UEFA Euro 1996 Group C

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The match between the Czech Republic and Germany, commemorated on an Azerbaijani postage stamp

Group C of UEFA Euro 1996 was one of four groups in the final tournament's initial group stage. It began on 9 June and was completed on 19 June. The group consisted of Germany, Italy, the Czech Republic and Russia.[1][2]

Using FIFA World Rankings as a measure of the strength of the teams, The Guardian calculated in 2007 that the strongest "Group of Death" of all time was the Euro 1996 Group C. The teams (and world rankings) were Germany (2), Russia (3), Italy (7) and the Czech Republic (10).[3][4][5] This record was surpassed by the May 2012 rankings for Euro 2012 Group B, with Germany (2), the Netherlands (4), Portugal (5) and Denmark (10),[6] but not the June rankings immediately before the tournament (3, 4, 10 and 9 respectively).[7][8]

Germany won the group and advanced to the quarter-finals, along with the Czech Republic. Italy and Russia failed to advance.

Teams

Draw position Team Method of
qualification 		Date of
qualification 		Finals
appearance 		Last
appearance 		Previous best
performance 		FIFA Rankings
May 1996
C1 (seed)  Germany[nb 1] Group 7 winner 15 November 1995 7th 1992 Winners (1972, 1980) 2
C2  Czech Republic[nb 2] Group 5 winner 15 November 1995 4th 1980 Winners (1976) 10
C3  Italy Group 4 runner-up (1st best runner-up) 15 November 1995 4th 1988 Winners (1968) 7
C4  Russia[nb 3] Group 8 winner 15 November 1995 7th 1992 Winners (1960) 3

Notes

  1. ^ From 1972 to 1988, Germany competed as West Germany.
  2. ^ From 1960 to 1980, the Czech Republic competed as Czechoslovakia.
  3. ^ From 1960 to 1988, Russia competed as the Soviet Union, and in 1992 as CIS.

Standings

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Germany 3 2 1 0 5 0 +5 7 Advance to knockout stage
2  Czech Republic 3 1 1 1 5 6 −1 4[a]
3  Italy 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4[a]
4  Russia 3 0 1 2 4 8 −4 1
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head result: Czech Republic 2–1 Italy.

In the quarter-finals,

  • The winner of Group C, Germany, advanced to play the runner-up of Group D, Croatia.
  • The runner-up of Group C, Czech Republic, advanced to play the winner of Group D, Portugal.

Matches

All times British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Germany vs Czech Republic

Germany 2–0 Czech Republic
 Report
Attendance: 37,300
Germany
Czech Republic
GK 1 Andreas Köpke
SW 6 Matthias Sammer
CB 5 Thomas Helmer
CB 15 Jürgen Kohler (c) downward-facing red arrow 14'
RWB 2 Stefan Reuter Yellow card 69'
LWB 17 Christian Ziege Yellow card 28'
CM 21 Dieter Eilts
CM 10 Thomas Häßler Yellow card 77'
AM 7 Andreas Möller Yellow card 58'
CF 9 Fredi Bobic downward-facing red arrow 65'
CF 11 Stefan Kuntz Yellow card 52' downward-facing red arrow 83'
Substitutions:
DF 14 Markus Babbel Yellow card 59' upward-facing green arrow 14'
MF 19 Thomas Strunz upward-facing green arrow 65'
FW 20 Oliver Bierhoff upward-facing green arrow 83'
Manager:
Berti Vogts
GK 1 Petr Kouba
RB 15 Michal Horňák
CB 5 Miroslav Kadlec (c) Yellow card 67'
LB 3 Jan Suchopárek
RM 2 Radoslav Látal
CM 7 Jiří Němec
CM 13 Radek Bejbl Yellow card 19'
LM 4 Pavel Nedvěd Yellow card 45'
AM 11 Martin Frýdek downward-facing red arrow 46'
CF 8 Karel Poborský downward-facing red arrow 46'
CF 9 Pavel Kuka
Substitutions:
MF 14 Patrik Berger upward-facing green arrow 46'
FW 10 Radek Drulák Yellow card 67' upward-facing green arrow 46'
Manager:
Dušan Uhrin

Man of the Match:
Matthias Sammer (Germany)[9]

Assistant referees:
Anthony Bates (England)
Peter Walton (England)
Fourth official:
Stephen Lodge (England)

Italy vs Russia

Italy 2–1 Russia
 Report
Attendance: 35,120
Italy
Russia
GK 1 Angelo Peruzzi
RB 8 Roberto Mussi
CB 5 Alessandro Costacurta
CB 2 Luigi Apolloni
LB 3 Paolo Maldini (c)
RM 15 Angelo Di Livio downward-facing red arrow 62'
CM 16 Roberto Di Matteo
CM 10 Demetrio Albertini Yellow card 14'
LM 14 Alessandro Del Piero downward-facing red arrow 46'
CF 21 Gianfranco Zola
CF 18 Pierluigi Casiraghi downward-facing red arrow 80'
Substitutions:
MF 7 Roberto Donadoni Yellow card 83' upward-facing green arrow 46'
MF 17 Diego Fuser upward-facing green arrow 62'
FW 20 Fabrizio Ravanelli upward-facing green arrow 80'
Manager:
Arrigo Sacchi
GK 12 Stanislav Cherchesov
RB 2 Omari Tetradze
CB 7 Viktor Onopko (c) Yellow card 8'
CB 5 Yuri Kovtun Yellow card 82'
LB 13 Yevgeni Bushmanov downward-facing red arrow 46'
RM 8 Andrei Kanchelskis
CM 6 Valery Karpin downward-facing red arrow 63'
CM 19 Vladislav Radimov
LM 4 Ilya Tsymbalar downward-facing red arrow 71'
SS 10 Aleksandr Mostovoi
CF 9 Igor Kolyvanov Yellow card 31'
Substitutions:
DF 18 Igor Yanovski upward-facing green arrow 46'
FW 11 Sergei Kiriakov upward-facing green arrow 63'
MF 14 Igor Dobrovolski upward-facing green arrow 71'
Manager:
Oleg Romantsev

Man of the Match:
Pierluigi Casiraghi (Italy)[9]

Assistant referees:
Robert Orr (Scotland)
John Fleming (Scotland)
Fourth official:
Hugh Dallas (Scotland)

Czech Republic vs Italy

Czech Republic 2–1 Italy
 Report
Attendance: 37,320
Czech Republic
Italy
GK 1 Petr Kouba
RB 3 Jan Suchopárek Yellow card 20'
CB 5 Miroslav Kadlec (c) Yellow card 90'
LB 15 Michal Horňák
RM 2 Radoslav Látal Yellow card 50' downward-facing red arrow 88'
CM 13 Radek Bejbl
CM 7 Jiří Němec
LM 4 Pavel Nedvěd
AM 8 Karel Poborský
AM 14 Patrik Berger downward-facing red arrow 64'
CF 9 Pavel Kuka Yellow card 59'
Substitutions:
MF 17 Vladimír Šmicer upward-facing green arrow 64'
MF 6 Václav Němeček upward-facing green arrow 88'
Manager:
Dušan Uhrin
GK 1 Angelo Peruzzi
RB 8 Roberto Mussi
CB 5 Alessandro Costacurta
CB 2 Luigi Apolloni Red card 29'
LB 3 Paolo Maldini (c)
RM 7 Roberto Donadoni
CM 10 Demetrio Albertini
CM 11 Dino Baggio downward-facing red arrow 39'
LM 17 Diego Fuser Yellow card 90'
CF 19 Enrico Chiesa downward-facing red arrow 78'
CF 20 Fabrizio Ravanelli downward-facing red arrow 58'
Substitutions:
MF 4 Amedeo Carboni upward-facing green arrow 39'
FW 18 Pierluigi Casiraghi upward-facing green arrow 58'
FW 21 Gianfranco Zola upward-facing green arrow 78'
Manager:
Arrigo Sacchi

Man of the Match:
Radek Bejbl (Czech Republic)[9]

Assistant referees:
Victoriano Giráldez Carrasco (Spain)
Manuel López Fernández (Spain)
Fourth official:
Juan Ansuátegui Roca (Spain)

Russia vs Germany

Russia 0–3 Germany
Report
Attendance: 50,760
Russia
Germany
GK 1 Dmitri Kharine
RB 2 Omari Tetradze
CB 7 Viktor Onopko (c) Yellow card 30'
CB 3 Yuri Nikiforov
LB 5 Yuri Kovtun Red card 70'
RM 8 Andrei Kanchelskis Yellow card 13'
CM 19 Vladislav Radimov downward-facing red arrow 46'
CM 21 Dmitri Khokhlov downward-facing red arrow 66'
LM 4 Ilya Tsymbalar
SS 10 Aleksandr Mostovoi
CF 9 Igor Kolyvanov
Substitutions:
MF 6 Valeri Karpin upward-facing green arrow 46'
MF 16 Igor Simutenkov upward-facing green arrow 66'
Manager:
Oleg Romantsev
GK 1 Andreas Köpke
SW 6 Matthias Sammer
CB 14 Markus Babbel Yellow card 16'
CB 5 Thomas Helmer
RWB 2 Stefan Reuter
LWB 17 Christian Ziege
CM 10 Thomas Häßler downward-facing red arrow 67'
CM 21 Dieter Eilts
AM 7 Andreas Möller downward-facing red arrow 87'
CF 18 Jürgen Klinsmann (c)
CF 20 Oliver Bierhoff Yellow card 31' downward-facing red arrow 85'
Substitutions:
MF 4 Steffen Freund upward-facing green arrow 67'
FW 11 Stefan Kuntz upward-facing green arrow 85'
MF 19 Thomas Strunz upward-facing green arrow 87'
Manager:
Berti Vogts

Man of the Match:
Jürgen Klinsmann (Germany)[9]

Assistant referees:
Carl-Johan Christensen Meyer (Denmark)
Torben Siersen (Denmark)
Fourth official:
Lars Gerner (Denmark)

Russia vs Czech Republic

Russia 3–3 Czech Republic
 Report
Attendance: 21,128
Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)
Russia
Czech Republic
GK 12 Stanislav Cherchesov
RB 2 Omari Tetradze
CB 3 Yuri Nikiforov Yellow card 5'
CB 20 Sergei Gorlukovich
LB 18 Igor Yanovski Yellow card 61'
CM 6 Valeri Karpin (c)
CM 21 Dmitri Khokhlov
RW 19 Vladislav Radimov Yellow card 26'
LW 4 Ilya Tsymbalar Yellow card 28' downward-facing red arrow 67'
CF 9 Igor Kolyvanov downward-facing red arrow 46'
CF 16 Igor Simutenkov downward-facing red arrow 46'
Substitutions:
FW 10 Aleksandr Mostovoi upward-facing green arrow 46'
FW 17 Vladimir Beschastnykh upward-facing green arrow 46'
MF 15 Igor Shalimov upward-facing green arrow 67'
Manager:
Oleg Romantsev
GK 1 Petr Kouba
RB 15 Michal Horňák
CB 12 Luboš Kubík (c)
LB 3 Jan Suchopárek
RM 2 Radoslav Látal
CM 13 Radek Bejbl
CM 7 Jiří Němec Yellow card 77'
LM 4 Pavel Nedvěd Yellow card 60'
AM 8 Karel Poborský
AM 14 Patrik Berger downward-facing red arrow 90'
CF 9 Pavel Kuka downward-facing red arrow 69'
Substitutions:
FW 17 Vladimír Šmicer upward-facing green arrow 69'
MF 6 Václav Němeček upward-facing green arrow 90'
Manager:
Dušan Uhrin

Man of the Match:
Karel Poborský (Czech Republic)[9]

Assistant referees:
Mikael Nilsson (Sweden)
Sten Samuelsson (Sweden)
Fourth official:
Morgan Norman (Sweden)

Italy vs Germany

See also: Germany–Italy football rivalry
Italy 0–0 Germany
Report
Attendance: 53,740
Italy
Germany
GK 1 Angelo Peruzzi
RB 8 Roberto Mussi
CB 5 Alessandro Costacurta
CB 3 Paolo Maldini (c)
LB 4 Amedeo Carboni downward-facing red arrow 76'
RM 17 Diego Fuser downward-facing red arrow 81'
CM 10 Demetrio Albertini
CM 16 Roberto Di Matteo downward-facing red arrow 67'
LM 7 Roberto Donadoni
CF 21 Gianfranco Zola
CF 18 Pierluigi Casiraghi Yellow card 18'
Substitutions:
FW 19 Enrico Chiesa upward-facing green arrow 67'
DF 9 Moreno Torricelli upward-facing green arrow 76'
MF 15 Angelo Di Livio upward-facing green arrow 81'
Manager:
Arrigo Sacchi
GK 1 Andreas Köpke
SW 6 Matthias Sammer
RB 19 Thomas Strunz Red card 59'
CB 5 Thomas Helmer
CB 4 Steffen Freund
LB 17 Christian Ziege
CM 10 Thomas Häßler
CM 21 Dieter Eilts
CM 7 Andreas Möller downward-facing red arrow 89'
CF 18 Jürgen Klinsmann (c)
CF 9 Fredi Bobic
Substitutions:
MF 3 Marco Bode upward-facing green arrow 89'
Manager:
Berti Vogts

Man of the Match:
Andreas Köpke (Germany)[9]

Assistant referees:
Marc Van den Broeck (Belgium)
Stany Op de Beeck (Belgium)
Fourth official:
Michel Piraux (Belgium)

See also

References

  1. ^ "European Championship 1996". RSSSF. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 18 January 2000. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
  2. ^ "Full Statistical Info on Euro '96". RSSSF. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 3 July 1996. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
  3. ^ Ashdown, John; Gardner, Alan; Dart, James (12 December 2007). "The Knowledge: the deadliest group of death ever". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 December 2009.
  4. ^ Lacey, David (7 June 2004). "Dial D for death: Three previous winners in one group is a sign of the times". The Guardian.
  5. ^ Wilson, Paul (11 December 2005). "An easy group? Draw your own conclusions". The Observer. Retrieved 3 December 2009.
  6. ^ Steinberg, Jacob (6 June 2012). "The Knowledge: Euro 2012 special, part one". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 June 2012.
  7. ^ "Spain still No. 1 in FIFA rankings". ESPN.com. Associated Press. 6 June 2012. Archived from the original on 8 June 2012. Retrieved 8 June 2012.
  8. ^ "Euro 2012 Group B: Bosses react to 'Group of Death' - Yahoo! Eurosport UK". Uk.eurosport.yahoo.com. Archived from the original on 8 April 2012. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
  9. ^ a b c d e f "Man of the Match". UEFA Euro 96 England – Technical Report (PDF). Nyon: UEFA. 1996. p. 48. Retrieved 7 January 2023.

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