The Past Winners Of The European Championships

Goal.com lines up the winners of the European Championships since the first edition in 1960.

By Stefan Coerts

Marco van Basten
The qualifying campaign for Euro 2012 will kick off on Friday for the majority of the big countries and several teams will be full of ambition for the tournament in Poland and Ukraine. Many expect one of the big teams such as Spain, Italy or Germany to go all the way in two years time, but history teaches us that it's not necessarily one of the traditional powerhouses that lift the trophy in the end. 

1960

Soviet Union* 2-1 Yugoslavia

0-1, Milan Galic '43
1-1, Slavan Metreveli '49
2-1, Viktor Ponedelnik

1964

Spain 2-1 Soviet Union

1-0, Jesus Maria Pereda '6
1-1, Galimzyan Khusainov '8
2-1, Marcelino Martinez '84

1968

Italia 1-1 Yugoslavia

0-1, Dragan Dzajic '39
1-1, Angelo Domenghini '80

Italia 2-0 Yugoslavia

1-0, Luigi Riva '12
2-0, Pietro Anastasi '31

1972


West Germany 3-0 Soviet Union

1-0, Gerd Mueller '27
2-0, Herbert Wimmer '52
3-0, Gerd Mueller '58

1976

Czechoslovakia** 2-2 West Germany

1-0, Jan Svehlik '8
2-0, Karol Dobias '25
2-1, Dieter Mueller '28
2-2, Bernd Hoelzenbein '89

Penalties 5-3

1980


West Germany 2-1 Belgium

1-0, Horst Hrubesch '10
1-1, Rene Vandereycken '75
2-1, Horst Hrubesch '88

1984

France 2-0 Spain

1-0, Michel Platini '57
2-0, Bruno Bellone '90

1988


Netherlands 2-0 Soviet Union

1-0, Ruud Gullit '32
2-0, Marco van Basten '54

1992

Denmark 2-0 Germany

1-0, John Jensen '18
2-0, Kim Vilfort '78

1996


Germany* 2-1 Czech Republic

0-1, Patrik Berger '59
1-1, Oliver Bierhoff '73
2-1, Oliver Bierhoff '95

2000

France* 2-1 Italy

0-1, Marco Delvecchio '54
1-1, Sylvain Wiltord '90+4
2-1, David Trezeguet 103

2004

Greece 1-0 Portugal

1-0, Angelos Charisteas '57

2008


Spain 1-0 Germany

1-0, Fernando Torres '33

* after extra time
** after penalties

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