UEFA Euro 1992 Group 2#Scotland vs Germany

{{Short description|Football tournament group stage}}

Group 2 of UEFA Euro 1992 was one of the two groups in the final tournament's initial group stage. It began on 12 June and was completed on 18 June. The group consisted of the Netherlands, Scotland, Germany and the CIS, a team composed of players from 12 of the 15 former Soviet Union members.{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tables/92e.html |title=European Championship 1992 |website=RSSSF |publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation |date=22 October 2001 |access-date=1 March 2017}}

The Netherlands won the group and advanced to the semi-finals, along with Germany. Scotland and the CIS failed to advance.

Teams

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Team

! Method of
qualification

! Date of
qualification

! data-sort-type="number" | Finals
appearance

! Last
appearance

! Previous best
performance

style="white-space:nowrap" | {{fb|CIS}}{{refn|group=nb|From 1960 to 1988, CIS competed as the Soviet Union.}}Group 3 winner{{refn|group=nb|Replaced the Soviet Union.}}13 November 19916th1988data-sort-value="1" | Winners (1960)
style="white-space:nowrap" | {{fb|GER}}{{refn|group=nb|From 1972 to 1988, Germany competed as West Germany.}}Group 5 winner20 November 19916th1988data-sort-value="1" | Winners (1972, 1980)
style="white-space:nowrap" | {{fb|NED}}Group 6 winner4 December 19914th1988data-sort-value="1" | Winners (1988)
style="white-space:nowrap" | {{fb|SCO}}Group 2 winner13 November 19911stdata-sort-value="99" | Debut

Notes

{{reflist|group=nb}}

Standings

{{UEFA Euro 1992 group tables|Group 2}}

In the semi-finals,

  • The winner of Group 2, Netherlands, advanced to play the runner-up of Group 1, Denmark.
  • The runner-up of Group 2, Germany, advanced to play the winner of Group 1, Sweden.

Matches

{{Hatnote|All times Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)}}

=Netherlands vs Scotland=

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GK1Hans van Breukelen
CB2Berry van Aerle
CB4Ronald Koeman
CB3Adri van Tiggelen
RM20Bryan Roy
CM8Frank Rijkaard
CM6Jan Wouters{{suboff|54}}
LM14Rob Witschge{{yel|25}}
AM10Ruud Gullit (c)
CF7Dennis Bergkamp{{suboff|84}}
CF9Marco van Basten
colspan=3|Substitutions:
MF18Wim Jonk{{subon|54}}
MF15Aron Winter{{subon|84}}
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan=3|Rinus Michels

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GK1Andy Goram
RB9Stewart McKimmie
CB2Richard Gough (c)
CB8Dave McPherson
LB4Maurice Malpas
RM11Gary McAllister
CM3Paul McStay
CM10Stuart McCall
LM6Brian McClair{{suboff|78}}
CF7Gordon Durie
CF5Ally McCoist{{suboff|73}}
colspan=3|Substitutions:
FW14Kevin Gallacher{{subon|73}}
FW20Duncan Ferguson{{subon|78}}
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan=3|Andy Roxburgh

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Linesmen:


Lennart Sundqvist (Sweden)


Bo Persson (Sweden)


Fourth official:


Leif Sundell (Sweden)

=CIS vs Germany=

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GK1Dmitri Kharine{{yel|75}}
SW4Akhrik Tsveiba{{yel|88}}
CB2Andrey Chernyshov
CB5Oleh Kuznetsov
RM8Andrei Kanchelskis
CM10Igor Dobrovolski{{yel|70}}
CM7Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko (c)
CM6Igor Shalimov{{suboff|86}}
LM16Dmitri Kuznetsov
SS15Igor Kolyvanov
CF14Volodymyr Lyutyi{{suboff|46}}
colspan=3|Substitutions:
DF20Andrei Ivanov{{subon|46}}
DF18Viktor Onopko{{subon|86}}
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan=3|Anatoliy Byshovets

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GK1Bodo Illgner
SW5Manfred Binz
CB2Stefan Reuter{{suboff|65}}
CB4Jürgen Kohler
CB3Andreas Brehme
RM10Thomas Doll
CM17Stefan Effenberg
CM6Guido Buchwald
LM8Thomas Häßler
CF9Rudi Völler (c){{suboff|46}}
CF11Karl-Heinz Riedle
colspan=3|Substitutions:
MF7Andreas Möller{{subon|46}}
FW18Jürgen Klinsmann{{subon|65}}
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan=3|Berti Vogts

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Linesmen:


Marc Huguenin (France)


Alain Gourdet (France)


Fourth official:


Rémi Harrel (France)

=Scotland vs Germany=

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|time=17:15

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GK1Andy Goram
RB9Stewart McKimmie
CB2Richard Gough (c)
CB8Dave McPherson
LB4Maurice Malpas
RM11Gary McAllister
CM3Paul McStay
CM10Stuart McCall{{yel|90}}
LM6Brian McClair
CF7Gordon Durie{{suboff|55}}
CF5Ally McCoist{{suboff|68}}
colspan=3|Substitutions:
MF13Pat Nevin{{subon|55}}
FW14Kevin Gallacher{{subon|68}}
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan=3|Andy Roxburgh

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|style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"|

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GK1Bodo Illgner
SW5Manfred Binz
CB6Guido Buchwald
CB4Jürgen Kohler
RM8Thomas Häßler{{yel|87}}
CM17Stefan Effenberg
CM16Matthias Sammer
CM7Andreas Möller
LM3Andreas Brehme (c)
CF18Jürgen Klinsmann
CF11Karl-Heinz Riedle{{suboff|67}}
colspan=3|Substitutions:
DF2Stefan Reuter{{subon|67}}{{suboff|75}}
DF19Michael Schulz{{subon|75}}
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan=3|Berti Vogts

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Linesmen:


Pierre Mannaerts (Belgium)


Robert Surkijn (Belgium)


Fourth official:


Frans van den Wijngaert (Belgium)

=Netherlands vs CIS=

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|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Ullevi, Gothenburg

|attendance=34,440

|referee=Peter Mikkelsen (Denmark)

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GK1Hans van Breukelen
CB2Berry van Aerle
CB4Ronald Koeman{{yel|26}}
CB3Adri van Tiggelen
RM20Bryan Roy
CM8Frank Rijkaard
CM6Jan Wouters{{yel|68}}
LM14Rob Witschge
AM10Ruud Gullit (c){{suboff|72}}
CF7Dennis Bergkamp{{suboff|80}}
CF9Marco van Basten
colspan=3|Substitutions:
MF11John van 't Schip{{subon|72}}
FW19Eric Viscaal{{subon|80}}
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan=3|Rinus Michels

|valign="top"|300px

|style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"|

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GK1Dmitri Kharine
SW4Akhrik Tsveiba{{yel|22}}
CB2Andrey Chernyshov
CB18Viktor Onopko
CB5Oleh Kuznetsov
RM8Andrei Kanchelskis
CM7Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko (c)
LM15Igor Kolyvanov
AM10Igor Dobrovolski
AM9Sergei Aleinikov{{suboff|57}}
CF11Sergei Yuran{{suboff|65}}
colspan=3|Substitutions:
MF16Dmitri Kuznetsov{{subon|57}}
FW13Sergei Kiriakov{{subon|65}}
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan=3|Anatoliy Byshovets

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Linesmen:


Arne Paltoft (Denmark)


Jørgen Ohmeyer (Denmark)


Fourth official:


Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)

=Netherlands vs Germany=

{{see also|Germany–Netherlands football rivalry}}

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|time=20:15

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|goals1=

|goals2=

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|attendance=37,725

|referee=Pierluigi Pairetto (Italy)

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GK1Hans van Breukelen
SW4Ronald Koeman
CB10Ruud Gullit (c)
CB17Frank de Boer{{suboff|61}}
CB3Adri van Tiggelen
RM20Bryan Roy
CM8Frank Rijkaard
CM6Jan Wouters
LM14Rob Witschge
CF7Dennis Bergkamp{{suboff|87}}
CF9Marco van Basten
colspan=3|Substitutions:
MF15Aron Winter{{subon|61}}
MF16Peter Bosz{{subon|87}}
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan=3|Rinus Michels

|valign="top"|300px

|style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"|

style="font-size:90%; margin:auto;" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"
width=25|width=25|
GK1Bodo Illgner
SW5Manfred Binz{{suboff|46}}
CB14Thomas Helmer
CB4Jürgen Kohler{{yel|50}}
RWB3Andreas Brehme (c)
LWB15Michael Frontzeck
CM8Thomas Häßler
CM17Stefan Effenberg
CM7Andreas Möller
CF18Jürgen Klinsmann
CF11Karl-Heinz Riedle{{suboff|76}}
colspan=3|Substitutions:
MF16Matthias Sammer{{subon|46}}
MF10Thomas Doll{{subon|76}}
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan=3|Berti Vogts

|}

style="width:100%; font-size:90%;"

|

Linesmen:


Domenico Ramicone (Italy)


Maurizio Padovan (Italy)


Fourth official:


Tullio Lanese (Italy)

=Scotland vs CIS=

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|time=20:15

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|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/5098/

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|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Idrottsparken, Norrköping

|attendance=14,660

|referee=Kurt Röthlisberger (Switzerland)

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{| style="font-size:90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"

width="25"|width="25"|
GK1Andy Goram
RB9Stewart McKimmie
CB2Richard Gough (c)
CB8Dave McPherson
LB15Tom Boyd
RM11Gary McAllister
CM6Brian McClair{{suboff|65}}
CM3Paul McStay
LM10Stuart McCall{{yel|67}}
CF14Kevin Gallacher{{suboff|79}}
CF5Ally McCoist
colspan=3|Substitutions:
MF16Jim McInally{{subon|65}}
MF13Pat Nevin{{subon|79}}
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan=3|Andy Roxburgh

|valign="top"|300px

|style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"|

style="font-size:90%; margin:auto;" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"
width=25|width=25|
GK1Dmitri Kharine
RB2Andrey Chernyshov{{yel|52}}
CB18Viktor Onopko
CB3Kakhaber Tskhadadze
LB5Oleh Kuznetsov
RM8Andrei Kanchelskis
CM7Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko (c){{yel|85}}
LM13Sergei Kiriakov{{suboff|46}}
AM10Igor Dobrovolski
AM9Sergei Aleinikov{{suboff|46}}
CF11Sergei Yuran
colspan=3|Substitutions:
MF16Dmitri Kuznetsov{{yel|84}}{{subon|46}}
MF17Igor Korneev{{subon|46}}
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan=3|Anatoliy Byshovets

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|

Linesmen:


Zivanko Popović (Switzerland)


Paul Wyttenbach (Switzerland)


Fourth official:


Bruno Galler (Switzerland)

See also

References

{{reflist}}