UEFA EURO 2016: Le Rendez-Vous

055 - UEFA EURO 2016 slogan unveiled in Marseille

'Le Rendez-Vous' has been announced as the slogan for UEFA EURO 2016 during a press conference at Marseille's city hall following this morning's meeting of the EURO steering committee.

UEFA President Michel Platini, French Football Federation (FFF) President Noël Le Graët, and president of EURO 2016 SAS Jacques Lambert were present alongside Marseille mayor Jean-Claude Gaudin and sports minister Valérie Fourneyron for the presentation of 'Le Rendez-Vous'.

Football lovers from across Europe and elsewhere will be sure not to miss the event of summer 2016, a unique opportunity to celebrate the art of football in all its diversity and in a country with an incredible wealth of cultural heritage.

Twenty-four nations will meet across 51 matches during which the eyes of the world will be riveted on the best of European football between 10 June and 10 July 2016.

Organised in ten host cities, UEFA EURO 2016 will uncover multiple facets of France, its culture, its heritage, and also its new or renovated stadiums, ideal stages on which to experience the most beautiful sporting emotions.

The competition slogan – 'Le Rendez-Vous' – aims to evoke the importance of the UEFA European Football Championship and to make it a succession of festivities not to be missed. The slogan fits snugly with the competition's visual identity, which was unveiled to the public on 26 June in Paris, and whose central message is 'Celebrating the art of football'. The logo expresses both the beauty of the game, the passion, the celebration of football and France's cultural and artistic heritage. Together, they produce that French touch which will give UEFA EURO 2016 a unique dimension.