1996 European Football Championship
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The 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 final tournament took place between June 8 and June 30, 1996.
This was the very first edition to introduce the current format of 16 countries disputing the final tournament. 15 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.
Continental power Germany reclaimed the title after their surprising '92 finals loss to Denmark.
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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: 28,000
Squads
For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see 1996 European Football Championship (squads).
First Round
All times local (GMT)
Half-time scores are in brackets
Group A
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| England | 1 - 1 (1-0) | Switzerland | 15:00 - Wembley Stadium, London Ref: Manuel Diaz Vega (Spain) |
| Shearer 23' | Türkyilmaz (p) 84' |
| Netherlands | 0 - 0 (0-0) | Scotland | 16:30 - Villa Park, Birmingham Ref: Leif Sundell (Sweden) |
| Switzerland | 0 - 2 (0-0) | Netherlands | 19:30 - Villa Park, Birmingham Ref: Atanas Uzunov (Bulgaria) |
| Jordi Cruyff 66' | |||
| Bergkamp 79' |
| Scotland | 0 - 2 (0-0) | England | 15:00 - Wembley Stadium, London Ref: Pierluigi Pairetto (Italy) |
| Shearer 53' | |||
| Gascoigne 79' |
| Scotland | 1 - 0 (1-0) | Switzerland | 19:30 - Villa Park, Birmingham Ref: Vaclav Krondl (Czech Republic) | ||
| McCoist 36' | |||||
| Netherlands | 1 - 4 (0-1) | England | 19:30 - Wembley Stadium, London Ref: Gerd Grabher (Austria) | ||
| Kluivert 78' | Shearer (p) 23' | ||||
| Sheringham 51' | |||||
| Shearer 57'
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Group B
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| Spain | 1 - 1 (0-0) | Bulgaria | 14:30 - Elland Road, Leeds Ref: Piero Ceccarini (Italy) |
| Alfonso 74' | Stoitchkov (p) 65' |
| Romania | 0 - 1 (0-1) | France | 19:30 - St James' Park, Newcastle Ref: Hellmut Krug (Germany) |
| Dugarry 25' |
| Bulgaria | 1 - 0 (1-0) | Romania | 16:30 - St James' Park, Newcastle Ref: Peter Mikkelsen (Denmark) |
| Stoitchkov 3' |
| France | 1 - 1 (0-0) | Spain | 18:00 - Elland Road, Leeds Ref: Vadim Zhuk (Belarus) |
| Djorkaeff 49' | Caminero 86' |
| France | 3 - 1 (1-0) | Bulgaria | 16:30 - St James' Park, Newcastle Ref: Dermot Gallagher (England) |
| Blanc 21' | Stoitchkov 69' | ||
| Penev (og) 63' | |||
| Loko 90' | |||
| Romania | 1 - 2 (1-1) | Spain | 16:30 - Elland Road, Leeds Ref: Ahmet Çakar (Turkey) |
| Raducioiu 29' | Manjarín 11' | ||
| Amor 84' |
Group C
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| Germany | 2 - 0 (2-0) | Czech Republic | 17:00 - Old Trafford, Manchester Ref: David Elleray (England) |
| Ziege 26' | |||
| Möller 32' |
| Italy | 2 - 1 (1-1) | Russia | 16:30 - Anfield, Liverpool Ref: Leslie Mottram (Scotland) |
| Casiraghi 5' | Tsymbalar 21' | ||
| Casiraghi 52' |
| Czech Republic | 2 - 1 (2-1) | Italy | 19:30 - Anfield, Liverpool Ref: Antonio López Nieto (Spain) |
| Nedvěd 4' | Chiesa 18' | ||
| Bejbl 35' |
| Russia | 0 - 3 (0-0) | Germany | 15:00 - Old Trafford, Manchester Ref: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark) |
| Sammer 56' | |||
| Klinsmann 77' | |||
| Klinsmann 90' |
| Russia | 3 - 3 (0-2) | Czech Republic | 19:30 - Anfield, Liverpool Ref: Anders Frisk (Sweden) |
| Mostovoi 49' | Suchopárek 5' | ||
| Tetradze 54' | Kuka 19' | ||
| Beschastnykh 85' | Šmicer 88' | ||
| Italy | 0 - 0 (0-0) | Germany | 19:30 - Old Trafford, Manchester Ref: Guy Goethals (Belgium) |
Group D
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| Denmark | 1 - 1 (1-0) | Portugal | 19:30 - Hillsborough, Sheffield Ref: Mario van der Ende (Netherlands) |
| B. Laudrup 22' | Sá Pinto 53' |
| Turkey | 0 - 1 (0-0) | Croatia | 19:30 - City Ground, Nottingham Ref: Serge Muhmenthaler (Switzerland) |
| Vlaovic 86' |
| Portugal | 1 - 0 (0-0) | Turkey | 16:30 - City Ground, Nottingham Ref: Sandor Puhl (Hungary) |
| Couto 66' |
| Croatia | 3 - 0 (0-0) | Denmark | 18:00 - Hillsborough, Sheffield Ref: Marc Batta (France) |
| Šuker (p) 53' | |||
| Boban 81' | |||
| Šuker 90' |
| Croatia | 0 - 3 (0-2) | Portugal | 16:30 - City Ground, Nottingham Ref: Bernd Heynemann (Germany) |
| Figo 4' | |||
| João Vieira Pinto 33' | |||
| Domingos 82' | |||
| Turkey | 0 - 3 (0-0) | Denmark | 16:30 - Hillsborough, Sheffield Ref: Nikolai Levnikov (Russia) |
| B. Laudrup 50' | |||
| A. Nielsen 69' | |||
| B. Laudrup 84' |
Quarter-finals
 England
| 0 - 0 (0-0) |  Spain
| 15:00 - Wembley Stadium, London Ref: Marc Batta (France) | |
| after extra-time: | 0 - 0 (0-0) | |||
| Penalty shootout | ||||
| England
| 4 - 2 | Spain
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| 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 | ||
 Netherlands
| 0 - 0 (0-0) |  France
| 18:30 - Anfield, Liverpool Ref: Antonio López Nieto (Spain) | |
| after extra-time: | 0 - 0 (0-0) | |||
| Penalty shootout | ||||
| Netherlands
| 4 - 5 | France
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| 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 | ||
 Germany
| 2 - 1 (1-0) |  Croatia
| 15:00 - Old Trafford, Manchester Ref: Leif Sundell (Sweden) |
| Klinsmann (p) 20' | Šuker 51' | ||
| Sammer 59' | |||
 Czech Republic
| 1 - 0 (0-0) | Missing image Portugal_flag_large.png Portugal | 18:30 - Villa Park, Birmingham Ref: Hellmut Krug (Germany) |
| Poborský 53' |
Semi-finals
| France
| 0 - 0 (0-0) | Czech Republic
| 16:00 - Old Trafford, Manchester Ref: Leslie Mottram (Scotland) | |
| after extra-time: | 0 - 0 (0-0) | |||
| Penalty shootout | ||||
| France
| 5 - 6 | Czech Republic
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| 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 | ||
| England
| 1 - 1 (1-1) | Germany
| 19:30 - Wembley Stadium, London Ref: Sandor Puhl (Hungary) | |
| after extra-time: | 1 - 1 (1-1) | |||
| Shearer 3' | Kuntz 16' | |||
| Penalty shootout | ||||
| England
| 5 - 6 | Germany
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| 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
| Germany
| 1 - 1 (0-0) | Czech Republic
| 19:00 - Wembley Stadium, London Ref: Pierluigi Pairetto (Italy) |
| after extra-time: | 2 - 1 | ||
| Bierhoff 73' | Berger (p) 59' | ||
| Bierhoff (GG) 95' |
| European Champions: GERMANY (Third title)
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Goal Scorers
5 Goals
3 Goals
2 Goals
Oliver Bierhoff - Matthias Sammer
Teddy Sheringham
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Pierluigi Casiraghi
1 goal
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Domingos - Fernando Couto - João Vieira Pinto - Luis Figo - Ricardo Sá Pinto 
Zvonimir Boban - Goran Vlaovic
Radek Bejbl - Patrik Berger - Pavel Kuka - Pavel Nedvěd - Karel Poborský - Vladimír Šmicer - Jan Suchopárek
Allan Nielsen
- Paul Gascoigne
Laurent Blanc - Youri Djorkaeff - Christophe Dugarry - Patrice Loko
- Stefan Kuntz - Andreas Möller - Christian Ziege
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Enrico Chiesa 
Dennis Bergkamp - Jordi Cruyff - Patrick Kluivert
Florin Raducioiu
Vladimir Beschastnykh - Alexander Mostovoi - Omar Tetradze - Ilya Tsymbalar
Ally McCoist
Alfonso - Guillermo Amor - José Luis Caminero - Javier Manjarín
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Kubilay Türkyilmaz
Own goals
The Winning Squad
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