5 Euro records that could be broken in the 2016 edition

3) Tournament with most goals

A young Thierry Henry (R) was France’s top goal-scorer as Les Bleus won Euro in 2000

Since the first edition of Euro in 1960, the number of participating teams has steadily increased. It was four teams for the first five editions until the 1980 tournament saw the number of teams double.

It wasn’t until 1996 that the number doubled again to see 16 teams fight it out for the title. The addition of more teams saw more matches being played as an extra round of games was added.

Till Euro 2012, the format seemed to be the best as teams played three matches in the group stage followed by the quarter-finals, semi-finals and the final. This year, however, there are now 24 teams split into six groups, adding an additional round – the Round of 16.

Therefore, instead of the usual 31 matches, we will see an extra 20 matches due to the increased number of teams, groups and an extra round. Judging by the recent trend, there is almost no question that this tournament will see the most number of goals scored in a single tournament.

Edition	Teams	Matches	Goals	Champions
2000	16	31	85	France
2004	16	31	77	Greece
2008	16	31	77	Spain
2012	16	31	76	Spain
1996	16	31	64	Germany
2016	24	51	?	?