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.

UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Founded1978
RegionEurope (UEFA)
Number of teams55 (total)
16 (finals)
Current champions Spain (5th title)
Most successful team(s) Italy
 Spain
(5 titles each)
WebsiteOfficial website
2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship

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

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Under-23 championships

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Held only three times before it was relabelled by UEFA.

Year Host Final Losing semi-finalists Number of teams
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

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Year Host Final Losing semi-finalists
(or third place match)
Number of teams
Winner Score Runner-up
1978 Home-and-away basis  
Yugoslavia
1–0 / 4–4
5–4 on aggregate
 
East Germany
  Bulgaria and   England 8 (24)
1980 Home-and-away basis  
Soviet Union
0–0 / 1–0
1–0 on aggregate
 
East Germany
  England and   Yugoslavia 8 (25)
1982 Home-and-away basis  
England
3–1 / 2–3
5–4 on aggregate
 
West Germany
  Scotland and   Soviet Union 8 (26)
1984 Home-and-away basis  
England
1–0 / 2–0
3–0 on aggregate
 
Spain
  Italy and   Yugoslavia 8 (30)
1986 Home-and-away basis  
Spain
1–2 / 2–1
3–3 on aggregate
3–0 (p)
 
Italy
  England and   Hungary 8 (29)
1988 Home-and-away basis  
France
0–0 / 3–0
3–0 on aggregate
 
Greece
  England and   Netherlands 8 (30)
1990 Home-and-away basis  
Soviet Union
4–2 / 3–1
7–3 on aggregate
 
Yugoslavia
  Italy and   Sweden 8 (30)
1992 Home-and-away basis  
Italy
2–0 / 0–1
2–1 on aggregate
 
Sweden
  Denmark and   Scotland 8 (32)
1994   France  
Italy
1–0
(aet)
 
Portugal
 
Spain
2–1  
France
8 (32)
1996   Spain  
Italy
1–1
4–2 (p)
 
Spain
 
France
1–0  
Scotland
8 (44)
1998   Romania  
Spain
1–0  
Greece
 
Norway
2–0  
Netherlands
8 (46)
2000   Slovakia  
Italy
2–1  
Czech Republic
 
Spain
1–0  
Slovakia
8 (47)
2002    Switzerland  
Czech Republic
0–0
3–1 (p)
 
France
  Italy and   Switzerland 8 (47)
2004   Germany  
Italy
3–0  
Serbia and Montenegro
 
Portugal
3–2
(aet)
 
Sweden
8 (48)
2006   Portugal  
Netherlands
3–0  
Ukraine
  France and   Serbia and Montenegro 8 (51)
2007   Netherlands  
Netherlands
4–1  
Serbia
  Belgium and   England 8 (51)
2009   Sweden  
Germany
4–0  
England
  Italy and   Sweden 8 (52)
2011   Denmark  
Spain
2–0  
Switzerland
 
Belarus
1–0  
Czech Republic
8 (53)
2013   Israel  
Spain
4–2  
Italy
  Netherlands and   Norway 8 (53)
2015   Czech Republic  
Sweden
0–0
4–3
(p)
 
Portugal
  Denmark and   Germany 8 (53)
2017   Poland  
Germany
1–0  
Spain
  England and   Italy 12 (53)
2019   Italy  
Spain
2–1  
Germany
  France and   Romania 12 (55)
2021   Hungary
  Slovenia
16 (55)

Statistics

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Performances by countries

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Only under-21 championships are included in the table.[1][2]

Team Winners Runners-up Third-place Fourth-place Semi-finalists Total (Top Four)
  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
  1. Includes West Germany

Participating details

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Teams 1978 1980 1982 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992  
1994
 
1996
 
1998
 
2000
 
2002
 
2004
 
2006
 
2007
 
2009
 
2011
 
2013
 
2015
 
2017
 
2019
  
2021
Total
  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
Legend
Notes

References

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  1. "Europe – U-23/U-21 Tournaments". rsssf.com. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  2. "U21 EURO – Champions". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 2 March 2020.

Other websites

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