UEFA will honour the late German football icon Franz Beckenbauer at the UEFA Euro 2024 opening ceremony ahead of the host nation’s clash against Scotland.

Germany’s two living UEFA European Championship winning captains, Bernard Dietz (1980) and Jürgen Klinsmann (1996), will be joined by Beckenbauer’s wife Heidi as they bring the Henri Delaunay Cup – the trophy which will be presented to the winners after the final in Berlin on 14 July – onto the pitch before the tournament gets underway, ensuring all three of Germany’s UEFA EURO triumphs are represented at the ceremony.

The opening match of Euro 2024 between the national teams of Germany and Scotland will take place on June 14.