Compendium to The Soccernostalgia Interview-Part 107b-Matches of France National team during the 1996 UEFA European Championships.

 France National Team matches under Aimé Jacquet during the 1996 UEFA European Championships

 

June 10, 1996, UEFA European Championships, Newcastle, England, France 1-Romania 0 (Christophe Dugarry 25)

June 15, 1996, UEFA European Championships, Leeds, England, France 1-Spain 1 (Youri Djorkaeff 48 / Jose Luis Perez Caminero 85)

June 18, 1996, UEFA European Championships, Newcastle, England, France 3-Bulgaria 1 (Laurent Blanc 20, Own Goal (Luboslav Penev) 62, Patrice Loko 90 / Hristo Stoichkov 69)

June 22, 1996, UEFA European Championships, Liverpool, England, France 0-Holland 0 (After Extra Time) (5-4 on a penalty kick shoot-out)

June 26, 1996, UEFA European Championships, Manchester, England, Czech Republic 0-France 0 (After Extra Time) (6-5 on a penalty kick shoot-out)

 

 

France Final 23 players for the 1996 UEFA European Championships

 

Goalkeepers:

1- Bernard Lama (Paris Saint-Germain Football Club)

16- Fabien Barthez (Association Sportive de Monaco Football Club)

22- Bruno Martini (Montpellier-Hérault Sports Club)

 

Defenders:

2- Jocelyn Angloma (Torino Calcio 1906 / Italy)

3- Éric Di Meco (Association Sportive de Monaco Football Club)

4- Frank Leboeuf (Racing Club de Strasbourg Football)

5- Laurent Blanc (Association de la Jeunesse Auxerroise)

12- Bixente Lizarazu (Football Club des Girondins de Bordeaux)

15- Lilian Thuram (Association Sportive de Monaco Football Club)

20- Alain Roche (Paris Saint-Germain Football Club)

 

Midfielders:

6- Vincent Guérin (Paris Saint-Germain Football Club)

7- Didier Deschamps (Juventus Football Club-Torino / Italy)

8- Marcel Desailly (Associazione Calcio Milan / Italy)

9- Youri Djorkaeff (Paris Saint-Germain Football Club)

10- Zinedine Zidane (Football Club des Girondins de Bordeaux)

14- Sabri Lamouchi (Association de la Jeunesse Auxerroise)

19- Christian Karembeu (Unione Calcio Sampdoria-Genova / Italy)

21- Corentin Martins (Association de la Jeunesse Auxerroise)

 

 

Strikers:

11- Patrice Loko (Paris Saint-Germain Football Club)

13- Christophe Dugarry (Football Club des Girondins de Bordeaux)

17- Mickaël Madar (Association Sportive de Monaco Football Club)

18- Reynald Pedros (Football Club de Nantes Atlantique)

 

Coach: Aimé Jacquet

Team Captain: Didier Deschamps

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

Note:

1- Zinedine Zidane had been in a car accident just prior to the finals and his form suffered and he had a poor tournament.

 

 

Photo From: Magazine source unknown

(France squad for the 1996 Euros)

 

Date: June 10, 1996

Competition: UEFA European Championships-Group B

Result: France 1-Romania 0

Venue: Newcastle- Saint James’ Park, England

Attendance: 26,322

Referee: Helmut Krug (Germany)

Linesmen: -

Kick-off time: -

Goalscorers:

(France): Christophe Dugarry 25

(Romania): None

Summary of goals:

1:0 (25^th minute, France): Djorkaeff’s long cross from the right was headed in by Dugarry.

Lineups:

France:

1- Bernard Lama (Paris Saint-Germain Football Club)

5- Laurent Blanc (Association de la Jeunesse Auxerroise)

8- Marcel Desailly (Associazione Calcio Milan / Italy)

15- Lilian Thuram (Association Sportive de Monaco Football Club)

3- Éric Di Meco (Association Sportive de Monaco Football Club) (12- Bixente Lizarazu (Football Club des Girondins de Bordeaux) 68)

19- Christian Karembeu (Unione Calcio Sampdoria-Genova / Italy)

7- Didier Deschamps (Juventus Football Club-Torino / Italy)

6- Vincent Guérin (Paris Saint-Germain Football Club)

9- Youri Djorkaeff (Paris Saint-Germain Football Club)

10- Zinedine Zidane (Football Club des Girondins de Bordeaux) (20- Alain Roche (Paris Saint-Germain Football Club) 80)

13- Christophe Dugarry (Football Club des Girondins de Bordeaux) (11- Patrice Loko (Paris Saint-Germain Football Club) 68)

 

Coach: Aimé Jacquet

Booked: Éric Di Meco 20

Other Substitutes:

2- Jocelyn Angloma (Torino Calcio 1906 / Italy)

4- Frank Leboeuf (Racing Club de Strasbourg Football)

14- Sabri Lamouchi (Association de la Jeunesse Auxerroise)

16- Fabien Barthez (Association Sportive de Monaco Football Club)

17- Mickaël Madar (Association Sportive de Monaco Football Club)

18- Reynald Pedros (Football Club de Nantes Atlantique)

21- Corentin Martins (Association de la Jeunesse Auxerroise)

22- Bruno Martini (Montpellier-Hérault Sports Club)

 

Team Captain: Didier Deschamps

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

Uniform Colors: Blue (with Red/Blue/White vertical stripes on both sides Shirts, White Shorts, Red Socks

 

Romania:

1- Bogdan Gheorghe Stelea (Clubul Sportiv al Armatei Steaua- Bucuresti)   

2- Dan Vasile Petrescu (Chelsea Football Club –London / England) (17- Iulian Sebastian Filipescu (Clubul Sportiv al Armatei Steaua- Bucuresti) 78)

16- Gheorge Mihali (En Avant de Guingamp / France)        

4- Miodrag Belodedici (Villarreal Club de Fútbol / Spain)  

13- Tibor Selymes (Koninklijke Sportvereniging Cercle Brugge / Belgium)

5- Ioan Angelo Lupescu (Turn und Sportverein Bayer 04 Leverkusen e.V. / Germany) 

6- Gheorge Popescu (Fútbol Club Barcelona / Spain)

10- Gheorge Hagi (captain) (Fútbol Club Barcelona / Spain)

11- Dorinel Ionel Munteanu (1. Fußball-Club Köln 01/07 e.V. / Germany)

7- Marius Mihai Lacatus (Clubul Sportiv al Armatei Steaua- Bucuresti) (19- Adrian Bucurel Ilie (Clubul Sportiv al Armatei Steaua- Bucuresti) 58)

9- Florin Valeriu Raducioiu (Real Club Deportivo Espanyol-Barcelona / Spain) (20- Viorel Dinu Moldovan (Neuchâtel Xamax Football Club / Switzerland) 46)

 

Coach: Anghel Iordanescu

Booked: Gheorge Mihali 49, Tibor Selymes 71, Adrian Bucurel Ilie 90

Other Substitutes:

12- Florin Prunea (Fotbal Club Dinamo Bucuresti)

22-Florin Alexandru Tene (Rapid Bucharest).

3- Daniel Claudiu Prodan (Clubul Sportiv al Armatei Steaua- Bucuresti)   

15- Anton Dobos (Clubul Sportiv al Armatei Steaua- Bucuresti)   

8- Ioan Ovidiu Sabau (Brescia Calcio / Italy)   

14- Constantin Galca (Clubul Sportiv al Armatei Steaua- Bucuresti)   

18- Ovidiu Stinga (Union Deportiva Salamanca / Spain)

21- Ion Vladoui (Clubul Sportiv al Armatei Steaua- Bucuresti)

 

Team Captain: Gheorge Hagi

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

Uniform Colors: Yellow (three blue stripes on each side) Shirts, Yellow Shorts, Yellow Socks

 

Photo From: L’Equipe, L’Equipe de France de Football, la Belle Histoire

(June 10, 1996, UEFA European Championships, France 1-Romania 0)

Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Issue 90, July 1996

(June 10, 1996, UEFA European Championships, France 1-Romania 0)

Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Issue 90, July 1996

(June 10, 1996, UEFA European Championships, France 1-Romania 0)

Photo From: France Football, Issue 2621, July 2, 1996

(June 10, 1996, UEFA European Championships, France 1-Romania 0)

Photo From: Magazine source unknown

(France squad, June 10, 1996, UEFA European Championships, France 1-Romania 0)

Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Issue 98, March 1997

(France squad, June 10, 1996, UEFA European Championships, France 1-Romania 0)

 

Date: June 15, 1996

Competition: UEFA European Championships-Group B

Result: France 1-Spain 1

Venue: Leeds-Elland Road, England

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Vadim Zhuk (Belarus)

Linesmen: -

Kick-off time: -

Goalscorers:

(France): Youri Djorkaeff 48

(Spain): Jose Luis Perez Caminero 85

Summary of goals:

1:0 (48^th minute, France): On the right, Karembeu sent a long cross to Djorkaeff in the box to score.

1:1 (85^th minute, Spain): Kiko’s cross from the left was headed across by the French defense, Manjarin volleyed it to the middle for Caminero to score.

Lineups:

France:

1- Bernard Lama (Paris Saint-Germain Football Club)

2- Jocelyn Angloma (Torino Calcio 1906 / Italy) (20- Alain Roche (Paris Saint-Germain Football Club) 65)

5- Laurent Blanc (Association de la Jeunesse Auxerroise)

8- Marcel Desailly (Associazione Calcio Milan / Italy)

12- Bixente Lizarazu (Football Club des Girondins de Bordeaux)

19- Christian Karembeu (Unione Calcio Sampdoria-Genova / Italy)

7- Didier Deschamps (Juventus Football Club-Torino / Italy)

6- Vincent Guérin (Paris Saint-Germain Football Club) (15- Lilian Thuram (Association Sportive de Monaco Football Club) 81)

9- Youri Djorkaeff (Paris Saint-Germain Football Club)

11- Patrice Loko (Paris Saint-Germain Football Club) (13- Christophe Dugarry (Football Club des Girondins de Bordeaux) 74)

10- Zinedine Zidane (Football Club des Girondins de Bordeaux)

 

Coach: Aimé Jacquet

Booked: Laurent Blanc 43, Christian Karembeu 60, Youri Djorkaeff 63

Other Substitutes:

3- Éric Di Meco (Association Sportive de Monaco Football Club)

4- Frank Leboeuf (Racing Club de Strasbourg Football)

14- Sabri Lamouchi (Association de la Jeunesse Auxerroise)

16- Fabien Barthez (Association Sportive de Monaco Football Club)

17- Mickaël Madar (Association Sportive de Monaco Football Club)

18- Reynald Pedros (Football Club de Nantes Atlantique)

21- Corentin Martins (Association de la Jeunesse Auxerroise)

22- Bruno Martini (Montpellier-Hérault Sports Club)

 

Team Captain: Didier Deschamps

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

Uniform Colors: White (with Red/Blue/White vertical stripes on both sides Shirts, White Shorts, White Socks

 

Spain:

1- Andoni ‘Zubizarreta’ Urreta (Valencia Club de Fútbol)  

16- Jorge ‘Otero’ Bouzas (Valencia Club de Fútbol) (14- Francisco ‘Kiko’ Narvaez Machon (Club Atlético de Madrid) 59)

5-‘Abelardo’ Fernandez Antuna (Fútbol Club Barcelona)

12-‘Sergi’ Barjuan Esclusa (Fútbol Club Barcelona)

2- Juan Manuel ‘Juan Lopez‘ Martinez (Club Atlético de Madrid)

15- Jose Luis Perez Caminero (Club Atlético de Madrid)

4- Rafael ‘Alkorta’ Martinez (Real Madrid Club de Fútbol) 

11-‘Alfonso’ Perez Munoz (Real Betis Balompié -Sevilla) (19- Julio ‘Salinas’ Fernandez (Real Sporting de Gijón) 83)

6- Fernando Ruiz Hierro (Real Madrid Club de Fútbol) 

21-‘Luis Enrique’ Martinez Garcia (Real Madrid Club de Fútbol) (17- Jesus Javier ‘Manjarin’ Pereda (Real Club Deportivo de La Coruña) 55)

7- Jose Emilio ‘Amavisca’ Garate (Real Madrid Club de Fútbol) 

 

Coach: ‘Javier Clemente’ Lazaro

Booked: ‘Luis Enrique’ Martinez 12, Jose Emilio ‘Amavisca’ Garate 53, Jorge ‘Otero’ Bouzas 56

Other Substitutes:

3- Alberto ‘Belsue’ Arias (Real Zaragoza)

8-‘Julen Guerrero’ Lopez (Athletic Club de Bilbao) 

9- Juan Antonio ‘Pizzi’ Torroija (Club Deportivo Tenerife) (suspended)

13- Jose Santiago ‘Canizares’ Ruiz (Real Madrid Club de Fútbol)          

20- Miguel Angel ‘Nadal’ Homar (Fútbol Club Barcelona)

22-Jose Francisco ‘Molina’ Jimenez (Club Atlético de Madrid)

10-‘Donato’ Gama da Silva (Real Club Deportivo de La Coruña)

18- Guillermo ‘Amor’ Martinez (Fútbol Club Barcelona)

 

Team Captain: Andoni ‘Zubizarreta’ Urreta

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

Uniform Colors: Red (left side Black, with three thin yellow vertical stripes) Shirts, Black Shorts, Black Socks

Photo From: L’Equipe, L’Equipe de France de Football, la Belle Histoire

(June 15, 1996, UEFA European Championships, France 1-Spain 1)

Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Issue 90, July 1996

(June 15, 1996, UEFA European Championships, France 1-Spain 1)

Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Issue 90, July 1996

(June 15, 1996, UEFA European Championships, France 1-Spain 1)

 

 

 

Date: June 18, 1996

Competition: UEFA European Championships-Group B

Result: France 3-Bulgaria 1

Venue: Newcastle- Saint James’ Park, England

Attendance: 26,974

Referee: Dermott Gallagher (England)

Linesmen: -

Kick-off time: -

Goalscorers:

(France): Laurent Blanc 20, Own Goal (Luboslav Penev) 62, Patrice Loko 90

(Bulgaria): Hristo Stoichkov 69

Summary of goals:

1:0 (20^th minute, France): Djorkaeff’s corner kick from the right side was headed in by Blanc.

2:0 (62^nd minute, France): Djorkaeff’s free kick from the left side was headed by Blanc but got a touch on Penev’s head as well going in.

2:1 (69^th minute, Bulgaria): Stoichkov scored from a free kick.

3:1 (90^th minute, France): On the right, Karembeu sent Loko through, who cut in and scored.

Lineups:

France:

1- Bernard Lama (Paris Saint-Germain Football Club)

15- Lilian Thuram (Association Sportive de Monaco Football Club)

5- Laurent Blanc (Association de la Jeunesse Auxerroise)

8- Marcel Desailly (Associazione Calcio Milan / Italy)

12- Bixente Lizarazu (Football Club des Girondins de Bordeaux)

19- Christian Karembeu (Unione Calcio Sampdoria-Genova / Italy)

7- Didier Deschamps (Juventus Football Club-Torino / Italy)

6- Vincent Guérin (Paris Saint-Germain Football Club)

9- Youri Djorkaeff (Paris Saint-Germain Football Club)

10- Zinedine Zidane (F.C. Girondins de Bordeaux) (18- Reynald Pedros (Football Club de Nantes Atlantique) 82)

13- Christophe Dugarry (Football Club des Girondins de Bordeaux) (11- Patrice Loko (Paris Saint-Germain Football Club) 70)

 

Coach: Aimé Jacquet

Booked: Marcel Desailly 3, Christophe Dugarry 36

Other Substitutes:

2- Jocelyn Angloma (Torino Calcio 1906 / Italy)

3- Éric Di Meco (Association Sportive de Monaco Football Club)

4- Frank Leboeuf (Racing Club de Strasbourg Football)

14- Sabri Lamouchi (Association de la Jeunesse Auxerroise)

16- Fabien Barthez (Association Sportive de Monaco Football Club)

17- Mickaël Madar (Association Sportive de Monaco Football Club)

20- Alain Roche (Paris Saint-Germain Football Club)

21- Corentin Martins (Association de la Jeunesse Auxerroise)

22- Bruno Martini (Montpellier-Hérault Sports Club)

 

Team Captain: Didier Deschamps

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

Uniform Colors: Blue (with Red/Blue/White vertical stripes on both sides Shirts, White Shorts, Red Socks

 

Bulgaria:

1- Borislav Mihailov (Reading Football Club / England)

17- Emil Kremenliev (Olympiakos Syndesmos Filathlon Pirea-Pireas / Greece)

3- Trifon Ivanov (Sportklub Rapid Wien / Austria)

18- Tzanko Tzvetanov (Sport Verein Waldhof Mannheim 07 e.V. / Germany)

5- Petar Houbchev (Hamburger Sport-Verein e.V. / Germany)

11- Yordan Lechkov (Hamburger Sport-Verein e.V. / Germany)

15- Ivaylo Yordanov (Sporting Clube de Portugal-Lisboa / Portugal)

6- Zlatko Yankov (Fußball Club Bayer 05 Uerdingen / Germany) (16- Daniel Borimorov (Turn- und Sportverein München von 1860 e.V / Germany) 79)

10- Krassimir Balakov (Verein für Bewegungspiele Stuttgart 1893 e.V. / Germany) (20- Georgi Donkov (Fudbalski Klub CSKA (Centralnij Sport Klub Armija) Sofia) 82)

9- Luboslav Penev (Club Atlético de Madrid / Spain) 

8- Hristo Stoichkov (Associazione Calcio Parma / Italy)

 

Coach: Dimitar Penev 

Booked: Trifon Ivanov 8, Emil Kremenliev 14

Other Substitutes:

2- Radostin Kishishev (Fudbalski Klub Neftochimik Bourgas)

4- Ilian Kiriakov (Anorthosis Football Club of Famagusta / Cyprus)

7- Emil Kostadinov (Fußball-Club Bayern München e.V. / Germany)

12- Dimitar Popov (Fudbalski Klub CSKA (Centralnij Sport Klub Armija) Sofia)

13- Boncho Guentchev (Luton Town FootbLL Club / England)

14- Nasko Sirakov (Fudbalski Klub Slavia-Sofia)   

19- Gosho Guinchev (Denizlispor Kulübü / Turkey) 

21- Ivo Georgiev (Fudbalski Klub Spartak-Varna)

22- Zdravko Zdravkov (Fudbalski Klub Slavia-Sofia)   

 

Team Captain: Borislav Mihailov

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Puma

Uniform Colors: White Shirts, Green Shorts, White Socks

Photo From: L’Equipe, L’Equipe de France de Football, la Belle Histoire

(June 18, 1996, UEFA European Championships, France 3-Bulgaria 1)

Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Issue 90, July 1996

(June 18, 1996, UEFA European Championships, France 3-Bulgaria 1)

Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Issue 90, July 1996

(June 18, 1996, UEFA European Championships, France 3-Bulgaria 1)

Photo From: Magazine source unknown

(France squad, June 18, 1996, UEFA European Championships, France 3-Bulgaria 1)

Photo From: Les Bleus, Le livre official de l'equipe de France, Author Dominique Grimault, 1997

(France squad, June 18, 1996, UEFA European Championships, France 3-Bulgaria 1)

Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Issue 91, August 1996

(France squad, June 18, 1996, UEFA European Championships, France 3-Bulgaria 1)

Photo From: L'Integrale de L'Equipe de France de Football, Authors J.M. and Pierre Cazal, Michel Oreggia, 1998

(France squad, June 18, 1996, UEFA European Championships, France 3-Bulgaria 1)

Photo From: World Soccer, August 1996

(France matches in the first round of the 1996 Euros)

Photo From: World Soccer, August 1996

(France matches in the first round of the 1996 Euros)

 

Date: June 22, 1996

Competition: UEFA European Championships-Quarterfinals

Result: France 0-Holland 0 (5-4 on a penalty kick shoot-out) (After Extra time)

Venue: Liverpool- Anfield Road, England

Attendance: 37,445

Referee: Antonio Jesus Lopez Nieto (Spain)

Linesmen: -

Kick-off time: -

Goalscorers:

(France): None

(Holland): None

Summary of goals:

-

Penalty Kick Sequence:

(Holland): Johannes ‘Johan’ de Kock (1-0), Ronaldus ‘Ronald’ de Boer (2-1), Patrick Steven Kluivert (3-2), Clarence Clyde Seedorf (saved) (3-3), 4-4 Dirk Franciscus ‘Danny’ Blind (4-4)

(France): Zinedine Zidane (1-1), Youri Djorkaeff (2-2), Bixente Lizarazu (3-3), Vincent Guérin (3-4), Laurent Blanc (4-5)

Lineups:

France:

1- Bernard Lama (Paris Saint-Germain Football Club)

5- Laurent Blanc (Association de la Jeunesse Auxerroise)

15- Lilian Thuram (Association Sportive de Monaco Football Club)

8- Marcel Desailly (Associazione Calcio Milan / Italy)

12- Bixente Lizarazu (Football Club des Girondins de Bordeaux)

19- Christian Karembeu (Unione Calcio Sampdoria-Genova / Italy)

7- Didier Deschamps (Juventus Football Club-Torino / Italy)

6- Vincent Guérin (Paris Saint-Germain Football Club)

9- Youri Djorkaeff (Paris Saint-Germain Football Club)

11- Patrice Loko (Paris Saint-Germain Football Club) (13- Christophe Dugarry (Football Club des Girondins de Bordeaux) 62) (18- Reynald Pedros (Football Club de Nantes Atlantique) 80)

10- Zinedine Zidane (Football Club des Girondins de Bordeaux)

 

Coach: Aimé Jacquet

Booked: Didier Deschamps 6, Christian Karembeu 48

Other Substitutes:

2- Jocelyn Angloma (Torino Calcio 1906 / Italy)

3- Éric Di Meco (Association Sportive de Monaco Football Club)

4- Frank Leboeuf (Racing Club de Strasbourg Football)

14- Sabri Lamouchi (Association de la Jeunesse Auxerroise)

16- Fabien Barthez (Association Sportive de Monaco Football Club)

17- Mickaël Madar (Association Sportive de Monaco Football Club)

20- Alain Roche (Paris Saint-Germain Football Club)

21- Corentin Martins (Association de la Jeunesse Auxerroise)

22- Bruno Martini (Montpellier-Hérault Sports Club)

 

Team Captain: Didier Deschamps

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

Uniform Colors: White (with Red/Blue/White vertical stripes on both sides Shirts, White Shorts, White Socks

Note:

1- Christophe Dugarry was injured in this match, which ruled him out for rest of the tournament on June 23, 1996.

 

Holland:

1- Edwin van der Sar (Amsterdamse Football Club Ajax-Amsterdam) 

2- Michael John Reiziger (Amsterdamse Football Club Ajax-Amsterdam)  

18- Johannes ‘Johan’ de Kock (Roda JC (Juliana Combinatie) Kerkrade)

15- Winston Lloyd Bogarde (Amsterdamse Football Club Ajax-Amsterdam)

6- Ronaldus ‘Ronald’ de Boer (Amsterdamse Football Club Ajax-Amsterdam)

3- Dirk Franciscus ‘Danny’ Blind (Amsterdamse Football Club Ajax-Amsterdam) 

20- Phillip John William Cocu (Philips Sports Vereniging Eindhoven) 

14- Richard Pieter Witschge (Football Club des Girondins de Bordeaux / France) (19- Youri Mulder (Fußball Club Schalke von 1904- Gelsenkirchen / Germany) 80)

17- Johan ‘Jordi’ Cruijff (Fútbol Club Barcelona / Spain) (12- Aron Mohamed Winter (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma / Italy) 69)

9- Patrick Steven Kluivert (Amsterdamse Football Club Ajax-Amsterdam)

10- Dennis Nicolaas Maria Bergkamp (Arsenal Football Club –London / England) (4- Clarence Clyde Seedorf (Unione Calcio Sampdoria-Genova / Italy) 60)

 

Coach: Guus Hiddink

Booked: Johannes ‘Johan’ de Kock 68, Patrick Steven Kluivert 89, Winston Lloyd Bogarde 90

Other Substitutes:

5-Jakob ‘Jaap’ Stam (Philips Sports Vereniging Eindhoven)

7- Gaston Taument (Feyenoord Rotterdam) 

8- Edgar Steven Davids (Amsterdamse Football Club Ajax-Amsterdam) (sent home)

11- Peter Martin Hoekstra (Amsterdamse Football Club Ajax-Amsterdam) 

13- Arthur Johannes Numan (Philips Sports Vereniging Eindhoven)

16- Eduard Franciscus ‘Ed’ de Goey (Feyenoord Rotterdam) 

21- Rudolfus Hubertus ‘Ruud’ Hesp (Roda JC (Juliana Combinatie) Kerkrade)

22- John Fitzgerald Veldman (Sparta Rotterdam)

 

Team Captain: Dirk Franciscus ‘Danny’ Blind

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Lotto

Uniform Colors: Orange Shirts, White Shorts, Orange Socks

Photo From: L’Equipe, L’Equipe de France de Football, la Belle Histoire

(June 22, 1996, UEFA European Championships, France 0-Holland 0)

Photo From: France Football, Issue 2620, June 25, 1996

(June 22, 1996, UEFA European Championships, France 0-Holland 0)

Photo From: France Football, Issue 2620, June 25, 1996

(June 22, 1996, UEFA European Championships, France 0-Holland 0)

Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Issue 90, July 1996

(June 22, 1996, UEFA European Championships, France 0-Holland 0)

Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Issue 90, July 1996

(June 22, 1996, UEFA European Championships, France 0-Holland 0)

Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Issue 90, July 1996

(June 22, 1996, UEFA European Championships, France 0-Holland 0)

Photo From: World Soccer, August 1996

(June 22, 1996, UEFA European Championships, France 0-Holland 0)

Photo From: Magazine source unknown

(France squad, June 22, 1996, UEFA European Championships, France 0-Holland 0)

 

 

 

Date: June 26, 1996

Competition: UEFA European Championships-Semifinals

Result: Czech Republic 0-France 0 (6-5 on a penalty kick shoot-out) (After Extra time)

Venue: Manchester -Old Trafford, England

Attendance: 43,877

Referee: Leslie Mottram (Scotland)

Linesmen: -

Kick-off time: -

Goalscorers:

(Czech Republic): None

(France): None

Summary of goals:

-

Penalty Kick Sequence:

(France): Zinedine Zidane (1-0), Youri Djorkaeff (2-1), Bixente Lizarazu (3-2), Vincent Guérin (4-3), Laurent Blanc (5-4), Reynald Pedros (missed) (5-5)

(Czech Republic): Lubos Kubik (1-1), Pavel Nedved (2-2), Patrik Berger (3-3), Karel Poborsky (4-4), Karel Rada (5-5), Miroslav Kadlec (5-6)

Lineups:

Czech Republic:

1- Petr Kouba (Atleticky Club Sparta Praha)

15- Michal Hornak (Atleticky Club Sparta Praha)

4- Pavel Nedved (Atleticky Club Sparta Praha)

5- Miroslav Kadlec (1.Fußball-Club e.V. Kaiserslautern / Germany)

19- Karel Rada (Sportovni Klub Sigma MZ (Moravske Zelezarny) Olomouc)

6- Vaclav Némecek (Servette Football Club- Genéve / Switzerland)

7- Jiri Nemec (Fußball Club Schalke von 1904- Gelsenkirchen / Germany) (12- Lubos Kubik (Fotbal Club Petra Drnovice) 83)

20- Pavel Novotny (Atleticky Club Sparta Praha)

8- Karel Poborsky (Sportovni Klub Slavia Praha)

17- Vladimir Smicer (Sportovni Klub Slavia Praha) (14-Patrik Berger (Ballspielverein Borussia Dortmund 1909 e.V. / Germany) 46)

10- Radek Drulak (Fotbal Club Petra Drnovice) (18-Martin Kotulek (Sportovni Klub Sigma MZ (Moravske Zelezarny) Olomouc) 70)

 

Coach: Dusan Uhrin

Booked: Pavel Nedved 77, Vaclav Némecek 87, Lubos Kubik 89

Other Substitutes:

2- Radoslav Latal (Fußball Club Schalke von 1904- Gelsenkirchen / Germany) (suspended) 

3- Jan Suchoparek (Sportovni Klub Slavia Praha) (suspended)

9- Pavel Kuka (1.Fußball-Club e.V. Kaiserslautern / Germany) (suspended)

11- Martin Frydek (Atleticky Club Sparta Praha)

16- Pavel Srnicek (Newcastle United Football Club / England)

13- Radek Bejbl (Sportovni Klub Slavia Praha)

21-Milan Kerbr (Sportovni Klub Sigma MZ (Moravske Zelezarny) Olomouc)

22- Ladislav Maier (Fotbal Club Slovan Lieberec)

 

Team Captain: Miroslav Kadlec

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Puma

Uniform Colors: Red Shirts, White Shorts, Blue Socks

 

France:

1- Bernard Lama (Paris Saint-Germain Football Club)

20- Alain Roche (Paris Saint-Germain Football Club)

15- Lilian Thuram (Association Sportive de Monaco Football Club) (2- Jocelyn Angloma (Torino Calcio 1906 / Italy) 83)

12- Bixente Lizarazu (Football Club des Girondins de Bordeaux)

5- Laurent Blanc (Association de la Jeunesse Auxerroise)

8- Marcel Desailly (Associazione Calcio Milan / Italy)

14- Sabri Lamouchi (Association de la Jeunesse Auxerroise) (18- Reynald Pedros (Football Club de Nantes Atlantique) 62)

6- Vincent Guérin (Paris Saint-Germain Football Club)

9- Youri Djorkaeff (Paris Saint-Germain Football Club)

11- Patrice Loko (Paris Saint-Germain Football Club)

10- Zinedine Zidane (Football Club des Girondins de Bordeaux)

 

Coach: Aimé Jacquet

Booked: Lilian Thuram 43, Alain Roche 50, Bixente Lizarazu 62

Other Substitutes:

3- Éric Di Meco (Association Sportive de Monaco Football Club)

4- Frank Leboeuf (Racing Club de Strasbourg Football)

7- Didier Deschamps (Juventus Football Club-Torino / Italy) (injured)

13- Christophe Dugarry (Football Club des Girondins de Bordeaux) (injured)

16- Fabien Barthez (Association Sportive de Monaco Football Club)

17- Mickaël Madar (Association Sportive de Monaco Football Club)

19- Christian Karembeu (Unione Calcio Sampdoria-Genova / Italy) (suspended)

21- Corentin Martins (Association de la Jeunesse Auxerroise)

22- Bruno Martini (Montpellier-Hérault Sports Club)

 

Team Captain: Laurent Blanc

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

Uniform Colors: White (with Red/Blue/White vertical stripes on both sides Shirts, White Shorts, White Socks

Note:

1-France captain Didier Deschamps and Christophe Dugarry missed this match through injury.

2-Christian Karembeu was suspended for this match.

3-Final cap for Jocelyn Angloma (37/1) (1990-1996).

4-Final cap for Alain Roche (25/1) (1988-1996).

Photo From: L’Equipe, L’Equipe de France de Football, la Belle Histoire

(June 26, 1996, UEFA European Championships, Czech Republic 0-France 0)

Photo From: France Football, Issue 2621, July 2, 1996

(June 26, 1996, UEFA European Championships, Czech Republic 0-France 0)

Photo From: France Football, Issue 2621, July 2, 1996

(June 26, 1996, UEFA European Championships, Czech Republic 0-France 0)

Photo From: se Lvickem na prsou-Authors O.Bartunek, J.Kalat

(Czech Republic squad, June 26, 1996, UEFA European Championships, Czech Republic 0-France 0)

Photo From: World Soccer, August 1996

(June 26, 1996, UEFA European Championships, Czech Republic 0-France 0)

Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Issue 90, July 1996

(June 26, 1996, UEFA European Championships, Czech Republic 0-France 0)

Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Issue 90, July 1996

(June 26, 1996, UEFA European Championships, Czech Republic 0-France 0)

Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Issue 90, July 1996

(June 26, 1996, UEFA European Championships, Czech Republic 0-France 0)

Photo From: France Football, Issue 2621, July 2, 1996

(France matches 1995/96 season)