1980 Pinoccio
This little wooden chap – with ace curly locks, a paper hat, a cornetto for a nose and what looks like an adidas Telstar under his arm – was the first ever Euro mascot, so no wonder he looks happy.
1984 Peno
Four-fingered French dude proudly daubed in his country’s colours with white laces to reinforce the retro rooster vibe.
1988 Berni
Up-for-it Kaiser bunny rabbit with soft-rock headband-wristband combo who plays football with his knees. Koolest kaninchen in Euro mascot history.
1992 Rabbit
Berni’s soft-rock Scandinavian cousin who’s upgraded to an adidas Tango and actually using his feet. Probably a winger.
1996 Goaliath
Euro 96’s "mane" man appears to be wearing his younger brother’s kit and have some kind of ear infection. Heart of gold though. Probably likes tea and buns.
2000 Benelucky
A Disney-fied beneluxian devil type who got his hair cut on the Belgium-Netherlands border and has to tape up his tail before kick-off.
2004 Kinas
Acrobatic young Portugeezer who seems to have eschewed the usual adidas ball for a Mesopotamian effort made of clay and turnips. Nice moves though.
2008 Trix and Flix
Excitable Austro-Swiss buddies with slightly different sock-wearing traditions but similar levels of spiky hair-masks and bracelets.
2012 Slavek and Slavko
Impressive eastern European flat-tops aside, those cheap five-stud boots were a marketing opportunity wasted. Adidas, where were ya?
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