1984 European Football Championship

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 Denmark Belgium Yugoslavia West Germany Portugal Romania Spain

France automatically qualified for the tournament as hosts

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

For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see 1984 European Football Championship squads.

First round

All times local (CET)
''Half-time scores are in brackets'

Group A

France Denmark Belgium Yugoslavia

Team	Pts	Pld	D	L	GF
6	3	3	0	9	2
4	3	2	1	8	3
2	3	1	2	4	8
0	3	0	3	2	10

France	1-0	Denmark
Belgium	2-0	Yugoslavia
France	5-0	Belgium
Denmark	5-0	Yugoslavia
France	3-2	Yugoslavia
Denmark	3-2	Belgium

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''' Denmark'''

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'

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''' Denmark'''

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'

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

Spain Portugal West Germany Romania

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF
4	3	1	2	0	3	2
4	3	1	2	0	2	1
3	3	1	1	1	2	2
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''' Romania'''

0 - 0 (0-0) Portugal'''	17:15 - Stade de la Meinau, Strasbourg Ref: Romualdas Juška (USSR) Attendance: 47,950



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''' Portugal'''

2 - 1 (1-0) Romania'''	17:15 - Stade Félix Bollaert, Lens Ref: Jan Keizer (Netherlands) Attendance: 31,803
Völler 25', 66'		Coras 46'

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''' Portugal'''

0 - 1 (0-0) Spain'''	20:30 - Parc des Princes, Paris Ref: Vojtech Christov (Czechoslovakia) Attendance: 47,691
		Maceda 90'


1 - 0 (0-0) Romania'''	20:30 - Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes Ref: Heinz Fahnler (Austria) Attendance: 24,266
Nené 81'

Semi-finals

June 23, 1984

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 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
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

June 27, 1984

France

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

FRANCE
First title

Statistics

Goal scorers

9 Goals Michel Platini

3 Goals Frank Arnesen

2 Goals Rui Manuel Jordão Preben Elkjær Jean-François Domergue Rudi Völler Antonio Maceda Francés

1 Goal Tamagnini Nené António Sousa Jan Ceulemans Georges Grün Erwin Vandenbergh Franky Vercauteren Klaus Berggreen Kenneth Brylle John Lauridsen Søren Lerby Bruno Bellone Luis Fernandez Alain Giresse Laszlo Bölöni Marcel Coras Francisco Carrasco Carlos Santillana Milos Sestic Dragan Stojkovic

Fastest goal

3 Minutes : Michel Platini (France vs Belgium)

Average goals

2.73 Per Game

Winning squad

France
Player	Club in 1984
Goalkeepers
Joel Bats	Auxerre
Philippe Bergeroo	Toulouse
Albert Rust	FC Sochaux
Defenders
Manuel Amoros	Monaco
Patrick Battiston	Bordeaux
Maxime Bossis	FC Nantes
Jean-François Domergue	Toulouse
Yvon Le Roux	Monaco
Thierry Tousseau	Bordeaux
Luis Fernandez	Paris Saint-Germain
Midfielders
Jean-Marc Ferreri	Auxerre
Bernard Genghini	Monaco
Jean Tigana	Bordeaux
Bruno Bellone	Monaco
Daniel Bravo	Monaco
Michel Platini	Juventus
Forwards
Alain Giresse	Bordeaux
Bernard Lacombe	Bordeaux
Dominique Rocheteau	Paris Saint-Germain
Didier Six	FC Mulhouse
Coach: Michel Hidalgo

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