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Here are all the 35+ records broken at #EURO2024
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To highlight a few, Spain broke their tie with Germany and became the sole holder record of the most gold medals won at the EUROs (now 4), the Spanish team broke the record for the most individual goal scorers for a team in a single EUROs tournament (now 10), and they also broke the record for the most consecutive matches with at least one goal scored (now 12) while Germany extended its record for the most tournament appearances (now 14), most games played (now 58) & most games won (now 30).
When looking at individual records, many age-related records were broken: Lamine Yamal (Spain) broke the record for the youngest player to appear at the EUROs (16), the youngest player to score (16) and the youngest player to play in the EUROs final (17). Pepe (Portugal) broke the record for the oldest player to ever play in the EUROs (41) , Luka Modric (Croatia) broke the record for the oldest EUROs goalscorer ever (38), Dominik Szoboszlai (Hungary) broke the record for the youngest captain to appear in the EUROs (23) and Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) broke the record for the oldest captain to appear in the EUROs (39). Additionally, Ronaldo extended many of his records: most EURO tournaments played (6), most matches played (30), most minutes played & more. Managers also broke records: Luis de la Fuente (Spain) broke the record for the most consecutive managed matches won (now 7) while Gareth Southgate (England) broke the record for the most consecutive managed matches without a loss (13).
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Spain
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Spain broke their tie with Germany and became the sole holder record of the most gold medals won at the EUROs – Germany has won 3 times, and 2024 is Spain’s 4th victory
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Spain broke Germany´s 2018 record for the most individual goal scorers for a team in a single EUROs tournament. 10 Spanish players have scored in 2024: Álvaro Morata, Dani Carvajal, Dani Olmo, Fabián Ruiz, Ferran Torres, Lamine Yamal, Mikel Merino, Mikel Oyarzabal, Nico Williams, Rodri (Germany’s previous record from 2018 was 8); if own goals are counted, Italy’s Riccardo Calafiori goal makes it a 11th goal for Spain in one tournament, which also makes it a record
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Spain broke England’s record from 2012 for the most consecutive matches with at least one goal scored (England’s record: 11) – Spain’s goal in the 2024 finals game was their 12th consecutive match scoring since 2020
England
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England broke out of their record tie with former Yugoslavia for the most top four finishes without ever winning the EUROs and they are now the sole holder of the “record” (England ended up in top 4 in 1968, 1996, 2020 and most recently, 2024); England also extended their “record” for the most games played at the EUROs without ever winning the tournament (45)
Germany
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Germany extended its record for the most tournament appearances at the EUROs – 2024 was their 14th consecutive appearance since their debut in 1972
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Germany extended its record for the most games played at the EUROs out of all the nations- they played 5 games, which brought their total to 58
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Germany extended their record for the most games won at the EUROs – their current record is 30 games won (+3 in 2024) – The closest to their record is Spain with 28 games won (+7 in 2024)
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Germany extended its record for the most goals scored at the EUROs – in total, they have scored 89 goals (+11 goals in 2024) – The closest to their record is Spain with 83 goals scored
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Germany extended its record for the most goals conceded at the EUROs – in total, they have conceded 59 goals (+4 in 2024) – The closest to their record from this year’s participants is Denmark with 54 goals conceded
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Germany extended their record for the most top 8 finishes – 2024 was their 11th top 8 finish
Netherlands
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Netherlands extended their record for the most bronze medals won at the EUROs – they have ended up in 3rd place 4 times, so 2024 makes it their 5th bronze medal (the match for third place is not played at the EUROs anymore, so both Netherlands and France are considered as 3rd place winners in 2024)
Italy
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Italy extended their record for the most matches ending up in a draw – they currently hold the record with 19 draws (+1 in 2024) – The closest to their record is England with 16 draws
Portugal
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Portugal extended its record for most consecutive times reaching the knockout stages at the EUROs – they have managed to do so every year since 1996, so 2024 was their 8th time reaching the knockout stages; they also hold the record for the most overall times progressing to the knockout stages in a tie with Germany – both of the nations have managed to do so 9 times
Denmark
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Denmark extended their record for the most matches lost – they currently hold the record with 18 losses (+1 loss in 2024)
Overall
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2024 became the second consecutive EUROs tournament with 10+ own goals scored – in 2024, 10 own goals were scored, while in 2020, 11 own goals were scored
INDIVIDUAL PLAYERS
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Lamine Yamal (Spain) broke the record for the youngest player to ever play in the EUROs when he first played in the group stages against Croatia -Yamal was 16 years old and the record for the youngest player to ever play was previously held by Kacper Kozłowski (Poland) who was 17 years old when he played against Spain at the 2020 EUROs
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Lamine Yamal (Spain) broke the record for the youngest player to appear in the knockout stages (16) – the previous record holder was Jude Bellingham (England) who was 18 years old when he appeared in the knockout stages of the 2020 EUROs
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Lamine Yamal (Spain) broke he broke Johan Vonlanthen’s record for the youngest EUROs goalscorer (Vonlanthen was 18 when he scored against France in 2004, Yamal was 16 when he scored in the SF against France)
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Lamine Yamal (Spain) broke Renato Sanches’ 2016 record for the youngest player to appear in the final – Sanches was 18 when he appeared in the final game of Portugal against France, Yamal turned 17 just one day prior to the final
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Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) increased his record for the most EURO tournaments played (and consecutive appearances) – 2024 was his 6th appearance following 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016 and 2020
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Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) increased his record for the most EURO matches played – he remains in the first spot with 30 matches played between 2004 and 2024 (+5 in 2024)
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Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) increased his record for the most EURO matches played as a captain – he remains in the first spot with 21 captain appearances between 2004 and 2024 (+5 in 2024)
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Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) increased his record for the most minutes played at the EUROs – he is in the first spot with 2641 minutes played (+486 minutes in 2024)
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Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) increased his record for the player with the most EURO matches won – he is in the first spot with 14matches won between 2004 and 2024 (+2 matches won in 2024)
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Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) increased his record for the most goals scored at the EUROs if qualifying matches are included – he has scored 55 goals between 2004 and 2024 (+10 goals scored in qualifying matches in 2024)
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Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) tied the record of Karel Poborský (Czech Republic) for the most assists at the EUROs (8 in total, +1 in 2024) and he extended his record as the player with the most goals and assists at the EUROs combined (currently 22, +1 assist in 2024)
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Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) broke the record for the oldest captain to appear in the EUROs – he was 39 years old during the final Portugal game against France, breaking the record of Morten Olsen (Denmark), who was 38 during the 1988 EUROs
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Pepe (Portugal) broke the record for the oldest player to ever play in the EUROs when he played in the group stages against the Czech Republic – Pepe was 41 years old and the record for the oldest player to ever play was previously held by Gábor Király (Hungary) who was 40 years old when he played against Belgium at the 2016 EUROs
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Pepe also broke the record of Lothar Matthäus (Germany) for the oldest outfield player to appear at the EUROs – Matthäus was 39 when he played against Portugal at the 2000 EUROs, Pepe 41
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Luka Modric (Croatia) broke the record for the oldest EUROs goalscorer ever – Modric was 38 years, 289 days old when he scored against Italy and the record was previously held by Ivica Vastic (Austria) who was 38 years, 257 days old when he scored against Poland
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Dominik Szoboszlai (Hungary) broke the record for the youngest captain to appear in the EUROs – he was 23 during the Hungary game against Switzerland, breaking the record of Giuseppe Bergomi (Italy) who was 24 during the 1988 EUROs
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Nedim Bajrami (Albania) broke the record for the fastest EUROs goal in history, which happened 23 seconds into Albania’s match with Italy – the record was previously held by Dmitri Kirichenko (Russia) who scored 67 seconds into their match with Greece in 2004
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Merih Demiral (Turkey) broke the record for the fastest goal scored in the knockout stages – Demiral scored 57 seconds into Turkey’s R16 match against Austria, thus breaking a record previously held by Robert Lewandowski (Poland), who scored 100 seconds into Poland’s 2016 QF match against Portugal
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Diogo Costa (Portugal) and Jordan Pickford (England) tied Gianluigi Donnarumma (Italy), Unai Simón (Spain), Iker Casillas (Spain) and Gianluigi Buffon (Italy) for the most saves in penalty shoot-outs at the EUROs – all of the players have done so 3 times
MANAGERS
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Luis de la Fuente (Spain) broke the record for the most consecutive managed matches won (now 7) – the previous record holders were Michel Hidalgo (France) and Rinus Michels (Netherlands) who both won 5 matches in a row
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Gareth Southgate (England) broke the record for the most consecutive managed matches without a loss (13) – his streak started at the 2020 EUROs and ended at the 2024 final (the previous record holder was Dider Deschamps (France) who managed 9 consecutive matches without a loss between 2021 and 2024)
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Julian Nagelsmann (Germany) broke the record for the youngest manager to ever coach a match – the record was previously held by Srečko Katanec (Slovenia), who was 36 years and 333 days old when Slovenia played Yugoslavia at the 2000 EUROs, meanwhile Nagelsmann was 36 years and 327 days old during Germany’s first match in the group stages against Scotland
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Didier Deschamps (France) tied Ronaldo’s record for the most appearances at the EUROs (30) if player appearances and manager appearances are counted together – between 1992 and 2024, Deschamps has had 30 match appearances (+6 appearances in 2024)
Source: Wettbasis.com i