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

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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
33px 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	30x27px USSR	2–1	30x27px Yugoslavia	Parc des Princes, Paris
1964 Details	Spain	30x27px Spain	2 – 1	30x27px USSR	Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid
1968 Details	Italy	30x27px Italy	1 – 1 a.e.t (2 × 0) replay	30x27px Yugoslavia	StadiumOlimpic, Rome
1972 Details	Belgium	30x27px West Germany	3 – 0	30x27px USSR	Heysel Stadium, Brussels
1976 Details	Yugoslavia	30x27px Czechoslovakia	2 – 2 a.e.t (5 × 3)	30x27px West Germany	Red Star Stadium, Belgrade
1980 Details	Italy	30x27px West Germany	2 – 1	30x27px Belgium	Stadio San Paolo, Napoles
1984 Details	France	File:Flag of France.svg France	2 – 0	30x27px Spain	Parc des Princes, Paris
1988 Details	West Germany	30x27px Netherlands	2 – 0	30x27px USSR	Stadium OlympiastadionMunich
1992 Details	Sweden	File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark	2 – 0	30x27px Germany	Ullevi, Gothenburg
1996 Details	England	30x27px Germany	2 – 1 a.e.t	30x27px Czech Republic	Wembley Stadium, London
2000 Details	Belgium & Netherlands	File:Flag of France.svg France	2 – 1 a.e.t	30x27px Italy	De Kuip, Rotterdam
2004 Details	Portugal	File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece	1 – 0	File:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal	Estádio da Luz, Lisbon
2008 Details	Austria & Switzerland	30x27px Spain	1 – 0	30x27px Germany	Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna
2012 Details	Poland & Ukraine	30x27px Spain	4 – 0	30x27px Italy	Stadio Olímpico, Kyiv
2016 Details	France	File:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal	1 – 0 a.e.t	File:Flag of France.svg France	Stade de France, Saint-Denis
2020 Details	Europe	30x27px Italy	1 – 1 a.e.t (3 × 2)	30x27px England	Wembley Stadium, London
2024 Details	Germany	30x27px Spain	2 – 1	30x27px England	Olympiastadion, Berlin
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	4 (1964, 2008, 2012, 2024)	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

UEFA European Championship Media

• Euro 2016 stade de France France-Roumanie (27307532960).jpg

  Euro 2016 stade de France France-Roumanie (27307532960)

• Huldiging Nederlands elftal na Europees kampioenschap 1988 te Munchen in Amsterd, Bestanddeelnr 934-2747.jpg

  Ruud Gullit and the Netherlands team celebrating their victory in 1988

• Euro2004OpeningCeremony.jpg

  The UEFA Euro 2004 opening ceremony in Portugal.

• UEFA Euro 2020 Trophy (cropped).jpg

  The trophy on display in 2021

• European Football Championship winners.svg

  European Football Championship title number map (after 2021 final)Germany inherits West Germany's results, Russia inherits US

Related pages

• List of UEFA European Championship finals

Other websites

• Official website at Union of European Football Associations