By Simon Wright – Follow me on Twitter @Siwri88
EURO 2016 is now officially over and we have new winners of
the Henri Delaunay trophy as Portugal defeated hosts France 1-0 in the Stade de
France to become European champions for the first time.
It wasn’t the most vintage tournament although there were
plenty of new stories and heroes created. Iceland stunned everyone to reach the
quarter-finals, Albania achieved a first major tournament win and Wales reached
the last four. Meanwhile, it was a competition to forget for the likes of
Russia, England and Austria.
So, what are the most intriguing facts to emerge from the
last four weeks? Here are 100 key statistics from EURO 2016, from the common to
the unknown…
Switzerland’s Blerim Dzemalli had 11 efforts on goal at EURO
2016; and achieved a grand total of 0 shots recorded
on target. He had three efforts blocked and eight strikes off-target.
Ukraine were the only team at EURO 2016 who left with 0 goals.
0 teams came
through the group stages at EURO 2016 with a 100% record.
Iceland made 0 changes to
their starting XI in any of their 5 games they competed at the tournament.
Gianluigi Buffon only conceded 1
goal in open play at EURO 2016 in five appearances for Italy.
In seven matches at EURO 2016, Portugal only won 1 game in the regular 90 minutes.
Most goals per game were scored by hosts France, who managed
an average of 1.86.
Of the five games that went to extra-time, only 2 goals were scored in the extra 30 minutes. Both
were managed by Portugal.
Most penalties scored were by Romania’s Bogdan Stancu, who
was successful from 12-yards on 2 occasions.
Luck was not with Thomas Müller or Andre-Pierre Gignac in
EURO 2016. Neither player scored a goal but they hit the woodwork more than
anyone else. 2 times each the bar/post was
rattled by the German and French forwards respectively.
Italy, Poland and Switzerland had the tightest defences at
EURO 2016. These three teams only conceded 2 goals apiece.
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| Gareth Bale was the most accurate player from direct free-kicks |
Gareth Bale (pictured) scored 2 direct
free-kicks at EURO 2016. The last player to achieve this was Germany’s Thomas
Hassler at EURO 92.
There was an average of 2.12 goals per game in the tournament.
William Carvalho, N’Golo Kante and Bartosz Kapustka
collected the most yellow cards in the tournament. All were put into the
referee’s notebook 3 times.
Only 3 own goals were
scored at EURO 2016.
Only 3 red cards were
given out at EURO 2016. They were to Lorik Cana (Albania), Aleksandar Dragovic
(Austria) and Shane Duffy (Republic of Ireland).
All 3 of the goals the Republic of Ireland scored at EURO 2016 came
from Norwich City players. (Wes Hoolahan scored 1 goal and 2 goals from Robbie
Brady).
Portugal became the first team in European Championship
history to go to extra-time on 3 occasions in
the same tournament.
There has now been a penalty given in 3 of
the last four European Championship finals opening games (2004, 2012 &
2016), with all of them coming against the host nation.
Jamie Vardy scored against Wales for England in Lens with
just his 3rd touch as a substitute.
Joint-tied of the assists ranking were Eden Hazard (Belgium)
and Aaron Ramsey (Wales) with 4 each.
France had 6 shots that came off the woodwork. Croatia’s
total of 4 probably plays a role in their
second-round exit from the tournament.
Portugal and Germany kept the most shutouts – sharing the
honour with 4 in total.
When he scored against Hungary in the group stages,
Cristiano Ronaldo became the first player to score in 4
different European Championship finals.
In three games at EURO 2016, Sweden had only 4 shots on target!
Albania became the 4th
team in European Championship history to see one of their players sent off on
their tournament debut. The last team to suffer that fate was Bulgaria at EURO
96.
When they led Iceland 4-0 at half-time of their quarter-final, France became
the first team in European Championship history to score 4 goals in the first
half of a game.
5 Switzerland
jerseys were ripped in their group match with France in Lille. It wasn’t PUMA’s
finest night.
Antoine Griezmann was the clear winner of the Golden Boot,
finishing with 6 goals.
Gareth McAuley has now scored eight goals for Northern
Ireland in his international career. 6 of them have
been headers, including his goal at EURO 2016 vs. Ukraine.
Eder is the 6th
substitute to score in the European Championship final. The others are Fernando
Torres, David Trezeguet, Oliver Bierhoff, Juan Mata and Sylvain Wiltord.
In six Group C matches, there were a meagre 7 goals – just over 1 goal per game.
Portugal won more corners than any other team. They won 50 – so that’s an average of 7.14 corners per
game.
England only conceded 9 corners in
their four games at the tournament.
Despite making the quarter-finals, Iceland leaked 9 goals, meaning they had the worst defensive record
at EURO 2016.
England have now never won an opening game in their European
Championships history in 9 attempts (5
draws, 4 defeats).
Daniel Sturridge’s goal against Wales means a Liverpool FC player
has now scored at the last 9 tournaments
England have competed in.
With 10 yellows and 1 red,
Albania officially had the worst disciplinary record at EURO 2016.
Before Giorgio Chiellini’s goal against them in the round-of-16,
Spain had gone 10 years without
conceding a goal in the knockout stages of any major tournament.
10 different
nations have now been crowned European champions after Portugal’s glory at the
weekend.
Thomas Müller has now played in 11
European Championship matches without scoring a single goal. He has 10 goals in
13 games at the World Cup finals.
France were the top scorers with 13
goals, and only France themselves have scored more in a single edition of the
tournament (14 in 1984).
Northern Ireland’s opening group defeat to Poland was the
first for them in 13 matches.
Austria’s clean sheet against Portugal was their first in 14 major international matches, since keeping out
Algeria at the 1982 World Cup finals.
Portugal’s Joao Mario committed 15
fouls in the competition – the most of any player.
Gareth Bale achieved the highest total of shots on target in
the tournament, ending with 16.
Sergio Ramos became the first Spanish player in 16 years to miss a
penalty in normal time of a European Championship match when his spot-kick was
saved vs. Croatia.
Croatia recorded 17 shots on goal
in their round-of-16 game vs. Portugal. None of them were on target which is
the first time that’s happened at a European Championship game since 1980.
Italian players liked a tackle at the competition. They
collected 18 yellow cards but 0 reds.
At 18 years, 316 days – Renato Sanches became the youngest player to ever
score in a knockout match at the European Championships when he netted against
Poland in the quarter-finals.
Croatia beat Turkey 1-0 at EURO 2016 on 12 June. 20 years earlier, the sides met on 11 June at the
City Ground, Nottingham during EURO 96 with the same scoreline.
Petr Cech has conceded more goals than anyone in European
Championship history – 21.
25% of the teams
that competed failed to register a clean sheet. They were Sweden, Czech
Republic, Romania, Iceland, Russia and Ukraine. Five of these left after the
group stages.
Icelandic goalkeeper Hannes Halldorsson recorded the most
saves. He made 27 stops in the competition – 8
of these coming in his team’s 1-1 draw with Portugal in the group stages.
Slovakia attempted only 27 crosses in
four matches, which was the lowest tally at EURO 2016.
28 goals at EURO
2016 were scored after the 75th minute which proves this was the
competition for late drama.
Belgium produced a 28-pass move before Axel Witsel’s goal against the Republic
of Ireland.
Belgium’s Kevin de Bruyne took the most corners at the
tournament. He delivered 34 times.
At 35 years, 11 months – Robbie Keane became the oldest outfield player to
represent the Republic of Ireland at any European Championship finals.
At 37 years, 61 days – Zoltan Gera became the second oldest goalscorer in
European Championships history when he found the net against Portugal in the
group stages.
Bastian Schweinsteiger made his 38th
appearance at a major tournament at EURO 2016, more than any player
in the history of the World Cup and European Championships.
Gabor Kiraly of Hungary became the oldest player to play at
the European Championships when he lined up against Austria aged 40 years, 75 days.
When he scored against Austria, Adam Szalai ended a goal
drought for club and country that stretched back 41
matches to a goal in the Bundesliga for TSG 1899 Hoffenheim against Eintracht
Frankfurt in December 2014.
EURO 2016 winners Portugal had the most shots off target in
the competition, finishing with 49 in total.
It took just 52 seconds for Ondrej Duda (Slovakia) to leave the substitutes’
bench and score against Wales.
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| Cristiano Ronaldo's aerial prowess was demonstrated again at EURO 2016. |
55.55% of Cristiano Ronaldo’s (pictured) nine goals at European
Championship finals have been headers.
The fastest yellow card of the tournament came in the Spain
vs. Turkey match. Sergio Ramos was the unfortunate victim of this after just 58 seconds.
Roy Hodgson achieved a 58.9% win ratio as England manager after his reign ended at
EURO 2016 as Three Lions boss.
15 million tuned in on ITV to watch England’s humiliating
defeat to Iceland. That was 59.1% of the audience share that night.
80% of Romania’s attempts at the European Championships
have ended with them exiting in the group stages.
Both of Graziano Pelle’s goals at EURO 2016 came after the 88th minute.
Joachim Low has now recorded 90
wins as manager of Germany – only four behind the national record.
90+6 was the latest goal scored in normal time at EURO
2016. It was achieved by Dimitri Payet for France against Albania.
Both Spain and Switzerland managed a 91%
pass completion rate during the tournament.
Germany’s Mesut Özil managed an impressive 98.5% pass accuracy
against Northern Ireland.
Robert Lewandowski scored the quickest goal of EURO 2016,
netting in the quarter-finals against Portugal after only 100 seconds.
Tournament hosts France scored the 100th
goal of the tournament in their quarter-final against Iceland.
100% of Gareth
Bale’s goals at EURO 2016 came with his left foot.
100% of
Romania’s goals at EURO 2016 came from the penalty spot.
Jerome Boateng topped the rankings for long passes with 101 in total.
108 goals were
scored at EURO 2016.
It wasn’t until the 117th minute when there was a shot on target in the round-of-16
tie between Croatia and Portugal. Ricardo Quaresma’s winner was the only effort
that troubled a goalkeeper throughout.
Short passes were dominated by Spain’s Andres Iniesta. With 120, he was the only player in the tournament to
rack up the three digits in this category.
Finalists Portugal and France tied at the top for most
attempts in the competition. Both ended with 121.
More than 130 broadcasters
showed matches at EURO 2016 across more than 230 nations.
Icelandic TV channels that DIDN’T show the England vs.
Iceland game on Monday, 27 June attracted just 298
viewers between them.
586 days had
passed between Zoltan Gera’s last goal for Hungary (vs. Finland in November
2014) and his strike against Portugal at this tournament.
Toni Kroos completed the most passes at EURO 2016. His tally
of 608 was a staggering 209 more than the
next best which was his German compatriot Jerome Boateng.
Northern Ireland managed just 640
passes in the competition – only 47 more than Toni Kroos on his own.
Rui Patricio recorded the most minutes in the competition.
He figured in all 720 minutes of
action Portugal took part in EURO 2016.
May 1948 was the
last time Albania beat Romania in a competitive game before their 1-0 win in
their Group A encounter.
Wales became the first team since Sweden in 1992 to reach the semi-finals on their European
Championship debut.
Gareth Bale became the first player to score in all three
group games at the European Championship since Ruud van Nistelrooy and Milan
Baros achieved this feat in 2004.
EURO 2004 was the last major tournament where Germany failed to
reach the semi-finals.
In the Italy vs. Sweden group game – both goalkeepers
(Gianluigi Buffon and Andreas Isaksson) also started the group game between the
sides in EURO 2004 in
Faro, Portugal.
Before his goal vs. Russia, Neil Taylor’s last competitive
goal came back in 2010 when
playing for Wrexham in the Conference.
When he scored against Ukraine, it was Bastian
Schweinsteiger’s first international goal since 2011.
Sweden’s only registered goal at EURO 2016 actually came from an opposing player – the Republic
of Ireland’s Ciaran Clark.
ITV were battered by BBC in the ratings for the EURO 2016
final. BBC achieved a peak of 13.6 million
viewers, compared to just a 2.7 million peak on ITV.
More than 200 million people worldwide watched the opening match between
France and Romania on Friday, 10 June.
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