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1996 UEFA European Under-21 Championship

FieldValue
tourney_name1996 UEFA European Under-21 Championship
countrySpain
dates12 March – 31 May
confederations1
num_teams8
venues1
cities1
champion_other
count3
second_other
third_other
fourth_other
matches12
goals28
attendance197229
top_scorerESP Raúl (3 goals)
playerItaly Fabio Cannavaro
prevseason[1994](1994-uefa-european-under-21-championship)
nextseason[1998](1998-uefa-european-under-21-championship)

The 1996 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, which spanned two years (1994–96), had 44 entrants. After the quarter-finals stage, Spain were chosen as the hosts of the final stages, consisting of four matches in total. Italy U-21s won the competition for the third consecutive time.

Format

No fewer than 13 newly independent nations competed for the first time – due mainly to the fall of Socialist rule in Europe in the early 1990s.

Russia, who competed in 1994 were joined by nine further former Soviet Union states: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova and Ukraine.

The exclusion (for political reasons) of the team from Serbia and Montenegro, then known as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia continued. Croatia, Slovenia and the Republic of Macedonia were three former states of Yugoslavia who did compete though.

Czechoslovakia became two separate nations – teams from the Czech Republic and Slovakia complete the list of new entrants.

The 44 national teams were divided into eight groups (four groups of 5 + four groups of 6). The group winners played off against each other on a two-legged home-and-away basis to determine the final four, one of whom would host the last four matches. The top five nations qualify for the Atlanta '96 Olympics.

Qualification

Main article: 1996 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification

List of qualified teams

CountryQualified asPrevious appearances in tournament**[1](1)**
[Group 1 winner](1996-uefa-european-under-21-championship-qualification-group-1)5 ([1982](1982-uefa-european-under-21-championship), [1984](1984-uefa-european-under-21-championship), [1986](1986-uefa-european-under-21-championship), **[1988](1988-uefa-european-under-21-championship)**, [1994](1994-uefa-european-under-21-championship))
[Group 2 winner](1996-uefa-european-under-21-championship-qualification-group-2)5 ([1982](1982-uefa-european-under-21-championship), [1984](1984-uefa-european-under-21-championship), **[1986](1986-uefa-european-under-21-championship)**, [1988](1988-uefa-european-under-21-championship), [1990](1990-uefa-european-under-21-championship))
[Group 3 winner](1996-uefa-european-under-21-championship-qualification-group-3)3 ([1978](1978-uefa-european-under-21-championship), [1980](1980-uefa-european-under-21-championship), [1986](1986-uefa-european-under-21-championship))
[Group 4 winner](1996-uefa-european-under-21-championship-qualification-group-4)9 ([1978](1978-uefa-european-under-21-championship), [1980](1980-uefa-european-under-21-championship), [1982](1982-uefa-european-under-21-championship), [1984](1984-uefa-european-under-21-championship), [1986](1986-uefa-european-under-21-championship), [1988](1988-uefa-european-under-21-championship), [1990](1990-uefa-european-under-21-championship), **[1992](1992-uefa-european-under-21-championship)**, **[1994](1994-uefa-european-under-21-championship)**)
[Group 5 winner](1996-uefa-european-under-21-championship-qualification-group-5)6 ([1978](1978-uefa-european-under-21-championship)**[2](2)**, [1980](1980-uefa-european-under-21-championship)**[2](2)**, [1988](1988-uefa-european-under-21-championship)**[2](2)**, [1990](1990-uefa-european-under-21-championship)**[2](2)**, [1992](1992-uefa-european-under-21-championship)**[2](2)**, [1994](1994-uefa-european-under-21-championship)**[2](2)**)
[Group 6 winner](1996-uefa-european-under-21-championship-qualification-group-6)1 ([1994](1994-uefa-european-under-21-championship))
[Group 7 winner](1996-uefa-european-under-21-championship-qualification-group-7)3 ([1982](1982-uefa-european-under-21-championship)**[3](3)**, [1990](1990-uefa-european-under-21-championship)**[3](3)**, [1992](1992-uefa-european-under-21-championship))
[Group 8 winner](1996-uefa-european-under-21-championship-qualification-group-8)4 ([1980](1980-uefa-european-under-21-championship), [1982](1982-uefa-european-under-21-championship), [1984](1984-uefa-european-under-21-championship), [1988](1988-uefa-european-under-21-championship))

:1 Bold indicates champion for that year :2 As Czechoslovakia :3 As West Germany

Squads

Main article: 1996 UEFA European Under-21 Championship squads

Results

Quarter-finals

First leg

Zavadszky

Roberto

Second leg

Hamilton Donnelly

Maurice

Peixe

Semi-finals

De la Peña

Third-place play-off

Final

Pistone Fresi Nesta
Morfeo De Pedro Aranzábal Raúl

Goalscorers

;3 goals

  • ESP Raúl

;2 goals

  • ITA Francesco Totti
  • FRA Florian Maurice
  • FRA Robert Pires

;1 goal

  • CZE Vladimír Šmicer
  • CZE Robert Vágner
  • FRA Patrick Moreau
  • GER Christian Nerlinger
  • HUN Gábor Egressy
  • HUN Károly Szanyó
  • HUN Gábor Zavadszky
  • ITA Christian Vieri
  • POR Hugo Porfírio
  • ESP Dani
  • ESP Óscar
  • ESP Iván de la Peña
  • ESP Roberto Fresnedoso
  • SCO Christian Dailly
  • SCO Simon Donnelly
  • SCO Stephen Glass
  • SCO Jim Hamilton
  • SCO Scott Marshall

;Own goal

  • POR Emílio Peixe (playing against Italy)
  • ESP Iñigo Idiakez (playing against Italy)

Medal table and Olympic qualifiers

  • France, Italy and Spain qualify for Olympic Games finals.
  • Best losing quarter-finalists Hungary and Portugal also qualify.
  • Scotland do not compete in the Olympic Football Tournament (See Great Britain Olympic football team).

quarter-finals

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