The 1996 UEFA European Football Championship was hosted by England. The home fans sang about football coming home, but even home advantage wasn't enough for England to win it's first European Championship. Eventual winners Germany beat the host country on penalties in the semi-final. Scotland went out in the group stage on goals scored, after tying with Holland for second place.

Final Germany 2-1 Czech Republic (a.e.t.) Semi-finals
England	1-1	Germany	France	0-0	Czech Rep.
(Penalties: 5-6)			(Penalties: 5-6)
Quater-finals
Germany	2-1	Croatia	Czech Rep.	1-0	Portugal
England	0-0	Spain	Holland	0-0	France
(Penalties: 4-2)			(Penalties: 4-5)
First Round
Group A			Group B
England 3 2 1 0 7-2 7 Holland 3 1 1 1 3-4 4 Scotland 3 1 1 1 1-2 4 Switzerland 3 0 1 2 1-4 1			France 3 2 1 0 5-2 7 Spain 3 1 2 0 4-3 5 Bulgaria 3 1 1 1 3-4 4 Romania 3 0 0 3 1-4 0
Holland Scotland Scotland Switzerland Holland England	1-4 1-0 0-2 0-2 0-0 1-1	England Switzerland England Holland Scotland Switzerland	Romania France France Bulgaria Romania Spain	1-2 3-1 1-1 1-0 0-1 1-1	Spain Bulgaria Spain Romania France Bulgaria
Group C			Group D
Germany 3 2 1 0 5-0 7 Czech Republic 3 1 1 1 5-6 4 Italy 3 1 1 1 3-3 4 Russia 3 0 1 2 4-8 1			Portugal 3 2 1 0 5-1 7 Croatia 3 2 0 1 4-2 6 Denmark 3 1 1 1 4-4 4 Turkey 3 0 0 3 0-5 0
Italy Russia Russia Czech Rep. Italy Germany	0-0 3-3 0-3 2-1 2-1 2-0	Germany Czech Rep. Germany Italy Russia Czech Rep.	Turkey Croatia Croatia Portugal Turkey Denmark	0-3 0-3 3-0 1-0 0-1 1-1	Denmark Portugal Denmark Turkey Croatia Portugal
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