1984 European Football Championship

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The 1984 European Football Championship (Euro 84) final tournament was held in France. It was the seventh European Football Championship, held every four years and endorsed by UEFA. The final tournament took place between June 12 and June 27, 1984.

At the time, only eight countries took part in the final stage of the tournament, seven of which had to come through the qualifying stage. France qualified automatically as hosts of the event. Led by Michel Platini, who scored nine goals in the tournament, France won the Championship - its first major finals tournament victory.

Qualification

The following teams participated in the final tournament:

France

Romania

For details concerning the qualifying phase see, 1984 European Football Championship (qualifying).

Venues

• Parc des Princes, Paris - Capacity: 48,400
• Stade Félix Bollaert, Lens - Capacity: 43,500
• Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes - Capacity: 52,923
• Stade Gerland, Lyon - Capacity: 41,180
• Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne - Capacity: 36,000
• Stade de la Meinau, Strasbourg - Capacity: 40,860
• Stade Vélodrome, Marseille - Capacity: 60,000

Squads

First round

Group A

France

Denmark

Belgium

Yugoslavia

June 12, 1984

''' France'''	1 - 0 (0-0)	''' Denmark'''	20:30 - Parc des Princes, Paris Ref: Volker Roth (West Germany) Attendance: 47,570
Platini 78'

June 13, 1984

''' Belgium'''	2 - 0 (2-0)	''' Yugoslavia'''	20:30 - Stade Félix Bollaert, Lens Ref: Erik Fredriksson (Sweden) Attendance: 40,000
Vandenbergh 28'
Grün 45'

June 16, 1984

''' France'''	5 - 0 (3-0)	''' Belgium'''	17:15 - Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes Ref: Bob Valentine (Scotland) Attendance: 51,359
Platini 4', (p) 74', 89'
Giresse 33'
Fernandez 43'
''' Denmark'''	5 - 0 (2-0)	''' Yugoslavia'''	20:30 - Stade Gerland, Lyon Ref: Augusto Lamo Castillo (Spain) Attendance: 34,745
Arnesen 8', 69'
Berggren 16'
Elkjær 82'
Lauridsen 84'

June 19, 1984

''' France'''	3 - 2 (0-1)	''' Yugoslavia'''	20:30 - Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, St. Étienne Ref: André Daina (Switzerland) Attendance: 45,789
Platini 59', 62', 77'		Sestic 32'
		Stojkovic (p) 84'
''' Denmark'''	3 - 2 (1-2)	''' Belgium'''	20:30 - Stade de la Meinau, Strasbourg Ref: Adolf Prokop (East Germany) Attendance: 36,911
Arnesen (p) 41'		Ceulemans 26'
Brylle 60'		Vercauteren 39'
Elkjær 84'

Group B

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA Spain 4 3 1 2 0 3 2 Portugal 4 3 1 2 0 2 1 West Germany 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 Romania 1 3 0 1 2 2 4

West Germany 0-0 Portugal Romania 1-1 Spain West Germany 2-1 Romania Portugal 1-1 Spain West Germany 0-1 Spain Portugal 1-0 Romania

June 14, 1984

''' West Germany'''	0 - 0 (0-0)	''' Portugal'''	17:15 - Stade de la Meinau, Strasbourg Ref: Romualdas Juška (USSR) Attendance: 47,950
Romania	1 - 1 (1-1)	''' Spain'''	20:30 - Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, St. Étienne Ref: Alexis Ponnet (Belgium) Attendance: 17,012
Bölöni 35'		Carrasco (p) 22'

June 17, 1984

''' West Germany'''	2 - 1 (1-0)	Romania	17:15 - Stade Félix Bollaert, Lens Ref: Jan Keizer (Netherlands) Attendance: 31,803
Völler 25', 66'		Coras 46'
''' Portugal'''	1 - 1 (0-0)	''' Spain'''	20:30 - Stade Vélodrome, Marseille Ref: Michel Vautrot (France) Attendance: 30,000
Sousa 52'		Santillana 73'

June 20, 1984

''' West Germany'''	0 - 1 (0-0)	''' Spain'''	20:30 - Parc des Princes, Paris Ref: Vojtech Christov (Czechoslovakia) Attendance: 47,691
		Maceda 90'
''' Portugal'''	1 - 0 (0-0)	Romania	20:30 - Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes Ref: Heinz Fahnler (Austria) Attendance: 24,266
Nené 81'

Semi-finals

France	1 - 1 (1-0)	Portugal	20:00 - Stade Vélodrome, Marseille Ref: Paolo Bergamo (Italy) Attendance: 54,848
after extra-time:	3 - 2 (1-2)
Domergue 24', 114'		Jordão 74', 98'
Platini 119'

June 24, 1984

Denmark	1 - 1 (1-0)	Spain	20:00 - Stade Gerland, Lyon Ref: George Courtney (England) Attendance: 47,483
after extra-time:	1 - 1 (1-1)
Lerby 7'		Maceda 67'
Penalty shootout
Denmark		4 - 5	Spain
Brylle: goal		1-1	Santillana: goal
Olsen: goal		2-2	Señor: goal
Laudrup: goal		3-3	Urkiaga: goal
Lerby: goal		4-4	Victor: goal
Elkjær: out		4-5	Sarabia: goal

Final

France	2 - 0 (0-0)	Spain	20:00 - Parc des Princes, Paris Ref: Vojtech Christov (Czechoslovakia) Attendance: 47,368
Platini 57'
Bellone 90'

Euro 1984 Champions: FRANCE First title

Statistics

Goal scorers

Michel Platini

Frank Arnesen

Rui Manuel Jordão

Tamagnini Nené

Laszlo Bölöni

Marcel Coras

Fastest goal

Average goals

Winning squad

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