UEFA European Championship Team of the Tournament

The UEFA European Championship Team of the Tournament is a team of the best performers at a UEFA European Championship. The team is chosen by the UEFA Technical Study Group, and was first awarded in 1996.^[1] Teams were later retroactively named for the best 11 players from the 1960 to 1992 tournaments.^[2]

Teams

Edition	Goalkeepers	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
France 1960 (11 player squad)^[3]	Lev Yashin	Vladimir Durković Ladislav Novák	Igor Netto Josef Masopust Valentin Ivanov Dragoslav Šekularac Bora Kostić	Slava Metreveli Milan Galić Viktor Ponedelnik
Spain 1964 (11 player squad)^[4]	Lev Yashin	Feliciano Rivilla Dezső Novák Ferran Olivella	Ignacio Zoco Amancio Amaro Valentin Ivanov Chus Pereda	Ferenc Bene Flórián Albert Luis Suárez
Italy 1968 (11 player squad)^[5]	Dino Zoff	Mirsad Fazlagić Giacinto Facchetti Bobby Moore Albert Shesternyov	Dragan Džajić Angelo Domenghini Sandro Mazzola Ivica Osim	Geoff Hurst Luigi Riva
Belgium 1972 (11 player squad)^[6]	Yevhen Rudakov	Revaz Dzodzuashvili Paul Breitner Murtaz Khurtsilava Franz Beckenbauer	Herbert Wimmer Uli Hoeneß Günter Netzer	Jupp Heynckes Gerd Müller Raoul Lambert
Yugoslavia 1976 (11 player squad)^[7]	Ivo Viktor	Ján Pivarník Ruud Krol Franz Beckenbauer Anton Ondruš	Jaroslav Pollák Rainer Bonhof Dragan Džajić Antonín Panenka	Zdeněk Nehoda Dieter Müller
Italy 1980 (11 player squad)^[8]	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 (11 player squad)^[9]	Harald Schumacher	João Pinto Karlheinz Förster Morten Olsen Andreas Brehme	Fernando Chalana Jean Tigana Michel Platini Alain Giresse Frank Arnesen	Rudi Völler
West Germany 1988 (11 player squad)^[10]	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 (11 player squad)^[11]	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 (18 player squad)^[1]	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 (22 player squad)^[1]	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 (23 player squad)^[12]	Petr Čech Antonios Nikopolidis	Sol Campbell Ashley Cole Traianos Dellas Olof Mellberg Ricardo Carvalho Giourkas Seitaridis Gianluca Zambrotta	Michael Ballack Luís Figo Frank Lampard Maniche Pavel Nedvěd Theodoros Zagorakis Zinedine Zidane	Milan Baroš Angelos Charisteas Henrik Larsson Cristiano Ronaldo Wayne Rooney Jon Dahl Tomasson Ruud van Nistelrooy
Austria and Switzerland 2008 (23 player squad)^[13]	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 (23 player squad)^[14]	Gianluigi Buffon Iker Casillas Manuel Neuer	Gerard Piqué Fábio Coentrão Philipp Lahm Pepe Sergio Ramos Jordi Alba	Daniele De Rossi Steven Gerrard 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 (11 player squad)^[15]	Rui Patrício	Joshua Kimmich Jérôme Boateng Pepe Raphaël Guerreiro	Toni Kroos Joe Allen Antoine Griezmann Aaron Ramsey Dimitri Payet	Cristiano Ronaldo
Europe 2020 (11 player squad)^[16]	Gianluigi Donnarumma	Kyle Walker Leonardo Bonucci Harry Maguire Leonardo Spinazzola	Pierre-Emile Højbjerg Jorginho Pedri	Federico Chiesa Romelu Lukaku Raheem Sterling
Germany 2024 (11 player squad)^[17]	Mike Maignan	Kyle Walker William Saliba Manuel Akanji Marc Cucurella	Rodri Dani Olmo Fabián Ruiz	Lamine Yamal Jamal Musiala Nico Williams

Players with multiple awards

As of 2024

Players in bold are still active.

Total	Player	Years
3	Laurent Blanc	1992, 1996, 2000
	Paolo Maldini	1988, 1996, 2000
	Pepe	2008, 2012, 2016
	Cristiano Ronaldo	2004, 2012, 2016
2	Valentin Ivanov	1960, 1964
	Lev Yashin	1960, 1964
	Franz Beckenbauer	1968, 1976
	Dino Zoff	1968, 1976
	Dragan Džajić	1968, 1976
	Karlheinz Förster	1980, 1984
	Andreas Brehme	1984, 1992
	Marco van Basten	1988, 1992
	Ruud Gullit	1988, 1992
	Marcel Desailly	1996, 2000
	Rui Costa	1996, 2000
	Zinedine Zidane	2000, 2004
	Luís Figo	2000, 2004
	Michael Ballack	2004, 2008
	Philipp Lahm	2008, 2012
	Gianluigi Buffon	2008, 2012
	Iker Casillas	2008, 2012
	Cesc Fàbregas	2008, 2012
	Andrés Iniesta	2008, 2012
	Xavi	2008, 2012
	Kyle Walker	2020, 2024

Awards by country (1960–2024)

Rank	Team	G	D	M	F	Total
1	Germany	3	14	16	7	40
2	Spain	2	8	16	8	34
3	Italy	6	12	8	5	31
4	France	2	8	9	2	21
5	Portugal	1	8	6	4	19
6	Netherlands	2	4	5	5	16
7	England	1	6	4	4	15
8	Czech Republic	2	4	5	3	14
9	Soviet Union	3	3	3	2	11
10	Yugoslavia	0	2	5	1	8
11	Denmark	1	1	3	1	6
12	Greece	1	2	1	1	5
13	Russia	0	1	1	2	4
14	Belgium	0	0	1	2	3
	Hungary	0	1	0	2
	Sweden	0	1	0	2
17	Croatia	0	0	1	1	2
17	Wales	0	0	2	0	2
19	Bulgaria	0	0	0	1	1
	Serbia and Montenegro	0	0	0	1
	Switzerland	0	1	0	0
	Turkey	0	0	1	0
Total	22 teams	24	76	87	54	241

In June 2016, right before UEFA Euro 2016 in France, UEFA published an All-time Euro XI. The team was chosen based on votes on EURO2016.com and Twitter. To make the team, players had to meet at least two of the following four criteria:^[18]

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

Goalkeeper

Gianluigi Buffon

Defenders

Midfielders

Forwards

References

1 2 3 "UEFA Euro report" (PDF). UEFA. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 November 2007.
↑ "European Championships - UEFA Teams of Tournament". RSSSF. 14 August 2004. Retrieved 8 June 2012.
↑ "1960 team of the tournament". Union of European Football Associations. 1 February 2011. Archived from the original on July 24, 2020. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
↑ "1964 team of the tournament". Union of European Football Associations. Archived from the original on July 24, 2020. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
↑ "1968 team of the tournament". Union of European Football Associations. 1 April 2011. Archived from the original on August 18, 2020. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
↑ "1972 team of the tournament". Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
↑ "1976 team of the tournament". UEFA. 21 March 2016. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
↑ "1980 team of the tournament". Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
↑ "1984 team of the tournament". Union of European Football Associations. Archived from the original on August 12, 2020. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
↑ "UEFA 1988 Team of the Tournament". UEFA. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
↑ "1992 team of the tournament". Union of European Football Associations. 17 October 2011. Retrieved 17 June 2012.
↑ "All-Star Squad Revealed". UEFA. 5 July 2004. Retrieved 5 July 2004.
↑ "Spain dominate Team of the Tournament". UEFA. 30 June 2008. Retrieved 8 June 2012.
↑ "Ten Spain players in Team of the Tournament". UEFA. 2 July 2012. Retrieved 2 July 2012.
↑ "UEFA EURO 2016 Team of the Tournament revealed". UEFA. 11 July 2016. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
↑ "UEFA EURO 2020 Team of the Tournament revealed". UEFA. 13 July 2021. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
↑ UEFA.com (2024-07-16). "UEFA EURO 2024 Team of the Tournament". UEFA. Retrieved 2024-07-16.
↑ "Your All-time EURO 11 revealed". UEFA. 7 June 2016. Retrieved 7 June 2016.

[report-1] 1 2 3 "UEFA Euro report" (PDF). UEFA. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 November 2007.

[2] "European Championships - UEFA Teams of Tournament". RSSSF. 14 August 2004. Retrieved 8 June 2012.

[3] "1960 team of the tournament". Union of European Football Associations. 1 February 2011. Archived from the original on July 24, 2020. Retrieved 14 May 2020.

[4] "1964 team of the tournament". Union of European Football Associations. Archived from the original on July 24, 2020. Retrieved 14 May 2020.

[5] "1968 team of the tournament". Union of European Football Associations. 1 April 2011. Archived from the original on August 18, 2020. Retrieved 14 May 2020.

[6] "1972 team of the tournament". Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 23 January 2015.

[7] "1976 team of the tournament". UEFA. 21 March 2016. Retrieved 2 January 2015.

[8] "1980 team of the tournament". Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 2 January 2015.

[9] "1984 team of the tournament". Union of European Football Associations. Archived from the original on August 12, 2020. Retrieved 14 May 2020.

[10] "UEFA 1988 Team of the Tournament". UEFA. Retrieved 18 March 2015.

[11] "1992 team of the tournament". Union of European Football Associations. 17 October 2011. Retrieved 17 June 2012.

[12] "All-Star Squad Revealed". UEFA. 5 July 2004. Retrieved 5 July 2004.

[13] "Spain dominate Team of the Tournament". UEFA. 30 June 2008. Retrieved 8 June 2012.

[14] "Ten Spain players in Team of the Tournament". UEFA. 2 July 2012. Retrieved 2 July 2012.

[15] "UEFA EURO 2016 Team of the Tournament revealed". UEFA. 11 July 2016. Retrieved 12 July 2021.

[16] "UEFA EURO 2020 Team of the Tournament revealed". UEFA. 13 July 2021. Retrieved 13 July 2021.

[17] UEFA.com (2024-07-16). "UEFA EURO 2024 Team of the Tournament". UEFA. Retrieved 2024-07-16.

[18] "Your All-time EURO 11 revealed". UEFA. 7 June 2016. Retrieved 7 June 2016.

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