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UEFA Euro 1976 qualifying Group 2

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

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification        
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

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Austria  2–1  Wales
Kreuz   63'
Krankl   74'		 Griffiths   35'
Attendance: 30,795
Referee: Doğan Babacan (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' Köglberger   58'
Krankl   75'
Attendance: 5,340
Referee: Leonardus van der Kroft (Netherlands)
Austria  0–0  Hungary
Attendance: 65,674
Referee: Jack Taylor (England)
Hungary  1–2  Wales
Branikovits   77' Toshack   44'
Mahoney   69'
Attendance: 21,080
Referee: Pablo Sánchez Ibáñez (Spain)
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.)
Attendance: 31,270
Referee: René Vigliani (France)
Austria  6–2  Luxembourg
Welzl   1', 46'
Krankl   38', 76' (pen.)
Jara   41'
Prohaska   80'		 Braun   4'
Philipp   32'
Attendance: 14,499
Referee: Miroslav Kopal (Czechoslovakia)
Hungary  8–1  Luxembourg
Pintér   13'
Nyilasi   21', 32', 44', 57', 67'
Wollek   78'
Várady   84'		 Dussier   83'
Attendance: 7,503
Referee: Nikola Dudin (Bulgaria)
Wales  1–0  Austria
Griffiths   69'
Attendance: 27,578
Referee: Sergio Gonella (Italy)

Goalscorers

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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

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  • "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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