| UEFA U-21 Championships Table of Merit 1979-2015 | |||||||
| Country | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | |||
| ITALY | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||
| SPAIN | 4 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| ENGLAND | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | |||
| NETHERLANDS | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| SOVIET UNION | 2 | 1 | |||||
| SWEDEN | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||
| FRANCE | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| CZECH REPUBLIC | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| YUGOSLAVIA | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| GERMANY (& WEST) | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| PORTUGAL | 2 | 1 | |||||
| EAST GERMANY | 2 | ||||||
| GREECE | 2 | ||||||
| SERBIA | 2 | ||||||
| UKRAINE | 1 | ||||||
| SCOTLAND | 2 | 1 | |||||
| DENMARK | 1 | 1 | |||||
| NORWAY | 1 | 1 | |||||
| BULGARIA | 1 | ||||||
| SERBIA & MONTENEGRO | 1 | ||||||
| BELARUS | 1 | ||||||
| SWITZERLAND | 1 | ||||||
| HUNGARY | 1 | ||||||
| SLOVAKIA | 1 | ||||||
| BELGIUM | 1 | ||||||