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Group 1 of UEFA Euro 1992 was one of only two groups in the final tournament's initial group stage. It began on 10 June and was completed on 17 June. The group consisted of hosts Sweden, fellow Scandinavians Denmark, France and England.

In the opening game between Sweden and France, Sweden took the lead with a Jan Eriksson header from a corner; France equalised in the second half with a right-footed shot from Jean-Pierre Papin. The Denmark–England and France–England games both ended scoreless, although John Jensen hit the post for Denmark against England, and Stuart Pearce did likewise for England against France, before Sweden defeated Denmark 1–0. In the last two games, England played Sweden and took the lead in the first half when David Platt volleyed in from a cross. In the second half, Sweden came back to win with another Jan Eriksson header from a corner and a shot from Tomas Brolin from the edge of the box after a one-two with Martin Dahlin. Gary Lineker was taken off in the second half of the game, replaced by Alan Smith; it was his last game for England (and, as it turned out, Smith's as well), and he was withdrawn with half an hour to go despite the fact that, regardless of how the other match finished (at the time both games were at 1-1), England would need at least one more goal - a third draw would not be enough - and Lineker was England's second-highest goalscorer in history, and moreover had provided the cross for Platt's goal. In the concurrent match, Denmark also scored a late goal, beating France 2–1 to take the second spot in the knockout stage.^[1]

Sweden won the group and advanced to the semi-finals along with Denmark. France and England were eliminated. England's manager Graham Taylor was greeted by the famous newspaper headline "SWEDES 2 TURNIPS 1", with his face superimposed on a picture of a turnip. Lineker, who had previously announced his intention to retire after the tournament, did so.^[2]

Teams

Team	Method of qualification	Date of qualification	Finals appearance	Last appearance	Previous best performance
Denmark	Group 4 runner-up^{[nb 1]}	31 May 1992	4th	1988	Fourth place (1964), Semi-finals (1984)
England	Group 7 winner	13 November 1991	4th	1988	Third place (1968)
France	Group 1 winner	12 October 1991	3rd	1984	Winners (1984)
Sweden	Host	16 December 1988	1st	—	Debut

Notes

^ Replaced FR Yugoslavia (after qualifying as Yugoslavia), who were subject to sanctions under UN Security Council Resolution 757 and thus banned from appearing.^[3]

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sweden (H)	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2	5	Advance to knockout stage
2	Denmark	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	3	Advance to knockout stage
3	France	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	2
4	England	3	0	2	1	1	2	−1	2

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

In the semi-finals,

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

Matches

Sweden vs France

10 June 1992

20:15

Sweden	1–1	France
J. Eriksson 24'	Report ^[4]	Papin 58'

Råsunda Stadium, Solna

Attendance: 29,860

Referee: Alexey Spirin (CIS)

Sweden

France


GK	1	Thomas Ravelli
RB	2	Roland Nilsson
CB	3	Jan Eriksson
CB	4	Patrik Andersson
LB	5	Joachim Björklund
RM	7	Klas Ingesson
CM	9	Jonas Thern (c)	87'
CM	6	Stefan Schwarz	39'
LM	10	Anders Limpar
CF	11	Tomas Brolin
CF	16	Kennet Andersson		74'
Substitutions:
FW	17	Martin Dahlin		74'
Manager:
Tommy Svensson


GK	1	Bruno Martini
SW	5	Laurent Blanc
RB	20	Jocelyn Angloma	35'	66'
CB	13	Basile Boli
CB	6	Bernard Casoni
LB	2	Manuel Amoros (c)
CM	8	Franck Sauzée
CM	7	Didier Deschamps
CM	16	Pascal Vahirua		46'
CF	18	Eric Cantona	53'
CF	9	Jean-Pierre Papin
Substitutions:
MF	11	Christian Perez		46'
MF	10	Luis Fernández		66'
Manager:
Michel Platini

Linesmen:
Victor Filippov (CIS)
Andrei Butenko (CIS)
Fourth official:
Vadim Zhuk (CIS)

Denmark vs England

11 June 1992

20:15

Denmark	0–0	England
	Report ^[5]

Malmö Stadion, Malmö

Attendance: 26,385

Referee: John Blankenstein (Netherlands)

Denmark

England


GK	1	Peter Schmeichel
SW	4	Lars Olsen (c)
CB	3	Kent Nielsen
CB	6	Kim Christofte
RWB	2	John Sivebæk	83'
LWB	5	Henrik Andersen
CM	18	Kim Vilfort
CM	7	John Jensen
CM	11	Brian Laudrup
CF	15	Bent Christensen
CF	9	Flemming Povlsen
Manager:
Richard Møller Nielsen


GK	1	Chris Woods
RB	2	Keith Curle	9'	62'
CB	4	Martin Keown	7'
CB	5	Des Walker
LB	3	Stuart Pearce
RM	8	Trevor Steven
CM	7	David Platt
CM	12	Carlton Palmer
LM	16	Paul Merson		71'
CF	10	Gary Lineker (c)
CF	17	Alan Smith
Substitutions:
MF	18	Tony Daley	67'	62'
MF	15	Neil Webb		71'
Manager:
Graham Taylor

Linesmen:
Jan Dolstra (Netherlands)
Robert Overkleeft (Netherlands)
Fourth official:
Mario van der Ende (Netherlands)

France vs England

14 June 1992

17:15

France	0–0	England
	Report ^[6]

Malmö Stadion, Malmö

Attendance: 26,535

Referee: Sándor Puhl (Hungary)

France

England


GK	1	Bruno Martini
SW	5	Laurent Blanc
CB	13	Basile Boli
CB	6	Bernard Casoni
RWB	2	Manuel Amoros (c)
LWB	14	Jean-Philippe Durand
CM	7	Didier Deschamps
CM	10	Luis Fernández	31'	75'
CM	8	Franck Sauzée		46'
CF	9	Jean-Pierre Papin
CF	18	Eric Cantona
Substitutions:
DF	20	Jocelyn Angloma		46'
MF	11	Christian Perez		75'
Manager:
Michel Platini


GK	1	Chris Woods
SW	12	Carlton Palmer
CB	4	Martin Keown
CB	5	Des Walker
CB	3	Stuart Pearce
RM	8	Trevor Steven
CM	19	David Batty	69'
CM	7	David Platt
LM	11	Andy Sinton
CF	10	Gary Lineker (c)
CF	20	Alan Shearer
Manager:
Graham Taylor

Linesmen:
László Varga (Hungary)
Sándor Szilágyi (Hungary)
Fourth official:
Sándor Varga (Hungary)

Sweden vs Denmark

14 June 1992

20:15

Sweden	1–0	Denmark
Brolin 58'	Report ^[7]

Råsunda Stadium, Solna

Attendance: 29,902

Referee: Aron Schmidhuber (Germany)

Sweden

Denmark


GK	1	Thomas Ravelli
RB	2	Roland Nilsson
CB	3	Jan Eriksson
CB	4	Patrik Andersson	40'
LB	5	Joachim Björklund
RM	7	Klas Ingesson
CM	9	Jonas Thern (c)
CM	6	Stefan Schwarz
LM	10	Anders Limpar		90'
CF	11	Tomas Brolin
CF	17	Martin Dahlin		77'
Substitutions:
FW	20	Johnny Ekström		77'
DF	14	Magnus Erlingmark		90'
Manager:
Tommy Svensson


GK	1	Peter Schmeichel
SW	4	Lars Olsen (c)
CB	3	Kent Nielsen
CB	6	Kim Christofte
RWB	2	John Sivebæk
LWB	5	Henrik Andersen	14'
CM	18	Kim Vilfort
CM	7	John Jensen		63'
CM	11	Brian Laudrup
CF	9	Flemming Povlsen
CF	15	Bent Christensen		51'
Substitutions:
FW	14	Torben Frank		51'
MF	13	Henrik Larsen		63'
Manager:
Richard Møller Nielsen

Linesmen:
Joachim Ren (Germany)
Uwe Ennuschat (Germany)
Fourth official:
Karl-Josef Assenmacher (Germany)

Sweden vs England

17 June 1992

20:15

Sweden	2–1	England
J. Eriksson 51' Brolin 82'	Report ^[8]	Platt 4'

Råsunda Stadium, Solna

Attendance: 30,126

Referee: José Rosa dos Santos (Portugal)

Sweden

England


GK	1	Thomas Ravelli
RB	2	Roland Nilsson
CB	3	Jan Eriksson
CB	4	Patrik Andersson	43'
LB	5	Joachim Björklund	70'
RM	7	Klas Ingesson
CM	9	Jonas Thern (c)
CM	6	Stefan Schwarz	69'
LM	10	Anders Limpar		46'
CF	11	Tomas Brolin
CF	17	Martin Dahlin
Substitutions:
FW	20	Johnny Ekström		46'
Manager:
Tommy Svensson


GK	1	Chris Woods
RB	19	David Batty
CB	4	Martin Keown
CB	5	Des Walker
LB	3	Stuart Pearce
RM	18	Tony Daley	10'
CM	15	Neil Webb	81'
CM	12	Carlton Palmer
CM	7	David Platt
LM	11	Andy Sinton		76'
CF	10	Gary Lineker (c)		62'
Substitutions:
FW	17	Alan Smith		62'
MF	16	Paul Merson		76'
Manager:
Graham Taylor

Linesmen:
Valdemar Aguiar Pinto Lopes (Portugal)
Antonio Guedes Gomes De Carvalho (Portugal)
Fourth official:
Jorge Emanuel Monteiro Coroado (Portugal)

France vs Denmark

17 June 1992

20:15

France	1–2	Denmark
Papin 60'	Report ^[9]	Larsen 8' Elstrup 78'

Malmö Stadion, Malmö

Attendance: 25,763

Referee: Hubert Forstinger (Austria)

France

Denmark


GK	1	Bruno Martini
SW	5	Laurent Blanc
CB	13	Basile Boli	38'
CB	6	Bernard Casoni	15'
RWB	2	Manuel Amoros (c)
LWB	16	Pascal Vahirua		46'
CM	7	Didier Deschamps	73'
CM	11	Christian Perez	32'	79'
CM	14	Jean-Philippe Durand
CF	18	Eric Cantona
CF	9	Jean-Pierre Papin
Substitutions:
MF	10	Luis Fernández		46'
MF	12	Christophe Cocard		79'
Manager:
Michel Platini


GK	1	Peter Schmeichel
SW	4	Lars Olsen (c)
CB	6	Kim Christofte
CB	3	Kent Nielsen		61'
RWB	2	John Sivebæk
LWB	5	Henrik Andersen
CM	7	John Jensen
CM	11	Brian Laudrup		66'
CM	13	Henrik Larsen
CF	9	Flemming Povlsen	14'
CF	14	Torben Frank	45'
Substitutions:
DF	12	Torben Piechnik		61'
FW	10	Lars Elstrup		66'
Manager:
Richard Møller Nielsen