UEFA European Championship

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

Founded	1958 (1958)
Region	Europe (UEFA)
Number of teams	24 (finals) 55 (eligible to enter qualification)
Current champions	Italy (2nd title)
Most successful team(s)	Germany Spain (3 titles each)
Website	Official website
UEFA Euro 2020

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

Results

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	???

Wins by team

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

Related pages

• List of UEFA European Championship finals

Other websites

• Official website at Union of European Football Associations