UEFA Euro 1976 qualifying Group 5

Group 5 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 5 consisted of four teams: Netherlands, Poland, Italy, and Finland, where they played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners were the Netherlands, who finished tied on points with Poland, but the Netherlands advanced with a better goal difference.

Final table

Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Netherlands 6 4 0 2 14 8 +6 8  Poland 6 3 2 1 9 5 +4 8  Italy 6 2 3 1 3 3 0 7  Finland 6 0 1 5 3 13 −10 1

Finland  — 0–1 1–3 1–2 Italy  0–0 — 1–0 0–0 Netherlands  4–1 3–1 — 3–0 Poland  3–0 0–0 4–1 —

Matches

Finland  v  Poland

1 September 1974 15:00

Finland	1–2	Poland
Rahja 3'		Szarmach 23' Lato 50'

Olympiastadion, Helsinki Attendance: 18,759 Referee: John Wright Paterson (Scotland)

Finland  v  Netherlands

25 September 1974 18:30

Finland	1–3	Netherlands
Rahja 16'		Cruijff 28', 40' Neeskens 51' (p)

Olympiastadion, Helsinki Attendance: 20,449 Referee: Wolfgang Riedel (East Germany)

Poland  v  Finland

9 October 1974 14:30

Poland	3–0	Finland
Kasperczak 12' Gadocha 14' Lato 53'

Stadion Warty, Poznań Attendance: 38,724 Referee: Dušan Maksimović (Yugoslavia)

Netherlands  v  Italy

20 November 1974 20:30

Netherlands	3–1	Italy
Rensenbrink 24' Cruijff 64', 80'		Boninsegna 5'

Stadion Feyenoord (De Kuip), Rotterdam Attendance: 58,463 Referee: Pavel Kazakov (USSR)

Italy  v  Poland

19 April 1975 15:30

Italy	0–0	Poland

Stadio Olimpico, Rome Attendance: 66,048 Referee: Robert Héliès (France)

Finland  v  Italy

5 June 1975 19:00

Finland	0–1	Italy
		Chinaglia 26' (p)

Olympiastadion, Helsinki Attendance: 17,732 Referee: Walter Eschweiler (West Germany)

Netherlands  v  Finland

3 September 1975 20:00

Netherlands	4–1	Finland
van der Kuijlen 29', 35', 55' Lubse 48'		Paatelainen 9'

Stadion de Goffert, Nijmegen Attendance: 19,189 * Referee: Eric Smyton (Northern Ireland)

(*)NOTE: Attendance also reported as 28,000

Poland  v  Netherlands

10 September 1975 17:30

Poland	4–1	Netherlands
Lato 14' Gadocha 44' Szarmach 63', 77'		van de Kerkhof 80'

Stadion Śląski, Chorzów Attendance: 70,409 Referee: Patrick Partridge (England)

Italy  v  Finland

27 September 1975 16:30

Italy	0–0	Finland

Stadio Olimpico, Rome Attendance: 29,203 Referee: Costas Xanthoulis (Cyprus)

Netherlands  v  Poland

15 October 1975 20:15

Netherlands	3–0	Poland
Neeskens 16' Geels 47' Thijssen 59'

Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam Attendance: 56,030 Referee: Károly Palotai (Hungary)

Poland  v  Italy

26 October 1975 14:00

Poland	0–0	Italy

Stadion Dziesięciolecia, Warsaw Attendance: 59,773 Referee: Paul Schiller (Austria)

Italy  v  Netherlands

22 November 1975 14:30

Italy	1–0	Netherlands
Capello 20'

Stadio Olimpico, Rome Attendance: 33,307 Referee: Robert Schaut (Belgium)

Top goalscorer

• Johan Cruyff (NED) - 4 goals

References

• "1976 UEFA European Championship". uefa.com. Retrieved 13 August 2014. 
• "European Championship 1976". rsssf.com. Retrieved 13 August 2014. 
• Robinson, J. (1996). The European Football Championships 1958-1996. Soccer Book Publishing. ISBN 0-947808-69-8.