We also have our signature on the broken records! EURO 2024 has already made history

The group stage of the 2024 European Football Championship, in which 24 teams competed, has ended. The tournament, in which the top two teams in their groups and the best four third-placed teams in their groups advanced to the last 16 round, has taken its place in history with the records broken so far.

HE BROKE RONALDO’S RECORD OVER AND OVER

Arda Güler, who scored the second goal of the National Football Team against Georgia, broke the record of being the youngest player to score a goal in his first match in the history of the European Championship, at the age of 19 years and 114 days. Previously, this record was held by Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo with 19 years and 128 days.

THE MOST CARDS WERE IN THE Türkiye-CZECHIA MATCH

The match between the Czech Republic and Turkey was the most carded match in the history of the tournament. Romanian referee Istvan Kovacs showed his card 18 times in the match, 16 yellow and 2 red. The Czech Republic received 5 yellow and 2 red cards throughout the match, while Turkey received 11 yellow cards.

THE MOST DIFFERENT OPENING MATCH IN HISTORY

The German National Team had the biggest victory in the opening matches of the tournament, which was held for the 17th time this year. The “Panzers” beat Scotland 5-1 in the opening match of EURO 2024 and made tournament history with this score. The most different score in the past 16 European Championships was when Italy beat Turkey 3-0 in EURO 2020. In addition, with the goal he scored against Scotland at the age of 21 years and 42 days, German football player Florian Wirtz became the youngest player in the history of the tournament to score the opening goal and score the net for Germany in the European Championship.

NAGELSMANN BECAME THE YOUNGEST COACH OF THE TOURNAMENT

German national team coach Julian Nagelsmann became the youngest coach in the tournament’s history. Nagelsmann took the field for his team against Scotland at the age of 36 years and 327 days. The German coach surpassed the record of Srecko Katanec, who coached Slovenia at EURO 2000, who was 36 years and 333 days old.

THE YOUNGEST FOOTBALL PLAYER YAMAL

Spanish Lamine Yamal won the title of the youngest football player to play in the history of the tournament by playing against Croatia at the age of 16 years and 338 days. Polish Kacper Kozlowski, who previously played in the tournament at the age of 17 years and 246 days, held the record.

FASTEST GOL EIDRAM

Albania player Nedim Bajrami recorded the fastest goal in the history of the European Championship. Bajrami, who scored the net in the 23rd second against Italy, broke the record for the fastest goal. The previous record belonged to Russian player Dmitri Kirichenko, who scored the goal for Greece in the 67th second at EURO 2004.

EN GENÇ KAPTAN SZOBOSZLAI

Hungarian football player Dominik Szoboszlai became the youngest captain in the history of the championship. Szoboszlai set a new record by captaining Hungary in the match against Switzerland at the age of 23 years and 234 days.

RONALDO MADE HISTORY

Portugal star Cristiano Ronaldo became the first football player to play in 6 European Championships by taking to the field at EURO 2024. The experienced football player, who previously competed in EURO 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016 and 2020, is also the player who has played the most matches (28) and scored the most goals (14) in the history of the tournament.

THE OLDEST FOOTBALL PLAYER PEPE

Portugal’s defender Pepe became the oldest player in the history of the European Championship. Pepe improved the record he set in the Czech Republic match by playing in the Türkiye match at the age of 41 years and 117 days. The experienced player broke the record of 40 years and 86 days old, held by Hungarian goalkeeper Gabor Kiraly, who was remembered by football fans with the gray tracksuit he wore during the matches.

MODRIC, THE OLDEST SQUATOR IN THE TOURNAMENT HISTORY

Croatian footballer Luka Modric made history by scoring against Italy at the age of 38 years and 289 days, making him the oldest goal scorer in the history of the European Championship.

FIRST IN TOURNAMENT HISTORY

For the first time in the history of the European Championship, all four teams finished the group with the same number of points. Romania, Belgium, Slovakia and Ukraine each earned 4 points at the end of Group E matches.

THE TOURNAMENT WITH THE MOST TICKET REQUESTS

EURO 2024 has become the tournament with the most ticket applications in its history, with over 50 million requests. Of the 2.7 million tickets for the tournament, around 2.3 million were made available for general sale and to team fans.