"Red Fury" won all 7 matches at Euro 2024, scoring a record number of goals.
The Spanish national teamhas achieved two historical records of the European Football Championship.
On July 14, Luis de la Fuente's team beat England (2:1) in the final and became the triumphant Euro 2024.
The victory over the Three Lions was the seventh for the Spaniards in this tournament . The Red Fury became the first team in history to win seven matches at one European Championship.
Spain won all victories during playing time, avoiding a penalty shootout. In addition to England, de la Fuente's team beat Croatia, Italy, Albania, Georgia, Germany and France.
Spain also broke the performance record at the European Championships. Mikel Oyarzabal's winning goal in the final against England was the Red Furies' 15th at Euro 2024. The previous record belonged to the French team, which scored 14 goals at the 1984 European Championship.
1 – #Spain is the nation with the most European Empire titles (4), citing a record for multiple results thrown by one team in one gathering position (15). Story. #EURO2024 pic.twitter.com/hJqYcYZ4Sd
— OptaJose (@OptaJose) July 14, 2024
Note that Spain won the European Championship for the fourth time in history and became theabsolute record holder by this indicator, beating Germany by one title.
The Red Fury played in the Euro finals for the fifth time. In 1964, the Spaniards defeated the USSR national team in the final (2:1), in 1984 they lost to France (0:2), in 2008 they beat Germany (1:0), and in 2012 they defeated Italy in Kiev (4 :0).
England reached the European Championship final for the second time in history, but again failed to win the trophy. In the decisive match of the previous Euro, which took place in 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic, Gareth Southgate's team lost to the Italians in a penalty shootout (1:1, pen. 2:3).
It became known earlierwho was recognized as the best player of Euro 2024, as well as who became the best young player of the tournament.