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

Pos	Team v t e	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

Austria	2–1	Wales
Kreuz 63' Krankl 74'		Griffiths 35'

4 September 1974

19:30

Praterstadion, Vienna

Attendance: 30,795

Referee: Doğan Babacan (Turkey)

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Luxembourg	2–4	Hungary
Dussier 15', 43' (pen.)		Horváth 18' Nagy 29', 55' Bálint 71'

13 October 1974

15:45

Stade Municipal, Luxembourg

Attendance: 3,326

Referee: Magnus Pétursson (Iceland)

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Wales	2–0	Hungary
Griffiths 57' Toshack 88'

30 October 1974

19:30

Ninian Park, Cardiff

Attendance: 8,445

Referee: António da Silva Garrido (Portugal)

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Wales	5–0	Luxembourg
Toshack 34' England 53' P. Roberts 70' Griffiths 73' Yorath 75'

20 November 1974

19:30

Vetch Field, Swansea

Attendance: 10,539

Referee: Preben Christophersen (Denmark)

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Luxembourg	1–2	Austria
Braun 12'		Köglberger 58' Krankl 75'

16 March 1975

15:30

Stade Municipal, Luxembourg

Attendance: 5,340

Referee: Leonardus van der Kroft (Netherlands)

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Austria	0–0	Hungary

2 April 1975

19:30

Praterstadion, Vienna

Attendance: 65,674

Referee: Jack Taylor (England)

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Hungary	1–2	Wales
Branikovits 77'		Toshack 44' Mahoney 69'

16 April 1975

17:30

Népstadion, Budapest

Attendance: 21,080

Referee: Pablo Sánchez Ibáñez (Spain)

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Luxembourg	1–3	Wales
Philipp 39' (pen.)		Reece 24' James 32', 83' (pen.)

1 May 1975

16:00

Stade Municipal, Luxembourg

Attendance: 3,289

Referee: Jan Peeters (Belgium)

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Hungary	2–1	Austria
Nyilasi 3' Pusztai 35'		Krankl 16' (pen.)

24 September 1975

17:15

Népstadion, Budapest

Attendance: 31,270

Referee: René Vigliani (France)

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Austria	6–2	Luxembourg
Welzl 1', 46' Krankl 38', 76' (pen.) Jara 41' Prohaska 80'		Braun 4' Philipp 32'

15 October 1975

19:00

Praterstadion, Vienna

Attendance: 14,499

Referee: Miroslav Kopal (Czechoslovakia)

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Hungary	8–1	Luxembourg
Pintér 13' Nyilasi 21', 32', 44', 57', 67' Wollek 78' Várady 84'		Dussier 83'

19 October 1975

13:30

Stadion Rohonci Út, Szombathely

Attendance: 7,503

Referee: Nikola Dudin (Bulgaria)

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Wales	1–0	Austria
Griffiths 69'

19 November 1975

19:30

The Racecourse Ground, Wrexham

Attendance: 27,578

Referee: Sergio Gonella (Italy)

Goalscorers

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

6 goals

• Tibor Nyilasi

5 goals

• Hans Krankl

4 goals

• Arfon Griffiths

3 goals

• Gilbert Dussier
• John Toshack

2 goals

• Kurt Welzl
• László Nagy
• Nico Braun
• Paul Philipp
• Leighton James

1 goal

• Kurt Jara
• Helmut Köglberger
• Wilhelm Kreuz
• Herbert Prohaska
• László Bálint
• László Branikovits
• József Horváth
• Sándor Pintér
• László Pusztai
• Béla Várady
• Tibor Wollek
• Mike England
• John Mahoney
• Gil Reece
• Phil Roberts
• Terry Yorath

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.