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The 2016 UEFA European Football Championship', or Euro 2016 for short, will be the 15th quadrennial top-level European football event. It will be held in the summer of the year 2016. The host nation(s) are yet to be selected. It is likely that 24 nations will participate. The UEFA European Football Championship is the main football competition of the mens national football teams governed by the UEFA. Held every four years since 1960, in the even-numbered year between World Cup tournaments, it was originally called the European Nations Cup, changing to the name European Football...
The striker (wearing red jersey) has run past the defender (in white jersey) and is about to take a shot at the goal, while the goalkeeper positions himself to stop the ball. ...
2016 (MMXVI) will be a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Hosting
Scotland & Wales In December 2006, the Football Association of Wales announced it was tentatively considering the possibility of jointly hosting the tournament with the Scottish Football Association. A bid would include the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, as well as Cardiff City's new 30,000 capacity stadium at Leckwith. Scottish stadiums likely to be used would include the national stadium, Hampden Park, along with Celtic Park and Ibrox in Glasgow and Murrayfield in Edinburgh. The Football Association of Wales is the governing body of football in Wales, being a member of both FIFA and UEFA. Established in 1876, it is the third-oldest association in the world, and is one of the five associations (with the English Football Association, the Scottish Football Association, the...
The Scottish Football Association (SFA) was formed in 1873 making it the second oldest national football association in the world (after The English Football Association). ...
The Millennium Stadium (Welsh: Stadiwm y Mileniwm) in Cardiff is the national stadium of Wales, used primarily for rugby union and football home internationals. ...
Cardiff City Football Club are a football team based in Cardiff, currently playing in the Football League Championship. ...
For other uses, see Hampden Park (disambiguation). ...
Celtic Park is a football stadium in Parkhead, Glasgow, Scotland. ...
Ibrox is a district of the city of Glasgow in western Scotland. ...
For other uses, see Glasgow (disambiguation). ...
Murrayfield Stadium in Edinburgh (capacity 67,500) is the home of Scottish Rugby and a name known throughout the rugby world. ...
Edinburgh (pronounced ; Scottish Gaelic: ) is the capital of Scotland and its second-largest city. ...
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FIFA (in full, Fédération Internationale de Football Association, French for International Federation of Association Football) is the international governing body of association football. ...
The FIFA World Cup Trophy, which has been awarded to the world champions since 1974. ...
The FIFA Confederations Cup is an association football tournament for national teams, held every two years by FIFA. It is contested by the winners of each of the six continental championships, with one or more other teams invited, to bring the number of teams up to eight. ...
The FIFA U-20 World Cup, formerly the FIFA World Youth Championship, is the world championship of football for male players under the age of 20 and is organized by Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA). ...
The FIFA U-17 World Cup, formerly the FIFA U-17 World Championship and before the FIFA U-16 World Championship, is the world championship of football for male players under the age of 17 and is organized by Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA). ...
A mens football (soccer) tournament has been held at every Summer Olympic Games except 1896 and 1932. ...
Football (soccer) was an Asian Games sport since the 1951 edition. ...
The All-Africa Games, sometimes called the African Games or Pan African Games, are a regional multi-sport event held every four years, organized by the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (ANOCA). ...
The Pan American Games are a multi-sport event, held every four years between competitors from all nations of the Americas. ...
Lusophony Games (Lusofonia Games according to the official spelling of the Games Organization Committee) or Jogos da Lusofonia (in Portuguese) is a multinational multi-sport event, organized by the Association of the Portuguese Speaking Olympic Committees (ACOLOP) to enhance the members unity and promote their cooperation relationships. ...
The Mediterranean Games are a multi-sport games held every four years for nations bordering the Mediterranean Sea. ...
The flag of the Francophonie Games The Jeux de la Francophonie (Francophone Games) are a combination artistic and sports events for French speaking nations, held every four years since 1989, partly as a counterweight to the Commonwealth Games. ...
The Kirin Cup is an annual football tournament organised in Japan by the Kirin Corporation. ...
The Kings Cup is an international football competition for national teams held in Thailand. ...
The Carlsberg Cup, also know as the Carlsberg Challenge or the Chinese New Year Cup, is an annual football tournament organised in Hong Kong by the Hong Kong Football Association since 1983. ...
The FIFA World Rankings is a ranking system for mens national teams in football (soccer). ...
The FIFA World Player of the Year is a football award given annually to the male and female player who are thought to be the best in the world, based on votes by coaches and captains of international teams. ...
This is a list of the mens national football (soccer) teams in the world. ...
| | | | | | | France 1960 | Spain 1964 | Italy 1968 | Belgium 1972 | Yugoslavia 1976 | Italy 1980 | France 1984 | West Germany 1988 | Sweden 1992 | England 1996 | Belgium/Netherlands 2000 | Portugal 2004 | Austria/Switzerland 2008 | 2012 | 2016 | Asian Football Confederation Logo The 46 member Asian Football Confederation (AFC) is the governing body of football in Asia, excluding Cyprus and Israel. ...
The AFC Asian Cup is a football competition run by the Asian Football Confederation. ...
CAF Logo The 53 member Confederation of African Football (CAF; French: Confédération Africaine de Football) represents international football in Africa, and organises the African Cup of Nations as well as the African Champions League. ...
The African Cup of Nations is the main international football competition for CAF nations. ...
CONCACAF (the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football) is the continent-wide governing body for association football in North America, Central America and the Caribbean. ...
The CONCACAF Gold Cup is the main national football (soccer) competition of the CONCACAF nations. ...
CONMEBOL or CSF (CONfederación sudaMEricana de FútBOL, South American Football Confederation) is the governing body of football in South America. ...
The Copa América is the main national football competition of the CONMEBOL nations. ...
Oceania Football Confederation logo since 1998 The Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) is one of the six continental confederations of international football. ...
OFC Nations cup logo The OFC Nations Cup is the biennial football competition held among the Oceania Football Confederation member nations. ...
UEFA logo The Union of European Football Associations, almost always referred to by the acronym UEFA (pronounced (you-AY-fuh) or (oo-Ay-fuh) or ), is the administrative and controlling body for European football. ...
The UEFA European Football Championship is the main football competition of the mens national football teams governed by the UEFA. Held every four years since 1960, in the even-numbered year between World Cup tournaments, it was originally called the European Nations Cup, changing to the name European Football...
The NF-Board (Nouvelle Fédération-Board, unofficially Non-FIFA-Board) is a football association established for national teams that are not â and usually may not become â members of FIFA, usually because the participating nations do not have internationally recognised sovereign state status. ...
The VIVA World Cup is an international football tournament organised by the New Federation Board, an umbrella association for nations unaffiliated to FIFA, planned to be held every two years. ...
Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1357x628, 19 KB) Summary This image is copy of World Map FIFA.png I added divisions in UK - England, Scotland & Wales. ...
The UEFA European Football Championship is the main football competition of the mens national football teams governed by the UEFA. Held every four years since 1960, in the even-numbered year between World Cup tournaments, it was originally called the European Nations Cup, changing to the name European Football...
The 1976 UEFA European Football Championship (Euro 76) final tournament was held in Yugoslavia. ...
Ruud Gullit lifts the trophy after winning the cup with the Netherlands The 1988 UEFA European Football Championship (Euro 88) final tournament was held in West Germany. ...
The 1996 UEFA European Football Championship (Euro 96) was hosted by England. ...
The 2000 UEFA UEFA European Championship, or Euro 2000, was the 11th UEFA European Championship, which is held every four years and organised by UEFA, footballs governing body in Europe. ...
The 2008 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as Euro 2008, will take place in Austria and Switzerland, from 7 June to 29 June 2008. ...
Organization of the 2012 UEFA European Football Championship was initially contested for by five bids representing seven countries: Croatia/Hungary (joint bid), Greece, Italy, Poland/Ukraine (joint bid), and Turkey. ...
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