1996 European Under-16 Football Championship

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The 14th U-16 European Football Championship was held from April 29 to May 11, 1996 in the Austrian federal states of Lower Austria and Vienna . It was the first UEFA tournament in Austria. Defending champions Portugal successfully defended their title with a 1-0 win over France , something that no team had before. Germany failed in the quarter-finals to Israel .

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The 16 qualified teams were divided into four groups of four teams each. Within the groups, each team played each other once. The group winners and runners-up reached the quarter-finals. From there on, the knockout system continued.

Attendees

The following teams took part in the tournament:

Squad of the ÖFB selection

player society Calls Gates Red card
01 - Helge Payer BNZ Rapid Vienna 3 - -
02 - Ferdinand Feldhofer BNZ Styria 3 - -
03 - Bozo Kovacevic BNZ Austria Vienna 3 - -
04 - Martin Stranzl BNZ Burgenland 3 - -
05 - Markus Briza BNZ Rapid Vienna 3 - 1
06 - Volkan Kahraman Feyenoord Rotterdam 3 1 -
07 - Christoph Mamoser BNZ Salzburg 2 - -
08 - Yüksel Sariyar BNZ Austria Vienna 3 - -
09 - Kai Schoppitsch BNZ Carinthia / Klagenfurt 3 - -
10 - Bernd Winkler BNZ Salzburg 3 - -
11 - Stefan Egger FC Bayern Munich 2 - -
12 - Gerald Hack BNZ Styria 3 1 -
13 - Khajik Jerjes BNZ Rapid Vienna 3 - -
14 - Manfred Weingartmann BNZ Admira Wacker 3 - -
15 - Michael Mörz BNZ Rapid Vienna - - -
16 - Gregor Klingenbrunner BNZ First Vienna FC - - -

Squad of the DFB selection

player society Calls Gates
goal
Thomas Hillenbrand Karlsruher SC 4th -
Morris Kaczmarek FC Konstanz - -
Defense
Markus Goller 1. FC Nuremberg 3 -
Gregor Kapitza 1. FC Cologne 3 -
Norman Loose FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt 4th 2
Carsten Sträßer FC Carl Zeiss Jena 3 0
Jens Truckenbrod Borussia Monchengladbach 4th 0
midfield
Oliver Beer FC Bayern Munich 3 -
Philipp Bönig FC Bayern Munich 3 -
Jochen Endres Eintracht Frankfurt 4th 1
Alexander Hauschild Chemnitzer FC 4th 1
Alexander Nouri Werder Bremen 4th -
Tobias Schäper Borussia Dortmund 3 1
Storm
Patrick Falk Eintracht Frankfurt 4th 3
Andreas Gensler Bayer 04 Leverkusen 4th 1
Jan Zimmermann TSV Havelse 4th 4th

Venues

The games were played in the cities of Amstetten , Ardagger , Atzenbrugg , Bad Vöslau , Baden , Gloggnitz , Gmünd , Gottsdorf , Herzogenburg , Horn , Kirchschlag , Kottingbrunn , Krems , Neunkirchen , Pöchlarn , Purgstall , Retz , St. Pölten , Scheibbs , Scheiblingkirchen , Schrems , Sierndorf , Stockerau , Vienna , Wiener Neustadt , Würmla , Ybbs , Zellerndorf , Ziersdorf and Zwettl .

Preliminary round

Group A

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. PortugalPortugal Portugal  3  2  1  0 007: 200  +5 07th
 2. IrelandIreland Ireland  3  2  0  1 002: 200  ± 0 06th
 3. AustriaAustria Austria  3  0  2  1 002: 300  −1 02
 4th PolandPoland Poland  3  0  1  2 000: 400  −4 01
April 29, 1996, St. Pölten
Ireland - Austria 1-0
April 29, 1996, Sierndorf
Portugal - Poland 3-0
May 1, 1996, Herzogenburg
Austria - Poland 0-0
May 1, 1996, Atzenbrugg
Portugal - Ireland 2-0
May 3, 1996, Würmla
Ireland - Poland 1-0
May 3, 1996, Ziersdorf
Austria - Portugal 2: 2

Group B

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. GreeceGreece Greece  3  2  1  0 004: 200  +2 07th
 2. GermanyGermany Germany  3  2  0  1 011: 400  +7 06th
 3. UkraineUkraine Ukraine  3  1  1  1 003: 700  −4 04th
 4th RomaniaRomania Romania  3  0  0  3 001: 600  −5 00
April 29, 1996, Bad Vöslau
Ukraine - Romania 1-0
April 29, 1996, Neunkirchen
Greece - Germany 2: 1
May 1, 1996, Scheiblingkirchen
Greece - Romania 1-0
May 1, 1996, Kirchschlag
Germany - Ukraine 6: 1
May 3, 1996, Gloggnitz
Germany - Romania 4: 1
May 3, 1996, Kottingbrunn
Greece - Ukraine 1: 1

Group C

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. FranceFrance France  3  3  0  0 006-000  +6 09
 2. CroatiaCroatia Croatia  3  2  0  1 003: 300  ± 0 06th
 3. SpainSpain Spain  3  1  0  2 004: 500  −1 03
 4th SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland  3  0  0  3 002: 700  −5 00
April 29, 1996, Scheibbs
France - Croatia 2-0
April 29, 1996, Pochlarn
Spain - Switzerland 4: 1
May 1, 1996, Gottsdorf
France - Spain 3-0
May 1, 1996, Ardagger
Croatia - Switzerland 2: 1
May 3, 1996, Purgstall
France - Switzerland 1-0
May 3, 1996, Ybbs
Croatia - Spain 1-0

Group D

Israel is first in the group due to the better direct comparison. The Slovakia is third in the group due to better direct comparison.

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. IsraelIsrael Israel  3  2  0  1 004: 400  ± 0 06th
 2. EnglandEngland England  3  2  0  1 005: 300  +2 06th
 3. SlovakiaSlovakia Slovakia  3  1  0  2 002: 400  −2 03
 4th TurkeyTurkey Turkey  3  1  0  2 004: 400  ± 0 03
April 29, 1996, Gmünd
England - Slovakia 2-0
April 29, 1996, Horn
Turkey - Israel 3-0
May 1, 1996, Schrems
England - Turkey 2: 1
May 1, 1996, Zellerndorf
Israel - Slovakia 2-0
May 3, 1996, Retz
Israel - England 2: 1
May 3, 1996, Zwettl
Slovakia - Turkey 2-0

Final round

Quarter finals Semifinals final
                   
May 6, 1996, Krems        
  PortugalPortugal Portugal   5
May 8, 1996, Tulln
  CroatiaCroatia Croatia   1  
  PortugalPortugal Portugal   3
May 6, 1996, Baden
    GreeceGreece Greece   0  
  GreeceGreece Greece   1
May 11, 1996, Vienna
  EnglandEngland England   0  
  PortugalPortugal Portugal   1
May 6, 1996, Stockerau
    FranceFrance France   0
  IsraelIsrael Israel   3
May 8, 1996, Wiener Neustadt
  GermanyGermany Germany   2  
  IsraelIsrael Israel   0 Game for third place
May 6, 1996, Amstetten
    FranceFrance France   1  
  FranceFrance France  10 (5) 1   IsraelIsrael Israel   3
  IrelandIreland Ireland  0 (4)     GreeceGreece Greece   2
May 11, 1996, Vienna

1 win on penalties

This is the third time that Portugal's U-16 national team has become the U16 / U17 junior European champion.PortugalPortugal 

The winning eleven: Sergio - Valenta, Nuno Gomes, Flores, Fredy - Leal (Estevez), Ednilson, Celso Lopes - Paulo Costa (Cruz), Simao, Petit (Edgar)

Petit scored the winning goal.