UEFA European Under-21 Championship Winners List: Past Euro Champions by Year, History Since 1978

— England won the European Under-21 Championship for the first time in nearly 40 years after a dramatic last-minute penalty save by James Trafford ensured the Young Lions held on to beat Spain.

Trafford, who is set to join Burnley from Manchester City, kept out Abel Ruiz's low spot-kick in the 99th minute after a lengthy VAR check.

The win meant Lee Carsley's talented side are the third England team to win the competition after previously picking up the trophy in 1982 and 1984.

They are also the first team to record six successive clean sheets in the tournament's history.

UEFA Euro Under-21 Championship winners and Runners-Up List from 1978-2023.

The UEFA European Under-21 Championship is a biennial football tournament that is competed by the European men's under-21 national teams of the UEFA member associations.

Since 1978, the UEFA European Under-21 Championship has been contested in its current form with Yugoslavia emerging as inaugural champions.

Before the UEFA European Under-21 Championship, there was an Under-23 Challenge Cup which was held from 1967 to 1970.

England are the defending champions of the Euro Under-21, having defeated Spain 1-0 in the 2023 final. Look at the Previous UEFA European Under-21 Championship winners list.

Euro U21 Championship Previous Champions List.

Year, Hosts   —— Winners   ——   Runner-up

1978, Home-and-away basis — Yugoslavia  — East Germany

1980, Home-and-away basis — Soviet Union — East Germany

1982, Home-and-away basis — England — West Germany

1984, Home-and-away basis — England — Spain

1986, Home-and-away basis — Spain — Italy

1988, Home-and-away basis — France — Greece

1990, Home-and-away basis — Soviet Union — Yugoslavia

1992, Home-and-away basis — Italy — Sweden

1994, France — Italy — Portugal

1996, Spain — Italy — Spain

1998, Romania — Spain — Greece

2000, Slovakia — Italy — Czech Republic

2002, Switzerland — Czech Republic — France

2004, Germany — Italy — Serbia and Montenegro

2006, Portugal — Netherlands — Ukraine

2007, Netherlands — Netherlands — Serbia

2009, Sweden — Germany — England

2011, Denmark — Spain — Switzerland

2013, Israel — Spain — Italy

2015, Czech Republic — Sweden — Portugal

2017, Portugal — Germany — Spain

2019, Italy — Spain — Germany

2021 Hungary and Slovenia — Germany — Portugal

2023, Romania and Georgia — England beat Spain 1-0.

2025, TBD   —  — TBD   —  — TBD.

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