List of UEFA European Championship records and statistics
This is a list of records of the UEFA European Championship and its qualification matches.
General statistics by tournament
Team: tournament position
Most finishes in the top four
9, 
West Germany/ Germany (1972, 1976, 1980, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2008, 2012, 2016)
Most finishes in the top eight
10, West Germany/ Germany (1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2008, 2012, 2016)
- Most European Championship Finals appearances
- 12, West Germany/ Germany (every tournament since 1972)
- For a detailed list, see National team appearances in the UEFA European Football Championship
- Most second-place finishes
- 3, West Germany/ Germany (1976, 1992, 2008),
Soviet Union (1964, 1972, 1988) - Most third/fourth-place finishes
- 4,
Netherlands (1976, 1992, 2000, 2004) - Most 5th-8th-place finishes
- 5,
England (1980, 1988, 1992, 2004, 2012)
Consecutive
- Most consecutive championships
- 2,
Spain (2008–2012)[1][2] - Most consecutive finishes in the top two
- 3, West Germany (1972–1980)[3]
- Most consecutive finishes in the top four
- 4, Soviet Union (1960–1972)[3]
- Most consecutive finishes in the top eight
- 7, West Germany/ Germany (1972–1996)[3]
- Most consecutive finals tournaments
- 12, West Germany/ Germany (1972–2016)
Gaps
- Longest gap between successive titles
- 44 years, Spain (1964–2008)[3]
- Longest gap between successive appearances in the top two
- 32 years,
Italy (1968–2000)[3] - Longest gap between successive appearances in the top four
- 28 years, England (1968–1996)[3]
- Longest gap between successive appearances in the top eight
- 32 years,
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Belgium (1984–2016)[3] - Longest gap between successive appearances in the Finals
- 44 years,
Hungary (1972–2016)
Host team
Debuting teams
- Best finish by a debuting team
- Champions, Soviet Union (1960),
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Spain (1964), Italy (1968), West Germany (1972)[3]
Other
- Most finishes in the top two without ever being champion
- 2,
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Yugoslavia (1960, 1968) - Most finishes in the top four without ever being champion
- 3, Yugoslavia (1960, 1968, 1976)
- Most finishes in the top eight without ever being champion
- 7, England (1968, 1980, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2004, 2012)
- Most appearances in Finals without ever being champion
- 9, England (1968, 1980, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2012, 2016)
- Most finishes in the top four without ever finishing in the top two
- 2, England (1968, 1996), Hungary (1964, 1972)
- Most finishes in the top eight without ever finishing in the top two
- 7, England (1968, 1980, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2004, 2012)
- Most appearances in Finals without ever finishing in the top two
- 9, England (1968, 1980, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2012, 2016)
- Most finishes in the top eight without ever finishing in the top four
- 2,
Croatia (1996, 2008), 
Romania (1984, 2000) - Most appearances in Finals without ever finishing in the top four
- 5, Croatia (1996, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016), Romania (1984, 1996, 2000, 2008, 2016)
Team: tournament progression
All time
- Progressed from the group stage the most times
- 7, West Germany/ Germany (1980, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2008, 2012, 2016),
Portugal (1984, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016) - Eliminated in the group stage the most times
- 5,
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CIS/
Russia (1992, 1996, 2004, 2012, 2016) - Most appearances, always progressed from the group stage
- 7, Portugal (1984, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016)
- Most appearances, never progressed from the group stage
- 2,
Austria (2008, 2016), 
Bulgaria (1996, 2004), 
Scotland (1992, 1996), 
Ukraine (2012, 2016)
Team: Matches played/goals scored
All-time
- Most matches played
- 49, Germany
- Most wins
- 26, Germany
- Most losses
- 14,
Denmark, Russia - Most draws
- 16, Italy
- Most matches played without a win
- 6, Austria
- Most matches played before first win
- 8, Romania,
Switzerland - Most goals scored
- 72, Germany
- Most goals conceded
- 48, Germany
- Fewest goals scored
- 1,
Albania, 
Latvia, 
Norway - Fewest goals conceded
- 1, Norway
- Most matches played always conceding a goal
- 6, Ukraine
- Highest average of goals scored per match
- 1.67,
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Wales (10 goals in 6 matches) - Lowest average of goals scored per match
- 0.33, Albania (1 goal in 3 matches), Austria (2 goals in 6 matches), Latvia (1 goal in 3 matches), Norway (1 goal in 3 matches), Ukraine (2 goals in 6 matches)
- Highest average of goals conceded per match
- 2.79
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FR Yugoslavia (39 goals in 14 matches) - Lowest average of goals conceded per match
- 0.33, Norway (1 goal in 3 matches)
- Most meetings between two teams
- 6 times, Italy vs Spain (1980, 1988, 2008, 2012 (twice), 2016)
- Most meetings between two teams, final match
- 2 times,
Czechoslovakia/ Czech Republic vs West Germany/ Germany (1976, 1996) - Most tournaments unbeaten
- 4, West Germany/ Germany (1972, 1976, 1980, 1996), Spain (1964, 1996, 2008, 2012)
- Most tournaments eliminated without having lost a match
- 2, England (1996, 2012), Italy (1980, 2004), Netherlands (1992, 2000)
- Most tournaments eliminated without having won a match (since 1980)
- 4, Romania (1984, 1996, 2008, 2016)
- Most played with tournament champion
- 5, Portugal (1984, 2000, 2004 (twice), 2012)
In one tournament
- Most wins
- 5,
France (1984, out of 5), France (2000, out of 6), Spain (2008, out of 6), France (2016, out of 7) - Fewest wins, champions (since 1980)
- 2, Denmark (1992, out of 5)
- Fewest wins in regulation time, champions (since 1980)
- 1, Portugal (2016, out of 7)
- Most matches not won, champions
- 4, Portugal (2016, out of 7)
- Most wins by non-champion
- 5, France (2016, out of 7)
- Most matches not won
- 4, Czech Republic (1996, out of 6), Netherlands (2004, out of 5), Italy (2012, out of 6), Portugal (2016, out of 7)
- Most draws
- 4, Portugal (2016, out of 7)
- Most losses
- 3, Yugoslavia (1984), Denmark (1988), England (1988), Romania (1996),
Turkey (1996), Denmark (2000), Bulgaria (2004), 
Greece (2008), Netherlands (2012), 
Republic of Ireland (2012), Ukraine (2016), 
Northern Ireland (2016) - Most losses, champions
- 1, Netherlands (1988), Denmark (1992), France (2000), Greece (2004)
- Most goals scored
- 14, France (1984)
- Fewest goals conceded
- 1, Italy (1980), Norway (2000), Spain (2012)
- Most goals conceded
- 13, FR Yugoslavia (2000)
- Most minutes without conceding a goal
- 509 mins, Spain (2012)
- Highest goal difference
- +11, Spain (2012)
- Lowest goal difference
- -8, Yugoslavia (1984), Denmark (2000), Bulgaria (2004), Republic of Ireland (2012)
- Lowest goal difference, champions
- +2, Spain (1964), Italy (1968), Czechoslovakia (1976), Denmark (1992)
- Highest average of goals scored per match
- 2.80, France (1984)
- 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)
Streaks
- Most consecutive successful qualification attempts
- 7, Germany (1992–2020)[note 1]
- Most consecutive failed qualification attempts
- 15,
Luxembourg (all 1964–2020) - Most consecutive wins
- 5, France, from 1–0 Denmark (1984) to 2–0 Spain (1984), Netherlands, from 3–1 England (1988) to 1–0 Scotland (1992), Czech Republic, from 2–0 Denmark (2000) to 3–0 Denmark (2004)
- Most consecutive wins (qualifying and final tournaments combined)
- 14, Germany (3 September 2010 – 22 June 2012)[4]
- Most consecutive matches without a loss
- 14, Spain, from 4–1 Russia (2008) to 3–0 Turkey (2016)
- Most consecutive losses
- 6, Yugoslavia, from 0–2 Italy (1968) to 2–3 France (1984)
- Most consecutive matches without a win
- 9, Soviet Union / CIS / Russia, from 0–2 Netherlands (1988) to 0–2 Portugal (2004)
- Most consecutive draws
- 4, Portugal, from 0–0 Spain (2012) to 3–3 Hungary (2016)
- Most consecutive matches without a draw
- 17, Czech Republic, from 1–2 Germany (1996) to 0–1 Spain (2016)
- Most consecutive matches scoring at least one goal
- 11, England, from 1–1 Germany (1996) to 1–0 Ukraine (2012)
- Most consecutive matches scoring at least two goals
- 9, France, from 3–0 Denmark (2000) to 3–1 Switzerland (2004)
- Most consecutive matches scoring at least three goals
- 3, France, from 5–0 Belgium (1984) to 3–2 Portugal (1984), Netherlands, from 3–0 Denmark (2000) to 6–1 Yugoslavia (2000)
- Most consecutive matches without scoring a goal
- 5, Ukraine, from 0–2 France (2012) to 0–1 Poland (2016)
- Most consecutive matches without conceding a goal (clean sheets)
- 7, Spain, from 4–0 Republic of Ireland (2012) to 3–0 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 Poland (1975) to 0–0 Belgium (1980)
- Most consecutive minutes without conceding a goal (including qualifying)
- 784, Italy (1975–1980)
- Most consecutive matches conceding at least one goal
- 10, Romania, from 1–1 Spain (1984) to 0–2 Italy (2000)
- Most consecutive matches conceding at least two goals
- 7, FR Yugoslavia, from 0–2 Italy (1968) to 3–3 Slovenia (2000)
- Most consecutive matches conceding at least three goals
- 3, FR Yugoslavia, from 0–5 Denmark (1984) to 3–3 Slovenia (2000), Czech Republic, from 1–3 Portugal (2008) to 1–4 Russia (2012)
- Most matches played without consecutive losses
- 37, Italy
- Most matches played without consecutive wins
- 14, FR Yugoslavia
- Most matches played without consecutive draws
- 27, 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))[5]
- Most tournaments played
- 4, Lothar Matthäus ( West Germany/ Germany, 1980–1988, 2000), Peter Schmeichel ( Denmark, 1988–2000), Alessandro Del Piero ( Italy, 1996–2008), Edwin van der Sar ( Netherlands, 1996–2008), Lilian Thuram ( France, 1996–2008), Olof Mellberg (
Sweden, 2000–2012), Andreas Isaksson ( Sweden, 2004–2016), Bastian Schweinsteiger ( Germany, 2004–2016), Cristiano Ronaldo ( Portugal, 2004–2016), Darijo Srna ( Croatia, 2004–2016), Gianluigi Buffon ( Italy, 2004–2016), Jaroslav Plašil ( Czech Republic, 2004–2016), Kim Källström ( Sweden, 2004–2016), Lukas Podolski ( Germany, 2004–2016), Petr Čech ( Czech Republic, 2004–2016), Zlatan Ibrahimović ( Sweden, 2004–2016), Tomáš Rosický ( Czech Republic, 2000, 2004, 2012, 2016) - Most championships
- 2, 13 players: Rainer Bonhof ( West Germany, 1972 & 1980); Xabi Alonso, Iker Casillas, Cesc Fàbregas, Andrés Iniesta, Sergio Ramos, David Silva, Fernando Torres, Xavi, Raúl Albiol, Álvaro Arbeloa, Santi Cazorla, Pepe Reina ( Spain, 2008 & 2012)
- Most medals
- 3, Rainer Bonhof ( West Germany, 1972 (champions), 1976 (runners-up), 1980 (champions))
- Most matches played, Final Tournament
- 21, Cristiano Ronaldo ( Portugal, 2004–2016)[6]
- Most minutes played, Final Tournament
- 1793 minutes, Cristiano Ronaldo ( Portugal, 2004–2016)
- Most matches won
- 11, Cesc Fàbregas & Andrés Iniesta ( Spain, 2008–2016); Cristiano Ronaldo ( Portugal, 2004–2016)
- Most appearances in a final
- 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)
- Most appearances as captain
- 13, Gianluigi Buffon ( Italy, 2008–2016)
- Youngest player to appear
- 18 years and 71 days, Jetro Willems ( Netherlands, vs Denmark, 2012)[7]
- Youngest player to appear in a final
- 18 years and 328 days, Renato Sanches ( Portugal, vs France, 2016)
- Youngest player to appear (qualifying match)
- 15 years and 300 days, Martin Ødegaard ( Norway, vs Bulgaria, 2016)[8]
- Oldest player to appear
- 40 years and 74 days, Gábor Király ( Hungary, vs Belgium, 26 June 2016)[9]
- Oldest outfield player to appear
- 39 years and 91 days, Lothar Matthäus ( Germany, vs Portugal, 20 June 2000)[9]
- Oldest player to appear in a final
- 38 years and 232 days, Jens Lehmann ( Germany, vs Spain, 2008)[9]
- Oldest player, winning team
- 38 years and 53 days, Ricardo Carvalho, ( Portugal, vs France, 2016)
- Oldest player to appear in a final winning team
- 37 years and 23 days, Arnold Mühren ( Netherlands, vs Soviet Union, 1988)[9]
- Longest period between Final Tournament appearances
- 15 years and 360 days, Dragan Stojković ( FR Yugoslavia, 1984–2000).
- Longest span of Final Tournament appearances
- 20 years and 6 days, Lothar Matthäus ( West Germany/ Germany, 1980–2000)
Goalscoring
Individual
- Most goals scored in Finals competition
- 9, Michel Platini ( France: 9 in 1984),[5] Cristiano Ronaldo ( Portugal: 2 in 2004, 1 in 2008, 3 in 2012, 3 in 2016)
- Most goals scored in qualifying
- 31, Cristiano Ronaldo ( Portugal: 8 in 2008, 7 in 2012, 5 in 2016, 11 in 2020)
- Most goals scored, including qualifying
- 40, Cristiano Ronaldo ( Portugal: 2 in 2004, 9 in 2008, 10 in 2012, 8 in 2016, 11 in 2020)
- Most goals scored in a single qualifying competition
- 13, on two occasions:
David Healy ( Northern Ireland, 2008 qualifying)
Robert Lewandowski (
Poland, 2016 qualifying) - Most goals scored in a Finals match
- 3, on eight occasions
- Most goals scored in a qualifying match
- 5, on three occasions:
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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)[3] - Most matches with at least one goal
- 7, Cristiano Ronaldo ( Portugal, 2004–2016)
- Most consecutive matches with at least one goal
- 5, Michel Platini ( France, 1984)
- Most matches with at least two goals
- 2, Gerd Müller ( West Germany, 1972); Michel Platini ( France, 1984); Rudi Völler ( West Germany, 1984 & 1988); Wayne Rooney ( England, 2004); Cristiano Ronaldo ( Portugal, 2012 & 2016); Antoine Griezmann ( France, 2016)[note 2]
- Most hat-tricks
- 2, Michel Platini ( France, 1984)[note 3]
- Fastest hat-trick
- 18 minutes, Michel Platini ( France vs Yugoslavia, 1984)[3]
- Most goals scored by a substitute in a Finals match
- 3, Dieter Müller ( West Germany vs Yugoslavia, 1976)
- Scoring in every match of the Finals
- Viktor Ponedelnik ( Soviet Union, 2 goals in 2 matches, 1960); Jesús María 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)[note 4]
- Most tournaments with at least one goal
- 4, Cristiano Ronaldo ( Portugal, 2004–2016)
- Most tournaments with at least two goals
- 3, Zlatan Ibrahimović ( Sweden, 2004–2012); Cristiano Ronaldo ( Portugal, 2004, 2012–2016)
- Most tournaments with at least three goals
- 2, Cristiano Ronaldo ( Portugal, 2012 & 2016)
- Youngest goalscorer
- 18 years and 141 days, Johan Vonlanthen ( Switzerland vs France, 2004)[10]
- Youngest hat-trick scorer
- 22 years and 77 days, Dieter Müller ( West Germany vs Yugoslavia, 1976)
- Youngest goalscorer, final
- 20 years and 64 days, Pietro Anastasi ( Italy vs Yugoslavia, 1968)
- Youngest goalscorer, knockout stages
- 18 years and 317 days, Renato Sanches ( Portugal vs Poland, 2016)[11]
- Oldest goalscorer
- 38 years and 257 days, Ivica Vastić ( Austria vs Poland, 2008)[9]
- Oldest hat-trick scorer
- 28 years and 364 days, Michel Platini ( France vs Yugoslavia, 1984)
- Oldest goalscorer, final
- 30 years, 103 days, Bernd Hölzenbein ( West Germany vs Czechoslovakia, 1976)
- Most penalties scored (excluding penalty shoot-outs)
- 2, Alan Shearer ( England, one in 1996, one in 2000); Gaizka Mendieta ( Spain, two in 2000); Zinedine Zidane ( France, one in 2000, one in 2004); Bogdan Stancu ( Romania, two in 2016)
- Fastest goal
- 67 seconds, Dmitri Kirichenko ( Russia vs Greece, 2004)[12]
- Fastest penalty converted
- 118 seconds, Robbie Brady ( Republic of Ireland vs France, 2016)[12]
- 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) - Fastest goal in a final
- 6 minutes, Jesús María Pereda ( Spain vs Soviet Union, 1964)
- Latest goal from kickoff
- 120+2nd minute, Semih Şentürk ( Turkey vs Croatia, 2008)
- 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, Éder ( Portugal vs France, 2016)
Team
- Biggest margin of victory
- 5 goals, on four occasions:[13] France 5–0 Belgium, 1984 Denmark 5–0 Yugoslavia, 1984 Netherlands 6–1 FR Yugoslavia, 2000 Sweden 5–0 Bulgaria, 2004
- Biggest margin of victory, qualifying match
- 13 goals: Germany 13–0
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San Marino, 6 September 2006, Group 4[14] - Most goals scored in a match, one team
- 6 goals: Netherlands 6–1 FR Yugoslavia, 2000
- Most goals scored in a match, both teams
- 9 goals: France 4–5 Yugoslavia, 1960[15]
- Highest scoring draw
- 3–3, on three occasions: Czech Republic vs Russia, 1996
Slovenia vs FR Yugoslavia, 2000 Hungary vs Portugal, 2016 - Largest deficit overcome in a win
- 2 goals, on six occasions: Yugoslavia, 1960 (coming from 3–1 and 4–2 down to win 5–4 vs France) West Germany, 1976 (coming from 2–0 down to win 4–2 after extra time vs Yugoslavia) Denmark, 1984 (coming from 2–0 down to win 3–2 vs Belgium) Portugal, 2000 (coming from 2–0 down to win 3–2 vs England) Czech Republic, 2004 (coming from 2–0 down to win 3–2 vs Netherlands) Turkey, 2008 (coming from 2–0 down to win 3–2 vs Czech Republic)
- Largest deficit overcome in a draw
- 3 goals: FR Yugoslavia, 2000 (coming from 3–0 down to draw 3–3 vs Slovenia)
- Most goals scored in extra time, both teams
- 3 goals: France 3–2 Portugal, 1984
- 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: Czech Republic 2–2 West Germany, 1976 Spain 4–0 Italy, 2012
- Fewest goals scored in a final, both teams
- 1 goal, on three occasions: Greece 1–0 Portugal, 2004 Spain 1–0 Germany, 2008 Portugal 1–0 France, 2016
- Biggest margin of victory in a final
- 4 goals: Spain 4–0 Italy, 2012
- Largest deficit overcome in a win in a final
- 1 goal, on three occasions: Soviet Union, 1960 (coming from 1–0 down to win 2–1 after extra time vs Yugoslavia) Germany, 1996 (coming from 1–0 down to win 2–1 after extra time vs Czech Republic) France, 2000 (coming from 1–0 down to win 2–1 after extra time vs Italy)
- Most individual goalscorers for one team, one match
- 4 individual goalscorers, on seven occasions: Yugoslavia vs France, 1960 (Milan Galić, Ante Žanetić, Tomislav Knez, Dražan Jerković) Denmark vs Yugoslavia, 1984 (Frank Arnesen, Klaus Berggreen, Preben Elkjær, John Lauridsen) Sweden vs Bulgaria, 2004 (Freddie Ljungberg, Henrik Larsson, Zlatan Ibrahimović, Marcus Allbäck) Germany vs Greece, 2012 (Philipp Lahm, Sami Khedira, Miroslav Klose, Marco Reus) Spain vs Italy, 2012 (David Silva, Jordi Alba, Fernando Torres, Juan Mata) Hungary vs Belgium, 2016 (Toby Alderweireld, Michy Batshuayi, Eden Hazard, Yannick Carrasco) France vs
Iceland, 2016 (Olivier Giroud, Paul Pogba, Dimitri Payet, Antoine Griezmann) - 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)
Tournament
- Most goals scored in a tournament
- 108 goals, 2016
- 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)
- 2.74 goals per match, 2000
- 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
- 76, 2016
- Most players scoring at least two goals in a tournament
- 20, 2000
- Most players scoring at least three goals in a tournament
- 8, 2004
- Most players scoring at least four goals in a tournament
- 3, 2000 & 2004
- Most players scoring at least five goals in a tournament
- 2, 2000
Own goals
Anton Ondruš ( Czechoslovakia), vs Netherlands, 1976; Lyuboslav Penev ( Bulgaria), vs France, 1996; Dejan Govedarica ( FR 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
Top scoring teams by tournament
- 1960: Yugoslavia, 6 goals
- 1964: Hungary, Soviet Union & Spain, 4 goals
- 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
- 2004: Czech Republic & England, 10 goals
- 2008: Spain, 12 goals
- 2012: Spain, 12 goals
- 2016: France, 13 goals
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 consecutive minutes without conceding a goal (finals)
- 509 mins, Iker Casillas ( Spain, 2012)
- Most consecutive minutes without conceding a goal (qualifying)
- 644 mins, Gianluigi Buffon ( Italy, 2010–2011)[16]
- Most consecutive minutes without conceding a goal (including qualifying)
- 784 mins (including 8 consecutive clean sheets), Dino Zoff ( Italy, 1975–1980)
- Most goals conceded
- 21, Petr Čech ( Czech Republic, 2004–2016)
- Most goals conceded, one tournament
- 13, Ivica Kralj ( FR Yugoslavia), 2000
- Most goals conceded, one match
- 6, Ivica Kralj ( FR Yugoslavia), 2000 (vs Netherlands)
- Fewest goals conceded, one tournament, champions
- 1, of 3 matches Dino Zoff ( Italy, 1968); of 6 matches Iker Casillas ( Spain, 2012)
- Fewest goals conceded, one tournament
- 1, of 3 matches Dino Zoff ( Italy, 1968); of 3 matches Thomas Myhre ( Norway, 2000); of 4 matches Gianluigi Buffon ( Italy, 2016); of 6 matches Iker Casillas ( Spain, 2012)
Coaching
- Most matches coached
- 17, Joachim Löw ( Germany, 2008–2016)
- Most matches won
- 11, Joachim Löw ( Germany, 2008–2016)
- Most championships
- no coach has won the title on more than one occasion
- Foreign championship
- Otto Rehhagel, ( Greece, 2004)
- Most tournaments
- 4, Lars Lagerbäck, ( Sweden, 2000–2008; Iceland, 2016)
- Most nations coached
- 2, Guus Hiddink ( Netherlands, 1996; Russia, 2008); Giovanni Trapattoni (
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Italy, 2004; Republic of Ireland, 2012); Dick Advocaat ( Netherlands, 2004; Russia, 2012); Lars Lagerbäck ( Sweden, 2000–2008; Iceland, 2016); Fernando Santos ( Greece, 2012; Portugal, 2016) - Most consecutive tournaments with same team
- 3, Lars Lagerbäck, ( Sweden, 2000–2008); Joachim Löw ( Germany, 2008–2016)
- Most consecutive wins
- 5, Michel Hidalgo ( France, 1984); Rinus Michels ( Netherlands, 1988–1992)
- Most consecutive matches without a loss
- 8, Rinus Michels ( Netherlands, 1988–1992); Vicente del Bosque ( Spain, 2012–2016)
- Youngest coach
- 36 years and 333 days, Srečko Katanec ( Slovenia vs FR Yugoslavia, 2000)[17]
- Oldest coach
- 73 years and 93 days, Giovanni Trapattoni ( Republic of Ireland vs Italy, 2012)[17]
- 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
- 20, Didier Deschamps, France (1992, 1996 & 2000 as player; 2016 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)
- Most matches refereed, overall
- 8, Anders Frisk ( Sweden, 1996–2004)
- Most matches refereed, one tournament
- 4, Anders Frisk ( Sweden, 2004), Roberto Rosetti ( Italy, 2008), Pedro Proença ( Portugal, 2012), Damir Skomina ( Slovenia, 2016), Nicola Rizzoli ( Italy, 2016), Mark Clattenburg ( England, 2016)
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 games), 2000
- Most sendings off (all-time, team)
- 3, Czech Republic, France, Netherlands, Russia, and FR Yugoslavia
- 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)[5][note 5]
- Most cautions (tournament)
- 205 (in 51 matches), 2016
- Most cautions (match, both teams)
- 10, Czech Republic (4) vs Germany (6), 1996 (first round);[18] Czech Republic (6) vs Portugal (4), 1996;[19] Italy (6) vs Netherlands (4), 2000;[20] Portugal (6) vs France (4), 2016[21]
- 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 in a Finals match & highest in a final
- 79,115, Soviet Union vs Spain, 21 June 1964, Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid, Spain, 1964
- Lowest in a Finals match
- 3,869, Hungary vs Denmark, 20 June 1964, Camp Nou, Barcelona, Spain, 1964
- Highest average attendance per match
- 59,243, 1988
- Highest total attendance (tournament)
- 2,427,303, 2016
- Lowest average attendance per match
- 19,740, 1960
- Lowest total attendance (tournament)
- 78,958, 1960
Penalty shootouts
- Most shootouts, team, all-time
- 5, Italy
- Most shootouts, team, tournament
- 2, England, 1996; France, 1996; Poland, 2016
- Most shootouts, all teams, tournament
- 4, 1996
- Most wins, team, all-time
- 3, Czech Republic, Spain
- Most losses, team, all-time
- 3, England, Italy, Netherlands
- Most shootouts with 100% record (all won)
- 3, Czech Republic
- Most shootouts with 0% record (all lost)
- 1, Croatia, Sweden, Switzerland
- Most successful kicks, shootout, one team
- 9 (out of 9), Czechoslovakia, vs Italy, 1980
- Most successful kicks, shootout, both teams
- 17 (out of 18), Czechoslovakia (9) vs Italy (8), 1980
- Most successful kicks, team, all-time
- 22 (out of 31), Italy
- Most successful kicks, team, tournament
- 10, France, 1996 (in 2 shootouts)
- Most successful kicks, all teams, tournament
- 37, 1996 (in 4 shootouts)
- Most successful kicks, player
- 2, Zinedine Zidane, Youri Djorkaeff, Bixente Lizarazu, Vincent Guérin, Laurent Blanc ( France, 1996); Alan Shearer, David Platt, Stuart Pearce, Paul Gascoigne ( England, 1996); Patrick Kluivert ( Netherlands, 1996–2000); Cesc Fàbregas ( Spain, 2008–2012); Cristiano Ronaldo ( Portugal, 2004 & 2016); Nani ( Portugal, 2012–2016); Robert Lewandowski, Arkadiusz Milik, Kamil Glik ( Poland, 2016)
- Most kicks taken, shootout, both teams
- 18, Czechoslovakia (9) vs Italy (9), 1980; Germany (9) vs Italy (9), 2016
- Most kicks taken, team, all-time
- 31, Italy (in 5 shootouts)
- Most kicks taken, team, tournament
- 11, France, 1996 (in 2 shootouts)
- Most kicks taken, all teams, tournament
- 42, 1996 (in 4 shootouts)
- Most kicks missed, shootout, one team
- 4, Italy, vs Germany, 2016
- Most kicks missed, shootout, both teams
- 7, Germany (3) vs Italy (4), 2016
- Most kicks missed, team, all-time
- 9, Italy (in 5 shootouts)
- Most kicks missed, team, tournament
- 4, Italy, 2016 (in 1 shootout)
- Most kicks missed, all teams, tournament
- 9, 2016 (in 3 shootouts)
- Fewest successful kicks, shootout, one team
- 1, Netherlands, vs Italy, 2000; Croatia, vs Turkey, 2008
- Fewest successful kicks, shootout, both teams
- 4, Italy (3) vs Netherlands (1), 2000; Turkey (3) vs Croatia (1), 2008
- Most saves, all-time
- 3, Iker Casillas ( Spain, 2008–2012); Gianluigi Buffon ( Italy, 2008–2016)
- Most saves, tournament
- 2, Francesco Toldo ( Italy, 2000); Iker Casillas ( Spain, 2008); Manuel Neuer ( Germany, 2016)
- Most saves, shootout
- 2, Francesco Toldo ( Italy), vs Netherlands, 2000; Iker Casillas ( Spain), vs Italy, 2008; Manuel Neuer ( Germany), vs Italy, 2016
Others
- Taulant Xhaka ( Albania) and Granit Xhaka ( Switzerland) became the first siblings in European Championship history to play against each other, on 11 June 2016.[22][23]
Notes
- Excluding automatic qualification as host, as reigning champion, or by invitation.
- Müller, Platini and Rooney each scored at least twice in consecutive matches.
- Platini's two hat-tricks were scored in consecutive matches.
- Defined as a player who played all matches for a team that reached the final or the third-place match, meaning their team played the maximum number of matches.
- All eight were yellow cards.
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