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The 2016 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as UEFA Euro 2016 (stylised as UEFA EURO 2016) or simply Euro 2016, was the 15th UEFA European Championship, the quadrennial international men's football championship of Europe organised by UEFA. It was held in France from 10 June to 10 July 2016.
UEFA Euro 2016 was the fifteenth edition of the European Football Championship, UEFA's football competition for national teams, held between 10 June and 10 July 2016 in France. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Qualifying rounds were held between September 2014 and November 2015, in which 53 teams were divided into nine groups of five or six, playing each other on a ...
Group F of UEFA Euro 2016 contained the eventual champions Portugal, Iceland, Austria, and Hungary. It was Iceland's first appearance at the finals. It was Iceland's first appearance at the finals. Matches were played from 14 to 22 June 2016.
Platini holds the record for the most goals scored in a single tournament, with 9 goals in 1984. [7] The players that came closest were Antoine Griezmann in 2016 (with 6 goals) and Marco van Basten in 1988, Alan Shearer in 1996, Savo Milošević and Patrick Kluivert in 2000, Milan Baroš in 2004, and Ronaldo and Patrik Schick in 2020 (all with 5 goals).
Following Portugal's win at UEFA Euro 2016, Ronaldo lifted the trophy as his team's captain, [10] and was also awarded the Silver Boot as the joint second-highest goalscorer of the tournament, with three goals and three assists; [11] he was also named to the team of the tournament for the third time in his career.
The Juventus man’s 10th goal at the finals, via a late penalty, saw him surpass Michel Platini’s tally of nine, and he added another in injury time.
The following article outlines statistics for UEFA Euro 2016, which took place in France from 10 June to 10 July 2016. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Goals scored during penalty shoot-outs are not counted, and matches decided by a penalty shoot-out are considered draws.
On 23 July 2016, following Portugal's triumph at Euro 2016, Madeira Airport in Funchal was renamed as Cristiano Ronaldo International Airport. [377] The name change was subject to much debate locally by some politicians and citizens, who even started a petition against the move, an action criticised by President of Madeira Miguel Albuquerque .