UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying

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Qualifying for the 1996 UEFA European Football Championship final tournament, took place throughout 1994 and 1995. Forty-seven teams were divided into eight groups. All teams played against each other, within their groups, in a home-and-away basis. The winner of each group along with the six best runners-up automatically qualified, while the two worst runners-up were involved in a play-off on a neutral ground. England qualified automatically as hosts of the event.

This was the first qualifying phase for the European Football Championship which awarded three points instead of two for a victory.

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[edit] Group 1

[edit] Table

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
Flag of Romania Romania 21 10 6 3 1 18 9
Flag of France France 20 10 5 5 0 22 2
Flag of Slovakia Slovakia 14 10 4 2 4 14 18
Flag of Poland Poland 13 10 3 4 3 14 12
Flag of Israel Israel 12 10 3 3 4 13 13
Flag of Azerbaijan Azerbaijan 1 10 0 1 9 2 29

[edit] Results

September 4, 1994, Israel 2 - 1 Poland

September 7, 1994, Slovakia 0 - 0 France

September 7, 1994, Romania 3 - 0 Azerbaijan

October 8, 1994, France 0 - 0 Romania

October 12, 1994, Israel 2 - 2 Slovakia

October 12, 1994, Poland 1 - 0 Azerbaijan

November 12, 1994, Romania 3 - 2 Slovakia

November 16, 1994, Poland 0 - 0 France

November 16, 1994, Azerbaijan 0 - 2 Israel

December 13, 1994, Azerbaijan 0 - 2 France

December 14, 1994, Israel 1 - 1 Romania

March 29, 1995, Romania 2 - 1 Poland

March 29, 1995, Slovakia 4 - 1 Azerbaijan

March 29, 1995, Israel 0 - 0 France

April 25, 1995, Poland 4 - 3 Israel

April 26, 1995, Azerbaijan 1 - 4 Romania

April 26, 1995, France 4 - 0 Slovakia

June 7, 1995, Poland 5 - 0 Slovakia

June 7, 1995, Romania 2 - 1 Israel

August 16, 1995, Azerbaijan 0 - 1 Slovakia

August 16, 1995, France 1 - 1 Poland

September 6, 1995, France 10 - 0 Azerbaijan

September 6, 1995, Poland 0 - 0 Romania

September 6, 1995, Slovakia 1 - 0 Israel

October 11, 1995, Romania 1 - 3 France

October 11, 1995, Slovakia 4 - 1 Poland

October 11, 1995, Israel 2 - 0 Azerbaijan

November 15, 1995, France 2 - 0 Israel

November 15, 1995, Slovakia 0 - 2 Romania

November 15, 1995, Azerbaijan 0 - 0 Poland

[edit] Group 2

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Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
Flag of Spain Spain 26 10 8 2 0 25 4
Flag of Denmark Denmark 21 10 6 3 1 19 9
Flag of Belgium Belgium 15 10 4 3 3 17 13
Flag of the Republic of Macedonia FYR Macedonia 7 10 1 4 5 9 18
Flag of Cyprus Cyprus 7 10 1 4 5 6 20
Flag of Armenia Armenia 5 10 1 2 7 5 17

[edit] Results

September 7, 1994, Belgium 2 - 0 Armenia

September 7, 1994, Cyprus 1 - 2 Spain

September 7, 1994, FYR Macedonia 1 - 1 Denmark

October 8, 1994, Armenia 0 - 0 Cyprus

October 12, 1994, Denmark 3 - 1 Belgium

October 12, 1994, FYR Macedonia 0 - 2 Spain

November 16, 1994, Belgium 1 - 1 FYR Macedonia

November 16, 1994, Cyprus 2 - 0 Armenia

November 16, 1994, Spain 3 - 0 Denmark

December 17, 1994, FYR Macedonia 3 - 0 Cyprus

December 17, 1994, Belgium 1 - 4 Spain

March 29, 1995, Spain 1 - 1 Belgium

March 29, 1995, Cyprus 1 - 1 Denmark

April 26, 1995, Armenia 0 - 2 Spain

April 26, 1995, Denmark 1 - 0 FYR Macedonia

April 26, 1995, Belgium 2 - 0 Cyprus

May 10, 1995, Armenia 2 - 2 FYR Macedonia

June 7, 1995, Denmark 4 - 0 Cyprus

June 7, 1995, Spain 1 - 0 Armenia

June 7, 1995, FYR Macedonia 0 - 5 Belgium: This match was played behind closed doors as a disciplinary punishment.

August 16, 1995, Armenia 0 - 2 Denmark

September 6, 1995, Belgium 1 - 3 Denmark

September 6, 1995, FYR Macedonia 1 - 2 Armenia: This match was played behind closed doors as a disciplinary punishment.

September 6, 1995, Spain 6 - 0 Cyprus

October 7, 1995, Armenia 0 - 2 Belgium

October 11, 1995, Denmark 1 - 1 Spain

October 11, 1995, Cyprus 1 - 1 FYR Macedonia

November 15, 1995, Spain 3 - 0 FYR Macedonia

November 15, 1995, Denmark 3 - 1 Armenia

November 15, 1995, Cyprus 1 - 1 Belgium

[edit] Group 3

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Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
Flag of Switzerland Switzerland 17 8 5 2 1 15 7
Flag of Turkey Turkey 15 8 4 3 1 16 8
Flag of Sweden Sweden 9 8 2 3 3 9 10
Flag of Hungary Hungary 8 8 2 2 4 7 13
Flag of Iceland Iceland 5 8 1 2 5 3 12

[edit] Results

September 7, 1994, Iceland 0 - 1 Sweden

September 7, 1994, Hungary 2 - 2 Turkey

October 12, 1994, Turkey 5 - 0 Iceland

October 12, 1994, Switzerland 4 - 2 Sweden

November 16, 1994, Sweden 2 - 0 Hungary

November 16, 1994, Switzerland 1 - 0 Iceland

December 14, 1994, Turkey 1 - 2 Switzerland

March 29, 1995, Hungary 2 - 2 Switzerland

March 29, 1995, Turkey 2 - 1 Sweden

April 26, 1995, Hungary 1 - 0 Sweden

April 26, 1995, Switzerland 1 - 2 Turkey

June 1, 1995, Sweden 1 - 1 Iceland

June 11, 1995, Iceland 2 - 1 Hungary

August 16, 1995, Iceland 0 - 2 Switzerland

September 6, 1995, Sweden 0 - 0 Switzerland

September 6, 1995, Turkey 2 - 0 Hungary

October 11, 1995, Switzerland 3 - 0 Hungary

October 11, 1995, Iceland 0 - 0 Turkey

November 11, 1995, Hungary 1 - 0 Iceland

November 15, 1995, Sweden 2 - 2 Turkey

[edit] Group 4

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Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
Flag of Croatia Croatia 23 10 7 2 1 22 5
Flag of Italy Italy 23 10 7 2 1 20 6
Flag of Lithuania Lithuania 16 10 5 1 4 13 12
Flag of Ukraine Ukraine 13 10 4 1 5 11 15
Flag of Slovenia Slovenia 11 10 3 2 5 13 13
Flag of Estonia Estonia 0 10 0 0 10 3 31

[edit] Results

September 4, 1994, Estonia Estonia 0 - 2 Croatia

September 7, 1994, Slovenia Slovenia 1 - 1 Italy

September 7, 1994, Lithuania Ukraine 0 - 2 Lithuania

October 8, 1994, Italy Estonia 0 - 2 Italy

October 9, 1994, Croatia Croatia 2 - 0 Lithuania

October 12, 1994, Slovenia Ukraine 0 - 0 Slovenia

November 13, 1994, Estonia Ukraine 3 - 0 Estonia

November 16, 1994, Italy Italy 1 - 2 Croatia

November 16, 1994, Slovenia Slovenia 1 - 2 Lithuania

March 25, 1995, Croatia Croatia 4 - 0 Ukraine

March 25, 1995, Estonia Italy 4 - 1 Estonia

March 29, 1995, Lithuania Lithuania 0 - 0 Croatia

March 29, 1995, Italy Ukraine 0 - 2 Italy

March 29, 1995, Slovenia Slovenia 3 - 0 Estonia

April 26, 1995, Ukraine Estonia 0 - 1 Ukraine

April 26, 1995, Italy Lithuania 0 - 1 Italy

April 26, 1995, Slovenia Croatia 2 - 0 Slovenia

June 7, 1995, Lithuania Lithuania 2 - 1 Slovenia

June 11, 1995, Estonia 1 - 3 Slovenia

June 11, 1995, Ukraine Ukraine 1 - 0 Croatia

August 16, 1995, Estonia Estonia 0 - 1 Lithuania

September 3, 1995, Croatia Croatia 7 - 1 Estonia

September 6, 1995, Italy Italy 1 - 0 Slovenia

September 6, 1995, Ukraine Lithuania 1 - 3 Ukraine

October 8, 1995, Croatia Croatia 1 - 1 Italy

October 11, 1995, Lithuania Lithuania 5 - 0 Estonia

October 11, 1995, Slovenia Slovenia 3 - 2 Ukraine

November 11, 1995, Ukraine Italy 3 - 1 Ukraine

November 15, 1995, Croatia Slovenia 1 - 2 Croatia

November 15, 1995, Lithuania Italy 4 - 0 Lithuania

[edit] Group 5

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Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic 21 10 6 3 1 21 6
Flag of the Netherlands Netherlands 20 10 6 2 2 23 5
Flag of Norway Norway 20 10 6 2 2 17 7
Flag of Belarus Belarus 11 10 3 2 5 8 13
Flag of Luxembourg Luxembourg 10 10 3 1 6 3 21
Flag of Malta Malta 2 10 0 2 8 2 22

[edit] Results

September 6, 1994, Czech Republic 6 - 1 Malta

September 7, 1994, Luxembourg 0 - 4 Netherlands

September 7, 1994, Norway 1 - 0 Belarus

October 12, 1994, Malta 0 - 0 Czech Republic

October 12, 1994, Norway 1 - 1 Netherlands

October 12, 1994, Belarus 2 - 0 Luxembourg

November 16, 1994, Belarus 0 - 4 Norway

November 16, 1994, Netherlands 0 - 0 Czech Republic

December 14, 1994, Netherlands 5 - 0 Luxembourg

December 14, 1994, Malta 0 - 1 Norway

February 22, 1995, Malta 0 - 1 Luxembourg

March 29, 1995, Luxembourg 0 - 2 Norway

March 29, 1995, Netherlands 4 - 0 Malta

March 29, 1995, Czech Republic 4 - 2 Belarus

April 26, 1995, Belarus 1 - 1 Malta

April 26, 1995, Czech Republic 3 - 1 Netherlands

April 26, 1995, Norway 5 - 0 Luxembourg

June 7, 1995, Luxembourg 1 - 0 Czech Republic

June 7, 1995, Norway 2 - 0 Malta

June 7, 1995, Belarus 1 - 0 Netherlands

August 16, 1995, Norway 1 - 1 Czech Republic

September 6, 1995, Czech Republic 2 - 0 Norway

September 6, 1995, Netherlands 1 - 0 Belarus

September 6, 1995, Luxembourg 1 - 0 Malta

October 7, 1995, Belarus 0 - 2 Czech Republic

October 11, 1995, Malta 0 - 4 Netherlands

October 11, 1995, Luxembourg 0 - 0 Belarus

November 12, 1995, Malta 0 - 2 Belarus

November 15, 1995, Czech Republic 3 - 0 Luxembourg

November 15, 1995, Netherlands 3 - 0 Norway

[edit] Group 6

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Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
Flag of Portugal Portugal 23 10 7 2 1 29 7
Flag of Ireland Republic of Ireland 17 10 5 2 3 17 11
Flag of Northern Ireland Northern Ireland 17 10 5 2 3 20 15
Flag of Austria Austria 16 10 5 1 4 29 14
Flag of Latvia Latvia 12 10 4 0 6 11 20
Flag of Liechtenstein Liechtenstein 1 10 0 1 9 1 40

[edit] Results

April 20, 1994, Northern Ireland 4 - 1 Liechtenstein

September 7, 1994, Latvia 0 - 3 Republic of Ireland

September 7, 1994, Liechtenstein 0 - 4 Austria

September 7, 1994, Northern Ireland 1 - 2 Portugal

October 9, 1994, Latvia 1 - 3 Portugal

October 12, 1994, Austria 1 - 2 Northern Ireland

October 12, 1994, Republic of Ireland 4 - 0 Liechtenstein

November 13, 1994, Portugal 1 - 0 Austria

November 15, 1994, Liechtenstein 0 - 1 Latvia

November 16, 1994, Northern Ireland 0 - 4 Republic of Ireland

December 18, 1994, Portugal 8 - 0 Liechtenstein

March 29, 1995, Republic of Ireland 1 - 1 Northern Ireland

March 29, 1995, Austria 5 - 0 Latvia

April 26, 1995, Latvia 0 - 1 Northern Ireland

April 26, 1995, Austria 7 - 0 Liechtenstein

April 26, 1995, Republic of Ireland 1 - 0 Portugal

June 3, 1995, Portugal 3 - 2 Latvia

June 3, 1995, Liechtenstein 0 - 0 Republic of Ireland

June 7, 1995, Northern Ireland 1 - 2 Latvia

June 11, 1995, Republic of Ireland 1 - 3 Austria

August 15, 1995, Liechtenstein 0 - 7 Portugal

August 16, 1995, Latvia 3 - 2 Austria

September 3, 1995, Portugal 1 - 1 Northern Ireland

September 6, 1995, Austria 3 - 1 Republic of Ireland

September 6, 1995, Latvia 1 - 0 Liechtenstein

October 11, 1995, Austria 1 - 1 Portugal

October 11, 1995, Republic of Ireland 2 - 1 Latvia

October 11, 1995, Liechtenstein 0 - 4 Northern Ireland

November 15, 1995, Portugal 3 - 0 Republic of Ireland

November 15, 1995, Northern Ireland 5 - 3 Austria

[edit] Group 7

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Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
Flag of Germany Germany 25 10 8 1 1 27 10
Flag of Bulgaria Bulgaria 22 10 7 1 2 24 10
Flag of Georgia (country) Georgia 15 10 5 0 5 14 13
Flag of Moldova Moldova 9 10 3 0 7 11 27
Flag of Albania Albania 8 10 2 2 6 10 16
Flag of Wales Wales 8 10 2 2 6 9 19

[edit] Results

September 7, 1994, Georgia 0 - 1 Moldova

September 7, 1994, Wales 2 - 0 Albania

October 12, 1994, Moldova 3 - 2 Wales

October 12, 1994, Bulgaria 2 - 0 Georgia

November 16, 1994, Albania 1 - 2 Germany

November 16, 1994, Bulgaria 4 - 1 Moldova

November 16, 1994, Georgia 5 - 0 Wales

December 14, 1994, Moldova 0 - 3 Germany

December 14, 1994, Wales 0 - 3 Bulgaria

December 14, 1994, Albania 0 - 1 Georgia

December 18, 1994, Germany 2 - 1 Albania

March 29, 1995, Georgia 0 - 2 Germany

March 29, 1995, Bulgaria 3 - 1 Wales

March 29, 1995, Albania 3 - 0 Moldova

April 26, 1995, Georgia 2 - 0 Albania

April 26, 1995, Moldova 0 - 3 Bulgaria

April 26, 1995, Germany 1 - 1 Wales

June 7, 1995, Bulgaria 3 - 2 Germany

June 7, 1995, Wales 0 - 1 Georgia

June 7, 1995, Moldova 2 - 3 Albania

September 6, 1995, Albania 1 - 1 Bulgaria

September 6, 1995, Germany 4 - 1 Georgia

September 6, 1995, Wales 1 - 0 Moldova

October 7, 1995, Bulgaria 3 - 0 Albania

October 8, 1995, Germany 6 - 1 Moldova

October 11, 1995, Georgia 2 - 1 Bulgaria

October 11, 1995, Wales 1 - 2 Germany

November 15, 1995, Germany 3 - 1 Bulgaria

November 15, 1995, Albania 1 - 1 Wales

November 15, 1995, Moldova 3 - 2 Georgia

[edit] Group 8

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Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
Flag of Russia Russia 26 10 8 2 0 34 5
Flag of Scotland Scotland 23 10 7 2 1 19 3
Flag of Greece Greece 18 10 6 0 4 23 9
Flag of Finland Finland 15 10 5 0 5 18 18
Flag of the Faroe Islands Faroe Islands 6 10 2 0 8 10 35
Flag of San Marino San Marino 0 10 0 0 10 2 36

[edit] Results

September 7, 1994, Faroe Islands 1 - 5 Greece

September 7, 1994, Finland 0 - 2 Scotland

October 12, 1994, Scotland 5 - 1 Faroe Islands

October 12, 1994, Greece 4 - 0 Finland

October 12, 1994, Russia 4 - 0 San Marino

November 16, 1994, Greece 2 - 0 San Marino

November 16, 1994, Finland 5 - 0 Faroe Islands

November 16, 1994, Scotland 1 - 1 Russia

December 14, 1994, Finland 4 - 1 San Marino

December 18, 1994, Greece 1 - 0 Scotland

March 29, 1995, Russia 0 - 0 Scotland

March 29, 1995, San Marino 0 - 2 Finland

April 26, 1995, San Marino 0 - 2 Scotland

April 26, 1995, Greece 0 - 3 Russia

April 26, 1995, Faroe Islands 0 - 4 Finland

May 6, 1995, Russia 3 - 0 Faroe Islands

May 25, 1995, Faroe Islands 3 - 0 San Marino

June 7, 1995, San Marino 0 - 7 Russia

June 7, 1995, Faroe Islands 0 - 2 Scotland

June 11, 1995, Finland 2 - 1 Greece

August 16, 1995, Finland 0 - 6 Russia

August 16, 1995, Scotland 1 - 0 Greece

September 6, 1995, Scotland 1 - 0 Finland

September 6, 1995, Faroe Islands 2 - 5 Russia

September 6, 1995, San Marino 0 - 4 Greece

October 11, 1995, Russia 2 - 1 Greece

October 11, 1995, San Marino 1 - 3 Faroe Islands

November 15, 1995, Scotland 5 - 0 San Marino

November 15, 1995, Russia 3 - 1 Finland

November 15, 1995, Greece 5 - 0 Faroe Islands

[edit] Runners-up

The runners-up of each of the eight groups were placed in a table to decide which seven of them would qualify. The best six runners-up would qualify automatically, while the two worst would play-off on a neutral ground to determine the final qualifier. To determine the two worst runner-ups, a comparison was made between all of them. Only matches played against teams that finished first, third and fourth were regarded.

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
1 Flag of Italy Italy 13 6 4 1 1 12 4
2 Flag of Bulgaria Bulgaria 12 6 4 0 2 14 8
3 Flag of Turkey Turkey 11 6 3 2 1 11 8
4 Flag of Scotland Scotland 11 6 3 2 1 5 2
5 Flag of Denmark Denmark 11 6 3 2 1 9 7
6 Flag of France France 10 6 2 4 0 8 2
7 Flag of the Netherlands Netherlands 8 6 2 2 2 6 5
8 Flag of Ireland Republic of Ireland 7 6 2 1 3 8 10

[edit] Play-off

The two worst runners-up took part in a play-off on a neutral ground to determine the final team to qualify.

December 13, 1995 Netherlands Flag of the Netherlands 2 – 0 Flag of Ireland Republic of Ireland Anfield, Liverpool

Attendance: 40,050
Referee: Vadim Zhuk Flag of Belarus

Kluivert Scored after 29 minutes 29' Scored after 88 minutes 88'


Netherlands qualify for final tournament

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