UEFA Euro 1976 qualifying Group 8

Group 8 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 8 consisted of four teams: West Germany, Greece, Bulgaria, and Malta, where they played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners were West Germany, who finished two points above Greece.

Final table

Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 West Germany 6 3 3 0 14 4 +10 9
 Greece 6 2 3 1 12 9 +3 7
 Bulgaria 6 2 2 2 12 7 +5 6
 Malta 6 1 0 5 2 20 −18 2
Bulgaria Greece Malta West Germany
Bulgaria  3–3 5–0 1–1
Greece  2–1 4–0 2–2
Malta  0–2 2–0 0–1
West Germany  1–0 1–1 8–0

Matches

13 October 1974
16:00
Bulgaria  3–3  Greece
Bonev 2'
Denev 27', 29'
Antoniadis 28'
Papaioannou 86'
Glezos 88'
Vasil Levski Stadium, Sofia
Attendance: 14,291 *
Referee: Alberto Michelotti** (Italy)

(*)NOTE: Attendance also reported as 30,000.
(**)NOTE: Referee also reported as Alberto Lattanzi.


20 November 1974
16:00
Greece  2–2  West Germany
Delikaris 13'
Eleftherakis 70'
Cullmann 51'
Wimmer 83'
Stadio Karaiskaki, Piraeus(Athens)
Attendance: 11,425 *
Referee: Nicolae Rainea (Romania)

(*)NOTE: Attendance also reported as 22,000


18 December 1974
16:00
Greece  2–1  Bulgaria
Sarafis 4'
Antoniadis 40'
Kolev 89'
Stadio Karaiskaki, Piraeus(Athens)
Attendance: 22,328
Referee: Paul Schiller (Austria)

22 December 1974
14:30
Malta  0–1  West Germany
Cullmann 44'
Empire Stadium, Gżira
Attendance: 12,528
Referee: Gyula Emsberger (Hungary)

23 February 1975
15:30
Malta  2–0  Greece
Aquilina 33'
Magro 79'
Empire Stadium, Gżira
Attendance: 8,621
Referee: Bob Matthewson (England)

27 April 1975
17:00
Bulgaria  1–1  West Germany
Kolev 71' (p) Ritschel 75' (p)
Vasil Levski Stadium, Sofia
Attendance: 47,200 *
Referee: Jean Dubach (Switzerland)

(*)NOTE: Attendance also reported as 60,000.


4 June 1975
21:00
Greece  4–0  Malta
Mavros 32'
Antoniadis 34' (p)
Iosifidis 47'
Papaioannou 50'
Stadio Toumbas, Salonika
Attendance: 16,545
Referee: Marjan Rauš (Yugoslavia)

11 June 1975
00:00
Bulgaria  5–0  Malta
Dimitrov 2'
Denev 22'
Panov 25'
Bonev 68' (p)
Milanov 71'
Vasil Levski Stadium, Sofia
Attendance: 27,560
Referee: Michal Jursa (Czechoslovakia)

11 October 1975
20:30
West Germany  1–1  Greece
Heynckes 68' Delikaris 78'
Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf
Attendance: 61,252
Referee: Clive Thomas (Wales)

19 November 1975
15:00
West Germany  1–0  Bulgaria
Heynckes 64'
Neckarstadion, Stuttgart
Attendance: 68,819
Referee: Alistair McKenzie (Scotland)

21 December 1975
14:30
Malta  0–2  Bulgaria
Panov 69'
Iordanov 83'
Empire Stadium, Gżira
Attendance: 7,174
Referee: Norbert Rolles (Luxembourg)

28 February 1976
15:30
West Germany  8–0  Malta
Worm 5', 27'
Heynckes 34', 58'
Beer 41' (p), 77'
Vogts 82'
Hölzenbein 87'
Westfalenstadion, Dortmund
Attendance: 52,248
Referee: Marian Kustoń (Poland)

Top goalscorer

References

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