Every team that has won the UEFA European Championship

The Spain national football team defeated England 2-1 in the UEFA Euro 2024 final at the Olympiastadion Berlin to secure their fourth European Championship.

This was the 17th edition of the intra-continental UEFA European Championships that was first held in 1960.

First organised in France under the European Nations' Cup banner, the inaugural elite pan-European football competition fielded 17 teams. The Soviet Union won the title by beating Yugoslavia 2–1 in the final in Paris.

Ten different countries have won the UEFA Euros. The most successful teams in the quadrennial competition have been Spain followed by Germany with three titles.

While Germany were European football champions in 1972, 1980 and 1996 (the first two as West Germany), Spain won it 1964, 2008, 2012 and 2024. Spain are also the only team to have won the championship on two consecutive editions.

Spain’s victory in 2012 saw the most number of goals scored in a UEFA European Championship final. They won 4-0 against Italy.

Germany, meanwhile, has contested a record six Euro finals.

The other European heavyweights to have won the title are Portugal, Italy, Denmark, Netherlands, the Soviet Union, Greece and Czechoslovakia.

While the UEFA European Championship is always hosted by a single or two nations, the 2020 edition was an exception with the tournament spread across 11 European cities.

The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) had taken this move to celebrate the tournament’s 60th anniversary. It is a one-off move as the next edition will again see a single country (Germany for Euro 2024) hosting all the games.

France was the last football team to win a UEFA European Championship title at home in 1984.

UEFA Euros winners list

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