Italy exited in dramatic style when they beat Bulgaria 2-1 with a late winner only to discover that moments later the score between Sweden and Denmark had gone to 2-2, enough to take both Scandinavian sides through at the Azzurri's expense.

Latvia qualified for the first time but missed out on being the least populous nation to play in the finals – 2000 contenders Slovenia have that honour.

Portugal goalkeeper Ricardo saved Darius Vassell's sudden-death penalty for England in the quarter-finals before stepping up to score the shoot-out winner himself.

Luiz Felipe Scolari coached Portugal to their quarter-final win against England having led Brazil to victory against the same opponents at the 2002 FIFA World Cup. He overcame England again with Portugal in the 2006 FIFA World Cup finals in Germany.

Dmitri Kirichenko's 68th-second goal for Russia against Greece was the fastest in any UEFA European Championship final tournament.

Wayne Rooney became the youngest ever finals goalscorer when he struck for England against Switzerland – a record he held for four days until Switzerland striker Johan Vonlanthen registered against France aged 18 years, four months and 20 days - three months younger than Rooney.

Greece's 1-0 win against Portugal in the final made them the ninth different champion in 12 editions of the UEFA European Championship.

Greece's 1-0 win against Portugal in Lisbon was the lowest-scoring final in the tournament's history.

Portugal were the first hosts to reach the final since France in 1984 – and the only home nation ever to lose at that stage.

Greece won their last four qualifiers for UEFA EURO 2004™ 1-0 – and repeated the trick in their three knockout games in Portugal.

Four sets of brothers went to the finals; England's Gary and Phil Neville, the Netherlands' Frank and Ronald de Boer, Sweden's Patrick and Daniel Andersson and Belgium's Emile and Mbo Mpenza.