FC Barcelona at the European Championship (Part 2: 1996 to 2012)

In the second of a two-part series we look at recent history, when a period of massive presence in the Holland squad was followed by Barça players featuring prominently in back-to-back wins for SpainBarça’s presence at the Euros from 1996 onwards was considerably bigger, and that was for two simple reasons. First, the finals were expanded to sixteen teams. And second, with restrictions on foreigners lifted post-Bosman, Europe’s top clubs now featured a myriad of players of different nationalities. 1996: Five countries, no semi-finalists Barça had nine players at England 1996 representing five different countries,…

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