UEFA Euro 1996

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UEFA Euro 96
England '96
UEFA Euro 1996 logo.svg
UEFA Euro 1996 official logo
Football Comes Home
Tournament details
Host country England
Dates 8–30 June
Teams 16
Venue(s) 8 (in 8 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  Germany (3rd title)
Runners-up  Czech Republic
Tournament statistics
Matches played 31
Goals scored 64 (2.06 per match)
Attendance 1,275,857 (41,157 per match)
Top scorer(s) England Alan Shearer (5 goals)
Best player Germany Matthias Sammer
← 1992
2000 →

The 1996 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as Euro 96, was the 10th UEFA European Championship, a quadrennial football tournament contested by European nations and organised by UEFA. It took place in England from 8 to 30 June 1996.

It was the first European Championship to feature 16 finalists, following UEFA's decision to expand the tournament from eight teams. Games were staged in eight cities and, although not all games were sold out, the tournament holds the European Championship's second-highest aggregate attendance (1,276,000) and average per game (41,158) for the 16-team format,[1] surpassed only in 2012.[2] It was also the first European Championships where 3 points for a win were awarded during the qualification and group stages, following the previous system of 2 points being awarded for a win, reflecting the growing use of this system in domestic leagues throughout the world during the previous decade.

Germany won the tournament, beating the Czech Republic 2–1 in the final with a golden goal during extra time; this was the first major competition to be decided using this method. This was also Germany's first major title won as a unified nation.

Bid process[edit]

At the time of the bidding process, it had not yet been confirmed that sixteen teams would be participating. Instead, the bids were largely prepared as if hosting an eight-team tournament, meaning only four venues were due to be required.[3] All candidates had to submit their plans by 10 December 1991.[4]

The hosting of the event was contested by five bids: Austria, England, Greece, the Netherlands and Portugal. The English bid was selected by the UEFA Executive Committee at a meeting in Lisbon on 5 May 1992.[5] In the year preceding the decision, the English FA had dropped plans to also bid for the 1998 World Cup in order to gain the support of other UEFA members who were planning to bid for that event.[5]

Summary[edit]

Group matches[edit]

The hosts, England, drew 1–1 with Switzerland in the opening match of Group A when Alan Shearer's 23rd-minute goal was cancelled out by a late Kubilay Türkyilmaz penalty kick.[6] England defeated rivals Scotland 2–0 in their next game, and then produced one of their finest performances ever with a 4–1 win over the Netherlands.[7] Patrick Kluivert's late goal for the Netherlands secured his team second place in the group and ensured that Scotland would exit another major competition on goal difference.[8]

A Group A game between Scotland and the Netherlands at Villa Park

Group B had Western European France and Spain, along with Balkan World Cup participants Romania and Bulgaria. France and Spain dominated the group,[9][10] with France avenging Bulgaria for the 1994 qualification debacle,[11] and World Cup quarter-finalists Romania going home,[12] with no points and only one goal scored.

Groups C and D saw the Czech Republic and Croatia, whose national teams had only recently come into existence, qualify for the knockout stages. The Czechs lost to Germany, the eventual group winners, in their opener, but then defeated Italy and drew with Russia.[13][14] Italy's defeat meant they had to beat Germany in their final game to progress, but the World Cup finalists could only manage a 0–0 draw and were eliminated.[15] In Group D, Croatia qualified for the quarter-finals, with wins over Turkey (1–0) and Denmark (3–0).[16] The loss to the Croats ultimately sent the Danes, the surprise champions of 1992, home. Turkey became the first team since the introduction of a group stage to be eliminated without gaining a point or scoring a goal.

The other three quarter-finalists were Portugal (whose "Golden Generation" was competing at its first major tournament), Spain, and a France team featuring a young Zinedine Zidane.

Quarter-finals and semi-finals[edit]

The knockout stages were characterised by negative, defensive play; as a result, only nine goals were scored in the seven games and four of the matches were decided on penalties. The first quarter-final between the hosts and Spain ended goalless, after Spain had two goals disallowed and two claims for a penalty denied.[17] The English progressed 4–2 on spot kicks.[18] France and Netherlands also played out a 0–0 draw, with France winning the penalty shootout 5–4.[19] Jürgen Klinsmann opened the scoring for Germany in their match against Croatia. A 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.[20] Czech Republic progressed after beating Portugal 1–0.[21][22]

The view of Wembley Stadium from Wembley Way before the semi-final between Germany and England

The first semi-final, featuring France and Czech Republic, resulted in another 0–0 draw and penalties. Reynald Pedros was the one player to miss in the shootout, as Czech Republic won the penalty shoot-out 6–5.[23] The other semi-final was a repeat of the 1990 World Cup semi-final between Germany and England. Alan Shearer headed in after three 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, Paul Gascoigne came very close to scoring a golden goal, but fractionally missed a cross from Shearer in front of the empty goal, Darren Anderton hit the post, and Kuntz had a goal disallowed for pushing. Neither team was able to find a second goal. In 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.[24]

Final match[edit]

The final saw the Czech Republic hoping to repeat Euro 1976 when Czechoslovakia defeated West Germany; the Germans were aiming to win their third European Championship. Patrik Berger scored from a penalty in 59th minute to put the Czechs ahead. German substitute Oliver Bierhoff then scored to make it 1–1. Five minutes into extra time, 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.[25] Germany were European champions again, the first time as a unified country.

Qualification[edit]

Main article: UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying

On 30 November 1992, UEFA formally decided to expand the tournament to sixteen teams.[26] UEFA cited the increased number of international teams following the recent break up of the Soviet Union and of Yugoslavia – rising from 33 UEFA members in 1988 to 48 by 1994 – as a driving factor behind the expansion.[27] Forty-seven teams ultimately entered to compete for the fifteen remaining places in the finals, alongside hosts England.[28]

The draw for the qualifying competition took place in Manchester on 22 January 1994.[29] The teams were divided into eight groups, each containing either six or five teams. The qualifying process began in April 1994 and concluded in December 1995. At the conclusion of the qualifying group stage in November 1995, the eight group winners qualified automatically, along with the six highest ranked second placed teams. The remaining two second placed teams – The Netherlands and the Republic of Ireland – contested a one-off play-off match in England to decide the final qualifier.

Qualified teams[edit]

With the extended format, three teams were able to qualify for their first European Championship: Bulgaria, Switzerland and Turkey. Croatia, the Czech Republic and Russia competed for the first time in their own right since the dissolution of Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia and the Soviet Union (though the Russian team is considered by FIFA to be the direct descendant of the Soviet Union and CIS teams that had appeared in six past tournaments and the Czech team is the descendant of the Czechoslovakia team). Seven of the eight participants at the previous tournament in 1992 were again present, with only Sweden – despite also having finished third in the World Cup two years earlier – missing out.

The following sixteen teams qualified for the finals:

Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament[A]
 England Host 5 May 1992 4 (1968, 1980, 1988, 1992)
  Switzerland Group 3 winner 11 October 1995 0 (debut)
 Romania Group 1 winner 15 November 1995 1 (1984)
 France Group 1 runner-up 15 November 1995 3 (1960, 1984, 1992)
 Spain Group 2 winner 15 November 1995 4 (1964, 1980, 1984, 1988)
 Denmark Group 2 runner-up 15 November 1995 4 (1964, 1984, 1988, 1992)
 Turkey Group 3 runner-up 15 November 1995 0 (debut)
 Croatia Group 4 winner 15 November 1995 0 (debut)
 Italy Group 4 runner-up 15 November 1995 3 (1968, 1980, 1988)
 Czech Republic[B] Group 5 winner 15 November 1995 3 (1960, 1976, 1980)
 Portugal Group 6 winner 15 November 1995 1 (1984)
 Germany[C] Group 7 winner 15 November 1995 6 (1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992)
 Bulgaria Group 7 runner-up 15 November 1995 0 (debut)
 Russia[D] Group 8 winner 15 November 1995 6 (1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1988, 1992)
 Scotland Group 8 runner-up 15 November 1995 1 (1992)
 Netherlands Play-off winner 13 December 1995 4 (1976, 1980, 1988, 1992)
  1. ^ Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.
  2. ^ From 1960 to 1980, the Czech Republic competed as Czechoslovakia.
  3. ^ From 1972 to 1988, Germany competed as West Germany.
  4. ^ From 1960 to 1988, Russia competed as the Soviet Union, and in 1992 as CIS.

Final draw[edit]

The draw for the final tournament took place on 17 December 1995 at the International Convention Centre in Birmingham.[30] Only four teams were seeded: England (as hosts), Denmark (as holders), Spain and Germany. The remaining twelve teams were all unseeded and could be drawn in any group.[30]

Seeded Pot
  1. ^ Hosts England were automatically assigned to position A1.
  2. ^ Defending champions Denmark were automatically assigned to Pot 1.

In the draw procedure, the unseeded teams were drawn one-by-one and placed consecutively into four groups labeled I to IV. The first four were placed in position 4 of each group, the next four in position 3, and the last 4 in position 2. Next the four seeded teams were drawn and placed consecutively into position 1 of the groups. While it was decreed in advance that England's group (labeled as III) would be Group A, the remaining three groups then consecutively (from I, II, to IV) had a letter drawn to decide the name of their group, and therefore determine what venues they would play at.[30] The balls were drawn by UEFA figures Gerhard Aigner and Lennart Johansson.[30]

The draw resulted in the following groups:[31]

Group A
Pos Team
A1  England
A2   Switzerland
A3  Netherlands
A4  Scotland
Group B
Pos Team
B1  Spain
B2  Bulgaria
B3  Romania
B4  France
Group C
Pos Team
C1  Germany
C2  Czech Republic
C3  Italy
C4  Russia
Group D
Pos Team
D1  Denmark
D2  Portugal
D3  Turkey
D4  Croatia

Venues[edit]

Since the implementation of the Taylor Report in 1990, following the 1989 Hillsborough stadium disaster, England now had enough all-seater stadia of sufficient capacity to hold an expanded tournament due to the necessary stadium refurbishment by its leading clubs. The stadium capacities listed in the table are for the time of the tournament.

London Manchester
Wembley Stadium Old Trafford
Capacity: 76,567 Capacity: 55,000
The Charity Shield of 1974 at Wembley - geograph.org.uk - 620498.jpg Old Trafford march 1992.JPG
Liverpool Birmingham
Anfield Villa Park
Capacity: 42,730 Capacity: 40,310
View of inside Anfield Stadium from Anfield Road Stand.jpg Villa Park.jpg
Leeds Sheffield Nottingham Newcastle
Elland Road Hillsborough City Ground St James' Park
Capacity: 40,204 Capacity: 39,859 Capacity: 30,539 Capacity: 36,649
Ellandrd.jpg Sheffield Wednesday FC.jpg City Ground, Nottingham - geograph.org.uk - 83567.jpg Bulgaria Romania Euro 96 A.jpg

Squads[edit]

Main article: UEFA Euro 1996 squads

Each national team had to submit a squad of 22 players, three of whom must be goalkeepers.

Finals format[edit]

To accommodate the expansion from a 8-team finals tournament to 16 teams, the format was changed from that used in 1992 with the addition of two extra groups in the group stage, and an extra round in the knockout phases. The four groups (A to D) still contained four teams each, with the top two from each group still going through to the knockout phase. 8 teams then went into the new quarter-finals, ahead of the usual semi-finals and final, with 8 teams going out at the group stage. The format is exactly the one which was applied to the 1962, 1966 and 1970 World Cups, except for the absence of a third place play-off.

Match ball[edit]

Main article: Adidas Questra

A custom version of the Adidas Questra, the Questra Europa, was the official match ball of the championships. The design of the ball included a reworking of the England badge, and was the first coloured ball in a major football tournament.[32]

Match officials[edit]

Match officials are listed in the two collapsed tables below.

Group stage[edit]

Finishing positions of the participating teams

The teams finishing in the top two positions in each of the four groups progress to the quarter-finals, while the bottom two teams in each group were eliminated from the tournament. For the first time at a European Championship three points were awarded for a win, with one for a draw and a none for a defeat.

All times are local, BST (UTC+1).

Tiebreakers[edit]

If two or more teams finished level on points after completion of the group matches, the following tie-breakers were used to determine the final ranking:

  1. Higher number of points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question;
  2. Superior goal difference resulting from the matches played between the teams in question (if more than two teams finish equal on points);
  3. Higher number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question (if more than two teams finish equal on points);
  4. If, after having applied criteria 1 to 3 to more than two teams, two teams still have an equal ranking, criteria 1 to 3 are reapplied exclusively to the matches between the two teams in question to determine the final rankings of the two teams. If this procedure does not lead to a decision, criteria 5 to 9 apply in the order given;
  5. Superior goal difference in all group matches;
  6. Higher number of goals scored in all group matches;
  7. Position using UEFA's national team coefficient ranking system calculated using average points per game from: the Euro 1992 qualifying stage and final tournament, the 1994 World Cup qualifying stage and final tournament and the Euro 1996 qualifying stage.
  8. Fair play conduct of the teams (final tournament);
  9. Drawing of lots.

Group A[edit]

Main article: UEFA Euro 1996 Group A
Pos Team
[ ]
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  England (H) 3 2 1 0 7 2 +5 7 Advance to knockout stage
2  Netherlands 3 1 1 1 3 4 −1 4
3  Scotland 3 1 1 1 1 2 −1 4
4   Switzerland 3 0 1 2 1 4 −3 1
Source: UEFA
(H) Host.
England  1–1   Switzerland
Shearer Goal 23' Report Türkyilmaz Goal 83' (pen.)
Attendance: 76,567
Netherlands  0–0  Scotland
Report
Attendance: 34,363
Referee: Leif Sundell (Sweden)
Switzerland   0–2  Netherlands
Report
Attendance: 36,800
Scotland  0–2  England
Report
Attendance: 76,864
Scotland  1–0   Switzerland
McCoist Goal 36' Report
Attendance: 34,946
Netherlands  1–4  England
Kluivert Goal 78' Report
Attendance: 76,798

Group B[edit]

Main article: UEFA Euro 1996 Group B
Pos Team
[ ]
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  France 3 2 1 0 5 2 +3 7 Advance to knockout stage
2  Spain 3 1 2 0 4 3 +1 5
3  Bulgaria 3 1 1 1 3 4 −1 4
4  Romania 3 0 0 3 1 4 −3 0
Source: UEFA
Spain  1–1  Bulgaria
Alfonso Goal 74' Report Stoichkov Goal 65' (pen.)
Attendance: 24,006
Romania  0–1  France
Report Dugarry Goal 25'
Attendance: 26,323
Bulgaria  1–0  Romania
Stoichkov Goal 3' Report
Attendance: 19,107
France  1–1  Spain
Djorkaeff Goal 48' Report Caminero Goal 85'
Attendance: 35,626
Referee: Vadim Zhuk (Belarus)
France  3–1  Bulgaria
Report Stoichkov Goal 69'
Attendance: 26,976
Romania  1–2  Spain
Răducioiu Goal 29' Report
Attendance: 32,719
Referee: Ahmet Çakar (Turkey)

Group C[edit]

Main article: UEFA Euro 1996 Group C
Pos Team
[ ]
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Germany 3 2 1 0 5 0 +5 7 Advance to knockout stage
2  Czech Republic 3 1 1 1 5 6 −1 4
3  Italy 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
4  Russia 3 0 1 2 4 8 −4 1
Source: UEFA
Germany  2–0  Czech Republic
Report
Attendance: 37,300
Italy  2–1  Russia
Casiraghi Goal 5', 52' Report Tsymbalar Goal 21'
Attendance: 35,120
Czech Republic  2–1  Italy
Report Chiesa Goal 18'
Attendance: 37,320
Russia  0–3  Germany
Report
Attendance: 50,760
Russia  3–3  Czech Republic
Report
Attendance: 21,128
Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)
Italy  0–0  Germany
Report
Attendance: 53,740

Group D[edit]

Main article: UEFA Euro 1996 Group D
Pos Team
[ ]
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Portugal 3 2 1 0 5 1 +4 7 Advance to knockout stage
2  Croatia 3 2 0 1 4 3 +1 6
3  Denmark 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
4  Turkey 3 0 0 3 0 5 −5 0
Source: UEFA
Denmark  1–1  Portugal
B. Laudrup Goal 22' Report Sá Pinto Goal 53'
Attendance: 34,993
Turkey  0–1  Croatia
Report Vlaović Goal 86'
Attendance: 22,406
Portugal  1–0  Turkey
Couto Goal 66' Report
Attendance: 22,670
Croatia  3–0  Denmark
Report
Attendance: 33,671
Referee: Marc Batta (France)
Croatia  0–3  Portugal
Report
Attendance: 20,484
Turkey  0–3  Denmark
Report
Attendance: 28,671

Knockout stage[edit]

Main article: UEFA Euro 1996 knockout stage

The knockout stage was a single-elimination tournament with each round eliminating the losers. Any game that was undecided by the end of the regular 90 minutes, was followed by up to thirty minutes of extra time. For the first time in a major football competition, the golden goal system was applied, whereby the first team to score during the extra time would become the winner. If no goal was scored there would be a penalty shoot-out to determine the winner. For the first time the final was won by a golden goal.

As with every tournament since UEFA Euro 1984, there was no third place play-off.

All times are local, BST (UTC+1).

Bracket[edit]

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
22 June – Liverpool
 
 
 France (p)0 (5)
 
26 June – Manchester
 
 Netherlands0 (4)
 
 France0 (5)
 
23 June – Birmingham
 
 Czech Republic (p)0 (6)
 
 Czech Republic1
 
30 June – London
 
 Portugal0
 
 Czech Republic1
 
23 June – Manchester
 
 Germany (golden goal)2
 
 Germany2
 
26 June – London
 
 Croatia1
 
 Germany (p)1 (6)
 
22 June – London
 
 England1 (5)
 
 Spain0 (2)
 
 
 England (p)0 (4)
 

Quarter-finals[edit]

Spain  0–0 (a.e.t.)  England
Report
Penalties
2–4
Attendance: 75,440[18]
Referee: Marc Batta (France)
Germany  2–1  Croatia
Report Šuker Goal 51'
Attendance: 43,412[20]
Referee: Leif Sundell (Sweden)
Czech Republic  1–0  Portugal
Poborský Goal 53' Report
Attendance: 26,832[21]

Semi-finals[edit]

Final[edit]

Main article: UEFA Euro 1996 Final
Czech Republic  1–2 (a.e.t.)  Germany
Berger Goal 59' (pen.) Report Bierhoff Goal 73', Golden goal 95'
Attendance: 73,611[25]

Statistics[edit]

Main article: UEFA Euro 1996 statistics

Goalscorers[edit]

There were 64 goals scored in 31 matches, for an average of 2.06 goals per match.

5 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Awards[edit]

Team of the Tournament[33][34]
Goalkeepers Defenders Midfielders Forwards
England David Seaman
Germany Andreas Köpke 		Czech Republic Radoslav Látal
France Laurent Blanc
France Marcel Desailly
Germany Matthias Sammer
Italy Paolo Maldini 		Czech Republic Karel Poborský
England Paul Gascoigne
England Steve McManaman
France Didier Deschamps
Germany Dieter Eilts
Portugal Rui Costa 		Bulgaria Hristo Stoichkov
Croatia Davor Šuker
Czech Republic Pavel Kuka
England Alan Shearer
France Youri Djorkaeff
Golden Boot

Alan Shearer was awarded the Golden Boot award, after scoring five goals in the group stage and in the semi-finals against Germany.

UEFA Player of the Tournament

Marketing[edit]

Slogan and theme songs[edit]

The competition slogan was Football Comes Home reflecting that the sport's rules were first standardised in the United Kingdom. UEFA President Lennart Johansson had said that the organisation had felt it time to bring the event "back to the motherland of football".[29]

The slogan was incorporated into the competition's most popular song: "Three Lions" recorded by comedians David Baddiel and Frank Skinner with Britpop band the Lightning Seeds. Baddiel and Skinner were then strongly connected with football owing to their BBC show Fantasy Football League.[35] Released as a single, the song topped the UK Singles Chart for a total of two weeks.[36] It was promoted by a video featuring the England squad.[35]

The song was prominently sung by England fans during all their games, and was also chanted by the German team upon parading the trophy in Berlin after the tournament. It was even referenced by future Prime Minister Tony Blair in an address at the 1996 Labour Party Conference with the line: "Seventeen years of hurt, never stopped us dreaming, Labour's coming home".[37]

"Three Lions" was the official song of the England team, and is the song most strongly connected with the tournament, however the official song of the tournament was "We're in This Together" by Simply Red. The song was performed at the tournament's opening ceremony.[38]

Merchandise and mascots[edit]

The British Royal Mint issued a commemorative £2 coin in 1996, which featured a representation of a football, "1996" in the centre, and 16 small rings representing the 16 competing teams. Further special coins were only issued in the Isle of Man and Gibraltar.[39]

The official mascot, 'Goaliath', was designed in a similar fashion to the original World Cup mascot from the 1966 World Cup. Goaliath comprised a lion, the image on the English team crest, dressed in an England football strip and football boots whilst holding a football under his right arm.[40]

Sponsorship[edit]

Event sponsors

Controversies[edit]

Terrorist attack[edit]

A terrorist attack took place in Manchester on 15 June, one day before the group stage match between Germany and Russia was due to take place in the same city.[43] The detonation of a van bomb in the city centre injured 212 people and caused an estimated £700 million worth of damage. Four days after the blast, the Provisional Irish Republican Army issued a statement in which it claimed responsibility, but regretted causing injury to civilians.[44]

The Manchester bombing was the first and so far only major terrorist attack in the host city of an ongoing UEFA European Championship. The scheduled match at Old Trafford on the day following the bombing went ahead as planned after the stadium had been heavily guarded overnight and carefully searched; the game, in which Germany defeated Russia 3–0, was watched by a near capacity crowd of 50,700.

Disorder[edit]

After England's defeat to Germany in the semi-finals, a large-scale riot took place in Trafalgar Square and the surrounding area. Further outbreaks of trouble occurred in the streets of several other towns. The police, German-made cars were targeted, with damage also caused to various other properties.[45] A Russian student was stabbed in Brighton after attackers mistook him for being German.[46]

Despite this outbreak, the tournament overall was free of hooliganism, helping rehabilitate England's reputation after their fans' conduct during the previous decades.[45] UEFA's awarding of the tournament to England was in itself a further step in bringing the country back fully into the international fold, coming soon after their decision in 1990 to re-admit English clubs back into UEFA competitions after the indefinite ban issued to them following the Heysel Stadium disaster in 1985.[47][48]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Gallagher suffered an injury in the 28th minute and was replaced by fourth official Paul Durkin (England).

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