European Football Championship / overview of participants

Number of participations including qualifications

The table European football championship / overview of participants lists all international football associations of men who have participated in the respective qualifications and finals since the first European football championship in 1960, as well as their results in the individual tournaments.

There are currently 60 regional associations in the list.

Participant overview

The sorting order corresponds to the overall performance in all European Championship finals analogous to the evaluation of a medal table . In the event of a tie, further criteria are firstly the number of finals and, secondly, the number of qualifications.

Number of participants:

• Upper number, number of registered teams, without the teams withdrawn before the start of qualification (1964 Greece, 1992 GDR).
• Lower number: number of finalists.

• In the competitions from 1960 to 1976, no team was automatically qualified for the final tournament, the host was selected at short notice by UEFA from among the four semi-finalists.
• From 1980 onwards, all hosts without qualifications are eligible to take part in the final tournaments.
• In the pan-European tournament of 2020 none of the 12 hosts qualified automatically, all 55 registered national teams had to qualify.

		QF 1960	QF 1964	QF 1968	QF 1972	QF 1976	QF 1980	QF 1984	QF 1988	QF 1992	QF 1996	QF 2000	QF 2004	QF 2008	QF 2012	QF 2016	QF 2021	Partial took (to 2016)		Results (up to 2016)
	Attendees	17 4	28 4	31 4	32 4	32 4	32 8	33 8	33 8	34 8	48 16	51 16	51 16	52 16	53 16	54 24	55 24	Total	Endr.	1	2	H	V	a	e	v	•
1	FRG / Germany			•	1	2	1	V	H	2	1	e	e	2	H	H	Q	13	12	3	3	3	1		2		1
2	Spain	v	1	v	•	v	V	2	V	•	V	V	e	1	1	a	Q	15th	10	3	1		4th	1	1	3	2
3	France	4th	v	v	•	•	•	1	•	V	H	1	V	e	V	2	Q	15th	9	2	1	3	2		1	2	4th
4th	Soviet Union / CIS	1	2	4th	2	v	•	•	2	V								9	6th	1	3	1	1			1	2
5	Italy		•	1	v	•	4th	•	H	•	e	2	e	V	2	V	Q	14th	9	1	2	2	2		2	1	4th
6th	Portugal	v	•	•	•	•	•	H	•	•	V	H	2	V	H	1	Q	15th	7th	1	1	3	2			1	7th
7th	Netherlands		•	•	•	3	V	•	1	H	V	H	H	V	e	•	Q	14th	9	1		4th	3		1		5
8th	Denmark	•	4th	•	•	•	•	H	V	1	e	e	V	•	e	•	Q	15th	8th	1		2	2		3		7th
9	Czechoslovakia	3	•	•	•	1	3	•	•	•								9	3	1		2					6th
10	Greece	•	z	•	•	•	V	•	•	•	•	•	1	e	V	•	•	14th	4th	1			2		1		10
11	Yugoslavia	2	•	2	v	4th	•	V	•	•								9	4th		2	1	1			1	4th
12	Belgium		•	•	3	v	2	V	•	•	•	e	•	•	•	V	Q	14th	5		1	1	2		1	1	8th
13	Czech Republic										2	e	H	e	V	e	Q	6th	6th		1	1	1		3
14th	England		•	3	v	•	V	•	V	V	H	e	V	•	V	a	Q	14th	9			2	5	1	1	1	4th
15th	Hungary	•	3	v	4th	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	a	q	15th	3			2		1		1	11
16	Sweden		v	•	•	•	•	•	•	H	•	e	V	e	e	e	Q	14th	6th			1	1		4th	1	7th
17th	Turkey	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	e	V	•	H	•	e	Q	15th	4th			1	1		2		11
18th	Russia										e	•	e	H	e	e	Q	6th	5			1			4th		1
19th	Wales		•	•	•	v	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	H	Q	14th	1			1				1	12
20th	Croatia										V	•	e	V	e	a	Q	6th	5				2	1	2		1
		1960	1964	1968	1972	1976	1980	1984	1988	1992	1996	2000	2004	2008	2012	2016	2020	Total	Endr.	1	2	H	V	a	e	v	•
21st	Romania	v	•	•	v	•	•	V	•	•	e	V	•	e	•	e	q	15th	5				2		3	2	8th
22nd	Ireland	•	v	•	•	•	•	•	V	•	•	•	•	•	e	a	q	15th	3				1	1	1	1	11
23	Poland	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	e	e	V	Q	15th	3				1		2		12
24	Scotland			•	•	•	•	•	•	V	e	•	•	•	•	•	q	13	2				1		1		11
25th	Iceland		•			•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	V	q	12	1				1				11
26th	Serbia and Montenegro											V	•					2	1				1				1
27	Switzerland		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	e	•	e	e	•	a	Q	14th	4th					1	3		10
28	Northern Ireland		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	a	q	14th	1					1			13
29	Slovakia										•	•	•	•	•	a	q	6th	1					1			5
30th	Bulgaria	•	•	v	•	•	•	•	•	•	e	•	e	•	•	•	q	15th	2						2	1	12
31	Austria	v	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	e	•	e	Q	15th	2						2	1	12
32	Ukraine										•	•	•	•	e	e	Q	6th	2						2		4th
33	Norway	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	e	•	•	•	•	q	15th	1						1		14th
34	Albania		•	•	•			•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	e	•	12	1						1		11
35	Latvia										•	•	e	•	•	•	•	6th	1						1		5
36	Slovenia										•	e	•	•	•	•	•	6th	1						1		5
37	Luxembourg		v	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	14th	0							1	13
38	Finland			•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	Q	13	0								13
39	Cyprus			•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	13	0								13
40	Malta		•		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	13	0								13
		1960	1964	1968	1972	1976	1980	1984	1988	1992	1996	2000	2004	2008	2012	2016	2020	Total	Endr.	1	2	H	V	a	e	v	•
41	GDR	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	z								8th	0								8th
42	Faroe Islands									•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	7th	0								7th
43	San Marino									•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	7th	0								7th
44	Armenia										•	•	•	•	•	•	•	6th	0								6th
45	Azerbaijan										•	•	•	•	•	•	•	6th	0								6th
46	Estonia										•	•	•	•	•	•	•	6th	0								6th
47	Georgia										•	•	•	•	•	•	q	6th	0								6th
48	Israel										•	•	•	•	•	•	q	6th	0								6th
49	Liechtenstein										•	•	•	•	•	•	•	6th	0								6th
50	Lithuania										•	•	•	•	•	•	•	6th	0								6th
51	North Macedonia										•	•	•	•	•	•	q	6th	0								6th
52	Moldova										•	•	•	•	•	•	•	6th	0								6th
53	Belarus										•	•	•	•	•	•	q	6th	0								6th
54	Andorra											•	•	•	•	•	•	5	0								5
55	Bosnia and Herzegovina											•	•	•	•	•	q	5	0								5
56	Kazakhstan													•	•	•	•	3	0								3
57	Serbia													•	•	•	q	3	0								3
58	Montenegro														•	•	•	2	0								2
59	Gibraltar															•	•	1	0								1
60	Kosovo																q	0	0
	Attendees	1960	1964	1968	1972	1976	1980	1984	1988	1992	1996	2000	2004	2008	2012	2016	2021	Total	Endr.	1	2	H	V	a	e	v	•

Legend to the table

Total	Number of participations including qualifying games
Endr.	Number of participations in the final round
1	European champion
2	Vice European champion
3 4 H.	Semi-finalist • Third place was played until 1980
V	Quarter-finalist • 1980 to 1992 as group stage, from 1996 as knockout round
a	Round of 16 • since 2016
e	Finalists • since 1996
v	Quarter-finalists in the qualifying round • 1960-1976
•	not qualified
z	withdrawn
	not participated
Q	already qualified for the EM 2020
q	can still qualify for the EM 2020

See also

• European Football Championship for women / participants

• Football World Cup / overview of participants
• Soccer World Cup for women / participants