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The UEFA European Football Championship, commonly known as the UEFA European Championship and as the Euros, is the main association football competition played by the senior men's national teams of the members of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). It has been held every four years since 1960, in the even-numbered year between FIFA World Cup tournaments. It was first called the European Nations' Cup. It changed to the current name in 1968.

Past results

Year Host Final Third Place Match
Winner Score Runner-up Stadium 3rd Place Score 4th Place Stadium
1960
Details
 France
Soviet Union
2-1
Yugoslavia
Parc des Princes,
Paris

Czechoslovakia
2 – 0
France
Stade Vélodrome,
Marseille
1964
Details
 Spain
Spain
2 – 1
Soviet Union
Santiago Bernabéu,
Madrid

Hungary
3 – 1
aet

Denmark
Camp Nou,
Barcelona
1968
Details
 Italy
Italy
1 – 1 aet
2 – 0 replay

Yugoslavia
Stadio Olimpico,
Rome

England
2 – 0
Soviet Union
Stadio Olimpico,
Rome
1972
Details
 Belgium
West Germany
3 – 0
Soviet Union
Heysel Stadium,
Brussels

Belgium
2 – 1
Hungary
Stade Maurice Dufrasne,
Liège
1976
Details
 Yugoslavia
Czechoslovakia
2 – 2 aet
(5 – 3) ps

West Germany
Red Star Stadium,
Belgrade

Netherlands
3 – 2
aet

Yugoslavia
Stadion Maksimir,
Zagreb
1980
Details
 Italy
West Germany
2 – 1
Belgium
Stadio San Paolo,
Naples

Czechoslovakia
1 – 1
(9 – 8) ps

Italy
Stadio Olimpico,
Rome
Year Host Winner Score Runner-up Stadium Semifinalists (No 3rd place match since 1980)
1984
Details
 France
France
2 – 0
Spain
Parc des Princes,
Paris

Denmark
and
Portugal
1988
Details
 West Germany
Netherlands
2 – 0
Soviet Union
Olympiastadion,
Munich

West Germany
and
Italy
1992
Details
 Sweden
Denmark
2 – 0
Germany
Ullevi,
Gothenburg

Netherlands
and
Sweden
1996
Details
 England
Germany
2 – 1
asdet

Czech Republic
Wembley Stadium,
London

England
and
France
2000
Details
 Belgium &
 Netherlands

France
2 – 1
asdet

Italy
De Kuip,
Rotterdam

Netherlands
and
Portugal
2004
Details
 Portugal
Greece
1 – 0
Portugal
Estádio da Luz,
Lisbon

Czech Republic
and
Netherlands
2008
Details
 Austria &
 Switzerland

Spain
1 – 0
Germany
Ernst-Happel-Stadion,
Vienna

Russia
and
Turkey
2012
Details
 Poland &
 Ukraine

Spain
4 – 0
Italy
Olympic Stadium,
Kyiv

Germany
and
Portugal
2016
Details
 France
Portugal
1 – 0 aet
France
Stade de France,
Saint-Denis

Wales
and
Germany
2020
Details
 Europe Wembley Stadium,
London
and
2024
Details
 Germany and
2028
Details
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Wins by team

Team Winners Runners-up Semi-finalists Top 2 Top 4
 Germany 3 (1972, 1980, 1996) 3 (1976, 1992, 2008) 3 (1988, 2012, 2016) 6 9
 Spain 3 (1964, 2008, 2012) 1 (1984) 4 4
 France 2 (1984, 2000) 1 (2016) 2 (1960, 1996) 3 5
Soviet Union Soviet Union/
 Russia
1 (1960) 3 (1964, 1972, 1988) 2 (1968, 2008) 4 6
 Italy 1 (1968) 2 (2000, 2012) 2 (1980, 1988) 3 5
 Portugal 1 (2016) 1 (2004) 3 (1984, 2000, 2012) 2 5
 Czechoslovakia/
 Czech Republic
1 (1976) 1 (1996) 3 (1960, 1980, 2004) 2 5
 Netherlands 1 (1988) 4 (1976, 1992, 2000, 2004) 1 5
 Denmark 1 (1992) 2 (1964, 1984) 1 3
 Greece 1 (2004) 1 1
 Yugoslavia 2 (1960, 1968) 1 (1976) 2 3
 Belgium 1 (1980) 1 (1972) 1 2
 England 2 (1968, 1996) 0 2
 Hungary 2 (1964, 1972) 0 2
 Wales 1 (2016) 0 1
 Turkey 1 (2008) 0 1
 Sweden 1 (1992) 0 1

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