UEFA Euro 2024

JUNE 14 - JULY 14
Germany hosts the 17th edition of the UEFA European Championships, staging its first major tournament since the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
The Munich Football Arena will launch the showpiece on June 14

NATIONAL PRIDE: After chastening early exits at major tournaments,
new coach Julian Nagelsmann (inset) has restored confidence to German team, bolstered by warm-up victories over both France and Netherlands

Germany: Major tournament performances
2006 Germany World Cup  Third-place
2008 Austria / Switz.   Final
2010 South Africa       Third-place
2012 Poland / Ukraine   Semi-final
2014 Brazil bt Argentina, 1-0  Winner
2016 France               Semi-final
2018 Russia               Group
2020 Europe               Last 16
2022 Qatar                Group

WINNING FEELING: France, finalists at 2022 FIFA World Cup, Germany and Spain with three European titles apiece, and exuberant England all start tournament as favourites to hoist trophy

Germany    Win ratio: 50.9%  Tournament wins: 27
France      48.8%
Italy       46.6%
Spain       45.7%
Netherlands 51.3% 
Portugal    48.7%
Czech Rep.  40.1% 
England     39.5%

Reigning European champions Italy return to major tournament action after missing successive World Cups

Venues
Volksparkstadion, Hamburg Capacity: 49,000
Arena AufSchalke, Gelsenkirchen 50,000
BVB Stadion Dortmund 62,000
Olympiastadion, Berlin 71,000
Düsseldorf Arena 47,000
Cologne Stadium 43,000
Leipzig Stadium 40,000
Frankfurt Arena 47,000
Munich Football Arena 66,000
Stuttgart Arena 54,000

Toni Kroos
World Cup winner
Influential German midfielder returned from international retirement in February after three-year hiatus
Top goalscorers: Belgium striker Romelu Lukaku (right) set
new record in qualifying matches, scoring 14 goals. 
Portugal talisman Cristiano Ronaldo (inset) hit ten strikes

adidas FUSSBALLLIEBE Official UEFA Euro 2024 match ball

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Competition schedule

24 teams contest total of 51 matches, played at ten venues, over four weeks

FIFA rank (Apr 2024)

A 16 39 26 19
June
14 Germany   Scotland Munich
15 Hungary   Switzerland Cologne
19 Germany   Hungary Stuttgart
Scotland     Switzerland Cologne
23 Switzerland  Germany Frankfurt
Scotland        Hungary Stuttgart
P W D L F A Pts
1 2 3 4 

B 8 10 9 66
June
15 Spain    Croatia Berlin
Italy       Albania Dortmund 
19 Croatia  Albania Hamburg
20 Spain    Italy Gelsenkirchen
24 Albania  Spain Düsseldorf
Croatia     Italy Leipzig
P W D L F A Pts
1 2 3 4 

C 57 21 33 4
June
16 Slovenia   Denmark Stuttgart
Serbia        England Gelsenkirchen
20 Slovenia   Serbia Munich 
Denmark       England Frankfurt
25 England    Slovenia Cologne
Denmark       Serbia Munich   
P W D L F A Pts
1 2 3 4 

D 28 7 25 2
June
16 Poland   Netherlands Hamburg 
17 Austria  France Düsseldorf
21 Poland   Austria Berlin 
Netherlands    France Leipzig 
25 Netherlands Austria Berlin
France         Poland Dortmund
P W D L F A Pts
1 2 3 4 

E 3 48 46 22
June
17 Romania   Ukraine Munich 
Belgium      Slovakia Frankfurt
21 Slovakia  Ukraine Düsseldorf
22 Belgium   Romania Cologne
26 Slovakia  Romania Frankfurt
Ukraine      Belgium Stuttgart
P W D L F A Pts
1 2 3 4 

F 40 75 6 36
June
8 Turkey   Georgia Dortmund
Portugal   Czech Rep. Leipzig 
22 Georgia Czech Rep. Hamburg
Turkey     Portugal Dortmund
26 Georgia Portugal Gelsenkirchen
Czech Rep. Turkey Hamburg
P W D L F A Pts
1 2 3 4 
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Top two from each group plus four best third-placed teams progress to knockout stage 
If scores level after 90 minutes, knockout stage matches go into extra-time.
Matches remaining level decided on penalties
   
Second stage
June / July Cologne
30 B1
A/D/E/F3
Dortmund
29 A1 
C2
Frankfurt
1 F1 
A/B/C3
Düsseldorf
1 D2 
E2

Second stage 
June / July  Munich
2 E1
A/B/C/D3
Leipzig
2 D1
F2
Gelsenkirchen
30 C1
D/E/F3
Berlin
29 A2
B2

Quarter-finals
July 5  Stuttgart
July 5  Hamburg

Quarter-finals
July 6 Belin
July 6 Düsseldorf

Semi-final
July 9  Munich

Semi-final
July 10  Dortmund

Final 
July 14  Berlin

Olympiastadion, Berlin Capacity: 71,000

Designed by architect Werner March for 1936 Olympic Games on site of Deutsches Stadion built by father Otto in 1912

Hosted 2006 FIFA World Cup Final – as Italy were crowned winners
     

ROLL CALL OF CHAMPIONS                      Host
1960 Soviet Union   2-1 (AET*) Yugoslavia   France
1964 Spain          2-1        Soviet Union Spain
1968 Italy    1-1 (Replay 2-0) Yugoslavia   Italy
1972 W. Germany    3-0         Soviet Union Belgium
1976 Cz’slovakia 2-2 (Pens 5-3) W. Germany  Yugoslavia
1980 W. Germany     2-1         Belgium     Italy
1984 France         2-0         Spain       France
1988 Netherlands    2-0        Soviet Union W. Germany

1992 Denmark      2-0       Germany   Sweden
1996 Germany   2-1 (AET)  Czech Rep.  England      
2000 France    2-1 (AET)    Italy     Belgium/Neth.
2004 Greece    1-0        Portugal    Portugal
2008 Spain     1-0        Germany     Austria/Switz.
2012 Spain     4-0        Italy       Poland/Ukraine
2016 Portugal  1-0 (AET)  France      France
2020 Italy     1-1 (Pens 3-2) England Europe 


Source: UEFA
*AET: After extra time
Pictures: Getty Images
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