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The UEFA European Championship is one of the major competitive international football tournaments, first played in 1960. The finals stage of the tournament takes place every four years, with a qualifying competition beforehand. [1] The sixteenth tournament was held across Europe in 2021 (postponed from 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic).
England renewed their participation in the UEFA Euro 2024 final, held in the Olympiastadion in Berlin, where three–time winners Spain won 2–1 courtesy of a Nico Williams strike at the start of the second half and a 86th minute winner by Mikel Oyarzabal, after a Cole Palmer equaliser for England. As a result, Spain won a record–breaking ...
Most appearances in Finals without ever being champions. 11, England (1968, 1980, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2012, 2016, 2020, 2024) Least appearances in Finals with at least one title won. 4, Greece (1980, 1984, 2008, 2012) Most finishes in the top four without ever finishing in the top two.
The UEFA European Football Championship, [1] less formally the European Championship and informally the Euro or Euros, [2][3] is the primary association football tournament organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). The competition is contested by UEFA members' senior men's national teams, determining the continental ...
England played the world's first international fixture against Scotland on 30 November 1872, which ended in a 0–0 draw. England and Scotland have since contested 116 official matches: England have won 49, Scotland have won 41 and 26 have been drawn. England have contested matches against more than 80 other national teams.
England reached its second successive European Championship semifinal after a 5-3 penalty shootout victory over Switzerland at Euro 2024 on Saturday after the quarterfinal had ended 1-1.
England, the self-professed inventors of the sport, had only ever won one major international tournament, the 1966 men's World Cup. That changed on Sunday, a transformative day at the end of a ...
At Euro 2016, England were eliminated in the round of 16, losing 2–1 to Iceland [65] in a result that has been described as among their worst ever defeats. [66] Hodgson tendered his resignation shortly after the full-time whistle, [ 67 ] with Sam Allardyce announced as his successor in July 2016. [ 68 ]