Who tops the all-time EURO rankings?
Sunday, January 1, 2023
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Italy, England and Denmark are among the teams to have climbed the table of top-performing sides in UEFA European Championship history during EURO 2020, but first place remains unassailable.
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Which teams have won the most EUROs, played the most finals games, and scored and conceded the most goals at the UEFA European Championship?
Check out the 35 finals contenders to date; no prizes for guessing who comes out on top.
Note: According to UEFA standard procedure in calculating the club/association coefficient rankings, two points are awarded for a win and one point for a draw.
| Position | Team | Participations | Titles | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Goal diff. | Points |
| 1 | Germany* | 13 | 3 | 53 | 27 | 13 | 13 | 78 | 55 | +23 | 67 |
| 2 🔺2 | Italy | 10 | 2 | 45 | 21 | 18 | 6 | 52 | 31 | +21 | 60 |
| 3 🔻1 | Spain | 11 | 3 | 46 | 21 | 15 | 10 | 68 | 42 | +26 | 57 |
| 4 🔻1 | France | 10 | 2 | 43 | 21 | 12 | 10 | 69 | 50 | +19 | 54 |
| 5 🔺1 | Netherlands | 10 | 1 | 39 | 20 | 8 | 11 | 65 | 41 | +24 | 48 |
| 6 🔻1 | Portugal | 8 | 1 | 39 | 19 | 10 | 10 | 56 | 38 | +18 | 48 |
| 7 🔺1 | England | 10 | 0 | 37 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 51 | 37 | +14 | 43 |
| 8 🔻1 | Czech Republic* | 10 | 1 | 37 | 15 | 7 | 15 | 48 | 47 | -1 | 37 |
| 9 | Russia* | 12 | 1 | 36 | 13 | 7 | 16 | 40 | 52 | -12 | 33 |
| 10 🔺1 | Denmark | 9 | 1 | 33 | 10 | 6 | 17 | 42 | 50 | -8 | 26 |
| 11 🔺2 | Belgium | 6 | 0 | 22 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 31 | 28 | +3 | 24 |
| 12 🔻2 | Croatia | 6 | 0 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 30 | 28 | +2 | 24 |
| 13 🔻1 | Sweden | 7 | 0 | 24 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 30 | 28 | +2 | 21 |
| 14 🔺1 | Slovakia* | 5 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 23 | -6 | 14 |
| 15 🔺3 | Switzerland | 5 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 16 | 24 | -8 | 14 |
| 16 🔻2 | Greece | 4 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 20 | -6 | 13 |
| 17 🔺2 | Wales | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 12 | +1 | 11 |
| 18 🔻2 | Poland | 4 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 15 | -4 | 11 |
| 19 🔻2 | Turkey | 5 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 30 | -16 | 10 |
| 20 🔺3 | Hungary | 4 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 20 | -6 | 8 |
| 21 🔻1 | Serbia* | 5 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 22 | 39 | -17 | 8 |
| 22 🔻1 | Romania | 5 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 21 | -11 | 7 |
| 23 🔻1 | Iceland | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | -1 | 6 |
| 24 🔺7 | Austria | 3 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 12 | -5 | 6 |
| 25 | Scotland | 3 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 10 | -5 | 6 |
| 26 🔺6 | Ukraine | 3 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 19 | -11 | 6 |
| 27 🔻3 | Republic of Ireland | 3 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 17 | -11 | 6 |
| 28 🔻2 | Norway | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 29 🔻2 | Bulgaria | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 13 | -9 | 3 |
| 30 🔻2 | Slovenia | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 2 |
| 31 🔻2 | Northern Ireland | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 2 |
| 32= 🔻2 | Albania | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 2 |
| 32= 🆕 | Finland | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 2 |
| 34 🔻1 | Latvia | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 1 |
| 35 🆕 | North Macedonia | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -6 | 0 |
*All Soviet Union matches are awarded to Russia; all West Germany – but not East Germany – matches are awarded to Germany; all Yugoslavia and Serbia & Montenegro matches are awarded to Serbia; all Czechoslovakia matches are allocated to both Czech Republic and Slovakia (see breakdown below).
| Nation | Participations | Titles | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Goal Difference | Points |
| Czechoslovakia | 3 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | +2 | 9 |
| Czech Republic | 7 | 0 | 29 | 12 | 4 | 13 | 36 | 37 | -1 | 28 |
| Slovakia | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | -8 | 5 |
