Adieu Euro 2008

Updated: 09 May, 2009 • 0 • min read

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There has been a great tournament at Euro 2008 in Austria and Switzerland, arguably the best European Championship ever.

Spain have won their first trophy in 44 long years, and thus shed their ‘underachiever’ tag – now assumed by England.

The tournament also highlighted with the 500th European Championship finals goal, scored by Spain's Xavi Hernández against Russia in the semi-final.

And here is a run-down of some of the key statistics from Euro 2008.

Total goals:	77
Top scorer:	4	David Villa
Most goals scored:	12	Spain
Fewest goals scored:	1	Austria
	1	Poland
	1	Romania
	1	Greece
	1	France
Most goals conceded:	9	Turkey
Fewest goals conceded:	2	Croatia
Total shots:	892
Most shots by a player:	28	Roman Pavlyuchenko
Most shots by a team:	117	Spain
Fewest shots by a team:	33	Sweden
	33	Romania
Total saves:	247
Most saves:	35	Igor Akinfeev
Most corners:	41	Russia
Fewest corners:	9	Romania
Total fouls:	1,118
Most fouls committed:	114	Spain
Fewest fouls committed:	45	Greece
Total yellow cards:	122
Most yellow cards:	16	Turkey
Fewest yellow cards:	3	Sweden
Red cards in the tournament:	1	Volkan Demirel
	1	Bastian Schweinsteiger
	1	Eric Abidal
Most offsides in total:	17	Portugal
	17	Germany
Fewest offsides in total:	1	Austria