European Football Championship 1996 / Group B

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

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	France	3	2	1	0	005: 200	+3	07th
2.	Spain	3	1	2	0	004: 300	+1	05
3.	Bulgaria	3	1	1	1	003: 400	−1	04th
4th	Romania	3	0	0	3	001: 400	−3	00

Spain - Bulgaria 1: 1 (0: 0)

Spain		Bulgaria		Lineup
	1st matchday group stage Sunday 9 June 1996 at 2:30 p.m. in Leeds ( Elland Road ) Spectators: 24,006 Referee: Piero Ceccarini ( Italy )
	Andoni Zubizarreta - Alberto Belsué , Rafael Alkorta , Abelardo , Sergi - Fernando Hierro , Guillermo Amor (73rd Alfonso ) - José Luis Caminero (82nd Donato ), Julen Guerrero (52nd José Emilio Amavisca ), Luis Enrique - Juan Antonio Pizzi coach : Javier Clemente	Borislav Mikhailov - Petar Hubchev - Radostin Kischischew , Trifon Ivanov , Ilian Kiriakow (72. Zanko Tsvetanov ) - Emil Kostadinov (73 Ivailo Yordanov ), Zlatko Yankov , Krasimir Balakov , Yordan Letchkov - Lyuboslav Penev (78. Daniel Borimirov ), Hristo Stoichkov , Coach: Dimitar Penew
	1: 1 Alfonso (74th)	0: 1 Stoitschkow (65th, Foulelfm.)
	Caminero, Sergi, Amor, Abelardo	Stoitschkow, Kishischew, Jankow
	Pizzi (75.)	Chubchev (72nd)

France - Romania 1: 0 (1: 0)

France		Romania		Lineup
	1st matchday group stage Monday 10 June 1996 at 7:30 p.m. in Newcastle ( St. James' Park ) Spectators: 26,323 Referee: Hellmut Krug ( Germany )
	Bernard Lama - Lilian Thuram , Marcel Desailly , Laurent Blanc , Éric Di Meco (69th Bixente Lizarazu ) - Christian Karembeu , Didier Deschamps , Vincent Guérin - Zinédine Zidane (80th Alain Roche ) - Christophe Dugarry (69th Patrice Loko ), Youri Djorkaeff Trainer: Aimé Jacquet	Bogdan Stelea - Miodrag Belodedici , Gheorghe Popescu , Gheorghe Mihali - Dan Petrescu (78 Iulian Filipescu ), Ioan Lupescu , Dorinel Munteanu , Tibor Selymes - Gheorghe Hagi - Marius Lăcătuş (56. Adrian Ilie ), Florin Răducioiu (46th Viorel Moldovan ) Coach: Anghel Iordănescu
	1-0 Dugarry (25th)
	Di Meco	Mihali, Selymes, Ilie

Bulgaria - Romania 1: 0 (1: 0)

Bulgaria		Romania		Lineup
	2nd matchday group stage Thursday 13 June 1996 at 7:30 p.m. in Newcastle ( St. James' Park ) Spectators: 19,107 Referee: Peter Mikkelsen ( Denmark )
	Borislav Mikhailov - Radostin Kischischew , Trifon Ivanov , Zanko Tsvetanov - Emil Kostadinov (32. Daniel Borimirov ), Zlatko Yankov , Ivailo Yordanov , Yordan Letchkov (90th Bontscho Guentschew ) - Krasimir Balakov - Lyuboslav Penev (72 nasko sirakov ), Hristo Stoichkov Coach: Dimitar Penew	Bogdan Stelea - Miodrag Belodedici , Gheorghe Popescu (78 Adrian Ilie ), Daniel Prodan - Dan Petrescu , Ioan Lupescu (46. Constantin Gâlcă ), Dorinel Munteanu , Tibor Selymes - Gheorghe Hagi - Marius Lăcătuş (29 Viorel Moldovan ), Florin Răducioiu Coach: Anghel Iordănescu
	1: 0 Stoitschkow (3rd)
	Kishishev, Tsvetanov

France - Spain 1: 1 (0: 0)

France		Spain		Lineup
	2nd matchday group stage Saturday June 15, 1996 at 6:00 p.m. in Leeds ( Elland Road ) Spectators: 35,626 Referee: Vadim Schuk ( Belarus )
	Bernard Lama - Jocelyn Angloma (65th Alain Roche ), Marcel Desailly , Laurent Blanc , Bixente Lizarazu - Christian Karembeu , Didier Deschamps , Vincent Guérin (81st Lilian Thuram ) - Zinédine Zidane - Youri Djorkaeff , Patrice Loko (74th Christophe Dugarry ) Coach: Aimé Jacquet	Andoni Zubizarreta - Jorge Otero (59th Kiko ), Rafael Alkorta , Juan Manuel López , Abelardo , Sergi - José Emilio Amavisca , José Luis Caminero , Fernando Hierro , Luis Enrique (55th Javier Manjarín ) - Alfonso (82nd Julio Salinas ) coach : Javier Clemente
	1-0 Djorkaeff (48th)	1: 1 Caminero (85th)
	Blanc, Karembeu, Djorkaeff	Luis Enrique, Amavisca, Otero

France - Bulgaria 3: 1 (1: 0)

France		Bulgaria		Lineup
	3rd matchday group stage Tuesday 18 June 1996 at 4:30 p.m. in Newcastle ( St. James' Park ) Spectators: 26,976 Referee: Dermot Gallagher ( England ) (from 28th Paul Durkin ( England ))
	Bernard Lama - Lilian Thuram , Marcel Desailly , Laurent Blanc , Bixente Lizarazu - Christian Karembeu , Didier Deschamps , Vincent Guérin - Zinédine Zidane (62nd Reynald Pedros ) - Youri Djorkaeff , Christophe Dugarry (70th Patrice Loko ) Trainer: Aimé Jacquet	Borislav Mikhailov - Petar Hubchev - Emil Kremenliew , Trifon Ivanov , Zanko Tsvetanov - Ivailo Yordanov , Zlatko Yankov (79. Daniel Borimirov ), Krasimir Balakov (82 Georgi Donkow ), Yordan Letchkov - Lyuboslav Penev , Hristo Stoichkov Coach: Dimitar Penev
	1-0 Blanc (21st) 2-0 Penew (63rd own goal) 3-1 Loko (90th)	2: 1 Stoitschkow (69.)
	Desailly, Dugarry	Ivanov, Kremenliev

Spain - Romania 2: 1 (1: 1)

Spain		Romania		Lineup
	3rd matchday group stage Tuesday June 18, 1996 at 4:30 p.m. in Leeds ( Elland Road ) Spectators: 32,719 Referee: Ahmet Çakar ( Turkey )
	Andoni Zubizarreta - Juan Manuel López , Abelardo (64th Amor ), Rafael Alkorta , Sergi - Javier Manjarín , Miguel Ángel Nadal , Fernando Hierro , José Emilio Amavisca (72nd Julen Guerrero ) - Kiko , Juan Antonio Pizzi (57th Alfonso ) coach : Javier Clemente	Florin Prunea - Anton Doboş , Gheorghe Popescu , Daniel Prodan (85 Ioan Lupescu ) - Dan Petrescu , Ovidiu Stîngă , Constantin Gâlcă , Tibor Selymes - Gheorghe Hagi - Florin Răducioiu (78. Ion Vlădoiu ), Adrian Ilie (68th Dorinel Munteanu ) Coach: Anghel Iordănescu
	1: 0 Manjarín (11th) 2: 1 Amor (84th)	1: 1 Răducioiu (29.)
	Kiko, Nadal	Popescu, Hagi, Ilie, Gâlcă