5) Most finishes as runners-up in Euro
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This is one record no team will want. But it could belong to the World Cup champions if they reach the final and lose yet again.
Germany have reached the Euro final a record six times. The next best is Spain and the now defunct Soviet Union with four each. But Spain won it thrice (1964, 2008 and 2012) and the Soviet Union won it once (1960).
One other team to reach three finals is Italy. And they managed to win it only once in 1968 before losing to France and Spain in 2000 and 2012 respectively.
Die Mannschaft, on the other hand, have won three times but also lost the final three times. While they won the title in 1972, 1980 and 1996, they lost in 1976 (Czech Republic), 1992 (Denmark) and 2008 (Spain).
It is a record they will want to rectify and improve their final winning percentage. Will they reach yet another major final? And if they do, can they go all the way as they did in the Maracana Stadium in Brazil two years ago?
