UEFA Euro 1996
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| UEFA Euro 1996 | |
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| Tournament details | |
| Host nation | Image:Flag of England.svg England |
| Dates | June 8 – June 30 |
| Teams | 16 (from 48 associations) |
| Venues | 8 (in 8 host cities) |
| Champions | Image:Flag of Germany.svg Germany (3 titles) |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches | 31 |
| Goals scored | 64 (2.06 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Image:Flag of England.svg Alan Shearer (5) |
| Best Player | Image:Flag of Germany.svg Jürgen Klinsmann |
The 1996 UEFA European Football Championship (Euro 96) was hosted by England. It was the tenth European Football Championship, which is 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", as it was the first time the tournament took place in England, the land where the game was born. English football and popular culture has since referenced the competition fondly even though the team did not reach the final. The national impact of the competition can be measured by the fact that the song "Three Lions", which became the song the England fans sang when their team played was re-released for the 1998 World Cup containing lyrics referencing Euro 96, such as "Psycho (Stuart Pearce) screaming" replacing "Nobby (1966 team member Nobby Stiles) dancing". The song thus upstaged the tournament's official theme, "We're In This Together" by Simply Red.
Fifteen teams had to go through a qualifying round to reach the final stage. England qualified automatically as hosts of the event. This was the first European Championship to introduce the current format of 16 countries competing in the final tournament. UEFA had made the decision to expand the tournament as in the late 1980s and early 1990s it was far easier for European nations to qualify for the World Cup than their own continental championship; 14 of the 24 teams at the 1982. 1986 and 1990 World Cups had been European, whereas the European Championship finals still involved only eight teams. Since the Taylor Report, England now boasted enough all-seater stadia of sufficient capacity to hold an expanded tournament.
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 the Netherlands at Anfield Stadium, Liverpool which the Dutch won 2-0.
The first round group stage went mainly as most observers would have expected, with almost all the major teams qualifying for the quarter-finals. The only exceptions to this were the failures of Italy (from the "Group of Death" which also had Germany and the Czech Republic in it) and defending champions Denmark. The hosts England, after a draw against Switzerland, defeated arch rivals Scotland and then defeated the Netherlands 4-1 to qualify.
However, the knock-out stages were marked for their generally uninspiring play. Only 9 goals were scored in the 7 matches, with four of the games decided by penalty shoot-outs (three of them without goals). The semi-final between England and Germany ultimately ended in disappointment for the home side, as Germany beat England on penalties.
The final of the tournament was between Germany and the surprise of the tournament - the Czech Republic. In the end, it was a triumph for German striker Oliver Bierhoff, who scored Germany's equaliser in the 2nd half after Patrik Berger's penalty had given the Czechs the lead. As the game went into extra time, it was Bierhoff who scored the Golden Goal (after a mistake from the Czech goalkeeper, and the first Golden Goal in the history of international football) to give Germany another major tournament success.
Although not all the games were sold out, the tournament had the highest aggregate attendance in championship history (1,276,000) and the highest average per game of 41,158 for the revised 16 team format with 31 games. Only Germany had had a higher average attendance in championship history with an average of 56,656 in 1988 but only staged 15 games in an 8 team championship.
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[edit] Qualification
The following teams participated in the final tournament:
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* Since the break-up of Czechoslovakia. ** Since the break-up of the USSR.
[edit] Venues
- Wembley Stadium, London - Capacity: 78,000
- Old Trafford, Manchester - Capacity: 55,000
- Anfield, Liverpool - Capacity: 41,000
- Villa Park, Birmingham - Capacity: 40,000
- Elland Road, Leeds - Capacity: 40,000
- Hillsborough Stadium, Sheffield - Capacity: 39,000
- St James' Park, Newcastle - Capacity 37,000
- City Ground, Nottingham - Capacity: 30,000
[edit] Match officials
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[edit] Squads
For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see 1996 UEFA European Football Championship squads.
[edit] First round
Note: All times local (BST/UTC+1).
[edit] Group A
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| Image:Flag of England.svg England | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 7 |
| Image:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 4 |
| Image:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 4 |
| Image:Flag of Switzerland.svg Switzerland | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 1 |
| 1996-06-08 15:00 | |||
| England Image:Flag of England.svg | 1 – 1 | Image:Flag of Switzerland.svg Switzerland | Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 76,567 Referee: Vega (Spain) |
| Shearer Image:Soccerball shade.svg 23' | (Report) | Türkyilmaz Image:Soccerball shade.svg 84' (pen.) |
| 1996-06-10 16:30 | |||
| Netherlands Image:Flag of the Netherlands.svg | 0 – 0 | Image:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland | Villa Park, Birmingham Attendance: 36,000 Referee: Sundell (Sweden) |
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| 1996-06-13 19:30 | |||
| Switzerland Image:Flag of Switzerland.svg | 0 – 2 | Image:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands | Villa Park, Birmingham Attendance: 37,000 Referee: Uzunov (Bulgaria) |
| (Report) | Cruyff Image:Soccerball shade.svg 66' Bergkamp Image:Soccerball shade.svg 79' |
| 1996-06-15 15:00 | |||
| Scotland Image:Flag of Scotland.svg | 0 – 2 | Image:Flag of England.svg England | Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 76,684 Referee: Pairetto (Italy) |
| (Report) | Shearer Image:Soccerball shade.svg 53' Gascoigne Image:Soccerball shade.svg 79' |
| 1996-06-18 19:30 | |||
| Scotland Image:Flag of Scotland.svg | 1 – 0 | Image:Flag of Switzerland.svg Switzerland | Villa Park, Birmingham Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Krondl (Czech Republic) |
| McCoist Image:Soccerball shade.svg 36' | (Report) |
| 1996-06-18 19:30 | |||
| Netherlands Image:Flag of the Netherlands.svg | 1 – 4 | Image:Flag of England.svg England | Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 76,798 Referee: Grabher (Austria) |
| Kluivert Image:Soccerball shade.svg 78' | (Report) | Shearer Image:Soccerball shade.svg 23' (pen.) Image:Soccerball shade.svg 57' Sheringham Image:Soccerball shade.svg 51' Image:Soccerball shade.svg 62' |
[edit] Group B
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| Image:Flag of France.svg France | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 7 |
| Image:Flag of Spain.svg Spain | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 5 |
| Image:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 4 |
| Image:Flag of Romania.svg Romania | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 0 |
| 1996-06-09 14:30 | |||
| Spain Image:Flag of Spain.svg | 1 – 1 | Image:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria | Elland Road, Leeds Attendance: 26,000 Referee: Ceccarini (Italy) |
| Alfonso Image:Soccerball shade.svg 74' | (Report) | Stoichkov Image:Soccerball shade.svg 65' (pen.) |
| 1996-06-10 19:30 | |||
| Romania Image:Flag of Romania.svg | 0 – 1 | Image:Flag of France.svg France | St James' Park, Newcastle upon Tyne Attendance: 36,000 Referee: Krug (Germany) |
| (Report) | Dugarry Image:Soccerball shade.svg 25' |
| 1996-06-13 16:30 | |||
| Bulgaria Image:Flag of Bulgaria.svg | 1 – 0 | Image:Flag of Romania.svg Romania | St James' Park, Newcastle upon Tyne Attendance: 19,107 Referee: Mikkelsen (Denmark) |
| Stoichkov Image:Soccerball shade.svg 3' | (Report) |
| 1996-06-15 18:00 | |||
| France Image:Flag of France.svg | 1 – 1 | Image:Flag of Spain.svg Spain | Elland Road, Leeds Attendance: 39,000 Referee: Zhuk (Belarus) |
| Djorkaeff Image:Soccerball shade.svg 49' | (Report) | Caminero Image:Soccerball shade.svg 86' |
| 1996-06-18 16:30 | |||
| France Image:Flag of France.svg | 3 – 1 | Image:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria | St James' Park, Newcastle upon Tyne Attendance: 26,976 Referee: Gallagher (England) |
| Blanc Image:Soccerball shade.svg 21' Penev Image:Soccerball shade.svg 63' (o.g.) Loko Image:Soccerball shade.svg 90' | (Report) | Stoichkov Image:Soccerball shade.svg 69' |
| 1996-06-18 16:30 | |||
| Romania Image:Flag of Romania.svg | 1 – 2 | Image:Flag of Spain.svg Spain | Elland Road, Leeds Attendance: 32,719 Referee: Çakar (Turkey) |
| Răducioiu Image:Soccerball shade.svg 29' | (Report) | Manjarín Image:Soccerball shade.svg 11' Amor Image:Soccerball shade.svg 84' |
[edit] Group C
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| Image:Flag of Germany.svg Germany | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 7 |
| Image:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 4 |
| Image:Flag of Italy.svg Italy | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| Image:Flag of Russia.svg Russia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -4 | 1 |
| 1996-06-09 17:00 | |||
| Germany Image:Flag of Germany.svg | 2 – 0 | Image:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic | Old Trafford, Manchester Attendance: 37,000 Referee: Elleray (England) |
| Ziege Image:Soccerball shade.svg 26' Möller Image:Soccerball shade.svg 32' | (Report) |
| 1996-06-11 16:30 | |||
| Italy Image:Flag of Italy.svg | 2 – 1 | Image:Flag of Russia.svg Russia | Anfield, Liverpool Attendance: 35,120 Referee: Mottram (Scotland) |
| Casiraghi Image:Soccerball shade.svg 5' Image:Soccerball shade.svg 52' | (Report) | Tsymbalar Image:Soccerball shade.svg 21' |
| 1996-06-14 19:30 | |||
| Czech Republic Image:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg | 2 – 1 | Image:Flag of Italy.svg Italy | Anfield, Liverpool Attendance: 37,200 Referee: Nieto (Spain) |
| Nedvěd Image:Soccerball shade.svg 4' Bejbl Image:Soccerball shade.svg 35' | (Report) | Chiesa Image:Soccerball shade.svg 18' |
| 1996-06-16 15:00 | |||
| Russia Image:Flag of Russia.svg | 0 – 3 | Image:Flag of Germany.svg Germany | Old Trafford, Manchester Attendance: 50,670 Referee: Nielsen (Denmark) |
| (Report) | Sammer Image:Soccerball shade.svg 56' Klinsmann Image:Soccerball shade.svg 77' Image:Soccerball shade.svg 90' |
| 1996-06-19 19:30 | |||
| Russia Image:Flag of Russia.svg | 3 – 3 | Image:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic | Anfield, Liverpool Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Frisk (Sweden) |
| Mostovoi Image:Soccerball shade.svg 49' Tetradze Image:Soccerball shade.svg 54' Beschastnykh Image:Soccerball shade.svg 85' | (Report) | Suchopárek Image:Soccerball shade.svg 5' Kuka Image:Soccerball shade.svg 19' Šmicer Image:Soccerball shade.svg 88' |
| 1996-06-19 19:30 | |||
| Italy Image:Flag of Italy.svg | 0 – 0 | Image:Flag of Germany.svg Germany | Old Trafford, Manchester Attendance: 53,700 Referee: Goethals (Belgium) |
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[edit] Group D
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| Image:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 7 |
| Image:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 6 |
| Image:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Image:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | -5 | 0 |
| 1996-06-09 19:30 | |||
| Denmark Image:Flag of Denmark.svg | 1 – 1 | Image:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal | Hillsborough Stadium, Sheffield Attendance: 34,993 Referee: van der Ende (Netherlands) |
| B. Laudrup Image:Soccerball shade.svg 22' | (Report) | Sá Pinto Image:Soccerball shade.svg 53' |
| 1996-06-11 19:30 | |||
| Turkey Image:Flag of Turkey.svg | 0 – 1 | Image:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia | City Ground, Nottingham Attendance: 22,406 Referee: Muhmenthaler (Switzerland) |
| (Report) | Vlaović Image:Soccerball shade.svg 86' |
| 1996-06-14 16:30 | |||
| Portugal Image:Flag of Portugal.svg | 1 – 0 | Image:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey | City Ground, Nottingham Attendance: 22,670 Referee: Puhl (Hungary) |
| Couto Image:Soccerball shade.svg 66' | (Report) |
| 1996-06-16 18:00 | |||
| Croatia Image:Flag of Croatia.svg | 3 – 0 | Image:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark | Hillsborough Stadium, Sheffield Attendance: 33,671 Referee: Batta (France) |
| Šuker Image:Soccerball shade.svg 53' (pen.) Image:Soccerball shade.svg 90' Boban Image:Soccerball shade.svg 81' | (Report) |
| 1996-06-19 16:30 | |||
| Croatia Image:Flag of Croatia.svg | 0 – 3 | Image:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal | City Ground, Nottingham Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Heynemann (Germany) |
| (Report) | Figo Image:Soccerball shade.svg 4' Pinto Image:Soccerball shade.svg 33' Domingos Image:Soccerball shade.svg 82' |
| 1996-06-19 16:30 | |||
| Turkey Image:Flag of Turkey.svg | 0 – 3 | Image:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark | Hillsborough Stadium, Sheffield Attendance: 28,671 Referee: Levnikov (Russia) |
| (Report) | B. Laudrup Image:Soccerball shade.svg 50' Image:Soccerball shade.svg 84' Nielsen Image:Soccerball shade.svg 69' |
[edit] Knockout stages
| Quarter finals | Semi finals | Final | ||||||||
| 22 June - London | ||||||||||
| Image:Flag of England.svg England (pen) | 0 (4) | |||||||||
| 26 June – London | ||||||||||
| Image:Flag of Spain.svg Spain | 0 (2) | |||||||||
| Image:Flag of England.svg England | 1 (5) | |||||||||
| 23 June - Manchester | ||||||||||
| Image:Flag of Germany.svg Germany (pen) | 1 (6) | |||||||||
| Image:Flag of Germany.svg Germany | 2 | |||||||||
| June 30 – London | ||||||||||
| Image:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia | 1 | |||||||||
| Image:Flag of Germany.svg Germany (aet) | 2 | |||||||||
| 22 June - Liverpool | ||||||||||
| Image:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic | 1 | |||||||||
| Image:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands | 0 (4) | |||||||||
| 26 June - Manchester | ||||||||||
| Image:Flag of France.svg France (pen) | 0 (5) | |||||||||
| Image:Flag of France.svg France | 0 (5) | |||||||||
| 23 June - Birmingham | ||||||||||
| Image:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic (pen) | 0 (6) | |||||||||
| Image:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic | 1 | |||||||||
| Image:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal | 0 | |||||||||
[edit] Quarter-finals
| 1996-06-22 15:00 | |||
| England Image:Flag of England.svg | 0 – 0 (a.e.t.) | Image:Flag of Spain.svg Spain | Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 75,440 Referee: Batta (France) |
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| June 22, 1996 18:30 | |||
| Netherlands Image:Flag of the Netherlands.svg | 0 – 0 (a.e.t.) | Image:Flag of France.svg France | Anfield, Liverpool Attendance: 37,465 Referee: López Nieto (Spain) |
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| 1996-06-23 15:00 | |||
| Germany Image:Flag of Germany.svg | 2 – 1 | Image:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia | Old Trafford, Manchester Attendance: 43,412 Referee: Sundell (Sweden) |
| Klinsmann Image:Soccerball shade.svg 20' (pen.) Sammer Image:Soccerball shade.svg 59' | (Report) | Šuker Image:Soccerball shade.svg 51' |
| 1996-06-23 18:30 | |||
| Czech Republic Image:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg | 1 – 0 | Image:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal | Villa Park, Birmingham Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Krug (Germany) |
| Poborský Image:Soccerball shade.svg 53' | (Report) |
[edit] Semi-finals
| 1996-06-26 16:00 | |||
| France Image:Flag of France.svg | 0 – 0 (a.e.t.) | Image:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic | Old Trafford, Manchester Attendance: 43,877 Referee: Mottram (Scotland) |
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| 1996-06-26 19:30 | |||
| England Image:Flag of England.svg | 1 – 1 (a.e.t) | Image:Flag of Germany.svg Germany | Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 75,862 Referee: Puhl (Hungary) |
| Shearer Image:Soccerball shade.svg 3' | (Report) | Kuntz Image:Soccerball shade.svg 16' |
[edit] Final
| 1996-06-30 19:00 | |||
| Germany Image:Flag of Germany.svg | 2 – 1 (a.e.t) (golden goal)[1] | Image:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic | Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 76,700 Referee: Pairetto (Italy) |
| Bierhoff Image:Soccerball shade.svg 73' Image:Soccerball shade.svg 95' | (Report) | Berger Image:Soccerball shade.svg 59' (pen.) |
| Euro 1996 Champions |
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| Image:Flag of Germany.svg Germany Third title |
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Goalscorers
5 Goals
3 Goals
- Image:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Hristo Stoichkov
- Image:Flag of Germany.svg Jürgen Klinsmann
- Image:Flag of Croatia.svg Davor Šuker
- Image:Flag of Denmark.svg Brian Laudrup
2 Goals
- Image:Flag of Germany.svg Oliver Bierhoff
- Image:Flag of Germany.svg Matthias Sammer
- Image:Flag of England.svg Teddy Sheringham
- Image:Flag of Italy.svg Pierluigi Casiraghi
[edit] UEFA Team of the Tournament
Goalkeepers
Defenders
- Image:Flag of Scotland.svg Colin Hendry
- Image:Flag of Portugal.svg Fernando Couto
- Image:Flag of Germany.svg Dieter Eilts
- Image:Flag of Italy.svg Paolo Maldini
- Image:Flag of Germany.svg Matthias Sammer
Midfielders
- Image:Flag of France.svg Youri Djorkaeff
- Image:Flag of England.svg Paul Gascoigne
- Image:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Karel Poborský
- Image:Flag of England.svg Steve McManaman
- Image:Flag of Spain.svg Jose Luis Caminero
- Image:Flag of Portugal.svg Manuel Rui Costa
Forwards
- Image:Flag of Germany.svg Jürgen Klinsmann
- Image:Flag of Denmark.svg Brian Laudrup
- Image:Flag of England.svg Alan Shearer
- Image:Flag of Croatia.svg Davor Šuker
UEFA Player of the Tournament
[edit] Fastest goal
3 Minutes : Alan Shearer (England vs Germany); Hristo Stoichkov (Bulgaria vs Romania)
[edit] Average goals
2.06 per game
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