The Union of European Football Association is the governing body for football in Europe and it organizes three clubs that is; The UEFA Championship, The UEFA Europa League, and The UEFA Super Cup. Football is one of the most awaited matches and one of the most popular ones, The tournament takes place every four years where Spain team is one of the most successful ones. Check UEFA European Championship Winners List – Who is the Most successful club?.
There are a total of 10 different nations that have won the title of ‘European Championship’ which is Germany 3 times, Spain 3 times, France 2 times, Soviet Union, Italy, Czech Republic, Portugal, Netherlands, Denmark, and Greece as 1-time winners. The tournament is one of the most unique ones and awaited, So now let’s check out the complete details about EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP Winners List, Who is the Most successful club?
European Championship Winners List
You can check out all the winners of football championship history from 1960 to 2020.
| Years | Winner | Runner-up | Venue |
| 1960 | Soviet Union | Yugoslavia | Parc des Princes, Paris, France |
| 1964 | Spain | Soviet Union | Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid, Spain |
| 1968 | Italy | Yugoslavia | Stadio Olimpico, Rome, Italy |
| 1972 | West Germany | Soviet Union | Heysel Stadium, Brussels, Belgium |
| 1976 | Czechoslovakia | West Germany | Stadion FK Crvena Zvezda, Belgrade, Yugoslavia |
| 1980 | West Germany | Belgium | Stadio Olimpico, Rome, Italy |
| 1984 | France | Spain | Parc des Princes, Paris, France |
| 1988 | Netherlands | Soviet Union | Olympiastadion, Munich, West Germany |
| 1992 | Denmark | Germany | Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden |
| 1996 | Germany | Czech Republic | Wembley Stadium, London, England |
| 2000 | France | Italy | Feijenoord Stadion, Rotterdam, Netherlands |
| 2004 | Greece | Portugal | Estádio da Luz, Lisbon, Portugal |
| 2008 | Spain | Germany | Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, Austria |
| 2012 | Spain | Italy | Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex, Kyiv, Ukraine |
| 2016 | Portugal | France | Stade de, France |
| 2020 (2021) | – | – | Wembley Stadium, |
The European Championship competition was contested by senior’s men national team which was introduced in the year 1955. In the year 1980, there was 8 team that participate and then later on in the year 1996 the team have expanded into 16 and on 2016 the team expanded to 24 there were some certain changes after the World War II and now due to Covid-19 the pandemic situation there are some new changes.
The tournament starts with 32 teams which get divided into eight groups. Whereas the winning team and runner-up from each group goes to the second round until the third teams enter the second tier, UEFA Europe League. Also, the knock-out game is played in two-leg format except for their finale.
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Who is the Most successful club?
In the history of Euro Germany and Spain Soccer team are one of the most successful teams they have win three titles and one of the famous footballer Cristiano Ronaldo. You can check out the rest top scorer that is given below;
| Years | Name | Goals |
| 1960 | Milan Galić, François Heutte, Valentin Ivanov,Dražan Jerković, Viktor Ponedelnik | 2 |
| 1964 | Dezső Novák, Ferenc Bene, Chus Pereda | 2 |
| 1968 | Dragan Džajić | 2 |
| 1972 | Gerd Müller | 4 |
| 1976 | Dieter Müller | 4 |
| 1980 | Klaus Allofs | 3 |
| 1984 | Michel Platini | 9 |
| 1988 | Marco van Basten | 5 |
| 1992 | Dennis Bergkamp, Tomas Brolin, Henrik Larsen, Karl-Heinz Riedle | 3 |
| 1996 | Alan Shearer | 5 |
| 2000 | Savo Milošević, Patrick Kluivert | 5 |
| 2004 | Milan Baroš | 5 |
| 2008 | David Villa | 4 |
| 2012 | Alan Dzagoev, Mario Mandžukić, Cristiano Ronaldo, Mario Gómez, Fernando Torres, Mario Balotelli | 3 |
| 2016 | Antoine Griezmann | 6 |
| 2020 (2021) | Cristiano Ronaldo | 5 |