Euro 2024: How has England started its European Championship campaign over the years?

An interesting fact to note is that England have won one of its opening Euros games since 1968

FILE - England’s Raheem Sterling, centre, celebrates after scoring his side’s opening goal during the Euro 2020 soccer championship group D match between England and Croatia at Wembley stadium in London, Sunday, June 13, 2021. | Photo Credit: AP

England opened its Euro 2024 campaign with a narrow 1-0 win against Serbia on Monday at the Arena AufSchalke (Veltins Arena).

An interesting fact to note is before the win against Serbia, the Three Lions won just one of their opening Euros games since 1968 when it notched a 1-0 win against Croatia in their opening match of the last edition.

READ: Highlights of the Serbia vs England Euro 2024 match

With this win, England betters its opening match record to two victories in 11 matches.

England’s record in the opening match of the Euros

Yugoslavia 1-0 England (Euro 1968)

Belgium 1-1 England (Euro 1980)

England 0-1 Republic of Ireland (Euro 1988)

Denmark 0-0 England (Euro 1992)

England 1-1 Switzerland (Euro 1996)

Portugal 3-2 England (Euro 2000)

France 2-1 England (Euro 2004)

France 1-1 England (Euro 2012)

England 1-1 Russia (Euro 2016)

England 1-0 Croatia (Euro 2020)

England 1-0 Serbia (Euro 2024)