1996 UEFA European Under-16 Football Championship

1996 UEFA Under-16 Championship

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	83 (2.59 per match)
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The 1996 UEFA European Under-16 Football 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 [edit]

Qualifying [edit]

Participants [edit]

•  Austria
•  Croatia
•  England
•  France
•  Germany
•  Greece
•  Republic of Ireland
•  Israel
•  Poland
•  Portugal
•  Romania
•  Slovakia
•  Spain
•  Switzerland
•  Turkey
•  Ukraine

Group stage [edit]

Group A [edit]

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

April 29, 1996	Republic of Ireland	1 – 0	Austria	Sankt Pölten

April 29, 1996	Portugal	3 – 0	Poland	Sierndorf

May 1, 1996	Austria	0 – 0	Poland	Herzogenburg

May 1, 1996	Republic of Ireland	0 – 2	Portugal	Atzenbrugg

May 3, 1996	Poland	0 – 1	Republic of Ireland	Würmla

May 3, 1996	Austria	2 – 2	Portugal	Ziersdorf

Group B [edit]

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

April 29, 1996	Greece	2 – 1	Germany	Neunkirchen

April 29, 1996	Romania	0 – 1	Ukraine	Bad Vöslau

May 1, 1996	Romania	0 – 1	Greece	Scheiblingkirchen-Thernberg

May 1, 1996	Ukraine	1 – 6	Germany	Kirchschlag in der Buckligen Welt

May 3, 1996	Germany	4 – 1	Romania	Gloggnitz

May 3, 1996	Ukraine	1 – 1	Greece	Kottingbrunn

Group C [edit]

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

April 29, 1996	France	2 – 0	Croatia	Scheibbs
	olivier bernard

April 29, 1996	Spain	4 – 1	Switzerland	Pöchlarn

May 1, 1996	France	3 – 0	Spain	Persenbeug-Gottsdorf

May 1, 1996	Croatia	2 – 1	Switzerland	Ardagger

May 3, 1996	Switzerland	0 – 1	France	Purgstall an der Erlauf

May 3, 1996	Croatia	1 – 0	Spain	Ybbs an der Donau

Group D [edit]

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

April 29, 1996	England	2 – 0	Slovakia	Gmünd

April 29, 1996	Turkey	3 – 0	Israel	Horn

May 1, 1996	England	2 – 1	Turkey	Schrems

May 1, 1996	Slovakia	0 – 2	Israel	Zellerndorf

May 3, 1996	Israel	2 – 1	England	Retz

May 3, 1996	Slovakia	2 – 1	Turkey	Zwettl

Knockout stages [edit]

Quarterfinals [edit]

May 6, 1996	Portugal	5 – 1	Croatia	Krems an der Donau

May 6, 1996	France	0 – 0	Republic of Ireland	Amstetten
		Penalties
		5 – 4

May 6, 1996	Greece	1 – 0	England	Baden bei Wien

May 6, 1996	Israel	3 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Germany	Stockerau

Semifinals [edit]

May 8, 1996	Portugal	3 – 0	Greece	Tulln an der Donau

May 8, 1996	France	1 – 0	Israel	Wiener Neustadt
	Vieira  52'

Third Place Playoff [edit]

May 11, 1996	Greece	2 – 3	Israel	Vienna

Final [edit]

May 11, 1996	Portugal	1 – 0	France	Vienna
	Petit  43'

1996 UEFA Under-16 Championship
Portugal Third title

References [edit]

• RSSSF.com
• UEFA.com