England's European Championship Record

England 1996

As the host nation, England were automatically qualified for the Finals.

Final Tournament

England were drawn in Group A, along with Holland, Scotland and Switzerland.
The top 2 places in the group qualified for the Quarter Finals.

First Round Matches - Group A

Date	Venue	Match	Result	Att	Referee
08 Jun 1996	London	England v Switzerland	1-1	76,600	Diaz Vega (ESP)
10 Jun 1996	Birmingham	Holland v Scotland	0-0	34,400	Sundell (SWE)
13 Jun 1996	Birmingham	Holland v Switzerland	2-0	36,800	Ouzounov (BUL)
15 Jun 1996	London	England v Scotland	2-0	76,800	Pairetto (ITA)
18 Jun 1996	Birmingham	Scotland v Switzerland	1-0	34,900	Krondl (GER)
18 Jun 1996	London	England v Holland	4-1	76,800	Grabner (AUT)

Standings

Group A	Ply	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
England	3	2	1	0	7	2	7
Holland	3	1	1	1	3	4	4
Scotland	3	1	1	1	1	2	4
Switzerland	3	0	1	2	1	4	1

England won the group and qualified for the Quarter Finals.

Quarter Finals

Played on a knock-out basis, match winners advance to the Semi Finals.

Date Venue Match Result Att Referee

22 Jun 1996 London England v Spain 0-0* 75,500 Batta (FRA)

22 Jun 1996 Liverpool France v Holland 0-0** 37,500 Lopez Nieto (ESP)

23 Jun 1996 Manchester Germany v Croatia 2-1 43,400 Sundell (SWE)

23 Jun 1996 Birmingham Czech Republic v Portugal 1-0 26,800 Krug (GER)

*England won 4-2 on penalties and advanced to the Semi Finals.
**France won 5-4 on penalties.

Semi Finals

Played on a knock-out basis, match winners advance to the Final.

Date Venue Match Result Att Referee

26 Jun 1996 Manchester France v Czech Republic 0-0* 43,900 Mottram (SCO)

26 Jun 1996 London England v Germany 1-1** 75,900 Puhl (HUN)

*Czech Republic won 5-4 on penalties.
**Germany won 6-5 on penalties. England were eliminated from the competition.