UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Team Winners Runners-up Semi-finalists Total ( Top Four )
Spain 5 ( 1986 , 1998 , 2011 , 2013 , 2019 ) 3 ( 1984 , 1996 , 2017 ) 10
Italy 5 ( 1992 , 1994 , 1996 , 2000 , 2004 ) 2 ( 1986 , 2013 ) 5 12
Germany 2 ( 2009 , 2017 ) 2 ( 1982 , 2019 ) 1 5
England 2 ( 1982 , 1984 ) 1 ( 2009 ) 6 9
Netherlands 2 ( 2006 , 2007 ) 2 5
Soviet Union 2 ( 1980 , 1990 ) 1 3
France 1 ( 1988 ) 1 ( 2002 ) 2 6
Sweden 1 ( 2015 ) 1 ( 1992 ) 2 5
Czech Republic 1 ( 2002 ) 1 ( 2000 ) 3
Yugoslavia 1 ( 1978 ) 1 ( 1990 ) 2 4
Portugal 2 ( 1994 , 2015 ) 3
Serbia 2 ( 2004 , 2007 ) 1 3
East Germany 2 ( 1978 , 1980 ) 2
Greece 2 ( 1988 , 1998 ) 2
Switzerland 1 ( 2011 ) 1 2
Ukraine 1 ( 2006 ) 1
Norway 1 2
Scotland 2 3
Statistics -- Performances by countries
Only under-21 championships are included in the table .
The UEFA European Under-21 Championship is a biennial football competition contested by the European men's under-21 national teams of the member associations of UEFA. Italy and Spain are the most successful teams in this competition, having won five titles each. Spain are also the current champions.