UEFA European Championship awards

At the end of each UEFA European Championship tournament, several awards are attributed to the players and teams which have distinguished from the rest, in different aspects of the game.

Awards

There are currently five post-tournament awards, and one given during the tourney:^[1]

• the Player of the Tournament for best player, first awarded in 1996;
• the Golden Boot (currently commercially termed adidas Golden Boot) for most prolific goal scorer;
  • the Silver Boot (currently commercially termed adidas Silver Boot) for second-most prolific goal scorer;
  • the Bronze Boot (currently commercially termed adidas Bronze Boot) for third-most prolific goal scorer;
• the Young Player of the Tournament (currently commercially termed as SOCAR Young Player of the Tournament) for best under 21 years of age at the start of the calendar year, first awarded in 2016;
• the Man of the Match Award for outstanding performance during each game of the tournament, first awarded in 1996;
• the Team of the Tournament for best combined team of players at the tournament.

Player of the Tournament

The Player of the Tournament award is presented to the best player at each edition of the UEFA European Championship since 1996.

Edition	Player
England 1996	Matthias Sammer
Belgium and Netherlands 2000	Zinedine Zidane
Portugal 2004	Theodoros Zagorakis
Austria and Switzerland 2008	Xavi
Poland and Ukraine 2012	Andrés Iniesta
France 2016	Antoine Griezmann

Golden Boot

The Golden Boot award goes to the top goalscorer of each edition of the UEFA European Championship.

If there is more than one player with the same amount of goals, since 2008 the tie-breaker goes to the player who has contributed the most assists. If there is still more than one player, the tie-breaker since goes to the player who has played the least amount of time.

Edition	Golden Boot		Silver Boot		Bronze Boot
	Player	Goals	Player	Goals	Player	Goals
France 1960	Milan Galić François Heutte Valentin Ivanov Dražan Jerković Viktor Ponedelnik	2	N/A		N/A
Spain 1964	Ferenc Bene Dezső Novák Jesús María Pereda	2
Italy 1968	Dragan Džajić	2
Belgium 1972	Gerd Müller	4
Yugoslavia 1976	Dieter Müller	4
Italy 1980	Klaus Allofs	3
France 1984	Michel Platini	9
West Germany 1988	Marco van Basten	5
Sweden 1992	Dennis Bergkamp Tomas Brolin Henrik Larsen Karl-Heinz Riedle	3
England 1996	Alan Shearer	5
Belgium and Netherlands 2000	Patrick Kluivert Savo Milošević	5
Portugal 2004	Milan Baroš	5
Austria and Switzerland 2008	David Villa	4
Poland and Ukraine 2012	Fernando Torres	3
France 2016[2]	Antoine Griezmann	6	Cristiano Ronaldo	3	Olivier Giroud	3

Young Player of the Tournament

The Young Player of the Tournament award is presented to the best player in the tournament who is at most 22 years old. For the UEFA Euro 2016, this meant that the player had to have been born on or after 1 January 1994. The award was first given out in 2016.

Edition	Player
France 2016	Renato Sanches

Man of the Match Award

The Man of the Match award picks the outstanding player in every game of the tournament since 1996.

Team of the Tournament

The Team of the Tournament is a team of the best performers at each respective UEFA European Championship edition. From 1960 until 1992, only 11 players were chosen. In 1996, this was increased to 18 players, and in 2000 it was increased to 22 players. From 2004 until 2012, 23 players were chosen. In 2016, the format was changed back to 11 players.^[3]

Edition	Goalkeepers	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
France 1960 (11 player squad)	Lev Yashin	Vladimir Durković Ladislav Novák	Igor Netto Josef Masopust Valentin Ivanov Dragoslav Šekularac Bora Kostić	Slava Metreveli Milan Galić Viktor Ponedelnik
Spain 1964 (11 player squad)	Lev Yashin	Feliciano Rivilla Dezső Novák Ferran Olivella	Ignacio Zoco Amancio Amaro Valentin Ivanov Jesús María Pereda	Ferenc Bene Flórián Albert Luis Suárez
Italy 1968 (11 player squad)	Dino Zoff	Mirsad Fazlagić Giacinto Facchetti Bobby Moore Albert Shesternyov	Dragan Džajić Angelo Domenghini Sandro Mazzola Ivica Osim	Geoff Hurst Luigi Riva
Belgium 1972 (11 player squad)	Yevhen Rudakov	Revaz Dzodzuashvili Paul Breitner Murtaz Khurtsilava Franz Beckenbauer	Herbert Wimmer Uli Hoeneß Günter Netzer	Jupp Heynckes Gerd Müller Raoul Lambert
Yugoslavia 1976 (11 player squad)	Ivo Viktor	Ján Pivarník Ruud Krol Franz Beckenbauer Anton Ondruš	Jaroslav Pollák Rainer Bonhof Dragan Džajić Antonín Panenka	Zdeněk Nehoda Dieter Müller
Italy 1980 (11 player squad)	Dino Zoff	Claudio Gentile Karlheinz Förster Gaetano Scirea Hans-Peter Briegel	Jan Ceulemans Marco Tardelli Bernd Schuster Hansi Müller	Karl-Heinz Rummenigge Horst Hrubesch
France 1984 (11 player squad)	Harald Schumacher	João Pinto Karlheinz Förster Morten Olsen Andreas Brehme	Fernando Chalana Jean Tigana Michel Platini Frank Arnesen	Rudi Völler Alain Giresse
West Germany 1988 (11 player squad)	Hans van Breukelen	Giuseppe Bergomi Frank Rijkaard Ronald Koeman Paolo Maldini	Ruud Gullit Jan Wouters Giuseppe Giannini Lothar Matthäus	Marco van Basten Gianluca Vialli
Sweden 1992 (11 player squad)	Peter Schmeichel	Jocelyn Angloma Laurent Blanc Andreas Brehme Jürgen Kohler	Stefan Effenberg Ruud Gullit Thomas Häßler Brian Laudrup	Marco van Basten Dennis Bergkamp
England 1996 (18 player squad)[4]	David Seaman Andreas Köpke	Radoslav Látal Laurent Blanc Marcel Desailly Matthias Sammer Paolo Maldini	Didier Deschamps Steve McManaman Paul Gascoigne Rui Costa Karel Poborský Dieter Eilts	Alan Shearer Hristo Stoichkov Davor Šuker Youri Djorkaeff Pavel Kuka
Belgium and Netherlands 2000 (22 player squad)[5]	Francesco Toldo Fabien Barthez	Lilian Thuram Laurent Blanc Marcel Desailly Alessandro Nesta Fabio Cannavaro Paolo Maldini Frank de Boer	Patrick Vieira Zinedine Zidane Luís Figo Rui Costa Edgar Davids Demetrio Albertini Pep Guardiola	Thierry Henry Patrick Kluivert Nuno Gomes Raúl Francesco Totti Savo Milošević
Portugal 2004 (23 player squad)[6]	Petr Čech Antonios Nikopolidis	Ashley Cole Sol Campbell Ricardo Carvalho Traianos Dellas Olof Mellberg Giourkas Seitaridis Gianluca Zambrotta	Frank Lampard Michael Ballack Luís Figo Maniche Pavel Nedvěd Theodoros Zagorakis Zinedine Zidane	Wayne Rooney Milan Baroš Henrik Larsson Jon Dahl Tomasson Ruud van Nistelrooy Angelos Charisteas Cristiano Ronaldo
Austria and Switzerland 2008 (23 player squad)[7]	Gianluigi Buffon Iker Casillas Edwin van der Sar	José Bosingwa Philipp Lahm Carlos Marchena Pepe Carles Puyol Yuri Zhirkov	Hamit Altıntop Luka Modrić Marcos Senna Xavi Konstantin Zyryanov Michael Ballack Cesc Fàbregas Andrés Iniesta Lukas Podolski Wesley Sneijder	Andrey Arshavin Roman Pavlyuchenko Fernando Torres David Villa
Poland and Ukraine 2012 (23 player squad)[8]	Gianluigi Buffon Iker Casillas Manuel Neuer	Gerard Piqué Fábio Coentrão Philipp Lahm Pepe Sergio Ramos Jordi Alba	Steven Gerrard Daniele De Rossi Xavi Andrés Iniesta Sami Khedira Sergio Busquets Mesut Özil Andrea Pirlo Xabi Alonso	Mario Balotelli Cesc Fàbregas Cristiano Ronaldo Zlatan Ibrahimović David Silva
France 2016 (11 player squad)[9]	Rui Patrício	Joshua Kimmich Jérôme Boateng Pepe Raphaël Guerreiro	Toni Kroos Joe Allen Antoine Griezmann Aaron Ramsey Dimitri Payet	Cristiano Ronaldo

All-time Euro XI

Buffon

Lahm

Puyol

Beckenbauer

Maldini

Zidane

Pirlo

Iniesta

Ronaldo

Van Basten

Henry

In June 2016, ahead of UEFA Euro 2016 in France, UEFA published an All-time Euro XI; the winning team was chosen based on votes cast on EURO2016.com and Twitter. The application featured the 50 players who have made the greatest impact at EURO final tournaments. Nominees had to meet at least two of the following four criteria:^[10]

• Appeared in at least a semi-final
• Featured in a Team of the Tournament
• Finished a EURO tournament as top scorer
• Produced an iconic EURO moment

Goalkeeper

• Gianluigi Buffon

Defenders

• Paolo Maldini
• Franz Beckenbauer
• Carles Puyol
• Philipp Lahm

Midfielders

• Andrés Iniesta
• Andrea Pirlo
• Zinedine Zidane

Forwards

• Cristiano Ronaldo
• Thierry Henry
• Marco van Basten

References