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

Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Wales 6 5 0 1 14 4 +10 10  Hungary 6 3 1 2 15 8 +7 7  Austria 6 3 1 2 11 7 +4 7  Luxembourg 6 0 0 6 7 28 −21 0

Austria  — 0–0 6–2 2–1 Hungary  2–1 — 8–1 1–2 Luxembourg  1–2 2–4 — 1–3 Wales  1–0 2–0 5–0 —

Matches

Austria  v  Wales

4 September 1974 19:30

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

Praterstadion, Vienna Attendance: 30,795 Referee: Doğan Babacan (Turkey)

Luxembourg  v  Hungary

13 October 1974 15:45

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

Stade Municipal, Luxembourg Attendance: 3,326 Referee: Magnus Pétursson (Iceland)

Wales  v  Hungary

30 October 1974 19:30

Wales	2–0	Hungary
Griffiths 57' Toshack 88'

Ninian Park, Cardiff Attendance: 8,445 Referee: António da Silva Garrido (Portugal)

Wales  v  Luxembourg

20 November 1974 19:30

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

Vetch Field, Swansea Attendance: 10,539 Referee: Preben Christophersen (Denmark)

Luxembourg  v  Austria

16 March 1975 15:30

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

Stade Municipal, Luxembourg Attendance: 5,340 Referee: Leonardus van der Kroft (Netherlands)

Austria  v  Hungary

2 April 1975 19:30

Austria	0–0	Hungary

Praterstadion, Vienna Attendance: 65,674 Referee: Jack Taylor (England)

Hungary  v  Wales

16 April 1975 17:30

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

Népstadion, Budapest Attendance: 21,080 Referee: Pablo Sánchez Ibáñez (Spain)

Luxembourg  v  Wales

1 May 1975 16:00

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

Stade Municipal, Luxembourg Attendance: 3,289 Referee: Jan Peeters (Belgium)

Hungary  v  Austria

24 September 1975 17:15

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

Népstadion, Budapest Attendance: 31,270 Referee: René Vigliani (France)

Austria  v  Luxembourg

15 October 1975 19:00

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

Praterstadion, Vienna Attendance: 14,499 Referee: Miroslav Kopal (Czechoslovakia)

Hungary  v  Luxembourg

19 October 1975 13:30

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

Stadion Rohonci Út, Szombathely Attendance: 7,503 Referee: Nikola Dudin (Bulgaria)

Wales  v  Austria

19 November 1975 19:30

Wales	1–0	Austria
Griffiths 69'

The Racecourse Ground, Wrexham Attendance: 27,578 Referee: Sergio Gonella (Italy)

Top goalscorer

• Tibor Nyilasi (HUN) - 6 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.