EURO 2008 INFO

Football finally came home to England in 1996. It had been 30 years since England won the World Cup at Wembley stadium and the whole nation was gripped with football fever. Once again England and Germany met in the semi-finals but this time it was Germany who got revenge for their 1966 defeat as they beat the host nation on penalties to reach the final. The final saw a Golden Goal decide a major tournament for the first time with Oliver Bierhoff's goal giving the Germans the trophy with a 2-1 victory over the Czech Republic.

The tournament was extended to 16 teams. England qualified as hosts and 15 teams joined them. There were 4 groups of 4 with the top 2 going through from each group to play in the quarter finals.

1996 Tournament Statistics

Leading Scorer (finals only)
5 goals: Alan Shearer (England)
3 goals: Jurgen Klinnsmann (Germany), Davor Suker (Croatia), Brian Laudrup (Denmark), Hristo Stoitchkov (Bulgaria)

Results

Group A

Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	Points	GD
England	3	2	1	0	7	2	7	+5
Netherlands	3	1	1	1	3	4	4	-1
Scotland	3	1	1	1	1	2	4	-1
Switzerland	3	0	1	2	1	4	1	-3

Group B

Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	Points	GD
France	3	2	1	0	5	2	7	+3
Spain	3	1	2	0	4	3	5	+1
Bulgaria	3	1	1	1	3	4	4	-1
Romania	3	0	1	2	1	4	1	-3

Group C

Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	Points	GD
Germany	3	2	1	0	5	0	7	+5
Czech Republic	3	1	1	1	5	6	4	-1
Italy	3	1	1	1	3	3	4	0
Russia	3	0	1	2	4	8	1	-4

Group D

Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	Points	GD
Portugal	3	2	1	0	5	1	7	+4
Croatia	3	2	0	1	4	3	6	+1
Denmark	3	1	1	1	4	4	4	0
Turkey	3	0	0	3	0	5	0	-5

 

Quarter-Final	England	0-0 (AET) England won 4-2 on penalties	Spain
Quarter-Final	Netherlands	0-0 (AET) France won 5-4 on penalties	France
Quarter-Final	Germany	2-1	Croatia
Quarter-Final	Czech Republic	1-0	Portugal
Semi-Final	France	0-0 (AET) Czech Republic won 6-5 on penalties	Czech Republic
Semi-Final	England	1-1 (AET) Germany won 6-5 on penalties	Germany
Final	Germany	2-1 (Golden Goal)	Czech Republic