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UEFA Euro 1996 Group D#Croatia vs Denmark

{{Short description|Football tournament group stage}}

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Group D of UEFA Euro 1996 was one of four groups in the final tournament's initial group stage. It began on 9 June and was completed on 19 June. The group consisted of defending champions Denmark, Portugal, Croatia and Turkey.{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tables/96e.html |title=European Championship 1996 |website=RSSSF |publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation |date=18 January 2000 |access-date=1 March 2017}}{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tables/96e-fullstats.html |title=Full Statistical Info on Euro '96 |website=RSSSF |publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation |date=3 July 1996 |access-date=14 April 2017}}

Portugal won the group and advanced to the quarter-finals, along with Croatia. Denmark and Turkey failed to advance.

Teams

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Draw position

! Team

! Method of
qualification

! Date of
qualification

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

! Last
appearance

! Previous best
performance

! FIFA Rankings
May 1996

D1 (seed)style="white-space:nowrap" | {{fb|DEN}}Group 2 runner-up (5th best runner-up)15 November 19955th1992data-sort-value="1" | Winners (1992)11
D2style="white-space:nowrap" | {{fb|POR}}Group 6 winner15 November 19952nd1984data-sort-value="3" | Semi-finals (1984)18
D3style="white-space:nowrap" | {{fb|TUR}}Group 3 runner-up (3rd best runner-up)15 November 19951st—data-sort-value="99" | Debut30
D4style="white-space:nowrap" | {{fb|CRO}}Group 4 winner15 November 19951st—data-sort-value="99" | Debut27

Standings

{{UEFA Euro 1996 group tables|Group D}}

In the quarter-finals,

  • The winner of Group D, Portugal, advanced to play the runner-up of Group C, Czech Republic.
  • The runner-up of Group D, Croatia, advanced to play the winner of Group C, Germany.

Matches

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=Denmark vs Portugal=

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RB2Thomas Helveg{{yel|30}}
CB3Marc Rieper
CB5Jes Høgh
LB14Jens Risager{{yel|14}}
DM7Brian Steen Nielsen
CM8Claus Thomsen{{suboff|83}}
CM13Henrik Larsen{{suboff|90}}
AM10Michael Laudrup (c)
CF9Mikkel Beck
CF11Brian Laudrup
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DF12Torben Piechnik{{subon|83}}
MF18Kim Vilfort{{subon|90}}
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan=3|Richard Møller Nielsen

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GK1Vítor Baía (c)
RB3Paulinho Santos{{yel|9}}
CB16Hélder Cristóvão
CB5Fernando Couto
LB13Dimas
DM4Oceano{{yel|24}}{{suboff|37}}
RM10Rui Costa
CM19Paulo Sousa{{yel|58}}{{suboff|79}}
LM20Luís Figo{{suboff|62}}
CF8João Pinto{{yel|73}}
CF9Sá Pinto{{yel|41}}
colspan=3|Substitutions:
MF18António Folha{{subon|37}}
FW15Domingos{{subon|62}}
MF6José Tavares{{subon|79}}
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan=3|António Oliveira

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Man of the Match:


Peter Schmeichel (Denmark){{cite book |title=UEFA Euro 96 England – Technical Report |chapter=Man of the Match |url=https://archive.org/download/uefa-euro-1996-man-of-the-match-winners/UEFA%20Euro%201996%20Man%20of%20the%20Match%20winners.pdf |publisher=UEFA |location=Nyon |year=1996 |page=48 |access-date=7 January 2023}}

Assistant referees:


Jan Dolstra (Netherlands)


Berend Talens (Netherlands)


Fourth official:


René Temmink (Netherlands)

=Turkey vs Croatia=

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RB4Vedat İnceefe
CB13Rahim Zafer
CB8Ogün Temizkanoğlu (c)
LB3Alpay Özalan
DM19Tolunay Kafkas{{yel|31}}{{suboff|89}}
RM18Arif Erdem{{suboff|82}}
CM5Tugay Kerimoğlu
LM17Abdullah Ercan
AM16Sergen Yalçın
CF9Hakan Şükür
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FW7Hami Mandıralı{{subon|82}}
FW14Saffet Sancaklı{{subon|89}}
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan=3|Fatih Terim

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GK1Dražen Ladić
SW5Nikola Jerkan
CB6Slaven Bilić
CB4Igor Štimac
RWB13Mario Stanić
LWB3Robert Jarni
CM10Zvonimir Boban (c){{yel|55}}{{suboff|57}}
CM8Robert Prosinečki
CM7Aljoša Asanović{{yel|40}}
CF11Alen Bokšić{{suboff|73}}
CF9Davor Šuker{{suboff|90}}
colspan=3|Substitutions:
MF14Zvonimir Soldo{{subon|57}}
FW19Goran Vlaović{{subon|73}}
DF15Dubravko Pavličić{{subon|90}}
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan=3|Miroslav Blaževic

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Man of the Match:


Robert Prosinečki (Croatia)

Assistant referees:


Ernst Felder (Switzerland)


Martin Freiburghaus (Switzerland)


Fourth official:


Urs Meier (Switzerland)

=Portugal vs Turkey=

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GK1Vítor Baía (c)
RB3Paulinho Santos{{yel|2}}
CB16Hélder Cristóvão
CB5Fernando Couto
LB13Dimas
DM19Paulo Sousa
RM18António Folha{{suboff|46}}
CM10Rui Costa
LM20Luís Figo{{yel|58}}
CF8João Pinto{{suboff|77}}
CF9Sá Pinto{{suboff|65}}
colspan=3|Substitutions:
MF6José Tavares{{yel|72}}{{subon|46}}
FW11Jorge Cadete{{subon|65}}
MF17Hugo Porfírio{{subon|77}}
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan=3|António Oliveira

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GK22Rüştü Reçber
RB4Vedat İnceefe{{yel|65}}
CB8Ogün Temizkanoğlu{{suboff|46}}
LB3Alpay Özalan
DM2Recep Çetin
RM10Oğuz Çetin (c){{suboff|69}}
CM5Tugay Kerimoğlu
LM17Abdullah Ercan{{yel|43}}
AM16Sergen Yalçın
CF14Saffet Sancaklı{{suboff|63}}
CF9Hakan Şükür
colspan=3|Substitutions:
DF13Rahim Zafer{{yel|73}}{{subon|46}}
MF19Tolunay Kafkas{{yel|76}}{{subon|63}}
MF18Arif Erdem{{subon|69}}
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan=3|Fatih Terim

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Man of the Match:


Fernando Couto (Portugal)

Assistant referees:


László Hamar (Hungary)


Imre Bozóky (Hungary)


Fourth official:


Sándor Piller (Hungary)

=Croatia vs Denmark=

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GK1Dražen Ladić
SW5Nikola Jerkan
CB6Slaven Bilić
CB4Igor Štimac
RWB13Mario Stanić{{yel|20}}
LWB3Robert Jarni
CM8Robert Prosinečki{{yel|23}}{{suboff|88}}
CM10Zvonimir Boban (c){{suboff|82}}
CM7Aljoša Asanović
CF9Davor Šuker
CF19Goran Vlaović{{yel|39}}{{suboff|82}}
colspan=3|Substitutions:
MF2Nikola Jurčević{{subon|82}}
MF14Zvonimir Soldo{{subon|82}}
MF16Mladen Mladenović{{subon|88}}
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan=3|Miroslav Blažević

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GK1Peter Schmeichel
RB2Thomas Helveg{{suboff|46}}
CB3Marc Rieper
CB5Jes Høgh
LB6Michael Schjønberg
DM7Brian Steen Nielsen
CM8Claus Thomsen
CM13Henrik Larsen{{suboff|69}}
AM10Michael Laudrup (c)
AM18Kim Vilfort{{suboff|59}}
CF11Brian Laudrup
colspan=3|Substitutions:
DF20Jacob Laursen{{subon|46}}
FW9Mikkel Beck{{subon|59}}
MF19Stig Tøfting{{subon|69}}
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan=3|Richard Møller Nielsen

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Man of the Match:


Davor Šuker (Croatia)

Assistant referees:


Pierre Ufrasi (France)


Jacques Mas (France)


Fourth official:


Alain Sars (France)

=Croatia vs Portugal=

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GK12Marijan Mrmić
CB15Dubravko Pavličić{{yel|36}}
CB6Slaven Bilić
CB14Zvonimir Soldo
RWB20Dario Šimić
LWB3Robert Jarni (c){{yel|30}}
CM16Mladen Mladenović{{suboff|46}}
CM2Nikola Jurčević
AM8Robert Prosinečki{{suboff|46}}
CF17Igor Pamić{{yel|10}}{{suboff|46}}
CF19Goran Vlaović
colspan=3|Substitutions:
FW9Davor Šuker{{subon|46}}
MF7Aljoša Asanović{{subon|46}}
MF10Zvonimir Boban{{subon|46}}
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan=3|Miroslav Blažević

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

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GK1Vítor Baía (c)
RB2Secretário
CB5Fernando Couto
CB16Hélder Cristóvão
LB13Dimas
DM4Oceano
RM19Paulo Sousa{{suboff|70}}
CM10Rui Costa{{suboff|61}}
LM20Luís Figo
CF9Sá Pinto{{suboff|46}}
CF8João Pinto
colspan=3|Substitutions:
FW15Domingos{{subon|46}}
MF14Pedro Barbosa{{subon|61}}
MF6José Tavares{{subon|70}}
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan=3|António Oliveira

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Man of the Match:


João Pinto (Portugal)

Assistant referees:


Hans Wolf (Germany)


Harald Sather (Germany)


Fourth official:


Hartmut Strampe (Germany)

=Turkey vs Denmark=

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|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/52517/

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GK22Rüştü Reçber{{yel|89}}
RB4Vedat İnceefe
CB8Ogün Temizkanoğlu
LB3Alpay Özalan
CM2Recep Çetin (c){{suboff|68}}
CM5Tugay Kerimoğlu{{yel|44}}
RW7Hami Mandıralı
AM15Tayfun Korkut{{yel|61}}
LW17Abdullah Ercan
CF11Orhan Çıkırıkçı{{suboff|68}}
CF9Hakan Şükür{{suboff|46}}
colspan=3|Substitutions:
MF18Arif Erdem{{subon|46}}
FW14Saffet Sancaklı{{subon|68}}
DF20Bülent Korkmaz{{subon|68}}
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan=3|Fatih Terim

|valign="top"|300px

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

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GK1Peter Schmeichel
RB2Thomas Helveg{{yel|57}}
CB5Jes Høgh
CB3Marc Rieper
LB6Michael Schjønberg{{suboff|46}}
DM7Brian Steen Nielsen
CM8Claus Thomsen
CM17Allan Nielsen
AM10Michael Laudrup (c)
CF15Erik Bo Andersen{{suboff|88}}
CF11Brian Laudrup
colspan=3|Substitutions:
MF13Henrik Larsen{{yel|81}}{{subon|46}}
FW21Søren Andersen{{subon|88}}
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan=3|Richard Møller Nielsen

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Man of the Match:


Brian Laudrup (Denmark)

Assistant referees:


Serguei Foursa (Russia)


Sergei Frantsuzov (Russia)


Fourth official:


Sergei Khusainov (Russia)

See also

References

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External links

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20200603203829/https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/history/seasons/1996/standings/ UEFA Euro 1996 Group D]

{{UEFA Euro 1996}}

{{UEFA Euro 1996 finalists}}

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Group D

Category:Turkey at UEFA Euro 1996

Category:Portugal at UEFA Euro 1996

Category:Croatia at UEFA Euro 1996

Group

Category:UEFA European Championship group stages