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(Top) 1 Overall record 1.1 List of matches 2 History 2.1 UEFA Euro 1968: Italy 2.1.1 Qualifying 2.1.2 Final tournament 2.2 UEFA Euro 1980: Italy 2.2.1 Qualifying 2.2.2 Group stage 2.3 UEFA Euro 1988: West Germany 2.3.1 Qualifying 2.3.2 Group stage 2.4 UEFA Euro 1992: Sweden 2.4.1 Qualifying 2.4.2 Group stage 2.5 UEFA Euro 1996: England 2.5.1 Group stage 2.5.2 Knockout stage 2.6 UEFA Euro 2000: Belgium–Netherlands 2.6.1 Qualifying 2.6.2 Play-offs 2.6.3 Group stage 2.7 UEFA Euro 2004: Portugal 2.7.1 Qualifying 2.7.2 Group stage 2.7.3 Knockout stage 2.8 UEFA Euro 2012: Poland–Ukraine 2.8.1 Qualifying 2.8.2 Group stage 2.8.3 Knockout stage 2.9 UEFA Euro 2016: France 2.9.1 Qualifying 2.9.2 Group stage 2.9.3 Knockout stage 2.10 UEFA Euro 2020: Europe 2.10.1 Qualifying 2.10.2 Group stage 2.10.3 Knockout stage 2.11 UEFA Euro 2024: Germany 2.11.1 Qualifying 2.11.2 Group stage 2.11.3 Knockout stage 3 Player records 3.1 Most appearances 3.2 Top goalscorers 3.3 Goals by tournament 4 See also 5 Notes 6 References 7 External links

England at the UEFA European Championship

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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 sixteenth tournament was held across Europe in 2021 (postponed from 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic).

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 ten occasions (with an ongoing eleventh participation in 2024), including in 1996, when they were the host nation and thus did not need to qualify.^[1]^[2]^[3]

England's best performance at the finals was a runner-up finish at Euro 2020, when they lost the finaltoItalyonpenaltiesatWembley.^[4]^[5] They had a third-place finish in Italy in 1968, when only four teams competed in the finals tournament, and reached one further semi-final in 1996, losing to Germany, also on home soil and on penalties.^[6] The team 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.^[7]^[8]^[9]

England were eliminated in the round of 16 by Icelandin2016. On the other four occasions (1980, 1988, 1992 and 2000), they did not progress beyond the group stage.

Overall record[edit]

UEFA European Championship finals record

Qualification record

Manager(s)

Year

Round

Pos

Pld

Squad

Pld

1960

Did not enter

Winterbottom

1964

Did not qualify

Winterbottom, Ramsey^[10]

1968

Third place

3rd

Squad

Ramsey

1972

Did not qualify^[11]

Ramsey

1976

Did not qualify

Revie

1980

Group stage

6th

Squad

Greenwood

1984

Did not qualify

Robson

1988

Group stage

7th

Squad

1992

7th

Squad

Taylor

1996

Semi-finals

3rd

Squad

Qualified as hosts

Venables

2000

Group stage

11th

Squad

Hoddle, Keegan^[12]

2004

Quarter-finals

5th

Squad

Eriksson

2008

Did not qualify

McClaren

2012

Quarter-finals

5th

Squad

Capello, Hodgson^[13]

2016

Round of 16

12th

Squad

Hodgson

2020^[14]

Runners-up

2nd

Squad

Southgate

2024

Qualified

Southgate

2028

To be determined

2032

Total

Runners-up

11/17

—

116

270

—

Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place

*Draws include knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out.

**Red border colour indicates tournament was held on home soil. ***Third place includes all tournaments where England reached the semi-finals following Euro 1980 as the third place play-offs were scrapped from the following editions of the tournament.^[15]

Correct as of 20 November 2023, after the qualifying match against North Macedonia

List of matches[edit]

Year	Round	Opponent	Score	England scorer(s)
1968	Semi-finals	Yugoslavia	0–1	—
1968	Third place play-off	Soviet Union	2–0	B. Charlton, Hurst
1980	Group 2	Belgium	1–1	Wilkins
		Italy	0–1	—
		Spain	2–1	Brooking, Woodcock
1988	Group 2	Republic of Ireland	0–1	—
		Netherlands	1–3	Robson
		Soviet Union	1–3	Adams
1992	Group 1	Denmark	0–0	—
		France	0–0	—
		Sweden	1–2	Platt
1996	Group A	Switzerland	1–1	Shearer
		Scotland	2–0	Shearer, Gascoigne
		Netherlands	4–1	Shearer (2), Sheringham (2)
	Quarter-finals	Spain	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p)	—
	Semi-finals	Germany	1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–6 p)	Shearer
2000	Group A	Portugal	2–3	Scholes, McManaman
		Germany	1–0	Shearer
		Romania	2–3	Shearer, Owen
2004	Group B	France	1–2	Lampard
		Switzerland	3–0	Rooney (2), Gerrard
		Croatia	4–2	Scholes, Rooney (2), Lampard
	Quarter-finals	Portugal	2–2 (a.e.t.) (5–6 p)	Owen, Lampard
2012	Group D	France	1–1	Lescott
		Sweden	3–2	Carroll, Walcott, Welbeck
		Ukraine	1–0	Rooney
	Quarter-finals	Italy	0–0 (a.e.t.) (2–4 p)	—
2016	Group B	Russia	1–1	Dier
		Wales	2–1	Vardy, Sturridge
		Slovakia	0–0	—
	Round of 16	Iceland	1–2	Rooney
2020	Group D	Croatia	1–0	Sterling
		Scotland	0–0	—
		Czech Republic	1–0	Sterling
	Round of 16	Germany	2–0	Sterling, Kane
	Quarter-finals	Ukraine	4–0	Kane (2), Maguire, J. Henderson
	Semi-finals	Denmark	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Kjær (o.g.), Kane
	Final	Italy	1–1 (a.e.t.) (2–3 p)	Shaw
2024	Group C	Serbia	1–0	Bellingham
		Denmark	1–1	Kane
		Slovenia	0–0	—
	Round of 16	Slovakia

History[edit]

UEFA Euro 1968: Italy[edit]

England squad – UEFA Euro 1968 third place

1 Banks
2 Newton
3 Wilson
4 Mullery
5 Labone
6 Moore (c)
7 Ball
8 Hunt
9 B. Charlton
10 Hurst
11 Peters
12 Stepney
13 West
14 Knowles
15 J. Charlton
16 Wright
17 Stiles
18 Summerbee
19 Hunter
20 Bell
21 Greaves
22 Thompson
Coach: Ramsey

Qualifying[edit]

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	England	6	4	1	1	15	5	+10	9	Advance to quarter-finals	—	2–3	5–1	2–0
2	Scotland	6	3	2	1	10	8	+2	8		1–1	—	3–2	2–1
3	Wales	6	1	2	3	6	12	−6	4		0–3	1–1	—	2–0
4	Northern Ireland	6	1	1	4	2	8	−6	3		0–2	1–0	0–0	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Bulgaria	3–4	Italy	3–2	0–2
Hungary	2–3	Soviet Union	2–0	0–3
England	3–1	Spain	1–0	2–1
France	2–6	Yugoslavia	1–1	1–5

Final tournament[edit]

Semi-finals

5 June 1968

21:15

Yugoslavia	1–0	England
Džajić 86'	Report

Stadio Comunale, Florence

Attendance: 21,834

Referee: José María Ortiz de Mendíbil (Spain)

Third place play-off

8 June 1968

18:45

England	2–0	Soviet Union
B. Charlton 39' Hurst 63'	Report

Stadio Olimpico, Rome

Attendance: 68,817

Referee: István Zsolt (Hungary)

UEFA Euro 1980: Italy[edit]

England squad – UEFA Euro 1980

1 Clemence
2 Neal
3 Sansom
4 Thompson
5 Watson
6 Wilkins
7 Keegan (c)
8 Coppell
9 Johnson
10 Brooking
11 Woodcock
12 Anderson
13 Shilton
14 Cherry
15 Hughes
16 Mills
17 McDermott
18 Kennedy
19 Hoddle
20 Mariner
21 Birtles
22 Corrigan
Coach: Greenwood

Qualifying[edit]

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	England	8	7	1	0	22	5	+17	15	Qualify for final tournament	—	4–0	2–0	2–0	1–0
2	Northern Ireland	8	4	1	3	8	14	−6	9		1–5	—	1–0	2–0	2–1
3	Republic of Ireland	8	2	3	3	9	8	+1	7		1–1	0–0	—	3–0	2–0
4	Bulgaria	8	2	1	5	6	14	−8	5		0–3	0–2	1–0	—	3–0
5	Denmark	8	1	2	5	13	17	−4	4		3–4	4–0	3–3	2–2	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Group stage[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Belgium	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	4	Advance to final
2	Italy (H)	3	1	2	0	1	0	+1	4	Advance to third place play-off
3	England	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	3
4	Spain	3	0	1	2	2	4	−2	1

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

12 June 1980

17:45

Belgium	1–1	England
Ceulemans 29'	Report	Wilkins 26'

Stadio Comunale, Turin

Attendance: 15,186

Referee: Heinz Aldinger (West Germany)

15 June 1980

20:30

England	0–1	Italy
	Report	Tardelli 79'

Stadio Comunale, Turin

Attendance: 59,649

Referee: Nicolae Rainea (Romania)

18 June 1980

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)

UEFA Euro 1988: West Germany[edit]

England squad – UEFA Euro 1988

1 Shilton
2 Stevens
3 Sansom
4 Webb
5 Watson
6 Adams
7 Br. Robson (c)
8 Steven
9 Beardsley
10 Lineker
11 Barnes
12 Waddle
13 Woods
14 Anderson
15 McMahon
16 Reid
17 Hoddle
18 Hateley
19 Wright
20 Dorigo
Coach: Bo. Robson

Qualifying[edit]

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	England	6	5	1	0	19	1	+18	11	Qualify for final tournament	—	2–0	3–0	8–0
2	Yugoslavia	6	4	0	2	13	9	+4	8		1–4	—	3–0	4–0
3	Northern Ireland	6	1	1	4	2	10	−8	3		0–2	1–2	—	1–0
4	Turkey	6	0	2	4	2	16	−14	2		0–0	2–3	0–0	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Group stage[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Soviet Union	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	5	Advance to knockout stage
2	Netherlands	3	2	0	1	4	2	+2	4	Advance to knockout stage
3	Republic of Ireland	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	3
4	England	3	0	0	3	2	7	−5	0

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

12 June 1988

15:30

England	0–1	Republic of Ireland
	Report	Houghton 6'

Neckarstadion, Stuttgart

Attendance: 51,373

Referee: Siegfried Kirschen (East Germany)

15 June 1988

17:15

England	1–3	Netherlands
Robson 53'	Report	Van Basten 44', 71', 75'

Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf

Attendance: 63,940

Referee: Paolo Casarin (Italy)

18 June 1988

15:30

England	1–3	Soviet Union
Adams 16'	Report	Aleinikov 3' Mykhaylychenko 28' Pasulko 73'

Waldstadion, Frankfurt

Attendance: 48,335

Referee: José Rosa dos Santos (Portugal)

UEFA Euro 1992: Sweden[edit]

England squad – UEFA Euro 1992

1 Woods
2 Curle
3 Pearce
4 Keown
5 Walker
6 Wright
7 Platt
8 Steven
9 Clough
10 Lineker (c)
11 Sinton
12 Palmer
13 Martyn
14 Dorigo
15 Webb
16 Merson
17 Smith
18 Daley
19 Batty
20 Shearer
Coach: Taylor

Qualifying[edit]

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	England	6	3	3	0	7	3	+4	9	Qualify for final tournament	—	1–1	2–0	1–0
2	Republic of Ireland	6	2	4	0	13	6	+7	8		1–1	—	0–0	5–0
3	Poland	6	2	3	1	8	6	+2	7		1–1	3–3	—	3–0
4	Turkey	6	0	0	6	1	14	−13	0		0–1	1–3	0–1	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Group stage[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sweden (H)	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2	5	Advance to knockout stage
2	Denmark	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	3	Advance to knockout stage
3	France	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	2
4	England	3	0	2	1	1	2	−1	2

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

11 June 1992

20:15

Denmark	0–0	England
	Report

Malmö Stadion, Malmö

Attendance: 26,385

Referee: John Blankenstein (Netherlands)

14 June 1992

17:15

France	0–0	England
	Report

Malmö Stadion, Malmö

Attendance: 26,535

Referee: Sándor Puhl (Hungary)

17 June 1992

20:15

Sweden	2–1	England
J. Eriksson 51' Brolin 82'	Report	Platt 4'

Råsunda Stadium, Solna

Attendance: 30,126

Referee: José Rosa dos Santos (Portugal)

UEFA Euro 1996: England[edit]

England squad – UEFA Euro 1996 semi-finalists

Group stage[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	England (H)	3	2	1	0	7	2	+5	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Netherlands	3	1	1	1	3	4	−1	4^[a]	Advance to knockout stage
3	Scotland	3	1	1	1	1	2	−1	4^[a]
4	Switzerland	3	0	1	2	1	4	−3	1

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Tied on head-to-head result (Netherlands 0–0 Scotland) and overall goal difference (−1). Overall goals for was used as the tiebreaker.

Matches

8 June 1996

15:00

England	1–1	Switzerland
Shearer 23'	Report	Türkyilmaz 83' (pen.)

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 76,567

Referee: Manuel Díaz Vega (Spain)

15 June 1996

15:00

Scotland	0–2	England
	Report	Shearer 53' Gascoigne 79'

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 76,864

Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto (Italy)

18 June 1996

19:30

Netherlands	1–4	England
Kluivert 78'	Report	Shearer 23' (pen.), 57' Sheringham 51', 62'

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 76,798

Referee: Gerd Grabher (Austria)

Knockout stage[edit]

Quarter-finals

22 June 1996

15:00

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^[16]

Referee: Marc Batta (France)

Semi-finals

26 June 1996

19:30

Germany	1–1 (a.e.t.)	England
Kuntz 16'	Report	Shearer 3'
Penalties
Häßler Strunz Reuter Ziege Kuntz Möller	6–5	Shearer Platt Pearce Gascoigne Sheringham Southgate

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 75,862^[17]

Referee: Sándor Puhl (Hungary)

UEFA Euro 2000: Belgium–Netherlands[edit]

England squad – UEFA Euro 2000

1 Seaman
2 G. Neville
3 P. Neville
4 Campbell
5 Adams
6 Keown
7 Beckham
8 Scholes
9 Shearer (c)
10 Owen
11 McManaman
12 Southgate
13 Martyn
14 Ince
15 Barry
16 Gerrard
17 Wise
18 Barmby
19 Heskey
20 Phillips
21 Fowler
22 Wright
Coach: Keegan

Qualifying[edit]

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sweden	8	7	1	0	10	1	+9	22	Qualify for final tournament	—	2–1	2–0	1–0	2–0
2	England	8	3	4	1	14	4	+10	13^[a]	Advance to play-offs	0–0	—	3–1	0–0	6–0
3	Poland	8	4	1	3	12	8	+4	13^[a]		0–1	0–0	—	2–0	3–0
4	Bulgaria	8	2	2	4	6	8	−2	8		0–1	1–1	0–3	—	3–0
5	Luxembourg	8	0	0	8	2	23	−21	0		0–1	0–3	2–3	0–2	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head points: England 4, Poland 1.

Play-offs[edit]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Scotland	1–2	England	0–2	1–0
Israel	0–8	Denmark	0–5	0–3
Slovenia	3–2	Ukraine	2–1	1–1
Republic of Ireland	1–1 (a)	Turkey	1–1	0–0

Group stage[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Portugal	3	3	0	0	7	2	+5	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Romania	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4	Advance to knockout stage
3	England	3	1	0	2	5	6	−1	3
4	Germany	3	0	1	2	1	5	−4	1

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

12 June 2000

20:45

Portugal	3–2	England
Figo 22' João Pinto 37' Nuno Gomes 59'	Report	Scholes 3' McManaman 18'

Philips Stadion, Eindhoven

Attendance: 31,500

Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)

17 June 2000

20:45

England	1–0	Germany
Shearer 53'	Report

Stade du Pays de Charleroi, Charleroi

Attendance: 29,000

Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)

20 June 2000

20:45

England	2–3	Romania
Shearer 41' (pen.) Owen 45'	Report	Chivu 22' Munteanu 48' Ganea 89' (pen.)

Stade du Pays de Charleroi, Charleroi

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland)

UEFA Euro 2004: Portugal[edit]

England squad – UEFA Euro 2004

1 James
2 G. Neville
3 A. Cole
4 Gerrard
5 Terry
6 Campbell
7 Beckham (c)
8 Scholes
9 Rooney
10 Owen
11 Lampard
12 Bridge
13 Robinson
14 P. Neville
15 King
16 Carragher
17 Butt
18 Hargreaves
19 J. Cole
20 Dyer
21 Heskey
22 Walker
23 Vassell
Coach: Eriksson

Qualifying[edit]

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	England	8	6	2	0	14	5	+9	20	Qualify for final tournament	—	2–0	2–1	2–2	2–0
2	Turkey	8	6	1	1	17	5	+12	19	Advance to play-offs	0–0	—	3–0	3–2	5–0
3	Slovakia	8	3	1	4	11	9	+2	10		1–2	0–1	—	1–1	4–0
4	Macedonia	8	1	3	4	11	14	−3	6		1–2	1–2	0–2	—	3–1
5	Liechtenstein	8	0	1	7	2	22	−20	1		0–2	0–3	0–2	1–1	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Group stage[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	3	2	1	0	7	4	+3	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	England	3	2	0	1	8	4	+4	6	Advance to knockout stage
3	Croatia	3	0	2	1	4	6	−2	2
4	Switzerland	3	0	1	2	1	6	−5	1

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

13 June 2004

19:45

France	2–1	England
Zidane 90+1', 90+3' (pen.)	Report	Lampard 38'

Estádio da Luz, Lisbon

Attendance: 62,487

Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)

17 June 2004

17:00

England	3–0	Switzerland
Rooney 23', 75' Gerrard 82'	Report

Estádio Cidade de Coimbra, Coimbra

Attendance: 28,214

Referee: Valentin Ivanov (Russia)

21 June 2004

19:45

Croatia	2–4	England
N. Kovač 5' Tudor 73'	Report	Scholes 40' Rooney 45+1', 68' Lampard 79'

Estádio da Luz, Lisbon

Attendance: 57,047

Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)

Knockout stage[edit]

Quarter-finals

24 June 2004

19:45

Portugal	2–2 (a.e.t.)	England
Postiga 83' Rui Costa 110'	Report	Owen 3' Lampard 115'
Penalties
Deco Simão Rui Costa Ronaldo Maniche Postiga Ricardo	6–5	Beckham Owen Lampard Terry Hargreaves A. Cole Vassell

Estádio da Luz, Lisbon

Attendance: 62,564

Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland)

UEFA Euro 2012: Poland–Ukraine[edit]

England squad – UEFA Euro 2012

1 Hart
2 Johnson
3 Cole
4 Gerrard (c)
5 Kelly
6 Terry
7 Walcott
8 Henderson
9 Carroll
10 Rooney
11 Young
12 Baines
13 Green
14 Jones
15 Lescott
16 Milner
17 Parker
18 Jagielka
19 Downing
20 Oxlade-Chamberlain
21 Defoe
22 Welbeck
23 Butland
Coach: Hodgson

Qualifying[edit]

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	England	8	5	3	0	17	5	+12	18	Qualify for final tournament	—	0–0	2–2	1–0	4–0
2	Montenegro	8	3	3	2	7	7	0	12	Advance to play-offs	2–2	—	1–0	1–0	1–1
3	Switzerland	8	3	2	3	12	10	+2	11		1–3	2–0	—	4–1	3–1
4	Wales	8	3	0	5	6	10	−4	9		0–2	2–1	2–0	—	0–1
5	Bulgaria	8	1	2	5	3	13	−10	5		0–3	0–1	0–0	0–1	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Group stage[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	England	3	2	1	0	5	3	+2	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	France	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4	Advance to knockout stage
3	Ukraine (H)	3	1	0	2	2	4	−2	3^[a]
4	Sweden	3	1	0	2	5	5	0	3^[a]

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head result: Ukraine 2–1 Sweden.

11 June 2012

19:00 EEST

France	1–1	England
Nasri 39'	Report	Lescott 30'

Donbass Arena, Donetsk

Attendance: 47,400^[18]

Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)

15 June 2012

22:00 EEST^{[note 1]}

Sweden	2–3	England
Johnson 49' (o.g.) Mellberg 59'	Report	Carroll 23' Walcott 64' Welbeck 78'

Olympic Stadium, Kyiv

Attendance: 64,640^[20]

Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)

19 June 2012

21:45 EEST

England	1–0	Ukraine
Rooney 48'	Report

Donbass Arena, Donetsk

Attendance: 48,700^[21]

Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)

Knockout stage[edit]

Quarter-finals

24 June 2012

21:45 EEST

England	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Italy
	Report
Penalties
Gerrard Rooney Young Cole	2–4	Balotelli Montolivo Pirlo Nocerino Diamanti

Olympic Stadium, Kyiv

Attendance: 64,340^[22]

Referee: Pedro Proença (Portugal)

UEFA Euro 2016: France[edit]

England squad – UEFA Euro 2016

1 Hart
2 Walker
3 Rose
4 Milner
5 Cahill
6 Smalling
7 Sterling
8 Lallana
9 Kane
10 Rooney (c)
11 Vardy
12 Clyne
13 Forster
14 Henderson
15 Sturridge
16 Stones
17 Dier
18 Wilshere
19 Barkley
20 Alli
21 Bertrand
22 Rashford
23 Heaton
Coach: Hodgson

Qualifying[edit]

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	England	10	10	0	0	31	3	+28	30	Qualify for final tournament	—	2–0	3–1	2–0	4–0	5–0
2	Switzerland	10	7	0	3	24	8	+16	21	Qualify for final tournament	0–2	—	3–2	3–0	4–0	7–0
3	Slovenia	10	5	1	4	18	11	+7	16	Advance to play-offs	2–3	1–0	—	1–0	1–1	6–0
4	Estonia	10	3	1	6	4	9	−5	10^[a]		0–1	0–1	1–0	—	1–0	2–0
5	Lithuania	10	3	1	6	7	18	−11	10^[a]		0–3	1–2	0–2	1–0	—	2–1
6	San Marino	10	0	1	9	1	36	−35	1		0–6	0–4	0–2	0–0	0–2	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Tied on head-to-head results. Overall goal difference was used as the tiebreaker.

Group stage[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Wales	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3	6	Advance to knockout stage
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

11 June 2016

21:00

England	1–1	Russia
Dier 73'	Report	V. Berezutski 90+2'

Stade Vélodrome, Marseille

Attendance: 62,343^[23]

Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)

16 June 2016

15:00

England	2–1	Wales
Vardy 56' Sturridge 90+2'	Report	Bale 42'

Stade Bollaert-Delelis, Lens

Attendance: 34,033^[24]

Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

20 June 2016

21:00

Slovakia	0–0	England
	Report

Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne

Attendance: 39,051^[25]

Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo (Spain)

Knockout stage[edit]

Round of 16

27 June 2016

21:00

England	1–2	Iceland
Rooney 4' (pen.)	Report	R. Sigurðsson 6' Sigþórsson 18'

Stade de Nice, Nice

Attendance: 33,901^[26]

Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)

UEFA Euro 2020: Europe[edit]

England squad – UEFA Euro 2020 runners-up

1 Pickford
2 Walker
3 Shaw
4 Rice
5 Stones
6 Maguire
7 Grealish
8 J. Henderson
9 Kane (c)
10 Sterling
11 Rashford
12 Trippier
13 D. Henderson / Ramsdale ^a
14 Phillips
15 Mings
16 Coady
17 Sancho
18 Calvert-Lewin
19 Mount
20 Foden
21 Chilwell
22 White
23 Johnstone
24 James
25 Saka
26 Bellingham
Coach: Southgate

^a Ramsdale replaced D. Henderson after England's first match.

Qualifying[edit]

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	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	Qualify for final tournament	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	Advance to play-offs via Nations League	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[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	England (H)	3	2	1	0	2	0	+2	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Croatia	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	4^[a]
3	Czech Republic	3	1	1	1	3	2	+1	4^[a]
4	Scotland (H)	3	0	1	2	1	5	−4	1

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Tied on head-to-head result (Croatia 1–1 Czech Republic) and overall goal difference (+1). Overall goals for was used as the tiebreaker.

13 June 2021

15:00 (14:00 UTC+1)

England	1–0	Croatia
Sterling 57'	Report

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 18,497^[27]

Referee: Daniele Orsato (Italy)

18 June 2021

21:00 (20:00 UTC+1)

England	0–0	Scotland
	Report

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 20,306^[28]

Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)

22 June 2021

21:00 (20:00 UTC+1)

Czech Republic	0–1	England
	Report	Sterling 12'

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 19,104^[29]

Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)

Knockout stage[edit]

Round of 16

29 June 2021

18:00 (17:00 UTC+1)

England	2–0	Germany
Sterling 75' Kane 86'	Report

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 41,973^[30]

Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)

Quarter-finals

3 July 2021

21:00

Ukraine	0–4	England
	Report	Kane 4', 50' Maguire 46' J. Henderson 63'

Stadio Olimpico, Rome

Attendance: 11,880^[31]

Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

Semi-finals

7 July 2021

21:00 (20:00 UTC+1)

England	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Denmark
Kjær 39' (o.g.) Kane 104'	Report	Damsgaard 30'

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 64,950^[32]

Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)

Final

11 July 2021

21:00 (20:00 UTC+1)

Italy	1–1 (a.e.t.)	England
Bonucci 67'	Report	Shaw 2'
Penalties
Berardi Belotti Bonucci Bernardeschi Jorginho	3–2	Kane Maguire Rashford Sancho Saka

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 67,173^[33]

Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)

UEFA Euro 2024: Germany[edit]

England squad – UEFA Euro 2024

1 Pickford
2 Walker
3 Shaw
4 Rice
5 Stones
6 Guéhi
7 Saka
8 Alexander-Arnold
9 Kane (c)
10 Bellingham
11 Foden
12 Trippier
13 Ramsdale
14 Konsa
15 Dunk
16 Gallagher
17 Toney
18 Gordon
19 Watkins
20 Bowen
21 Eze
22 Gomez
23 Henderson
24 Palmer
25 Wharton
26 Mainoo
Coach: Southgate

As the competition will be running during the 2024 general election, the Football Association contacted players to remind them about arranging proxy votesorpostal votes.^[34]^[35]

Qualifying[edit]

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	England	8	6	2	0	22	4	+18	20	Qualify for final tournament	—	3–1	2–0	7–0	2–0
2	Italy	8	4	2	2	16	9	+7	14^[a]	Qualify for final tournament	1–2	—	2–1	5–2	4–0
3	Ukraine	8	4	2	2	11	8	+3	14^[a]	Advance to play-offs via Nations League	1–1	0–0	—	2–0	1–0
4	North Macedonia	8	2	2	4	10	20	−10	8		1–1	1–1	2–3	—	2–1
5	Malta	8	0	0	8	2	20	−18	0		0–4	0–2	1–3	0–2	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head points: Italy 4, Ukraine 1.

Group stage[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	England	3	1	2	0	2	1	+1	5	Advance to knockout stage
2	Denmark	3	0	3	0	2	2	0	3^[a]
3	Slovenia	3	0	3	0	2	2	0	3^[a]
4	Serbia	3	0	2	1	1	2	−1	2

Source: UEFA
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Disciplinary points: Denmark −6, Slovenia −7.

16 June 2024

21:00

Serbia	0–1	England
	Report	Bellingham 13'

Arena AufSchalke, Gelsenkirchen

Attendance: 48,953^[36]

Referee: Daniele Orsato (Italy)

20 June 2024

18:00

Denmark	1–1	England
Hjulmand 34'	Report	Kane 18'

Waldstadion, Frankfurt

Attendance: 46,177^[37]

Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)

25 June 2024

21:00

England	0–0	Slovenia
	Report

RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne

Attendance: 41,536^[38]

Referee: Clément Turpin (France)

Knockout stage[edit]

Round of 16

30 June 2024

18:00

England	Match 40	Slovakia
	Report

Arena AufSchalke, Gelsenkirchen

Referee: Halil Umut Meler (Turkey)

Player records[edit]

Most appearances[edit]

Rank	Player	Matches	Years
1	Harry Kane	14	2016, 2020, 2024
2	Kyle Walker	12	2016, 2020, 2024
3	Gary Neville	11	1996, 2000, 2004
4	Jordan Pickford	10	2020, 2024
	Declan Rice		2020, 2024
	Wayne Rooney		2004, 2012, 2016
	Raheem Sterling		2016, 2020
	John Stones		2020, 2024
9	Tony Adams	9	1988, 1996, 2000
	Steven Gerrard		2000, 2004, 2012
	Alan Shearer		1992, 1996, 2000

Top goalscorers[edit]

Rank	Player	Goals	Years (goals)
1	Alan Shearer	7	1996 (5), 2000 (2)
2	Wayne Rooney	6	2004 (4), 2012, 2016
3	Harry Kane	5	2020 (4), 2024
4	Frank Lampard	3	2004 (3)
4	Raheem Sterling	3	2020 (3)
6	Paul Scholes	2	2000, 2004
	Michael Owen		2000, 2004
	Teddy Sheringham		1996 (2)

Goals by tournament[edit]

European Championship	Goalscorer(s)
1968	Bobby Charlton, Geoff Hurst
1980	Trevor Brooking, Ray Wilkins, Tony Woodcock
1988	Tony Adams, Bryan Robson
1992	David Platt
1996	Alan Shearer (5), Teddy Sheringham (2), Paul Gascoigne
2000	Alan Shearer (2), Steve McManaman, Michael Owen, Paul Scholes
2004	Wayne Rooney (4), Frank Lampard (3), Steven Gerrard, Michael Owen, Paul Scholes
2012	Andy Carroll, Joleon Lescott, Wayne Rooney, Theo Walcott, Danny Welbeck
2016	Eric Dier, Wayne Rooney, Daniel Sturridge, Jamie Vardy
2020	Harry Kane (4), Raheem Sterling (3), Jordan Henderson, Harry Maguire, Luke Shaw, own goal
2024	Jude Bellingham, Harry Kane

Notes[edit]

^ The match, originally scheduled for 21:45 local time, was delayed 15 minutes to prevent overlap with the other Group D match between Ukraine and France, which had been delayed due to rain.^[19]

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