UEFA Euro 1984

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1984 UEFA European Football Championship
Championnat d'Europe de football
France 1984
UEFA Euro 1984 logo.svg
Tournament details
Host countryFrance
Dates12–27 June
Teams8
Venue(s)7 (in 7 host cities)
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of France (lighter variant).svg  France (1st title)
Runners-upFlag of Spain.svg  Spain
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored41 (2.73 per match)
Attendance599,669 (39,978 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Michel Platini (9 goals)
1980
1988

The 1984 UEFA European Football Championship final tournament was held in France from 12 to 27 June 1984. It was the seventh UEFA European Championship, a competition held every four years and endorsed by UEFA.

Contents

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; in the tournament led by Michel Platini, who scored nine goals in France's all five matches, which is still the record for goals scored in a single tournament and until 2020 also the record for goals scored by a single player at all tournaments. Les Bleus won the championship – their first major international title. [1]

Bid process

The hosting of the event was contested by bids from France and West Germany. The French bid was unanimously selected by the UEFA Executive Committee at a meeting on 10 December 1981. [2]

Tournament summary

Group matches

The opening game of tournament featured France and Denmark. The sides played out a very close encounter until Michel Platini's goal on 78 minutes gave the hosts a 1–0 victory. The opening game also saw a premature end to the tournament for Danish midfielder Allan Simonsen, who suffered a broken leg. Platini then scored hat-tricks against both Belgium and Yugoslavia as the French recorded maximum points in Group 1. Denmark took second place in the group with victories over Belgium and Yugoslavia, while Belgium finished third with two points. Yugoslavia, despite going out with no points, gave the hosts a fright in their last group game when they took a 1–0 lead into half-time and then reduced France's 3–1 lead to one goal six minutes from time. The games in Group 1 were unusually high-scoring, and featured 23 goals over the six matches.

Group 2 provided fewer goals, but produced a huge surprise as West Germany failed to qualify for the semi-finals after a 1–0 defeat in their last match to Spain with a late goal by Antonio Maceda, and a late Portugal win by Nené against Romania that sent the holders out.

Semi-finals and final

The first semi-final between France and Portugal is often considered one of the best matches in the history of the European Championship. [3] Jean-François Domergue opened the scoring for France but Portugal equalised through Rui Jordão on 74 minutes. The game went to extra time and Jordão scored again in the 98th minute to give the Portuguese a shock lead, but the French rallied and Domergue equalised with six minutes left. Then, in the dying moments of the match and with a penalty shoot-out looming, Platini scored his eighth goal of the championship to give France a memorable 3–2 victory.

The other semi-final between Spain and Denmark saw two evenly matched sides draw 1–1 after extra time, as Søren Lerby's goal after only seven minutes was cancelled out by Maceda’s strike an hour later. The match went to a penalty shoot-out, and Spain converted all five of their penalties to win 5–4 and reach the final for the first time since 1964.

The final was played to a capacity crowd at the Parc des Princes in Paris. Just before the hour mark, Platini scored from a free-kick to put France ahead following a mistake by Spanish goalkeeper Luis Arconada. France were reduced to ten players when Yvon Le Roux was sent off, but Spain were unable to equalise, and Bruno Bellone's goal in injury time made the final score 2–0. France had won their first major championship in world football. [4]

Qualification

Portugal and Romania made their debuts in the European Championship. France, the hosts and eventual winners, qualified for the first time since inaugural tournament in 1960, which they also hosted. Denmark qualified for the first time since 1964. Yugoslavia qualified after missing the 1980 tournament. Notable absentees were the 1982 FIFA World Cup winners and Euro 1980 hosts Italy, as well as 1966 World Cup winners England, Czechoslovakia, the Netherlands (who failed to qualify for the last time until 2016) and Hungary.

Qualified teams

TeamQualified asQualified onPrevious appearances in tournament [upper-alpha 1]
Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France Host10 December 19811 ( 1960 )
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Group 1 winner12 October 19832 ( 1972 , 1980)
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal Group 2 winner1 November 19830 (debut)
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Group 3 winner16 November 19831 (1964)
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany Group 6 winner20 November 19833 ( 1972 , 1976, 1980 )
Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania Group 5 winner30 November 19830 (debut)
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia Group 4 winner21 December 19833 (1960, 1968, 1976 )
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Group 7 winner21 December 19832 ( 1964 , 1980)
  1. Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.
Group 1
Flag of France.svg  France
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia
Group 2
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania

Organisation

Tournament format

After trying out several formats, UEFA finally developed for the 1984 tournament the format that would serve for all subsequent eight-team European Championships. [5] The eight qualified teams were split into two groups of four that played a round-robin schedule. The top two teams of each group advanced to semi-finals (reintroduced after being absent from the 1980 tournament) and the winners advanced to the final. The third place play-off, widely perceived as an unnecessary chore, was dropped. As usual at the time, a win was credited with two points only, teams on equal points were ranked by goal difference instead of head-to-head results, and the sudden-death rule in extra time did not apply.

Fixtures were scheduled according to an innovative rotation schedule in which each team played its three first-round matches in three different stadia. Host France, for instance, played in Paris, Nantes, and Saint-Étienne. This formula had the advantage of exposing residents of a given city to more teams but implied multiple and sometimes costly trips from town to town for fans who wanted to follow their side. In subsequent championships, the organisers reverted to conventional schedules in which teams played in one or two cities only.

Overall impressions

Very few hooligan-related incidents were recorded throughout the tournament. Only one minor instance of fan trouble was recorded, in Strasbourg around the West Germany vs. Portugal match. The small group of German hooligans responsible for the incidents was arrested and deported back to West Germany on the same day using a new law specially passed by the French Parliament ahead of the Euro. Overall, the organisation was flawless,[ citation needed ] a feat that established France's credentials as a host nation and eventually helped it win the right to stage the 1998 FIFA World Cup.

The entire competition was marked by exceptionally fine weather which, along with the high quality of play throughout the tournament (a welcome change from the 1980 European Championship) and the absence of hooligans, contributed to a very positive and enjoyable experience for teams and fans alike.[ citation needed ]

Mascot

The official mascot of this European Championship was Peno, a rooster, representing the emblem of the host nation, France. It has the number 84 on the left side of its chest and its outfit is the same as the France national team, blue shirt, white shorts and red socks.

Venues

France's winning bid to host the Euro was based on seven stadia. The 48,000-seat Parc des Princes in Paris was the venue for the opening match and the final. Built in 1972, it was still state-of-the-art in 1984 and needed minor improvements only. Marseille's Stade Vélodrome was expanded to 55,000 seats to host one semi-final and some group matches, becoming France's largest stadium on the occasion. Stade de Gerland in Lyon, the venue for the other semi-final and some group matches as well, was thoroughly renovated and expanded to 40,000. Stade Geoffroy-Guichard in Saint-Étienne and Stade Félix-Bollaert in Lens were the other existing stadia that hosted group matches and were expanded to 53,000 and 49,000, respectively. Lastly, two all-new stadia were built to host group matches (and subsequently provided worthy home grounds for the traditionally strong local club teams): Stade de la Beaujoire in Nantes (53,000) was built on an entirely new site while Stade de la Meinau in Strasbourg was rebuilt from the ground up on the site of the old stadium into a modern 40,000-seat arena.

Paris Marseille Lyon
Parc des Princes Stade Vélodrome Stade de Gerland
Capacity: 48,360Capacity: 55,000Capacity: 51,860
Paris-Parc-des-Princes.jpg Vue du virage Depe.jpg Stade-Gerland-RWC2007.JPG
Saint-Étienne
Stade Geoffroy-Guichard
Capacity: 48,274
Geoffroy Guichard ASSE.JPG
Lens Nantes Strasbourg
Stade Félix-Bollaert Stade de la Beaujoire Stade de la Meinau
Capacity: 49,000Capacity: 52,923Capacity: 42,756
Stade Felix-Bollaert.jpg Stade de la Beaujoire.jpg Stade de la Meinau fassade2.JPG

Match officials

Squads

Each national team had to submit a squad of 20 players.

Group stage

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1984 UEFA European Championship finalists.

The teams finishing in the top two positions in each of the two groups progress to the semi-finals, while the bottom two teams in each group were eliminated from the tournament.

All times are local, CEST (UTC+2).

Tiebreakers

If two or more teams finished level on points after completion of the group matches, the following tie-breakers were used to determine the final ranking:

  1. Goal difference in all group matches
  2. Greater number of goals scored in all group matches
  3. Drawing of lots

Group 1

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France (H)330092+76Advance to knockout stage
2Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 320183+54
3Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 31024842
4Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia 300321080
Source: UEFA
(H) Hosts
France  Flag of France (lighter variant).svg 1–0 Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
  • Platini Soccerball shade.svg78'
Report
Parc des Princes, Paris
Attendance: 47,570
Referee: Volker Roth (West Germany)
Belgium  Flag of Belgium (civil).svg 2–0 Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia
Report
Stade Félix-Bollaert, Lens
Attendance: 41,525
Referee: Erik Fredriksson (Sweden)

France  Flag of France (lighter variant).svg 5–0 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
Report
Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes
Attendance: 51,359
Referee: Bob Valentine (Scotland)
Denmark  Flag of Denmark.svg 5–0 Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia
Report
Stade de Gerland, Lyon
Attendance: 34,736
Referee: Augusto Lamo Castillo (Spain)

France  Flag of France (lighter variant).svg 3–2 Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia
Report
Denmark  Flag of Denmark.svg 3–2 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
Report

Group 2

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 312032+14Advance to knockout stage
2Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 312021+14
3Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 31112203
4Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania 30122421
Source: UEFA
West Germany  Flag of Germany.svg 0–0 Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal
Report
Romania  Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg 1–1 Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Report

West Germany  Flag of Germany.svg 2–1 Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania
Report
Stade Félix-Bollaert, Lens
Attendance: 31,787
Referee: Jan Keizer (Netherlands)
Portugal  Flag of Portugal.svg 1–1 Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Report
Stade Vélodrome, Marseille
Attendance: 24,364
Referee: Michel Vautrot (France)

West Germany  Flag of Germany.svg 0–1 Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Report
Parc des Princes, Paris
Attendance: 47,691
Referee: Vojtech Christov (Czechoslovakia)
Portugal  Flag of Portugal.svg 1–0 Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania
Report
Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes
Attendance: 24,464
Referee: Heinz Fahnler (Austria)

Knockout stage

In the knockout phase, extra time and a penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary.

For the first time at a European Championship, there was no third place play-off.

All times are local, CEST (UTC+2).

Bracket

 
Semi-finals Final
 
      
 
23 June – Marseille
 
 
Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France (a.e.t.)3
 
27 June – Paris
 
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 2
 
Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France 2
 
24 June – Lyon
 
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 0
 
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 1 (4)
 
 
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain (p)1 (5)
 

Semi-finals

France  Flag of France (lighter variant).svg 3–2 (a.e.t.)Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal
Report
Stade Vélodrome, Marseille
Attendance: 54,848
Referee: Paolo Bergamo (Italy)

Final

France  Flag of France (lighter variant).svg 2–0 Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Report
Parc des Princes, Paris
Attendance: 47,368 [6]
Referee: Vojtech Christov (Czechoslovakia)

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 41 goals scored in 15 matches, for an average of 2.73 goals per match. Michel Platini's nine goals remains a record in a single European Championship.

9 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Awards

UEFA Team of the Tournament [7]
GoalkeeperDefendersMidfieldersForward
Flag of Germany.svg Harald Schumacher Flag of Denmark.svg Morten Olsen
Flag of Portugal.svg João Pinto
Flag of Germany.svg Andreas Brehme
Flag of Germany.svg Karlheinz Förster
Flag of Denmark.svg Frank Arnesen
Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Alain Giresse
Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Michel Platini
Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Jean Tigana
Flag of Portugal.svg Fernando Chalana
Flag of Germany.svg Rudi Völler

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