England at the UEFA European Championship

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. The 15th staging of the finals took place in France in 2016, with an upcoming 16th tournament to be held across Europe in 2020.

For the women's team, see England at the UEFA Women's Championship.

The England national football team first attempted to qualify for the finals of the tournament in 1964, having declined to enter in 1960. They first qualified in 1968, and have since participated in the finals on nine occasions (with an upcoming tenth appearance in 2020) – including in 1996, when they were the host nation and thus did not need to qualify.[1][2][3]

England's best performances at the finals were a third-place finish in Italy in 1968, when only four teams competed in the finals tournament, and a semi-final on home soil in 1996, when they lost to Germany on penalties.[4] The team has reached the quarter-finals on two other occasions, losing to host nation Portugal on penalties in 2004 and to Italy in Ukraine in 2012, also on penalties.[5][6][7] They were eliminated in the round of 16 by Iceland in France in 2016. On the other four occasions (1980, 1988, 1992 and 2000), they did not progress beyond the group stages.

Overview
UEFA European Championship record Qualification record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
1960 Did not enter Did not enter
1964 Did not qualify 2 0 1 1 3 6
1968 Third place 3rd of 4 2 1 0 1 2 1 8 6 1 1 18 6
1972 Did not qualify[8] 8 5 2 1 16 6
1976 6 3 2 1 11 3
1980 Group Stage 6th of 8 3 1 1 1 3 3 8 7 1 0 22 5
1984 Did not qualify 8 5 2 1 23 3
1988 Group Stage 7th of 8 3 0 0 3 2 7 6 5 1 0 19 1
1992 Group Stage 7th of 8 3 0 2 1 1 2 6 3 3 0 7 3
1996 Semi-Finals 3rd of 16 5 2 3 0 8 3 Qualified as hosts
2000 Group Stage 11th of 16 3 1 0 2 5 6 10 4 4 2 16 5
2004 Quarter-finals 5th of 16 4 2 1 1 10 6 8 6 2 0 14 5
2008 Did not qualify 12 7 2 3 24 7
2012 Quarter-finals 5th of 16 4 2 2 0 5 3 8 5 3 0 17 5
2016 Round of 16 12th of 24 4 1 2 1 4 4 10 10 0 0 31 3
2020 Qualified 8 7 0 1 37 6
2024 To be determined To be determined
Total Third place (x2) 10/16 31 10 11 10 40 35 104 69 24 11 245 64
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Italy 1968
Main article: UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying
Main article: UEFA Euro 1968 § Final tournament

Italy 1980
Main article: UEFA Euro 1980 qualifying
Main article: UEFA Euro 1980 Group B

England qualified for the first time at the UEFA Championship for 12 years.[9] England got knocked out in the first round.[10][11]

West Germany 1988
Main article: UEFA Euro 1988 qualifying
Main article: UEFA Euro 1988 Group 2

England lost all three matches after high expectations.[12]

Sweden 1992
Main article: UEFA Euro 1992 qualifying
Main article: UEFA Euro 1992 Group 1

England drew 2 matches and lost one match.[13]

England 1996
Main article: UEFA Euro 1996 Group A
Main article: UEFA Euro 1996 knockout stage

Belgium/Netherlands 2000
Main article: UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying
Main article: UEFA Euro 2000 Group A

England won 1 match and loss 2 matches.[14]

Portugal 2004
Main article: UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying
Main article: UEFA Euro 2004 Group B
Main article: UEFA Euro 2004 knockout stage

Poland/Ukraine 2012
Main article: UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying
Main article: UEFA Euro 2012 Group D
Main article: UEFA Euro 2012 knockout stage

France 2016
Main article: UEFA Euro 2016

Group stage
Main article: UEFA Euro 2016 Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Wales 3 2 0 1 6 3 +3 6 Advance to knockout phase
2  England 3 1 2 0 3 2 +1 5
3  Slovakia 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
4  Russia 3 0 1 2 2 6 −4 1
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
England 1–1 Russia
 Report
Attendance: 62,343[15]
England 2–1 Wales
 Report
Attendance: 34,033[16]
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)
Slovakia 0–0 England
Report
Attendance: 39,051[17]

Knockout phase
Main article: UEFA Euro 2016 knockout phase
Round of 16
England 1–2 Iceland
 Report
Attendance: 33,901[18]

Europe 2020
Main article: UEFA Euro 2020

Qualifying
Main article: UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying
Main article: UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  England 8 7 0 1 37 6 +31 21 Qualify for final tournament — 5–0 5–3 4–0 7–0
2  Czech Republic 8 5 0 3 13 11 +2 15 2–1 — 2–1 2–1 3–0
3  Kosovo 8 3 2 3 13 16 −3 11 Advance to play-offs via Nations League 0–4 2–1 — 1–1 2–0
4  Bulgaria 8 1 3 4 6 17 −11 6 0–6 1–0 2–3 — 1–1
5  Montenegro 8 0 3 5 3 22 −19 3 1–5 0–3 1–1 0–0 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Group stage
Main article: UEFA Euro 2020 Group D
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  England (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to knockout phase
2  Croatia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Scotland (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Possible knockout phase based on ranking
4  Czech Republic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 13 June 2021. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Host.
England Match 7 Croatia
Report
England Match 20 Scotland
Report
Czech Republic Match 32 England
Report

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