UEFA Euro 1996 Final

UEFA Euro 1996 Final

Czech Republic Germany 1 2
After extra time
Event	UEFA Euro 1996
Date	30 June 1996 (1996-06-30)
Venue	Wembley Stadium, London
Player of the Match	Karel Poborský (Czech Republic)
Referee	Pierluigi Pairetto (Italy)
Attendance	73,611
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The UEFA Euro 1996 Final was a football match played on 30 June 1996 at Wembley Stadium in London, England, to determine the winner of UEFA Euro 1996. The match featured tournament favourites, Germany, who knocked out hosts England in the previous round and Czech Republic, playing in only their first European Championship since the break-up of Czechoslovakia. Both teams had qualified for the knockout stage from Group C of the tournament's group stage, with Germany winning 2–0 in the teams' earlier meeting.

Germany won the final 2–1, with Oliver Bierhoff scoring the golden goal in the 95th minute. Bierhoff had earlier equalised in the 73rd minute after Patrik Berger scored a penalty for Czech Republic on 59 minutes after Karel Poborský had been tripped.

Route to the final

Czech Republic

Group stage 9 June 1996 (1996-06-09)	Germany	2–0	Czech Republic	Manchester
17:00	Ziege  26' Möller  32'	Report		Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 37,300 Referee: David Elleray (England)

Group stage 14 June 1996 (1996-06-14)	Czech Republic	2–1	Italy	Liverpool
19:30	Nedvěd  5' Bejbl  35'	Report	Chiesa  18'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 37,320 Referee: Antonio López Nieto (Spain)

Group stage 19 June 1996 (1996-06-19)	Russia	3–3	Czech Republic	Liverpool
19:30	Mostovoi  49' Tetradze  54' Beschastnykh  85'	Report	Suchopárek  5' Kuka  19' Šmicer  88'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 21,128 Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)

Quarter-final 23 June 1996 (1996-06-23)	Czech Republic	1–0	Portugal	Birmingham
18:30	Poborský  53'	Report		Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 26,832 Referee: Hellmut Krug (Germany)

Semi-final 26 June 1996 (1996-06-26)	France	0–0 (5–6 pen)	Czech Republic	Liverpool
16:00		Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 43,877 Referee: Leslie Mottram (Scotland)
		Penalties
	Zidane Djorkaeff Lizarazu Guérin Blanc Pedros		Kubík Nedvěd Berger Poborský Rada Kadlec

Germany

Group stage 9 June 1996 (1996-06-09)	Germany	2–0	Czech Republic	Manchester
17:00	Ziege  26' Möller  32'	Report		Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 37,300 Referee: David Elleray (England)

Group stage 16 June 1996 (1996-06-16)	Russia	0–3	Germany	Manchester
15:00		Report	Sammer  56' Klinsmann  77', 90'	Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 50,760 Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)

Group stage 19 June 1996 (1996-06-19)	Italy	0–0	Germany	Manchester
19:30		Report		Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 53,740 Referee: Guy Goethals (Belgium)

Quarter-final 23 June 1996 (1996-06-23)	Germany	2–1	Croatia	Birmingham
15:00	Klinsmann  20' (pen.) Sammer  59'	Report	Šuker  51'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 43,412 Referee: Leif Sundell (Sweden)

Semi-final 26 June 1996 (1996-06-26)	Germany	1–1 (6–5 pen)	England	London
19:30	Kuntz  16'	Report	Shearer  3'	Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 75,862 Referee: Sándor Puhl (Hungary)
		Penalties
	Häßler Strunz Reuter Ziege Kuntz Möller		Shearer Platt Pearce Gascoigne Sheringham Southgate

Match

Details

30 June 1996 (1996-06-30) 19:00 BST	Czech Republic	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Germany	Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 73,611 Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto (Italy)
	Berger  59' (pen.)	Report	Bierhoff  73'  95'

Czech Republic

Germany

GK 1 Petr Kouba SW 5 Miroslav Kadlec (c) RB 15 Michal Horňák 47' LB 3 Jan Suchopárek RM 4 Pavel Nedvěd CM 13 Radek Bejbl LM 19 Karel Rada RW 8 Karel Poborský 88' AM 14 Patrik Berger LW 7 Jiří Němec CF 9 Pavel Kuka Substitutions: FW 17 Vladimír Šmicer 88' Manager: Dušan Uhrin

GK 1 Andreas Köpke SW 6 Matthias Sammer 69' CB 14 Markus Babbel CB 5 Thomas Helmer 63' RWB 19 Thomas Strunz LWB 17 Christian Ziege 91' DM 21 Dieter Eilts 46' AM 8 Mehmet Scholl 69' AM 10 Thomas Häßler CF 18 Jürgen Klinsmann (c) CF 11 Stefan Kuntz Substitutions: MF 3 Marco Bode 46' FW 20 Oliver Bierhoff 69' Manager: Berti Vogts

Man of the Match: Karel Poborský (Czech Republic) Assistant referees: Donato Nicoletti (Italy) Tullio Manfredini (Italy) Fourth official: Marcello Nicchi (Italy)

UEFA Euro 1996

Stages

Group A · Group B · Group C · Group D · Group E · Group F · Knockout phase · Final

General information

Squads · Qualification