qualified
not qualified
not participated
not a UEFA member
The qualifying matches for the 1996 European Football Championship took place from April 20, 1994 to December 13, 1995 .
47 of the 48 member countries of UEFA played the 15 starting places for the first time with 16 participants in 1996. England was set as the host country and completed the field of 16 finalists.
Qualification mode
The qualification included 231 games, 230 of which were played in group mode. The 47 teams were drawn to one of eight groups when the qualification groups were drawn. Seven of these eight groups played with six teams each, five teams competed in one group.
The eight group winners of the group games and the six best-placed runners-up qualified directly for the final round. The last starting place was played by the two worst runners-up in a game on a neutral place.
Due to the political changes at the beginning of the 1990s, many nations that had become independent took part in the qualification for the first time. These were Armenia , Azerbaijan , Estonia , Georgia , Croatia , Latvia , Lithuania , Macedonia , Moldova , Russia , Slovakia , Slovenia , the Czech Republic , Ukraine and Belarus . Furthermore, Israel and Liechtenstein also took part in qualifying for a European Championship for the first time.
For the first time, the three-point rule applied to an EM qualification and the direct comparison took precedence over the goal difference .
Group 1
Closing table
Pl.
country
Sp.
S.
U
N
Gates
Diff.
Points
1.
Romania Romania
10
6th
3
1
0 18: 900
+9
21st
2.
France France
10
5
5
0
0 22: 200
+20
20th
3.
Slovakia Slovakia
10
4th
2
4th
0 14:180
−4
14th
4th
Poland Poland
10
3
4th
3
0 14:120
+2
13
5.
Israel Israel
10
3
3
4th
0 13:130
± 0
12
6th
Azerbaijan Azerbaijan
10
0
1
9
00 2:290
−27
0 1
Game results
09/04/1994
Israel
-
Poland
2: 1 (1: 0)
09/07/1994
Romania
-
Azerbaijan
3: 0 (1: 0)
09/07/1994
Slovakia
-
France
0-0
10/08/1994
France
-
Romania
0-0
10/12/1994
Israel
-
Slovakia
2: 2 (2: 2)
10/12/1994
Poland
-
Azerbaijan
1: 0 (1: 0)
11/12/1994
Romania
-
Slovakia
3: 2 (1: 0)
11/16/1994
Poland
-
France
0-0
11/16/1994
Azerbaijan
-
Israel
0: 2 (0: 1)
12/13/1994
Azerbaijan
-
France
0: 2 (0: 1)
12/14/1994
Israel
-
Romania
1: 1 (0: 0)
03/29/1995
Israel
-
France
0-0
03/29/1995
Slovakia
-
Azerbaijan
4: 1 (3: 0)
03/29/1995
Romania
-
Poland
2: 1 (1: 1)
04/25/1995
Poland
-
Israel
4: 3 (1: 2)
04/26/1995
Azerbaijan
-
Romania
0 1: 4 (1: 2)
04/26/1995
France
-
Slovakia
0 4: 0 (2: 0)
06/07/1995
Poland
-
Slovakia
0 5: 0 (1: 0)
06/07/1995
Romania
-
Israel
0 2: 1 (1: 0)
08/16/1995
Azerbaijan
-
Slovakia
0 0: 1 (0: 0)
08/16/1995
France
-
Poland
0 1: 1 (0: 1)
09/06/1995
Poland
-
Romania
0 0-0
09/06/1995
Slovakia
-
Israel
0 1: 0 (0: 0)
09/06/1995
France
-
Azerbaijan
10: 0 (3: 0)
10/11/1995
Slovakia
-
Poland
0 4: 1 (1: 1)
10/11/1995
Israel
-
Azerbaijan
0 2: 0 (1: 0)
10/11/1995
Romania
-
France
0 1: 3 (0: 2)
11/15/1995
Azerbaijan
-
Poland
0 0-0
11/15/1995
Slovakia
-
Romania
0 0: 2 (0: 0)
11/15/1995
France
-
Israel
0 2: 0 (0: 0)
Group 2
Closing table
Pl.
country
Sp.
S.
U
N
Gates
Diff.
Points
1.
Spain Spain
10
8th
2
0
0 25: 400
+21
26th
2.
Denmark Denmark
10
6th
3
1
0 19: 900
+10
21st
3.
Belgium Belgium
10
4th
3
3
0 17:130
+4
15th
4th
Macedonia 1995 Macedonia
10
1
4th
5
00 9:180
−9
0 7th
5.
Cyprus 1960 Cyprus
10
1
4th
5
00 6:200
−14
0 7th
6th
Armenia Armenia
10
1
2
7th
00 5:170
−12
0 5
Game results
09/07/1994
Macedonia
-
Denmark
1: 1 (1: 0)
09/07/1994
Cyprus
-
Spain
1: 2 (1: 2)
09/07/1994
Belgium
-
Armenia
2: 0 (1: 0)
10/08/1994
Armenia
-
Cyprus
0-0
10/12/1994
Macedonia
-
Spain
0: 2 (0: 2)
10/12/1994
Denmark
-
Belgium
3: 1 (1: 1)
11/16/1994
Cyprus
-
Armenia
2: 0 (1: 0)
11/16/1994
Belgium
-
Macedonia
1: 1 (1: 0)
11/16/1994
Spain
-
Denmark
3: 0 (1: 0)
12/17/1994
Macedonia
-
Cyprus
3: 0 (2: 0)
12/17/1994
Belgium
-
Spain
1: 4 (1: 1)
03/29/1995
Cyprus
-
Denmark
1: 1 (1: 1)
03/29/1995
Spain
-
Belgium
1: 1 (1: 1)
04/26/1995
Armenia
-
Spain
0: 2 (0: 0)
04/26/1995
Denmark
-
Macedonia
1: 0 (0: 0)
04/26/1995
Belgium
-
Cyprus
2: 0 (1: 0)
05/10/1995
Armenia
-
Macedonia
2: 2 (1: 0)
06/07/1995
Denmark
-
Cyprus
4: 0 (1: 0)
06/07/1995
Macedonia
-
Belgium
0: 5 (0: 4)
06/07/1995
Spain
-
Armenia
1: 0 (0: 0)
08/16/1995
Armenia
-
Denmark
0: 2 (0: 1)
09/06/1995
Macedonia
-
Armenia
1: 2 (0: 0)
09/06/1995
Belgium
-
Denmark
1: 3 (1: 2)
09/06/1995
Spain
-
Cyprus
6: 0 (1: 0)
07/10/1995
Armenia
-
Belgium
0: 2 (0: 2)
10/11/1995
Cyprus
-
Macedonia
1: 1 (0: 1)
10/11/1995
Denmark
-
Spain
1: 1 (0: 1)
11/15/1995
Cyprus
-
Belgium
1: 1 (1: 0)
11/15/1995
Denmark
-
Armenia
3: 1 (2: 0)
11/15/1995
Spain
-
Macedonia
3: 0 (2: 0)
Group 3
Closing table
Pl.
country
Sp.
S.
U
N
Gates
Diff.
Points
1.
Switzerland Switzerland
8th
5
2
1
0 15: 700
+8
17th
2.
Turkey Turkey
8th
4th
3
1
0 16: 800
+8
15th
3.
Sweden Sweden
8th
2
3
3
00 9:100
−1
0 9
4th
Hungary Hungary
8th
2
2
4th
00 7:130
−6
0 8th
5.
Iceland Iceland
8th
1
2
5
00 3:120
−9
0 5
Game results
09/07/1994
Iceland
-
Sweden
0: 1 (0: 1)
09/07/1994
Hungary
-
Turkey
2: 2 (2: 0)
10/12/1994
Turkey
-
Iceland
5: 0 (3: 0)
10/12/1994
Switzerland
-
Sweden
4: 2 (1: 1)
11/16/1994
Sweden
-
Hungary
2: 0 (1: 0)
11/16/1994
Switzerland
-
Iceland
1: 0 (1: 0)
12/14/1994
Turkey
-
Switzerland
1: 2 (1: 2)
03/29/1995
Hungary
-
Switzerland
2: 2 (0: 0)
03/29/1995
Turkey
-
Sweden
2: 1 (0: 1)
04/26/1995
Switzerland
-
Turkey
1: 2 (1: 1)
04/26/1995
Hungary
-
Sweden
1: 0 (1: 0)
06/01/1995
Sweden
-
Iceland
1: 1 (1: 1)
06/11/1995
Iceland
-
Hungary
2: 1 (0: 1)
08/16/1995
Iceland
-
Switzerland
0: 2 (0: 2)
09/06/1995
Sweden
-
Switzerland
0-0
09/06/1995
Turkey
-
Hungary
2: 0 (2: 0)
10/11/1995
Iceland
-
Turkey
0-0
10/11/1995
Switzerland
-
Hungary
3: 0 (1: 0)
11/11/1995
Hungary
-
Iceland
1: 0 (0: 0)
11/15/1995
Sweden
-
Turkey
2: 2 (1: 0)
Group 4
Closing table
Pl.
country
Sp.
S.
U
N
Gates
Diff.
Points
1.
Croatia Croatia
10
7th
2
1
0 22: 500
+17
23
2.
Italy Italy
10
7th
2
1
0 20: 600
+14
23
3.
Lithuania 1989 Lithuania
10
5
1
4th
0 13:120
+1
16
4th
Ukraine Ukraine
10
4th
1
5
0 11:150
−4
13
5.
Slovenia Slovenia
10
3
2
5
0 13:130
± 0
11
6th
Estonia Estonia
10
0
0
10
00 3:310
−28
0 0
Game results
09/04/1994
Estonia
-
Croatia
0: 2 (0: 1)
09/07/1994
Ukraine
-
Lithuania
0: 2 (0: 0)
09/07/1994
Slovenia
-
Italy
1: 1 (1: 1)
10/08/1994
Estonia
-
Italy
0: 2 (0: 1)
10/09/1994
Croatia
-
Lithuania
2: 0 (0: 0)
10/12/1994
Ukraine
-
Slovenia
0-0
11/13/1994
Ukraine
-
Estonia
3: 0 (2: 0)
11/16/1994
Slovenia
-
Lithuania
1: 2 (0: 0)
11/16/1994
Italy
-
Croatia
1: 2 (0: 1)
03/25/1995
Croatia
-
Ukraine
4: 0 (2: 0)
03/25/1995
Italy
-
Estonia
4: 1 (1: 0)
03/29/1995
Lithuania
-
Croatia
0-0
03/29/1995
Slovenia
-
Estonia
3: 0 (1: 0)
03/29/1995
Ukraine
-
Italy
0: 2 (0: 2)
04/26/1995
Estonia
-
Ukraine
0: 1 (0: 1)
04/26/1995
Lithuania
-
Italy
0: 1 (0: 1)
04/26/1995
Croatia
-
Slovenia
2: 0 (1: 0)
06/07/1995
Lithuania
-
Slovenia
2: 1 (0: 0)
06/11/1995
Estonia
-
Slovenia
1: 3 (1: 1)
06/11/1995
Ukraine
-
Croatia
1: 0 (1: 0)
08/16/1995
Estonia
-
Lithuania
0: 1 (0: 0)
09/03/1995
Croatia
-
Estonia
7: 1 (4: 1)
09/06/1995
Lithuania
-
Ukraine
1: 3 (1: 0)
09/06/1995
Italy
-
Slovenia
1: 0 (1: 0)
10/08/1995
Croatia
-
Italy
1: 1 (0: 1)
10/11/1995
Slovenia
-
Ukraine
3: 2 (0: 2)
10/11/1995
Lithuania
-
Estonia
5: 0 (4: 0)
11/11/1995
Italy
-
Ukraine
3: 1 (1: 1)
11/15/1995
Slovenia
-
Croatia
1: 2 (1: 1)
11/15/1995
Italy
-
Lithuania
4: 0 (0: 0)
Group 5
Closing table
Pl.
country
Sp.
S.
U
N
Gates
Diff.
Points
1.
Czech Republic Czech Republic
10
6th
3
1
0 21: 600
+15
21st
2.
Netherlands Netherlands
10
6th
2
2
0 23: 500
+18
20th
3.
Norway Norway
10
6th
2
2
0 17: 700
+10
20th
4th
Belarus 1995 Belarus
10
3
2
5
00 8:130
−5
11
5.
Luxembourg Luxembourg
10
3
1
6th
00 3:210
−18
10
6th
Malta Malta
10
0
2
8th
00 2:220
−20
0 2
Game results
09/06/1994
Czech Republic
-
Malta
6: 1 (3: 0)
09/07/1994
Norway
-
Belarus
1: 0 (0: 0)
09/07/1994
Luxembourg
-
Netherlands
0: 4 (0: 1)
10/12/1994
Malta
-
Czech Republic
0-0
10/12/1994
Belarus
-
Luxembourg
2: 0 (0: 0)
10/12/1994
Norway
-
Netherlands
1: 1 (0: 1)
11/16/1994
Belarus
-
Norway
0: 4 (0: 2)
11/16/1994
Netherlands
-
Czech Republic
0-0
12/14/1994
Malta
-
Norway
0: 1 (0: 1)
12/14/1994
Netherlands
-
Luxembourg
5: 0 (3: 0)
02/22/1995
Malta
-
Luxembourg
0: 1 (0: 0)
03/29/1995
Czech Republic
-
Belarus
4: 2 (2: 1)
03/29/1995
Luxembourg
-
Norway
0: 2 (0: 1)
03/29/1995
Netherlands
-
Malta
4: 0 (1: 0)
04/26/1995
Belarus
-
Malta
1: 1 (0: 0)
04/26/1995
Norway
-
Luxembourg
5: 0 (3: 0)
04/26/1995
Czech Republic
-
Netherlands
3: 1 (0: 1)
06/07/1995
Norway
-
Malta
2: 0 (1: 0)
06/07/1995
Belarus
-
Netherlands
1: 0 (1: 0)
06/07/1995
Luxembourg
-
Czech Republic
1: 0 (0: 0)
08/16/1995
Norway
-
Czech Republic
1: 1 (1: 0)
09/06/1995
Luxembourg
-
Malta
1: 0 (1: 0)
09/06/1995
Netherlands
-
Belarus
1: 0 (0: 0)
09/06/1995
Czech Republic
-
Norway
2: 0 (1: 0)
07/10/1995
Belarus
-
Czech Republic
0: 2 (0: 1)
10/11/1995
Malta
-
Netherlands
0: 4 (0: 0)
10/11/1995
Luxembourg
-
Belarus
0-0
11/12/1995
Malta
-
Belarus
0: 2 (0: 0)
11/15/1995
Czech Republic
-
Luxembourg
3: 0 (1: 0)
11/15/1995
Netherlands
-
Norway
3: 0 (0: 0)
Group 6
Closing table
Pl.
country
Sp.
S.
U
N
Gates
Diff.
Points
1.
Portugal Portugal
10
7th
2
1
0 29: 700
+22
23
2.
Ireland Ireland
10
5
2
3
0 17:110
+6
17th
3.
Northern Ireland Northern Ireland
10
5
2
3
0 20:150
+5
17th
4th
Austria Austria
10
5
1
4th
0 29:140
+15
16
5.
Latvia Latvia
10
4th
0
6th
0 11:200
−9
12
6th
Liechtenstein Liechtenstein
10
0
1
9
00 1:400
−39
0 1
Game results
04/20/1994
Northern Ireland
-
Liechtenstein
4: 1 (3: 0)
09/07/1994
Liechtenstein
-
Austria
0: 4 (0: 3)
09/07/1994
Northern Ireland
-
Portugal
1: 2 (0: 1)
09/07/1994
Latvia
-
Ireland
0: 3 (0: 2)
10/09/1994
Latvia
-
Portugal
1: 3 (0: 1)
10/12/1994
Ireland
-
Liechtenstein
4: 0 (3: 0)
10/12/1994
Austria
-
Northern Ireland
1: 2 (1: 2)
11/13/1994
Portugal
-
Austria
1: 0 (1: 0)
11/15/1994
Liechtenstein
-
Latvia
0: 1 (0: 1)
11/16/1994
Northern Ireland
-
Ireland
0: 4 (0: 3)
12/18/1994
Portugal
-
Liechtenstein
8: 0 (3: 0)
03/29/1995
Ireland
-
Northern Ireland
1: 1 (0: 0)
03/29/1995
Austria
-
Latvia
5: 0 (2: 0)
04/26/1995
Austria
-
Liechtenstein
7: 0 (3: 0)
04/26/1995
Latvia
-
Northern Ireland
0: 1 (0: 0)
04/26/1995
Ireland
-
Portugal
1: 0 (1: 0)
06/03/1995
Liechtenstein
-
Ireland
0-0
06/03/1995
Portugal
-
Latvia
3: 2 (3: 0)
06/07/1995
Northern Ireland
-
Latvia
1: 2 (1: 0)
06/11/1995
Ireland
-
Austria
1: 3 (0: 0)
08/15/1995
Liechtenstein
-
Portugal
0: 7 (0: 3)
08/16/1995
Latvia
-
Austria
3: 2 (1: 0)
09/03/1995
Portugal
-
Northern Ireland
1: 1 (0: 0)
09/06/1995
Latvia
-
Liechtenstein
1: 0 (0: 0)
09/06/1995
Austria
-
Ireland
3: 1 (1: 0)
10/11/1995
Liechtenstein
-
Northern Ireland
0: 4 (0: 1)
10/11/1995
Ireland
-
Latvia
2: 1 (0: 0)
10/11/1995
Austria
-
Portugal
1: 1 (1: 0)
11/15/1995
Northern Ireland
-
Austria
5: 3 (2: 0)
11/15/1995
Portugal
-
Ireland
3: 0 (0: 0)
Group 7
Closing table
Pl.
country
Sp.
S.
U
N
Gates
Diff.
Points
1.
Germany Germany
10
8th
1
1
0 27:100
+17
25th
2.
Bulgaria Bulgaria
10
7th
1
2
0 24:100
+14
22nd
3.
Georgia 1990 Georgia
10
5
0
5
0 14:130
+1
15th
4th
Moldova Republic Moldova
10
3
0
7th
0 11:270
−16
0 9
5.
Wales Wales
10
2
2
6th
00 9:190
−10
0 8th
6th
Albania Albania
10
2
2
6th
0 10:160
−6
0 8th
Game results
09/07/1994
Wales
-
Albania
2: 0 (1: 0)
09/07/1994
Georgia
-
Moldova
0: 1 (0: 1)
10/12/1994
Moldova
-
Wales
3: 2 (2: 1)
10/12/1994
Bulgaria
-
Georgia
2: 0 (0: 0)
11/16/1994
Albania
-
Germany
1: 2 (1: 1)
11/16/1994
Georgia
-
Wales
5: 0 (2: 0)
11/16/1994
Bulgaria
-
Moldova
4: 1 (1: 0)
12/14/1994
Albania
-
Georgia
0: 1 (0: 1)
12/14/1994
Moldova
-
Germany
0: 3 (0: 2)
12/14/1994
Wales
-
Bulgaria
0: 3 (0: 2)
12/18/1994
Germany
-
Albania
2: 1 (2: 0)
03/29/1995
Albania
-
Moldova
3: 0 (2: 0)
03/29/1995
Bulgaria
-
Wales
3: 1 (1: 0)
03/29/1995
Georgia
-
Germany
0: 2 (0: 2)
04/26/1995
Moldova
-
Bulgaria
0: 3 (0: 1)
04/26/1995
Georgia
-
Albania
2: 0 (2: 0)
04/26/1995
Germany
-
Wales
1: 1 (1: 1)
06/07/1995
Moldova
-
Albania
2: 3 (2: 2)
06/07/1995
Wales
-
Georgia
0: 1 (0: 0)
06/07/1995
Bulgaria
-
Germany
3: 2 (1: 2)
09/06/1995
Albania
-
Bulgaria
1: 1 (1: 1)
09/06/1995
Wales
-
Moldova
1: 0 (0: 0)
09/06/1995
Germany
-
Georgia
4: 1 (1: 1)
07/10/1995
Bulgaria
-
Albania
3: 0 (1: 0)
10/08/1995
Germany
-
Moldova
6: 1 (3: 0)
10/11/1995
Georgia
-
Bulgaria
2: 1 (1: 0)
10/11/1995
Wales
-
Germany
1: 2 (0: 0)
11/15/1995
Albania
-
Wales
1: 1 (1: 1)
11/15/1995
Moldova
-
Georgia
3: 2 (2: 0)
11/15/1995
Germany
-
Bulgaria
3: 1 (0: 0)
Group 8
Closing table
Pl.
country
Sp.
S.
U
N
Gates
Diff.
Points
1.
Russia Russia
10
8th
2
0
0 34: 500
+29
26th
2.
Scotland Scotland
10
7th
2
1
0 19: 300
+16
23
3.
Greece Greece
10
6th
0
4th
0 23: 900
+14
18th
4th
Finland Finland
10
5
0
5
0 18:180
± 0
15th
5.
Faroese Faroe Islands
10
2
0
8th
0 10:350
−25
0 6th
6th
San Marino San Marino
10
0
0
10
00 2:360
−34
0 0
Game results
09/07/1994
Faroe Islands
-
Greece
1: 5 (0: 2)
09/07/1994
Finland
-
Scotland
0: 2 (0: 1)
10/12/1994
Russia
-
San Marino
4: 0 (1: 0)
10/12/1994
Scotland
-
Faroe Islands
5: 1 (3: 0)
10/12/1994
Greece
-
Finland
4: 0 (1: 0)
11/16/1994
Finland
-
Faroe Islands
5: 0 (1: 0)
11/16/1994
Scotland
-
Russia
1: 1 (1: 1)
11/16/1994
Greece
-
San Marino
2: 0 (1: 0)
12/14/1994
Finland
-
San Marino
4: 1 (2: 1)
12/18/1994
Greece
-
Scotland
1: 0 (1: 0)
03/29/1995
San Marino
-
Finland
0: 2 (0: 1)
03/29/1995
Russia
-
Scotland
0-0
04/26/1995
Faroe Islands
-
Finland
0: 4 (0: 0)
04/26/1995
San Marino
-
Scotland
0: 2 (0: 1)
04/26/1995
Greece
-
Russia
0: 3 (0: 1)
05/06/1995
Russia
-
Faroe Islands
3: 0 (0: 0)
05/25/1995
Faroe Islands
-
San Marino
3: 0 (2: 0)
06/07/1995
Faroe Islands
-
Scotland
0: 2 (0: 2)
06/07/1995
San Marino
-
Russia
0: 7 (0: 2)
06/11/1995
Finland
-
Greece
2: 1 (1: 1)
08/16/1995
Finland
-
Russia
0: 6 (0: 3)
08/16/1995
Scotland
-
Greece
1: 0 (0: 0)
09/06/1995
Faroe Islands
-
Russia
2: 5 (1: 1)
09/06/1995
Scotland
-
Finland
1: 0 (1: 0)
09/06/1995
San Marino
-
Greece
0: 4 (0: 2)
10/11/1995
Russia
-
Greece
2: 1 (1: 0)
10/11/1995
San Marino
-
Faroe Islands
1: 3 (0: 2)
11/15/1995
Russia
-
Finland
3: 1 (1: 1)
11/15/1995
Greece
-
Faroe Islands
5: 0 (0: 0)
11/15/1995
Scotland
-
San Marino
5: 0 (2: 0)
Playoff
The runners-up in each group were then compared in a table. The first six teams in this table automatically qualified for the European Championship. The last two placed had to play a playoff for the last free place in Liverpool . In order to be able to compare, only the results of the teams against the first, third and fourth of the respective qualification group were used.
Pl.
country
Sp.
S.
U
N
Gates
Points
group
1.
Italy Italy
6th
4th
1
1
0 12: 400
13
4th
2.
Bulgaria Bulgaria
6th
4th
0
2
0 14: 800
12
7th
3.
Turkey Turkey
6th
3
2
1
0 11: 800
11
3
4th
Scotland Scotland
6th
3
2
1
00 5: 200
11
8th
5.
Denmark Denmark
6th
3
2
1
00 9: 700
11
2
6th
France France
6th
2
4th
0
00 8: 200
10
1
7th
Netherlands Netherlands
6th
2
2
2
00 6: 500
0 8th
5
8th.
Ireland Ireland
6th
2
1
3
00 8:100
0 7th
6th
date
Result
12/13/1995
Ireland
0: 2 (0: 1)
Netherlands
Best goal scorers
Individual evidence
Web links
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