| UEFA European Championship record | Qualifying record | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Squad | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | ||
 1960
|
Did not enter | Did not enter | |||||||||||||||
 1964
|
Did not qualify | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | ||||||||||
 1968
|
6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | |||||||||||
 1972
|
6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 6 | |||||||||||
 1976
|
Third place | 3rd | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | Squad | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 9 | ||
| 1980
|
Group stage | 5th | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | Squad | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 6 | ||
 1984
|
Did not qualify | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 6 | ||||||||||
 1988
|
Champions | 1st | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | Squad | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 1 | ||
 1992
|
Semi-finals | 3rd | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | Squad | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 2 | ||
 1996
|
Quarter-finals | 8th | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | Squad | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 5 | ||
 2000
|
Semi-finals | 3rd | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | Squad | Qualified as hosts | |||||||
 2004
|
3rd | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | Squad | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 7 | |||
  2008
|
Quarter-finals | 6th | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | Squad | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 5 | ||
  2012
|
Group stage | 15th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | Squad | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 37 | 8 | ||
| 2016
|
Did not qualify | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 14 | ||||||||||
 2020
|
Round of 16 | 9th | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | Squad | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 7 | ||
| 2024
|
Semi-finals | 3rd | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | Squad | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 7 | ||
  2028
|
To be determined | To be determined | |||||||||||||||
 2032
| |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 1 Title | 11/17 | 45 | 23 | 9 | 13 | 75 | 48 | — | 125 | 83 | 16 | 26 | 291 | 99 | ||
