UEFA European Championship

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
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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.

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

Past results

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	Italy	1 – 1 aet (3 – 2) ps	England	Wembley Stadium, London	Denmark	and	Spain
2024 Details	Germany						and
2028 Details	???						and

Wins by team

Team	Winners	Runners-up	3rd Place	Semi-finalists	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
Italy	2 (1968, 2020)	2 (2000, 2012)	—	1 (1988)	1 (1980)	4	6
France	2 (1984, 2000)	1 (2016)	—	1 (1996)	1 (1960)	3	5
Soviet Union/ Russia	1 (1960)	3 (1964, 1972, 1988)	—	1 (2008)	1 (1968)	4	6
Czechoslovakia/ Czech Republic	1 (1976)	1 (1996)	2 (1960, 1980)	1 (2004)	—	2	5
Portugal	1 (2016)	1 (2004)	—	3 (1984, 2000, 2012)	—	2	5
Netherlands	1 (1988)	—	1 (1976)	3 (1992, 2000, 2004)	—	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 (1968)	1 (1996)	—	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