Result

Match:	European Under-23 Championship 1976 / Preliminary Round <Group 5>
Date:	14/01/1976	Venue:	Stadio Olimpico (Rome)	Attn:	42,627	Referee:	Franz Wöhrer (Austria)
ITALY				NETHERLANDS
1:1 (1:0)
1:0 Paolino Pulici (23. Penalty)				1:1 Kees Kist (49)
Felice Pulici, Marco Tardelli, Aldo Maldera, Patrizio Sala, Roberto Mozzini, Gaetano Scirea, Vito D’Amico, Giancarlo Antognoni [c], Francesco Graziani (Gianfranco Casarsa 18′), Eraldo Pecci (Loris Boni 64′), Paolino Pulici				Harry Schellekens, Peter Arntz, Wim Rijsbergen, Adri van Kraay [c], Jan Everse, Willy van de Kerkho, Jan Peters, Frans Thijssen, Kees Kist, Harry Lubse (Martien Vreijsen 81′), René van de Kerkhof (Joop van Daele 51′)
Coach:	N/A			Coach:	N/A
Cards:				Cards:	Jan Peters [Y 55′]
Note:

Match:	European Under-23 Championship 1976 / Quarter-finals <1st-Leg>
Date:	20/04/1976	Venue:	Parc des Princes (Paris)	Attn:	20,000	Referee:	D. Carpenter (Rep. Ireland)
FRANCE				SOVIET UNION
2:1 (1:0)
1:0 Gilles Rampillon (25) 2:1 Jacques Zimako (59)				1:1 Ramaz Shengelia (50)
Dominique Dropsy, Gerard Janvion, Maxime Bossis, Christian Lopez, Marius Tresor, Henri Michel, Jacques Zimako, Dominique Bathenay (Alain Giresse 36′), Bernard Lacombe, Gilles Rampillon, Christian Sarramagna				Victor Radaev, Victor Kruglov, Alexander Bubnov, Valeri Goncharov, Armenak Sarkisyan, Yuri Adzhem, Khoren Oganesyan (Ramaz Shengelia 46′), Mikhail Ahn, Vladimir Fedorov, Yuri Kovalev, David Kipiani
Coach:	Michel Hidalgo			Coach:	Valentin Nikolaev
Cards:				Cards:
Note:

Match:	European Under-23 Championship 1976 / Quarter-finals <2nd-Leg>
Date:	25/04/1976	Venue:	Lokomotiv Stadium (Moskva)	Attn:	11,000	Referee:	Heinz Aldinger (West Germany)
SOVIET UNION				FRANCE
2:1 a.e.t., P.S.O. 6:3
1:1 Vladimir Fedorov (50) 2:1 Vladimir Fedorov (75)				0:1 Bernard Lacombe (19)
Victor Radaev, Victor Kruglov, Alexander Bubnov, Valeri Goncharov, Armenak Sarkisyan, Sergey Petrenko, Ramaz Shengelia (Khoren Oganesyan 46′), Mikhail Ahn, Vladimir Fedorov, Yuri Kovalev (Petr Slobodyan 46′), David Kipiani				Dominique Dropsy, Patrick Battiston (Rube 91′), Maxime Bossis, Christian Lopez, Gerard Janvion, Marius Tresor, Jacques Zimako, Henri Michel, Alain Giresse, Bernard Lacombe (Olivier Rouyer 91′), Christian Sarramagna
Coach:	Valentin Nikolaev			Coach:	Michel Hidalgo
Cards:				Cards:
Note:	2:2 Henri Michel (P.S.O.) 3:2 Petr Slobodyan (P.S.O.) — Alain Giresse (P.S.O.) 4:2 Mikhail Ahn (P.S.O.) — Christian Lopez (P.S.O.) 5:2 Sergey Petrenko (P.S.O.) 5:3 Jacques Zimako (P.S.O.) 6:3 Armenak Sarkisyan (P.S.O.) Soviet Union 4-2 on penalties.