This is a list of records and statistics of the UEFA European Championship.

Ranking of teams by number of appearances

As of UEFA Euro 2020

Debut of national teams

A total of 36 different UEFA members have reached the finals, 35 of whom are debuting. Every final tournament has seen at least one entity appearing for the first time.

Overall team records

As of UEFA Euro 2020

The system used in the European Championship up to 1992 was 2 points for a win, and 3 points for a win from 1996 onwards. In this ranking 3 points are awarded for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss. As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws. Teams are ranked by total points, then by goal difference, then by goals scored.

Notes

Former countries

Medal table

The Third place playoff has been removed since 1984, meaning the losing semi-finalists are both counted under bronze since then.

Comprehensive team results by tournament

Legend

• 1st – Champions
• 2nd – Runners-up
• 3rd – Third place
• 4th – Fourth place
• SF – Semi-finals
• QF – Quarter-finals
• R16 – Round of 16
• GS – Group stage
• Q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
•  •  – Did not qualify
•  •×  – Disqualified
•  ×  – Did not enter / Withdrew / Banned
•    – Hosts

For each tournament, the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown.

Notes

Hosts

From 1960 to 1976 the host was decided between one of the four semi-finalists. Since 1980 the hosts have automatically qualified, except in 2020 when every country had to qualify through qualification. Germany will host the next finals in 2024.

Notes

Results of defending finalists

Active consecutive participations

This is a list of active consecutive participations of national teams in the UEFA European Championships.

As of qualification for UEFA Euro 2024.

Notes

Droughts

This is a list of droughts associated with the participation of national teams in the UEFA European Championships.

Longest active UEFA European Championship droughts

Does not include teams that have not yet made their first appearance or teams that no longer exist.

As of qualification for UEFA Euro 2024.

Longest UEFA European Championship droughts overall

Only includes droughts begun after a team's first appearance and until the team ceased to exist.

As of qualification for UEFA Euro 2024.

Notes

Countries that have never qualified

The following teams which are current UEFA members have never qualified for the European Championship.  Bosnia and Herzegovina is the only one of these teams which appeared in the FIFA World Cup, although  Israel qualified for the 1970 tournament when it was part of AFC.

Legend

•  •  – Did not qualify
•  ×  – Did not enter / Withdrew / Banned
•     – Co-host of the final tournament

For each tournament, the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown.

Notes

Former countries

East Germany played in eight qualification competitions before the reunification of Germany in 1990.

Notes

General statistics by tournament

Note: Matthias Sammer was the first player to officially win the MVP of the tournament.

Team: Tournament position

All-time

Most championships

3,  West Germany/ Germany (1972, 1980, 1996),  Spain (1964, 2008, 2012)

Most finishes in the top two

6,  West Germany/ Germany (1972, 1976, 1980, 1992, 1996, 2008)

Most finishes in the top four

9,  West Germany/ Germany (1972, 1976, 1980, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2008, 2012, 2016)

Most finishes in the top eight

10,  West Germany/ Germany (1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2008, 2012, 2016)

Most European Championship Finals appearances

13,  West Germany/ Germany (every tournament since 1972)

For a detailed list, see National team appearances in the UEFA European Championship

Most second-place finishes

3,  West Germany/ Germany (1976, 1992, 2008),  Russia/ Soviet Union (1964, 1972, 1988)

Most third/fourth-place finishes

4,  Netherlands (1976, 1992, 2000, 2004)

Most fifth to eighth-place finishes

5,  England (1980, 1988, 1992, 2004, 2012)

Consecutive

Most consecutive championships

2,  Spain (2008–2012)

Most consecutive finishes in the top two

3,  West Germany (1972–1980)

Most consecutive finishes in the top four

4,  Soviet Union (1960–1972)

Most consecutive finishes in the top eight

7,  West Germany/ Germany (1972–1996)

Most consecutive finals tournaments

13,  West Germany/ Germany (1972–2020)

Gaps

Longest gap between successive titles

53 years,  Italy (1968–2021)

Longest gap between successive appearances in the top two

32 years,  Italy (1968–2000)

Longest gap between successive appearances in the top four

29 years,  Denmark (1992–2021)

Longest gap between successive appearances in the top eight

32 years,  Belgium (1984–2016)

Longest gap between successive appearances in the Finals

44 years,  Hungary (1972–2016)

Host team

Best finish by host team

Champions,  Spain (1964),  Italy (1968, 2020),  France (1984)

Worst finish by host team (24 teams)

17th–24th position,  Russia (2020),  Scotland (2020),  Hungary (2020)

Worst finish by host team (16 teams)

9th–16th position,  Belgium (2000),  Austria (2008),   Switzerland (2008),  Poland (2012),  Ukraine (2012)

Worst finish by host team (4 teams)

4th position,  France (1960),  Yugoslavia (1976)

Debuting teams

Best finish by a debuting team

Champions,  Soviet Union (1960),  Spain (1964),  Italy (1968),  West Germany (1972)

Best finish by a debuting team (after 1976)

Semi-finals,  Portugal (1984),  Sweden (1992),  Wales (2016)

Other

Most finishes in the top two without ever being champions

2,  Yugoslavia (1960, 1968)

Most finishes in the top four without ever being champions

3,  Yugoslavia (1960, 1968, 1976),  England (1968, 1996, 2020)

Most finishes in the top eight without ever being champions

8,  England (1968, 1980, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2004, 2012, 2020)

Most appearances in Finals without ever being champions

10,  England (1968, 1980, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2012, 2016, 2020)

Most finishes in the top four without ever finishing in the top two

2,  Hungary (1964, 1972)

Most finishes in the top eight without ever finishing in the top two

2,  Hungary (1964, 1972),  Sweden (1992, 2004),  Turkey (2000, 2008)

Most appearances in Finals without ever finishing in the top two

7,  Sweden (1992, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020)

Most finishes in the top eight without ever finishing in the top four

2,  Croatia (1996, 2008),  Romania (1984, 2000)

Most appearances in Finals without ever finishing in the top four

6,  Croatia (1996, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020)

Highest winning record

51.3%,  Netherlands (20 wins in 39 matches)

Most played match

7,  Italy vs  Spain (1980, 1988, 2008, 2012 (2x), 2016, 2020)

Team: Tournament progression

All time

Progressed from the group stage the most times

8,  West Germany/ Germany (1980, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020),  Portugal (1984, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020)

Eliminated in the group stage the most times

6,  CIS/ Russia (1992, 1996, 2004, 2012, 2016, 2020)

Most appearances, always progressed from the group stage

8,  Portugal (1984, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020)

Most appearances, never progressed from the group stage

3,  Scotland (1992, 1996, 2020)

Consecutive

Most consecutive progressions from the group stage

8,  Portugal (1984, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020)

Most consecutive eliminations from the group stage

3,  England (1980, 1988, 1992),  CIS/ Russia (1992, 1996, 2004),  Sweden (2008, 2012, 2016),   Switzerland (1996, 2004, 2008),  Russia (2012, 2016, 2020),  Scotland (1992, 1996, 2020)

Team: Matches played/goals scored

All-time

Most matches played

53,  Germany

Most wins

27,  Germany

Most losses

17,  Denmark

Most draws

18,  Italy

Most matches played without a win

3,  Slovenia,  Latvia,  North Macedonia

Most matches played before first win

8,  Romania,   Switzerland

Most goals scored

78,  Germany

Most goals conceded

55,  Germany

Fewest goals scored

1,  Albania,  Latvia,  Norway,  Finland

Fewest goals conceded

1,  Norway

Most matches played always conceding a goal

11,  Ukraine

Highest average of goals scored per match

1.67,  Netherlands (65 goals in 39 matches)

Lowest average of goals scored per match

0.33,  Albania (1 goal in 3 matches),  Latvia (1 goal in 3 matches),  Norway (1 goal in 3 matches),  Finland (1 goal in 3 matches)

Highest average of goals conceded per match

2.79,  Yugoslavia (39 goals in 14 matches)

Lowest average of goals conceded per match

0.33,  Norway (1 goal in 3 matches)

Most meetings between two teams

7 times,  Italy vs  Spain (1980, 1988, 2008, 2012 (twice), 2016, 2020)

Most meetings between two teams, final match

2 times,  Czechoslovakia/ Czech Republic vs  West Germany/ Germany (1976, 1996)

Most tournaments unbeaten

5,  Spain (1964, 1996, 2008, 2012, 2020)

Most tournaments eliminated without having lost a match

3,  England (1996, 2012, 2020)

Most tournaments eliminated without having won a match (since 1980)

4,  Romania (1984, 1996, 2008, 2016)

Most matches played with tournament champion

5,  Portugal (1984, 2000, 2004 (twice), 2012)

Single tournament

Most wins

5,  France (1984, out of 5),  France (2000, out of 6),  Spain (2008, out of 6),  France (2016, out of 7),  Italy (2020, out of 7),  England (2020, out of 7)

Fewest wins, champions (since 1980)

2,  Denmark (1992, out of 5)

Fewest wins in regulation time, champions (since 1980)

1,  Portugal (2016, out of 7)

Most matches not won, champions

4,  Portugal (2016, out of 7)

Most wins by non-champion

5,  France (2016, out of 7),  England (2020, out of 7)

Most matches not won

4,  Czech Republic (1996, out of 6),  Netherlands (2004, out of 5),  Italy (2012, out of 6),  Portugal (2016, out of 7),  Spain (2020, out of 6)

Most draws

4,  Portugal (2016, out of 7),  Spain (2020, out of 6)

Most losses

3,  Yugoslavia (1984),  Denmark (1988),  England (1988),  Romania (1996),  Turkey (1996),  Denmark (2000),  Bulgaria (2004),  Greece (2008),  Netherlands (2012),  Republic of Ireland (2012),  Ukraine (2016),  Northern Ireland (2016),  Turkey (2020),  North Macedonia (2020),  Ukraine (2020),  Denmark (2020)

Most losses, champions

1,  Netherlands (1988),  Denmark (1992),  France (2000),  Greece (2004)

Most goals scored

14,  France (1984)

Most goals scored, group stage (since 1980)

9,  France (1984),  Netherlands (2008)

Fewest goals scored

0,  Soviet Union (1968),  Turkey (1996),  Denmark (2000),  Ukraine (2016)

Fewest goals conceded

1,  Italy (1980),  Norway (2000),  Spain (2012)

Most goals conceded

13,  Yugoslavia (2000)

Most goals conceded, group stage (since 1980)

10,  Yugoslavia (1984)

Most minutes without conceding a goal

509,  Spain (2012)

Highest goal difference

+11,  Spain (2012)

Lowest goal difference

−8,  Yugoslavia (1984),  Denmark (2000),  Bulgaria (2004),  Republic of Ireland (2012)

Lowest goal difference, champions

+2,  Spain (1964),  Italy (1968),  Czechoslovakia (1976),  Denmark (1992)

Highest average of goals scored per match

2.80,  France (1984)

Highest average goal difference per match (since 1980)

+2,  France (1984)

Most goals scored, champions

14,  France (1984)

Fewest goals scored, champions (since 1980)

6,  West Germany (1980),  Denmark (1992)

Fewest goals scored, finalists (since 1980)

4,  Belgium (1980)

Fewest goals conceded, champions (since 1980)

1,  Spain (2012)

Most goals conceded, champions

7,  France (2000)

Lowest average of goals scored per match, champions

1.17,  Greece (2004, 7 goals in 6 matches)

Streaks

Most consecutive successful qualification attempts

8,  Spain (1996–2024)

Most consecutive failed qualification attempts

15,  Luxembourg (1964–2020)

Most consecutive wins

5,  France, from 1–0 vs Denmark (1984) to 2–0 vs Spain (1984),  Netherlands, from 3–1 vs England (1988) to 1–0 vs Scotland (1992),  Czech Republic, from 2–0 vs Denmark (2000) to 3–0 vs Denmark (2004),  Italy, from 3–0 vs Turkey (2020) to 2–1 vs Belgium (2020)

Most consecutive wins (qualifying and final tournaments combined)

15,  Italy (23 March 2019 – 2 July 2021)

Most consecutive matches without a loss

14,  Spain, from 4–1 vs Russia (2008) to 3–0 vs Turkey (2016)

Most consecutive losses

6,  Yugoslavia, from 0–2 vs Italy (1968) to 2–3 vs France (1984),  Ukraine, from 0–2 vs France (2012) to 2–3 vs Netherlands (2020)

Most consecutive matches without a win

9,  Soviet Union /  CIS /  Russia, from 0–2 vs Netherlands (1988) to 0–2 vs Portugal (2004)

Most consecutive draws

4,  Portugal, from 0–0 vs Spain (2012) to 3–3 vs Hungary (2016)

Most consecutive matches without a draw

17,  Czech Republic, from 1–2 vs Germany (1996) to 0–1 vs Spain (2016)

Most consecutive matches scoring at least one goal

11,  England, from 1–1 vs Germany (1996) to 1–0 vs Ukraine (2012)

Most consecutive matches scoring at least two goals

9,  France, from 3–0 vs Denmark (2000) to 3–1 vs Switzerland (2004)

Most consecutive matches scoring at least three goals

3,  France, from 5–0 vs Belgium (1984) to 3–2 vs Portugal (1984),  Netherlands, from 3–0 vs Denmark (2000) to 6–1 vs Yugoslavia (2000)

Most consecutive matches scoring at least four goals

2,  Denmark, from 4–1 vs Russia (2020) to 4–0 vs Wales (2020),  Spain, from 5–0 vs Slovakia (2020) to 5–3 vs Croatia (2020)

Most consecutive matches scoring at least five goals

2,  Spain, from 5–0 vs Slovakia (2020) to 5–3 vs Croatia (2020)

Most consecutive matches without scoring a goal

5,  Ukraine, from 0–2 vs France (2012) to 0–1 vs Poland (2016)

Most consecutive matches without conceding a goal (clean sheets)

7,  Spain, from 4–0 vs Republic of Ireland (2012) to 3–0 vs Turkey (2016)

Most consecutive minutes without conceding a goal

734,  Spain (2012–2016)

Most consecutive matches without conceding a goal (including qualifying)

8,  Italy, from 0–0 vs Poland (1975) to 0–0 vs Belgium (1980),  England, from 6–0 vs Bulgaria (2019) to 4–0 vs Ukraine (2020)

Most consecutive minutes without conceding a goal (including qualifying)

784,  Italy (1975–1980)

Most consecutive matches conceding at least one goal

11,  Ukraine, from 2–1 vs Sweden (2012) to 0–4 vs England (2020)

Most consecutive matches conceding at least two goals

7,  Yugoslavia, from 0–2 vs Italy (1968) to 3–3 vs Slovenia (2000)

Most consecutive matches conceding at least three goals

3,  Yugoslavia, from 0–5 vs Denmark (1984) to 3–3 vs Slovenia (2000),  Czech Republic, from 1–3 vs Portugal (2008) to 1–4 vs Russia (2012),  Hungary, from 3–3 vs Portugal (2016) to 0–3 vs Portugal (2020)

Most matches played without consecutive losses

45,  Italy

Most matches played without consecutive wins

16,  Romania

Most matches played without consecutive draws

33,  Denmark

Individual

For records regarding goalscoring, see Goalscoring; for records regarding goalkeeping, see Goalkeeping

Most consecutive finals

3, Rainer Bonhof ( West Germany, 1972–1980)

Most tournaments in squad

5, Iker Casillas ( Spain, 2000 (did not play), 2004–2012, 2016 (did not play)); Cristiano Ronaldo ( Portugal, 2004–2020)

Most tournaments played

5, Cristiano Ronaldo ( Portugal, 2004–2020)

Most championships

2, 13 players: Rainer Bonhof ( West Germany, 1972 & 1980); Xabi Alonso, Iker Casillas, Cesc Fàbregas, Andrés Iniesta, Sergio Ramos, David Silva, Fernando Torres, Xavi, Raúl Albiol, Álvaro Arbeloa, Santi Cazorla, Pepe Reina ( Spain, 2008 & 2012)

Most medals

3, Rainer Bonhof ( West Germany, 1972 (champions), 1976 (runners-up), 1980 (champions))

Most matches played, final tournament

25, Cristiano Ronaldo ( Portugal, 2004–2020)

Most minutes played, final tournament

2,153, Cristiano Ronaldo ( Portugal, 2004–2020)

Most matches won

12, Cristiano Ronaldo ( Portugal, 2004–2020)

Most appearances in a final

2, Valentin Ivanov, Viktor Ponedelnik, Lev Yashin ( Soviet Union, 1960 & 1964); Franz Beckenbauer, Uli Hoeneß, Sepp Maier, Georg Schwarzenbeck, Herbert Wimmer ( West Germany, 1972 & 1976); Bernard Dietz ( West Germany, 1976 & 1980); Thomas Häßler, Thomas Helmer, Jürgen Klinsmann, Matthias Sammer ( Germany, 1992 & 1996); Xabi Alonso, Iker Casillas, Cesc Fàbregas, Andrés Iniesta, Sergio Ramos, David Silva, Fernando Torres, Xavi ( Spain, 2008 & 2012); Cristiano Ronaldo ( Portugal, 2004 & 2016); Leonardo Bonucci, Giorgio Chiellini ( Italy, 2012 & 2020)

Most appearances as captain

16, Cristiano Ronaldo ( Portugal, 2004–2020)

Most appearances in Team of the Tournament

3, Paolo Maldini ( Italy, 1988, 1996, 2000); Laurent Blanc ( France, 1992–2000); Cristiano Ronaldo ( Portugal, 2004, 2012, 2016); Pepe ( Portugal, 2008–2016)

Youngest player to appear

17 years, 246 days, Kacper Kozłowski ( Poland, vs  Spain, 2020)

Youngest player to appear in a final

18 years, 327 days, Renato Sanches ( Portugal, vs  France, 2016)

Youngest player to appear (qualifying match)

15 years, 300 days, Martin Ødegaard ( Norway, vs  Bulgaria, 2016)

Oldest player to appear

40 years, 86 days, Gábor Király ( Hungary, vs  Belgium, 26 June 2016)

Oldest outfield player to appear

39 years, 91 days, Lothar Matthäus ( Germany, vs  Portugal, 20 June 2000)

Oldest player to appear in a final

38 years, 232 days, Jens Lehmann ( Germany, vs  Spain, 2008)

Oldest player, winning team

38 years, 53 days, Ricardo Carvalho, ( Portugal, vs  France, 2016)

Oldest player to appear in a final winning team

37 years, 23 days, Arnold Mühren ( Netherlands, vs  Soviet Union, 1988)

Most matches played against the same team

5, Giorgio Chiellini, vs  Spain (2008, 2012 (twice), 2016, 2020)

Goalscoring

Individual

Most goals scored in final tournaments

14, Cristiano Ronaldo ( Portugal: 2 in 2004, 1 in 2008, 3 in 2012, 3 in 2016, 5 in 2020)

Most goals scored in qualifying

41, Cristiano Ronaldo ( Portugal: 8 in 2008, 7 in 2012, 5 in 2016, 11 in 2020, 10 in 2024)

Most goals scored, including qualifying

55, Cristiano Ronaldo ( Portugal: 2 in 2004, 9 in 2008, 10 in 2012, 8 in 2016, 16 in 2020, 10 in 2024 (ongoing))

Most goals scored in a single qualifying competition

14, Romelu Lukaku ( Belgium, 2024 qualifying)

Most goals scored in a single final tournament

9, Michel Platini ( France, 1984)

Most goals scored in a final tournament match

3, on eight occasions

Most goals scored in a qualifying match

5, on three occasions:
Malcolm Macdonald ( England, 5–0 vs  Cyprus, 16 April 1975)
Tibor Nyilasi ( Hungary, 8–1 vs  Luxembourg, 19 October 1975)
Marco van Basten ( Netherlands, 8–0 vs  Malta, 19 December 1990)

Most goals scored in a final

2, on three occasions:
Gerd Müller ( West Germany vs  Soviet Union, 1972)
Horst Hrubesch ( West Germany vs  Belgium, 1980)
Oliver Bierhoff ( Germany vs  Czech Republic, 1996)

Most matches with at least one goal

10, Cristiano Ronaldo ( Portugal, 2004–2020)

Most consecutive matches with at least one goal

5, Michel Platini ( France, 1984)

Most matches with at least two goals

4, Cristiano Ronaldo ( Portugal, 2012–2020)

Most hat-tricks

2, Michel Platini ( France, 1984)

Fastest hat-trick

18 minutes, Michel Platini ( France vs  Yugoslavia, 1984)

Most goals scored by a substitute in a final tournament match

3, Dieter Müller ( West Germany vs  Yugoslavia, 1976)

Scoring in every match of the final tournament

Viktor Ponedelnik ( Soviet Union, 2 goals in 2 matches, 1960); Chus Pereda ( Spain, 2 goals in 2 matches, 1964); Gerd Müller ( West Germany, 4 goals in 2 matches, 1972); Dieter Müller ( West Germany, 4 goals in 2 matches, 1976); Michel Platini ( France, 9 goals in 5 matches, 1984)

Most tournaments with at least one goal

5, Cristiano Ronaldo ( Portugal, 2004–2020)

Most tournaments with at least two goals

4, Cristiano Ronaldo ( Portugal, 2004, 2012–2020)

Most tournaments with at least three goals

3, Cristiano Ronaldo ( Portugal, 2012–2020)

Youngest goalscorer

18 years, 141 days, Johan Vonlanthen (  Switzerland vs  France, 2004)

Youngest hat-trick scorer

22 years, 77 days, Dieter Müller ( West Germany vs  Yugoslavia, 1976)

Youngest goalscorer, final

20 years, 64 days, Pietro Anastasi ( Italy vs  Yugoslavia, 1968)

Youngest goalscorer, knockout stage

18 years, 317 days, Renato Sanches ( Portugal vs  Poland, 2016)

Oldest goalscorer

38 years, 257 days, Ivica Vastić ( Austria vs  Poland, 2008)

Oldest hat-trick scorer

28 years, 364 days, Michel Platini ( France vs  Yugoslavia, 1984)

Oldest goalscorer, final

34 years, 71 days, Leonardo Bonucci ( Italy vs  England, 2020)

Most penalties scored (excluding penalty shoot-outs)

3, Cristiano Ronaldo ( Portugal, 2020)

Fastest goal

67 seconds, Dmitri Kirichenko ( Russia vs  Greece, 2004)

Fastest penalty converted

118 seconds, Robbie Brady ( Republic of Ireland vs  France, 2016)

Fastest goal by a substitute

1 minute, Alessandro Altobelli ( Italy vs  Denmark, 1988); Juan Carlos Valerón ( Spain vs  Russia, 2004); Ondrej Duda ( Slovakia vs  Wales, 2016); Ferran Torres ( Spain vs  Slovakia, 2020)

Fastest goal in a final

2 minutes, Luke Shaw ( England vs  Italy, 2020)

Latest goal from kickoff

120+2nd minute, Semih Şentürk ( Turkey vs  Croatia, 2008)

Latest winning goal from kickoff

120+1st minute, Artem Dovbyk ( Ukraine vs  Sweden, 2020)

Latest goal from kickoff in a final

113th minute, Viktor Ponedelnik ( Soviet Union vs  Yugoslavia, 1960)

Latest goal from kickoff, with no goals scored in between

119th minute, Ivan Klasnić ( Croatia vs  Turkey, 2008)

Latest goal from kickoff in final, with no goals scored in between

109th minute, Eder ( Portugal vs  France, 2016)

Team

Biggest margin of victory

5 goals, on five occasions:
 France 5–0  Belgium, 1984
 Denmark 5–0  Yugoslavia, 1984
 Netherlands 6–1  Yugoslavia, 2000
 Sweden 5–0  Bulgaria, 2004
 Slovakia 0–5  Spain, 2020

Biggest margin of victory, qualifying match

14 goals:  France 14–0  Gibraltar, 18 November 2023, Group B

Most goals scored in a match, one team

6 goals:  Netherlands 6–1  Yugoslavia, 2000

Most goals scored in a match, both teams

9 goals:  France 4–5  Yugoslavia, 1960

Highest scoring draw

3–3, on four occasions:
 Russia vs  Czech Republic, 1996
 Yugoslavia vs  Slovenia, 2000
 Hungary vs  Portugal, 2016
 France vs   Switzerland, 2020

Largest deficit overcome in a win

2 goals, on six occasions:
 Yugoslavia, 1960 (coming from 1–3 and 2–4 down to win 5–4 vs  France)
 West Germany, 1976 (coming from 0–2 down to win 4–2 after extra time vs  Yugoslavia)
 Denmark, 1984 (coming from 0–2 down to win 3–2 vs  Belgium)
 Portugal, 2000 (coming from 0–2 down to win 3–2 vs  England)
 Czech Republic, 2004 (coming from 0–2 down to win 3–2 vs  Netherlands)
 Turkey, 2008 (coming from 0–2 down to win 3–2 vs  Czech Republic)

Largest deficit overcome in a draw

3 goals:  Yugoslavia, 2000 (coming from 0–3 down to draw 3–3 vs  Slovenia)

Most goals scored in extra time, both teams

3 goals, on two occasions:
 France 3–2  Portugal, 1984
 Italy 2–1  Austria, 2020

Most goals scored in a final, one team

4 goals:  Spain 4–0  Italy, 2012

Most goals scored in a final, both teams

4 goals, on two occasions:
 Czechoslovakia 2–2  West Germany, 1976
 Spain 4–0  Italy, 2012

Fewest goals scored in a final, both teams

1 goal, on three occasions:
 Portugal 0–1  Greece, 2004
 Germany 0–1  Spain, 2008
 Portugal 1–0  France, 2016

Biggest margin of victory in a final

4 goals:  Spain 4–0  Italy, 2012

Largest deficit overcome to win in a final

1 goal, on three occasions:
 Soviet Union, 1960 (coming from 0–1 down to win 2–1 after extra time vs  Yugoslavia)
 Germany, 1996 (coming from 0–1 down to win 2–1 after extra time vs  Czech Republic)
 France, 2000 (coming from 0–1 down to win 2–1 after extra time vs  Italy)

Most individual goalscorers for one team, one match

5 individual goalscorers:  Croatia vs  Spain, 2020 (Pablo Sarabia, César Azpilicueta, Ferran Torres, Álvaro Morata, Mikel Oyarzabal)

Most individual goalscorers for one team, one tournament

8 goalscorers:  Germany, 2012 (Mario Gómez, Lukas Podolski, Lars Bender, Philipp Lahm, Sami Khedira, Miroslav Klose, Marco Reus, Mesut Özil)

Most individual goalscorers for one team, one tournament, including own goals

9 goalscorers: 6 goals by  Spain (Álvaro Morata, Aymeric Laporte, Pablo Sarabia, Ferran Torres, César Azpilicueta, Mikel Oyarzabal), 2 own goals by  Slovakia (Martin Dúbravka, Juraj Kucka), and an own goal by   Switzerland (Denis Zakaria), 2020

Tournament

Most goals scored in a tournament

142 goals, 2020

Fewest goals scored in a tournament

7 goals, 1968

Fewest goals scored in a tournament (since 1980)

27 goals, 1980

Most goals per match in a tournament

4.75 goals per match, 1976

Most goals per match in a tournament (since 1980)

2.78 goals per match, 2020

Fewest goals per match in a tournament

1.4 goals per match, 1968

Fewest goals per match in a tournament (since 1980)

1.93 goals per match, 1980

Most scorers in a tournament

80, 2020

Most players scoring at least two goals in a tournament

30, 2020

Most players scoring at least three goals in a tournament

13, 2020

Most players scoring at least four goals in a tournament

6, 2020

Most players scoring at least five goals in a tournament

2, 2000, 2020

Own goals

• Anton Ondruš ( Czechoslovakia), vs Netherlands, 1976
• Lyuboslav Penev ( Bulgaria), vs France, 1996
• Dejan Govedarica ( Yugoslavia), vs Netherlands, 2000
• Igor Tudor ( Croatia), vs France, 2004
• Jorge Andrade ( Portugal), vs Netherlands, 2004
• Glen Johnson ( England), vs Sweden, 2012
• Ciaran Clark ( Republic of Ireland), vs Sweden, 2016
• Birkir Már Sævarsson ( Iceland), vs Hungary, 2016
• Gareth McAuley ( Northern Ireland), vs Wales, 2016
• Merih Demiral ( Turkey), vs Italy, 2020
• Wojciech Szczęsny ( Poland), vs Slovakia, 2020
• Mats Hummels ( Germany), vs France, 2020
• Rúben Dias ( Portugal), vs Germany, 2020
• Raphaël Guerreiro ( Portugal), vs Germany, 2020
• Lukáš Hrádecký ( Finland), vs Belgium, 2020
• Martin Dúbravka ( Slovakia), vs Spain, 2020
• Juraj Kucka ( Slovakia), vs Spain, 2020
• Pedri ( Spain), vs Croatia, 2020
• Denis Zakaria (  Switzerland), vs Spain, 2020
• Simon Kjær ( Denmark), vs England, 2020

Top scoring teams by tournament

• 1960:  Yugoslavia, 6 goals
• 1964:  Hungary,  Soviet Union &  Spain, 4 goals each
• 1968:  Italy, 3 goals
• 1972:  West Germany, 5 goals
• 1976:  West Germany, 6 goals
• 1980:  West Germany, 6 goals
• 1984:  France, 14 goals
• 1988:  Netherlands, 8 goals
• 1992:  Germany, 7 goals
• 1996:  Germany, 10 goals
• 2000:  France &  Netherlands, 13 goals each
• 2004:  Czech Republic &  England, 10 goals each
• 2008:  Spain, 12 goals
• 2012:  Spain, 12 goals
• 2016:  France, 13 goals
• 2020:  Italy &  Spain, 13 goals each

Teams listed in bold won the tournament.

Goalkeeping

Most clean sheets (matches without conceding)

9, Edwin van der Sar ( Netherlands, 1996–2008), Iker Casillas ( Spain, 2004–2012)

Most clean sheets, one tournament

5, Iker Casillas ( Spain, 2012), Jordan Pickford ( England, 2020)

Most consecutive minutes without conceding a goal (finals)

519, Iker Casillas ( Spain, 2012)

Most consecutive minutes without conceding a goal (qualifying)

644, Gianluigi Buffon ( Italy, 2010–2011)

Most consecutive minutes without conceding a goal (including qualifying)

784 (including 8 consecutive clean sheets), Dino Zoff ( Italy, 1975–1980)

Most goals conceded

21, Petr Čech ( Czech Republic, 2004–2016)

Most goals conceded, one tournament

13, Ivica Kralj ( Yugoslavia), 2000

Most goals conceded, one match

6, Ivica Kralj ( Yugoslavia), 2000 (vs  Netherlands)

Fewest goals conceded, one tournament, champions

1, of 3 matches Dino Zoff ( Italy, 1968); of 6 matches Iker Casillas ( Spain, 2012)

Fewest goals conceded, one tournament

1, of 3 matches Dino Zoff ( Italy, 1968); of 3 matches Thomas Myhre ( Norway, 2000); of 4 matches Gianluigi Buffon ( Italy, 2016); of 6 matches Iker Casillas ( Spain, 2012)

Coaching

Most matches coached

21, Joachim Löw ( Germany, 2008–2020)

Most matches won

12, Joachim Löw ( Germany, 2008–2020)

Most championships

No coach has won the title on more than one occasion

Foreign championship

Otto Rehhagel ( Greece, 2004)

Most tournaments

4, Lars Lagerbäck ( Sweden, 2000–2008;  Iceland, 2016), Joachim Löw ( Germany, 2008–2020)

Most nations coached

2, Guus Hiddink ( Netherlands, 1996;  Russia, 2008); Giovanni Trapattoni ( Italy, 2004;  Republic of Ireland, 2012); Dick Advocaat ( Netherlands, 2004;  Russia, 2012); Lars Lagerbäck ( Sweden, 2000–2008;  Iceland, 2016); Fernando Santos ( Greece, 2012;  Portugal, 2016–2020)

Most consecutive tournaments with same team

4, Joachim Löw ( Germany, 2008–2020)

Most consecutive wins

5, Michel Hidalgo ( France, 1984); Rinus Michels ( Netherlands, 1988–1992); Roberto Mancini ( Italy, 2020)

Most consecutive matches without a loss

8, Rinus Michels ( Netherlands, 1988–1992); Vicente del Bosque ( Spain, 2012–2016); Fernando Santos ( Portugal, 2016–2020)

Youngest coach

36 years, 333 days, Srečko Katanec ( Slovenia vs  Yugoslavia, 2000)

Oldest coach

73 years, 93 days, Giovanni Trapattoni ( Republic of Ireland vs  Italy, 2012)

Most championship wins as player and head coach

2, Berti Vogts,  West Germany/ Germany (1972 as non-playing squad member; 1996 as coach)

Most appearances as player and head coach

24, Didier Deschamps,  France (1992, 1996 & 2000 as player; 2016 & 2020 as coach)

Final appearances as both player and head coach

2, Dino Zoff,  Italy (1968 as player, 2000 as coach); Didier Deschamps,  France (2000 as player, 2016 as coach)

Refereeing

Most tournaments

3, Anders Frisk ( Sweden, 1996–2004), Kim Milton Nielsen ( Denmark, 1996–2004), Cüneyt Çakır ( Turkey, 2012–2020), Björn Kuipers ( Netherlands, 2012–2020)

Most matches refereed, overall

9, Cüneyt Çakır ( Turkey, 2012–2020), Björn Kuipers ( Netherlands, 2012–2020)

Most matches refereed, one tournament

5, Felix Brych ( Germany, 2020)

Discipline

Fastest sending off

24th minute, Eric Abidal,  France vs  Italy, 2008

Latest sending off

117th minute, Nuno Gomes,  Portugal vs  France, 2000

Most sendings off (all-time, player)

2, Radoslav Látal ( Czech Republic, 1996 and 2000)

Most sendings off (tournament)

10 (in 31 matches), 2000

Most sendings off (all-time, team)

4,  Netherlands

Most sendings off (match, both teams)

3,  Czechoslovakia (1) vs  Netherlands (2), 1976

Sent off in final match

Yvon Le Roux,  France vs  Spain, 1984

Most cards (all-time, player)

8, Giorgos Karagounis ( Greece, 2004–2012)

Most cautions (tournament)

205 (in 51 matches), 2016

Most cautions (match, both teams)

10,  Czech Republic (4) vs  Germany (6), 1996 (first round);  Czech Republic (6) vs  Portugal (4), 1996;  Italy (6) vs  Netherlands (4), 2000;  Portugal (6) vs  France (4), 2016

Most cautions (final match, both teams)

10,  Portugal (6) vs  France (4), 2016

Fastest penalty kick conceded

1 minute, Paul Pogba,  France vs  Republic of Ireland, 2016

Attendance

Highest attendance in a final tournament match & highest attendance in a final

79,115,  Soviet Union vs  Spain, 21 June 1964, Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid, Spain, 1964

Lowest attendance in a Finals match

3,869,  Hungary vs  Denmark, 20 June 1964, Camp Nou, Barcelona, Spain, 1964

Highest average attendance per match

59,243, 1988

Highest total attendance (tournament)

2,427,303, 2016

Lowest average attendance per match

19,740, 1960

Lowest total attendance (tournament)

78,958, 1960

Penalty shoot-outs

Most shoot-outs, team, all-time

7,  Italy

Most shoot-outs, team, tournament

2,  England, 1996;  France, 1996;  Poland, 2016;   Switzerland, 2020;  Spain, 2020;  Italy, 2020

Most shoot-outs, all teams, tournament

4, 1996, 2020

Most shoot-out wins, team, all-time

4,  Spain,  Italy

Most wins, team, tournament

2,  Italy, 2020

Most shoot-out losses, team, all-time

4,  England

Most shoot-outs with 100% record (all won)

3,  Czechoslovakia/ Czech Republic

Most shoot-outs with 0% record (all lost)

1,  Croatia,  Sweden

Most successful kicks, shoot-out, one team

9 (out of 9),  Czechoslovakia, vs Italy, 1980

Most successful kicks, shoot-out, both teams

17 (out of 18),  Czechoslovakia (9) vs  Italy (8), 1980

Most successful kicks, team, all-time

29 (out of 41),  Italy

Most successful kicks, team, tournament

10,  France, 1996 (in 2 shoot-outs)

Most successful kicks, all teams, tournament

37, 1996 (in 4 shoot-outs)

Most successful kicks, player

2, Zinedine Zidane, Youri Djorkaeff, Bixente Lizarazu, Vincent Guérin, Laurent Blanc ( France, 1996); Alan Shearer, David Platt, Stuart Pearce, Paul Gascoigne ( England, 1996); Patrick Kluivert ( Netherlands, 1996–2000); Cesc Fàbregas ( Spain, 2008–2012); Cristiano Ronaldo ( Portugal, 2004 & 2016); Nani ( Portugal, 2012–2016); Robert Lewandowski, Arkadiusz Milik, Kamil Glik ( Poland, 2016); Fabian Schär (  Switzerland, 2016–2020); Mario Gavranović (  Switzerland, 2020); Gerard Moreno ( Spain, 2020); Leonardo Bonucci, Federico Bernardeschi ( Italy, 2020)

Most kicks taken, shoot-out, both teams

18,  Czechoslovakia (9) vs  Italy (9), 1980;  Germany (9) vs  Italy (9), 2016

Most kicks taken, team, all-time

41,  Italy (in 7 shoot-outs)

Most kicks taken, team, tournament

11,  France, 1996 (in 2 shoot-outs)

Most kicks taken, all teams, tournament

42, 1996 (in 4 shoot-outs)

Most kicks missed, shoot-out, one team

4,  Italy, vs Germany, 2016

Most kicks missed, shoot-out, both teams

7,  Germany (3) vs  Italy (4), 2016

Most kicks missed, team, all-time

12,  Italy (in 7 shoot-outs)

Most kicks missed, team, tournament

4,  Italy, 2016 (in 1 shoot-out);  Spain, 2020 (in 2 shoot-outs)

Most kicks missed, all teams, tournament

14, 2020 (in 4 shoot-outs)

Fewest successful kicks, shoot-out, one team

1,  Netherlands, vs Italy, 2000;  Croatia, vs Turkey, 2008;   Switzerland, vs Spain, 2020

Fewest successful kicks, shoot-out, both teams

4,  Italy (3) vs  Netherlands (1), 2000;  Turkey (3) vs  Croatia (1), 2008;  Spain (3) vs   Switzerland (1), 2020

Most saves, all-time

3, Iker Casillas ( Spain, 2008–2012); Gianluigi Buffon ( Italy, 2008–2016); Unai Simón ( Spain, 2020), Gianluigi Donnarumma ( Italy, 2020)

Most saves, tournament

3, Unai Simón ( Spain, 2020), Gianluigi Donnarumma ( Italy, 2020)

Most saves, shoot-out

2, Francesco Toldo ( Italy), vs Netherlands, 2000; Iker Casillas ( Spain), vs Italy, 2008; Manuel Neuer ( Germany), vs Italy, 2016; Unai Simón ( Spain), vs Switzerland, 2020, Gianluigi Donnarumma ( Italy) vs England, 2020

Other

• Taulant Xhaka ( Albania) and Granit Xhaka (  Switzerland) became the first siblings in European Championship history to play against each other, on 11 June 2016.

See also

• European nations at the FIFA World Cup
• Israel at the AFC Asian Cup

Notes

References