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	82 (2.56 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

Main article: 1996 UEFA European Under-16 Championship squads

Participants

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

Republic of Ireland v Austria

April 29, 1996

Republic of Ireland	1 – 0	Austria

Sankt Pölten

Portugal v Poland

April 29, 1996

Portugal	3 – 0	Poland

Sierndorf

Austria v Poland

May 1, 1996

Austria	0 – 0	Poland

Herzogenburg

Republic of Ireland v Portugal

May 1, 1996

Republic of Ireland	0 – 2	Portugal

Atzenbrugg

Poland v Republic of Ireland

May 3, 1996

Poland	0 – 1	Republic of Ireland

Würmla

Austria v Portugal

May 3, 1996

Austria	2 – 2	Portugal

Ziersdorf

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

Greece v Germany

April 29, 1996

Greece	2 – 1	Germany

Neunkirchen

Romania v Ukraine

April 29, 1996

Romania	0 – 1	Ukraine

Bad Vöslau

Romania v Greece

May 1, 1996

Romania	0 – 1	Greece

Scheiblingkirchen-Thernberg

Ukraine v Germany

May 1, 1996

Ukraine	1 – 6	Germany

Kirchschlag in der Buckligen Welt

Germany v Romania

May 3, 1996

Germany	4 – 1	Romania

Gloggnitz

Ukraine v Greece

May 3, 1996

Ukraine	1 – 1	Greece

Kottingbrunn

Group C

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

France v Croatia

April 29, 1996

France	2 – 0	Croatia
olivier bernard

Scheibbs

Spain v Switzerland

April 29, 1996

Spain	4 – 1	Switzerland

Pöchlarn

France v Spain

May 1, 1996

France	3 – 0	Spain

Persenbeug-Gottsdorf

Croatia v Switzerland

May 1, 1996

Croatia	2 – 1	Switzerland

Ardagger

Switzerland v France

May 3, 1996

Switzerland	0 – 1	France

Purgstall an der Erlauf

Croatia v Spain

May 3, 1996

Croatia	1 – 0	Spain

Ybbs an der Donau

Group D

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

England v Slovakia

April 29, 1996

England	2 – 0	Slovakia

Gmünd

Turkey v Israel

April 29, 1996

Turkey	3 – 0	Israel

Horn

England v Turkey

May 1, 1996

England	2 – 1	Turkey

Schrems

Slovakia v Israel

May 1, 1996

Slovakia	0 – 2	Israel

Zellerndorf

Israel v England

May 3, 1996

Israel	2 – 1	England

Retz

Slovakia v Turkey

May 3, 1996

Slovakia	2 – 1	Turkey

Zwettl

Knockout stages

Quarterfinals

Portugal v Croatia

May 6, 1996

Portugal	5 – 1	Croatia

Krems an der Donau

France v Republic of Ireland

May 6, 1996

France	0 – 0	Republic of Ireland

	Penalties
	5 – 4

Amstetten

Greece v England

May 6, 1996

Greece	1 – 0	England

Baden bei Wien

Israel v Germany

May 6, 1996

Israel	3 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Germany

Stockerau

Semifinals

Portugal v Greece

May 8, 1996

Portugal	3 – 0	Greece

Tulln an der Donau

France v Israel

May 8, 1996

France	1 – 0	Israel
Vieira 52'

Wiener Neustadt

Third Place Playoff

Greece v Israel

May 11, 1996

Greece	2 – 3	Israel

Vienna

Final

Portugal v France

May 11, 1996

Portugal	1 – 0	France
Petit 43'

Vienna

References

UEFA European U-16 and U-17 Championship

Under-16 era, 1982–2001

Tournaments	Italy 1982 West Germany 1984 Hungary 1985 Greece 1986 France 1987 Spain 1988 Denmark 1989 East Germany 1990 Switzerland 1991 Cyprus 1992 Turkey 1993 Republic of Ireland 1994 Belgium 1995 Austria 1996 Germany 1997 Scotland 1998 Czech Republic 1999 Israel 2000 England 2001

Qualification	1982 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001

Squads	1982 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001

Under-17 era, 2002–present

Tournaments	Denmark 2002 Portugal 2003 France 2004 Italy 2005 Luxembourg 2006 Belgium 2007 Turkey 2008 Germany 2009 Liechtenstein 2010 Serbia 2011 Slovenia 2012 Slovakia 2013 Malta 2014 Bulgaria 2015 Azerbaijan 2016 Croatia 2017 England 2018

Qualification	2002 2003 2004 (First, Second) 2005 (First, Elite) 2006 (First, Elite) 2007 (First, Elite) 2008 (First, Elite) 2009 (First, Elite) 2010 (First, Elite) 2011 (First, Elite) 2012 (First, Elite) 2013 (First, Elite) 2014 (First, Elite) 2015 2016 2017

Squads	2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

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