UEFA EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP
From 10 June to 10 July 2016, the UEFA European Championship 2016 will be held in France with the Top 24 National Teams of Europe.
The Euro is the third biggest sport event in the World behind the FIFA World Cup and the Summer Olympic Games !
UEFA has now 54 members , so the qualifying competition with 9 groups determine the best 24 to be part of the
Final tournament in 2016. Before, there were 16 to be in the Final Tournament.
The IFFHS presents statistics and records of the finals tournaments of this event (without the qualifications).
1 – THE FINALS TOURNAMENTS HOSTS
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1960 |
France |
1992 |
Sweden |
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1964 |
Spain |
1996 |
England |
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1968 |
Italy |
2000 |
Netherlands and Belgium |
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1972 |
Belgium |
2004 |
Portugal |
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1976 |
Yugoslavia |
2008 |
Austria and Switzerland |
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1980 |
Italy |
2012 |
Poland and Ukraine |
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1984 |
France |
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1988 |
West Germany |
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2 – THE MOST APPEARANCES IN THE FINALS TOURNAMENTS
| 11 | West Germany/Germany | 3 | Switzerland |
| 10 | Soviet Union/CIS/Russia | 3 | Turkey |
| 9 | Netherlands | 2 | Bulgaria |
| 9 | Spain | 2 | Hungary |
| 8 | Czechoslovakia/ | 2 | Poland |
| 8 | Czech Republic | 2 | Republic of Ireland |
| 8 | Denmark | 2 | Scotland |
| 8 | England | 1 | Austria |
| 8 | France | 1 | Latvia |
| 8 | Italy | 1 | Norway |
| 6 | Portugal | 1 | Slovenia |
| 5 | Sweden | 1 | Ukraine |
| 5 | Yugoslavia | ||
| 4 | Belgium | ||
| 4 | Croatia | ||
| 4 | Greece | ||
| 4 | Romania |
3 — THE FINALS TOURNAMENTS WINNERS
| 3 | West Germany/Germany | 1972, 1980, 1996 |
| 3 | Spain | 1964, 2008, 2012 |
| 2 | France | 1984, 2000 |
| 1 | Soviet Union | 1960 |
| 1 | Czechoslovakia | 1976 |
| 1 | Italy | 1968 |
| 1 | Netherlands | 1998 |
| 1 | Denmark | 1992 |
| 1 | Greece | 2004 |
4 — THE HISTORY GLOBAL TOP GOAL SCORERS
| 1 | Michel Platini | France | 9 |
| 2 | Alan Shearer | England | 7 |
| 3 | Nuno Gomes | Portugal | 6 |
| 4 | Thierry Henry | France | 6 |
| 5 | Patrick Kluivert | Netherlands | 6 |
| 6 | Zlatan Ibrahimovic | Sweden | 6 |
| 7 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Portugal | 6 |
| 8 | Ruud van Nistelrooy | Netherlands | 6 |
| 9 | Milan Baros | Czech Republic | 5 |
| 10 | Jurgen Klinsmann | W Germany/Germany | 5 |
| 11 | Savo Milosevic | Yugoslavia | 5 |
| 12 | Wayne Rooney | England | 5 |
| 13 | Fernando Torres | Spain | 5 |
| 14 | Marco van Basten | Netherlands | 5 |
| 15 | Zinedine Zidane | France | 5 |
5 – THE TOP GOAL SCORERS IN EACH FINAL TOURNAMENT
| 1960 | Francois Heutte (France) | 2 | 1993 | Dennis Bergkamp (Netherlands) | 3 | |
| Milan Gelic (Yugoslavia) | 2 | Tomas Brolin (Sweden) | 3 | |||
| Valentin Ivanov (Soviet Union) | 2 | Henrik Larsen (Denmark) | 3 | |||
| Drazan Jerkovic (Yugoslavia) | 2 | Karlheinz Riedle (Germany) | ||||
| Slava Metreveli (Soviet Union) | 2 | |||||
| Viktor Ponedelnik (Soviet Union) | 2 | |||||
| 1964 | Ferenc Bane (Hungary) | 2 | 1996 | Alan Shearer (England) | 5 | |
| Dezso Novak (Hungary) | 2 | 2000 | Patna Klulven (Netherlands) | 5 | ||
| Jesus Pereda (Spain) | 2 | Savo Milosevic (Yugoslavia) | 5 | |||
| 1968 | Mragan Dzajic (Yugoslavia) | 2 | 2004 | Milan Baros (Czech Republic) | 5 | |
| 1972 | Gerd Muller (West Germany) | 4 | 2008 | David Villa (Spain) | 4 | |
| 1976 | Dieter Muller (West Germany) | 4 | 2012 | Mario Balotelli (Italy) | 3 | |
| 1980 | Klaus Allofs (West Germany) | 3 | Alan Dzagoev (Russia) | 3 | ||
| 1984 | Michel Platini (France) | 9 | Mario Gomez (Germany) | 3 | ||
| 1988 | Marco van Basten (Netherlands) | 5 | Mario Mandzukic (Croatia) | 3 | ||
| Cristlano Ronaldo (Portugal) | 3 | |||||
| Fernando Torres (Spain) | 3 |
6 – THE MOST GOALS BY TEAM IN EACH TOURNAMENT
| 1960 | Yugoslavia | 6 |
| 1964 | Spain, Soviet Union | 6 |
| Hungary | 4 | |
| 1968 | Italy | 4 |
| 1972 | West Germany | 5 |
| 1976 | West Germany | 6 |
| 1980 | West Germany | 6 |
| 1984 | France | 14 |
| 1988 | Netherlands | 8 |
| 1992 | Germany | 7 |
| 1996 | Germany | 10 |
| 2000 | France, Netherlands | 13 |
| 2004 | Czech Republic | 9 |
| 2008 | Spain | 12 |
| 2012 | Spain | 12 |
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