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UEFA Euro 1996

10th European association football championship
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Summary

UEFA Euro 1996 is an edition of the UEFA European Championship[1]. It draws 14,200 Wikipedia views per month (edition of the uefa european championship category, ranking #8 of 19).[2]

Key Facts

  • Winner: Germany men's national association football team[3]
  • Country: United Kingdom[4]
  • Home venue: Wembley Stadium[5], Old Trafford[6], Anfield[7], Villa Park[8], Elland Road[9], Hillsborough Stadium[10], City Ground[11], St James’ Park[12]
  • Follows: UEFA Euro 1992[13]
  • Followed by: UEFA Euro 2000[14]
  • Location: England[15]
  • Commons category: 1996 UEFA European Championship[16]
  • Edition number: 10[17]
  • Start time: June 8, 1996[18]
  • End time: June 30, 1996[19]
  • Point in time: June 1996[20]
  • Sport: association football[21]
  • Organizer: Union of European Football Associations[22]
  • Mascot: Goliath[23]
  • Official website: https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/history/seasons/1996[24]
  • Topic's main category: Category:UEFA Euro 1996[25]
  • Attendance: 1,276,000[26]
  • Number of participants: 16[27]
  • Number of matches played/races/starts: 31[28]
  • Number of points/goals/set scored: 64[29]
  • Participating team: Bulgaria men's national football team[30], Croatia men's national football team[31], Czechia men's national football team[32], Denmark men's national football team[33], France men's national association football team[34], Germany men's national association football team[35], England men's national association football team[36], Italy men's national association football team[37], Netherlands national association football team[38], Portugal men's national football team[39], Romania men's national association football team[40], Russia men's national football team[41], Scotland men's national football team[42], Spain men's national football team[43]
  • Competition class: men's association football[44]
  • Statistical leader: Alan Shearer[45], Matthias Sammer[46]
  • Sports season of league or competition: UEFA European Championship[47]
  • Final event: UEFA Euro 1996 finals[48]

Why It Matters

UEFA Euro 1996 has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[49] It is known by 108 alternative names across languages and contexts.[50]

FAQs

What awards did UEFA Euro 1996 receive?

Honors received include Germany men's national association football team[3].

Related Entities

Abelardo Fernández Adrian Ilie Aimé Jacquet Alan Shearer Aleksandr Mostovoi Alen Bokšić Alessandro Costacurta Alessandro Del Piero Alessandro Nesta Alfonso Pérez Aljoša Asanović Ally McCoist Alpay Özalan Andoni Zubizarreta Andreas Köpke Andreas Möller Andrei Kanchelskis Angelo Di Livio Angelo Peruzzi Anghel Iordănescu Aron Winter Bernard Lama Berti Vogts Bixente Lizarazu Brian Laudrup Brian Steen Nielsen Bülent Korkmaz Christian Karembeu Christian Ziege Christophe Dugarry

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  2. [49] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [50] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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