Euro 2024: List of results in opening game of Euros after Germany beats Scotland 5-1

This was the biggest margin of a victory in an opening game by any team in the history of the tournament.

Jamal Musiala scored the second goal against Scotland in Euro 2024 opener. | Photo Credit: REUTERS

Germany beat Scotland 5-1 in the opening game of Euro 2024 at the Allianz Arena in Munich.

This was the biggest margin of a victory in an opening game by any team in the history of the tournament. Italy is second since it won the 2020 edition’s opener by a three-goal margin against Turkey.

From 1960 to 2024, here are the opening games results of the Euros of all time:

• 2024 : Germany 5-1 Scotland
• 2020: Turkey 0-3 Italy
• 2016: France 2-1 Romania
• 2012: Poland 1-1 Greece
• 2008: Switzerland 0-1 Czechia
• 2004: Portugal 1-2 Greece
• 2000: Belgium 2-1 Sweden
• 1996: England 1-1 Switzerland
• 1992: Sweden 1-1 France
• 1988: West Germany 1-1 Italy
• 1984: France 1-0 Denmark
• 1980: Czechoslovakia 0-1 West Germany
• 1976: Czechoslovakia 3-1 Netherlands, aet; Yugoslavia 2-4 West Germany aet
• 1972: Belgium 1-2 West Germany
• 1968: Italy 0-0 Soviet Union (Italy won on a coin toss)
• 1964: Spain 2-1 Hungary, aet
• 1960: France 4-5 Yugoslavia