UEFA Euro 1996 Group B

Group B of UEFA Euro 1996 was one of four groups at UEFA Euro 1996. The group consisted of France, Spain, Bulgaria and Romania.

France and Spain qualified from the group at the expense of Romania and Bulgaria. France finished top with 2 wins and a draw from their 3 matches. Spain achieved 1 win and 2 draws in their games.

Contents
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 France 3 2 1 0 5 2 +3 7
 Spain 3 1 2 0 4 3 +1 5
 Bulgaria 3 1 1 1 3 4 -1 4
 Romania 3 0 0 3 1 4 -3 0

Spain vs Bulgaria

1996-06-09
14:30
 Spain  1 – 1  Bulgaria Elland Road, Leeds
Attendance: 26,000
Referee: Piero Ceccarini (Italy)
Alfonso  74' (Report) Stoichkov  65' (pen.)

SPAIN:
GK 1 Andoni Zubizarreta (c)
RB 3 Alberto Belsúe
CB 4 Rafael Alkorta
CB 5 Abelardo 90'
LB 12 Sergi 39'
DM 6 Fernando Hierro
MF 15 José Luis Caminero 27' 82'
MF 18 Guillermo Amor 42' 70'
AM 8 Julen Guerrero 51'
AM 21 Luis Enrique
FW 9 Juan Antonio Pizzi  75'
Substitutions:
FW 7 José Emilio Amavisca 51'
FW 11 Alfonso 70'
MF 10 Donato 82'
Manager:
Javier Clemente

BULGARIA:
GK 1 Borislav Mikhailov (c)
RB 2 Radostin Kishishev 55'
DF 3 Trifon Ivanov
DF 5 Petar Houbchev  72'
LB 4 Ilian Kiriakov 72'
DM 6 Zlatko Yankov 77'
RM 7 Emil Kostadinov 73'
LM 11 Yordan Letchkov
AM 10 Krassimir Balakov
FW 8 Hristo Stoichkov 29'
FW 9 Luboslav Penev 78'
Substitutions:
DF 18 Tzanko Tzvetanov 72'
MF 15 Ivaylo Yordanov 73'
MF 16 Daniel Borimirov 78'
Manager:
Dimitar Penev

Man of the Match:


Assistant referees:
Enrico Preziosi
Fabrizio Zanforlin
Fourth official:
Alfredo Trentalange

Romania vs France

1996-06-10
19:30
 Romania  0 – 1  France St James' Park, Newcastle
Attendance: 36,000
Referee: Hellmut Krug (Germany)
(Report) Dugarry  25'

ROMANIA:
GK 1 Bogdan Stelea
RWB 2 Dan Petrescu 78'
DF 4 Miodrag Belodedici
SW 6 Gheorghe Popescu
DF 16 Gheorghe Mihali 49'
LWB 13 Tibor Selymes 71'
MF 5 Ioan Lupescu
MF 11 Dorinel Munteanu
AM 10 Gheorghe Hagi (c)
FW 7 Marius Lăcătuş 56'
FW 9 Florin Răducioiu 46'
Substitutions:
FW 20 Viorel Moldovan 46'
FW 19 Adrian Ilie 90' 56'
DF 17 Iulian Filipescu 78'
Manager:
Anghel Iordănescu

FRANCE:
GK 1 Bernard Lama
DF 15 Lilian Thuram
DF 8 Marcel Desailly
DF 5 Laurent Blanc
DF 3 Éric Di Meco 20' 68'
MF 7 Didier Deschamps (c)
MF 6 Vincent Guérin
MF 19 Christian Karembeu
MF 10 Zinedine Zidane 80'
FW 9 Youri Djorkaeff
FW 13 Christophe Dugarry 68'
Substitutions:
FW 11 Patrice Loko 68'
DF 12 Bixente Lizarazu 68'
DF 20 Alain Roche 80'
Manager:
Aimé Jacquet

Man of the Match:


Assistant referees:
Klaus Plettenberg
Egbert Engler
Fourth official:
Hermann Albrecht

Bulgaria vs Romania

1996-06-13
16:30
 Bulgaria  1 – 0  Romania St James' Park, Newcastle
Attendance: 19,107
Referee: Peter Mikkelsen (Denmark)
Stoichkov  3' (Report)

BULGARIA:
GK 1 Borislav Mikhailov (c)
DF 2 Radostin Kishishev 48'
DF 3 Trifon Ivanov
DF 18 Tzanko Tzvetanov
MF 6 Zlatko Yankov
MF 7 Emil Kostadinov 32'
MF 11 Yordan Letchkov 90'
MF 10 Krassimir Balakov
MF 15 Ivaylo Yordanov
FW 8 Hristo Stoichkov
FW 9 Luboslav Penev 72'
Substitutions:
MF 16 Daniel Borimirov 64' 32'
FW 14 Nasko Sirakov 72'
MF 13 Bontcho Guentchev 90'
Manager:
Dimitar Penev

ROMANIA:
GK 1 Bogdan Stelea
RWB 2 Dan Petrescu
CB 3 Daniel Prodan
SW 6 Gheorghe Popescu 78'
CB 4 Miodrag Belodedici
LWB 13 Tibor Selymes
MF 5 Ioan Lupescu 46'
MF 11 Dorinel Munteanu
AM 10 Gheorghe Hagi (c)
FW 7 Marius Lăcătuş 29'
FW 9 Florin Răducioiu
Substitutions:
FW 20 Viorel Moldovan 29'
MF 14 Constantin Gâlcă 46'
FW 19 Adrian Ilie 78'
Manager:
Anghel Iordănescu

Man of the Match:


Assistant referees:
Jens Larsen
Henning Knudsen
Fourth official:
Knud Erik Fisker

France vs Spain

1996-06-15
18:00
 France  1 – 1  Spain Elland Road, Leeds
Attendance: 39,000
Referee: Vadim Zhuk (Belarus)
Djorkaeff  49' (Report) Caminero  86'

FRANCE:
GK 1 Bernard Lama
RB 15 Jocelyn Angloma 65'
CB 8 Marcel Desailly
CB 5 Laurent Blanc 43'
LB 12 Bixente Lizarazu
MF 7 Didier Deschamps (c)
MF 6 Vincent Guérin 81'
MF 19 Christian Karembeu 60'
AM 10 Zinedine Zidane
FW 9 Youri Djorkaeff 63'
FW 11 Patrice Loko 74'
Substitutions:
DF 20 Alain Roche 65'
FW 13 Christophe Dugarry 74'
DF 15 Lilian Thuram 81'
Manager:
Aimé Jacquet

SPAIN:
GK 1 Andoni Zubizarreta (c)
RWB 16 Jorge Otero 56' 59'
CB 2 Juan Manuel López
CB 4 Rafael Alkorta
CB 5 Abelardo
LWB 12 Sergi
DM 6 Fernando Hierro
MF 15 José Luis Caminero
RW 21 Luis Enrique 12' 55'
FW 11 Alfonso 83'
LW 7 José Emilio Amavisca 53'
Substitutions:
FW 17 Javier Manjarín 55'
FW 14 Kiko 59'
FW 19 Julio Salinas 83'
Manager:
Javier Clemente

Man of the Match:


Assistant referees:
Yury Dupanau
Aleh Chykun
Fourth official:
Kazimir Znaydinsky

France vs Bulgaria

1996-06-18
16:30
 France  3 – 1  Bulgaria St James' Park, Newcastle
Attendance: 26,976
Referee: Dermot Gallagher (England)
Blanc  21'
Penev  63' (o.g.)
Loko  90'		 (Report) Stoichkov  69'

FRANCE:
GK 1 Bernard Lama
RB 15 Lilian Thuram 65'
CB 8 Marcel Desailly 3'
CB 5 Laurent Blanc
LB 12 Bixente Lizarazu
MF 7 Didier Deschamps (c)
MF 6 Vincent Guérin
MF 19 Christian Karembeu
AM 10 Zinedine Zidane 62'
FW 9 Youri Djorkaeff
FW 13 Christophe Dugarry 36' 70'
Substitutions:
DF 20 Alain Roche 65'
FW 11 Patrice Loko 74'
DF 15 Lilian Thuram 81'
Manager:
Aimé Jacquet

BULGARIA:
GK 1 Borislav Mikhailov (c)
RB 17 Emil Kremenliev 14'
DF 3 Trifon Ivanov 8'
DF 5 Petar Houbchev
LB 18 Tsanko Tsvetanov
DM 6 Zlatko Yankov 79'
RM 15 Ivaylo Yordanov
LM 11 Yordan Letchkov
AM 10 Krassimir Balakov 82'
FW 8 Hristo Stoichkov
FW 9 Luboslav Penev
Substitutions:
MF 16 Daniel Borimirov 79'
FW 20 Georgi Donkov 82'
Manager:
Dimitar Penev

Man of the Match:


Assistant referees:
Philip Joslin
Mark Warren
Fourth official:
Paul Durkin

Romania vs Spain

1996-06-18
16:30
 Romania  1 – 2  Spain Elland Road, Leeds
Attendance: 32,719
Referee: Ahmet Çakar (Turkey)
Răducioiu  29' (Report) Manjarín  11'
Amor  84'

ROMANIA:
GK 12 Florian Prunea
RWB 2 Dan Petrescu
CB 15 Anton Doboş
SW 6 Gheorghe Popescu
CB 3 Daniel Prodan 86'
LWB 13 Tibor Selymes
MF 18 Ovidiu Stângă
MF 14 Constantin Gâlcă 77'
AM 10 Gheorghe Hagi (c) 21'
FW 19 Adrian Ilie 47' 66'
FW 9 Florin Răducioiu 77'
Substitutions:
MF 11 Dorinel Munteanu 66'
FW 21 Ion Vlădoiu 77'
MF 5 Ioan Lupescu 86'
Manager:
Anghel Iordănescu

SPAIN:
GK 1 Andoni Zubizarreta (c)
RB 2 Juan Manuel López
CB 4 Rafael Alkorta
CB 5 Abelardo 64'
LB 12 Sergi
RW 17 Javier Manjarín
DM 20 Miguel Ángel Nadal 59'
DM 6 Fernando Hierro
LW 7 José Emilio Amavisca 72'
FW 14 Kiko 36'
FW 9 Juan Antonio Pizzi 57'
Substitutions:
FW 11 Alfonso Pérez 57'
FW 14 Guillermo Amor 64'
FW 8 Julen Guerrero 72'
Manager:
Javier Clemente

Man of the Match:


Assistant referees:
Akif Ugurdur
Turgay Gudu
Fourth official:
Oguz Sarvan
Stages
Group A · Group B · Group C · Group D · Knockout stage · Final
General information
Qualification · Squads · Schedule · Discipline · Officials
UEFA Euro 1996 finalists
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Eliminated in semi-finals
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Eliminated in group stage