1996 European Football Championship

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Image:Euro 96.jpgThe 1996 European Football Championship (or simply Euro 96) was hosted by England. It was the 10th edition of the European Football Championship, held every four years and endorsed by UEFA. The tournament's final stages took place between June 8 and June 30, 1996. The slogan of the tournament was "Football Comes Home."

This was the very first edition to introduce the current format of 16 countries competing in the final tournament. Fifteen teams had to go through a qualifying round to reach the final stage. England qualified automatically as hosts of the event.

The qualifying round was played throughout 1994 and 1995. There were eight qualifying groups of six teams each, with the exception of group 3, which only had 5. The matches were played in a home-and-away basis.

The winner and the runner-up of each group qualified automatically, with the exception of the two worst runners-up. These two teams had to play an additional playoff between them (single match in neutral ground), to determine the 16th team to join all others in the final tournament. This was between Republic of Ireland and Holland at Anfield Stadium, Liverpool which the Dutch won 2-0.

Continental power Germany reclaimed the title after their surprising '92 finals loss to Denmark.

Contents 1 Qualification 2 Venues 3 Squads 4 First round 4.1 Group A 4.2 Group B 4.3 Group C 4.4 Group D 5 Quarter-finals 6 Semi-finals 7 Final 8 Tournament Statistics 8.1 Goal Scorers 8.2 Fastest Goal 8.3 Average Goals 9 The Winning Squad

Qualification

The following teams participated in the final tournament:

Image:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria Image:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia Image:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic Image:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark Image:Flag of France.svg France Image:Flag of Germany.svg Germany Image:Flag of Italy.svg Italy Image:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands

Image:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal Image:Flag of Romania.svg Romania Image:Flag of Russia.svg Russia Image:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland Image:Flag of Spain.svg Spain Image:Flag of Switzerland.svg Switzerland Image:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey

England automatically qualified for the tournament as host

For details concerning the qualifying phase, check 1996 European Football Championship (qualifying)

Venues

• Wembley Stadium, London - Capacity: 80,000
• Villa Park, Birmingham - Capacity: 40,000
• Elland Road, Leeds - Capacity: 43,000
• St James' Park, Newcastle - Capacity 32,000
• Old Trafford, Manchester - Capacity: 43,000
• Anfield, Liverpool - Capacity: 40,000
• Hillsborough, Sheffield - Capacity: 41,000
• City Ground, Nottingham - Capacity: 30,000

Squads

For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see 1996 European Football Championship (squads).

First round

Note: All times local (BST), with half-time scores in brackets.

Group A

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA Image:Flag of England.svg England 7 3 2 1 0 7 2 Image:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 4 3 1 1 1 3 4 Image:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland 4 3 1 1 1 1 2 Image:Flag of Switzerland.svg Switzerland 1 3 0 1 2 1 4

England 1 - 1 Switzerland Netherlands 0 - 0 Scotland Switzerland 0 - 2 Netherlands Scotland 0 - 2 England Scotland 1 - 0 Switzerland Netherlands 1 - 4 England

June 8, 1996

Image:Flag of England.svg England	1 - 1 (1-0)	Image:Flag of Switzerland.svg Switzerland	15:00 - Wembley Stadium, London Ref: Manuel Diaz Vega (Spain)
Shearer 23'		Türkyilmaz (p) 84'

June 10, 1996

Image:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands

0 - 0 (0-0)

Image:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland

16:30 - Villa Park, Birmingham Ref: Leif Sundell (Sweden)

June 13, 1996

Image:Flag of Switzerland.svg Switzerland	0 - 2 (0-0)	Image:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands	19:30 - Villa Park, Birmingham Ref: Atanas Uzunov (Bulgaria)
		Cruyff 66'
		Bergkamp 79'

June 15, 1996

Image:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland	0 - 2 (0-0)	Image:Flag of England.svg England	15:00 - Wembley Stadium, London Ref: Pierluigi Pairetto (Italy)
		Shearer 53'
		Gascoigne 79'

June 18, 1996

Image:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland	1 - 0 (1-0)	Image:Flag of Switzerland.svg Switzerland	19:30 - Villa Park, Birmingham Ref: Vacláv Krondl (Czech Republic)
McCoist 36'
Image:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands	1 - 4 (0-1)	Image:Flag of England.svg England	19:30 - Wembley Stadium, London Ref: Gerd Grabher (Austria)
Kluivert 78'		Shearer (p) 23'
		Sheringham 51'
		Shearer 57' <tr style=font-size:85%>			Sheringham 62'

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Group B

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA Image:Flag of France.svg France 7 3 2 1 0 5 2 Image:Flag of Spain.svg Spain 5 3 1 2 0 4 3 Image:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria 4 3 1 1 1 3 4 Image:Flag of Romania.svg Romania 0 3 0 0 3 1 4

Spain 1 - 1 Bulgaria Romania 0 - 1 France Bulgaria 1 - 0 Romania France 1 - 1 Spain France 3 - 1 Bulgaria Romania 1 - 2 Spain

June 9, 1996

Image:Flag of Spain.svg Spain	1 - 1 (0-0)	Image:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria	14:30 - Elland Road, Leeds Ref: Piero Ceccarini (Italy)
Alfonso 74'		Stoitchkov (p) 65'

June 10, 1996

Image:Flag of Romania.svg Romania	0 - 1 (0-1)	Image:Flag of France.svg France	19:30 - St James' Park, Newcastle Ref: Hellmut Krug (Germany)
		Dugarry 25'

June 13, 1996

Image:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria	1 - 0 (1-0)	Image:Flag of Romania.svg Romania	16:30 - St James' Park, Newcastle Ref: Peter Mikkelsen (Denmark)
Stoitchkov 3'

June 15, 1996

Image:Flag of France.svg France	1 - 1 (0-0)	Image:Flag of Spain.svg Spain	18:00 - Elland Road, Leeds Ref: Vadim Zhuk (Belarus)
Djorkaeff 49'		Caminero 86'

June 18, 1996

Image:Flag of France.svg France	3 - 1 (1-0)	Image:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria	16:30 - St James' Park, Newcastle Ref: Dermot Gallagher (England)
Blanc 21'		Stoitchkov 69'
Penev (og) 63'
Loko 90'
Image:Flag of Romania.svg Romania	1 - 2 (1-1)	Image:Flag of Spain.svg Spain	16:30 - Elland Road, Leeds Ref: Ahmet Çakar (Turkey)
Raducioiu 29'		Manjarín 11'
		Amor 84'

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Group C

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA Image:Flag of Germany.svg Germany 7 3 2 1 0 5 0 Image:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic 4 3 1 1 1 5 6 Image:Flag of Italy.svg Italy 4 3 1 1 1 3 3 Image:Flag of Russia.svg Russia 1 3 0 1 2 4 8

Germany 2 - 0 Czech Republic Italy 2 - 1 Russia Czech Republic 2 - 1 Italy Russia 0 - 3 Germany Russia 3 - 3 Czech Republic Italy 0 - 0 Germany

June 9, 1996

Image:Flag of Germany.svg Germany	2 - 0 (2-0)	Image:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic	17:00 - Old Trafford, Manchester Ref: David Elleray (England)
Ziege 26'
Möller 32'

June 11, 1996

Image:Flag of Italy.svg Italy	2 - 1 (1-1)	Image:Flag of Russia.svg Russia	16:30 - Anfield, Liverpool Ref: Leslie Mottram (Scotland)
Casiraghi 5'		Tsymbalar 21'
Casiraghi 52'

June 14, 1996

Image:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic	2 - 1 (2-1)	Image:Flag of Italy.svg Italy	19:30 - Anfield, Liverpool Ref: Antonio López Nieto (Spain)
Nedvěd 4'		Chiesa 18'
Bejbl 35'

June 16, 1996

Image:Flag of Russia.svg Russia	0 - 3 (0-0)	Image:Flag of Germany.svg Germany	15:00 - Old Trafford, Manchester Ref: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)
		Sammer 56'
		Klinsmann 77'
		Klinsmann 90'

June 19, 1996

Image:Flag of Russia.svg Russia	3 - 3 (0-2)	Image:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic	19:30 - Anfield, Liverpool Ref: Anders Frisk (Sweden)
Mostovoi 49'		Suchopárek 5'
Tetradze 54'		Kuka 19'
Beschastnykh 85'		Šmicer 88'
Image:Flag of Italy.svg Italy	0 - 0 (0-0)	Image:Flag of Germany.svg Germany	19:30 - Old Trafford, Manchester Ref: Guy Goethals (Belgium)

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Group D

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA Image:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal 7 3 2 1 0 5 1 Image:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia 6 3 2 0 1 4 3 Image:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark 4 3 1 1 1 4 4 Image:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey 0 3 0 0 3 0 5

Denmark 1 - 1 Portugal Turkey 0 - 1 Croatia Portugal 1 - 0 Turkey Croatia 3 - 0 Denmark Croatia 0 - 3 Portugal Turkey 0 - 3 Denmark

June 9, 1996

Image:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark	1 - 1 (1-0)	Image:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal	19:30 - Hillsborough, Sheffield Ref: Mario van der Ende (Netherlands)
B. Laudrup 22'		Sá Pinto 53'

June 11, 1996

Image:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey	0 - 1 (0-0)	Image:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia	19:30 - City Ground, Nottingham Ref: Serge Muhmenthaler (Switzerland)
		Vlaović 86'

June 14, 1996

Image:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal	1 - 0 (0-0)	Image:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey	16:30 - City Ground, Nottingham Ref: Sandor Puhl (Hungary)
Couto 66'

June 16, 1996

Image:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia	3 - 0 (0-0)	Image:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark	18:00 - Hillsborough, Sheffield Ref: Marc Batta (France)
Šuker (p) 53'
Boban 81'
Šuker 90'

June 19, 1996

Image:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia	0 - 3 (0-2)	Image:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal	16:30 - City Ground, Nottingham Ref: Bernd Heynemann (Germany)
		Figo 4'
		João Vieira Pinto 33'
		Domingos 82'
Image:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey	0 - 3 (0-0)	Image:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark	16:30 - Hillsborough, Sheffield Ref: Nikolai Levnikov (Russia)
		B. Laudrup 50'
		A. Nielsen 69'
		B. Laudrup 84'

Quarter-finals

June 22, 1996

Image:Flag of England.svg England	0 - 0 (0-0)	Image:Flag of Spain.svg Spain	15:00 - Wembley Stadium, London Ref: Marc Batta (France)
after extra-time:	0 - 0 (0-0)
Penalty shootout
Image:Flag of England.svg England		4 - 2	Image:Flag of Spain.svg Spain
Shearer: goal		1-0	Hierro: crossbar
Platt: goal		2-1	Amor: goal
Pearce: goal		3-2	Belsue: goal
Gascoigne: goal		4-2	Nadal: Seaman saved
Image:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands	0 - 0 (0-0)	Image:Flag of France.svg France	18:30 - Anfield, Liverpool Ref: Antonio López Nieto (Spain)
after extra-time:	0 - 0 (0-0)
Penalty shootout
Image:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands		4 - 5	Image:Flag of France.svg France
de Kock: goal		1-1	Zidane: goal
R. de Boer: goal		2-2	Djorkaeff: goal
Kluivert: goal		3-3	Lizarazu: goal
Seedorf: Lama saved		3-4	Guérin: goal
Blind: goal		4-5	Blanc: goal

June 23, 1996

Image:Flag of Germany.svg Germany	2 - 1 (1-0)	Image:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia	15:00 - Old Trafford, Manchester Ref: Leif Sundell (Sweden)
Klinsmann (p) 20'		Šuker 51'
Sammer 59'
Image:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic	1 - 0 (0-0)	Image:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal	18:30 - Villa Park, Birmingham Ref: Hellmut Krug (Germany)
Poborský 53'

Semi-finals

June 26, 1996

Image:Flag of France.svg France	0 - 0 (0-0)	Image:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic	16:00 - Old Trafford, Manchester Ref: Leslie Mottram (Scotland)
after extra-time:	0 - 0 (0-0)
Penalty shootout
Image:Flag of France.svg France		5 - 6	Image:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic
Zidane: goal		1-1	Kubík: goal
Djorkaeff: goal		2-2	Nedvěd: goal
Lizarazu: goal		3-3	Berger: goal
Guérin: goal		4-4	Poborský: goal
Blanc: goal		5-5	Rada: goal
Pedros: Kouba saved		5-6	Kadlec: goal
Image:Flag of England.svg England	1 - 1 (1-1)	Image:Flag of Germany.svg Germany	19:30 - Wembley Stadium, London Ref: Sandor Puhl (Hungary)
after extra-time:	1 - 1 (1-1)
Shearer 3'		Kuntz 16'
Penalty shootout
Image:Flag of England.svg England		5 - 6	Image:Flag of Germany.svg Germany
Shearer: goal		1-1	Hässler: goal
Platt: goal		2-2	Strunz: goal
Pearce: goal		3-3	Reuter: goal
Gascoigne: goal		4-4	Ziege: goal
Sheringham: goal		5-5	Kuntz: goal
Southgate: Köpke saved		5-6	Möller: goal

Final

June 30, 1996

Image:Flag of Germany.svg Germany	1 - 1 (0-0)	Image:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic	19:00 - Wembley Stadium, London Ref: Pierluigi Pairetto (Italy) Attendance: 73,611
after extra-time:	2 - 1
Bierhoff 73'		Berger (p) 59'
Bierhoff (GG) 95'

Euro 1996 Champions: Image:Flag of Germany.svg GERMANY Third title

Tournament Statistics

Goal Scorers

5 Goals

• Image:Flag of England.svg Alan Shearer

3 Goals

• Image:Flag of Germany.svg Jürgen Klinsmann
• Image:Flag of Croatia.svg Davor Šuker
• Image:Flag of Denmark.svg Brian Laudrup
• Image:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Hristo Stoitchkov

2 Goals

• Image:Flag of Germany.svg Oliver Bierhoff - Matthias Sammer
• Image:Flag of England.svg Teddy Sheringham
• Image:Flag of Italy.svg Pierluigi Casiraghi

1 goal

• Image:Flag of Portugal.svg Domingos - Fernando Couto - João Vieira Pinto - Luis Figo - Ricardo Sá Pinto
• Image:Flag of Croatia.svg Zvonimir Boban - Goran Vlaović
• Image:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Radek Bejbl - Patrik Berger - Pavel Kuka - Pavel Nedvěd - Karel Poborský - Vladimír Šmicer - Jan Suchopárek
• Image:Flag of Denmark.svg Allan Nielsen
• Image:Flag of England.svg Paul Gascoigne
• Image:Flag of France.svg Laurent Blanc - Youri Djorkaeff - Christophe Dugarry - Patrice Loko
• Image:Flag of Germany.svg Stefan Kuntz - Andreas Möller - Christian Ziege
• Image:Flag of Italy.svg Enrico Chiesa
• Image:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Dennis Bergkamp - Jordi Cruyff - Patrick Kluivert
• Image:Flag of Romania.svg Florin Raducioiu
• Image:Flag of Russia.svg Vladimir Beschastnykh - Alexander Mostovoi - Omar Tetradze - Ilya Tsymbalar
• Image:Flag of Scotland.svg Ally McCoist
• Image:Flag of Spain.svg Alfonso - Guillermo Amor - José Luis Caminero - Javier Manjarín
• Image:Flag of Switzerland.svg Kubilay Türkyilmaz

Own goals

• Image:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Luboslav Penev

Fastest Goal

3 Minutes : Alan Shearer (England vs Germany); Hristo Stoichkov (Bulgaria vs Romania)

Average Goals

2.06 per game.

The Winning Squad

Germany
Player	Club in 1996
Goalkeepers
Andreas Köpke	Eintracht Frankfurt
Oliver Kahn	Bayern Munich
Oliver Reck	Werder Bremen
Defenders
Stefan Reuter	Borussia Dortmund
Thomas Helmer	Bayern Munich
Matthias Sammer	Borussia Dortmund
Markus Babbel	Bayern Munich
Jürgen Kohler	Borussia Dortmund
René Schneider	Hansa Rostock
Midfielders
Marco Bode	Werder Bremen
Steffen Freund	Borussia Dortmund
Andreas Möller	Borussia Dortmund
Mehmet Scholl	Bayern Munich
Thomas Hässler	Karlsruhe
Mario Basler	Werder Bremen
Christian Ziege	Bayern Munich
Thomas Strunz	Bayern Munich
Dieter Eilts	Werder Bremen
Forwards
Jürgen Klinsmann	Bayern Munich
Oliver Bierhoff	Udinese
Stefan Kuntz	Beşiktaş
Fredi Bobic	Stuttgart
Coach: Berti Vogts

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