UEFA European Under-21 Championship

UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Founded	1978
Region	Europe (UEFA)
Number of teams	55 (total); 16 (finals)
Current champions	Spain (5th title)
Most successful team(s)	Italy; Spain; (5 titles each)
Website	Official website
	2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship

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.

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

Under-23 championships

Held only three times before it was relabelled by UEFA.

Year	Host	Final			Losing semi-finalists	Number of teams
Year	Host	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Losing semi-finalists	Number of teams
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

Year	Host	Final			Losing semi-finalists (or third place match)			Number of teams
Year	Host	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Losing semi-finalists (or third place match)			Number of teams
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

Performances by countries

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[lower-alpha 1]	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

Includes West Germany

Participating details

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

1st – Champions
2nd – Runners-up
3rd – Third place
4th – Fourth place
SF – Semi-finalists

QF – Quarter-finals
GS – Group stage
TBD – To be decided
q – Qualified
— Hosts

• – Did not qualify
× – Did not enter
× – Withdrew before qualification / Banned

Notes

¹ Includes results representing Yugoslavia and Serbia and Montenegro.
² Includes results representing East Germany and West Germany.
³ Includes results representing Soviet Union and CIS
⁴ Includes results representing Czechoslovakia

References

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

Other websites

The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation Contains full record of U-21/U-23 Championships.
UEFA European U-21 Championship at uefa.com

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[3] Includes West Germany

[1] "Europe – U-23/U-21 Tournaments". rsssf.com. Retrieved 2 March 2020.

[2] "U21 EURO – Champions". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 2 March 2020.