Europamästerskapet i fotboll 1996
| Europamästerskapet i fotboll | |||
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| Evenemangsfakta | |||
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| Datum | 8 juni–30 juni 1996 | ||
| Arrangör | Uefa och FA | ||
| Värdnation |  England | ||
| Arenor | 8 arenor i 8 orter | ||
| Deltagare | |||
| Nationer | 16 | ||
| Statistik | |||
| Matcher | 31 | ||
| Mål | 64 (2,1 per match) | ||
| Publik | 1 285 857 (41 479 per match) | ||
| Flest mål | Alan Shearer (5 mål) | ||
| Bäste spelare |  Matthias Sammer | ||
 Mästare | Tyskland (3:e titeln) | ||
 Finalist |  Tjeckien | ||
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(c) I, Parutakupiu, CC BY-SA 3.0
Europamästerskapet i fotboll för herrar 1996 arrangerades av Uefa och spelades i England 8–30 juni 1996. I turneringen deltog 16 av 48 europeiska lag, till skillnad mot 8 lag under EM 1992. Mästerskapet vanns av Tyskland genom ett golden goal-mål i finalen mot Tjeckien.
Förlopp
- Semifinalen England-Tyskland uppmärksammades för att Daily Mirror inför matchen publicerat bilder på spelarna iförda andra världskrigshjälmar och rubriken "Achtung! Surrender!".[1]
Kvalspel
Kvalificerade nationer
Arenor
| London | Manchester | Liverpool | Birmingham |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wembley Stadium | Old Trafford | Anfield | Villa Park |
| Kapacitet: 76 567 | Kapacitet: 55 000 | Kapacitet: 42 730 | Kapacitet: 40 310 |
 (c) Trevor Rickard, CC BY-SA 2.0 |  |  |  |
| Leeds |  (c) Karte: NordNordWest, Lizenz: Creative Commons by-sa-3.0 de | Sheffield | |
| Elland Road | Hillsborough Stadium | ||
| Kapacitet: 40 204 | Kapacitet: 39 859 | ||
 |  (c) Arne Müseler / www.arne-mueseler.com, CC BY-SA 3.0 de | ||
| Newcastle | Nottingham | ||
| St James' Park | City Ground | ||
| Kapacitet: 36 649 | Kapacitet: 30 539 | ||
 |  (c) Garth Newton, CC BY-SA 2.0 | ||
Gruppspel
De 16 lagen delades in i fyra grupper om fyra lag vardera, där de två främsta gick vidare till kvartsfinaler.
Grupp A
| Nr | Lag | S | V | O | F | GM | IM | MS | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | England | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 7 |
| 2 |  Nederländerna | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 4 |
| 3 |  Skottland | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 4 |
| 4 |  Schweiz | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 1 |
| 8 juni 1996 | England | 1 – 1 | Schweiz | Wembley Stadium | ||
| 15:00 UTC+1 | Alan Shearer  23′ | (1 – 1) Rapport | 83′ (str.) Kubilay Türkyilmaz | London Publik: 76 567 Domare: Manuel Díaz Vega (Spanien) | ||
| 10 juni 1996 | Nederländerna | 0 – 0 | Skottland | Villa Park | ||
| 16:30 UTC+1 | Rapport | Birmingham Publik: 34 363 Domare: Leif Sundell (Sverige) | ||||
| 13 juni 1996 | Schweiz | 0 – 2 | Nederländerna | Villa Park | ||
| 19:30 UTC+1 | (0 – 0) Rapport | 66′ Jordi Cruyff 79′ Dennis Bergkamp | Birmingham Publik: 36 800 Domare: Atanas Uzunov (Bulgarien) | |||
| 15 juni 1996 | Skottland | 0 – 2 | England | Wembley Stadium | ||
| 15:00 UTC+1 | (0 – 0) Rapport | 53′ Alan Shearer 79′ Paul Gascoigne | London Publik: 76 864 Domare: Pierluigi Pairetto (Italien) | |||
| 18 juni 1996 | Skottland | 1 – 0 | Schweiz | Villa Park | ||
| 19:30 UTC+1 | Ally McCoist 36′ | (1 – 0) Rapport | Birmingham Publik: 34 926 Domare: Václav Krondl (Tjeckien) | |||
| 18 juni 1996 | Nederländerna | 1 – 4 | England | Wembley Stadium | ||
| 19:30 UTC+1 | Patrick Kluivert 78′ | (0 – 1) Rapport | 23′ (str.), 57′ Alan Shearer 51′, 62′ Teddy Sheringham | London Publik: 76 798 Domare: Gerd Grabher (Österrike) | ||
Grupp B
| Nr | Lag | S | V | O | F | GM | IM | MS | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Frankrike | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 7 |
| 2 |  Spanien | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 5 |
| 3 |  Bulgarien | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 4 |
| 4 |  Rumänien | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 0 |
| 9 juni 1996 | Spanien | 1 – 1 | Bulgarien | Elland Road | ||
| 14:30 UTC+1 | Alfonso Pérez 74′ | (0 – 0) Rapport | 65′ (str.) Hristo Stoichkov | Leeds Publik: 24 006 Domare: Piero Ceccarini (Italien) | ||
| 10 juni 1996 | Rumänien | 0 – 1 | Frankrike | St James' Park | ||
| 19:30 UTC+1 | (0 – 1) Rapport | 25′ Christophe Dugarry | Newcastle Publik: 26 323 Domare: Hellmut Krug (Tyskland) | |||
| 13 juni 1996 | Bulgarien | 1 – 0 | Rumänien | St James' Park | ||
| 16:30 UTC+1 | Hristo Stoichkov 3′ | (1 – 0) Rapport | Newcastle Publik: 19 107 Domare: Peter Mikkelsen (Danmark) | |||
| 15 juni 1996 | Frankrike | 1 – 1 | Spanien | Elland Road | ||
| 18:00 UTC+1 | Youri Djorkaeff 48′ | (0 – 0) Rapport | 85′ José Luis Caminero | Leeds Publik: 35 626 Domare: Vadim Zhuk (Vitryssland) | ||
| 18 juni 1996 | Frankrike | 3 – 1 | Bulgarien | St James' Park | ||
| 16:30 UTC+1 | Laurent Blanc 21′ Lyuboslav Penev 63′ (sjm.)Patrice Loko 90′ | (1 – 0) Rapport | 69′ Hristo Stoichkov | Newcastle Publik: 26 976 Domare: Dermot Gallagher (England) | ||
| 18 juni 1996 | Rumänien | 1 – 2 | Spanien | Elland Road | ||
| 16:30 UTC+1 | Florin Răducioiu 29′ | (1 – 1) Rapport | 11′ Javier Manjarín 84′ Guillermo Amor | Leeds Publik: 32 719 Domare: Ahmet Çakar (Turkiet) | ||
Grupp C
| Nr | Lag | S | V | O | F | GM | IM | MS | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tyskland | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 7 |
| 2 | Tjeckien | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 4 |
| 3 |  Italien | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 |  Ryssland | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 1 |
| 9 juni 1996 | Tyskland | 2 – 0 | Tjeckien | Old Trafford | ||
| 17:00 UTC+1 | Christian Ziege 26′ Andreas Möller 32′ | (2 – 0) Rapport | Manchester Publik: 37 300 Domare: David Elleray (England) | |||
| 11 juni 1996 | Italien | 2 – 1 | Ryssland | Anfield | ||
| 16:30 UTC+1 | Pierluigi Casiraghi 5′, 52′ | (1 – 1) Rapport | 21′ Ilya Tsymbalar | Liverpool Publik: 35 120 Domare: Leslie Mottram (Skottland) | ||
| 14 juni 1996 | Tjeckien | 2 – 1 | Italien | Anfield | ||
| 19:30 UTC+1 | Pavel Nedvěd 5′ Radek Bejbl 35′ | (2 – 1) Rapport | 18′ Enrico Chiesa | Liverpool Publik: 37 320 Domare: Antonio Jesús López Nieto (Spanien) | ||
| 16 juni 1996 | Ryssland | 0 – 3 | Tyskland | Old Trafford | ||
| 15:00 UTC+1 | (0 – 0) Rapport | 56′ Matthias Sammer 77′, 90′ Jürgen Klinsmann | Manchester Publik: 50 760 Domare: Kim Milton Nielsen (Danmark) | |||
| 19 juni 1996 | Ryssland | 3 – 3 | Tjeckien | Anfield | ||
| 19:30 UTC+1 | Aleksandr Mostovoi 49′ Omari Tetradze 54′Vladimir Beschastnykh 85′ | (0 – 2) Rapport | 5′ Jan Suchopárek 19′ Pavel Kuka 88′ Vladimír Šmicer | Liverpool Publik: 21 128 Domare: Anders Frisk (Sverige) | ||
| 19 juni 1996 | Tyskland | 0 – 0 | Italien | Old Trafford | ||
| 19:30 UTC+1 | Rapport | Manchester Publik: 53 740 Domare: Guy Goethals (Belgien) | ||||
Grupp D
| Nr | Lag | S | V | O | F | GM | IM | MS | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Portugal | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 7 |
| 2 |  Kroatien | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 6 |
| 3 |  Danmark | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 |  Turkiet | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 0 |
| 9 juni 1996 | Danmark | 1 – 1 | Portugal | Hillsborough | ||
| 19:30 UTC+1 | Brian Laudrup 22′ | (1 – 0) Rapport | 53′ Ricardo Sá Pinto | Sheffield Publik: 34 993 Domare: Mario van der Ende (Nederländerna) | ||
| 11 juni 1996 | Turkiet | 0 – 1 | Kroatien | City Ground | ||
| 19:30 UTC+1 | (0 – 0) Rapport | 86′ Goran Vlaović | Nottingham Publik: 22 460 Domare: Serge Muhmenthaler (Schweiz) | |||
| 14 juni 1996 | Portugal | 1 – 0 | Turkiet | City Ground | ||
| 16:30 UTC+1 | Fernando Couto 66′ | (0 – 0) Rapport | Nottingham Publik: 22 670 Domare: Sándor Puhl (Ungern) | |||
| 16 juni 1996 | Kroatien | 3 – 0 | Danmark | Hillsborough | ||
| 18:00 UTC+1 | Davor Šuker 54′ (str.), 90′ Zvonimir Boban 81′ | (0 – 0) Rapport | Sheffield Publik: 33 671 Domare: Marc Batta (Frankrike) | |||
| 19 juni 1996 | Kroatien | 0 – 3 | Portugal | City Ground | ||
| 16:30 UTC+1 | (0 – 2) Rapport | 4′ Luís Figo 33′ João Vieira Pinto 82′ Domingos Paciência | Nottingham Publik: 20 484 Domare: Bernd Heynemann (Tyskland) | |||
| 19 juni 1996 | Turkiet | 0 – 3 | Danmark | Hillsborough | ||
| 16:30 UTC+1 | (0 – 0) Rapport | 50′, 84′ Brian Laudrup 69′ Allan Nielsen | Sheffield Publik: 28 951 Domare: Nikolai Levnikov (Ryssland) | |||
Slutspel
| Slutspel | |
| Statistik | |
|---|---|
| Matcher | 7 |
| Mål | 9 (1,3 per match) |
| Publik | 376 499 (53 786 per match) |
Slutspelsträd
| Kvartsfinaler | Semifinaler | Final | ||||||||
| 22 juni | ||||||||||
| Frankrike (str.) | 1 (5) | |||||||||
| 26 juni | ||||||||||
| Nederländerna | 1 (4) | |||||||||
| Frankrike | 0 (5) | |||||||||
| 23 juni | ||||||||||
| Tjeckien (str.) | 0 (6) | |||||||||
| Tjeckien | 1 | |||||||||
| 30 juni | ||||||||||
| Portugal | 0 | |||||||||
| Tjeckien | 1 | |||||||||
| 23 juni | ||||||||||
| Tyskland (GG) | 2 | |||||||||
| Tyskland | 2 | |||||||||
| 26 juni | ||||||||||
| Kroatien | 1 | |||||||||
| Tyskland (str.) | 1 (6) | |||||||||
| 22 juni | ||||||||||
| England | 1 (5) | |||||||||
| Spanien | 0 (2) | |||||||||
| England (str.) | 0 (4) | |||||||||
Kvartsfinaler
| 22 juni 1996 | Spanien | 0 – 0 (e.fl.) | England | Wembley Stadium | ||
| 15:00 UTC+1 | Rapport | London Publik: 75 440 Domare: Marc Batta (Frankrike) | ||||
Fernando Hierro  Guillermo Amor  Alberto Belsué Miguel Ángel Nadal | Straffsparksläggning 2 – 4 | Alan Shearer David Platt Stuart Pearce Paul Gascoigne | ||||
| 22 juni 1996 | Frankrike | 0 – 0 (e.fl.) | Nederländerna | Anfield | ||
| 18:30 UTC+1 | Rapport | Liverpool Publik: 37 465 Domare: Antonio López Nieto (Spanien) | ||||
Zinedine Zidane Youri Djorkaeff Bixente Lizarazu Vincent Guérin Laurent Blanc | Straffsparksläggning 5 – 4 | Johan de Kock Ronald de Boer Patrick Kluivert Clarence Seedorf Danny Blind | ||||
| 23 juni 1996 | Tyskland | 2 – 1 | Kroatien | Old Trafford | ||
| 15:00 UTC+1 | Jürgen Klinsmann 20′ (str.) Matthias Sammer 59′ | (1 – 0) Rapport | 51′ Davor Šuker | Manchester Publik: 43 412 Domare: Leif Sundell (Sverige) | ||
| 23 juni 1996 | Tjeckien | 1 – 0 | Portugal | Villa Park | ||
| 18:30 UTC+1 | Karel Poborský 53′ | (0 – 0) Rapport | Birmingham Publik: 26 832 Domare: Hellmut Krug (Tyskland) | |||
Semifinaler
| 26 juni 1996 | Frankrike | 0 – 0 (e.fl.) | Tjeckien | Old Trafford | ||
| 16:00 UTC+1 | Rapport | Manchester Publik: 43 877 Domare: Leslie Mottram (Skottland) | ||||
Zinedine Zidane Youri Djorkaeff Bixente Lizarazu Vincent Guérin Laurent Blanc Reynald Pedros | Straffsparksläggning 5 – 6 | Luboš Kubík Pavel Nedvěd Patrik Berger Karel Poborský Karel Rada Miroslav Kadlec | ||||
| 26 juni 1996 | Tyskland | 1 – 1 (e.fl.) | England | Wembley Stadium | ||
| 19:30 UTC+1 | Stefan Kuntz 16′ | (1 – 1) Rapport | 3′ Alan Shearer | London Publik: 75 862 Domare: Sándor Puhl (Ungern) | ||
Thomas Häßler Thomas Strunz Stefan Reuter Christian Ziege Stefan Kuntz Andreas Möller | Straffsparksläggning 6 – 5 | Alan Shearer David Platt Stuart Pearce Paul Gascoigne Teddy Sheringham Gareth Southgate | ||||
Final
| 30 juni 1996 | Tjeckien | 1 – 2 (GG) | Tyskland | Wembley Stadium | ||
| 19:00 UTC+1 | Patrik Berger 59′ (str.) | (1 – 1) Rapport | 73′ Oliver Bierhoff 95′ Oliver Bierhoff | London Publik: 73 611 Domare: Pierluigi Pairetto (Italien) | ||
Europamästarna
| Nr | Spelare | Position | Klubb (1996) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andreas Köpke | Målvakt | Eintracht Frankfurt |
| 2 | Stefan Reuter | Försvarare | Borussia Dortmund |
| 3 | Marco Bode | Mittfältare | SV Werder Bremen |
| 4 | Steffen Freund | Mittfältare | Borussia Dortmund |
| 5 | Thomas Helmer | Försvarare | FC Bayern München |
| 6 | Matthias Sammer | Försvarare | Borussia Dortmund |
| 7 | Andreas Möller | Mittfältare | Borussia Dortmund |
| 8 | Mehmet Scholl | Mittfältare | FC Bayern München |
| 9 | Fredi Bobic | Anfallare | VfB Stuttgart |
| 10 | Thomas Hässler | Mittfältare | Karlsruher SC |
| 11 | Stefan Kuntz | Anfallare | Beşiktaş JK |
| 12 | Oliver Kahn | Målvakt | FC Bayern München |
| 13 | Mario Basler | Mittfältare | SV Werder Bremen |
| 14 | Markus Babbel | Försvarare | FC Bayern München |
| 15 | Jürgen Kohler | Försvarare | Borussia Dortmund |
| 16 | René Schneider | Försvarare | FC Hansa Rostock |
| 17 | Christian Ziege | Mittfältare | FC Bayern München |
| 18 | Jürgen Klinsmann | Anfallare | FC Bayern München |
| 19 | Thomas Strunz | Mittfältare | FC Bayern München |
| 20 | Oliver Bierhoff | Anfallare | Udinese Calcio |
| 21 | Dieter Eilts | Mittfältare | SV Werder Bremen |
| 22 | Oliver Reck | Målvakt | SV Werder Bremen |
| Förbundskapten: Berti Vogts | |||
Källor
Fotnoter
- ^ ”Lahm: "England är favorit"”. SVT Sport. 24 juni 2010. http://www.svt.se/sport/artikel/lahm-england-ar-favorit/. Läst 6 november 2015.
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