EURO FINAL FACTS

·       Most titles: Spain (3), Germany/West Germany (3)

If Spain wins the title this evening, they will be the only team to have won the title four times.

·       Most finals: Germany/West Germany (6), Spain (5, including Euro 2024)

·       Titles won by the Euro 2024 finalists

Spain: 1964, 2008, 2012

England: –

·       Biggest win in final: Spain beat Italy 4-0 in 2012.

·       Finals decided in extra-time: 1960, 1996, 2000, 2016

·       Finals decided by penalties: 1976, 2020

·       Final played twice: 1968. The final won by Italy was played twice after the first match against Yugoslavia ended 1-1 after extra-time. Penalties had not yet been introduced as deciders.

·       Defending champions winning the title: Spain 2012

·       Teams that won the title after reaching the final in the previous edition:

1980 West Germany (finalists in 1976)

1996 Germany

England reached the 2020 final which they lost to Italy and are in the final once more.

·       Teams that won the title without penalty shootouts since the introduction:

France (2000), Greece (2004)

If England wins they will be the seventh team in the last nine Euros to have triumphed after winning a shootout at some point in the tournament.

·       Third-placed team in group stage to win the title: Portugal (2016)

Red cards in final: 1984 Yvon Le Roux (France)

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