UEFA European Championship
The UEFA European Football Championship, less formally the European Championship and informally the Euro, is the primary association football tournament organised by the Union of European Football Associations ( UEFA). The competition is conte ...
songs and anthems are songs and tunes adopted officially to be used as warm-ups to the event, to accompany the championships during the event and as a souvenir reminder of the events as well as for advertising campaigns leading for the European Championship, giving the singers exceptional universal world coverage and notoriety.
The songs chosen are usually multilingual using English, the language of the official language of the organising country as well as other world languages, most notably Spanish. The official versions also results in cover versions in many other languages by the original artist or by local artists.
Official songs and anthems
Entrance music
Official albums
* 1996 – ''
The Beautiful Game
The Beautiful Game ( pt, o jogo bonito) is a nickname for association football. It was popularised by the Brazilian footballer Pelé, although the exact origin of the phrase is disputed. Stuart Hall, an English football commentator, used it as ...
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* 2000 – ''
Euro 2000: The Official Album''
* 2004 – ''
Vive O 2004!''
See also
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List of FIFA World Cup songs and anthems
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List of Copa América songs and anthems
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List of Africa Cup of Nations songs and anthems
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List of AFC Asian Cup songs and anthems
References
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Official songs
UEFA European Championship symbols
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