European Football Championship 1992

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European Football Championship 1992
UEFA EURO 92
UEFA Euro 1992.svg
Number of nations (of 34 applicants)
European champion DenmarkDenmark Denmark (1st title)
venue SwedenSweden Sweden
Opening game June 10, 1992 in Solna
Endgame June 26, 1992 in Gothenburg
Games 15th
Gates 32  (⌀: 2.13 per game)
spectator 430,111  (⌀: 28,674 per game)
Top scorer 4 players with 3 goals
Yellow card yellow cards 50  (⌀: 3.33 per game)

The finals of the 9th European Football Championship took place from June 10th to June 26th, 1992 in Sweden . Sweden automatically qualified as hosts. Yugoslavia was taken out of the tournament due to the Balkan conflict despite previous successful qualification and replaced ten days before the start of the tournament by the second in the qualifying group, Denmark .

Denmark sensationally won the final against reigning world champions Germany . Host Sweden failed in the semifinals to Germany. For political reasons, the national soccer team of the former Soviet Union entered as the “ Commonwealth of Independent States ”, or CIS for short, and was eliminated from the group stage without a win. Austria and Switzerland had already failed in the qualification. Dennis Bergkamp , Tomas Brolin , Henrik Larsen and Karl-Heinz Riedle each scored three goals and were joint top scorer.

At this European Championship, for the first time at an international tournament, in addition to the shirt number, the last name of the respective player was noted on the jersey, which has been common since then.

this and that

  • The French association offered the highest premium for the title with around 286,000 DM, the lowest being the Scottish one with 15,000 DM.
  • The Swedish organizer provided 120 million DM (105 million CHF / 840 million schillings) for security. In addition to an entry ban against all persons known to the police (and suspects), only those visitors were allowed into the country who had 500 Swedish kronor (approx. 153 DM) with them for each day of their stay.
  • A special feature of the CIS matches was that no flag was hoisted and no anthem was played for this community of nations.

Qualification of the German-speaking teams

After winning the soccer world championship in 1990 Berti Vogts took over the team of the Federal Republic of Germany from Franz Beckenbauer . Beckenbauer had claimed in a press conference that the German national team, together with East German players, would be unbeatable for years after reunification. In the first game it was difficult to beat Luxembourg 3-2. This was followed by the 1-0 defeat in Wales in an unbalanced qualification. It was only after a 1-0 win in Belgium that qualification was therefore certain. The drawing of the qualification groups in the early summer of 1990 envisaged an intra-German duel between the Federal Republic and the GDR , which did not take place due to reunification . The originally planned group of five became a group of four.

Austria played in Group 4, which was dominated by Yugoslavia. The Yugoslavs lost only one game at home against Denmark. The Austrians played their most unsuccessful qualification and started with a 0-1 loss to Faroe Islands . They won only one game in total (the second leg against Faroe Islands) and drew 0-0 against Northern Ireland once.

Switzerland was more successful in group 2. They kept their chance to qualify against Scotland, Romania and Bulgaria until the last match day and were eliminated by a 0-1 defeat in Romania while the Scots also defeated San Marino. A draw in Romania would have been enough and Switzerland would have qualified.

Venues

Gothenburg
Venues 1992 in Sweden
Solna
Ullevi Råsunda Stadium
Ullevi Råsunda Stadium
Malmo Norrkoping
Malmo Stadium Idrottspark
Malmo Stadium Idrottspark

Attendees

Group 1 Group 2
SwedenSweden Sweden ( squad ) NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands ( squad )
DenmarkDenmark Denmark ( squad ) GermanyGermany Germany ( squad )
FranceFrance France ( squad ) ScotlandScotland Scotland ( squad )
EnglandEngland England ( squad ) Commonwealth of Independent States CIS ( squad )

Preliminary round

Group 1

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. SwedenSweden Sweden  3  2  1  0 004: 200  +2 05: 10
 2. DenmarkDenmark Denmark  3  1  1  1 002: 200  ± 0 03: 30
 3. FranceFrance France  3  0  2  1 002: 300  −1 02: 40
 4th EnglandEngland England  3  0  2  1 001: 200  −1 02: 40
June 10, 1992 in Solna (Råsundastadion)
Sweden - France 1: 1 (1: 0)
June 11, 1992 in Malmö (Malmö Stadium)
Denmark - England 0-0
June 14, 1992 in Malmö (Malmö Stadium)
England - France 0-0
June 14, 1992 in Solna (Råsundastadion)
Sweden - Denmark 1: 0 (0: 0)
June 17, 1992 in Solna (Råsundastadion)
England - Sweden 1: 2 (1: 0)
17 June 1992 in Malmö (Malmö Stadium)
France - Denmark 1: 2 (0: 1)

Host Sweden dominated Group 1 and became one of the tournament favorites. The Danes were considered outsiders, as UEFA had only transferred the starting place for the athletically qualified Yugoslavs to Denmark on May 30, 1992. The legend that the Danes sometimes sent their players from vacation to the tournament without preparation lasted for years and was then gradually refuted by the Danish players. All teams were careful about the first games, and the decisions for the semi-finals were made on the last day of the match. The French around Éric Cantona were the favorites against Denmark, but were beaten with offensive football. England, who wanted to build on this performance two years earlier after a satisfactory soccer World Cup, took an early lead against Sweden through David Platt . Despite the equalizer in the second half, the chance still seemed great, but Sweden's Tomas Brolin made it 2-1 in the 83rd minute for the English to be eliminated early.

Group 2

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands  3  2  1  0 004: 100  +3 05: 10
 2. GermanyGermany Germany  3  1  1  1 004: 400  ± 0 03: 30
 3. ScotlandScotland Scotland  3  1  0  2 003: 300  ± 0 02: 40
 4th Commonwealth of Independent States CIS  3  0  2  1 001: 400  −3 02: 40
June 12, 1992 in Gothenburg (Ullevi)
Netherlands - Scotland 1: 0 (0: 0)
June 12, 1992 in Norrköping (Idrottspark)
CIS - Germany 1: 1 (0: 0)
June 15, 1992 in Norrköping (Idrottspark)
Germany - Scotland 2: 0 (1: 0)
June 15, 1992 in Gothenburg (Ullevi)
Netherlands - CIS 0-0
June 18, 1992 in Gothenburg (Ullevi)
Germany - Netherlands 1: 3 (0: 2)
June 18, 1992 in Norrköping (Idrottspark)
Scotland - CIS 3: 0 (2: 0)

After the events in the round of 16 at the 1990 World Cup between Germany and the Netherlands, with the so-called spitting affair surrounding Frank Rijkaard , the attention of many was primarily focused on the duel between the two teams known as rivals . The German team started the tournament with a 1-1 draw against the CIS. The CIS had taken the lead in the 64th minute with a penalty kick, Thomas Häßler was able to equalize in the 90th minute. The German team won against Scotland with goals from Riedle and Effenberg 2-0. Before the last matchday, three teams were able to make it to the semi-finals - only Scotland were eliminated early. Like the Netherlands, Germany needed at least one point to advance to the semi-finals on their own. The Dutch played with pressure from the start. And so they took the lead in the 4th minute with a head through Frank Rijkaard. In the 15th minute, Rob Witschge made it 2-0. There were several chances for the Dutch in the first half. In the second half, a more open game developed when Jürgen Klinsmann scored the next goal in the 54th minute. The Germans now put pressure on and had chances to score, but the decisive counterattack followed in the 72nd minute, which Dennis Bergkamp completed to 1: 3. Due to Scotland's 3-0 victory against the CIS, Germany nevertheless reached the semi-finals.

Final round

Semifinals

June 21, 1992 in Solna ( Råsundastadion )
SwedenSweden Sweden - GermanyGermany Germany 2: 3 (0: 1)

In the semifinals between the host country Sweden and the then world champion Germany, Thomas Häßler gave the Germans a 1-0 lead with a directly converted free kick in the 11th minute. The early lead stabilized the team. In the second half, Karl-Heinz Riedle increased to 2-0. Tomas Brolin brought the Swedes closer with a penalty kick, but in the 89th minute Riedle again gave them a two-goal lead. Kennet Andersson headed the connecting goal to 2: 3 in the last minute.

June 22, 1992 in Gothenburg ( Ullevi )
NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands - DenmarkDenmark Denmark 2: 2 n.V. (2: 2, 1: 2), 4: 5 i. E.

The encounter between the so-called Big Mac troupe from Denmark (the players were said to have mainly fed on Cola and Big Macs during the tournament ) and the favorites and defending champions from the Netherlands was the second semi-final. The Danes took the lead in the 5th minute through Henrik Larsen , who also scored the second goal in the 32nd minute; this after a temporary equalization by Dennis Bergkamp. In the second half, the Dutch played offensively on Peter Schmeichel's goal, which ultimately led to success in the 86th minute with a goal from Frank Rijkaard. After goalless extra time there was a penalty shoot-out, with Dutch star Marco van Basten forgiving. The Danes were in the final of the European Championship.

final

Denmark - Germany 2: 0 (1: 0)

Denmark Germany Lineup
DenmarkDenmark
final
Friday, June 26, 1992 at 8:15 p.m. in Gothenburg ( Ullevi )
Spectators: 37,800
Referee: Bruno Galler ( Switzerland ) SwitzerlandSwitzerland 
Match report
GermanyGermany
Line up Denmark against Germany
Peter Schmeichel - Lars Olsen - Kent Nielsen , Torben Piechnik - John Sivebæk (66th Claus Christiansen ), John Jensen , Henrik Larsen , Kim Vilfort , Kim Christofte - Flemming Povlsen , Brian Laudrup Trainer: Richard Møller Nielsen(C)Captain of the crew
Bodo Illgner - Thomas Helmer - Jürgen Kohler , Guido Buchwald - Stefan Reuter , Stefan Effenberg (80th Andreas Thom ), Andreas Brehme - Thomas Häßler , Matthias Sammer (46th Thomas Doll ) - Karl-Heinz Riedle , Jürgen Klinsmann Trainer: Berti Vogts(C)Captain of the crew
goal1-0 John Jensen (18th)
goal2-0 Kim Vilfort (78th)
yellow cards Piechnik (32nd) yellow cards Effenberg (35.), Häßler (39.), Reuter (55.), Doll (83.), Klinsmann (88.)
The 2-0 was the 200th goal of the European Championship

Denmark met Germany, the world champion, who was considered a favorite. John Jensen took the lead in the 18th minute after a controversial, but not considered foul, use against "Andi" Brehme . Kim Vilfort made the final score 2-0 in the 78th minute, but he put the ball in front of the goal with his hand.

Honors of the finalists

Thomas Häßler was named Footballer of the Year in Germany and Brian Laudrup was named Footballer of the Year in Denmark .

Anniversary game

On the occasion of the 20th anniversary, the final was played again on July 7, 2012 in the Østerbro Stadium in Copenhagen . Peter Schmeichel , Flemming Povlsen , Lars Olsen , the two goal scorers and another six players from the 20-strong Danish squad could be used. In the DFB selection, four EM finalists played with Reuter , Helmer , Riedle and Doll . Schulz and Frontzeck also joined the squad from that time . The game, which was sold out with 5,000 spectators, was arranged by the Foreningen Europamestrene fra 1992 association (The 1992 European Champions Association). The game ended 2-0 for Germany after goals from Thomas Doll and Fredi Bobic (European champions 1996).

List of goalscorers (final round)

rank player Gates
1 DutchDutch Dennis Bergkamp 3
SwedeSwede Tomas Brolin 3
DaneDane Henrik Larsen 3
GermanGerman Karl-Heinz Riedle 3
5 GermanGerman Thomas Häßler 2
DutchDutch Frank Rijkaard 2
SwedeSwede Jan Eriksson 2
FrenchmanFrenchman Jean-Pierre Papin 2
rank player Gates
9 SwedeSwede Know Andersson 1
Russian Igor Dobrowolski 1
GermanGerman Stefan Effenberg 1
DaneDane Lars Elstrup 1
DaneDane John Jensen 1
GermanGerman Jürgen Klinsmann 1
BulkheadsBulkheads Gary McAllister 1
BulkheadsBulkheads Brian McClair 1
BulkheadsBulkheads Paul McStay 1
English peopleEnglish people David Platt 1
DaneDane Kim Vilfort 1
DutchDutch Rob Witschge 1

The top scorer of the entire competition was Frenchman Jean-Pierre Papin with 11 goals.

All-Star Team

UEFA selected the following players for the tournament's all-star team:

goalkeeper Defense midfield attack
Peter Schmeichel ( Denmark ) DenmarkDenmark  Jocelyn Angloma ( France ) FranceFrance  Stefan Effenberg ( Germany ) GermanyGermany  Marco van Basten ( Netherlands ) NetherlandsNetherlands 
Laurent Blanc ( France ) FranceFrance  Ruud Gullit ( Netherlands ) NetherlandsNetherlands  Dennis Bergkamp ( Netherlands ) NetherlandsNetherlands 
Andreas Brehme ( Germany ) GermanyGermany  Thomas Häßler ( Germany ) GermanyGermany 
Jürgen Kohler ( Germany ) GermanyGermany  Brian Laudrup ( Denmark ) DenmarkDenmark 

Web links

Commons : UEFA Euro 1992  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Volker Backes: EM sensation 1992: The legend of the Danish barbecue. In: Spiegel Online . August 4, 2006, accessed October 28, 2015 .
  2. Alexis Mirbach: EM 1992: From the holiday beaches to the title. In: Focus Online . June 5, 2008, accessed October 28, 2015 .
  3. sportal.de/sportal: EM 2012: EM 1992 - Denmark sensationally wins the title - football. In: stern.de . June 2, 2012, accessed October 28, 2015 .
  4. uefa.com: Member Associations - Russia - Profile - UEFA.com. In: de.uefa.com. January 5, 2010, accessed October 28, 2015 .
  5. Box 2, left in "Kronenzeitung" of June 11, 1992; Page 9 from the back
  6. Box 3, left in "Kronenzeitung" of June 11, 1992; Page 9 from the back
  7. "EM security for 840 million schillings. Sweden's police with uncompromising severity ”in“ Salzburger Nachrichten ”of June 9, 1992; Page 19
  8. ^ "No anthem and no flag for CIS" in "Salzburger Nachrichten" of June 11, 1992; Page 29
  9. ^ "No hymn, no flag - only problems" in "Kronenzeitung" of June 11, 1992; Page 9 from the back
  10. Peter Schmeichel: “We only went to eat fast food once!” Interview in: 11Freunde , June 2012.
  11. So Germany lost the European Championship final against Denmark. In: welt.de . June 16, 2012, accessed October 28, 2015 .
  12. Vilfort takes the ball with his hand before the 2-0. ARD Sportschau, April 2, 2020, accessed on July 28, 2020 .
  13. ^ EM 1992: Danish Dynamite. In: Goal.com. June 3, 2008, accessed June 21, 2016 .
  14. ^ Successful revenge against Denmark's EM kings. DFB, July 9, 2012, accessed on August 25, 2015 .
  15. Schmeichel and Co. spiller EM final igen. In: dr.dk. May 30, 2012, accessed October 28, 2015 (Danish).
  16. 1992 team of the tournament . In: Union of European Football Associations , October 17, 2011. Retrieved June 17, 2012.