According to CCTV5 program list (February 28, 2024), the European Cup is a grand event of European football, held every four years, and has attracted the attention and expectation of countless fans. Since the first European Cup in 1960, it has been held for 16 times, and 11 countries have won the championship. stay
According to CCTV5 program list (February 28, 2024), the European Cup is a grand event of European football, held every four years, and has attracted the attention and expectation of countless fans. Since the first European Cup in 1960, it has been held for 16 times, and 11 countries have won the championship. Among these countries, some are traditional powers of European football, some are dark horses of European football, and some are regrets of European football. Today, we will reveal the past rankings of the European Cup to see which countries have the most brilliant performance, which countries have the most ups and downs, and which countries have the most regrettable performance.
First, let's take a look at the historical championship list of the European Cup. According to the total ranking data of the European Cup historical results, we can get the following table:
country |
Number of champions |
Number of runners up |
Times of top four |
Times of the top eight |
Times of Top 16 |
Germany |
three |
three |
three |
one |
one |
Spain |
three |
one |
two |
one |
one |
France |
two |
one |
two |
one |
one |
Italy |
one |
two |
one |
two |
one |
Soviet Union/Russia |
one |
three |
- |
one |
one |
Netherlands |
one |
- |
three |
one |
one |
Denmark |
one |
- |
- |
one |
two |
Greece |
one |
- |
- |
- |
one |
Portugal |
one |
one |
two |
one |
one |
Czech/Czechoslovakia |
- |
one |
one |
one |
one |
England |
- |
one |
one |
two |
two |
As can be seen from the table, Germany and Spain are the two most brilliant teams in the history of the European Cup. They have won three championships, respectively in 1972, 1980, 1996 and 1964, 2008 and 2012. Among them, Spain is also the only team that has won the European Cup consecutively. They created a legendary team in 2008 and 2012, known as the "Spanish Dynasty". Germany and Spain are also the two teams that have participated the most in the history of the European Cup. They have both participated in the 13th European Cup, except for the 1968 and 2000 European Cups.
France and Italy are the two most ups and downs teams in the history of the European Cup. They have both won the championship twice, but they have also had some disappointing moments. France won the European Cup twice in 1984 and 2000, of which the French team in 1984 scored 14 goals with Platini as the core, creating a European Cup record. In 2000, the French team took Zidane as the core and completed the double crown of the World Cup and the European Cup. However, the French team also had some low points. They did not participate in the European Cup in 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976 and 1988. They did not qualify in the European Cup in 1992 and 2008. They played at home in the European Cup in 2016.