1996 UEFA European Under-16 Championship

1996 UEFA Under-16 Championship

U-16-Fußball-Europameisterschaft 1996
Tournament details
Host country	Austria
Dates	29 April - 11 May
Teams	16 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Portugal (3rd title)
Runners-up	France
Third place	Israel
Fourth place	Greece
Tournament statistics
Matches played	32
Goals scored	83 (2.59 per match)

The 1996 UEFA European Under-16 Championship was the 14th edition of UEFA's European Under-16 Football Championship. Austria hosted the championship, during April 29 - May 11, 1996. 16 teams entered the competition, and Portugal defeated France in the final to win the competition for the third time. Portugal was the first team to win the title two years in a row (Spain did it again in 2007 and 2008).

Squads

Participants

•  Austria
•  Croatia
•  England
•  France
•  Germany
•  Greece
•  Republic of Ireland
•  Israel
•  Poland
•  Portugal
•  Romania
•  Slovakia
•  Spain
•   Switzerland
•  Turkey
•  Ukraine

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Portugal	3	2	1	0	7	2	+5	7
Republic of Ireland	3	2	0	1	2	2	0	6
Austria	3	0	2	1	2	3	-1	2
Poland	3	0	1	2	0	4	-4	1

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Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Greece	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2	7
Germany	3	2	0	1	11	4	+7	6
Ukraine	3	1	1	1	3	7	-4	4
Romania	3	0	0	3	1	6	-5	0

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Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
France	3	3	0	0	6	0	+6	9
Croatia	3	2	0	1	3	3	0	6
Spain	3	1	0	2	4	5	-1	3
Switzerland	3	0	0	3	2	7	-5	0

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Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Israel	3	2	0	1	4	4	0	6
England	3	2	0	1	5	3	+2	6
Slovakia	3	1	0	2	2	5	-3	3
Turkey	3	1	0	2	5	4	+1	3

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Knockout stages

Quarterfinals

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Semifinals

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Third Place Playoff

Final

References

• RSSSF.com
• UEFA.com

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