Now it’s hard to imagine, but just some 60 years ago there was no such thing as a “European Championship”, and the first continental competitions were met with almost hostility by the leading European football countries. Time has passed, and now the European Championship has become an event that goes far beyond just a football competition. All the past thirteen European championships have their own history; Euro 2012 in Ukraine and Poland has already become historical in many ways. This book is not just a collection of background information (although statistics lovers will also find a lot of useful information here), it is emotions and experiences, unknown facts and mysteries of goals scored and not scored, victories and defeats, heroes and losers, this is football - the best game in the world. all its manifestations.