UEFA Euro 1996

The **UEFA Euro 1996** was the 10th UEFA European Football Championship tournament. Its formal name was the _1996 UEFA European Football Championship_. It was held in 8 June to 30 June. All the European football teams could compete. The defending champion was Denmark. The tournament was hosted in England. 16 teams were qualified for the final group stage. The winner of the tournament was Germany after defeating Czech Republic.

## Qualification

Qualification began in September 1994 and ended in December 1995. The following teams qualified:

|scope="col"|Country|scope="col"|Qualified as|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|<span style="display:none">00</span>Hosts||||
|<span style="display:none">10</span>Group 1 winner||||
|<span style="display:none">05</span>Group 1 runners-up||||
|<span style="display:none">13</span>Group 2 winner||||
|<span style="display:none">04</span>Group 2 runners-up||||
|<span style="display:none">14</span>Group 3 winner||||
|<span style="display:none">15</span>Group 3 runners-up||||
|<span style="display:none">02</span>Group 4 winner||||
|<span style="display:none">07</span>Group 4 runners-up||||
|<span style="display:none">03</span>Group 5 winner||||
|<span style="display:none">09</span>Group 6 winner||||
|<span style="display:none">06</span>Group 7 winner||||
|<span style="display:none">01</span>Group 7 runners-up||||
|<span style="display:none">11</span>Group 8 winner||||
|<span style="display:none">12</span>Group 8 runners-up||||
|<span style="display:none">08</span>Play-off winner||||

## Group stage

|Key to colours in group tables|
| --- |
|Team advanced to the quarter-finals|

### Group A

|width=175|Team|width=20 abbr="Played"|Pld|width=20 abbr="Won"|W|width=20 abbr="Drawn"|D|width=20 abbr="Lost"|L|width=20 abbr="Goals for"|GF|width=20 abbr="Goals against"|GA|width=20 abbr="Goal difference"|GD|width=20 abbr="Points"|Pts|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align=left|England|3|2|1|0|7|2|+5|**7**|||||||||
|align=left|Netherlands|3|1|1|1|3|4|–1|**4**|||||||||
|align=left|Scotland|3|1|1|1|1|2|–1|**4**|||||||||
|align=left|Switzerland|3|0|1|2|1|4|–3|**1**|||||||||

### Group B

|width=175|Team|width=20 abbr="Played"|Pld|width=20 abbr="Won"|W|width=20 abbr="Drawn"|D|width=20 abbr="Lost"|L|width=20 abbr="Goals for"|GF|width=20 abbr="Goals against"|GA|width=20 abbr="Goal difference"|GD|width=20 abbr="Points"|Pts|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align=left|France|3|2|1|0|5|2|+3|**7**|||||||||
|align=left|Spain|3|1|2|0|4|3|+1|**5**|||||||||
|align=left|Bulgaria|3|1|1|1|3|4|–1|**4**|||||||||
|align=left|Romania|3|0|0|3|1|4|–3|**0**|||||||||

### Group C

|width=175|Team|width=20 abbr="Played"|Pld|width=20 abbr="Won"|W|width=20 abbr="Drawn"|D|width=20 abbr="Lost"|L|width=20 abbr="Goals for"|GF|width=20 abbr="Goals against"|GA|width=20 abbr="Goal difference"|GD|width=20 abbr="Points"|Pts|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align=left|Germany|3|2|1|0|5|0|+5|**7**|||||||||
|align=left|Czech Republic|3|1|1|1|5|6|–1|**4**|||||||||
|align=left|Italy|3|1|1|1|3|3|0|**4**|||||||||
|align=left|Russia|3|0|1|2|4|8|–4|**1**|||||||||

_Czech Republic was placed on top of Italy because of their previous match against each other (2 – 1)_

### Group D

|width=175|Team|width=20 abbr="Played"|Pld|width=20 abbr="Won"|W|width=20 abbr="Drawn"|D|width=20 abbr="Lost"|L|width=20 abbr="Goals for"|GF|width=20 abbr="Goals against"|GA|width=20 abbr="Goal difference"|GD|width=20 abbr="Points"|Pts|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align=left|Portugal|3|2|1|0|5|1|+4|**7**|||||||||
|align=left|Croatia|3|2|0|1|4|3|+1|**6**|||||||||
|align=left|Denmark|3|1|1|1|4|4|0|**4**|||||||||
|align=left|Turkey|3|0|0|3|0|5|–5|**0**|||||||||

## Infobox (international football competition)

- **tourney name**: UEFA Euro 1996
- **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
- **top scorer**: Alan Shearer (5 goals)
- **player**: Matthias Sammer
- **attendance**: 1275857
- **prevseason**: UEFA Euro 1992, 1992
- **nextseason**: UEFA Euro 2000, 2000