The UEFA European Championship is the main football competition of the men's national teams governed by UEFA (the Union of European Football Associations). Held every four years since 1960, in the even-numbered year between World Cup tournaments, it was originally called the UEFA European Nations' Cup, changing to the current name in 1968. Starting with the 1996 tournament, specific championships are often referred to in the form "UEFA Euro (year)”. Prior to entering the tournament, all teams other than the host nations (which qualify automatically) compete in a qualifying process.

Spain have participated in eleven European Championships (with an upcoming twelfth appearance in 2024), from which they won three titles. Spain became European champions as hosts in 1964, in 2008 in Austria and Switzerland, and in 2012 in Poland and Ukraine. They are currently the only team to win two consecutive editions.

Overall record

UEFA European Championship record Qualification record
Year Result Position Pld W D* L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
France 1960 Did not qualify[a] 2 2 0 0 7 2
Spain 1964 Champions 1st 2 2 0 0 4 2 6 4 1 1 16 5
Italy 1968 Did not qualify 8 3 2 3 7 5
Belgium 1972 6 3 2 1 14 3
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1976 8 3 4 1 11 9
Italy 1980 Group stage 7th 3 0 1 2 2 4 6 4 1 1 13 5
France 1984 Runners-up 2nd 5 1 3 1 4 5 8 6 1 1 24 8
West Germany 1988 Group stage 6th 3 1 0 2 3 5 6 5 0 1 14 6
Sweden 1992 Did not qualify 7 3 0 4 17 12
England 1996 Quarter-finals 6th 4 1 3 0 4 3 10 8 2 0 25 4
Belgium Netherlands 2000 Quarter-finals 5th 4 2 0 2 7 7 8 7 0 1 42 5
Portugal 2004 Group stage 10th 3 1 1 1 2 2 10 7 2 1 21 5
Austria Switzerland 2008 Champions 1st 6 5 1 0 12 3 12 9 1 2 23 8
Poland Ukraine 2012 Champions 1st 6 4 2 0 12 1 8 8 0 0 26 6
France 2016 Round of 16 10th 4 2 0 2 5 4 10 9 0 1 23 3
European Union 2020 Semi-finals 3rd 6 2 4 0 13 6 10 8 2 0 31 5
Germany 2024 Qualified 8 7 0 1 25 5
United Kingdom Republic of Ireland 2028 To be determined To be determined
Italy Turkey 2032
Total 3 Titles 12/17 46 21 15 10 68 42 133 96 18 19 339 96

1964 European Nations' Cup

Main article: 1964 European Nations' Cup

Final tournament

Main article: 1964 European Nations' Cup final tournament
Semi-finals
Spain 2–1 (a.e.t.) Hungary
 Report
Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid
Attendance: 34,713
Referee: Arthur Blavier (Belgium)
Final

Main article: 1964 European Nations' Cup Final
Spain 2–1 Soviet Union
 Report, lineups
Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid
Attendance: 79,115
Referee: Arthur Holland (England)

Euro 1980

Main article: UEFA Euro 1980

Group stage

Main article: UEFA Euro 1980 Group 2

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Belgium 3 1 2 0 3 2 +1 4 Advance to final
2  Italy (H) 3 1 2 0 1 0 +1 4 Advance to third place play-off
3  England 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 3
4  Spain 3 0 1 2 2 4 −2 1
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Spain 0–0 Italy
Report
San Siro, Milan
Attendance: 46,337
Referee: Károly Palotai (Hungary)
Belgium 2–1 Spain
 Report
San Siro, Milan
Attendance: 11,430
Referee: Charles Corver (Netherlands)
Spain 1–2 England
 Report
Stadio San Paolo, Naples
Attendance: 14,440
Referee: Erich Linemayr (Austria)

Euro 1984

Main article: UEFA Euro 1984

Group stage

Main article: UEFA Euro 1984 Group 2

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Spain 3 1 2 0 3 2 +1 4 Advance to knockout stage
2  Portugal 3 1 2 0 2 1 +1 4
3  West Germany 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 3
4  Romania 3 0 1 2 2 4 −2 1
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Romania 1–1 Spain
 Report
Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne
Attendance: 16,972
Referee: Alexis Ponnet (Belgium)
Portugal 1–1 Spain
 Report
Stade Vélodrome, Marseille
Attendance: 24,364
Referee: Michel Vautrot (France)
West Germany 0–1 Spain
Report
Parc des Princes, Paris
Attendance: 47,691
Referee: Vojtech Christov (Czechoslovakia)

Knockout stage

Main article: UEFA Euro 1984 knockout stage
Semi-finals
Denmark 1–1 (a.e.t.) Spain
 Report
Penalties
 4–5
Stade de Gerland, Lyon
Attendance: 47,843
Referee: George Courtney (England)
Final

Main article: UEFA Euro 1984 Final
France 2–0 Spain
 Report
Parc des Princes, Paris
Attendance: 47,368[1]
Referee: Vojtech Christov (Czechoslovakia)

Euro 1988

Main article: UEFA Euro 1988

Group stage

Main article: UEFA Euro 1988 Group 1
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  West Germany (H) 3 2 1 0 5 1 +4 5 Advance to knockout stage
2  Italy 3 2 1 0 4 1 +3 5
3  Spain 3 1 0 2 3 5 −2 2
4  Denmark 3 0 0 3 2 7 −5 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Denmark 2–3 Spain
 Report
Niedersachsenstadion, Hanover
Attendance: 55,707
Referee: Bep Thomas (Netherlands)
Italy 1–0 Spain
 Report
Waldstadion, Frankfurt
Attendance: 47,506
Referee: Erik Fredriksson (Sweden)
West Germany 2–0 Spain
 Report
Olympiastadion, Munich
Attendance: 63,802
Referee: Michel Vautrot (France)

Euro 1996

Main article: UEFA Euro 1996

Group stage

Main article: UEFA Euro 1996 Group B
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  France 3 2 1 0 5 2 +3 7 Advance to knockout stage
2  Spain 3 1 2 0 4 3 +1 5
3  Bulgaria 3 1 1 1 3 4 −1 4
4  Romania 3 0 0 3 1 4 −3 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Spain 1–1 Bulgaria
 Report
Elland Road, Leeds
Attendance: 24,006
Referee: Piero Ceccarini (Italy)
France 1–1 Spain
 Report
Elland Road, Leeds
Attendance: 35,626
Referee: Vadim Zhuk (Belarus)
Romania 1–2 Spain
 Report
Elland Road, Leeds
Attendance: 32,719
Referee: Ahmet Çakar (Turkey)

Knockout stage

Main article: UEFA Euro 1996 knockout stage
Quarter-finals
Spain 0–0 (a.e.t.) England
Report
Penalties
 2–4
Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 75,440[2]
Referee: Marc Batta (France)

Euro 2000

Main article: UEFA Euro 2000

Group stage

Main article: UEFA Euro 2000 Group C

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Spain 3 2 0 1 6 5 +1 6 Advance to knockout stage
2  FR Yugoslavia 3 1 1 1 7 7 0 4[b]
3  Norway 3 1 1 1 1 1 0 4[b]
4  Slovenia 3 0 2 1 4 5 −1 2
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ^ Spain were disqualified and the Soviet Union were awarded a walkover in the quarter-finals. Only four teams qualified for the final tournament.
  2. ^ a b Head-to-head result: Norway 0–1 FR Yugoslavia.
Spain 0–1 Norway
Report
Feijenoord Stadion, Rotterdam
Attendance: 41,000
Referee: Gamal Al-Ghandour (Egypt)
Slovenia 1–2 Spain
 Report
Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam
Attendance: 51,300
Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)
FR Yugoslavia 3–4 Spain
 Report
Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges
Attendance: 26,611
Referee: Gilles Veissière (France)

Knockout stage

Main article: UEFA Euro 2000 knockout stage
Quarter-finals
Spain 1–2 France
 Report
Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges
Attendance: 26,614
Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)

Euro 2004

Main article: UEFA Euro 2004

Group stage

Main article: UEFA Euro 2004 Group A

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Portugal (H) 3 2 0 1 4 2 +2 6 Advance to knockout stage
2  Greece 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4[a]
3  Spain 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 4[a]
4  Russia 3 1 0 2 2 4 −2 3
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Tied on head-to-head result (Greece 1–1 Spain) and overall goal difference (0). Overall goals for was used as the tiebreaker.
Spain 1–0 Russia
 Report
Estádio Algarve, Faro/Loulé
Attendance: 28,182
Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland)
Greece 1–1 Spain
 Report
Estádio do Bessa, Porto
Attendance: 25,444
Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)
Spain 0–1 Portugal
Report
Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon
Attendance: 47,491
Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)

Euro 2008

Main article: UEFA Euro 2008

Group stage

Main article: UEFA Euro 2008 Group D

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Spain 3 3 0 0 8 3 +5 9 Advance to knockout phase
2  Russia 3 2 0 1 4 4 0 6
3  Sweden 3 1 0 2 3 4 −1 3
4  Greece 3 0 0 3 1 5 −4 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Spain 4–1 Russia
 Report
Tivoli-Neu, Innsbruck
Attendance: 30,772[3]
Referee: Konrad Plautz (Austria)
Sweden 1–2 Spain
 Report
Tivoli-Neu, Innsbruck
Attendance: 30,772[4]
Referee: Pieter Vink (Netherlands)
Greece 1–2 Spain
 Report
Stadion Wals-Siezenheim, Salzburg
Attendance: 30,883[5]
Referee: Howard Webb (England)

Knockout phase

Main article: UEFA Euro 2008 knockout phase
Quarter-finals
Spain 0–0 (a.e.t.) Italy
Report
Penalties
 4–2
Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna
Attendance: 51,178[6]
Referee: Herbert Fandel (Germany)
Semi-finals
Russia 0–3 Spain
Report
Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna
Attendance: 51,428[7]
Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)
Final

Main article: UEFA Euro 2008 Final
Germany 0–1 Spain
Report
Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna
Attendance: 51,428
Referee: Roberto Rosetti (Italy)

Euro 2012

Main article: UEFA Euro 2012

Group stage

Main article: UEFA Euro 2012 Group C

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Spain 3 2 1 0 6 1 +5 7 Advance to knockout phase
2  Italy 3 1 2 0 4 2 +2 5
3  Croatia 3 1 1 1 4 3 +1 4
4  Republic of Ireland 3 0 0 3 1 9 −8 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Spain 1–1 Italy
 Report
PGE Arena, Gdańsk
Attendance: 38,869[8]
Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)
Spain 4–0 Republic of Ireland
 Report
PGE Arena, Gdańsk
Attendance: 39,150[9]
Referee: Pedro Proença (Portugal)
Croatia 0–1 Spain
Report
PGE Arena, Gdańsk
Attendance: 39,076[10]
Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)

Knockout phase

Main article: UEFA Euro 2012 knockout phase
Quarter-finals
Spain 2–0 France
 Report
Donbass Arena, Donetsk
Attendance: 47,000[11]
Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)
Semi-finals
Portugal 0–0 (a.e.t.) Spain
Report
Penalties
 2–4
Donbass Arena, Donetsk
Attendance: 48,000[12]
Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)
Final

Main article: UEFA Euro 2012 Final
Spain 4–0 Italy
 Report
Olympic Stadium, Kyiv
Attendance: 63,170[13]
Referee: Pedro Proença (Portugal)

Euro 2016

Main article: UEFA Euro 2016

Group stage

Main article: UEFA Euro 2016 Group D

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Croatia 3 2 1 0 5 3 +2 7 Advance to knockout phase
2  Spain 3 2 0 1 5 2 +3 6
3  Turkey 3 1 0 2 2 4 −2 3
4  Czech Republic 3 0 1 2 2 5 −3 1
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Spain 1–0 Czech Republic
 Report
Stadium Municipal, Toulouse
Attendance: 29,400[14]
Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)
Spain 3–0 Turkey
 Report
Stade de Nice, Nice
Attendance: 33,409[15]
Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia)
Croatia 2–1 Spain
 Report
Nouveau Stade de Bordeaux, Bordeaux
Attendance: 37,245[16]
Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)

Knockout phase

Main article: UEFA Euro 2016 knockout phase
Round of 16
Italy 2–0 Spain
 Report
Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Attendance: 76,165[17]
Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)

Euro 2020

Main article: UEFA Euro 2020

Group stage

Main article: UEFA Euro 2020 Group E

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Sweden 3 2 1 0 4 2 +2 7 Advance to knockout phase
2  Spain (H) 3 1 2 0 6 1 +5 5
3  Slovakia 3 1 0 2 2 7 −5 3
4  Poland 3 0 1 2 4 6 −2 1
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Spain 0–0 Sweden
Report
La Cartuja, Seville
Attendance: 10,559[18]
Referee: Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)
Spain 1–1 Poland
 Report
La Cartuja, Seville
Attendance: 11,742[19]
Referee: Daniele Orsato (Italy)
Slovakia 0–5 Spain
Report
La Cartuja, Seville
Attendance: 11,204[20]
Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)

Knockout phase

Main article: UEFA Euro 2020 knockout phase
Round of 16
Croatia 3–5 (a.e.t.) Spain
 Report
Parken Stadium, Copenhagen
Attendance: 22,771[21]
Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)
Quarter-finals
Switzerland 1–1 (a.e.t.) Spain
 Report
Penalties
 1–3
Krestovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg
Attendance: 24,764[22]
Referee: Michael Oliver (England)
Semi-finals
Italy 1–1 (a.e.t.) Spain
 Report
Penalties
 4–2
Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 57,811[23]
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

Euro 2024

Main article: UEFA Euro 2024

Group stage

Main article: UEFA Euro 2024 Group B

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Spain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to knockout stage
2  Croatia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Italy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Possible knockout stage based on ranking
4  Albania 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 15 June 2024. Source: UEFA
Spain Match 3 Croatia
Report
Olympiastadion, Berlin
Spain Match 16 Italy
Report
Arena AufSchalke, Gelsenkirchen
Albania Match 27 Spain
Report
Merkur Spiel-Arena, Düsseldorf

Goalscorers

Player Goals 1964 1980 1984 1988 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
Álvaro Morata 6 3 3
Fernando Torres 5 2 3
David Villa 4 4
Alfonso 3 1 2
Cesc Fàbregas 3 1 2
David Silva 3 1 2
Xabi Alonso 2 2
Daniel Güiza 2 2
Antonio Maceda 2 2
Gaizka Mendieta 2 2
Chus Pereda 2 2
Pablo Sarabia 2 2
Ferran Torres 2 2
Jordi Alba 1 1
César Azpilicueta 1 1
Emilio Butragueño 1 1
Fernando Morientes 1 1
Amancio 1 1
Guillermo Amor 1 1
José Luis Caminero 1 1
Francisco José Carrasco 1 1
Dani 1 1
Rubén de la Red 1 1
Joseba Etxeberria 1 1
Rafael Gordillo 1 1
Aymeric Laporte 1 1
Javier Manjarín 1 1
Marcelino 1 1
Juan Mata 1 1
Míchel 1 1
Pedro Munitis 1 1
Jesús Navas 1 1
Nolito 1 1
Mikel Oyarzabal 1 1
Gerard Piqué 1 1
Quini 1 1
Raúl 1 1
Santillana 1 1
Juan Carlos Valerón 1 1
Xavi 1 1
Own goals 3 3
Total 68 4 2 4 3 4 7 2 12 12 5 13

See also

Notes

References

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