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The Football Association has submitted a bid for Wembley to host either the Euro 2020 semi-finals and final, or some group matches.

The English bid has been submitted to Uefa ahead of the midnight deadline, while Wales and Scotland have also bid for group matches.

History of the Euros First event in 1960 had four teams in the finals - 17 entered - and was won by the Soviet Union

Format of a four-team finals continued until 1976

Competition was expanded to eight teams in 1980

In 1996, when the tournament was held in England, 16 teams took part

The 2000 finals were the first to be hosted by two countries - Netherlands and Belgium

The 2016 finals will be hosted by France with 24 teams taking part

Winners are presented with the Henri Delaunay Trophy, named in honour of the first general secretary of Uefa, who had the idea of a European Championship

It was announced in December that the European Championship would be held in multiple cities across Europe.

Uefa will announce the 13 host cities at a ceremony on 19 September.

FA general secretary Alex Horne said: "We are bidding for either of the two packages available and, with our recent experience of hosting two Uefa Champions League finals in the last four years, we believe that Wembley Stadium and London represent a strong bid for Uefa to consider to mark the tournament's 60th anniversary.

"We recognise Uefa is considering many strong bids from a number of candidate cities and we welcome the opportunity to put forward our bid."

Scottish Football Association chief Stewart Regan said earlier in the week that it was "highly unlikely" there would be four winning bids from the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland, which will also submit its bid on Friday.

Both Scotland and Wales have applied to host group stages matches and a last-16 tie for the 24-team tournament.

A number of the 32 countries who initially registered an interest have dropped out of the running, including Portugal, Poland and the Czech Republic.