The European Cup was founded in 1960. The first champion belonged to the former Soviet Union and was later "inherited" by Russia. 1968 The second champion is Spain. Four years later, Italy won the championship for the first time. 1972, it was the turn of the football overlord at that time, the Federal Republic of Germany. 1976 The championship trophy was won by Czechoslovakia.
1980, west Germany became the first team to win the championship twice. 1984, France's first win. 1988, the Netherlands won the only championship in team history. 1992 Denmark wrote fairy tales and won the championship unexpectedly. 1996, Germany won the championship three times. In 2000, the glory belonged to France.
In 2004, Greece became a big black horse. On 20 12, 2008, Spain won the championship again. The last champion was Portugal. Judging from the number of championships, Germany and Spain tied for the most with three times, France twice, and the other seven teams all won the championship with 1 It is worth mentioning that among the seven traditional giants in Europe, only England has never won the European Cup.
European Cup
The European Football Championship, referred to as the European Cup and the European Championship, is the highest-level national football tournament sponsored by the European Football Association Federation and participated by UEFA member countries. The first session is held in 1960, every four years. It has been held 15. The original purpose of the tournament is to fill the gap of four years between the two World Cups, so as to give European countries more competition opportunities.