UEFA European Championship awards

UEFA European Championship

Organising body	UEFA
Founded	1958; 66 years ago (1958)
Region	Europe
Number of teams	24 / 55
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UEFA Euro 2024

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.

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

• the Player of the Tournament for best player, first awarded in 1996;
• the Top Scorer Award (currently commercially termed Alipay Top Scorer Award) for most prolific goal scorer;^[a]
• 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.

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

UEFA published on its website the Player of the Tournament in 1984, 1988 and 1992. The winners were Michel Platini, Marco van Basten and Peter Schmeichel, respectively. However, these winners are unofficial.

Due to Schmeichel's award in 1992 being unofficial, Gianluigi Donnarumma was the first goalkeeper to officially win the award, at UEFA Euro 2020.

Edition	Player	Ref.
1996 England	Matthias Sammer	[2]
2000 Belgium/Netherlands	Zinedine Zidane	[3]
2004 Portugal	Theodoros Zagorakis	[4]
2008 Austria/Switzerland	Xavi	[5]
2012 Poland/Ukraine	Andrés Iniesta	[6]
2016 France	Antoine Griezmann	[7]
2020 Europe[b]	Gianluigi Donnarumma	[8]
2024 Germany	Rodri	[9]

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	Age
2016 France	Renato Sanches[10]	18
2020 Europe	Pedri[11]	18
2024 Germany	Lamine Yamal[12]	17[c]

The "Goal of the Tournament" is an honorary award selected by UEFA's technical observers. The award was first awarded at 2016.

Edition	Player	Opponent
2016 France	Xherdan Shaqiri[13]	vs Poland
2020 Europe	Patrik Schick[14]	second goal vs Scotland
2024 Germany	Lamine Yamal[15]	vs France

Between the years 1960 and 2008, and since 2024, the Golden Boot has been awarded to the top goalscorer(s) of each edition of the UEFA European Championship.^[16]

From 2012 to 2020, the number of assists contributed by players was used as a tie-breaker if more than one player scored the same number of goals, with fewest minutes played used as a further tie-breaker if required.^[17]

Edition	Golden Boot		Silver Boot		Bronze Boot
	Player(s)	Goals	Player	Goals	Player	Goals
1960 France	Milan Galić François Heutte Valentin Ivanov Dražan Jerković Viktor Ponedelnik	2 goals	—
1964 Spain	Ferenc Bene Dezső Novák Chus Pereda	2 goals
1968 Italy	Dragan Džajić	2 goals
1972 Belgium	Gerd Müller	4 goals
1976 Yugoslavia	Dieter Müller	4 goals
1980 Italy	Klaus Allofs	3 goals
1984 France	Michel Platini	9 goals
1988 West Germany	Marco van Basten	5 goals
1992 Sweden	Dennis Bergkamp Tomas Brolin Henrik Larsen Karl-Heinz Riedle	3 goals
1996 England	Alan Shearer	5 goals
2000 Belgium/Netherlands	Patrick Kluivert Savo Milošević	5 goals
2004 Portugal	Milan Baroš	5 goals
2008 Austria/Switzerland	David Villa	4 goals
2012 Poland/Ukraine[17]	Fernando Torres	3 goals, 1 assist (189 minutes)	Mario Gómez	3 goals, 1 assist (282 minutes)	Alan Dzagoev	3 goals, 0 assist (253 minutes)
2016 France[18]	Antoine Griezmann	6 goals, 2 assists (555 minutes)	Cristiano Ronaldo	3 goals, 3 assists (625 minutes)	Olivier Giroud	3 goals, 2 assists (456 minutes)
2020 Europe[19]	Cristiano Ronaldo	5 goals, 1 assist (360 minutes)	Patrik Schick	5 goals, 0 assists (404 minutes)	Karim Benzema	4 goals, 0 assists (349 minutes)
2024 Germany[20]	Cody Gakpo Harry Kane Georges Mikautadze Jamal Musiala Dani Olmo Ivan Schranz	3 goals	—

Rank	Team	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Germany	5	1	0	6
2	Netherlands	4	0	0	4
	Spain	4	0	0	4
	Yugoslavia	4	0	0	4
5	France	3	0	2	5
6	Russia	2	0	1	3
7	England	2	0	0	2
	Hungary	2	0	0	2
9	Czech Republic	1	1	0	2
	Portugal	1	1	0	2
11	Denmark	1	0	0	1
	Georgia	1	0	0	1
	Slovakia	1	0	0	1
	Sweden	1	0	0	1
Totals (14 entries)		32	3	3	38

The Man of the Match award picks the outstanding player in every game of the tournament since 1996.^{[21][22][23][24]}

Most Man of the Match awards won by tournament

Edition	Player(s)	Awards
1996 England	Karel Poborský	3
2000 Belgium / Netherlands	Thierry Henry	3
2004 Portugal	Michael Ballack Milan Baroš Wayne Rooney Ruud van Nistelrooy Theodoros Zagorakis Zinedine Zidane	2
2008 Austria / Switzerland	Andrey Arshavin Wesley Sneijder David Villa	2
2012 Poland / Ukraine	Andrés Iniesta Andrea Pirlo	3
2016 France	Cristiano Ronaldo Antoine Griezmann Eden Hazard Andrés Iniesta Dimitri Payet Renato Sanches Granit Xhaka	2
2020 Europe	Sergio Busquets Federico Chiesa Denzel Dumfries Harry Kane Romelu Lukaku Leonardo Spinazzola	2
2024 Germany	Jude Bellingham Kevin De Bruyne Christian Eriksen Cody Gakpo N'Golo Kanté Stanislav Lobotka Nico Williams Granit Xhaka	2

Total awards

As of 14 July 2024

Players in bold are still active.

Players with at least three Euro Man of the Match awards

Rank	Player	Country	Awards	Euros with awards
1	Cristiano Ronaldo	Portugal	6	2008, 2012 (2), 2016 (2), 2020
	Andrés Iniesta	Spain		2008, 2012 (3), 2016 (2)
3	Granit Xhaka	Switzerland	5	2016 (2), 2020, 2024 (2)
4	Luka Modrić	Croatia	4	2008, 2016, 2020, 2024
	Andrea Pirlo	Italy		2008, 2012 (3)
	Zinedine Zidane	France		2000 (2), 2004 (2)
7	Michael Ballack	Germany	3	2004 (2), 2008
	Federico Chiesa	Italy		2020 (2), 2024
	Kevin De Bruyne	Belgium		2020, 2024 (2)
	Christian Eriksen	Denmark		2020, 2024 (2)
	Luís Figo	Portugal		2000 (2), 2004
	Thierry Henry	France		2000 (3)
	Zlatan Ibrahimović	Sweden		2004, 2008, 2012
	Mesut Özil	Germany		2012 (2), 2016
	Pepe	Portugal		2008, 2012, 2016
	Karel Poborský	Czech Republic		1996 (3)

The Team of the Tournament is a team of the best performers at each respective UEFA European Championship edition, as chosen by the UEFA Technical Study Group since 1996.^[25] UEFA also retroactively named teams of the best 11 players from the 1960 to 1992 tournaments. The number of players in these squads has changed, from 18 players in 1996, 22 players in 2000, and 23 players from 2004 until 2012. Since 2016, a team of 11 players has been named.^[26]

Edition	Goalkeepers	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
France 1960 (11 player squad)[27]	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)[28]	Lev Yashin	Feliciano Rivilla Dezső Novák Ferran Olivella	Ignacio Zoco Amancio Amaro Valentin Ivanov Chus Pereda	Ferenc Bene Flórián Albert Luis Suárez
Italy 1968 (11 player squad)[29]	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)[30]	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)[31]	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)[32]	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)[33]	Harald Schumacher	João Pinto Karlheinz Förster Morten Olsen Andreas Brehme	Fernando Chalana Jean Tigana Michel Platini Alain Giresse Frank Arnesen	Rudi Völler
West Germany 1988 (11 player squad)[34]	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)[35]	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)[25]	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)[25]	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)[36]	Petr Čech Antonios Nikopolidis	Sol Campbell Ashley Cole Traianos Dellas Olof Mellberg Ricardo Carvalho Giourkas Seitaridis Gianluca Zambrotta	Michael Ballack Luís Figo Frank Lampard Maniche Pavel Nedvěd Theodoros Zagorakis Zinedine Zidane	Milan Baroš Angelos Charisteas Henrik Larsson Cristiano Ronaldo Wayne Rooney Jon Dahl Tomasson Ruud van Nistelrooy
Austria and Switzerland 2008 (23 player squad)[37]	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)[38]	Gianluigi Buffon Iker Casillas Manuel Neuer	Gerard Piqué Fábio Coentrão Philipp Lahm Pepe Sergio Ramos Jordi Alba	Daniele De Rossi Steven Gerrard 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)[39]	Rui Patrício	Joshua Kimmich Jérôme Boateng Pepe Raphaël Guerreiro	Toni Kroos Joe Allen Antoine Griezmann Aaron Ramsey Dimitri Payet	Cristiano Ronaldo
Europe 2020 (11 player squad)[40]	Gianluigi Donnarumma	Kyle Walker Leonardo Bonucci Harry Maguire Leonardo Spinazzola	Pierre-Emile Højbjerg Jorginho Pedri	Federico Chiesa Romelu Lukaku Raheem Sterling
Germany 2024 (11 player squad)[41]	Mike Maignan	Kyle Walker William Saliba Manuel Akanji Marc Cucurella	Rodri Dani Olmo Fabián Ruiz	Lamine Yamal Jamal Musiala Nico Williams

As of 2024

The following table lists players who have been chosen in at least two Teams of the Tournament.

Players in bold are still active.

Total	Player	Years
3	Laurent Blanc	1992, 1996, 2000
	Paolo Maldini	1988, 1996, 2000
	Pepe	2008, 2012, 2016
	Cristiano Ronaldo	2004, 2012, 2016
2	Valentin Ivanov	1960, 1964
	Lev Yashin	1960, 1964
	Franz Beckenbauer	1968, 1976
	Dino Zoff	1968, 1976
	Dragan Džajić	1968, 1976
	Karlheinz Förster	1980, 1984
	Andreas Brehme	1984, 1992
	Marco van Basten	1988, 1992
	Ruud Gullit	1988, 1992
	Marcel Desailly	1996, 2000
	Rui Costa	1996, 2000
	Zinedine Zidane	2000, 2004
	Luís Figo	2000, 2004
	Michael Ballack	2004, 2008
	Philipp Lahm	2008, 2012
	Gianluigi Buffon	2008, 2012
	Iker Casillas	2008, 2012
	Cesc Fàbregas	2008, 2012
	Andrés Iniesta	2008, 2012
	Xavi	2008, 2012
	Kyle Walker	2020, 2024

Rank	Team	G	D	M	F	Total
1	Germany	3	14	16	7	40
2	Spain	2	8	16	8	34
3	Italy	6	12	8	5	31
4	France	2	8	9	2	21
5	Portugal	1	8	6	4	19
6	Netherlands	2	4	5	5	16
7	England	1	6	4	4	15
8	Czech Republic	2	4	5	3	14
9	Soviet Union	3	3	3	2	11
10	Yugoslavia	0	2	5	1	8
11	Denmark	1	1	3	1	6
12	Greece	1	2	1	1	5
13	Russia	0	1	1	2	4
14	Belgium	0	0	1	2	3
	Hungary	0	1	0	2
	Sweden	0	1	0	2
17	Croatia	0	0	1	1	2
	Wales	0	0	2	0
19	Bulgaria	0	0	0	1	1
	Serbia and Montenegro	0	0	0	1
	Switzerland	0	1	0	0
	Turkey	0	0	1	0
Total	22 teams	24	76	87	54	241

Buffon

Lahm

Puyol

Beckenbauer

Maldini

Iniesta

Pirlo

Zidane

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 11 players who have made the greatest impact at EURO final tournaments. Nominees had to meet at least two of the following four criteria:^[42]

• 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

• FIFA World Cup awards
• Copa América awards
• Africa Cup of Nations awards
• AFC Asian Cup awards
• CONCACAF Gold Cup awards
• OFC Nations Cup awards