The UEFA Euro 1984 Final was the final match of UEFA Euro 1984, the seventh UEFA European Football Championship, UEFA’s top football competition for national teams. The match was played at Parc des Princes in Paris, France, on 27 June 1984 and was contested by France and Spain. France qualified for the finals as hosts of the tournament, and faced Denmark, Belgium and Yugoslavia in the group stage before a victory over Portugal in the semi-final saw them progress to their first European Championship final. Spain ended top of their qualifying group, which included a 12–1 win over Malta, and progressed to UEFA Euro 1984 Group 2. There they played Romania, Portugal and West Germany, before defeating Denmark in the semi-final on penalties.
The final was played in front of 47,368 spectators and was refereed by Vojtech Christov from Czechoslovakia. Both sides had chances to score but the first half ended goalless. In the 54th minute, Yvon Le Roux was booked for fouling Santillana. Three minutes later, France took the lead. The referee awarded a free kick after it appeared that Bernard Lacombe had been fouled on the edge of the Spain penalty area. Michel Platini’s low shot curved around the wall, Spain’s goalkeeper Luis Arconada fumbled it and ended up pushing it into his own net, to make it 1–0 to France. With five minutes of the match remaining, Le Roux tripped Manuel Sarabia and was sent off after being awarded a second yellow card, reducing France to ten players and becoming the first player ever to be dismissed in a European Championship final. Seconds into stoppage time, Jean Tigana’s pass allowed Bruno Bellone to run through and chip the ball over Arconada as he ran off his line. The match ended moments later with France winning 2–0 to claim their first international football title.
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