European Football Championship 1996 / Group A

This article covers the Group A matches of the 1996 European Football Championship with all statistical details:

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	England	3	2	1	0	007: 200	+5	07th
2.	Netherlands	3	1	1	1	003: 400	−1	04th
3.	Scotland	3	1	1	1	001: 200	−1	04th
4th	Switzerland	3	0	1	2	001: 400	−3	01
For ranking 2 and 3, the number of goals scored in all group matches is decisive.

England - Switzerland 1: 1 (1: 0)

England		Switzerland		Lineup
	1st matchday group stage Saturday 8 June 1996 at 3:00 p.m. in London ( Wembley Stadium ) Spectators: 76,567 (sold out) Referee: Manuel Díaz Vega ( Spain )
	David Seaman - Gary Neville , Tony Adams , Gareth Southgate , Stuart Pearce - Darren Anderton , Paul Ince , Paul Gascoigne (77th David Platt ), Steve McManaman (69th Steve Stone ) - Teddy Sheringham (69th Nick Barmby ), Alan Shearer Trainer: Terry Venables	Marco Pascolo - Sébastien Jeanneret , Ramon Vega , Stéphane Henchoz , Yvan Quentin - Johann Vogel , Alain Geiger (69th Marcel Koller ), Ciriaco Sforza - Christophe Bonvin (67th Stéphane Chapuisat ) - Marco Grassi , Kubilay Türkyılmaz Trainer: Artur Jorge ( Portugal )
	1-0 Shearer (23rd)	1: 1 Türkyılmaz (83rd, hand penalty)
	Neville, Adams	Vogel, Quentin, Grassi, Vega

Netherlands 0-0 Scotland

Netherlands		Scotland		Lineup
	1st matchday group stage Monday 10 June 1996 at 4:30 p.m. in Birmingham ( Villa Park ) Spectators: 34,363 Referee: Leif Sundell ( Sweden )
	Edwin van der Sar - Michael Reiziger , Johan de Kock , Winston Bogarde - Ronald de Boer (68th Aron Winter ), Clarence Seedorf , Edgar Davids , Rob Witschge (78th Phillip Cocu ) - Gaston Taument (63rd Patrick Kluivert ), Dennis Bergkamp , Jordi Cruyff Trainer: Guus Hiddink	Andy Goram - Colin Hendry - Stewart McKimmie (85th Craig Burley ), Colin Calderwood , Tommy Boyd - Kevin Gallacher (56th Billy McKinlay ), Stuart McCall , Gary McAllister , John Collins - Gordon Durie , Scott Booth (46th John Spencer ) Trainer: Craig Brown
	Witschge, Taument	Boyd, Gallacher

Switzerland - Netherlands 0: 2 (0: 0)

Switzerland		Netherlands		Lineup
	2nd matchday group stage Thursday 13 June 1996 at 7:30 p.m. in Birmingham ( Villa Park ) Spectators: 36,800 Referee: Atanas Usunow ( Bulgaria )
	Marco Pascolo - Sébastien Jeanneret (69th Alexandre Comisetti ), Ramon Vega , Stéphane Henchoz , Yvan Quentin - Marc Hottiger , Ciriaco Sforza , Johann Vogel - Kubilay Türkyılmaz - Marco Grassi , Stéphane Chapuisat Trainer: Artur Jorge ( Portugal )	Edwin van der Sar - Michael Reiziger , Danny Blind , Winston Bogarde - Ronald de Boer (80th Edgar Davids ), Aron Winter , Clarence Seedorf (26th Johan de Kock ), Rob Witschge - Jordi Cruyff (84th Patrick Kluivert ), Dennis Bergkamp , Peter Hoekstra Trainer: Guus Hiddink
		0: 1 Cruyff (66th) 0: 2 Bergkamp (79th)
	Jeanneret, Chapuisat, Türkyılmaz, Grassi	Seedorf

England - Scotland 2: 0 (0: 0)

England		Scotland		Lineup
	2nd matchday group stage Saturday 15th June 1996 at 3:00 p.m. in London ( Wembley Stadium ) Spectators: 76,864 (sold out) Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto ( Italy )
	David Seaman - Gary Neville , Tony Adams , Gareth Southgate , Stuart Pearce (48th Jamie Redknapp / 84th Sol Campbell ) - Darren Anderton , Paul Ince (80th Steve Stone ), Paul Gascoigne , Steve McManaman - Teddy Sheringham , Alan Shearer trainers : Terry Venables	Andy Goram - Colin Hendry - Stewart McKimmie , Colin Calderwood , Tommy Boyd - Tosh McKinlay (83rd Craig Burley ), Stuart McCall , Gary McAllister , John Collins - Gordon Durie (87th Eoin Jess ), John Spencer (67th Ally McCoist ) Trainer: Craig Brown
	1-0 Shearer (54th) 2-0 Gascoigne (79th)
	Ince, Shearer	Collins, Spencer, Hendry
		McAllister misses a penalty (78.)

England - Netherlands 4: 1 (1: 0)

England		Netherlands		Lineup
	3rd matchday group stage Tuesday June 18, 1996 at 7:30 p.m. in London ( Wembley Stadium ) Spectators: 76,798 (sold out) Referee: Gerd Grabher ( Austria )
	David Seaman - Gary Neville , Tony Adams , Gareth Southgate , Stuart Pearce - Darren Anderton , Paul Ince (68th David Platt ), Paul Gascoigne , Steve McManaman - Teddy Sheringham (76th Robbie Fowler ), Alan Shearer (76th Nick Barmby ) Trainer: Terry Venables	Edwin van der Sar - Michael Reiziger , Danny Blind , Winston Bogarde - Ronald de Boer (72nd Patrick Kluivert ), Aron Winter , Clarence Seedorf , Rob Witschge (46th Johan de Kock ) - Jordi Cruyff , Dennis Bergkamp , Peter Hoekstra (72nd . Phillip Cocu ) Trainer: Guus Hiddink
	1-0 Shearer (23rd, penalty kick) 2-0 Sheringham (51st) 3-0 Shearer (56th) 4-0 Sheringham (62nd)	4: 1 Kluivert (78th)
	Sheringham, Ince (2nd, locked), Southgate	Winter, blind, Bergkamp

Scotland - Switzerland 1: 0 (1: 0)

Scotland		Switzerland		Lineup
	3rd matchday group stage Tuesday June 18, 1996 at 7:30 p.m. in Birmingham ( Villa Park ) Spectators: 34,926 Referee: Václav Krondl ( Czech Republic )
	Andy Goram - Colin Hendry - Tosh McKinlay (60th Scott Booth ), Colin Calderwood , Tommy Boyd - Craig Burley , Stuart McCall , Gary McAllister , John Collins - Gordon Durie , Ally McCoist (84th John Spencer ) Trainer: Craig Brown	Marco Pascolo - Marc Hottiger , Ramon Vega , Stéphane Henchoz , Yvan Quentin (81st Alexandre Comisetti ) - Marcel Koller (46th Sébastien Fournier ), Ciriaco Sforza , Johann Vogel - Christophe Bonvin (46th Raphael Wicky ) - Kubilay Türkyılmaz , Stéphane Chapuisat Coach: Artur Jorge ( Portugal )
	1-0 McCoist (36th)
	Calderwood, McCall, Collins	Vega, Vogel, Wicky, Fournier