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Which nations have won most UEFA titles?

Germany's UEFA Futsal EURO debut means they could become the first country to claim a complete set of UEFA national-team titles: but have they won the most overall?


Thursday 26 January 2017

by Paul Saffer

Germany today made their UEFA Futsal EURO debut, giving them the opportunity to become the first country to win a complete set of UEFA national-team titles.

UEFA organises eight national-team competitions in all. That total includes the men's and women's UEFA EUROs, the various under-age tournaments as well as the UEFA Futsal EURO; additionally there are two defunct tournaments – the UEFA Amateur Cup which ran in the 1960s and 70s, and the one-off 2008 UEFA European Under-21 Futsal Tournament, won by Russia. The new UEFA Nations League will run for the first time between September 2018 and June 2019.

So which nations have compiled the most trophies, and which are closest to a grand slam of all eight. We find out ...


Key facts
• Spain have landed the most UEFA national-team titles for football and futsal with 35, and need only the UEFA Women's EURO to complete the set of all current championships (will compete at the 2017 women's finals).

• Germany have 30 football titles to Spain's 28, and only UEFA Futsal EURO is missing from their set of current competitions.

• These competitions will be played for in 2017: UEFA European Under-21, U19, U17, Women's U19 and Women's U17 Championships, UEFA Women's EURO.

• Next editions: UEFA Futsal EURO 2018, UEFA EURO 2020.


Most overall trophies: EURO, U21, U19, U17, WEURO, WU19, WU17, FEURO, FU21, AMA

1 Spain 35 (3, 4, 8, 8, 0, 1, 3, 7, 0, 1)
2 Germany 30* (3, 1, 3, 3, 8, 6, 5, 0, 0, 1**)
3 France 16 (2, 1, 7, 2, 0, 4, 0, 0, 0, 0)
4 Russia 12**** (1, 3, 2, 3, 0, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0)
5 Italy 11 (1, 5, 1***, 1, 0, 1, 0, 2, 0, 0)
6 Portugal 9 (1, 0, 2, 6, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0)
7= England 6 (0, 2, 1, 2, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0)
7= Netherlands 6 (1, 2, 0, 2, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0)

*inc West Germany
**1974 UEFA Amateur Cup shared with Yugoslavia, who also won in 1978
***Italy's tally does not include annulled 1987 U16 title
****inc Soviet Union
Record tallies for each competition in bold


Have won all men's and women's senior and youth titles

Germany (29)

Have won all men's senior and youth titles

Spain (23)
France (11)
Germany (10)
Russia (9)
Italy (8)

Have won all men's U21/youth titles

Spain (20)
Russia (8)
France (8)
Germany (7)
Italy (7)
England (5)

Have won all women's senior and youth titles

Germany (19)

Have won all women's youth titles

Germany (11)
Spain (4)

Have won men's football and futsal senior titles

Spain (10)
Italy (3)
Russia (2)

Key: EURO=UEFA European Championship, U21=U23+21, U19=U18+U19, U17=U16+U17, WEURO=UEFA Women's EURO, WU19/WU17=Women's U19+U18/U17, FEURO=UEFA Futsal EURO, FU21=U21 Futsal Tournament, AMA=UEFA Amateur Cup, Italics=Defunct

• The U21 Championship was a U23 competition in 1972, 1974 and 1976.

• The men's and women's U19 events were U18 competitions up to and including 2001, likewise the men's U17 Championship was a U16 tournament.

Years running
EURO: since 1960, every four years (14 editions)
U21: since 1972, every two years (23 editions)
U19: since 1981, every year (35 editions)
U17: since 1982, currently every year (33 editions)
WEURO: since 1984, currently every four years (11 editions)
WU19: since 1998, every year (18 editions)
WU17: since 2008, every year (9 editions)
FEURO: since 1996, every two years (10 editions)
FU21: 2008 only
AMA: 1967, 1970, 1974 and 1978 only



Posted by Luca Ranocchiari --> luca.ranocchiari@futsalplanet.com