European Football Championship 2021

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
European Football Championship 2021
UEFA EURO 2020
Logo of the EM tournament 2021
Logo of the EM tournament 2021
Number of nations 24  (of 55 applicants)
European champion ItalyItaly Italy (2nd title)
venue 11 cities in Europe and Asia
Opening game June 11, 2021 ( Olympic Stadium , Rome )
Endgame 11 July 2021 ( Wembley Stadium , London )
Games 51
Gates 142  (⌀: 2.78 per game)
spectator 1,099,278  (⌀: 21,554 per game)
Top scorer PortugalPortugal Cristiano Ronaldo (5)
Best player ItalyItaly Gianluigi Donnarumma
Yellow card yellow cards 150  (⌀: 2.94 per game)
Yellow-red card Yellow-red cards (⌀: 0.02 per game)
Red card Red cards (⌀: 0.1 per game)

The 2021 European Football Championship (officially after the year in which it was originally supposed to take place, UEFA EURO 2020 ) took place - as the 16th edition of the competition - from June 11 to July 11, 2021 in ten European cities and the Asian city Baku instead. As in 2016 , 24 national teams took part in the finals. 20 teams were determined via the European Championship qualification , four more via the play-off tournament of the 2018/19 UEFA Nations League .

The tournament was supposed to take place from June 12th to July 12th, 2020, but has been postponed for a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic . The two semi-finals and the final were played at Wembley Stadium in London .

The European champions were the Italian national team , which defeated the English national team 3-2 on penalties in the final in London . Italy won the European championship title for the second time since 1968 . England reached the final of a European Championship for the first time. Germany , like the reigning European champions Portugal and the reigning world champions France , were eliminated in the round of 16.

Special shape for the 60th anniversary and postponement

On June 30, 2012, then-UEFA President Michel Platini expressed the idea of ​​holding the competition across Europe instead of in one or two countries. On December 6, 2012, UEFA decided that the 2020 finals would be played across Europe. The then DFB General Secretary Helmut Sandrock said in an interview that a Europe-wide European Championship, which would also be a one-off event, would be held on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the competition. The games were originally supposed to take place in 13 cities in 13 European countries, 12 cities were each intended for three group games and a round of 16 or quarter-finals, the two semi-finals and the final were to be played in a 13th city. After the allocation of the venues, Brussels was subsequently canceled as a venue by UEFA at the beginning of December 2017, instead the games are to be played in London, which had already been selected as the host for the two semi-finals and the final. Thus, the final round should be played in 12 instead of 13 cities.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic almost all leagues within UEFA had to interrupt their game operation in March 2020, including the four "big" leagues Bundesliga , Premier League , La Liga and Serie A . On March 17, 2020, the tournament, which should originally have taken place from June 12 to July 12, 2020, was postponed by one year (June 11 to July 11, 2021). The postponement opened up the possibility for the leagues to end their seasons with a delay. The 2019/20 Bundesliga season could even be ended by June 30, when the expiring contracts of players and coaches end. UEFA was also able to end the current Champions League and Europa League season with final tournaments in August.

The UEFA EURO 2020 marketing name has been retained by UEFA. The reasons given by UEFA were that they could continue to hold the tournament as a 60th anniversary celebration (1960–2020). In addition, the name would "forever serve as a reminder of the united reaction of the football family to the extraordinary circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic and the difficult situation that Europe and the world faced in 2020." Furthermore, UEFA will be less Produce waste because material with the appropriate branding had already been produced, which would have had to be destroyed and re-manufactured if it had been renamed.

In mid-June 2020, UEFA first confirmed the 12 original venues for summer 2021. All tickets should remain valid. Alternatively, there was the possibility of a return and a refund.

On March 17, 2021, UEFA President Aleksander Čeferin announced that matches would only take place in cities where spectators are allowed to enter the stadium despite the COVID-19 pandemic. On April 23, 2021, UEFA announced that Bilbao and Dublin would be canceled as venues for this reason. The games that were to take place in Bilbao were moved to Seville ; the games planned for Dublin were divided between the remaining venues in Saint Petersburg and London.

Award

Application criteria

The application criteria were decided on January 25, 2013. Each of the 54 national associations at the time could submit a maximum of two applications: One for the three group matches and the eighth or quarter-finals and one for the semi-finals and the final. An association could submit both applications with the same city or suggest two different cities. The minimum capacity for the stadiums was 70,000 seats for the semi-finals and the final, 60,000 seats for three group games and one quarter-final game, and 50,000 seats for three group games and one round of 16. Up to two exceptions were granted for stadiums with a net minimum capacity of 30,000 seats for group / round of 16 matches. Planned new stadium constructions are permitted in the application process, but construction work must have started in 2016 at the latest. Otherwise, the games could be awarded to another city at a later date.

Candidate cities

The application process began in April 2013. In September 2013, the candidates' applications were formally confirmed. The application documents were to be submitted by April 2014, so that the host cities could finally be determined by the UEFA Executive Committee in September 2014 .

Applicant cities: Red pog.svgsurcharge / Orange pog.svgsurcharge, relocated later / Blue pog.svgnot taken into account

A total of 32 member associations had expressed their interest in hosting by the first deadline on September 12, 2013. 19 of them had submitted an application by April 25, 2014. On September 19, 2014, UEFA named the 12 host cities ( shown in bold ). In December 2017, Brussels was subsequently removed as a venue and the games were given to London. In addition to the two semi-finals and the final, three group games and a round of 16 will take place at Wembley Stadium.

Application for both semi-finals and the final :

Application for three group matches and one round of 16 or quarter-finals:

1 As Brussels was canceled as a venue by UEFA in December 2017, London replaces Brussels as the venue for three group matches and a round of 16 in addition to the semi-finals and the final.
2) The venue in Bilbao has been relocated to Seville

Application withdrawn:

Germany

On August 30, 2013, the DFB Presidium announced that Germany would apply to Munich to host the European Championship. The application from Berlin was rejected. On September 3, 2014, the DFB announced that it would forego Munich's application for the final and semi-finals in favor of London if, in return, the English Football Association supported Germany's application to host the 2024 European Championship . As a result, the DFB wants to support the English in their application to host the EM 2028.

Switzerland

On September 5, 2013 it was announced that Basel would apply as the Swiss venue for the European Championship. Basel was the only city in Switzerland that had expressed interest in hosting. In 2008, some games of the European Football Championship at that time were played in St. Jakob-Park .

Original applicants

Azerbaijan and Georgia

Azerbaijan and Georgia had originally considered a joint application, but only Georgia submitted its application at the end of the registration period. After Azerbaijan's capital Baku failed to win the 2020 Olympic Games , the country rejoined the Georgian bid.

Ireland, Scotland and Wales

Ireland , Scotland and Wales applied together to host the competition. A joint application by Ireland and Scotland for the European Championship 2008 had previously failed.

Turkey

On April 17, 2012, the Turkish Association announced its application for the European Championship. The Turkey was previously with their applications for 2008 (together with Greece) in 2012 and 2016 failed. As Turkey was considered the high favorite for the sole hosting in 2020, UEFA President Platini Istanbul promised to be able to host the finals even after the Olympic Games were not awarded. On April 25, 2014, the Turkish Football Association TFF announced that the candidacy for EM 2020 was being withdrawn in favor of a new application for EM 2024, which was defeated by Germany with 4:12 votes.

Venues

Overview

The originally planned venues were announced on September 19, 2014. After the cancellation or replacement of three venues in December 2017 and April 2021, the following eleven arenas are now the venues for the European Championship. According to UEFA specifications, the host countries had to set a maximum number of spectators prior to the tournament due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

In mid-June 2021, around halfway through the preliminary round games, the increasing spread of the so-called delta variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in the United Kingdom led to the discussion whether the final round games should be moved away from London, with Budapest as a possible replacement location is under discussion.

EnglandEngland London AzerbaijanAzerbaijan Baku GermanyGermany Munich ItalyItaly Rome
Wembley Stadium
Capacity: 90,652 Maximum Occupancy
: 65,000 (72%)
Baku National Stadium
Capacity: 69,870 Maximum
occupancy: 34,500 (50%)
Allianz Arena
capacity: 70,000
max.load: 14,000 (20%)
Olympic Stadium Rome
Capacity: 72,689 Maximum
utilization: 18,000 (25%)
Exterior view of Wembley Stadium under a cloudy sky Baku National Stadium at night Allianz Arena from the outside View from the empty spectator stands of a shady curve in the Olympic Stadium in Rome on the football field with a blue sky
3 group matches

2 round of 16, 2 semi-finals, final
(after deletion of Dublin an additional round of 16)

3 group matches

1 quarter-finals

3 group matches

1 quarter-finals

3 group matches (opening match)

1 quarter-finals

ScotlandScotland Glasgow

The eleven venues of the EM 2021 at a glance.

RussiaRussia St. Petersburg
Hampden Park
capacity: 52,500 max.load
: 12,750 (25%)
Krestowski Stadium
Capacity: 69,501 Maximum
occupancy: 34,117 (50%)
Hampden Park football stadium in Glasgow, largely empty stands Krestovsky Stadium in Saint Petersburg in winter, view of the main entrance
3 group matches, 1 round of 16 6 group matches, 1 quarter-finals
(three additional group matches after Dublin was canceled)
DenmarkDenmark Copenhagen
Parking
capacity: 38,190 Occupancy
: 15,200 (45%)
Parking Stadium in Copenhagen, view from the southwest under a blue sky
3 group matches, 1 round of 16
SpainSpain Seville NetherlandsNetherlands Amsterdam HungaryHungary Budapest RomaniaRomania Bucharest
Olympic Stadium Seville
Capacity: 57,619 Maximum
utilization: 17,100 (30%)
Johan-Cruyff-Arena
capacity: 54,990 max.load
: 13,500 (25%)
Puskás Aréna
capacity: 67,155 max.load
: 68,000 (100%)
Arena Națională
Capacity: 55,600 Maximum
occupancy: 13,750 (25%)
Empty Seville Olympic Stadium at night, view from the stands Johan Cruyff Arena in Amsterdam, bird's eye view in sunny weather Puskás Aréna in Budapest, view from diagonally above Arena Națională in Bucharest, view from the upper auditorium, opening of a football game in the filled stadium
3 group matches, 1 round of 16
(after the cancellation of Bilbao)
3 group matches, 1 round of 16 3 group matches, 1 round of 16 3 group matches, 1 round of 16

Painted venues

At the beginning of December 2017, Grimbergen in Belgium was canceled as a venue by UEFA; The reason was a lack of assurances that the new Belgian national stadium would be completed on schedule.

In April 2021, Bilbao and Dublin were removed as venues by UEFA; The reason for this was the lack of a guarantee from the venues in advance for the admission of spectators to the EM games (in times of the COVID-19 pandemic).

BelgiumBelgium Grimbergen SpainSpain Bilbao IrelandIreland Dublin
Proposed
capacity for the Eurostadion : approx. 60,000
San Mamés
Capacity: 50,000
Aviva Stadium
Capacity: 51,700
After the cancellation, the building was not implemented San Mames, Euskal Herria.jpg Aviva Stadium (Dublin Arena) .JPG
planned: 3 group matches, 1 round of 16
canceled in December 2017 and awarded to London
planned: 3 group matches, 1 round of 16
canceled in April 2021 and replaced by Sevilla
planned: 3 group matches, 1 round of 16
canceled in April 2021;
Games split between St. Petersburg and London

UEFA Executive Committee decisions

On 7 December 2017, at a meeting of the UEFA Executive Committee in Nyon, some decisions were made regarding the venues and the schedule:

  • The opening game of the European Championship 2021 will take place in the Olympic Stadium in Rome .
  • Since the Eurostadion project in Brussels did not meet the conditions set by the UEFA Executive Committee at its meeting on September 20, 2017, the four matches originally planned there will now take place at Wembley Stadium in London (three group matches, a round of 16). This means that a total of seven games will be hosted at Wembley, as London was already the venue for the semi-finals and the final.
  • The pairings of the host cities for the respective preliminary round groups were determined at random from the six different lists of possible city pairs, which had been created based on sporting and geographical criteria, as follows:
  • Each qualified host association is automatically assigned to the group of its host city in the group stage (e.g. Germany in group F) and will play at least two games at home. Home rights are lost in the final round. In the further course it can happen that a national team plays in their home country; however, this depends on their placement in the group stage.

On May 24, 2018, at a meeting of the UEFA Executive Committee in Kiev, the following details of the final tournament schedule were determined:

  • Dates of all final round matches
  • Kick-off time of the opening game, the quarter-finals, the semi-finals and the final
  • Venues for certain eighth and quarter-finals

The remaining pairings and kick-off times were determined after the draw for the final on November 30, 2019.

Audience utilization

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic , not all stadiums could be used to full capacity. In the course of the tournament, the workload changed in some stadiums.

Group stage, round of 16 and quarter-finals

city Stadion capacity Before start

Status: 11.6.21

Matchday 1

Status: 6/24/21

Matchday 2

Status: 6/24/21

Matchday 3

Status: 6/24/21

Before the knockout phase

Status: 28.6.21

Round of 16

Status: 28.6.21

Quarter finals

Status: 28.6.21

Max % Fact % Diff Fact % Diff Fact % Diff Max % Diff Fact % Diff Fact % Diff
EnglandEngland London Wembley Stadium 90,652 22,500 25th 18,497 20th −5 20,306 22nd −3 19,104 21 −4 22,500 (A1) 25th 0 18,910 21 −4
45,000 (A2) 50 +25 29.6
ItalyItaly Rome Olympic Stadium Rome 72,689 18,000 25th 12,916 18th −7 12,445 17th −8 11,541 16 −9 18,000 25th 0 3.7
GermanyGermany Munich Allianz Arena 70,000 14,000 20th 13,000 19th −1 12,926 18th −2 12,413 18th −2 14,000 20th 0 2.7
AzerbaijanAzerbaijan Baku Baku National Stadium 69,870 34,500 50 8,782 13th −37 19,762 28 −22 17,138 25th −25 34,500 50 0 3.7
RussiaRussia St. Petersburg Krestovsky Stadium 69.501 34,117 50 (B) 26.264 38 −12 24,540 35 −15 18,545 27 −23 34,117 50 0 2.7
(E) 12,862 19th −31 11,525 17th −33 14,252 21 −29
HungaryHungary Budapest Puskás Aréna 67,155 67,155 100 55,662 83 −17 55,998 83 −17 54,886 82 −18 67,155 100 0 52,834 79 −21
SpainSpain Seville Olympic Stadium Seville 57,619 17,100 30th 10,559 18th −12 11,742 20th −10 11.204 19th −11 17,100 30th 0 11,504 20th −10
ScotlandScotland Glasgow Hampden Park 52,500 13,000 25th 9,847 19th −6 5,607 11 −14 9,896 19th −6 13,000 25th 0 29.6
RomaniaRomania Bucharest Arena Națională 55,600 13,750 25th 9,082 16 −9 10,001 18th −7 10,472 19th −6 26,500 50 +25 28.6
NetherlandsNetherlands Amsterdam Johan Cruyff Arena 55,500 13,875 25th 9,082 16 −9 15,243 27 +2 15,227 27 +2 16,000 33 +8 14,645 26 −7
DenmarkDenmark Copenhagen Park 38,190 15,200 45 13,790 36 −9 23,395 61 +16 23,644 62 +17 25,000 73 +28 28.6

Explanation: Max = maximum occupancy,% = percentage occupancy, Diff = difference to the previous maximum occupancy (matchday 1–3 compared to before the start; eighth & quarter-finals compared to before the knockout phase)

Semifinals and finals

city stage capacity Before Final Four

Status: 28.6.21

Semifinals 1

Status: 28.6.21

Semifinals 2

Status: 28.6.21

final

Status: 28.6.21

Max % Diff Fact % Diff Fact % Diff Fact % Diff
EnglandEngland London Wembley Stadium 90,652 65,000 75 +25 6.7 7.7 11.7

criticism

Stadium occupancy rates in times of the COVID-19 pandemic

Above all, in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic in spring 2021, UEFA required the host countries to approve the venues that the host countries of the European Championship had to promise within a period that they would definitely allow spectators to attend the European Championship bigger criticism. In view of the increasing number of corona infections and the still unclear pandemic events in the summer of 2021, a guarantee for larger audience numbers is a "form of blackmail" by UEFA, said SPD health politician Karl Lauterbach . In addition, for soccer games with 10,000 to 20,000 spectators “simply no test experience”, this is “not feasible”. “We don't know how dangerous that is. And then there is also travel. I don't think that's medically justifiable. "

According to the Finnish authorities, around 300 spectators tested positive for Corona after the preliminary round match between Finland and Belgium in St. Petersburg. A week later, St. Petersburg reported a new high in daily corona deaths. A UEFA spokesman claimed the infection situation would make "no difference" to the teams, although far more spectators are expected for the final round. In Budapest there were 55,000 spectators in three preliminary round matches and in the round of 16, 26,000 are expected for the quarter-finals in St. Petersburg, in London (Wembley) 45,000 (round of 16) and 60,000 spectators each for the semi-finals and the final. Green health politician Janosch Dahmen said: “In the meantime, even national players from several teams are infected. We destroy everything that we have built up in the low number of cases. "Baden-Württemberg's Prime Minister Winfried Kretschmann said" This recklessness makes me stunned. "The audience numbers planned for Wembley are" actually not responsible ".

The increase in capacity utilization at Wembley Stadium for the two semi-finals and the final at the beginning of July by the British government was particularly criticized . Instead of 21,500 spectators (as in the group phase), 60,000 spectators should be allowed to attend the three finals. These must have been tested negative or vaccinated, but there is no mask requirement at the seat. In addition, an exemption with regard to the Corona regulations for around 1,000 fans per team and UEFA VIPs is under discussion.

According to the EU Health Authority (ECDC), more than 2,500 corona cases from seven countries in connection with European Championship games (from Scotland, Finland, Denmark, France, Sweden, Croatia and the Netherlands) had been registered by the end of the third week of the tournament just under 2,000 cases in Scotland and 436 in Finland alone; There was no data from the other European countries.

Azerbaijan

In addition, the hosting of football matches in Azerbaijan was heavily criticized because of the local human rights situation. For example, sport (in addition to European Championship games, the 2019 Europa League final, annual Formula 1 races and the 2015 European Games in Azerbaijan, among others ) will be held by ruler İlham Əliyev (president since 2003 as his father's successor) used the political stage. Amnesty International assessed the human rights situation in Azerbaijan as "unchanged". The state used the corona pandemic as an excuse to be able to take even tougher action against critics and opposition members. The freedom of the press and assembly has also been severely restricted. Reporters Without Borders ranks Azerbaijan 167th out of 180 in the world for freedom of the press. In addition, the Azerbaijani military is charged with war crimes during the Nagorno-Karabakh war in 2020 .

Sponsors

Only a few European corporations are among the sponsors of the EM 2020; a third of the sponsors are Chinese companies ( Alipay , AntChain , Hisense , TikTok , Vivo ), plus Qatar Airways and Gazprom . While European companies are withdrawing more and more due to the image of UEFA, China tries to expand its economic influence in Europe through its companies.

Controversial penalty decisions

Despite the use of the video assistant , controversial penalty decisions played a role in both finalists. Spain was denied a penalty in the semi-final against Italy in extra time, in which the video assistant did not intervene, while England was awarded a controversial penalty in the semi-final against Denmark, which led to the decisive goal. This was due to the evaluation of the video assistants, who did not see the referee's decisions as clearly wrong decisions.

mode

The UEFA has decided that all teams have to contest the qualifying competition. As a result, the teams from the twelve host countries do not automatically qualify for the finals. During the group phase, a maximum of two qualified host associations may be represented in this group, and they may also play at least two home games. In the knockout phase there is no right to home games.


Attendees

The following teams have qualified for the finals tournament:

nation Qualified as Qualified on pot FIFA ranking
as of May 27, 2021
Participation in the finals
number last
BelgiumBelgium Belgium First group I. October 10, 2019 1 01 06th 2016
ItalyItaly Italy First group J October 12, 2019 1 07th 10 2016
PolandPoland Poland First group G October 13, 2019 2 21 04th 2016
RussiaRussia Russia Second group I. October 13, 2019 2 38 06th 2016
UkraineUkraine Ukraine First group B October 14, 2019 1 24 03 2016
SpainSpain Spain First group F 15th October 2019 1 06th 11 2016
EnglandEngland England First group A November 14, 2019 1 04th 10 2016
FranceFrance France First group H November 14, 2019 2 02 10 2016
Czech RepublicCzech Republic Czech Republic Second group A November 14, 2019 3 40 07th 2016
TurkeyTurkey Turkey Second group H November 14, 2019 3 29 05 2016
FinlandFinland Finland Second group J 15th November 2019 4th 54 01 -
SwedenSweden Sweden Second group F 15th November 2019 3 18th 07th 2016
GermanyGermany Germany First group C 16th November 2019 1 12th 13th 2016
CroatiaCroatia Croatia First group E 16th November 2019 2 14th 06th 2016
NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands Second group C 16th November 2019 2 16 10 2012
AustriaAustria Austria Second group G 16th November 2019 3 23 03 2016
PortugalPortugal Portugal Second group B 17th November 2019 3 05 08th 2016
DenmarkDenmark Denmark Second group D 18th November 2019 3 10 09 2012
SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland First group D 18th November 2019 2 13th 05 2016
WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Wales Second group E 19th November 2019 4th 17th 02 2016
North MacedoniaNorth Macedonia North Macedonia Winner playoff path D November 12, 2020 4th 62 01 -
HungaryHungary Hungary Winner playoff path A November 12, 2020 4th 37 04th 2016
SlovakiaSlovakia Slovakia Winner playoff path B November 12, 2020 4th 36 02 2016
ScotlandScotland Scotland Winner playoff path C November 12, 2020 4th 44 03 1996

With England, Scotland and Wales, all three national teams of the island of Great Britain were able to qualify for the first time at a European football championship. That how the three parts of the country for the UK part of Northern Ireland , however failed in the play-offs, as well as the national football team of the Republic of Ireland .

qualification

The qualifying matches for the EM 2021 took place between March and November 2019. The winners and runners-up from all ten qualification groups qualified directly for the final round. Four more places were awarded in the play-off games of the 2018/19 UEFA Nations League .

The qualification groups were drawn only after the Nations League group stage had ended, as the pots were formed on the basis of the results of the Nations League group stage. The draw took place on December 2, 2018 at the Convention Center in Dublin .

16 teams (four from Nations League Division D and B, one from Division A and seven from Division C) took part in the Nations League play-offs . The four participants in a play-off route played for a European Championship ticket in the semifinals and finals. The group winners within the divisions are entitled to start. If a group winner is already qualified for the EM 2021, the next best unqualified team moved up, possibly also teams from a lower division, which was the case in path A. The play-off games in the groups were played in the knockout system, with two semi-finals and one final for the European Championship ticket. Thus, at least one team from the lowest division with the potentially weakest teams takes part in the EM. The play-offs were drawn on November 22, 2019.

Final round draw

The draw for the final round took place on November 30, 2019 at 6 p.m. ( CET ) in Bucharest. The division into the four lottery pots was based on the performance in the qualification - the four winners of the playoffs were allocated to pot 4. As the play-offs had not yet been played, only 20 of the 24 teams were determined at the time of the draw. Therefore, if necessary, another draw would have taken place on April 1, 2020. However, UEFA confirmed that an additional draw is not required after the 20 directly qualified teams and 16 play-off teams were known.

The 24 qualified teams were divided into four pots with six teams each. The basis for this was the final table of the qualification :

  1. Pot with the six best group winners (places 1 - 6 in the final table)
  2. Pot with the other four group winners and the two best runners-up (7th - 12th place)
  3. Pot with the next six runners-up (13th - 18th place)
  4. Pot with the last two runners-up (19th - 20th place) and the four winners of the play-offs

In contrast to previous events, the defending champion was not automatically assigned to Pot 1.

The following rules were applied during the draw:

  • Each group of the preliminary round was drawn exactly one team from each lottery pot.
  • Hosts who have qualified or can still qualify via the play-offs were placed in the group of their host city.
  • Had the two hosts in a group been in the same lottery pot, which did not happen, UEFA would have decided on one of the following options for correction:
    • A host swaps positions with the last person in the next higher pot.
    • A host swaps positions with the first of the next lower pot.
  • For political reasons, the following pairings in the preliminary round are excluded: Russia - Ukraine , Kosovo - Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo - Russia and Kosovo - Serbia .

Pot 1:

Pot 2:

Pot 3:

Pot 4:

Group A RomeRome BakuBaku Group B CopenhagenCopenhagen St. PetersburgSt. Petersburg Group C BucharestBucharest AmsterdamAmsterdam Group D LondonLondon GlasgowGlasgow Group E SevilleSeville St. PetersburgSt. Petersburg Group F. BudapestBudapest MunichMunich
TurkeyTurkey Turkey ( squad ) DenmarkDenmark Denmark ( squad ) NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands ( squad ) EnglandEngland England ( squad ) SpainSpain Spain ( squad ) HungaryHungary Hungary ( squad )
ItalyItaly Italy ( squad ) FinlandFinland Finland ( squad ) UkraineUkraine Ukraine ( squad ) CroatiaCroatia Croatia ( squad ) SwedenSweden Sweden ( squad ) PortugalPortugal Portugal ( squad )
WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Wales ( squad ) BelgiumBelgium Belgium ( squad ) AustriaAustria Austria ( squad ) ScotlandScotland Scotland ( squad ) PolandPoland Poland ( squad ) FranceFrance France ( squad )
SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland ( squad ) RussiaRussia Russia ( squad ) North MacedoniaNorth Macedonia North Macedonia ( squad ) Czech RepublicCzech Republic Czech Republic ( squad ) SlovakiaSlovakia Slovakia ( squad ) GermanyGermany Germany ( squad )

Preliminary round

The schedule was published by UEFA on May 24, 2018. The exact schedule of the tournament was determined after the final draw on November 30, 2019.

Regulations

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic , the teams were allowed to nominate 26 players for the final round instead of the usual 23 players, with three goalkeepers in each squad. However, only 23 players may be entered for each game. A maximum of 5 players may be substituted, for which a maximum of three game interruptions may be used. Substitutions at half-time do not count.

Placement rules for the group stage

If there is a tie between several teams at the end of the group stage, the following order will be used:

a) higher number of points in direct comparison ;
b) better goal difference in direct comparison;
c) higher number of goals scored in direct comparison;
d) if, after applying criteria a) to c), several teams still have the same ranking, criteria a) to c) are reapplied, but only to the matches between the teams in question, in order to determine their final rankings.

If this procedure did not lead to a decision, criteria e) to h) are applied:

e) better goal difference from all group matches;
f) higher number of goals scored in all group matches;
g) higher number of wins from all group matches (not included in 2016);
h) better fair play behavior during the final round with regard to the cards ( red card and yellow-red card : 3 points, yellow card : 1 point)
i) higher UEFA coefficient for group stage draw.

However, if two teams meet in the last group match with the same number of points, goal difference and number of goals up to that point, and this game ends in a draw, a penalty shoot-out will then be used to determine their final position. The prerequisite for this is that no other team in the same group has the same number of points after the group matches have been completed. If this is the case, the criteria a) to i) listed above are applied.

Placement rules for the third party group

According to the regulations, the order of the criteria was as follows:

a) the number of points achieved
b) the better goal difference
c) the higher number of goals scored
d) the higher number of wins (not included in 2016)
e) the better fair play behavior during the final tournament with regard to the cards
f) the better UEFA coefficient

groups

Group A

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. ItalyItaly Italy  3  3  0  0 007-000  +7 09
 2. WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Wales  3  1  1  1 003: 200  +1 04th
 3. SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland  3  1  1  1 004: 500  −1 04th
 4th TurkeyTurkey Turkey  3  0  0  3 001: 800  −7 00
Group A venues
Fri., June 11, 2021 at 9:00 p.m. (CEST) in Rome
TurkeyTurkey Turkey - ItalyItaly Italy 0: 3 (0: 0)
Sat, June 12, 2021 at 5:00 p.m. (3:00 p.m. CEST) in Baku
WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Wales - SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland 1: 1 (0: 0)
Wed., June 16, 2021 at 8:00 p.m. (6:00 p.m. CEST) in Baku
TurkeyTurkey Turkey - WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Wales 0: 2 (0: 1)
Wed., June 16, 2021 at 9:00 p.m. (CEST) in Rome
ItalyItaly Italy - SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland 3: 0 (1: 0)
Sun., June 20, 2021 at 8:00 p.m. (6:00 p.m. CEST) in Baku
SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland - TurkeyTurkey Turkey 3: 1 (2: 0)
Sun., June 20, 2021 at 6:00 p.m. (CEST) in Rome
ItalyItaly Italy - WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Wales 1: 0 (1: 0)

Group B

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. BelgiumBelgium Belgium  3  3  0  0 007: 100  +6 09
 2. DenmarkDenmark Denmark  3  1  0  2 005: 400  +1 03
 3. FinlandFinland Finland  3  1  0  2 001: 300  −2 03
 4th RussiaRussia Russia  3  1  0  2 002: 700  −5 03
The goal difference was decisive for the placement in a direct comparison
(Denmark +2, Finland 0, Russia -2).
Group B venues
Sat., June 12, 2021 at 6:00 p.m. (CEST) in Copenhagen
DenmarkDenmark Denmark - FinlandFinland Finland 0: 1 (0: 0)
Sat, June 12, 2021 at 10:00 p.m. (9:00 p.m. CEST) in Saint Petersburg
BelgiumBelgium Belgium - RussiaRussia Russia 3: 0 (2: 0)
Wed., June 16, 2021 at 4:00 p.m. (3:00 p.m. CEST) in Saint Petersburg
FinlandFinland Finland - RussiaRussia Russia 0: 1 (0: 1)
Thursday, June 17, 2021 at 6:00 p.m. (CEST) in Copenhagen
DenmarkDenmark Denmark - BelgiumBelgium Belgium 1: 2 (1: 0)
Mon., June 21, 2021 at 9:00 p.m. (CEST) in Copenhagen
RussiaRussia Russia - DenmarkDenmark Denmark 1: 4 (0: 1)
Mon., June 21, 2021 at 10:00 p.m. (9:00 p.m. CEST) in Saint Petersburg
FinlandFinland Finland - BelgiumBelgium Belgium 0: 2 (0: 0)

Group C

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands  3  3  0  0 008: 200  +6 09
 2. AustriaAustria Austria  3  2  0  1 004: 300  +1 06th
 3. UkraineUkraine Ukraine  3  1  0  2 004: 500  −1 03
 4th North MacedoniaNorth Macedonia North Macedonia  3  0  0  3 002: 800  −6 00
Group C venues
Sun., June 13, 2021 at 7:00 p.m. (6:00 p.m. CEST) in Bucharest
AustriaAustria Austria - North MacedoniaNorth Macedonia North Macedonia 3: 1 (1: 1)
Sun., June 13, 2021 at 9:00 p.m. (CEST) in Amsterdam
NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands - UkraineUkraine Ukraine 3: 2 (0: 0)
Thursday, June 17, 2021 at 4:00 p.m. (3:00 p.m. CEST) in Bucharest
UkraineUkraine Ukraine - North MacedoniaNorth Macedonia North Macedonia 2: 1 (2: 0)
Thursday, June 17, 2021 at 9:00 p.m. (CEST) in Amsterdam
NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands - AustriaAustria Austria 2: 0 (1: 0)
Mon., June 21, 2021 at 6:00 p.m. (CEST) in Amsterdam
North MacedoniaNorth Macedonia North Macedonia - NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands 0: 3 (0: 1)
Mon., June 21, 2021 at 7:00 p.m. (6:00 p.m. CEST) in Bucharest
UkraineUkraine Ukraine - AustriaAustria Austria 0: 1 (0: 1)

Group D

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. EnglandEngland England  3  2  1  0 002-000  +2 07th
 2. CroatiaCroatia Croatia  3  1  1  1 004: 300  +1 04th
 3. Czech RepublicCzech Republic Czech Republic  3  1  1  1 003: 200  +1 04th
 4th ScotlandScotland Scotland  3  0  1  2 001: 500  −4 01
The higher number of goals scored in all group games was decisive for the placement.
Group D venues
Sun., June 13, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. (3:00 p.m. CEST) in London
EnglandEngland England - CroatiaCroatia Croatia 1: 0 (0: 0)
Mon, June 14, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. (3:00 p.m. CEST) in Glasgow
ScotlandScotland Scotland - Czech RepublicCzech Republic Czech Republic 0: 2 (0: 1)
Fri June 18, 2021 at 5:00 p.m. (6:00 p.m. CEST) in Glasgow
CroatiaCroatia Croatia - Czech RepublicCzech Republic Czech Republic 1: 1 (0: 1)
Friday, June 18, 2021 at 8:00 p.m. (9:00 p.m. CEST) in London
EnglandEngland England - ScotlandScotland Scotland 0-0
Tue., June 22, 2021 at 8:00 p.m. (9:00 p.m. CEST) in Glasgow
CroatiaCroatia Croatia - ScotlandScotland Scotland 3: 1 (1: 1)
Tue., June 22, 2021 at 8:00 p.m. (9:00 p.m. CEST) in London
Czech RepublicCzech Republic Czech Republic - EnglandEngland England 0: 1 (0: 1)

Group E

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. SwedenSweden Sweden  3  2  1  0 004: 200  +2 07th
 2. SpainSpain Spain  3  1  2  0 006: 100  +5 05
 3. SlovakiaSlovakia Slovakia  3  1  0  2 002: 700  −5 03
 4th PolandPoland Poland  3  0  1  2 004: 600  −2 01
Group E venues
Mon., June 14, 2021 at 7:00 p.m. (6:00 p.m. CEST) in Saint Petersburg
PolandPoland Poland - SlovakiaSlovakia Slovakia 1: 2 (0: 1)
Mon., June 14, 2021 at 9:00 p.m. (CEST) in Seville
SpainSpain Spain - SwedenSweden Sweden 0-0
Friday, June 18, 2021 at 4:00 p.m. (3:00 p.m. CEST) in Saint Petersburg
SwedenSweden Sweden - SlovakiaSlovakia Slovakia 1: 0 (0: 0)
Sat, June 19, 2021 at 9:00 p.m. (CEST) in Seville
SpainSpain Spain - PolandPoland Poland 1: 1 (1: 0)
Wed., June 23, 2021 at 6:00 p.m. (CEST) in Seville
SlovakiaSlovakia Slovakia - SpainSpain Spain 0: 5 (0: 2)
Wed., June 23, 2021 at 7:00 p.m. (6:00 p.m. CEST) in Saint Petersburg
SwedenSweden Sweden - PolandPoland Poland 3: 2 (1: 0)

Group F.

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. FranceFrance France  3  1  2  0 004: 300  +1 05
 2. GermanyGermany Germany  3  1  1  1 006: 500  +1 04th
 3. PortugalPortugal Portugal  3  1  1  1 007: 600  +1 04th
 4th HungaryHungary Hungary  3  0  2  1 003: 600  −3 02
The direct comparison was decisive for the placement (Portugal - Germany 2: 4)
Group F venues
Tuesday, June 15, 2021 at 6:00 p.m. (CEST) in Budapest
HungaryHungary Hungary - PortugalPortugal Portugal 0: 3 (0: 0)
Tuesday, June 15, 2021 at 9:00 p.m. (CEST) in Munich
FranceFrance France - GermanyGermany Germany 1: 0 (1: 0)
Sat., June 19, 2021 at 3:00 p.m. (CEST) in Budapest
HungaryHungary Hungary - FranceFrance France 1: 1 (1: 0)
Sat., June 19, 2021 at 6:00 p.m. (CEST) in Munich
PortugalPortugal Portugal - GermanyGermany Germany 2: 4 (1: 2)
Wed., June 23, 2021 at 9:00 p.m. (CEST) in Budapest
PortugalPortugal Portugal - FranceFrance France 2: 2 (1: 1)
Wed., June 23, 2021 at 9:00 p.m. (CEST) in Munich
GermanyGermany Germany - HungaryHungary Hungary 2: 2 (0: 1)

Ranking of third party groups

In addition to the six group winners and six runners-up, four of the third-placed qualify for the round of 16. For the comparison of the thirds in the group, a higher number of points, better goal difference, higher number of goals scored, higher number of wins, fair play evaluation and finally the evaluation in the European Championship qualification apply one after the other.

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points group Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card FP
 1. PortugalPortugal Portugal  3  1  1  1 007: 600  +1 04th F. 1 0 0 1
 2. Czech RepublicCzech Republic Czech Republic  3  1  1  1 003: 200  +1 04th D. 4th 0 0 4th
 3. SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland  3  1  1  1 004: 500  −1 04th A. 5 0 0 5
 4th UkraineUkraine Ukraine  3  1  0  2 004: 500  −1 03 C. 2 0 0 2
 5. FinlandFinland Finland  3  1  0  2 001: 300  −2 03 B. 4th 0 0 4th
 6th SlovakiaSlovakia Slovakia  3  1  0  2 002: 700  −5 03 E. 6th 0 0 6th
  • Third group qualified for the round of 16
  • Fair play rating (FP)
    according to Article 21.03 of the UEFA regulations simple sum of the cards:
    Yellow card 1 point each
    Yellow-red card 3 points each; first yellow card is included here
    Red card 3 points each

    Classification of the qualified third party in the round of 16

    The allocation of the group third qualified for the round of 16 to the four previously determined round of 16 games with group thirds depends on the groups from which the third parties qualify. For each of the 15 possibilities *) , a table in the official regulations defines the assignment below.

    Kombina-tions
    Group Third
    First group B
    plays against
    third party
    from group:
    First group C
    plays against
    third party
    from group:
    First group E
    plays against
    third party
    from group:
    First group F
    plays against
    third
    from group:
    ABCD A. D. B. C.
    ABCE A. E. B. C.
    ABCF A. F. B. C.
    ABDE D. E. A. B.
    ABDF D. F. A. B.
    ABEF E. F. B. A.
    ACDE E. D. C. A.
    ACDF F. D. C. A.
    ACEF E. F. C. A.
    ADEF E. F. D. A.
    BCDE E. D. B. C.
    BCDF F. D. C. B.
    BCEF F. E. C. B.
    BDEF F. E. D. B.
    CDEF F. E. D. C.
  • occurred case
  • *) Calculated as the mathematical combination without repetition of 4 of 6 .

    Final round

    In the final round, the winners progressed; the tournament was over for the losing teams. Further placements were not played out. A “ small final ” for 3rd place like at the world championships did not take place.

      Round of 16   Quarter finals   Semifinals   final
                                         
    B1 BelgiumBelgium Belgium 1                  
    F3 PortugalPortugal Portugal 0  
    B1 BelgiumBelgium Belgium 1
      A1 ItalyItaly Italy 2  
    A1 ItalyItaly Italy V2 V
     
    C2 AustriaAustria Austria 1  
    A1 ItalyItaly Italy E.1  (4) E.
      E2 SpainSpain Spain 1 (2)  
    F1 FranceFrance France 3 (4)      
     
    A3 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland E.3  (5) E.  
    A3 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland 1 (1)
      E2 SpainSpain Spain E.1  (3) E.  
    D2 CroatiaCroatia Croatia 3
     
    E2 SpainSpain Spain 15 V  
    A1 ItalyItaly Italy E.1  (3) E.
      D1 EnglandEngland England 1 (2)
    E1 SwedenSweden Sweden 1            
     
    C3 UkraineUkraine Ukraine 12 V  
    C3 UkraineUkraine Ukraine 0
      D1 EnglandEngland England 4th  
    D1 EnglandEngland England 2
     
    F2 GermanyGermany Germany 0  
    D1 EnglandEngland England V2 V
      B2 DenmarkDenmark Denmark 1  
    C1 NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands 0      
     
    D3 Czech RepublicCzech Republic Czech Republic 2  
    D3 Czech RepublicCzech Republic Czech Republic 1
      B2 DenmarkDenmark Denmark 2  
    A2 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Wales 0
     
    B2 DenmarkDenmark Denmark 4th  

    V Victory after extra time
    E Victory after penalties

    Round of 16

    Venues for the round of 16
    Sat., June 26, 2021 at 6:00 p.m. (CEST) in Amsterdam
    WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Wales - DenmarkDenmark Denmark 0: 4 (0: 1)
    Sat, June 26, 2021 at 8:00 p.m. (9:00 p.m. CEST) in London
    ItalyItaly Italy - AustriaAustria Austria 2: 1 a.d. (0: 0)
    Sun., June 27, 2021 at 6:00 p.m. (CEST) in Budapest
    NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands - Czech RepublicCzech Republic Czech Republic 0: 2 (0: 0)
    Sun., June 27, 2021 at 9:00 p.m. (CEST) in Seville
    BelgiumBelgium Belgium - PortugalPortugal Portugal 1: 0 (1: 0)
    Mon., June 28, 2021 at 6:00 p.m. (CEST) in Copenhagen
    CroatiaCroatia Croatia - SpainSpain Spain 3: 5 a.d. (3: 3, 1: 1)
    Mon., June 28, 2021 at 10:00 p.m. (9:00 p.m. CEST) in Bucharest
    FranceFrance France - SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland 3: 3 n.V. (3: 3, 0: 1), 4: 5 i. E.
    Tue., June 29, 2021 at 5:00 p.m. (6:00 p.m. CEST) in London
    EnglandEngland England - GermanyGermany Germany 2: 0 (0: 0)
    Tuesday, June 29, 2021 at 8:00 p.m. (9:00 p.m. CEST) in Glasgow
    SwedenSweden Sweden - UkraineUkraine Ukraine 1: 2 n.v. (1: 1, 1: 1)

    Quarter finals

    Quarter-finals venues
    Fri., July 2, 2021 at 7:00 p.m. (6:00 p.m. CEST) in Saint Petersburg
    SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland - SpainSpain Spain 1: 1 n.V. (1: 1, 0: 1), 1: 3 i. E.
    Friday, July 2, 2021 at 9:00 p.m. (CEST) in Munich
    BelgiumBelgium Belgium - ItalyItaly Italy 1: 2 (1: 2)
    Sat, July 3, 2021 at 8:00 p.m. (6:00 p.m. CEST) in Baku
    Czech RepublicCzech Republic Czech Republic - DenmarkDenmark Denmark 1: 2 (0: 2)
    Sat, July 3, 2021 at 9:00 p.m. (CEST) in Rome
    UkraineUkraine Ukraine - EnglandEngland England 0: 4 (0: 1)

    Semifinals

    Venue of the semi-finals and the final
    Tuesday, July 6, 2021 at 8:00 p.m. (9:00 p.m. CEST) in London
    ItalyItaly Italy - SpainSpain Spain 1: 1 n.V. (1: 1, 0: 0), 4: 2 i. E.
    Wed. July 7, 2021 at 8:00 p.m. (9:00 p.m. CEST) in London
    EnglandEngland England - DenmarkDenmark Denmark 2: 1 n.V. (1: 1, 1: 1)

    final

    Italy England Lineup
    ItalyItaly
    final
    Sun, July 11, 2021, 8:00 p.m. (9:00 p.m. CEST) in London ( Wembley Stadium )
    Result: 1: 1 n.v. (1: 1, 0: 1), 3: 2 i. E.
    Spectators: 67,173
    Referee: Björn Kuipers ( Netherlands ) NetherlandsNetherlands 
    Match report
    EnglandEngland
    Line up Italy against England
    Gianluigi Donnarumma - Giovanni Di Lorenzo , Leonardo Bonucci , Giorgio Chiellini , Emerson (118th Alessandro Florenzi ) - Nicolò Barella (54th Bryan Cristante ), Jorginho , Marco Verratti (96th Manuel Locatelli ) - Federico Chiesa (86th Federico Bernardeschi ), Ciro Immobile (54th Domenico Berardi ), Lorenzo Insigne (91st Andrea Belotti ) Head coach: Roberto Mancini(C)Captain of the crew
    Jordan Pickford - Kyle Walker (120th Jadon Sancho ), John Stones , Harry Maguire - Kieran Trippier (70th Bukayo Saka ), Kalvin Phillips , Declan Rice (74th Jordan Henderson , 120th Marcus Rashford ), Luke Shaw - Raheem Sterling , Harry Kane , Mason Mount (99th Jack Grealish ) Head Coach: Gareth Southgate(C)Captain of the crew

    goal 1: 1 Bonucci (67th)
    goal 0: 1 Shaw (2nd)
    penalties shoot
    Penalty converted1-0 Berardi

    Penalty missedPickford holds against Belotti

    Penalty converted2-2 Bonucci

    Penalty converted3-2 Bernardeschi

    Penalty missedPickford holds against Jorginho

    Penalty converted1-1 Kane

    Penalty converted1-2 Maguire

    Penalty missedRashford shoots at the left post

    Penalty missedDonnarumma holds against Sancho

    Penalty missedDonnarumma holds against Saka
    yellow cards Barella (47.), Bonucci (55.), Insigne (84.), Chiellini (90. + 6), Jorginho (114.) yellow cards Maguire (106.)
    Star of the game: Leonardo Bonucci (Italy)

    The final of the pan-European tournament became the home game of the English team. With the exception of the quarter-finals against Ukraine in Rome, all of the English team's games took place at Wembley. There were riots before and after the game. Violent fans managed to break through security fences and storm Wembley Stadium, videos showed brawls at the entrances to the stadium, and numerous civilians and police officers were injured. On Wembley Way (between Wembley Park Underground Station and Wembley Stadium) as well as on popular London squares such as Piccadilly Circus and Leicester Square , tens of thousands of fans celebrated with lots of alcohol and without any distance and without masks.

    England took the lead after just two minutes with a goal from Luke Shaw . In the second half, however, Italy were the more active team. Leonardo Bonucci scored the equalizer in the 67th minute. Before the penalty shoot joined Gareth Southgate with Marcus Rashford and Jadon Sancho a two players that are considered safe Penalty-takers. Rashford hit the post, however, and Sancho's shot was parried by Gianluigi Donnarumma . Since the 19-year-old Bukayo Saka, who was also substituted on, failed at Donnarumma, Italy emerged victorious from the penalty shoot-out, although the English goalkeeper Jordan Pickford was also able to save two penalties.

    After the game, referee Björn Kuipers received numerous praise for his excellent game management.

    referee

    Main referee

    On April 21, 2021, UEFA appointed the 19 referees to be used at the European Championship. Each referee is supported by two assistants on the sideline. To this end, 22  video assistants and 12 support match officials were nominated. For the first time since 1996, two referees were nominated from Germany with Felix Brych and Daniel Siebert ; Bastian Dankert , Christian Dingert , Marco Fritz and Christian Gittelmann were nominated as video assistants . As part of an exchange program between UEFA and the South American association CONMEBOL , Argentinian Fernando Rapallini and his assistants were nominated for the first time as a South American referee for the European Championship; in return, the Spaniard Jesús Gil Manzano represented UEFA at the Copa America 2021 in Brazil. With the French Stéphanie Frappart , a woman was also nominated for the first time for a European men's championship; she was appointed as the Support Match Official and would also have been a replacement if a nominated colleague had failed.

    referee Games Yellow card.svg Yellow-red card.svg Red card.svg Games
    than 4O
    Assistants Encounters
    Preliminary round Final round
    GermanyGermany Felix Brych a b g 5 9 0 0 0 Mark Borsch
    Stefan Lupp
    NetherlandsNetherlands NED - UKR , 13.6. UkraineUkraine FIN - BEL , 21.6.
    FinlandFinland BelgiumBelgium 
    BelgiumBelgium BEL - POR , 27.6. UKR - ENG , 3.7. ITA - ESP , 6.7. PortugalPortugal 
    UkraineUkraine EnglandEngland 
    ItalyItaly SpainSpain 
    e
    GermanyGermany Daniel Siebert 3 8th 0 1 1 Jan Seidel
    Rafael Foltyn
    ScotlandScotland SCO - CZE , 14.6. Czech RepublicCzech Republic SWE - SVK , June 18.
    SwedenSweden SlovakiaSlovakia 
    WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg WAL - DEN , 26.6.DenmarkDenmark 
    EnglandEngland Michael Oliver 3 8th 0 1 1 Stuart Burt
    Simon Bennett
    HungaryHungary HUN - FRA , 19.6. SWE - POL , 23.6.FranceFrance 
    SwedenSweden PolandPoland 
    SwitzerlandSwitzerland SUI - ESP , 2.7.SpainSpain 
    EnglandEngland Anthony Taylor 3 9 0 0 1 Gary Beswick
    Adam Nunn
    DenmarkDenmark DEN - FIN , 12.6. FinlandFinland POR - GER , 19.6.
    PortugalPortugal GermanyGermany 
    ItalyItaly ITA - AUT , 26.6.AustriaAustria 
    FranceFrance Clement Turpin a b 2 6th 0 0 0 Nicolas Danos
    Cyril Gringore
    WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg WAL - SUI , 12.6. SwitzerlandSwitzerland RUS - DEN , 21.6.
    RussiaRussia DenmarkDenmark 
    IsraelIsrael Orel Grinfeld 1 3 0 0 1 Roy Hassan
    Idan Yarkoni
    NetherlandsNetherlands NED - AUT , June 17thAustriaAustria 
    ItalyItaly Daniele Orsato 3 12th 0 1 0 Alessandro Giallatini
    Fabiano Preti
    EnglandEngland ENG - CRO , 13.6. CroatiaCroatia ESP - POL , 19.6.
    SpainSpain PolandPoland 
    SwedenSweden SWE - UKR , 29.6.UkraineUkraine 
    NetherlandsNetherlands Danny Makkelie 4th 14th 0 0 1 Hessel Steegstra
    Jan de Vries
    TurkeyTurkey TUR - ITA , 11.6. ItalyItaly FIN - RUS , 16.6.
    FinlandFinland RussiaRussia 
    EnglandEngland ENG - GER , 29.6. ENG - DEN , 7.7. GermanyGermany 
    EnglandEngland DenmarkDenmark 
    e
    NetherlandsNetherlands Bjorn Kuipers a b d 4th 16 0 0 1 Sander van Roekel
    Erwin Zeinstra
    DenmarkDenmark DEN - BEL , 17.6. BelgiumBelgium SVK - ESP , 23.6.
    SlovakiaSlovakia SpainSpain 
    Czech RepublicCzech Republic CZE - DEN , 3.7. DenmarkDenmark ITA - ENG , 11.7. f
    ItalyItaly EnglandEngland 
    PortugalPortugal Artur Dias 2 5 0 0 0 Rui Barbosa Tavares
    Paulo Santos Soares
    TurkeyTurkey TUR - WAL , 16.6. WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg CZE - ENG , 22.6.
    Czech RepublicCzech Republic EnglandEngland 
    RomaniaRomania Ovidiu Hațegan a 2 6th 1 1 3 Sebastian Gheorge
    Radu Ghinguleac
    PolandPoland POL - SVK , 14.6. SlovakiaSlovakia ITA - WAL , 20.6.
    ItalyItaly WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg 
    RomaniaRomania István Kovács 1 4th 0 0 2 Vasile Marinescu
    Ovidiu Artene
    North MacedoniaNorth Macedonia MKD - NED , June 21.NetherlandsNetherlands 
    RussiaRussia Sergei Karassev a b 3 5 0 1 3 Igor Demeshko Maxim Gavrilin
    ItalyItaly ITA - SUI , 16.6. GER - HUN , 23.6.SwitzerlandSwitzerland 
    GermanyGermany HungaryHungary 
    NetherlandsNetherlands NED - CZE , June 27thCzech RepublicCzech Republic 
    SwedenSweden Andreas Ekberg 1 3 0 0 3 Mehmet Culum
    Stefan Hallberg
    AustriaAustria AUT - MKD , June 13thNorth MacedoniaNorth Macedonia 
    SloveniaSlovenia Slavko Vinčić 3 8th 0 0 1 Tomaž Klančnik
    Andraž Kovačič
    SpainSpain ESP - SWE , 14.6. SwedenSweden SUI - TUR , 20.6.
    SwitzerlandSwitzerland TurkeyTurkey 
    BelgiumBelgium BEL - ITA , 2.7.ItalyItaly 
    SpainSpain Carlos del Cerro Grande 2 5 0 0 2 Juan Yuste Jiménez c
    Roberto Alonso Fernández
    FranceFrance FRA - GER , 15.6. GermanyGermany CRO - CZE , 18.6.
    CroatiaCroatia Czech RepublicCzech Republic 
    SpainSpain Antonio Mateu Lahoz b 3 6th 0 0 0 Paul Cebrián Davis
    Roberto Díaz Pérez del Palomar
    BelgiumBelgium BEL - RUS , 12.6. ENG - SCO , 18.6. POR - FRA , 23.6.RussiaRussia 
    EnglandEngland ScotlandScotland 
    PortugalPortugal FranceFrance 
    TurkeyTurkey Cüneyt Çakır a b d 3 5 0 0 1 Bahatta Duran
    Tarık Ongun
    HungaryHungary HUN - POR , June 15. PortugalPortugal UKR - AUT , June 21.
    UkraineUkraine AustriaAustria 
    CroatiaCroatia CRO - ESP , 28.6.SpainSpain 
    ArgentinaArgentina Fernando Rapallini 3 12th 0 0 2 Juan Pablo Belatti b
    Diego Bonfá
    UkraineUkraine UKR - MKD , 17.6. CRO - SCO , 22.6.North MacedoniaNorth Macedonia 
    CroatiaCroatia ScotlandScotland 
    FranceFrance FRA - SUI , 28.6.SwitzerlandSwitzerland 
    total 51 144 1 5 23 Final score
    a Were also used at the EM 2016 in France
    b Were also used at the 2018 World Cup in Russia
    c Due to his involvement in FRA - GER the match official with the most participations (4) in the European Championship finals (2008, 2012, 2016, 2021)
    d Through their engagements during the EM with 9 game directors each new EM record referee
    e Semifinals
    f final
    G First referee with 5 appearances during a European Championship finals

     

    Support Referee

    Video Assistant (VAR)

    In April 2021, UEFA nominated a total of 22 referees who will be used exclusively as video assistants . In addition, some referees and assistant referees who are deployed in the stadium may also be used as video assistants.

    referee country Games Remarks
    Bastian Dankert GermanyGermany Germany 13th0
    Christian Dingert GermanyGermany Germany 100
    Marco Fritz GermanyGermany Germany 100
    Christian Gittelmann GermanyGermany Germany 12th0
    Stuart Attwell EnglandEngland England 9
    Lee Betts EnglandEngland England 9
    Christopher Kavanagh EnglandEngland England 7th
    Jérôme Brisard FranceFrance France 5
    François Letexier FranceFrance France 5
    Benjamin Pagès FranceFrance France 5
    Marco Di Bello ItalyItaly Italy 7th
    Massimiliano Irrati ItalyItaly Italy 100
    Filippo Meli ItalyItaly Italy 100
    Paolo Valeri ItalyItaly Italy 8th
    Kevin Blom NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands 9
    Pol van Boekel NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands 8th
    Paweł Gil PolandPoland Poland 110
    João Pedro Silva Pinheiro PortugalPortugal Portugal 4th
    Alejandro José Hernández Hernández SpainSpain Spain 12th0
    Juan Martínez Munuera SpainSpain Spain 9
    Íñigo Prieto López de Cerain SpainSpain Spain 9
    José María Sánchez Martínez SpainSpain Spain 4th
    Final score

    Rule modification

    When evaluating a hand game , the focus is now on whether an intention on the part of the player can be identified. Before that, it was crucial whether the "body area" was enlarged.

    Best goal scorers

    For the full list see scorer Football Championship 2021 / Statistics # goal scorers .

    The ranking corresponds to the official UEFA rules, according to which the number of assists and the playing minutes are decisive for determining the top scorer with the same number of goals. The three top scorers were awarded a trophy in gold, silver or bronze.

    place player Gates Penalty
    goals
    templates Playtime
    01 PortugalPortugal Cristiano Ronaldo 5 3 1 360
    02 Czech RepublicCzech Republic Patrik Schick 5 1 0 404
    03 FranceFrance Karim Benzema 4th 1 0 349
    04th SwedenSweden Emil Forsberg 4th 1 0 371
    05 BelgiumBelgium Romelu Lukaku 4th 1 0 444
    06th EnglandEngland Harry Kane 4th 0 0 649
    07th SwitzerlandSwitzerland Xherdan Shaqiri 3 0 1 371
    08th EnglandEngland Raheem Sterling 3 0 1 641
    09 DenmarkDenmark Kasper Dolberg 3 0 0 225
    10 PolandPoland Robert Lewandowski 3 0 0 270
    11 NetherlandsNetherlands Georginio Wijnaldum 3 0 0 360
    12th SwitzerlandSwitzerland Haris Seferović 3 0 0 382
    13th SpainSpain Álvaro Morata 3 0 0 452
    14th SpainSpain Pablo Sarabia 2 0 2 252
    15th NetherlandsNetherlands Memphis Depay 2 1 2 327
    16 UkraineUkraine Andrij Yarmolenko 2 0 2 445
    17th CroatiaCroatia Ivan Perišić 2 0 1 261
    18th DenmarkDenmark Mikkel Damsgaard 2 0 1 330
    19th SpainSpain Ferran Torres 2 0 1 366
    20th UkraineUkraine Roman Yaremchuk 2 0 1 430
    21 ItalyItaly Ciro Immobile 2 0 1 444
    22nd DenmarkDenmark Joakim Mæhle 2 0 1 556

    The top scorer of the entire competition were the Englishman Harry Kane and the Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo with a total of 16 goals each, of which they scored 12 and 11 goals respectively in qualifying .

    Broadcast and reporting

    Germany

    On May 28, 2016, the private broadcaster RTL secured the broadcasting rights for the qualifying matches of the German national team. According to media reports, the private broadcaster is said to have paid around four to five million euros per game for the exclusive broadcasting rights. The broadcaster itself did not provide any information on the amount of expenditure. The qualifying games, including play-offs without German participation, were again broadcast exclusively on the DAZN streaming service .

    The games of the final round in 2021 will be broadcast by the public television channels Das Erste and ZDF (together 41 games) and by MagentaTV (all 51 games). The broadcasters of the ARD will also broadcast all games live on the radio - including reports, interviews and follow-up reports. On October 5, 2016, ARD and ZDF announced that they would be broadcasting the European Championship in Germany. The broadcasters themselves did not provide any information on the amount of expenditure. According to media reports, both channels paid an estimated 150 million euros for the broadcast rights. On March 9, 2021, it became known that Telekom and the broadcasters ARD and ZDF had agreed on the acquisition of sub-licenses after long negotiations. The division of the transmission rights between the public broadcasters Das Erste and ZDF as well as Telekom is part of a larger agreement in which Telekom in return partially cedes transmission rights for EM 2024 . The Telekom company and the two broadcasters themselves did not provide any information on the amount of expenditure. According to the trade magazine Medienkorrespondenz , Telekom paid 15 million euros for the sublicensing at this European championship. The fact that MagentaTV, a pay-TV broadcaster , is showing all the games of the European Championship is a novelty in German television history .

    Play exclusively on MagentaTV
    1st matchday WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Wales - Switzerland (size A, 3 p.m.) Scotland - Czech Republic (size D, 3 p.m.)SwitzerlandSwitzerland 
    ScotlandScotland Czech RepublicCzech Republic 
    2nd matchday FinlandFinland Finland - Russia (size B, 3 p.m.) Sweden - Slovakia (size E, 3 p.m.)RussiaRussia 
    SwedenSweden SlovakiaSlovakia 
    3rd matchday
    (parallel games)
    SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland - Turkey (size A, 6 p.m.) Finland - Belgium (size B, 9 p.m.) North Macedonia - Netherlands (size C, 6 p.m.) Croatia - Scotland (size D, 9 p.m.) Sweden - Poland (size. E, 6 p.m.) Portugal - France (size F, 9 p.m.)TurkeyTurkey 
    FinlandFinland BelgiumBelgium 
    North MacedoniaNorth Macedonia NetherlandsNetherlands 
    CroatiaCroatia ScotlandScotland 
    SwedenSweden PolandPoland 
    PortugalPortugal FranceFrance 

    The first broadcast the opening game between Turkey and Italy, while ZDF will broadcast the final. The knockout games will be distributed within the two channels at short notice. They will broadcast a total of 41 games (21 games on Das Erste and 20 games on ZDF). MagentaTV will broadcast all 51 games, including an exclusive ten preliminary round games that can only be seen on the pay TV broadcaster. The parallel games on the last day of the group will be distributed at short notice. The Erste and ZDF have a so-called pre-election right for these games. While Das Erste and ZDF will broadcast the games in HD ( 720p via satellite / cable / IPTV ; 1080p via DVB-T2 ), MagentaTV will broadcast the broadcasts in Full-HD (1080p) and Ultra-HD (only via Telekom Media Receiver) to offer.

    Two presenters report for ARD: Alexander Bommes reports on the European championship and analyzes the games with the experts Kevin-Prince Boateng , Almuth Schult , Stefan Kuntz and Lutz Wagner from the Cologne Sportschau studio. Jessy Wellmer accompanies the games from the stadiums with the expert Bastian Schweinsteiger , provided the pandemic situation allows. If this is not possible, Wellmer and Schweinsteiger will report from Cologne. The evening at Das Erste will be concluded by Esther Sedlaczek and Micky Beisenherz with the Sportschau Club . For ZDF, Katrin Müller-Hohenstein and Jochen Breyer from the ZDF broadcasting center will alternately guide the broadcast and report and analyze the games with the experts Per Mertesacker , Christoph Kramer , Peter Hyballa , Sandro Wagner and Manuel Gräfe . In addition, Lennert Brinkhoff (ARD) and Sven Voss (ZDF) will report from the German team camp in Herzogenaurach .

    Tom Bartels , Gerd Gottlob and Florian Naß will comment on the games for Das Erste . Thomas Broich will act as co-commentator at her side . Claudia Neumann (with Ariane Hingst as co-commentator), Béla Réthy , Oliver Schmidt and Martin Schneider (with Hanno Balitsch as co-commentator) will comment on the games for ZDF . Sandro Wagner will also accompany some of the games as co-commentator. Michael Augustin , Holger Dahl , Philipp Hofmeister , Martina Knief , Armin Lehmann , Julia Metzner , Jens Jörg Rieck and Andre Siems will comment on the games for the ARD radio stations .

    The pay-TV broadcaster MagentaTV reports from Ismaning on the European championship, produced by Plazamedia . Johannes B. Kerner , Sascha Bandermann , Amelie Stiefvatter and Jan Henkel act as moderators . Michael Ballack , Fredi Bobic , Patrick Ittrich and Manuel Baum are available as experts . Jan Henkel and Manuel Baum will be responsible for the tactical analysis. Anett Sattler will report from the German team camp and Thomas Wagner will interview the players and coaches on the sidelines. The games are commented on by Wolff-Christoph Fuss , Marco Hagemann , Jan Platte , Markus Höhner , Christian Straßburger and Benni Zander . In addition, the games should be included in the so-called “celebrity feed”. to be commented on by Oliver Pocher and Serdar Somuncu . At MagentaTV, studio guests will also be present at the broadcast almost every day and accompany the games as experts and as co-commentators. So should Nuri Sahin , Uli Hoeness , Lars Stindl , Martin Harnik , Alex Frei , Jurgen Kohler , Moritz Volz , Benny Lauth , Inka Grings and Adi Hütter be there.

    function ARD Logo 2019.svg ZDF logo.svg MagentaTV
    Moderators Alexander Bommes
    Jessy Wellmer (on site)
    Jochen Breyer
    Katrin Müller-Hohenstein
    Johannes B. Kerner
    Sascha Bandermann
    Amelie stepfather
    Jan Henkel (tactics)
    Experts | Bastian Schweinsteiger (on site)
    Kevin-Prince Boateng
    Almuth Schult
    Stefan Kuntz
    Lutz Wagner (referee)
    Per Mertesacker
    Christoph Kramer
    Peter Hyballa (tactics)
    Manuel Gräfe (referee)
    Michael Ballack
    Fredi Bobic
    Manuel Baum (Tactical)
    Patrick Ittrich (Referee)
    Co-commentators Thomas Broich
    Bastian Schweinsteiger
    Sandro Wagner
    Ariane Hingst
    Hanno Balitsch
    changing co-commentators
    National team companion Lennert Brinkhoff Sven Voss Anett Sattler
    Field reporter Boris Büchler Thomas Wagner
    Commentators (television) Tom Bartels
    Gerd Gottlob
    Florian Nass
    Béla Réthy
    Oliver Schmidt
    Claudia Neumann
    Martin Schneider
    Wolff-Christoph Fuss
    Marco Hagemann
    Jan Platte
    Markus Höhner
    Christian Strasbourg
    Benni Zander
    Commentators (radio) Michael Augustin
    Holger Dahl
    Philipp Hofmeister
    Martina Knief
    Armin Lehmann
    Julia Metzner
    Jens Jörg Rieck
    Andre Siems
    - -

    Switzerland

    The SRG SSR institutions equipment SRF , RTS , RSI and RTR are the qualifiers and the Nation League matches involving the senior national team as well as the European Football Championship exclusively on television, radio and support multi-media. The parties have agreed not to disclose the contractual details. The television stations SRF Zwei and SRF info broadcast all 51 live games, while the radio station SRF 3 only comments on the games with Swiss participation and the final.

    function Swiss radio and television Logo.svg (TV) Swiss radio and television Logo.svg (Radio)
    Moderators Rainer Maria Salzgeber
    Paddy Kälin
    Annette Fetscher
    Lukas Studer
    Experts | Benjamin Huggel
    Ramona Bachmann
    Diego Benaglio
    Lara Dickenmann
    Mladen Petrić
    Andy Egli
    Lutz Pfannenstiel
    Martin Schmidt

    Bruno Berner

    Kathrin Lehmann
    Companion of the national team Jeff Baltermia
    Commentators Sascha Ruefer
    Mario Gehrer
    Reto Held
    Dani Kern
    Manuel Köng
    Peter Schnyder
    Marcel Melcher

    Austria

    The ORF secured the broadcasting rights for the qualifying matches with Austrian participation and for the final round of Euro 2021. On April 29, 2021, the Austrian media group announced that it had acquired the secondary rights for live broadcasts of nine matches of the 2021 European Football Championship from ORF Has. Six of these games are broadcast live and exclusively on oe24.tv, the remaining three in cooperation with ORF. Former Austrian team players Toni Polster , Hans Krankl as well as Frenkie Schinkels and Andreas Ogris are planned as experts at oe24.tv. Robert Seeger will comment . Also had Edi Finger Jr. should comment on oe24.tv what it but no more was to come by his death. For the ORF as moderators, as well as in the World Cup in 2018 , Rainer Pariasek , Bernhard Stöhr and Alina Zellhofer scheduled. Kristina Inhof , who was active as a reporter at the European Football Championship 2016 and the Football World Cup 2018, is new . The experts remain unchanged from the last few years with Herbert Prohaska , Roman Mählich and Helge Payer as well as referee expert Thomas Steiner . Among the commentators, Anna Lallitsch and Daniel Warmuth are making their debut at a major football event. The remaining commentators are Michael Bacher , Boris Kastner-Jirka , Thomas König , Oliver Polzer , Michael Roscher and Dietmar Wolff . The companion of the ÖFB-Elf is Roland Hönig .

    function ORF logo.svg Oe24TV Logo 2016.svg
    Moderators Rainer Pariasek
    Alina Zellhofer
    Bernhard Stöhr
    Kristina Inhof
    Volker Piesczek
    Alex Nausner
    Experts | Herbert Prohaska
    Roman Mählich
    Helge Payer
    Thomas Steiner (referee)
    Frenkie Schinkel's
    Toni upholstery
    Andreas Ogris
    Hans Krankl
    reporter Christian Diendorfer
    Companion of the ÖFB-Elf Roland Hönig
    Commentators Michael Bacher
    Boris Kastner-Jirka
    Thomas König
    Oliver Polzer
    Michael Roscher
    Dietmar Wolff
    Daniel Warmuth
    Anna Lallitsch
    Robert Seeger

    Attempted restriction of media freedom in Russia

    At the end of May, Russian authorities withdrew ARD journalist Robert Kempe's accreditation, which had previously been confirmed by UEFA . Kempe had in a podcast for Sports Inside on the close integration of the sponsor Gazprom reported and with UEFA for the 2018 World Cup on torture and terror of the Chechen dictator Ramzan Kadyrov against minorities and also by the United Nations criticized use of North Korean workers in the construction of the Moscow Luzhniki Stadium . After the WDR went public with it, Kempe got access to the Russian venues.

    Organization and environment

    mascot

    The official mascot was presented on March 24, 2019 before the European Championship qualifier between the Netherlands and Germany in the Johan Cruyff Arena in Amsterdam . It's called Skillzy and is a freestyler who has mastered a lot of soccer tricks . Its name is based on the English word "skills" and is intended to emphasize the various football tricks and abilities.

    Official song

    The official UEFA European Championship anthem We Are the People comes from the Dutch musician Martin Garrix and Bono and The Edge , two members of the Irish rock band U2 . Seven authors were involved in the composition and the lyrics, including Garrix, who was also responsible for the production with Giorgio Tuinfort .

    Prize money

    The original prize money was announced in February 2018. Due to the changed economic situation as a result of the corona pandemic, UEFA reduced the prize money before the start of the tournament. The entry bonus of 9.25 million euros for each team remained unchanged, but the prize money for wins and draws in the preliminary round and for reaching certain tournament rounds was reduced. The European champion can therefore (with three wins in the group stage) receive a maximum of 28.25 million euros (previously: 34 million euros). The total of all prizes is 340 million euros (previously: 371 million) and is still above the level of previous tournaments.

    reached round Prize money (new) Prize money (old) Teams
    Inaugural bonus € 9,250,000 0€ 9,250,000 24
    Group stage € 1,000,000 for every win
    0.€ 500,000 for every draw
    0€ 1,500,000 for every win € 750,000 for every draw
    00.
    24
    Round of 16 € 1,500,000 0€ 2,000,000 16
    Quarter finals € 2,500,000 0€ 3,250,000 08th
    Semifinals € 4,000,000 0€ 5,000,000 04th
    Vice European champion € 5,000,000 0€ 7,000,000 01
    European champion € 8,000,000 € 10,000,000 01

    Shirt supplier

    Nine of the 24 European Championship participants wear jerseys from Nike (England, Finland, France, Croatia, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Turkey), followed by Adidas with eight participants (Belgium, Germany, Scotland, Sweden, Spain, Russia, Hungary) , Wales). The other jersey suppliers are: Puma with four teams (Italy, Austria, Switzerland, Czech Republic), Hummel (Denmark), Jako (North Macedonia) and Joma (Ukraine).

    Official match ball

    Uniforia - official match ball of the EM 2021

    The official match ball for EM 2021 is called Uniforia and was presented by the manufacturer Adidas on November 6, 2019. The word Uniforia is made up of the two terms unity (unity) and euphoria (euphoria) and is primarily intended to represent the fact that the tournament will be held for the first time in eleven different countries at the same time. The Uniforia Finale in silver represents a special form of the otherwise white ball, which was used in the semi-finals and the finals.

    Records and other statistics

    • Youngest player in European Championship history
      • In England's 1-0 win against Croatia on June 13, 2021, Jude Bellingham came on for England in the 82nd minute, making him the youngest player in European Championship history (17 years 349 days).
      • This record was broken again just a few days later on June 19 by Kacper Kozłowski in the match between Spain and Poland: when he came on as a substitute in the 55th minute, the Pole was 17 years and 246 days old.
      • But at 18 years and 4 days, Bellingham is the youngest player in a European Championship knockout game
    • Anniversary gates
      • In the 3-1 victory of the Austrians against North Macedonia on June 13, 2021, Michael Gregoritsch scored the 2-1 for Austria in the 78th minute and thus the 700th goal of a European Championship finals.
      • In 3: 3 a. V. in the round of 16 between France and Switzerland on June 28, Haris Seferović scored the 800th goal of a European Championship finals (meanwhile 3: 2 in the 81st minute).
    • Second fastest goals
      • The 1-0 win by Yussuf Poulsen (Denmark against Belgium June 17, 2021) was the second fastest goal in European Championship history after one minute and 39 seconds (99 seconds) (behind Dmitri Kirichenko , one minute and seven seconds (67 seconds) in 2004 for Russia against Greece).
      • Emil Forsberg's 1-0 for Sweden against Poland on June 23 was the second fastest goal in European Championship history after 83 seconds, as he undercut his club mate from RB Leipzig Yussuf Poulsen (see previous point).
    • Final records
      • Luke Shaw's goal after 116 seconds is the fastest goal in a European Championship final.
      • Giorgio Chiellini became the oldest captain of a European champion (36 years and 331 days)
      • At 34 years and 71 days, Leonardo Bonucci is the oldest goalscorer in a final.
    • There were several records related to own goals :
      • The first goal of the European Championship was an own goal for the first time (1-0, 53rd minute, Merih Demiral in the match Italy against Turkey with the final score 3-0).
      • Polish player Wojciech Szczesny was the first goalkeeper to score an own goal during a European Championship against Slovakia on June 14th. Even Lukas Hradecky (June 21 in the game against Finland Belgium) and Martin Dúbravka (June 23 in the game against Slovakia Spain) articulated as the final men of their teams in the further course of the tournament the ball into his own net.
      • Germany is the first team in European Championship history to cause at least one own goal during a tournament ( Mats Hummels on June 15 against France, the first German own goal at an European Championship) and to benefit from at least one (two own goals on June 19). June of Portugal, see next point).
      • In the match between Portugal and Germany on June 19, Rúben Dias and Raphaël Guerreiro each scored an own goal. This was the first time in European Championship history that two own goals were scored in one game. On June 23, Slovakia also scored two own goals against Spain through Martin Dúbravka and Juraj Kucka .
      • Overall, with eleven goals in their own network, the record for the number of own goals per tournament was exceeded, which was previously three goals (at the 2016 European Championships ). This means that more than half (55 percent) of all own goals in European Championship history were scored at Euro 2020 (a total of 20).
    • Most goals in European and World Cup finals
      • With his 0: 1 goal on June 19, 2021, Cristiano Ronaldo scored his 19th goal in European and World Cup finals (12 European Championship and 7 World Cup, shared record with Miroslav Klose , 3 European Championship and 16 World Cup goals) .
      • With his goals 20 and 21 in the 2-2 draw between the Portuguese and France on June 23, Cristiano Ronaldo became the sole record holder (14 European Championship and 7 World Cup goals) ahead of Miroslav Klose (see previous point).
    • Most international goals
      • Cristiano Ronaldo was the record international goalscorer in Portugal's 2-2 draw against France on June 23 with his international goals 108 and 109 (together with Ali Daei for Iran ).
    • Minutes of play without conceding a goal
      • Italy set a record before and during the European Championship by not conceding a goal for 1168 minutes with Gianluigi Donnarumma in goal. The old record from 1972 to 1974 was also held by an Italian selection with goalkeeper Dino Zoff (1143 minutes). In the game against Austria on June 26, 2021, the series that had been running since October 14, 2020 was ended by Sasa Kalajdzic's goal in the 114th minute.
    • Other special features:
      • The 3-0 win between Italy and Turkey was the highest victory in an EM opening game and Italy's first EM victory with three goals.
      • Denmark was the first team in European Championship history to finish second in the group with one win and two losses (3 points).
      • England were the first team to win the group with 2 goals and were the first team to remain clean in 5 games
      • Spain became the first team to score 5 goals in two consecutive games
      • For the first time in European Championship history there was a victory with four goals against the defending champions (on June 19, 2021 Germany against Portugal 4-2).
      • Federico Chiesa is the first European Championship goalscorer whose father ( Enrico Chiesa ) also scored a goal in the European Championship finals (1996 against the Czech Republic)

    Incidents and Actions

    Christian Eriksen collapses

    In the first group game of the Danish national team against Finland , the Dane Christian Eriksen collapsed in the 43rd minute of the game without outside interference. He was immediately taken care of by the medical team present and regained consciousness after chest compressions and defibrillation while still in the field. He was then transported to the nearby Rigshospitalet . From there Eriksen encouraged the Danish team to continue playing via Facetime . The game continued after a two-hour break. Denmark finally lost to Finland 1-0. The continuation of the game caused criticism of UEFA in the following days , as the only alternative to an immediate resumption was the continuation at 12 noon the following day. Denmark coach Kasper Hjulmand said he had the feeling “that we and the players were being put under pressure.” The live broadcast during the incident also met with criticism, as the cameras zoomed in several times between the Danish players, Eriksen and the rescue workers formed a privacy screen. The chairman of the German Association of Journalists, Frank Überall, described this as “unbearable” and warned that journalism “should not be so voyeuristic”. After Eriksen was implanted with a defibrillator, he was able to leave the hospital six days after his collapse. The Danes' next game against Belgium on June 17, 2021 (1: 2) was interrupted for one minute after ten minutes, based on Eriksen's shirt number "10". Meanwhile, the players, the match officials and the spectators gave a standing ovation towards Christian Eriksen. Before the round of 16 between Wales and Denmark, Welsh captain Gareth Bale handed over a Wales jersey signed by the team with Eriksen's number “10” on the back to Danish captain Simon Kjær . Before the Czechs' quarter-finals against Denmark on July 3rd, captain Tomáš Souček also handed over a Czech jersey signed by the team with Eriksen's “10” to Simon Kjær. Even Harry Kane , the captain of the English, it did its predecessors same and handed over before the semi-final against Denmark with a signed Team England jersey with Eriksen's shirt number "10" to Simon Kjær.

    On July 6, it was also announced that UEFA President Aleksander Čeferin had invited Christian Eriksen and his wife Sabrina Kvist Jensen to the European Championship final on July 11, 2021 at London's Wembley Stadium.

    insult

    In Austria's win against North Macedonia on June 13, 2021, the Austrian Marko Arnautović insulted the North Macedonian player Ezgjan Alioski and his family after his goal to make it 3-1 . Arnautović is of Serbian descent, Alioski's family is originally from Albania; both countries have been in political conflict for decades. The North Macedonian Football Association lodged a complaint with UEFA after the game, demanding a clear penalty. The UEFA Control Committee then opened an investigation. Arnautović was eventually suspended by UEFA for "insulting another player" for a game and was not allowed to play in the second group game against the Netherlands.

    Ronaldo and Coca-Cola

    On June 14, 2021, at a press conference before Portugal's first game, Cristiano Ronaldo put Coca-Cola bottles off the table and then held a water bottle in front of the camera. After France's first game against Germany, Paul Pogba put Heineken beer bottles off the table at a press conference . After these two actions, UEFA held a speech to each team participating in the 2021 European Championship, in which it pointed out the importance of sponsors.

    Since Coca-Cola shares collapsed slightly shortly after Ronaldo's action, there was speculation about a possible connection. The speculations were denied a few days later. Instead, the reason for the price loss was that on the same day the shares were traded without subscription rights for the upcoming dividend distribution .

    Greenpeace campaign

    In the run-up to the match between Germany and France on June 15, 2021 in Munich, a man with a paramotor got stuck on a fixed rope while flying over the Allianz Arena, fell into a descent, grazed the spectator stands and landed on the field. In the action planned as a protest by Greenpeace against Volkswagen , in which only a large ball with a label should actually be thrown onto the field, two people in the stands suffered head injuries and had to receive medical care. The action aroused strong criticism due to the endangerment of viewers. UEFA criticized it as a “reckless and dangerous act” that could have had serious consequences for many people. The DFB, the Bavarian Prime Minister Markus Söder and other politicians made similar statements; Greenpeace apologized. For the time of the European Championship, a total flight ban was issued over the Allianz Arena. The Munich police are investigating the paramotor pilot for dangerous bodily harm, trespassing and violating the aviation law .

    Captain's armband in rainbow colors

    In connection with Pride Month , the German national soccer team used related symbolism. After the German team captain Manuel Neuer had worn a captain's armband in rainbow colors since the friendly against Latvia on June 7, 2021 , an investigation by UEFA followed during the preliminary round. They rated the rainbow armband as a “team symbol for diversity” and thus as a “good cause”. UEFA decided not to impose a penalty for the rule broken by Neuer, which obliges European Championship team captains to wear UEFA captains' armbands. During the game against Germany, the Hungarian goalkeeper Péter Gulácsi wore a yellow armband with the words “Against Racism”, while Manuel Neuer wore his captain's armband in rainbow colors.

    Illumination of the Munich EM stadium in rainbow colors

    Lighting of the Allianz Arena in rainbow colors (2016)

    Before the preliminary round match between Germany and Hungary on June 23, 2021, the Munich city council asked UEFA to have the outer shell of the stadium shine in rainbow colors as a sign of diversity and tolerance . As the project was understood as a protest against a law passed by the Hungarian parliament that restricts young people's rights to information regarding homosexuality and gender changes , UEFA rejected the motion, referring to its statutes as a politically and religiously neutral organization. After initially approving the illumination of the stadium in rainbow colors, the DFB joined the UEFA position. The Mayor of Munich Dieter Reiter criticized these decisions and described the illumination not as a political measure, but as a sign of humanity and a symbol for the acceptance of equality between people. In contrast, Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó welcomed UEFA's decision "not to be harnessed for political provocation against Hungary". Numerous reactions from almost all political parties in Germany condemned the UEFA ban. Nationwide, however, other football stadiums, such as those in Cologne, Augsburg, Frankfurt am Main, Wolfsburg, Berlin and Darmstadt, were illuminated in the rainbow colors, while Munich illuminated the town hall , the Olympic tower and the wind turbine right next to the football arena. In protest against the UEFA ban, large commercial companies also displayed their company logos on social media platforms such as Twitter and Facebook in rainbow colors, including BMW, VW, Telekom, Siemens and Sparkasse. The Munich police and fire brigade as well as Messe München were also colorful on social media. The German-speaking channels of the RTL Group as well as ProSieben , Tele 5 and Comedy Central changed their corner logo or parts of it on the day of the game . Amnesty International and CSD Germany announced that they would be distributing up to 11,000 flags, 5,000 folding cardboard and 4,500 stickers with the words “Don't Kick LGBTIQ Rights” to fans in front of the stadium. Among many others, the Bavarian Prime Minister Markus Söder wore an FFP2 mask in rainbow colors during the game . As a counter- action , Gábor Kubatov , president of the Hungarian football club Ferencváros Budapest and vice-president of the Fidesz party, has called for the stadiums in Hungary to be illuminated in the Hungarian national colors. Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orbán canceled his originally planned visit to Munich.

    UEFA bans rainbow advertising boards

    After numerous sponsors had designed their advertising boards for the venues of the round of 16 and quarter-finals in rainbow colors, UEFA prohibited this for the venues of Baku and St. Petersburg . Due to “concerns” of UEFA with regard to the “legal framework at the venues in Russia and Azerbaijan”, UEFA informed Volkswagen that perimeter advertising in rainbow colors was not possible in the stadiums in Baku and St. Petersburg, VW said . Since 2013 there has been a law in Russia on "homosexual propaganda". A week earlier, perimeter advertising was not yet a problem for UEFA. “Conveying a message of tolerance and equality” is absolutely supported, said UEFA at the time.

    Best players

    • After the final, the Italian goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma was named the best player of the tournament.
    • The Spanish midfielder Pedri was named the best young player .
    • The following players were elected to the team of the tournament:
    goalkeeper
    Defender
    midfield player
    striker

    Web links

    Individual evidence

    1. SID : EM: UEFA discusses Europe-wide EM 2020. In: focus.de. Focus , June 30, 2012, accessed August 12, 2013 .
    2. One EURO for Europe ( Memento from September 22, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
    3. Berries Bossmann: Understanding of the anger of the fans . Ed .: Sport Bild . No. 45 , 2012, p. 24/25 .
    4. a b c d UEFA EURO 2020 in 13 cities ( Memento from September 21, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
    5. UEFA: Brussels no venue for EM 2020 - Wembley awarded. (No longer available online.) In: zeit.de. Die Zeit , December 7, 2017, archived from the original ; accessed on August 8, 2018 .
    6. EURO 2020 postponed by twelve months , de.uefa.com, March 17, 2020, accessed on March 17, 2020.
    7. UEFA EURO 2020: Name retained , de.uefa.com, April 23, 2020, accessed on May 7, 2020.
    8. Venues confirmed for EURO 2020 , de.uefa.com, June 17, 2020, accessed on June 18, 2020.
    9. Munich threatens to end the EM. In: Der Spiegel. March 17, 2021, accessed March 22, 2021 .
    10. René Hofmann: European Football Championship 2021: Munich remains the venue. Retrieved April 23, 2021 .
    11. a b Nineteen applications for UEFA EURO 2020. In: de.uefa.com. UEFA, April 26, 2014, accessed June 20, 2021 .
    12. DFB decision: Munich is applying for EM 2020. In: spiegel.de. Spiegel Online , August 30, 2013, accessed August 31, 2013 .
    13. European Football Championship 2024: Germany closes deal with England. In: spiegel.de. Spiegel Online, September 3, 2014, accessed September 3, 2014 .
    14. EM 2020: Switzerland is applying with Basel as the venue. In: t-online.de . September 5, 2013, accessed September 6, 2013 .
    15. Azerbaijan and Georgia apply. In: kicker.de. Kicker-Sportmagazin, March 7, 2012, accessed on April 18, 2012 .
    16. a b short passes: Georgia is applying for EM 2020, Wilmots is in charge of Belgium. In: Spiegel Online. May 15, 2012, Retrieved May 21, 2012 .
    17. Azerbaijan, Georgia renew joint EURO 2020 bid. In: fifa.com. FIFA , May 25, 2012, accessed August 31, 2013 .
    18. International: Turkey is applying to host the EM 2020. In: focus.de. April 17, 2012. Retrieved April 17, 2012 .
    19. a b c d e f g h i j k Wembley to host the UEFA EURO 2020 final. In: uefa.com. UEFA, September 19, 2014, accessed September 19, 2014 .
    20. EURO occupancy: Full house only in Budapest - Munich is last , on sportschau.de , from June 7th, 2021. Accessed on June 14th, 2021.
    21. European Football Championship: Will the final be postponed? tagesschau.de , June 18, 2021, accessed June 19, 2021 .
    22. UEFA EURO 2020 - EURO 2020 opens in Rome, London gets more games. In: uefa.com. UEFA, December 7, 2017, accessed December 10, 2017 .
    23. a b c UEFA.com: European Qualifiers for UEFA EURO 2020: Here's how. Retrieved June 20, 2021 .
    24. UEFA EURO 2020 schedule confirmed. In: uefa.com. UEFA, May 24, 2018, accessed July 8, 2018 .
    25. a b Match Schedule. (PDF; 1.9 MB) In: uefa.com. UEFA , November 30, 2019, accessed December 1, 2019 .
    26. a b c Stuttgarter Nachrichten, Stuttgart Germany: Football EM 2021: So many spectators are allowed in the eleven EM stadiums. Retrieved June 28, 2021 .
    27. a b Coronavirus pandemic - Experts call for fewer spectators at the German game at Wembley. June 28, 2021, accessed June 28, 2021 .
    28. ^ "Form of Blackmail" - Karl Lauterbach attacks UEFA , on wp.de. Retrieved April 22, 2021.
    29. "This recklessness makes me stunned" - 45,000 viewers in Wembley , on tagesschau.de. Retrieved June 29, 2021.
    30. Chaled Nahar: Wembley: Denmark, Spain and Italy only with fans who live in Great Britain , on sportschau.de. Retrieved July 6, 2021.
    31. More than 2,500 corona cases related to the EM , on sportschau.de. Retrieved July 7, 2021.
    32. Robert Kempe, Chaled Nahar: The EURO 2020 in Baku - where human rights count little , on sportschau.de. Retrieved July 6, 2021.
    33. Marcel Burkhardt: EM quarter-finals in Baku - football games for the dictator , on zdf.de. Retrieved July 6, 2021.
    34. theconversation.com: Euro 2020 - a football tournament where the big players come from China and the US
    35. Fabian Scheler: The secret winner of the EM , on zeit.de. Retrieved July 6, 2021
    36. EM excitement: Was Spain denied a penalty? , Krone, 7 July 2021
    37. The penalty for England - scandal or justified? , spiegel.de
    38. including the 2021 European Football Championship
    39. a b c Nations League: format and dates confirmed. In: uefa.com. UEFA, December 4, 2014, accessed May 13, 2015 .
    40. Dublin hosts the draw for the European Qualifiers. UEFA.com, September 25, 2017, accessed October 2, 2017 .
    41. UEFA EURO 2020: This is how the draw works. UEFA.com, accessed November 17, 2019 .
    42. UEFA EURO 2020 play-off draw: Everything you need to know. UEFA.com, accessed November 22, 2019 .
    43. Match Schedule 2021. (PDF; 8.3 MB) In: uefa.com. UEFA , June 17, 2020, accessed June 17, 2020 .
    44. Regulations of the UEFA European Football Championship 2018–2020. (PDF / 3.9 MB) Article 20.01. UEFA, May 3, 2021, accessed June 20, 2021 .
    45. a b c Regulations of the UEFA European Football Championship 2018–2020. (PDF / 3.9 MB) Article 21.03. UEFA, May 3, 2021, accessed June 20, 2021 .
    46. Roland Zorn: 2-1 win in extra time: England in the European Championship final against Italy . In: FAZ.NET . ISSN  0174-4909 ( faz.net [accessed July 8, 2021]).
    47. Frank Hellmann: England stormed into the semi-finals in Rome. Retrieved July 8, 2021 .
    48. Arrests and injured police officers at the European Championship finals . Zeit Online, July 12, 2021.
    49. Chaos and Racism: Hard Awakening for England's Football , on orf.at. Retrieved July 12, 2021.
    50. Three Englishmen awarded the point - Italy ascends the throne , kicker.de, July 11, 2021.
    51. Referee Kuipers: the right man for such a final , on 90min.de. Retrieved July 12, 2021.
    52. Referee teams appointed for UEFA EURO 2020. In: de.uefa.com. UEFA, April 21, 2021, accessed June 20, 2021 .
    53. UEFA top scorer list. In: de.uefa.com. UEFA, accessed June 11, 2021 .
    54. Cristiano Ronaldo wins EURO 2020 Alipay Top Scorer award. In: uefa.com. UEFA, July 11, 2021, accessed July 11, 2021 .
    55. Without penalties in the case of a penalty shoot-out
    56. RTL secures transmission of 28 national team games. (No longer available online.) In: rtl.de. RTL Television, May 28, 2016, archived from the original on July 5, 2016 ; accessed on June 1, 2021 .
    57. Michael Hanfeld : RTL becomes a football channel. In: faz.net. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , May 28, 2016, accessed on June 1, 2021 .
    58. DAZN broadcasts the European Qualifiers and the UEFA Nations League Live. In: dazn.com. DAZN , September 6, 2018, accessed June 1, 2021 .
    59. Deutsche Telekom AG: All matches of the EM 2020, WM 2022 and EM 2024 live and in Ultra-HD on MagentaTV. Retrieved March 9, 2021 .
    60. a b WDR press: The European championship in the radio programs of the ARD. In: wdr.de. Westdeutscher Rundfunk , April 29, 2021, accessed June 1, 2021 .
    61. Alexander Krei: Agreement with the UEFA - European Football Championship 2020: ARD and ZDF make the race. In: dwdl.de. October 5, 2016, accessed June 11, 2021 .
    62. DPA : ARD and ZDF decide the competition for TV rights for themselves. In: handelsblatt.com. 2016-10-05, October 23, 2019, accessed June 11, 2021 .
    63. Alexander Krei: Telekom will be present at EM 2021 and World Cup 2022 - Deal with Telekom: Football EM 2024 also on ARD, ZDF and RTL. In: dwdl.de. March 9, 2021, accessed June 1, 2021 .
    64. Volker Nünning: European Football Championship and World Cup: Broadcasting committees approve ARD and ZDF rights deal with Telekom. In: medienkorrespondenz.de. May 10, 2021, accessed June 1, 2021 .
    65. Christoph Sterz: Broadcast of the European Football Championship: ARD and ZDF give exclusive rights to Telekom. In: deutschlandfunk.de. Deutschlandfunk , May 6, 2021, accessed on June 1, 2021 .
    66. a b WDR press: EURO 2020 game distribution. (PDF; 33 kB) In: wdr.de. Westdeutscher Rundfunk , accessed on June 11, 2021 .
    67. MagentaTV / Telekom: Press release from June 19, 2021. In: presseportal.de. June 19, 2021, accessed June 19, 2021 .
    68. MagentaTV / Telekom: Press release from June 20, 2021. In: presseportal.de. June 20, 2021, accessed June 21, 2021 .
    69. a b c This is how EURO 2020 runs on ARD. In: sportschau.de. ARD , May 2, 2021, accessed on June 1, 2021 .
    70. ^ André Beyer: EM 2021: ARD and ZDF will not offer UHD. In: digitalfernsehen.de. March 21, 2021, accessed June 11, 2021 .
    71. André Beyer: Telekom announces the start of broadcasting for UHD channels - reception only via TV box. In: digitalfernsehen.de. May 11, 2021, accessed June 11, 2021 .
    72. a b c The UEFA EURO 2020 on ZDF. In: zdf.de. 2021, accessed June 11, 2021 .
    73. Plazamedia is responsible for EM internal production for Magenta TV. In: fkt-online.de. Television and cinema technology , June 9, 2021, accessed June 11, 2021 .
    74. There is no more EM: Telekom presents the UEFA EURO 2020 program and team on MagentaTV. In: telekom.de. May 11, 2021, accessed June 11, 2021 .
    75. Telekom / MagentaTV: Over 160 hours of live coverage from MagentaTV's new EURO studio. In: presseportal.de. June 8, 2021, accessed June 11, 2021 .
    76. 1176 - Everything about the European Championship. In: Commentators blog.de. June 9, 2021, accessed June 10, 2021 (German).
    77. WDR press: The ARD team at the UEFA EURO 2020. In: wdr.de. Westdeutscher Rundfunk , April 29, 2021, accessed June 1, 2021 .
    78. National team football at SRG SSR until 2022. In: presseportal.ch. Retrieved June 12, 2018 .
    79. SRF shows all 51 UEFA EURO 2020 matches live. In: srf.ch. Retrieved June 5, 2021 .
    80. ORF secures rights to EURO 2020, qualifying games for the national team until 2022, plus Nations League and friendly games until 2022. In: der.orf.at. Retrieved September 3, 2018 .
    81. EM 2021 on television: TV plan & information on the transmission (EURO 2020). In: football-wm.pro. Retrieved May 5, 2021 .
    82. EM scandal: ARD journalist is not allowed to report on the tournament , Frankfurter Rundschau from June 11, 2021. accessed on June 11, 2021.
    83. Restriction of the freedom of the press: Russia excludes ARD journalist Robert Kempe from EURO 2020 , sportschau .de from June 11, 2021. accessed on June 11, 2021.
    84. ARD journalist Kempe has now received accreditation for EURO 2020 , sportschau.de from June 13, 2021, accessed on June 13, 2021.
    85. Russian authorities give in: Football expert Robert Kempe also accredited for St. Petersburg , faz.net from June 13, 2021, accessed on June 13, 2021.
    86. EM 2021: From “Pinocchio” to “Goaliath” to “Skillzy” - the mascots of EM history. www.ran.de , 2019, accessed on July 10, 2021 .
    87. Figure by Skillzy .
    88. Martin Garrix feat. Bono & The Edge - We Are The People. In: hitparade.ch. Retrieved July 8, 2021 .
    89. record amount of EUR 775.5 million for UEFA member associations Hattrick V . UEFA.com. February 26, 2018.
    90. Because of Corona: UEFA lowers European Championship prize money . Kicker.de. June 7, 2021.
    91. adidas unveils official ball for UEFA EURO 2020. In: UEFA. Retrieved February 25, 2020 .
    92. UEFA.com: adidas introduces match ball for semi-finals and final of UEFA EURO 2020 | UEFA. July 5, 2021, accessed July 5, 2021 .
    93. Jürgen Koers, Jana Klüh: The EM day from BVB's point of view: Bellingham sets a record - Sancho not in the squad. In: ruhrnachrichten.de. Retrieved June 14, 2021 .
    94. ^ Kozlowski youngest player in EURO history. In: krone.at. June 19, 2021, accessed June 19, 2021 .
    95. EM 2021: These are the shooters of the EM anniversary goals. In: morgenpost.de. June 13, 2021, accessed June 14, 2021 .
    96. France-Switzerland | UEFA EURO 2020. In: uefa.com. Retrieved June 29, 2021 .
    97. Benjamin Heinrich: Poulsen overtakes Lewandowski: Second fastest goal in European Championship history! In: football.news. Retrieved June 17, 2021 .
    98. 8 EM own goals: Spain dismantled Slovakia - Forsberg & Lewandowski hit twice. In: transfermarkt.de. Retrieved June 23, 2021 .
    99. Demiral writes bitter EM history. In: sport.de. Retrieved June 12, 2021 .
    100. The European Championship of Own Goal Records. In: krone.at. Retrieved June 19, 2021 .
    101. Figures on the German victory against Portugal. In: t-online.de. Retrieved June 19, 2021 .
    102. Jörn Meyn: German victory against European champions Portugal at the EM: A little summer fairy tale. In: spiegel.de. Retrieved June 19, 2021 .
    103. Number 11: The European Championship of own goals increases again. Retrieved July 8, 2021 (German).
    104. a b European Championship record for Havertz - Cristiano Ronaldo catches up with Klose. In: kicker.de. Retrieved June 20, 2021 .
    105. a b Cristiano Ronaldo: Klose record exceeded - 21st goal at World Cup or European Championship. In: sport1.de. Retrieved June 24, 2021 .
    106. EM 2021: Italy breaks two records - Gianluigi Donnarumma trumps goalkeeping legend. In: spox.com. June 26, 2021, accessed June 27, 2021 .
    107. Italy against Austria 2: 1, European Championship round of 16. In: sportschau.de. June 27, 2021, accessed June 27, 2021 .
    108. The Christian Eriksen Case - Can Someone Near Death Be a Good Decision Maker? In: Welt Online . June 13, 2021, accessed June 23, 2021 .
    109. Criticism of Uefa in the Eriksen case - "I had the feeling that we and the players were being put under pressure". In: Spiegel Online . June 15, 2021, accessed June 23, 2021 .
    110. Eriksen drama: Criticism of TV pictures. In: Sport1.de . June 13, 2021, accessed June 23, 2021 .
    111. UEFA director and ZDF boss defend themselves after criticism of TV images. In: Focus Online . June 14, 2021, accessed June 23, 2021 .
    112. Six days after the collapse - Eriksen released from hospital. In: Tagesschau.de . June 18, 2021, accessed June 23, 2021 .
    113. EM 2021: Eriksen gets applause - short break in the game between Denmark and Belgium. Retrieved June 17, 2021 .
    114. European Championship - EM 2021: Wales captain Gareth Bale hands over jersey for Christian Eriksen. June 26, 2021, accessed June 27, 2021 .
    115. Live ticker | Czech Republic - Denmark 0: 1 | Quarterfinals | European Championship 2021. Accessed July 3, 2021 (German).
    116. FOCUS Online: Great gesture from the English! Captain Kane presents Denmark with a signed Eriksen jersey. Retrieved July 7, 2021 .
    117. Sport1.de: EM 2021: UEFA invites Christian Eriksen to the final. Retrieved July 7, 2021 .
    118. UEFA takes action: Arnautovic blocked , on kicker.de, from June 16, 2021. Accessed June 16, 2021.
    119. a b Mark Fehr: Losing price was probably not Ronaldo's fault. In: FAZ.net. June 17, 2021, accessed June 23, 2021 .
    120. Ronaldo's tackle - which wasn't one. In: ZDF.de, June 17, 2021.
    121. EM 2021: UEFA reacts to Ronaldo's “Cola Gate”. In: Sport1.de. June 17, 2021, accessed June 17, 2021 .
    122. Chaled Nahar: Unsuccessful Greenpeace action at a German game - two people injured . In: Sportschau.de, June 15, 2021, access on June 15, 2021.
    123. Greenpeace: Two injured in unsuccessful protest before the EM game , on zeit.de. Retrieved June 16, 2021.
    124. After the Greenpeace campaign, helicopters were permanently in the air. In: regio-journal.info. Retrieved June 16, 2021 .
    125. Süddeutsche Zeitung: After Uefa review: New can continue to wear rainbow band. Retrieved June 21, 2021 .
    126. Gerhard Pfeil: Debate about the Munich stadium in rainbow colors: Doesn't Uefa want to snub Orbán? In: Der Spiegel. Retrieved June 22, 2021 .
    127. tagesschau.de: UEFA: Stadium must not shine in rainbow colors. Retrieved June 22, 2021 .
    128. BR24Live: Arena without rainbow colors - OB rider on UEFA ban , BR, June 22, 2021. Accessed June 22, 2021.
    129. DFB boss Koch defends the UEFA ban. Kicker , June 22, 2021, accessed June 22, 2021 .
    130. "The Uefa decision is shameful" , Süddeutsche Zeitung, June 23, 2021. Accessed June 23, 2021.
    131. Rainbow colors at EM 2021: Hungary's clubs want to illuminate stadiums in national colors , Frankfurter Rundschau, June 23, 2021. Accessed June 23, 2021.
    132. UEFA: Advertising with rainbow prohibited by law , on sportschau.de, from July 2, 2021. Accessed July 3, 2021.
    133. Games in Baku and St. Petersburg: UEFA bans rainbow gangs , on tagesschau.de, from July 2, 2021. Accessed July 3, 2021.
    134. UEFA.com: EURO 2020: Gianluigi Donnarumma is Player of the Tournament. July 11, 2021, accessed July 12, 2021 .
    135. UEFA.com: Pedri named EURO 2020 Young Player. July 11, 2021, accessed July 12, 2021 .
    136. UEFA.com: The team of the tournament at UEFA EURO 2020. July 13, 2021, accessed July 14, 2021 .