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UEFA European Under-21 Championship

The UEFA European Under-21 Championship is a football competition that happens every two years. It is played by the European men's under-21 national teams of the member associations of UEFA.

UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Founded1978
RegionEurope (UEFA)
Number of teams55 (total)
16 (finals)
Current champions22x20px Spain (5th title)
Most successful team(s)22x20px Italy
22x20px Spain
(5 titles each)
WebsiteOfficial website
File:Soccerball current event.svg 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship

Italy and Spain have won the trophy more times than anyone else. They have won five times each. Spain are also the current champions.

Results

Under-23 championships

Held only three times before it was relabelled by UEFA.

Year Host Final Losing semi-finalists Number of teams
Winner Score Runner-up
1972 Home-and-away basis 30x27px
Czechoslovakia 		2–2 / 3–1
5–3 on aggregate 		30x27px
USSR 		22x20px Bulgaria and  Greece 8 (23)
1974 Home-and-away basis 30x27px
Hungary 		2–3 / 4–0
6–3 on aggregate 		30x27px
East Germany 		 Poland and 22x20px USSR 8 (21)
1976 Home-and-away basis 30x27px
USSR 		1–1 / 2–1
3–2 on aggregate 		30x27px
Hungary 		 Netherlands and  Yugoslavia 8 (23)

Under-21 championships

Year Host Final Losing semi-finalists
(or third place match) 		Number of teams
Winner Score Runner-up
1978 Home-and-away basis File:Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg
Yugoslavia 		1–0 / 4–4
5–4 on aggregate 		30x27px
East Germany 		22x20px Bulgaria and 22x20px England 8 (24)
1980 Home-and-away basis 30x27px
USSR 		0–0 / 1–0
1–0 on aggregate 		30x27px
East Germany 		22x20px England and File:Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Yugoslavia 8 (25)
1982 Home-and-away basis 30x27px
England 		3–1 / 2–3
5–4 on aggregate 		30x27px
West Germany 		22x20px Scotland and 22x20px USSR 8 (26)
1984 Home-and-away basis 30x27px
England 		1–0 / 2–0
3–0 on aggregate 		30x27px
Spain 		22x20px Italy and File:Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Yugoslavia 8 (30)
1986 Home-and-away basis 30x27px
Spain 		1–2 / 2–1
3–3 on aggregate
3–0 (p) 		30x27px
Italy 		22x20px England and 22x20px Hungary 8 (29)
1988 Home-and-away basis 30x27px
France 		0–0 / 3–0
3–0 on aggregate 		30x27px
Greece 		22x20px England and File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 8 (30)
1990 Home-and-away basis 30x27px
USSR 		4–2 / 3–1
7–3 on aggregate 		File:Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg
Yugoslavia 		22x20px Italy and File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 8 (30)
1992 Home-and-away basis 30x27px
Italy 		2–0 / 0–1
2–1 on aggregate
Sweden 		22x20px Denmark and 22x20px Scotland 8 (32)
1994 22x20px France 30x27px
Italy 		1–0
(aet) 		File:Flag of Portugal.svg
Portugal 		30x27px
Spain 		2–1 30x27px
France 		8 (32)
1996 22x20px Spain 30x27px
Italy 		1–1
4–2 (p) 		30x27px
Spain 		30x27px
France 		1–0 30x27px
Scotland 		8 (44)
1998 File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania 30x27px
Spain 		1–0 30x27px
Greece 		30x27px
Norway 		2–0
Netherlands 		8 (46)
2000  Slovakia 30x27px
Italy 		2–1 30x27px
Czech Republic 		30x27px
Spain 		1–0
Slovakia 		8 (47)
2002 22x20px Switzerland 30x27px
Czech Republic 		0–0
3–1 (p) 		30x27px
France 		22x20px Italy and 22x20px Switzerland 8 (47)
2004 22x20px Germany 30x27px
Italy 		3–0 File:Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992–2006).svg
Serbia and Montenegro
Portugal 		3–2
(aet)
Sweden 		8 (48)
2006  Portugal File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg
Netherlands 		3–0
Ukraine 		22x20px France and File:Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992–2006).svg Serbia and Montenegro 8 (51)
2007 File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg
Netherlands 		4–1 30x27px
Serbia 		File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium and 22x20px England 8 (51)
2009 File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 30x27px
Germany 		4–0 30x27px
England 		22x20px Italy and File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 8 (52)
2011 22x20px Denmark 30x27px
Spain 		2–0 30x27px
Switzerland 		30x27px
Belarus 		1–0 30x27px
Czech Republic 		8 (53)
2013 22x20px Israel 30x27px
Spain 		4–2 30x27px
Italy 		File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands and 22x20px Norway 8 (53)
2015 22x20px Czech Republic
Sweden 		0–0
4–3 (p)
Portugal 		22x20px Denmark and 22x20px Germany 8 (53)
2017 22x20px Poland 30x27px
Germany 		1–0 30x27px
Spain 		22x20px England and 22x20px Italy 12 (53)
2019 22x20px Italy 30x27px
Spain 		2–1 30x27px
Germany 		22x20px France and File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania 12 (55)
2021 22x20px Hungary
22x20px Slovenia 		16 (55)

Statistics

Performances by countries

Only under-21 championships are included in the table.[1][2]

Team Winners Runners-up Third-place Fourth-place Semi-finalists Total (Top Four)
22x20px Spain 5 (1986, 1998, 2011, 2013, 2019) 3 (1984, 1996, 2017) 2 10
22x20px Italy 5 (1992, 1994, 1996, 2000, 2004) 2 (1986, 2013) 5 12
22x20px Germany[a] 2 (2009, 2017) 2 (1982, 2019) 1 5
22x20px England 2 (1982, 1984) 1 (2009) 6 9
File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 2 (2006, 2007) 1 2 5
22x20px USSR 2 (1980, 1990) 1 3
22x20px France 1 (1988) 1 (2002) 1 1 2 6
File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 1 (2015) 1 (1992) 1 2 5
22x20px Czech Republic 1 (2002) 1 (2000) 1 3
File:Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Yugoslavia 1 (1978) 1 (1990) 2 4
 Portugal 2 (1994, 2015) 1 3
22x20px Serbia 2 (2004, 2007) 1 3
22x20px East Germany 2 (1978, 1980) 2
22x20px Greece 2 (1988, 1998) 2
22x20px Switzerland 1 (2011) 1 2
File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine 1 (2006) 1
22x20px Norway 1 1 2
22x20px Belarus 1 1
22x20px Scotland 1 2 3
 Slovakia 1 1
22x20px Denmark 2 2
File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium 1 1
 Bulgaria 1 1
22x20px Hungary 1 1
 Romania 1 1
Total 22 22 6 6 32 88
  1. ↑ Includes West Germany

Participating details

Teams 1978 1980 1982 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 23x15px
1994		 23x15px
1996		 File:Flag of Romania.svg
1998		 File:Flag of Slovakia.svg
2000		 23x15px
2002		 23x15px
2004
2006		 File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg
2007		 File:Flag of Sweden.svg
2009		 23x15px
2011		 23x15px
2013		 23x15px
2015		 23x15px
2017		 23x15px
2019		 23x15px23x15px
2021		 Total
20px Albania × × × QF • • • • • × • • • • • • • • • • • • • 1
 Austria • × • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • GS • 1
20px Belarus Part of USSR × • • • • GS • • GS 3rd • • • • • 3
 Belgium • • • • • • • • • • • • GS • • SF • • • • • GS • 3
File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria SF • • • • • QF • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 2
20px Croatia Part of Yugoslavia × × • • GS • GS • • • • • • • GS • 3
20px Czech Republic4 QF QF • • • QF QF QF QF QF • 2nd 1st • • GS • 4th • GS GS • q 12
20px Denmark QF • • • QF • • SF • • • • • • GS • • GS • SF GS GS q 8
20px England SF SF 1st 1st SF SF • • • • • GS GS • • SF 2nd GS GS GS SF GS q 15
20px Finland • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • GS • • • • • • 1
20px France • • QF QF QF 1st • • 4th 3rd • • 2nd • SF • • • • • • SF q 9
20px Germany2 2nd 2nd 2nd • • • QF QF • QF QF • • GS GS • 1st • GS SF 1st 2nd q 12
20px Greece • • • • • 2nd • • QF • 2nd • GS • • • • • • • • • • 4
20px Hungary QF QF • • SF • • • • QF • • • • • • • • • • • • q 5
20px Iceland × × × • • • • • • • • • • • • • • GS • • • • q 1
20px Israel Member of OFC • • • • • • • GS • • GS • • • • 2
20px Italy QF QF QF SF 2nd QF SF 1st 1st 1st • 1st SF 1st GS GS SF • 2nd GS SF GS q 20
File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands × • • • • SF • QF • • 4th GS • • 1st 1st • • SF • • • q 7
 FYR Macedonia Part of Yugoslavia × × • • • • • • • • • • • GS • • 1
20px Norway • • • • • • • • • • 3rd • • • • • • • SF • • • • 2
20px Poland • • QF QF QF • • QF QF • • • • • • • • • • • GS GS • 7
File:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal • • × • • • • • 2nd QF • • GS 3rd GS GS • • • 2nd GS • q 8
File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania • • • • • • • • • • QF • • • • • • • • • • SF q 2
 Russia3 • 1st SF • • • 1st • QF • QF • • • • • • • GS • • • q 6
20px Scotland • QF SF QF • QF • SF • 4th • • • • • • • • • • • • • 6
20px Serbia1 1st SF • SF • • 2nd • × × • • • 2nd SF 2nd GS • • GS GS GS • 11
File:Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia Part of Czechoslovakia • • 4th • • • • • • • • GS • • 2
20px Slovenia Part of Yugoslavia × × • • • • • • • • • • • • • q 1
20px Spain • • QF 2nd 1st QF QF • 3rd 2nd 1st 3rd • • • • GS 1st 1st • 2nd 1st q 13
 Sweden • • • • QF • SF 2nd • • QF • • 4th • • SF • • 1st GS • • 8
20px Switzerland • • • • • • • • • • • • SF GS • • • 2nd • • • • q 3
 Turkey • • • • • • • • • • • GS • • • • • • • • • • • 1
File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine Part of USSR × • • • • • 2nd • • GS • • • • • 2
Total 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 12 12 16
Legend
  • 1st – Champions
  • 2nd – Runners-up
  • 3rd – Third place
  • 4th – Fourth place
  • SF – Semi-finalists
  • QF – Quarter-finals
  • GS – Group stage
  • TBD – To be decided
  • q – Qualified
  •     — Hosts
  •  •  – Did not qualify
  •  ×  – Did not enter
  •  ×  – Withdrew before qualification / Banned

Notes

UEFA European Under-21 Championship Media

  • Cup of the UEFA Under 21 Championship.jpg

    Trophy of the UEFA European Under-21 Championship

References

  1. ↑ "Europe – U-23/U-21 Tournaments". rsssf.com. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  2. ↑ "U21 EURO – Champions". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 2 March 2020.

Other websites

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