In a few hours, the curtain will fall on the European Nations Cup, Euro 2024, when the final match of the tournament will be held between the national teams of Spain and England.
This Sunday evening, we await an awaited match in the Euro 2024 final, which brings together Spain and England, at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin, to conclude the seventeenth edition hosted by Germany.
The Spanish national team is looking for its fourth crown in the history of its participation in the Euro Championship, while the English national team wants to achieve its first title in the history of the tournament.
In the following lines, we review all the records witnessed in the Euro 2024 tournament before the final match:
0 - Belgium played eight knockout matches in the European Nations Cup finals, but did not play any extra time in any of them.
1 - There were two standout teams in Group E - Romania topped their Euro 2024 group and Ukraine tied in a Euro match for the first time. Elsewhere, Denmark qualified from the Euro 2024 group stage twice in a row, Slovenia and Georgia advanced to the knockout rounds, and Spain finished The group stage without conceding any goal, and England reached the final of a major tournament outside its country, and the Three Lions team was also the first team to reach the final of the European Nations Cup after falling behind in the round of 16, quarter-finals and semi-finals.
2 - Francisco Conceicao’s goal against the Czech Republic with the Portugal national team included his joining a list of fathers and sons who scored in the Euro Championship, as his father Sergio Conceicao scored in Euro 2000. The only other duo between father and son who scored in the finals is the Italian Enrico Chiesa (1996). ) and Federico Chiesa (2020).
3 - Diogo Costa became the first goalkeeper to save three penalty kicks in a penalty shootout in the European Championship, as Portugal defeated Slovenia in the round of 16. He was also the first goalkeeper to not concede any penalty kicks in the European Championship, and at the same time, he was eliminated. The defending champion from the round of 16 in the last three editions of the European Nations Cup (Italy in Euro 2024, Portugal in Euro 2020, and Spain in Euro 2016), Gareth Southgate became only the third coach to reach the European Nations Cup finals twice after... Helmut Schön and Berti Vogts.
4 - After England's victory over Switzerland, four of the five European Championship quarter-final matches that England played were decided on penalties, and four of Switzerland's five matches in the European Championship knockout rounds were decided on penalties.
5 - Germany beat Scotland 5-1 to become the first team to score five goals in an opening match since the first goal in the history of the European Championship in 1960, when Yugoslavia beat France 5-4, while Harry Kane became the fifth player to score in more than one match in a half. European Nations Cup final after Valentin Ivanov, Viktor Poniedelnik, Dragan Dagić and Cristiano Ronaldo.
6 - Ronaldo became the first player to participate in 6 different versions of the European Championship, and his first appearance was in 2004. Ronaldo also strengthened his record by participating in the largest number of matches in the finals (30), and achieved a record, at the age of 39 years and 151 years. He is the oldest player to score a penalty kick in a European Championship shootout, and was unable to add more to his record of 14 goals in the finals, meaning that Swiss Xherdan Shaqiri is the only European player to have scored in each of the last six major tournaments (Euro And the World Cup), and elsewhere, Spain became the first team to win six matches in a single edition of the finals when it beat France in the semi-finals.
8 - Spain and Italy played in a record eighth European Championship match. It was also the fifth consecutive European Championship final in which they faced each other. Elsewhere, Germany won their opening European Championship match for a record eighth time.
9 - France did not win its last match in the group stage in any of the last nine major tournaments, since its victory over Togo 2-0 in the 2006 World Cup (D5, L4). However, the French national team has never lost its opening match in the final group stage of the Euro Championship (W7 D3).
11 - Albania became the first team to score against Italy in the first half of a European Group match since 2008, ending a streak of 11 matches.
13 - N'Golo Kante set a record for the most matches played in European Nations Cup history without ever finishing on the losing side (W7 D6) when France beat Portugal in the quarter-finals (excluding penalties), and his run ended against Spain In the quarter-finals, Southgate heads into the final having not lost any of his 13 European Championship matches (8 won, 5 drawn) as manager (excluding penalties) – the longest tenure by a coach in European Championship history.
16 - Spanish teenager Lamine Yamal made history when he became the youngest player ever to participate in the European Championship finals when he started Spain’s 3-0 victory over Croatia at the age of 16 years and 338 days. He then became the youngest scorer in the finals in the semi-final match against France, after... 24 days.
18 - In the third round, German Manuel Neuer participated in his eighteenth match in the European Championship, surpassing the previous goalkeeper record set by Italian Gianluigi Buffon (17).
19 - Turkey's Arda Guler became the youngest player to score on his European Championship debut when he scored against Georgia, aged 19 years and 114 days, surpassing Cristiano Ronaldo's previous record by 14 days.
20 - English midfielder Jude Bellingham became the youngest player to appear in two European Championship finals at the age of 20 years and 353 days, and then the youngest player to appear in two European Championship quarter-finals (21 years and 7 days).
23 - Nedim Bajrami gave Albania a stunning lead in Albania's UEFA European Championship opener against Italy after 23 seconds, breaking the previous record for fastest goal held by Russian Dmitry Kirichenko (67 seconds). Hungarian Dominik Soboslai (23 years and 234 days) also became the youngest player to lead a team in the European Nations Cup finals.
27 - None of the Czechs’ last 27 matches in the European Championships ended in a goalless draw.
29 - Georgia became the twenty-ninth team to reach the knockout stages of the European Nations Cup finals, and the team’s goalkeeper, Giorgi Mamardashvili, made 29 saves in his four matches, 13 more than any goalkeeper at that stage.
36 - German Julian Nagelsmann (36 years and 327 days) became the youngest coach to coach a country in the European Championship, beating former Slovenia coach Srejko Katanic by just six days, while Kylian Mbappe reached a top speed of 36.5 km/h - the fastest of any player. In the finals.
38 - When Luka Modric (38 years and 289 days) scored against Italy, the Croatia captain broke the record of former Austrian striker Ivica Vastic to become the oldest scorer ever in the European Championship, while Spaniard Jesus Navas (38 years and 231 days) became the oldest player. Never appear in the semi-finals of a European Nations Cup or World Cup.
41 - Veteran Portuguese defender Pepe became the oldest player in the European Nations Cup finals during his team’s 2-1 victory over the Czech Republic, then continued his achievement against Turkey, Slovenia and France, when he was 41 years and 130 days old.
50 - The draw between the Netherlands and France in the group stage ended a streak of 50 matches in the European Nations Cup finals in which a goal was scored. The previous 0-0 draw was between England and Scotland in Euro 2020.
64.8 - Portugal had 64.8% of possession during its five finals matches, with no other team managing more than 60% heading into the final.
91.2 - Germany's chance completion percentage of 91.2 was the highest among all 24 countries that participated in the finals.
100 - Kevin Xoboth's winning goal for Hungary against Scotland in the 100th minute was the longest late goal scored in normal time in European Championship history.
114 - Before the final, 114 goals had been scored in Euro 2024, at a rate of 2.28 goals per match. Michael Gregoritsch's goal for Austria against Turkey was the 100th in the current edition.
255 - Spain's tally of 255 ball recoveries so far is the highest of any team in the finals.
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