (Wales)
East Germany 1–1 Iceland
Hoffmann 7' Hallgrímsson 25'
Attendance: 8,410
Referee: Svein Inge Thime (Norway)
Belgium 2–1 France
Martens 12'
Van der Elst 75'		 Coste 16'
Attendance: 32,108
Referee: Kenneth Howard Burns (England)
France 2–2 East Germany
Guillou 79'
Gallice 89'		 Sparwasser 25'
Kreische 57'
Attendance: 45,381
Referee: Pablo Augusto Sánchez Ibáñez (Spain)
East Germany 0–0 Belgium
Attendance: 20,557
Referee: Sergio Gonella (Italy)
Iceland 0–0 France
Attendance: 7,613
Referee: Malcolm Wright (Northern Ireland)
Iceland 2–1 East Germany
Eðvaldsson 12'
Sigurvinsson 32'		 Pommerenke 48'
Attendance: 10,373
Referee: Ian Foote (Scotland)
France 3–0 Iceland
Guillou 20', 74'
Berdoll 87'
Attendance: 25,418
Referee: Albert Victor (Luxembourg)
Belgium 1–0 Iceland
Lambert 43'
Attendance: 9,371
Referee: Henning Lund-Sørensen (Denmark)
Belgium 1–2 East Germany
Puis 60' Ducke 50'
Häfner 71'
Attendance: 17,281 *
Referee: Nicolae Rainea (Romania)

(*)NOTE: Attendance also reported as 30,000

East Germany 2–1 France
Streich 55'
Vogel 77' (pen.)		 Bathenay 50'
Attendance: 28,544
Referee: Erik Fredriksson (Sweden)
France 0–0 Belgium
Attendance: 35,547
Referee: Robert Holley Davidson (Scotland)

Goalscorers

There were 24 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 2 goals per match.

3 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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