Italy have participated in elevenUEFA European Championships, and reached the final on four occasions. They became championsas hosts in 1968, the first European Championship they qualified for, and finished as runners-up in2000 and2012, before winning their second continental championship atEuro 2020.

 Champions   Runners-up    Third place    Fourth place  

UEFA European Championship record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1960	Did not enter
1964	Did not qualify
1968	Champions	1st	3	1	2	0	3	1
1972	Did not qualify
1976
1980	Fourth place	4th	4	1	3	0	2	1
1984	Did not qualify
1988	Semi-finals	3rd	4	2	1	1	4	3
1992	Did not qualify
1996	Group stage	10th	3	1	1	1	3	3
2000	Runners-up	2nd	6	4	1	1	9	4
2004	Group stage	9th	3	1	2	0	3	2
2008	Quarter-finals	8th	4	1	2	1	3	4
2012	Runners-up	2nd	6	2	3	1	6	7
2016	Quarter-finals	5th	5	3	1	1	6	2
2020	Champions	1st	7	5	2	0	13	4
2024	Round of 16	14th	4	1	1	2	3	5
2028	To be determined
2032	Qualified as co-host
Total	2 Titles	11/17	49	22	19	8	55	36

*Draws include knockout matches decided viapenalty shoot-out.

**Gold background colour indicates that the tournament was won.

***Red border colour indicates that the tournament was held on home soil.

Italy's European Championship record
First match	Italy  0–0 Soviet Union (5 June 1968;Naples,Italy)
Biggest win	Turkey  0–3 Italy (11 June 2021;Rome,Italy) Italy  3–0  Switzerland (16 June 2021;Rome,Italy)
Biggest defeat	Spain  4–0 Italy (1 July 2012;Kyiv,Ukraine)
Best result	Champions atEuro 1968 andEuro 2020
Worst result	Group stage (1996 and2004)

Italy's score listed first.

Year	Round	Opponent	Score	Venue	Italy scorers
1968	Semi-finals	Soviet Union	0–0 (a.e.t.) won oncoin toss	Naples	—
	Final	Yugoslavia	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Rome	Domenghini
		Yugoslavia	2–0	Rome	Riva,Anastasi
1980	Group stage	Spain	0–0	Milan	—
		England	1–0	Turin	Tardelli
		Belgium	0–0	Rome	—
	Third place play-off	Czechoslovakia	1–1 (8–9p)	Naples	Graziani
1988	Group stage	West Germany	1–1	Düsseldorf	Mancini
		Spain	1–0	Frankfurt	Vialli
		Denmark	2–0	Cologne	Altobelli,De Agostini
	Semi-finals	Soviet Union	0–2	Stuttgart	—
1996	Group stage	Russia	2–1	Liverpool	Casiraghi (2)
		Czech Republic	1–2	Liverpool	Chiesa
		Germany	0–0	Manchester	—
2000	Group stage	Turkey	2–1	Arnhem	Conte,Inzaghi
		Belgium	2–0	Brussels	Totti,Fiore
		Sweden	2–1	Eindhoven	Di Biagio,Del Piero
	Quarter-finals	Romania	2–0	Brussels	Totti,Inzaghi
	Semi-finals	Netherlands	0–0 (a.e.t.) (3–1p)	Amsterdam	—
	Final	France	1–2 (a.s.d.e.t.)	Rotterdam	Delvecchio
2004	Group stage	Denmark	0–0	Guimarães	—
		Sweden	1–1	Porto	Cassano
		Bulgaria	2–1	Guimarães	Perrotta,Cassano
2008	Group stage	Netherlands	0–3	Bern	—
		Romania	1–1	Zürich	Panucci
		France	2–0	Zürich	Pirlo,De Rossi
	Quarter-finals	Spain	0–0 (a.e.t.) (2–4p)	Vienna	—
2012	Group stage	Spain	1–1	Gdańsk	Di Natale
		Croatia	1–1	Poznań	Pirlo
		Republic of Ireland	2–0	Poznań	Cassano,Balotelli
	Quarter-finals	England	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–2p)	Kyiv	—
	Semi-finals	Germany	2–1	Warsaw	Balotelli (2)
	Final	Spain	0–4	Kyiv	—
2016	Group stage	Belgium	2–0	Lyon	Giaccherini,Pellè
		Sweden	1–0	Toulouse	Éder
		Republic of Ireland	0–1	Lille	—
	Round of 16	Spain	2–0	Saint-Denis	Chiellini,Pellè
	Quarter-finals	Germany	1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–6p)	Bordeaux	Bonucci
2020	Group stage	Turkey	3–0	Rome	Demiral (o.g.),Immobile,Insigne
		Switzerland	3–0	Rome	Locatelli (2),Immobile
		Wales	1–0	Rome	Pessina
	Round of 16	Austria	2–1 (a.e.t.)	London	Chiesa,Pessina
	Quarter-finals	Belgium	2–1	Munich	Barella,Insigne
	Semi-finals	Spain	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–2p)	London	Chiesa
	Final	England	1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–2p)	London	Bonucci
2024	Group stage	Albania	2–1	Dortmund	Bastoni,Barella
		Spain	0–1	Gelsenkirchen	—
		Croatia	1–1	Leipzig	Zaccagni
	Round of 16	Switzerland	0–2	Berlin	—

The following table shows Italy's head-to-head record in the UEFA European Championship.

Opponent	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
Albania	1	1	0	0	2	1
Austria	1	1	0	0	2	1
Belgium	4	3	1	0	6	1
Bulgaria	1	1	0	0	2	1
Croatia	2	0	2	0	2	2
Czech Republic	1	0	0	1	1	2
Czechoslovakia	1	0	1	0	1	1
Denmark	2	1	1	0	2	0
England	3	1	2	0	2	1
France	2	1	0	1	3	2
Germany	4	1	3	0	4	3
Netherlands	2	0	1	1	0	3
Republic of Ireland	2	1	0	1	2	1
Romania	2	1	1	0	3	1
Russia	1	1	0	0	2	1
Soviet Union	2	0	1	1	0	2
Spain	8	2	4	2	5	7
Sweden	3	2	1	0	4	2
Switzerland	2	1	0	1	3	2
Turkey	2	2	0	0	5	1
Wales	1	1	0	0	1	0
Yugoslavia	2	1	1	0	3	1
Total	49	22	19	8	55	36

Semi-finals

5 June 1968 (1968-06-05)

18:00

Italy	0–0 (a.e.t.) Italy won oncoin toss	Soviet Union
	Report

Stadio San Paolo,Naples

Attendance: 68,582

Referee:Kurt Tschenscher (West Germany)

Final

First match

8 June 1968 (1968-06-08)

21:15

Italy	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Yugoslavia
Domenghini 80'	Report	Džajić 39'

Stadio Olimpico,Rome

Attendance: 68,817^[1]

Referee:Gottfried Dienst (Switzerland)

Replay

10 June 1968 (1968-06-10)

21:15

Italy	2–0	Yugoslavia
Riva 12' Anastasi 31'	Report

Stadio Olimpico,Rome

Attendance: 32,886^[2]

Referee:José María Ortiz de Mendíbil (Spain)

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 tofinal
2	Italy(H)	3	1	2	0	1	0	+1	4	Advance tothird place play-off
3	England	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	3
4	Spain	3	0	1	2	2	4	−2	1

12 June 1980 (1980-06-12)

20:30

Spain	0–0	Italy
	Report

San Siro,Milan

Attendance: 46,337

Referee:Károly Palotai (Hungary)

15 June 1980 (1980-06-15)

20:30

England	0–1	Italy
	Report	Tardelli 79'

Stadio Comunale,Turin

Attendance: 59,649

Referee:Nicolae Rainea (Romania)

18 June 1980 (1980-06-18)

20:30

Italy	0–0	Belgium
	Report

Stadio Olimpico,Rome

Attendance: 42,318

Referee:António Garrido (Portugal)

Third place play-off

21 June 1980 (1980-06-21)

20:30

Czechoslovakia	1–1	Italy
Jurkemik 54'	Report	Graziani 73'
Penalties
Masný Nehoda Ondruš Jurkemik Panenka Gögh Gajdůšek Kozák Barmoš	9–8	Causio Altobelli G. Baresi Cabrini Benetti Graziani Scirea Tardelli Collovati

Stadio San Paolo,Naples

Attendance: 24,652

Referee:Erich Linemayr (Austria)

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	West Germany(H)	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	5	Advance toknockout stage
2	Italy	3	2	1	0	4	1	+3	5
3	Spain	3	1	0	2	3	5	−2	2
4	Denmark	3	0	0	3	2	7	−5	0

10 June 1988 (1988-06-10)

20:15

West Germany	1–1	Italy
Brehme 55'	Report	Mancini 52'

Rheinstadion,Düsseldorf

Attendance: 62,552

Referee:Keith Hackett (England)

14 June 1988 (1988-06-14)

20:15

Italy	1–0	Spain
Vialli 73'	Report

Waldstadion,Frankfurt

Attendance: 47,506

Referee:Erik Fredriksson (Sweden)

17 June 1988 (1988-06-17)

20:15

Italy	2–0	Denmark
Altobelli 67' De Agostini 87'	Report

Müngersdorfer Stadion,Cologne

Attendance: 53,951

Referee:Bruno Galler (Switzerland)

Semi-finals

22 June 1988 (1988-06-22)

20:15

Soviet Union	2–0	Italy
Lytovchenko 58' Protasov 62'	Report

Neckarstadion,Stuttgart

Attendance: 61,606

Referee:Alexis Ponnet (Belgium)

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	3	2	1	0	5	0	+5	7	Advance toknockout stage
2	Czech Republic	3	1	1	1	5	6	−1	4[a]
3	Italy	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4[a]
4	Russia	3	0	1	2	4	8	−4	1

11 June 1996 (1996-06-11)

16:30

Italy	2–1	Russia
Casiraghi 5',52'	Report	Tsymbalar 21'

Anfield,Liverpool

Attendance: 35,120

Referee:Leslie Mottram (Scotland)

14 June 1996 (1996-06-14)

19:30

Czech Republic	2–1	Italy
Nedvěd 5' Bejbl 35'	Report	Chiesa 18'

Anfield,Liverpool

Attendance: 37,320

Referee:Antonio López Nieto (Spain)

19 June 1996 (1996-06-19)

19:30

Italy	0–0	Germany
	Report

Old Trafford,Manchester

Attendance: 53,740

Referee:Guy Goethals (Belgium)

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Italy	3	3	0	0	6	2	+4	9	Advance toknockout stage
2	Turkey	3	1	1	1	3	2	+1	4
3	Belgium(H)	3	1	0	2	2	5	−3	3
4	Sweden	3	0	1	2	2	4	−2	1

11 June 2000 (2000-06-11)

14:30

Turkey	1–2	Italy
Okan 62'	Report	Conte 52' Inzaghi 70' (pen.)

GelreDome,Arnhem

Attendance: 22,500

Referee:Hugh Dallas (Scotland)

14 June 2000 (2000-06-14)

20:45

Italy	2–0	Belgium
Totti 6' Fiore 66'	Report

King Baudouin Stadium,Brussels

Attendance: 44,500

Referee:José María García-Aranda (Spain)

19 June 2000 (2000-06-19)

20:45

Italy	2–1	Sweden
Di Biagio 39' Del Piero 88'	Report	Larsson 77'

Philips Stadion,Eindhoven

Attendance: 30,000

Referee:Vítor Melo Pereira (Portugal)

Quarter-finals

24 June 2000 (2000-06-24)

20:45

Italy	2–0	Romania
Totti 33' Inzaghi 43'	Report

King Baudouin Stadium,Brussels

Attendance: 41,000

Referee:Vítor Melo Pereira (Portugal)

Semi-finals

29 June 2000 (2000-06-29)

18:00

Italy	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Netherlands
	Report
Penalties
Di Biagio Pessotto Totti Maldini	3–1	F. de Boer Stam Kluivert Bosvelt

Amsterdam Arena,Amsterdam

Attendance: 50,000

Referee:Markus Merk (Germany)

Final

2 July 2000 (2000-07-02)

20:00

France	2–1 (a.e.t./g.g.)	Italy
Wiltord 90+4' Trezeguet 103'	Report	Delvecchio 55'

De Kuip,Rotterdam

Attendance: 48,100^[3]

Referee:Anders Frisk (Sweden)

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sweden	3	1	2	0	8	3	+5	5[a]	Advance toknockout stage
2	Denmark	3	1	2	0	4	2	+2	5[a]
3	Italy	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	5[a]
4	Bulgaria	3	0	0	3	1	9	−8	0

14 June 2004 (2004-06-14)

17:00

Denmark	0–0	Italy
	Report

Estádio D. Afonso Henriques,Guimarães

Attendance: 29,595

Referee:Manuel Mejuto González (Spain)

18 June 2004 (2004-06-18)

19:45

Italy	1–1	Sweden
Cassano 37'	Report	Ibrahimović 85'

Estádio do Dragão,Porto

Attendance: 44,926

Referee:Urs Meier (Switzerland)

22 June 2004 (2004-06-22)

19:45

Italy	2–1	Bulgaria
Perrotta 48' Cassano 90+4'	Report	M. Petrov 45' (pen.)

Estádio D. Afonso Henriques,Guimarães

Attendance: 16,002

Referee:Valentin Ivanov (Russia)

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	3	3	0	0	9	1	+8	9	Advance toknockout stage
2	Italy	3	1	1	1	3	4	−1	4
3	Romania	3	0	2	1	1	3	−2	2
4	France	3	0	1	2	1	6	−5	1

9 June 2008 (2008-06-09)

20:45

Netherlands	3–0	Italy
Van Nistelrooy 26' Sneijder 31' Van Bronckhorst 79'	Report

Stade de Suisse,Bern

Attendance: 30,777^[5]

Referee:Peter Fröjdfeldt (Sweden)

13 June 2008 (2008-06-13)

18:00

Italy	1–1	Romania
Panucci 56'	Report	Mutu 55'

Letzigrund,Zürich

Attendance: 30,585^[6]

Referee:Tom Henning Øvrebø (Norway)

17 June 2008 (2008-06-17)

20:45

France	0–2	Italy
	Report	Pirlo 25' (pen.) De Rossi 62'

Letzigrund,Zürich

Attendance: 30,585^[7]

Referee:Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)

Quarter-finals

22 June 2008 (2008-06-22)

20:45

Spain	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Italy
	Report
Penalties
Villa Cazorla Senna Güiza Fàbregas	4–2	Grosso De Rossi Camoranesi Di Natale

Ernst-Happel-Stadion,Vienna

Attendance: 51,178^[8]

Referee:Herbert Fandel (Germany)

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	3	2	1	0	6	1	+5	7	Advance toknockout stage
2	Italy	3	1	2	0	4	2	+2	5
3	Croatia	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	4
4	Republic of Ireland	3	0	0	3	1	9	−8	0

10 June 2012 (2012-06-10)

18:00CEST

Spain	1–1	Italy
Fàbregas 64'	Report	Di Natale 61'

PGE Arena,Gdańsk

Attendance: 38,869^[9]

Referee:Viktor Kassai (Hungary)

14 June 2012 (2012-06-14)

18:00CEST

Italy	1–1	Croatia
Pirlo 39'	Report	Mandžukić 72'

Stadion Miejski,Poznań

Attendance: 37,096^[10]

Referee:Howard Webb (England)

18 June 2012 (2012-06-18)

20:45CEST

Italy	2–0	Republic of Ireland
Cassano 35' Balotelli 90'	Report

Stadion Miejski,Poznań

Attendance: 38,794^[11]

Referee:Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)

Quarter-finals

24 June 2012 (2012-06-24)

21:45EEST

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^[12]

Referee:Pedro Proença (Portugal)

Semi-finals

28 June 2012 (2012-06-28)

20:45CEST

Germany	1–2	Italy
Özil 90+2' (pen.)	Report	Balotelli 20',36'

National Stadium,Warsaw

Attendance: 55,540^[13]

Referee:Stéphane Lannoy (France)

Final

1 July 2012 (2012-07-01)

21:45EEST

Spain	4–0	Italy
Silva 14' Alba 41' Torres 84' Mata 88'	Report

Olympic Stadium,Kyiv

Attendance: 63,170^[14]

Referee:Pedro Proença (Portugal)

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Italy	3	2	0	1	3	1	+2	6[a]	Advance toknockout stage
2	Belgium	3	2	0	1	4	2	+2	6[a]
3	Republic of Ireland	3	1	1	1	2	4	−2	4
4	Sweden	3	0	1	2	1	3	−2	1

13 June 2016 (2016-06-13)

21:00

Belgium	0–2	Italy
	Report	Giaccherini 32' Pellè 90+3'

Parc Olympique Lyonnais,Décines-Charpieu

Attendance: 55,408^[15]

Referee:Mark Clattenburg (England)

17 June 2016 (2016-06-17)

15:00

Italy	1–0	Sweden
Éder 88'	Report

Stadium Municipal,Toulouse

Attendance: 29,600^[16]

Referee:Viktor Kassai (Hungary)

22 June 2016 (2016-06-22)

21:00

Italy	0–1	Republic of Ireland
	Report	Brady 85'

Stade Pierre-Mauroy,Villeneuve-d'Ascq

Attendance: 44,268^[17]

Referee:Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania)

Round of 16

27 June 2016 (2016-06-27)

18:00

Italy	2–0	Spain
Chiellini 33' Pellè 90+1'	Report

Stade de France,Saint-Denis

Attendance: 76,165^[18]

Referee:Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)

Quarter-finals

2 July 2016 (2016-07-02)

21:00

Germany	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Italy
Özil 65'	Report	Bonucci 78' (pen.)
Penalties
Kroos Müller Özil Draxler Schweinsteiger Hummels Kimmich Boateng Hector	6–5	Insigne Zaza Barzagli Pellè Bonucci Giaccherini Parolo De Sciglio Darmian

Stade de Bordeaux,Bordeaux

Attendance: 38,764^[19]

Referee:Viktor Kassai (Hungary)

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Italy(H)	3	3	0	0	7	0	+7	9	Advance toknockout stage
2	Wales	3	1	1	1	3	2	+1	4[a]
3	Switzerland	3	1	1	1	4	5	−1	4[a]
4	Turkey	3	0	0	3	1	8	−7	0

11 June 2021 (2021-06-11)

21:00

Turkey	0–3	Italy
	Report	Demiral 53' (o.g.) Immobile 66' Insigne 79'

Stadio Olimpico,Rome

Attendance: 12,916^[20]

Referee:Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)

16 June 2021 (2021-06-16)

21:00

Italy	3–0	Switzerland
Locatelli 26',52' Immobile 89'	Report

Stadio Olimpico,Rome

Attendance: 12,445^[21]

Referee:Sergei Karasev (Russia)

20 June 2021 (2021-06-20)

18:00

Italy	1–0	Wales
Pessina 39'	Report

Stadio Olimpico,Rome

Attendance: 11,541^[22]

Referee:Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania)

Round of 16

26 June 2021 (2021-06-26)

21:00(20:00UTC+1)

Italy	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Austria
Chiesa 95' Pessina 105'	Report	Kalajdžić 114'

Wembley Stadium,London

Attendance: 18,910^[23]

Referee:Anthony Taylor (England)

Quarter-finals

2 July 2021 (2021-07-02)

21:00

Belgium	1–2	Italy
Lukaku 45+2' (pen.)	Report	Barella 31' Insigne 44'

Allianz Arena,Munich

Attendance: 12,984^[24]

Referee:Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)

Semi-finals

6 July 2021 (2021-07-06)

21:00(20:00UTC+1)

Italy	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Spain
Chiesa 60'	Report	Morata 80'
Penalties
Locatelli Belotti Bonucci Bernardeschi Jorginho	4–2	Olmo Gerard Thiago Morata

Wembley Stadium,London

Attendance: 57,811^[25]

Referee:Felix Brych (Germany)

Final

11 July 2021 (2021-07-11)

21:00(20:00UTC+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^[26]

Referee:Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	3	3	0	0	5	0	+5	9	Advance toknockout stage
2	Italy	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
3	Croatia	3	0	2	1	3	6	−3	2
4	Albania	3	0	1	2	3	5	−2	1

15 June 2024 (2024-06-15)

21:00

Italy	2–1	Albania
Bastoni 11' Barella 16'	Report	Bajrami 1'

Westfalenstadion,Dortmund

Attendance: 60,512^[27]

Referee:Felix Zwayer (Germany)

20 June 2024 (2024-06-20)

21:00

Spain	1–0	Italy
Calafiori 55' (o.g.)	Report

Arena AufSchalke,Gelsenkirchen

Attendance: 49,528^[28]

Referee:Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)

24 June 2024 (2024-06-24)

21:00

Croatia	1–1	Italy
Modrić 55'	Report	Zaccagni 90+8'

Red Bull Arena,Leipzig

Attendance: 38,322^[29]

Referee:Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)

Round of 16

29 June 2024 (2024-06-29)

18:00

Switzerland	2–0	Italy
Freuler 37' Vargas 46'	Report

Olympiastadion,Berlin

Attendance: 68,172^[30]

Referee:Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

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