INITIALLY, the first two tournaments in 1960 and 1964 were known as Uefa European Nations Cup before being changed to the current name since 1968.
Frenchman Michel Platini, who typified the player wearing jersey #10, is the top goalscorer in UEFA European Football Champions history with nine Goals. As per another record, he scored all of his goals in 1984 which makes him the top goal scorers in one tournament as well.Germany has played the most number of matches in all UEFA Tournaments with 38 Matches, Netherlands is ranked second with 32 Matches and Spain is next with 30 Matches.Portugal (in 2004) was the only team to lose the final as hosts.So far, only six players have played in 4 different Euro tournaments. Lothar Matthuis (Germany):1980, 1984, 1988 and 2000 – championship 1980. Peter Schmeichel (Denmark): 1988,1992, 1996 and 2000 – championship 1992. Aron Winter (Netherlands): 1988, 1992, 1996 and 2000 – championship 1988. Alessandro Del Piero (Italy): 1996, 2000, 2004 and 2008. Edwin Van Der Sar (Netherlands): 1996, 2000, 2004 and 2008. Lilian Thuram (France): 1996, 2000, 2004 and 2008 – championship 2000.Seven of the Spanish team members that started the World Cup final in 2010 were part of Barcelona squad. They send the same number of players to Poland and Ukraine for the Euro 2012.Casillas has more caps than any other player competing in the Euro 2012 tournament with 129.Co-hosts Ukraine are the only nation making their debut at this European Championship.
