National team appearances in the UEFA European Championship

This article lists the performances of each of the 35 national teams out of UEFA's 55 current member associations which have made at least one appearance in the UEFA European Championship finals.[1]

Ranking of teams by number of appearances

Legend

  • * hosts
Team Appearances Record streak Active streak Debut Most recent Best result
 Germany[lower-alpha 1] 13131319722020 Champions (1972, 1980, 1996)
 Russia[lower-alpha 2] 125519602020 Champions (1960)
 Spain 117719642020 Champions (1964*, 2008, 2012)
 France 108819602020 Champions (1984*, 2000)
 Italy 107719682020 Champions (1968*)
 Czech Republic[lower-alpha 3] 107719602020 Champions (1976)
 Netherlands 107119762020 Champions (1988)
 England 105319682020 Third place (1968), Semi-finals (1996*)
 Denmark 96119642020 Champions (1992)
 Portugal 87719842020 Champions (2016)
 Sweden 76619922020 Semi-finals (1992*)
 Belgium 62219722020 Runners-up (1980)
 Croatia 65519962020 Quarter-finals (1996, 2008)
 Serbia[lower-alpha 4] 51019602000 Runners-up (1960, 1968)
 Turkey 52219962020 Semi-finals (2008)
 Romania 52019842016 Quarter-finals (2000)
  Switzerland 52219962020 Round of 16 (2016)
 Greece 43019802012 Champions (2004)
 Hungary 42219642020 Third place (1964)
 Poland 44420082020 Quarter-finals (2016)
 Republic of Ireland 32019882016 Round of 16 (2016)
 Scotland 32119922020 Group stage (1992, 1996)
 Austria 32220082020 Group stage (2008*, 2016)
 Ukraine 33320122020 Group stage (2012*, 2016)
 Wales 22220162020 Semi-finals (2016)
 Slovakia 22220162020 Round of 16 (2016)
 Bulgaria 21019962004 Group stage (1996, 2004)
 Iceland 11020162016 Quarter-finals (2016)
 Northern Ireland 11020162016 Round of 16 (2016)
 Norway 11020002000 Group stage (2000)
 Slovenia 11020002000 Group stage (2000)
 Latvia 11020042004 Group stage (2004)
 Albania 11020162016 Group stage (2016)
 Finland 11120202020 TBD
 North Macedonia 11120202020 TBD

Notes

  1. Includes five appearances as West Germany
  2. Includes five appearances as the Soviet Union and one as CIS
  3. Includes three appearances as Czechoslovakia
  4. Includes four appearances as Yugoslavia and one as FR Yugoslavia

Breakdown of successor teams

Team Appearances Record streak Debut Most recent Best result
 Czechoslovakia (1960–1980) 3219601980 Champions (1976)
 Czech Republic (since 1996) 7719962020 Runners-up (1996)
Team Appearances Record streak Debut Most recent Best result
 West Germany (1972–1988) 5519721988 Champions (1972, 1980)
 Germany (since 1992) 8819922020 Champions (1996)
Team Appearances Record streak Debut Most recent Best result
 Soviet Union (1960–1988) 5419601988 Champions (1960)
 CIS (1992) 1119921992 Group stage (1992)
 Russia (since 1996) 6519962020 Semi-finals (2008)
Team Appearances Record streak Debut Most recent Best result
 Yugoslavia (1960–1984) 4119601984 Runners-up (1960, 1968)
 FR Yugoslavia (2000) 1120002000 Quarter-finals (2000)
 Serbia 00

Overall team records

As of UEFA Euro 2016

In this ranking 3 points are awarded for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss. As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws. Teams are ranked by total points, then by goal difference, then by goals scored.[1]

Rank Team Part. Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Pts/match
1 Germany[lower-alpha 1] 12492612117248+24901.84
2 France 939209106244+18691.77
3 Spain 10401911105536+19681.70
4 Italy 938161663927+12641.68
5 Portugal 73518984931+18631.80
6 Netherlands 935178105737+20591.69
7 Czech Republic[lower-alpha 2] 932136134243−1451.41
8 Russia[lower-alpha 3] 1133127143845−7431.30
9 England 9311011104035+5411.32
10 Croatia 5188552320+3291.61
11 Denmark 82776143043−13271.00
12 Belgium 5177282225−3231.35
13 Sweden 6205692524+1211.05
14 Greece 4165381420−6181.13
15 Turkey 4154291322−9140.93
16 Wales 16402106+4122.00
17 Poland 31126379−2121.09
18  Switzerland 413256815−7110.85
19 Serbia[lower-alpha 4] 5143292239−17110.79
20 Iceland 1522189−181.60
21 Hungary 382241114−381.00
22 Republic of Ireland 310226617−1180.80
23 Romania 51615101021−1180.50
24 Scotland 2621345−171.17
25 Norway 1311111041.33
26 Slovakia 1411236−341.00
27 Bulgaria 26114413−940.67
28 Albania 1310213−231.00
29 Northern Ireland 1410323−130.75
30 Ukraine 2610529−730.50
31 Slovenia 1302145−120.67
32 Austria 2602427−520.33
33 Latvia 1301215−410.33

Notes

  1. Includes results of  West Germany between 1972–1988
  2. Includes results of  Czechoslovakia between 1960–1980
  3. Includes results of  Soviet Union and  CIS between 1960–1992
  4. Includes results of  Yugoslavia and  FR Yugoslavia between 1960–2000

Breakdown of successor teams

Team Part. Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Pts/match
 Czechoslovakia (1960–1980) 383321210+2121.50
 Czech Republic (since 1996) 624103113033−3331.38
Team Part. Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Pts/match
 West Germany (1972–1988) 5159422513+12312.07
 Germany (since 1992) 73417894735+12591.74
Team Part. Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Pts/match
 Soviet Union (1960–1988) 5137241712+5231.77
 CIS (1992) 1302114−320.67
 Russia (since 1996) 5175392029−9181.06
Team Part. Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Pts/match
 Yugoslavia (1960–1984) 4102171426−1270.70
 FR Yugoslavia (2000) 14112813−541.00
 Serbia 000000000

Debut of teams

Each final tournament has had at least one team appearing for the first time. A total of 35 UEFA members have reached the finals.

Year Debuting teams Successor teams
Teams No. CT
1960  Czechoslovakia,  France,  Soviet Union,  Yugoslavia 4 4
1964  Denmark,  Hungary,  Spain 3 7
1968  England,  Italy 2 9
1972  Belgium,  West Germany 2 11
1976  Netherlands 1 12
1980  Greece 1 13
1984  Portugal,  Romania 2 15
1988  Republic of Ireland 1 16
1992  Scotland,  Sweden 2 18  CIS,  Germany
1996  Bulgaria,  Croatia,   Switzerland,  Turkey 4 22  Czech Republic,  Russia
2000  Norway,  Slovenia 2 24  FR Yugoslavia
2004  Latvia 1 25
2008  Austria,  Poland 2 27
2012  Ukraine 1 28
2016  Albania,  Iceland,  Northern Ireland,  Slovakia,  Wales 5 33
2020  Finland,  North Macedonia 2 35

Comprehensive team results by tournament

Map of countries' best results

Legend

  • 1st – Champions
  • 2nd – Runners-up
  • 3rd – Third place
  • 4th – Fourth place
  • SF – Semi-finals
  • QF – Quarter-finals
  • R16 – Round of 16
  • GS – Group stage
  • Q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
  •    – Did not qualify
  •  •×  – Disqualified
  •  ×  – Did not enter / Withdrew / Banned
  •    – Hosts

For each tournament, the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown.

Team (35) 1960

(4)
1964

(4)
1968

(4)
1972

(4)
1976

(4)
1980

(8)
1984

(8)
1988

(8)
1992

(8)
1996

(16)
2000


(16)
2004

(16)
2008


(16)
2012


(16)
2016

(24)
2020

(24)
2024

(24)
Times
entered
Times
qualified
 Albania × × × GS 13 1
 Austria GS GS Q 16 3
 Belgium × 3rd 2nd GS GS QF Q 15 6
 Bulgaria GS GS 16 2
 Croatia Part of  Yugoslavia QF GS QF GS R16 Q 7 6
 Czech Republic[lower-alpha 1] 3rd 1st 3rd 2nd GS SF GS QF GS Q 16 10
 Denmark 4th SF GS 1st GS GS QF GS Q 16 9
 England × 3rd GS GS GS SF GS QF QF R16 Q 15 10
 Finland × × Q 14 1
 France 4th 1st GS SF 1st QF GS QF 2nd Q 16 10
 Germany[lower-alpha 2] × × 1st 2nd 1st GS SF 2nd 1st GS GS 2nd SF SF Q Q 15[lower-alpha 3] 14[lower-alpha 3]
 Greece ×[lower-alpha 4] GS 1st GS QF 15[lower-alpha 4] 4
 Hungary 3rd 4th R16 Q 16 4
 Iceland × × × QF 13 1
 Italy × 1st 4th SF GS 2nd GS QF 2nd QF Q 15 10
 Latvia Part of  Soviet Union GS 7 1
 Netherlands × 3rd GS 1st SF QF SF SF QF GS Q 15 10
 North Macedonia Part of  Yugoslavia Q 7 1
 Northern Ireland × R16 15 1
 Norway GS 16 1
 Poland GS GS QF Q 16 4
 Portugal SF QF SF 2nd QF SF 1st Q 16 8
 Republic of Ireland GS GS R16 16 3
 Romania GS GS QF GS GS 16 5
 Russia[lower-alpha 5] 1st 2nd 4th 2nd 2nd GS GS GS SF GS GS Q 16 12
 Scotland × × GS GS Q 14 3
 Serbia[lower-alpha 6] 2nd 2nd 4th GS •×[lower-alpha 7] × QF 15 5[lower-alpha 7]
 Slovakia Part of  Czechoslovakia R16 Q 7 2
 Slovenia Part of  Yugoslavia GS 7 1
 Spain •×[lower-alpha 8] 1st GS 2nd GS QF QF GS 1st 1st R16 Q 16 11
 Sweden × SF GS QF GS GS GS Q 15 7
  Switzerland × GS GS GS R16 Q 15 5
 Turkey GS QF SF GS Q 16 5
 Ukraine Part of  Soviet Union GS GS Q 7 3
 Wales × SF Q 15 2
Team (35) 1960

(4)
1964

(4)
1968

(4)
1972

(4)
1976

(4)
1980

(8)
1984

(8)
1988

(8)
1992

(8)
1996

(16)
2000


(16)
2004

(16)
2008


(16)
2012


(16)
2016

(24)
2020

(24)
2024

(24)
Times
entered
Times
qualified

Notes

  1. Includes three appearances as Czechoslovakia
  2. Includes five appearances as West Germany
  3. Including UEFA Euro 2024 in which Germany is already qualified as host.
  4. Greece entered the 1964 competition, but later withdrew after refusing to play Albania. This is not counted as a qualification tournament Greece participated in.
  5. Includes five appearances as the Soviet Union and one as CIS
  6. Includes four appearances as Yugoslavia and one as FR Yugoslavia
  7. Yugoslavia originally qualified for UEFA Euro 1992, but were later disqualified due to international sanctions. This is not counted as a final tournament Yugoslavia qualified for.
  8. Spain refused to travel to the Soviet Union for their qualification match, so the Soviet Union qualified by walkover.

Total hosts

Legend

  • * co-hosts
Time(s) Nation Year(s)
3 France1960, 1984, 2016
 Germany[lower-alpha 1]1988, 2020*, 2024
 Italy1968, 1980, 2020*
2 Belgium1972, 2000*
 England1996, 2020*
 Netherlands2000*, 2020*
 Spain1964, 2020*
1 Austria2008*
 Azerbaijan2020*
 Denmark2020*
 Hungary2020*
 Poland2012*
 Portugal2004
 Republic of Ireland2020*
 Romania2020*
 Russia2020*
 Scotland2020*
 Serbia[lower-alpha 2]1976
 Sweden1992
  Switzerland2008*
 Ukraine2012*

Notes

  1. As West Germany in 1988
  2. As Yugoslavia

Results of host nations

From 1960 to 1976 the host was decided between one of the four semifinalists, from 1980 the hosts automatically qualified, except in 2020 when every country had to qualify through qualification.

Year Host nation Finish
1960  France Fourth place
1964  Spain Champions
1968  Italy Champions
1972  Belgium Third place
1976  Yugoslavia Fourth place
1980  Italy Fourth place
1984  France Champions
1988  West Germany Semi-finalist
1992  Sweden Semi-finalist
1996  England Semi-finalist
2000  Belgium Group stage
 Netherlands Semi-finalist
2004  Portugal Runners-up
2008  Austria Group stage
  Switzerland Group stage
2012  Poland Group stage
 Ukraine Group stage
2016  France Runners-up
2020  Azerbaijan Did not qualify
 Denmark
 England
 Germany
 Hungary
 Italy
 Netherlands
 Republic of Ireland Did not qualify
 Romania Did not qualify
 Russia
 Scotland
 Spain
2024  Germany

Summary

Legend

  • * hosts
Team Winners Runners-up Third-place Semi-finalists Fourth-place Top 4 finishes Top 2 finishes Times qualified
 Germany[lower-alpha 1] 3 (1972, 1980, 1996) 3 (1976, 1992, 2008) 3 (1988*, 2012, 2016) 9 6 13
 Spain 3 (1964*, 2008, 2012) 1 (1984) 4 4 11
 France 2 (1984*, 2000) 1 (2016*) 1 (1996) 1 (1960*) 5 3 9
 Russia[lower-alpha 2] 1 (1960) 3 (1964, 1972, 1988) 1 (2008) 1 (1968) 6 4 12
 Italy 1 (1968*) 2 (2000, 2012) 1 (1988) 1 (1980*) 5 3 10
 Portugal 1 (2016) 1 (2004*) 3 (1984, 2000, 2012) 5 2 8
 Czech Republic[lower-alpha 3] 1 (1976) 1 (1996) 2 (1960, 1980) 1 (2004) 5 2 10
 Netherlands 1 (1988) 1 (1976) 3 (1992, 2000*, 2004) 5 1 10
 Denmark 1 (1992) 1 (1984) 1 (1964) 3 1 9
 Greece 1 (2004) 1 1 4
 Serbia[lower-alpha 4] 2 (1960, 1968) 1 (1976*) 3 2 5
 Belgium 1 (1980) 1 (1972*) 2 1 6
 England 1 (1968) 1 (1996*) 2 10
 Hungary 1 (1964) 1 (1972) 2 3
 Sweden 1 (1992*) 1 7
 Turkey 1 (2008) 1 5
 Wales 1 (2016) 1 2
Total151561866030

Notes

Medal count

As of UEFA Euro 2016

The losing semi-finalists since 1984 are counted under bronze.

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Germany3339
2 Spain3104
3 France2114
4 Russia1315
5 Italy1214
6 Czech Republic1135
 Portugal1135
8 Netherlands1045
9 Denmark1012
10 Greece1001
11 Serbia0202
12 Belgium0112
13 England0022
14 Hungary0011
 Sweden0011
 Turkey0011
 Wales0011
Totals (17 nations)15152454

Results of defending finalists

Year Defending champions Finish Defending runners-up Finish
1964  Soviet Union Runners-up  Yugoslavia Did not qualify
1968  Spain Did not qualify  Soviet Union Fourth place
1972  Italy Did not qualify  Yugoslavia Did not qualify
1976  West Germany Runners-up  Soviet Union Did not qualify
1980  Czechoslovakia Third place  West Germany Champions
1984  West Germany Group stage  Belgium Group stage
1988  France Did not qualify  Spain Group stage
1992  Netherlands Semi-finalist  CIS (Soviet Union) Group stage
1996  Denmark Group stage  Germany Champions
2000  Germany Group stage  Czech Republic Group stage
2004  France Quarter-finalist  Italy Group stage
2008  Greece Group stage  Portugal Quarter-finalist
2012  Spain Champions  Germany Semi-finalist
2016  Spain Round of 16  Italy Quarter-finalist
2020  Portugal  France

Active consecutive participations

This is a list of active consecutive participations of national teams in the UEFA European Championships.

Team Managed to qualify since Consecutive participations
 Germany 1972 14[lower-alpha 1]
 France 1992 8
 Czech Republic 1996 7
 Italy 1996 7
 Spain 1996 7
 Portugal 1996 7
 Sweden 2000 6
 Croatia 2004 5
 Russia 2004 5
 Poland 2008 4
 England 2012 3
 Ukraine 2012 3
 Austria 2016 2
 Belgium 2016 2
 Hungary 2016 2
 Slovakia 2016 2
  Switzerland 2016 2
 Turkey 2016 2
 Wales 2016 2

Notes

  1. Including UEFA Euro 2024 in which Germany is already qualified as host. Includes five appearances as West Germany.

Droughts

This is a list of droughts associated with the participation of national teams in the UEFA European Championships.

Longest active UEFA European Championship droughts

Does not include teams that have not yet made their first appearance or teams that no longer exist.

Team Last appearance EC Missed
 Norway 2000 5
 Serbia[lower-alpha 1] 2000 5
 Slovenia 2000 5
 Bulgaria 2004 4
 Latvia 2004 4
 Greece 2012 2
 Albania 2016 1
 Iceland 2016 1
 Northern Ireland 2016 1
 Republic of Ireland 2016 1
 Romania 2016 1

Notes

  1. FIFA regards Serbia as the same entity which competed in 1960, 1968, 1976, 1984 and 2000 as Yugoslavia.

Longest UEFA European Championship droughts overall

Only includes droughts begun after a team's first appearance and until the team ceased to exist.

As of qualification for UEFA Euro 2020.
Team Prev. appearance Next appearance EC Missed
 Hungary 1972 2016 10
 France 1960 1984 5
 Greece 1980 2004 5
 Republic of Ireland 1988 2012 5
 Scotland 1996 2020 5
 Norway 2000 active 5
 Serbia[lower-alpha 1] 2000 active 5
 Slovenia 2000 active 5
 Bulgaria 2004 active 4
 Latvia 2004 active 4
 Denmark 1964 1984 4
 Czech Republic[lower-alpha 2] 1960 1976 3
1980 1996
 Spain 1964 1980 3
 Russia[lower-alpha 3] 1972 1988 3
 Belgium 1984 2000 3
2000 2016
 England 1968 1980 2
 Italy 1968 1980 2
 Portugal 1984 1996 2
 Romania 1984 1996 2

Notes

  1. FIFA regards Serbia as the same entity which competed in 1960, 1968, 1976, 1984 and 2000 as Yugoslavia.
  2. FIFA regards Czech Republic as the same entity which competed in 1960, 1976 and 1980 as Czechoslovakia.
  3. FIFA regards Russia as the same entity which competed in 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1988 as the Soviet Union and 1992 as the CIS.

Countries that have never qualified

The following 20 teams which are current UEFA members have never qualified for the European Championship.[1][2]

Legend

  •    – Did not qualify
  •  ×  – Did not enter / Withdrew / Banned
  •     – Co-host of the final tournament

For each tournament, the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown.

Team (20) 1960
(4)
1964
(4)
1968
(4)
1972
(4)
1976
(4)
1980
(8)
1984
(8)
1988
(8)
1992
(8)
1996
(16)
2000
(16)
2004
(16)
2008
(16)
2012
(16)
2016
(24)
2020
(24)
Attempts
 Andorra Not a UEFA member 6
 Armenia Part of  Soviet Union 7
 Azerbaijan Part of  Soviet Union 7
 Belarus Part of  Soviet Union 7
 Bosnia and Herzegovina Part of  Yugoslavia [lower-alpha 1] 6
 Cyprus [lower-alpha 1] × 14
 Estonia Part of  Soviet Union 7
 Faroe Islands Not a UEFA member 8
 Georgia Part of  Soviet Union 7
 Gibraltar Not a UEFA member 2
 Israel Part of AFC Not a UEFA member 7
 Kazakhstan Part of  Soviet Union Part of AFC [lower-alpha 1] 4
 Kosovo Part of  Yugoslavia [lower-alpha 2] [lower-alpha 1] 1
 Liechtenstein Not a UEFA member × × × × 7
 Lithuania Part of  Soviet Union 7
 Luxembourg × 15
 Malta [lower-alpha 1] × 14
 Moldova Part of  Soviet Union 7
 Montenegro Part of  Yugoslavia [lower-alpha 2] 3
 San Marino Not a UEFA member 8

Notes

  1. Not a UEFA member
  2. Part of  FR Yugoslavia/Serbia and Montenegro

Former countries

East Germany played in eight qualification competitions before the reunification of Germany in 1990.

Team (1) 1960
(4)
1964
(4)
1968
(4)
1972
(4)
1976
(4)
1980
(8)
1984
(8)
1988
(8)
1992
(8)
Attempts
 East Germany ×[lower-alpha 1] 8

Notes

  1. East Germany initially entered the qualifying competition, but they later withdrew after being reunified with West Germany, with the reunited nation of Germany therefore entering.

See also

References

  1. "EURO » All-time league table". WorldFootball.net. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  2. "EURO Qualifiers » All-time league table". WorldFootball.net. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
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