List of UEFA European Championship records and statistics
This is a list of records of the UEFA European Championship and its qualification matches.
General statistics by tournament
| Year | Host | Champion | Winning coach | Top scorer | Player of the Tournament |
| 1960 | FRA |  Gavriil Kachalin |  François Heutte Valentin Ivanov Viktor Ponedelnik  Milan Galić Dražan Jerković | rowspan="9" | |
| 1964 |  José Villalonga |  Ferenc Bene Dezső Novák Jesús María Pereda | - | ||
| 1968 | ITA |  Ferruccio Valcareggi | Dragan Džajić | - | |
| 1972 | BEL |  Helmut Schön | Gerd Müller | - | |
| 1976 | YUG |  Václav Ježek | Dieter Müller | - | |
| 1980 | ITA | Jupp Derwall | Klaus Allofs | - | |
| 1984 | FRA | Michel Hidalgo | Michel Platini | - | |
| 1988 | FRG |  Rinus Michels | Marco van Basten | - | |
| 1992 | SWE |  Richard Møller Nielsen | Henrik Larsen  Karl-Heinz Riedle Dennis Bergkamp  Tomas Brolin | - | |
| 1996 | ENG | Berti Vogts |  Alan Shearer | Matthias Sammer | |
| 2000 | BEL NED | Roger Lemerre | Patrick Kluivert  Savo Milošević | Zinedine Zidane | |
| 2004 | POR | Otto Rehhagel |  Milan Baroš |  Theodoros Zagorakis | |
| 2008 | AUT SUI |  Luis Aragonés | David Villa | Xavi | |
| 2012 | POL UKR | Vicente del Bosque |  Mario Mandžukić Mario Gómez Mario Balotelli  Cristiano Ronaldo  Alan Dzagoev Fernando Torres | Andrés Iniesta | |
| 2016 | FRA | Fernando Santos | Antoine Griezmann | Antoine Griezmann |
Team: tournament position
All-time
Most championships
3, /,Most finishes in the top two
6, /Most finishes in the top four
9, /Most finishes in the top eight
10, /; Most European Championship Finals appearances: 12, /
; Most second-place finishes: 3, /,
; Most third/fourth-place finishes:4,
; Most 5th-8th-place finishes: 5,
Consecutive
; Most consecutive championships: 2,; Most consecutive finishes in the top two: 3,
; Most consecutive finishes in the top four: 4,
; Most consecutive finishes in the top eight: 7, /
; Most consecutive finals tournaments: 12, /
Gaps
; Longest gap between successive titles: 44 years,; Longest gap between successive appearances in the top two: 32 years,
; Longest gap between successive appearances in the top four: 28 years,
; Longest gap between successive appearances in the top eight: 32 years,
; Longest gap between successive appearances in the Finals: 44 years,
Host team
; Best finish by host team: Champions, , ,; Worst finish by host team: 9th–16th position, , , , ,
Debuting teams
; Best finish by a debuting team: Champions, , , ,Other
; Most finishes in the top two without ever being champion: 2,; Most finishes in the top four without ever being champion: 3,
; Most finishes in the top eight without ever being champion: 7,
; Most appearances in Finals without ever being champion: 9,
; Most finishes in the top four without ever finishing in the top two: 2, ,
; Most finishes in the top eight without ever finishing in the top two: 7,
; Most appearances in Finals without ever finishing in the top two: 9,
; Most finishes in the top eight without ever finishing in the top four: 2, ,
; Most appearances in Finals without ever finishing in the top four: 5, ,
Team: tournament progression
All time
; Progressed from the group stage the most times: 7, /,; Eliminated in the group stage the most times: 5, /
; Most appearances, always progressed from the group stage: 7,
; Most appearances, never progressed from the group stage: 2, , , ,
Consecutive
; Most consecutive progressions from the group stage: 7,; Most consecutive eliminations from the group stage: 3, , /, ,
Team: Matches played/goals scored
All-time
; Most matches played: 49,; Most wins: 26,
; Most losses: 14,,
; Most draws: 16,
; Most matches played without a win: 6,
; Most matches played before first win: 8,,
; Most goals scored: 72,
; Most goals conceded: 48,
; Fewest goals scored: 1,,,
; Fewest goals conceded: 1,
; Most matches played always conceding a goal: 6,
; Highest average of goals scored per match: 1.67,
; Lowest average of goals scored per match: 0.33, , , , ,
; Highest average of goals conceded per match: 2.79
; Lowest average of goals conceded per match: 0.33,
; Most meetings between two teams: 6 times, vs
; Most meetings between two teams, final match: 2 times, / vs /
; Most tournaments unbeaten: 4, /,
; Most tournaments eliminated without having lost a match: 2, , ,
; Most tournaments eliminated without having won a match : 4,
; Most played with tournament champion: 5,
In one tournament
; Most wins: 5, , , ,; Fewest wins, champions : 2,
; Fewest wins in regulation time, champions : 1,
; Most matches not won, champions: 4,
; Most wins by non-champion: 5,
; Most matches not won: 4, , , ,
; Most draws: 4,
; Most losses: 3, , , , , , , , , , , ,
; Most losses, champions: 1, , , ,
; Most goals scored: 14,
; Fewest goals conceded: 1, , ,
; Most goals conceded: 13,
; Most minutes without conceding a goal: 509 mins,
; Highest goal difference: +11,
; Lowest goal difference: -8, , , ,
; Lowest goal difference, champions: +2, , , ,
; Highest average of goals scored per match: 2.80,
; Highest average goal difference per match : +2,
; Most goals scored, champions: 14,
; Fewest goals scored, champions : 6, ,
; Fewest goals scored, finalists : 4,
; Fewest goals conceded, champions : 1,
; Most goals conceded, champions: 7,
; Lowest average of goals scored per match, champions: 1.17,
Streaks
; Most consecutive successful qualification attempts: 7,; Most consecutive failed qualification attempts: 15,
; Most consecutive wins: 5,, from 1–0 Denmark to 2–0 Spain,, from 3–1 England to 1–0 Scotland,, from 2–0 Denmark to 3–0 Denmark
; Most consecutive wins : 14,
; Most consecutive matches without a loss: 14,, from 4–1 Russia to 3–0 Turkey
; Most consecutive losses: 6,, from 0–2 Italy to 2–3 France
; Most consecutive matches without a win: 9, / /, from 0–2 Netherlands to 0–2 Portugal
; Most consecutive draws: 4,, from 0–0 Spain to 3–3 Hungary
; Most consecutive matches without a draw: 17,, from 1–2 Germany to 0–1 Spain
; Most consecutive matches scoring at least one goal: 11,, from 1–1 Germany to 1–0 Ukraine
; Most consecutive matches scoring at least two goals: 9,, from 3–0 Denmark to 3–1 Switzerland
; Most consecutive matches scoring at least three goals: 3,, from 5–0 Belgium to 3–2 Portugal,, from 3–0 Denmark to 6–1 Yugoslavia
; Most consecutive matches without scoring a goal: 5,, from 0–2 France to 0–1 Poland
; Most consecutive matches without conceding a goal : 7,, from 4–0 Republic of Ireland to 3–0 Turkey
; Most consecutive minutes without conceding a goal: 734,
; Most consecutive matches without conceding a goal : 8,, from 0–0 Poland to 0–0 Belgium
; Most consecutive minutes without conceding a goal : 784,
; Most consecutive matches conceding at least one goal: 10,, from 1–1 Spain to 0–2 Italy
; Most consecutive matches conceding at least two goals: 7,, from 0–2 Italy to 3–3 Slovenia
; Most consecutive matches conceding at least three goals: 3,, from 0–5 Denmark to 3–3 Slovenia,, from 1–3 Portugal to 1–4 Russia
; Most matches played without consecutive losses: 37,
; Most matches played without consecutive wins: 14,
; Most matches played without consecutive draws: 27,
Individual
; Most consecutive finals: 3, Rainer Bonhof; Most tournaments in squad: 5, Iker Casillas, 2004–2012, 2016 )
; Most tournaments played: 4, Lothar Matthäus, Peter Schmeichel, Alessandro Del Piero, Edwin van der Sar, Lilian Thuram, Olof Mellberg, Andreas Isaksson, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Cristiano Ronaldo, Darijo Srna, Gianluigi Buffon, Jaroslav Plašil, Kim Källström, Lukas Podolski, Petr Čech, Zlatan Ibrahimović, Tomáš Rosický
; Most championships: 2, 13 players: Rainer Bonhof ; Xabi Alonso, Iker Casillas, Cesc Fàbregas, Andrés Iniesta, Sergio Ramos, David Silva, Fernando Torres, Xavi, Raúl Albiol, Álvaro Arbeloa, Santi Cazorla, Pepe Reina
; Most medals: 3, Rainer Bonhof, 1976, 1980 )
; Most matches played, Final Tournament: 21, Cristiano Ronaldo
; Most minutes played, Final Tournament: 1793 minutes, Cristiano Ronaldo
; Most matches won: 11, Cesc Fàbregas & Andrés Iniesta ; Cristiano Ronaldo
; Most appearances in a final: 2, Valentin Ivanov, Viktor Ponedelnik, Lev Yashin ; Franz Beckenbauer, Uli Hoeneß, Sepp Maier, Georg Schwarzenbeck, Herbert Wimmer ; Bernard Dietz ; Thomas Häßler, Thomas Helmer, Jürgen Klinsmann, Matthias Sammer ; Xabi Alonso, Iker Casillas, Cesc Fàbregas, Andrés Iniesta, Sergio Ramos, David Silva, Fernando Torres, Xavi ; Cristiano Ronaldo
; Most appearances as captain: 13, Gianluigi Buffon
; Youngest player to appear: 18 years and 71 days, Jetro Willems
; Youngest player to appear in a final: 18 years and 328 days, Renato Sanches
; Youngest player to appear :15 years and 300 days, Martin Ødegaard
; Oldest player to appear:40 years and 74 days, Gábor Király
; Oldest outfield player to appear:39 years and 91 days, Lothar Matthäus
; Oldest player to appear in a final:38 years and 232 days, Jens Lehmann
; Oldest player, winning team:38 years and 53 days, Ricardo Carvalho,
; Oldest player to appear in a final winning team:37 years and 23 days, Arnold Mühren
; Longest period between Final Tournament appearances:15 years and 360 days, Dragan Stojković.
; Longest span of Final Tournament appearances:20 years and 6 days, Lothar Matthäus
Goalscoring
Individual
; Most goals scored in Finals competition: 9, Michel Platini, Cristiano Ronaldo; Most goals scored in qualifying: 31, Cristiano Ronaldo
; Most goals scored, including qualifying: 40, Cristiano Ronaldo
; Most goals scored in a single qualifying competition: 13, on two occasions:
David Healy
Robert Lewandowski
; Most goals scored in a Finals match: 3, on eight occasions
; Most goals scored in a qualifying match: 5, on three occasions:
Malcolm Macdonald
Tibor Nyilasi
Marco van Basten
; Most goals scored in a final: 2, on three occasions:
Gerd Müller
Horst Hrubesch
Oliver Bierhoff
; Most matches with at least one goal: 7, Cristiano Ronaldo
; Most consecutive matches with at least one goal: 5, Michel Platini
; Most matches with at least two goals: 2, Gerd Müller ; Michel Platini ; Rudi Völler ; Wayne Rooney ; Cristiano Ronaldo ; Antoine Griezmann
; Most hat-tricks: 2, Michel Platini
; Fastest hat-trick: 18 minutes, Michel Platini
; Most goals scored by a substitute in a Finals match: 3, Dieter Müller
; Scoring in every match of the Finals: Viktor Ponedelnik ; Jesús María Pereda ; Gerd Müller ; Dieter Müller ; Michel Platini
; Most tournaments with at least one goal: 4, Cristiano Ronaldo
; Most tournaments with at least two goals: 3, Zlatan Ibrahimović ; Cristiano Ronaldo
; Most tournaments with at least three goals: 2, Cristiano Ronaldo
; Youngest goalscorer: 18 years and 141 days, Johan Vonlanthen
; Youngest hat-trick scorer: 22 years and 77 days, Dieter Müller
; Youngest goalscorer, final: 20 years and 64 days, Pietro Anastasi
; Youngest goalscorer, knockout stages: 18 years and 317 days, Renato Sanches
; Oldest goalscorer: 38 years and 257 days, Ivica Vastić
; Oldest hat-trick scorer: 28 years and 364 days, Michel Platini
; Oldest goalscorer, final: 30 years, 103 days, Bernd Hölzenbein
; Most penalties scored : 2, Alan Shearer ; Gaizka Mendieta ; Zinedine Zidane ; Bogdan Stancu
; Fastest goal: 67 seconds, Dmitri Kirichenko
; Fastest penalty converted: 118 seconds, Robbie Brady
; Fastest goal by a substitute: 1 minute, Alessandro Altobelli ; Juan Carlos Valerón ; Ondrej Duda
; Fastest goal in a final: 6 minutes, Jesús María Pereda
; Latest goal from kickoff: 120+2nd minute, Semih Şentürk
; Latest goal from kickoff in a final: 113th minute, Viktor Ponedelnik
; Latest goal from kickoff, with no goals scored in between: 119th minute, Ivan Klasnić
; Latest goal from kickoff in final, with no goals scored in between: 109th minute, Éder
Team
; Biggest margin of victory: 5 goals, on four occasions:5–0, 1984
5–0, 1984
6–1, 2000
5–0, 2004
; Biggest margin of victory, qualifying match: 13 goals: 13–0, 6 September 2006, Group 4
; Most goals scored in a match, one team: 6 goals: 6–1, 2000
; Most goals scored in a match, both teams: 9 goals: 4–5, 1960
; Highest scoring draw: 3–3, on three occasions:
vs, 1996
vs, 2000
vs, 2016
; Largest deficit overcome in a win: 2 goals, on six occasions:
, 1960
, 1976
, 1984
, 2000
, 2004
, 2008
; Largest deficit overcome in a draw: 3 goals:, 2000
; Most goals scored in extra time, both teams: 3 goals: 3–2, 1984
; Most goals scored in a final, one team: 4 goals: 4–0, 2012
; Most goals scored in a final, both teams: 4 goals, on two occasions:
2–2, 1976
4–0, 2012
; Fewest goals scored in a final, both teams: 1 goal, on three occasions:
1–0, 2004
1–0, 2008
1–0, 2016
; Biggest margin of victory in a final: 4 goals: 4–0, 2012
; Largest deficit overcome in a win in a final: 1 goal, on three occasions:
, 1960
, 1996
, 2000
; Most individual goalscorers for one team, one match: 4 individual goalscorers, on seven occasions:
' vs, 1960
' vs, 1984
' vs, 2004
' vs, 2012
' vs, 2012
vs ', 2016
vs, 2016
; Most individual goalscorers for one team, one tournament: 8 goalscorers:, 2012
Tournament
; Most goals scored in a tournament: 108 goals, 2016; Fewest goals scored in a tournament: 7 goals, 1968
; Fewest goals scored in a tournament : 27 goals, 1980
; Most goals per match in a tournament: 4.75 goals per match, 1976
; Most goals per match in a tournament : 2.74 goals per match, 2000
; Fewest goals per match in a tournament: 1.4 goals per match, 1968
; Fewest goals per match in a tournament : 1.93 goals per match, 1980
; Most scorers in a tournament: 76, 2016
; Most players scoring at least two goals in a tournament: 20, 2000
; Most players scoring at least three goals in a tournament: 8, 2004
; Most players scoring at least four goals in a tournament: 3, 2000 & 2004
; Most players scoring at least five goals in a tournament: 2, 2000
Own goals
, vs Netherlands, 1976; Lyuboslav Penev, vs France, 1996; Dejan Govedarica, vs Netherlands, 2000; Igor Tudor, vs France, 2004; Jorge Andrade, vs Netherlands, 2004; Glen Johnson, vs Sweden, 2012; Ciaran Clark, vs Sweden, 2016; Birkir Már Sævarsson, vs Hungary, 2016; Gareth McAuley, vs Wales, 2016Top scoring teams by tournament
- 1960:, 6 goals
- 1964:, & ', 4 goals
- 1968: ', 3 goals
- 1972: ', 5 goals
- 1976:, 6 goals
- 1980: ', 6 goals
- 1984: ', 14 goals
- 1988: ', 8 goals
- 1992:, 7 goals
- 1996: ', 10 goals
- 2000: ' &, 13 goals
- 2004: &, 10 goals
- 2008: ', 12 goals
- 2012: ', 12 goals
- 2016:, 13 goals
Goalkeeping
; Most clean sheets : 9, Edwin van der Sar ; Iker Casillas; Most consecutive minutes without conceding a goal : 509 mins, Iker Casillas
; Most consecutive minutes without conceding a goal : 644 mins, Gianluigi Buffon
; Most consecutive minutes without conceding a goal : 784 mins, Dino Zoff
; Most goals conceded: 21, Petr Čech
; Most goals conceded, one tournament: 13, Ivica Kralj, 2000
; Most goals conceded, one match: 6, Ivica Kralj, 2000
; Fewest goals conceded, one tournament, champions: 1, of 3 matches Dino Zoff ; of 6 matches Iker Casillas
; Fewest goals conceded, one tournament: 1, of 3 matches Dino Zoff ; of 3 matches Thomas Myhre ; of 5 matches Gianluigi Buffon ; of 6 matches Iker Casillas
Coaching
; Most matches coached: 17, Joachim Löw; Most matches won: 11, Joachim Löw
; Most championships: no coach has won the title on more than one occasion
; Foreign championship: Otto Rehhagel,
; Most tournaments: 4, Lars Lagerbäck,
; Most nations coached: 2, Guus Hiddink ; Giovanni Trapattoni ; Dick Advocaat ; Lars Lagerbäck ; Fernando Santos
; Most consecutive tournaments with same team: 3, Lars Lagerbäck, ; Joachim Löw
; Most consecutive wins: 5, Michel Hidalgo ; Rinus Michels
; Most consecutive matches without a loss: 8, Rinus Michels ; Vicente del Bosque
; Youngest coach: 36 years and 333 days, Srečko Katanec
; Oldest coach: 73 years and 93 days, Giovanni Trapattoni
; Most championship wins as player and head coach: 2, Berti Vogts, /
; Most appearances as player and head coach: 20, Didier Deschamps,
; Final appearances as both player and head coach: 2, Dino Zoff, ; Didier Deschamps,
Refereeing
; Most tournaments: 3, Anders Frisk, Kim Milton Nielsen; Most matches refereed, overall: 8, Anders Frisk
; Most matches refereed, one tournament: 4, Anders Frisk, Roberto Rosetti, Pedro Proença, Damir Skomina, Nicola Rizzoli, Mark Clattenburg
Discipline
; Fastest sending off: 24th minute, Eric Abidal, vs, 2008; Latest sending off: 117th minute, Nuno Gomes, vs, 2000
; Most sendings off : 2, Radoslav Látal
; Most sendings off : 10, 2000
; Most sendings off : 3,,,,, and
; Most sendings off : 3, vs , 1976
; Sent off in final match: Yvon Le Roux, vs, 1984
; Most cards : 8, Giorgos Karagounis
; Most cautions : 205, 2016
; Most cautions : 10, vs , 1996 ; vs , 1996; vs , 2000; vs , 2016
; Most cautions : 10, vs , 2016
; Fastest penalty kick conceded: 1 minute, Paul Pogba, vs, 2016
Attendance
; Highest in a Finals match & highest in a final: 79,115, vs, 21 June 1964, Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid, Spain, 1964; Lowest in a Finals match: 3,869, vs, 20 June 1964, Camp Nou, Barcelona, Spain, 1964
; Highest average attendance per match: 59,243, 1988
; Highest total attendance : 2,427,303, 2016
; Lowest average attendance per match: 19,740, 1960
; Lowest total attendance : 78,958, 1960
Penalty shootouts
; Most shootouts, team, all-time: 5,; Most shootouts, team, tournament: 2,, 1996;, 1996;, 2016
; Most shootouts, all teams, tournament: 4, 1996
; Most wins, team, all-time: 3,,
; Most losses, team, all-time: 3,,,
; Most shootouts with 100% record : 3,
; Most shootouts with 0% record : 1,,,
; Most successful kicks, shootout, one team: 9,, vs Italy, 1980
; Most successful kicks, shootout, both teams: 17, vs , 1980
; Most successful kicks, team, all-time: 22,
; Most successful kicks, team, tournament: 10,, 1996
; Most successful kicks, all teams, tournament: 37, 1996
; Most successful kicks, player: 2, Zinedine Zidane, Youri Djorkaeff, Bixente Lizarazu, Vincent Guérin, Laurent Blanc ; Alan Shearer, David Platt, Stuart Pearce, Paul Gascoigne ; Patrick Kluivert ; Cesc Fàbregas ; Cristiano Ronaldo ; Nani ; Robert Lewandowski, Arkadiusz Milik, Kamil Glik
; Most kicks taken, shootout, both teams: 18, vs , 1980; vs , 2016
; Most kicks taken, team, all-time: 31,
; Most kicks taken, team, tournament: 11,, 1996
; Most kicks taken, all teams, tournament: 42, 1996
; Most kicks missed, shootout, one team: 4,, vs Germany, 2016
; Most kicks missed, shootout, both teams: 7, vs , 2016
; Most kicks missed, team, all-time: 9,
; Most kicks missed, team, tournament: 4,, 2016
; Most kicks missed, all teams, tournament: 9, 2016
; Fewest successful kicks, shootout, one team: 1,, vs Italy, 2000;, vs Turkey, 2008
; Fewest successful kicks, shootout, both teams: 4, vs , 2000; vs , 2008
; Most saves, all-time: 3, Iker Casillas ; Gianluigi Buffon
; Most saves, tournament: 2, Francesco Toldo ; Iker Casillas ; Manuel Neuer
; Most saves, shootout: 2, Francesco Toldo, vs Netherlands, 2000; Iker Casillas, vs Italy, 2008; Manuel Neuer, vs Italy, 2016
Others
- Taulant Xhaka and Granit Xhaka became the first siblings in European Championship history to play against each other, on 11 June 2016.