UEFA Euro 1992 Group 2 explained

Group 2 of UEFA Euro 1992 was one of the two groups in the final tournament's initial group stage. It began on 12 June and was completed on 18 June. The group consisted of the Netherlands, Scotland, Germany and the CIS, a team composed of players from 12 of the 15 former Soviet Union members.^[1]

The Netherlands won the group and advanced to the semi-finals, along with Germany. Scotland and the CIS failed to advance.

Teams

Team	Method of qualification	Date of qualification	data-sort-type="number"	Finals appearance	Last appearance	Previous best performance
	Group 3 winner	13 November 1991	6th		data-sort-value="1"	Winners (1960)
	Group 5 winner	20 November 1991	6th		data-sort-value="1"	Winners (1972, 1980)
	Group 6 winner	4 December 1991	4th		data-sort-value="1"	Winners (1988)
	Group 2 winner	13 November 1991	1st	—	data-sort-value="99"	Debut

Notes

Standings

In the semi-finals,

• The winner of Group 2, Netherlands, advanced to play the runner-up of Group 1, Denmark.
• The runner-up of Group 2, Germany, advanced to play the winner of Group 1, Sweden.

Matches

Netherlands vs Scotland

GK 1 Hans van Breukelen RB 2 Berry van Aerle CB 4 Ronald Koeman CB 3 Adri van Tiggelen LB 14 RM 10 Ruud Gullit (c) CM 8 Frank Rijkaard CM 6 LM 20 Bryan Roy SS 7 CF 9 Marco van Basten Substitutions: MF 18 MF 15 Manager: Rinus Michels

width=25 ! width=25 GK 1 Andy Goram RB 9 Stewart McKimmie CB 2 Richard Gough (c) CB 8 Dave McPherson LB 4 Maurice Malpas RM 11 Gary McAllister CM 3 Paul McStay CM 10 Stuart McCall LM 6 CF 7 Gordon Durie CF 5 Substitutions: FW 14 FW 20 Manager: Andy Roxburgh

Linesmen: Lennart Sundqvist (Sweden) Bo Persson (Sweden) Fourth official: Leif Sundell (Sweden)

CIS vs Germany

GK 1 SW 2 Andrey Chernyshov CB 5 Oleh Kuznetsov CB 4 DM 16 Dmitri Kuznetsov RM 8 Andrei Kanchelskis CM 7 Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko (c) CM 10 LM 6 CF 14 CF 15 Igor Kolyvanov Substitutions: DF 20 DF 18 Manager: Anatoliy Byshovets

width=25 ! width=25 GK 1 Bodo Illgner SW 5 Manfred Binz CB 2 CB 4 Jürgen Kohler CB 3 Andreas Brehme RM 10 Thomas Doll CM 17 Stefan Effenberg CM 6 Guido Buchwald LM 8 Thomas Häßler CF 9 Rudi Völler (c) CF 11 Karl-Heinz Riedle Substitutions: FW 7 FW 18 Manager: Berti Vogts

Linesmen: Marc Huguenin (France) Alain Gourdet (France) Fourth official: Rémi Harrel (France)

Scotland vs Germany

GK 1 Andy Goram RB 9 Stewart McKimmie CB 2 Richard Gough (c) CB 8 Dave McPherson LB 4 Maurice Malpas RM 11 Gary McAllister CM 3 Paul McStay CM 10 LM 6 Brian McClair CF 7 CF 5 Substitutions: MF 13 FW 14 Manager: Andy Roxburgh

width=25 ! width=25 GK 1 Bodo Illgner SW 5 Manfred Binz CB 6 Guido Buchwald CB 4 Jürgen Kohler RM 8 CM 17 Stefan Effenberg CM 16 Matthias Sammer CM 7 Andreas Möller LM 3 Andreas Brehme (c) CF 18 Jürgen Klinsmann CF 11 Substitutions: DF 2 DF 19 Manager: Berti Vogts

Linesmen: Pierre Mannaerts (Belgium) Robert Surkijn (Belgium) Fourth official: Frans van den Wijngaert (Belgium)

Netherlands vs CIS

GK 1 Hans van Breukelen SW 4 CB 2 Berry van Aerle CB 3 Adri van Tiggelen RWB 8 Frank Rijkaard LWB 6 CM 10 Ruud Gullit (c) CM 7 CM 14 Rob Witschge CF 9 Marco van Basten CF 20 Bryan Roy Substitutions: MF 11 FW 19 Manager: Rinus Michels

width=25 ! width=25 GK 1 Dmitri Kharine SW 2 Andrey Chernyshov CB 18 Viktor Onopko CB 5 Oleh Kuznetsov DM 4 RM 9 CM 7 Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko (c) CM 10 Igor Dobrovolski LM 8 Andrei Kanchelskis CF 11 CF 15 Igor Kolyvanov Substitutions: MF 16 FW 13 Manager: Anatoliy Byshovets

Linesmen: Arne Paltoft (Denmark) Jørgen Ohmeyer (Denmark) Fourth official: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)

Netherlands vs Germany

See also: Germany–Netherlands football rivalry.

GK 1 Hans van Breukelen SW 4 Ronald Koeman CB 3 Adri van Tiggelen CB 17 CM 8 Frank Rijkaard CM 6 Jan Wouters RM 10 Ruud Gullit (c) AM 7 LM 14 Rob Witschge CF 9 Marco van Basten CF 20 Bryan Roy Substitutions: MF 15 MF 16 Manager: Rinus Michels

width=25 ! width=25 GK 1 Bodo Illgner SW 5 CB 14 Thomas Helmer CB 4 RWB 3 Andreas Brehme (c) DM 17 Stefan Effenberg LWB 15 Michael Frontzeck CM 8 Thomas Häßler CM 7 Andreas Möller CF 18 Jürgen Klinsmann CF 11 Substitutions: MF 16 MF 10 Manager: Berti Vogts

Linesmen: Domenico Ramicone (Italy) Maurizio Padovan (Italy) Fourth official: Tullio Lanese (Italy)

Scotland vs CIS

GK 1 Andy Goram RB 9 Stewart McKimmie CB 2 Richard Gough (c) CB 8 Dave McPherson LB 15 Tom Boyd RM 11 Gary McAllister CM 6 CM 3 Paul McStay LM 10 CF 14 CF 5 Ally McCoist Substitutions: MF 16 MF 13 Manager: Andy Roxburgh

width=25 ! width=25 GK 1 Dmitri Kharine SW 2 CB 3 Kakhaber Tskhadadze CB 5 Oleh Kuznetsov RM 8 Andrei Kanchelskis CM 9 CM 7 Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko (c) CM 10 Igor Dobrovolski LM 18 Viktor Onopko CF 11 Sergei Yuran CF 13 Substitutions: DF 16 MF 17 Manager: Anatoliy Byshovets

Linesmen: Zivanko Popović (Switzerland) Paul Wyttenbach (Switzerland) Fourth official: Bruno Galler (Switzerland)

See also

• Germany at the UEFA European Championship
• Netherlands at the UEFA European Championship
• Scotland at the UEFA European Championship
• Russia at the UEFA European Championship

External links

• UEFA Euro 1992 Group 2

Notes and References

1. Web site: European Championship 1992 . . . 22 October 2001 . 1 March 2017.

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