UEFA Euro 2020: Here are all the numbers and stats you need to know

The 2021 UEFA Euro would be the 16th edition of the prestigious European continental championship. Portugal is the defending champion for the first time, having won in 2016. Meanwhile, we take a look at all the numbers and stats produced to date in the tournament.

As the date draws near, the hype for the UEFA Euro 2021 gets even intense. The Euphoria is all set to get underway for the 16th time across Europe, starting Friday.

Portugal is the defending champion for the first time, having won its maiden title in 2016. While it looks to become the second team to defend the crown successfully, we present all the important numbers and stats produced in the competition to date.

Teams
Most titles: Germany and Spain (3)
Most top-two finish: Germany (6)
Most top-four finish: Germany (9)
Most appearances: Germany (10)
Most runners-up: Germany and Soviet Union (3)
Most successive titles: Spain (2)
Most successive top-two: Germany (3)
Most successive top-four: Soviet Union (4)
Most appearances: Germany (12)
Most titles as host: Spain, Italy and France (1)
Titles on debut: Soviet Union (1960), Spain (1964), Italy (1968) and West Germany (1972)
Most matches: Germany (49)
Most wins: Germany (26)
Most goals: France (86)
Least goals conceded: Norway (1)
Best goal-scoring average per match: Wales (1.67)
Least goal-conceding average per match: Norway (0.33)
Most unbeaten tournament: Germany and Spain (4)
Most wins in a tournament: France and Spain (5)
Most goals in a tournament: France (14)
Least goals conceded in a tournament: Italy, Norway and Spain (1)
Most successive wins: France, Netherlands and Czech Republic (5)
Biggest victories: France, Denmark, Netherland and Sweden (5 goals)
Most goals in a game: Netherlands (6-1) vs FR Yugoslavia in 2000
Most goals in a game: France vs Yugoslavia (4-5)- 9
Most penalty shoot-outs: Italy (5)
Most penalty shoot-out wins: Czech Republic and Spain (3)

Individual
Most successive tournament appearances: Rainer Bonhof (Germany)- 3
Most tournaments: Iker Casillas (Spain)- 5
Most matches: Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal)- 21
Most matches won: Cesc Fàbregas, Andrés Iniesta (Spain) and Ronaldo- 11
Youngest player: Jetro Willems (Netherlands)- 18 years
Oldest player: Gábor Király (Hungary)- 40 years
Most goals: Michel Platini (France)- 9
Most hat-tricks: Platini- 2
Fastest hat-trick: Platini- 18 minutes
Youngest goalscorer: Johan Vonlanthen (Switzerland)- 18 years
Youngest hat-trick scorer: Dieter Müller (Germany)- 22 years
Oldest goalscorer: Ivica Vastić (Austria)- 38 years
Oldest hat-trick scorer: Platini- 28 years
Fastest goal: Dmitri Kirichenko (Russia)- 67 seconds
Most clean sheets by a goalkeeper: Casillas- 9
Most matches as a coach: Joachim Löw (Germany)- 17
Most wins as a coach: Löw- 11
Most tournaments as a coach: Lars Lagerbäck- 4
Most successive wins as a coach: Michel Hidalgo (France) and Rinus Michels (Netherlands)- 5
Youngest coach: Srečko Katanec (Slovenia)- 36 years
Oldest coach: Giovanni Trapattoni (Republic of Ireland)
Most tournaments as a referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)- 3
Most matches as a referee: Frisk- 8

Tournament
Most goals: 108 (2016)
Least goals: 7 (1968)
Most goals per match: 4.75 (1976)
Most scorers: 76 (2016)
Most goals by a team: Yugoslavia (6 in 1960)
Highest attendance: 79,115 (Soviet Union vs Spain) in Madrid, 1964

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