The 17th edition of the UEFA European Championship hits Germany this summer, with the tournament beginning on Friday, June 14.
Outside of the FIFA World Cup, the Euros are viewed as the most prestigious international tournament, and a champion will be crowned on July 14. Italy enters the 2024 Euros as the defending title holders, courtesy of a penalty shootout victory over England in the 2020 Euros finals. France is the
top-ranked team in the 2024 European Championship, while Georgia is the lone nation making its debut in the tournament. Here’s a look at Groups C and D, which will play their group stage matches from June 16 through June 25.
Group C: Slovenia, Denmark, Serbia, England
Slovenia enters in with the third-worst FIFA ranking of the 24 teams competing, and they didn’t win a game in their lone previous Euros appearance (2000). But they were impressive in 2024 UEFA Euros qualifying with a 7–1–2 record, and while they finished runner-up in their group, no other second-place team had more points (22) or a better goal differential (plus-11) than the Slovenes. Goalkeeper and captain Jan Oblak is coming off a season in which he led all players across the Big 5 European leagues in minutes played. He played every minute of every game for Atletico Madrid and finished fourth in La Liga with 13 clean sheets. He enters the European Championship with a 267-minute streak for the Slovenia national team in which the only goal he’s allowed was off a penalty.
