uefa cup winners cup return: XoilacTV

England returns as a favorite to win Euro 2024. It would be a historic achievement for England, which hasn't won a major international tournament since the 1966 World Cup.

Sven-Goran Eriksson had stars like Alessandro Nesta, Christian Vieri and Pavel Nedved at his disposal for that final in Birmingham, and the Biancocelesti beat European champions Manchester United ...

First retirement: August 2004 What prompted it: France's 1-0 defeat to Greece in the quarter-finals of UEFA EURO 2004 Returned to international football: 17 August 2005, France 3-0 Côte d'Ivoire

Since its inception in 1960/61, the UEFA Cup Winners Cup has been regarded as UEFA's third most important club competition until it was abolished after the 1998/99 season. After 39 seasons, the tournament was discontinued and absorbed into the UEFA Cup after the final edition in 1998-99.