1984 UEFA European Football Championship

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1984 UEFA European Championship - France
Euro 84
Official Logo
Teams 8  (from 33 entrants)
Host(s) France
Champions France (1 title(s))
Matches played   15
Goals scored 41  (2.73 per match)
Top scorer(s) 9 - France Michel Platini

The 1984 UEFA European Football Championship (Euro 84) final tournament was held in France. It was the seventh European Football Championship, held every four years and endorsed by UEFA. The final tournament took place between June 12 and June 27, 1984.

At the time, only eight countries took part in the final stage of the tournament, seven of which had to come through the qualifying stage. France qualified automatically as hosts of the event. Led by Michel Platini, who scored nine goals in the tournament, France won the Championship - its first major finals tournament victory.

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[edit] Qualification

The following teams participated in the final tournament:

France automatically qualified for the tournament as hosts

For details concerning the qualifying phase see, 1984 UEFA European Football Championship qualifying.

[edit] Venues

[edit] Squads

For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see 1984 UEFA European Football Championship squads.

[edit] Group stages

[edit] Group A

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
France 6 3 3 0 0 9 2 +7
Denmark 4 3 2 0 1 8 3 +5
Belgium 2 3 1 0 2 4 8 −4
Yugoslavia 0 3 0 0 3 2 10 −8
June 12, 1984
20:30
France 1–0 Denmark Parc des Princes, Paris
Attendance: 47,570
Referee: Volker Roth (Germany)
Platini 78'

June 13, 1984
20:30
Belgium 2–0 Yugoslavia Stade Félix Bollaert, Lens
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Erik Fredriksson (Sweden)
Vandenbergh 28'
Grün 45'

June 16, 1984
17:15
France 5–0 Belgium La Beaujoire, Nantes
Attendance: 51,359
Referee: Robert Valentine (Scotland)
Platini 4', 74' (pen), 89'
Giresse 33'
Fernandez 43'

June 16, 1984
20:30
Denmark 5–0 Yugoslavia Stade de Gerland, Lyon
Attendance: 34,745
Referee: Augusto Lamo Castillo (Spain)
Arnesen 8', 69' (pen)
Berggreen 16'
Elkjær 82'
Lauridsen 84'

June 19, 1984
20:30
France 3–2 Yugoslavia Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Etienne
Attendance: 45,789
Referee: André Daina (Swiss)
Platini 59', 62', 77' Sestic 32'
Stojković 84' (pen)

June 19, 1984
20:30
Denmark 3–2 Belgium La Meinau, Strasbourg
Attendance: 36,911
Referee: Adolf Prokop (Germany)
Arnesen 41' (pen)
Larsen 60'
Elkjær 84'
Ceulemans 26'
Vercauteren 39'

[edit] Group B

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Spain 4 3 1 2 0 3 2 +1
Portugal 4 3 1 2 0 2 1 +1
West Germany 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 −4
Romania 1 3 0 1 2 2 4 −2
June 14, 1984
17:15
West Germany 0–0 Portugal La Meinau, Strasbourg
Attendance: 47,950
Referee: Romualdas Yushka (USSR)

June 14, 1984
20:30
Romania 1–1 Spain Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Etienne
Attendance: 17,102
Referee: Alexis Ponnet (Belgium)
Bölöni 35' Carrasco 22' (pen) 22'

June 17, 1984
17:15
West Germany 2–1 Romania Stade Félix Bollaert, Lens
Attendance: 31,803
Referee: Jan Keizer (Netherlands)
Völler 25', 66' Coras 46'

June 17, 1984
20:30
Portugal 1–1 Spain Stade Vélodrome, Marseille
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Michel Vautrot (France)
Gomes De Sousa 52' Santillana 73'

June 20, 1984
20:30
West Germany 0–1 Spain Parc des Princes, Paris
Attendance: 47,691
Referee: Vojtech Christov (Czechoslovakia)
Maceda Frances 90'

June 20, 1984
20:30
Portugal 1–0 Romania La Beaujoire, Nantes
Attendance: 24,266
Referee: Heinz Fahnler (Austria)
Tamaghini 81'

[edit] Knockout stages

  Semi finals Finals
             
23 June – Marseille (Stade Vélodrome)
  Portugal 1 (2)  
  France (aet) 1 (3)  
 
27 June – Paris (Parc des Princes)
      France 2
    Spain 0
24 June - Lyon (Stade Gerland)
  Denmark 1 (4)
  Spain (pen) 1 (5)  

[edit] Semi-finals

June 23, 1984
20:00
France 3–2 (AET) Portugal Stade Vélodrome, Marseille
Attendance: 54,848
Referee: Paolo Bergamo (Italy)
Domergue 24', 114'
Platini 119'
Rui Jordao 74', 98'

June 24, 1984
20:00
Denmark 1–1 (AET)
(4–5 PSO)
Spain Stade de Gerland, Lyon
Attendance: 47,483
Referee: George Courtney (England)
Lerby 7' Maceda Frances 67'
    Penalties  
Lerby: scored
Laudrup: scored
Olsen: scored
Larsen: scored
Elkjær: saved
4–5 Sarabia Lopez: scored
Munoz Manrique: scored
Urquiaga: scored
Señor Gomez: scored
Santillana: scored
 

[edit] Final

June 27, 1984
20:00
France 2–0 Spain Parc des Princes, Paris
Attendance: 47,368
Referee: Vojtech Christov (Czechoslovakia)
Platini 57'
Bellone 90'
Euro 1984 Champions
France
France
First title

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Goal scorers

9 Goals

3 Goals

2 Goals

1 Goal

[edit] Fastest goal

3 Minutes : Michel Platini (France vs Belgium)

[edit] Average goals

2.73 Per Game

[edit] Final match squads


France
1 Joël Bats
2 Patrick Battiston (- 73')
3 Maxime Bossis
4 Yvon Le Roux
5 Jean-François Domergue
6 Jean Tigana
7 Luis Fernandez
8 Michel Platini
9 Alain Giresse
10 Bernard Lacombe (- 80')
11 Bruno Bellone
Subtitutions:
12 Manuel Amoros (+ 73')
13 Bernard Genghini (+ 80')
Coach:
Michel Hidalgo

Spain
1 Luis Miguel Arconada
2 Santiago Urquiaga
3 Salvador García Salva (- 85')
4 Ricardo Gallego
5 José Antonio Camacho
6 Julio Alberto Moreno (- 75')
7 Juan Antonio Señor
8 Víctor Muñoz
9 Francisco Javier López
10 Carlos Santillana
11 Francisco José Carrasco
Subtitutions:
12 Manuel Sarabia (+ 75')
13 Roberto Fernández Boñillo (+ 85')
Coach:
Miguel Munoz Mozun
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