Starting June 14, football’s 2024 European Championship will be played in Germany for the second time in history since 1988. Three years after the 2020 edition, postponed for a year because of COVID, Italy puts its European crown at stake.
After a European Championship organized in 11 cities in eleven 11 countries on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the tournament, the European Championship returns to the classic format with a single host country.
Which are the teams with the most European Championship wins?
Germany and Spain have 3 titles each, while France and Italy have 2. In total, 10 European national teams have lifted the trophy of the highest soccer competition at a combined national level in Europe.
List of European Championship finals
- USSR 2-1 Yugoslavia, 1960, Parc des Princes, Paris
- Spain 2-1 USSR, 1964, Santiago Bernabeu, Madrid
- Italy 2-0 Yugoslavia, 1968, Stadio Olimpico, Rome
- Germany 3-0 USSR, 1972, Stade du Heysel, Brussels
- Czechoslovakia 5-3 Germany, 1976, Stade Crvena Zvezda, Belgrade
- Germany 2-1 Belgium, 1980, Stadio Olmpico, Rome
- France 2-0 Spain, 1984, Parc des Princes, Paris
- Netherlands 2-1 USSR, 1988, Stade Olympique, Munich
- Denmark 2-0 Germany, 1992, Ullevi, Gteborg
- Germany 2-1 Czech Republic, 1996, Wembley, London
- France 2-1 Italy, 2000, De Kuip, Rotterdam
- Greece 1-0 Portugal, 2004, Estadio da Luz, Lisbon
- Spain 1-0 Germany, 2008, Ernst Happel Stadion, Vienna
- Spain 4-0 Italy, 2012, Olympic Stadium, Kyiv
- Portugal 1-0 France, 2016, Stade de France, Paris
- Italy 1-1 England (3-2 on penalties), 2020, Wembley, London
European Championship winners
- Euro 1960 – USSR
- Euro 1964 – Spain
- Euro 1968 – Italy
- Euro 1972 – FRG
- Euro 1976 – Czechoslovakia
- Euro 1980 – Germany
- Euro 1984 – France
- Euro 1988 – The Netherlands
- Euro 1992 – Denmark
- Euro 1996 – Germany
- Euro 2000 – France
- Euro 2004 – Greece
- Euro 2008 – Spain
- Euro 2012 – Spain
- Euro 2016 – Portugal
- Euro 2020 – Italy