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Tournament details | |
Host country | Germany |
Dates | 14 June – 14 July |
Teams | 24 |
Venue(s) | 10 (in 10 host cities) |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 42 |
Goals scored | 94 (2.24 per match) |
Attendance | 2,170,616 (51,681 per match) |
Top scorer(s) |
Georges Mikautadze Jamal Musiala Ivan Schranz (3 goals each) |
The 2024 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as UEFA Euro 2024 (stylised as UEFA EURO 2024) or simply Euro 2024, is the ongoing 17th edition of the UEFA European Championship, the quadrennial international football championship organised by UEFA for the European men's national teams of its member associations. Germany hosts the tournament, which is taking place from 14 June 2024 to 14 July 2024. The tournament comprises 24 teams, with Georgia being the only team making their European Championship finals debut.
It is the third time that European Championship matches are played on German territory and the second time in reunified Germany, as West Germany hosted the tournament's 1988 edition, and four matches of the multi-national Euro 2020 were played in Munich. It is the first time the competition is held in what was formerly East Germany, with Leipzig as a host city, as well as the first major tournament since the 2006 FIFA World Cup that Germany serves as a solo host nation. [1] [2] The tournament returned to its usual four-year cycle after the 2020 edition was postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Italy were the defending champions, having won the 2020 final against England on penalties, [3] but were eliminated in the round of 16 by Switzerland. [4]
On 8 March 2017, UEFA announced that two countries, Germany and Turkey, had announced their intentions to host the tournament before the deadline of 3 March 2017. [5] [6]
The host was chosen by the UEFA Executive Committee in a confidential ballot, [7] [8] needing only a simple majority of votes to win. If the votes were equal, the final decision rested with UEFA president Aleksander Čeferin. [9] [10] Out of the 20 members on the UEFA Executive Committee, Reinhard Grindel (Germany) and Servet Yardımcı (Turkey) could not vote because they were ineligible. Lars-Christer Olsson (Sweden) was also absent due to illness. In total, 17 members were able to vote. [11] [12]
The host was selected on 27 September 2018 in Nyon, Switzerland. [11] [13] [14] Germany initially planned to fully host Euro 2020, although had not announced any firm interest by May 2012. [15]
Country | Votes |
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Germany | 12 |
Turkey | 4 |
Abstention | 1 |
Total | 17 |
Germany had a wide choice of stadiums that satisfied UEFA's minimum capacity requirement of 30,000 seats for European Championship matches. [16]
Of the ten venues selected for Euro 2024, nine were used for the 2006 FIFA World Cup: Berlin, Dortmund, Munich, Cologne, Stuttgart, Hamburg, Leipzig, Frankfurt, and Gelsenkirchen. [17] [18] Düsseldorf, which was not used in 2006 but had previously been used for the 1974 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 1988, will serve as the tenth venue; conversely, Hanover, Nuremberg and Kaiserslautern, host cities in 2006 (in addition to 1974 and 1988 in Hanover's case), will not be used for this championship. Munich, the site of the first game of UEFA Euro 2024, was also a host city at the multi-national UEFA Euro 2020 tournament, hosting four matches (three involving Germany) in front of a greatly reduced number of spectators due to COVID-19 restrictions. [19]
Various other stadiums, such as those in Bremen and Mönchengladbach, were not selected. [20] The venues covered all the main regions of Germany, but the area with the highest number of venues at UEFA Euro 2024 is the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, with four of the ten host cities (Dortmund, Düsseldorf, Gelsenkirchen and Cologne). [21]
Berlin | Munich | Dortmund | Stuttgart |
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Olympiastadion | Allianz Arena | Westfalenstadion | MHPArena |
Capacity: 71,000 [22] | Capacity: 66,000 [23] | Capacity: 62,000 [24] | Capacity: 51,000 [25] |
Gelsenkirchen | |||
Arena AufSchalke | |||
Capacity: 50,000 [26] | |||
Hamburg | |||
Volksparkstadion | |||
Capacity: 49,000 [27] | |||
Düsseldorf | Frankfurt | Cologne | Leipzig |
Merkur Spiel-Arena | Waldstadion | RheinEnergieStadion | Red Bull Arena |
Capacity: 47,000 [28] | Capacity: 47,000 [29] | Capacity: 43,000 [30] | Capacity: 40,000 [31] |
Each team chose a "team base camp" for its stay between the matches. The teams will train and reside in these locations throughout the tournament, travelling to games staged away from their bases. The "team base camp" needs to be in Germany. [32]
Tickets for the venues were sold directly by UEFA via its website, or distributed by the football associations of the 24 finalists. Ticket sales started on 3 October 2023. More than 80% of 2.7 million tickets for the 51 tournament matches were available for the fans of the participating teams and the general public. [56] Fans of each participating team allocated 10,000 tickets for group stage matches, 6,000 tickets for the round of 16 and quarterfinals, 7,000 for the semifinals, and 10,000 for the final match. Over 50 million applications from 206 countries were received. Besides fans of Germany, the most tickets were requested by fans supporting Turkey, Hungary, England, Albania and Croatia. [57] Prices ranged from €30 (for a seat behind the goal at a group match) to €1000 (for a seat in the main stand at the final). [58]
As hosts, Germany qualified for the tournament automatically. The 23 remaining spots were determined by a qualifying tournament; 20 spots were decided by the direct qualification of the winners and runners-up of the 10 qualifying groups, with the remaining three spots decided by play-offs. [59] Places in the play-offs were given to the teams that performed the best in the 2022–23 UEFA Nations League who did not already qualify via the main qualifying tournament. [60] The draw for the UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying group stage was held on 9 October 2022 at the Festhalle in Frankfurt. [61] [62] The qualifying group stage took place from March to November 2023, while the three play-offs were held in March 2024. [63]
Of the 24 teams that qualified for the tournament, 19 participated in the previous edition. These include the defending champions Italy and runners-up England, as well as 2022 World Cup runners-up France and bronze medalist Croatia. Portugal were the only team to qualify with a flawless record, whilst France, England, Belgium, Hungary and Romania also qualified without a loss. [64]
Albania and Romania returned after missing out on Euro 2020, the former qualifying for only their second major tournament. Serbia and Slovenia both returned for the first time since Euro 2000, with Serbia qualifying for the first time since Serbia and Montenegro became separate nations, and Slovenia qualifying for their fourth major tournament as an independent nation. [65] [66] Georgia beat Greece on penalties in the play-offs to qualify for their first-ever tournament since gaining independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, also becoming the only debutants for this edition and ensuring every final tournament since the inaugural Euro 1960 saw one new team make their debut. [67]
Notable absentees include Sweden, Russia and Wales. Sweden failed to reach the finals for the first time since Euro 1996 and also failed to qualify for their second major tournament in a row, having missed out on the 2022 World Cup. Russia, who were regulars at finals since Euro 2000, were barred from the qualifiers altogether in the aftermath of the country's invasion of Ukraine, the first time a national team had been banned from the competition since FR Yugoslavia in 1992. Wales, who reached the knockout stages at the previous two editions, including the semi-finals at Euro 2016, lost to Poland on penalties in the play-offs. Having made their debut at the previous edition, North Macedonia and Finland failed to qualify for this edition.
Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances in tournament [A] |
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Germany [B] | Host | 27 September 2018 | 13 ( 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) |
Belgium | Group F winner | 13 October 2023 | 6 ( 1972, 1980, 1984, 2000, 2016, 2020) |
France | Group B winner | 13 October 2023 | 10 ( 1960, 1984, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) |
Portugal | Group J winner | 13 October 2023 | 8 ( 1984, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) |
Scotland | Group A runner-up | 15 October 2023 | 3 ( 1992, 1996, 2020) |
Spain | Group A winner | 15 October 2023 | 11 ( 1964, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) |
Turkey | Group D winner | 15 October 2023 | 5 ( 1996, 2000, 2008, 2016, 2020) |
Austria | Group F runner-up | 16 October 2023 | 3 ( 2008, 2016, 2020) |
England | Group C winner | 17 October 2023 | 10 ( 1968, 1980, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2012, 2016, 2020) |
Hungary | Group G winner | 16 November 2023 | 4 ( 1964, 1972, 2016, 2020) |
Slovakia [C] | Group J runner-up | 16 November 2023 | 5 ( 1960, 1976, 1980, 2016, 2020) |
Albania | Group E winner | 17 November 2023 | 1 ( 2016) |
Denmark | Group H winner | 17 November 2023 | 9 ( 1964, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2012, 2020) |
Netherlands | Group B runner-up | 18 November 2023 | 10 ( 1976, 1980, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2020) |
Romania | Group I winner | 18 November 2023 | 5 ( 1984, 1996, 2000, 2008, 2016) |
Switzerland | Group I runner-up | 18 November 2023 | 5 ( 1996, 2004, 2008, 2016, 2020) |
Serbia [D] | Group G runner-up | 19 November 2023 | 5 ( 1960, 1968, 1976, 1984, 2000) [E] |
Czech Republic [C] | Group E runner-up | 20 November 2023 | 10 ( 1960, 1976, 1980, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) |
Italy | Group C runner-up | 20 November 2023 | 10 ( 1968, 1980, 1988, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) |
Slovenia | Group H runner-up | 20 November 2023 | 1 ( 2000) |
Croatia | Group D runner-up | 21 November 2023 | 6 ( 1996, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) |
Georgia | Play-off Path C winner | 26 March 2024 | 0 (debut) |
Ukraine | Play-off Path B winner | 26 March 2024 | 3 ( 2012, 2016, 2020) |
Poland | Play-off Path A winner | 26 March 2024 | 4 ( 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) |
At a meeting of the UEFA Executive Committee in Hvar, Croatia, on 20 September 2022, it was confirmed that Russia would be excluded from qualifying for Euro 2024, reaffirming the suspension of all Russian teams following the country's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 and making this the first European Championship finals Russia would miss since 2000. [72] [73] [74] [75]
The final tournament draw took place on 2 December 2023, 18:00 CET, at the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg. [76] The teams were seeded in accordance with the overall European Qualifiers rankings. Hosts Germany were automatically seeded into pot 1, and they were placed in position A1. The three play-off winners were not known at the time of the draw, and the teams participating in those play-offs, scheduled to be held in March 2024, were placed into pot 4 for the draw. [77] [78] [79] [80] The draw was disrupted by various sexual noises whilst it was taking place, as the result of a prankster. [81] [82]
Team | Rank |
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Germany (hosts) | — |
Portugal | 1 |
France | 2 |
Spain | 3 |
Belgium | 4 |
England | 5 |
Team | Rank |
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Hungary | 6 |
Turkey | 7 |
Romania | 8 |
Denmark | 9 |
Albania | 10 |
Austria | 11 |
Team | Rank |
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Netherlands | 12 |
Scotland | 13 |
Croatia | 14 |
Slovenia | 15 |
Slovakia | 16 |
Czech Republic | 17 |
Team | Rank |
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Italy | 18 |
Serbia | 19 |
Switzerland | 20 |
Play-off winners A | — |
Play-off winners B | |
Play-off winners C |
Pos | Team |
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A1 | Germany |
A2 | Scotland |
A3 | Hungary |
A4 | Switzerland |
Pos | Team |
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B1 | Spain |
B2 | Croatia |
B3 | Italy |
B4 | Albania |
Pos | Team |
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C1 | Slovenia |
C2 | Denmark |
C3 | Serbia |
C4 | England |
Pos | Team |
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D1 | Poland [a] |
D2 | Netherlands |
D3 | Austria |
D4 | France |
Pos | Team |
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E1 | Belgium |
E2 | Slovakia |
E3 | Romania |
E4 | Ukraine [a] |
Pos | Team |
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F1 | Turkey |
F2 | Georgia [a] |
F3 | Portugal |
F4 | Czech Republic |
The maximum squad size of the teams was increased from the original quota of 23 to 26 players. Teams had to provide the list containing a minimum of 23 players and a maximum of 26 by the deadline of 7 June. [83]
In April 2024, 19 refereeing teams were selected to take charge of the 51 matches at the tournament, including an Argentine team selected as part of a co-operation agreement between the UEFA and CONMEBOL confederations. [84] [85]
In addition, UEFA announced twenty video match officials and twelve support match officials (who will act as fourth official or reserve assistant referee). [85]
Country | Fourth official | Reserve assistant referee |
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Bosnia and Herzegovina | Irfan Peljto | Senad Ibrišimbegović |
Lithuania | Donatas Rumšas | Aleksandr Radiuš |
Netherlands | Serdar Gözübüyük | Johan Balder |
Norway | Espen Eskås | Jan Erik Engan |
Slovenia | Rade Obrenović | Jure Praprotnik |
Ukraine | Mykola Balakin | Oleksandr Berkut |
Winner Runner-up | Semi-finals Quarter-finals | Round of 16 Group stage |
UEFA announced the tournament schedule on 10 May 2022, which included kick-off times only for the opening match, semi-finals, and final. [86] [87] The kick-off times for all other matches were announced on 2 December 2023 following the draw. [88] [89]
Group winners, runners-up and the best four third-placed teams advanced to the round of 16.
All times are local, CEST ( UTC+2).
If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following tie-breaking criteria are applied: [77]
Notes
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Germany (H) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | Switzerland | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 5 | |
3 | Hungary | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 3 | |
4 | Scotland | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 1 |
Hungary | 1–3 | Switzerland |
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Spain | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | Italy | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
3 | Croatia | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 2 | |
4 | Albania | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 1 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | England | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | Denmark | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 [a] | |
3 | Slovenia | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 [a] | |
4 | Serbia | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 |
Serbia | 0–1 | England |
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1 | Austria | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | France | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 5 | |
3 | Netherlands | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
4 | Poland | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 1 |
Poland | 1–2 | Netherlands |
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Romania | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | Belgium | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 4 | |
3 | Slovakia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
4 | Ukraine | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 4 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Portugal | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 6 [a] | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | Turkey | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 6 [a] | |
3 | Georgia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
4 | Czech Republic | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 1 |
Turkey | 3–1 | Georgia |
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1 | D | Netherlands | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 [a] | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | F | Georgia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 [a] | |
3 | E | Slovakia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
4 | C | Slovenia | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
5 | A | Hungary | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 3 | |
6 | B | Croatia | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 2 |
In the knockout stage, if a match is level at the end of normal playing time, extra time is played (two periods of 15 minutes each). If still tied after extra time, the match is decided by a penalty shoot-out. [77]
As with every tournament since UEFA Euro 1984, there is no third place play-off.
All times listed are Central European Summer Time ( UTC+2)
Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||
30 June – Cologne | ||||||||||||||
Spain | 4 | |||||||||||||
5 July – Stuttgart | ||||||||||||||
Georgia | 1 | |||||||||||||
Spain | ||||||||||||||
29 June – Dortmund | ||||||||||||||
Germany | ||||||||||||||
Germany | 2 | |||||||||||||
9 July – Munich | ||||||||||||||
Denmark | 0 | |||||||||||||
Winner Match 45 | ||||||||||||||
1 July – Frankfurt | ||||||||||||||
Winner Match 46 | ||||||||||||||
Portugal ( p) | 0 (3) | |||||||||||||
5 July – Hamburg | ||||||||||||||
Slovenia | 0 (0) | |||||||||||||
Portugal | ||||||||||||||
1 July – Düsseldorf | ||||||||||||||
France | ||||||||||||||
France | 1 | |||||||||||||
14 July – Berlin | ||||||||||||||
Belgium | 0 | |||||||||||||
Winner Match 49 | ||||||||||||||
2 July – Munich | ||||||||||||||
Winner Match 50 | ||||||||||||||
Romania | ||||||||||||||
6 July – Berlin | ||||||||||||||
Netherlands | ||||||||||||||
Winner Match 43 | ||||||||||||||
2 July – Leipzig | ||||||||||||||
Winner Match 44 | ||||||||||||||
Austria | ||||||||||||||
10 July – Dortmund | ||||||||||||||
Turkey | ||||||||||||||
Winner Match 47 | ||||||||||||||
30 June – Gelsenkirchen | ||||||||||||||
Winner Match 48 | ||||||||||||||
England ( a.e.t.) | 2 | |||||||||||||
6 July – Düsseldorf | ||||||||||||||
Slovakia | 1 | |||||||||||||
England | ||||||||||||||
29 June – Berlin | ||||||||||||||
Switzerland | ||||||||||||||
Switzerland | 2 | |||||||||||||
Italy | 0 | |||||||||||||
Romania | Match 43 | Netherlands |
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There have been 94 goals scored in 42 matches, for an average of 2.24 goals per match (as of 1 July 2024). Players highlighted in bold are still active in the competition.
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal
A player is automatically suspended for the next match for the following offences: [77]
The following players earned a suspension during the tournament: [135] [103]
Player | Offence(s) | Suspension(s) |
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Giorgi Loria | in qualifying vs Greece (26 March 2024) | Group F vs Turkey (matchday 1; 18 June 2024) |
Ryan Porteous | in Group A vs Germany (matchday 1; 14 June 2024) |
Group A vs
Switzerland (matchday 2; 19 June 2024) Group A vs Hungary (matchday 3; 23 June 2024) [136] |
Mirlind Daku | Nationalist chants following Group B vs Croatia (matchday 2; 19 June 2024) [137] [138] | Group B vs Spain (matchday 3; 24 June 2024) [A] |
Rodri | in
Group B vs
Croatia (matchday 1; 15 June 2024) in Group B vs Italy (matchday 2; 20 June 2024) |
Group B vs Albania (matchday 3; 24 June 2024) |
Dodi Lukebakio | in
Group E vs
Slovakia (matchday 1; 17 June 2024) in Group E vs Romania (matchday 2; 22 June 2024) |
Group E vs Ukraine (matchday 3; 26 June 2024) |
Rafael Leão | in
Group F vs
Czech Republic (matchday 1; 18 June 2024) in Group F vs Turkey (matchday 2; 22 June 2024) |
Group F vs Georgia (matchday 3; 26 June 2024) |
Abdülkerim Bardakcı | in
Group F vs
Georgia (matchday 1; 18 June 2024) in Group F vs Portugal (matchday 2; 22 June 2024) |
Group F vs Czech Republic (matchday 3; 26 June 2024) |
Jonathan Tah | in
Group A vs
Scotland (matchday 1; 14 June 2024) in Group A vs Switzerland (matchday 3; 23 June 2024) |
Round of 16 vs Denmark (29 June 2024) |
Silvan Widmer | in
Group A vs
Hungary (matchday 1; 15 June 2024) in Group A vs Germany (matchday 3; 23 June 2024) |
Round of 16 vs Italy (29 June 2024) |
Riccardo Calafiori | in
Group B vs
Albania (matchday 1; 15 June 2024) in Group B vs Croatia (matchday 3; 24 June 2024) |
Round of 16 vs Switzerland (29 June 2024) |
Patrick Wimmer | in
Group D vs
Poland (matchday 2; 21 June 2024) in Group D vs Netherlands (matchday 3; 25 June 2024) |
Round of 16 vs Turkey (2 July 2024) |
Morten Hjulmand | in
Group C vs
Slovenia (matchday 1; 16 June 2024) in Group C vs Serbia (matchday 3; 25 June 2024) |
Round of 16 vs Germany (29 June 2024) |
Erik Janža | in
Group C vs
Serbia (matchday 2; 20 June 2024) in Group C vs England (matchday 3; 25 June 2024) |
Round of 16 vs Portugal (1 July 2024) |
Nicușor Bancu | in
Group E vs
Belgium (matchday 2; 22 June 2024) in Group E vs Slovakia (matchday 3; 26 June 2024) |
Round of 16 vs Netherlands (2 July 2024) |
Antonín Barák | in Group F vs Turkey (matchday 3; 26 June 2024) | Suspension to be served outside the tournament |
Tomáš Chorý | in Group F vs Turkey (matchday 3; 26 June 2024) | |
Anzor Mekvabishvili | in
Group F vs
Czech Republic (matchday 2; 22 June 2024) in Group F vs Portugal (matchday 3; 26 June 2024) |
Round of 16 vs Spain (30 June 2024) |
Samet Akaydin | in
Group F vs
Portugal (matchday 2; 22 June 2024) in Group F vs Czech Republic (matchday 3; 26 June 2024) |
Round of 16 vs Austria (2 July 2024) |
Hakan Çalhanoğlu | in
Group F vs
Georgia (matchday 1; 18 June 2024) in Group F vs Czech Republic (matchday 3; 26 June 2024) | |
Marc Guéhi | in
Group C vs
Slovenia (matchday 3; 25 June 2024) in Round of 16 vs Slovakia (30 June 2024) |
Quarter-final vs Switzerland (6 July 2024) |
Adrien Rabiot | in
Group D vs
Poland (matchday 3; 25 June 2024) in Round of 16 vs Belgium (1 July 2024) |
Quarter-final vs Portugal (5 July 2024) |
Matjaž Kek (manager) | in Round of 16 vs Portugal (1 July 2024) | Suspension to be served outside the tournament |
The prize money was finalised on 2 December 2023. Each team will receive a participation fee of €9.25 million, with the winner able to earn a maximum of €28.25 million. [139]
Round achieved | Amount | Number of teams |
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Final tournament | €9.25m | 24 |
Group stage | €1m for a win €500,000 for a draw |
24 |
Round of 16 | €1.5m | 16 |
Quarter-finals | €2.5m | 8 |
Semi-finals | €4m | 4 |
Runner-up | €5m | 1 |
Winner | €8m | 1 |
Lamine Yamal became the youngest player to feature at a UEFA European Championship at 16 years and 338 days old after playing for Spain against Croatia. The previous youngest was Poland's Kacper Kozłowski, 17 years and 246 days in 2021. [140]
Nedim Bajrami set the record for fastest goal scored in European Championship history, scoring for Albania against Italy in 23 seconds. This shattered the previous record of 67 seconds, by Russia's Dmitri Kirichenko in 2004. [141]
Portugal's Pepe became the oldest player to make an appearance at the European Championship, aged 41 years. Hungary goalkeeper Gabor Király, the previous record holder, was aged 40 years 86 days when he faced Belgium in the round of 16 in 2016. Before Pepe, the oldest outfield player was Lothar Matthäus, who won his 150th and final cap for Germany aged 39 years 91 days in 2000. [142]
Luka Modrić became the oldest player to score a goal at the European Championship, aged 38 years and 289 days. The previous record was held by Austria's Ivica Vastic, who was 38 years and 257 days when he scored against Poland in 2008. [143]
Kevin Csoboth set the record for the latest regular time goal in tournament history, scoring for Hungary against Scotland in the 10th minute after the 90-minute mark. [144] [145]
The final Group F game between Czechia and Turkey broke the records for the most amount of cards shown in total in a single match. 18 cards (16 yellows and 2 reds) were shown ( Czechia receiving 7 of them and Turkey 11) smashing the previous record of 10 shown in a Euro 2016 match between Portugal and France. [146]
The official logo was unveiled on 5 October 2021, during a ceremony at the Olympiastadion in Berlin. The logo depicts the Henri Delaunay Trophy with 24 coloured slices around the trophy representing the 24 participating nations, and the ellipse reflects the shape of the Olympiastadion. [147] In addition, each of the ten host cities has their own unique logo, featuring the following local sights: [148]
The official slogan of the tournament is "United by Football. Vereint im Herzen Europas." The slogan was chosen to promote diversity and inclusion. [149]
In November 2023, it was announced that EA Sports had picked up the rights for the UEFA Euro 2024 video game, and that the Euro 2024 downloadable update would be coming to EA Sports FC 24, EA Sports FC Mobile, and EA Sports FC Online in the summer of 2024. [150] Released on 11 June, the update features a full tournament mode, local and online friendlies, and a Euro-themed single player career mode, called "Lead Your Nation", each including all of the teams, players, and tournament venues. [151] [152]
From Euro 2024, Fanatics will be controlling the e-commerce, event retail and licensing of UEFA National Team competitions until Euro 2028. [153]
Topps, also owned by Fanatics, is the official sticker and trading card partner of the tournament, marking the end of Panini's association with UEFA which began in 1976. Stickers were produced for all the Euro 2024 teams, including the teams that did not qualify for the qualifying play-offs. These stickers can be sold, collected or traded. [154]
In December 2023, Italian DJ group Meduza, American pop rock band OneRepublic and German singer Kim Petras were all announced as the official music artists of the tournament. [155] However, in March 2024, it was announced that Petras had withdrawn from production due to scheduling issues, and was replaced by German singer Leony. [156] The official song, " Fire", was released on 10 May 2024. [157] It will be performed live by the three music artists at the tournament's closing ceremony before the final on 14 July 2024. [158]
The International Broadcast Centre (IBC) will be located at the halls of the Leipzig Trade Fair in Leipzig, Germany. [159]
Unlike the previous two tournaments, UEFA has discontinued 4K ultra-high-definition broadcasts due to technical constraints, and amid lukewarm interest in the format among European broadcasters in comparison to high-dynamic-range (HDR) color. [160]
UEFA will use virtual advertising for the first time in the history of Euros, having three different types of sponsorship besides the Global sponsors, one pack for Germany, one for the United States and another for the Chinese market. [161]
Official global sponsors [162]
Official Germany national sponsors [161]
The official UEFA Euro 2024 mascot was unveiled on 20 June 2023 at the Germany vs. Colombia international friendly in Gelsenkirchen. [181] The mascot is a teddy bear with shorts on. [182] A public vote was used to select the name of the mascot, with options being "Albärt", "Bärnardo", "Bärnheart" and "Herzi von Bär", all referencing the German word for bear (Bär). [183] Results were made public on 5 July, with the mascot's name announced to be "Albärt", getting 32% of the votes. [184]
Unofficially the event even has an animal oracle following in the footsteps of Paul the Octopus: Bubi the Elephant, who "predicted" Germany's opening round against Scotland with her initial kick through a makeshift goal. [185]
The official match ball of the tournament, "Fussballliebe", was unveiled by UEFA and Adidas on 15 November 2023. [186] Translated from the German as "football love", it features black wing shapes with red, blue, orange and green edges and curves to showcase the qualified nations' vibrancy to the tournament, and the love that fans around the world give to football. Created with sustainable organic materials, [186] this is the first ball for a UEFA Euro to feature "Connected Ball Technology", where it contains internal electronic sensors, allowing detection of its movement for UEFA match officials to use to assist in decision-making. [187]
The England team released their shirt designed by Nike for the championship, which featured a different coloured version of the flag of England on the back of the collar. The flag design was criticised by fans, media and politicians, including UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, claiming that the flag on the England football kit should not be altered. [188] Nike claimed the design was inspired by the colours of the training kit worn by England during their triumph in the 1966 FIFA World Cup. The Football Association also defended the design of the England flag, claiming it was not the first time that different colours had been used on an England kit, and rejected the suggestion of reverting it to its original colours. [189]
The Group F match between Turkey and Portugal was interrupted four times by pitch invaders trying to take a selfie with Cristiano Ronaldo. Two others invaded the pitch right after the final whistle. An additional pitch invasion happened during the game between Albania and Italy, and another one during the game between Romania and Ukraine. [190] [191] [192] [193]
During the second half of the Group A fixture between Scotland and Hungary, Hungarian striker Barnabás Varga was left unconscious after a collision with Scottish goalkeeper Angus Gunn, landing in a fencing response. It was later revealed that Varga had suffered from a concussion and sustained multiple fractured cheekbones. [194] Rapidly following the incident, medics made their way toward the scene and protective sheets were held around Varga. However, the stretcher bearers were seen walking toward the player, rather than running, prompting dismay from players, fans, and staff alike. Hungary captain Dominik Szoboszlai and fellow player Endre Botka proceeded to run with the stretcher in an attempt to speed up the process. [195] Following the injury, the captain expressed his frustration, stating that the medical staff did not react quick enough, with hopes that "everyone can save a few seconds and save a life." This was rebutted by UEFA, who claimed that the coordination between the on-site medical staff was "professional", with "no delay in the treatment of and assistance to the player.” [196]
The match was resumed after 10 minutes, as Hungary went on to win by a score of 0–1 following a stoppage time goal from Kevin Csoboth, with Varga making a full recovery after undergoing surgery. [197]
During the group stage, several controversies came up due to the behaviour of various Balkan fans and players. Albania and Serbia were both fined €10,000 after their fans displayed irredentist symbols; Serbian fans displayed maps of Kosovo as being a part of Serbia while Albanian fans displayed maps of Greater Albania. Serbia threatened to quit the tournament if UEFA did not take action against Croatia and Albania after some of their fans chanted anti-Serbian slogans during the match, such as Ubij ubij ubij Srbina ("Kill kill kill the Serb"); an investigation was later launched into Croatia. [198] After the group stage game between Albania and Croatia, Mirlind Daku led the Albanian supporters in chanting anti-Macedonian and anti-Serbian slogans, and Albania was fined €47,250 and Daku was banned for two games. Kosovar journalist Arlind Sadiku was banned after making the crossed hands gesture towards Serbian fans during the Serbia and England game. [198]
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on 20 March 2024 it was announced that due to unforeseen scheduling issues Kim Petras could no longer be part of the production of the official UEFA EURO 2024 song. Instead, German singer and songwriter Leony was announced as an official UEFA EURO 2024 music artist, who together with Italian producers Meduza and American pop-rock trailblazers OneRepublic will perform the official tournament song.