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Calculated Shard: 34 (from laksa164)

2. Crawled Status Check

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curl -X POST \
  'http://laksa034.int.ahrefs:8124/' \
  -H 'Content-Type: text/plain' \
  -H 'X-ClickHouse-Database: crawler3' \
  -H 'Authorization: Basic YXBpOg==' \
  -d 'SELECT getAhrefsURLFromUnparsed(src_unparsed) AS found_url, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(download_stamp), 0) AS crawl_time, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(props_url_first_seen), 0) AS first_indexed_time, download_http_code AS http_code, src_unparsed AS src_unparsed, src_root_hash AS src_root_hash, history_drop_reason AS history_drop_reason, meta_title AS meta_title, meta_descriptions AS meta_descriptions, attrs_boilerpipe_text AS attrs_boilerpipe_text, attrs_markdown AS attrs_markdown, attrs_readable_markdown AS attrs_readable_markdown, meta_canonical AS meta_canonical FROM crawler3.page_info_local FINAL PREWHERE (src_root_hash, src_unparsed) IN ((getAhrefsRootHashFromUnparsed(getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://www.givemesport.com/football-european-championship-winners/\')), getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://www.givemesport.com/football-european-championship-winners/\'))) FORMAT JSONEachRow'

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{"found_url":"https:\/\/www.givemesport.com\/football-european-championship-winners\/","crawl_time":1773276534,"first_indexed_time":1712396168,"http_code":200,"src_unparsed":"com,givemesport!www,\/football-european-championship-winners\/ s443","src_root_hash":"3684538923511859234","history_drop_reason":null,"meta_title":"UEFA European Championship Winners List","meta_descriptions":["A complete breakdown of every nation to have won the European Championship, including Italy, Germany and Spain."],"attrs_boilerpipe_text":"Updated \nJul 16, 2024, 10:15 AM GMT+1\nAfter completing a degree in Maths and Physics at UCL, Grey moved into football journalism, starting off as an intern at 90min.\nGrey has worked across a wide range of departments at sporting publications over the past five years, from the fast-paced demands of news articles and match reports to in-depth research required for features. During his final two years at 90min, Grey specialised in SEO content.\nNow installed as a supporting editor at GIVEMESPORT, Grey focusses on longer-form content with the evergreen team. While most of his output revolves around the Premier League, Champions League and England national team, he also has experience covering La Liga, Serie A and the WSL.\nSummary\nThere have been 17 editions of the European Championships since the first tournament in 1960.\nA total of 10 nations have won the competition, which is held every four years.\nOnly four countries have ever lifted the Henri Delaunay trophy more than once.\nThe European Championship is a tournament held every four years to decide the best footballing nation on the continent, but it has evolved into a global affair. The final of\nEuro 2024\nbetween\nEngland\nand\nSpain\nwas broadcast to more than 200 territories.\nA competition that can now command more than five billion viewers across the globe was initially deemed \"premature\" by FIFA. Henri Delaunay came up with the concept three decades before the first edition was held in 1960, passing away ahead of a belated sanction from world football's governing body.\nThe trophy was named in Delaunay's honour and has been lifted by 10 different nations. England have reached the last two finals of the competition and lost both showpiece events - only the now-defunct Yugoslavia have finished as runners-up as often without ever winning the tournament. Here are the lucky sides to have claimed a prize which stretches beyond Europe.\nSeveral nations appeared in the competition under different names. Russia used to go by the Soviet Union, the Czech Republic was previously Czechoslovakia and Germany played under West Germany.\nEuropean Championship Winners List\nYear\nWinners\nRunners-up\nVenue\nAttendance\n2024\nSpain\nEngland\nOlympiastadion\n65,600\n2021\nItaly\nEngland\nWembley Stadium\n67,173\n2016\nPortugal\nFrance\nStade de France\n75,868\n2012\nSpain\nItaly\nOlimpiyskiy National Sports Complex\n63,170\n2008\nSpain\nGermany\nErnst-Happel-Stadion\n51,428\n2004\nGreece\nPortugal\nEstadio da Luz\n62,865\n2000\nFrance\nItaly\nFeijenoord Stadion\n50,000\n1996\nGermany\nCzech Republic\nWembley Stadium\n73,611\n1992\nDenmark\nGermany\nUllevi\n37,800\n1988\nNetherlands\nSoviet Union\nOlympiastadion\n62,770\n1984\nFrance\nSpain\nParc des Princes\n47,368\n1980\nWest Germany\nBelgium\nStadio Olimpico\n47,860\n1976\nCzechoslovakia\nWest Germany\nStadion FK Crvena Zvezda\n30,790\n1972\nWest Germany\nSoviet Union\nHeysel Stadium\n43,066\n1968\nItaly\nYugoslavia\nStadio Olimpico\n32,886\n1964\nSpain\nSoviet Union\nSantiago Bernabeu\n79,115\n1960\nSoviet Union\nYugoslavia\nParc des Princes\n17,966\nRelated\nEvery Golden Boot Winner in EUROs History\nFrom the inaugural tournament in 1960 to the most recent edition in 2024, the Euros have seen some world-class players win the Golden Boot.\n10\nGreece\n2004\nGreece had no international pedigree heading into Euro 2004 and have added little success since. But they will always have four golden weeks in Portugal to savour. If there is any country that can appreciate a historical achievement, it's Greece.\nThe wily German coach\nOtto Rehhagel was the mastermind\nbehind a simple but effective system. Taking over a nation ranked 57th in the world, sandwiched between Angola and Guatemala, Rehhagel whittled out an established core of players and drilled his principles of play. Centre-back Nikos Dabizas explained: \"Of course, we weren't Brazilians, Spaniards or Germans, we had to be realistic, relying on defence, taking advantage of set pieces and being very effective on the counter.\"\nTo add to the improbability of Greece's upset, the\nPiratiko\n- the pirate ship - as they would come to be known, bookended the tournament with victories over host nation Portugal. A month after shocking the Iberian organisers in the group stage, once various holidays and weddings had been cancelled, Greece eked out another 1-0 win over a Portugal side containing a young\nCristiano Ronaldo\nin the final.\nEuropean Championship Record\nYear\nRound\nScoreline\nWin\/Loss\n2004\nFinal\nPortugal 0-1 Greece\nWin\n9\nDenmark\n1992\nAs Denmark prepared for their unexpected participation in Euro 92, qualifying for the tournament after Yugoslavia were ejected due to an ongoing conflict in the region, manager Richard Moller Nielsen delivered a limp battle cry: \"Make sure you don't embarrass yourselves.\" The Danes failed to score a goal in their first two games and were going out in the group stage until the last 12 minutes of their final match.\nLars Elstrup snatched a surprise victory against France to set up a semi-final with the Netherlands. The initial face-saving objective had been completed and Nielsen let go of the shackles.\nTwo days after dining at Burger King\n, Denmark beat the Dutch on penalties to set up a final against Germany which no one expected. There were not enough hotel rooms available in Stockholm so the players bunked with their families the night before the final. John Jensen's thumping strike and an unashamed exploitation of the back-pass rule provided a happy ending to one of football's most fanciful fairytales.\nEuropean Championship Record\nYear\nRound\nScoreline\nWin\/Loss\n1964\nSemi-final\nDenmark 0-3 Soviet Union\nLoss\n1984\nSemi-final\nDenmark 1-1 (4-5p) Spain\nLoss\n1992\nFinal\nDenmark 2-0 Germany\nWin\n2021\nSemi-final\nEngland 2-1 Denmark\nLoss\nRelated\nRanking the 10 Biggest Shocks in Football History\nUnlikely underdogs have won some of football's biggest prizes. Here are nine of the most shocking upsets of all time.\n8\nNetherlands\n1988\nMarco van Basten's late winner against West Germany in the semi-finals of Euro 88 soothed a wound that had been inflicted by defeat in the World Cup final 14 years earlier. In a reverse of that bitter loss to their\nfierce international rivals\n, the Dutch came from behind to stun their hosts, who didn't come out of the changing room for more than half an hour after the match. Ronald Koeman converted the equalising penalty but sullied the moment by sullying Olaf Thon's German shirt, which he wiped on his backside in front of jubilant Dutch fans.\nThe Netherlands defeated the Soviet Union in the final as Van Basten scored perhaps the greatest goal in the showpiece of any competition. But those celebrations couldn't compare to the frenzied, febrile festival that unfolded after the semi-final victory. An estimated nine million (more than half the population) flooded the streets. Even the Queen's son, Prince Johan-Friso got involved, bellowing: \"Can you hear the Germans sing?\"\nEuropean Championship Record\nYear\nRound\nScoreline\nWin\/Loss\n1976\nSemi-final\nCzechoslovakia 3-1 Netherlands\nLoss\n1988\nFinal\nSoviet Union 0-2 Netherlands\nWin\n1992\nSemi-final\nNetherlands 2-2 (4-5p) Denmark\nLoss\n2000\nSemi-final\nItaly 0-0 (3-1p) Netherlands\nLoss\n2004\nSemi-final\nPortugal 2-1 Netherlands\nLoss\n2024\nSemi-final\nNetherlands 1-2 England\nLoss\nRelated\nRanking the 9 Greatest Games in Euros History\nEuro 2024 is off to a flyer, but which game goes down as the greatest in competition history?\n7\nPortugal\n2016\nCristiano Ronaldo's first appearance in a European Championship final ended in tears. The then-19-year-old squandered Portugal's best chances as they were stunned by Greece in front of their home crowd in 2004. A dozen years later, Ronaldo welled up once more as he was forced off early on with a knee injury against\nFrance\nin the showpiece of 2016.\nThe nation's talisman re-emerged in the second half with plenty of strapping and a heavy limp, taking up position in the technical area behind, alongside and eventually on top of Fernando Santos. The stony-faced manager had dubbed his team the tournament's \"ugly duckling\", a sentiment embodied by Swansea City's misfit striker Eder, who struck the winning goal in Ronaldo's absence. The tears were joyous this time.\nEuropean Championship Record\nYear\nRound\nScoreline\nWin\/Loss\n1984\nSemi-final\nFrance 3-2 Portugal\nLoss\n2000\nSemi-final\nFrance 2-1 Portugal\nLoss\n2004\nFinal\nPortugal 0-1 Greece\nLoss\n2012\nSemi-final\nPortugal 0-0 (2-4p) Spain\nLoss\n2016\nFinal\nPortugal 1-0 France\nWin\n6\nCzech Republic\n1976\nFew tournaments have been refined to a singular moment as definitively as Euro 76. Antonin Panenka had practised his audacious dink down the middle of the goal from the penalty spot for two years before unveiling it - as he had promised his teammates - on the grand stage of a European final against West Germany.\nCzechoslovakia had duked out a thrilling helter-skelter showpiece in Belgrade before the penalty shootout began. After seven successful spot-kicks, Uli Hoeness blazed his effort over the bar, allowing Panenka to win the only major tournament in his nation's history with an impish moment of brilliance that has been named in his honour.\nEuropean Championship Record\nYear\nRound\nScoreline\nWin\/Loss\n1960\nSemi-final\nCzechoslovakia 0-3 Soviet Union\nLoss\n1976\nFinal\nCzechoslovakia 2-2 (5-3p) West Germany\nWin\n1996\nFinal\nCzech Republic 1-2 Germany\nLoss\n2004\nSemi-final\nGreece 1-0 Czech Republic\nLoss\n5\nRussia\n1960\nEarly pioneers of the new competition, Russia - playing under the broad banner of the Soviet Union - were the only nation to participate in the first four European Championships. The continental giants won the inaugural tournament in 1960, built on the strong foundations of Lev Yashin - perhaps\nthe game's greatest-ever goalkeeper\n- and the cunning of Valentin Ivanov.\nGeneral Francisco Franco withdrew Spain from the competition before facing the Soviets for fear of the political ramifications that could be inflicted by a heavy defeat to a communist nation. Four years later, Spain not only avoided any embarrassment but defeated Russia in the final.\nThe Soviet Union lost two more finals before the Berlin Wall came down. As a unified Russia, they have only escaped the competition's group stage once, losing in the 2008 semi-final to those familiar foes Spain.\nEuropean Championship Record\nYear\nRound\nScoreline\nWin\/Loss\n1960\nFinal\nSoviet Union 2-1 Yugoslavia\nWin\n1964\nFinal\nSpain 2-1 Soviet Union\nLoss\n1968\nSemi-final\nItaly 0-0 Soviet Union\nLoss\n1972\nFinal\nWest Germany 3-0 Soviet Union\nLoss\n1988\nFinal\nSoviet Union 0-2 Netherlands\nLoss\n2008\nSemi-final\nRussia 0-3 Spain\nLoss\nRelated\n13 Fastest Goals in EUROs History (Ranked)\nEvery stage of the European Championships has produced rapid strikes. Here are 13 of the fastest in the competition's history.\n4\nFrance\n1984, 2000\nFrance's pair of triumphs on the continental stage were orchestrated by arguably the nation's two greatest players of all time. Zinedine Zidane spent much of his career trying to outrun Michel Platini's shadow. When he joined Juventus in 1996, Zidane was directed to the dressing room peg that his iconic predecessor had used. \"People have to understand I will never be Platini,\" he insisted in vain.\nThe umbilical link between the swaggering number 10s stretches back to Platini's peak. The beating heart of a vibrant French team, Platini scored an unrivalled nine goals en route to the 1984 crown. Zidane was a ball boy celebrating his 12th birthday for the tournament's semi-final, watching on as Platini fired in a 119th-minute winner against Portugal. Fast-forward 16 years, and it was Zidane scoring from the spot in the 117th minute in the semi-final of Euro 2000 against Portugal. The dots weren't hard to join.\nEuropean Championship Record\nYear\nRound\nScoreline\nWin\/Loss\n1960\nSemi-final\nFrance 4-5 Yugoslavia\nLoss\n1984\nFinal\nFrance 2-0 Spain\nWin\n1996\nSemi-final\nFrance 0-0 (5-6) Czech Republic\nLoss\n2000\nFinal\nFrance 2-1 Italy\nWin\n2016\nFinal\nPortugal 1-0 France\nLoss\n2024\nSemi-final\nSpain 2-1 France\nLoss\n3\nItaly\n1968, 2021\nItaly have reached four European Championship finals. The Azzurri had the misfortune of coming up against World Cup-winning iterations of France and Spain in 2000 and 2012 respectively, defeated by two of the\ngreatest international teams of all time\n. Italy's pair of triumphs in the competition came despite failing to win either the semi-final or final of either tournament in normal time.\nAfter navigating a penalty shootout against Spain in the semi-finals, Italy repeated the feat when meeting England at Wembley in the showpiece event of Euro 2020. Leonardo Bonucci gleefully bellowed into the nearest camera: \"It's coming Rome!\"\nPenalty shootouts had not been devised by the summer of 1968. When Italy were held to a goalless stalemate against the Soviet Union in the semi-final, the victor was decided with a coin toss. The Azzurri snatched a 1-1 draw with Yugoslavia in the final, prompting a replay rather than another call between heads or tails. Two days later, goals from Gigi Riva and Pietro Anastasi earned Italy their first victory of the finals, which were fittingly held in Rome.\nEuropean Championship Record\nYear\nRound\nScoreline\nWin\/Loss\n1968\nFinal\nItaly 2-0 Yugoslavia\nWin\n1988\nSemi-final\nSoviet Union 2-0 Italy\nLoss\n2000\nFinal\nFrance 2-1 Italy\nLoss\n2012\nFinal\nSpain 4-0 Italy\nLoss\n2021\nFinal\nItaly 1-1 (3-2p) England\nWin\n2\nGermany\n1972, 1980, 1996\nGermany have racked up more wins and goals than any other team in European Championship history. After missing out on the first three iterations of the newfangled competition, Germany made it to the finals of Euro 72, comprehensively dominated the tournament and have never missed out on a subsequent edition.\nThe side of 1972, which had Franz Beckenbauer's grace, Gunter Netzer's guile and Gerd Muller's goals, is perhaps the best Germany have ever produced. Euro 1980 was a far more muted affair and the national team was already on the decline when they overcame England at Wembley on their way to the title in 1996.\nA humiliating group-stage exit at Euro 2000 prompted a radical upheaval of grassroots football across the country, laying the foundation for the 2014\nWorld Cup winners\n. But success on the European stage has proven elusive in the 21st century.\nEuropean Championship Record\nYear\nRound\nScoreline\nWin\/Loss\n1972\nFinal\nWest Germany 3-0 Soviet Union\nWin\n1976\nFinal\nCzechoslovakia 2-2 (5-3p) West Germany\nLoss\n1980\nFinal\nBelgium 1-2 West Germany\nWin\n1988\nSemi-final\nWest Germany 1-2 Netherlands\nLoss\n1992\nFinal\nDenmark 2-0 Germany\nLoss\n1996\nFinal\nCzech Republic 1-2 Germany\nWin\n2008\nFinal\nGermany 0-1 Spain\nLoss\n2012\nSemi-final\nGermany 1-2 Italy\nLoss\n2016\nSemi-final\nGermany 0-2 France\nLoss\n1\nSpain\n1964, 2008, 2012, 2024\nEuro 2024 - Final - Spain v England - Berlin Olympiastadion, Berlin, Germany - July 14, 2024 Spain players celebrate with the trophy after victory REUTERS\/Kai Pfaffenbach\nSpain's only international success in the first 88 years of the team's existence occurred on home soil at Euro 64, under Franco's dictatorship. Luis Aragones sought to replicate the\n'Furia Roja'\n- Red Fury - of that distant vintage with the fleet of talented attacking midfielders at his disposal.\nJoachim Low's Germany were undone in the final of Euro 2008 and later gushed how Spain won the tournament \"in a spectacular way, totally convincing\". Just four short years later, the former French European champion Bixente Lizarazu captured the popular opinion of a side more focused on possession rather than penetration. \"Spain's play is like love without the sex,\" he sniffed.\nVicente del Bosque took over from Aragones after Euro 2008 and undoubtedly leaned into the ball-centric\ntiki-taka\nstyle. That approach won the 2010 World Cup and Spain answered their critics - if they needed to - with a 4-0 evisceration of Italy in the final of Euro 2012. A dozen years later, Spain returned to the summit of European football with a far more direct - and exciting - young side.\nLuis de la Fuente's team, electrified by the jet-heeled wingers\nNico Williams\nand Lamine Yamal, were not concerned with passing for the sake of it. In their opening game of Euro 2024 - a comfortable 3-0 win over Croatia - Spain only had 46% possession, breaking a run of 136 consecutive competitive matches in which they had boasted a majority share of the ball. This proactive outfit won each of their seven matches, defeating England in the final to earn an unrivalled fourth European title.\nEuropean Championship Record\nYear\nRound\nScoreline\nWin\/Loss\n1964\nFinal\nSpain 2-1 Soviet Union\nWin\n1984\nFinal\nFrance 2-0 Spain\nLoss\n2008\nFinal\nGermany 0-1 Spain\nWin\n2012\nFinal\nSpain 4-0 Italy\nWin\n2021\nSemi-final\nItaly 1-1 (4-2p) Spain\nLoss\n2024\nFinal\nSpain 2-1 England\nWin\nInformation via\nUEFA\n.","attrs_markdown":"Menu\n\n[![GiveMeSport logo](https:\/\/static0.givemesportimages.com\/assets\/images\/gms-logo-full-colored-light.svg?v=3.6)](https:\/\/www.givemesport.com\/)\n\nSign in now\n\nClose\n\n- - [Premier League](https:\/\/www.givemesport.com\/tag\/premier-league\/)\n    Submenu\n    - [EPL Fixtures & Results](https:\/\/www.givemesport.com\/db\/premier-league\/schedule\/)\n    - [EPL Table](https:\/\/www.givemesport.com\/db\/premier-league\/standings-table\/2026\/)\n  - [FA 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Details](https:\/\/www.givemesport.com\/game\/uefa-champions-league\/fk-bodoglimt-vs-sporting-cp-20260311\/)\n\n![](https:\/\/static0.givemesportimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/sporting_club_de_portugal_resized.png?q=50&fit=crop&w=80&h=&dpr=2)\n\n![](https:\/\/static0.givemesportimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/sharedimages\/2024\/09\/fk-bodo-glimt-logo-resized.png?q=50&fit=crop&w=80&h=&dpr=2)\n\nfinal\n\n- ![](https:\/\/static0.givemesportimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/paris-saint-germain-logo-resized.png?q=50&fit=crop&w=32&h=&dpr=2)\n  PSG\n  \n  5\n- ![](https:\/\/static0.givemesportimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/chelsea_fc_logo-1.png?q=50&fit=crop&w=32&h=&dpr=2)\n  CFC\n  \n  2\n\n[Match 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Details](https:\/\/www.givemesport.com\/game\/uefa-champions-league\/real-madrid-vs-manchester-city-20260311\/)\n\n![](https:\/\/static0.givemesportimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/manchester_city_fc_logo-1.png?q=50&fit=crop&w=80&h=&dpr=2)\n\n![](https:\/\/static0.givemesportimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/real-madrid-logo-resized.png?q=50&fit=crop&w=80&h=&dpr=2)\n\n03\/178:00pm\n\n- ![](https:\/\/static0.givemesportimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/arsenal_logo.png?q=50&fit=crop&w=32&h=&dpr=2)\n  ARS\n- ![](https:\/\/static0.givemesportimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/bayer-leverkusen-logo-resized.png?q=50&fit=crop&w=32&h=&dpr=2)\n  LEV\n\n[Match Details](https:\/\/www.givemesport.com\/game\/uefa-champions-league\/arsenal-vs-bayer-leverkusen-20260317\/)\n\n![](https:\/\/static0.givemesportimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/bayer-leverkusen-logo-resized.png?q=50&fit=crop&w=80&h=&dpr=2)\n\n![](https:\/\/static0.givemesportimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/arsenal_logo.png?q=50&fit=crop&w=80&h=&dpr=2)\n\n03\/178:00pm\n\n- ![](https:\/\/static0.givemesportimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/chelsea_fc_logo-1.png?q=50&fit=crop&w=32&h=&dpr=2)\n  CFC\n- ![](https:\/\/static0.givemesportimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/paris-saint-germain-logo-resized.png?q=50&fit=crop&w=32&h=&dpr=2)\n  PSG\n\n[Match Details](https:\/\/www.givemesport.com\/game\/uefa-champions-league\/chelsea-vs-paris-saint-germain-20260317\/)\n\n![](https:\/\/static0.givemesportimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/paris-saint-germain-logo-resized.png?q=50&fit=crop&w=80&h=&dpr=2)\n\n![](https:\/\/static0.givemesportimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/chelsea_fc_logo-1.png?q=50&fit=crop&w=80&h=&dpr=2)\n\n03\/178:00pm\n\n- ![](https:\/\/static0.givemesportimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/manchester_city_fc_logo-1.png?q=50&fit=crop&w=32&h=&dpr=2)\n  MNC\n- ![](https:\/\/static0.givemesportimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/real-madrid-logo-resized.png?q=50&fit=crop&w=32&h=&dpr=2)\n  RMA\n\n[Match Details](https:\/\/www.givemesport.com\/game\/uefa-champions-league\/manchester-city-vs-real-madrid-20260317\/)\n\n![](https:\/\/static0.givemesportimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/real-madrid-logo-resized.png?q=50&fit=crop&w=80&h=&dpr=2)\n\n![](https:\/\/static0.givemesportimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/manchester_city_fc_logo-1.png?q=50&fit=crop&w=80&h=&dpr=2)\n\nClose\n\n# UEFA European Championship Winners List\n![A composite image of European Championship winners Giorgio Chiellini, Iker Casillas and Cristiano Ronaldo](https:\/\/static0.givemesportimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/epl_euro-champ-winners-1.jpg?&fit=crop&w=1600&h=900)\n\n[![4](https:\/\/static0.givemesportimages.com\/wordpress%2Fwp-content%2Fauthors%2F65e4e648f0f1c-Grey%20Whitebloom.jpg?fit=crop&w=90&h=90)](https:\/\/www.givemesport.com\/author\/grey-whitebloom\/)\n\nBy  [Grey Whitebloom](https:\/\/www.givemesport.com\/author\/grey-whitebloom\/)\n\nUpdated\n\nJul 16, 2024, 10:15 AM GMT+1\n\nAfter completing a degree in Maths and Physics at UCL, Grey moved into football journalism, starting off as an intern at 90min.  \n   \n Grey has worked across a wide range of departments at sporting publications over the past five years, from the fast-paced demands of news articles and match reports to in-depth research required for features. During his final two years at 90min, Grey specialised in SEO content.  \n   \n Now installed as a supporting editor at GIVEMESPORT, Grey focusses on longer-form content with the evergreen team. While most of his output revolves around the Premier League, Champions League and England national team, he also has experience covering La Liga, Serie A and the WSL.\n\n[Sign in to your GiveMeSport account]()\n\n[Add Us On](https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=givemesport.com \"Add Us On\")\n\nfollow\n\nFollow\n\nfollowed\n\nFollowed\n\nLike\n\nLike\n\n[Thread](https:\/\/www.givemesport.com\/football-european-championship-winners\/#threads \"Threads\")\n\nLog in\n\nHere is a fact-based summary of the story contents:\n\nTry something different:\n\nShow me the facts\n\nExplain it like I’m 5\n\nGive me a lighthearted recap\n\n### Summary\n- There have been 17 editions of the European Championships since the first tournament in 1960.\n- A total of 10 nations have won the competition, which is held every four years.\n- Only four countries have ever lifted the Henri Delaunay trophy more than once.\n\nThe European Championship is a tournament held every four years to decide the best footballing nation on the continent, but it has evolved into a global affair. The final of [Euro 2024](https:\/\/www.givemesport.com\/euro-2024\/) between [England](https:\/\/www.givemesport.com\/tag\/england-football\/) and [Spain](https:\/\/www.givemesport.com\/tag\/spain-football\/) was broadcast to more than 200 territories.\n\nA competition that can now command more than five billion viewers across the globe was initially deemed \"premature\" by FIFA. Henri Delaunay came up with the concept three decades before the first edition was held in 1960, passing away ahead of a belated sanction from world football's governing body.\n\nThe trophy was named in Delaunay's honour and has been lifted by 10 different nations. England have reached the last two finals of the competition and lost both showpiece events - only the now-defunct Yugoslavia have finished as runners-up as often without ever winning the tournament. Here are the lucky sides to have claimed a prize which stretches beyond Europe.\n\nSeveral nations appeared in the competition under different names. Russia used to go by the Soviet Union, the Czech Republic was previously Czechoslovakia and Germany played under West Germany.\n\n| European Championship Winners List |   |   |   |   |\n|---|---|---|---|---|\n| **Year** | **Winners** | **Runners-up** | **Venue** | **Attendance** |\n| 2024 | Spain | England | Olympiastadion | 65,600 |\n| 2021 | Italy | England | Wembley Stadium | 67,173 |\n| 2016 | Portugal | France | Stade de France | 75,868 |\n| 2012 | Spain | Italy | Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex | 63,170 |\n| 2008 | Spain | Germany | Ernst-Happel-Stadion | 51,428 |\n| 2004 | Greece | Portugal | Estadio da Luz | 62,865 |\n| 2000 | France | Italy | Feijenoord Stadion | 50,000 |\n| 1996 | Germany | Czech Republic | Wembley Stadium | 73,611 |\n| 1992 | Denmark | Germany | Ullevi | 37,800 |\n| 1988 | Netherlands | Soviet Union | Olympiastadion | 62,770 |\n| 1984 | France | Spain | Parc des Princes | 47,368 |\n| 1980 | West Germany | Belgium | Stadio Olimpico | 47,860 |\n| 1976 | Czechoslovakia | West Germany | Stadion FK Crvena Zvezda | 30,790 |\n| 1972 | West Germany | Soviet Union | Heysel Stadium | 43,066 |\n| 1968 | Italy | Yugoslavia | Stadio Olimpico | 32,886 |\n| 1964 | Spain | Soviet Union | Santiago Bernabeu | 79,115 |\n| 1960 | Soviet Union | Yugoslavia | Parc des Princes | 17,966 |\n\n![Every Golden Boot winner in EUROs history](https:\/\/static0.givemesportimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/every-golden-boot-winner-in-euros-history.jpg?q=49&fit=crop&w=220&h=182&dpr=2)\n\nRelated\n\n##### [Every Golden Boot Winner in EUROs History](https:\/\/www.givemesport.com\/every-golden-boot-winner-in-euros-soccer-football-history\/ \"Every Golden Boot Winner in EUROs History\")\nFrom the inaugural tournament in 1960 to the most recent edition in 2024, the Euros have seen some world-class players win the Golden Boot.\n\nPosts\n\nBy  [Mark Marston](https:\/\/www.givemesport.com\/author\/mark-marston\/ \"Posts by Mark Marston\")\n\nJul 17, 2024\n## 10   **Greece**\n### **2004**\n![Delles scores the winning goal because of Silver Goal](https:\/\/static0.givemesportimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/mixcollage-21-dec-2023-11-10-am-300.jpg?q=49&fit=crop&w=825&dpr=2)\n\nGreece had no international pedigree heading into Euro 2004 and have added little success since. But they will always have four golden weeks in Portugal to savour. If there is any country that can appreciate a historical achievement, it's Greece.\n\nThe wily German coach [Otto Rehhagel was the mastermind](https:\/\/www.givemesport.com\/1704895-otto-rehhagel-how-the-pragmatic-german-masterminded-greeces-euro-2004-triumph\/) behind a simple but effective system. Taking over a nation ranked 57th in the world, sandwiched between Angola and Guatemala, Rehhagel whittled out an established core of players and drilled his principles of play. Centre-back Nikos Dabizas explained: \"Of course, we weren't Brazilians, Spaniards or Germans, we had to be realistic, relying on defence, taking advantage of set pieces and being very effective on the counter.\"\n\nTo add to the improbability of Greece's upset, the *Piratiko* \\- the pirate ship - as they would come to be known, bookended the tournament with victories over host nation Portugal. A month after shocking the Iberian organisers in the group stage, once various holidays and weddings had been cancelled, Greece eked out another 1-0 win over a Portugal side containing a young [Cristiano Ronaldo](https:\/\/www.givemesport.com\/tag\/cristiano-ronaldo\/) in the final.\n\n| European Championship Record |   |   |   |\n|---|---|---|---|\n| **Year** | **Round** | **Scoreline** | **Win\/Loss** |\n| 2004 | Final | Portugal 0-1 Greece | Win |\n## 9   **Denmark**\n### **1992**\n![Denmark's Peter Schmeichel celebrating victory at Euro 1992](https:\/\/static0.givemesportimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/denmark-euro-1992.jpg?q=49&fit=crop&w=825&dpr=2)\n\nAs Denmark prepared for their unexpected participation in Euro 92, qualifying for the tournament after Yugoslavia were ejected due to an ongoing conflict in the region, manager Richard Moller Nielsen delivered a limp battle cry: \"Make sure you don't embarrass yourselves.\" The Danes failed to score a goal in their first two games and were going out in the group stage until the last 12 minutes of their final match.\n\nLars Elstrup snatched a surprise victory against France to set up a semi-final with the Netherlands. The initial face-saving objective had been completed and Nielsen let go of the shackles. [Two days after dining at Burger King](https:\/\/theblizzard.co.uk\/once-upon-a-time-dave-farrar\/writing\/), Denmark beat the Dutch on penalties to set up a final against Germany which no one expected. There were not enough hotel rooms available in Stockholm so the players bunked with their families the night before the final. John Jensen's thumping strike and an unashamed exploitation of the back-pass rule provided a happy ending to one of football's most fanciful fairytales.\n\n| European Championship Record |   |   |   |\n|---|---|---|---|\n| **Year** | **Round** | **Scoreline** | **Win\/Loss** |\n| 1964 | Semi-final | Denmark 0-3 Soviet Union | Loss |\n| 1984 | Semi-final | Denmark 1-1 (4-5p) Spain | Loss |\n| 1992 | Final | Denmark 2-0 Germany | Win |\n| 2021 | Semi-final | England 2-1 Denmark | Loss |\n\n![A custom image of Ben Watson, Salem Al-Dawsari and Angelos Charisteas](https:\/\/static0.givemesportimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/epl_biggest-upsets-in-football-history_.jpg?q=49&fit=crop&w=220&h=182&dpr=2)\n\nRelated\n\n##### [Ranking the 10 Biggest Shocks in Football History](https:\/\/www.givemesport.com\/football-biggest-upsets-shocks-ever-ranked\/ \"Ranking the 10 Biggest Shocks in Football History\")\nUnlikely underdogs have won some of football's biggest prizes. Here are nine of the most shocking upsets of all time.\n\nPosts\n\nBy  [Alex Mitton](https:\/\/www.givemesport.com\/author\/alex-mitton\/ \"Posts by Alex Mitton\")\n\nMar 30, 2025\n## 8   **Netherlands**\n### **1988**\n![Netherlands beat West Germany in the semi-final of Euro 1988](https:\/\/static0.givemesportimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/netherlands-west-germany-euro-1988.jpg?q=49&fit=crop&w=825&dpr=2)\n\nMarco van Basten's late winner against West Germany in the semi-finals of Euro 88 soothed a wound that had been inflicted by defeat in the World Cup final 14 years earlier. In a reverse of that bitter loss to their [fierce international rivals](https:\/\/www.givemesport.com\/the-fiercest-international-rivalries\/), the Dutch came from behind to stun their hosts, who didn't come out of the changing room for more than half an hour after the match. Ronald Koeman converted the equalising penalty but sullied the moment by sullying Olaf Thon's German shirt, which he wiped on his backside in front of jubilant Dutch fans.\n\nThe Netherlands defeated the Soviet Union in the final as Van Basten scored perhaps the greatest goal in the showpiece of any competition. But those celebrations couldn't compare to the frenzied, febrile festival that unfolded after the semi-final victory. An estimated nine million (more than half the population) flooded the streets. Even the Queen's son, Prince Johan-Friso got involved, bellowing: \"Can you hear the Germans sing?\"\n\n| European Championship Record |   |   |   |\n|---|---|---|---|\n| **Year** | **Round** | **Scoreline** | **Win\/Loss** |\n| 1976 | Semi-final | Czechoslovakia 3-1 Netherlands | Loss |\n| 1988 | Final | Soviet Union 0-2 Netherlands | Win |\n| 1992 | Semi-final | Netherlands 2-2 (4-5p) Denmark | Loss |\n| 2000 | Semi-final | Italy 0-0 (3-1p) Netherlands | Loss |\n| 2004 | Semi-final | Portugal 2-1 Netherlands | Loss |\n| 2024 | Semi-final | Netherlands 1-2 England | Loss |\n\n![Ranking the greatest games in Euros history featuring France's David Trezeguet, England's David Beckham and Spain's Fernando Torres](https:\/\/static0.givemesportimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/ranking-the-greatest-games-in-euros-history.jpg?q=49&fit=crop&w=220&h=182&dpr=2)\n\nRelated\n\n##### [Ranking the 9 Greatest Games in Euros History](https:\/\/www.givemesport.com\/greatest-games-euros-european-championships-history-ranked\/ \"Ranking the 9 Greatest Games in Euros History\")\nEuro 2024 is off to a flyer, but which game goes down as the greatest in competition history?\n\nPosts\n\nBy  [Léo Aschi](https:\/\/www.givemesport.com\/author\/leo-aschi\/ \"Posts by Léo Aschi\")\n\nJun 19, 2024\n## 7   **Portugal**\n### **2016**\n![Cristiano Ronaldo celebrates winning Euro 2016](https:\/\/static0.givemesportimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/cristiano-ronaldo-euro-2016.jpg?q=49&fit=crop&w=825&dpr=2)\n\nCristiano Ronaldo's first appearance in a European Championship final ended in tears. The then-19-year-old squandered Portugal's best chances as they were stunned by Greece in front of their home crowd in 2004. A dozen years later, Ronaldo welled up once more as he was forced off early on with a knee injury against [France](https:\/\/www.givemesport.com\/tag\/french-national-team\/) in the showpiece of 2016.\n\nThe nation's talisman re-emerged in the second half with plenty of strapping and a heavy limp, taking up position in the technical area behind, alongside and eventually on top of Fernando Santos. The stony-faced manager had dubbed his team the tournament's \"ugly duckling\", a sentiment embodied by Swansea City's misfit striker Eder, who struck the winning goal in Ronaldo's absence. The tears were joyous this time.\n\n**GIVEMESPORT Key Statistic:** Cristiano Ronaldo has scored more goals (14) than any other player in the history of the European Championships.\n\n| European Championship Record |   |   |   |\n|---|---|---|---|\n| **Year** | **Round** | **Scoreline** | **Win\/Loss** |\n| 1984 | Semi-final | France 3-2 Portugal | Loss |\n| 2000 | Semi-final | France 2-1 Portugal | Loss |\n| 2004 | Final | Portugal 0-1 Greece | Loss |\n| 2012 | Semi-final | Portugal 0-0 (2-4p) Spain | Loss |\n| 2016 | Final | Portugal 1-0 France | Win |\n## 6   **Czech Republic**\n### **1976**\nFew tournaments have been refined to a singular moment as definitively as Euro 76. Antonin Panenka had practised his audacious dink down the middle of the goal from the penalty spot for two years before unveiling it - as he had promised his teammates - on the grand stage of a European final against West Germany.\n\nCzechoslovakia had duked out a thrilling helter-skelter showpiece in Belgrade before the penalty shootout began. After seven successful spot-kicks, Uli Hoeness blazed his effort over the bar, allowing Panenka to win the only major tournament in his nation's history with an impish moment of brilliance that has been named in his honour.\n\n| European Championship Record |   |   |   |\n|---|---|---|---|\n| **Year** | **Round** | **Scoreline** | **Win\/Loss** |\n| 1960 | Semi-final | Czechoslovakia 0-3 Soviet Union | Loss |\n| 1976 | Final | Czechoslovakia 2-2 (5-3p) West Germany | Win |\n| 1996 | Final | Czech Republic 1-2 Germany | Loss |\n| 2004 | Semi-final | Greece 1-0 Czech Republic | Loss |\n## 5   **Russia**\n### **1960**\nEarly pioneers of the new competition, Russia - playing under the broad banner of the Soviet Union - were the only nation to participate in the first four European Championships. The continental giants won the inaugural tournament in 1960, built on the strong foundations of Lev Yashin - perhaps [the game's greatest-ever goalkeeper](https:\/\/www.givemesport.com\/football-soccer-best-goalkeepers-history\/) - and the cunning of Valentin Ivanov.\n\nGeneral Francisco Franco withdrew Spain from the competition before facing the Soviets for fear of the political ramifications that could be inflicted by a heavy defeat to a communist nation. Four years later, Spain not only avoided any embarrassment but defeated Russia in the final.\n\nThe Soviet Union lost two more finals before the Berlin Wall came down. As a unified Russia, they have only escaped the competition's group stage once, losing in the 2008 semi-final to those familiar foes Spain.\n\n| European Championship Record |   |   |   |\n|---|---|---|---|\n| **Year** | **Round** | **Scoreline** | **Win\/Loss** |\n| 1960 | Final | Soviet Union 2-1 Yugoslavia | Win |\n| 1964 | Final | Spain 2-1 Soviet Union | Loss |\n| 1968 | Semi-final | Italy 0-0 Soviet Union | Loss |\n| 1972 | Final | West Germany 3-0 Soviet Union | Loss |\n| 1988 | Final | Soviet Union 0-2 Netherlands | Loss |\n| 2008 | Semi-final | Russia 0-3 Spain | Loss |\n\n![Featured Image for fastest Euros goals](https:\/\/static0.givemesportimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/featuredimage.jpg?q=49&fit=crop&w=220&h=182&dpr=2)\n\nRelated\n\n##### [13 Fastest Goals in EUROs History (Ranked)](https:\/\/www.givemesport.com\/football-soccer-fastest-goals-euros-history\/ \"13 Fastest Goals in EUROs History (Ranked)\")\nEvery stage of the European Championships has produced rapid strikes. Here are 13 of the fastest in the competition's history.\n\nPosts\n\nBy  [Alex McMonnies](https:\/\/www.givemesport.com\/author\/alex-mcmonnies\/ \"Posts by Alex McMonnies\")\n\nJul 2, 2024\n## 4   **France**\n### **1984, 2000**\n![Michel Platini celebrates winning Euro 84 with France](https:\/\/static0.givemesportimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/michel-platini-france-euro-84.jpg?q=49&fit=crop&w=825&dpr=2)\n\nFrance's pair of triumphs on the continental stage were orchestrated by arguably the nation's two greatest players of all time. Zinedine Zidane spent much of his career trying to outrun Michel Platini's shadow. When he joined Juventus in 1996, Zidane was directed to the dressing room peg that his iconic predecessor had used. \"People have to understand I will never be Platini,\" he insisted in vain.\n\nThe umbilical link between the swaggering number 10s stretches back to Platini's peak. The beating heart of a vibrant French team, Platini scored an unrivalled nine goals en route to the 1984 crown. Zidane was a ball boy celebrating his 12th birthday for the tournament's semi-final, watching on as Platini fired in a 119th-minute winner against Portugal. Fast-forward 16 years, and it was Zidane scoring from the spot in the 117th minute in the semi-final of Euro 2000 against Portugal. The dots weren't hard to join.\n\n| European Championship Record |   |   |   |\n|---|---|---|---|\n| **Year** | **Round** | **Scoreline** | **Win\/Loss** |\n| 1960 | Semi-final | France 4-5 Yugoslavia | Loss |\n| 1984 | Final | France 2-0 Spain | Win |\n| 1996 | Semi-final | France 0-0 (5-6) Czech Republic | Loss |\n| 2000 | Final | France 2-1 Italy | Win |\n| 2016 | Final | Portugal 1-0 France | Loss |\n| 2024 | Semi-final | Spain 2-1 France | Loss |\n## 3   **Italy**\n### **1968, 2021**\n![Italy celebrate winning Euro 2020](https:\/\/static0.givemesportimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/mixcollage-11-mar-2024-09-17-am-7804.jpg?q=49&fit=crop&w=825&dpr=2)\n\nItaly have reached four European Championship finals. The Azzurri had the misfortune of coming up against World Cup-winning iterations of France and Spain in 2000 and 2012 respectively, defeated by two of the [greatest international teams of all time](https:\/\/www.givemesport.com\/greatest-international-football-teams-all-time-ranked\/). Italy's pair of triumphs in the competition came despite failing to win either the semi-final or final of either tournament in normal time.\n\nAfter navigating a penalty shootout against Spain in the semi-finals, Italy repeated the feat when meeting England at Wembley in the showpiece event of Euro 2020. Leonardo Bonucci gleefully bellowed into the nearest camera: \"It's coming Rome!\"\n\nPenalty shootouts had not been devised by the summer of 1968. When Italy were held to a goalless stalemate against the Soviet Union in the semi-final, the victor was decided with a coin toss. The Azzurri snatched a 1-1 draw with Yugoslavia in the final, prompting a replay rather than another call between heads or tails. Two days later, goals from Gigi Riva and Pietro Anastasi earned Italy their first victory of the finals, which were fittingly held in Rome.\n\n| European Championship Record |   |   |   |\n|---|---|---|---|\n| **Year** | **Round** | **Scoreline** | **Win\/Loss** |\n| 1968 | Final | Italy 2-0 Yugoslavia | Win |\n| 1988 | Semi-final | Soviet Union 2-0 Italy | Loss |\n| 2000 | Final | France 2-1 Italy | Loss |\n| 2012 | Final | Spain 4-0 Italy | Loss |\n| 2021 | Final | Italy 1-1 (3-2p) England | Win |\n## 2   **Germany**\n### **1972, 1980, 1996**\n![Germany celebrating winning Euro 96](https:\/\/static0.givemesportimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/germany-euro-96.jpg?q=49&fit=crop&w=825&dpr=2)\n\nGermany have racked up more wins and goals than any other team in European Championship history. After missing out on the first three iterations of the newfangled competition, Germany made it to the finals of Euro 72, comprehensively dominated the tournament and have never missed out on a subsequent edition.\n\nThe side of 1972, which had Franz Beckenbauer's grace, Gunter Netzer's guile and Gerd Muller's goals, is perhaps the best Germany have ever produced. Euro 1980 was a far more muted affair and the national team was already on the decline when they overcame England at Wembley on their way to the title in 1996.\n\nA humiliating group-stage exit at Euro 2000 prompted a radical upheaval of grassroots football across the country, laying the foundation for the 2014 [World Cup winners](https:\/\/www.givemesport.com\/world-cup-football-winners-list\/). But success on the European stage has proven elusive in the 21st century.\n\n| European Championship Record |   |   |   |\n|---|---|---|---|\n| **Year** | **Round** | **Scoreline** | **Win\/Loss** |\n| 1972 | Final | West Germany 3-0 Soviet Union | Win |\n| 1976 | Final | Czechoslovakia 2-2 (5-3p) West Germany | Loss |\n| 1980 | Final | Belgium 1-2 West Germany | Win |\n| 1988 | Semi-final | West Germany 1-2 Netherlands | Loss |\n| 1992 | Final | Denmark 2-0 Germany | Loss |\n| 1996 | Final | Czech Republic 1-2 Germany | Win |\n| 2008 | Final | Germany 0-1 Spain | Loss |\n| 2012 | Semi-final | Germany 1-2 Italy | Loss |\n| 2016 | Semi-final | Germany 0-2 France | Loss |\n## 1   **Spain**\n### **1964, 2008, 2012, 2024**\n![Spain players celebrate with the trophy after victory ](https:\/\/static0.givemesportimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/mixcollage-14-jul-2024-10-26-pm-7054.jpg?q=49&fit=crop&w=825&dpr=2)\n\nEuro 2024 - Final - Spain v England - Berlin Olympiastadion, Berlin, Germany - July 14, 2024 Spain players celebrate with the trophy after victory REUTERS\/Kai Pfaffenbach\n\nSpain's only international success in the first 88 years of the team's existence occurred on home soil at Euro 64, under Franco's dictatorship. Luis Aragones sought to replicate the *'Furia Roja'* - Red Fury - of that distant vintage with the fleet of talented attacking midfielders at his disposal.\n\nJoachim Low's Germany were undone in the final of Euro 2008 and later gushed how Spain won the tournament \"in a spectacular way, totally convincing\". Just four short years later, the former French European champion Bixente Lizarazu captured the popular opinion of a side more focused on possession rather than penetration. \"Spain's play is like love without the sex,\" he sniffed.\n\nVicente del Bosque took over from Aragones after Euro 2008 and undoubtedly leaned into the ball-centric [tiki-taka](https:\/\/www.givemesport.com\/football-soccer-tiki-taka-explained-pep-guardiola-barcelona\/) style. That approach won the 2010 World Cup and Spain answered their critics - if they needed to - with a 4-0 evisceration of Italy in the final of Euro 2012. A dozen years later, Spain returned to the summit of European football with a far more direct - and exciting - young side.\n\nLuis de la Fuente's team, electrified by the jet-heeled wingers [Nico Williams](https:\/\/www.givemesport.com\/nico-williams-player-profile-career-history-style-of-play-stats\/) and Lamine Yamal, were not concerned with passing for the sake of it. In their opening game of Euro 2024 - a comfortable 3-0 win over Croatia - Spain only had 46% possession, breaking a run of 136 consecutive competitive matches in which they had boasted a majority share of the ball. This proactive outfit won each of their seven matches, defeating England in the final to earn an unrivalled fourth European title.\n\n| European Championship Record |   |   |   |\n|---|---|---|---|\n| **Year** | **Round** | **Scoreline** | **Win\/Loss** |\n| 1964 | Final | Spain 2-1 Soviet Union | Win |\n| 1984 | Final | France 2-0 Spain | Loss |\n| 2008 | Final | Germany 0-1 Spain | Win |\n| 2012 | Final | Spain 4-0 Italy | Win |\n| 2021 | Semi-final | Italy 1-1 (4-2p) Spain | Loss |\n| 2024 | Final | Spain 2-1 England | Win |\n\n***Information via [UEFA](https:\/\/www.uefa.com\/).***\n\n- [Football](https:\/\/www.givemesport.com\/football\/ \"Football\")\n- [European Championships](https:\/\/www.givemesport.com\/tag\/european-championships\/ \"European Championships\")\n- [![Italy Football](https:\/\/static0.givemesportimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/sharedimages\/2024\/06\/italy_flag.png?q=50&fit=crop&w=32&h=32&dpr=1.5) Italy Football](https:\/\/www.givemesport.com\/tag\/italy-football\/ \"Italy Football\")\n\nFollow\n\nFollowed\n\nLike\n\nShare\n\n[Facebook](https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.givemesport.com%2Ffootball-european-championship-winners%2F%2F&src=sdkpreparse)   [X](https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=UEFA%20European%20Championship%20Winners%20List&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.givemesport.com%2Ffootball-european-championship-winners%2F)   [WhatsApp](https:\/\/web.whatsapp.com\/send?text=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.givemesport.com%2Ffootball-european-championship-winners%2F)   [Threads](https:\/\/www.threads.net\/intent\/post?text=UEFA%20European%20Championship%20Winners%20List%20https%3A%2F%2Fwww.givemesport.com%2Ffootball-european-championship-winners%2F)   [Bluesky](https:\/\/bsky.app\/intent\/compose?text=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.givemesport.com%2Ffootball-european-championship-winners%2F)   [LinkedIn](https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.givemesport.com%2Ffootball-european-championship-winners%2F&title=UEFA%20European%20Championship%20Winners%20List&source=www.givemesport.com&summary=Spain%20set%20a%20new%20record%20by%20defeating%20England%20in%20the%20final%20of%20Euro%202024.)   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During his final two years at 90min, Grey specialised in SEO content.\n\nNow installed as a supporting editor at GIVEMESPORT, Grey focusses on longer-form content with the evergreen team. While most of his output revolves around the Premier League, Champions League and England national team, he also has experience covering La Liga, Serie A and the WSL.\n\n### Summary\n- There have been 17 editions of the European Championships since the first tournament in 1960.\n- A total of 10 nations have won the competition, which is held every four years.\n- Only four countries have ever lifted the Henri Delaunay trophy more than once.\n\nThe European Championship is a tournament held every four years to decide the best footballing nation on the continent, but it has evolved into a global affair. The final of [Euro 2024](https:\/\/www.givemesport.com\/euro-2024\/) between [England](https:\/\/www.givemesport.com\/tag\/england-football\/) and [Spain](https:\/\/www.givemesport.com\/tag\/spain-football\/) was broadcast to more than 200 territories.\n\nA competition that can now command more than five billion viewers across the globe was initially deemed \"premature\" by FIFA. Henri Delaunay came up with the concept three decades before the first edition was held in 1960, passing away ahead of a belated sanction from world football's governing body.\n\nThe trophy was named in Delaunay's honour and has been lifted by 10 different nations. England have reached the last two finals of the competition and lost both showpiece events - only the now-defunct Yugoslavia have finished as runners-up as often without ever winning the tournament. Here are the lucky sides to have claimed a prize which stretches beyond Europe.\n\nSeveral nations appeared in the competition under different names. Russia used to go by the Soviet Union, the Czech Republic was previously Czechoslovakia and Germany played under West Germany.\n\n| European Championship Winners List |   |   |   |   |\n|---|---|---|---|---|\n| **Year** | **Winners** | **Runners-up** | **Venue** | **Attendance** |\n| 2024 | Spain | England | Olympiastadion | 65,600 |\n| 2021 | Italy | England | Wembley Stadium | 67,173 |\n| 2016 | Portugal | France | Stade de France | 75,868 |\n| 2012 | Spain | Italy | Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex | 63,170 |\n| 2008 | Spain | Germany | Ernst-Happel-Stadion | 51,428 |\n| 2004 | Greece | Portugal | Estadio da Luz | 62,865 |\n| 2000 | France | Italy | Feijenoord Stadion | 50,000 |\n| 1996 | Germany | Czech Republic | Wembley Stadium | 73,611 |\n| 1992 | Denmark | Germany | Ullevi | 37,800 |\n| 1988 | Netherlands | Soviet Union | Olympiastadion | 62,770 |\n| 1984 | France | Spain | Parc des Princes | 47,368 |\n| 1980 | West Germany | Belgium | Stadio Olimpico | 47,860 |\n| 1976 | Czechoslovakia | West Germany | Stadion FK Crvena Zvezda | 30,790 |\n| 1972 | West Germany | Soviet Union | Heysel Stadium | 43,066 |\n| 1968 | Italy | Yugoslavia | Stadio Olimpico | 32,886 |\n| 1964 | Spain | Soviet Union | Santiago Bernabeu | 79,115 |\n| 1960 | Soviet Union | Yugoslavia | Parc des Princes | 17,966 |\n\n![Every Golden Boot winner in EUROs history](https:\/\/static0.givemesportimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/every-golden-boot-winner-in-euros-history.jpg?q=49&fit=crop&w=220&h=182&dpr=2)\n\nRelated\n\n##### [Every Golden Boot Winner in EUROs History](https:\/\/www.givemesport.com\/every-golden-boot-winner-in-euros-soccer-football-history\/ \"Every Golden Boot Winner in EUROs History\")\nFrom the inaugural tournament in 1960 to the most recent edition in 2024, the Euros have seen some world-class players win the Golden Boot.\n## 10   **Greece**\n### **2004**\n![Delles scores the winning goal because of Silver Goal](https:\/\/static0.givemesportimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/mixcollage-21-dec-2023-11-10-am-300.jpg?q=49&fit=crop&w=825&dpr=2)\n\nGreece had no international pedigree heading into Euro 2004 and have added little success since. But they will always have four golden weeks in Portugal to savour. If there is any country that can appreciate a historical achievement, it's Greece.\n\nThe wily German coach [Otto Rehhagel was the mastermind](https:\/\/www.givemesport.com\/1704895-otto-rehhagel-how-the-pragmatic-german-masterminded-greeces-euro-2004-triumph\/) behind a simple but effective system. Taking over a nation ranked 57th in the world, sandwiched between Angola and Guatemala, Rehhagel whittled out an established core of players and drilled his principles of play. Centre-back Nikos Dabizas explained: \"Of course, we weren't Brazilians, Spaniards or Germans, we had to be realistic, relying on defence, taking advantage of set pieces and being very effective on the counter.\"\n\nTo add to the improbability of Greece's upset, the *Piratiko* \\- the pirate ship - as they would come to be known, bookended the tournament with victories over host nation Portugal. A month after shocking the Iberian organisers in the group stage, once various holidays and weddings had been cancelled, Greece eked out another 1-0 win over a Portugal side containing a young [Cristiano Ronaldo](https:\/\/www.givemesport.com\/tag\/cristiano-ronaldo\/) in the final.\n\n| European Championship Record |   |   |   |\n|---|---|---|---|\n| **Year** | **Round** | **Scoreline** | **Win\/Loss** |\n| 2004 | Final | Portugal 0-1 Greece | Win |\n## 9   **Denmark**\n### **1992**\n![Denmark's Peter Schmeichel celebrating victory at Euro 1992](https:\/\/static0.givemesportimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/denmark-euro-1992.jpg?q=49&fit=crop&w=825&dpr=2)\n\nAs Denmark prepared for their unexpected participation in Euro 92, qualifying for the tournament after Yugoslavia were ejected due to an ongoing conflict in the region, manager Richard Moller Nielsen delivered a limp battle cry: \"Make sure you don't embarrass yourselves.\" The Danes failed to score a goal in their first two games and were going out in the group stage until the last 12 minutes of their final match.\n\nLars Elstrup snatched a surprise victory against France to set up a semi-final with the Netherlands. The initial face-saving objective had been completed and Nielsen let go of the shackles. [Two days after dining at Burger King](https:\/\/theblizzard.co.uk\/once-upon-a-time-dave-farrar\/writing\/), Denmark beat the Dutch on penalties to set up a final against Germany which no one expected. There were not enough hotel rooms available in Stockholm so the players bunked with their families the night before the final. John Jensen's thumping strike and an unashamed exploitation of the back-pass rule provided a happy ending to one of football's most fanciful fairytales.\n\n| European Championship Record |   |   |   |\n|---|---|---|---|\n| **Year** | **Round** | **Scoreline** | **Win\/Loss** |\n| 1964 | Semi-final | Denmark 0-3 Soviet Union | Loss |\n| 1984 | Semi-final | Denmark 1-1 (4-5p) Spain | Loss |\n| 1992 | Final | Denmark 2-0 Germany | Win |\n| 2021 | Semi-final | England 2-1 Denmark | Loss |\n\n![A custom image of Ben Watson, Salem Al-Dawsari and Angelos Charisteas](https:\/\/static0.givemesportimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/epl_biggest-upsets-in-football-history_.jpg?q=49&fit=crop&w=220&h=182&dpr=2)\n\nRelated\n\n##### [Ranking the 10 Biggest Shocks in Football History](https:\/\/www.givemesport.com\/football-biggest-upsets-shocks-ever-ranked\/ \"Ranking the 10 Biggest Shocks in Football History\")\nUnlikely underdogs have won some of football's biggest prizes. Here are nine of the most shocking upsets of all time.\n## 8   **Netherlands**\n### **1988**\n![Netherlands beat West Germany in the semi-final of Euro 1988](https:\/\/static0.givemesportimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/netherlands-west-germany-euro-1988.jpg?q=49&fit=crop&w=825&dpr=2)\n\nMarco van Basten's late winner against West Germany in the semi-finals of Euro 88 soothed a wound that had been inflicted by defeat in the World Cup final 14 years earlier. In a reverse of that bitter loss to their [fierce international rivals](https:\/\/www.givemesport.com\/the-fiercest-international-rivalries\/), the Dutch came from behind to stun their hosts, who didn't come out of the changing room for more than half an hour after the match. Ronald Koeman converted the equalising penalty but sullied the moment by sullying Olaf Thon's German shirt, which he wiped on his backside in front of jubilant Dutch fans.\n\nThe Netherlands defeated the Soviet Union in the final as Van Basten scored perhaps the greatest goal in the showpiece of any competition. But those celebrations couldn't compare to the frenzied, febrile festival that unfolded after the semi-final victory. An estimated nine million (more than half the population) flooded the streets. Even the Queen's son, Prince Johan-Friso got involved, bellowing: \"Can you hear the Germans sing?\"\n\n| European Championship Record |   |   |   |\n|---|---|---|---|\n| **Year** | **Round** | **Scoreline** | **Win\/Loss** |\n| 1976 | Semi-final | Czechoslovakia 3-1 Netherlands | Loss |\n| 1988 | Final | Soviet Union 0-2 Netherlands | Win |\n| 1992 | Semi-final | Netherlands 2-2 (4-5p) Denmark | Loss |\n| 2000 | Semi-final | Italy 0-0 (3-1p) Netherlands | Loss |\n| 2004 | Semi-final | Portugal 2-1 Netherlands | Loss |\n| 2024 | Semi-final | Netherlands 1-2 England | Loss |\n\n![Ranking the greatest games in Euros history featuring France's David Trezeguet, England's David Beckham and Spain's Fernando Torres](https:\/\/static0.givemesportimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/ranking-the-greatest-games-in-euros-history.jpg?q=49&fit=crop&w=220&h=182&dpr=2)\n\nRelated\n\n##### [Ranking the 9 Greatest Games in Euros History](https:\/\/www.givemesport.com\/greatest-games-euros-european-championships-history-ranked\/ \"Ranking the 9 Greatest Games in Euros History\")\nEuro 2024 is off to a flyer, but which game goes down as the greatest in competition history?\n## 7   **Portugal**\n### **2016**\n![Cristiano Ronaldo celebrates winning Euro 2016](https:\/\/static0.givemesportimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/cristiano-ronaldo-euro-2016.jpg?q=49&fit=crop&w=825&dpr=2)\n\nCristiano Ronaldo's first appearance in a European Championship final ended in tears. The then-19-year-old squandered Portugal's best chances as they were stunned by Greece in front of their home crowd in 2004. A dozen years later, Ronaldo welled up once more as he was forced off early on with a knee injury against [France](https:\/\/www.givemesport.com\/tag\/french-national-team\/) in the showpiece of 2016.\n\nThe nation's talisman re-emerged in the second half with plenty of strapping and a heavy limp, taking up position in the technical area behind, alongside and eventually on top of Fernando Santos. The stony-faced manager had dubbed his team the tournament's \"ugly duckling\", a sentiment embodied by Swansea City's misfit striker Eder, who struck the winning goal in Ronaldo's absence. The tears were joyous this time.\n\n| European Championship Record |   |   |   |\n|---|---|---|---|\n| **Year** | **Round** | **Scoreline** | **Win\/Loss** |\n| 1984 | Semi-final | France 3-2 Portugal | Loss |\n| 2000 | Semi-final | France 2-1 Portugal | Loss |\n| 2004 | Final | Portugal 0-1 Greece | Loss |\n| 2012 | Semi-final | Portugal 0-0 (2-4p) Spain | Loss |\n| 2016 | Final | Portugal 1-0 France | Win |\n## 6   **Czech Republic**\n### **1976**\nFew tournaments have been refined to a singular moment as definitively as Euro 76. Antonin Panenka had practised his audacious dink down the middle of the goal from the penalty spot for two years before unveiling it - as he had promised his teammates - on the grand stage of a European final against West Germany.\n\nCzechoslovakia had duked out a thrilling helter-skelter showpiece in Belgrade before the penalty shootout began. After seven successful spot-kicks, Uli Hoeness blazed his effort over the bar, allowing Panenka to win the only major tournament in his nation's history with an impish moment of brilliance that has been named in his honour.\n\n| European Championship Record |   |   |   |\n|---|---|---|---|\n| **Year** | **Round** | **Scoreline** | **Win\/Loss** |\n| 1960 | Semi-final | Czechoslovakia 0-3 Soviet Union | Loss |\n| 1976 | Final | Czechoslovakia 2-2 (5-3p) West Germany | Win |\n| 1996 | Final | Czech Republic 1-2 Germany | Loss |\n| 2004 | Semi-final | Greece 1-0 Czech Republic | Loss |\n## 5   **Russia**\n### **1960**\nEarly pioneers of the new competition, Russia - playing under the broad banner of the Soviet Union - were the only nation to participate in the first four European Championships. The continental giants won the inaugural tournament in 1960, built on the strong foundations of Lev Yashin - perhaps [the game's greatest-ever goalkeeper](https:\/\/www.givemesport.com\/football-soccer-best-goalkeepers-history\/) - and the cunning of Valentin Ivanov.\n\nGeneral Francisco Franco withdrew Spain from the competition before facing the Soviets for fear of the political ramifications that could be inflicted by a heavy defeat to a communist nation. Four years later, Spain not only avoided any embarrassment but defeated Russia in the final.\n\nThe Soviet Union lost two more finals before the Berlin Wall came down. As a unified Russia, they have only escaped the competition's group stage once, losing in the 2008 semi-final to those familiar foes Spain.\n\n| European Championship Record |   |   |   |\n|---|---|---|---|\n| **Year** | **Round** | **Scoreline** | **Win\/Loss** |\n| 1960 | Final | Soviet Union 2-1 Yugoslavia | Win |\n| 1964 | Final | Spain 2-1 Soviet Union | Loss |\n| 1968 | Semi-final | Italy 0-0 Soviet Union | Loss |\n| 1972 | Final | West Germany 3-0 Soviet Union | Loss |\n| 1988 | Final | Soviet Union 0-2 Netherlands | Loss |\n| 2008 | Semi-final | Russia 0-3 Spain | Loss |\n\n![Featured Image for fastest Euros goals](https:\/\/static0.givemesportimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/featuredimage.jpg?q=49&fit=crop&w=220&h=182&dpr=2)\n\nRelated\n\n##### [13 Fastest Goals in EUROs History (Ranked)](https:\/\/www.givemesport.com\/football-soccer-fastest-goals-euros-history\/ \"13 Fastest Goals in EUROs History (Ranked)\")\nEvery stage of the European Championships has produced rapid strikes. Here are 13 of the fastest in the competition's history.\n## 4   **France**\n### **1984, 2000**\n![Michel Platini celebrates winning Euro 84 with France](https:\/\/static0.givemesportimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/michel-platini-france-euro-84.jpg?q=49&fit=crop&w=825&dpr=2)\n\nFrance's pair of triumphs on the continental stage were orchestrated by arguably the nation's two greatest players of all time. Zinedine Zidane spent much of his career trying to outrun Michel Platini's shadow. When he joined Juventus in 1996, Zidane was directed to the dressing room peg that his iconic predecessor had used. \"People have to understand I will never be Platini,\" he insisted in vain.\n\nThe umbilical link between the swaggering number 10s stretches back to Platini's peak. The beating heart of a vibrant French team, Platini scored an unrivalled nine goals en route to the 1984 crown. Zidane was a ball boy celebrating his 12th birthday for the tournament's semi-final, watching on as Platini fired in a 119th-minute winner against Portugal. Fast-forward 16 years, and it was Zidane scoring from the spot in the 117th minute in the semi-final of Euro 2000 against Portugal. The dots weren't hard to join.\n\n| European Championship Record |   |   |   |\n|---|---|---|---|\n| **Year** | **Round** | **Scoreline** | **Win\/Loss** |\n| 1960 | Semi-final | France 4-5 Yugoslavia | Loss |\n| 1984 | Final | France 2-0 Spain | Win |\n| 1996 | Semi-final | France 0-0 (5-6) Czech Republic | Loss |\n| 2000 | Final | France 2-1 Italy | Win |\n| 2016 | Final | Portugal 1-0 France | Loss |\n| 2024 | Semi-final | Spain 2-1 France | Loss |\n## 3   **Italy**\n### **1968, 2021**\n![Italy celebrate winning Euro 2020](https:\/\/static0.givemesportimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/mixcollage-11-mar-2024-09-17-am-7804.jpg?q=49&fit=crop&w=825&dpr=2)\n\nItaly have reached four European Championship finals. The Azzurri had the misfortune of coming up against World Cup-winning iterations of France and Spain in 2000 and 2012 respectively, defeated by two of the [greatest international teams of all time](https:\/\/www.givemesport.com\/greatest-international-football-teams-all-time-ranked\/). Italy's pair of triumphs in the competition came despite failing to win either the semi-final or final of either tournament in normal time.\n\nAfter navigating a penalty shootout against Spain in the semi-finals, Italy repeated the feat when meeting England at Wembley in the showpiece event of Euro 2020. Leonardo Bonucci gleefully bellowed into the nearest camera: \"It's coming Rome!\"\n\nPenalty shootouts had not been devised by the summer of 1968. When Italy were held to a goalless stalemate against the Soviet Union in the semi-final, the victor was decided with a coin toss. The Azzurri snatched a 1-1 draw with Yugoslavia in the final, prompting a replay rather than another call between heads or tails. Two days later, goals from Gigi Riva and Pietro Anastasi earned Italy their first victory of the finals, which were fittingly held in Rome.\n\n| European Championship Record |   |   |   |\n|---|---|---|---|\n| **Year** | **Round** | **Scoreline** | **Win\/Loss** |\n| 1968 | Final | Italy 2-0 Yugoslavia | Win |\n| 1988 | Semi-final | Soviet Union 2-0 Italy | Loss |\n| 2000 | Final | France 2-1 Italy | Loss |\n| 2012 | Final | Spain 4-0 Italy | Loss |\n| 2021 | Final | Italy 1-1 (3-2p) England | Win |\n## 2   **Germany**\n### **1972, 1980, 1996**\n![Germany celebrating winning Euro 96](https:\/\/static0.givemesportimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/germany-euro-96.jpg?q=49&fit=crop&w=825&dpr=2)\n\nGermany have racked up more wins and goals than any other team in European Championship history. After missing out on the first three iterations of the newfangled competition, Germany made it to the finals of Euro 72, comprehensively dominated the tournament and have never missed out on a subsequent edition.\n\nThe side of 1972, which had Franz Beckenbauer's grace, Gunter Netzer's guile and Gerd Muller's goals, is perhaps the best Germany have ever produced. Euro 1980 was a far more muted affair and the national team was already on the decline when they overcame England at Wembley on their way to the title in 1996.\n\nA humiliating group-stage exit at Euro 2000 prompted a radical upheaval of grassroots football across the country, laying the foundation for the 2014 [World Cup winners](https:\/\/www.givemesport.com\/world-cup-football-winners-list\/). But success on the European stage has proven elusive in the 21st century.\n\n| European Championship Record |   |   |   |\n|---|---|---|---|\n| **Year** | **Round** | **Scoreline** | **Win\/Loss** |\n| 1972 | Final | West Germany 3-0 Soviet Union | Win |\n| 1976 | Final | Czechoslovakia 2-2 (5-3p) West Germany | Loss |\n| 1980 | Final | Belgium 1-2 West Germany | Win |\n| 1988 | Semi-final | West Germany 1-2 Netherlands | Loss |\n| 1992 | Final | Denmark 2-0 Germany | Loss |\n| 1996 | Final | Czech Republic 1-2 Germany | Win |\n| 2008 | Final | Germany 0-1 Spain | Loss |\n| 2012 | Semi-final | Germany 1-2 Italy | Loss |\n| 2016 | Semi-final | Germany 0-2 France | Loss |\n## 1   **Spain**\n### **1964, 2008, 2012, 2024**\n![Spain players celebrate with the trophy after victory ](https:\/\/static0.givemesportimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/mixcollage-14-jul-2024-10-26-pm-7054.jpg?q=49&fit=crop&w=825&dpr=2)\n\nEuro 2024 - Final - Spain v England - Berlin Olympiastadion, Berlin, Germany - July 14, 2024 Spain players celebrate with the trophy after victory REUTERS\/Kai Pfaffenbach\n\nSpain's only international success in the first 88 years of the team's existence occurred on home soil at Euro 64, under Franco's dictatorship. Luis Aragones sought to replicate the *'Furia Roja'* - Red Fury - of that distant vintage with the fleet of talented attacking midfielders at his disposal.\n\nJoachim Low's Germany were undone in the final of Euro 2008 and later gushed how Spain won the tournament \"in a spectacular way, totally convincing\". Just four short years later, the former French European champion Bixente Lizarazu captured the popular opinion of a side more focused on possession rather than penetration. \"Spain's play is like love without the sex,\" he sniffed.\n\nVicente del Bosque took over from Aragones after Euro 2008 and undoubtedly leaned into the ball-centric [tiki-taka](https:\/\/www.givemesport.com\/football-soccer-tiki-taka-explained-pep-guardiola-barcelona\/) style. That approach won the 2010 World Cup and Spain answered their critics - if they needed to - with a 4-0 evisceration of Italy in the final of Euro 2012. A dozen years later, Spain returned to the summit of European football with a far more direct - and exciting - young side.\n\nLuis de la Fuente's team, electrified by the jet-heeled wingers [Nico Williams](https:\/\/www.givemesport.com\/nico-williams-player-profile-career-history-style-of-play-stats\/) and Lamine Yamal, were not concerned with passing for the sake of it. In their opening game of Euro 2024 - a comfortable 3-0 win over Croatia - Spain only had 46% possession, breaking a run of 136 consecutive competitive matches in which they had boasted a majority share of the ball. 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Boilerpipe Text	Updated Jul 16, 2024, 10:15 AM GMT+1 After completing a degree in Maths and Physics at UCL, Grey moved into football journalism, starting off as an intern at 90min. Grey has worked across a wide range of departments at sporting publications over the past five years, from the fast-paced demands of news articles and match reports to in-depth research required for features. During his final two years at 90min, Grey specialised in SEO content. Now installed as a supporting editor at GIVEMESPORT, Grey focusses on longer-form content with the evergreen team. While most of his output revolves around the Premier League, Champions League and England national team, he also has experience covering La Liga, Serie A and the WSL. Summary There have been 17 editions of the European Championships since the first tournament in 1960. A total of 10 nations have won the competition, which is held every four years. Only four countries have ever lifted the Henri Delaunay trophy more than once. The European Championship is a tournament held every four years to decide the best footballing nation on the continent, but it has evolved into a global affair. The final of Euro 2024 between England and Spain was broadcast to more than 200 territories. A competition that can now command more than five billion viewers across the globe was initially deemed "premature" by FIFA. Henri Delaunay came up with the concept three decades before the first edition was held in 1960, passing away ahead of a belated sanction from world football's governing body. The trophy was named in Delaunay's honour and has been lifted by 10 different nations. England have reached the last two finals of the competition and lost both showpiece events - only the now-defunct Yugoslavia have finished as runners-up as often without ever winning the tournament. Here are the lucky sides to have claimed a prize which stretches beyond Europe. Several nations appeared in the competition under different names. Russia used to go by the Soviet Union, the Czech Republic was previously Czechoslovakia and Germany played under West Germany. European Championship Winners List Year Winners Runners-up Venue Attendance 2024 Spain England Olympiastadion 65,600 2021 Italy England Wembley Stadium 67,173 2016 Portugal France Stade de France 75,868 2012 Spain Italy Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex 63,170 2008 Spain Germany Ernst-Happel-Stadion 51,428 2004 Greece Portugal Estadio da Luz 62,865 2000 France Italy Feijenoord Stadion 50,000 1996 Germany Czech Republic Wembley Stadium 73,611 1992 Denmark Germany Ullevi 37,800 1988 Netherlands Soviet Union Olympiastadion 62,770 1984 France Spain Parc des Princes 47,368 1980 West Germany Belgium Stadio Olimpico 47,860 1976 Czechoslovakia West Germany Stadion FK Crvena Zvezda 30,790 1972 West Germany Soviet Union Heysel Stadium 43,066 1968 Italy Yugoslavia Stadio Olimpico 32,886 1964 Spain Soviet Union Santiago Bernabeu 79,115 1960 Soviet Union Yugoslavia Parc des Princes 17,966 Related Every Golden Boot Winner in EUROs History From the inaugural tournament in 1960 to the most recent edition in 2024, the Euros have seen some world-class players win the Golden Boot. 10 Greece 2004 Greece had no international pedigree heading into Euro 2004 and have added little success since. But they will always have four golden weeks in Portugal to savour. If there is any country that can appreciate a historical achievement, it's Greece. The wily German coach Otto Rehhagel was the mastermind behind a simple but effective system. Taking over a nation ranked 57th in the world, sandwiched between Angola and Guatemala, Rehhagel whittled out an established core of players and drilled his principles of play. Centre-back Nikos Dabizas explained: "Of course, we weren't Brazilians, Spaniards or Germans, we had to be realistic, relying on defence, taking advantage of set pieces and being very effective on the counter." To add to the improbability of Greece's upset, the Piratiko - the pirate ship - as they would come to be known, bookended the tournament with victories over host nation Portugal. A month after shocking the Iberian organisers in the group stage, once various holidays and weddings had been cancelled, Greece eked out another 1-0 win over a Portugal side containing a young Cristiano Ronaldo in the final. European Championship Record Year Round Scoreline Win/Loss 2004 Final Portugal 0-1 Greece Win 9 Denmark 1992 As Denmark prepared for their unexpected participation in Euro 92, qualifying for the tournament after Yugoslavia were ejected due to an ongoing conflict in the region, manager Richard Moller Nielsen delivered a limp battle cry: "Make sure you don't embarrass yourselves." The Danes failed to score a goal in their first two games and were going out in the group stage until the last 12 minutes of their final match. Lars Elstrup snatched a surprise victory against France to set up a semi-final with the Netherlands. The initial face-saving objective had been completed and Nielsen let go of the shackles. Two days after dining at Burger King , Denmark beat the Dutch on penalties to set up a final against Germany which no one expected. There were not enough hotel rooms available in Stockholm so the players bunked with their families the night before the final. John Jensen's thumping strike and an unashamed exploitation of the back-pass rule provided a happy ending to one of football's most fanciful fairytales. European Championship Record Year Round Scoreline Win/Loss 1964 Semi-final Denmark 0-3 Soviet Union Loss 1984 Semi-final Denmark 1-1 (4-5p) Spain Loss 1992 Final Denmark 2-0 Germany Win 2021 Semi-final England 2-1 Denmark Loss Related Ranking the 10 Biggest Shocks in Football History Unlikely underdogs have won some of football's biggest prizes. Here are nine of the most shocking upsets of all time. 8 Netherlands 1988 Marco van Basten's late winner against West Germany in the semi-finals of Euro 88 soothed a wound that had been inflicted by defeat in the World Cup final 14 years earlier. In a reverse of that bitter loss to their fierce international rivals , the Dutch came from behind to stun their hosts, who didn't come out of the changing room for more than half an hour after the match. Ronald Koeman converted the equalising penalty but sullied the moment by sullying Olaf Thon's German shirt, which he wiped on his backside in front of jubilant Dutch fans. The Netherlands defeated the Soviet Union in the final as Van Basten scored perhaps the greatest goal in the showpiece of any competition. But those celebrations couldn't compare to the frenzied, febrile festival that unfolded after the semi-final victory. An estimated nine million (more than half the population) flooded the streets. Even the Queen's son, Prince Johan-Friso got involved, bellowing: "Can you hear the Germans sing?" European Championship Record Year Round Scoreline Win/Loss 1976 Semi-final Czechoslovakia 3-1 Netherlands Loss 1988 Final Soviet Union 0-2 Netherlands Win 1992 Semi-final Netherlands 2-2 (4-5p) Denmark Loss 2000 Semi-final Italy 0-0 (3-1p) Netherlands Loss 2004 Semi-final Portugal 2-1 Netherlands Loss 2024 Semi-final Netherlands 1-2 England Loss Related Ranking the 9 Greatest Games in Euros History Euro 2024 is off to a flyer, but which game goes down as the greatest in competition history? 7 Portugal 2016 Cristiano Ronaldo's first appearance in a European Championship final ended in tears. The then-19-year-old squandered Portugal's best chances as they were stunned by Greece in front of their home crowd in 2004. A dozen years later, Ronaldo welled up once more as he was forced off early on with a knee injury against France in the showpiece of 2016. The nation's talisman re-emerged in the second half with plenty of strapping and a heavy limp, taking up position in the technical area behind, alongside and eventually on top of Fernando Santos. The stony-faced manager had dubbed his team the tournament's "ugly duckling", a sentiment embodied by Swansea City's misfit striker Eder, who struck the winning goal in Ronaldo's absence. The tears were joyous this time. European Championship Record Year Round Scoreline Win/Loss 1984 Semi-final France 3-2 Portugal Loss 2000 Semi-final France 2-1 Portugal Loss 2004 Final Portugal 0-1 Greece Loss 2012 Semi-final Portugal 0-0 (2-4p) Spain Loss 2016 Final Portugal 1-0 France Win 6 Czech Republic 1976 Few tournaments have been refined to a singular moment as definitively as Euro 76. Antonin Panenka had practised his audacious dink down the middle of the goal from the penalty spot for two years before unveiling it - as he had promised his teammates - on the grand stage of a European final against West Germany. Czechoslovakia had duked out a thrilling helter-skelter showpiece in Belgrade before the penalty shootout began. After seven successful spot-kicks, Uli Hoeness blazed his effort over the bar, allowing Panenka to win the only major tournament in his nation's history with an impish moment of brilliance that has been named in his honour. European Championship Record Year Round Scoreline Win/Loss 1960 Semi-final Czechoslovakia 0-3 Soviet Union Loss 1976 Final Czechoslovakia 2-2 (5-3p) West Germany Win 1996 Final Czech Republic 1-2 Germany Loss 2004 Semi-final Greece 1-0 Czech Republic Loss 5 Russia 1960 Early pioneers of the new competition, Russia - playing under the broad banner of the Soviet Union - were the only nation to participate in the first four European Championships. The continental giants won the inaugural tournament in 1960, built on the strong foundations of Lev Yashin - perhaps the game's greatest-ever goalkeeper - and the cunning of Valentin Ivanov. General Francisco Franco withdrew Spain from the competition before facing the Soviets for fear of the political ramifications that could be inflicted by a heavy defeat to a communist nation. Four years later, Spain not only avoided any embarrassment but defeated Russia in the final. The Soviet Union lost two more finals before the Berlin Wall came down. As a unified Russia, they have only escaped the competition's group stage once, losing in the 2008 semi-final to those familiar foes Spain. European Championship Record Year Round Scoreline Win/Loss 1960 Final Soviet Union 2-1 Yugoslavia Win 1964 Final Spain 2-1 Soviet Union Loss 1968 Semi-final Italy 0-0 Soviet Union Loss 1972 Final West Germany 3-0 Soviet Union Loss 1988 Final Soviet Union 0-2 Netherlands Loss 2008 Semi-final Russia 0-3 Spain Loss Related 13 Fastest Goals in EUROs History (Ranked) Every stage of the European Championships has produced rapid strikes. Here are 13 of the fastest in the competition's history. 4 France 1984, 2000 France's pair of triumphs on the continental stage were orchestrated by arguably the nation's two greatest players of all time. Zinedine Zidane spent much of his career trying to outrun Michel Platini's shadow. When he joined Juventus in 1996, Zidane was directed to the dressing room peg that his iconic predecessor had used. "People have to understand I will never be Platini," he insisted in vain. The umbilical link between the swaggering number 10s stretches back to Platini's peak. The beating heart of a vibrant French team, Platini scored an unrivalled nine goals en route to the 1984 crown. Zidane was a ball boy celebrating his 12th birthday for the tournament's semi-final, watching on as Platini fired in a 119th-minute winner against Portugal. Fast-forward 16 years, and it was Zidane scoring from the spot in the 117th minute in the semi-final of Euro 2000 against Portugal. The dots weren't hard to join. European Championship Record Year Round Scoreline Win/Loss 1960 Semi-final France 4-5 Yugoslavia Loss 1984 Final France 2-0 Spain Win 1996 Semi-final France 0-0 (5-6) Czech Republic Loss 2000 Final France 2-1 Italy Win 2016 Final Portugal 1-0 France Loss 2024 Semi-final Spain 2-1 France Loss 3 Italy 1968, 2021 Italy have reached four European Championship finals. The Azzurri had the misfortune of coming up against World Cup-winning iterations of France and Spain in 2000 and 2012 respectively, defeated by two of the greatest international teams of all time . Italy's pair of triumphs in the competition came despite failing to win either the semi-final or final of either tournament in normal time. After navigating a penalty shootout against Spain in the semi-finals, Italy repeated the feat when meeting England at Wembley in the showpiece event of Euro 2020. Leonardo Bonucci gleefully bellowed into the nearest camera: "It's coming Rome!" Penalty shootouts had not been devised by the summer of 1968. When Italy were held to a goalless stalemate against the Soviet Union in the semi-final, the victor was decided with a coin toss. The Azzurri snatched a 1-1 draw with Yugoslavia in the final, prompting a replay rather than another call between heads or tails. Two days later, goals from Gigi Riva and Pietro Anastasi earned Italy their first victory of the finals, which were fittingly held in Rome. European Championship Record Year Round Scoreline Win/Loss 1968 Final Italy 2-0 Yugoslavia Win 1988 Semi-final Soviet Union 2-0 Italy Loss 2000 Final France 2-1 Italy Loss 2012 Final Spain 4-0 Italy Loss 2021 Final Italy 1-1 (3-2p) England Win 2 Germany 1972, 1980, 1996 Germany have racked up more wins and goals than any other team in European Championship history. After missing out on the first three iterations of the newfangled competition, Germany made it to the finals of Euro 72, comprehensively dominated the tournament and have never missed out on a subsequent edition. The side of 1972, which had Franz Beckenbauer's grace, Gunter Netzer's guile and Gerd Muller's goals, is perhaps the best Germany have ever produced. Euro 1980 was a far more muted affair and the national team was already on the decline when they overcame England at Wembley on their way to the title in 1996. A humiliating group-stage exit at Euro 2000 prompted a radical upheaval of grassroots football across the country, laying the foundation for the 2014 World Cup winners . But success on the European stage has proven elusive in the 21st century. European Championship Record Year Round Scoreline Win/Loss 1972 Final West Germany 3-0 Soviet Union Win 1976 Final Czechoslovakia 2-2 (5-3p) West Germany Loss 1980 Final Belgium 1-2 West Germany Win 1988 Semi-final West Germany 1-2 Netherlands Loss 1992 Final Denmark 2-0 Germany Loss 1996 Final Czech Republic 1-2 Germany Win 2008 Final Germany 0-1 Spain Loss 2012 Semi-final Germany 1-2 Italy Loss 2016 Semi-final Germany 0-2 France Loss 1 Spain 1964, 2008, 2012, 2024 Euro 2024 - Final - Spain v England - Berlin Olympiastadion, Berlin, Germany - July 14, 2024 Spain players celebrate with the trophy after victory REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach Spain's only international success in the first 88 years of the team's existence occurred on home soil at Euro 64, under Franco's dictatorship. Luis Aragones sought to replicate the 'Furia Roja' - Red Fury - of that distant vintage with the fleet of talented attacking midfielders at his disposal. Joachim Low's Germany were undone in the final of Euro 2008 and later gushed how Spain won the tournament "in a spectacular way, totally convincing". Just four short years later, the former French European champion Bixente Lizarazu captured the popular opinion of a side more focused on possession rather than penetration. "Spain's play is like love without the sex," he sniffed. Vicente del Bosque took over from Aragones after Euro 2008 and undoubtedly leaned into the ball-centric tiki-taka style. That approach won the 2010 World Cup and Spain answered their critics - if they needed to - with a 4-0 evisceration of Italy in the final of Euro 2012. A dozen years later, Spain returned to the summit of European football with a far more direct - and exciting - young side. Luis de la Fuente's team, electrified by the jet-heeled wingers Nico Williams and Lamine Yamal, were not concerned with passing for the sake of it. In their opening game of Euro 2024 - a comfortable 3-0 win over Croatia - Spain only had 46% possession, breaking a run of 136 consecutive competitive matches in which they had boasted a majority share of the ball. This proactive outfit won each of their seven matches, defeating England in the final to earn an unrivalled fourth European title. European Championship Record Year Round Scoreline Win/Loss 1964 Final Spain 2-1 Soviet Union Win 1984 Final France 2-0 Spain Loss 2008 Final Germany 0-1 Spain Win 2012 Final Spain 4-0 Italy Win 2021 Semi-final Italy 1-1 (4-2p) Spain Loss 2024 Final Spain 2-1 England Win Information via UEFA .
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Grey has worked across a wide range of departments at sporting publications over the past five years, from the fast-paced demands of news articles and match reports to in-depth research required for features. During his final two years at 90min, Grey specialised in SEO content. Now installed as a supporting editor at GIVEMESPORT, Grey focusses on longer-form content with the evergreen team. While most of his output revolves around the Premier League, Champions League and England national team, he also has experience covering La Liga, Serie A and the WSL. [Sign in to your GiveMeSport account]() [Add Us On](https://www.google.com/preferences/source?q=givemesport.com "Add Us On") follow Follow followed Followed Like Like [Thread](https://www.givemesport.com/football-european-championship-winners/#threads "Threads") Log in Here is a fact-based summary of the story contents: Try something different: Show me the facts Explain it like I’m 5 Give me a lighthearted recap ### Summary - There have been 17 editions of the European Championships since the first tournament in 1960. - A total of 10 nations have won the competition, which is held every four years. - Only four countries have ever lifted the Henri Delaunay trophy more than once. The European Championship is a tournament held every four years to decide the best footballing nation on the continent, but it has evolved into a global affair. The final of [Euro 2024](https://www.givemesport.com/euro-2024/) between [England](https://www.givemesport.com/tag/england-football/) and [Spain](https://www.givemesport.com/tag/spain-football/) was broadcast to more than 200 territories. A competition that can now command more than five billion viewers across the globe was initially deemed "premature" by FIFA. Henri Delaunay came up with the concept three decades before the first edition was held in 1960, passing away ahead of a belated sanction from world football's governing body. The trophy was named in Delaunay's honour and has been lifted by 10 different nations. England have reached the last two finals of the competition and lost both showpiece events - only the now-defunct Yugoslavia have finished as runners-up as often without ever winning the tournament. Here are the lucky sides to have claimed a prize which stretches beyond Europe. Several nations appeared in the competition under different names. Russia used to go by the Soviet Union, the Czech Republic was previously Czechoslovakia and Germany played under West Germany. \| European Championship Winners List \| \| \| \| \| \|---\|---\|---\|---\|---\| \| Year \| Winners \| Runners-up \| Venue \| Attendance \| \| 2024 \| Spain \| England \| Olympiastadion \| 65,600 \| \| 2021 \| Italy \| England \| Wembley Stadium \| 67,173 \| \| 2016 \| Portugal \| France \| Stade de France \| 75,868 \| \| 2012 \| Spain \| Italy \| Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex \| 63,170 \| \| 2008 \| Spain \| Germany \| Ernst-Happel-Stadion \| 51,428 \| \| 2004 \| Greece \| Portugal \| Estadio da Luz \| 62,865 \| \| 2000 \| France \| Italy \| Feijenoord Stadion \| 50,000 \| \| 1996 \| Germany \| Czech Republic \| Wembley Stadium \| 73,611 \| \| 1992 \| Denmark \| Germany \| Ullevi \| 37,800 \| \| 1988 \| Netherlands \| Soviet Union \| Olympiastadion \| 62,770 \| \| 1984 \| France \| Spain \| Parc des Princes \| 47,368 \| \| 1980 \| West Germany \| Belgium \| Stadio Olimpico \| 47,860 \| \| 1976 \| Czechoslovakia \| West Germany \| Stadion FK Crvena Zvezda \| 30,790 \| \| 1972 \| West Germany \| Soviet Union \| Heysel Stadium \| 43,066 \| \| 1968 \| Italy \| Yugoslavia \| Stadio Olimpico \| 32,886 \| \| 1964 \| Spain \| Soviet Union \| Santiago Bernabeu \| 79,115 \| \| 1960 \| Soviet Union \| Yugoslavia \| Parc des Princes \| 17,966 \| ![Every Golden Boot winner in EUROs history](https://static0.givemesportimages.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/every-golden-boot-winner-in-euros-history.jpg?q=49&fit=crop&w=220&h=182&dpr=2) Related ##### [Every Golden Boot Winner in EUROs History](https://www.givemesport.com/every-golden-boot-winner-in-euros-soccer-football-history/ "Every Golden Boot Winner in EUROs History") From the inaugural tournament in 1960 to the most recent edition in 2024, the Euros have seen some world-class players win the Golden Boot. Posts By [Mark Marston](https://www.givemesport.com/author/mark-marston/ "Posts by Mark Marston") Jul 17, 2024 ## 10 Greece ### 2004 ![Delles scores the winning goal because of Silver Goal](https://static0.givemesportimages.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/mixcollage-21-dec-2023-11-10-am-300.jpg?q=49&fit=crop&w=825&dpr=2) Greece had no international pedigree heading into Euro 2004 and have added little success since. But they will always have four golden weeks in Portugal to savour. If there is any country that can appreciate a historical achievement, it's Greece. The wily German coach [Otto Rehhagel was the mastermind](https://www.givemesport.com/1704895-otto-rehhagel-how-the-pragmatic-german-masterminded-greeces-euro-2004-triumph/) behind a simple but effective system. Taking over a nation ranked 57th in the world, sandwiched between Angola and Guatemala, Rehhagel whittled out an established core of players and drilled his principles of play. Centre-back Nikos Dabizas explained: "Of course, we weren't Brazilians, Spaniards or Germans, we had to be realistic, relying on defence, taking advantage of set pieces and being very effective on the counter." To add to the improbability of Greece's upset, the Piratiko \- the pirate ship - as they would come to be known, bookended the tournament with victories over host nation Portugal. A month after shocking the Iberian organisers in the group stage, once various holidays and weddings had been cancelled, Greece eked out another 1-0 win over a Portugal side containing a young [Cristiano Ronaldo](https://www.givemesport.com/tag/cristiano-ronaldo/) in the final. \| European Championship Record \| \| \| \| \|---\|---\|---\|---\| \| Year \| Round \| Scoreline \| Win/Loss \| \| 2004 \| Final \| Portugal 0-1 Greece \| Win \| ## 9 Denmark ### 1992 ![Denmark's Peter Schmeichel celebrating victory at Euro 1992](https://static0.givemesportimages.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/denmark-euro-1992.jpg?q=49&fit=crop&w=825&dpr=2) As Denmark prepared for their unexpected participation in Euro 92, qualifying for the tournament after Yugoslavia were ejected due to an ongoing conflict in the region, manager Richard Moller Nielsen delivered a limp battle cry: "Make sure you don't embarrass yourselves." The Danes failed to score a goal in their first two games and were going out in the group stage until the last 12 minutes of their final match. Lars Elstrup snatched a surprise victory against France to set up a semi-final with the Netherlands. The initial face-saving objective had been completed and Nielsen let go of the shackles. [Two days after dining at Burger King](https://theblizzard.co.uk/once-upon-a-time-dave-farrar/writing/), Denmark beat the Dutch on penalties to set up a final against Germany which no one expected. There were not enough hotel rooms available in Stockholm so the players bunked with their families the night before the final. John Jensen's thumping strike and an unashamed exploitation of the back-pass rule provided a happy ending to one of football's most fanciful fairytales. \| European Championship Record \| \| \| \| \|---\|---\|---\|---\| \| Year \| Round \| Scoreline \| Win/Loss \| \| 1964 \| Semi-final \| Denmark 0-3 Soviet Union \| Loss \| \| 1984 \| Semi-final \| Denmark 1-1 (4-5p) Spain \| Loss \| \| 1992 \| Final \| Denmark 2-0 Germany \| Win \| \| 2021 \| Semi-final \| England 2-1 Denmark \| Loss \| ![A custom image of Ben Watson, Salem Al-Dawsari and Angelos Charisteas](https://static0.givemesportimages.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/epl_biggest-upsets-in-football-history_.jpg?q=49&fit=crop&w=220&h=182&dpr=2) Related ##### [Ranking the 10 Biggest Shocks in Football History](https://www.givemesport.com/football-biggest-upsets-shocks-ever-ranked/ "Ranking the 10 Biggest Shocks in Football History") Unlikely underdogs have won some of football's biggest prizes. Here are nine of the most shocking upsets of all time. Posts By [Alex Mitton](https://www.givemesport.com/author/alex-mitton/ "Posts by Alex Mitton") Mar 30, 2025 ## 8 Netherlands ### 1988 ![Netherlands beat West Germany in the semi-final of Euro 1988](https://static0.givemesportimages.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/netherlands-west-germany-euro-1988.jpg?q=49&fit=crop&w=825&dpr=2) Marco van Basten's late winner against West Germany in the semi-finals of Euro 88 soothed a wound that had been inflicted by defeat in the World Cup final 14 years earlier. In a reverse of that bitter loss to their [fierce international rivals](https://www.givemesport.com/the-fiercest-international-rivalries/), the Dutch came from behind to stun their hosts, who didn't come out of the changing room for more than half an hour after the match. Ronald Koeman converted the equalising penalty but sullied the moment by sullying Olaf Thon's German shirt, which he wiped on his backside in front of jubilant Dutch fans. The Netherlands defeated the Soviet Union in the final as Van Basten scored perhaps the greatest goal in the showpiece of any competition. But those celebrations couldn't compare to the frenzied, febrile festival that unfolded after the semi-final victory. An estimated nine million (more than half the population) flooded the streets. Even the Queen's son, Prince Johan-Friso got involved, bellowing: "Can you hear the Germans sing?" \| European Championship Record \| \| \| \| \|---\|---\|---\|---\| \| Year \| Round \| Scoreline \| Win/Loss \| \| 1976 \| Semi-final \| Czechoslovakia 3-1 Netherlands \| Loss \| \| 1988 \| Final \| Soviet Union 0-2 Netherlands \| Win \| \| 1992 \| Semi-final \| Netherlands 2-2 (4-5p) Denmark \| Loss \| \| 2000 \| Semi-final \| Italy 0-0 (3-1p) Netherlands \| Loss \| \| 2004 \| Semi-final \| Portugal 2-1 Netherlands \| Loss \| \| 2024 \| Semi-final \| Netherlands 1-2 England \| Loss \| ![Ranking the greatest games in Euros history featuring France's David Trezeguet, England's David Beckham and Spain's Fernando Torres](https://static0.givemesportimages.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/ranking-the-greatest-games-in-euros-history.jpg?q=49&fit=crop&w=220&h=182&dpr=2) Related ##### [Ranking the 9 Greatest Games in Euros History](https://www.givemesport.com/greatest-games-euros-european-championships-history-ranked/ "Ranking the 9 Greatest Games in Euros History") Euro 2024 is off to a flyer, but which game goes down as the greatest in competition history? Posts By [Léo Aschi](https://www.givemesport.com/author/leo-aschi/ "Posts by Léo Aschi") Jun 19, 2024 ## 7 Portugal ### 2016 ![Cristiano Ronaldo celebrates winning Euro 2016](https://static0.givemesportimages.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/cristiano-ronaldo-euro-2016.jpg?q=49&fit=crop&w=825&dpr=2) Cristiano Ronaldo's first appearance in a European Championship final ended in tears. The then-19-year-old squandered Portugal's best chances as they were stunned by Greece in front of their home crowd in 2004. A dozen years later, Ronaldo welled up once more as he was forced off early on with a knee injury against [France](https://www.givemesport.com/tag/french-national-team/) in the showpiece of 2016. The nation's talisman re-emerged in the second half with plenty of strapping and a heavy limp, taking up position in the technical area behind, alongside and eventually on top of Fernando Santos. The stony-faced manager had dubbed his team the tournament's "ugly duckling", a sentiment embodied by Swansea City's misfit striker Eder, who struck the winning goal in Ronaldo's absence. The tears were joyous this time. GIVEMESPORT Key Statistic: Cristiano Ronaldo has scored more goals (14) than any other player in the history of the European Championships. \| European Championship Record \| \| \| \| \|---\|---\|---\|---\| \| Year \| Round \| Scoreline \| Win/Loss \| \| 1984 \| Semi-final \| France 3-2 Portugal \| Loss \| \| 2000 \| Semi-final \| France 2-1 Portugal \| Loss \| \| 2004 \| Final \| Portugal 0-1 Greece \| Loss \| \| 2012 \| Semi-final \| Portugal 0-0 (2-4p) Spain \| Loss \| \| 2016 \| Final \| Portugal 1-0 France \| Win \| ## 6 Czech Republic ### 1976 Few tournaments have been refined to a singular moment as definitively as Euro 76. Antonin Panenka had practised his audacious dink down the middle of the goal from the penalty spot for two years before unveiling it - as he had promised his teammates - on the grand stage of a European final against West Germany. Czechoslovakia had duked out a thrilling helter-skelter showpiece in Belgrade before the penalty shootout began. After seven successful spot-kicks, Uli Hoeness blazed his effort over the bar, allowing Panenka to win the only major tournament in his nation's history with an impish moment of brilliance that has been named in his honour. \| European Championship Record \| \| \| \| \|---\|---\|---\|---\| \| Year \| Round \| Scoreline \| Win/Loss \| \| 1960 \| Semi-final \| Czechoslovakia 0-3 Soviet Union \| Loss \| \| 1976 \| Final \| Czechoslovakia 2-2 (5-3p) West Germany \| Win \| \| 1996 \| Final \| Czech Republic 1-2 Germany \| Loss \| \| 2004 \| Semi-final \| Greece 1-0 Czech Republic \| Loss \| ## 5 Russia ### 1960 Early pioneers of the new competition, Russia - playing under the broad banner of the Soviet Union - were the only nation to participate in the first four European Championships. The continental giants won the inaugural tournament in 1960, built on the strong foundations of Lev Yashin - perhaps [the game's greatest-ever goalkeeper](https://www.givemesport.com/football-soccer-best-goalkeepers-history/) - and the cunning of Valentin Ivanov. General Francisco Franco withdrew Spain from the competition before facing the Soviets for fear of the political ramifications that could be inflicted by a heavy defeat to a communist nation. Four years later, Spain not only avoided any embarrassment but defeated Russia in the final. The Soviet Union lost two more finals before the Berlin Wall came down. As a unified Russia, they have only escaped the competition's group stage once, losing in the 2008 semi-final to those familiar foes Spain. \| European Championship Record \| \| \| \| \|---\|---\|---\|---\| \| Year \| Round \| Scoreline \| Win/Loss \| \| 1960 \| Final \| Soviet Union 2-1 Yugoslavia \| Win \| \| 1964 \| Final \| Spain 2-1 Soviet Union \| Loss \| \| 1968 \| Semi-final \| Italy 0-0 Soviet Union \| Loss \| \| 1972 \| Final \| West Germany 3-0 Soviet Union \| Loss \| \| 1988 \| Final \| Soviet Union 0-2 Netherlands \| Loss \| \| 2008 \| Semi-final \| Russia 0-3 Spain \| Loss \| ![Featured Image for fastest Euros goals](https://static0.givemesportimages.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/featuredimage.jpg?q=49&fit=crop&w=220&h=182&dpr=2) Related ##### [13 Fastest Goals in EUROs History (Ranked)](https://www.givemesport.com/football-soccer-fastest-goals-euros-history/ "13 Fastest Goals in EUROs History (Ranked)") Every stage of the European Championships has produced rapid strikes. Here are 13 of the fastest in the competition's history. Posts By [Alex McMonnies](https://www.givemesport.com/author/alex-mcmonnies/ "Posts by Alex McMonnies") Jul 2, 2024 ## 4 France ### 1984, 2000 ![Michel Platini celebrates winning Euro 84 with France](https://static0.givemesportimages.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/michel-platini-france-euro-84.jpg?q=49&fit=crop&w=825&dpr=2) France's pair of triumphs on the continental stage were orchestrated by arguably the nation's two greatest players of all time. Zinedine Zidane spent much of his career trying to outrun Michel Platini's shadow. When he joined Juventus in 1996, Zidane was directed to the dressing room peg that his iconic predecessor had used. "People have to understand I will never be Platini," he insisted in vain. The umbilical link between the swaggering number 10s stretches back to Platini's peak. The beating heart of a vibrant French team, Platini scored an unrivalled nine goals en route to the 1984 crown. Zidane was a ball boy celebrating his 12th birthday for the tournament's semi-final, watching on as Platini fired in a 119th-minute winner against Portugal. Fast-forward 16 years, and it was Zidane scoring from the spot in the 117th minute in the semi-final of Euro 2000 against Portugal. The dots weren't hard to join. \| European Championship Record \| \| \| \| \|---\|---\|---\|---\| \| Year \| Round \| Scoreline \| Win/Loss \| \| 1960 \| Semi-final \| France 4-5 Yugoslavia \| Loss \| \| 1984 \| Final \| France 2-0 Spain \| Win \| \| 1996 \| Semi-final \| France 0-0 (5-6) Czech Republic \| Loss \| \| 2000 \| Final \| France 2-1 Italy \| Win \| \| 2016 \| Final \| Portugal 1-0 France \| Loss \| \| 2024 \| Semi-final \| Spain 2-1 France \| Loss \| ## 3 Italy ### 1968, 2021 ![Italy celebrate winning Euro 2020](https://static0.givemesportimages.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/mixcollage-11-mar-2024-09-17-am-7804.jpg?q=49&fit=crop&w=825&dpr=2) Italy have reached four European Championship finals. The Azzurri had the misfortune of coming up against World Cup-winning iterations of France and Spain in 2000 and 2012 respectively, defeated by two of the [greatest international teams of all time](https://www.givemesport.com/greatest-international-football-teams-all-time-ranked/). Italy's pair of triumphs in the competition came despite failing to win either the semi-final or final of either tournament in normal time. After navigating a penalty shootout against Spain in the semi-finals, Italy repeated the feat when meeting England at Wembley in the showpiece event of Euro 2020. Leonardo Bonucci gleefully bellowed into the nearest camera: "It's coming Rome!" Penalty shootouts had not been devised by the summer of 1968. When Italy were held to a goalless stalemate against the Soviet Union in the semi-final, the victor was decided with a coin toss. The Azzurri snatched a 1-1 draw with Yugoslavia in the final, prompting a replay rather than another call between heads or tails. Two days later, goals from Gigi Riva and Pietro Anastasi earned Italy their first victory of the finals, which were fittingly held in Rome. \| European Championship Record \| \| \| \| \|---\|---\|---\|---\| \| Year \| Round \| Scoreline \| Win/Loss \| \| 1968 \| Final \| Italy 2-0 Yugoslavia \| Win \| \| 1988 \| Semi-final \| Soviet Union 2-0 Italy \| Loss \| \| 2000 \| Final \| France 2-1 Italy \| Loss \| \| 2012 \| Final \| Spain 4-0 Italy \| Loss \| \| 2021 \| Final \| Italy 1-1 (3-2p) England \| Win \| ## 2 Germany ### 1972, 1980, 1996 ![Germany celebrating winning Euro 96](https://static0.givemesportimages.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/germany-euro-96.jpg?q=49&fit=crop&w=825&dpr=2) Germany have racked up more wins and goals than any other team in European Championship history. After missing out on the first three iterations of the newfangled competition, Germany made it to the finals of Euro 72, comprehensively dominated the tournament and have never missed out on a subsequent edition. The side of 1972, which had Franz Beckenbauer's grace, Gunter Netzer's guile and Gerd Muller's goals, is perhaps the best Germany have ever produced. Euro 1980 was a far more muted affair and the national team was already on the decline when they overcame England at Wembley on their way to the title in 1996. A humiliating group-stage exit at Euro 2000 prompted a radical upheaval of grassroots football across the country, laying the foundation for the 2014 [World Cup winners](https://www.givemesport.com/world-cup-football-winners-list/). But success on the European stage has proven elusive in the 21st century. \| European Championship Record \| \| \| \| \|---\|---\|---\|---\| \| Year \| Round \| Scoreline \| Win/Loss \| \| 1972 \| Final \| West Germany 3-0 Soviet Union \| Win \| \| 1976 \| Final \| Czechoslovakia 2-2 (5-3p) West Germany \| Loss \| \| 1980 \| Final \| Belgium 1-2 West Germany \| Win \| \| 1988 \| Semi-final \| West Germany 1-2 Netherlands \| Loss \| \| 1992 \| Final \| Denmark 2-0 Germany \| Loss \| \| 1996 \| Final \| Czech Republic 1-2 Germany \| Win \| \| 2008 \| Final \| Germany 0-1 Spain \| Loss \| \| 2012 \| Semi-final \| Germany 1-2 Italy \| Loss \| \| 2016 \| Semi-final \| Germany 0-2 France \| Loss \| ## 1 Spain ### 1964, 2008, 2012, 2024 ![Spain players celebrate with the trophy after victory ](https://static0.givemesportimages.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/mixcollage-14-jul-2024-10-26-pm-7054.jpg?q=49&fit=crop&w=825&dpr=2) Euro 2024 - Final - Spain v England - Berlin Olympiastadion, Berlin, Germany - July 14, 2024 Spain players celebrate with the trophy after victory REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach Spain's only international success in the first 88 years of the team's existence occurred on home soil at Euro 64, under Franco's dictatorship. Luis Aragones sought to replicate the 'Furia Roja' - Red Fury - of that distant vintage with the fleet of talented attacking midfielders at his disposal. Joachim Low's Germany were undone in the final of Euro 2008 and later gushed how Spain won the tournament "in a spectacular way, totally convincing". Just four short years later, the former French European champion Bixente Lizarazu captured the popular opinion of a side more focused on possession rather than penetration. "Spain's play is like love without the sex," he sniffed. Vicente del Bosque took over from Aragones after Euro 2008 and undoubtedly leaned into the ball-centric [tiki-taka](https://www.givemesport.com/football-soccer-tiki-taka-explained-pep-guardiola-barcelona/) style. That approach won the 2010 World Cup and Spain answered their critics - if they needed to - with a 4-0 evisceration of Italy in the final of Euro 2012. A dozen years later, Spain returned to the summit of European football with a far more direct - and exciting - young side. Luis de la Fuente's team, electrified by the jet-heeled wingers [Nico Williams](https://www.givemesport.com/nico-williams-player-profile-career-history-style-of-play-stats/) and Lamine Yamal, were not concerned with passing for the sake of it. In their opening game of Euro 2024 - a comfortable 3-0 win over Croatia - Spain only had 46% possession, breaking a run of 136 consecutive competitive matches in which they had boasted a majority share of the ball. 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Readable Markdown	[![4](https://static0.givemesportimages.com/wordpress%2Fwp-content%2Fauthors%2F65e4e648f0f1c-Grey%20Whitebloom.jpg?fit=crop&w=90&h=90)](https://www.givemesport.com/author/grey-whitebloom/) Updated Jul 16, 2024, 10:15 AM GMT+1 After completing a degree in Maths and Physics at UCL, Grey moved into football journalism, starting off as an intern at 90min. Grey has worked across a wide range of departments at sporting publications over the past five years, from the fast-paced demands of news articles and match reports to in-depth research required for features. During his final two years at 90min, Grey specialised in SEO content. Now installed as a supporting editor at GIVEMESPORT, Grey focusses on longer-form content with the evergreen team. While most of his output revolves around the Premier League, Champions League and England national team, he also has experience covering La Liga, Serie A and the WSL. ### Summary - There have been 17 editions of the European Championships since the first tournament in 1960. - A total of 10 nations have won the competition, which is held every four years. - Only four countries have ever lifted the Henri Delaunay trophy more than once. The European Championship is a tournament held every four years to decide the best footballing nation on the continent, but it has evolved into a global affair. The final of [Euro 2024](https://www.givemesport.com/euro-2024/) between [England](https://www.givemesport.com/tag/england-football/) and [Spain](https://www.givemesport.com/tag/spain-football/) was broadcast to more than 200 territories. A competition that can now command more than five billion viewers across the globe was initially deemed "premature" by FIFA. Henri Delaunay came up with the concept three decades before the first edition was held in 1960, passing away ahead of a belated sanction from world football's governing body. The trophy was named in Delaunay's honour and has been lifted by 10 different nations. England have reached the last two finals of the competition and lost both showpiece events - only the now-defunct Yugoslavia have finished as runners-up as often without ever winning the tournament. Here are the lucky sides to have claimed a prize which stretches beyond Europe. Several nations appeared in the competition under different names. Russia used to go by the Soviet Union, the Czech Republic was previously Czechoslovakia and Germany played under West Germany. \| European Championship Winners List \| \| \| \| \| \|---\|---\|---\|---\|---\| \| Year \| Winners \| Runners-up \| Venue \| Attendance \| \| 2024 \| Spain \| England \| Olympiastadion \| 65,600 \| \| 2021 \| Italy \| England \| Wembley Stadium \| 67,173 \| \| 2016 \| Portugal \| France \| Stade de France \| 75,868 \| \| 2012 \| Spain \| Italy \| Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex \| 63,170 \| \| 2008 \| Spain \| Germany \| Ernst-Happel-Stadion \| 51,428 \| \| 2004 \| Greece \| Portugal \| Estadio da Luz \| 62,865 \| \| 2000 \| France \| Italy \| Feijenoord Stadion \| 50,000 \| \| 1996 \| Germany \| Czech Republic \| Wembley Stadium \| 73,611 \| \| 1992 \| Denmark \| Germany \| Ullevi \| 37,800 \| \| 1988 \| Netherlands \| Soviet Union \| Olympiastadion \| 62,770 \| \| 1984 \| France \| Spain \| Parc des Princes \| 47,368 \| \| 1980 \| West Germany \| Belgium \| Stadio Olimpico \| 47,860 \| \| 1976 \| Czechoslovakia \| West Germany \| Stadion FK Crvena Zvezda \| 30,790 \| \| 1972 \| West Germany \| Soviet Union \| Heysel Stadium \| 43,066 \| \| 1968 \| Italy \| Yugoslavia \| Stadio Olimpico \| 32,886 \| \| 1964 \| Spain \| Soviet Union \| Santiago Bernabeu \| 79,115 \| \| 1960 \| Soviet Union \| Yugoslavia \| Parc des Princes \| 17,966 \| ![Every Golden Boot winner in EUROs history](https://static0.givemesportimages.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/every-golden-boot-winner-in-euros-history.jpg?q=49&fit=crop&w=220&h=182&dpr=2) Related ##### [Every Golden Boot Winner in EUROs History](https://www.givemesport.com/every-golden-boot-winner-in-euros-soccer-football-history/ "Every Golden Boot Winner in EUROs History") From the inaugural tournament in 1960 to the most recent edition in 2024, the Euros have seen some world-class players win the Golden Boot. ## 10 Greece ### 2004 ![Delles scores the winning goal because of Silver Goal](https://static0.givemesportimages.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/mixcollage-21-dec-2023-11-10-am-300.jpg?q=49&fit=crop&w=825&dpr=2) Greece had no international pedigree heading into Euro 2004 and have added little success since. But they will always have four golden weeks in Portugal to savour. If there is any country that can appreciate a historical achievement, it's Greece. The wily German coach [Otto Rehhagel was the mastermind](https://www.givemesport.com/1704895-otto-rehhagel-how-the-pragmatic-german-masterminded-greeces-euro-2004-triumph/) behind a simple but effective system. Taking over a nation ranked 57th in the world, sandwiched between Angola and Guatemala, Rehhagel whittled out an established core of players and drilled his principles of play. Centre-back Nikos Dabizas explained: "Of course, we weren't Brazilians, Spaniards or Germans, we had to be realistic, relying on defence, taking advantage of set pieces and being very effective on the counter." To add to the improbability of Greece's upset, the Piratiko \- the pirate ship - as they would come to be known, bookended the tournament with victories over host nation Portugal. A month after shocking the Iberian organisers in the group stage, once various holidays and weddings had been cancelled, Greece eked out another 1-0 win over a Portugal side containing a young [Cristiano Ronaldo](https://www.givemesport.com/tag/cristiano-ronaldo/) in the final. \| European Championship Record \| \| \| \| \|---\|---\|---\|---\| \| Year \| Round \| Scoreline \| Win/Loss \| \| 2004 \| Final \| Portugal 0-1 Greece \| Win \| ## 9 Denmark ### 1992 ![Denmark's Peter Schmeichel celebrating victory at Euro 1992](https://static0.givemesportimages.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/denmark-euro-1992.jpg?q=49&fit=crop&w=825&dpr=2) As Denmark prepared for their unexpected participation in Euro 92, qualifying for the tournament after Yugoslavia were ejected due to an ongoing conflict in the region, manager Richard Moller Nielsen delivered a limp battle cry: "Make sure you don't embarrass yourselves." The Danes failed to score a goal in their first two games and were going out in the group stage until the last 12 minutes of their final match. Lars Elstrup snatched a surprise victory against France to set up a semi-final with the Netherlands. The initial face-saving objective had been completed and Nielsen let go of the shackles. [Two days after dining at Burger King](https://theblizzard.co.uk/once-upon-a-time-dave-farrar/writing/), Denmark beat the Dutch on penalties to set up a final against Germany which no one expected. There were not enough hotel rooms available in Stockholm so the players bunked with their families the night before the final. John Jensen's thumping strike and an unashamed exploitation of the back-pass rule provided a happy ending to one of football's most fanciful fairytales. \| European Championship Record \| \| \| \| \|---\|---\|---\|---\| \| Year \| Round \| Scoreline \| Win/Loss \| \| 1964 \| Semi-final \| Denmark 0-3 Soviet Union \| Loss \| \| 1984 \| Semi-final \| Denmark 1-1 (4-5p) Spain \| Loss \| \| 1992 \| Final \| Denmark 2-0 Germany \| Win \| \| 2021 \| Semi-final \| England 2-1 Denmark \| Loss \| ![A custom image of Ben Watson, Salem Al-Dawsari and Angelos Charisteas](https://static0.givemesportimages.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/epl_biggest-upsets-in-football-history_.jpg?q=49&fit=crop&w=220&h=182&dpr=2) Related ##### [Ranking the 10 Biggest Shocks in Football History](https://www.givemesport.com/football-biggest-upsets-shocks-ever-ranked/ "Ranking the 10 Biggest Shocks in Football History") Unlikely underdogs have won some of football's biggest prizes. Here are nine of the most shocking upsets of all time. ## 8 Netherlands ### 1988 ![Netherlands beat West Germany in the semi-final of Euro 1988](https://static0.givemesportimages.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/netherlands-west-germany-euro-1988.jpg?q=49&fit=crop&w=825&dpr=2) Marco van Basten's late winner against West Germany in the semi-finals of Euro 88 soothed a wound that had been inflicted by defeat in the World Cup final 14 years earlier. In a reverse of that bitter loss to their [fierce international rivals](https://www.givemesport.com/the-fiercest-international-rivalries/), the Dutch came from behind to stun their hosts, who didn't come out of the changing room for more than half an hour after the match. Ronald Koeman converted the equalising penalty but sullied the moment by sullying Olaf Thon's German shirt, which he wiped on his backside in front of jubilant Dutch fans. The Netherlands defeated the Soviet Union in the final as Van Basten scored perhaps the greatest goal in the showpiece of any competition. But those celebrations couldn't compare to the frenzied, febrile festival that unfolded after the semi-final victory. An estimated nine million (more than half the population) flooded the streets. Even the Queen's son, Prince Johan-Friso got involved, bellowing: "Can you hear the Germans sing?" \| European Championship Record \| \| \| \| \|---\|---\|---\|---\| \| Year \| Round \| Scoreline \| Win/Loss \| \| 1976 \| Semi-final \| Czechoslovakia 3-1 Netherlands \| Loss \| \| 1988 \| Final \| Soviet Union 0-2 Netherlands \| Win \| \| 1992 \| Semi-final \| Netherlands 2-2 (4-5p) Denmark \| Loss \| \| 2000 \| Semi-final \| Italy 0-0 (3-1p) Netherlands \| Loss \| \| 2004 \| Semi-final \| Portugal 2-1 Netherlands \| Loss \| \| 2024 \| Semi-final \| Netherlands 1-2 England \| Loss \| ![Ranking the greatest games in Euros history featuring France's David Trezeguet, England's David Beckham and Spain's Fernando Torres](https://static0.givemesportimages.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/ranking-the-greatest-games-in-euros-history.jpg?q=49&fit=crop&w=220&h=182&dpr=2) Related ##### [Ranking the 9 Greatest Games in Euros History](https://www.givemesport.com/greatest-games-euros-european-championships-history-ranked/ "Ranking the 9 Greatest Games in Euros History") Euro 2024 is off to a flyer, but which game goes down as the greatest in competition history? ## 7 Portugal ### 2016 ![Cristiano Ronaldo celebrates winning Euro 2016](https://static0.givemesportimages.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/cristiano-ronaldo-euro-2016.jpg?q=49&fit=crop&w=825&dpr=2) Cristiano Ronaldo's first appearance in a European Championship final ended in tears. The then-19-year-old squandered Portugal's best chances as they were stunned by Greece in front of their home crowd in 2004. A dozen years later, Ronaldo welled up once more as he was forced off early on with a knee injury against [France](https://www.givemesport.com/tag/french-national-team/) in the showpiece of 2016. The nation's talisman re-emerged in the second half with plenty of strapping and a heavy limp, taking up position in the technical area behind, alongside and eventually on top of Fernando Santos. The stony-faced manager had dubbed his team the tournament's "ugly duckling", a sentiment embodied by Swansea City's misfit striker Eder, who struck the winning goal in Ronaldo's absence. The tears were joyous this time. \| European Championship Record \| \| \| \| \|---\|---\|---\|---\| \| Year \| Round \| Scoreline \| Win/Loss \| \| 1984 \| Semi-final \| France 3-2 Portugal \| Loss \| \| 2000 \| Semi-final \| France 2-1 Portugal \| Loss \| \| 2004 \| Final \| Portugal 0-1 Greece \| Loss \| \| 2012 \| Semi-final \| Portugal 0-0 (2-4p) Spain \| Loss \| \| 2016 \| Final \| Portugal 1-0 France \| Win \| ## 6 Czech Republic ### 1976 Few tournaments have been refined to a singular moment as definitively as Euro 76. Antonin Panenka had practised his audacious dink down the middle of the goal from the penalty spot for two years before unveiling it - as he had promised his teammates - on the grand stage of a European final against West Germany. Czechoslovakia had duked out a thrilling helter-skelter showpiece in Belgrade before the penalty shootout began. After seven successful spot-kicks, Uli Hoeness blazed his effort over the bar, allowing Panenka to win the only major tournament in his nation's history with an impish moment of brilliance that has been named in his honour. \| European Championship Record \| \| \| \| \|---\|---\|---\|---\| \| Year \| Round \| Scoreline \| Win/Loss \| \| 1960 \| Semi-final \| Czechoslovakia 0-3 Soviet Union \| Loss \| \| 1976 \| Final \| Czechoslovakia 2-2 (5-3p) West Germany \| Win \| \| 1996 \| Final \| Czech Republic 1-2 Germany \| Loss \| \| 2004 \| Semi-final \| Greece 1-0 Czech Republic \| Loss \| ## 5 Russia ### 1960 Early pioneers of the new competition, Russia - playing under the broad banner of the Soviet Union - were the only nation to participate in the first four European Championships. The continental giants won the inaugural tournament in 1960, built on the strong foundations of Lev Yashin - perhaps [the game's greatest-ever goalkeeper](https://www.givemesport.com/football-soccer-best-goalkeepers-history/) - and the cunning of Valentin Ivanov. General Francisco Franco withdrew Spain from the competition before facing the Soviets for fear of the political ramifications that could be inflicted by a heavy defeat to a communist nation. Four years later, Spain not only avoided any embarrassment but defeated Russia in the final. The Soviet Union lost two more finals before the Berlin Wall came down. As a unified Russia, they have only escaped the competition's group stage once, losing in the 2008 semi-final to those familiar foes Spain. \| European Championship Record \| \| \| \| \|---\|---\|---\|---\| \| Year \| Round \| Scoreline \| Win/Loss \| \| 1960 \| Final \| Soviet Union 2-1 Yugoslavia \| Win \| \| 1964 \| Final \| Spain 2-1 Soviet Union \| Loss \| \| 1968 \| Semi-final \| Italy 0-0 Soviet Union \| Loss \| \| 1972 \| Final \| West Germany 3-0 Soviet Union \| Loss \| \| 1988 \| Final \| Soviet Union 0-2 Netherlands \| Loss \| \| 2008 \| Semi-final \| Russia 0-3 Spain \| Loss \| ![Featured Image for fastest Euros goals](https://static0.givemesportimages.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/featuredimage.jpg?q=49&fit=crop&w=220&h=182&dpr=2) Related ##### [13 Fastest Goals in EUROs History (Ranked)](https://www.givemesport.com/football-soccer-fastest-goals-euros-history/ "13 Fastest Goals in EUROs History (Ranked)") Every stage of the European Championships has produced rapid strikes. Here are 13 of the fastest in the competition's history. ## 4 France ### 1984, 2000 ![Michel Platini celebrates winning Euro 84 with France](https://static0.givemesportimages.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/michel-platini-france-euro-84.jpg?q=49&fit=crop&w=825&dpr=2) France's pair of triumphs on the continental stage were orchestrated by arguably the nation's two greatest players of all time. Zinedine Zidane spent much of his career trying to outrun Michel Platini's shadow. When he joined Juventus in 1996, Zidane was directed to the dressing room peg that his iconic predecessor had used. "People have to understand I will never be Platini," he insisted in vain. The umbilical link between the swaggering number 10s stretches back to Platini's peak. The beating heart of a vibrant French team, Platini scored an unrivalled nine goals en route to the 1984 crown. Zidane was a ball boy celebrating his 12th birthday for the tournament's semi-final, watching on as Platini fired in a 119th-minute winner against Portugal. Fast-forward 16 years, and it was Zidane scoring from the spot in the 117th minute in the semi-final of Euro 2000 against Portugal. The dots weren't hard to join. \| European Championship Record \| \| \| \| \|---\|---\|---\|---\| \| Year \| Round \| Scoreline \| Win/Loss \| \| 1960 \| Semi-final \| France 4-5 Yugoslavia \| Loss \| \| 1984 \| Final \| France 2-0 Spain \| Win \| \| 1996 \| Semi-final \| France 0-0 (5-6) Czech Republic \| Loss \| \| 2000 \| Final \| France 2-1 Italy \| Win \| \| 2016 \| Final \| Portugal 1-0 France \| Loss \| \| 2024 \| Semi-final \| Spain 2-1 France \| Loss \| ## 3 Italy ### 1968, 2021 ![Italy celebrate winning Euro 2020](https://static0.givemesportimages.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/mixcollage-11-mar-2024-09-17-am-7804.jpg?q=49&fit=crop&w=825&dpr=2) Italy have reached four European Championship finals. The Azzurri had the misfortune of coming up against World Cup-winning iterations of France and Spain in 2000 and 2012 respectively, defeated by two of the [greatest international teams of all time](https://www.givemesport.com/greatest-international-football-teams-all-time-ranked/). Italy's pair of triumphs in the competition came despite failing to win either the semi-final or final of either tournament in normal time. After navigating a penalty shootout against Spain in the semi-finals, Italy repeated the feat when meeting England at Wembley in the showpiece event of Euro 2020. Leonardo Bonucci gleefully bellowed into the nearest camera: "It's coming Rome!" Penalty shootouts had not been devised by the summer of 1968. When Italy were held to a goalless stalemate against the Soviet Union in the semi-final, the victor was decided with a coin toss. The Azzurri snatched a 1-1 draw with Yugoslavia in the final, prompting a replay rather than another call between heads or tails. Two days later, goals from Gigi Riva and Pietro Anastasi earned Italy their first victory of the finals, which were fittingly held in Rome. \| European Championship Record \| \| \| \| \|---\|---\|---\|---\| \| Year \| Round \| Scoreline \| Win/Loss \| \| 1968 \| Final \| Italy 2-0 Yugoslavia \| Win \| \| 1988 \| Semi-final \| Soviet Union 2-0 Italy \| Loss \| \| 2000 \| Final \| France 2-1 Italy \| Loss \| \| 2012 \| Final \| Spain 4-0 Italy \| Loss \| \| 2021 \| Final \| Italy 1-1 (3-2p) England \| Win \| ## 2 Germany ### 1972, 1980, 1996 ![Germany celebrating winning Euro 96](https://static0.givemesportimages.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/germany-euro-96.jpg?q=49&fit=crop&w=825&dpr=2) Germany have racked up more wins and goals than any other team in European Championship history. After missing out on the first three iterations of the newfangled competition, Germany made it to the finals of Euro 72, comprehensively dominated the tournament and have never missed out on a subsequent edition. The side of 1972, which had Franz Beckenbauer's grace, Gunter Netzer's guile and Gerd Muller's goals, is perhaps the best Germany have ever produced. Euro 1980 was a far more muted affair and the national team was already on the decline when they overcame England at Wembley on their way to the title in 1996. A humiliating group-stage exit at Euro 2000 prompted a radical upheaval of grassroots football across the country, laying the foundation for the 2014 [World Cup winners](https://www.givemesport.com/world-cup-football-winners-list/). But success on the European stage has proven elusive in the 21st century. \| European Championship Record \| \| \| \| \|---\|---\|---\|---\| \| Year \| Round \| Scoreline \| Win/Loss \| \| 1972 \| Final \| West Germany 3-0 Soviet Union \| Win \| \| 1976 \| Final \| Czechoslovakia 2-2 (5-3p) West Germany \| Loss \| \| 1980 \| Final \| Belgium 1-2 West Germany \| Win \| \| 1988 \| Semi-final \| West Germany 1-2 Netherlands \| Loss \| \| 1992 \| Final \| Denmark 2-0 Germany \| Loss \| \| 1996 \| Final \| Czech Republic 1-2 Germany \| Win \| \| 2008 \| Final \| Germany 0-1 Spain \| Loss \| \| 2012 \| Semi-final \| Germany 1-2 Italy \| Loss \| \| 2016 \| Semi-final \| Germany 0-2 France \| Loss \| ## 1 Spain ### 1964, 2008, 2012, 2024 ![Spain players celebrate with the trophy after victory ](https://static0.givemesportimages.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/mixcollage-14-jul-2024-10-26-pm-7054.jpg?q=49&fit=crop&w=825&dpr=2) Euro 2024 - Final - Spain v England - Berlin Olympiastadion, Berlin, Germany - July 14, 2024 Spain players celebrate with the trophy after victory REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach Spain's only international success in the first 88 years of the team's existence occurred on home soil at Euro 64, under Franco's dictatorship. Luis Aragones sought to replicate the 'Furia Roja' - Red Fury - of that distant vintage with the fleet of talented attacking midfielders at his disposal. Joachim Low's Germany were undone in the final of Euro 2008 and later gushed how Spain won the tournament "in a spectacular way, totally convincing". Just four short years later, the former French European champion Bixente Lizarazu captured the popular opinion of a side more focused on possession rather than penetration. "Spain's play is like love without the sex," he sniffed. Vicente del Bosque took over from Aragones after Euro 2008 and undoubtedly leaned into the ball-centric [tiki-taka](https://www.givemesport.com/football-soccer-tiki-taka-explained-pep-guardiola-barcelona/) style. That approach won the 2010 World Cup and Spain answered their critics - if they needed to - with a 4-0 evisceration of Italy in the final of Euro 2012. A dozen years later, Spain returned to the summit of European football with a far more direct - and exciting - young side. Luis de la Fuente's team, electrified by the jet-heeled wingers [Nico Williams](https://www.givemesport.com/nico-williams-player-profile-career-history-style-of-play-stats/) and Lamine Yamal, were not concerned with passing for the sake of it. In their opening game of Euro 2024 - a comfortable 3-0 win over Croatia - Spain only had 46% possession, breaking a run of 136 consecutive competitive matches in which they had boasted a majority share of the ball. This proactive outfit won each of their seven matches, defeating England in the final to earn an unrivalled fourth European title. \| European Championship Record \| \| \| \| \|---\|---\|---\|---\| \| Year \| Round \| Scoreline \| Win/Loss \| \| 1964 \| Final \| Spain 2-1 Soviet Union \| Win \| \| 1984 \| Final \| France 2-0 Spain \| Loss \| \| 2008 \| Final \| Germany 0-1 Spain \| Win \| \| 2012 \| Final \| Spain 4-0 Italy \| Win \| \| 2021 \| Semi-final \| Italy 1-1 (4-2p) Spain \| Loss \| \| 2024 \| Final \| Spain 2-1 England \| Win \| *Information via [UEFA](https://www.uefa.com/).*
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