Since 1984, the footballers have been playing for the European title in finals. Who won the most titles? Scored the most goals? Which game had the most spectators?
Some European Championship records at a glance:
Most European Championship titles: Germany (8)
The German soccer players are the dominant team at European championships. They have won the title eight times, six in a row between 1995 and 2013.
Most wins: Germany (31)
The DFB team played a total of 40 games at the finals of the European Championship. She won 31 of them. Both are top marks.
Most consecutive wins: Germany (19)
Between 1997 and 2009, the German national team won 19 consecutive European Championship finals.
Biggest win: England 8-0 Norway
In the second group game of the EM 2022, the English women don’t give Norway a chance. Spain’s biggest win in a European Championship qualifier came in 1995, beating Slovenia 17-0.
Most titles as a player: Birgit Prinz and Nadine Angerer (5)
Germany also dominates in almost all individual statistics. Striker Birgit Prinz (1995 – 2009) and goalkeeper Nadine Angerer each won the European Championship five times.
Most titles as a coach: Gero Bisanz, Tina Theune (3)
Under Gero Bisanz, the dominance of German footballers at the finals of the European Championship began. In 1989 and 1991 the team won the first two titles. Number three followed in 1995. His successor Tina Theune even managed the title hat-trick from 1997 to 2005.
Top scorer at European Championship finals: Birgit Prinz and Inka Grings (10)
Birgit Prinz was one of the best strikers in the world for many years and also scored reliably at European Championships – a total of ten times, five of them in finals. However, she was never the top scorer at the European Championships, but her teammate Inka Grings, who was the best scorer in 2005 (4 goals) and 2009 (6), succeeded twice.
Most goals in a game: Marianne Pettersen (4)
The Norwegian striker scored four goals in her team’s 5-0 win against Denmark in the preliminary round of EURO 1997.
Youngest player: Oksana Jakowyshyn (16 years, 5 months, 3 days)
The Ukrainian made her European debut at Euro 2009 in a game against the Netherlands. The game was lost 0:2. Ultimately, Ukraine was eliminated after the preliminary round.
Youngest goalscorer: Isabell Herlovsen (16 years, 11 months, 17 days)
Isabell Herlovsen became the youngest goalscorer at a European Championship finals in 2005: the Norwegian scored in the first round to make it 1-1 against France.
Oldest player: Sandrine Soubeyrand (39 years, 11 months, 6 days)
Sandrine Soubeyrand is a legend in France – with 198 appearances her country’s record cap. Her last game for the Équipe Tricolore was at EURO 2013: France lost to Denmark on penalties in the quarter-finals.
Oldest goalscorer: Julie Nelson (37 years, 33 days)
The Northern Irishwoman scores in her country’s European Championship premiere at the 2022 tournament in England.
Most viewers: Germany v Norway 2013 (41,301)
The 2013 final took place in front of a record crowd. A good 40,000 fans watched Germany’s 1-0 win over Norway in Solna, Sweden.