Records 1960 - 2016 UEFA European Football Championship (EURO Cup Winners)

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The UEFA European Football Championship is the main football competition of the men's national football teams governed by UEFA (the Union of European Football Associations). Held every four years since 1960, in the even-numbered year between World Cup tournaments, it was originally called the UEFA European Nations Cup, changing to the current name in 1968. Starting with the 1996 tournament, specific championships are often referred to in the form "Euro 2012" or whichever year is appropriate.



Prior to entering the tournament all teams other than the host nations (which qualify automatically) compete in a qualifying process. The championship winners earn the opportunity to compete in the following FIFA Confederations Cup, but are not obliged to do so.

The 13 European Championship tournaments have been won by nine different national teams. Germany is the most successful team in the history of the tournament, winning three times in six final appearances. France and Spain are the only other multiple-time winners with two titles each. The other European Championship winners have been Italy, Czechoslovakia, Netherlands, Denmark, Greece and inaugural winners Soviet Union, with one title each. Since the tournament started in 1960, no team has managed consecutive wins.

The last championship, co-hosted by Switzerland and Austria in 2008, was won by Spain, who beat Germany 1–0. The 2012 European Championship is currently being co-hosted by Poland and Ukraine from 8 June to 1 July.


Statistics

Year	Host	Final			Third place match
		Winner	Score	Runner-up	Third place	Score	Fourth place
1960	France	Soviet Union	2–1 aet	Yugoslavia	Czechoslovakia	2–0	France
1964	Spain	Spain	2–1	Soviet Union	Hungary	3–1 aet	Denmark
1968	Italy	Italy	1–1 aet 2–0 replay	Yugoslavia	England	2–0	Soviet Union
1972	Belgium	West Germany	3–0	Soviet Union	Belgium	2–1	Hungary
1976	Yugoslavia	Czechoslovakia	2–2 aet (5–3) ps	West Germany	Netherlands	3–2 aet	Yugoslavia
1980	Italy	West Germany	2–1	Belgium	Czechoslovakia	1–1(1) (9–8) ps	Italy
Year	Host	Final			Losing semi-finalists (2)
		Winner	Score	Runner-up
1984	France	France	2–0	Spain	Denmark and Portugal
1988	West Germany	Netherlands	2–0	Soviet Union	Italy and West Germany
1992	Sweden	Denmark	2–0	Germany	Netherlands and Sweden
1996	England	Germany	2–1 asdet	Czech Republic	England and France
2000	Belgium & Netherlands	France	2–1 asdet	Italy	Netherlands and Portugal
2004	Portugal	Greece	1–0	Portugal	Czech Republic and Netherlands
2008	Austria & Switzerland	Spain	1–0	Germany	Russia and Turkey

¹No extra time played.
²No third place match has been played since 1984; losing semi-finalists are listed in alphabetical order.

• Key:
  • aet - after extra time
  • asdet - after sudden death extra time
  • ps - after penalty shootout

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Results by nation

National team	Finalists	Winners	Runners-up	Years won	Years runners-up
Germany[m 1]	6	3	3	1972, 1980, 1996	1976, 1992, 2008
Spain	3	2	1	1964, 2008	1984
France	2	2	0	1984, 2000	–
Soviet Union	4	1	3	1960	1964, 1972, 1988
Czech Republic[m 2]	2	1	1	1976	1996
Italy	2	1	1	1968	2000
Denmark	1	1	0	1992	–
Greece	1	1	0	2004	–
Netherlands	1	1	0	1988	–
Yugoslavia	2	0	2	–	1960, 1968
Belgium	1	0	1	–	1980
Portugal	1	0	1	–	2004

1. ^ Three final appearances as West Germany
2. ^ One final appearance as Czechoslovakia

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Overall top goalscorers (finals tournaments)

Michel Platini is all-time leading scorer with a tally of 9 goals, more than any other in the UEFA EURO's history

Player	Goals
Michel Platini	9
Alan Shearer	7
Nuno Gomes Thierry Henry Patrick Kluivert Ruud van Nistelrooy	6
Milan Baroš Jürgen Klinsmann Savo Milošević Marco van Basten Zinedine Zidane	5

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Top scorers by tournament

Year	Player	Goals
1960	François Heutte Valentin Ivanov Viktor Ponedelnik Milan Galić Dražan Jerković	2
1964	Jesús María Pereda Ferenc Bene Dezső Novák	2
1968	Dragan Džajić	2
1972	Gerd Müller	4
1976	Dieter Müller	4
1980	Klaus Allofs	3
1984	Michel Platini	9
1988	Marco van Basten	5
1992	Henrik Larsen Karlheinz Riedle Dennis Bergkamp Tomas Brolin	3
1996	Alan Shearer	5
2000	Patrick Kluivert Savo Milošević	5
2004	Milan Baroš	5
2008	David Villa	4

Hat-tricks

A hat-trick is achieved when the same player scores three goals in one match. Listed in chronological order.

Sequence	Player	No. of goals	Time of goals	Representing	Final score	Opponent	Tournament	Round	Date
1	Dieter Müller	3	82', 115' (e.t.), 119'(e.t.)	West Germany	4–2	Yugoslavia	Euro 1976	Semi-finals	June 17, 1976
2	Klaus Allofs	3	20', 60', 65'	West Germany	3–2	Netherlands	Euro 1980	Group stage	June 14, 1980
3	Michel Platini	3	4', 74', 89'	France	5–0	Belgium	Euro 1984	Group stage	June 16, 1984
4	Michel Platini	3	59', 62', 77'	France	3–2	Yugoslavia	Euro 1984	Group stage	June 19, 1984
5	Marco van Basten	3	44', 71', 75'	Netherlands	3–1	England	Euro 1988	Group stage	June 15, 1988
6	Sérgio Conceição	3	35', 54', 71'	Portugal	3–0	Germany	Euro 2000	Group stage	June 20, 2000
7	Patrick Kluivert	3	24', 38', 54'	Netherlands	6–1	Yugoslavia	Euro 2000	Quarter-finals	June 25, 2000
8	David Villa	3	20', 44', 75'	Spain	4–1	Russia	Euro 2008	Group stage	June 10, 2008

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Most tournaments played

Played	Name	Tournaments
4	Lothar Matthäus	1980, 1984, 1988, 2000
4	Peter Schmeichel	1988, 1992, 1996, 2000
4	Aron Winter	1988, 1992, 1996, 2000
4	Alessandro Del Piero	1996, 2000, 2004, 2008
4	Edwin van der Sar	1996, 2000, 2004, 2008
4	Lilian Thuram	1996, 2000, 2004, 2008
4	Olof Mellberg	2000, 2004, 2008, 2012
4	Iker Casillas	2000, 2004, 2008, 2012

Championship victories in bold

Most matches played

Matches	Name
16	Edwin van der Sar Lilian Thuram
14	Luís Figo Nuno Gomes Karel Poborský Zinédine Zidane