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.
Year
Host
Final
Third Place Match
Winner
Score
Runner-up
Stadium
3rd Place
Score
4th Place
Stadium
1960 Details
France
Soviet Union
2-1
Yugoslavia
Parc des Princes ,Paris
Czechoslovakia
2 – 0
France
Stade Vélodrome ,Marseille
1964 Details
Spain
Spain
2 – 1
Soviet Union
Santiago Bernabéu ,Madrid
Hungary
3 – 1 aet
Denmark
Camp Nou ,Barcelona
1968 Details
Italy
Italy
1 – 1 aet 2 – 0 replay
Yugoslavia
Stadio Olimpico ,Rome
England
2 – 0
Soviet Union
Stadio Olimpico ,Rome
1972 Details
Belgium
West Germany
3 – 0
Soviet Union
Heysel Stadium ,Brussels
Belgium
2 – 1
Hungary
Stade Maurice Dufrasne ,Liège
1976 Details
Yugoslavia
Czechoslovakia
2 – 2 aet (5 – 3) ps
West Germany
Red Star Stadium ,Belgrade
Netherlands
3 – 2 aet
Yugoslavia
Stadion Maksimir ,Zagreb
1980 Details
Italy
West Germany
2 – 1
Belgium
Stadio San Paolo ,Naples
Czechoslovakia
1 – 1 (9 – 8) ps
Italy
Stadio Olimpico ,Rome
Year
Host
Winner
Score
Runner-up
Stadium
Semifinalists (No 3rd place match since 1980)
1984 Details
France
France
2 – 0
Spain
Parc des Princes ,Paris
Denmark
and
Portugal
1988 Details
West Germany
Netherlands
2 – 0
Soviet Union
Olympiastadion ,Munich
West Germany
and
Italy
1992 Details
Sweden
Denmark
2 – 0
Germany
Ullevi ,Gothenburg
Netherlands
and
Sweden
1996 Details
England
Germany
2 – 1 asdet
Czech Republic
Wembley Stadium ,London
England
and
France
2000 Details
Belgium & Netherlands
France
2 – 1 asdet
Italy
De Kuip ,Rotterdam
Netherlands
and
Portugal
2004 Details
Portugal
Greece
1 – 0
Portugal
Estádio da Luz ,Lisbon
Czech Republic
and
Netherlands
2008 Details
Austria & Switzerland
Spain
1 – 0
Germany
Ernst-Happel-Stadion ,Vienna
Russia
and
Turkey
2012 Details
Poland & Ukraine
Spain
4 – 0
Italy
Olympic Stadium ,Kyiv
Germany
and
Portugal
2016 Details
France
Portugal
1 – 0 aet
France
Stade de France ,Saint-Denis
Wales
and
Germany
2020 Details
Europe
Wembley Stadium ,London
and
2024 Details
Germany
and
2028 Details
???
and
Team
Winners
Runners-up
Semi-finalists
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 )
—
4
4
France
2 (1984 , 2000 )
1 (2016 )
2 (1960 , 1996 )
3
5
Soviet Union / Russia
1 (1960 )
3 (1964 , 1972 , 1988 )
2 (1968 , 2008 )
4
6
Italy
1 (1968 )
2 (2000 , 2012 )
2 (1980 , 1988 )
3
5
Portugal
1 (2016 )
1 (2004 )
3 (1984 , 2000 , 2012 )
2
5
Czechoslovakia / Czech Republic
1 (1976 )
1 (1996 )
3 (1960 , 1980 , 2004 )
2
5
Netherlands
1 (1988 )
—
4 (1976 , 1992 , 2000 , 2004 )
1
5
Denmark
1 (1992 )
—
2 (1964 , 1984 )
1
3
Greece
1 (2004 )
—
—
1
1
Yugoslavia
—
2 (1960 , 1968 )
1 (1976 )
2
3
Belgium
—
1 (1980 )
1 (1972 )
1
2
England
—
—
2 (1968 , 1996 )
0
2
Hungary
—
—
2 (1964 , 1972 )
0
2
Wales
—
—
1 (2016 )
0
1
Turkey
—
—
1 (2008 )
0
1
Sweden
—
—
1 (1992 )
0
1