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A total of 946 goals have been scored in games at the men's 17 final tournaments of the UEFA European Championship, not counting penalties scored during shoot-outs. [1] Since the first goal scored by Yugoslav player Milan Galić at the 1960 European Nations' Cup , exactly 545 footballers have scored goals at the Euro tournaments, [ 2 ] of whom ...
Most European Championship Finals appearances 14, West Germany / Germany (every tournament since 1972) For a detailed list, see Ranking of teams by number of appearances Most second-place finishes 3, West Germany / Germany (1976, 1992, 2008), Soviet Union (1964, 1972, 1988) Most third/fourth-place finishes
The UEFA Champions League is a seasonal football competition established in 1955. [1] Prior to the 1992–93 season, the tournament was named the European Cup. [1] The UEFA Champions League is open to the league champions of all UEFA (Union of European Football Associations) member associations (except Liechtenstein, which has no league competition), as well as to the clubs finishing from ...
A first-half strike from Fernando Torres was the only goal of the game, and helped Spain win their first European trophy in 44 years. [24] The 2012 tournament final saw reigning European and World champions Spain face Italy in Kyiv. Two first-half goals, one each from David Silva and Jordi Alba put the
Spain defeated Italy 4–0 in the Final, thus becoming the first nation to defend a European Championship title, as well as the first European team to win three consecutive major tournaments. [63] In scoring the third goal of the final, Torres became the first player to score in two European Championship finals.
A total of 2,557 goals have been scored by European players in matches at these tournaments, not counting penalties scored during shoot-outs. These goals were scored by 1,169 different individuals, of whom 24 have scored ten or more.
Birkir Már Sævarsson of Iceland scored the latest ever own goal in a European Championship match, taking place in the 88th minute of a 1–1 draw with Hungary. This is a list of all own goals scored during UEFA European Championship matches, which does not include qualifying matches. As UEFA is the governing body of football, only goals recorded as own goals by UEFA are noted. 30 total own ...
Between the years 1960 and 2008, and since 2024, the Golden Boot has been awarded to the top goalscorer(s) of each edition of the UEFA European Championship. [ 16 ] From 2012 to 2020, the number of assists contributed by players was used as a tie-breaker if more than one player scored the same number of goals, with fewest minutes played used as ...