The UEFA Euro 1996 Final was a football match played on 30 June 1996 at Wembley Stadium in London

London

London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...

, England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

, to determine the winner of UEFA Euro 1996. The match featured tournament favourites, Germany

Germany national football team

The Germany national football team is the football team that has represented Germany in international competition since 1908. It is governed by the German Football Association , which was founded in 1900....

, who knocked out hosts 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...

 in the previous round and Czech Republic

Czech Republic national football team

The Czech Republic national football team represents the Czech Republic in association football and is controlled by the Football Association of the Czech Republic, the governing body for football in the Czech Republic. Their current head coach is Michal Bílek...

, playing in only their first European Championship since the break-up of Czechoslavakia. Both teams had qualified for the knockout stage from Group C of the tournament's group stage, with Germany winning 2–0 in the teams' earlier meeting.

Germany won the final 2–1, with Oliver Bierhoff

Oliver Bierhoff

Oliver Bierhoff is a retired German former football striker, who scored the first golden goal in the history of major international football, for Germany in the Euro 96 final...

 scoring the golden goal in the 95th minute. Bierhoff had earlier equalised in the 73rd minute after Patrick Berger scored a penalty for Czech Republic on 59 minutes.

Match details

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|GK ||1 ||Petr Kouba

Petr Kouba

Petr Kouba is a former Czech football goalkeeper, and current Assistant Coach for the Czech Under-20 and Under-21 National Teams...

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|RB ||3 ||Jan Suchopárek

Jan Suchopárek

Jan Suchopárek is a former Czech football defender. He played for Czechoslovakia and later the Czech Republic, for both he played total 61 matches and scored 4 goals....

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|CB ||5 ||Miroslav Kadlec

Miroslav Kadlec

Miroslav Kadlec is a former Czech football defender.During his career, Kadlec played for four Czech clubs, and also had an 8-year stint with Bundesliga's 1...

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|CB ||15||Michal Horňák

Michal Hornák

Michal Horňák is a Czech football player. He played for the Czech Republic, for which he played 38 matches and scored 1 goal....

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|LB ||19||Karel Rada

Karel Rada

Karel Rada is a former Czech football defender. He played for the Czech Republic, for which he played 43 matches and scored 4 goals.He was a participant in the Euro 1996, where the Czech Republic won the silver medal....

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|RM ||4 ||Pavel Nedvěd

Pavel Nedved

Pavel Nedvěd is a retired Czech football midfielder. He is one of the most successful Czech players to emerge from the newly formed Czech Republic, winning numerous accolades with Lazio and Juventus, including the last ever Cup Winners' Cup...

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|CM ||7 ||Jiří Němec

Jirí Nemec

Jiří Němec is a former Czech football player. He played for Czechoslovakia and later the Czech Republic.He won a total of 84 international caps for the two teams, scoring one goal, and played at both Euro 96 and Euro 2000....

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|CM ||13||Radek Bejbl

Radek Bejbl

Radek Bejbl is a retired Czech footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.-Club career:Bejbl made his professional debuts with SK Slavia Prague, being a first-team regular since the age of 18...

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|LM ||14||Patrik Berger

Patrik Berger

Patrik Berger is a retired Czech footballer. He has played in Czech Republic, Germany, and England. He is best remembered for his time at Liverpool....

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|CF ||8 ||Karel Poborský

Karel Poborský

Karel Poborský is a former Czech footballer. A right winger, Poborský is the all-time leader in appearances for the Czech national team, and was most noted for his technical ability.-Club career:...

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|CF ||9 ||Pavel Kuka

Pavel Kuka

Pavel Kuka is a former Czech football forward.Kuka started and finished his career at Slavia Praha, playing with the club from 1989–93 and then from 2000–05. He has also played for 1. FC Kaiserslautern , 1. FC Nuremberg , and VfB Stuttgart...

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|FW ||17 ||Vladimír Šmicer

Vladimír Šmicer

Vladimír Šmicer is a former Czech football midfielder and forward player. Šmicer was a devout player of Slavia Prague, the only Czech club he ever played for. He also played notably for Lens in France, with whom he won the Ligue 1 title. In 1999, Šmicer moved to England, where he played several...

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|colspan=3|  Dušan Uhrin

Dušan Uhrin

Dušan Uhrin is a Czech and Slovak football coach and former player. He was the coach of Slovan Bratislava...

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GERMANY:
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|GK ||1 ||Andreas Köpke

Andreas Köpke

Andreas Köpke is a former German football goalkeeper who was in the German squad that won the 1990 FIFA World Cup, and was also part of the 1994 FIFA World Cup squad...

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|SW ||6 ||Matthias Sammer

Matthias Sammer

Matthias Sammer is a retired German football player and coach who is now working as technical director of the DFB . He played as a midfielder, and later in his career as a sweeper....

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|CB ||5 ||Thomas Helmer

Thomas Helmer

Thomas Helmer is a former German footballer.His preferred playing position was sweeper, but he was primarily deployed as a central defender....

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|CB ||21||Dieter Eilts

Dieter Eilts

Dieter Eilts was an acclaimed German footballer and was last the trainer of Hansa Rostock. His nickname was the Alemão of East Frisia, for his similarity with to Brazilian midfielder Alemão...

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|RWB||14||Markus Babbel

Markus Babbel

Markus Babbel is a former international German football player, who is currently manager of German Bundesliga club Hertha BSC. He played as a defender for clubs in Germany and England.-Career:...

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|LWB||17||Christian Ziege

Christian Ziege

Christian Ziege is a former German football defender and midfielder. With the German national team, Ziege won Euro 96. An attacking left wingback, Ziege was considered a dead-ball specialist.-Club career:...

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|CM ||10||Thomas Hässler
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|CM ||19||Thomas Strunz

Thomas Strunz

Thomas Strunz is a retired German footballer who played mostly as a defensive midfielder.-Club career:Strunz started his career playing for hometown club MSV Duisburg, but moved to FC Bayern Munich aged 21...

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|AM ||8 ||Mehmet Scholl

Mehmet Scholl

Mehmet Scholl is a former German football player with Turkish-German ancestry. He played most of his career as an attacking midfielder for Bayern Munich...

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|CF ||11||Stefan Kuntz

Stefan Kuntz

Stefan Kuntz is a former German professional footballer and since April 2008 chairman of the German football team 1. FC Kaiserslautern....

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|CF ||18||Jürgen Klinsmann

Jürgen Klinsmann

Jürgen Klinsmann is a German football manager and former player who is currently the coach of the United States Men's National Team. As a player, Klinsmann played for several prominent clubs in Europe and was part of the West German team that won the 1990 FIFA World Cup and the German one that...

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|MF ||3 ||Marco Bode

Marco Bode

Marco Bode is a former German footballer.-Career:He played his first football with home club VfR Osterode, before moving to the amateur team of Werder Bremen...

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|FW ||20||Oliver Bierhoff

Oliver Bierhoff

Oliver Bierhoff is a retired German former football striker, who scored the first golden goal in the history of major international football, for Germany in the Euro 96 final...

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|colspan=4|  Berti Vogts

Berti Vogts

Hans-Hubert "Berti" Vogts is a German former footballer. He played for Borussia Mönchengladbach and won the World Cup with West Germany in 1974. He later managed Germany , Scotland and Nigeria...

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Assistant referees:

  Donato Nicoletti

  Tullio Manfredini

Fourth official:

  Marcello Nicchi
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Statistics

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!width=70 | Czech Republic
!width=70 | Germany
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|Goals scored || 1 || 2
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|Yellow cards || 1 || 3
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|Red cards || 0 || 0
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