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EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP HISTORY
Year	Played
1960	Did not enter
1964	Did not qualify for final tournament: eliminated by Luxembourg in 2nd round
1968-72	Did not qualify
1976	Third place: Lost 1-3 v Czechoslovakia in semi-finals
1980	Group stage: Won 0-1 v Greece, Lost 2-3 v West Germany, Drew 1-1 v Czechoslovakia
1984	Did not qualify
1988	Winners: Won 2-0 v USSR in the final
1992	Semi-finals: Drew 2-2 v Denmark aet, lost 5-4 on pens
1996	Quarter-finals: Drew 0-0 v France aet, lost 5-4 on pens
2000	Semi-finals: Drew 0-0 v Italy aet, lost 3-1 on pens
2004	Semi-finals: Lost 1-2 v Portugal

2007/08 RESULTS
Date	Opponents	Comp	Res	Score
2008
01 Jun	Wales (h)	Friendly	W	2-0
29 May	Denmark (h)	Friendly	D	1-1
24 May	Ukraine (h)	Friendly	W	3-0
26 Mar	Austria (a)	Friendly	W	4-3
06 Feb	Croatia (a)	Friendly	W	3-0
2007
21 Nov	Belarus (a)	Euro Qual	L	1-2
17 Nov	Luxembourg (h)	Euro Qual	W	1-0
17 Oct	Slovenia (h)	Euro Qual	W	2-0
13 Oct	Romania (a)	Euro Qual	L	0-1
12 Sep	Albania (a)	Euro Qual	W	1-0
08 Sep	Bulgaria (h)	Euro Qual	W	2-0
22 Aug	Switzerland (a)	Friendly	L	1-2

FACTFILE
Category	Details
Population:	16.4m
Fifa Ranking:	10th Highest: 2nd, Nov 1993 Lowest: 25th, Feb 1998
Record win:	9-0 v Finland, 1912
	9-0 v Norway, 1972
Record defeat:	2-12 v England amateurs, Dec 1907
World Cup finals:	8 finals (runners-up in 1974 and 1978)
Euro Ch finals:	8 (including 2008)

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