Eurocup

The UEFA European Championship (in English, UEFA European Championship), better known as the European Cup or simply Euro, is the most important international tournament for national soccer teams in Europe, organized by UEFA every four years. In its inaugural edition, the tournament received the name of the European Nations Cup or simply the European Cup, to change to the name of the European Nations Championship in 1968. It is from the 1992 edition that the name of Eurocup or Eurocup began to be established. Euro. The teams with the most wins in this competition are Germany and Spain, with three titles each. The official ball is manufactured by the German sports equipment company Adidas.

Until the 1976 Euro Cup, only four countries participated in the final phase, which reached it after previous qualifying rounds. Eight teams did so since 1980, a number that increased to 16 competitors from Euro 1996. All these teams participate after qualifying in a special process organized by UEFA with the various teams affiliated with said confederation; the only exception is the host team of each edition, which is classified directly by its own right. Currently, the Women's Euro Cup and the U-21 Euro Cup are held with a similar format.

The defending champions are Italy, who won their second title in 53 years.

History

Background and origin

The history of the Eurocup dates back to 1927 when the Frenchman Henri Delaunay, then secretary of the French Football Federation, together with the great Austrian official Hugo Meisl formulated the idea of a European nations championship, seeing that South America was already it had played in the South American Championship (Copa América) since 1916. Before, in 1925 another precedent was set, also promoted by the French federation called the Copa de los Países Latinos, which apparently did not finally materialize.

Many federations did not agree with the ideas, and due to the difficulty at the time in scheduling the matches, the tournament did not come to fruition until 1957, the year in which the UEFA Congress, the European football organization established in 1954, was held. Delaunay, who was then its general secretary, had passed away two years before the congress, but his great idea for the competition led to the trophy being named in his honor as the European Cup of Nations–Henri Delaunay Cup (French: Coupe d'Europe des nations–Coupe Henri Delaunay).

The initial idea was to create a competition open to all European federations to be decided by a committee of three members. Finally, it was urged to reduce it to a certain number of participants so as not to give rise to an infinite number of matches and to harm the rest of the football calendar, and especially the World Cup. Also, participants should not be forced to repeatedly face the same rivals in the same group. Pierre Delaunay, Henri's son, was appointed secretary of the championship's organizing committee to ensure the development of the initially planned competition.

First editions of the European Nations Cup

The organization of the Euro Cup 1960 event was as expected very complicated, especially to get the attendance of the 16 teams that were expected to take part in the competition. Some of the most important teams on the European continent, such as Italy, West Germany or England, did not participate. In the end, 17 teams met in preliminary round-trip qualifiers up to a semifinal round that was already part of the final phase to be held in France. Seconded then by that half of the federations affiliated to UEFA, a previous pairing was reflected in a draw to settle the established number of 16 participants.

The Republic of Ireland were knocked out by Czechoslovakia in said qualifying play-off. The tournament took place between 1958 and 1960 from that first match until the first winner was proclaimed.

The first official match of the European competition was at the Lenin Stadium in Moscow, Russia (then part of the Soviet Union) on September 29, 1958. It was attended by 100,572 spectators, who saw the victory of the Soviet team by 3-1 against Hungary. The first goal of the championship was scored by Anatoli Ilyin, leaving the global tie 4-1 in favor of the USSR.

Spain had a powerful team, which had a promising start, eliminating Poland with an aggregate score of 7-2, with four goals from Alfredo Di Stéfano, two from Luis Suárez and one from Francisco Gento and Enrique Gensana. After the tie, the dictator Francisco Franco denied the entry of the Soviet Union team to the country —who was the next rival of the Spanish— with which there were tense diplomatic relations due to the marked political conflict between both territories. In this way, the Soviets automatically qualified for the semifinals with the consequent elimination of the Iberians, a section that was already part of the final phase to be played on French soil. The other semifinalists were France, Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia, showing the strength of Eastern European football at the time. The Soviets beat the Czechoslovakians 3-0 in the first semifinal, with two goals from the player Valentin Ivanov. In the other semi-final match, the Yugoslavs won 5-4, after coming back from two goals ahead of the hosts for a 2-4 final. The nine goals achieved by both constitute the current record for the match with the most goals in one edition of the tournament. Raymond Kopa and Just Fontaine, who were two of the best players not only in the country but also in Europe, could not take part in said semifinal.

The final pitted the Soviets against the Yugoslavs at the Parc des Princes stadium. The one-goal tie led to extra time, where Víktor Ponedélnik scored with a header to end the game 2-1 and proclaim the Soviet Union the victor in what is their first and only title to date.

The success achieved by the first edition increased the participation of the countries for the Euro Cup 1964, going from the initial 17 to 29 national teams in its qualifying phase, and where the first teams from Italy and England. Among the highlights of the preliminary phase, there was the defeat of the British in their tie against the French by a 6-3 aggregate, while the Greeks and Albanians did not get to play their tie as both countries were at war and the The Hellenes declined to play. The tie was awarded to the Albanians, who then lost against Denmark, one of the four teams that managed to reach the final phase, thanks above all to Ole Madsen's six goals against Luxembourg.

Hungary, who left out the Gauls, Spain and the Soviet Union were the other three contenders. Hispanics were one of the favorites thanks to their career. To avoid the conflict that prevented it from participating in the first edition due to political differences with the Eastern European countries, Spain was declared the organizer of the contest and thus be able to play the matches since there were two teams from ideology contrary to the Spanish regime that they also contested. The only condition for such a right was that the Soviet Union team could play within the territory.

In Barcelona the semifinal was played between the Soviets and the Danes, the former winning 3-0, highlighting the performances of Valentin Ivanov and Víktor Ponedélnik. In the other semifinal, the victory for the hosts came in extra time with a goal from Amancio Amaro, after the 1-1 draw at the end of regulation time.

The final played at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium was the first time that a team defended the title of tournament champion. The confrontation, in which it was a reissue of the tie not produced in the 1960 quarterfinals, had a notable extra-sporting load. After a tie to one goal at 6 minutes —being the earliest goals in a final— achieved by the Spanish Chus Pereda and the Soviet Galimzian Khusainov, it was not until the second half when a header from Marcelino Martínez settled the title for the Spanish.

The European Championship 1968 was hosted by Italy. In addition, in this third edition, a new format was released that consisted of a qualifying group system —instead of the heats that were left only for the final phase— and that no longer disappeared in the history of the competition. Only the teams from Malta and Iceland were left out of the competition. Federal Germany made its debut in the qualifying tournament with Gerd Müller as the team's reference, but was still eliminated to the detriment of the Yugoslav team.

Another of the records that remained for the history of the tournament was the attendance of the public at a match. In the first leg that faced two British teams -England and Scotland- ended in a 2-3 for the Scots, so the second leg after the results produced in the other matches became decisive. The English advanced to the next round with a 1-1 draw at Hampden Park before the largest number of spectators for a European match on record, 134,461 people. In the end, the English were the ones who deprived the current champions, the Spanish, of being able to defend the title after eliminating them in the quarterfinals.

Those who were able to gain access, and for the third time in a row, were the Soviets. However, this time they did not reach the final when they lost to the Italian hosts thanks to a coin toss of heads or tails - the system of the time to settle a winner of an even tie. In the final, the Italians and the Yugoslavs tied 0-0, having to play a new match to determine the champion. In that second match, and for the second time in history, the host won the title. 2-0 was the result that allowed the Italians to win their first European title.

Participants

Since the competition emerged in 1960 with seventeen teams and of which four of them participated in its final phase, a total of fifty-five different teams have participated in it. Until the 1980 edition the final phase was held in a fixed venue consisting only of semifinals and final. As of that edition, one more round was increased to the quarterfinals as part of the final tournament —including eight teams—, adding sixteen in 1996 and twenty-four in 2016.

Qualifying round

Prior to the Eurocup, the teams must play a qualifying phase that determines the number of qualifiers for the final phase. Thus, between 1960 and 1976, 4 qualified for the final phase; between 1980 and 1992 the first seven of each group plus the host country that was automatically classified qualified. Starting in 1996, the classification was expanded, in addition to the host team and the first of each group, it was opened to the second and third classified, through a play off round or not. The form of classification has also been evolving, in this way in the qualifying editions of 1960 and 1964 elimination rounds were established; from that of 1968, the group stage and a knockout round were included between the winners of each group. During the editions from 1980 to 1992, only the group stage was established. Finally, since 1996, the group stage and a playoff round for second and/or third place in each group were included.

History

This table shows the main results of the various editions of the Eurocup.

Edition Champion Outcome Subfield Third position / Semifinalists Number of selections European Cup of Nations France 1960 Soviet Union 2 - 1 (dog.) Yugoslavia Czechoslovakia 2 - 0 France 4 Spain 1964 Spain 2 - 1 Soviet Union Hungary 3 - 1 Denmark 4 United Nations European Championship Italy 1968 Italy 1 -1, 2 - 0 Yugoslavia England 2 - 0 Soviet Union 4 Belgium 1972 Federal 3 - 0 Soviet Union Belgium 2 - 1 Hungary 4 Yugoslavia Czechoslovakia 2 - 2 (5 - 3 p.m.) Federal Netherlands 3 - 2 (dog.) Yugoslavia 4 Italy Germany Federal (2) 2 - 1 Belgium Czechoslovakia 1 - 1 (9 - 8 p.m.) Italy 8 France 1984 France 2 - 0 Spain Denmark and Portugal 8 Germany Federal 1988 Netherlands 2 - 0 Soviet Union Germany Federal and Italy 8 Euro Sweden 1992 Denmark 2 - 0 Germany Netherlands and Sweden 8 England 1996 Germany (3) 2 - 1 (g.) Czech Republic England and France 16 Belgium and the Netherlands 2000 France (2) 2 - 1 (g.) Italy Netherlands and Portugal 16 Portugal 2004 Greece 1 - 0 Portugal Czech Republic and Netherlands 16 Austria and Switzerland 2008 Spain (2) 1 - 0 Germany Russia and Turkey 16 Poland and Ukraine 2012 Spain (3) 4 - 0 Italy Germany and Portugal 16 France 2016 Portugal 1 - 0 (dog.) France Wales and Wales Germany 24 Europe 2020 Italy (2) 1 - 1 (3 - 2 p.m.) England Spain and Denmark 24 Germany 2024 - and 24

Honours of Prizes

Only ten of the thirty-three teams that have taken part in the final phase of the tournament have managed to proclaim themselves winners, while thirteen have managed to play a final. In the global computation of the tournament, a total of fifty-five teams have participated –not including the predecessors of the current ones– counting the qualifying phases.

As of the 1984 Euro Cup held in France, the match for the definition of third place was no longer played, and this was shared by the two semifinalist teams.

Note: italics indicates the tournament in which the team was home.

Map of Euro Cup winners in the history of the tournament.

Selection	Champion	Years champion	Subfield	Years underfield
GERGermany	3	1972, 1980, 1996	3	1976, 1992, 2008
ESPSpain	3	1964, 2008, 2012	1	1984
ITAItaly	2	1968, 2020	2	2000, 2012
FRAFrance	2	19842000	1	2016
RUSRussia	1	1960	3	1964, 1972, 1988
CZECzech Republic	1	1976	1	1996
BYPortugal	1	2016	1	2004
NEDNetherlands	1	1988	0
DENDenmark	1	1992	0
GREGreece	1	2004	0
SRBSerbia	0		2	1960, 1968
BELBelgium	0		1	1980
ENGEngland	0		1	2020

Statistics

For a complete statistical summary of the competition see UEFA Euro Statistics

Historical classification

The 94 points achieved by Germany place them as the leader of the tournament's all-time standings among the thirty-three teams that have ever participated in the finals of the tournament. Thirteen points below is the Italian team.

Position	Equipment	Editions	PJ	PG	PE	P	GF	GC	Dif.	Pts.	Titles	% Success 1	% Success 2
1	GERGermany	13	53	27	13	13	78	55	+23	94	3	18.75	23.08
2	ITAItaly	10	45	21	18	6	52	31	+21	81	2	12.50	20.00
3	ESPSpain	11	46	21	15	10	68	42	+26	78	3	18.75	27.27
4	FRAFrance	10	43	21	12	10	69	50	+19	75	2	12.50	20.00
5	NEDNetherlands	10	39	20	8	11	65	41	+24	68	1	6.25	10 a.m.
6	BYPortugal	8	39	19	10	10	56	38	+18	67	1	6.25	12.50
7	ENGEngland	10	38	15	13	10	51	37	+14	58	-	0.00	0.00
8	CZECzech Republic	10	37	15	7	15	48	47	+1	52	1	6.25	10 a.m.
9	RUSRussia	12	36	13	7	16	40	52	-12	46	1	6.25	8.33
10	DENDenmark	9	33	10	6	17	42	50	-8	36	1	6.25	11.11

Historical scorers table

For a complete detail see Top European Goggles

Portuguese footballer Cristiano Ronaldo is the competition's all-time leading scorer with 14 goals since he debuted in 2004 in the edition held in Portugal.

The Germans Dieter Müller and Gerd Müller, and the Hungarian Dezső Novák stand out with an average of two goals per game in the final phase.

Divided by rounds, the top scorer in the final phases is, with fourteen goals, Cristiano Ronaldo —being the only player who has managed to score in five editions—, while the Portuguese is also the top scorer in previous qualifying phases with 31 goals.

The top scorers in the group stage are Cristiano Ronaldo with 11 goals, Michel Platini with 7 goals and Alan Shearer and Zlatan Ibrahimović with 6 goals each. As for the knockout phase, Antoine Griezmann leads with 5 goals ahead of the 4 goals scored by Dragan Džajić, Gerd Müller, Dieter Müller, Nuno Gomes and Harry Kane.

Final Stages

Updated as of June 27, 2021.

Pos.	Player	G.	P. J.	Prom.	Debut (end phase)		Editions
1	Cristiano Ronaldo	14	25	0.56	Euro 2004	Portugal	2004 (2), 2008 (1), 2012 (3), 2016 (3) and 2020 (5)
2	Michel Platini	9	5	1.80	Euro 1984	France	1984 (9)
3	Alan Shearer	7	9	0.78	Euro 1992	England	1992 (0), 1996 (5) and 2000 (2)
=	Antoine Griezmann	7	11	0.64	Euro 2016	France	2016 (6) and 2020 (1)
5	Ruud Van Nistelrooy	6	8	0.75	Euro 2004	Netherlands	2004 (4) and 2008 (2)
=	Patrick Kluivert	6	9	0.67	Euro 1996	Netherlands	1996 (1) and 2000 (5)
=	Álvaro Morata	6	10	0.60	Euro 2016	Spain	2016 (3) and 2020 (3)
=	Romelu Lukaku	6	10	0.60	Euro 2016	Belgium	2016 (2) and 2020 (4)
=	Wayne Rooney	6	10	0.60	Euro 2004	England	2004 (4), 2008 (0), 2012 (1) and 2016 (1)
=	Thierry Henry	6	11	0.55	Euro 2000	France	2000 (3), 2004 (2) and 2008 (1)
=	Zlatan Ibrahimović	6	13	0.46	Euro 2004	Sweden	2004 (2), 2008 (2), 2012 (2) and 2016 (0)
=	Nuno Gomes	6	14	0.43	Euro 2000	Portugal	2000 (4), 2004 (1) and 2008 (1)
13	Savo Milošević	5	4	1.25	Euro 2000	Federal Republic of Yugoslavia	2000 (5)
=	Patrik Schick	5	5	1.00	Euro 2020	Czech Republic	2020 (5)
=	Marco van Basten	5	9	0.56	Euro 1988	Netherlands	1988 (5)
=	Milan Baroš	5	11	0.45	Euro 2004	Czech Republic	2004 (5)
=	Robert Lewandowski	5	11	0.45	Euro 2012	Poland	2012 (1), 2016 (1) and 2020 (3)
=	Jürgen Klinsmann	5	13	0.38	Euro 1988	Germany and West Germany	1988 (1), 1992 (1) and 1996 (3)
=	Fernando Torres	5	13	0.38	Euro 2004	Spain	2004 (0), 2008 (2) and 2012 (3)
=	Mario Gómez	5	13	0.38	Euro 2008	Germany	2008 (0), 2012 (3) and 2016 (2)
=	Zinedine Zidane	5	14	0.36	Euro 1996	France	1996 (0), 2000 (2) and 2004 (3)

Counting previous or qualifying phases and final phases.

Pos.	Player	G.	P. J.	Prom.	Debut (end phase)		Note(s)
1	Cristiano Ronaldo	45	60	0.75	Euro 2004	Portugal	Player with more goals in the final phase (14) and in the qualifier (31)
2	Zlatan Ibrahimović	25	43	0.58	Euro 2004	Sweden
3	Robert Lewandowski	24	31	0.77	Euro 2012	Poland
4	Robbie Keane	23	49	0.47	Euro 2012	Ireland
5	Jon Dahl Tomasson	22	31	0.71	Euro 2000	Denmark
=	Hakan Şükür	22	38	0.58	Euro 1996	Turkey
7	Jan Koller	21	35	0.60	Euro 2000	Czech Republic
8	Davor Šuker	20	21	0.95	Euro 1996	Croatia	He also played with Yugoslavia before the formation of Croatia
=	Wayne Rooney	20	37	0.54	Euro 2004	England
10	Harry Kane	19	24	0.79	Euro 2016	England
=	Klaas-Jan Huntelaar	19	24	0.79	Euro 2008	Netherlands
=	Raúl González	19	27	0.70	Euro 2000	Spain
=	Miroslav Klose	19	36	0.53	Euro 2004	Germany

Note: Calculated matches and goals in previous qualifying rounds. In bold players selectable by your selection. Updated as of June 27, 2021.

Scorers by edition

Note: Does not include qualifying or qualifying goals. In bold a player belonging to the champion team of that edition. Flags according to the corresponding era.

Edition	Goleador	Goles
Euro 1960	5 players Valentin Ivanov Dražan Jerković Víktor Ponedélnik Milan Galić François Heutte	2
Euro 1964	3 players Chus Pereda Ferenc Bene Dezső Novák	2
Euro 1968	Dragan Džajić	2
Euro 1972	Gerd Müller	4
Euro 1976	Dieter Müller	4
Euro 1980	Klaus Allofs	3
Euro 1984	Michel Platini	9
Euro 1988	Marco van Basten	5
Euro 1992	4 players Dennis Bergkamp Tomas Brolin Henrik Larsen Karlheinz Riedle	3
Euro 1996	Alan Shearer	5
Euro 2000	2 players Patrick Kluivert Savo Milošević	5
Euro 2004	Milan Baroš	5
Euro 2008	David Villa	4
Euro 2012	6 players Fernando Torres Alan Dzagoev Cristiano Ronaldo Mario Balotelli Mario Gómez Mario Mandžukić	3
Euro 2016	Antoine Griezmann	6
Euro 2020	2 players Cristiano Ronaldo Patrik Schick	5

Players with the most caps

The Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo is the footballer who has played the most matches throughout the history of the competition with 60, followed by the 58 of the Italian Gianluigi Buffon and the 51 of the Liechtensteinian Mario Frick and the Croatian Luka Modrić.

Counting pre- or classification phases and final phases

Pos.	Player	P. J.	F. F.	G.	Prom.	Debut (end phase)		Note(s)
1	Cristiano Ronaldo	60	(25)	45	0.75	Euro 2004	Portugal	Player with more matches in the final phase (25)
2	Gianluigi Buffon	58	(17)	0	0.00	Euro 2004	Italy
3	Luka Modrić	51	(13)	9	0.18	Euro 2008	Croatia
=	Mario Frick	51	(0)	6	0.12	No debut	Liechtenstein
5	Petr Čech	50	(14)	0	0.00	Euro 2004	Czech Republic
6	Kim Källström	49	(12)	7	0.14	Euro 2004	Sweden
=	Andreas Isaksson	49	(11)	0	0.00	Euro 2004	Sweden
=	Robbie Keane	49	(5)	23	0.47	Euro 2012	Ireland
9	Iker Casillas	48	(14)	0	0.00	Euro 2000	Spain
=	Serguéi Ignashévich	48	(10)	5	0.10	Euro 2004	Russia
11	Lilian Thuram	47	(16)	0	0.00	Euro 1996	France
=	Darijo Srna	47	(12)	6	0.13	Euro 2004	Croatia
=	Sargis Hovsepyan	47	(0)	1	0.02	No debut	Armenia

Note: Calculated matches and goals in previous qualifying rounds. In bold players selectable by your selection. Updated as of June 27, 2021.

Final phases

In terms of matches in the final phase of the tournament, with 25, it is the Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo who accumulates the most appearances spread over five editions, ahead of the 19 that accumulate, also Portuguese, João Moutinho and Pepe, the 18 that accumulates Bastian Schweinsteiger and Leonardo Bonucci and the 17 of the aforementioned Buffon and his teammate Giorgio Chiellini.

Pos.	Player	P. J.	G.	Prom.	Debut (end phase)		Note(s)
1	Cristiano Ronaldo	25	14	0.56	Euro 2004	Portugal	Player with more matches in the final phase (25)
2	João Moutinho	19	0	0.00	Euro 2008	Portugal
=	Pepe	19	2	0.11	Euro 2008	Portugal
4	Bastian Schweinsteiger	18	3	0.17	Euro 2004	Germany
=	Leonardo Bonucci	18	2	0.11	Euro 2012	Italy
6	Giorgio Chiellini	17	1	0.06	Euro 2008	Italy
=	Gianluigi Buffon	17	0	0.00	Euro 2004	Italy
8	Cesc Fàbregas	16	3	0.19	Euro 2008	Spain
=	Andrés Iniesta	16	4	0.25	Euro 2008	Spain
=	Jordi Alba	16	1	0.06	Euro 2012	Spain
=	Lilian Thuram	16	0	0.00	Euro 1996	France
=	Edwin van der Sar	16	0	0.00	Euro 1996	Netherlands

Note: NOT counted games and goals in previous qualifying rounds. In bold players selectable by your selection. Updated as of June 27, 2021.

Major goals Selection Outcome Selection Edition Netherlands 6:1 Serbia and MontenegroR. F. Yugoslavia Euro 2000 Denmark 5:0 YugoslaviaYugoslavia Euro 1984 France 5:0 BelgiumBelgium Euro 1984 Sweden 5:0 BulgariaBulgaria Euro 2004 Spain 5:0 SlovakiaSlovakia Euro 2020 Spain 4:0 IrelandIreland Euro 2012 Spain 4:0 ItalyItaly Euro 2012 Hungary 0:4 BELBelgium Euro 2016 Wales 0:4 DENDenmark Euro 2020 Ukraine 0:4 ENGEngland Euro 2020

Matches with more goals Selection Outcome Selection Edition France 4:5 YugoslaviaYugoslavia Euro 1960 Croatia 3:5 SpainSpain Euro 2020 R. F. Yugoslavia 3:4 SpainSpain Euro 2000 Netherlands 6:1 Serbia and MontenegroR.F. Yugoslavia Euro 2000 France 5:2 ISLIceland Euro 2016 Germany Fed. 4:2 YUGYugoslavia Euro 1976 Russia 3:3 CZECzech Republic Euro 1996 R. F. Yugoslavia 3:3 SLOSlovenia Euro 2000 Croatia 2:4 ENGEngland Euro 2004 Portugal 2:4 GERGermany Euro 2020 Germany 4:2 GREGreece Euro 2012 Hungary 3:3 BYPortugal Euro 2016 France 3:3 SUISwitzerland Euro 2020

Awards

Tournament Ideal Team

UEFA's Technical Study Group selects the ideal team at the conclusion of the tournament made up of eleven of the 23 best players according to their position on the field of play.

From the first European Cup of Nations 1960 to Euro 1992, eleven players were chosen. In the following edition, 18 players were chosen, increasing to 22 in Euro 2000. Starting from Euro 2004, 23 players were made, equivalent to the number of players allowed for the tournament, from each participating team to finally result in an ideal eleven of the tournament.

By nationality they are the Germans with 37 selected, followed by 28 Spanish footballers and 26 Italians.

Last Edition

In the last edition of the tournament held in 2021, Italy was the most represented team with five selected. After the champion team, runner-up England had three selected, and semifinalists Denmark and Spain had one, as did Belgium.

The 11 selected were: Gianluigi Donnarumma as goalkeeper; Leonardo Spinazzola, Harry Maguire, Leonardo Bonucci and Kyle Walker as defensemen; Pedri, Pierre-Emile Højberg and Jorginho as midfielders; Raheem Sterling, Romelu Lukaku and Federico Chiesa as forwards.

No. Pos. Nac. Player P.J. Gol Selection 21 BY Gianluigi Donnarumma 7 0 Italy 4 LTI Leonardo Spinazzola 5 0 Italy 6 DST Harry Maguire 5 1 England 19 DST Leonardo Bonucci 7 1 Italy 2 LTI Kyle Walker 6 0 England 26 CEN Pedri 6 0 Spain 23 CEN Pierre-Emile Højberg 6 0 Denmark 8 CEN Jorginho 7 0 Italy 10 OF THE Raheem Sterling 7 3 England 9 OF THE Romelu Lukaku 5 4 Belgium 14 OF THE Federico Chiesa 7 3 Italy

Best Player of the Tournament

The prize for the best player in the Eurocup has been awarded since 1996, an edition in which the participating teams were expanded to sixteen. This list is offered below:

Year Player 1996 Matthias Sammer 2000 Zinedine Zidane 2004 Theodoros Zagorakis 2008 Xavi Hernández

Year Player 2012 Andrés Iniesta 2016 Antoine Griezmann 2020 Gianluigi Donnarumma