UEFA European Championship

European championship for national association football teams

The UEFA European Football Championship, commonly known as the UEFA European Championship and as the Euros, is the main association football competition played by the senior men's national teams of the members of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). It has been held every four years since 1960, in the even-numbered year between FIFA World Cup tournaments. It was first called the European Nations' Cup. It changed to the current name in 1968.

UEFA European Championship
Founded1958; 66 years ago (1958)
RegionEurope (UEFA)
Number of teams24 (finals)
55 (eligible to enter qualification)
Current champions Italy (2nd title)
Most successful team(s) Germany
 Spain (3 titles each)
WebsiteOfficial website
UEFA Euro 2020

Italy are the current European champions after winning the 2020 tournament.

Results change

Years Hosts Final
Winners Score Runners up Stadium
1960
Details
  France  
Soviet Union
2–1  
Yugoslavia
Parc des Princes,
Paris
1964
Details
  Spain  
Spain
2 – 1  
Soviet Union
Santiago Bernabéu,
Madrid
1968
Details
  Italy  
Italy
1 – 1 a.e.t
(2 × 0) replay
 
Yugoslavia
StadiumOlimpic,
Rome
1972
Details
  Belgium  
West Germany
3 – 0  
Soviet Union
Heysel Stadium,
Brussels
1976
Details
  Yugoslavia  
Czechoslovakia
2 – 2 a.e.t
(5 × 3)
 
West Germany
Red Star Stadium,
Belgrade
1980
Details
  Italy  
West Germany
2 – 1  
Belgium
Stadio San Paolo,
Napoles
1984
Details
  France  
France
2 – 0  
Spain
Parc des Princes,
Paris
1988
Details
  West Germany  
Netherlands
2 – 0  
Soviet Union
Stadium

OlympiastadionMunich

1992
Details
  Sweden  
Denmark
2 – 0  
Germany
Ullevi,
Gothenburg
1996
Details
  England  
Germany
2 – 1
a.e.t
 
Czech Republic
Wembley Stadium,
London
2000
Details
  Belgium &
  Netherlands
 
France
2 – 1
a.e.t
 
Italy
De Kuip,
Rotterdam
2004
Details
  Portugal  
Greece
1 – 0  
Portugal
Estádio da Luz,
Lisbon
2008
Details
  Austria &
   Switzerland
 
Spain
1 – 0  
Germany
Ernst-Happel-Stadion,
Vienna
2012
Details
  Poland &
  Ukraine
 
Spain
4 – 0  
Italy
Stadio Olímpico,
Kyiv
2016
Details
  France  
Portugal
1 – 0 a.e.t  
France
Stade de France,
Saint-Denis
2020
Details
  Europe  
Italy
1 – 1 a.e.t
(3 × 2)
 
England
Wembley Stadium,
London
2024
Details
  Germany
2028
Details
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Wins by team change

Teams Winners Runners-up Semi-finalists 3rd Place 4th Place Top 2 Top 4
  Germany 3 (1972, 1980, 1996) 3

(1976,

1992,

2008)

3 (1988, 2012, 2016) 6 9
  Spain 3 (1964, 2008, 2012) 1

(1984)

1

(2020)

4 5
  France 2 (1984, 2000) 1 (2016) 1 (1996) 1

(1960)

3 5
  Italy 2 (1968, 2020) 2 (2000, 2012) 1 (1988) 1

(1980)

4 6
  Russia 1 (1960) 3

(1964,

1972,

1988)

1 (2008) 1

(1968)

4 6
  Czech Republic 1 (1976) 1 (1996) 1 (2004) 2 (1960, 1980) 2 5
  Portugal 1 (2016) 1 (2004) 3 (1984, 2000, 2012) 2 5
  Netherlands 1 (1988) 3 (1992, 2000, 2004) 1

(1976)

1 5
  Denmark 1 (1992) 2 (1984, 2020) 1

(1964)

1 4
  Greece 1 (2004) 1 1
  Yugoslavia 2

(1960,

1968)

1

(1976)

2 3
  England 1 (2020) 1

(1996)

(1)

1968

1 3
  Belgium 1 (1980) (1) 1972 1 2
  Hungary (1) 1964 1

(1972)

0 2
  Sweden 1 (1992) 0 1
  Turkey 1 (2008) 0 1
  Wales 1 (2016) 0 1

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