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

The group stage of the 2024 European Football Championship, in which 24 teams competed, has come to an end. The tournament, in which the top two teams from each group and the best 4 third-placed teams advanced to the round of 16, has already taken its place in history with the records broken so far.

ARDA BREAKS RONALDO'S RECORD

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

MOST CARDS IN TURKEY-CZECH REPUBLIC MATCH

The match between Czech Republic and Turkey became the match with the most cards in the history of the tournament. Referee Istvan Kovacs showed his cards 18 times, including 16 yellow and 2 red cards. Throughout the match, Czech Republic received 5 yellow and 2 red cards, while Turkey received 11 yellow cards.

THE MOST ONE-SIDED OPENING MATCH IN HISTORY

The German National Team achieved the most one-sided victory in the opening matches of this year's 17th edition of the tournament. "Panzerler" defeated Scotland 5-1 in the opening match of EURO 2024, making history with this score. The most one-sided score in the previous 16 European Championships was Italy's 3-0 victory over Turkey in EURO 2020. In addition, German player Florian Wirtz, at the age of 21 years and 42 days, became the youngest player to score the opening goal and to score a goal for Germany in the European Championship.

NAGELSMANN BECOMES THE YOUNGEST COACH IN THE TOURNAMENT

Julian Nagelsmann, the head coach of the German National Team, became the youngest coach in the history of the tournament. Nagelsmann took the field as the coach of his team at the age of 36 years and 327 days in the match against Scotland. The German coach surpassed the record of Srecko Katanec, who coached Slovenia at EURO 2000 at the age of 36 years and 333 days.

YAMAL, THE YOUNGEST PLAYER

Spanish player Lamine Yamal became the youngest player to play in the tournament at the age of 16 years and 338 days in the match against Croatia. Previously, the record was held by Polish player Kacper Kozlowski, who played in the tournament at the age of 17 years and 246 days.

FASTEST GOAL BY BAJRAMI

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

YOUNGEST CAPTAIN SZOBOSZLAI

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

RONALDO MAKES HISTORY

Portugal's star Cristiano Ronaldo became the first player to play in 6 European Championships in EURO 2024. The experienced player, who previously competed in EURO 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, and 2020, is also the player with the most appearances (28) and the highest number of goals (14) in the history of the tournament.

OLDEST PLAYER PEPE

Portugal's defender Pepe became the oldest player in the history of the European Championship. Pepe extended his record by playing at the age of 41 years and 117 days in the match against Turkey, surpassing the record of Hungarian goalkeeper Gabor Kiraly, who is remembered by football fans for wearing gray tracksuits at the age of 40 years and 86 days.

MODRIC, THE OLDEST GOALSCORER IN THE TOURNAMENT'S HISTORY

Croatian player Luka Modric made history by scoring against Italy at the age of 38 years and 289 days, becoming the oldest goalscorer in the history of the European Championship.

A FIRST IN THE HISTORY OF THE TOURNAMENT

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

THE MOST DEMANDED TOURNAMENT

EURO 2024 became the tournament with the highest number of ticket applications in the history of the organization, with more than 50 million requests. Approximately 2.3 million of the 2.7 million tickets for the tournament were made available for general sale and team fans.