UEFA Euro 1992 Group 2

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	Finals appearance	Last appearance	Previous best performance
CIS[nb 1]	Group 3 winner[nb 2]	13 November 1991	6th	1988	Winners (1960)
Germany[nb 3]	Group 5 winner	20 November 1991	6th	1988	Winners (1972, 1980)
Netherlands	Group 6 winner	4 December 1991	4th	1988	Winners (1988)
Scotland	Group 2 winner	13 November 1991	1st	—	Debut

Notes

1. From 1960 to 1988, CIS competed as the Soviet Union.
2. Replaced the Soviet Union.
3. From 1972 to 1988, Germany competed as West Germany.

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	3	2	1	0	4	1	+3	5	Advance to knockout stage
2	Germany	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	3
3	Scotland	3	1	0	2	3	3	0	2
4	CIS	3	0	2	1	1	4	−3	2

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

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

All times Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

Netherlands vs Scotland

12 June 1992 (1992-06-12)

17:15

Netherlands	1–0	Scotland
Bergkamp 75'	Report

Ullevi, Gothenburg

Attendance: 35,720

Referee: Bo Karlsson (Sweden)

Netherlands

Scotland

GK 1 Hans van Breukelen CB 2 Berry van Aerle CB 4 Ronald Koeman CB 3 Adri van Tiggelen RM 20 Bryan Roy CM 8 Frank Rijkaard CM 6 Jan Wouters  54' LM 14 Rob Witschge  25' AM 10 Ruud Gullit (c) CF 7 Dennis Bergkamp  84' CF 9 Marco van Basten Substitutions: MF 18 Wim Jonk  54' MF 15 Aron Winter  84' Manager: Rinus Michels

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 Brian McClair  78' CF 7 Gordon Durie CF 5 Ally McCoist  73' Substitutions: FW 14 Kevin Gallacher  73' FW 20 Duncan Ferguson  78' Manager: Andy Roxburgh

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

CIS vs Germany

12 June 1992 (1992-06-12)

20:15

CIS	1–1	Germany
Dobrovolski 64' (pen.)	Report	Häßler 90'

Idrottsparken, Norrköping

Attendance: 17,410

Referee: Gérard Biguet (France)

CIS

Germany

GK 1 Dmitri Kharine  75' SW 4 Akhrik Tsveiba  88' CB 2 Andrey Chernyshov CB 5 Oleh Kuznetsov RM 8 Andrei Kanchelskis CM 10 Igor Dobrovolski  70' CM 7 Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko (c) CM 6 Igor Shalimov  86' LM 16 Dmitri Kuznetsov SS 15 Igor Kolyvanov CF 14 Volodymyr Lyutyi  46' Substitutions: DF 20 Andrei Ivanov  46' DF 18 Viktor Onopko  86' Manager: Anatoliy Byshovets

GK 1 Bodo Illgner SW 5 Manfred Binz CB 2 Stefan Reuter  65' 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)  46' CF 11 Karl-Heinz Riedle Substitutions: MF 7 Andreas Möller  46' FW 18 Jürgen Klinsmann  65' Manager: Berti Vogts

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

Scotland vs Germany

15 June 1992 (1992-06-15)

17:15

Scotland	0–2	Germany
	Report	Riedle 29' Effenberg 47'

Idrottsparken, Norrköping

Attendance: 17,638

Referee: Guy Goethals (Belgium)

Scotland

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 Stuart McCall  90' LM 6 Brian McClair CF 7 Gordon Durie  55' CF 5 Ally McCoist  68' Substitutions: MF 13 Pat Nevin  55' FW 14 Kevin Gallacher  68' Manager: Andy Roxburgh

GK 1 Bodo Illgner SW 5 Manfred Binz CB 6 Guido Buchwald CB 4 Jürgen Kohler RM 8 Thomas Häßler  87' CM 17 Stefan Effenberg CM 16 Matthias Sammer CM 7 Andreas Möller LM 3 Andreas Brehme (c) CF 18 Jürgen Klinsmann CF 11 Karl-Heinz Riedle  67' Substitutions: DF 2 Stefan Reuter  67'  75' DF 19 Michael Schulz  75' Manager: Berti Vogts

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

Netherlands vs CIS

15 June 1992 (1992-06-15)

20:15

Netherlands	0–0	CIS
	Report

Ullevi, Gothenburg

Attendance: 34,440

Referee: Peter Mikkelsen (Denmark)

Netherlands

CIS

GK 1 Hans van Breukelen CB 2 Berry van Aerle CB 4 Ronald Koeman  26' CB 3 Adri van Tiggelen RM 20 Bryan Roy CM 8 Frank Rijkaard CM 6 Jan Wouters  68' LM 14 Rob Witschge AM 10 Ruud Gullit (c)  72' CF 7 Dennis Bergkamp  80' CF 9 Marco van Basten Substitutions: MF 11 John van 't Schip  72' FW 19 Eric Viscaal  80' Manager: Rinus Michels

GK 1 Dmitri Kharine SW 4 Akhrik Tsveiba  22' CB 2 Andrey Chernyshov CB 18 Viktor Onopko CB 5 Oleh Kuznetsov RM 8 Andrei Kanchelskis CM 7 Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko (c) LM 15 Igor Kolyvanov AM 10 Igor Dobrovolski AM 9 Sergei Aleinikov  57' CF 11 Sergei Yuran  65' Substitutions: MF 16 Dmitri Kuznetsov  57' FW 13 Sergei Kiriakov  65' 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

18 June 1992 (1992-06-18)

20:15

Netherlands	3–1	Germany
Rijkaard 4' Witschge 15' Bergkamp 72'	Report	Klinsmann 53'

Ullevi, Gothenburg

Attendance: 37,725

Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto (Italy)

Netherlands

Germany

GK 1 Hans van Breukelen SW 4 Ronald Koeman CB 10 Ruud Gullit (c) CB 17 Frank de Boer  61' CB 3 Adri van Tiggelen RM 20 Bryan Roy CM 8 Frank Rijkaard CM 6 Jan Wouters LM 14 Rob Witschge CF 7 Dennis Bergkamp  87' CF 9 Marco van Basten Substitutions: MF 15 Aron Winter  61' MF 16 Peter Bosz  87' Manager: Rinus Michels

GK 1 Bodo Illgner SW 5 Manfred Binz  46' CB 14 Thomas Helmer CB 4 Jürgen Kohler  50' RWB 3 Andreas Brehme (c) LWB 15 Michael Frontzeck CM 8 Thomas Häßler CM 17 Stefan Effenberg CM 7 Andreas Möller CF 18 Jürgen Klinsmann CF 11 Karl-Heinz Riedle  76' Substitutions: MF 16 Matthias Sammer  46' MF 10 Thomas Doll  76' Manager: Berti Vogts

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

Scotland vs CIS

18 June 1992 (1992-06-18)

20:15

Scotland	3–0	CIS
McStay 7' McClair 16' McAllister 84' (pen.)	Report

Idrottsparken, Norrköping

Attendance: 14,660

Referee: Kurt Röthlisberger (Switzerland)

Scotland

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 Brian McClair  65' CM 3 Paul McStay LM 10 Stuart McCall  67' CF 14 Kevin Gallacher  79' CF 5 Ally McCoist Substitutions: MF 16 Jim McInally  65' MF 13 Pat Nevin  79' Manager: Andy Roxburgh

GK 1 Dmitri Kharine RB 2 Andrey Chernyshov  52' CB 18 Viktor Onopko CB 3 Kakhaber Tskhadadze LB 5 Oleh Kuznetsov RM 8 Andrei Kanchelskis CM 7 Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko (c)  85' LM 13 Sergei Kiriakov  46' AM 10 Igor Dobrovolski AM 9 Sergei Aleinikov  46' CF 11 Sergei Yuran Substitutions: MF 16 Dmitri Kuznetsov  84'  46' MF 17 Igor Korneev  46' 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