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Background

England was selected by the UEFA Executive Committee at a meeting in Lisboa on 5 May 1992.

The hosting of the event was contested by five bids: Austria, England, Greece, the Netherlands and Portugal. In the year preceding the decision, the English FA had dropped plans to also bid for the 1998 World Cup in order to gain the support of other UEFA members who were planning to bid for that event.

At the time of the bidding process, the bids were largely prepared as if hosting an eight-team tournament, meaning only four venues were initially required.

 

The Draw

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
       
       
       
       

 

The Build-Up

 

 


Group A Table

Team P W D L F A GD Pts
England 3 2 1 0 7 2 +5 7
Netherlands 3 1 1 1 3 4 -1 4
Scotland 3 1 1 1 1 2 -1 4
Switzerland 3 0 1 2 1 4 -3 1
 

8 June 1996 3.00pm all times BST

England 1 Switzerland 1 [1-0]
Wembley Stadium, Wembley (76,567)
Shearer
Türkyilmaz (pen)

10 June 1996 4.30pm

Netherlands 0 Scotland 0 [0-0]
Villa Park, Birmingham (34,363)
 
13 June 1996 7.30pm
Switzerland 0 Netherlands 2 [0-0]
Villa Park, Birmingham (36,800)
Crujff, Bergkamp
15 June 1996 3.00pm
Scotland 0 England 2 [0-1]
Wembley Stadium, Wembley (76,864)
Shearer, Gascoigne
18 June 1996 both 7.30pm
Netherlands 1 England 4 [0-1]
Wembley Stadium, Wembley (76,798)
Kluivert
Shearer (2), Sheringham (2)
Scotland 1 Switzerland 0 [1-0]
Villa Park, Birmingham (34,926)
McCoist

Group B Table

Team P W D L F A GD Pts
France 3 2 1 0 5 2 +3 7
Spain 3 1 2 0 4 3 +1 5
Bulgaria 3 1 1 1 3 4 -1 4
Romania 3 0 0 3 1 4 -3 0

Group C Table

Team P W D L F A GD Pts
Germany 3 2 1 0 5 0 +5 7
Czech Republic 3 1 1 1 5 6 -1 4
Italy 3 1 1 1 3 3 =0 4
Russia 3 0 1 2 4 8 -4 1

Group D Table

Team P W D L F A GD Pts
Portugal 3 2 1 0 5 1 +4 7
Croatia 3 2 0 1 4 3 +1 6
Denmark 3 1 1 1 4 4 =0 4
Turkey 3 0 0 3 0 5 -5 0

Second Phase

22 June 1996
3.00pm Spain 0 England 0 [0-0]
AET [0-0] & Penalties [2-4]
Wembley Stadium, Wembley (75,440)
 
Penalty Shoot-out:- Shearer 1-0, Hierro 1-0, Platt 2-0, Amor 2-1, Pearce 3-1, Belsué 3-2, Gascoigne 4-2, Nadal 4-2.
6.30pm France 0 Netherlands 0 [0-0]
AET [0-0] & Penalties [5-4]

Anfield, Liverpool (37,465)
 
Penalty Shoot-out:- de Kock 1-0, Zidane 1-1, de Boer 2-1 Djorkaeff 2-2, Kluivert 3-2, Lizarazu 3-3, Seedorf 3-3, Guérin 3-4, Blind 4-4, Blanc 4-5.
23 June 1996
3.00pm Germany 2 Croatia 1 [1-0]
Old Trafford, Manchester (43,412)
Klinsmann (pen), Sammer
Šuker
6.30pm Czech Republic 1 Portugal 0 [0-0]
Villa Park, Birmingham (26,832)
Poborský
Quarter-Finals

 

Semi-finals

26 June 1996
4.00pm France 0 Czech Republic 0 [0-0]
AET [0-0] & Penalties [5-6]

Old Trafford, Manchester (43,877)
 
Penalty Shoot-out:- Zidane 1-0, Kubík 1-1, Djorkaeff 2-1, Nedvěd 2-2, Lizarazu 3-2, Berger 3-3, Guérin 4-3, Poborský 4-4, Blanc 5-4, Rada 5-5, Pedros 5-5, Kadlec 5-6.
7.30pm Germany 1 England 1 [1-1]
AET [0-0] & Penalties [6-5]
Wembley Stadium, Wembley (75,862)
Kuntz
Shearer
Penalty Shoot-out:- Shearer 1-0, Häßler 1-1, Platt 2-1, Strunz 2-2, Pearce 3-2, Reuter 3-3, Gascoigne 4-3, Ziege 4-4, Sheringham 5-4, Kuntz 5-5, Southgate 5-5, Möller 5-6.
ENGLAND ARE ELIMINATED

 

The 1996 Final

30 June 1996 7.00pm
Czech Republic 1 Germany 2 [0-0]
AET [1-1] & Golden Goal after 5 mins
Wembley Stadium, Wembley (73,611)
Berger (pen)
Bierhoff (2)


Notes

 

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