European football championship / records

This article describes records in the men's European football championships . For the records at the European Women's Championships, see Women's European Football Championship .

player

• The youngest European Championship player is the Dutchman Jetro Willems , who played his first European Championship game in 2012 at the age of 18 years and 71 days.
• The oldest EM player is Gábor Király , who replaced Lothar Matthäus at the age of 40 years and 74 days in the game against Austria on June 14, 2016 and who was 40 years and 86 days old in his last game. Lothar Matthäus has the longest period between his first and last assignment (June 14, 1980 to June 20, 2000).

Games

As of July 10, 2016

• Most games: Germany (49)
• Most wins: Germany (26 plus two wins on penalties)
• Most defeats: Denmark (14 in 27 games)
• Most draw games: Italy with 16, Germany with 12, England and Spain with 11 (including games that were decided by penalties)
• Most clean sheets: Italy (19), Germany (18), Netherlands (15), Spain (14), France (13)
• Most games without scoring: Denmark and Italy (12 each)
• Most home games: France (14) - 1960 (2), 1984 (5), 2016 (7)
• Spain needed the most games to become European champions in 2008: 12 qualifying and six finals.
• The USSR needed the fewest games in 1960: after 2 qualifying and 2 final round games, it was European champion.
• Most games: Cristiano Ronaldo 21 (2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016)
• The most common pairings:
  • Italy - Spain (6 games, 1 × in the final, 1 × in the quarter-finals, 1 × in the second round, 3 × in the preliminary round)
  • Germany - Czechoslovakia / Czech Republic (5 games, 2 × in the final, 3 × in the preliminary round), Germany - Netherlands (5 games, 1 × in the semifinals, 4 × in the preliminary round),
• Germany (7 wins, 5 draws), Croatia (4 wins, 1 draw), Norway and Wales (1 win each) as well as Slovenia and Iceland (1 draw) never lost their opening game.
• England (5 draws and 4 defeats) failed to win the opening game most often.

Series

• The longest winning streak: Spain celebrated 6 victories during the European Championship 2008 (including one win on penalties). France (1984), the Netherlands (1988 to 1992), the Czech Republic (2000 to 2004) achieved 5 victories in a row (without penalties)
• The longest series of defeats: Yugoslavia lost 6 games in a row between 1968 and 1984.
• The longest series without a win: the USSR / CIS / Russia could not win 9 games between 1988 (final) and 2004.
• The longest series without defeat: Spain played 14 games without defeat between 2008 and 2016, but won the fourth and eleventh game in the series on penalties.
• Longest streak with at least one goal per game: France (2000–2004) 9
• Most games without a goal in a row: Spain (2012-2016) 7, Germany (2016) 4, Greece (2004), Spain (2008) and Poland (2016) 3 each
• Most games without a goal in a row: Ukraine (2012-2016) 5
• Most draws in a row: Portugal with 4 (2012-2016), but Portugal lost the first of these four games in the 2012 semi-finals on penalties against Spain.
• Romania and Switzerland had the longest dry spell until their first victory at the European Championships with 8 games. In the last group game of the EM 2000 against England Romania was able to win an EM game for the first time and thus qualify for the quarter-finals. Switzerland won a European Championship game for the first time in 2008 in the last game against Portugal, which was insignificant for both teams.
• Portugal are the only team that always survived the group stage and made it to the knockout stage with more than one participation. Iceland, Northern Ireland, Slovakia and Wales got through the group stage straight away in their only participation in 2016.
• Since 1996, the vice world champion - if he was a European team - has always been eliminated in the preliminary round.

Highest victories

round	winner	loser	Result	year
Preliminary round	France	Belgium	5-0	1984
	Denmark	Yugoslavia	5-0	1984
	Sweden	Bulgaria	5-0	2004
Round of 16 (since 2016)	Belgium	Hungary	4-0	2016
Quarterfinals (since 1996)	Netherlands	BR Yugoslavia	6: 1	2000
Semifinals	USSR	Czechoslovakia	3-0	1960
	USSR	Denmark	3-0	1964
	Spain	Russia	3-0	2008
3rd place match	Hungary	Denmark	3: 1 a.d.	1964
final	Spain	Italy	4-0	2012
Remarks: ↑ If there were several results with the same goal difference, the game with the most goals was listed.

Gates

• Biggest win: Netherlands 6-1 Yugoslavia (VF 2000)

• The highest scoring games:
  • 9 goals: Yugoslavia 5-4 France (HF 1960)
  • 7 goals: Netherlands 6-1 Yugoslavia (VF 2000), Yugoslavia 3-4 Spain (VR 2000), France 5-2 Iceland (VF 2016)
  • 6 goals: Yugoslavia - Germany 2-4 a.s. (HF 1976), Russia - Czech Republic 3: 3 (VR 1996), Yugoslavia - Slovenia 3: 3 (VR 2000), Croatia - England 2-4 (VR 2004) , Germany - Greece 4: 2 (VF 2012), Hungary - Portugal 3: 3 (VR 2016)

• The finals with the highest number of goals: 4 goals: Czechoslovakia - Germany 2-2 aet (1976), Spain - Italy 4-0 (2012)
• Most goals on average: 4.75 (1976 in 4 games)
• Fewest goals on average: 1.4 (1968 in 5 games)
• Record scorer: Michel Platini (France) 9 goals, Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) 9 goals
• Most goals in a single final tournament: Michel Platini 9 goals
• The first goal of a final tournament was scored by Milan Galić (Yugoslavia) in the 11th minute of the France-Yugoslavia game on July 6, 1960
• First converted penalty: Dezső Novák on June 20, 1964 in the 107th minute of the game for third place between Hungary - Denmark to 2-1 (final score 3-1)
• First penalty in stoppage time: On June 21, 2000, in the 4th minute of stoppage time in the game Yugoslavia - Spain, Gaizka Mendieta equalized 3: 3 for Spain . In the 6th minute of stoppage time, the 4: 3 fell for Spain.
• First own goal: Anton Ondruš on June 16, 1976 in the semi-final match Czechoslovakia - Netherlands at the meanwhile 1-1 (final score 3: 1)
• The fastest goal scorers:

1. Dmitri Kirichenko (Russia) to 67 seconds in the 2004 preliminary round match Russia - Greece (Result 2: 1)

2. Robert Lewandowski after 1:40 minutes in the game Poland - Portugal .

3. Robbie Brady (Ireland) to 1:58 minutes in the game France - Ireland penalty

4. Syarhey Alejnikau (USSR) to 2:07 minutes on 18 June 1988 at the group match England - Soviet Union (Result 1: 3)

5. Petr Jiráček (Czech Republic) after 2:14 minutes on June 12, 2012 in the preliminary round match Czech Republic - Greece (final score 2: 1)

0. Alan Shearer (England) after 2:14 minutes on June 26, 1996 in the semi-final game Germany - England (final score 1: 1 n.V., 6: 5 pi.)

7. Michael Owen (England) after 2:25 minutes on June 24, 2004 in the quarter-final game Portugal - England (final score 2: 2 a.s., 6: 5 p.

8. Christo Stoitschkow (Bulgaria) after 2:27 minutes on June 13, 1996 in the preliminary round match Bulgaria - Romania (final score 1: 0)

• The fastest goal in a final: Chus Pereda (Spain) after 6 minutes on June 21, 1964 in the final Spain - Soviet Union (final score 2: 1)
• The earliest penalty goals:

1. Robbie Brady (Ireland) after 1:58 minutes in the game France - Ireland

2. Luka Modrić (Croatia) after 3:34 minutes in the 2008 match between Austria and Croatia

• Youngest European Championship goalscorer: Johan Vonlanthen (Switzerland), born on February 1, 1986, in the match between Switzerland and France at the 2004 European Championship at the age of 18 and 141 days
• Oldest European Championship goalscorer: Ivica Vastić (Austria), born on September 29, 1969, in the match between Austria and Poland at the European Championship 2008 at the age of 38 years and 257 days
• The only "flawless" hat trick : Michel Platini (France), on June 19, 1984 in the group game against Yugoslavia with goals in the 59th, 61st and 76th minutes.
• First golden goal : Oliver Bierhoff in the 1996 final to 2-1 n.GG.
• Last golden goal: David Trezeguet in the 2000 final to 2-1 n.GG.
• The only silver goal : Traianos Dellas in the 2004 semi-finals to make it 1-0 n.SG.

Anniversary gates

No.	Surname	goal	game	date
1.	Milan Galic	0: 1 (11th)	France - Yugoslavia 4: 5	06.07. 1960
50.	Zdeněk Nehoda	02: 1 (114.)	Czechoslovakia - Netherlands 3-1 aet	16.06. 1976
100.	Alain Giresse	2: 0 (33rd)	France - Belgium 5-0	16.06. 1984
150.	Marco van Basten	1: 3 (75th)	England - Netherlands 1: 3	15.06. 1988
200.	Kim Vilfort	2: 0 (78th)	Denmark - Germany 2-0	26.06. 1992
250.	Jan Suchopárek	1: 0 0(5th)	Czech Republic - Russia 3: 3	19.06. 1996
300	Zlatko Zahovič	1: 1 (59th)	Slovenia - Spain 1: 2	06/18 2000
350.	Giorgos Karagounis	0: 1 0(7th)	Portugal - Greece 1: 2	12.06. 2004
400.	Thierry Henry	1: 3 (84th)	Switzerland - France 1: 3	06/21 2004
450	Darijo Srna	1: 0 (24.)	Croatia - Germany 2-1	12.06. 2008
500.	Xavi	0: 1 (50th)	Russia - Spain 0: 3	26.06. 2008
550	Giorgos Karagounis	001: 0 (45th + 2 ')	Greece - Russia 1-0	16.06. 2012
600.	Nani	1: 0 (31st)	Portugal - Iceland 1: 1	14.06. 2016
650	Xherdan Shaqiri	1: 1 (82nd)	Switzerland - Poland 1: 1 n.v. 4: 5 i. E.	25.06. 2016
As of December 31, 2017

References

• First expulsion: Alan Mullery (England), in the 87th minute of the Yugoslavia v England game on June 5, 1968 (one minute after the 1-0 was scored). He was also the first English player to be sent off in an international match.
• First expulsion in a final: Yvon Le Roux (France) in 1984 in the 86th minute of the France-Spain game
• First yellow-red card : Luigi Apolloni on June 14, 1996 in the 29th minute of the group match Czech Republic - Italy
• First evictions for coaches: Josef Hickersberger and Joachim Löw on June 16, 2008 in the 41st minute of the match between Austria and Germany
• Most sending offs: 3 in the semi-final in 1976 Czechoslovakia - Netherlands - Jaroslav Pollák (60th), Johan Neeskens (76), Willem van Hanegem (115.)

Knockout games

As of July 10, 2016

• Most knockout games (including final and placement games, without games that were decisive for group victory or 2nd place):

1. Germany 19, of which 13 won (2 by penalties), 1 lost by penalties

2. France 15, of which 9 won (1 from penalties), 1 lost to penalties

3. Portugal 14, of which 8 won (2 from penalties), 1 lost to penalties

4. Italy 14, of which 7 won (2 by penalties, 1 by drawing lots), 3 lost by penalties, 1 game had to be repeated

5. Spain 13, of which 9 won (3 from penalties), 1 lost to penalties

6. USSR / Russia 12, 6 won, 1 lost by drawing lots

7. CSSR / Czech Republic 11, of which 7 won (3 from penalties)

8. Netherlands 11, of which 5 won (1 from penalties), 3 lost to penalties

• Most overtime games: Italy (8), Netherlands and Portugal (7 each)
• Most overtime games in one tournament: Portugal (3/2016)

penalties shoot

• Most penalty shoot-outs : Italy (5), England, the Netherlands and Spain (4 each)
• Most penalties won: Czechoslovakia / Czech Republic (3 out of 3) and Spain (3 out of 4)
• Most lost penalties: England and the Netherlands (3 out of 4 each), Italy (3 out of 5)
• Most of the goals in penalty shootouts were scored at the European Championships in 1996. There, the penalty shooters were successful 37 times in 4 penalty shootouts.
• Most European Championship penalties: 1996 (4 penalties).
• There were the fewest goals in penalties at the European Championship in 1988. There were no penalties there, but there were only 3 games in which there could have been a penalty shootout.
• A final was decided by a penalty shoot-out: Czechoslovakia won the European Championship in 1976 after it was 2-2 after regular time and extra time.
• The highest rate of penalty shootouts is in the game for 3rd place. Between 1976 and 1980 50% were decided on penalties, but after that there was no more game for 3rd place. The quarter-finals (1996 to 2012) with 35% and the semi-finals (1976 and 1984 to 2012) with 33.3% follow as well the final with 10%.
• The fewest penalties were converted in the penalty shootout of the semi-finals Italy - Netherlands at the EM 2000, only four out of eight goal scorers were successful. Since Italy was leading 3-1, the following two shooters no longer had to compete. Also in the quarter-finals Croatia - Turkey at the EM 2008 only four shooters met. Here the decision was made in favor of Turkey after the seventh shooter.
• Most of the penalties were converted in the penalty shoot-out in the game Czechoslovakia - Italy (European Championship 1980, play for third place ). The goal scorers were successful 17 times, with a rate of 94.4%.
• Most of the players on a team who missed on penalties: 4 (Italy) on July 2nd, 2016 at 5-6 i. E. against Germany , two of them held by the opposing goalkeeper and two shot next to or over the goal.

Successful goalkeepers

• First goalkeeper to save a penalty in three final rounds: Gianluigi Buffon (Italy) - 2008, 2012 and 2016 (one each)
• Goalkeepers with the most saved penalties in penalty shootouts: Gianluigi Buffon (Italy) and Iker Casillas (Spain) - 3rd each
• The only goalkeeper who converted a penalty himself: Ricardo (Portugal) - last scorer against England in 2004

All penalty shootouts at European championships
No.	date	opponent	occasion	Stand after 120 minutes	output	Successful shooters	Missed shooters	Successful goalkeepers
01	06/20/1976	Czechoslovakia - Germany	final	2: 2	5: 3	CSSR: Marián Masný , Zdeněk Nehoda , Anton Ondruš , Ladislav Jurkemik , Antonín Panenka Germany: Rainer Bonhof , Heinz fleas , Hans Bongartz	CSSR: none Germany: Uli Hoeneß
02	06/21/1980	Czechoslovakia - Italy	3rd place match	1: 1	9: 8	CSSR: Marián Masný , Zdeněk Nehoda , Anton Ondruš , Ladislav Jurkemik , Antonin Panenka , Koloman Gögh , Miroslav Gajdůšek , Ján Kozák , Jozef Barmoš Italy: Franco Causio , Alessandro Altobelli , Giuseppe Baresi , Antonio Cabrini , Romeo Benetti , Francesco Graziani , Gaetano Scirea , Marco Tardelli	CSSR: none Italy: Fulvio Collovati	CSSR: Jaroslav Netolička (1)
03	06/24/1984	Spain - Denmark	Semifinals	1: 1	5: 4	Spain: Santillana , Juan Señor , Santiago Urquiaga , Víctor Muñoz , Manuel Sarabia Denmark: Kenneth Brylle Larsen , Jesper Olsen , Michael Laudrup , Søren Lerby	Spain: none Denmark: Preben Elkjær Larsen
04th	06/22/1992	Denmark - Netherlands	Semifinals	2: 2	5: 4	Denmark: Henrik Larsen , Flemming Povlsen , Lars Elstrup , Kim Vilfort , Kim Christofte Netherlands: Ronald Koeman , Dennis Bergkamp , Frank Rijkaard , Rob Witschge	Denmark: no Netherlands: Marco van Basten	Denmark: Peter Schmeichel (1)
05	06/22/1996	England - Spain	Quarter finals	0-0	4: 2	England: Alan Shearer , David Platt , Stuart Pearce , Paul Gascoigne Spain: Guillermo Amor , Alberto Belsué	England: none Spain: Fernando Hierro , Miguel Ángel Nadal	England: David Seaman (1)
06th	06/22/1996	France - Netherlands	Quarter finals	0-0	5: 4	France: Zinédine Zidane , Youri Djorkaeff , Bixente Lizarazu , Vincent Guérin , Laurent Blanc Netherlands: Johan de Kock , Ronald de Boer , Patrick Kluivert , Danny Blind	France: no Netherlands: Clarence Seedorf	France: Bernard Lama (1)
07th	06/26/1996	Czech Republic - France	Semifinals	0-0	6: 5	Czech Republic: Luboš Kubík , Pavel Nedvěd , Patrik Berger , Karel Poborský , Karel Rada , Miroslav Kadlec France: Zinédine Zidane , Youri Djorkaeff , Bixente Lizarazu , Vincent Guérin , Laurent Blanc	Czech Republic: none France: Reynald Pedros	Czech Republic: Petr Kouba (1)
08th	06/22/1996	Germany - England	Semifinals	1: 1	6: 5	Germany: Thomas Häßler , Thomas Strunz , Stefan Reuter , Christian Ziege , Stefan Kuntz , Andreas Möller England: Alan Shearer , David Platt , Stuart Pearce , Paul Gascoigne , Teddy Sheringham	Germany: none England: Gareth Southgate	Germany: Andreas Köpke (1)
09	06/29/2000	Italy - Netherlands	Semifinals	0-0	3: 1	Italy: Luigi Di Biagio , Gianluca Pessotto , Francesco Totti Netherlands: Patrick Kluivert	Italy: Paolo Maldini Netherlands: Frank de Boer , Jaap Stam , Paul Bosvelt	Italy: Francesco Toldo (1)
10	06/24/2004	Portugal - England	Quarter finals	2: 2	6: 5	Portugal: Deco , Simão , Cristiano Ronaldo , Maniche , Hélder Postiga , Ricardo (TW) England: Michael Owen , Frank Lampard , John Terry , Owen Hargreaves , Ashley Cole	Portugal: Rui Costa England: David Beckham , Darius Vassell	Portugal: Ricardo (1)
11	06/26/2004	Netherlands - Sweden	Quarter finals	0-0	5: 4	Netherlands: Ruud van Nistelrooy , John Heitinga , Michael Reiziger , Roy Makaay , Arjen Robben Sweden: Kim Källström , Henrik Larsson , Freddie Ljungberg , Christian Wilhelmsson	Netherlands: Phillip Cocu Sweden: Zlatan Ibrahimović , Olof Mellberg	Netherlands: Edwin van der Sar (1)
12	06/20/2008	Turkey - Croatia	Quarter finals	1: 1	4: 2	Turkey: Arda Turan , Semih Şentürk , Hamit Altıntop Croatia: Darijo Srna	Turkey: none Croatia: Luka Modrić , Ivan Rakitić , Mladen Petrić	Turkey: Rüştü Reçber (1)
13	06/22/2008	Spain - Italy	Quarter finals	0-0	4: 2	Spain: David Villa , Santi Cazorla , Marcos Senna , Cesc Fàbregas Italy: Fabio Grosso , Mauro Camoranesi	Spain: Daniel Güiza Italy: Daniele De Rossi , Antonio Di Natale	Spain: Iker Casillas (2) Italy: Gianluigi Buffon (1)
14th	06/24/2012	Italy - England	Quarter finals	0-0	4: 2	Italy: Mario Balotelli , Andrea Pirlo , Antonio Nocerino , Alessandro Diamanti England: Steven Gerrard , Wayne Rooney	Italy: Riccardo Montolivo England: Ashley Young , Ashley Cole	Italy: Gianluigi Buffon (1)
15th	06/27/2012	Spain - Portugal	Semifinals	0-0	4: 2	Spain: Andrés Iniesta , Gerard Piqué , Sergio Ramos , Cesc Fàbregas Portugal: Pepe , Nani	Spain: Xabi Alonso Portugal: João Moutinho , Bruno Alves	Spain: Iker Casillas (1) Portugal: Rui Patrício (1)
16	06/25/2016	Poland - Switzerland	Round of 16	1: 1	5: 4	Poland: Robert Lewandowski , Arkadiusz Milik , Kamil Glik , Jakub Błaszczykowski , Grzegorz Krychowiak Switzerland: Stephan Lichtsteiner , Xherdan Shaqiri , Fabian Schär , Ricardo Rodríguez	Poland: no Switzerland: Granit Xhaka
17th	06/25/2016	Portugal - Poland	Quarter finals	1: 1	5: 3	Portugal: Cristiano Ronaldo, Renato Sanches , João Moutinho , Nani, Ricardo Quaresma Poland: Robert Lewandowski, Arkadiusz Milik, Kamil Glik	Portugal: no Poles: Jakub Błaszczykowski	Portugal: Rui Patrício (1)
18th	07/02/2016	Germany - Italy	Quarter finals	1: 1	6: 5	Germany: Toni Kroos , Julian Draxler , Mats Hummels , Joshua Kimmich , Jérôme Boateng , Jonas Hector Italy: Lorenzo Insigne , Andrea Barzagli , Emanuele Giaccherini , Marco Parolo , Mattia De Sciglio	Germany: Thomas Müller , Mesut Özil , Bastian Schweinsteiger Italy: Simone Zaza , Graziano Pellè , Leonardo Bonucci , Matteo Darmian	Germany: Manuel Neuer (2) Italy: Gianluigi Buffon (1)

spectator

• Most spectators at one game: 125,000 in the semi-finals Spain - Hungary 1964
• Fewest spectators at a game: 1,700 in the semifinals USSR - Hungary 1972 (other source: 2,000)
• Most viewers on average: 62,379 (Germany 1988) or 68,000 (Spain 1964)
• The fewest viewers on average: 20,400 (France 1960)
• Most spectators at a tournament: 1,440,896 spectators ( Euro 2012 )

Host and European champion

The hosts were

• European champions: 3 × (Spain 1964, Italy 1968, France 1984)
• Vice European Champion: 2 × (Portugal 2004, France 2016)
• Third: 1 × (Belgium 1972)
• Fourth: 3 × (France 1960, Yugoslavia 1976, Italy 1980), up to and including 1976 the hosts could never be worse than fourth, as only four teams took part in the final round.
• made it to the semi-finals: 4 × (Germany 1988, Sweden 1992, England 1996, Netherlands 2000)
• eliminated in the group stage: 5 times (Belgium 2000, Switzerland and Austria 2008, Poland and Ukraine 2012)

The host had to qualify until 1976.

The hosts were eliminated five times against the eventual European champions:

• 1972: Belgium against Germany in the semi-finals
• 1988: Germany against the Netherlands in the semi-finals
• 1996: England against Germany in the semi-finals
• 2004: Portugal versus Greece in the final
• 2016: France versus Portugal in the final

Germany most often played against the host:

• 1972 semi-finals, 1976 semi-finals, 1992 semi-finals, 1996 semi-finals, 2008 preliminary round, 2016 semi-finals

So far, only four countries have been hosts that have previously been European champions: Italy (1980), Germany (1988), the Netherlands (2000 as co-hosts), France (2016)

One country hosted 3 times: France (1960, 1984 and 2016).

Two countries hosted twice: Italy (1968 and 1980) and Belgium (1972 and 2000 / co-hosts).

The hosts provided the sole top scorer three times (1984, 1996 and 2016) and four times (1960, 1964, 1992 and 2000) a player who scored the most goals together with at least one other player.

The European champions provided the top scorer five times (1972, 1980, 1984, 1988 and 2008) and four times (1960, 1964, 1992 and 2012) at least one player who scored the most goals together with several others.

The reigning European champion always had to qualify again and

• could defend the title: 1 × (Spain 2012)
• finished second: 2 × (USSR 1964, Germany 1976)
• 3rd place: 1 × (Czechoslovakia 1980)
• eliminated in the semi-finals: 1 × (Netherlands 1992)
• eliminated in the quarter-finals: 1 × (France 2004)
• eliminated in the round of 16: 1 × (Spain 2016)
• eliminated in the preliminary round: 4 × (Germany 1984, Denmark 1996, Germany 2000, Greece 2008)
• did not qualify for the finals: 3 × (Spain 1968, Italy 1972, France 1988)
• became world champion: 2 × (Germany 1974, Spain 2010)

A team became European champions

• as host and former European champion: never (it would have been possible in 1980 for Italy, 1988 for Germany, 2000 for the Netherlands and 2016 for France)
• as former European champion: 5 × (Germany 1980, Germany 1996, France 2000, Spain 2008 and 2012)
• A team that was not a host or was already a European champion was European champion 7 times (USSR 1960, Germany 1972, ČSSR 1976, Netherlands 1988, Denmark 1992, Greece 2004, Portugal 2016)
• 1 × who lost their first game (Netherlands 1988, 0-1 against the Soviet Union, which was defeated 2-0 in the final). The Czech Republic and Portugal reached the final in 1996 and 2004 after an opening defeat (0: 2 against Germany and 1: 2 against Greece), but lost again against the opponents from the opening game, this time with 1: 2 dGG and 0 :1.
• 4 × who lost a game in the preliminary round: Netherlands 1988, Denmark 1992 (0: 1 against Sweden) France 2000 (2: 3 against the Netherlands) and Greece 2004 (1: 2 against Russia)
• 1 × that did not win a game in the preliminary round: Portugal 2016

The USSR and Russia played most often (9 times) against the eventual European champions (1964, 1968, 1972, 1988 (2 times), 1996, 2004, 2008 (2 times))

Portugal (1984, 1996 and 2000 in the preliminary round, 2012 in the semi-finals) most often played against the reigning European champions.

The European champions play against each other

In 1980, Germany and Czechoslovakia met for the first time in the preliminary round (1-0) for two former European champions at a European Championship. It was also the first game of a reigning European champion against the immediate predecessor and successor. Most of the games (11) between former or reigning European champions or their successor states at an EM took place in 2012. In 1996 and 2000 there was a preliminary round group in which only former European champions were represented. In both cases, the eventual European champion emerged from these groups. Germany and Czechoslovakia or their successors, the Czech Republic, are the only teams that have already played against all other European champions. Germany most often played against the other European champions (30 times).

The following table also includes games in which a partner has not yet been European champion.

	Denmark	Germany	France	Greece	Italy	Netherlands	Portugal	Spain	CSSR / Czech Republic	Soviet Union / CIS   / Russia	total
Denmark		1 - 0 - 2 3: 4	1 - 0 - 2 2: 5		0 - 1 - 1 0: 2	2 - 0 - 1 3: 5	0-1-1 3: 4	0 - 0 - 2 3: 4	0 - 0 - 2 0: 5	0 - 0 - 1 0: 3	04/02/12 14:32
Germany	2-0-1 4: 3		0 - 0 - 1 0: 2	1 - 1 - 0 4: 2	1 - 2 - 1 3: 4	2 - 1 - 2 8: 9	2 - 1 - 1 4: 5	1 - 0 - 2 2: 2	3-0-2 8: 5	2 - 1 - 0 7: 1	06/14/10 40:33
France	2 - 0 - 1 5: 2	1 - 0 - 0 2: 0		0 - 0 - 1 0: 1	1 - 0 - 1 2: 3	1 - 0 - 2 3: 7	2-0-1 5: 4	2 - 1 - 1 5: 4	1 - 0 - 2 2: 3		10 - 1 - 9 24:22
Greece		0 - 1 - 1 2: 4	1 - 0 - 0 1: 0			0 - 0 - 1 0: 1	2 - 0 - 0 3: 1	0 - 1 - 1 2: 3	1 - 0 - 2 3: 5	1 - 0 - 2 2: 3	5 - 2 - 7 13:17
Italy	1 - 1 - 0 2: 0	1 - 2 - 1 4: 3	1 - 0 - 1 1: 2			1 - 0 - 1 0: 3		2 - 2 - 2 4: 5	0 - 0 - 2 2: 3	2 - 0 - 1 2: 3	8-5 - 8 17:19
Netherlands	1 - 0 - 2 5: 3	2 - 1 - 2 9: 8	2-0-1 7: 3	1 - 0 - 0 1: 0	1-0-1 3-0		0 - 0 - 2 2: 4		1 - 1 - 2 5: 7	1 - 1 - 2 3: 4	09/03/12 35:29
Portugal	1 - 1 - 0 4: 3	1 - 1 - 2 5: 4	1 - 0 - 2 4: 5	0 - 0 - 2 1: 3		2 - 0 - 0 4: 2		1 - 1 - 1 2: 1	2 - 0 - 1 4: 2	1 - 0 - 0 2: 0	9 - 3 - 8 26:20
Spain	2 - 0 - 0 4: 3	2 - 0 - 1 2: 2	1 - 1 - 2 4: 5	1 - 1 - 0 3: 2	2 - 2 - 2 5: 4		1 - 1 - 1 1: 2		1 - 0 - 0 1: 0	4 - 0 - 0 10: 2	14 - 5 - 6 30:20
CSSR / Czech Republic	2 - 0 - 0 5: 0	2-0-3 5: 8	2 - 0 - 1 3: 2	2 - 0 - 1 5: 3	2 - 0 - 0 3: 2	2 - 1 - 1 7: 5	1 - 0 - 2 2: 4	0 - 0 - 1 0: 1		0 - 1 - 2 4:10	02/13/11 34:35
Soviet Union / CIS   / Russia	1 - 0 - 0 3: 0	0-1-2 1: 7		2 - 0 - 1 3: 2	1 - 0 - 2 3: 2	2 - 1 - 1 4: 3	0 - 0 - 1 0: 2	0 - 0 - 4 2:10	2 - 1 - 0 10: 4		8 - 3 - 11 26:30

• Remarks:
  • without goals in a penalty shoot-out, the decision on a penalty shoot-out or by drawing lots was counted as a victory or defeat
  • light blue background: pairings at the EM 2016
  • Teams in italics did not qualify in 2016
  • Status: after the EM 2016

Play the defending champion against the successor

There were six games between the defending champion and his immediate successor at European championships:

• 1964: Spain 2-1 USSR in the final
• 1976: Czechoslovakia - Germany 2-2 a.d. 5: 3 i. E. in the final
• 1980: Germany 1-0 Czechoslovakia in the preliminary round (opening game)
• 1992: Denmark - Netherlands 2-2 n.v. 5: 4 i. E. in the semifinals
• 2004: Greece - France - 1-0 in the quarter-finals
• 2008: Spain - Greece - 2-1 in the preliminary round

European champion at world championships

The reigning European champion

• became world champion: 2 × (Germany / 1974, Spain / 2010)
• became world champion and was able to defend the title of European champion: 1 × (Spain 2008, 2010 and 2012)
• became vice world champion: 2 × (Italy / 1970, Germany / 1982)
• 3rd place: 1 × (France / 1986)
• eliminated in the quarterfinals: 2 × (USSR / 1962 against the hosts, Germany / 1998)
• eliminated in the round of 16: 1 × (Netherlands / 1990 against eventual world champions)
• eliminated in the preliminary round: 3 × (Spain / 1966, France / 2002, Spain / 2014)
• could not qualify: 3 × (Czechoslovakia / 1978, Denmark / 1994, Greece / 2006)

European Champion at the Confederations Cup

The reigning European champion

• won: 3 × (Denmark / 1995, France 2001 and 2003)
• finished second: 1 × (Spain / 2013)
• 3rd place: 2 × (Spain / 2009, Portugal / 2017)
• did not take part: 2 × (Denmark / 1992, Germany / 1997)
• eliminated in the preliminary round: 2 × (Germany / 1999 and Greece / 2005)

The representative of the reigning European champion

• 3rd place: 1 × (Czech Republic / 1997 as representative for Germany)

World champion at European championships

The reigning world champion

• won the European Championship: 2000 (France), 2012 (Spain)
• finished second: 1976 and 1992 (Germany)
• finished third: 1968 (England)
• eliminated in the semi-finals: 2016 (Germany)
• eliminated in the quarter-finals: 2008 (Italy against the eventual European champions)
• could not qualify for the EM: 1984 (Italy)
• The current world champion (Spain) and his predecessor (Italy) met for the first time in 2012 at a European Championship finals. Ten players from the World Cup finals were used in the preliminary round for Spain and three for Italy. Both met again in the final. Previously, this encounter was not possible because for the first time in 2006 and 2010 two European teams became world champions in succession. As early as 2008, the then world champions Italy and their successors Spain faced each other in the quarter-finals , with Italy playing 8 players from the 2006 World Cup final and Spain playing 9 players from the 2010 final .
• The world champion did not take part in seven events because the world champion came from South America.

Newbies

The newcomers to the European Championship (from 1964)

• failed 1 × in the group stage with 24 participants (2016): Albania ^# (2016)
• failed 10 times in the group stage with 16 participants (1996 to 2012): Bulgaria (1996), Switzerland (1996), Turkey (1996), Russia * (1996), Norway ^# (2000), Slovenia ^# (2000), Latvia ^# (2004), Austria (2008), Poland (2008), Ukraine (2012)
• failed 5 times in the group stage with 8 participants (1980 to 1992): Greece (1980), Romania (1984), Ireland (1988), CIS * ^# (1992), Scotland (1992)
• failed twice in the second round (from 2016): Northern Ireland ^# (2016), Slovakia ^# (2016)
• failed twice in the quarter-finals (with 16 participants, 1996 to 2012): Croatia (1996), BR Yugoslavia * ^# (2000)
• failed 1 × in the quarter-finals (with 24 participants from 2016): Iceland ^# (2016)
• failed twice in the semi-finals (with 8 participants, 1984 to 1992): Portugal (1984), Sweden (1992)
• failed 1 × in the semifinals (with 24 participants from 2016): Wales ^# (2016)
• were 1 × fourth (with 4 participants, 1964 to 1976): Denmark (1964)
• were 4 × third (with 4 participants): Hungary (1964), England (1968), Belgium (1972), Netherlands (1976)
• were 1 × second (with 16 participants): Czech Republic * (1996)
• became 3 × European champions (with 4 participants): Spain (1964), Italy (1968), FR Germany (1972)

Remarks:

Countries in italics were also hosts as newcomers

To date, those marked with # have only participated once

Teams marked with "*" are considered to be the successors of other teams that participated in the first event in 1960.

final

Ranking list of finals in a row

1.  Federal Republic of Germany ( 1972 , 1976 , 1980 ) = 3, of which 2 won
2.  Spain ( 2008 , 2012 ) = 2, both won
3.  Soviet Union ( 1960 , 1964 ), Germany ( 1992 , 1996 ) = 2 each, of which 1 each won 

Ranking of the Vice European Champions

rank	number	country	at EM
1	3	Germany	1976 , 1992 , 2008
		Soviet Union	1964 , 1972 , 1988
3	2	Italy	2000 , 2012
		Yugoslavia	1960 , 1968
5	1	Belgium	1980
		France	2016
		Portugal	2004
		Spain	1984
		Czech Republic	1996

Final participation

1. Germany (6)

2. USSR and Spain (4 each)

4. Italy and France (3 each)

6.Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia / Czech Republic, Portugal (2 each)

9. Belgium, Denmark, Greece, Netherlands (1 each)

• There were three teams in the final that had lost their opening game: the Netherlands (1988), the Czech Republic (1996) and Portugal (2004). They always met the team against which they had lost the opening game. Only the Netherlands could then win in the final.
• In addition to the Netherlands, Denmark in 1992 and France in 2000 were able to finish the European Championships as winners, although they only finished second in the group stage.
• Portugal won the European Championship in 2016, although they only finished third in the group stage.
• Only once (1992) were two teams in the final, both of which had finished second in the group stage: Denmark and Germany.
• Only once (2012) were two teams in the final that drew against each other in the group stage: Spain and Italy.

Finals as a player

The following players were in the finals in two tournaments and both won:

• From Spain: Xabi Alonso , Iker Casillas (both times as captain), Cesc Fàbregas , Andrés Iniesta , Sergio Ramos , David Silva , Fernando Torres and Xavi (all 2008 and 2012) Fernando Torres is the first player to be one in two finals Goal succeeded.

The following players were in the finals in two tournaments, but all of them could only win once:

• From the USSR: Valentin Ivanov , Lev Yashin , Wiktor Ponedelnik (all 1960 and 1964)
• from Germany: Franz Beckenbauer (both times as captain), Uli Hoeneß , Sepp Maier , Georg Schwarzenbeck , Herbert Wimmer (all 1972 and 1976), Bernard Dietz (1976 and 1980), Thomas Häßler , Thomas Helmer , Jürgen Klinsmann , Matthias Sammer ( all 1992 and 1996)
• from Portugal: Cristiano Ronaldo (2004 and 2016)

Finals as a trainer

The following coaches supervised teams that reached the final at two tournaments, but could only win once: Helmut Schön (1972 and 1976) and Berti Vogts (1992 and 1996)

Participation in the finals as a player and coach

Berti Vogts ( Germany : 1976 as a player, 1992 and 1996 as a coach) always reached the final. In 1972 he was in the squad, but was not used due to an injury.  

Dino Zoff ( Italy : 1968, 2000) reached the final as a player and coach, but could only win the title as a player.  

Didier Deschamps ( France : 1992, 1996 and 2000 as a player and 2016 as a coach) won the title as captain in 2000.  

Vicente del Bosque ( Spain ): Participated as a player (1980) and coach, but only reached the 2012 final as a coach, in which his team was able to defend the title.  

Franz Beckenbauer ( Germany : 1972, 1976, 1988), Michel Platini ( France : 1984, 1992), Marco van Basten ( Netherlands : 1988, 2008), Frank Rijkaard ( Netherlands : 1988, 2000) and Laurent Blanc ( France : 1992, 1996 and 2000) took part in a European Championship as a player as well as a coach or team boss, but could only reach the final as a player and win once.      

José Antonio Camacho ( Spain ) reached the final as a player in 1984, participated as a player in 1988 and as a coach in 2000.  

Slaven Bilić ( Croatia : 1996, 2008 and 2012), Roberto Donadoni ( Italy : 1988, 1996, 2008), Srečko Katanec ( Yugoslavia : 1984, Slovenia : 2000), Kevin Keegan ( England : 1980, 2000), Morten Olsen ( Denmark : 1984, 1988, 2004 and 2012), Rudi Völler ( Germany : 1984, 1988, 1992 / arm break in the first game, 2004) and Paulo Bento ( Portugal : 2000, 2012) participated as players and coaches or team boss, but could never reach the finals.         

Final decisions

• In normal playing time: 9 × (1964, 1972, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 2004, 2008, 2012)
• In the extension: 4 × (1960, 1996, 2000, 2016), of which 2 × through Golden Goal (1996 and 2000)
• By penalty shoot-out: 1 × (1976)
• By repetition: 1 × (1968)

Warnings in the final

Ranking list of warnings:

1. Germany: 11 (1972/0, 1976/0, 1980/1, 1992/5, 1996/3, 2008/2)
2. Portugal: 8 (2004/2, 2016/6)
3. France: 7 (2) (1984/2 or 1, 2000/1, 2016/4), also a red card 1984
4. Spain: 5 (6) (1964/0, 1984/2 or 3, 2008/2, 2012/1)
5. Greece: 4 (all 2004)
6. Soviet Union: 4 (1960/0, 1964/0, 1972/1, 1988/3)
7. Italy: 4 (1968/0, 1968/0, 2000/3, 2012/1)
8. Belgium: 3 (1980)
9. Czechoslovakia / Czech Republic: 3 (1976/2 and 1996/1)
10. Netherlands: 2 (1988)
11. Denmark: 1 (1992)
12. Yugoslavia: 0 (1960 and 1968)

Note: For matches from 1960 to 1968, no warnings are given in UEFA match reports. Wladimir Kaplichni received the first documented warning in 1972 in the Germany - Soviet Union final . For the 1984 final , different information is given in the sources.

There were the most yellow cards in the 2016 final: a total of 10, including six for the winner Portugal, who replaced the Greeks who received four yellow cards against Portugal in 2004 as the final winner with the most yellow cards.

Neighbors in the final

• 1968 (Yugoslavia), 1972 (Germany), 1984 (Spain), 1988 (Netherlands) and 2008 (Germany) were neighbors of the host (s) in the final.
• 2000 (France) one of the finalists was the neighbor of a co-host (Belgium). The final did not take place in the neighboring country.
• 1968 (Italy / Yugoslavia), 1976 (Germany / Czechoslovakia), 1980 (Germany / Belgium), 1984 (France / Spain), 1992 (Denmark / Germany), 1996 (Germany / Czech Republic) and 2000 (France / Italy) were both Finalist neighbors.
• In 1972 and 1988, the host's neighbors in the final also became European champions.

Play for 3rd place

The game for third place was only played in the first six finals

Total placements:

1. Czechoslovakia (2 × third)

2. Hungary (1 × third, 1 × fourth)

3. Belgium, England, Netherlands (each 1 × third)

particularities

• The hosts played the game for third place four times, but could only win once (Belgium / 1972).
• Czechoslovakia finished third in the first and last games, against the hosts in both cases, and are the only team to be both European champions and third on penalties.

Trainer

• Roger Lemerre won the European Championship with France in 2000 and the African Championship in 2004 with Tunisia
• Helmut Schön won the European Championship with Germany in 1972 and the World Championship in 1974.
• Vicente del Bosque won the World Cup with Spain in 2010 and the European Championship in 2012
• Otto Rehhagel (Germany) was the first foreign coach to win the European Championship with Greece in 2004.
• Lars Lagerbäck (Sweden) is the first coach to coach three and four finals.
• Josef Piontek (Germany) is the first coach to coach a team from another country at a European Championship (Denmark / 1984)
• Luiz Felipe Scolari (Brazil) is the only coach from another confederation ( CONMEBOL ) who coached a team (Portugal) at the European Championship.
• Youngest coach: Srečko Katanec (Slovenia, 2000), 36 years, 333 days
• Oldest coach: Giovanni Trapattoni , who was 73 years and 85 days old when the Irish team played their first game in 2012.
• Youngest coach of a European champion: José Villalonga Llorente (Spain, 1964), 44 years, 192 days
• Oldest coach of a European champion: Luis Aragonés (Spain, 2008), 69 years, 337 days
• Most of the finals as a coach:

01. Joachim Löw (Germany): 17 (6/2008, 5/2012, 6/2016)

02. Lars Lagerbäck (Sweden): 15 (3/2000, 4/2004 together with Tommy Söderberg , 3/2008, 5/2016 with Iceland, together with Heimir Hallgrímsson )

03. Fernando Santos (Portugal): 11 (4/2012 with Greece, 7/2016 with Portugal)

000Fatih Terim (Turkey): 11 (3/1996, 5/2008, 3/2016)

000Berti Vogts (Germany): 11 (5/1992 and 6/1996)

06. Vicente del Bosque (Spain): 10 (6/2012, 4/2016)

000Luiz Felipe Scolari (Brazil): 10 (6/2004, 4/2008 - all with Portugal)

08. Guus Hiddink (Netherlands): 9 (4/1996 with the Netherlands, 5/2008 with Russia)

000Rinus Michels (Netherlands): 9 (5/1988, 4/1992)

000Otto Rehhagel (Germany): 9 (6/2004, 3/2008 - all with Greece)

11. Dick Advocaat (Netherlands): 8 (5/2004 with the Netherlands, 3/2012 with Russia)

000Karel Brückner (Czech Republic): 8 (5/2004, 3/2008)

000Roy Hodgson (England): 8 (4/2012), (4/2016)

000Richard Møller Nielsen (Denmark): 8 (5/1992, 3/1996)

000Miguel Muñoz (Spain): 8 (5/1984, 3/1988)

• Coaches who participated with two different teams:

Guus Hiddink : 1996 with the Netherlands, 2008 with Russia

Dick Advocaat : 2004 with the Netherlands, 2012 with Russia

Giovanni Trapattoni : 2004 with Italy, 2012 with Ireland

Lars Lagerbäck : 2000, 2004 and 2008 with Sweden, 2016 with Iceland

Fernando Santos : 2012 with Greece, 2016 with Portugal

Roy Hodgson qualified for the 1996 European Championship with Switzerland in 1995, but then coached Inter Milan , and then took part as England coach in 2012 and 2016.

So far, coaches and the teams they supervise have met their home country three times: Sepp Piontek with Denmark in 1988 against Germany, Guus Hiddink with Russia in 2008 and the Netherlands and Giovanni Trapattoni in 2012 with Ireland against Italy.

referee

So far (as of July 10, 2016) 137 referees from 31 countries have been deployed in the European Championship finals. Most came from England (13/24 games), Italy (12/29 games) and Germany (11/22 games). Eight and nine referees came from Austria and Switzerland, respectively, but the last time they came from both countries was in 2008 when both hosted the European Championship together. Two games were led by a referee from another confederation, the Egyptian Gamal Al-Ghandour , who was used in two preliminary round games in 2000. He and five other referees, including three from the GDR, come from countries that have not yet taken part in a European Championship finals. In contrast, the European Championship participants Ireland, Yugoslavia, Croatia, Latvia and Ukraine never provided a referee.

65 referees were only used once. Kim Milton Nielsen and Anders Frisk are the only referees to appear in three finals (both 1996, 2000 and 2004). Frisk is also the first referee who came to four appearances in a final round (2004) and directed most of the European Championship games.

Gottfried Dienst and Sergio Gonella are the only referees who were able to lead both a World Cup and a European Championship final. Dienst led the first final between England and Germany (4: 2) in London in 1966 and the first final between Italy and Yugoslavia (1: 1 afterwards) in Rome in 1968 . Gonella was first referee of the European Championship final between Germany and Czechoslovakia in 1976 in Belgrade (2: 2 a.s. 3: 5 in pen.) And then in 1978 in Buenos Aires between Argentina and the Netherlands (3: 1 a .).

Pedro Proença is the first referee to conduct both the UEFA Champions League final and the European Championship final in one year (2012). In 2016, Mark Clattenburg directed both finals.

Most missions:

1. Anders Frisk ( Sweden ): 8 - 1996 (preliminary round), 2000 (2 × preliminary round, final), 2004 (2 × preliminary round, quarter and semi-finals) 

2. Nicola Rizzoli ( Italy ): 7 - 2012 (2 × preliminary round, quarter-finals), 2016 (2 × preliminary round, round of 16, semi-finals) 

2. Damir Skomina ( Slovenia ): 7 - 2012 (2 × preliminary round, quarter-finals), 2016 (2 × preliminary round, second round and quarter-finals) 

4. Pierluigi Collina ( Italy ): 6 - 2000 (2 × preliminary round, quarter finals), 2004 (opening game, preliminary round, semifinals) 

4. Cüneyt Çakır ( Turkey ): 6 - 2012 (2 × preliminary round, semi-finals), 2016 (2 × preliminary round, round of 16) 

4. Markus Merk ( Germany ): 6 - 2000 (opening game, preliminary round, semifinals), 2004 (2 × preliminary round, final) 

4. Ľuboš Micheľ ( Slovakia ): 6 - 2004 (2 × preliminary round, quarter-finals), 2008 (2 × preliminary round, quarter-finals) 

Others

Only once (1988, PSV Eindhoven ) has a country won the European championship that same year as the winner of the European championship or the UEFA Champions League . With Berry van Aerle , Hans van Breukelen , Ronald Koeman and Gerald Vanenburg, four of the European Cup winners' players also became European champions. On the other hand, countries won the UEFA Cup and UEFA Europa League three times : 1980 Eintracht Frankfurt / Germany, 1996 FC Bayern Munich / Germany, 2012 Atlético Madrid / Spain and 1968 Italy both with AC Milan as the European Cup winners the cup winner as well as the European champion.

In 2012, however, Juan Mata and Fernando Torres ( Chelsea FC / Spain ) won the Champions League and the European Championship in one year. In 2016, Cristiano Ronaldo and Pepe ( Real Madrid / Portugal ) achieved this .

qualification

country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Goal difference	Goal difference	Points	Goals / game	No participation
Spain	115	81	16	18th	283: 86	197	259	2,461
Netherlands	110	72	15th	23	258: 85	173	231	2,345	1960, 2000
Germany	098	69	20th	09	237: 61	176	227	2,418	1960, 1964, 1988
Italy	108	64	30th	14th	187: 72	115	222	1.731	1960, 1980
England	095	63	23	09	211: 54	157	212	2.221	1960, 1996
Romania	110	59	33	18th	204: 91	113	210	1,855
Portugal	105	60	24	21st	191: 95	096	204	1,819	2004
France	097	58	25th	14th	195: 70	125	199	2.010	1984, 2016
Sweden	105	56	23	26th	175: 102	073	191	1.667	1960, 1992
Scotland	114	53	28	33	169: 123	046	187	1.482	1960, 1964
Greece	114	53	23	38	161: 128	033	182	1.412	1964
Ireland	117	49	35	33	177: 126	051	182	1.513
Denmark	113	52	24	37	179: 136	043	180	1.584
Belgium	104	49	26th	29	170: 112	058	173	1.635	1960, 2000
Bulgaria	113	49	26th	38	157: 120	037	173	1.389
Hungary	114	48	24	42	185: 152	033	168	1.623
Poland	100	45	27	28	165: 109	056	162	1,650	2012
Turkey	110	44	27	39	134: 49	−15	159	1.218	1960
Austria	100	45	17th	38	184: 147	037	152	1,840	2008
Norway	114	43	20th	51	147: 158	−11	149	1.289
Northern Ireland	110	40	25th	45	120: 138	−18	145	1.091	1960
Wales	104	41	21st	42	125: 133	0-8th	144	1.136	1960
Czech Republic	060	45	08th	07th	131: 43	088	143	2.183	1960-1992
Switzerland	092	39	22nd	31	153: 116	037	139	1.663	1960, 2008
Croatia	062	40	14th	08th	118: 39	079	134	1.903	1960-1992
Russia	060	38	12	10	131: 45	086	126	2.183	1960-1992
USSR / CIS	055	34	15th	06th	103: 38	065	117	1,873	since 1996
Yugoslavia	056	35	10	11	114: 54	060	115	2.036	since 1996
Czechoslovakia	056	31	13	12	107: 48	059	106	1.911	since 1996
Finland	104	27	24	53	109: 162	−53	105	1.048	1960, 1964
Slovakia	060	28	10	22nd	094:77	017th	094	1.567	1960-1992
Iceland	096	24	17th	55	081: 146	−65	089	0.844	1960, 1968, 1972
Slovenia	066	25th	14th	27	083:80	003	089	1.258	1960-1992
Israel	060	25th	11	24	096:78	018th	086	1,600	1960-1992
Ukraine	054	23	15th	16	073:53	020th	084	1.352	1960–1992, 2012
Bosnia and Herzegovina	054	22nd	10	22nd	074:76	0-2	076	1,370	1960-1996
Latvia	062	20th	13	29	067:88	−21	073	1.081	1960-1992
GDR	046	20th	12	14th	076:57	019th	072	1.652	since 1992
Lithuania	058	20th	08th	30th	050:83	−33	068	0.862	1960-1992
Albania	091	15th	22nd	54	069: 162	−93	067	0.758	1960, 1976, 1980
Cyprus	105	16	14th	75	083: 276	−193	062	0.790	1960, 1964
Georgia	060	16	08th	36	063:89	−26	056	1.050	1960-1992
Belarus	058	14th	12	32	049:87	−38	054	0.845	1960-1992
Estonia	062	15th	08th	39	047: 103	−56	053	0.758	1960-1992
Armenia	058	12	12	34	051:85	−34	048	0.879	1960-1992
North Macedonia	058	11	14th	33	059:90	−31	047	1.017	1960-1992
Serbia	032	12	10	10	043:36	007th	046	1,344	1960-2004
Moldova	058	11	09	38	051: 114	−63	042	0.879	1960-1992
BR Yugoslavia / S & M	016	08th	05	03	029:19	010	029	1,813	1960–1996, since 2008
Luxembourg	107	07th	08th	92	039: 300	−261	029	0.364	1960
Azerbaijan	060	06th	09	45	036: 147	−111	027	0.600	1960-1992
Faroe Islands	068	06th	06th	56	040: 182	−142	024	0.588	1960-1988
Montenegro	020th	06th	05	09	017:23	0-6	023	0.850	1960-2008
Liechtenstein	058	05	07th	46	019: 176	−157	022nd	0.328	1960-1992
Malta	102	02	15th	85	048: 286	−238	021st	0.471	1960, 1968
Kazakhstan	034	04th	07th	23	024:63	−39	019th	0.706	1960-2004
San Marino	066	00	01	65	007:289	−282	001	0.106	1960-1988
Andorra	049	00	00	49	010: 147	−137	000	0.204	1960-2000
Gibraltar	010	00	00	10	002:56	−54	000	0.200	1960–2012

1. ↑ Final round participants are in bold, former qualifying participants are in italics. Teams highlighted in green took part in 2016
2. ↑ sort criterion
3. ↑ In years in italics, the country was automatically qualified as an organizer and therefore did not have to take part in the qualification.

Status: After the playoff games of the qualification for the EM 2016

See also

• Soccer World Cup / Records

swell

• UEFA EURO 2012 STATISTICS BEFORE THE TOURNAMENT
• Kicker EM special issue 2012
• RSSSF (Eng.)
• www.fussballdaten.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} The fastest EURO goals - 67 seconds and more. In: uefa.com. UEFA , June 12, 2012, accessed September 4, 2014 . 
2. ↑ uefa.com: Yugoslavia beat world champions England
3. ↑ According to rsssf.com [1] and sportschau.de [2] , according to fussballdaten.de it was only 34,700 [3]
4. ↑ http://www.fussballdaten.de/em/1972/endrunde/halbfinale/russland-ungarn/
5. ↑ http://www.rsssf.com/tables/72e.html
6. ↑ www.sportschau.de: EURO statistics
7. ↑ rsssf.com: European Championship 1964
8. ↑ uefa.com: Eight Spanish stars create EURO double
9. ↑ uefa.com: Age before beauty in the eternally young Trapattoni
10. ↑ Incl. the quarter-final game against Portugal, which he had to spend in the stands after being suspended by UEFA.
11. ↑ Also in 2012 as fourth official at the final