Spain at the UEFA European Championship

The UEFA European Championship is the main football competition of the men's national teams governed by UEFA (the Union of European Football Associations). Held every four years since 1960, in the even-numbered year between World Cup tournaments, it was originally called the UEFA European Nations' Cup, changing to the current name in 1968. Starting with the 1996 tournament, specific championships are often referred to in the form "UEFA Euro (year)”. Prior to entering the tournament, all teams other than the host nations (which qualify automatically) compete in a qualifying process.

Spain have participated in twelve European Championships, from which they won four titles. Spain became European champions as hosts in 1964, in 2008 in Austria and Switzerland, in 2012 in Poland and Ukraine, and in 2024 in Germany.^[1] They are currently the only team with four titles, the only side to win two consecutive editions and the only side to ever win all seven matches in a single tournament (2024).^[2] They also set a new record of 15 goals scored in a single European Championship.

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UEFA European Championship record									Qualification record
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1960	Did not qualify^[a]								2	2	0	0	7	2
1964	Champions	1st	2	2	0	0	4	2	6	4	1	1	16	5
1968	Did not qualify								8	3	2	3	7	5
1972									6	3	2	1	14	3
1976									8	3	4	1	11	9
1980	Group stage	7th	3	0	1	2	2	4	6	4	1	1	13	5
1984	Runners-up	2nd	5	1	3	1	4	5	8	6	1	1	24	8
1988	Group stage	6th	3	1	0	2	3	5	6	5	0	1	14	6
1992	Did not qualify								7	3	0	4	17	12
1996	Quarter-finals	6th	4	1	3	0	4	3	10	8	2	0	25	4
2000	Quarter-finals	5th	4	2	0	2	7	7	8	7	0	1	42	5
2004	Group stage	10th	3	1	1	1	2	2	10	7	2	1	21	5
2008	Champions	1st	6	5	1	0	12	3	12	9	1	2	23	8
2012	Champions	1st	6	4	2	0	12	1	8	8	0	0	26	6
2016	Round of 16	10th	4	2	0	2	5	4	10	9	0	1	23	3
2020	Semi-finals	3rd	6	2	4	0	13	6	10	8	2	0	31	5
2024	Champions	1st	7	7	0	0	15	4	8	7	0	1	25	5
2028	To be determined								To be determined
2032	To be determined								To be determined
Total	4 Titles	12/17	53	28	15	10	83	46	133	96	18	19	339	96

Spain's European Championship record
First Match	Spain 2–1 Hungary (Madrid, Spain; 17 June 1964)
Biggest Win	Slovakia 0–5 Spain (Seville, Spain; 23 June 2021)
Biggest Defeat	France 2–0 Spain (Paris, France; 27 June 1984) Germany 2–0 Spain (Munich, Germany; 17 June 1988) Italy 2–0 Spain (Saint-Denis, France; 27 June 2016)
Best Result	Champions (1964, 2008, 2012 and 2024)
Worst Result	Group stage (1980, 1988 and 2004)

Year	Round	Opponent	Score	Spain scorer(s)
1964	Semi-finals	Hungary	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Pereda, Amancio
1964	Final	Soviet Union	2–1	Pereda, Marcelino
1980	Group stage	Italy	0–0	—
		Belgium	1–2	Quini
		England	1–2	Dani
1984	Group stage	Romania	1–1	Carrasco
		Portugal	1–1	Santillana
		West Germany	1–0	Maceda
	Semi-finals	Denmark	1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	Maceda
	Final	France	0–2	—
1988	Group stage	Denmark	3–2	Míchel, Butragueño, Gordillo
		Italy	0–1	—
		West Germany	0–2	—
1996	Group stage	Bulgaria	1–1	Alfonso
		France	1–1	Caminero
		Romania	2–1	Manjarín, Amor
	Quarter-finals	England	0–0 (a.e.t.) (2–4 p)	—
2000	Group stage	Norway	0–1	—
		Slovenia	2–1	Raúl, Etxeberria
		FR Yugoslavia	4–3	Alfonso (2), Munitis, Mendieta
	Quarter-finals	France	1–2	Mendieta
2004	Group stage	Russia	1–0	Valerón
		Greece	1–1	Morientes
		Portugal	0–1	—
2008	Group stage	Russia	4–1	Villa (3), Fàbregas
		Sweden	2–1	Fern. Torres, Villa
		Greece	2–1	De la Red, Güiza
	Quarter-finals	Italy	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p)	—
	Semi-finals	Russia	3–0	Xavi, Güiza, Silva
	Final	Germany	1–0	Fern. Torres
2012	Group stage	Italy	1–1	Fàbregas
		Republic of Ireland	4–0	Fern. Torres (2), Silva, Fàbregas
		Croatia	1–0	Navas
	Quarter-finals	France	2–0	Alonso (2)
	Semi-finals	Portugal	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p)	—
	Final	Italy	4–0	Silva, Alba, Fern. Torres, Mata
2016	Group stage	Czech Republic	1–0	Piqué
		Turkey	3–0	Morata (2), Nolito
		Croatia	1–2	Morata
	Round of 16	Italy	0–2	—
2020	Group stage	Sweden	0–0	—
		Poland	1–1	Morata
		Slovakia	5–0	Dúbravka (o.g.), Laporte, Sarabia, Ferr. Torres, Kucka (o.g.)
	Round of 16	Croatia	5–3 (a.e.t.)	Sarabia, Azpilicueta, Ferr. Torres, Morata, Oyarzabal
	Quarter-finals	Switzerland	1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–1 p)	Zakaria (o.g.)
	Semi-finals	Italy	1–1 (a.e.t.) (2–4 p)	Morata
2024	Group stage	Croatia	3–0	Morata, Fabián, Carvajal
		Italy	1–0	Calafiori (o.g.)
		Albania	1–0	Ferr. Torres
	Round of 16	Georgia	4–1	Rodri, Fabián, Williams, Olmo
	Quarter-finals	Germany	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Olmo, Merino
	Semi-finals	France	2–1	Yamal, Olmo
	Final	England	2–1	Williams, Oyarzabal

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Belgium	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	4	Advance to final
2	Italy (H)	3	1	2	0	1	0	+1	4	Advance to third place play-off
3	England	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	3
4	Spain	3	0	1	2	2	4	−2	1

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	4	Advance to knockout stage
2	Portugal	3	1	2	0	2	1	+1	4	Advance to knockout stage
3	West Germany	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	3
4	Romania	3	0	1	2	2	4	−2	1

Denmark	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Spain
Lerby 7'	Report	Maceda 67'
Penalties
Brylle J. Olsen Laudrup Lerby Elkjær	4–5	Santillana Señor Urquiaga Víctor Sarabia

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	West Germany (H)	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	5	Advance to knockout stage
2	Italy	3	2	1	0	4	1	+3	5	Advance to knockout stage
3	Spain	3	1	0	2	3	5	−2	2
4	Denmark	3	0	0	3	2	7	−5	0

Spain	0–0 (a.e.t.)	England
	Report
Penalties
Hierro Amor Belsué Nadal	2–4	Shearer Platt Pearce Gascoigne

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Portugal (H)	3	2	0	1	4	2	+2	6	Advance to knockout stage
2	Greece	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4^[a]	Advance to knockout stage
3	Spain	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4^[a]
4	Russia	3	1	0	2	2	4	−2	3

Spain	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Italy
	Report
Penalties
Villa Cazorla Senna Güiza Fàbregas	4–2	Grosso De Rossi Camoranesi Di Natale

Portugal	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Spain
	Report
Penalties
Moutinho Pepe Nani Alves	2–4	Alonso Iniesta Piqué Ramos Fàbregas

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sweden	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Spain (H)	3	1	2	0	6	1	+5	5	Advance to knockout stage
3	Slovakia	3	1	0	2	2	7	−5	3
4	Poland	3	0	1	2	4	6	−2	1

Switzerland	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Spain
Shaqiri 68'	Report	Zakaria 8' (o.g.)
Penalties
Gavranović Schär Akanji Vargas	1–3	Busquets Olmo Rodri Gerard Oyarzabal

Italy	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Spain
Chiesa 60'	Report	Morata 80'
Penalties
Locatelli Belotti Bonucci Bernardeschi Jorginho	4–2	Olmo Gerard Thiago Morata

Player	Goals	1964	1980	1984	1988	1996	2000	2004	2008	2012	2016	2020	2024
Álvaro Morata	7										3	3	1
Fernando Torres	5								2	3
David Villa	4								4
Alfonso	3					1	2
Cesc Fàbregas	3								1	2
Dani Olmo	3												3
David Silva	3								1	2
Ferran Torres	3											2	1
Xabi Alonso	2									2
Daniel Güiza	2								2
Antonio Maceda	2			2
Gaizka Mendieta	2						2
Mikel Oyarzabal	2											1	1
Chus Pereda	2	2
Fabián Ruiz	2												2
Pablo Sarabia	2											2
Nico Williams	2												2
Jordi Alba	1									1
Amancio	1	1
César Azpilicueta	1											1
Emilio Butragueño	1				1
Fernando Morientes	1							1
Guillermo Amor	1					1
José Luis Caminero	1					1
Dani Carvajal	1												1
Lobo Carrasco	1			1
Dani	1		1
Rubén de la Red	1								1
Joseba Etxeberria	1						1
Rafael Gordillo	1				1
Aymeric Laporte	1											1
Javier Manjarín	1					1
Marcelino	1	1
Juan Mata	1									1
Mikel Merino	1												1
Míchel	1				1
Pedro Munitis	1						1
Jesús Navas	1									1
Nolito	1										1
Gerard Piqué	1										1
Quini	1		1
Raúl	1						1
Rodri	1												1
Santillana	1			1
Juan Carlos Valerón	1							1
Xavi	1								1
Lamine Yamal	1												1
Own goals	4											3	1
Total	83	4	2	4	3	4	7	2	12	12	5	13	15

Opponent	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Albania	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00
Belgium	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	000.00
Bulgaria	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	000.00
Croatia	4	3	0	1	10	5	+5	075.00
Czech Republic	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00
Denmark	2	1	1	0	4	3	+1	050.00
England	3	1	1	1	3	3	+0	033.33
France	5	2	1	2	6	6	+0	040.00
Georgia	1	1	0	0	4	1	+3	100.00
Germany	4	3	0	1	4	3	+1	075.00
Greece	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1	050.00
Hungary	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	100.00
Italy	8	2	4	2	7	5	+2	025.00
Norway	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
Poland	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	000.00
Portugal	3	0	2	1	1	2	−1	000.00
Republic of Ireland	1	1	0	0	4	0	+4	100.00
Romania	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1	050.00
Russia	4	4	0	0	10	2	+8	100.00
Serbia	1	1	0	0	4	3	+1	100.00
Slovakia	1	1	0	0	5	0	+5	100.00
Slovenia	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	100.00
Sweden	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	050.00
Switzerland	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	000.00
Turkey	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	100.00
Total	53	28	15	10	83	46	+37	052.83

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