Nominate your dark horse team for Euro 2024 and justify it!

A ‘dark horse’ is a term used in sports to describe a team that most will have written off but that you suspect may surprise with a better performance than expected. Think of Greece when they won Euro 2004, or Wales during their run to the semi-finals in 2016.

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Task: Tell us who your dark horse team is for Euro 2024 and tell us why you think they might beat expectations

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Created at 3:33pm, 10th June, 2024. Page last updated at 10:13pm, 22nd February, 2025.
Deadline at 11:00pm, 16th June, 2024.

Submissions (7)

TheGreatestBanana126/16/2024

Won$1

I think Switzerland might have a chance of going quite far in this tournament they should easily qualify in their group with their only real challenge being Germany after that if they manage to beat Germany they and finish top of their group they probably would have an easier group 16 game for them. but overall their from hasn't been to bad so I think they could be the dark horse of the tournament.

Limal6/15/2024

My vote goes to Ukraine, simply because I have many friends there and wish this team luck in this tournament.

Toretto 706/13/2024

Won$1

I will say a Hungary.

they possesd a weapons to cause more upset at EURO 2024, they will more than fancy their changeces of making it out of Group A, alongside German and living up to their dark horse tag

Shovel6/12/2024

England! Not sure if it’s a dark horse but I think they were so so close last time and now with a bit of reshuffling maybe they’ve got it in the bag this year? Who knows! But even if they don’t win, I very much anticipate that they will make it to atleast the semis!

Josh B6/12/2024

Won$1

I've not seen Spain mentioned once as a team in the hunt for the silverware for this Euros, but writing them off wouldnt be sensible.

They have been thoroughly underwhelming in recent tournaments but they have some top players throughout their squad who can change the game in a moment.

Carvajal at the back will be an important leader for them with a wealth of club and international experience- a serial winner at club level!

The like of Rodri (who has had another fantastic season for City), Nico Williams and Pedri in the midfield highlights the quality they have on the ball going forward and will pose a threat to all defences.

In the final third theyve got Morata, Dani Olmo, Ferran Torres... there is a lot of attackign threat that shows Spain may haunt a lot of teams this tournament.

Will they win? Maybe its a tournament too soon for a lot of the younger players in the team and some may argue they aren't defensively as sound as they were 10 years ago. But this is tournament football and anything can happen in the knockout rounds!

Cant embed this for some reason but this is their squad for the Euros:

https://www.uefa.com/euro2024/teams/122--spain/squad/