European Championship 1996


Index of groups

Qualifying Stage

Additional Data on Qualifying Tournament

Group 1 [Romania, France]

Israel           2-1 Poland             1.ROMANIA         10  6  3  1  18- 9 21
Slovakia         0-0 France             2.FRANCE          10  5  5  0  22- 2 20
Romania          3-0 Azerbaijan         3.Slovakia        10  4  2  4  14-18 14
France           0-0 Romania            4.Poland          10  3  4  3  14-12 13
Israel           2-2 Slovakia           5.Israel          10  3  3  4  13-13 12
Poland           1-0 Azerbaijan         6.Azerbaijan      10  0  1  9   2-29  1
Romania          3-2 Slovakia 
Poland           0-0 France    
Azerbaijan       0-2 Israel                (in Trabzon, Turkey)
Azerbaijan       0-2 France                (in Trabzon, Turkey)
Israel           1-1 Romania  
Romania          2-1 Poland
Israel           0-0 France
Slovakia         4-1 Azerbaijan       
Poland           4-3 Israel            
Azerbaijan       1-4 Romania               (in Trabzon, Turkey)
France           4-0 Slovakia  
Poland           5-0 Slovakia  
Romania          2-1 Israel  
Azerbaijan       0-1 Slovakia              (in Trabzon, Turkey)
France           1-1 Poland    
Poland           0-0 Romania   
Slovakia         1-0 Israel   
France          10-0 Azerbaijan   
Israel           2-0 Azerbaijan   
Slovakia         4-1 Poland   
Romania          1-3 France    
Azerbaijan       0-0 Poland                (in Trabzon, Turkey)
Slovakia         0-2 Romania
France           2-0 Israel        

Group 2 [Spain, Denmark]

Cyprus           1-2 Spain              1.SPAIN           10  8  2  0  25- 4 26
FYR Macedonia    1-1 Denmark            2.DENMARK         10  6  3  1  19- 9 21
Belgium          2-0 Armenia            3.Belgium         10  4  3  3  17-13 15
Armenia          0-0 Cyprus             4.FYR Macedonia   10  1  4  5   9-18  7
Denmark          3-1 Belgium            5.Cyprus          10  1  4  5   6-20  7
FYR Macedonia    0-2 Spain              6.Armenia         10  1  2  7   5-17  5
Spain            3-0 Denmark                
Belgium          1-1 FYR Macedonia
Cyprus           2-0 Armenia                
Belgium          1-4 Spain                  
FYR Macedonia    3-0 Cyprus                 
Cyprus           1-1 Denmark                 
Spain            1-1 Belgium                
Armenia          0-2 Spain                   
Denmark          1-0 FYR Macedonia           
Belgium          2-0 Cyprus                  
Armenia          2-2 FYR Macedonia          
Denmark          4-0 Cyprus                  
FYR Macedonia    0-5 Belgium                
Spain            1-0 Armenia                
Armenia          0-2 Denmark                 
FYR Macedonia    1-2 Armenia                 
Belgium          1-3 Denmark                 
Spain            6-0 Cyprus                  
Armenia          0-2 Belgium                 
Denmark          1-1 Spain                   
Cyprus           1-1 FYR Macedonia           
Cyprus           1-1 Belgium                
Denmark          3-1 Armenia          
Spain            3-0 FYR Macedonia          

Group 3 [Switzerland, Turkey]

Iceland          0-1 Sweden             1.SWITZERLAND      8  5  2  1  15- 7 17
Hungary          2-2 Turkey             2.TURKEY           8  4  3  1  16- 8 15
Switzerland      4-2 Sweden             3.Sweden           8  2  3  3   9-10  9
Turkey           5-0 Iceland            4.Hungary          8  2  2  4   7-13  8
Switzerland      1-0 Iceland            5.Iceland          8  1  2  5   3-12  5
Sweden           2-0 Hungary                 
Turkey           1-2 Switzerland             
Turkey           2-1 Sweden                  
Hungary          2-2 Switzerland             
Switzerland      1-2 Turkey                  
Hungary          1-0 Sweden                  
Sweden           1-1 Iceland                 
Iceland          2-1 Hungary                 
Iceland          0-2 Switzerland             
Sweden           0-0 Switzerland             
Turkey           2-0 Hungary                 
Switzerland      3-0 Hungary                 
Iceland          0-0 Turkey                  
Hungary          1-0 Iceland                
Sweden           2-2 Turkey

Group 4 [Croatia, Italy]

Estonia          0-2 Croatia            1.CROATIA         10  7  2  1  22- 5 23
Slovenia         1-1 Italy              2.ITALY           10  7  2  1  20- 6 23
Ukraine          0-2 Lithuania          3.Lithuania       10  5  1  4  13-12 16
Estonia          0-2 Italy              4.Ukraine         10  4  1  5  11-15 13
Croatia          2-0 Lithuania          5.Slovenia        10  3  2  5  13-13 11
Ukraine          0-0 Slovenia           6.Estonia         10  0  0 10   3-31  0
Ukraine          3-0 Estonia                 
Italy            1-2 Croatia                 
Slovenia         1-2 Lithuania               
Italy            4-1 Estonia                 
Croatia          4-0 Ukraine                 
Lithuania        0-0 Croatia                 
Slovenia         3-0 Estonia                 
Ukraine          0-2 Italy                   
Estonia          0-1 Ukraine                 
Lithuania        0-1 Italy                   
Croatia          2-0 Slovenia                
Lithuania        2-1 Slovenia                
Estonia          1-3 Slovenia                
Ukraine          1-0 Croatia                 
Estonia          0-1 Lithuania               
Croatia          7-1 Estonia                 
Lithuania        1-3 Ukraine                 
Italy            1-0 Slovenia                
Croatia          1-1 Italy                   
Slovenia         3-2 Ukraine                 
Lithuania        5-0 Estonia                 
Italy            3-1 Ukraine                 
Italy            4-0 Lithuania               
Slovenia         1-2 Croatia              

Group 5 [Czech Republic, Netherlands]

Czech Republic   6-1 Malta              1.CZECH REPUBLIC  10  6  3  1  21- 6 21
Luxembourg       0-4 Netherlands        2.Netherlands     10  6  2  2  23- 5 20
Norway           1-0 Belarus            3.Norway          10  6  2  2  17- 7 20
Malta            0-0 Czech Republic     4.Belarus         10  3  2  5   8-13 11
Norway           1-1 Netherlands        5.Luxembourg      10  3  1  6   3-21 10
Belarus          2-0 Luxembourg         6.Malta           10  0  2  8   2-22  2
Belarus          0-4 Norway                  
Netherlands      0-0 Czech Republic          
Malta            0-1 Norway                  
Netherlands      5-0 Luxembourg              
Malta            0-1 Luxembourg             
Czech Republic   4-2 Belarus                
Luxembourg       0-2 Norway                
Netherlands      4-0 Malta                  
Belarus          1-1 Malta                  
Norway           5-0 Luxembourg              
Czech Republic   3-1 Netherlands            
Belarus          1-0 Netherlands             
Norway           2-0 Malta                   
Luxembourg       1-0 Czech Republic          
Norway           1-1 Czech Republic          
Netherlands      1-0 Belarus               
Luxembourg       1-0 Malta                   
Czech Republic   2-0 Norway                  
Belarus          0-2 Czech Republic         
Malta            0-4 Netherlands            
Luxembourg       0-0 Belarus                
Malta            0-2 Belarus                
Czech Republic   3-0 Luxembourg 
Netherlands      3-0 Norway                 

Netherlands required to play off with second of Group 6.
Netherlands      2-0 Ireland               (in Liverpool)

Group 6 [Portugal]

Northern Ireland 4-1 Liechtenstein      1.PORTUGAL        10  7  2  1  29- 7 23
Liechtenstein    0-4 Austria            2.Ireland         10  5  2  3  17-11 17
Northern Ireland 1-2 Portugal           3.North. Ireland  10  5  2  3  20-15 17
Latvia           0-3 Ireland            4.Austria         10  5  1  4  29-14 16
Latvia           1-3 Portugal           5.Latvia          10  4  0  6  11-20 12
Austria          1-2 Northern Ireland   6.Liechtenstein   10  0  1  9   1-40  1
Ireland          4-0 Liechtenstein           
Portugal         1-0 Austria                 
Liechtenstein    0-1 Latvia                  
Northern Ireland 0-4 Ireland                
Portugal         8-0 Liechtenstein           
Ireland          1-1 Northern Ireland   
Austria          5-0 Latvia          
Austria          7-0 Liechtenstein      
Latvia           0-1 Northern Ireland    
Ireland          1-0 Portugal            
Portugal         3-2 Latvia                
Liechtenstein    0-0 Ireland                
Northern Ireland 1-2 Latvia                 
Ireland          1-3 Austria                
Liechtenstein    0-7 Portugal               
Latvia           3-2 Austria                
Portugal         1-1 Northern Ireland       
Latvia           1-0 Liechtenstein          
Austria          3-1 Ireland                
Austria          1-1 Portugal               
Ireland          2-1 Latvia                 
Liechtenstein    0-4 Northern Ireland       
Northern Ireland 5-3 Austria               
Portugal         3-0 Ireland                

Ireland required to play off with second of Group 5.
Netherlands      2-0 Ireland               (in Liverpool)

Group 7 [Bulgaria, Germany]

Wales            2-0 Albania            1.GERMANY         10  8  1  1  27-10 25
Georgia          0-1 Moldova            2.BULGARIA        10  7  1  2  24-10 22
Moldova          3-2 Wales              3.Georgia         10  5  0  5  14-13 15
bulgaria         2-0 Georgia            4.Moldova         10  3  0  7  11-27  9
Georgia          5-0 Wales              5.Wales           10  2  2  6   9-19  8
Albania          1-2 Germany            6.Albania         10  2  2  6  10-16  8
Bulgaria         4-1 Moldova                 
Moldova          0-3 Germany                 
Wales            0-3 Bulgaria                
Albania          0-1 Georgia                 
Germany          2-1 Albania                 
Albania          3-0 Moldova                 
Georgia          0-2 Germany                 
Bulgaria         3-1 Wales                   
Moldova          0-3 Bulgaria                
Georgia          2-0 Albania                 
Germany          1-1 Wales                   
Moldova          2-3 Albania                 
Bulgaria         3-2 Germany                 
Wales            0-1 Georgia                 
Albania          1-1 Bulgaria                
Germany          4-1 Georgia                 
Wales            1-0 Moldova                 
Bulgaria         3-0 Albania                 
Germany          6-1 Moldova                 
Wales            1-2 Germany                 
Georgia          2-1 Bulgaria                
Albania          1-1 Wales                   
Moldova          3-2 Georgia                 
Germany          3-1 Bulgaria                

Group 8 [Russia, Scotland]

Finland          0-2 Scotland           1.RUSSIA          10  8  2  0  34- 5 26
Faroe Islands    1-5 Greece             2.SCOTLAND        10  7  2  1  19- 3 23
Scotland         5-1 Faroe Islands      3.Greece          10  6  0  4  23- 9 18
Greece           4-0 Finland            4.Finland         10  5  0  5  18-18 15
Russia           4-0 San Marino         5.Faroe Islands   10  2  0  8  10-35  6
Scotland         1-1 Russia             6.San Marino      10  0  0 10   2-36  0
Greece           2-0 San Marino              
Finland          5-0 Faroe Islands           
Finland          4-1 San Marino              
Greece           1-0 Scotland                
Russia           0-0 Scotland                
San Marino       0-2 Finland                 
Greece           0-3 Russia                  
San Marino       0-2 Scotland               
Faroe Islands    0-4 Finland                
Russia           3-0 Faroe Islands           
Faroe Islands    3-0 San Marino              
Faroe Islands    0-2 Scotland                
San Marino       0-7 Russia                  
Finland          2-1 Greece                  
Finland          0-6 Russia                  
Scotland         1-0 Greece                  
Faroe Islands    2-5 Russia                 
Scotland         1-0 Finland                
San Marino       0-4 Greece                  
Russia           2-1 Greece                  
San Marino       1-3 Faroe Islands           
Russia           3-1 Finland                 
Greece           5-0 Faroe Islands          
Scotland         5-0 San Marino              

Note on tie-breaker rules within groups

(Thanks to Lars Aarhus.)

Tie-breaker rules for the EC96 qualifying groups to be
applied when two (or more) teams finish equal on points:
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1) Points in mutual encounters between those teams.
2) Goal difference in mutual encounters between those teams.
3) Away goals in mutual encounters between those teams.
4) Total goal difference (against all other teams)
5) Total goals scored (against all other teams)
6) Total away goals scored (against all other teams)
7) Fair play

Note on qualifying 2nd placed teams

Final rankings second place finishers.

  Italy          6  4  1  1 12- 4 13
  Bulgaria       6  4  0  2 14- 8 12
  Turkey         6  3  2  1 11- 8 11
  Scotland       6  3  2  1  5- 2 11
  Denmark        6  3  2  1  9- 7 11
  France         6  2  4  0  8- 2 10
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  Netherlands    6  2  2  2  6- 5  8
  Ireland        6  2  1  3  8-10  7

Playoff:
Netherlands      2-0 Ireland         (Liverpool)

Final Tournament (in England)

England qualifies as host.


Full stats were collected by Simon Gleave.
Additional Data on Final Tournament


Head-to-head records of teams meeting in Euro 96.

The venues:

Empire Stadium, Wembley (80,000; London) 
Elland Road (43,000; Leeds)
Old Trafford (43,000; Manchester) 
Hillsborough (41,000; Sheffield)
Anfield (40,000; Liverpool)
Villa Park (40,000; Birmingham) 
St James' Park (32,000; Newcastle) 
City Ground (28,000; Nottingham) 


GROUP A [London, Birmingham]
 1.ENGLAND          3  2  1  0   7- 2  7
 2.NETHERLANDS      3  1  1  1   3- 4  4 (hth  1 0-0 1)
 3.Scotland         3  1  1  1   1- 2  4 (hth  1 0-0 1)
 4.Switzerland      3  0  1  2   1- 4  1

June  8  London            England          1-1 Switzerland
June 10  Birmingham        Netherlands      0-0 Scotland 
June 13  Birmingham        Switzerland      0-2 Netherlands 
June 15  London            Scotland         0-2 England    
June 18  Birmingham        Scotland         1-0 Switzerland 
June 18  London            Netherlands      1-4 England   

GROUP B [Leeds, Newcastle]
 1.FRANCE           3  2  1  0   5- 2  7
 2.SPAIN            3  1  2  0   4- 3  5
 3.Bulgaria         3  1  1  1   3- 4  4
 4.Romania          3  0  0  3   1- 4  0

June  9  Leeds             Spain            1-1 Bulgaria  
June 10  Newcastle         Romania          0-1 France    
June 13  Newcastle         Bulgaria         1-0 Romania  
June 15  Leeds             France           1-1 Spain   
June 18  Newcastle         France           3-1 Bulgaria 
June 18  Leeds             Romania          1-2 Spain  

GROUP C [Manchester, Liverpool]
 1.GERMANY          3  2  1  0   5- 0  7 
 2.CZECH REPUBLIC   3  1  1  1   5- 6  4 (hth  1 2-1 3)
 3.Italy            3  1  1  1   3- 3  4 (hth  1 1-2 0)
 4.Russia           3  0  1  2   4- 8  1

June  9  Manchester        Germany          2-0 Czech Republic
June 11  Liverpool         Italy            2-1 Russia   
June 14  Liverpool         Czech Republic   2-1 Italy  
June 16  Manchester        Russia           0-3 Germany  
June 19  Liverpool         Russia           3-3 Czech Republic 
June 19  Manchester        Italy            0-0 Germany    

GROUP D [Sheffield, Nottingham]
 1.PORTUGAL         3  2  1  0   5- 1  7
 2.CROATIA          3  2  0  1   4- 3  6
 3.Denmark          3  1  1  1   4- 4  4
 4.Turkey           3  0  0  3   0- 5  0

June  9  Sheffield         Denmark          1-1 Portugal  
June 11  Nottingham        Turkey           0-1 Croatia  
June 14  Nottingham        Portugal         1-0 Turkey  
June 16  Sheffield         Denmark          0-3 Croatia 
June 19  Nottingham        Croatia          0-3 Portugal 
June 19  Sheffield         Denmark          3-0 Turkey   


QUARTERFINALS

London, June 22            
England          0-0 Spain           [asdet]
England wins 4-2 on penalties

Liverpool, June 22
France           0-0 Netherlands     [asdet]
France wins 5-4 on penalties

Manchester, June 23
Germany          2-1 Croatia   

Birmingham, June 23
Portugal         0-1 Czech Republic 

SEMIFINALS

Manchester, June 26
France           0-0 Czech Republic  [asdet]
Czech Republic wins 6-5 on penalties

London, June 26  
England          1-1 Germany         [asdet]
Germany wins 6-5 on penalties

(No match for third place)

FINAL

London, June 30, 1996
Germany          2-1 Czech Republic  [asdet]
Germany: Köpke, Sammer, Babbel, Helmer, Strunz, Hässler, Eilts (46' Bode),
         Scholl (69' Bierhoff), Ziege, Klinsmann, Kuntz.
Czech Republic: Kouba, Kadlec, Hornak, Suchoparek, Poborsky (88' Smicer),
                Nedved, Rada, Berger, Bejbl, Nemec, Kuka.

Referee: Pairetto (Italy)
Attendance: 76,000.

Scorers: 59' Berger (pen) 0-1; 73' Bierhoff 1-1; 95' Bierhoff 2-1.

Topscorer (overall): Suker (Croatia) 15 goals.
Topscorer (final tournament): Shearer (England) 5 goals.

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