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
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | 
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| 1 | West Germany
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6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 4 | +10 | 9 | Advance to quarter-finals | — | 1–1 | 1–0 | 8–0 | |
| 2 | Greece
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6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 9 | +3 | 7 | 2–2 | — | 2–1 | 4–0 | ||
| 3 | Bulgaria
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6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 6 | 1–1 | 3–3 | — | 5–0 | ||
| 4 | Malta
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6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 20 | −18 | 2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | — |
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
Matches
| Bulgaria | 3–3 |  Greece |
|---|---|---|
Bonev  2'Denev 27', 29' |
Antoniadis 28' Papaioannou 86'Glezos 88' |
(*)NOTE: Attendance also reported as 30,000.
(**)NOTE: Referee also reported as Alberto Lattanzi.
| Greece | 2–2 | West Germany |
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| Delikaris 13' Eleftherakis 70' |
Cullmann 51' Wimmer 83' |
(*)NOTE: Attendance also reported as 22,000
| Greece | 2–1 | Bulgaria |
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| Sarafis 4' Antoniadis 40' |
Kolev 89' |
| Malta | 0–1 | West Germany |
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| Cullmann 44' |
| Malta | 2–0 | Greece |
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| Aquilina 33' Magro 79' |
| Bulgaria | 1–1 | West Germany |
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| Kolev 71' (pen.) |
Ritschel 75' (pen.) |
(*)NOTE: Attendance also reported as 60,000.
| Greece | 4–0 | Malta |
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| Mavros 32' Antoniadis 34' (pen.)Iosifidis 47'Papaioannou 50' |
| Bulgaria | 5–0 | Malta |
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| Dimitrov 2' Denev 22'Panov 25'Bonev 68' (pen.)Milanov 71' |
| West Germany | 1–1 | Greece |
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| Heynckes 68' |
Delikaris 78' |
| West Germany | 1–0 | Bulgaria |
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| Heynckes 64' |
| Malta | 0–2 | Bulgaria |
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| Panov 69' Iordanov 83' |
| West Germany | 8–0 | Malta |
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| Worm 5', 27' Heynckes 34', 58'Beer 41' (pen.), 77'Vogts 82'Hölzenbein 87' |
Goalscorers
There were 40 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 3.33 goals per match.
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
- Hristo Bonev
- Bozhil Kolev
- Pavel Panov
- Georgios Delikaris
- Mimis Papaioannou
- Erich Beer
- Bernhard Cullmann
- Ronald Worm
1 goal
- Borislav Dimitrov
- Kiril Milanov
- Yordan Yordanov
- Kostas Eleftherakis
- Lakis Glezos
- Konstantinos Iosifidis
- Thomas Mavros
- Stavros Sarafis
- Richard Aquilina
- Vincent Magro
- Bernd Hölzenbein
- Manfred Ritschel
- Berti Vogts
- Herbert Wimmer
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.
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