UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying
Tournament details | |
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Dates | 20 April 1994 – 13 December 1995 |
Teams | 47 (from 1 confederation) |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 231 |
Goals scored | 680 (2.94 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Davor Šuker (12 goals) |
UEFA European Qualifiers |
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Qualifying for UEFA Euro 1996 took place throughout 1994 and 1995. Forty-seven teams were divided into eight groups, with each team playing the others in their group both home and away. The winners of each group, as well as the six best runners-up, qualified automatically, while the two worst runners-up were involved in a play-off at a neutral venue. England qualified automatically as hosts of the event.
This was the first European Championship qualifying phase in which three points were awarded for each win, as opposed to the two points that had been awarded previously.
Qualified teams
Team | Qualified as | Previous appearances in tournament[A] |
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England | Host | 4 (1968, 1980, 1988, 1992) |
Romania | Group 1 winner | 1 (1984) |
France | Group 1 runner-up | 3 (1960, 1984, 1992) |
Spain | Group 2 winner | 4 (1964, 1980, 1984, 1988) |
Denmark | Group 2 runner-up | 4 (1964, 1984, 1988, 1992) |
Switzerland | Group 3 winner | 0 (debut) |
Turkey | Group 3 runner-up | 0 (debut) |
Croatia | Group 4 winner | 0 (debut) |
Italy | Group 4 runner-up | 3 (1968, 1980, 1988) |
Czech Republic[B] | Group 5 winner | 3 (1960, 1976, 1980) |
Portugal | Group 6 winner | 1 (1984) |
Germany[C] | Group 7 winner | 6 (1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992) |
Bulgaria | Group 7 runner-up | 0 (debut) |
Russia[D] | Group 8 winner | 6 (1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1988, 1992) |
Scotland | Group 8 runner-up | 1 (1992) |
Netherlands | Play-off winner | 4 (1976, 1980, 1988, 1992) |
- ^ Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.
- ^ From 1960 to 1980, the Czech Republic competed as Czechoslovakia.
- ^ From 1972 to 1988, Germany competed as West Germany.
- ^ From 1960 to 1988, Russia competed as the Soviet Union, and in 1992 as CIS.
Seedings
The draw was made on 22 January 1994 in Manchester. Denmark were seeded first as title holders, while the remaining 46 teams were divided into six pots.
Team highlighted in bold qualified and italic took part in play-off.
Pool 1 | Pool 2 | Pool 3 |
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Pool 4 | Pool 5 | Pool 6 |
- New entrants
New teams that joined UEFA's qualification games after the 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA):
- From the former Soviet Union: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine
- From the former Czechoslovakia: Czech Republic and Slovakia
- From the former Yugoslavia: Croatia, Macedonia and Slovenia
- Liechtenstein
Summary
Hosts
Tiebreakers
If two or more teams finished level on points after completion of the group matches, the following tiebreakers were used to determine the final ranking:[1]
- Higher number of points obtained in the matches played among the teams in question;
- Superior goal difference in matches played among the teams in question;
- Higher number of goals scored away from home in the matches played among the teams in question;
- Superior goal difference in all group matches;
- Higher number of goals scored in all group matches;
- Higher number of away goals scored in all group matches;
- Fair play conduct in all group matches (1 point for a single yellow card, 3 points for a red card as a consequence of two yellow cards, 3 points for a direct red card, 4 points for a yellow card followed by a direct red card).
Groups
Group 1
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||||
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1 | Romania | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 9 | +9 | 21 | Qualify for final tournament | — | 1–3 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | |
2 | France | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 22 | 2 | +20 | 20 | 0–0 | — | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 10–0 | ||
3 | Slovakia | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 18 | −4 | 14 | 0–2 | 0–0 | — | 4–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | ||
4 | Poland | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 12 | +2 | 13 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 5–0 | — | 4–3 | 1–0 | ||
5 | Israel | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 12 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | — | 2–0 | ||
6 | Azerbaijan | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 29 | −27 | 1 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | — |
Group 2
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||||
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1 | Spain | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 4 | +21 | 26 | Qualify for final tournament | — | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 6–0 | 1–0 | |
2 | Denmark | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 9 | +10 | 21 | 1–1 | — | 3–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 3–1 | ||
3 | Belgium | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 13 | +4 | 15 | 1–4 | 1–3 | — | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | ||
4 | Macedonia | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 18 | −9 | 7[a] | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–5 | — | 3–0 | 1–2 | ||
5 | Cyprus | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 20 | −14 | 7[a] | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | — | 2–0 | ||
6 | Armenia | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 17 | −12 | 5 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | — |
Notes:
Group 3
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ||||||
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1 | Switzerland | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 7 | +8 | 17 | Qualify for final tournament | — | 1–2 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | |
2 | Turkey | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 8 | +8 | 15 | 1–2 | — | 2–1 | 2–0 | 5–0 | ||
3 | Sweden | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | −1 | 9 | 0–0 | 2–2 | — | 2–0 | 1–1 | ||
4 | Hungary | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | −6 | 8 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | — | 1–0 | ||
5 | Iceland | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 12 | −9 | 5 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | — |
Group 4
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||||
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1 | Croatia | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 5 | +17 | 23[a] | Qualify for final tournament | — | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 7–1 | |
2 | Italy | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 6 | +14 | 23[a] | 1–2 | — | 4–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | ||
3 | Lithuania | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 12 | +1 | 16 | 0–0 | 0–1 | — | 1–3 | 2–1 | 5–0 | ||
4 | Ukraine | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 15 | −4 | 13 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | — | 0–0 | 3–0 | ||
5 | Slovenia | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 11 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | — | 3–0 | ||
6 | Estonia | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 31 | −28 | 0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | — |
Notes:
Group 5
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||||
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1 | Czech Republic | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 6 | +15 | 21 | Qualify for final tournament | — | 3–1 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 6–1 | |
2 | Netherlands | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 5 | +18 | 20[a] | Advance to play-off | 0–0 | — | 3–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 4–0 | |
3 | Norway | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 7 | +10 | 20[a] | 1–1 | 1–1 | — | 1–0 | 5–0 | 2–0 | ||
4 | Belarus | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | −5 | 11 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–4 | — | 2–0 | 1–1 | ||
5 | Luxembourg | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 21 | −18 | 10 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 0–0 | — | 1–0 | ||
6 | Malta | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 22 | −20 | 2 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | — |
Notes:
Group 6
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||||
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1 | Portugal | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 7 | +22 | 23 | Qualify for final tournament | — | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 8–0 | |
2 | Republic of Ireland | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 11 | +6 | 17[a] | Advance to play-off | 1–0 | — | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 4–0 | |
3 | Northern Ireland | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 15 | +5 | 17[a] | 1–2 | 0–4 | — | 5–3 | 1–2 | 4–1 | ||
4 | Austria | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 29 | 14 | +15 | 16 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | — | 5–0 | 7–0 | ||
5 | Latvia | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 20 | −9 | 12 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 3–2 | — | 1–0 | ||
6 | Liechtenstein | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 40 | −39 | 1 | 0–7 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 0–4 | 0–1 | — |
Notes:
Group 7
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||||
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1 | Germany | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 10 | +17 | 25 | Qualify for final tournament | — | 3–1 | 4–1 | 6–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | |
2 | Bulgaria | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 10 | +14 | 22 | 3–2 | — | 2–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | ||
3 | Georgia | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 13 | +1 | 15 | 0–2 | 2–1 | — | 0–1 | 5–0 | 2–0 | ||
4 | Moldova | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 27 | −16 | 9 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 3–2 | — | 3–2 | 2–3 | ||
5 | Wales | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 19 | −10 | 8[a] | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | — | 2–0 | ||
6 | Albania | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 16 | −6 | 8[a] | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | — |
Notes:
Group 8
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||||
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1 | Russia | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 5 | +29 | 26 | Qualify for final tournament | — | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | |
2 | Scotland | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 3 | +16 | 23 | 1–1 | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 5–0 | ||
3 | Greece | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 23 | 9 | +14 | 18 | 0–3 | 1–0 | — | 4–0 | 5–0 | 2–0 | ||
4 | Finland | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 15 | 0–6 | 0–2 | 2–1 | — | 5–0 | 4–1 | ||
5 | Faroe Islands | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 35 | −25 | 6 | 2–5 | 0–2 | 1–5 | 0–4 | — | 3–0 | ||
6 | San Marino | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 36 | −34 | 0 | 0–7 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 1–3 | — |
Ranking of second-placed teams
The runners-up of each of the eight groups were placed in a table to decide which seven of them would qualify. The best six runners-up would qualify automatically, while the two worst would compete in a play-off at a neutral venue to determine the final qualifier. The same ranking and tiebreaking criteria were used to classify the eight runners-up, although only matches played against teams that finished first, third and fourth in each group were considered.
Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | 4 | Italy | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 13 | Qualify for final tournament |
2 | 7 | Bulgaria | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 8 | +6 | 12 | |
3 | 3 | Turkey | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 11 | |
4 | 8 | Scotland | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 11 | |
5 | 2 | Denmark | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 11 | |
6 | 1 | France | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 10 | |
7 | 5 | Netherlands | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 8 | Advance to play-off |
8 | 6 | Republic of Ireland | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 7 |
Rules for classification: Counting only matches against teams ranked first to fourth in the group, 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Away goals scored; 5) Drawing of lots.
Play-off
The bottom two runners-up, the Republic of Ireland and the Netherlands, took part in a play-off on a neutral ground to determine the last team to qualify for the final tournament.
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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Republic of Ireland | 0–2 | Netherlands |
References
- ^ "European Championship 1996". rsssf.com. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 18 January 2000. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
External links
- UEFA Euro 1996 at UEFA.com