After Spain’s triumph over England in the Euro 2024 final, we’ve selected a team of the tournament. To be considered for selection, players must have made at least four appearances. Giorgi Mamardashvili, Georgia Mamardashvili takes his place between the sticks in our XI after an exceptional campaign with Georgia. The 23-year-old made 29 saves at the tournament – considerably more than any other keeper (Bart Verbruggen was second with 18). The Valencia keeper was particularly good in the 1-1 draw against the Czech Republic. Joshua Kimmich, Germany Kimmich lines up at right-back following five solid performances for the hosts. His distribution was excellent – he completed 92.6% of his passes, set up two goals and managed an impressive 15 key passes. The 29-year-old also made seven tackles and six interceptions before Germany exited the tournament at the quarter-finals. Jaka Bijol, Slovenia Bijol earns a place after very strong showings against England, Portugal, Denmark and Serbia. The 25-year-old Udinese defender helped Slovenia to impressive clean sheets against England and Portugal. He made 11 tackles, six interceptions and a whopping 38 clearances. Pepe, Portugal Pepe, the oldest player in Euros history, joins Bijol at the heart of our defence. The 41-year-old showed no signs of his age with four hugely impressive performances for Portugal, three of which resulted in clean sheets. Portugal’s problem at the tournament was their inability to score – they had a higher share of possession than any other team but were blunt in attack. Nuno Mendes, Portugal Mendes completes our back four, having played a part in those aforementioned clean sheets for Portugal. The PSG defender also managed 12 tackles, five interceptions, nine clearances and seven successful dribbles. Lamine Yamal, Spain The name on everyone’s lips following Euro 2024 is the superstar teenager Lamine Yamal, who starred throughout for Spain. The Barcelona winger provided more assists than any other player at the tournament (four), while also finding the net with a wonderfully curled effort in the semi-final victory over France – which made him the youngest scorer in Euros history. Fabián Ruiz, Spain Rodri won the player of the tournament award but we’ve gone for Fabián Ruiz in our XI. He has played for Spain 29 times and is yet to be on the losing side. The PSG midfielder scored a brilliant solo goal in Spain’s first game against Croatia and he never looked back, going on to finish the tournament with two goals and two assists. He was an all rounder, completing more than 90% of his attempted passes, taking 17 shots on goal, and making 10 key passes and 12 successful dribbles. Dani Olmo, Spain Ruiz is joined in midfield by his teammate Dani Olmo, whose impact on the tournament was far greater than expected for a player who started only three of Spain’s seven matches. He began the tournament as an understudy to Pedri, whose injury in the win against Germany gave him a big opportunity. He grasped it. The RB Leipzig attacker scored in the knockout stage wins over Georgia, Germany and France, while also chipping in with two assists. No player was involved in more goals than Olmo. Jamal Musiala, Germany Like Olmo, Jamal Musiala scored three goals and won a share of the Golden Boot. The 21-year-old was a bright spark for the hosts, scoring in the wins over Scotland and Hungary in the group stage, as well as the 2-0 victory over Denmark in the round of 16. Nico Williams, Spain Like Lamine Yamal on the opposite side of the Spain attack, Williams dazzled defences with his tricky and ferocious wing play. The 22-year-old scored and assisted in the round of 16 win over Georgia, before netting the most important goal of his career to give Spain the lead in Sunday’s final against England. He was named the player of the match in the final, following in the footsteps of Leonardo Bonucci (2020), Pepe (2016), Andrés Iniesta (2012), Fernando Torres (2008), Theodoros Zagorakis (2004), Francesco Totti (2000) and Karel Poborsky (1996). Cody Gakpo, Netherlands Rounding off our XI is akpo, another player who won a share of the Golden Boot with three goals. The Liverpool forward scored against Poland and Austria in the group stage, before finding the net – and providing an assist – in the last-16 victory over Romania. In all, Gakpo managed a total of 13 shots on goal, 12 key passes and nine successful dribbles.