1996 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship
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The UEFA U-21 Championship 1996, which spanned two years (1994-96), had 44 entrants. After the quarter-finals stage, Spain
Spain national under-21 football team
The Spain national under-21 football team, is the national under-21 football team of Spain and is controlled by the Royal Spanish Football Federation. The team, nicknamed La Rojita , competes in the biannual European Under-21 Football Championship.Following the realignment of UEFA's youth...

 were chosen as the hosts of the final stages, consisting of four matches in total.

No fewer than 13 newly-independent nations competed for the first time - due mainly to the fall of Socialist
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 rule in Europe
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 in the early 1990s.

Russia
Russia national under-21 football team
The Russia national under-21 football team is overseen by the Russian Football Union. The team competes in the European Under-21 Football Championship, held every two years.- Coaches :-Results:*1994: quarterfinalists...

, who competed in 1994 were joined by nine further former Soviet Union states: Armenia
Armenia national under-21 football team
The Armenia national under-21 football team is the youth football team of Armenia. The team is based mostly on the young players from the league and competes every two years in order to qualify for the European Under-21 Football Championship...

, Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan national under-21 football team
The Azerbaijan national under-21 football team are a feeder team to the Azerbaijan Senior team.- UEFA U-21 Championship Record:* 2002: Did not qualify. Finished 5th of 6 in qualification group....

, Belarus
Belarus national under-21 football team
The Belarus national under-21 football team is the national under-21 football team of Belarus and is controlled by the Football Federation of Belarus. The team competes in the European Under-21 Football Championship, held every two years.-History:...

, Estonia
Estonia national under-21 football team
The Estonian U-21 national football team is the football team representing Estonia in competitions for under-21 year old players.-2013 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship qualification Group 5:-Current table:-Fixtures and recent results:...

, Georgia
Georgia national under-21 football team
The Georgian U-21 national football team is the football team representing Georgia in competitions for under-21 year old players.-Current squad :The following players were called up for the European Under-21 Football Championship...

, Latvia
Latvia national under-21 football team
The Latvia national under-21 football team represents the under-21s of Latvia and is controlled by the Latvian Football Federation, the governing body of football in Latvia. The team competes in the UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship, held every two years...

, Lithuania
Lithuania national under-21 football team
The Lithuania national under-21 football team is the feeder team for the Senior team.Coach: Vitalijus StankevičiusCaptain:-Goalkeepers:-Defenders:-Midfielders:-Forwards:-External links:*...

, Moldova
Moldova national under-21 football team
The Moldova national under-21 football team is the national under-21 football team of Moldova and is controlled by the Football Association of Moldova.-Current squad:- External links :*...

 and Ukraine
Ukraine national under-21 football team
The Ukraine national under-21 football team is the national under-21 football team of Ukraine and is controlled by the Football Federation of Ukraine.After Ukrainian Independence in 1991, the Ukraine senior team played their first match in April 1992...

.

The exclusion (for political reasons) of the team from Serbia and Montenegro, then known as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia continued. Croatia
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, Slovenia
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 and the Republic of Macedonia
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 were three former states of Yugoslavia
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 who did compete though.

Czechoslovakia
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 became two separate nations - teams from the Czech Republic
Czech Republic national under-21 football team
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 and Slovakia
Slovakia national under-21 football team
The Slovakia national under-21 football team, controlled by the Slovak Football Association, is Slovakia's national under 21 football team and is considered to be a feeder team for the Slovakia national football team.-European Under-21 Championship record:...

 complete the list of new entrants.

Italy U-21s
Italy national under-21 football team
The Italy national under-21 football team is the national under-21 football team of Italy and is controlled by the Italian Football Federation.The team competes in the UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship, held every two years...

won the competition for the third consecutive time.

The 44 national teams were divided into eight groups (four groups of 5 + four groups of 6). The group winners played off against each other on a two-legged home-and-away basis to determine the final four, one of whom would host the last four matches. The top five nations qualify for the Atlanta '96 Olympics
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Group 1

Qualifying Group 1 P W D L F A Pts
1 10 6 3 1 25 3 21
2 10 5 2 3 18 18 17
3 10 4 4 2 17 10 16
4 10 4 2 4 11 10 14
5 10 3 3 4 12 11 12
6 10 1 0 9 5 36 3

  • Israel 2-2 Poland
  • Romania 5-2 Azerbaijan
  • Slovakia 0-3 France
  • France 0-0 Romania
  • Israel 2-0 Slovakia
  • Poland 5-0 Azerbaijan
  • Romania 0-0 Slovakia
  • Poland 0-4 France
  • Azerbaijan 1-2 Israel
  • Israel 0-1 Romania
  • Azerbaijan 0-5 France
  • Israel 1-1 France
  • Romania 1-2 Poland
  • Slovakia 3-0 Azerbaijan
  • Poland 1-0 Israel
  • Azerbaijan 0-5 Romania
  • France 0-1 Slovakia
  • Poland 1-0 Slovakia
  • Romania 1-0 Israel
  • Azerbaijan 1-0 Slovakia
  • France 4-1 Poland
  • Poland 3-3 Romania
  • Slovakia 1-1 Israel
  • France 5-0 Azerbaijan
  • Israel 4-0 Azerbaijan
  • Slovakia 3-1 Poland
  • Romania 0-0 France
  • Azerbaijan 1-2 Poland
  • Slovakia 3-1 Romania
  • France 3-0 Israel


  • qualify as group winners

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    Group 2

    Qualifying Group 2 P W D L F A Pts
    1 10 7 2 1 27 10 23
    2 10 5 4 1 26 10 19
    3 10 6 1 3 31 15 19
    4 10 4 0 6 16 27 12
    5 10 3 1 6 10 25 10
    6 10 1 0 9 8 31 3

    • Belgium 7-0 Armenia
    • Cyprus 0-6 Spain
    • R.Macedonia 5-3 Denmark
    • Armenia 1-2 Cyprus
    • Denmark 0-1 Belgium
    • R.Macedonia 0-1 Spain
    • Belgium 7-0 R.Macedonia
    • Spain 1-0 Denmark
    • Cyprus 2-1 Armenia
    • Belgium 3-3 Spain
    • R.Macedonia 1-0 Cyprus
    • Spain 1-1 Belgium
    • Cyprus 1-5 Denmark
    • Belgium 1-0 Cyprus
    • Denmark 5-2 R.Macedonia
  • Armenia 0-3 Spain
  • Armenia 2-0 R.Macedonia
  • Spain 4-0 Armenia
  • Denmark 4-0 Cyprus
  • R.Macedonia 3-0 Belgium
  • Armenia 2-3 Denmark
  • Belgium 2-2 Denmark
  • R.Macedonia 3-2 Armenia
  • Spain 3-1 Cyprus
  • Armenia 0-3 Belgium
  • Denmark 5-1 Spain
  • Cyprus 3-2 R.Macedonia
  • Denmark 4-0 Armenia
  • Spain 4-0 R.Macedonia
  • Cyprus 1-1 Belgium


  • qualify as group winners

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    Group 3>/H3>
    Qualifying Group 3 P W D L F A Pts
    1 8 6 1 1 14 8 19
    2 8 5 1 2 15 4 16
    3 8 4 2 2 13 12 14
    4 8 2 1 5 9 16 7
    5 8 0 1 7 7 18 1

    • Hungary 2-1 Turkey
    • Iceland 0-1 Sweden
    • Switzerland 0-5 Sweden
    • Turkey 3-0 Iceland
    • Sweden 0-1 Hungary
    • Switzerland 2-1 Iceland
    • Turkey 1-1 Switzerland
    • Hungary 1-0 Switzerland
    • Turkey 0-0 Sweden
    • Hungary 2-1 Sweden
  • Switzerland 0-2 Turkey
  • Sweden 1-0 Iceland
  • Iceland 1-1 Hungary
  • Iceland 2-4 Switzerland
  • Sweden 1-0 Switzerland
  • Turkey 2-1 Hungary
  • Iceland 2-3 Turkey
  • Switzerland 2-3 Hungary
  • Hungary 3-1 Iceland
  • Sweden 6-1 Turkey


  • qualify as group winners

    Group 4>/H3>
    Qualifying Group 4 P W D L F A Pts
    1 10 6 3 1 22 8 21
    2 10 6 2 2 24 12 20
    3 10 6 1 3 19 12 19
    4 10 5 2 3 13 12 17
    5 10 2 2 6 14 16 8
    6 10 0 0 10 5 37 0

    • Estonia 1-2 Croatia
    • Ukraine 3-2 Lithuania
    • Slovenia 1-1 Italy
    • Estonia 1-4 Italy
    • Croatia 2-0 Lithuania
    • Ukraine 1-0 Slovenia
    • Ukraine 3-0 Estonia
    • Slovenia 3-0 Lithuania
    • Italy 2-1 Croatia
    • Italy 7-0 Estonia
    • Croatia 1-0 Ukraine
    • Lithuania 0-1 Croatia
    • Slovenia 5-0 Estonia
    • Ukraine 2-1 Italy
    • Croatia 0-2 Slovenia
  • Estonia 2-5 Ukraine
  • Lithuania 0-2 Italy
  • Lithuania 1-2 Slovenia
  • Estonia 1-2 Slovenia
  • Ukraine 1-1 Croatia
  • Estonia 0-5 Lithuania
  • Croatia 1-0 Estonia
  • Lithuania 3-3 Ukraine
  • Italy 1-0 Slovenia
  • Croatia 2-2 Italy
  • Lithuania 3-0 Estonia
  • Slovenia 0-5 Ukraine
  • Italy 2-1 Ukraine
  • Slovenia 4-2 Croatia
  • Italy 0-0 Lithuania


  • qualify as group winners


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    Group 5>/H3>
    Qualifying Group 5 P W D L F A Pts
    1 10 7 2 1 33 9 23
    2 10 7 0 3 32 13 21
    3 10 6 2 2 23 9 20
    4 10 5 1 4 20 16 16
    5 10 1 2 7 4 25 5
    6 10 0 1 9 0 40 1

    • Czech Rep. 1-0 Malta
    • Luxembourg 0-4 Netherlands
    • Norway 4-0 Belarus
    • Malta 0-7 Czech Republic
    • Norway 1-0 Netherlands
    • Belarus 3-0 Luxembourg
    • Netherlands 2-2 Czech Rep.
    • Malta 2-3 Norway
    • Netherlands 3-0 Luxembourg
    • Malta 1-0 Luxembourg
    • Luxembourg 0-8 Norway
    • Netherlands 4-0 Malta
    • Czech Rep. 2-0 Belarus
    • Norway 5-0 Luxembourg
    • Belarus 4-0 Malta
  • Czech Rep. 2-2 Netherlands
  • Belarus 4-2 Norway
  • Luxembourg 0-7 Czech Rep.
  • Norway 3-0 Malta
  • Belarus 3-1 Netherlands
  • Norway 3-4 Czech Rep.
  • Luxembourg 0-0 Malta
  • Netherlands 3-0 Belarus
  • Czech Rep. 1-2 Norway
  • Belarus 0-3 Czech Rep.
  • Luxembourg 0-5 Belarus
  • Malta 0-2 Netherlands
  • Malta 1-1 Belarus
  • Netherlands 2-1 Norway
  • Czech Rep. 4-0 Luxembourg


  • qualify as group winners

    Group 6>/H3>
    Qualifying Group 6 P W D L F A Pts
    1 8 6 2 0 14 2 20
    2 8 6 1 1 13 4 19
    3 8 2 2 4 7 9 8
    4 8 2 1 5 5 11 7
    5 8 0 2 6 1 14 2

    • England 0-0 Portugal
    • Latvia 1-1 Ireland
    • Latvia 0-1 Portugal
    • Austria 1-3 England
    • Portugal 2-0 Austria
    • England 1-0 Ireland
    • Ireland 0-2 England
    • Austria 0-0 Latvia
    • Ireland 1-1 Portugal
    • Latvia 0-1 England
  • Portugal 4-0 Latvia
  • England 4-0 Latvia
  • Ireland 3-0 Austria
  • Latvia 0-2 Austria
  • Portugal 2-0 England
  • Austria 1-0 Ireland
  • Austria 0-1 Portugal
  • Ireland 1-0 Latvia
  • England 2-1 Austria
  • Portugal 3-1 Ireland


  • qualify as group winners


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    Group 7>/H3>
    Qualifying Group 7 P W D L F A Pts
    1 8 6 1 1 22 5 19
    2 8 5 2 1 11 10 17
    3 8 3 1 4 11 13 10
    4 8 2 2 4 5 11 10
    5 8 1 0 7 7 17 3

    • Georgia 3-0 Moldova
    • Bulgaria 1-0 Georgia
    • Moldova 1-0 Wales
    • Bulgaria 2-0 Moldova
    • Georgia 1-2 Wales
    • Wales 1-1 Bulgaria
    • Moldova 1-1 Germany
    • Bulgaria 3-1 Wales
    • Georgia 0-2 Germany
    • Germany 1-0 Wales
  • Moldova 0-0 Bulgaria
  • Bulgaria 2-0 Germany
  • Wales 5-1 Georgia
  • Germany 3-0 Georgia
  • Wales 1-0 Moldova
  • Germany 3-1 Moldova
  • Wales 1-5 Germany
  • Georgia 1-2 Bulgaria
  • Germany 7-0 Bulgaria
  • Moldova 2-1 Georgia


  • qualify as group winners

    Group 8>/H3>
    Qualifying Group 8 P W D L F A Pts
    1 8 7 0 1 16 4 21
    2 8 5 1 2 17 12 16
    3 8 4 1 3 17 6 13
    4 8 3 0 5 12 12 9
    5 8 0 0 8 1 29 0

    • Finland 1-0 Scotland
    • Greece 3-4 Finland
    • Russia 3-0 San Marino
    • Greece 4-0 San Marino
    • Scotland 2-1 Russia
    • Finland 4-0 San Marino
    • Greece 1-2 Scotland
    • San Marino 0-6 Finland
    • Russia 1-2 Scotland
    • Greece 0-1 Russia
  • San Marino 0-1 Scotland
  • San Marino 0-7 Russia
  • Finland 1-0 Greece
  • Finland 1-1 Russia
  • Scotland 3-0 Greece
  • San Marino 1-3 Greece
  • Scotland 5-0 Finland
  • Russia 0-1 Greece
  • Scotland 1-0 San Marino
  • Russia 3-0 Finland


  • qualify as group winners


    Squads

    See 1996 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship squads
    1996 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship squads
    Those marked in bold have now been capped at full International level.- France:Head coach: Raymond Domenech- Italy:Head coach: Cesare Maldini- Scotland:Head coach: Tommy Craig- Spain:...



    Quarter Finals
    • Hungary 2-1 Scotland
    • Scotland 3-1 Hungary
      win 4-3
      on aggregate



    • Germany 0-0 France
    • France 4-1 Germany
      win 4-1
      on aggregate



    • Spain 2-1 Czech Republic
    • Czech Republic 1-2 Spain
      win 4-2
      on aggregate



    • Portugal 1-0 Italy
    • Italy 2-0 Portugal
      win 2-1
      on aggregate

    Semi Finals
    • Scotland 1-2 Spain
      in Barcelona
      Barcelona
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      go into final


    • Italy 1-0 France
      in Barcelona
      Barcelona
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      go into final

    Third Place Match
    • Scotland 0-1 France
      in Barcelona
      Barcelona
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    finish third
    finish fourth

    Final
    • Italy 1-1 (aet) Spain
      in Barcelona
      Barcelona
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      Italy win 5-4 on penalties

    finish as Champions
    finish as runners-up

    Olympic qualifiers

    • France, Italy and Spain qualify for Olympic Games finals.
    • Best losing quarter-finalists Hungary and Portugal also qualify.
    • Scotland do not compete in the Olympic Football Tournament (See United Kingdom national football team
      United Kingdom national football team
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      ).

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