UEFA European Championship awards

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.

Awardsedit

There are currently five post-tournament awards, and one given during the tournament:[1]

  • the Player of the Tournament for best player, first awarded in 1996;
  • the Top Scorer Award (currently commercially termed Alipay Top Scorer Award) for most prolific goal scorer;[a]
  • the Young Player of the Tournament (currently commercially termed as SOCAR Young Player of the Tournament) for best under 21 years of age at the start of the calendar year, first awarded in 2016;
  • the Man of the Match Award for outstanding performance during each game of the tournament, first awarded in 1996;
  • the Team of the Tournament for best combined team of players at the tournament.
  1. ^ In 2021, Alipay also rolled out the digital trophy in gold, silver and bronze.

Player of the Tournamentedit

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.

EditionPlayerRef.
1996 England Matthias Sammer[2]
2000 Belgium/Netherlands Zinedine Zidane[3]
2004 Portugal Theodoros Zagorakis[4]
2008 Austria/Switzerland Xavi[5]
2012 Poland/Ukraine Andrés Iniesta[6]
2016 France Antoine Griezmann[7]
2020 Europe[a] Gianluigi Donnarumma[8]

Top goalscoreredit

If there is more than one player with the same number of goals, since 2008 the tie-breaker goes to the player who has contributed the most assists. If there is still more than one player, the tie-breaker goes to the player who has played the least amount of time. Between the years 1960 and 2016, the Golden Boot award went to the top goalscorer of each edition of the UEFA European Championship. At Euro 2020, there was a new physical and digital trophy presented to the tournament's top scorer. It was commissioned by Alipay, the Chinese company sponsoring the award. "Sculpted in the shape of the Chinese character '支' (pronounced zhi, and meaning 'payment' as well as 'support'), the barefooted player on the trophy reflects the egalitarian footballing ideal that success on the pitch comes regardless of background or status," according to UEFA.[9]

EditionGolden BootSilver BootBronze Boot
Player(s)GoalsPlayerGoalsPlayerGoals
1960 France Milan Galić
François Heutte
Valentin Ivanov
Dražan Jerković
Viktor Ponedelnik
2 goals
1964 Spain Ferenc Bene
Dezső Novák
Chus Pereda
2 goals
1968 Italy Dragan Džajić2 goals
1972 Belgium Gerd Müller4 goals
1976 Yugoslavia Dieter Müller4 goals
1980 Italy Klaus Allofs3 goals
1984 France Michel Platini9 goals
1988 West Germany Marco van Basten5 goals
1992 Sweden Dennis Bergkamp
Tomas Brolin
Henrik Larsen
Karl-Heinz Riedle
3 goals
1996 England Alan Shearer5 goals
2000 Belgium/Netherlands Patrick Kluivert
Savo Milošević
5 goals
2004 Portugal Milan Baroš5 goals
2008 Austria/Switzerland David Villa4 goals
2012 Poland/Ukraine[10] Fernando Torres3 goals, 1 assist (189 minutes) Mario Gómez3 goals, 1 assist (282 minutes) Alan Dzagoev3 goals, 0 assist (253 minutes)
2016 France[11] Antoine Griezmann6 goals, 2 assists (555 minutes) Cristiano Ronaldo3 goals, 3 assists (625 minutes) Olivier Giroud3 goals, 2 assists (456 minutes)
2020 Europe[12] Cristiano Ronaldo5 goals, 1 assist (360 minutes) Patrik Schick5 goals, 0 assists (404 minutes) Karim Benzema4 goals, 0 assists (349 minutes)

Young Player of the Tournamentedit

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.

EditionPlayerAge
2016 France Renato Sanches[13]18
2020 Europe Pedri[14]18

Man of the Match Awardedit

The Man of the Match award picks the outstanding player in every game of the tournament since 1996.[15][16][17][18]

Most Man of the Match awards won by tournament
EditionPlayer(s)Awards
1996 England Karel Poborský3
2000 Belgium / Netherlands Thierry Henry3
2004 Portugal Michael Ballack
Milan Baroš
Wayne Rooney
Ruud van Nistelrooy
Theodoros Zagorakis
Zinedine Zidane
2
2008 Austria / Switzerland Andrey Arshavin
Wesley Sneijder
David Villa
2
2012 Poland / Ukraine Andrés Iniesta
Andrea Pirlo
3
2016 France Cristiano Ronaldo
Antoine Griezmann
Eden Hazard
Andrés Iniesta
Dimitri Payet
Renato Sanches
Granit Xhaka
2
2020 Europe Sergio Busquets
Federico Chiesa
Denzel Dumfries
Harry Kane
Romelu Lukaku
Leonardo Spinazzola
2

Total awards
As of 28 June 2021

Players with at least three Euro Man of the Match awards
RankPlayerCountryAwardsEuros with awards
1Cristiano Ronaldo  Portugal62008, 2012, 2016, 2020
Andrés Iniesta  Spain2008, 2012, 2016
3Andrea Pirlo  Italy42008, 2012
Zinedine Zidane  France2000, 2004
5Michael Ballack  Germany32004, 2008
Luís Figo  Portugal2000, 2004
Thierry Henry  France2000
Zlatan Ibrahimović  Sweden2004, 2008, 2012
Luka Modrić  Croatia2008, 2016, 2020
Mesut Özil  Germany2012, 2016
Pepe  Portugal2008, 2012, 2016
Karel Poborský  Czech Republic1996
Granit Xhaka   Switzerland2016, 2020

Team of the Tournamentedit

Editionsedit

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.[19] 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.[20]

EditionGoalkeepersDefendersMidfieldersForwards
France 1960
(11 player squad)[21]
Lev Yashin Vladimir Durković
Ladislav Novák
Igor Netto
Josef Masopust
Valentin Ivanov
Dragoslav Šekularac
Bora Kostić
Slava Metreveli
Milan Galić
Viktor Ponedelnik
Spain 1964
(11 player squad)[22]
Lev Yashin Feliciano Rivilla
Dezső Novák
Ferran Olivella
Ignacio Zoco
Amancio Amaro
Valentin Ivanov
Chus Pereda
Ferenc Bene
Flórián Albert
Luis Suárez
Italy 1968
(11 player squad)[23]
Dino Zoff Mirsad Fazlagić
Giacinto Facchetti
Bobby Moore
Albert Shesternyov
Dragan Džajić
Angelo Domenghini
Sandro Mazzola
Ivica Osim
Geoff Hurst
Luigi Riva
Belgium 1972
(11 player squad)[24]
Yevhen Rudakov Revaz Dzodzuashvili
Paul Breitner
Murtaz Khurtsilava
Franz Beckenbauer
Herbert Wimmer
Uli Hoeneß
Günter Netzer
Jupp Heynckes
Gerd Müller
Raoul Lambert
Yugoslavia 1976
(11 player squad)[25]
Ivo Viktor Ján Pivarník
Ruud Krol
Franz Beckenbauer
Anton Ondruš
Jaroslav Pollák
Rainer Bonhof
Dragan Džajić
Antonín Panenka
Zdeněk Nehoda
Dieter Müller
Italy 1980
(11 player squad)[26]
Dino Zoff Claudio Gentile
Karlheinz Förster
Gaetano Scirea
Hans-Peter Briegel
Jan Ceulemans
Marco Tardelli
Bernd Schuster
Hansi Müller
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge
Horst Hrubesch
France 1984
(11 player squad)[27]
Harald Schumacher João Pinto
Karlheinz Förster
Morten Olsen
Andreas Brehme
Fernando Chalana
Jean Tigana
Michel Platini
Alain Giresse
Frank Arnesen
Rudi Völler
West Germany 1988
(11 player squad)[28]
Hans van Breukelen Giuseppe Bergomi
Frank Rijkaard
Ronald Koeman
Paolo Maldini
Ruud Gullit
Jan Wouters
Giuseppe Giannini
Lothar Matthäus
Marco van Basten
Gianluca Vialli
Sweden 1992
(11 player squad)[29]
Peter Schmeichel Jocelyn Angloma
Laurent Blanc
Andreas Brehme
Jürgen Kohler
Stefan Effenberg
Ruud Gullit
Thomas Häßler
Brian Laudrup
Marco van Basten
Dennis Bergkamp
England 1996
(18 player squad)[19]
David Seaman
Andreas Köpke
Radoslav Látal
Laurent Blanc
Marcel Desailly
Matthias Sammer
Paolo Maldini
Didier Deschamps
Steve McManaman
Paul Gascoigne
Rui Costa
Karel Poborský
Dieter Eilts
Alan Shearer
Hristo Stoichkov
Davor Šuker
Youri Djorkaeff
Pavel Kuka
Belgium and Netherlands 2000
(22 player squad)[19]
Francesco Toldo
Fabien Barthez
Lilian Thuram
Laurent Blanc
Marcel Desailly
Alessandro Nesta
Fabio Cannavaro
Paolo Maldini
Frank de Boer
Patrick Vieira
Zinedine Zidane
Luís Figo
Rui Costa
Edgar Davids
Demetrio Albertini
Pep Guardiola
Thierry Henry
Patrick Kluivert
Nuno Gomes
Raúl
Francesco Totti
Savo Milošević
Portugal 2004
(23 player squad)[30]
Petr Čech
Antonios Nikopolidis
Sol Campbell
Ashley Cole
Traianos Dellas
Olof Mellberg
Ricardo Carvalho
Giourkas Seitaridis
Gianluca Zambrotta
Michael Ballack
Luís Figo
Frank Lampard
Maniche
Pavel Nedvěd
Theodoros Zagorakis
Zinedine Zidane
Milan Baroš
Angelos Charisteas
Henrik Larsson
Cristiano Ronaldo
Wayne Rooney
Jon Dahl Tomasson
Ruud van Nistelrooy
Austria and Switzerland 2008
(23 player squad)[31]
Gianluigi Buffon
Iker Casillas
Edwin van der Sar
José Bosingwa
Philipp Lahm
Carlos Marchena
Pepe
Carles Puyol
Yuri Zhirkov
Hamit Altıntop
Luka Modrić
Marcos Senna
Xavi
Konstantin Zyryanov
Michael Ballack
Cesc Fàbregas
Andrés Iniesta
Lukas Podolski
Wesley Sneijder
Andrey Arshavin
Roman Pavlyuchenko
Fernando Torres
David Villa
Poland and Ukraine 2012
(23 player squad)[32]
Gianluigi Buffon
Iker Casillas
Manuel Neuer
Gerard Piqué
Fábio Coentrão
Philipp Lahm
Pepe
Sergio Ramos
Jordi Alba
Daniele De Rossi
Steven Gerrard
Xavi
Andrés Iniesta
Sami Khedira
Sergio Busquets
Mesut Özil
Andrea Pirlo
Xabi Alonso
Mario Balotelli
Cesc Fàbregas
Cristiano Ronaldo
Zlatan Ibrahimović
David Silva
France 2016
(11 player squad)[33]
Rui Patrício Joshua Kimmich
Jérôme Boateng
Pepe
Raphaël Guerreiro
Toni Kroos
Joe Allen
Antoine Griezmann
Aaron Ramsey
Dimitri Payet
Cristiano Ronaldo
Europe 2020
(11 player squad)[34]
Gianluigi Donnarumma Kyle Walker
Leonardo Bonucci
Harry Maguire
Leonardo Spinazzola
Pierre-Emile Højbjerg
Jorginho
Pedri
Federico Chiesa
Romelu Lukaku
Raheem Sterling

Statisticsedit

As of 2020
#NationGDMFTotal
1  Germany31416639
2  Italy6128531
3  Spain2713628
4  France179219
5  Portugal186419
6  Netherlands245516
7  Czech Republic245314
8  England154414
9  Soviet Union333211
10  Yugoslavia02518
11  Denmark11316
12  Greece12115
13  Russia01124
14  Belgium00123
15  Hungary01023
16  Sweden01023
17  Croatia00112
18  Wales00202
19  Bulgaria00011
20  Serbia and Montenegro00011
21  Turkey00101
Total21 Nation23728451230

All-time Euro XIedit

In June 2016, ahead of UEFA Euro 2016 in France, UEFA published an All-time Euro XI; the winning team was chosen based on votes cast on EURO2016.com and Twitter. The application featured the 11 players who have made the greatest impact at EURO final tournaments. Nominees had to meet at least two of the following four criteria:[35]

  • Appeared in at least a semi-final
  • Featured in a Team of the Tournament
  • Finished a EURO tournament as top scorer
  • Produced an iconic EURO moment
Goalkeeper
Defenders
Midfielders
Forwards

See alsoedit

Referencesedit

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