
SMELLS LIKE TEAM SPIRIT ... Rio Ferdinand is impressed with Roy Hodgson's EnglandRIO FERDINAND claims England are being driven on in their Euro 2012 charge by a special unity which did not always exist in the past.Ferdinand has been heartened by the way the squad has mixed so well with one another, showing no divisions between players along club lines.The Manchester Unite... Full Story »
The serious physical work started on Friday after members of the media, Italian journalists among them, were asked to leave England's training ground here in Krakow. It was then that Roy Hodgson called his players together in the Hutnik Stadium; then, in what amounted to their first proper work-out after the two recovery days that followed Tuesday night's encounter wit... Full Story »
Roy Hodgson wants to make history and guide England to their first tournament knockout-stage victory over a major footballing nation away from Wembley.The England manager sees Sunday night's European Championship quarter-final against Italy as a chance to kill ‘a nasty statistic’.One statistic dismissed by Hodgson was that the UEFA prize-money for winning the tournamen... Full Story »
Vicente del Bosque: The Spain manager has decisions to make on his team selectionSpain continue the defence of their Euro 2012 crown on Saturday when they take on France in a mouth-watering quarter-final.Vicente del Bosque's La Roja have not been defeated in a competitive match since being shocked by Switzerland in the group stages on their way to winning the 2010 Worl... Full Story »
Germany manager Joachim Low described Greece as 'survival artists' prior to kick-off, but it is Low's countrymen who know how to survive, and how to prosper, in international competitions. For the 20th time in 28 tournaments, Germany are in the semi-finals. That's what you call a record, and whether it be England who meet Germany next Thursday in Warsaw, or Italy, it will b... Full Story »
Germany eased ominously into the semi-finals of Euro 2012 - where they will meet either England or Italy - with a 4-2 win over Greece at the Gdansk Arena on Friday.Having set out to frustrate from the off, once they fell behind to Philipp Lahm's goal just before half-time the 2004 champions were always up against it.Having equalised somewhat unexpectedly through Celtic forwar... Full Story »Hot News
| Rank | Team | W/D/L | Pts |
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The Top 3 Teams of Previous Tournaments
| Year | Winners | Runner-up | Third place |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Spain | Germany | Russia / Turkey |
| 2004 | Greece | Portugal | Netherlands / Czech Republic |
| 2000 | France | Italy | Netherlands / Portugal |
| 1996 | Germany | Czech Republic | France / England |
| 1992 | Denmark | Germany | Netherlands / Sweden |
| 1988 | Netherlands | Soviet Union | Italy / West Germany |
| 1984 | France | Spain | Denmark / Portugal |
| 1980 | West Germany | Belgium | Czechoslovakia |
| 1976 | Czechoslovakia | West Germany | Netherlands |
| 1972 | West Germany | Soviet Union | Belgium |
| 1968 | Italy | Yugoslavia | England |
| 1964 | Spain | Soviet Union | Hungary |
| 1960 | Soviet Union | Yugoslavia | Czechoslovakia |