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{{Short description|7th European association football championship}}
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{{Infobox International Football Competition
| tourney_name = UEFA European Football Championship
| year = 1984
| other_titles = Championnat d'Europe de football<br />France 1984
| image = UEFA Euro 1984 logo.svg
| size = 200px
| caption = 
| country = France
| dates = 12–27 June
| num_teams = 8
| venues = 7
| cities = 7
| champion = FRA|champion-flagvar=1974
| count = 1
| second = ESP
| matches = 15
| goals = 41
| attendance = 599669
| top_scorer = {{fbicon|FRA|1974}} [[Michel Platini]] {{nowrap|(9 goals)}}
| prevseason = [[UEFA Euro 1980|1980]]
| nextseason = [[UEFA Euro 1988|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]].

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 national football team|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 [[UEFA Euro 2020]] also the record for goals scored by a single player at all tournaments. ''Les Bleus'' won the championship – their first major international title.<ref>{{cite web|last=Shemilt |first=Stephan|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/17984239 |title=Euro 1984: Michel Platini at his peak inspires France |publisher=BBC Sport |date=12 May 2012 |access-date=17 June 2012}}</ref>

==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.<ref>Dietrich Schulze-Marmeling: Die Geschichte der Fußball-Europameisterschaft, Verlag Die Werkstatt, {{ISBN|978-3-89533-553-2}}</ref>

==Tournament summary==

===Group matches===
The opening game of tournament featured [[France national football team|France]] and [[Denmark national football team|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 national football team|Belgium]] and [[Yugoslavia national football team|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 national football team|West Germany]] failed to qualify for the semi-finals after a 1–0 defeat in their last match to [[Spain men's national football team|Spain]] with a late goal by [[Antonio Maceda]], and a late [[Portugal national football team|Portugal]] win by [[Nené (footballer, born 1949)|Nené]] against [[Romania national football team|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.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/euro_2004/history/3083327.stm |title=BBC SPORT &#124; Football &#124; Euro 2004 &#124; History &#124; France 1984 |publisher=BBC News |date=17 May 2004 |access-date=26 September 2012}}</ref> [[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 [[UEFA Euro 1964|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.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.theguardian.com/football/that-1980s-sports-blog/2016/jun/10/france-euro-1984-tv-bbc-itv-platini|title=How France hosted and won Euro 1984 (and British TV ignored the action)|date=10 June 2016|work=Guardian|accessdate=16 February 2024}}</ref>

==Qualification==
{{main|UEFA Euro 1984 qualifying}}
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===
{{:UEFA Euro 1984 qualifying}}

{|
|- valign=top
|
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|+ [[#Group 1|Group 1]]
|-
| align=center| {{fb|FRA}}
|-
| align=center| {{fb|DEN}}
|-
| align=center| {{fb|BEL}}
|-
| align=center| {{fb|YUG}}
|}
|
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|+ [[#Group 2|Group 2]]
|-
| align=center| {{fb|FRG}}
|-
| align=center| {{fb|ESP}}
|-
| align=center| {{fb|POR}}
|-
| align=center| {{fb|ROU}}
|}
|}

==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.<ref>{{cite web|author=John Brewin and Martin Williamson |url=http://espnfc.com/en/news/1053825/league/uefa-euro/season/2012/european-championships-1984.html |title=Euro 2012: European Championships 1984 &#124; Live football and soccer news |publisher=ESPNFC.com |date=29 April 2012 |access-date=23 August 2012}}</ref> 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 [[Germany national football team|West Germany]] vs. [[Portugal national football team|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|date=June 2021}} 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 UEFA European Football Championship|1980 European Championship]]) and the absence of hooligans, contributed to a very positive and enjoyable experience for teams and fans alike.{{Citation needed|date=February 2017}}

===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.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! [[Paris]]
! [[Marseille]]
! [[Lyon]]
|-
| [[Parc des Princes]]
| [[Stade Vélodrome]]
| [[Stade de Gerland]]
|-
| Capacity: '''48,360'''
| Capacity: '''55,000'''
| Capacity: '''51,860'''
|-
| [[File:Paris-Parc-des-Princes.jpg|200px]]
| [[File:Vue du virage Depé.jpg|200px]]
| [[File:Stade-Gerland-RWC2007.JPG|200px]]
|-
! rowspan="4" colspan="2" | {{Location map+|France|AlternativeMap=France location map-Regions and departements 1975-2014.svg|float=center|width=410|caption=|places=
{{Location map~|France|lat=48.841389|long= 2.253056|label=[[Paris]]|position=bottom}}
{{Location map~|France|lat=43.269722|long= 5.395833|label=[[Marseille]]|position=bottom}}
{{Location map~|France|lat=45.723889|long= 4.832222|label=[[Lyon]]|position=right}}
{{Location map~|France|lat=45.460833|long= 4.390278|label=[[Saint-Étienne]]|position=bottom}}
{{Location map~|France|lat=50.432882|long= 2.814975|label=[[Lens, Pas-de-Calais|Lens]]|position=left}}
{{Location map~|France|lat=47.255631|long=-1.525375|label=[[Nantes]]|position=right}}
{{Location map~|France|lat=48.560064|long= 7.754969|label=[[Strasbourg]]|position=left}}}}
! [[Saint-Étienne]]
|-
| [[Stade Geoffroy-Guichard]]
|-
| Capacity: '''48,274'''
|-
| [[File:Geoffroy Guichard ASSE.JPG|200px]]
|-
! [[Lens, Pas-de-Calais|Lens]]
! [[Nantes]]
! [[Strasbourg]]
|-
| [[Stade Bollaert-Delelis|Stade Félix-Bollaert]]
| [[Stade de la Beaujoire]]
| [[Stade de la Meinau]]
|-
| Capacity: '''49,000'''
| Capacity: '''52,923'''
| Capacity: '''42,756'''
|-
| [[File:Stade Felix-Bollaert.jpg|200px]]
| [[File:Stade de la Beaujoire.jpg|200px]]
| [[File:Stade de la Meinau fassade2.JPG|200px]]
|}

==Match officials==
{{div col|colwidth=22em}}
*{{fbaicon|AUT}} [[Heinz Fahnler]]
*{{fbaicon|BEL}} [[Alexis Ponnet]]
*{{fbaicon|TCH}} [[Vojtech Christov]]
*{{fbaicon|GDR}} [[Adolf Prokop]]
*{{fbaicon|ENG}} [[George Courtney]]
*{{fbaicon|FRA|1974}} [[Michel Vautrot]]
*{{fbaicon|ITA}} [[Paolo Bergamo]]
*{{fbaicon|NED}} [[Jan Keizer (referee)|Jan Keizer]]
*{{fbaicon|SCO}} [[Bob Valentine (referee)|Bob Valentine]]
*{{fbaicon|ESP}} [[Augusto Lamo Castillo]]
*{{fbaicon|URS}} [[Romualdas Juška]]
*{{fbaicon|SWE}} [[Erik Fredriksson]]
*{{fbaicon|SUI}} [[André Daina]]
*{{fbaicon|FRG}} [[Volker Roth]]
{{div col end}}

==Squads==
{{main|UEFA Euro 1984 squads}}

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

==Group stage==
[[File:Euro 1984.png|thumb|right|291px|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, [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] ([[UTC+02:00|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:
# Goal difference in all group matches
# Greater number of goals scored in all group matches
# Drawing of lots

===Group 1===
{{main|UEFA Euro 1984 Group 1}}
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===Group 2===
{{main|UEFA Euro 1984 Group 2}}
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==Knockout stage==
{{main|UEFA Euro 1984 knockout stage}}

In the knockout phase, [[Overtime (sports)#Association football (soccer)|extra time]] and a [[Penalty shoot-out (association football)|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, [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] ([[UTC+02:00|UTC+2]]).''

===Bracket===
{{#lst:UEFA Euro 1984 knockout stage|bracket}}

===Semi-finals===
{{#lst:UEFA Euro 1984 knockout stage|sf1}}
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{{#lst:UEFA Euro 1984 knockout stage|sf2}}

===Final===
{{main|UEFA Euro 1984 final}}
{{#lst:UEFA Euro 1984 Final|final}}

==Statistics==

===Goalscorers===
{{Goalscorers
|goals=41 |matches=15
|further=[[Michel Platini]]'s nine goals remains a record in a single European Championship.

|9 goals=
*{{fbicon|FRA|1974}} [[Michel Platini]]

|3 goals=
*{{fbicon|DEN}} [[Frank Arnesen]]

|2 goals=
*{{fbicon|DEN}} [[Preben Elkjær]]
*{{fbicon|FRA|1974}} [[Jean-François Domergue]]
*{{fbicon|POR}} [[Rui Jordão]]
*{{fbicon|ESP}} [[Antonio Maceda]]
*{{fbicon|FRG}} [[Rudi Völler]]

|1 goal=
*{{fbicon|BEL}} [[Jan Ceulemans]]
*{{fbicon|BEL}} [[Georges Grün]]
*{{fbicon|BEL}} [[Erwin Vandenbergh]]
*{{fbicon|BEL}} [[Franky Vercauteren]]
*{{fbicon|DEN}} [[Klaus Berggreen]]
*{{fbicon|DEN}} [[Kenneth Brylle]]
*{{fbicon|DEN}} [[John Lauridsen]]
*{{fbicon|DEN}} [[Søren Lerby]]
*{{fbicon|FRA|1974}} [[Bruno Bellone]]
*{{fbicon|FRA|1974}} [[Luis Fernandez]]
*{{fbicon|FRA|1974}} [[Alain Giresse]]
*{{fbicon|POR}} [[Nené (footballer, born 1949)|Nené]]
*{{fbicon|POR}} [[António Sousa]]
*{{fbicon|ROU|1965}} [[László Bölöni]]
*{{fbicon|ROU|1965}} [[Marcel Coraș]]
*{{fbicon|ESP}} [[Lobo Carrasco]]
*{{fbicon|ESP}} [[Santillana (footballer)|Santillana]]
*{{fbicon|YUG}} [[Miloš Šestić]]
*{{fbicon|YUG}} [[Dragan Stojković]]
}}

===Awards===
;UEFA Team of the Tournament<ref>{{cite news|title=1984 team of the tournament|work=Union of European Football Associations|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro-2020/news/0253-0d7bc1ec003b-5dab50424929-1000--euro-1984-team-of-the-tournament/?iv=true|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200812212437/https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro-2020/news/0253-0d7bc1ec003b-5dab50424929-1000--euro-1984-team-of-the-tournament/?iv=true|url-status=dead|archive-date=12 August 2020|access-date=14 May 2020}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="width:25%;" | Goalkeeper
! style="width:25%;" | Defenders
! style="width:25%;" | Midfielders
! style="width:25%;" | Forward
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
| {{fbicon|FRG}} [[Toni Schumacher]]
| {{fbicon|DEN}} [[Morten Olsen]]<br />{{fbicon|POR}} [[João Pinto (footballer, born 1961)|João Pinto]]<br />{{fbicon|FRG}} [[Andreas Brehme]]<br />{{fbicon|FRG}} [[Karlheinz Förster]]
| {{fbicon|DEN}} [[Frank Arnesen]]<br />{{fbicon|FRA|1974}} [[Alain Giresse]]<br />{{fbicon|FRA|1974}} [[Michel Platini]]<br />{{fbicon|FRA|1974}} [[Jean Tigana]]<br />{{fbicon|POR}} [[Fernando Chalana]]
| {{fbicon|FRG}} [[Rudi Völler]]
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{commons category}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20111116162428/http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/season=1984/index.html UEFA Euro 1984] at UEFA.com

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