UEFA Euro 1992

Infobox International Football Competition
tourney_name = UEFA European Football Championship
year = 1992
other_titles = Europamästerskapet i fotboll
Sverige 1992


size = 120px
caption = UEFA Euro 1992 official logo
country = Sweden
dates = 10 June – 26 June
num_teams = 8
venues = 4
cities = 4
champion = Denmark
count = 1
second = Germany
matches = 15
goals = 32
attendance = 430111
top_scorer = flagicon|GER Karlheinz Riedle
flagicon|DEN Henrik Larsen
flagicon|SWE Tomas Brolin
flagicon|NED Dennis Bergkamp
(3 goals)
player = The 1992 UEFA European Football Championship final tournament was hosted by Sweden. It was the ninth European Football Championship, which is held every four years and supported by UEFA. The final tournament took place between 10 June and 26 June 1992.

Eight countries contested the final tournament. Seven countries had to qualify for the final stage as Sweden qualified automatically as hosts of the event. The USSR qualified for the finals shortly before the break-up of the country, and took part in the tournament under the banner of the CIS before the former Soviet republics formed their own national teams after the competition. The CIS team consisted of the following Soviet republics: Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Armenia, Moldova and Tajikistan. Five out of 15 ex-republics were not members of CIS, and therefore did not send their players: Azerbaijan, Estonia, Georgia, Latvia, and Lithuania.

Originally, Yugoslavia qualified for the final stage, but due to the Yugoslav wars, the team was disqualified and their qualifying group's runner-up Denmark took part in the championship. They shocked the continent by defeating first the defending European champions Holland in the semi-finals, and then the reigning world champions Germany for the title. The official anthem of the tournament was "More Than a Game" performed by Towe Jaarnek and Peter Jöback. It was the last tournament to use the long-standing UEFA plus flag logo, introduced with the first tournament in 1960, and the last before the tournament came to be known as "Euro" (it is known as "Euro 1992" only retrospectively). It was also the first major football competition in which the players had their names printed on their backs.

Qualification

The following teams participated in the final tournament:
* (replaced former fb|URS)
*fb|ENG
*fb|FRA
*fb|GER (first appearance as reunited country)
*fb|NED (reigning champions)
*fb|SCO (first appearance)
*fb|SWE (hosts, first appearance)
*fb|DEN - replaced fb|YUG which were under sanctions by the United Nations Security Council resolution 757 and thus banned from appearing. [cite web |title=United Nations Security Council Resolution 757 (Implementing Trade Embargo on Yugoslavia) |url=http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/peace/docs/scres757.html |publisher=University of Minnesota Human Rights Center |accessdate=2008-08-18]

Venues

*Nya Ullevi, Göteborg – Capacity: 44,000
*Råsundastadion, Solna – Capacity: 40,000
*Malmö Stadion, Malmö – Capacity: 30,000
*Idrottsparken, Norrköping – Capacity: 23,000

Match officials

;flagicon|AUT Austria
*Hubert Forstinger
;flagicon|BEL Belgium
*Guy Goethals
; Commonwealth of Independent States
*Alexey Spirin
;flagicon|DEN Denmark
*Peter Mikkelsen
;flagicon|FRA France
*Gérard Biguet
;flagicon|GER Germany
*Aron Schmidhuber
;flagicon|HUN Hungary
*Sándor Puhl;flagicon|ITA Italy
*Tullio Lanese
*Pierluigi Pairetto
;flagicon|NED Netherlands
*John Blankenstein
;flagicon|POR Portugal
* José Rosa dos Santos
;flagicon|ESP Spain
*Emilio Soriano Aladren
;flagicon|SWE Sweden
*Bo Karlsson
;flagicon|SUI Switzerland
*Bruno Galler
*Kurt Röthlisberger

quads

:"For a list of all participating squads see 1992 UEFA European Football Championship squads"

Results

Group stage

"All times local (CEST/UTC+2)"

Group A

footballbox
date=1992-06-10
time=20:15
team1=fb-rt|SWE
report= [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/euro/history/season=1992/round=219/match=5099/index.html (Report)]
score=1 – 1
team2=fb|FRA
goals1=J. Eriksson goal|24
goals2=Papin goal|58
stadium=Råsunda, Solna
attendance=29,860
referee=Alexey Spirin (CIS) ----footballbox
date=1992-06-11
time=20:15
team1=fb-rt|DEN
report= [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/euro/history/season=1992/round=219/match=5108/index.html (Report)]
score=0 – 0
team2=fb|ENG
goals1=
goals2=
stadium=Malmö Stadion, Malmö
attendance=26,385
referee=John Blankenstein (Netherlands) ----footballbox
date=1992-06-14
time=17:15
team1=fb-rt|FRA
report= [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/euro/history/season=1992/round=219/match=5089/index.html (Report)]
score=0 – 0
team2=fb|ENG
goals1=
goals2=
stadium=Malmö Stadion, Malmö
attendance=26,535
referee=Sándor Puhl (Hungary) ----footballbox
date=1992-06-14
time=20:15
team1=fb-rt|SWE
report= [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/euro/history/season=1992/round=219/match=5090/index.html (Report)]
score=1 – 0
team2=fb|DEN
goals1=Brolin goal|58
goals2=
stadium=Råsunda, Solna
attendance=29,902
referee=Aron Schmidhuber (Germany) ----footballbox
date=1992-06-17
time=20:15
team1=fb-rt|SWE
report= [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/euro/history/season=1992/round=219/match=5091/index.html (Report)]
score=2 – 1
team2=fb|ENG
goals1=J. Eriksson goal|51
Brolin goal|82
goals2=Platt goal|4
stadium=Råsunda, Solna
attendance=30,126
referee=José Rosa dos Santos (Portugal) ----footballbox
date=1992-06-17
time=20:15
team1=fb-rt|FRA
report= [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/euro/history/season=1992/round=219/match=5092/index.html (Report)]
score=1 – 2
team2=fb|DEN
goals1=Papin goal|60
goals2=Larsen goal|8
Elstrup goal|78
stadium=Malmö Stadion, Malmö
attendance=25,673
referee=Hubert Forstinger (Austria)

Group B

footballbox
date=1992-06-12
time=17:15
team1=fb-rt|NED
report= [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/euro/history/season=1992/round=219/match=5093/index.html (Report)]
score=1 – 0
team2=fb|SCO
goals1=Bergkamp goal|75
goals2=
stadium=Ullevi, Gothenburg
attendance=35,720
referee=Bo Karlsson (Sweden) ----footballbox
date=1992-06-12
time=20:15
team1=
report= [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/euro/history/season=1992/round=219/match=5094/index.html (Report)]
score=1 – 1
team2=fb|GER
goals1=Dobrovolski goal|64
goals2=Häßler goal|90
stadium=Idrottsparken, Norrköping
attendance=17,410
referee=Gérard Biguet (France) ----footballbox
date=1992-06-15
time=17:15
team1=fb-rt|SCO
report= [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/euro/history/season=1992/round=219/match=5095/index.html (Report)]
score=0 – 2
team2=fb|GER
goals1=
goals2=Riedle goal|29
Effenberg goal|47
stadium=Idrottsparken, Norrköping
attendance=17,638
referee=Guy Goethals (Belgium) ----footballbox
date=1992-06-15
time=20:15
team1=fb-rt|NED
report= [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/euro/history/season=1992/round=219/match=5096/index.html (Report)]
score=0 – 0
team2=
goals1=
goals2=
stadium=Ullevi, Gothenburg
attendance=34,400
referee=Peter Mikkelsen (Denmark) ----footballbox
date=1992-06-18
time=20:15
team1=fb-rt|NED
report= [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/euro/history/season=1992/round=219/match=5097/index.html (Report)]
score=3 – 1
team2=fb|GER
goals1=Rijkaard goal|3
R. Witschge goal|14
Bergkamp goal|72
goals2=Klinsmann goal|53
stadium=Ullevi, Gothenburg
attendance=37,725
referee=Pierluigi Pairetto (Italy) ----footballbox
date=1992-06-18
time=20:15
team1=fb-rt|SCO
report= [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/euro/history/season=1992/round=219/match=5098/index.html (Report)]
score=3 – 0
team2=
goals1=McStay goal|7
McClair goal|16
McAllister goal|84|pen.
goals2=
stadium=Idrottsparken, Norrköping
attendance=14,660
referee=Kurt Röthlisberger (Switzerland)

Knockout stage

Round4
21 June – Solna|fb|SWE|2|fb|GER|3
22 June – Gothenburg|fb|NED|2 (4)|fb|DEN (pen)|2 (5)
26 June – Gothenburg|fb|GER|0|fb|DEN|2

emi-finals

footballbox
date=1992-06-21
time=20:15
team1=fb-rt|SWE
report= [http://en.euro2008.uefa.com/history/season=1992/round=216/match=6096/index.html (Report)]
score=2 – 3
team2=fb|GER
goals1=Brolin goal|64|pen.
Andersson goal|89
goals2=Häßler goal|11
Riedle goal|59 goal|88
stadium=Råsunda, Solna
attendance=28,827
referee=Tullio Lanese (Italy) ----footballbox
date=1992-06-22
time=20:15
team1=fb-rt|NED
report= [http://en.euro2008.uefa.com/history/season=1992/round=216/match=6097/index.html (Report)]
score=2 – 2 (a.e.t.)
team2=fb|DEN
goals1=Bergkamp goal|23
Rijkaard goal|86
goals2=Larsen goal|5 goal|33
stadium=Ullevi, Gothenburg
attendance=37,450
referee=Emilio Soriano Aladren (Spain)

penshootoutbox
penalties1=R. Koeman pengoal
van Basten penmiss|saved
Bergkamp pengoal
Rijkaard pengoal
R. Witschge pengoal
penaltyscore=4 – 5
penalties2=pengoal Larsen
pengoal Povlsen
pengoal Elstrup
pengoal Vilfort
pengoal Christofte

Final

footballbox
date=1992-06-26
time=20:15
team1=fb-rt|DEN
report= [http://en.euro2008.uefa.com/history/season=1992/round=217/match=6098/index.html (Report)]
score=2 – 0
team2=fb|GER
goals1=Jensen goal|18
Vilfort goal|78
goals2=
stadium=Ullevi, Gothenburg
attendance=37,800
referee=Bruno Galler (Switzerland)

tatistics

Goal scorers

3 goals
*flagicon|DEN Henrik Larsen
*flagicon|GER Karl-Heinz Riedle
*flagicon|NED Dennis Bergkamp
*flagicon|SWE Tomas Brolin

2 goals
*flagicon|FRA Jean-Pierre Papin
*flagicon|GER Thomas Häßler
*flagicon|NED Frank Rijkaard
*flagicon|SWE Jan Eriksson1 goal
*
*flagicon|DEN John Jensen
*flagicon|DEN Lars Elstrup
*flagicon|DEN Kim Vilfort
*flagicon|ENG David Platt
*flagicon|GER Stefan Effenberg
*flagicon|GER Jürgen Klinsmann
*flagicon|NED Rob Witschge
*flagicon|SCO Paul McStay
*flagicon|SCO Brian McClair
*flagicon|SCO Gary McAllister
*flagicon|SWE Kennet Andersson

Fastest goal

2 minutes : Frank Rijkaard (Netherlands vs Germany)

Average goals

2.13 goals per game

References

External links

* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/euro_2004/denmark/3683597.stm Denmark's greatest moment, article at BBC.co.uk]