UEFA Euro 1996 information

UEFA Euro 96

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Tournament details
Host country	England
Dates	8 June – 30 June
Teams	16
Venue(s)	8 (in 8 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Germany (3rd title)
Runner-up	Czech Republic
Tournament statistics
Matches played	31
Goals scored	64 (2.06 per match)
Attendance	1,276,137 (41,166 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Alan Shearer (5 goals)
Best player	Matthias Sammer[1]
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The 1996 UEFA European Football Championship (Euro 96)

was hosted by England, who won the right to host the tournament ahead of rival bids from Austria, Portugal and the Netherlands. final stages took place between 8 June and 30 June 1996. . English football and popular culture has since referenced the competition fondly even though the home team did not reach the final.

sold other 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.

Qualification 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. whereas the European Championship finals still involved only eight teams. The following teams participated in the final tournament: Bulgaria ( Croatia Czech Republic ( Denmark [ England ( France Germany Italy Netherlands Portugal Romania Russia ( Scotland Spain Switzerland ( Turkey ( Venues London Manchester Liverpool Birmingham Wembley Stadium Capacity: 76,567 Old Trafford Capacity: 55,000 Anfield Capacity: 42,730 Villa Park Capacity: 39,399 Leeds Sheffield Newcastle Nottingham Elland Road Capacity: 40,204 Hillsborough Stadium Capacity: 39,814 St James' Park Capacity: 36,610 City Ground Capacity: 30,576 Match officials Austria Gerd Grabher Belgium Guy Goethals Belarus Vadim Zhuk Bulgaria Atanas Uzunov Czech Republic Václav Krondl Denmark Peter Mikkelsen Kim Milton Nielsen England David Elleray Dermot Gallagher France Marc Batta Germany Bernd Heynemann Hellmut Krug Hungary Sándor Puhl Italy Piero Ceccarini Pierluigi Pairetto Netherlands Mario van der Ende Russia Nikolai Levnikov Scotland Leslie Mottram Spain Antonio López Nieto Manuel Díaz Vega Sweden Anders Frisk Leif Sundell Switzerland Serge Muhmenthaler Turkey Ahmet Çakar Seeding Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 England (Hosts) Denmark (Defending Champions) Germany France Italy Netherlands Portugal Spain Bulgaria Croatia Russia Switzerland Czech Republic Romania Scotland Turkey Summary First round The hosts, England, got off to a slightly disappointing start in their opening match, drawing 1–1 with the Swiss when Alan Shearer’s 23rd minute goal was equalled by a late penalty kick. England defeated rival Scotland 2–0 in their next game and then produced one of their finest performances ever with a 4–1 win over the Netherlands. Quarter-finals and semi-finals England had several major calls go their way as the Spanish had two goals disallowed and two valid claims for a penalty denied . The English progressed 4–2 on spot kicks. France and the Netherlands also played out a drab 0–0 draw with France winning the penalty shootout 5–4. Jürgen Klinsmann opened the scoring for Germany in their match against Croatia. A great goal from Davor Šuker evened the score after 51 minutes before Matthias Sammer of Germany scored eight minutes later and the game ended 2–1 to Germany. The Czech Republic progressed after beating Portugal 1–0. France and the Czech Republic, resulted in yet another 0–0 draw and penalties were required again. Reynald Pedros was the lone player to miss in the shootout as the Czech Republic won 6–5. Alan Shearer headed in after 3 minutes to give his side the lead but Stefan Kuntz evened the score less than 15 minutes later and the score remained 1–1 after 90 minutes. In extra-time, Darren Anderton hit the crossbar and Kuntz had a goal disallowed for pushing. Neither team was able to find a second goal and another knockout game in this competition required penalties. Both sides scored their first five kicks but in the sixth round, Gareth Southgate had his penalty saved, allowing Andreas Möller to score the winning goal. Final Germans were aiming to secure their third European Championship. Oliver Bierhoff scored to make it 1–1, sending the game to extra-time. Five minutes into the extra frame, Bierhoff’s shot was mishandled by Czech goalkeeper Kouba and the ball ended up in the back of the net for the first Golden Goal in the history of the competition. Germany were European champions once again. Results First round Group A Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts England 3 2 1 0 7 2 +5 7 Netherlands 3 1 1 1 3 4 −1 4 Scotland 3 1 1 1 1 2 −1 4 Switzerland 3 0 1 2 1 4 −3 1 8 June 1996 15:00 England 1 – 1 Switzerland Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 76,567 Referee: Manuel Díaz Vega (Spain) Shearer 23' (Report) Türkyilmaz 84' (pen.) 10 June 1996 16:30 Netherlands 0 – 0 Scotland Villa Park, Birmingham Attendance: 34,363 Referee: Leif Sundell (Sweden) (Report) 13 June 1996 19:30 Switzerland 0 – 2 Netherlands Villa Park, Birmingham Attendance: 36,800 Referee: Atanas Uzunov (Bulgaria) (Report) Cruyff 66' Bergkamp 79' 15 June 1996 15:00 Scotland 0 – 2 England Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 76,864 Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto (Italy) (Report) Shearer 53' Gascoigne 79' 18 June 1996 19:30 Scotland 1 – 0 Switzerland Villa Park, Birmingham Attendance: 34,946 Referee: Václav Krondl (Czech Republic) McCoist 36' (Report) 18 June 1996 19:30 Netherlands 1 – 4 England Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 76,798 Referee: Gerd Grabher (Austria) Kluivert 78' (Report) Shearer 23' (pen.) 57' Sheringham 51' 62' Group B Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts France 3 2 1 0 5 2 +3 7 Spain 3 1 2 0 4 3 +1 5 Bulgaria 3 1 1 1 3 4 −1 4 Romania 3 0 0 3 1 4 −3 0 9 June 1996 14:30 Spain 1 – 1 Bulgaria Elland Road, Leeds Attendance: 24,006 Referee: Piero Ceccarini (Italy) Alfonso 74' (Report) Stoichkov 65' (pen.) 10 June 1996 19:30 Romania 0 – 1 France St James' Park, Newcastle Attendance: 26,323 Referee: Hellmut Krug (Germany) (Report) Dugarry 25' 13 June 1996 16:30 Bulgaria 1 – 0 Romania St James' Park, Newcastle Attendance: 19,107 Referee: Peter Mikkelsen (Denmark) Stoichkov 3' (Report) 15 June 1996 18:00 France 1 – 1 Spain Elland Road, Leeds Attendance: 35,626 Referee: Vadim Zhuk (Belarus) Djorkaeff 49' (Report) Caminero 86' 18 June 1996 16:30 France 3 – 1 Bulgaria St James' Park, Newcastle Attendance: 26,976 Referee: Dermot Gallagher (England) Blanc 21' Penev 63' (o.g.) Loko 90' (Report) Stoichkov 69' 18 June 1996 16:30 Romania 1 – 2 Spain Elland Road, Leeds Attendance: 32,719 Referee: Ahmet Çakar (Turkey) Răducioiu 29' (Report) Manjarín 11' Amor 84' Group C Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Germany 3 2 1 0 5 0 +5 7 Czech Republic 3 1 1 1 5 6 −1 4 Italy 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4 Russia 3 0 1 2 4 8 −4 1 9 June 1996 17:00 Germany 2 – 0 Czech Republic Old Trafford, Manchester Attendance: 37,300 Referee: David Elleray (England) Ziege 26' Möller 32' (Report) 11 June 1996 16:30 Italy 2 – 1 Russia Anfield, Liverpool Attendance: 35,120 Referee: Leslie Mottram (Scotland) Casiraghi 5' 52' (Report) Tsymbalar 21' 14 June 1996 19:30 Czech Republic 2 – 1 Italy Anfield, Liverpool Attendance: 37,320 Referee: Antonio López Nieto (Spain) Nedvěd 4' Bejbl 35' (Report) Chiesa 18' 16 June 1996 15:00 Russia 0 – 3 Germany Old Trafford, Manchester Attendance: 50,760 Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark) (Report) Sammer 56' Klinsmann 77' 90' 19 June 1996 19:30 Russia 3 – 3 Czech Republic Anfield, Liverpool Attendance: 21,128 Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden) Mostovoi 49' Tetradze 54' Beschastnykh 85' (Report) Suchopárek 5' Kuka 19' Šmicer 88' 19 June 1996 19:30 Italy 0 – 0 Germany Old Trafford, Manchester Attendance: 53,740 Referee: Guy Goethals (Belgium) (Report) Group D Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Portugal 3 2 1 0 5 1 +4 7 Croatia 3 2 0 1 4 3 +1 6 Denmark 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4 Turkey 3 0 0 3 0 5 −5 0 9 June 1996 19:30 Denmark 1 – 1 Portugal Hillsborough Stadium, Sheffield Attendance: 34,993 Referee: Mario van der Ende (Netherlands) B. Laudrup 22' (Report) Sá Pinto 53' 11 June 1996 19:30 Turkey 0 – 1 Croatia City Ground, Nottingham Attendance: 22,406 Referee: Serge Muhmenthaler (Switzerland) (Report) Vlaović 86' 14 June 1996 16:30 Portugal 1 – 0 Turkey City Ground, Nottingham Attendance: 22,670 Referee: Sándor Puhl (Hungary) Couto 66' (Report) 16 June 1996 18:00 Croatia 3 – 0 Denmark Hillsborough Stadium, Sheffield Attendance: 33,671 Referee: Marc Batta (France) Šuker 53' (pen.) 90' Boban 81' (Report) 19 June 1996 16:30 Croatia 0 – 3 Portugal City Ground, Nottingham Attendance: 20,484 Referee: Bernd Heynemann (Germany) (Report) Figo 4' Pinto 33' Domingos 82' 19 June 1996 16:30 Turkey 0 – 3 Denmark Hillsborough Stadium, Sheffield Attendance: 28,951 Referee: Nikolai Levnikov (Russia) (Report) B. Laudrup 50' 84' Nielsen 69' Knockout stages Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final 23 June – Manchester Germany 2 26 June – London Croatia 1 Germany (pen.) 1 (6) 22 June – London England 1 (5) Spain 0 (2) 30 June – London England (pen.) 0 (4) Germany (a.e.t.) 2 23 June – Birmingham Czech Republic 1 Czech Republic 1 26 June – Manchester Portugal 0 Czech Republic (pen.) 0 (6) 22 June – Liverpool France 0 (5) France (pen.) 0 (5) Netherlands 0 (4) Quarter-finals 22 June 1996 15:00 Spain 0 – 0 ( England Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 75,440 Referee: Marc Batta (France) Penalties Hierro Amor Belsúe Nadal 2 – 4 Shearer Platt Pearce Gascoigne 22 June 1996 18:30 France 0 – 0 ( Netherlands Anfield, Liverpool Attendance: 37,465 Referee: Antonio López Nieto (Spain) (Report) Penalties Zidane Djorkaeff Lizarazu Guérin Blanc 5 – 4 de Kock R. de Boer Kluivert Seedorf Blind 23 June 1996 15:00 Germany 2 – 1 Croatia Old Trafford, Manchester Attendance: 43,412 Referee: Leif Sundell (Sweden) Klinsmann 20' (pen.) Sammer 59' (Report) Šuker 51' 23 June 1996 18:30 Czech Republic 1 – 0 Portugal Villa Park, Birmingham Attendance: 26,832 Referee: Hellmut Krug (Germany) Poborský 53' (Report) [edit] Semi-finals 26 June 1996 16:00 France 0 – 0 (a.e.t.) Czech Republic Old Trafford, Manchester Attendance: 43,877 Referee: Leslie Mottram (Scotland) (Report) Penalties Zidane Djorkaeff Lizarazu Guérin Blanc Pedros 5 – 6 Kubík Nedvěd Berger Poborský Rada Kadlec 26 June 1996 19:30 Germany 1 – 1 (a.e.t.) England Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 75,862 Referee: Sándor Puhl (Hungary) Kuntz 16' (Report) Shearer 3' Penalties Häßler Strunz Reuter Ziege Kuntz Möller 6 – 5 Shearer Platt Pearce Gascoigne Sheringham Southgate Final Main article: UEFA Euro 1996 Final 30 June 1996 19:00 Germany 2 – 1 (a.e.t.) Czech Republic Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 73,611 Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto (Italy) Bierhoff 73' 95' (Report) Berger 59' (pen.) Euro 1996 Champions Germany Third title Statistics