Further outbreaks of trouble occurred in the streets of several other towns. England vs Scotland Euro 96 result: Who won classic Euro 96 match? Fourth official: [31] Only four teams were seeded: England (as hosts), Denmark (as holders), Spain and Germany. Unfortunately, it was not forthcoming and Euro 96 had its first penalty shoot-out. Spain National Team » Squad EURO 1996 England. It began on 8 June and was completed on 18 June. Egbert Engler (Germany) Jacques Mas (France) [18] The English progressed 4–2 on spot kicks. Jiří Ulrich (Czech Republic), Man of the Match: German substitute Oliver Bierhoff scored in the 73rd minute to make it 1–1. Four days after the blast, the Provisional Irish Republican Army issued a statement in which it claimed responsibility, but regretted causing injury to civilians.[45]. After England's defeat to Germany in the semi-finals, a large-scale riot took place in Trafalgar Square and the surrounding area. Laurent Blanc (France)[3], Assistant referees: Robert Orr (Scotland) That glorious summe… The draw for the qualifying competition took place in Manchester on 22 January 1994. 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. [19] France and Netherlands also played out a 0–0 draw, with France winning the penalty shootout 5–4. Passing accuracy. Turgay Güdü (Turkey) Donato Nicoletti (Italy) Head-to-head result: Czech Republic 2–1 Italy. Matches 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. [22][23], The first semi-final, featuring France and Czech Republic, resulted in another 0–0 draw and penalties. Klaus Plettenberg (Germany) [38], "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. Coast 2009 Chile World Cup U17 2019 Brazil 2017 England 2015 Nigeria Fourth official: Fourth official: The group consisted of hosts England, Switzerland, the Netherlands and Scotland.[1][2]. Robbie Fowler was down … [27] 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. newspaper archive. 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. Jens Larsen (Denmark) Karl-Erik Nilsson (Sweden), Man of the Match: The knockout stage was 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. [20] Jürgen Klinsmann opened the scoring for Germany in their match against Croatia. England won the group and advanced to the quarter-finals, along with the Netherlands. To accommodate the expansion from an 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. Group B of UEFA Euro 1996 was one of four groups in the final tournament's initial group stage. [31] The balls were drawn by UEFA figures Gerhard Aigner and Lennart Johansson. Defending champions Denmark were automatically assigned to Pot 1. France and Spain dominated the group,[10][11] with France avenging Bulgaria for the 1994 qualification debacle,[12] and World Cup quarter-finalists Romania going home,[13] with no points and only one goal scored. England faced Germany in the semi-finals, but after finishing 1-1, they lost on penalties and were out of the tournament.