Germany at the UEFA European Championship

The UEFA European Football Championship is the main football competition of the men's national football 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.

For the women's team, see Germany at the UEFA Women's Championship.

Starting with the 1996 tournament, specific championships are often referred to in the form "Euro 2008" or whichever year is appropriate. Prior to entering the tournament all teams other than the host nations (which qualify automatically) compete in a qualifying process.

Germany have participated in twelve UEFA European Football Championships, five of which were as West Germany and seven of which were as (unified) Germany. They will also participate in the upcoming 2020 tournament, as well as the 2024 tournament as hosts. By doing so, Germany holds the record of participating in the most UEFA European Championship in the history.

They are holders of three European titles, won at Belgium 1972, Italy 1980 and England 1996. The team finished out of top eight only in two occasions, the tournaments of 2000[1] and 2004.[2] In all other editions Germany had participated in the finals but one they reached at least semi-finals, doing so nine times, an unparalleled record in Europe.

Overview

History
UEFA European Championship record Qualification record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA Squad Pld W D L GF GA Squad
1960 Did not enter— Did not enter—
1964——
1968 Did not qualify— 4 2 1 1 9 2 1968
1972 Champions 1st 2 2 0 0 5 1 Squad 8 5 3 0 13 3 1972
1976 Runners-up 2nd 2 1 1* 0 6 4 Squad 8 4 4 0 17 5 1976
1980 Champions 1st 4 3 1 0 6 3 Squad 6 4 2 0 17 1 1980
1984 Group stage 5th 3 1 1 1 2 2 Squad 8 5 1 2 15 5 1984
1988 Semi-finals 3rd 4 2 1 1 6 3 Squad Qualified as hosts
1992 Runners-up 2nd 5 2 1 2 7 8 Squad 6 5 0 1 13 4 1992
1996 Champions 1st 6 4 2* 0 10 3 Squad 10 8 1 1 27 10 1996
2000 Group stage 15th 3 0 1 2 1 5 Squad 8 6 1 1 20 4 2000
2004 12th 3 0 2 1 2 3 Squad 8 5 3 0 13 4 2004
2008 Runners-up 2nd 6 4 0 2 10 7 Squad 12 8 3 1 35 7 2008
2012 Semi-finals 3rd 5 4 0 1 10 6 Squad 10 10 0 0 34 7 2012
2016 Semi-finals 4th 6 3 2* 1 7 3 Squad 10 7 1 2 24 9 2016
2021 Qualified 8 7 0 1 30 7 2021
2024 Qualified as hosts Qualified as hosts
Total 3 titles 14/17 49 26 12* 11 72 48 104 74 20 10 262 66 Total
*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
**Gold background colour indicates that the tournament was won.
***Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Winning UEFA European Championships
Year Manager Captain Winning Goal Scorer(s)
1972 Helmut Schön Franz Beckenbauer Gerd Müller (2), Herbert Wimmer
1980 Jupp Derwall Bernard Dietz Horst Hrubesch
1996 Berti Vogts Jürgen Klinsmann Oliver Bierhoff

By match

Belgium 1972

Semi-finals

Belgium 1–2 West Germany
Polleunis  83' Report Müller  24', 71'
Attendance: 55,669

Final

Main article: UEFA Euro 1972 Final
West Germany 3–0 Soviet Union
 Report
Attendance: 43,066[3]

Yugoslavia 1976

Semi-finals

Yugoslavia 2–4 (a.e.t.) West Germany
Popivoda  19'
Džajić  30'		 Report Flohe  64'
D. Müller  82', 115', 119'
Attendance: 50,562

Final

Main article: UEFA Euro 1976 Final
Czechoslovakia 2–2 (a.e.t.) West Germany
 Report
Penalties
 5–3
Attendance: 30,790[4]

Italy 1980

Group stage
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 West Germany 321042+25
 Czechoslovakia 311143+13
 Netherlands 31114403
 Greece 301214−31
Czechoslovakia 0 – 1 West Germany
Report Rummenigge  57'
Attendance: 11,059
West Germany 3 – 2 Netherlands
Allofs  20', 60', 65' Report Rep  79' (pen.)
van de Kerkhof  85'
Attendance: 26,546
Referee: Robert Wurtz (France)
Greece 0 – 0 West Germany
Report
Attendance: 13,901

Final
Main article: UEFA Euro 1980 Final
Belgium 1–2 West Germany
 Report
Attendance: 47,860[5]

France 1984

Group stage
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Spain 312032+14
 Portugal 312021+14
 West Germany 31112203
 Romania 301224−21
West Germany 0 – 0 Portugal
(Report)
Attendance: 44,707
Referee: Romualdas Yushka (Soviet Union)
West Germany 2 – 1 Romania
Völler  25', 66' (Report) Coraş  46'
Attendance: 31,787
Referee: Jan Keizer (Netherlands)
West Germany 0 – 1 Spain
(Report) Maceda  90'
Attendance: 47,691
Referee: Vojtěch Christov (Czechoslovakia)

West Germany 1988

Group stage
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 West Germany 321051+45
 Italy 321041+35
 Spain 310235−22
 Denmark 300327−50
West Germany 1–1 Italy
Brehme  55' Report Mancini  52'
Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf
Attendance: 62,552
West Germany 2–0 Denmark
Klinsmann  10'
Thon  85'		 Report
Attendance: 64,812
West Germany 2–0 Spain
Völler  29', 51' Report
Attendance: 63,802

Knockout stage

Semi-final

West Germany 1–2 Netherlands
Matthäus  55' (pen.) Report R. Koeman  74' (pen.)
Van Basten  88'
Attendance: 56,115
Referee: Ioan Igna (Romania)

Sweden 1992

Group stage
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Netherlands 321041+35
 Germany 31114403
 Scotland 31023302
 CIS 302114–32
CIS 1 – 1 Germany
Dobrovolski  64' (pen.) (Report) Häßler  90'
Attendance: 17,410
Scotland 0–2 Germany
Report Riedle  29'
Effenberg  47'
Attendance: 17,638
Netherlands 3–1 Germany
Rijkaard  4'
Witschge  15'
Bergkamp  72'		 Report Klinsmann  53'
Attendance: 37,725

Knockout phase

Semi-finals

Sweden 2–3 Germany
Brolin  64' (pen.)
K. Andersson  89'		 Report Häßler  11'
Riedle  59', 88'
Attendance: 28,827
Referee: Tullio Lanese (Italy)

Final

Main article: UEFA Euro 1992 Final
Denmark 2–0 Germany
 Report
Attendance: 37,800[6]

England 1996

Group stage
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Germany 321050+57
 Czech Republic 311156−14
 Italy 31113304
 Russia 301248−41
Germany 2–0 Czech Republic
Ziege  26'
Möller  32'		 Report
Attendance: 37,300
Russia 0–3 Germany
(Report) Sammer  56'
Klinsmann  77', 90'
Attendance: 50,760
Italy 0–0 Germany
Report
Attendance: 53,740

Knockout phase

Quarter-final

Germany 2–1 Croatia
Klinsmann  20' (pen.)
Sammer  59'		 Report Šuker  51'
Attendance: 43,412
Referee: Leif Sundell (Sweden)

Semi-final

Germany 1–1 (a.e.t.) England
Kuntz  16' Report Shearer  3'
Penalties
Häßler
Strunz
Reuter
Ziege
Kuntz
Möller 		6–5 Shearer
Platt
Pearce
Gascoigne
Sheringham
Southgate
Attendance: 75,862

Final

Main article: UEFA Euro 1996 Final
Czech Republic 1–2 (a.e.t.) Germany
 Report
Attendance: 73,611[7]

Belgium/Netherlands 2000

Group stage
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Portugal 330072+59
 Romania 31114404
 England 310256−13
 Germany 301215−41
Germany 1–1 Romania
Scholl  28' Report Moldovan  5'
Attendance: 28,500
England 1–0 Germany
Shearer  53' Report
Attendance: 27,700
Portugal 3–0 Germany
Conceição  35', 54', 71' Report
Attendance: 51,504

Portugal 2004

Group stage
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Czech Republic 330074+39
 Netherlands 311164+24
 Germany 302123−12
 Latvia 301215−41
Germany 1–1 Netherlands
Frings  30' Report Van Nistelrooy  81'
Attendance: 48,197
Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)
Latvia 0–0 Germany
Report
Attendance: 22,344
Referee: Mike Riley (England)
Germany 1–2 Czech Republic
Ballack  21' Report Heinz  30'
Baroš  77'
Attendance: 46,849
Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)

Austria/Switzerland 2008

Group stage
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Croatia 330041+39
 Germany 320142+26
 Austria 301213−21
 Poland 301214−31
Germany 2–0 Poland
Podolski  20', 72' Report
Hypo-Arena, Klagenfurt
Attendance: 30,461[8]
Croatia 2–1 Germany
Srna  24'
Olić  62'		 Report Podolski  79'
Hypo-Arena, Klagenfurt
Attendance: 30,461[9]
Austria 0–1 Germany
Report Ballack  49'
Attendance: 51,428[10]

Knockout phase

Quarter-final

Portugal 2–3 Germany
Nuno Gomes  40'
Postiga  87'		 Report Schweinsteiger  22'
Klose  26'
Ballack  61'
Attendance: 39,374

Semi-final

Germany 3–2 Turkey
Schweinsteiger  26'
Klose  79'
Lahm  90'		 Report Uğur  22'
Semih  86'
Attendance: 39,374

Final

Main article: UEFA Euro 2008 Final
Germany 0–1 Spain
Report
Attendance: 51,428[11]

Poland/Ukraine 2012

Group stage
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Germany 330052+39
 Portugal 320154+16
 Denmark 310245−13
 Netherlands 300325−30
Germany 1–0 Portugal
Gómez  72' Report
Attendance: 32,990[12]
Netherlands 1–2 Germany
Van Persie  73' Report Gómez  24', 38'
Attendance: 37,750[14]
Denmark 1–2 Germany
Krohn-Dehli  24' Report Podolski  19'
Bender  80'
Attendance: 32,990[15]

Knockout phase

Quarter-final

Germany 4–2 Greece
Lahm  39'
Khedira  61'
Klose  68'
Reus  74'		 Report Samaras  55'
Salpingidis  89' (pen.)
Attendance: 38,751[16]

Semi-final

Germany 1–2 Italy
Özil  90+2' (pen.) Report Balotelli  20', 36'
Attendance: 55,540[17]

France 2016

Group stage
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Germany 3 2 1 0 3 0 +3 7[lower-alpha 1] Advance to knockout phase
2  Poland 3 2 1 0 2 0 +2 7[lower-alpha 1]
3  Northern Ireland 3 1 0 2 2 2 0 3
4  Ukraine 3 0 0 3 0 5 −5 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. Tied on head-to-head result (Germany 0–0 Poland). Overall goal difference was used as the tiebreaker.
Germany 2–0 Ukraine
 Report
Attendance: 43,035[18]
Germany 0–0 Poland
Report
Attendance: 73,648[19]
Northern Ireland 0–1 Germany
Report
Attendance: 44,125[20]

Knockout phase

Round of 16

Germany 3–0 Slovakia
 Report
Attendance: 44,312[21]

Quarter-final

Germany 1–1 (a.e.t.) Italy
 Report
Penalties
 6–5
Attendance: 38,764[22]

Semi-final

Germany 0–2 France
Report
Attendance: 64,078[23]

2020
Main article: UEFA Euro 2020

Group stage
Main article: UEFA Euro 2020 Group F
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Hungary (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to knockout phase
2  Portugal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  France 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Possible knockout phase based on ranking
4  Germany (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 15 June 2021. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Host.
France Match 12 Germany
Report
Portugal Match 24 Germany
Report
Germany Match 36 Hungary
Report

Most appearances
No. Name Matches Euros
1Bastian Schweinsteiger182004, 2008, 2012 and 2016
2Philipp Lahm142004, 2008 and 2012
3Mario Gomez132008, 2012 and 2016
Thomas Hässler131992 and 1996
Jürgen Klinsmann131992 and 1996
Miroslav Klose132004, 2008 and 2012
7Lukas Podolski122004, 2008, 2012 and 2016
8Lothar Matthäus111980, 1984, 1988 and 2000

Top goalscorers
No. Name Goals Euros
1Jürgen Klinsmann51988 (1), 1992 (1) and 1996 (3)
Mario Gomez52012 (3) and 2016 (2)
3Gerd Müller41972 (4)
Rudi Völler41984 (2) and 1988 (2)
Dieter Müller41976 (4)
Lukas Podolski42008 (3) and 2012 (1)
7Miroslav Klose32008 (2) and 2012 (1)
Klaus Allofs31980 (3)
Michael Ballack32004 (1) and 2008 (2)
Karl-Heinz Riedle31992 (3)
Bastian Schweinsteiger32008 (2) and 2016 (1)

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