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)
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)
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)
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
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.