| Organising body | UEFA |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1958 |
| Region | Europe |
| Number of teams | 24 / 55 |
| Website | uefa.com/uefaeuro |
 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 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.
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]
| 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]
Total awards
Players in bold are still active.
| 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]
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 |
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