European Football Championship 1996 / England

This article covers the English national team at the 1996 European Football Championship .

qualification

England did not have to play any qualifying matches as hosts.

English contingent

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the World Cup	birthday	Games	Gates
goalkeeper
1	David Seaman	Arsenal FC	09/19/1963	5	0	0	0	0
13	Tim Flowers	Blackburn Rovers	02/03/1967	0	0	0	0	0
22nd	Ian Walker	Tottenham Hotspur	10/31/1971	0	0	0	0	0
Defender
2	Gary Neville	Manchester United	02/18/1975	4th	0	2	0	0
3	Stuart Pearce	Nottingham Forest	04/24/1962	5	0	0	0	0
5	Tony Adams	Arsenal FC	10/10/1966	4th	0	1	0	0
6th	Gareth Southgate	Aston Villa	09/03/1970	5	0	1	0	0
12	Steve Howey	Newcastle United	10/26/1971	0	0	0	0	0
16	Sol Campbell	Tottenham Hotspur	September 18, 1974	1	0	0	0	0
19th	Phil Neville	Manchester United	01/21/1977	0	0	0	0	0
midfield player
4th	Paul Ince	Inter Milan	10/21/1967	3	0	2	0	0
7th	David Platt	Arsenal FC	06/10/1966	4th	0	0	0	0
8th	Paul Gascoigne	Glasgow Rangers	05/27/1967	5	1	1	0	0
11	Darren Anderton	Tottenham Hotspur	03/03/1972	5	0	1	0	0
14th	Nick Barmby	Middlesbrough FC	02/11/1974	3	0	0	0	0
15th	Jamie Redknapp	Liverpool FC	06/25/1973	1	0	0	0	0
17th	Steve McManaman	Liverpool FC	02/11/1972	5	0	1	0	0
20th	Steve Stone	Nottingham Forest	08/20/1971	2	0	0	0	0
striker
9	Alan Shearer	Blackburn Rovers	08/13/1970	5	5	1	0	0
10	Teddy Sheringham	Tottenham Hotspur	04/02/1966	5	2	1	0	0
18th	Les Ferdinand	Newcastle United	December 8, 1966	0	0	0	0	0
21st	Robbie Fowler	Liverpool FC	04/09/1975	2	0	0	0	0
Trainer
	Terry Venables		01/06/1943

English games

England entered this European Championship with the hope of winning an international football title , as it did at the 1966 World Cup . However, the English national team was in a form low. So they were eliminated in the preliminary round at the 1992 European Championships and failed to qualify for the 1994 World Cup .

Preliminary round

In the preliminary round, the hosts met Scotland , the Netherlands and Switzerland . Although they lost a victory in the opening game against Switzerland, the remaining two group games were won confidently, so that England qualified as group winners for the quarter-finals

rank	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1	England	3	2	1	0	7: 2	+5	7th
2	Netherlands	3	1	1	1	3: 4	−1	4th
3	Scotland	3	1	1	1	1: 2	−1	4th
4th	Switzerland	3	0	1	2	1: 4	−3	1
For ranking 2 and 3, the number of goals scored in all group matches is decisive.

June 8, 1996 in London (Wembley Stadium)
England	-	Switzerland	1: 1 (1: 0)
June 15, 1996 in London (Wembley Stadium)
England	-	Scotland	2: 0 (0: 0)
June 18, 1996 in London (Wembley Stadium)
England	-	Netherlands	4: 1 (1: 0)

Quarter finals

England met Spain in the quarter-finals , as no goal was scored during regular time or extra time, the penalty shoot-out had to decide. Here the English were able to qualify for the semi-finals thanks to a brilliant save by David Seaman, who was able to save a penalty.

22 June 1996 in London ( Wembley Stadium )
England	-	Spain	0: 0 a.d., 4: 2 i. E.

Semifinals

The semifinals were played against Germany . The English took the lead after three minutes when Alan Shearer headed the ball into the net from a corner. The German team came under pressure, but they managed to equalize in the 16th minute, so that it was 1: 1 by the end. The extra time - especially the first 15 minutes - went down as one of the most dramatic in European Championship history: The English hit the post, Gascoigne slipped past the ball two meters from the German goal line, a goal by the Germans was not recognized. Since no goal was scored in extra time, the penalty shoot-out had to decide the finalist. As in the 1990 World Cup , the English team could not prevail and lost to the eventual European champions.

26 June 1996 in London ( Wembley Stadium )
England	-	Germany	1: 1 a.d. (1: 1, 1: 1), 5: 6 in E.