UEFA Euro 1996
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{{Infobox International Football Competition
| tourney_name = UEFA Euro 96
| year =
| other_titles = England '96
| image = UEFA Euro 1996.png
| size = 120px
| caption = UEFA Euro 1996 official logo
| country = England
| dates = [[8 June]] – [[30 June]]
| num_teams = 16
| venues = 8
| cities = 8
| champion = Germany
| count = 3
| second = Czech Republic
| matches = 31
| goals = 64
| attendance = 1276137
| top_scorer = {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Alan Shearer]] (5 goals)
| player = {{flagicon|GER}} [[Matthias Sammer]]<ref name="team">{{cite web |url=http://www.uefa.com/newsfiles/491990.pdf |title=UEFA EURO 2008 Information |accessdate=2008-06-30 |format=PDF |publisher=UEFA |pages=p. 88 }}</ref>
}}
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 [[8 June]] and [[30 June]] [[1996]]. The slogan of the tournament was "Football Comes Home", as it was the first time the tournament had taken place in England, where the rules of the game were first standardised. English football and popular culture has since referenced the competition fondly even though the home team did not reach the final.
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 [[FIFA World Cup|World Cup]] than their own continental championship; 14 of the 24 teams at the [[1982 FIFA World Cup|1982]], [[1986 FIFA World Cup|1986]] and [[1990 FIFA World Cup|1990]] [[FIFA World Cup|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 five. 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 national football team|Republic of Ireland]] and [[Netherlands national football team|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.
==Qualification==
[[Image:Euro 1996.png|thumb|UEFA Euro 1996 finalists.]]
{{main|1996 UEFA European Football Championship qualifying}}
The following teams participated in the final tournament:
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{{col-2}}
*{{fb|BUL}} (first appearance)
*{{fb|CRO}} (first appearance)
*{{fb|CZE}} (first appearance)*
*{{fb|DEN}} [holders]
*{{fb|ENG}} (hosts)
*{{fb|FRA}}
*{{fb|GER}}
*{{fb|ITA}}
{{col-2}}
*{{fb|NED}}
*{{fb|POR}}
*{{fb|ROM}}
*{{fb|RUS}} (first appearance)**
*{{fb|SCO}}
*{{fb|ESP}}
*{{fb|SUI}} (first appearance)
*{{fb|TUR}} (first appearance)
{{col-end}}
''* Since the break-up of [[Czechoslovakia]].''
''** Since the break-up of the [[USSR]].''
==Venues==
<center>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! style="border-left:none; border-right:none;" | [[London]]
! style="border-left:none; border-right:none;" | [[Manchester]]
! style="border-left:none; border-right:none;" | [[Liverpool]]
! style="border-left:none; border-right:none;" | [[Birmingham]]
|-
| style="border-left:none; border-right:none;" | [[Wembley Stadium (1923)|Wembley Stadium]]<br />Capacity: 78,000
| style="border-left:none; border-right:none;" | [[Old Trafford]]<br />Capacity: 55,000
| style="border-left:none; border-right:none;" | [[Anfield]]<br />Capacity: 41,000
| style="border-left:none; border-right:none;" | [[Villa Park]]<br />Capacity: 40,000
|-
| style="border:none;" | [[Image:Wem.jpg|150px]]
| style="border:none;" | [[Image:Old Trafford inside 20060726 1.jpg|150px]]
| style="border:none;" | [[Image:76693565 b44605f726 2.jpg|150px]]
| style="border:none;" | [[Image:Villaparkfromtopofholte.jpg|150px]]
|-
|-
! style="border-left:none; border-right:none;" | [[Leeds]]
! style="border-left:none; border-right:none;" | [[Sheffield]]
! style="border-left:none; border-right:none;" | [[Newcastle upon Tyne|Newcastle]]
! style="border-left:none; border-right:none;" | [[Nottingham]]
|-
| style="border-left:none; border-right:none;" | [[Elland Road]]<br />Capacity: 40,000
| style="border-left:none; border-right:none;" | [[Hillsborough Stadium]]<br />Capacity: 39,000
| style="border-left:none; border-right:none;" | [[St James' Park]]<br />Capacity: 37,000
| style="border-left:none; border-right:none;" | [[City Ground]]<br />Capacity: 30,000
|-
| style="border:none;" | [[Image:Elland Road 4.jpg|150px]]
| style="border:none;" | [[Image:Hillsborough Clock.JPG|150px]]
| style="border:none;" | [[Image:East Stand.JPG|150px]]
| style="border:none;" | [[Image:The City Ground, Nottingham.jpg|150px]]
|}</center>
==Match officials==
{{col-begin-small}}
{{col-4}}
;{{flagicon|AUT}} Austria
*[[Gerd Grabher]]
;{{flagicon|BEL}} Belgium
*[[Guy Goethals]]
;{{flagicon|BLR}} Belarus
*[[Vadim Zhuk]]
;{{flagicon|BUL}} Bulgaria
*[[Atanas Uzunov]]
;{{flagicon|CZE}} Czech Republic
*[[Václav Krondl]]
{{col-4}}
;{{flagicon|DEN}} Denmark
*[[Peter Mikkelsen]]
*[[Kim Milton Nielsen]]
;{{flagicon|ENG}} England
*[[David Elleray]]
*[[Dermot Gallagher]]
;{{flagicon|FRA}} France
*[[Marc Batta]]
;{{flagicon|GER}} Germany
*[[Bernd Heynemann]]
*[[Hellmut Krug]]
{{col-4}}
;{{flagicon|HUN}} Hungary
*[[Sándor Puhl]]
;{{flagicon|ITA}} Italy
*[[Piero Ceccarini]]
*[[Pierluigi Pairetto]]
;{{flagicon|NED}} Netherlands
*[[Mario van der Ende]]
;{{flagicon|RUS}} Russia
*[[Nikolai Levnikov]]
;{{flagicon|SCO}} Scotland
*[[Leslie Mottram]]
{{col-4}}
;{{flagicon|ESP}} Spain
*[[Antonio López Nieto]]
*[[Manuel Díaz Vega]]
;{{flagicon|SWE}} Sweden
*[[Anders Frisk]]
*[[Leif Sundell]]
;{{flagicon|SUI}} Switzerland
*[[Serge Muhmenthaler]]
;{{flagicon|TUR}} Turkey
*[[Ahmet Çakar]]
{{col-end}}
==Squads==
For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see [[1996 UEFA European Football Championship squads]].
==Results==
===First round===
''Note: All times local ([[British Summer Time|BST]]/[[UTC+1]]).''
====Group A====
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!width=150|Team
!width=20|Pld
!width=20|W
!width=20|D
!width=20|L
!width=20|GF
!width=20|GA
!width=20|GD
!width=20|Pts
|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|align="left"|{{fb|ENG}}
|3||2||1||0||7||2||+5||'''7'''
|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|align="left"|{{fb|NED}}
|3||1||1||1||3||4||-1||'''4'''
|-
|align="left"|{{fb|SCO}}
|3||1||1||1||1||2||-1||'''4'''
|-
|align="left"|{{fb|SUI}}
|3||0||1||2||1||4||-3||'''1'''
|}
{{footballbox
|date = [[1996-06-08]]
|time = 15:00
|team1 = {{fb-rt|ENG}}
|score = 1 – 1
|report = [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/euro/history/season=1996/round=227/match=52482/index.html (Report)]
|team2 = {{fb|SUI}}
|goals1 = [[Alan Shearer|Shearer]] {{goal|23}}
|goals2 = [[Kubilay Türkyilmaz|Türkyilmaz]] {{goal|84|pen.}}
|stadium = [[Wembley Stadium (1923)|Wembley Stadium]], [[London]]
|attendance = 76,567
|referee = [[Manuel Díaz Vega]] (Spain) }}
----
{{footballbox
|date = [[1996-06-10]]
|time = 16:30
|team1 = {{fb-rt|NED}}
|score = 0 – 0
|report = [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/euro/history/season=1996/round=227/match=52483/index.html (Report)]
|team2 = {{fb|SCO}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Villa Park]], [[Birmingham]]
|attendance = 34,363
|referee = [[Leif Sundell]] (Sweden) }}
----
{{footballbox
|date = [[1996-06-13]]
|time = 19:30
|team1 = {{fb-rt|SUI}}
|score = 0 – 2
|report = [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/euro/history/season=1996/round=227/match=52484/index.html (Report)]
|team2 = {{fb|NED}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 = [[Jordi Cruyff|Cruyff]] {{goal|66}}<br />[[Dennis Bergkamp|Bergkamp]] {{goal|79}}
|stadium = [[Villa Park]], [[Birmingham]]
|attendance = 36,800
|referee = [[Atanas Uzunov]] (Bulgaria) }}
----
{{footballbox
|date = [[1996-06-15]]
|time = 15:00
|team1 = {{fb-rt|SCO}}
|score = 0 – 2
|report = [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/euro/history/season=1996/round=227/match=52485/index.html (Report)]
|team2 = {{fb|ENG}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 = [[Alan Shearer|Shearer]] {{goal|53}}<br />[[Paul Gascoigne|Gascoigne]] {{goal|79}}
|stadium = [[Wembley Stadium (1923)|Wembley Stadium]], [[London]]
|attendance = 76,864
|referee = [[Pierluigi Pairetto]] (Italy) }}
----
{{footballbox
|date = [[1996-06-18]]
|time = 19:30
|team1 = {{fb-rt|SCO}}
|score = 1 – 0
|report = [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/euro/history/season=1996/round=227/match=52486/index.html (Report)]
|team2 = {{fb|SUI}}
|goals1 = [[Ally McCoist|McCoist]] {{goal|36}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Villa Park]], [[Birmingham]]
|attendance = 34,946
|referee = [[Václav Krondl]] (Czech Republic) }}
----
{{footballbox
|date = [[1996-06-18]]
|time = 19:30
|team1 = {{fb-rt|NED}}
|score = 1 – 4
|report = [http://en.euro2008.uefa.com/history/season=1996/round=227/match=52487/index.html (Report)]
|team2 = {{fb|ENG}}
|goals1 = [[Patrick Kluivert|Kluivert]] {{goal|78}}
|goals2 = [[Alan Shearer|Shearer]] {{goal|23|pen.}} {{goal|57}}<br />[[Teddy Sheringham|Sheringham]] {{goal|51}} {{goal|62}}
|stadium = [[Wembley Stadium (1923)|Wembley Stadium]], [[London]]
|attendance = 76,798
|referee = [[Gerd Grabher]] (Austria) }}
====Group B====
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!width=150|Team
!width=20|Pld
!width=20|W
!width=20|D
!width=20|L
!width=20|GF
!width=20|GA
!width=20|GD
!width=20|Pts
|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|align="left"|{{fb|FRA}}
|3||2||1||0||5||2||+3||'''7'''
|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|align="left"|{{fb|ESP}}
|3||1||2||0||4||3||+1||'''5'''
|-
|align="left"|{{fb|BUL}}
|3||1||1||1||3||4||-1||'''4'''
|-
|align="left"|{{fb|ROU}}
|3||0||0||3||1||4||-3||'''0'''
|}
{{footballbox
|date = [[1996-06-09]]
|time = 14:30
|team1 = {{fb-rt|ESP}}
|score = 1 – 1
|report = [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/euro/history/season=1996/round=227/match=52500/index.html (Report)]
|team2 = {{fb|BUL}}
|goals1 = [[Alfonso Pérez|Alfonso]] {{goal|74}}
|goals2 = [[Hristo Stoichkov|Stoichkov]] {{goal|65|pen.}}
|stadium = [[Elland Road]], [[Leeds]]
|attendance = 24,006
|referee = [[Piero Ceccarini]] (Italy) }}
----
{{footballbox
|date = [[1996-06-10]]
|time = 19:30
|team1 = {{fb-rt|ROU}}
|score = 0 – 1
|report = [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/euro/history/season=1996/round=227/match=52501/index.html (Report)]
|team2 = {{fb|FRA}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 = [[Christophe Dugarry|Dugarry]] {{goal|25}}
|stadium = [[St James' Park]], [[Newcastle upon Tyne|Newcastle]]
|attendance = 26,323
|referee = [[Hellmut Krug]] (Germany) }}
----
{{footballbox
|date = [[1996-06-13]]
|time = 16:30
|team1 = {{fb-rt|BUL}}
|score = 1 – 0
|report = [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/euro/history/season=1996/round=227/match=52502/index.html (Report)]
|team2 = {{fb|ROU}}
|goals1 = [[Hristo Stoichkov|Stoichkov]] {{goal|3}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[St James' Park]], [[Newcastle upon Tyne|Newcastle]]
|attendance = 19,107
|referee = [[Peter Mikkelsen]] (Denmark) }}
----
{{footballbox
|date = [[1996-06-15]]
|time = 18:00
|team1 = {{fb-rt|FRA}}
|score = 1 – 1
|report = [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/euro/history/season=1996/round=227/match=52503/index.html (Report)]
|team2 = {{fb|ESP}}
|goals1 = [[Youri Djorkaeff|Djorkaeff]] {{goal|49}}
|goals2 = [[José Luis Caminero|Caminero]] {{goal|86}}
|stadium = [[Elland Road]], [[Leeds]]
|attendance = 35,626
|referee = [[Vadim Zhuk]] (Belarus) }}
----
{{footballbox
|date = [[1996-06-18]]
|time = 16:30
|team1 = {{fb-rt|FRA}}
|score = 3 – 1
|report = [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/euro/history/season=1996/round=227/match=52504/index.html (Report)]
|team2 = {{fb|BUL}}
|goals1 = [[Laurent Blanc|Blanc]] {{goal|21}}<br />[[Luboslav Penev|Penev]] {{goal|63|o.g.}}<br />[[Patrice Loko|Loko]] {{goal|90}}
|goals2 = [[Hristo Stoichkov|Stoichkov]] {{goal|69}}
|stadium = [[St James' Park]], [[Newcastle upon Tyne|Newcastle]]
|attendance = 26,976
|referee = [[Dermot Gallagher]] (England) }}
----
{{footballbox
|date = [[1996-06-18]]
|time = 16:30
|team1 = {{fb-rt|ROU}}
|score = 1 – 2
|report = [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/euro/history/season=1996/round=227/match=52505/index.html (Report)]
|team2 = {{fb|ESP}}
|goals1 = [[Florin Răducioiu|Răducioiu]] {{goal|29}}
|goals2 = [[Javier Manjarín|Manjarín]] {{goal|11}}<br />[[Guillermo Amor|Amor]] {{goal|84}}
|stadium = [[Elland Road]], [[Leeds]]
|attendance = 32,719
|referee = [[Ahmet Çakar]] (Turkey) }}
====Group C====
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!width=150|Team
!width=20|Pld
!width=20|W
!width=20|D
!width=20|L
!width=20|GF
!width=20|GA
!width=20|GD
!width=20|Pts
|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|align="left"|{{fb|GER}}
|3||2||1||0||5||0||+5||'''7'''
|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|align="left"|{{fb|CZE}}
|3||1||1||1||5||6||-1||'''4'''
|-
|align="left"|{{fb|ITA}}
|3||1||1||1||3||3||0||'''4'''
|-
|align="left"|{{fb|RUS}}
|3||0||1||2||4||8||-4||'''1'''
|}
{{footballbox
|date = [[1996-06-09]]
|time = 17:00
|team1 = {{fb-rt|GER}}
|score = 2 – 0
|report = [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/euro/history/season=1996/round=227/match=52506/index.html (Report)]
|team2 = {{fb|CZE}}
|goals1 = [[Christian Ziege|Ziege]] {{goal|26}}<br />[[Andreas Möller|Möller]] {{goal|32}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Old Trafford]], [[Manchester]]
|attendance = 37,300
|referee = [[David Elleray]] (England) }}
----
{{footballbox
|date = [[1996-06-11]]
|time = 16:30
|team1 = {{fb-rt|ITA}}
|score = 2 – 1
|report = [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/euro/history/season=1996/round=227/match=52507/index.html (Report)]
|team2 = {{fb|RUS}}
|goals1 = [[Pierluigi Casiraghi|Casiraghi]] {{goal|5}} {{goal|52}}
|goals2 = [[Ilia Tsymbalar|Tsymbalar]] {{goal|21}}
|stadium = [[Anfield]], [[Liverpool]]
|attendance = 35,120
|referee = [[Leslie Mottram]] (Scotland) }}
----
{{footballbox
|date = [[1996-06-14]]
|time = 19:30
|team1 = {{fb-rt|CZE}}
|score = 2 – 1
|report = [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/euro/history/season=1996/round=227/match=52508/index.html (Report)]
|team2 = {{fb|ITA}}
|goals1 = [[Pavel Nedvěd|Nedvěd]] {{goal|4}}<br />[[Radek Bejbl|Bejbl]] {{goal|35}}
|goals2 = [[Enrico Chiesa|Chiesa]] {{goal|18}}
|stadium = [[Anfield]], [[Liverpool]]
|attendance = 37,320
|referee = [[Antonio López Nieto]] (Spain) }}
----
{{footballbox
|date = [[1996-06-16]]
|time = 15:00
|team1 = {{fb-rt|RUS}}
|score = 0 – 3
|report = [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/euro/history/season=1996/round=227/match=52509/index.html (Report)]
|team2 = {{fb|GER}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 = [[Matthias Sammer|Sammer]] {{goal|56}}<br />[[Jürgen Klinsmann|Klinsmann]] {{goal|77}} {{goal|90}}
|stadium = [[Old Trafford]], [[Manchester]]
|attendance = 50,760
|referee = [[Kim Milton Nielsen]] (Denmark) }}
----
{{footballbox
|date = [[1996-06-19]]
|time = 19:30
|team1 = {{fb-rt|RUS}}
|score = 3 – 3
|report = [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/euro/history/season=1996/round=227/match=52510/index.html (Report)]
|team2 = {{fb|CZE}}
|goals1 = [[Alexander Mostovoi|Mostovoi]] {{goal|49}}<br />[[Omar Tetradze|Tetradze]] {{goal|54}}<br />[[Vladimir Beschastnykh|Beschastnykh]] {{goal|85}}
|goals2 = [[Jan Suchopárek|Suchopárek]] {{goal|5}}<br />[[Pavel Kuka|Kuka]] {{goal|19}}<br />[[Vladimír Šmicer|Šmicer]] {{goal|88}}
|stadium = [[Anfield]], [[Liverpool]]
|attendance = 21,128
|referee = [[Anders Frisk]] (Sweden) }}
----
{{footballbox
|date = [[1996-06-19]]
|time = 19:30
|team1 = {{fb-rt|ITA}}
|score = 0 – 0
|report = [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/euro/history/season=1996/round=227/match=52511/index.html (Report)]
|team2 = {{fb|GER}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Old Trafford]], [[Manchester]]
|attendance = 53,740
|referee = [[Guy Goethals]] (Belgium) }}
====Group D====
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!width=150|Team
!width=20|Pld
!width=20|W
!width=20|D
!width=20|L
!width=20|GF
!width=20|GA
!width=20|GD
!width=20|Pts
|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|align="left"|{{fb|POR}}
|3||2||1||0||5||1||+4||'''7'''
|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|align="left"|{{fb|CRO}}
|3||2||0||1||4||3||+1||'''6'''
|-
|align="left"|{{fb|DEN}}
|3||1||1||1||4||4||0||'''4'''
|-
|align="left"|{{fb|TUR}}
|3||0||0||3||0||5||-5||'''0'''
|}
{{footballbox
|date = [[1996-06-09]]
|time = 19:30
|team1 = {{fb-rt|DEN}}
|score = 1 – 1
|report = [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/euro/history/season=1996/round=227/match=52512/index.html (Report)]
|team2 = {{fb|POR}}
|goals1 = [[Brian Laudrup|B. Laudrup]] {{goal|22}}
|goals2 = [[Ricardo Sá Pinto|Sá Pinto]] {{goal|53}}
|stadium = [[Hillsborough Stadium]], [[Sheffield]]
|attendance = 34,993
|referee = [[Mario van der Ende]] (Netherlands) }}
----
{{footballbox
|date = [[1996-06-11]]
|time = 19:30
|team1 = {{fb-rt|TUR}}
|score = 0 – 1
|report = [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/euro/history/season=1996/round=227/match=52513/index.html (Report)]
|team2 = {{fb|CRO}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 = [[Goran Vlaović|Vlaović]] {{goal|86}}
|stadium = [[City Ground]], [[Nottingham]]
|attendance = 22,406
|referee = [[Serge Muhmenthaler]] (Switzerland) }}
----
{{footballbox
|date = [[1996-06-14]]
|time = 16:30
|team1 = {{fb-rt|POR}}
|score = 1 – 0
|report = [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/euro/history/season=1996/round=227/match=52514/index.html (Report)]
|team2 = {{fb|TUR}}
|goals1 = [[Fernando Couto|Couto]] {{goal|66}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[City Ground]], [[Nottingham]]
|attendance = 22,670
|referee = [[Sándor Puhl]] (Hungary) }}
----
{{footballbox
|date = [[1996-06-16]]
|time = 18:00
|team1 = {{fb-rt|CRO}}
|score = 3 – 0
|report = [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/euro/history/season=1996/round=227/match=52515/index.html (Report)]
|team2 = {{fb|DEN}}
|goals1 = [[Davor Šuker|Šuker]] {{goal|53|pen.}} {{goal|90}}<br />[[Zvonimir Boban|Boban]] {{goal|81}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Hillsborough Stadium]], [[Sheffield]]
|attendance = 33,671
|referee = [[Marc Batta]] (France) }}
----
{{footballbox
|date = [[1996-06-19]]
|time = 16:30
|team1 = {{fb-rt|CRO}}
|score = 0 – 3
|report = [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/euro/history/season=1996/round=227/match=52516/index.html (Report)]
|team2 = {{fb|POR}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 = [[Luís Figo|Figo]] {{goal|4}}<br />[[João Vieira Pinto|Pinto]] {{goal|33}}<br />[[Domingos Paciência|Domingos]] {{goal|82}}
|stadium = [[City Ground]], [[Nottingham]]
|attendance = 20,484
|referee = [[Bernd Heynemann]] (Germany) }}
----
{{footballbox
|date = [[1996-06-19]]
|time = 16:30
|team1 = {{fb-rt|TUR}}
|score = 0 – 3
|report = [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/euro/history/season=1996/round=227/match=52517/index.html (Report)]
|team2 = {{fb|DEN}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 = [[Brian Laudrup|B. Laudrup]] {{goal|50}} {{goal|84}}<br />[[Allan Nielsen|Nielsen]] {{goal|69}}
|stadium = [[Hillsborough Stadium]], [[Sheffield]]
|attendance = 28,951
|referee = [[Nikolai Levnikov]] (Russia) }}
===Knockout stages===
{{Round8
<!--Date-Place/Team 1/Score 1/Team 2/Score 2 -->
<!--quarter finals -->
|[[22 June]] – London|'''{{fb|ENG}}''' ([[Penalty shootout (football)|pen.]])|'''0 (4)'''|{{fb|ESP}}|0 (2)
|[[23 June]] – Manchester|'''{{fb|GER}}'''|'''2'''|{{fb|CRO}}|1
|[[22 June]] – Liverpool|{{fb|NED}}|0 (4)|'''{{fb|FRA}}''' ([[Penalty shootout (football)|pen.]])|'''0 (5)'''
|[[23 June]] – Birmingham|'''{{fb|CZE}}'''|'''1'''|{{fb|POR}}|0
<!-- semi finals -->
|[[26 June]] – London|{{fb|ENG}}|1 (5)|'''{{fb|GER}}''' ([[Penalty shootout (football)|pen.]])|'''1 (6)'''
|[[26 June]] – Manchester|{{fb|FRA}}|0 (5)|'''{{fb|CZE}}''' ([[Penalty shootout (football)|pen.]])|'''0 (6)'''
<!--final -->
|[[30 June]] – London|'''{{fb|GER}}''' ([[Extra time|a.e.t.]])|'''2'''|{{fb|CZE}}|1|
}}
====Quarter-finals====
{{footballbox
|date = [[1996-06-22]]
|time = 15:00
|team1 = {{fb-rt|ENG}}
|score = 0 – 0 ([[Extra time|a.e.t.]])
|report = [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/euro/history/season=1996/round=223/match=52911/index.html (Report)]<!-- broken -->
|team2 = {{fb|ESP}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Wembley Stadium (1923)|Wembley Stadium]], [[London]]
|attendance = 75,440
|referee = [[Marc Batta]] (France) }}
{{penshootoutbox
|penalties1 = [[Alan Shearer|Shearer]] {{pengoal}}<br />[[David Platt|Platt]] {{pengoal}}<br />[[Stuart Pearce|Pearce]] {{pengoal}}<br />[[Paul Gascoigne|Gascoigne]] {{pengoal}}
|penaltyscore = 4 – 2
|penalties2 = {{penmiss|hit crossbar}} [[Fernando Hierro|Hierro]]<br />{{pengoal}} [[Guillermo Amor|Amor]]<br />{{pengoal}} [[Alberto Belsúe|Belsúe]]<br />{{penmiss|saved}} [[Miguel Angel Nadal|Nadal]] }}
----
{{footballbox
|date = [[1996-06-22]]
|time = 18:30
|team1 = {{fb-rt|NED}}
|score = 0 – 0 ([[Extra time|a.e.t.]])
|report = [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/euro/history/season=1996/round=223/match=52912/index.html (Report)]<!-- broken -->
|team2 = {{fb|FRA}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Anfield]], [[Liverpool]]
|attendance = 37,465
|referee = [[Antonio López Nieto]] (Spain) }}
{{penshootoutbox
|penalties1 = [[Johan de Kock|de Kock]] {{pengoal}}<br />[[Ronald de Boer|R. de Boer]] {{pengoal}}<br />[[Patrick Kluivert|Kluivert]] {{pengoal}}<br />[[Clarence Seedorf|Seedorf]] {{penmiss|saved}}<br />[[Danny Blind|Blind]] {{pengoal}}
|penaltyscore = 4 – 5
|penalties2 = {{pengoal}} [[Zinedine Zidane|Zidane]]<br />{{pengoal}} [[Youri Djorkaeff|Djorkaeff]]<br />{{pengoal}} [[Bixente Lizarazu|Lizarazu]]<br />{{pengoal}} [[Vincent Guérin|Guérin]]<br />{{pengoal}} [[Laurent Blanc|Blanc]] }}
----
{{footballbox
|date = [[1996-06-23]]
|time = 15:00
|team1 = {{fb-rt|GER}}
|score = 2 – 1
|report = [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/euro/history/season=1996/round=223/match=52913/index.html (Report)]<!-- broken -->
|team2 = {{fb|CRO}}
|goals1 = [[Jürgen Klinsmann|Klinsmann]] {{goal|20|pen.}}<br />[[Matthias Sammer|Sammer]] {{goal|59}}
|goals2 = [[Davor Šuker|Šuker]] {{goal|51}}
|stadium = [[Old Trafford]], [[Manchester]]
|attendance = 43,412
|referee = [[Leif Sundell]] (Sweden) }}
----
{{footballbox
|date = [[1996-06-23]]
|time = 18:30
|team1 = {{fb-rt|CZE}}
|score = 1 – 0
|report = [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/euro/history/season=1996/round=223/match=52914/index.html (Report)]<!-- broken -->
|team2 = {{fb|POR}}
|goals1 = [[Karel Poborský|Poborský]] {{goal|53}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Villa Park]], [[Birmingham]]
|attendance = 26,832
|referee = [[Hellmut Krug]] (Germany) }}
====Semi-finals====
{{footballbox
|date = [[1996-06-26]]
|time = 16:00
|team1 = {{fb-rt|FRA}}
|score = 0 – 0 ([[Extra time|a.e.t.]])
|report = [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/euro/history/season=1996/round=224/match=52915/index.html (Report)]<!-- broken -->
|team2 = {{fb|CZE}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Old Trafford]], [[Manchester]]
|attendance = 43,877
|referee = [[Leslie Mottram]] (Scotland) }}
{{penshootoutbox
|penalties1 = [[Zinedine Zidane|Zidane]] {{pengoal}}<br />[[Youri Djorkaeff|Djorkaeff]] {{pengoal}}<br />[[Bixente Lizarazu|Lizarazu]] {{pengoal}}<br />[[Vincent Guérin|Guérin]] {{pengoal}}<br />[[Laurent Blanc|Blanc]] {{pengoal}}<br />[[Reynald Pedros|Pedros]] {{penmiss|saved}}
|penaltyscore = 5 – 6
|penalties2 = {{pengoal}} [[Luboš Kubík|Kubík]]<br />{{pengoal}} [[Pavel Nedvěd|Nedvěd]]<br />{{pengoal}} [[Patrik Berger|Berger]]<br />{{pengoal}} [[Karel Poborský|Poborský]]<br />{{pengoal}} [[Karel Rada|Rada]]<br />{{pengoal}} [[Miroslav Kadlec|Kadlec]] }}
----
{{footballbox
|date = [[1996-06-26]]
|time = 19:30
|team1 = {{fb-rt|ENG}}
|score = 1 – 1 ([[Extra time|a.e.t.]])
|report = [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/euro/history/season=1996/round=224/match=52916/index.html (Report)]<!-- broken -->
|team2 = {{fb|GER}}
|goals1 = [[Alan Shearer|Shearer]] {{goal|3}}
|goals2 = [[Stefan Kuntz|Kuntz]] {{goal|16}}
|stadium = [[Wembley Stadium (1923)|Wembley Stadium]], [[London]]
|attendance = 75,862
|referee = [[Sándor Puhl]] (Hungary) }}
{{penshootoutbox
|penalties1 = [[Alan Shearer|Shearer]] {{pengoal}}<br />[[David Platt|Platt]] {{pengoal}}<br />[[Stuart Pearce|Pearce]] {{pengoal}}<br />[[Paul Gascoigne|Gascoigne]] {{pengoal}}<br />[[Teddy Sheringham|Sheringham]] {{pengoal}}<br />[[Gareth Southgate|Southgate]] {{penmiss|saved}}
|penaltyscore = 5 – 6
|penalties2 = {{pengoal}} [[Thomas Häßler|Häßler]]<br />{{pengoal}} [[Thomas Strunz|Strunz]]<br />{{pengoal}} [[Stefan Reuter|Reuter]]<br />{{pengoal}} [[Christian Ziege|Ziege]]<br />{{pengoal}} [[Stefan Kuntz|Kuntz]]<br />{{pengoal}} [[Andreas Möller|Möller]] }}
====Final====
{{main|UEFA Euro 1996 Final}}
{{footballbox
|date = [[1996-06-30]]
|time = 19:00
|team1 = {{fb-rt|GER}}
|score = 2 – 1 ([[Extra time|a.e.t.]])
|report = [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/euro/history/season=1996/round=224/match=52917/index.html (Report)]<!-- broken -->
|team2 = {{fb|CZE}}
|goals1 = [[Oliver Bierhoff|Bierhoff]] {{goal|73}} {{golden goal|95}}
|goals2 = [[Patrik Berger|Berger]] {{goal|59|pen.}}
|stadium = [[Wembley Stadium (1923)|Wembley Stadium]], [[London]]
|attendance = 73,611
|referee = [[Pierluigi Pairetto]] (Italy) }}
{{winners|fb|Euro 1996 Champions|Germany|Third}}
==Statistics==
===Goalscorers===
'''5 goals'''
*{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Alan Shearer]]
'''3 goals'''
*{{flagicon|BUL}} [[Hristo Stoichkov]]
*{{flagicon|GER}} [[Jürgen Klinsmann]]
*{{flagicon|CRO}} [[Davor Šuker]]
*{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Brian Laudrup]]
'''2 goals'''
*{{flagicon|GER}} [[Oliver Bierhoff]]
*{{flagicon|GER}} [[Matthias Sammer]]
*{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Teddy Sheringham]]
*{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Pierluigi Casiraghi]]
===UEFA Team of the Tournament===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Goalkeepers
!Defenders
!Midfielders
!Forwards
|-
|valign=top|
{{flagicon|ENG}} [[David Seaman]]<br />
{{flagicon|GER}} [[Andreas Köpke]]
|valign=top|
{{flagicon|CZE}} [[Radoslav Látal]]<br />
{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Laurent Blanc]]<br />
{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Marcel Desailly]]<br />
{{flagicon|GER}} [[Matthias Sammer]]<br />
{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Paolo Maldini]]
|valign=top|
{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Didier Deschamps]]<br />
{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Steve McManaman]]<br />
{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Paul Gascoigne]]<br />
{{flagicon|POR}} [[Rui Costa]]<br />
{{flagicon|CZE}} [[Karel Poborský]]<br />
{{flagicon|GER}} [[Dieter Eilts]]
|valign=top|
{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Alan Shearer]]<br />
{{flagicon|BUL}} [[Hristo Stoichkov]]<br />
{{flagicon|CRO}} [[Davor Šuker]]<br />
{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Youri Djorkaeff]]<br />
{{flagicon|CZE}} [[Pavel Kuka]]<br />
|}
'''UEFA Tournament Golden Boot Award'''
*{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Alan Shearer]]<ref name="team"/>
'''UEFA Player of the Tournament'''
*{{flagicon|GER}} [[Matthias Sammer]]<ref name="team"/>
===Fastest goal===
'''3 minutes''' : [[Alan Shearer]] (England vs Germany); [[Hristo Stoichkov]] (Bulgaria vs Romania)
===Average goals===
2.06 goals per game
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