FIFTY (50) years of the European Championships

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EURO ’96 (in England)


This was the first time we/England had hosted a tournament in 30 years, since the World Cup in '66.
The number of teams had doubled again now and there were sixt*een teams in the Finals. So this meant four groups of four, and the top two in each group went into the Quarter finals and beyond. This was also the first time that the 'golden goal' rule was used and it proved to be very important in deciding the Final.


Group A
ENGLAND 1-1 SWITZERLAND (A. Shearer)
SCOTLAND 0-0 HOLLAND
HOLLAND 2-0 SWITZERLAND
ENGLAND 2-0 SCOTLAND (A. Shearer, P. Gascoigne)
SCOTLAND 1-0 SWITZERLAND
ENGLAND 4-1 HOLLAND (A. Shearer 2, T. Sheringham 2)


Group B
SPAIN 1-1 BULGARIA
FRANCE 1-0 ROMANIA
BULGARIA 1-0
SPAIN 1-1 FRANCE
FRANCE 3-1 BULGARIA
SPAIN 2-1 ROMANIA


Group C
GERMANY 2-0 CZECH REPUBLIC
ITALY 2-1 RUSSIA
CZECH REPUBLIC 2-1 ITALY
GERMANY 3-0 RUSSIA
GERMANY 0-0 ITALY
CZECH REPUBLIC 3-3 RUSSIA


Group D
PORTUGAL 1-1 DENMARK
CROATIA 1-0 TURKEY
PORTUGAL 1-0 TURKEY
CROATIA 3-0 DENMARK
DENMARK 3-0 TURKEY
PORTUGAL 3-0 CROATIA


Quarter Finals
ENGLAND 0-0 SPAIN (aet, England win on pens)
HOLLAND 0-0 FRANCE (aet, France win on pens)
GERMANY 2-1 CROATIA
CZECH REPUBLIC 1-0 PORTUGAL


Semi Finals
FRANCE 0-0 CZECH REPUBLIC (aet, Czech Republic win on pens)
ENGLAND 1-1 GERMANY (A. Shearer), (aet, Germany win on pens)


Euro Final
GERMANY 2-1 CZECH REPUBLIC (aet, Germany win on the 'golden goal')



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UEFA_Euro_1996

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EURO ’00 (in Belgium & Holland)

This was the first time that the Euro's were co-hosted by two neighbouring countries. The format was the same, and the 'golden goal' rule decided the Final again, for the second time in a row!.


Group A
ROMANIA 1-1 GERMANY
PORTUGAL 3-2 ENGLAND (P. Scholes, S. McManaman)
PORTUGAL 1-0 ROMANIA
ENGLAND 1-0 GERMANY (A. Shearer)
PORTUGAL 3-0 GERMANY
ROMANIA 3-2 ENGLAND (A. Shearer pen, M. Owen)


Group B
BELGIUM 2-1 SWEDEN
ITALY 2-1 TURKEY
BELGIUM 0-2 ITALY
SWEDEN 0-0 TURKEY
ITALY 2-1 SWEDEN
BELGIUM 0-2 TURKEY


Group C
NORWAY 1-0 SPAIN
YUGOSLAVIA 3-3 SLOVENIA
SPAIN 2-1 SLOVENIA
YUGOSLAVIA 1-0 NORWAY
NORWAY 0-0 SLOVENIA
SPAIN 4-3 YUGOSLAVIA


Group D
FRANCE 3-0 DENMARK
HOLLAND 1-0 CZECH REPUBLIC
FRANCE 2-1 CZECH REPUBLIC
HOLLAND 3-0 DENMARK
CZECH REPUBLIC 2-0 DENMARK
HOLLAND 3-2 FRANCE


Quarter Finals
PORTUGAL 2-0 TURKEY
ITALY 2-0 ROMANIA
HOLLAND 6-1 YUGOSLAVIA
FRANCE 2-1 SPAIN


Semi Finals
FRANCE 2-1 PORTUGAL (aet)
HOLLAND 0-0 ITALY (aet, Italy win on pens)


Euro Final
FRANCE 2-1 ITALY (aet, France win on the 'golden goal')



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UEFA_Euro_2000

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EURO '04 (in Portugal)

This was the first time in the Euro's where the first match of the tournament, featured the same teams as in the last match as well, the Final!.


Group A
PORTUGAL 1-2 GREECE
SPAIN 1-0 RUSSIA
SPAIN 1-1 GREECE
PORTUGAL 2-0 RUSSIA
RUSSIA 2-1 GREECE
PORTUGAL 1-0 SPAIN


Group B
CROATIA 0-0 SWITZERLAND
FRANCE 2-1 ENGLAND (F. Lampard)
ENGLAND 3-0 SWITZERLAND (W. Rooney 2, S. Gerard)
FRANCE 2-2 CROATIA
FRANCE 3-1 SWITZERLAND
ENGLAND 4-2 CROATIA (P. Scholes, W. Rooney 2, F. Lampard)


Group C
DENMARK 0-0 ITALY
SWEDEN 5-0 BULGARIA
DENMARK 2-0 BULGARIA
SWEDEN 1-1 ITALY
SWEDEN 2-2 DENMARK
ITALY 2-1 BULGARIA


Group D
CZECH REPUBLIC 2-1 LATVIA
HOLLAND 1-1 GERMANY
GERMANY 0-0 LATVIA
CZECH REPUBLIC 3-2 HOLLAND
CZECH REPUBLIC 2-1 GERMANY
HOLLAND 3-0 LATVIA


Quarter Finals
PORTUGAL 2-2 ENGLAND (M. Owen, F. Lampard), (aet, Portugal win on pens)
GREECE 1-0 FRANCE
HOLLAND 0-0 SWEDEN (aet, Holland win on pens)
CZECH REPUBLIC 3-0 DENMARK


Semi Finals
PORTUGAL 2-1 HOLLAND
GREECE 1-0 CZECH REPUBLIC (aet)


Euro Final
PORTUGAL 0-1 GREECE



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UEFA_Euro_2004

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EURO '08 (in Austria & Switzerland)


This was another co-hosted tournamet, and we/England failed to qualify for it due to the 'wally with the brolly', Steve McLaren!.
Both Austria & Switzerland offered nothing to the tournament and it became clear that they were only there as automatic qualifying host nations!.


Group A
SWITZERLAND 0-1 CZECH REPUBLIC
PORTUGAL 2-0 TURKEY
PORTUGAL 3-1 CZECH REPUBLIC
SWITZERLAND 1-2 TURKEY
SWITZERLAND 2-0 PORTUGAL
TURKEY 3-2 CZECH REPUBLIC


Group B
AUSTRIA 0-1 CROATIA
GERMANY 2-0 POLAND
CROATIA 2-1 GERMANY
AUSTRIA 1-1 POLAND
CROATIA 1-0 POLAND
AUSTRIA 0-1 GERMANY


Group C
FRANCE 0-0 ROMANIA
HOLLAND 3-0 ITALY
ITALY 1-1 ROMANIA
HOLLAND 4-1 FRANCE
HOLLAND 2-0 ROMANIA
ITALY 2-0 FRANCE


Group D
SPAIN 4-1 RUSSIA
SWEDEN 2-0 GREECE
SPAIN 2-1 SWEDEN
RUSSIA 1-0 GREECE
SPAIN 2-1 GREECE
RUSSIA 2-0 SWEDEN


Quarter Finals
GERMANY 3-2 PORTUGAL
CROATIA 1-1 TURKEY (aet, Turkey win on pens)
RUSSIA 3-1 HOLLAND (aet)
SPAIN 0-0 ITALY (aet, Spain win on pens)


Semi Finals
GERMANY 3-2 TURKEY
SPAIN 3-0 RUSSIA


Euro Final
SPAIN 1-0 GERMANY



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UEFA_Euro_2008

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EURO '12 (in Poland & Ukraine)


This was another co-hosted tournament, and once again the two home teams didn't make any impact and were only there as automatic qualifying host nations!.
Spain won it for the second time in a row, and they also won the World cup as well in between these two Euros finals, so this was easily their best generation.


Group A
POLAND 1-1 GREECE
RUSSIA 4-1 CZECH REPUBLIC
CZECH REPUBLIC 2-1 GREECE
POLAND 1-1 RUSSIA
POLAND 0-1 CZECH REPUBLIC
GREECE 1-0 RUSSIA


Group B
DENMARK 1-0 HOLLAND
GERMANY 1-0 PORTUGAL
PORTUGAL 3-2 DENMARK
GERMANY 2-1 HOLLAND
GERMANY 2-1 DENMARK
PORTUGAL 2-1 HOLLAND


Group C
SPAIN 1-1 ITALY
CROATIA 3-1 REP IRELAND
ITALY 1-1 CROATIA
SPAIN 4-0 REP IRELAND
SPAIN 1-0 CROATIA
ITALY 2-0 REP IRELAND


Group D
ENGLAND 1-1 FRANCE (J. Lescott)
UKRAINE 2-1 SWEDEN
UKRAINE 0-2 FRANCE
ENGLAND 3-2 SWEDEN (A. Carroll, T. Walcott, D. Welbeck)
SWEDEN 2-0 FRANCE
UKRAINE 0-1 ENGLAND (W. Rooney)


Quarter Finals
PORTUGAL 1-0 CZECH REPUBLIC
GERMANY 4-2 GREECE
SPAIN 2-0 FRANCE
ITALY 0-0 ENGLAND (aet, Italy win on pens)


Semi Finals
SPAIN 0-0 PORTUGAL (aet, Spain win on pens)
ITALY 2-1 GERMANY


Euro Final
SPAIN 4-0 ITALY



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UEFA_Euro_2012