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UEFA Euro 96
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| UEFA Euro 1996 | |
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| Tournament details | |
| Host nation |  England |
| Dates | June 8 – June 30 |
| Teams | 16 (from 48 associations) |
| Venues | 8 (in 8 host cities) |
| Champions |  Germany (3 titles) |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches | 31 |
| Goals scored | 64 (2.06 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Alan Shearer (5) |
| Best Player | 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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The following teams participated in the final tournament:
Croatia, Russia and the Czech Republic each qualified at their first attempts since the break-ups of Yugoslavia, the USSR and Czechoslovakia. Bulgaria, Turkey and Switzerland qualified for the first time. Notable absentees included Sweden, Republic of Ireland and Belgium.
- 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
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For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see 1996 UEFA European Football Championship squads.
Note: All times local (BST/UTC+1).
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| 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 |
| 1996-06-08 15:00 |
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| England |
1 – 1 | Switzerland |
Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 76,567 Referee: Vega (Spain) |
Shearer  23' |
(Report) | Türkyilmaz 84' (pen.) |
| 1996-06-10 16:30 |
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| Netherlands |
0 – 0 | Scotland |
Villa Park, Birmingham Attendance: 36,000 Referee: Sundell (Sweden) |
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| 1996-06-13 19:30 |
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| Switzerland |
0 – 2 | Netherlands |
Villa Park, Birmingham Attendance: 37,000 Referee: Uzunov (Bulgaria) |
| (Report) | Cruyff 66' Bergkamp 79' |
| 1996-06-15 15:00 |
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| Scotland |
0 – 2 | England |
Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 76,684 Referee: Pairetto (Italy) |
| (Report) | Shearer 53' Gascoigne 79' |
| 1996-06-18 19:30 |
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| Scotland |
1 – 0 | Switzerland |
Villa Park, Birmingham Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Krondl (Czech Republic) |
| McCoist 36' |
(Report) |
| 1996-06-18 19:30 |
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| Netherlands |
1 – 4 | England |
Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 76,798 Referee: Grabher (Austria) |
| Kluivert 78' |
(Report) | Shearer 23' (pen.) 57' Sheringham 51' 62' |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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 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 |
| 1996-06-09 14:30 |
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| Spain |
1 – 1 | Bulgaria |
Elland Road, Leeds Attendance: 26,000 Referee: Ceccarini (Italy) |
| Alfonso 74' |
(Report) | Stoichkov 65' (pen.) |
| 1996-06-10 19:30 |
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| Romania |
0 – 1 | France |
St James' Park, Newcastle upon Tyne Attendance: 36,000 Referee: Krug (Germany) |
| (Report) | Dugarry 25' |
| 1996-06-13 16:30 |
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| Bulgaria |
1 – 0 | Romania |
St James' Park, Newcastle upon Tyne Attendance: 19,107 Referee: Mikkelsen (Denmark) |
| Stoichkov 3' |
(Report) |
| 1996-06-15 18:00 |
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| France |
1 – 1 | Spain |
Elland Road, Leeds Attendance: 39,000 Referee: Zhuk (Belarus) |
| Djorkaeff 49' |
(Report) | Caminero 86' |
| 1996-06-18 16:30 |
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| France |
3 – 1 | Bulgaria |
St James' Park, Newcastle upon Tyne Attendance: 26,976 Referee: Gallagher (England) |
| Blanc 21' Penev 63' (o.g.)Loko 90' |
(Report) | Stoichkov 69' |
| 1996-06-18 16:30 |
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| Romania |
1 – 2 | Spain |
Elland Road, Leeds Attendance: 32,719 Referee: Çakar (Turkey) |
| Răducioiu 29' |
(Report) | Manjarín 11' Amor 84' |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| 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 |
| 1996-06-09 17:00 |
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| Germany |
2 – 0 | Czech Republic |
Old Trafford, Manchester Attendance: 37,000 Referee: Elleray (England) |
| Ziege 26' Möller 32' |
(Report) |
| 1996-06-11 16:30 |
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| Italy |
2 – 1 | Russia |
Anfield, Liverpool Attendance: 35,120 Referee: Mottram (Scotland) |
| Casiraghi 5' 52' |
(Report) | Tsymbalar 21' |
| 1996-06-14 19:30 |
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| Czech Republic |
2 – 1 | Italy |
Anfield, Liverpool Attendance: 37,200 Referee: Nieto (Spain) |
| Nedvěd 4' Bejbl 35' |
(Report) | Chiesa 18' |
| 1996-06-16 15:00 |
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| Russia |
0 – 3 | Germany |
Old Trafford, Manchester Attendance: 50,670 Referee: Nielsen (Denmark) |
| (Report) | Sammer 56' Klinsmann 77' 90' |
| 1996-06-19 19:30 |
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| Russia |
3 – 3 | Czech Republic |
Anfield, Liverpool Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Frisk (Sweden) |
| Mostovoi 49' Tetradze 54'Beschastnykh 85' |
(Report) | Suchopárek 5' Kuka 19'Šmicer 88' |
| 1996-06-19 19:30 |
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| Italy |
0 – 0 | Germany |
Old Trafford, Manchester Attendance: 53,700 Referee: Goethals (Belgium) |
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| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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 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 |
| 1996-06-09 19:30 |
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| Denmark |
1 – 1 | Portugal |
Hillsborough Stadium, Sheffield Attendance: 34,993 Referee: van der Ende (Netherlands) |
| B. Laudrup 22' |
(Report) | Sá Pinto 53' |
| 1996-06-11 19:30 |
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| Turkey |
0 – 1 | Croatia |
City Ground, Nottingham Attendance: 22,406 Referee: Muhmenthaler (Switzerland) |
| (Report) | Vlaović 86' |
| 1996-06-14 16:30 |
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| Portugal |
1 – 0 | Turkey |
City Ground, Nottingham Attendance: 22,670 Referee: Puhl (Hungary) |
| Couto 66' |
(Report) |
| 1996-06-16 18:00 |
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| Croatia |
3 – 0 | Denmark |
Hillsborough Stadium, Sheffield Attendance: 33,671 Referee: Batta (France) |
| Šuker 53' (pen.) 90' Boban 81' |
(Report) |
| 1996-06-19 16:30 |
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| Croatia |
0 – 3 | Portugal |
City Ground, Nottingham Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Heynemann (Germany) |
| (Report) | Figo 4' Pinto 33'Domingos 82' |
| 1996-06-19 16:30 |
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| Turkey |
0 – 3 | Denmark |
Hillsborough Stadium, Sheffield Attendance: 28,671 Referee: Levnikov (Russia) |
| (Report) | B. Laudrup 50' 84' Nielsen 69' |
| Quarter finals | Semi finals | Final | ||||||||
| 22 June - London | ||||||||||
| England (pen) |
0 (4) | |||||||||
| 26 June – London | ||||||||||
| Spain |
0 (2) | |||||||||
| England |
1 (5) | |||||||||
| 23 June - Manchester | ||||||||||
| Germany (pen) |
1 (6) | |||||||||
| Germany |
2 | |||||||||
| June 30 – London | ||||||||||
| Croatia |
1 | |||||||||
| Germany (aet) |
2 | |||||||||
| 22 June - Liverpool | ||||||||||
| Czech Republic |
1 | |||||||||
| Netherlands |
0 (4) | |||||||||
| 26 June - Manchester | ||||||||||
| France (pen) |
0 (5) | |||||||||
| France |
0 (5) | |||||||||
| 23 June - Birmingham | ||||||||||
| Czech Republic (pen) |
0 (6) | |||||||||
| Czech Republic |
1 | |||||||||
| Portugal |
0 | |||||||||
| 1996-06-22 15:00 |
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| England |
0 – 0 (a.e.t.) | Spain |
Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 75,440 Referee: Batta (France) |
| (Report) |
| Penalties | |||
| Shearer Platt Pearce Gascoigne |
4 – 2 |  Hierro Amor Belsúe Nadal |
| June 22, 1996 18:30 |
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| Netherlands |
0 – 0 (a.e.t.) | France |
Anfield, Liverpool Attendance: 37,465 Referee: López Nieto (Spain) |
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| Penalties | |||
| de Kock R. de Boer Kluivert Seedorf Blind |
4 – 5 | Zidane Djorkaeff Lizarazu Guérin Blanc |
| 1996-06-23 15:00 |
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| Germany |
2 – 1 | Croatia |
Old Trafford, Manchester Attendance: 43,412 Referee: Sundell (Sweden) |
| Klinsmann 20' (pen.) Sammer 59' |
(Report) | Šuker 51' |
| 1996-06-23 18:30 |
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| Czech Republic |
1 – 0 | Portugal |
Villa Park, Birmingham Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Krug (Germany) |
| Poborský 53' |
(Report) |
| 1996-06-26 16:00 |
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| France |
0 – 0 (a.e.t.) | Czech Republic |
Old Trafford, Manchester Attendance: 43,877 Referee: Mottram (Scotland) |
| (Report) |
| Penalties | |||
| Zidane Djorkaeff Lizarazu Guérin Blanc Pedros |
5 – 6 | Kubík Nedvěd Berger Poborský Rada Kadlec |
| 1996-06-26 19:30 |
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| England |
1 – 1 (a.e.t) | Germany |
Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 75,862 Referee: Puhl (Hungary) |
| Shearer 3' |
(Report) | Kuntz 16' |
| Penalties | |||
| Shearer Platt Pearce Gascoigne Sheringham Southgate |
5 – 6 | Häßler Strunz Reuter Ziege Kuntz Möller |
| 1996-06-30 19:00 |
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| Germany |
2 – 1 (a.e.t.) | Czech Republic |
Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 76,700 Referee: Pairetto (Italy) |
| Bierhoff 73' 95' |
(Report) | Berger 59' (pen.) |
| Euro 1996 Champions |
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Germany Third title |
5 Goals
3 Goals
2 Goals
Goalkeepers
Defenders
Midfielders
Forwards
UEFA Player of the Tournament
3 Minutes : Alan Shearer (England vs Germany); Hristo Stoichkov (Bulgaria vs Romania)
2.06 per game
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