Friday sees the long-awaited 2016 UEFA European Football Championship kick off. France will host the coveted tournament with the 24 best European national teams competing. For the first time in the tournament's history, 24 national teams will compete instead of 16. The most exciting football matches will delight fans from June 10th to July. Throughout this month, you can follow the hottest news from France on the Euro Football portal. We continue to review the groups and this time we present the teams of groups C-D. You can view the review of groups A and B here. Group C: 1. Germany 2. Northern Ireland 3. Poland 4. Ukraine Schedule: Poland - Northern Ireland (2016-06-12) 19:00. Germany - Ukraine (2016-06-12) 22:00. Ukraine - Northern Ireland (2016-06-16) 19:00. Germany - Poland (2016-06-16) 22:00. Ukraine - Poland (2016-06-21) 19:00. Northern Ireland - Germany (2016-06-21) 19:00. Germany Coach: Joachim Löw (German) Captain: Bastian Schweinsteiger ("Manchester United") Match record holder: Lothar Matthäus (150) Top goal scorer: Miroslav Klose (71) FIFA ranking: 4 Highest achievements in the European Championship: champions (1972, 1980, 1996) Composition: Goalkeepers: Manuel Neuer ("Bayern"), Bernd Leno ("Bayer"), Marc-Andre ter Stegen ("Barcelona"); Defenders: Jerome Boateng ("Bayern"), Emre Can ("Liverpool"), Jonas Hector ("Cologne"), Benedikt Höwedes ("Schalke"), Mats Hummels ("Borussia"), Shkodran Mustafi ("Valencia"), Jonathan Tah ("Bayer"). Midfielders: Julian Draxler ("Wolfsburg"), Mario Götze, Joshua Kimmich ("Bayern"), Sami Khedira ("Juventus"), Toni Kroos ("Real Madrid"), Mesut Özil ("Arsenal"), Leroy Sané ("Schalke"), Bastian Schweinsteiger ("Manchester United"), Julian Weigl ("Borussia"); Forwards: Mario Gomez ("Besiktas"), Thomas Müller ("Bayern"), Lukas Podolski ("Galatasaray"), Andre Schürrle ("Wolfsburg"). Northern Ireland Coach: Michael O'Neill (Irish) Captain: Steven Davis ("Southampton") Match record holder: Pat Jennings (119) Top goal scorer: David Healy (36) FIFA ranking: 25 Highest achievements in the European Championship: debutants Composition: Goalkeepers: Roy Carroll ("Notts County"), Michael McGovern ("Hamilton Academical"), Alan Mannus ("St. Johnstone"); Defenders: Aaron Hughes ("Melbourne City"), Chris Baird ("Derby County"), Gareth McAuley, Jonny Evans ("West Bromwich Albion"), Craig Cathcart ("Watford"), Lee Hodson ("Milton Keynes Dons"), Conor McLaughlin ("Fleetwood Town"), Luke McCullough ("Doncaster Rovers"), Paddy McNair ("Manchester United"); Midfielders: Steven Davis ("Southampton"), Niall McGinn ("Aberdeen"), Corry Evans ("Blackburn Rovers"), Oliver Norwood ("Reading"), Shane Ferguson ("Millwall"), Stuart Dallas ("Leeds United"); Forwards: Kyle Lafferty ("Birmingham City"), Jamie Ward ("Nottingham Forest"), Josh Magennis ("Kilmarnock"), Will Grigg ("Wigan Athletic"), Conor Washington ("Queens Park Rangers"). Poland Coach: Adam Nawalka (Polish) Captain: Robert Lewandowski ("Bayern") Match record holder: Michał Żewłakow (102) Top goal scorer: Włodzimierz Lubański (48) FIFA ranking: 27 Highest achievements in the European Championship: group stage (2008 and 2012) Composition: Goalkeepers: Artur Boruc ("Bournemouth"), Lukasz Fabianski ("Swansea City"), Wojciech Szczesny ("Roma"); Defenders: Jakub Wawrzyniak (Gdansk "Lechia"), Lukasz Piszczek ("Borussia"), Kamil Glik ("Torino"), Artur Jedrzejczyk, Michał Pazdan (Warsaw "Legia"), Bartosz Salamon ("Cagliari"), Thiago Cionek ("Palermo"); Midfielders: Jakub Blaszczykowski ("Fiorentina"), Tomasz Jodlowiec (Warsaw "Legia"), Kamil Grosicki ("Rennes"), Slawomir Peszko (Gdansk "Lechia"), Grzegorz Krychowiak ("Sevilla"), Krzysztof Maczynski (Krakow "Wisla"), Piotr Zielinski ("Empoli"), Karol Linetty (Poznan "Lech"), Bartosz Kapustka ("Cracovia"), Filip Starzynski ("Zaglebie"); Forwards: Robert Lewandowski ("Bayern"), Arkadiusz Milik ("Ajax"), Mariusz Stepinski ("Ruch Chorzow"). Ukraine Coach: Mykhaylo Fomenko (Ukrainian) Captain: Anatoliy Tymoshchuk ("Kairat") Match record holder: Anatoliy Tymoshchuk (143) Top goal scorer: Andriy Shevchenko (48) FIFA ranking: 19 Highest achievements in the European Championship: group stage (2012) Composition: Goalkeepers: Andriy Pyatov ("Shakhtar"), Denys Boyko ("Besiktas"), Mykyta Shevchenko ("Zarya"); Defenders: Vyacheslav Shevchuk, Oleksandr Kucher, Yaroslav Rakitsky ("Shakhtar"), Artem Fedetsky ("Dnipro"), Yevhen Khacheridi (Kiev "Dynamo"), Evgeny Butko ("Amkar"); Midfielders: Anatoliy Tymoščuk ("Kairat"), Andriy Yarmolenko, Denis Garmash, Serhiy Rybalka, Sergiy Sydorchuk (Kiev "Dynamo"), Ruslan Rotan ("Dnipro"), Yevhen Konoplyanka ("Sevilla"), Taras Stepanenko, Viktor Kovalenko ("Shakhtar"), Oleksandr Karavayev ("Zarya"), Oleksandr Zinchenko ("Ufa"); Forwards: Roman Zozulya ("Dnipro"), Yevhen Seleznyov ("Shakhtar"), Pylyp Budkovsky ("Zarya"). Group D: 1. Croatia 2. Czech Republic 3. Spain 4. Turkey Schedule: Turkey - Croatia (2016-06-12) 16:00. Spain - Czech Republic (2016-06-13) 16:00. Czech Republic - Croatia (2016-06-17) 19:00. Spain - Turkey (2016-06-17) 22:00. Czech Republic - Turkey (2016-06-21) 22:00. Croatia - Spain (2016-06-21) 22:00. Croatia Coach: Ante Cacic (Croatian) Captain: Darijo Srna ("Shakhtar") Match record holder: Darijo Srna (130) Top goal scorer: Davor Suker (45) FIFA ranking: 27 Highest achievements in the European Championship: quarter-finals (1996 and 2008) Composition: Goalkeepers: Danijel Subašić ("Monaco"), Lovre Kalinić ("Hajduk"), Ivan Vargić ("Rijeka"); Defenders: Darijo Srna ("Shakhtar"), Vedran Ćorluka (Moscow "Lokomotiv"), Domagoj Vida (Kiev "Dynamo"), Ivan Strinić ("Napoli"), Gordon Schildenfeld (Zagreb "Dinamo"), Sime Vrsaljko ("Sassuolo"), Tin Jedvaj ("Bayer"); Midfielders: Luka Modrić, Mateo Kovačić ("Real Madrid"), Ivan Rakitić ("Barcelona"), Marcelo Brozović, Ivan Perišić ("Inter"), Milan Badelj ("Fiorentina"), Marko Rog, Ante Ćorić (Zagreb "Dinamo"); Forwards: Mario Mandžukić ("Juventus"), Nikola Kalinić ("Fiorentina"), Andrej Kramarić ("Hoffenheim"), Marko Pjaca (Zagreb "Dinamo"), Duje Čop ("Malaga"). Czech Republic Coach: Pavel Vrba (Czech) Captain: Tomas Rosicky ("Arsenal") Match record holder: Petr Cech (121) Top goal scorer: Jan Koller (55) FIFA ranking: 30 Highest achievements in the European Championship: champions (1976) Composition: Goalkeepers: Petr Cech ("Arsenal"), Tomas Vaclik ("Basel"), Tomas Koubek ("Slovan Liberec"); Defenders: Michal Kadlec ("Fenerbahçe"), Tomas Sivok ("Bursaspor"), David Limbersky, Roman Hubnik (Plzen "Viktoria"), Theodor Gebre Selassie ("Werder"), Marek Suchy ("Basel"), Pavel Kaderabek ("Hoffenheim"); Midfielders: Tomas Rosicky ("Arsenal"), Jaroslav Plašil ("Bordeaux"), Vladimir Darida ("Hertha"), Daniel Kolar ("Plzen "Viktoria"), Borek Dockal, Ladislav Krejci, Josef Sural (Prague "Sparta"), Jiri Skalak ("Brighton"), David Pavelka ("Kasımpaşa"); Forwards: David Lafata (Prague "Sparta"), Tomas Necid ("Bursaspor"), Milan Skoda (Prague "Slavia"), Patrik Schick ("Bohemians 1905"). Spain Coach: Vicente Del Bosque (Spanish) Captain: Iker Casillas ("Porto") Match record holder: Iker Casillas (167) Top goal scorer: David Villa (59) FIFA ranking: 6 Highest achievements in the European Championship: champions (1964, 2008, 2012) Composition: Goalkeepers: David de Gea ("Manchester United"), Iker Casillas ("Porto"), Sergio Rico ("Sevilla"). Defenders: Sergio Ramos ("Real"), Gerard Piqué, Jordi Alba ("Barcelona"), Marc Bartra ("Borussia"), Cesar Azpilicueta ("Chelsea"), Mikel San Jose ("Athletic"), Juanfran ("Atletico"), Hector Bellerin ("Arsenal"); Midfielders: Bruno Soriano ("Villarreal"), Sergio Busquets, Andres Iniesta ("Barcelona"), Koke ("Atletico"), Thiago ("Bayern"), David Silva ("Manchester City"), Pedro, Cesc Fabregas ("Chelsea"); Forwards: Aritz Aduriz ("Athletic"), Nolito (Vigo "Celta"), Alvaro Morata ("Juventus"), Lucas Vazquez ("Real"). Turkey Coach: Fatih Terim (Turkish) Captain: Arda Turan ("Barcelona") Match record holder: Rustu Recber (120) Top goal scorer: Hakan Sukur (51) FIFA ranking: 18 Highest achievements in the European Championship: semi-finals (2008) Composition: Goalkeepers: Volkan Babacan ("Başakşehir"), Onur Recep ("Trabzonspor"), Harun Tekin ("Bursaspor"); Defenders: Mehmet Topal, Gokhan Gonul, Caner Erkin, Şener Ozbayrakli ("Fenerbahçe"), Hakan Kadir, Semih ("Galatasaray"), Ismail Koybasi ("Besiktas"), Ahmet Yilmaz Calik ("Gençlerbirliği"); Midfielders: Arda Turan ("Barcelona"), Selcuk Inan ("Galatasaray"), Nuri Sahin (Dortmund "Borussia"), Olcay Sahan, Oguzhan Ozyakup ("Besiktas"), Ozan Tufan, Volkan Sen ("Fenerbahçe"), Hakan Calhanoglu ("Bayer"), Yunus Malli ("Mainz 05"), Emre Mor ("Nordsjælland"); Forwards: Burak Yilmaz (Beijing "Guoan"), Cenk Tosun ("Besiktas").
