Find out the most prominent records and statistics for the European Cup

The European Football Championship is the most prominent competition in the world after the World Cup, and the following are the most prominent records and statistics in the Cup, whose current edition is held in 11 cities:

* Titles:

- Spain (1964, 2008, 2012) and Germany (1972, 1980 and 2016) the most with three titles each

- Spain is the only one to successfully defend its title in 2012

- Cristiano Ronaldo is the top scorer in the finals

- Ronaldo is also the only one to have participated in 5 Copies of the finals

* Players

- most played

22

matches

: Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo

18: German Bastian Schweinsteiger

17: Italian Gianluigi Buffon

- most played matches (including qualifiers)

58: Buffon

57 matches: Ronaldo

51 matches: Mario Frick from Liechtenstein

- Most

goals scored

:

11 Goals: Ronaldo

9 - French Michel Platini

7 - England's Alan Shearer

- the top scorer (including the qualifiers)

42 goals: Ronaldo

25 goals: Sweden's Zlatan Ibrahimovic

23 goals: Ireland's Robbie Keane

Most goals scored in a single match in the finals

3- Germany's Dieter Muller (West Germany - Yugoslavia 4-2 on June 17, 1976)

3- Germany's Klaus Allofs (West Germany - Netherlands 3-2 on June 14 1980)

3- France's Michel Platini ( France - Belgium 5-0 on June 16, 1984)

3- Platini (France - Yugoslavia 3-2 on June 19, 1984)

3- Dutchman Marco van Basten (Netherlands - England 3-1 on June 15, 1988)

3- Portuguese Sergio Conceicao Portugal - Germany 3-0 on June 20, 2000)

3- Dutchman Patrick Kluivert (Netherlands - Yugoslavia 6-1 on June 25, 2000)

3- Spain's David Villa (Spain - Russia 4-1 on June 10, 2008)

Most

goals

scored

Michel Platini 9 goals

- Fastest goal:

1 minute 7 seconds: Russian Dmitry Kirichenko against Greece on June 20, 2004

- Fastest hat-trick (

18 minutes

)

: Platini against Yugoslavia on June 19, 1984

- Youngest player to participate

17 Years and 349 days: Englishman Jude Bellingham in his team's match against Croatia (1-0) on June 13, 2021

- the youngest scorer

18 years and 141 days: Swiss Johan Volantin against France (1-3) on June 21, 2004

- the oldest player to participate

40 Years and 86 days: Hungary goalkeeper Gabor Kirali in his team's match against Belgium (zero-4) on June 26, 2016

- the oldest player to score

38 years and 257 days: Austrian Ivica Vastic against Poland (1-1) on June 12, 2008

- The team that

scored

14 goals: France in 1984

- The team that participated in the most finals

13 - Germany / West Germany

Highest result in finals

Yugoslavia - France 5-4 on June 6, 1960 in the semi-finals

- Biggest difference in the result

Netherlands - Yugoslavia 6-1 on June 25 2000 in the quarter-finals

France - Belgium 5-0 on June 16 1984 in the group stage

Denmark - Yugoslavia 5-0 on June 16, 1984 in the group stage

Sweden - Bulgaria on June 14, 2004 in the group stage

- crowned as player and coach of

German Berti Vogts (player in 1972 and coach in 1996 with Germany)

- 9 players crowned champions of the European Cup and the Champions League in one season

Luis Soares (Inter, Italy, Spain, 1964)

Ronald Koeman (PSV Eindhoven, Netherlands 1988)

Barry

Van Erle (PSV

Eindhoven, Netherlands 1988)

Hans van Breukelen (PSV Eindhoven, Netherlands 1988)

Gerald Vanenburg (PSV Eindhoven, Netherlands, 1988)

Juan Mata (Chelsea, England, Spain, 2012)

Fernando Torres (Chelsea, Spain, 2012)

Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid, Spain, Portugal, 2016)

Pepe (Real Madrid, Spain, Portugal, 2016)

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