UEFA European Championship awards
At the end of each UEFA European Championship tournament, several awards are attributed to the players and teams which have distinguished from the rest, in different aspects of the game.
Awards
There are currently five post-tournament awards, and one given during the tourney:- the Player of the Tournament for best player, first awarded in 1996;
- the Golden Boot for most prolific goal scorer;
- * the Silver Boot for second-most prolific goal scorer;
- * the Bronze Boot for third-most prolific goal scorer;
- the Young Player of the Tournament for best under 21 years of age at the start of the calendar year, first awarded in 2016;
- the Man of the Match Award for outstanding performance during each game of the tournament, first awarded in 1996;
- the Team of the Tournament for best combined team of players at the tournament.
Player of the Tournament
| Edition | Player |
| England 1996 | Matthias Sammer |
| Belgium and Netherlands 2000 | Zinedine Zidane |
| Portugal 2004 | Theodoros Zagorakis |
| Austria and Switzerland 2008 | Xavi |
| Poland and Ukraine 2012 | Andrés Iniesta |
| France 2016 | Antoine Griezmann |
Golden Boot
The Golden Boot award goes to the top goalscorer of each edition of the UEFA European Championship.If there is more than one player with the same number of goals, since 2008 the tie-breaker goes to the player who has contributed the most assists. If there is still more than one player, the tie-breaker since goes to the player who has played the least amount of time.
Young Player of the Tournament
The Young Player of the Tournament award is presented to the best player in the tournament who is at most 22 years old. For the UEFA Euro 2016, this meant that the player had to have been born on or after 1 January 1994. The award was first given out in 2016.| Edition | Player | Age |
| France 2016 | Renato Sanches | 18 |
Man of the Match Award
The Man of the Match award picks the outstanding player in every game of the tournament since 1996.| UEFA European Championship | Most Man of the Match wins | Wins |
| 1996 England | Hristo Stoichkov David Seaman Matthias Sammer Karel Poborský | 2 |
| 2000 Belgium / Netherlands | Erik Mykland Thierry Henry Luís Figo Zinedine Zidane Francesco Totti | 2 |
| 2004 Portugal | Michael Ballack Ruud van Nistelrooy Milan Baroš Theodoros Zagorakis Zinedine Zidane | 2 |
| 2008 Austria / Switzerland | Wesley Sneijder David Villa Andrey Arshavin | 2 |
| 2012 Poland / Ukraine | Andrés Iniesta Andrea Pirlo | 3 |
| 2016 France | Dimitri Payet Antoine Griezmann Cristiano Ronaldo Renato Sanches Eden Hazard Andrés Iniesta Granit Xhaka | 2 |
Total awards
As of 10 July 2016
| Rank | Player | Country | MoM | Euros with awards |
| 1 | Andrés Iniesta | 6 | 2008, 2012, 2016 | |
| 2 | Cristiano Ronaldo | 5 | 2008, 2012, 2016 | |
| 3 | Andrea Pirlo | 4 | 2008, 2012 | |
| 3 | Zinedine Zidane | 4 | 2000, 2004 | |
| 5 | Michael Ballack | 3 | 2004, 2008 | |
| 5 | Luís Figo | 3 | 2000, 2004 | |
| 5 | Zlatan Ibrahimović | 3 | 2004, 2008, 2012 | |
| 5 | Mesut Özil | 3 | 2012, 2016 | |
| 5 | Pepe | 3 | 2008, 2012, 2016 |
Team of the Tournament
The Team of the Tournament is a team of the best performers at each respective UEFA European Championship edition. From 1960 until 1992, only 11 players were chosen. In 1996, this was increased to 18 players, and in 2000 it was increased to 22 players. From 2004 until 2012, 23 players were chosen. In 2016, the format was changed back to 11 players.| Edition | Goalkeepers | Defenders | Midfielders | Forwards |
| France 1960 | Lev Yashin | Vladimir Durković Ladislav Novák | Igor Netto Josef Masopust Valentin Ivanov Dragoslav Šekularac Bora Kostić | Slava Metreveli Milan Galić Viktor Ponedelnik |
| Spain 1964 | Lev Yashin | Feliciano Rivilla Dezső Novák Ferran Olivella | Ignacio Zoco Amancio Amaro Valentin Ivanov Jesús María Pereda | Ferenc Bene Flórián Albert Luis Suárez |
| Italy 1968 | Dino Zoff | Mirsad Fazlagić Giacinto Facchetti Bobby Moore Albert Shesternyov | Dragan Džajić Angelo Domenghini Sandro Mazzola Ivica Osim | Geoff Hurst Luigi Riva |
| Belgium 1972 | Yevhen Rudakov | Revaz Dzodzuashvili Paul Breitner Murtaz Khurtsilava Franz Beckenbauer | Herbert Wimmer Uli Hoeneß Günter Netzer | Jupp Heynckes Gerd Müller Raoul Lambert |
| Yugoslavia 1976 | Ivo Viktor | Ján Pivarník Ruud Krol Franz Beckenbauer Anton Ondruš | Jaroslav Pollák Rainer Bonhof Dragan Džajić Antonín Panenka | Zdeněk Nehoda Dieter Müller |
| Italy 1980 | Dino Zoff | Claudio Gentile Karlheinz Förster Gaetano Scirea Hans-Peter Briegel | Jan Ceulemans Marco Tardelli Bernd Schuster Hansi Müller | Karl-Heinz Rummenigge Horst Hrubesch |
| France 1984 | Harald Schumacher | João Pinto Karlheinz Förster Morten Olsen Andreas Brehme | Fernando Chalana Jean Tigana Michel Platini Frank Arnesen | Rudi Völler Alain Giresse |
| West Germany 1988 | Hans van Breukelen | Giuseppe Bergomi Frank Rijkaard Ronald Koeman Paolo Maldini | Ruud Gullit Jan Wouters Giuseppe Giannini Lothar Matthäus | Marco van Basten Gianluca Vialli |
| Sweden 1992 | Peter Schmeichel | Jocelyn Angloma Laurent Blanc Andreas Brehme Jürgen Kohler | Stefan Effenberg Ruud Gullit Thomas Häßler Brian Laudrup | Marco van Basten Dennis Bergkamp |
| England 1996 | David Seaman Andreas Köpke | Radoslav Látal Laurent Blanc Marcel Desailly Matthias Sammer Paolo Maldini | Didier Deschamps Steve McManaman Paul Gascoigne Rui Costa Karel Poborský Dieter Eilts | Alan Shearer Hristo Stoichkov Davor Šuker Youri Djorkaeff Pavel Kuka |
| Belgium and Netherlands 2000 | Francesco Toldo Fabien Barthez | Lilian Thuram Laurent Blanc Marcel Desailly Alessandro Nesta Fabio Cannavaro Paolo Maldini Frank de Boer | Patrick Vieira Zinedine Zidane Luís Figo Rui Costa Edgar Davids Demetrio Albertini Pep Guardiola | Thierry Henry Patrick Kluivert Nuno Gomes Raúl Francesco Totti Savo Milošević |
| Portugal 2004 | Petr Čech Antonios Nikopolidis | Ashley Cole Sol Campbell Ricardo Carvalho Traianos Dellas Olof Mellberg Giourkas Seitaridis Gianluca Zambrotta | Frank Lampard Michael Ballack Luís Figo Maniche Pavel Nedvěd Theodoros Zagorakis Zinedine Zidane | Wayne Rooney Milan Baroš Henrik Larsson Jon Dahl Tomasson Ruud van Nistelrooy Angelos Charisteas Cristiano Ronaldo |
| Austria and Switzerland 2008 | Gianluigi Buffon Iker Casillas Edwin van der Sar | José Bosingwa Philipp Lahm Carlos Marchena Pepe Carles Puyol Yuri Zhirkov | Hamit Altıntop Luka Modrić Marcos Senna Xavi Konstantin Zyryanov Michael Ballack Cesc Fàbregas Andrés Iniesta Lukas Podolski Wesley Sneijder | Andrey Arshavin Roman Pavlyuchenko Fernando Torres David Villa |
| Poland and Ukraine 2012 | Gianluigi Buffon Iker Casillas Manuel Neuer | Gerard Piqué Fábio Coentrão Philipp Lahm Pepe Sergio Ramos Jordi Alba | Steven Gerrard Daniele De Rossi Xavi Andrés Iniesta Sami Khedira Sergio Busquets Mesut Özil Andrea Pirlo Xabi Alonso | Mario Balotelli Cesc Fàbregas Cristiano Ronaldo Zlatan Ibrahimović David Silva |
| France 2016 | Rui Patrício | Joshua Kimmich Jérôme Boateng Pepe Raphaël Guerreiro | Toni Kroos Joe Allen Antoine Griezmann Aaron Ramsey Dimitri Payet | Cristiano Ronaldo |
All-time Euro XI
In June 2016, ahead of UEFA Euro 2016 in France, UEFA published an All-time Euro XI; the winning team was chosen based on votes cast on EURO2016.com and Twitter. The application featured the 50 players who have made the greatest impact at EURO final tournaments. Nominees had to meet at least two of the following four criteria:- Appeared in at least a semi-final
- Featured in a Team of the Tournament
- Finished a EURO tournament as top scorer
- Produced an iconic EURO moment
- Gianluigi Buffon
- Paolo Maldini
- Franz Beckenbauer
- Carles Puyol
- Philipp Lahm
- Andrés Iniesta
- Andrea Pirlo
- Zinedine Zidane
- Cristiano Ronaldo
- Thierry Henry
- Marco van Basten