With Euro 2024 in full swing, brush up on all the most important European Championship data.
European Championship Data: Contents
Crew Data
••• Previous Winners ••• Host Nation Performances ••• Highest Scoring Video games ••• Largest Wins ••• Penalty Shootouts •••
Participant Data
••• Prime Scorers ••• Most Objectives at One Match ••• Most Appearances ••• Oldest Scorers ••• Oldest Gamers ••• Youngest Scorers ••• Youngest Gamers ••• Hat-Tips ••• Quickest Objectives •••
Crew Data
Which Groups Have Received the European Championship?
Italy beat England 3-2 on penalties after a 1-1 draw within the Euro 2020 ultimate to turn out to be simply one among 4 nations to have gained the European Championship greater than as soon as. These nations are Spain and Germany (3 every) and Italy and France (2 every).
In whole, 10 nations have gained Europe’s largest worldwide prize – Russia (because the Soviet Union) have been the inaugural champions in 1960, beating Yugoslavia 2-1 after extra-time within the ultimate, although a number of main nations didn’t enter that competitors, which wasn’t a ‘match correct’ till the semi-final stage.
It wasn’t till 1980 that the European Championship launched a bunch stage to the match correct and West Germany went on to win it, that being their second title after 1972. They’ve added one different title since, in 1996 – they’re one among simply two nations to win the competitors 3 times.
The others are Spain, whose 1964 success was belatedly adopted by the glory of their Golden Era in 2008 and 2012, both facet of additionally successful the 2010 World Cup. La Roja’s success in 2012 noticed them turn out to be the primary workforce to win consecutive European Championships and three main worldwide tournaments in a row.
Host Nation Performances on the European Championship
Solely three European Championship host nations have gone on to win the trophy, with the newest being France means again in 1984. Italy (1968) and Spain (1964) loved glory on residence territory in successive tournaments.
In any other case, nevertheless, being the host nation hasn’t essentially introduced success – although the notion of success is relative. Sweden reached the semi-finals as hosts in 1992, their first participation within the match, and have by no means gone as far since, solely attending to the final eight in 2004.
Previous to 2024, Germany final hosted the Euros in 1988 as West Germany and loved a run to the semi-finals however finally misplaced 2-1 to Rinus Michels’ Netherlands, regardless that Lothar Matthäus had given them the lead from the spot. A Ronald Koeman penalty levelled issues and Marco van Basten’s effort on the stretch sealed a late win for the Oranje en path to what stays their solely main worldwide success.
This time, nevertheless, Germany solely went so far as the quarter-finals earlier than being eradicated by Spain.
Highest Scoring European Championship Video games
Extremely, the highest-scoring European Championship sport in historical past was additionally the opening match of the inaugural 1960 match as Yugoslavia beat hosts France 5-4. No Euros sport since has seen as many as 9 targets scored by the 2 groups.
What made that scoreline much more astonishing was the actual fact it was 1-1 at half-time. Seven targets have been scored within the second interval; just one different sport in Euros historical past has ever had greater than seven in an entire match.
Of the highest 5 highest-scoring matches, Yugoslavia characteristic 3 times, although this occasion was the one one of many three by which they got here out victorious.
The one different sport to characteristic greater than seven targets occurred at Euro 2020, when Spain beat Croatia 5-3 in a thriller at Parken in Copenhagen.
Largest European Championship Win
As joint hosts of Euro 2000, the Netherlands gave the house crowd in Rotterdam a efficiency to savour in a 6-1 thrashing of Yugoslavia, which stays the one time in European Championship historical past {that a} facet has scored six or extra targets.
4 different groups have gained 5-0, together with Spain at Euro 2020.
1 / 4-final tie, Netherlands-Yugoslavia was as one-sided because the scoreline prompt, with Patrick Kluivert giving the hosts a 2-0 lead on the break, having been equipped by assists from Dennis Bergkamp and Edgar Davids. An personal purpose successfully put the sport to mattress, however Kluivert accomplished his hat-trick earlier than Marc Overmars added two of his personal. Savo Milošević acquired the comfort.
European Championship Penalty Shootouts
The primary ever, within the 1976 ultimate, included one of the vital iconic penalties of all time as Antonín Panenka disguised a fragile chipped effort into the purpose to safe Czechoslovakia the title.
The one different shootout to happen within the ultimate was additionally the newest occasion of penalties on the Euros; Italy defeated England 3-2 in a penalty shootout at Wembley Stadium to win Euro 2020.
However these two examples solely scratch the floor of the historical past of penalty shootouts on the European Championship.
Participant Data
European Championship Prime Scorers
Cristiano Ronaldo has scored probably the most targets in Euros historical past together with his haul of 14 – it’s a file he was unable to increase in Germany, although the five-time Ballon d’Or winner continues to be a minimum of 5 targets away from anybody else.
Ronaldo has scored at 5 European Championships in whole. He acquired a pair when Portugal hosted the competitors in 2004 earlier than additionally netting in 2008 (1), 2012 (3), 2016 (3) and 2020 (5), ending as joint-top scorer with Czech Republic’s Patrik Schick within the latter.
Curiously, the participant closest to Ronaldo is former France star Michel Platini, who scored all 9 of his European Championship targets in a single version, and that is still probably the most anybody has ever scored in a single Euros match. These have been all scored as France gained the match as hosts in 1984.
Most Objectives at a Single European Championship (Participant)
In truth, that’s the one European Championship match Platini ever scored in and this feat is made much more spectacular contemplating solely eight groups contested the Euros in 1984.
Six of his 9 strikes at Euro 84 consisted of back-to-back hat-tricks within the group stage, inspiring the 5-0 thrashing of Belgium and a 3-2 win over Yugoslavia after additionally getting the one purpose of the sport in Les Bleus’ opener. Platini was then decisive within the semi-final in opposition to Portugal, netting a 119th-minute extra-time winner; he additionally scored within the ultimate win over Spain, which means he discovered the online in all 5 matches.
Nobody else has ever scored greater than six at a single European Championship match.
Most European Championship Appearances
He first appeared within the European Championship through the 2004 version when Portugal have been hosts, reaching the ultimate earlier than dropping to shock champions Greece.
Ronaldo did go on to take pleasure in Euros success finally, nevertheless, serving to Portugal to the title in 2016. Euro 2024 is his sixth Euros match.
Ronaldo’s teammate Pepe additionally claimed outright second place after that includes prominently at Euro 2024. He has made 23 appearances on the match, three greater than Manuel Neuer.
Oldest Scorers at a European Championship
Luka Modric’s turned the oldest scorer in Euros historical past due to his close-range strike in opposition to Italy in Croatia’s ultimate group sport.
Coming simply 33 seconds after having a penalty saved by Gianluigi Donnarumma, Modric was 38 years and 289 days previous and thus noticed him break a file that had stood since Euro 2008.
Again then, Ivica Vastic slotted residence a stoppage-time penalty for co-hosts Austria, rescuing a 1-1 draw in opposition to Poland. Vastic was aged 38 years and 257 days previous on the time.
Oldest Gamers at a European Championship
This file modified fingers at Euro 2024, with Pepe (41 years, 113 days) overtaking former Hungary goalkeeper Gábor Király because the oldest participant to have ever performed at a European Championship when he began for Portugal in opposition to Czech Republic on Matchday 1.
The Portuguese defender then prolonged his personal file with each sport he performed; he was 41 years, 130 days previous when Portugal performed France within the quarter-finals. He was greater than two years older than Lothar Matthäus – the earlier file holder for oldest outfielder – had been when he featured at Euro 2000.
Matthäus held the file for 16 years earlier than Király broke it at Euro 2016.
Youngest Scorers at a European Championship
Each European Championship has its breakout abilities, some even go away indelible marks within the file books; Lamine Yamal is the one this time.
It had been some time because the file for youngest scorer modified fingers, although Yamal took the honour for himself together with his beautiful long-range strike in Spain’s 2-1 semi-final win over France.
Johan Vonlanthen was the earlier file holders for the youngest goalscorer in European Championship historical past; he was 18 years and 141 days previous when he netted for Switzerland in opposition to France at Euro 2004.
That got here only a few days after Wayne Rooney (18y, 237d) had damaged the file for England, coincidentally in opposition to Vonlanthen’s Switzerland.
Rooney was the primary 18-year-old to attain on the Euros. Earlier than him, the file had stood for 2 days shy of 20 years.
Youngest Gamers at a European Championship
Barcelona’s Lamine Yamal turned the youngest participant in Euros historical past at Euro 2024, that includes in opposition to Croatia aged 16 years and 338 days. The younger winger was given a begin by Spain boss Luis de la Fuente after a productive 2023-24 marketing campaign in La Liga for the Catalan giants.
He surpassed Poland’s Kacper Kozlowski, who was the second participant to interrupt the file on the delayed Euro 2020 after it had stood for 9 years since June 2012. In truth, three of the six youngest gamers in Euros historical past made their bows at Euro 2020.
European Championship Hat-Tips
This can virtually actually come as a shock, however in 674 European Championship matches (pre-Euro 2024) since its inception in 1960, there have solely been eight hat-tricks scored on the finals, and simply a kind of has come since Euro 2000.
Michel Platini is the one participant to attain greater than a single hat-trick on the Euros, netting trebles in successive matches at Euro 84 as his file haul of 9 targets led France to the trophy on residence territory.
Quickest Objectives in European Championship Historical past
Dmitri Kirichenko’s purpose for Russia in opposition to Greece clocked in at 65 seconds (01:05) and stood because the quickest purpose in Euros historical past for 20 years till Albania’s Nedim Bajrami netted at Euro 2024.
He took benefit of a poor throw from Italy left-back Federico Dimarco to attain in opposition to the Azzurri after simply 23 seconds. Italy got here again to win 2-1, however Bajrami had the file within the bag as a comfort.
However there are lots extra fastest-goal data on the European Championship. How in regards to the quickest purpose in a ultimate? Or the quickest penalty to be awarded? Examine all of them out right here.
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