European Football Championship

It's finally happening again: after more than 30 years, the European Football Championship is returning to Germany! From June 14 to July 14, 2024, 24 teams will compete for the coveted trophy. Discover everything you need to know about the tournament in our European Championship special. We'll also take a nostalgic look back at quirky soccer songs, iconic fashion moments, and the historic match between East and West Germany. Enjoy and happy kicking!

European Football Championship © Goethe-Institut e. V./Illustration: Tobias Schrank

EURO 2024: All you need to know
Pink Jerseys and Green Promises

This summer, everything will revolve around the men’s European Football Championship in Germany – which will involve 24 nations, ten cities and millions of fans. Here you will find out everything you need to know for your next evening at the pub.

Times are changing in football, too: for away matches, the German national squad will be playing in pink during this tournament. Photo (detail): © picture alliance/Laci Perenyi/Jerry Andre

The EURO 2024 stadiums
From a Yellow Wall to a Christening

Which stadium can serve as a wedding venue, which stadium has remote control like a child’s toy and which is home to women’s football? Let us introduce you to the ten stadiums in Germany that will host the men’s European Football Championship.

Photo (detail): © picture alliance/Foto Huebner
Football and Fashion
Euros Fit-Check

Soccer and fashion: there is no other match as unpredictable as this one. At times a bad pass, at others a volley into the top corner. We have looked back at some of the highlights in the history of the European Championship and tried to find the right words.

© picture alliance / Laci Perenyi | Laci Perenyi
Football and Music
Football is Our Life

There’s music in football: as we approach the men’s Euro 2024 in Germany, we take a look at football songs, some dodgy and some successful, and the stories behind them.

© picture-alliance/ dpa/dpaweb | Marcus Thelen
East-West German Football History
Separated by Politics, United by Football

Ronald Reng has written a football book that is about much more than football. 1974 – Eine deutsche Begegnung is a captivating portrait of divided Germany in the 1970s.

© picture-alliance / dpa | Werner Baum
Diversity in football
“Voy, voy, voy, voy, voy, voy”

Girls' teams, clubs for the blind, queer fan clubs: Football shows its integrative potential above all away from the big stage. The movie “Elf Mal Morgen” takes a look at eleven different football stories in Germany.

Foto (Detail): © Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin
Football in the Ruhr
In the Land of 1,000 Derbies

Matches will also be played at two stadiums in the Ruhr region during the 2024 European Football Championship. It’s not really surprising – this area in the far west of Germany is considered the nucleus of German football, especially away from the bright lights of the modern arenas.

© picture alliance / augenklick/firo Sportphoto | Jürgen Fromme

EUROPEAN FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP 2024

A SELECTION OF FOOTBALL DOCUMENTARIES

2021, documentary, 14 min, OV with German subtitles
Die Geschichte des deutschen Fußballs

This episode of MrWissen2go Geschichte explores the history of German football from its origins to the present day.
Watch on funk until 05.08.2026.

© funk
2020, documentary, 7 min, OV with German subtitles
Bevor Jürgen Klopp berühmt wurde

Der Biograph explores the question of how Jürgen Klopp not only achieved sporting success, but also won the admiration of both players and fans.
Watch on funk until 05.11.2025.

© funk
2024, documentary, 45 min, OV with German subtitles
Beckenbauer - Triumphe, Affären und Skandale

Franz Beckenbauer - a German football legend and World Cup winner as both player and coach. However, allegations of corruption have clouded his legacy. What public view will remain of him?
Watch on ZDF Mediathek until 06.09.2025.

© ZDF
2023, documentary, 30 min, OV with German subtitles
Tore für die Umwelt

In the Bundesliga, the call for more sustainability is ever growing louder. This concerns issues like waste management, mobility, and energy.
Watch on ZDF Mediathek until 13.01.2028.

© ZDF/Julian Prahl
2022, documentary, 19 min, OV with German subtitles
FIFA, Rapper und Trikots - Woher der Hype um Fussball?

This episode of HYPECULTURE is focused on football, rappers, and jerseys: featuring rappers playing football, footballers rapping, and the tracksuit as the street's tuxedo.
Watch on funk until 28.11.2027.

© funk
2021, documentary, 44 min, OV with German subtitles
Das dunkle Erbe – Nazis im deutschen Fußball

This episode of Terra X-History explores a dark chapter in the post-war history of German football: the legacy of the Nazi era.
Watch on ZDF Mediathek until 27.11.2026.

© ZDF/Wolfgang Morell
2022, documentary, 15 min, OV with German subtitles
Fußball im Nationalsozialismus

This episode of MrWissentogo Geschichte sheds light on how football was used as a propaganda tool and to suppress specific groups under the Nazi regime.
Watch on funk until 11.08.2027.

© funk
2021, documentary, 44 min, OV with German subtitles
Fußballprofi - Traum und Wirklichkeit

This documentary follows young football talents in Germany on their way to becoming professional football players, highlighting the challenges, opportunities, risks and realities of the football industry.
Watch on ARD Mediathek until 01.01.2099.

© NDR
2023, documentary, 9 min, OV
Ein Tag im Leben eines Schiedsrichters!

Einfach Fußball follows referee Felix Zwayer on a match day, providing insights into his daily life on and off the pitch.
Watch on funk until 05.10.2033.

© funk

European Football Championship

EURO 2024: All you need to know Pink Jerseys and Green Promises

The EURO 2024 stadiums From a Yellow Wall to a Christening

Football and Fashion Euros Fit-Check

Football and Music Football is Our Life

East-West German Football History Separated by Politics, United by Football

Diversity in football “Voy, voy, voy, voy, voy, voy”

Football in the Ruhr In the Land of 1,000 Derbies

EUROPEAN FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP 2024

2021, documentary, 14 min, OV with German subtitles Die Geschichte des deutschen Fußballs

2020, documentary, 7 min, OV with German subtitles Bevor Jürgen Klopp berühmt wurde

2024, documentary, 45 min, OV with German subtitles Beckenbauer - Triumphe, Affären und Skandale

2023, documentary, 30 min, OV with German subtitles Tore für die Umwelt

2022, documentary, 19 min, OV with German subtitles FIFA, Rapper und Trikots - Woher der Hype um Fussball?

2021, documentary, 44 min, OV with German subtitles Das dunkle Erbe – Nazis im deutschen Fußball

2022, documentary, 15 min, OV with German subtitles Fußball im Nationalsozialismus

2021, documentary, 44 min, OV with German subtitles Fußballprofi - Traum und Wirklichkeit

2023, documentary, 9 min, OV Ein Tag im Leben eines Schiedsrichters!

EURO 2024: All you need to know
Pink Jerseys and Green Promises

The EURO 2024 stadiums
From a Yellow Wall to a Christening

Football and Fashion
Euros Fit-Check

Football and Music
Football is Our Life

East-West German Football History
Separated by Politics, United by Football

Diversity in football
“Voy, voy, voy, voy, voy, voy”

Football in the Ruhr
In the Land of 1,000 Derbies

2021, documentary, 14 min, OV with German subtitles
Die Geschichte des deutschen Fußballs

2020, documentary, 7 min, OV with German subtitles
Bevor Jürgen Klopp berühmt wurde

2024, documentary, 45 min, OV with German subtitles
Beckenbauer - Triumphe, Affären und Skandale

2023, documentary, 30 min, OV with German subtitles
Tore für die Umwelt

2022, documentary, 19 min, OV with German subtitles
FIFA, Rapper und Trikots - Woher der Hype um Fussball?

2021, documentary, 44 min, OV with German subtitles
Das dunkle Erbe – Nazis im deutschen Fußball

2022, documentary, 15 min, OV with German subtitles
Fußball im Nationalsozialismus

2021, documentary, 44 min, OV with German subtitles
Fußballprofi - Traum und Wirklichkeit

2023, documentary, 9 min, OV
Ein Tag im Leben eines Schiedsrichters!