MJ23

интересная статья про Киру (на англ)
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/paul_forrester/12/19/kirilenko.notes/index.html

8 из этих сборных выигривали ЧЕ:
Germany (1972,1980,1996)
Greece (2004),
France (1984 and 2000),
Netherlands (1988),
Czech Republic (1976 as Czechoslovakia),
Italy (1968),
Spain (1964) and
Russia (1960 as USSR).

Россия/СССР 8 раз выходила в финальную часть ЧЕ - второй результат после немцев.
Previous UEFA European Championship participations – qualified teams only
No Country Years
9 Germany* 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004
8 Russia* 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2004
7 Spain 1964, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1996, 2000, 2004
7 Netherlands 1976, 1980, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004
6 Czech Republic* 1960, 1976, 1980, 1996, 2000, 2004
6 France 1960, 1984, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004
6 Italy 1968, 1980, 1988, 1996, 2000, 2004
4 Portugal 1984, 1996, 2000, 2004
3 Romania 1984, 1996, 2000
3 Sweden 1992, 2000, 2004
2 Greece 1980, 2004
2 Switzerland 1996, 2004
2 Croatia 1996, 2004
2 Turkey 1996, 2000
0 Austria
0 Poland
NB: Germany includes West Germany; Russia includes USSR; Czech Republic includes Czechoslovakia.