Qualifying for the UEFA Euro 1996 final tournament, took place throughout 1994 and 1995. Forty-seven teams were divided into eight groups. All teams played against each other, within their groups, in a home-and-away basis. The winner of each group along with the six best runners-up automatically qualified, while the two worst runners-up were involved in a play-off on a neutral ground. England

England national football team

The England national football team represents England in association football and is controlled by the Football Association, the governing body for football in England. England is the joint oldest national football team in the world, alongside Scotland, whom they played in the world's first...

qualified automatically as hosts of the event.

This was the first time for the qualifying phase for the European Football Championship which awarded three points instead of two for a win .

Seedings

The draw was made on 22 January 1994

Pool 1	Pool 2	Pool 3
Pool 4	Pool 5	Pool 6

New entrants

New teams that joined UEFAs qualification games after the 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)

1994 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)

Listed below are the dates and results for the 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the European zone . For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification....

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• From the former (dissolved): Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan.
• From the former (dissolved): Czech Republic and Slovakia.
• From the former (dissolved): Slovenia, Croatia and Macedonia.
• Liechtenstein.

Group 1

EWLINE Team 10 6 3 1 18 9 9 21 10 5 5 0 22 2 20 20 10 4 2 4 14 18 −4 14 10 3 4 3 14 12 2 13 10 3 3 4 13 13 0 12 10 0 1 9 2 29 −27 1

EWLINE               – 0–2 0–2 0–0 1–4 0–1 10–0 – 2–0 1–1 0–0 4–0 2–0 0–0 – 2–1 1–1 2–2 1–0 0–0 4–3 – 0–0 5–0 3–0 1–3 2–1 2–1 – 3–2 4–1 0–0 1–0 4–1 0–2 –

Group 2

EWLINE Team 10 8 2 0 25 4 21 26 10 6 3 1 19 9 10 21 10 4 3 3 17 13 4 15 10 1 4 5 9 18 −9 7 10 1 4 5 6 20 −14 7 10 1 2 7 5 17 −12 5

EWLINE               – 0–2 0–0 0–2 2–2 0–2 2–0 – 2–0 1–3 1–1 1–4 2–0 1–1 – 1–1 1–1 1–2 3–1 3–1 4–0 – 1–0 1–1 1–2 0–5 3–0 1–1 – 0–2 1–0 1–1 6–0 3–0 3–0 –

Group 3

EWLINE Team 8 5 2 1 15 7 8 17 8 4 3 1 16 8 8 15 8 2 3 3 9 10 −1 9 8 2 2 4 7 13 −6 8 8 1 2 5 3 12 −9 5

EWLINE             – 1–0 1–0 2–2 2–2 2–1 – 0–1 0–2 0–0 2–0 1–1 – 0–0 2–2 3–0 1–0 4–2 – 1–2 2–0 5–0 2–1 1–2 –

Group 4

EWLINE Team 10 7 2 1 22 5 17 23 10 7 2 1 20 6 14 23 10 5 1 4 13 12 1 16 10 4 1 5 11 15 −4 13 10 3 2 5 13 13 0 11 10 0 0 10 3 31 −28 0

EWLINE               – 7–1 1–1 2–0 2–0 4–0 0–2 – 0–2 0–1 1–3 0–1 1–2 4–1 – 4–0 1–0 3–1 0–0 5–0 0–1 – 2–1 1–3 1–2 3–0 1–1 1–2 – 3–2 1–0 3–0 0–2 0–2 0–0 –

Group 5

EWLINE Team 10 6 3 1 21 6 15 21 10 6 2 2 23 5 18 20 10 6 2 2 17 7 10 20 10 3 2 5 8 13 −5 11 10 3 1 6 3 21 −18 10 10 0 2 8 2 22 −20 2

EWLINE               – 0–2 2–0 1–1 1–0 0–4 4–2 – 3–0 6–1 3–1 2–0 0–0 1–0 – 1–0 0–4 0–2 0–2 0–0 0–1 – 0–4 0–1 1–0 0–0 5–0 4–0 – 3–0 1–0 1–1 5–0 2–0 1–1 –

Group 6

EWLINE Team 10 7 2 1 29 7 22 23 10 5 2 3 17 11 6 17 10 5 2 3 20 15 5 17 10 5 1 4 29 14 15 16 10 4 0 6 11 20 −9 12 10 0 1 9 1 40 −39 1

EWLINE               – 5–0 7–0 1–2 1–1 3–1 3–2 – 1–0 0–1 1–3 0–3 0–4 0–1 – 0–4 0–7 0–0 5–3 1–2 4–1 – 1–2 0–4 1–0 3–2 8–0 1–1 – 3–0 1–3 2–1 4–0 1–1 1–0 –

Group 7

EWLINE Team 10 8 1 1 27 10 17 25 10 7 1 2 24 10 14 22 10 5 0 5 14 13 1 15 10 3 0 7 11 27 −16 9 10 2 2 6 10 16 −6 8 10 2 2 6 9 19 −10 8

EWLINE               – 1–1 0–1 1–2 3–0 1–1 3–0 – 2–0 3–2 4–1 3–1 2–0 2–1 – 0–2 0–1 5–0 2–1 3–1 4–1 – 6–1 1–1 2–3 0–3 3–2 0–3 – 3–2 2–0 0–3 0–1 1–2 1–0 –

Group 8

EWLINE Team 10 8 2 0 34 5 29 26 10 7 2 1 19 3 16 23 10 6 0 4 23 9 14 18 10 5 0 5 18 18 0 15 10 2 0 8 10 35 −25 6 10 0 0 10 2 36 −34 0

EWLINE               – 0–4 1–5 2–5 3–0 0–2 5–0 – 2–1 0–6 4–1 0–2 5–0 4–0 – 0–3 2–0 1–0 3–0 3–1 2–1 – 4–0 0–0 1–3 0–2 0–4 0–7 – 0–2 5–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 5–0 –

Runners-up

The runners-up of each of the eight groups were placed in a table to decide which seven of them would qualify. The best six runners-up would qualify automatically, while the two worst would play-off on a neutral ground to determine the final qualifier. To determine the two worst runner-ups, a comparison was made between all of them. Only matches played against teams that finished first, third and fourth were regarded.

Legend
Countries that advanced to the final tournament
Countries that advanced to the play-off

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4 UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying Group 4 -Standings:-Results and fixtures:------------------------------------------------...		6	4	1	1	12	4
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7 UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying Group 7 -Standings:-Results and fixtures:---------------------------------------------External links:...		6	4	0	2	14	8
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3 UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying Group 3 -Standings:-Results and fixtures:--------------------------------------------...		6	3	2	1	11	8
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8 UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying Group 8 -Standings:-Results and fixtures:------------------------------------------------...		6	3	2	1	5	2
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2 UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying Group 2 -Standings:-Results and fixtures:--------------------------------------------...		6	3	2	1	9	7
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1 UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying Group 1 -Standings:-Results and fixtures:----------------------------------------...		6	2	4	0	8	2
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5 UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying Group 5 -Standings:-Results and fixtures:------------------------------------------------...		6	2	2	2	6	5
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6 UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying Group 6 -Standings:-Results and fixtures:------------------------------------------------...		6	2	1	3	8	10	−2	7

Play-off

The bottom two runners-up took part in a play-off on a neutral ground to determine the final team to qualify.