UEFA European Under-21 Championship
European association football tournament for under-21 national teams
The UEFA European Under-21 Championship is a football competition that happens every two years. It is played by the European men's under-21 national teams of the member associations of UEFA.
Founded | 1978 |
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Region | Europe (UEFA) |
Number of teams | 55 (total) 16 (finals) |
Current champions | ![]() |
Most successful team(s) | ![]() ![]() (5 titles each) |
Website | Official website |
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Italy and Spain have won the trophy more times than anyone else. They have won five times each. Spain are also the current champions.
Results
changeUnder-23 championships
changeHeld only three times before it was relabelled by UEFA.
Year | Host | Final | Losing semi-finalists | Number of teams | ||||||
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Winner | Score | Runner-up | ||||||||
1972 | Home-and-away basis | Czechoslovakia |
2–2 / 3–1 5–3 on aggregate |
Soviet Union |
Bulgaria and Greece | 8 (23) | ||||
1974 | Home-and-away basis | Hungary |
2–3 / 4–0 6–3 on aggregate |
East Germany |
Poland and Soviet Union | 8 (21) | ||||
1976 | Home-and-away basis | Soviet Union |
1–1 / 2–1 3–2 on aggregate |
Hungary |
Netherlands and Yugoslavia | 8 (23) |
Under-21 championships
changeStatistics
changePerformances by countries
changeOnly under-21 championships are included in the table.[1][2]
Team | Winners | Runners-up | Third-place | Fourth-place | Semi-finalists | Total (Top Four) |
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Spain | 5 (1986, 1998, 2011, 2013, 2019) | 3 (1984, 1996, 2017) | 2 | 10 | ||
Italy | 5 (1992, 1994, 1996, 2000, 2004) | 2 (1986, 2013) | 5 | 12 | ||
Germany[a] | 2 (2009, 2017) | 2 (1982, 2019) | 1 | 5 | ||
England | 2 (1982, 1984) | 1 (2009) | 6 | 9 | ||
Netherlands | 2 (2006, 2007) | 1 | 2 | 5 | ||
Soviet Union | 2 (1980, 1990) | 1 | 3 | |||
France | 1 (1988) | 1 (2002) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
Sweden | 1 (2015) | 1 (1992) | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
Czech Republic | 1 (2002) | 1 (2000) | 1 | 3 | ||
Yugoslavia | 1 (1978) | 1 (1990) | 2 | 4 | ||
Portugal | 2 (1994, 2015) | 1 | 3 | |||
Serbia | 2 (2004, 2007) | 1 | 3 | |||
East Germany | 2 (1978, 1980) | 2 | ||||
Greece | 2 (1988, 1998) | 2 | ||||
Switzerland | 1 (2011) | 1 | 2 | |||
Ukraine | 1 (2006) | 1 | ||||
Norway | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
Belarus | 1 | 1 | ||||
Scotland | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
Slovakia | 1 | 1 | ||||
Denmark | 2 | 2 | ||||
Belgium | 1 | 1 | ||||
Bulgaria | 1 | 1 | ||||
Hungary | 1 | 1 | ||||
Romania | 1 | 1 | ||||
Total | 22 | 22 | 6 | 6 | 32 | 88 |
- ↑ Includes West Germany
Participating details
changeTeams | 1978 | 1980 | 1982 | 1984 | 1986 | 1988 | 1990 | 1992 | 1994 |
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2021 |
Total |
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Albania | × | × | × | QF | • | • | • | • | • | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 |
Austria | • | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | • | 1 |
Belarus | Part of USSR | × | • | • | • | • | GS | • | • | GS | 3rd | • | • | • | • | • | 3 | |||||||
Belgium | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | • | • | SF | • | • | • | • | • | GS | • | 3 |
Bulgaria | SF | • | • | • | • | • | QF | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 2 |
Croatia | Part of Yugoslavia | × | × | • | • | GS | • | GS | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | • | 3 | ||||||
Czech Republic4 | QF | QF | • | • | • | QF | QF | QF | QF | QF | • | 2nd | 1st | • | • | GS | • | 4th | • | GS | GS | • | q | 12 |
Denmark | QF | • | • | • | QF | • | • | SF | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | • | • | GS | • | SF | GS | GS | q | 8 |
England | SF | SF | 1st | 1st | SF | SF | • | • | • | • | • | GS | GS | • | • | SF | 2nd | GS | GS | GS | SF | GS | q | 15 |
Finland | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 |
France | • | • | QF | QF | QF | 1st | • | • | 4th | 3rd | • | • | 2nd | • | SF | • | • | • | • | • | • | SF | q | 9 |
Germany2 | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | • | • | • | QF | QF | • | QF | QF | • | • | GS | GS | • | 1st | • | GS | SF | 1st | 2nd | q | 12 |
Greece | • | • | • | • | • | 2nd | • | • | QF | • | 2nd | • | GS | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 4 |
Hungary | QF | QF | • | • | SF | • | • | • | • | QF | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | q | 5 |
Iceland | × | × | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | • | • | • | • | q | 1 |
Israel | Member of OFC | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | • | • | GS | • | • | • | • | 2 | |||||||
Italy | QF | QF | QF | SF | 2nd | QF | SF | 1st | 1st | 1st | • | 1st | SF | 1st | GS | GS | SF | • | 2nd | GS | SF | GS | q | 20 |
Netherlands | × | • | • | • | • | SF | • | QF | • | • | 4th | GS | • | • | 1st | 1st | • | • | SF | • | • | • | q | 7 |
Macedonia | Part of Yugoslavia | × | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | • | • | 1 | ||||||
Norway | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 3rd | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | SF | • | • | • | • | 2 |
Poland | • | • | QF | QF | QF | • | • | QF | QF | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | GS | • | 7 |
Portugal | • | • | × | • | • | • | • | • | 2nd | QF | • | • | GS | 3rd | GS | GS | • | • | • | 2nd | GS | • | q | 8 |
Romania | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | QF | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | SF | q | 2 |
Russia3 | • | 1st | SF | • | • | • | 1st | • | QF | • | QF | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | • | • | • | q | 6 |
Scotland | • | QF | SF | QF | • | QF | • | SF | • | 4th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 6 |
Serbia1 | 1st | SF | • | SF | • | • | 2nd | • | × | × | • | • | • | 2nd | SF | 2nd | GS | • | • | GS | GS | GS | • | 11 |
Slovakia | Part of Czechoslovakia | • | • | 4th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | • | • | 2 | ||||||||
Slovenia | Part of Yugoslavia | × | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | q | 1 | ||||||
Spain | • | • | QF | 2nd | 1st | QF | QF | • | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | • | • | • | • | GS | 1st | 1st | • | 2nd | 1st | q | 13 |
Sweden | • | • | • | • | QF | • | SF | 2nd | • | • | QF | • | • | 4th | • | • | SF | • | • | 1st | GS | • | • | 8 |
Switzerland | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | SF | GS | • | • | • | 2nd | • | • | • | • | q | 3 |
Turkey | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 |
Ukraine | Part of USSR | × | • | • | • | • | • | 2nd | • | • | GS | • | • | • | • | • | 2 | |||||||
Total | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 16 |
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- Notes
- 1 Includes results representing Yugoslavia and Serbia and Montenegro.
- 2 Includes results representing East Germany and West Germany.
- 3 Includes results representing Soviet Union and CIS
- 4 Includes results representing Czechoslovakia
References
change- ↑ "Europe – U-23/U-21 Tournaments". rsssf.com. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
- ↑ "U21 EURO – Champions". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
Other websites
change- The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation Contains full record of U-21/U-23 Championships.
- UEFA European U-21 Championship at uefa.com