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Do you know?
• I'he USSR won the first-ever European Championships in 1960
• Germany have won the most European Championship titles (72,80,96)
• Germany have also played the most finals (5)
• T he biggest crowd for a Euro match was the 76, 864 that turned up to watch England Scotland at Euro 96
• The most goals scored during a Euro match was the seven between the Netherlands and Yugoslavia in Euro 2000. I he Dutch won 6-1
• The most goals scored by a team during a tournament is 14 by France during their title winning run in 1984
• Michel Platini holds the individual
record for the highest goals scored with 9, all coming in 1984
• Alan Shearer scored the opening goal of Euro 96
• David Trezeguet scored the 'golden goal' in the final of the Euro 2000 against Italy
• Oliver Bierhoff scored the 'golden goal' in the final of Euro 96. It was the first goal of its type to decide a major championship
• Of the sixteen teams in the Euro, only Sweden have qualified into the second round of all the major tournaments of this millennium (World Cup 02, 06 and Euro 04)
• Patrick Kluivert shared the Golden Boot in Euro 2000 with Savo Milosevic
• The Bundesliga will have the most number of players (56) al the Euro 2008
• Angelos Charisteas scored the winning goal for Greece against Portugal in the final of Euro 2004
• Zinedine Zidane was MVP of Euro 2000
• Only two teams have held theWbrld Cup and the European Championskips at the same time Germany and France
• Frenchman Lilian Thuram is the \ most capped (14) player in European Championships I
• Swiss striker Johan Vonlanthen was the youngest player to score at the Euros, when he netted against France in 2004 aged 18 years and 141 days