European Football Championship 1996 / France

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

qualification

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Romania	10	6th	3	1	018: 900	+9	21st
2.	France	10	5	5	0	022: 200	+20	20th
3.	Slovakia	10	4th	2	4th	014:180	−4	14th
4th	Poland	10	3	4th	3	014:120	+2	13
5.	Israel	10	3	3	4th	013:130	± 0	12
6th	Azerbaijan	10	0	1	9	002:290	−27	01

Game results

09/07/1994	Slovakia	-	France	00-0
10/08/1994	France	-	Romania	00-0
11/16/1994	Poland	-	France	00-0
12/13/1994	Azerbaijan	-	France	00: 2 (0: 1)
03/29/1995	Israel	-	France	00-0

04/26/1995	France	-	Slovakia	04: 0 (2: 0)
08/16/1995	France	-	Poland	01: 1 (0: 1)
09/06/1995	France	-	Azerbaijan	10: 0 (3: 0)
10/11/1995	Romania	-	France	01: 3 (0: 2)
11/15/1995	France	-	Israel	02: 0 (0: 0)

French contingent

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the World Cup	birthday	Games	Gates
goalkeeper
1	Bernard Lama	Paris Saint-Germain	04/07/1963	5	0	0	0	0
16	Fabien Barthez	AS Monaco	06/28/1971	0	0	0	0	0
22nd	Bruno Martini	HSC Montpellier	01/25/1962	0	0	0	0	0
Defender
2	Jocelyn Angloma	AC Turin	08/07/1965	2	0	0	0	0
3	Eric Di Meco	AS Monaco	07.09.1963	1	0	1	0	0
4th	Frank Lebœuf	Racing Strasbourg	01/22/1968	0	0	0	0	0
5	Laurent Blanc	AJ Auxerre	11/19/1965	5	1	1	0	0
8th	Marcel Desailly	AC Milan	07.09.1968	5	0	1	0	0
12	Bixente Lizarazu	Girondins Bordeaux	December 9, 1969	5	0	1	0	0
15th	Lilian Thuram	AS Monaco	01/01/1972	5	0	1	0	0
20th	Alain Roche	Paris Saint-Germain	10/14/1967	3	0	1	0	0
midfield player
6th	Vincent Guérin	Paris Saint-Germain	11/22/1965	5	0	0	0	0
7th	Didier Deschamps	Juventus Turin	10/15/1968	4th	0	1	0	0
10	Zinedine Zidane	Girondins Bordeaux	06/23/1972	5	0	0	0	0
14th	Sabri Lamouchi	AJ Auxerre	11/09/1971	1	0	0	0	0
18th	Reynald Pedros	FC Nantes	10/10/1971	3	0	0	0	0
19th	Christian Karembeu	Sampdoria Genoa	December 3rd, 1970	4th	0	2	0	0
21st	Corentin Martins	AJ Auxerre	07/11/1969	0	0	0	0	0
striker
9	Youri Djorkaeff	Paris Saint-Germain	03/09/1968	5	1	0	0	0
11	Patrice Loko	Paris Saint-Germain	02/06/1970	5	1	0	0	0
13	Christophe Dugarry	Girondins Bordeaux	March 24, 1972	4th	1	1	0	0
17th	Mickaël Madar	AS Monaco	05/08/1968	0	0	0	0	0
Trainer
	Aimé Jacquet		11/27/1941

French team games

Preliminary round

rank	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1	France	3	2	1	0	5: 2	+3	7th
2	Spain	3	1	2	0	4: 3	+1	5
3	Bulgaria	3	1	1	1	3: 4	−1	4th
4th	Romania	3	0	0	3	1: 4	−3	0

June 10, 1996 in Newcastle (St. James' Park)
France	-	Romania	1: 0 (1: 0)
June 15, 1996 in Leeds (Elland Road)
France	-	Spain	1: 1 (0: 0)
June 18, 1996 in Newcastle (St. James' Park)
France	-	Bulgaria	3: 1 (1: 0)

Quarter finals

June 22, 1996 in Liverpool ( Anfield )
France	-	Netherlands	0: 0 a.d., 5: 4 in E.

Semifinals

June 26, 1996 in Manchester ( Old Trafford )
Czech Republic	-	France	0: 0 a. E.