32-486: Utrechtse Sportvereniging Elinkwijk , known as USV Elinkwijk is a Dutch football club , based in Utrecht . It played professional football during the years 1955–1970. Marco van Basten was a player of the club during his youth years. The club was founded in 1919. In 1970 DOS Utrecht, Elinkwijk and Velox merged in the club FC Utrecht . DOS Utrecht , Elinkwijk and Velox were refounded as amateurs clubs. Elinkwijk played in
64-467: A "team base camp" for its stay between the matches. The teams trained and resided in these locations throughout the tournament, travelling to games staged away from their bases. The "team base camp" needed to be in Germany. Tickets for the venues were sold directly by UEFA via its website, or distributed by the football associations of the 24 finalists. Ticket sales started on 3 October 2023. More than 80% of
96-513: A greatly reduced number of spectators due to COVID-19 restrictions. Various other stadiums, such as those in Bremen and Mönchengladbach , were not selected. The area with the highest number of venues at UEFA Euro 2024 was the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia , with four of the ten host cities (Dortmund, Düsseldorf, Gelsenkirchen and Cologne). Each team chose
128-700: A historic tradition of aesthetic possession football based around technical ability and attacking flair. They won the European Championship in 1988, and have competed in many European and World Cups. The men's team finished second in the 1974,1978 and 2010 World Cups and third in the UEFA Euro 1976 and 2014 World Cup tournament. They have reached many finals ( 1974 World Cup , 1978 World Cup , Euro 1988 , 2010 World Cup ) and semi-finals ( Euro 1976 , 1998 World Cup , Euro 2000 , Euro 2004 , 2014 World Cup , Euro 2024 ). The women's team also managed to reach
160-707: A long time, but eventually submitted to pressure and merged with the NBVB in November 1954 to form a new football association and a new (professional) league. From 1956, the top flight of Dutch football is the Eredivisie (English: Premier Division , literally Honorary Division ). The second level is the Eerste Divisie (First Division). The third level is the Tweede Divisie (Second Division). Below that are two amateur divisions:
192-494: A maximum of 26 by the deadline of 7 June. In April 2024, 19 refereeing teams were selected to take charge of the 51 matches at the tournament, including an Argentine team selected as part of a co-operation agreement between the UEFA and CONMEBOL confederations. In addition, UEFA announced twenty video match officials and twelve support match officials (who would act as fourth official or reserve assistant referee). UEFA announced
224-403: A seat behind the goal at a group match) to €1000 (for a seat in the main stand at the final). As hosts, Germany qualified for the tournament automatically. The 23 remaining spots were determined by a qualifying tournament ; 20 spots were decided by the direct qualification of the winners and runners-up of the 10 qualifying groups, with the remaining three spots decided by play-offs . Places in
256-602: A wide choice of stadiums that satisfied UEFA's minimum capacity requirement of 30,000 seats for European Championship matches. The Olympiastadion in Berlin was the largest stadium at UEFA Euro 2024. The stadium hosted the final of the tournament, as well as three group stage matches, a round of 16 matches, and a quarterfinal. Of the ten venues selected for Euro 2024, nine were used for the 2006 FIFA World Cup : Berlin , Dortmund , Munich , Cologne , Stuttgart , Hamburg , Leipzig , Frankfurt , and Gelsenkirchen . Düsseldorf , which
288-421: The 2022 World Cup . Russia, who were regulars at finals since Euro 2000 , were barred from the qualifiers altogether in the aftermath of the country's invasion of Ukraine , the first time a national team had been banned from the competition since FR Yugoslavia in 1992 . Wales, who reached the knockout stages at the previous two editions, including the semi-finals at Euro 2016 , lost to Poland on penalties in
320-663: The Hoofdklasse during the years 1974–1992 and 1996–2013. [REDACTED] Media related to USV Elinkwijk at Wikimedia Commons Football in the Netherlands Football is the most popular sport in the Netherlands . Football was introduced to the Netherlands by Pim Mulier in the 19th century when in 1879, at the age of 14, he founded Haarlemsche Football Club . Over the next 30 years, football gained popularity in
352-469: The Soviet Union in 1991, also becoming the only debutants for this edition and ensuring every final tournament since the inaugural Euro 1960 saw at least one new team make their debut. Notable absentees included Sweden , Russia , and Wales . Sweden failed to reach the finals for the first time since Euro 1996 and also failed to qualify for their second major tournament in a row, having missed out on
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#1733106148479384-481: The final . On 8 March 2017, UEFA announced that two countries, Germany and Turkey, had announced their intentions to host the tournament before the deadline of 3 March 2017. The host was chosen by the UEFA Executive Committee in a confidential ballot, needing only a simple majority of votes to win. If the votes were equal, the final decision rested with UEFA president Aleksander Čeferin . Out of
416-539: The 2.7 million tickets for the 51 tournament matches were available for the fans of the participating teams and the general public. Fans of each participating team allocated 10,000 tickets for group stage matches, 6,000 tickets for the round of 16 and quarter-finals, 7,000 for the semi-finals, and 10,000 for the final match. Over 50 million applications from 206 countries were received. Besides fans of Germany, most tickets were requested by fans supporting Turkey, Hungary, England, Albania and Croatia. Prices ranged from €30 (for
448-572: The 20 members of the UEFA Executive Committee , Reinhard Grindel (Germany) and Servet Yardımcı (Turkey) could not vote because they were ineligible. Lars-Christer Olsson (Sweden) was also absent due to illness. In total, 17 members were able to vote. The host was selected on 27 September 2018 in Nyon , Switzerland. Germany initially planned to fully host Euro 2020, although it had not announced any firm interest by May 2012. Germany had
480-479: The 2020 edition was postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic . Italy were the defending champions, having won the 2020 final against England on penalties , but failed to defend the title after being eliminated by Switzerland in the round of 16. Host nation Germany were eliminated by Spain in the quarter-finals; Spain went on to win the tournament for a record fourth time after defeating England 2–1 in
512-468: The 24 teams that qualified for the tournament, 19 had participated in the previous edition. These include the defending champions Italy and runners-up England , as well as 2022 World Cup runners-up France and bronze medalist Croatia . Portugal was the only team to qualify with a flawless record, whilst France, England, Belgium , Hungary , and Romania also qualified without a loss. Albania and Romania returned after missing out on Euro 2020 ,
544-553: The Football Associations of Belgium , Denmark , France , Spain , Sweden , and Switzerland . Professional football was introduced in 1954, with the establishment of the Dutch Professional Football Association ( Nederlandse Beroeps Voetbal Bond , or NBVB). The first professional game was played on 14 August 1954 between Alkmaar '54 and SC Venlo . The KNVB had opposed professional football for
576-413: The Netherlands and the late 1890s and early 1900s saw the foundation of many new clubs, notably Sparta Rotterdam in 1888, which is the oldest professional football club in the country, AFC Ajax in 1900, Feyenoord Rotterdam in 1908, and PSV Eindhoven in 1913. The Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB) was founded on 8 December 1889 and joined FIFA in 1904 as one of the founding members alongside
608-713: The Tournament UEFA's technical observer team was given the objective of naming a team of the best eleven players from the tournament. Six players from the winning Spanish squad were named in the team. Player of the Tournament The Player of the Tournament award was given to Rodri , who was chosen by UEFA's technical observers. Young Player of the Tournament The Young Player of the Tournament award, open to players born on or after 1 January 2002,
640-461: The final in its just second FIFA Women's World Cup , where they reached the 2019 Women's World Cup but failed to win. This means the Netherlands is the second country in the world where both men's and women's teams reached the final of respective gender's World Cup yet failed to win both times, the other being Sweden. The women also won the Women's Euro 2017 . Only the Netherlands and Germany have won both
672-512: The first European Championship finals Russia would miss since 2000 . The final tournament draw took place on 2 December 2023, 18:00 CET , at the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg . The teams were seeded in accordance with the overall European Qualifiers rankings . Hosts Germany were automatically seeded into pot 1, and they were placed in position A1. The three play-off winners were not known at
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#1733106148479704-455: The former qualifying for only their second major tournament. Serbia and Slovenia both returned for the first time since Euro 2000 , with Serbia qualifying for the first time since Serbia and Montenegro became separate nations , and Slovenia qualifying for their fourth major tournament as an independent nation. Georgia beat Greece on penalties in the play-offs to qualify for their first-ever tournament since gaining independence from
736-638: The fourth level is the Derde Divisie (Third Division), formerly Topklasse, and the fifth level the Hoofdklasse . The Topklasse was launched in 2010, before that time promotion to or relegation from the Eerste Divisie was not possible. In 2016, the Topklasse was renamed Derde Divisie and the Tweede Divisie was revived. The Netherlands national men's and women's team are usually dressed in orange and have
768-666: The group matches, the following tie-breaking criteria were applied: Notes In the knockout stage, if a match was level at the end of normal playing time, extra time was played (two periods of 15 minutes each). If still tied after extra time, the match was decided by a penalty shoot-out . As with every tournament since UEFA Euro 1984 , there was no third place play-off . All times listed are Central European Summer Time ( UTC+2 ) There were 117 goals scored in 51 matches, for an average of 2.29 goals per match. 3 goals 2 goals 1 goal 1 own goal Source: UEFA [REDACTED] UEFA Team of
800-9377: The men's and the women's European Championship. Level League(s)/Division(s) 1 Eredivisie 18 clubs 2 Eerste Divisie 20 clubs 3 Tweede Divisie 18 clubs Saturday Sunday 4 Derde Divisie Saturday 18 clubs Derde Divisie Sunday 18 clubs 5 Saturday Hoofdklasse A 16 clubs Saturday Hoofdklasse B 16 clubs Sunday Hoofdklasse A 16 clubs Sunday Hoofdklasse B 16 clubs 6 District West 1: Saturday Eerste Klasse A 14 clubs District West 2: Saturday Eerste Klasse B 14 clubs District South 1: Saturday Eerste Klasse C 14 clubs District East: Saturday Eerste Klasse D 14 clubs District North: Saturday Eerste Klasse E 14 clubs (All divisions run in parallel) District West 1: Sunday Eerste Klasse A 14 clubs District West 2: Sunday Eerste Klasse B 13 clubs District South 1: Sunday Eerste Klasse C 14 clubs District South 2: Sunday Eerste Klasse D 14 clubs District East: Sunday Eerste Klasse E 13 clubs District North: Sunday Eerste Klasse F 14 clubs (All divisions run in parallel) 7 District West 1: Saturday Tweede Klasse A 14 clubs District West 1: Saturday Tweede Klasse B 14 clubs District West 2: Saturday Tweede Klasse C 14 clubs District West 2: Saturday Tweede Klasse D 14 clubs District South 1: Saturday Tweede Klasse E 14 clubs District South 1: Saturday Tweede Klasse F 14 clubs District East: Saturday Tweede Klasse G 14 clubs District East: Saturday Tweede Klasse H 14 clubs District North: Saturday Tweede Klasse I 14 clubs District North: Saturday Tweede Klasse J 14 clubs (All divisions run in parallel) District West 1: Sunday Tweede Klasse A 14 clubs District West 1: Sunday Tweede Klasse B 14 clubs District West 2: Sunday Tweede Klasse C 14 clubs District West 2: Sunday Tweede Klasse D 13 clubs District South 1: Sunday Tweede Klasse E 14 clubs District South 1: Sunday Tweede Klasse F 14 clubs District South 2: Sunday Tweede Klasse G 14 clubs District South 2: Sunday Tweede Klasse H 14 clubs District East: Sunday Tweede Klasse I 14 clubs District East: Sunday Tweede Klasse J 14 clubs District North: Sunday Tweede Klasse K 14 clubs District North: Sunday Tweede Klasse L 14 clubs (All divisions run in parallel) 8 District West 1 Saturday Derde Klasse A 14 clubs , Saturday Derde Klasse B 14 clubs Saturday Derde Klasse C 14 clubs , Saturday Derde Klasse D 14 clubs District West 2 Saturday Derde Klasse A 14 clubs , Saturday Derde Klasse B 14 clubs Saturday Derde Klasse C 14 clubs , Saturday Derde Klasse D 14 clubs District South 1 Saturday Derde Klasse A 14 clubs , Saturday Derde Klasse B 14 clubs Saturday Derde Klasse C 14 clubs , Saturday Derde Klasse D 14 clubs District East Saturday Derde Klasse A 14 clubs , Saturday Derde Klasse B 14 clubs Saturday Derde Klasse C 14 clubs , Saturday Derde Klasse D 14 clubs District North Saturday Derde Klasse A 14 clubs , Saturday Derde Klasse B 14 clubs Saturday Derde Klasse C 14 clubs , Saturday Derde Klasse D 14 clubs (All divisions run in parallel) District West 1 Sunday Derde Klasse A 14 clubs , Sunday Derde Klasse B 14 clubs Sunday Derde Klasse C 14 clubs , Sunday Derde Klasse D 14 clubs District West 2 Sunday Derde Klasse A 15 clubs , Sunday Derde Klasse B 14 clubs Sunday Derde Klasse C 14 clubs , Sunday Derde Klasse D 14 clubs District South 1 Sunday Derde Klasse A 14 clubs , Sunday Derde Klasse B 14 clubs Sunday Derde Klasse C 14 clubs , Sunday Derde Klasse D 14 clubs District South 2 Sunday Derde Klasse A 14 clubs , Sunday Derde Klasse B 14 clubs Sunday Derde Klasse C 14 clubs , Sunday Derde Klasse D 14 clubs District East Sunday Derde Klasse A 14 clubs , Sunday Derde Klasse B 14 clubs Sunday Derde Klasse C 14 clubs , Sunday Derde Klasse D 14 clubs District North Sunday Derde Klasse A 12 clubs , Sunday Derde Klasse B 12 clubs Sunday Derde Klasse C 12 clubs , Sunday Derde Klasse D 12 clubs (All divisions run in parallel) 9 District West 1 Saturday Vierde Klasse A 14 clubs , Saturday Vierde Klasse B 13 clubs , Saturday Vierde Klasse C 10 clubs , Saturday Vierde Klasse D 14 clubs , Saturday Vierde Klasse E 12 clubs , Saturday Vierde Klasse F 11 clubs , Saturday Vierde Klasse G 12 clubs District West 2 Saturday Vierde Klasse A 13 clubs , Saturday Vierde Klasse B 12 clubs , Saturday Vierde Klasse C 13 clubs , Saturday Vierde Klasse D 13 clubs Saturday Vierde Klasse E 13 clubs , Saturday Vierde Klasse F 14 clubs Saturday Vierde Klasse G 13 clubs District South 1 Saturday Vierde Klasse A 14 clubs , Saturday Vierde Klasse B 14 clubs , Saturday Vierde Klasse C 14 clubs , Saturday Vierde Klasse D 14 clubs District East Saturday Vierde Klasse A 13 clubs , Saturday Vierde Klasse B 12 clubs , Saturday Vierde Klasse C 14 clubs , Saturday Vierde Klasse D 12 clubs , Saturday Vierde Klasse E 12 clubs District North Saturday Vierde Klasse A 12 clubs , Saturday Vierde Klasse B 13 clubs , Saturday Vierde Klasse C 13 clubs , Saturday Vierde Klasse D 12 clubs (All divisions run in parallel) District West 1 Sunday Vierde Klasse A 14 clubs , Sunday Vierde Klasse B 14 clubs , Sunday Vierde Klasse C 14 clubs , Sunday Vierde Klasse D 14 clubs , Sunday Vierde Klasse E 14 clubs , Sunday Vierde Klasse F 14 clubs , Sunday Vierde Klasse G 14 clubs , Sunday Vierde Klasse H 12 clubs District West 2 Sunday Vierde Klasse A 13 clubs , Sunday Vierde Klasse B 14 clubs District South 1 Sunday Vierde Klasse A 14 clubs , Sunday Vierde Klasse B 14 clubs , Sunday Vierde Klasse C 14 clubs , Sunday Vierde Klasse D 14 clubs , Sunday Vierde Klasse E 14 clubs , Sunday Vierde Klasse F 14 clubs , Sunday Vierde Klasse G 14 clubs , Sunday Vierde Klasse H 14 clubs District South 2 Sunday Vierde Klasse A 14 clubs , Sunday Vierde Klasse B 14 clubs , Sunday Vierde Klasse C 14 clubs , Sunday Vierde Klasse D 14 clubs , Sunday Vierde Klasse E 14 clubs , Sunday Vierde Klasse F 14 clubs , Sunday Vierde Klasse G 14 clubs , Sunday Vierde Klasse H 14 clubs District East Sunday Vierde Klasse A 14 clubs , Sunday Vierde Klasse B 14 clubs , Sunday Vierde Klasse C 14 clubs , Sunday Vierde Klasse D 14 clubs , Sunday Vierde Klasse E 15 clubs , Sunday Vierde Klasse F 12 clubs , Sunday Vierde Klasse G 12 clubs , Sunday Vierde Klasse H 12 clubs District North Sunday Vierde Klasse A 13 clubs , Sunday Vierde Klasse B 14 clubs , Sunday Vierde Klasse C 13 clubs , Sunday Vierde Klasse D 13 clubs , Sunday Vierde Klasse E 14 clubs , Sunday Vierde Klasse F 14 clubs (All divisions run in parallel) 10 District North Saturday Vijfde Klasse A 13 clubs , Saturday Vijfde Klasse B 12 clubs , Saturday Vijfde Klasse C 13 clubs , Saturday Vijfde Klasse D 14 clubs , Saturday Vijfde Klasse E 14 teams (All divisions run in parallel) District West 1 Sunday Vijfde Klasse A 11 clubs , Sunday Vijfde Klasse B 13 clubs , Sunday Vijfde Klasse C 6 clubs , Sunday Vijfde Klasse D 11 clubs , Sunday Vijfde Klasse E 10 clubs District South 1 Sunday Vijfde Klasse A 14 clubs , Sunday Vijfde Klasse B 14 clubs , Sunday Vijfde Klasse C 13 clubs , Sunday Vijfde Klasse D 14 clubs District South 2 Sunday Vijfde Klasse A 14 clubs , Sunday Vijfde Klasse B 14 clubs , Sunday Vijfde Klasse C 14 clubs , Sunday Vijfde Klasse D 14 clubs , Sunday Vijfde Klasse E 13 clubs , Sunday Vijfde Klasse F 14 clubs , Sunday Vijfde Klasse G 13 clubs , Sunday Vijfde Klasse H 13 clubs , Sunday Vijfde Klasse I 13 clubs District East Sunday Vijfde Klasse A 12 clubs , Sunday Vijfde Klasse B 11 clubs , Sunday Vijfde Klasse C 13 clubs , Sunday Vijfde Klasse D 12 clubs , Sunday Vijfde Klasse E 12 clubs , Sunday Vijfde Klasse F 11 clubs , Sunday Vijfde Klasse G 13 clubs , Sunday Vijfde Klasse H 13 clubs District North Sunday Vijfde Klasse A 13 clubs , Sunday Vijfde Klasse B 14 clubs , Sunday Vijfde Klasse C 13 clubs , Sunday Vijfde Klasse D 13 clubs , Sunday Vijfde Klasse E 14 clubs , Sunday Vijfde Klasse F 14 clubs (All divisions run in parallel) Level League(s)/Division(s) 1 Eredivisie 18 clubs 2 Eerste Divisie 20 clubs Saturday Sunday 3 Topklasse Saturday 16 clubs Topklasse Sunday 16 clubs UEFA Euro 2024 The 2024 UEFA European Football Championship , commonly referred to as UEFA Euro 2024 (stylised as UEFA EURO 2024 ) or simply Euro 2024 ,
832-608: The play-offs were given to the teams that performed the best in the 2022–23 UEFA Nations League who did not already qualify via the main qualifying tournament. The draw for the UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying group stage was held on 9 October 2022 at the Festhalle in Frankfurt . The qualifying group stage took place from March to November 2023, while the three play-offs were held in March 2024. Of
864-530: The play-offs. Having made their debut at the previous edition, both North Macedonia and Finland failed to qualify for this edition. At a meeting of the UEFA Executive Committee in Hvar , Croatia, on 20 September 2022, it was confirmed that Russia would be excluded from qualifying for Euro 2024, reaffirming the suspension of all Russian teams following the country's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 and making this
896-500: The second time in reunified Germany , as West Germany hosted the 1988 tournament , and four matches of the multi-national Euro 2020 were played in Munich . It was the first time the competition was held in what was formerly East Germany , with Leipzig as a host city, as well as the first major tournament since the 2006 FIFA World Cup that Germany served as a solo host nation. The tournament returned to its usual four-year cycle after
928-420: The time of the draw, and the teams participating in those play-offs, scheduled to be held in March 2024, were placed into pot 4 for the draw. The draw was disrupted by various sexual noises whilst it was taking place, as the result of a prankster. The maximum squad size of the teams was increased from the original quota of 23 to 26 players. Teams had to provide the list containing a minimum of 23 players and
960-420: The tournament schedule on 10 May 2022, which included kick-off times only for the opening match, semi-finals, and final. The kick-off times for all other matches were announced on 2 December 2023 following the draw. Group winners, runners-up and the best four third-placed teams advanced to the round of 16. All times are local, CEST ( UTC+2 ). If two or more teams were equal on points on completion of
992-527: Was not used in 2006 but had previously been used for the 1974 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 1988 , served as the tenth venue; conversely, Hanover , Nuremberg and Kaiserslautern , host cities in 2006 (in addition to 1974 and 1988 in Hanover's case), were not used for this championship. Munich, the site of the first game of UEFA Euro 2024, was also a host city at the multi-national UEFA Euro 2020 tournament, hosting four matches (three involving Germany) in front of
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1024-505: Was the 17th UEFA European Championship , the quadrennial international football championship organised by UEFA for the European men's national teams of their member associations. Germany hosted the tournament, which took place from 14 June to 14 July 2024. The tournament involved 24 teams, with Georgia making their European Championship debut. It was the third time that European Championship matches were played on German territory, and
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