UEFA Under-21 Championships 1978 to Romania & Georgia 2023
List of UEFA U-21 Championships finals by year with all UEFA Under-21 Championships winners, runners-up, and semi-finalists, accompanied by scores. Explore the UEFA U-21 Championships Table of Merit showcasing number of times each Nation was UEFA U-21 winner or accomplished 2nd, 3rd and 4th place including number of times the national team was in the top 4 from 1978 to today, offering valuable insights into the tournament’s historical standings. Stay up to date with the illustrious history of this prestigious football competition and delve into the remarkable achievements of past champions and top-performing teams.
List of UEFA U-21 Championships Finals 1978 to 2025
| Location | Final | Semi Finalists or 3rd Place Play Off | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Year | Host | Winner | Score | Runners-Up | Third Place | Score | Fourth Place | |||||
| 1 | 1978 | None |  | Yugoslavia | 5-4 (agg) |  | East Germany |  | Bulgaria | None |  | England | |
| 2 | 1980 | None |  | Soviet Union | 1-0 (agg) | | East Germany | | England | None | | Yugoslavia | |
| 3 | 1982 | None | | England | 5-4 (agg) |  | West Germany |  | Scotland | None | | Soviet Union | |
| 4 | 1984 | None | | England | 3-0 (agg) |  | Spain |  | Italy | None | | Yugoslavia | |
| 5 | 1986 | None | | Spain | 3-3 (agg) 3-0 pens | | Italy | | England | None |  | Hungary | |
| 6 | 1988 | None |  | France | 3-0 (agg) |  | Greece | | England | None |  | Netherlands | |
| 7 | 1990 | None | | Soviet Union | 7-3 (agg) | | Yugoslavia |  | Sweden | None | | Italy | |
| 8 | 1992 | None | | Italy | 2-1 (agg) | | Sweden | | Scotland | None |  | Denmark | |
| 9 | 1994 | | France | | Italy | 1-0 (aet) |  | Portugal | | Spain | 2-1 | | France |
| 10 | 1996 | | Spain | | Italy | 1-1 (4-2 pens) | | Spain | | France | 1-0 | | Scotland |
| 11 | 1998 |  | Romania | | Spain | 1-0 | | Greece |  | Norway | 2-0 | | Netherlands |
| 12 | 2000 |  | Slovakia | | Italy | 2-1 |  | Czech Republic | | Spain | 1-0 | | Slovakia |
| 13 | 2002 |  | Switzerland | | Czech Republic | 0-0 (3-1 pens) | | France | | Italy | None | | Switzerland |
| 14 | 2004 | | Germany | | Italy | 3-0 |  | Serbia & Montenegro | | Portugal | 3-2 | | Sweden |
| 15 | 2006 | | Portugal | | Netherlands | 3-0 |  | Ukraine | | Serbia & Montenegro | None | | France |
| 16 | 2007 | | Netherlands | | Netherlands | 4-1 |  | Serbia | | England | None |  | Belgium |
| 17 | 2009 | | Sweden | | Germany | 4-0 | | England | | Sweden | None | | Italy |
| 18 | 2011 | | Denmark | | Spain | 2-0 | | Switzerland |  | Belarus | 1-0 | | Czech Republic |
| 19 | 2013 |  | Israel | | Spain | 4-2 | | Italy | | Netherlands | None | | Norway |
| 20 | 2015 | | Czech Republic | | Sweden | 0-0 (4-3 pens) | | Portugal | | Denmark | None | | Germany |
| 21 | 2017 |  | Poland | | Germany | 1-0 | | Spain | | England | None | | Italy |
| 22 | 2019 | | Italy | | Spain | 2-1 | | Germany | | Romania | None | | France |
| 23 | 2021 |  | Hungary & Slovenia | | Germany | 1-0 | | Portugal | | Netherlands | None | | Spain |
| 24 | 2023 |  | Romania & Georgia |  | England | 1-0 | | Spain |  | Israel | None |  | Ukraine |
| 25 | 2025 |  | Slovakia | ||||||||||
UEFA U-21 Championships Table of Merit 1978-2023
| Country (27) | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Top 4 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPAIN | 5 | 4 | 3 | 12 | |
| ITALY | 5 | 2 | 5 | 12 | |
 | (WEST) GERMANY | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |
| ENGLAND | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | |
| NETHERLANDS | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | |
| SOVIET UNION | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| CZECH REPUBLIC | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
| FRANCE | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| SWEDEN | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| YUGOSLAVIA | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| PORTUGAL | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||
| EAST GERMANY | 2 | 2 | |||
| GREECE | 2 | 2 | |||
| SERBIA | 2 | 2 | |||
| UKRAINE | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| SCOTLAND | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| DENMARK | 2 | 2 | |||
| NORWAY | 2 | 2 | |||
| BELARUS | 1 | 1 | |||
| BELGIUM | 1 | 1 | |||
| BULGARIA | 1 | 1 | |||
| HUNGARY | 1 | 1 | |||
| ISRAEL | 1 | 1 | |||
| ROMANIA | 1 | 1 | |||
| SERBIA & MONTENEGRO | 1 | 1 | |||
| SWITZERLAND | 1 | 1 | |||
| SLOVAKIA | 1 | 1 | |||
| TOTALS | 24 | 24 | 42 | 6 | 96 |
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