1996 Euro Championships
 
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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
Euro 96. Alan Shearer scores in the semi-final against Germany after 3 minutes

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

Picture: Alan Shearer scored 5 goals in Euro 96

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