Euro 2008 Statistics

1

Villa

Spain

4

2

Pavlyuchenko

Russia

3

2

Podolski

Germany

3

2

Senturk

Turkey

3

2

Yakin

Switzerland

3

3

Arshavin

Russia

2

3

Ballack

Germany

2

3

Guiza

Spain

2

3

Ibrahimovic

Sweden

2

3

Klasnic

Croatia

2

3

Klose

Germany

2

3

Nihat

Turkey

2

3

Schweinsteiger

Germany

2

3

Sneijder

Netherlands

2

3

Torres

Spain

2

3

Turan

Turkey

2

3

Van Nistelrooy

Netherlands

2

3

Van Persie

Netherlands

2

4

Boral

Turkey

1

4

Charisteas

Greece

1

4

Deco

Portugal

1

4

De la Red

Spain

1

4

De Rossi

Italy

1

4

Fabregas

Spain

1

4

Guerreiro

Poland

1

4

Hansson

Sweden

1

4

Henry

France

1

4

Huntelaar

Netherlands

1

4

Koller

Czech Republic

1

4

Kuyt

Netherlands

1

4

Lahm

Germany

1

4

Meireles

Portugal

1

4

Modric

Croatia

1

4

Mutu

Romania

1

4

Nuno Gomes

Portugal

1

4

Olic

Croatia

1

4

Panucci

Italy

1

4

Pepe

Portugal

1

4

Pirlo

Italy

1

4

Plasil

Czech Republic

1

4

Postiga

Portugal

1

4

Quaresma

Portugal

1

4

Robben

Netherlands

1

4

Ronaldo

Portugal

1

4

Torbinksi

Russia

1

4

Silva

Spain

1

4

Sionko

Czech Republic

1

4

Srna

Croatia

1

4

Sverkos

Czech Republic

1

4

Van Bronckhorst

Netherlands

1

4

Vastic

Austria

1

4

Xavi Hernandez

Spain

1

4

Zyryanov

Russia

1

Portugal

1,156,473

77
(2.48p/m)

Milan Baroš
(5 goals)

Theodoros Zagorakis

Euro 2004 was held in Portugal from the 12th of June till the 4th of July. During the tournament there were several surprises, for example; the German, Italian and Spanish national football teams were all knocked out during the group stage, plus the title-holders France were eliminated in the quarter-finals by underdogs Greece, and the Portuguese hosts managed a winning streak towards the final, following their opening defeat, by beating Spain, England and Netherlands along the way. For the first time, the final featured the same teams as the opening match, with the hosts losing both of them also for the first time to eventual winner Greece which was the biggest surprise of them all as they were completely written off before the tournament.

The tournament provided viewers with some dazzling football with flair and guile taking a higher stand then in other European championships I have watched before and surprisingly it didn’t all come fro the likes of Spain, Italy and France as the hosts took centre stage after the group games knocking out England and Holland along the way. The eventual winners Greece played probably the most negative football I saw from any nation during the tournament but still became champions which was in my eyes a travesty, as I believe the team whose plays the most attacking and attractive football should be crowned champions. But everyone knows football is a strange game and nothing never happens as it’s supposed to and that was proved during euro 2004.

Greece

Portugal

12 June - 4 July

Belgium / Netherlands

1,122,833

85
(2.74p/m)

Patrick Kluivert
Savo Milošević (5 goals)

Zinedine Zidane

Euro 2000 was held in Belgium/Holland and it was the first time the UEFA had allowed the idea of joint hosts. It took place between the 10th June to the 2nd of July and in comparison to euro 96 was a success, In terms of attendances and most importantly the football that took place. The eventual winners were France which came as no surprise as they had won the world cup two years previously.

The tournament provided some mouth watering football for all fans to see whether they be supporting their home team or are just neutrals with teams such as Portugal, Italy, Germany and Holland putting in some fine displays despite not winning the tournament. The player of the tournament was without a doubt the brilliant Zinedine Zidane who at that point in time was in his prime and playing at a level only some players will ever dream of playing at.

The average attendances were nearly two and a half times that of the previous tournament at close to 37,000 a game.

The highlights of the Euro 2000 were probably seeing Zidane playing at his unplayable best, the look of sheer elation on Trezeguets face scoring the golden goal in the final and Stefano Fiore’s wonder goal against the co hosts Belgium.

France

Italy

10 June - 2 July

England

430,111

64
(2.06 p/m)

Alan Shearer
(5 goals)

Jürgen Klinsmann

Euro 96 was held in England from the 8th of June until the 30th and is been known as one of the worst tournaments to date. The reasons behind this billing are that the attendances at matches were so dire when taking into account that the tournament is the 3rd biggest sporting event in the world bar the world cup and the Olympics, with the average attendance reaching a mere 13,875 per match.

If you think of that in terms of the stadiums where the matches took place which can hold an average of 30,000+ people you really get to understand how poorly supported some of the games were.

Another factor in the tournaments downfall was the sate of European football at the time, which wasn’t even comparable today as there were very few world class players in their prime on show with the exceptions of Alan shearer, Jurgen Klinsman, David Seaman and Davor Suker. The rest were either fading stars or were too inexperienced to really make their mark on the world stage yet.

The tournament did have some highlights though, for example Gazza’s goal against Scotland really tore the roof off the stadium plus Karel Poborsky had a cracking tournament tormenting the likes of the great Maldini along the way and last but not least the way in which Andreas Möller strutted round the pitch apparently mimicking Gazza’s antics after putting away the crucial penalty to knock England out which in my eyes took some balls considering which country he was in!

Germany

Czech Republic

8 June - 30 July