UEFA Euro 1996

The 1996 UEFA European Football Championship (Euro 96) was hosted by England, who won the right to host the tournament ahead of bids from Austria, Portugal and the Netherlands. It was the tenth European Football Championship, which is held every four years and endorsed by UEFA. It was the first to use the "Euro" name, and the first where 16 nations competed. The tournament's final stages took place between 8 and 30 June 1996. The slogan of the tournament was "Football Comes Home", as England is 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.

Germany to be the champions after they beat Czech in final with scores 2-1. In this final, Bierhoff - Germany become the first player goal "the God Goal" at this tournaments.

Results detail:

Round of tables

Group A								Result
Rnk	Team		W	D	L	Goal	Pts	Date	Match		Score
1		England	2	1	0	7-2	7	08-6	England	Switzerland	1-1
2		Netherlands	1	1	1	3-4	4	10-6	Netherlands	Scotland	0-0
3		Scotland	1	1	1	1-2	4	13-6	Netherlands	Switzerland	2-0
4		Switzerland	0	1	2	1-4	1	15-6	England	Scotland	2-0
								18-6	Scotland	Switzerland	1-0
								18-6	England	Netherlands	4-1

Group B								Result
Rnk	Team		W	D	L	Goal	Pts	Date	Match		Score
1		France	2	1	0	5-2	7	09-6	Bulgaria	Spain	1-1
2		Spain	1	2	0	4-3	5	10-6	France	Romania	1-0
3		Bulgaria	1	1	1	3-4	4	13-6	Bulgaria	Romania	1-0
4		Romania	0	0	3	1-4	0	15-6	France	Spain	1-1
								18-6	France	Bulgaria	3-1
								18-6	Spain	Romania	2-1

Group C								Result
Rnk	Team		W	D	L	Goal	Pts	Date	Match		Score
1		Germany	2	1	0	5-0	7	09-6	Germany	Czech Rep.	2-0
2		Czech Rep.	1	1	1	5-6	4	11-6	Italy	Russia	2-1
3		Italy	1	1	1	3-3	4	14-6	Czech Rep.	Italy	2-1
4		Russia	0	1	2	4-8	1	16-6	Germany	Russia	3-0
								19-6	Czech Rep.	Russia	3-3
								19-6	Germany	Italy	0-0

Group D								Result
Rnk	Team		W	D	L	Goal	Pts	Date	Match		Score
1		Portugal	2	1	0	5-1	7	09-6	Portugal	Denmark	1-1
2		Croatia	2	0	1	4-3	6	11-6	Croatia	Turkey	1-0
3		Denmark	1	1	1	4-4	4	14-6	Portugal	Turkey	2-1
4		Turkey	0	0	3	0-5	0	16-6	Croatia	Denmark	3-0
								19-6	Portugal	Croatia	3-0
								19-6	Denmark	Turkey	3-0

Quarter Finals
22-6	England	Spain	0-0 (Extra Time) Penalty: 4-2
22-6	France	Netherlands	0-0 (Extra Time) Penalty: 5-4
23-6	Germany	Croatia	2-1
23-6	Czech Rep.	Portugal	1-0
Semi Finals
26-6	Czech Rep.	France	0-0 (Extra Time) Penalty: 6-5
26-6	Germany	England	1-1 (Extra Time) Penalty: 6-5
Final
30-6	Germany	Czech Rep.	2-1 (Extra Time)

Top Goal Scores:

1. Alan Shearer - England (5 goals)

2. Stoichkov - Bulgaria (3 goals)

Klinsmann - Germany (3 goals)

Davor Suker - Croatia (3 goals)

Brian Laudrup - Denmark (3 goals)