UEFA Euro 1996 Group C

The group consisted of Germany, Italy, the Czech Republic and Russia.

[1][2] Using FIFA World Rankings as a measure of the strength of the teams, The Guardian calculated in 2007 that the strongest "Group of Death" of all time was the Euro 1996 Group C. The teams (and world rankings) were Germany (2), Russia (3), Italy (7) and the Czech Republic (10).

[3][4][5] This record was surpassed by the May 2012 rankings for Euro 2012 Group B, with Germany (2), the Netherlands (4), Portugal (5) and Denmark (10),[6] but not the June rankings immediately before the tournament (3, 4, 10 and 9 respectively).

[7][8] Germany won the group and advanced to the quarter-finals, along with the Czech Republic.

Notes In the quarter-finals, Man of the Match: Matthias Sammer (Germany)[9] Assistant referees: Anthony Bates (England) Peter Walton (England) Fourth official: Stephen Lodge (England) Man of the Match: Pierluigi Casiraghi (Italy)[9] Assistant referees: Robert Orr (Scotland) John Fleming (Scotland) Fourth official: Hugh Dallas (Scotland) Man of the Match: Radek Bejbl (Czech Republic)[9] Assistant referees: Victoriano Giráldez Carrasco (Spain) Manuel López Fernández (Spain) Fourth official: Juan Ansuátegui Roca (Spain) Man of the Match: Jürgen Klinsmann (Germany)[9] Assistant referees: Carl-Johan Christensen Meyer (Denmark) Torben Siersen (Denmark) Fourth official: Lars Gerner (Denmark) Man of the Match: Karel Poborský (Czech Republic)[9] Assistant referees: Mikael Nilsson (Sweden) Sten Samuelsson (Sweden) Fourth official: Morgan Norman (Sweden) Man of the Match: Andreas Köpke (Germany)[9] Assistant referees: Marc Van den Broeck (Belgium) Stany Op de Beeck (Belgium) Fourth official: Michel Piraux (Belgium)