National team appearances in the UEFA European Championship

Legend

• * hosts

Team	Appearances	Record streak	Active streak	Debut	Most recent	Best result
Germany[lower-alpha 1]	13	13	13	1972	2020	Champions (1972, 1980, 1996)
Russia[lower-alpha 2]	12	5	5	1960	2020	Champions (1960)
Spain	11	7	7	1964	2020	Champions (1964*, 2008, 2012)
France	10	8	8	1960	2020	Champions (1984*, 2000)
Italy	10	7	7	1968	2020	Champions (1968*)
Czech Republic[lower-alpha 3]	10	7	7	1960	2020	Champions (1976)
Netherlands	10	7	1	1976	2020	Champions (1988)
England	10	5	3	1968	2020	Third place (1968), Semi-finals (1996*)
Denmark	9	6	1	1964	2020	Champions (1992)
Portugal	8	7	7	1984	2020	Champions (2016)
Sweden	7	6	6	1992	2020	Semi-finals (1992*)
Belgium	6	2	2	1972	2020	Runners-up (1980)
Croatia	6	5	5	1996	2020	Quarter-finals (1996, 2008)
Serbia[lower-alpha 4]	5	1	0	1960	2000	Runners-up (1960, 1968)
Turkey	5	2	2	1996	2020	Semi-finals (2008)
Romania	5	2	1	1984	2016	Quarter-finals (2000)
Switzerland	5	2	2	1996	2020	Round of 16 (2016)
Greece	4	3	0	1980	2012	Champions (2004)
Poland	4	4	4	2008	2020	Quarter-finals (2016)
Hungary	3	1	1	1964	2016	Third place (1964)
Republic of Ireland	3	2	2	1988	2016	Round of 16 (2016)
Austria	3	2	2	2008	2020	Group stage (2008*, 2016)
Ukraine	3	3	3	2012	2020	Group stage (2012*, 2016)
Wales	2	2	2	2016	2020	Semi-finals (2016)
Scotland	2	2	0	1992	1996	Group stage (1992, 1996)
Bulgaria	2	1	0	1996	2004	Group stage (1996, 2004)
Iceland	1	1	1	2016	2016	Quarter-finals (2016)
Northern Ireland	1	1	1	2016	2016	Round of 16 (2016)
Slovakia	1	1	1	2016	2016	Round of 16 (2016)
Norway	1	1	0	2000	2000	Group stage (2000)
Slovenia	1	1	0	2000	2000	Group stage (2000)
Latvia	1	1	0	2004	2004	Group stage (2004)
Albania	1	1	0	2016	2016	Group stage (2016)
Finland	1	1	1	2020	2020	TBD

Notes

Breakdown of successor teams

Team	Appearances	Record streak	Debut	Most recent	Best result
Czechoslovakia (1960–1980)	3	2	1960	1980	Champions (1976)
Czech Republic (since 1996)	7	7	1996	2020	Runners-up (1996)

Team	Appearances	Record streak	Debut	Most recent	Best result
West Germany (1972–1988)	5	5	1972	1988	Champions (1972, 1980)
Germany (since 1992)	8	8	1992	2020	Champions (1996)

Team	Appearances	Record streak	Debut	Most recent	Best result
Soviet Union (1960–1988)	5	4	1960	1988	Champions (1960)
CIS (1992)	1	1	1992	1992	Group stage (1992)
Russia (since 1996)	6	5	1996	2020	Semi-finals (2008)

Team	Appearances	Record streak	Debut	Most recent	Best result
Yugoslavia (1960–1984)	4	1	1960	1984	Runners-up (1960, 1968)
FR Yugoslavia (2000)	1	1	2000	2000	Quarter-finals (2000)
Serbia	0	0	—	—	—

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]	12	49	26	12	11	72	48	+24	90	1.84
2	France	9	39	20	9	10	62	44	+18	69	1.77
3	Spain	10	40	19	11	10	55	36	+19	68	1.70
4	Italy	9	38	16	16	6	39	27	+12	64	1.68
5	Portugal	7	35	18	9	8	49	31	+18	63	1.80
6	Netherlands	9	35	17	8	10	57	37	+20	59	1.69
7	Czech Republic[lower-alpha 2]	9	32	13	6	13	42	43	−1	45	1.41
8	Russia[lower-alpha 3]	11	33	12	7	14	38	45	−7	43	1.30
9	England	9	31	10	11	10	40	35	+5	41	1.32
10	Croatia	5	18	8	5	5	23	20	+3	29	1.61
11	Denmark	8	27	7	6	14	30	43	−13	27	1.00
12	Belgium	5	17	7	2	8	22	25	−3	23	1.35
13	Sweden	6	20	5	6	9	25	24	+1	21	1.05
14	Greece	4	16	5	3	8	14	20	−6	18	1.13
15	Turkey	4	15	4	2	9	13	22	−9	14	0.93
16	Wales	1	6	4	0	2	10	6	+4	12	2.00
17	Poland	3	11	2	6	3	7	9	−2	12	1.09
18	Switzerland	4	13	2	5	6	8	15	−7	11	0.85
19	Serbia[lower-alpha 4]	5	14	3	2	9	22	39	−17	11	0.79
20	Iceland	1	5	2	2	1	8	9	−1	8	1.60
21	Hungary	3	8	2	2	4	11	14	−3	8	1.00
22	Republic of Ireland	3	10	2	2	6	6	17	−11	8	0.80
23	Romania	5	16	1	5	10	10	21	−11	8	0.50
24	Scotland	2	6	2	1	3	4	5	−1	7	1.17
25	Norway	1	3	1	1	1	1	1	0	4	1.33
26	Slovakia	1	4	1	1	2	3	6	−3	4	1.00
27	Bulgaria	2	6	1	1	4	4	13	−9	4	0.67
28	Albania	1	3	1	0	2	1	3	−2	3	1.00
29	Northern Ireland	1	4	1	0	3	2	3	−1	3	0.75
30	Ukraine	2	6	1	0	5	2	9	−7	3	0.50
31	Slovenia	1	3	0	2	1	4	5	−1	2	0.67
32	Austria	2	6	0	2	4	2	7	−5	2	0.33
33	Latvia	1	3	0	1	2	1	5	−4	1	0.33

Notes

Breakdown of successor teams

Team	Part.	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Pts/match
Czechoslovakia (1960–1980)	3	8	3	3	2	12	10	+2	12	1.50
Czech Republic (since 1996)	6	24	10	3	11	30	33	−3	33	1.38

Team	Part.	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Pts/match
West Germany (1972–1988)	5	15	9	4	2	25	13	+12	31	2.07
Germany (since 1992)	7	34	17	8	9	47	35	+12	59	1.74

Team	Part.	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Pts/match
Soviet Union (1960–1988)	5	13	7	2	4	17	12	+5	23	1.77
CIS (1992)	1	3	0	2	1	1	4	−3	2	0.67
Russia (since 1996)	5	17	5	3	9	20	29	−9	18	1.06

Team	Part.	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Pts/match
Yugoslavia (1960–1984)	4	10	2	1	7	14	26	−12	7	0.70
FR Yugoslavia (2000)	1	4	1	1	2	8	13	−5	4	1.00
Serbia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—

Each final tournament has had at least one team appearing for the first time. A total of 34 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	≥2[lower-alpha 1]	≥35[lower-alpha 1]

Notes

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 (34)	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)	Attempts
Albania	×	•	•	•	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•		13 → 1
Austria	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	GS	Q		16 → 3
Belgium	×	•	•	3rd	•	2nd	GS	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	QF	Q		15 → 6
Bulgaria	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	GS	•	•	•			15 → 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 → 14[lower-alpha 3]
Greece	•	×[lower-alpha 4]	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	1st	GS	QF	•	•		15 → 4
Hungary	•	3rd	•	4th	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R16			15 → 3
Iceland	×	•	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	QF			12 → 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
Northern Ireland	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R16			14 → 1
Norway	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•			15 → 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			15 → 3
Romania	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	GS	QF	•	GS	•	GS			15 → 5
Russia[lower-alpha 5]	1st	2nd	4th	2nd	•	•	•	2nd	GS	GS	•	GS	SF	GS	GS	Q		16 → 12
Scotland	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	GS	•	•	•	•	•			13 → 2
Serbia[lower-alpha 6]	2nd	•	2nd	•	4th	•	GS	•	•×[lower-alpha 7]	×	QF	•	•	•	•			14 → 5
Slovakia	Part of  Czechoslovakia									•	•	•	•	•	R16			6 → 1
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 (34)	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)	Attempts

Notes

Legend

• * co-hosts

The tournament hosts did not qualify automatically from 1960 to 1976, as well as 2020.

Time(s)	Nation	Year(s)
3	France	1960, 1984, 2016
	Germany[lower-alpha 1]	1988, 2020*, 2024
	Italy	1968, 1980, 2020*
2	Belgium	1972, 2000*
	England	1996, 2020*
	Netherlands	2000*, 2020*
	Spain	1964, 2020*
1	Austria	2008*
	Azerbaijan	2020*
	Denmark	2020*
	Hungary	2020*
	Poland	2012*
	Portugal	2004
	Republic of Ireland	2020*
	Romania	2020*
	Russia	2020*
	Scotland	2020*
	Serbia[lower-alpha 2]	1976
	Sweden	1992
	Switzerland	2008*
	Ukraine	2012*

Notes

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
Total	15	15	6	18	6	60	30	—

Notes

As of UEFA Euro 2016

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

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Germany	3	3	3	9
2	Spain	3	1	0	4
3	France	2	1	1	4
4	Russia	1	3	1	5
5	Italy	1	2	1	4
6	Czech Republic	1	1	3	5
	Portugal	1	1	3	5
8	Netherlands	1	0	4	5
9	Denmark	1	0	1	2
10	Greece	1	0	0	1
11	Serbia	0	2	0	2
12	Belgium	0	1	1	2
13	England	0	0	2	2
14	Hungary	0	0	1	1
	Sweden	0	0	1	1
	Turkey	0	0	1	1
	Wales	0	0	1	1
Totals (17 nations)		15	15	24	54

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
Wales	2016	2

Notes

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
Scotland	1996	5
Slovenia	2000	5
Norway	2000	4
Serbia[lower-alpha 1]	2000	4
Latvia	2004	4
Bulgaria	2004	3
Greece	2012	2
Albania	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
Scotland	1996	active	5
France	1960	1984	5
Greece	1980	2004	5
Republic of Ireland	1988	2012	5
Slovenia	2000	active	5
Latvia	2004	active	4
Norway	2000	active	4
Serbia[lower-alpha 1]	2000	active	4
Denmark	1964	1984	4
Bulgaria	2004	active	3
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.

The following 21 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 (21)	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									•	•	•	•	•	•	TBD	6 + 1 in progress
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Part of  Yugoslavia									[lower-alpha 1]	•	•	•	•	•	TBD	5 + 1 in progress
Cyprus	[lower-alpha 1]	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	14
Estonia	Part of  Soviet Union									•	•	•	•	•	•	•	7
Faroe Islands	Not a UEFA member								•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	8
Georgia	Part of  Soviet Union									•	•	•	•	•	•	TBD	6 + 1 in progress
Gibraltar	Not a UEFA member														•	•	2
Israel	Part of AFC					Not a UEFA member				•	•	•	•	•	•	TBD	6 + 1 in progress
Kazakhstan	Part of  Soviet Union									Part of AFC		[lower-alpha 1]	•	•	•	•	4
Kosovo	Part of  Yugoslavia									[lower-alpha 2]				[lower-alpha 1]		TBD	0 + 1 in progress
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
North Macedonia	Part of  Yugoslavia									•	•	•	•	•	•	TBD	6 + 1 in progress
San Marino	Not a UEFA member								•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	8

Notes

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.

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• Israel at the AFC Asian Cup