At Euro 96, held in England, Terry Venables led England to their best performance at a European Championship, reaching the semifinals.

This kit was only worn three times, including against Germany in the semi final of Euro 96 but the deviation from the traditional red was unpopular with supporters and the England away kit remained red until 2011, when a navy blue away kit was introduced.

** The 10th European Football Championship ( UEFA Euro 96 ) begins in England.

A world-record £ 15 million move to his boyhood heroes, Newcastle United, followed the Euro ' 96 tournament, and Shearer spent the remainder of his career with the club.

Shearer's international strike rate had also dried up, with no goals in the twelve matches leading up to Euro 96.

After Euro 96, Manchester United again sought to sign Shearer, and entered the battle for his signature.

However, he still maintained a regular place in defence, and after the retirement of Gary Lineker in 1992, Adams unofficially shared the captaincy of England with David Platt, though Adams became England captain outright before Euro 96, as Platt's place in the side became less secure.

England reached the semi-finals of Euro 96, before losing on penalties to Germany.

It was famous for hosting the annual FA Cup finals, five European Cup finals, the 1948 Summer Olympics, the 1966 World Cup Final, the final of Euro 96 and the 1985 Live Aid concert.

Thirty years later, it was the principal venue of Euro 96, hosting all of England's matches, as well as the tournament's final, where reunified Germany won the cup for a third time with the first international Golden Goal in football history.

In 1996, Hillsborough was host to several fixtures at the Euro 96 competition and in particular was host to the Danish squad.

A bridge was built across the River Don in 1996, to provide access to the refurbished South Stand, ahead of Euro 96.

The largest gate receipts taken from a match at Hillsborough was for the Euro 96 game between Turkey and Denmark on 19 June 1996.

The stadium has hosted FIFA World Cup football ( 1966 ), The 1996 European Championships ( Euro 96 ) and 27 FA Cup Semi Finals.

Ireland failed to qualify for Euro 96, despite a strong start to the group, when they won their opening three games, including a 4 – 0 win against Northern Ireland.

Jacquet began to rebuild the national team in preparation for Euro 96 and appointed Cantona as captain.

Cantona, Papin and David Ginola lost their places in the squad and were never selected for the French team again, thus missing Euro 96.

During this time he also played in the 1998 and 2002 World Cups, and Euro 96 and Euro 2000, and is England's second-most capped goalkeeper with 75 caps, after Peter Shilton.

Seaman's career highs came in his successful performance in UEFA Euro 96 and in Arsenal's UEFA Cup Winners ' Cup, Premier League and FA Cup ( including a superb save from Paul Peschisolido for Sheffield United in the FA Cup 2002 – 03 ) campaigns in the mid-90s and early-2000s.

Seaman remained a member of the England squad under new manager Graham Taylor but only cemented his place as undisputed number one with the arrival of Terry Venables and played every minute of every match during Euro 96.

Euro 96 sponsor Philips named him " Player of the Tournament ".

Sheringham went on to be a great success for both club and country, playing a big part in England's run to the semi-finals of Euro 96 as well as Manchester United's treble glory in 1999, after maturing as a consistent goalscorer with Millwall, Nottingham Forest and Tottenham Hotspur.

From 1994 to 1996 he combined the role with that of England assistant manager ( under Terry Venables ), and was linked with the manager's job when Venables announced his intention to quit after Euro 96, only to rule himself out of the running due to his limited experience.

He was also the starter in Euro 2004, saving David Beckham's penalty shot in the round robin, but France went out in the quarterfinals to eventual winners Greece.

In Euro 1992, Germany reached the final, but lost 0 – 2 to surprise winners Denmark.

Constructed to become one of the venues of the UEFA Euro 2004 tournament, it staged the inaugural match between hosts Portugal and eventual winners Greece, as well as three group stage, one quarterfinal, and one semifinal fixtures.

At Euro 88, Matthäus captained the team and scored a penalty against the Netherlands ( the eventual winners ) in the semi-final to give his team a 1 – 0 lead, but Ronald Koeman leveled the score with a penalty, and then Marco van Basten slid in the winning goal in the final minutes.

They were drawn in the so-called " Group of Death " with their old " friends " the Netherlands ( they played each other both in the Euro 2008 qualifying group and in the 2006 World Cup qualifying group ), Italy, the 2006 FIFA World Cup winners and France, runners-up in the 2006 FIFA World Cup.

The Euro 2008 ended in disappointment after three group stage losses against Sweden, Russia, and eventual winners Spain.

He had been the youngest first choice player in the England first team during Euro 96, his first tournament, playing in each game until the semi-final, when he was suspended and England were subsequently knocked out by eventual winners, Germany.

On 12 July 2004, Domenech was a surprise choice to succeed Jacques Santini after the country's disappointing exit from UEFA Euro 2004 by losing in the quarter-final match to the eventual tournament-upset winners Greece.

He has played in the 2006 FIFA World Cup, UEFA Euro 2008, 2010 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2012, helping Spain to become eventual winners in the three most recent tournaments.

On 12 November 2011, Parker was named man of the match in a friendly against UEFA Euro 2008 and World Cup 2010 winners Spain in the 1 – 0 win.

Notable results during his tenure included a 1 – 0 victory against England in a World Cup qualifying match, a 1 – 1 draw against Portugal, who went on to reach the 2006 World Cup semi-finals, a 2 – 1 win over Sweden, and a 3 – 2 win against eventual Euro 2008 winners Spain in a Euro 2008 qualifying match, with striker David Healy scoring a hat-trick.

** Czechoslovakia beats West Germany 5 – 3 on penalties to win Euro 76, when the game had ended 2 – 2 after extra time.

** West Germany beats the Soviet Union 3 – 0 to win Euro 72.

** Euro notes and coins are introduced in France, Spain, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Greece, Finland, Luxembourg, Belgium, Austria, Ireland and the Netherlands.

It was the first time in over twenty years that a national team held both the World Cup and Euro titles, a feat last accomplished by West Germany in 1974.

At the UEFA Euro 1988, Van Basten scored a total of five goals, including a hat trick against England, the winning goal in the semi-final against West Germany, and a spectacular volley in the final against the Soviet Union.

* UEFA Euro 1996 Final ( Germany beat Czech Republic )

There are two areas of CFO income in Europe: there are few countries, like France, Germany or UK, where CFOs earn more that 1 million Euro per year ; and there are the other countries ( Spain, Portugal etc.

On 31 March 1999, Jeremies scored his first and only international goal, helping to a 2 – 0 home win against Finland for the UEFA Euro 2000 qualifiers, which was later chosen as Goal of the Month in Germany ; however, he was dropped from the national team during the build up to the finals, after calling the Erich Ribbeck-led side " pityful ".

Two important historical events have dramatically reshaped Berchtesgadener Land in recent years, namely Austria's signing of the Schengen treaty in 1990 and the introduction of the Euro in 2002 in both Germany and Austria.

* June 26-In Euro 1992, Denmark surprisingly won 2-0 over Germany at Nya Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden.

Kevin Keegan selected him for Euro 2000, where he started against both Portugal and Germany but sustained an injury in his warm-up exercises for the third game against Romania.

West Germany hosted UEFA Euro 1988, and the Netherlands beat the hosts — and traditional rivals — 2 – 1 in the semi-finals, which sparked vigorous celebrations in the Netherlands.

Reunified Germany won their first major international title at Euro 1996, becoming the European champions for the third time.

Germany failed to build on their success in 2002 and again exited in the first round of Euro 2004, this time drawing their first two matches and losing the third.

In the semi-final on 7 July, Germany lost 1 – 0 to Spain, in an almost flashback to the finals of Euro 2008.

Germany qualified top of Group A in qualification for UEFA Euro 2012 with a record of 10 wins out of ten matches against Kazakhstan, Turkey, Austria, Belgium, and Azerbaijan.

In Germany, there are ToBi ( Total Billig, which translates as " Totally Inexpensive ") stores where most items cost one or two Euro or less.

On June 21, 1948 the Deutsche Mark ( German Mark ) was introduced by the Bank deutscher Länder in the western zones of occupation in Germany ; the Deutsche Emissions-and Girobank ( German bank of issue and giro centre ) of the Soviet zone followed suit on June 23, 1948, issuing its own Deutsche Mark ( colloquially referred to as the East German Mark or Ostmark ), later officially called " Mark der Deutschen Notenbank " ( 1964 – 1967 ) and then " Mark der DDR " ( 1968 – 1990 ), through to the adoption in reunified Germany of the euro in 1999, with Germany minting its own German euro coins and using the unified Euro banknotes used all over the Eurozone of the 21st century.