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National Anthem Himni i Flamurit (Hymn to the Flag)

Rreth flamurit të përbashkuar Me një dëshir’ e një qëllim, Të gjith’ atij duke iu betuar Të lidhim besën për shpëtim.

Prej lufte veç ai largohet Që është lindur tradhëtor, Kush është burrë nuk frikësohet, Po vdes, po vdes si një dëshmor!

Around our flag we stand united, Capital: With one wish and one , A sacred oath we bestow upon it Population: 2,893,005 Proclaiming loyalty for our salvation. Currency: Albanian Lek From war abstains only he, Area: 28,748km2 nod their Who a traitor is born, Highest Peak: Mount Korab (2,764 metres) head up and down to He who is a true man is not frightened, mean ‘no’, and shake But dies a martyr to the cause Longest River: River Drin (335km) it from side to side for ‘yes’.

The national symbol Did you is the golden eagle. know? Albania’s International Airport Albania is one of is named ‘Nene Tereza’ after the few European The country was previously countries without ruled by the Ottoman Empire, famous Albanian Mother a McDonalds and the Nazis. After Teresa., who looked after the restaurant! World War II, Albania became poor of Calcutta. a communist nation before forming the Republic of Albania in 1991.

6 Albanian GROUP A football crest CURRENT SQUAD S.S Lazio Albanian KF Skënderbeu Korçë FK Partizani Tirana football FC Nantes Albanian Qarabağ FK football PAS Giannina FC team facts jersey S.S.C Napoli Nickname: Shqiponjat (The Eagles) Atalanta B.C. Captain: Lorik Cana FC Frederic Veseli FC Legend: Manager: HNK Rijeka National Stadium: Arena (12,800) SC Freiburg FC Luzern Kit Manufacturer: Adidas FC Nantes Most Appearances: Lorik Cana (90 caps) Delfino 1936 Most Goals: Erjon Bogdani (18 goals) KF Skënderbeu Korçë Shkëlzen Gashi Colorado Rapids Euro Record: Debut at Euro 2016 FC Basel FIFA Ranking: 45 First International: v Yugoslavia (Lost 2-3, 07/10/1946) FC İstanbul Başakşehir FK Largest Victory: v Cyprus (Won 6-1, 12/08/2009) HNK Rijeka Famous Result: v France (Won 1-0, 13/06/2015) FC Internazionale Milano

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France have won the European Championships twice before - in 1984 and France 2000 Allons enfants de la Patrie Le jour de gloire est arrivé! Contre nous de la tyrannie, L’étendard sanglant est levé, (bis) Entendez-vous dans les campagnes Mugir ces féroces soldats? Ils viennent jusque dans vos bras Égorger vos fils, vos compagnes!

Aux armes, citoyens, Formez vos bataillons, Marchons, marchons! Qu’un sang impur A French woman is Abreuve nos sillons! the world’s oldest ever human Capital: – she lived to an incredible 122 Population: 67,128,000 years, 164 days, according to the Arise, children of our Nation, Currency: Euro Guinness Book of World Records. The day of glory has arrived! Jeanne Louise Calment was born Against us tyranny’s Area: 673,801 km2 on February 21, 1875 and died on Bloody banner is raised, (repeat) Highest Peak: Mont Blanc (4,808m) Do you hear, in the countryside, August 4, 1997. The roar of those ferocious soldiers? Longest River: River Loire (1,012km) They’re coming right into your arms To cut the throats of your sons, your The famous women! Eiffel Tower in Paris was built as the To arms, citizens, Form your battalions, Did you entrance point for the Let’s march, let’s march! 1889 World Fair. It is Let an impure blood one of the most visited Soak our fields! know? monuments in the world. Europe’s highest France was the second mountain is in the French Alps - Mont country to host the modern Blanc. Over 30,000 Olympic Games in 1900 in The name France comes attempt to climb the Paris. Paris also hosted the from the Latin word mountain each year. games again in 1924. Three Francia, which means winter Olympics have been ‘country of the Franks’. hosted in France.

8 GROUP A French football crest CURRENT SQUAD Tottenham Hotspur FC French Benoît Costil Stade Rennais F.C. football French Manchester City FC football Raphaël Varane Real CF team facts jersey Arsenal FC Juventus FC Nickname: Les Bleus (The Blues) Loïc Perrin AS Saint-Étienne Captain: Hugo Lloris Manchester City FC A.S. Roma Legend: Michel Platini (right) Manager: Juventus FC National Stadium: (81,338) Olympique de Marseille Paris Saint-Germain FC Kit Manufacturer: Nike Crystal Palace FC Most Appearances: (142 caps) Newcastle United FC Most Goals: (51 goals) Manchester United FC Euro Record: Winners – Euro 1984 & Euro 2000 Atlético Madrid FIFA Ranking: 21 Manchester United FC First International: v Belgium (Drew 3-3, 01/05/1904) OGC Arsenal FC Largest Victory: v (Won 10-0, 06/09/1995) André-Pierre Gignac Tigres UANL Famous Result: v Brazil (Won 3-0, 12/07/1998) World Cup Final FC Bayern München

9 GROUP A National Anthem Deșteaptă-te, române (Awaken thee, Romanian)

Deșteaptă-te, române, din somnul cel de moarte, În care te-adânciră barbarii de tirani Acum ori niciodată croiește-ți altă soarte, La care să se-nchine și cruzii tăi dușmani. Acum ori niciodată să dăm dovezi la lume Că-n aste mâni mai curge un sânge de roman, Și că-n a noastre piepturi păstrăm cu fală-un nume Triumfător în lupte, un nume de Traian. Priviți, mărețe umbre, Mihai, Ștefan, Corvine, Româna națiune, ai voștri strănepoți, Timisoara, in Cu brațele armate, cu focul vostru-n vine, Romania, was the “Viața-n libertate ori moarte” strigă toți. first city in Europe Capital: Preoți, cu crucea-n frunte căci oastea e creștină, to have electric Deviza-i libertate și scopul ei preasfânt. Population: 19,511,000 street-lighting Murim mai bine-n luptă, cu glorie deplină, Currency: Romanian Leu (1889). Decât să fim sclavi iarăși în vechiul nost’ pământ. Area: 238,391km2 Highest Peak: Moldoveanu Peak (2,544 metres) Wake up, Romanian, from the sleep of death Into which you have been sunk by the barbaric Longest River: River Danube (1,075km) tyrants Now, or never, make a new fate for yourself, To which even your cruel enemies will bow. Romania is home to Europe’s largest population of brown Now or never let us give proof to the world Did you That in these veins a Roman blood still flows, bears. According to a 2014 wild That in our chests we hold a name with pride, animal census, Romania’s forests are Victorious in battle, the name of Trajan! know? home to some 6,000 bears. That is Behold, great shadows, Mihai, Ștefan, Corvinus, why, in some mountain areas, you may The Romanian Nation, your great-grandchildren, see bears searching for food through With weapons in their arms, with your fire in their veins garbage dumpsters. “Life in freedom or death!” shout all Count Dracula, Priests, lead with your crucifixes, for our army is a fictional character in the Dracula Christian, The motto is Liberty and its goal is holy, novel, was inspired by one of the Better to die in battle, in full glory, best-known figures of Romanian Than to once again be slaves upon our ancient Romanian Nicolae Paulescu ground! discovered pancreatine, later history, Vlad Dracula, who hails from named insulin. Transylvania.

10 GROUP A Romanian football jersey CURRENT SQUAD Ciprian Tătărușanu Fiorentina Romanian Watford FC Jr. Astra Giurgiu football Răzvan Raț Vlad Chiricheș Napoli Romanian Dragoș Grigore Al-Sailiya football team facts crest Alexandru Mățel Dinamo Zagreb Valerică Găman Astra Giurgiu Nickname: Tricolorii (The Tricolours) Cristian Săpunaru Pandurii Târgu Jiu Captain: Razvan Rat Cosmin Moți Ludogorets Razgrad Dinamo București Legend: Manager: Anghel Iordănescu Osmanlıspor National Stadium: Arena Națională (55,634) Alexandru Maxim VfB Stuttgart Steaua București Kit Manufacturer: JOMA Hapoel Be’er Sheva Most Appearances: Dorinel Munteanu (134 caps) Lucian Sânmărtean Al-Ittihad Most Goals: Gheorghe Hagi (35 Goals) Adrian Popa Steaua București Andrei Prepeliță Ludogorets Razgrad Euro Record: Quarter Finals (2000) FIFA Ranking: 19 Gençlerbirliği First International: v Yugoslavia (Lost 1-2, 08/06/1922) Claudiu Keșerü Ludogorets Razgrad Dalian Yifang FC Largest Victory: v Finland (Won 9-0, 14/10/1973) Córdoba CF Famous Result: v Argentina (Won 3-2, 03/07/1994) Andrei Ivan CSU Craiova

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National Anthem Swiss Psalm Trittst im Morgenrot daher, Seh ich dich im Strahlenmeer, Dich, du Hocherhabener, Herrlicher! Wenn der Alpen Firn sich rötet, Betet, freie Schweizer, betet, Eure fromme Seele ahnt, Eure fromme Seele ahnt, Gott im hehren Vaterland! Gott, den Herrn, im hehren Vaterland!

When the morning skies grow red And o’er their radiance shed, Capital: Thou, O Lord, appeareth in their light. Switzerland has When the Alps glow bright with splen- Population: 8,211,700 a long and strong tradition dour, Currency: Swiss Franc of political and military neutrality. Pray, free Swiss, Pray, For you feel and understand, Area: 41,293km2 However, the country finally opted to join the United Nations For you feel and understand, Highest Peak: Monte Rosa (4,634 metres) in 2002, and the Schengen That he dwelleth in this land. That he dwelleth in this land. Longest River: River Rhine (375.5km Agreement in 2005.

There are over 1500 lakes in the Did you country, making up 6% of the know? fresh water stock of Europe. The wristwatch CERN, the world’s The International Committee was invented by largest particle physics of the Red Cross (ICRC) was Patek Philippe in laboratory, is based in founded in 1863 in Geneva, 1868. and sitting in the ground under Switzerland, and is still based there. it spanning the Swiss/French The flag of the Red Cross is the flag border is the Large Hadron of Switzerland with the Collider that physicists are colours inverted. using for experiments.

12 Swiss GROUP A football crest CURRENT SQUAD Borussia Mönchengladbach Swiss Roman Bürki FC Augsburg football Juventus Swiss Hamburger SV football Fabian Schär 1899 Hoffenheim team facts jersey Michael Lang Basel Norwich City FC Nickname: Schweizer pati François Moubandje Toulouse Captain: Stephan Lichtsteiner Udinese Fabian Lustenberger Hertha BSC Legend: Manager: Vladimir Petković Gökhan Inler Leicester City National Stadium: No Permanent Stadium Watford Gélson Fernandes Rennes Kit Manufacturer: PUMA Stoke City Most Appearances: Heinz Hermann (118 caps) Hertha BSC Most Goals: Alexander Frei (42 goals) Olympiacos Basel Euro Record: Group Stage (1996, 2004, 2008) FIFA Ranking: 14 Kasımpaşa First International: v France (Lost 0-1, 12/02/1905) Bayer Leverkusen Haris Seferović Largest Victory: v (Won 7-0, 09/10/2015) Josip Drmić Hamburger SV Famous Result: v (Won 1-0, 16/06/2010)

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