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The 2016 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as UEFA Euro 2016 (stylised as UEFA EURO 2016) or simply Euro 2016, was the 15th UEFA European Championship, the quadrennial international men's football championship of Europe organised by UEFA.
Official in-depth guide to matches in the UEFA EURO 2016, including results, stats and video highlights.
Relive the best moments of the 2016 European Championship, when Portugal won their first title by beating France in the final. Find out the results, standings, top scorers, best goals and more from the official UEFA website.
- Who Won Euro 2016?
- Who Were The Top Scorers at Euro 2016?
- Where Was Euro 2016 held?
- Who Managed The Winning Team at Euro 2016?
- Who Was The Winning Captain at Euro 2016?
- What Was The Format For Euro 2016?
- How Many Teams Featured at Euro 2016?
- How Did Euro 2016 Qualifying Work?
- Who Was in The Euro 2016 Team of The Tournament?
- Who Scored The First Goal at Euro 2016?
Portugal beat France 1-0 after extra time in the EURO 2016 final at the Stade de France on 10 July 2016, substitute Éder scoring the only goal in the 109th minute as the hosts failed to make home advantage count. Les Bleus looked to be in the ascendant when Portuguese talisman Cristiano Ronaldo was substituted on 25 minutes due to injury, but the c...
Antoine Griezmann ended the finals as top scorer with six goals for France. The 25-year-old was not exactly jubilant when he received the Golden Boot after the final, telling UEFA.com the tournament had been "cruel and magnificent at the same time". The Atlético Madrid striker was also named as Player of the Tournament by UEFA's technical team. Pol...
France staged EURO 2016, having previously hosted the 1960 and 1984 EUROs and the 1998 FIFA World Cup (winning the latter two competitions). The Stade de France in Saint-Denis was chosen as the final venue with other games taking place in Bordeaux (Stade de Bordeaux), Lens (Stade Bollaert-Delelis), Lille (Stade Pierre Mauroy), Lyon (Stade de Lyon),...
Fernando Santos oversaw the Portuguese triumph. The experienced coach had been in charge of all three of Portugal's biggest clubs (Benfica, Porto and Sporting CP), and took the Portugal job in 2014 following a four-year spell as Greece boss. Summing up his winning philosophy after this EURO final win, he said: "I've always told the players we've go...
Appearing at his fourth EURO, Cristiano Ronaldo led Portugal by example – and encouraged them from behind the touchline after being taken off injured in the final. During the tournament he beat Luís Figo's Portugal caps record (128), matched Michel Platini's record of nine EURO finals goals, and made his 21st finals appearance in the decider – havi...
Running from 10 June to 10 July, EURO 2016 was the first 24-team EURO. The top two sides from all six four-team groups made it to the inaugural round of 16, along with the best four third-placed teams from the six groups. It was then a straight knockout competition until the final.
For the first time, there were 24 teams at the final tournament; France qualified as hosts, while 53 UEFA member nations entered qualifying.
The 53 competing countries were split into nine groups (seven made up of six teams, one made up of five), with the top two in each group, plus the best third-placed side overall (Turkey), qualifying for the finals directly. The other eight third-placed teams entered two-legged play-offs, the aggregate winners in those ties (Hungary, Republic of Ire...
France's Antoine Griezmann was named Player of the Tournament, UEFA chief technical officer Ioan Lupescu explaining that the Atlético de Madrid forward was "a threat in every game he played". UEFA's Team of the Tournament was: GK: Rui Patrício (Portugal) DF: Jérôme Boateng (Germany) DF: Joshua Kimmich (Germany) DF: Raphaël Guerreiro (Portugal) DF: ...
Olivier Giroud struck the opening goal of the finals for France, breaking the deadlock in a 2-1 win against Romania at the Stade de France on 10 June 2016. The Arsenal forward was one of six players to score three goals at the finals, and pipped team-mate Dimitri Payet to the bronze boot (behind Antoine Griezmann and Cristiano Ronaldo): both French...
Portugal won their first major tournament title by beating France 1–0 in extra time at the Stade de France in Paris. The final was the fifth to end in a draw after 90 minutes and the second decided by extra time.
- UEFA Euro 2016
- Stade de France , Saint-Denis
Jul 10, 2016 · Portugal gatecrashed France’s Euro 2016 party to win the European Championship for the first time in its history – and all this without leading star Cristiano Ronaldo.
Jun 8, 2021 · Griezmann wins Golden Boot. Antoine Griezmann walked away with the Golden Boot in the end. Only Michel Platini (with nine goals at Euro 1980) has scored more goals in one European Championship....
