EURO 2024, which runs until July 14 in Germany, a country where football is one of the greatest passions, lived up to the expectations of football fans after an exciting first match.
The enthusiasm of football fans from all over the world who gathered in Germany and the excitement of the matches transformed an organisation that had previously experienced many firsts into a true festive atmosphere.
Arda Güler breaks Ronaldo’s record
Arda Güler, who scored the national football team’s second goal against Georgia, broke the record for the youngest player in European Championship history to score in the opening match, aged 19 years and 114 days.
The record was previously held by Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo, who was 19 years and 128 days old.
The most unusual opening game
The German national team achieved their biggest victory in the opening match of the 17th annual tournament.
The Panthers made history at EURO 2024 by beating Scotland 5-1 in the opening match.
The most different score in the last 16 European Championships was Italy’s 3-0 win over Turkey at Euro 2020.
Additionally, German footballer Florian Wirtz became the youngest player in the history of the European Championships to both open the scoring for Germany and score a goal when he scored against Scotland at the age of 21 years and 42 days.
Nagelsmann is the youngest manager
Germany manager Julian Nagelsmann became the youngest manager in the tournament’s history.
Nagelsmann started against Scotland at the age of 36 years and 327 days.
The German coach surpassed the previous record of 36 years and 333 days, held by Srecko Katanec, who managed Slovenia at Euro 2000.
Yamal is the youngest player
Spaniard Lamine Yamal played against Croatia at the age of 16 years and 338 days, becoming the youngest footballer in the tournament’s history.
The record was previously held by Poland’s Katzper Kozlowski, who competed in the event at the age of 17 years and 246 days.
Bajrami’s fastest goal
Albanian player Nedim Bajrami has scored the fastest goal in the history of the European Championships.
Bajrami broke the record for the fastest goal scored when he scored just 23 seconds into the game against Italy.
The previous record was held by Russian player Dmitri Kirichenko, who scored a goal in 67 seconds for Greece at Euro 2004.
The youngest captain, Szoboszlai
Hungarian footballer Dominik Szoboszlai has become the youngest captain in the championship’s history.
Szoboszlai captained Hungary against Switzerland and set a new record at the age of 23 years and 234 days.
Ronaldo will be making his first appearance in six tournaments
Portugal star Cristiano Ronaldo played against the Czech Republic and became the first player to appear in six European Championships.
The experienced footballer, who has previously competed in EURO 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016 and 2020, is also the player with the most appearances in the tournament’s history (26 games) and has scored the most goals (14 games).
Pepe is the oldest soccer player
Portugal defender Pepe has become the oldest player in the history of the European Championships.
Pepe was 41 years and 113 days old when he played for the team in the Czech Republic.
The experienced player broke the previous record of 40 years and 86 days held by Hungarian goalkeeper Gabor Kiraly, who was remembered by football fans for the grey jersey he wore during the match.
34 goals in 12 games
So far, 12 matches have been played in six groups at EURO 2024.
In those games the team scored 34 points.
The tournament saw an average of 2.84 goals scored per match and a goal celebration every 32 minutes.
Germany stood out as the top scorer team at the end of the first match, scoring five goals against Scotland.
Tournaments with the highest ticket demand
With more than 50 million ticket applications, EURO 2024 will be the most highly-sought-after tournament in the organisation’s history.
Of the 2.7 million tickets available for the tournament, about 2.3 million were available for sale to the general public and to team fans.
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