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1996 European Football Championship
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.
Venues
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Wembley Stadium, London - Capacity: 80,000
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Villa Park, Birmingham - Capacity: 40,000
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Elland Road, Leeds - Capacity: 43,000
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St James' Park, Newcastle - Capacity 32,000
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Old Trafford, Manchester - Capacity: 43,000
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Anfield, Liverpool - Capacity: 40,000
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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
June 8, 1996
June 10, 1996
June 13, 1996
June 15, 1996
June 18, 1996
Group B
June 9, 1996
June 10, 1996
June 13, 1996
June 15, 1996
June 18, 1996
Group C
June 9, 1996
June 11, 1996
June 14, 1996
June 16, 1996
June 19, 1996
Group D
June 9, 1996
June 11, 1996
June 14, 1996
June 16, 1996
June 19, 1996
Quarter-finals
June 22, 1996
June 23, 1996
Semi-finals
June 26, 1996
Final
June 30, 1996
European Champions:
GERMANY (Third title)
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Goal Scorers
5 Goals
3 Goals
2 Goals
1 goal
Own goals
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Luboslav Penev
The Winning Squad
Last updated: 05-08-2005 05:18:52
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