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1992 European Football Championship

The 1992 European Football Championship (Euro 92) final tournament was hosted by Sweden. It was the 9th edition of the European Football Championship, held every four years and supported by UEFA. The final tournament took place between June 10 and June 26, 1992.

At the time, only eight countries could dispute the final tournament. Seven countries had to qualify for the final stage. Sweden qualified automatically as hosts of the event. Originally, Yugoslavia qualified for the final stage, but due to the developments in the Balkans it was excluded. In its place runner-up Denmark took part in the championship.

Venues

• Nya Ullevi, Gothenburg - Capacity: 44,000
• Råsundastadion, Solna - Capacity: 40,000
• Malmö Stadion, Malmö - Capacity: 30,000
• Idrottsparken, Norrköping - Capacity: 23,000

First Round

All times local (CET)
Half-time scores are in brackets

Group 1

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA Sweden 5 3 2 1 0 4 2 Denmark 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 France 2 3 0 2 1 2 3 England 2 3 0 2 1 1 2

Sweden 1 - 1 France Denmark 0 - 0 England France 0 - 0 England Sweden 1 - 0 Denmark Sweden 2 - 1 England France 1 - 2 Denmark

June 10, 1992

Sweden	1 - 1 (1-0)	France	20:15 - Råsundastadion, Solna Ref: Alexei Spirin (USSR) Attendance: 29,860
J. Eriksson 24'		Papin 58'

June 11, 1992

Denmark

0 - 0 (0-0)

England

20:15 - Malmö Stadion, Malmö Ref: John Blankenstein (Netherlands) Attendance: 26,385

June 14, 1992

France	0 - 0 (0-0)	England	17:15 - Malmö Stadion, Malmö Ref: Sandor Puhl (Hungary) Attendance: 26,535
Sweden	1 - 0 (0-0)	Denmark	20:15 - Råsundastadion, Solna Ref: Aron Schmidhuber (Germany) Attendance: 29,902
Brolin 58'

June 17, 1992

Sweden	2 - 1 (0-1)	England	20:15 - Råsundastadion, Solna Ref: José Rosa dos Santos (Portugal) Attendance: 30,126
Eriksson 51'		Platt 4'
Brolin 82'
France	1 - 2 (0-1)	Denmark	20:15 - Malmö Stadion, Malmö Ref: Hubert Forstinger (Austria) Attendance: 25,673
Papin 60'		Elstrup 78'

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Group 2

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA Netherlands 5 3 2 1 0 4 1 Germany 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 Scotland 2 3 1 0 2 3 3 CIS (USSR) 2 3 0 2 1 1 4

Netherlands 1 - 0 Scotland CIS (USSR) 1 - 1 Germany Scotland 0 - 2 Germany Netherlands 0 - 0 CIS (USSR) Netherlands 3 - 1 Germany Scotland 3 - 0 CIS (USSR)

June 12, 1992

Netherlands	1 - 0 (0-0)	Scotland	17:15 - Nya Ullevi, Gothenburg Ref: Bo Karlsson (Sweden) Attendance: 35,720
Bergkamp 75'
CIS (USSR)	1 - 1 (0-0)	Germany	20:15 - Idrottsparken, Norrköping Ref: Gérard Biguet (France) Attendance: 17,410
Dobrovolski (p) 64'		Hässler 90'

June 15, 1992

Scotland	0 - 2 (0-1)	Germany	17:15 - Idrottsparken, Norrköping Ref: Guy Goethals (Belgium) Attendance: 17,638
		Effenberg 47'
Netherlands	0 - 0 (0-0)	CIS (USSR)	20:15 - Nya Ullevi, Gothenburg Ref: Peter Mikkelsen (Denmark) Attendance: 34,400

June 18, 1992

Netherlands	3 - 1 (2-0)	Germany	20:15 - Nya Ullevi, Gothenburg Ref: Pierluigi Pairetto (Italy) Attendance: 37,725
Rijkaard 4'		Klinsmann 53'
Bergkamp 72'
Scotland	3 - 0 (2-0)	CIS (USSR)	20:15 - Idrottsparken, Norrköping Ref: Kurt Röthlisberger (Switzerland) Attendance: 14,660
McStay 7'
McAllister (p) 84'

Semi-finals

June 21, 1992

Sweden	2 - 3 (0-1)	Germany	20:15 - Råsundastadion, Solna Ref: Tullio Lanese (Italy) Attendance: 28,827
Brolin (p) 64'		K. Andersson 89'			Riedle 88'

June 22, 1992

Netherlands

2 - 2 (1-2)

Denmark

20:15 - Nya Ullevi, Gothenburg Ref: Emilio Soriano Aladrén (Spain) Attendance: 37,450

after extra-time:

2 - 2 (2-2)

Bergkamp 23'

Rijkaard 86'

Larsen 33'

Penalty shootout

Netherlands

4 - 5

Denmark

R. Koeman: goal

1-1

van Basten: Schmeichel saved

1-2

Bergkamp: goal

2-3

Rijkaard: goal

3-4

June 26, 1992 Denmark 2 - 0 (1-0) Germany 20:15 - Nya Ullevi, Gothenburg Ref: Bruno Galler (Switzerland) Attendance: 37,800 DENMARK (First title) [Top] Goal Scorers 3 Goals Henrik Larsen Karlheinz Riedle Dennis Bergkamp Thomas Brolin 2 Goals Jean-Pierre Papin Thomas Hässler Frank Rijkaard Jan Eriksson 1 Goal Igor Dobrovolski John "Faxe" Jensen - Lars Elstrup - Kim Vilfort David Platt Stefan Effenberg - Jürgen Klinsmann Robert Witschge Paul McStay - Brian McClair - Gary McAllister Kennet Andersson [Top] The Winning Squad Denmark Number Player Club in 1992 Goalkeepers 1 Peter Schmeichel Manchester United 16 Mogens Krogh Brøndby Defenders 4 Lars Olsen (Captain) Trabzonspor 2 John Sivebæk Monaco 3 Kent Nielsen Århus 17 Claus Christiansen Lyngby 12 Torben Piechnik B 1903 6 Kim Christofte Brøndby Midfielders 5 Henrik Andersen Cologne 7 John "Faxe" Jensen Brøndby 18 Kim Vilfort Brøndby 13 Henrik Larsen Lyngby 8 Johnny Mølby Nantes 19 Peter Nielsen Lyngby 20 Morten Bruun Silkeborg Forwards 11 Brian Laudrup Bayern Munich 9 Flemming Povlsen Borussia Dortmund 10 Lars Elstrup OB Odense 14 Torben Frank Lyngby 15 Bent Christensen Schalke Coach: Richard Møller Nielsen European Football Championship France 1960 | Spain 1964 | Italy 1968 | Belgium 1972 Yugoslavia 1976 | Italy 1980 | France 1984 West Germany 1988 | Sweden 1992 | England 1996 Belgium/Netherlands 2000 | Portugal 2004 | Austria/Switzerland 2008 International Football FIFA (International) : FIFA World Cup (Women's) : FIFA World Rankings : FIFA World Player of the Year AFC (Asia) : Asian Cup | CAF (Africa) : African Nations Cup CONMEBOL (South America) : Copa América | CONCACAF (North America) - Gold Cup OFC (Oceania) : Oceania Cup | UEFA (Europe) : European Championships