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Belgium

30th May2016 04:36:00 pm

Belgium

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Maybe the most surprising number 1 in FIFA ranking. The red devils led in the table from November 2015 to March 2016. The last appearance of Belgium at Euro was in 2000, when the country co-hosted the tournament with Netherlands. Then the team played only in the group stage and won only in their first match against Sweden.
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Team profile: Croatia

29th May2016 11:23:00 pm

Team profile: Croatia

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Since seceding from Yugoslavia in 1991, Croatia have emerged as a force in international football. They qualified in their debut UEFA European Championship and FIFA World Cup campaigns, finishing third at France '98 where Davor Šuker was the six-goal top scorer. Croatia have become final tournament regulars, missing out only twice – in 2000 and 2010 – but
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Team profile: Turkey

28th May2016 07:09:00 pm

Team profile: Turkey

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Turkey missed every major tournament since 2008, when the team reached the semi-finals. The team qualified after finishing in third place in the qualifying Group A behind Czech Republic and the surprise Iceland. Turkey can reach a good result at tournaments. In 2002 the team won the bronze medals at FIFA World cup, playing at world championship for
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Team profile: Czech Republic

27th May2016 02:33:00 pm

Team profile: Czech Republic

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An European champion in 1976 as Chechoslovakia, Czech Republic's greatest success in the recent years is reaching the final of Euro in 1996. In that time the team had many great players like Karel Poborsky and Jiri Nemec. In the current squad the only real star is the keeper Petr Cech, who will brake Poborsky's record for most
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Team profile: Spain

26th May2016 01:56:00 am

Team profile: Spain

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La Furia failed to impress at 2014 FIFA World cup, but Vicente Del Bosque's team is still the current European champion. There is some surprises in Spanish squad - Fernando Torres, Diego Costa and Juan Mata weren't called up. But here are Celta's star Nolito, and also Saul and Koke from Athletico Madrid. Veterans like Iniesta and Sergio
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Team profile: Northern Ireland

24th May2016 09:08:00 pm

Team profile: Northern Ireland

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The native country of legends like George Best and Pat Jennings has only appeared at FIFA World cup 3 times. The best performance of the Green and White army is quarter-final at 1958 World cup in Sweden. In 2016 Northern Ireland for first time qualified for European championship, finishing in their qualification group in first place. The team
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Team profile: Poland

22th May2016 10:03:00 pm

Team profile: Poland

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There had been a Polish presence at seven FIFA World Cups before the country finally qualified for a first UEFA European Championship final tournament, in 2008. As co-hosts for the 2012 event a second appearance quickly followed but, as on their debut in Austria, they failed to win a game and did not progress beyond the group stage.
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Team profile: Ukraine

21th May2016 07:13:00 pm

Team profile: Ukraine

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Ukraine qualified for Euro 2016 after a win against Slovenia in play-offs. In 2012, when the team debuted on European championship, Andriy Shevchenko and co. were eliminated in the group stage. Now Ukraine is in difficult group once again, but the matches against strong teams will help the side to become stronger. It will be great success for
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Team profile: Germany

20th May2016 02:10:00 pm

Team profile: Germany

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The current world champion is one of the favorites of every tournament. Joachim Low's squad is strongly balanced between young talents and experienced veterans. With the cult heroes of the Mannschaft Bastian Schweinsteiger and Lukas Podolski, top keeper Manuel Neuer and the stars Thomas Muller and Mesut Ozil there is no doubt that the only acceptable result for
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Team profile: Slovakia

19th May2016 01:44:00 pm

Team profile: Slovakia

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Slovakia debuted on major tournament in 2010 FIFA World cup. In South Africa the team played at round of 16. Now, six years later, "Repre" are at the spotlight again. Jan Kozak's team finished second in their group and the big name in the squad Marek Hamsik became the top scorer of qualifying group C with 5 goals.
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Team profile: Wales

18th May2016 12:01:00 pm

Team profile: Wales

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Euro 2016 will only the second major tournament for the native country of the legends Ian Rush and Ryan Giggs. The Dragons played only at FIFA World cup in 1958 in their history. The team qualified without any problems to the European championship, losing only once in the group with Belgium and Bosnia. Led by Gareth Bale and
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