Review On Previous Euro Winners
UEFA Euro 2024, 14 June to 14 July 2024 Germany.
Run down on all the previous Euro winners from 1960 to 2020 (2021)
Run down on all the previous Euro winners from 1960 to 2020 (2021)
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00:00Hello everyone, Adam Monk here again from 442.
00:06Now with Euro 2024 fast approaching, I thought we'd have a quick run through all the previous
00:12winners of this competition dating back to 1960.
00:15So we'll start there and work to present day.
00:18So without further ado, let's go.
00:21So in 1960, the first Euro competition, it was actually won by the Soviet Union who beat
00:25Yugoslavia in the final 2-1 after extra time.
00:30Featuring for the Soviets back then.
00:32In 1964, it was then Spain who came out on top and actually took the Soviet Union's crown
00:37by beating them in the final by two goals to one.
00:40Then in 1968, this was an interesting one.
00:43Not only because Italy won their first ever Euros, but the first final against the Soviet
00:47Union was 1-1 and it's the only Euros final to ever be replayed.
00:51So in the replay, the Italians came out on top 2-0 and to date, and I mean, it will be
00:56for the rest of future as well.
00:57Presumably this is the only Euros final that was ever replayed and the Italians came out
01:01on top.
01:02Then in 1972, you had Franz Beckenbauer and West Germany who came out on top, beating
01:07the Soviet Union.
01:08They got to a lot of finals 3-0 in this final.
01:11But then in 76, it was time for Czechoslovakia to wrestle the crown back off West Germany
01:16after beating them in a game in which was 2-2 in normal time and then 5-3 in the penalty
01:21shootout to the Czechs.
01:23In 1980 though, it was West Germany who got their crown back, beating Belgium 2-1 in the
01:27final this time round.
01:29But then in 1984, it was France who won the tournament for the very first time, getting
01:33their name on the trophy and more importantly, this was the tournament that was really remembered
01:37as a Michel Platini tournament where he really stood out and went on to consequently win
01:42several Ballon d'Ors.
01:43They beat Spain in the final 2-0 by the way.
01:45In 88, it was time for the Netherlands to win their one and only Euros to date.
01:49They beat the Soviet Union who again, in another final, they beat them 2-0 thanks to
01:53goals from Ruud Holle and Marco van Basten, two pretty decent players I'd wager.
01:59But this is when the underdog stories really start to kick in.
02:01In 1992, it was Peter Schmeichel's Denmark that went on to win the competition, beating
02:06Germany 2-0 in the final and we will obviously, I'm sure as you'll know, hear about another
02:11underdog story coming up shortly but this was the first of those and yeah, a shock for
02:16everyone really.
02:17I wasn't expecting Denmark to win this tournament at all and it just goes to show, anything
02:20can happen in football.
02:221996, of course, hosted in England, remember that Gaza miss and the dentist chair celebration?
02:27That tournament?
02:28Well, it was won by Germany who beat Czechia in the final by two goals to one but ugh,
02:33I mean anyone who's watching this from England, you'll just remember that Gaza moment.
02:37It could have been so different.
02:392000, the turn of the millennium and it was time for France and Zinedine Zidane to win
02:43the competition for a second time and they beat Italy 2-1 in the final in a brief period
02:48of dominance for the French.
02:502004, yes, of course, it's time for underdog story number two, this one arguably even bigger
02:55than the Denmark one.
02:56It was, of course, Greece who won Euro 2004 against all odds, beating Portugal 1-0 in
03:02the final which was a bit of justice for England fans after the whole Wayne Rooney, Cristiano
03:06Ronaldo winking incident.
03:08You remember the one.
03:09Well, Portugal didn't win it in the end, Greece did.
03:12And then 2008, I just briefly touched on France's short period of dominance in the
03:1690s and early 2000s but this one, probably the best ever from any national side in the
03:21world.
03:22It was the start of Spain's period of dominance.
03:24They beat Germany 1-0 in the final.
03:26And this was also when Fernando Torres was really at the peak of his power so not only
03:30did Spain have an amazing possession passing team but they had the deadliest striker on
03:34the planet at this point.
03:35And then in 2012, Spain won it again, this time not really needing a striker.
03:39They played Fabregas at false nine or David Silva and they ended up beating Italy 4-0
03:44in the final.
03:45An absolute drubbing.
03:46This was the absolute pinnacle, in my opinion, of international football.
03:49I don't think we'll ever see an international side better than this Spain side.
03:52They had Iniesta, Xavi, Xavi Alonso, David Silva, Pedro, Fabregas.
03:56It was basically a six-man midfield that just did not lose the ball and they could just
04:00pick teams apart at their will and they absolutely did to a very strong Italy side.
04:05Then in 2016, this was the tournament where player manager Cristiano Ronaldo came out
04:09on top and beat France in a slightly underdog victory in Paris in Euro 2016.
04:14You'll remember Adair, of course, scoring the decisive goal in that game from range
04:18and it was a tournament in which Ronaldo was very, very good in and of course got injured
04:22in the final but in the end he got his name on an international trophy and this is what
04:27everyone remembers it for.
04:29And then most recently 2020 or 2021 if you want to be pedantic about it but Italy came
04:34out on top, of course, we all remember this one.
04:36They beat England in the final, it was 1-1 in normal time, then they won on penalties
04:41after England fluffed the lines three consecutive times in a row.
04:44It was a great tournament for the English but an even better one for Roberto Mancini's Italians.
04:49They came out on top and they will be defending their crown in Germany.