June 09, 2021 3:55 PM
Last modified date: June 09, 2021 4:13 PM
The first goal of every European Championship tournament
With the opening game of EURO 2020 drawing ever closer, the TSZ boffins have delved into the history books to discover the first goal scored in every European Championship tournament since it began in 1960.
| Year | Player | Minute | Match | Date |
| 1960 | Milan Galić | 11 | France 4-5 YUGOSLAVIA | 06/07/1960 |
| 1964 | Jesús María Pereda | 35 | SPAIN 2-1 Hungary | 17/06/1964 |
| 1968 | Dragan Džajić | 86 | YUGOSLAVIA 1-0 England | 05/06/1968 |
| 1972 | Gerd Müller | 24 | Belgium 1-2 WEST GERMANY | 14/06/1972 |
| 1976 | Anton Ondruš | 19 | CZECHOSLOVAKIA 3-1 Netherlands | 16/06/1976 |
| 1980 | Karl-Heinze Rummenigge | 57 | Czechoslovakia 0-1 WEST GERMANY | 11/06/1980 |
| 1984 | Michel Platini | 78 | FRANCE 1-0 Denmark | 12/06/1984 |
| 1988 | Roberto Mancini | 52 | West Germany 1-1 ITALY | 10/06/1988 |
| 1992 | Jan Eriksson | 24 | SWEDEN 1-1 France | 10/06/1992 |
| 1996 | Alan Shearer | 23 | ENGLAND 1-1 Switzerland | 08/06/1996 |
| 2000 | Bart Goor | 43 | BELGIUM 2-1 Sweden | 10/06/2000 |
| 2004 | Giorgios Karagounis | 7 | Portugal 1-2 GREECE | 12/06/2004 |
| 2008 | Václav Svĕrkoš | 71 | Switzerland 0-1 CZECH REPUBLIC | 07/06/2008 |
| 2012 | Robert Lewandowski | 17 | POLAND 1-1 Greece | 08/06/2012 |
| 2016 | Olivier Giroud | 57 | FRANCE 2-1 Romania | 10/06/2016 |
Milan Galić has the honour of being the first ever goalscorer in the European Championship, notching after 11 minutes in Yugoslavia's 5-4 victory over France in 1960. The nine goals in that encounter remains the most scored in a single European Championship match.
For fixtures, results, TV schedule, top scorers and plenty more, visit our tournament home page here!
