UEFA Euro 1976 qualifying Group 3

Group 3 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 3 consisted of four teams: Yugoslavia, Northern Ireland, Sweden, and Norway, where they played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners were Yugoslavia, who finished four points above Northern Ireland.

Final table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Yugoslavia 6 5 0 1 12 4 +8 10 Advance to quarter-finals — 1–0 3–0 3–1
2  Northern Ireland 6 3 0 3 8 5 +3 6 1–0 — 1–2 3–0
3  Sweden 6 3 0 3 8 9 −1 6 1–2 0–2 — 3–1
4  Norway 6 1 0 5 5 15 −10 2 1–3 2–1 0–2 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Matches
Norway 2–1 Northern Ireland
Lund 50', 72' Finney 3'
Attendance: 7,192
Referee: Alfred Delcourt (Belgium)
Yugoslavia 3–1 Norway
Vukotić 43'
Katalinski 58', 72'		 Lund 36'
Attendance: 9,910
Referee: Antoine Queudeville (Luxembourg)
Sweden 0–2 Northern Ireland
Nicholl 7'
O'Neill 23'
Råsunda Stadion, Solna (Stockholm)
Attendance: 18,131
Referee: Theo Boosten (Netherlands)
Northern Ireland 1–0 Yugoslavia
Hamilton 23'
Attendance: 25,847
Referee: Robert Wurtz (France)
Sweden 1–2 Yugoslavia
Edström 16' Katalinski 41'
Ivezić 77'
Råsunda Stadion, Solna (Stockholm)
Attendance: 27,250
Referee: Vital Loraux (Belgium)
Norway 1–3 Yugoslavia
Thunberg 65' Buljan 12'
Bogićević 13'
Šurjak 25'
Attendance: 21,843
Referee: Edgar Pedersen (Denmark)
Sweden 3–1 Norway
Nordahl 33', 56'
Grahn 65' (p)		 Olsen 54' (p)
Råsunda Stadion, Solna (Stockholm)
Attendance: 9,580
Referee: Rudolf Glöckner (East Germany)
Norway 0–2 Sweden
Sandberg 29'
Sjöberg 53'
Attendance: 18,011
Referee: Anders Mattsson (Finland)
Northern Ireland 1–2 Sweden
Hunter 32' Sjöberg 44'
Torstensson 55'
Attendance: 14,622
Referee: Hans-Joachim Weyland (West Germany)
Yugoslavia 3–0 Sweden
Oblak 18'
Vladić 50'
Vabec 83'
Attendance: 29,836 *
Referee: Walter Hungerbühler (Switzerland)

(*)NOTE: Attendance also reported as 45,000

Northern Ireland 3–0 Norway
Morgan 2'
McIlroy 5'
Hamilton 53'
Attendance: 8,923
Referee: Guðjón Finnbogason (Iceland)
Yugoslavia 1–0 Northern Ireland
Oblak 21'
Attendance: 21,545 *
Referee: Antonio Camacho Jiménez (Spain)

(*)NOTE: Attendance also reported as 40,000

Goalscorers

There were 33 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 2.75 goals per match.

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

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.
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