Spain at the UEFA European Football Championship

The UEFA European Football Championship is the main football competition of the men's national football teams governed by UEFA (the Union of European Football Associations). Held every four years since 1960, in the even-numbered year between World Cup tournaments, it was originally called the UEFA European Nations Cup, changing to the current name in 1968. Starting with the 1996 tournament, specific championships are often referred to in the form "Euro 2008" or whichever year is appropriate. Prior to entering the tournament all teams other than the host nations (which qualify automatically) compete in a qualifying process.

Spain have participated in nine UEFA European Football Championships, from which they won three tournaments. Spain became European champions at home in 1964, at Austria/Switzerland 2008 and Poland/Ukraine 2012.

Euro 1964

Spain squad – 1964 European Nations' Cup Winners (1st Title)

GK Iribar GK Sadurní DF Calleja DF Gallego DF Olivella DF Reija DF Rivilla MF Del Sol MF Fusté MF Paquito MF Pereda MF Villa MF Zoco FW Amancio FW Lapetra FW Marcelino FW Suárez FW Zaballa Coach: Villalonga

Spain v Hungary

17 June 1964 (Semi-Finals)
20:00

Spain	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Hungary
Pereda 35' Amancio 115'	Report	Bene 84'

Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid
Attendance: 34,713
Referee: Arthur Blavier (Belgium)

Main article: 1964 European Nations' Cup Final

Spain v Soviet Union

21 June 1964 (Final)
18:30

Spain	2–1	Soviet Union
Pereda 6' Marcelino 84'	Report	Khusainov 8'

Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid
Attendance: 79,115
Referee: Arthur Holland (England)

Euro 1980

Spain squad – UEFA Euro 1980

1 Arconada 2 Alexanko 3 Migueli 4 Diego 5 Uría 6 Asensi (c) 7 Dani 8 Cardeñosa 9 Carrasco 10 Quini 11 Del Bosque 12 Juanito 13 Urruti 14 Gordillo 15 Olmo 16 Santillana 17 Satrústegui 18 Saura 19 Cundi 20 Tendillo 21 Zamora 22 Artola Coach: Kubala

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Belgium	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	4
Italy	3	1	2	0	1	0	+1	4
England	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	3
Spain	3	0	1	2	2	4	−2	1

Spain v Italy

12 June 1980 (Group Phase)
20:30

Spain	0 – 0	Italy
	Report

San Siro, Milan
Attendance: 46,816
Referee: Károly Palotai (Hungary)

Belgium v Spain

15 June 1980 (Group Phase)
17:45

Belgium	2 – 1	Spain
Gerets 17' Cools 65'	Report	Quini 36'

San Siro, Milan
Attendance: 11,430
Referee: Charles Corver (Netherlands)

Spain v England

18 June 1980 (Group Phase)
17:45

Spain	1 – 2	England
Dani 48' (pen.)	Report	Brooking 19' Woodcock 61'

Stadio San Paolo, Naples
Attendance: 14,440
Referee: Erich Linemayr (Austria)

Euro 1984

Spain squad – UEFA Euro 1984 Runners-up

1 Arconada 2 Urquiaga 3 Camacho 4 Maceda 5 Goikoetxea 6 Gordillo 7 Señor 8 Víctor 9 Santillana 10 Gallego 11 Carrasco 12 Salva 13 Buyo 14 J. Alberto 15 Roberto 16 Francisco 17 Marcos 18 Butragueño 19 Sarabia 20 Zubizarreta Coach: Muñoz

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Spain	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	4
Portugal	3	1	2	0	2	1	+1	4
West Germany	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	3
Romania	3	0	1	2	2	4	−2	1

Romania v Spain

14 June 1984 (Group Phase)
20:30

Romania	1 – 1	Spain
Bölöni 35'	(Report)	Carrasco 22' (pen.)

Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Etienne
Attendance: 16,972
Referee: Alexis Ponnet (Belgium)

Portugal v Spain

17 June 1984 (Group Phase)
20:30

Portugal	1 – 1	Spain
Sousa 52'	(Report)	Santillana 73'

Stade Vélodrome, Marseille
Attendance: 24,364
Referee: Michel Vautrot (France)

West Germany v Spain

20 June 1984 (Group Phase)
20:30

West Germany	0 – 1	Spain
	(Report)	Maceda 90'

Parc des Princes, Paris
Attendance: 47,691
Referee: Vojtěch Christov (Czechoslovakia)

Spain v Denmark

24 June 1984 (Semi-Finals)
20:00

Spain	1 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Denmark
Maceda 67'	(Report)	Lerby 7'
	Penalties
Santillana Señor Urquiaga Víctor Muñoz Sarabia	5 – 4	Brylle Olsen Laudrup Lerby Elkjær

Stade de Gerland, Lyon
Attendance: 47,843
Referee: George Courtney (England)

Main article: UEFA Euro 1984 Final

France v Spain

27 June 1984 (Final)
20:00

France	2 – 0	Spain
Platini 57' Bellone 90'	(Report)

Parc des Princes, Paris
Attendance: 47,368
Referee: Vojtěch Christov (Czechoslovakia)

Euro 1988

Spain squad – UEFA Euro 1988

1 Zubizarreta 2 Tomás 3 Camacho (c) 4 Andrinúa 5 Víctor 6 Calderé 7 Salinas 8 M. Sanchís 9 Butragueño 10 Eloy 11 Gordillo 12 Diego 13 Buyo 14 Gallego 15 Eusebio 16 Bakero 17 Begiristain 18 Soler 19 M. Vázquez 20 Míchel Coach: Muñoz

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
West Germany	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	5
Italy	3	2	1	0	4	1	+3	5
Spain	3	1	0	2	3	5	−2	2
Denmark	3	0	0	3	2	7	−5	0

Denmark v Spain

11 June 1988 (Group Phase)
15:30

Denmark	2–3	Spain
Laudrup 24' Povlsen 82'	Report	Míchel 5' Butragueño 52' Gordillo 67'

Niedersachsenstadion, Hanover
Attendance: 55,707
Referee: Albert Thomas (Netherlands)

Italy v Spain

14 June 1988 (Group Phase)
20:15

Italy	1–0	Spain
Vialli 73'	Report

Waldstadion, Frankfurt
Attendance: 47,506
Referee: Erik Fredriksson (Sweden)

West Germany v Spain

17 June 1988 (Group Phase)
20:15

West Germany	2–0	Spain
Völler 29', 51'	Report

Olympiastadion, Munich
Attendance: 63,802
Referee: Michel Vautrot (France)

Euro 1996

Spain squad – UEFA Euro 1996

1 Zubizarreta (C) 2 López 3 Belsué 4 Alkorta 5 Abelardo 6 Hierro 7 Amavisca 8 Guerrero 9 Pizzi 10 Donato 11 Alfonso 12 Sergi 13 Cañizares 14 Kiko 15 Caminero 16 Otero 17 Manjarín 18 Amor 19 Salinas 20 Nadal 21 Luis Enrique 22 Molina Coach: Clemente

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
France	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	7
Spain	3	1	2	0	4	3	+1	5
Bulgaria	3	1	1	1	3	4	–1	4
Romania	3	0	0	3	1	4	–3	0

Spain v Bulgaria

9 June 1996 (Group Phase)
14:30

Spain	1–1	Bulgaria
Alfonso 74'	Report	Stoichkov 65' (pen.)

Elland Road, Leeds
Attendance: 24,006
Referee: Piero Ceccarini (Italy)

France v Spain

15 June 1996 (Group Phase)
18:00

France	1–1	Spain
Djorkaeff 48'	Report	Caminero 85'

Elland Road, Leeds
Attendance: 35,626
Referee: Vadim Zhuk (Belarus)

Romania v Spain

18 June 1996 (Group Phase)
16:30

Romania	1–2	Spain
Răducioiu 29'	Report	Manjarín 11' Amor 84'

Elland Road, Leeds
Attendance: 32,719
Referee: Ahmet Çakar (Turkey)

Spain v England

22 June 1996 (Quarter-Finals)
16:00

Spain	0–0 (a.e.t.)	England
	Report
	Penalties
Hierro Amor Belsué Nadal	2–4	Shearer Platt Pearce Gascoigne

Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 75,440
Referee: Marc Batta (France)

Euro 2000

Spain squad – UEFA Euro 2000

1 Cañizares 2 Salgado 3 Aranzábal 4 Guardiola 5 Abelardo 6 Hierro (c) 7 Helguera 8 Fran 9 Munitis 10 Raúl 11 Alfonso 12 Sergi 13 Casillas 14 Gerard 15 Engonga 16 Mendieta 17 Etxeberria 18 Paco 19 Velasco 20 Urzaiz 21 Valerón 22 Molina Coach: Camacho

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Spain	3	2	0	1	6	5	+1	6
Yugoslavia	3	1	1	1	7	7	0	4
Norway	3	1	1	1	1	1	0	4
Slovenia	3	0	2	1	4	5	−1	2

Spain v Norway

13 June 2000 (Group Phase)
18:00

Spain	0–1	Norway
	Report	Iversen 65'

Feijenoord Stadion, Rotterdam
Attendance: 41,500
Referee: Gamal Al-Ghandour (Egypt)

Slovenia v Spain

18 June 2000 (Group Phase)
18:00

Slovenia	1–2	Spain
Zahovič 59'	Report	Raúl 4' Etxeberria 60'

Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam
Attendance: 42,500
Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)

Yugoslavia v Spain

21 June 2000 (Group Phase)
18:00

Yugoslavia	3–4	Spain
Milošević 30' Govedarica 50' Komljenović 75'	Report	Alfonso 38', 90+6' Munitis 51' Mendieta 90+4' (pen.)

Jan Breydel Stadion, Bruges
Attendance: 24,000
Referee: Gilles Veissière (France)

Spain v France

25 June 2000 (Quarter-Finals)
20:45

Spain	1–2	France
Mendieta 38' (pen.)	Report	Zidane 32' Djorkaeff 44'

Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges
Attendance: 27,600
Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)

Euro 2004

Spain squad – UEFA Euro 2004

1 Cañizares 2 Capdevila 3 Marchena 4 Albelda 5 Puyol 6 Helguera 7 Raúl (c) 8 Baraja 9 F. Torres 10 Morientes 11 Luque 12 Gabri 13 Aranzubia 14 Vicente 15 Bravo 16 Alonso 17 Etxeberria 18 César 19 Joaquín 20 Xavi 21 Valerón 22 Juanito 23 Casillas Coach: Sáez

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Portugal	3	2	0	1	4	2	+2	6
Greece	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
Spain	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
Russia	3	1	0	2	2	4	–2	3

Spain v Russia

12 June 2004 (Group Phase)
19:45

Spain	1–0	Russia
Valerón 60'	Report

Estádio do Algarve, Faro-Loulé
Attendance: 28,182
Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland)

Greece v Spain

16 June 2004 (Group Phase)
17:00

Greece	1–1	Spain
Charisteas 66'	Report	Morientes 28'

Estádio do Bessa, Porto
Attendance: 25,444
Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)

Spain v Portugal

20 June 2004 (Group Phase)
19:45

Spain	0–1	Portugal
	Report	Nuno Gomes 57'

Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon
Attendance: 47,491
Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)

Euro 2008

Spain squad – UEFA Euro 2008 Winners (2nd Title)

1 Casillas (c) 2 Albiol 3 Navarro 4 Marchena 5 Puyol 6 Iniesta 7 Villa 8 Xavi 9 F. Torres 10 Fàbregas 11 Capdevila 12 Cazorla 13 Palop 14 Alonso 15 Ramos 16 García 17 Güiza 18 Arbeloa 19 Senna 20 Juanito 21 Silva 22 De la Red 23 Reina Coach: Aragonés

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Spain	3	3	0	8	3	+5	9
Russia	3	2	1	4	4	0	6
Sweden	3	1	2	3	4	−1	3
Greece	3	0	3	1	5	−4	0

Spain v Russia

10 June 2008 (Group Phase)
18:00

Spain	4–1	Russia
Villa 20', 44', 75' Fàbregas 90+1'	Report	Pavlyuchenko 86'

Tivoli-Neu, Innsbruck
Attendance: 30,772^[1]
Referee: Konrad Plautz (Austria)

Sweden v Spain

14 June 2008 (Group Phase)
18:00

Sweden	1–2	Spain
Ibrahimović 34'	Report	Torres 15' Villa 90+2'

Tivoli-Neu, Innsbruck
Attendance: 30,772^[2]
Referee: Pieter Vink (Netherlands)

Greece v Spain

18 June 2008 (Group Phase)
20:45

Greece	1–2	Spain
Charisteas 42'	Report	de la Red 61' Güiza 88'

Wals-Siezenheim Stadium, Salzburg
Attendance: 30,883^[3]
Referee: Howard Webb (England)

Spain v Italy

22 June 2008 (Quarter-Finals)
20:45

Spain	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Italy
	Report
	Penalties
Villa Cazorla Senna Güiza Fàbregas	4–2	Grosso De Rossi Camoranesi Di Natale

Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna
Attendance: 48,000
Referee: Herbert Fandel (Germany)

Russia v Spain

26 June 2008 (Semi-Finals)
20:45

Russia	0–3	Spain
	Report	Xavi 50' Güiza 73' Silva 82'

Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna
Attendance: 51,428
Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)

Main article: UEFA Euro 2008 Final

Germany v Spain

29 June 2008 (Final)
20:45

Germany	0–1	Spain
	Report	Torres 33'

Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna
Attendance: 51,428^[4]
Referee: Roberto Rosetti (Italy)

Euro 2012

Spain squad – UEFA Euro 2012 Winners (3rd title)

1 Casillas (c) 2 Albiol 3 Piqué 4 Martínez 5 Juanfran 6 Iniesta 7 Pedro 8 Xavi 9 Torres 10 Fàbregas 11 Negredo 12 Valdés 13 Mata 14 Alonso 15 Ramos 16 Busquets 17 Arbeloa 18 Alba 19 Llorente 20 Cazorla 21 Silva 22 Navas 23 Reina Coach: Del Bosque

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Spain	3	2	1	0	6	1	+5	7
Italy	3	1	2	0	4	2	+2	5
Croatia	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	4
Republic of Ireland	3	0	0	3	1	9	−8	0

Spain v Italy

10 June 2012 (Group Phase)
18:00

Spain	1–1	Italy
Fàbregas 64'	Report	Di Natale 61'

PGE Arena, Gdańsk
Attendance: 38,869^[5]
Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)

Spain v Republic of Ireland

14 June 2012 (Group Phase)
20:45

Spain	4–0	Republic of Ireland
Torres 4', 70' Silva 49' Fàbregas 83'	Report

PGE Arena, Gdańsk
Attendance: 39,150^[6]
Referee: Pedro Proença (Portugal)

Croatia v Spain

18 June 2012 (Group Phase)
20:45

Croatia	0–1	Spain
	Report	Navas 88'

PGE Arena, Gdańsk
Attendance: 39,076^[7]
Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)

Spain v France

23 June 2012 (Quarter-Finals)
21:45 UTC+3

Spain	2–0	France
Alonso 19', 90+1' (pen.)	Report

Donbass Arena, Donetsk
Attendance: 47,000^[8]
Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)

Portugal v Spain

27 June 2012 (Semi-Finals)
21:45 UTC+3

Portugal	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Spain
	Report
	Penalties
Moutinho Pepe Nani Alves	2–4	Alonso Iniesta Piqué Ramos Fàbregas

Donbass Arena, Donetsk
Attendance: 48,000^[9]
Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)

Main article: UEFA Euro 2012 Final

Spain v Italy

1 July 2012 (Final)
21:45 UTC+3

Spain	4–0	Italy
Silva 14' Alba 41' Torres 84' Mata 88'	Report

Olympic Stadium, Kiev
Attendance: 63,170^[5]
Referee: Pedro Proença (Portugal)

Overview

UEFA European record

UEFA European qualification record

Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1960	Withdrew								Declined to play the Soviet Union
1964	Champions	1st	2	2	0	0	4	2	6	4	1	1	16	5
1968	Did Not Qualify								8	3	2	3	7	5
1972									6	3	2	1	14	3
1976									8	3	4	1	11	9
1980	Group Stage	7th	3	0	1	2	2	4	6	4	1	1	13	5
1984	Runners-up	2nd	5	1	3	1	4	5	8	6	1	1	24	8
1988	Group Stage	6th	3	1	0	2	3	5	6	5	0	1	14	8
1992	Did Not Qualify								7	3	0	4	17	12
1996	Quarter-Finals	6th	4	1	3	0	4	3	10	8	2	0	25	4
2000	Quarter-Finals	5th	4	2	0	2	7	7	8	7	0	1	42	5
2004	Group Stage	10th	3	1	1	1	2	2	10	7	2	1	21	5
2008	Champions	1st	6	5	1	0	12	3	12	9	1	2	23	8
2012	Champions	1st	6	4	2	0	12	1	8	8	0	0	26	6
2016	Qualification in progress								1	1	0	0	5	1
Total	3 Title	9/14	36	17	11	8	50	32	106	73	16	17	265	84

Spain's European Championship record
First Match	Spain 2–1 Hungary (Madrid, Spain; 17 June 1964)
Biggest Win	Spain 4–0 Republic of Ireland (Gdańsk, Poland; 14 June 2012) Spain 4–0 Italy (Kiev, Ukraine; 1 July 2012)
Biggest Defeat	France 2–0 Spain (Paris, France; 27 June 1984) Germany 2–0 Spain (Munich, Germany; 17 June 1988)
Best Result	Champions at the 1964, 2008, and 2012 UEFA European Championship
Worst Result	Group Stage at the 1980, 1988 and 2004 UEFA European Championship

References

↑ "Full-time Spain-Russia" (PDF). Union of European Football Associations. 10 June 2008. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
↑ "Full-time report Sweden-Spain" (PDF). Union of European Football Associations. 14 June 2008. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
↑ "Full-time report Greece-Spain" (PDF). Union of European Football Associations. 18 June 2008. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
↑ "Full-time report Germany-Spain" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 29 June 2008. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
↑ 5.0 5.1 "Full-time report Spain-Italy" (PDF). Union of European Football Associations. 10 June 2012. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
↑ "Full-time report Spain-Republic of Ireland" (PDF). Union of European Football Associations. 14 June 2012. Retrieved 14 June 2012.
↑ "Full-time report Croatia-Spain" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 18 June 2012. Retrieved 18 June 2012.
↑ "Full-time report Spain-France" (PDF). Union of European Football Associations. 23 June 2012. Retrieved 23 June 2012.
↑ "Full-time report Portugal-Spain" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 27 June 2012. Retrieved 27 June 2012.

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