National Teams with the Most Finals Lost in the UEFA European Football Championship
Full list of national soccer teams that played finals in the UEFA European Football Championship, ordered from those who lost the most to those who didn't lost any finals.
Which national team has lost the most finals?
Russia and Germany are the national teams with the most finals lost in the history of the UEFA European Football Championship, having been the lossers 3 times each in definitions with final game format. That means that each of them have been the team that lost in the 17.6% of a total of 17 finals.
Most Finals Lost
3 finals
2 national teams
Russia and Germany
A total of 13 national teams played at least once in one of the 17 finals disputed in the UEFA European Football Championship. Most of them (10), lost at least once and 5 of them lost 2 finals or more. Here you can see the full list of these national teams ordered by finals lost.
National Teams with the Most Finals Lost - Full List
| National Team | Finals Lost | Years | % of Total Finals | Finals Played | Finals Won | % of Finals Won | ||
| 1. |  | Russia | 3 | 1964, 1972, 1988 | 17.6% | 4 | 1 | 25.0% |
 | Germany | 3 | 1976, 1992, 2008 | 17.6% | 6 | 3 | 50.0% | |
| 3. |  | England | 2 | 2020, 2024 | 11.8% | 2 | - | 0.0% |
 | Serbia | 2 | 1960, 1968 | 11.8% | 2 | - | 0.0% | |
 | Italy | 2 | 2000, 2012 | 11.8% | 4 | 2 | 50.0% | |
| 6. |  | Belgium | 1 | 1980 | 5.9% | 1 | - | 0.0% |
 | Czech Republic | 1 | 1996 | 5.9% | 2 | 1 | 50.0% | |
 | Portugal | 1 | 2004 | 5.9% | 2 | 1 | 50.0% | |
 | France | 1 | 2016 | 5.9% | 3 | 2 | 66.7% | |
 | Spain | 1 | 1984 | 5.9% | 5 | 4 | 80.0% | |
| National Team | Finals Lost | Years | % of Total Finals | Finals Played | Finals Won | % of Finals Won | ||
| 11. |  | Denmark | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% |
 | Greece | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
 | Netherlands | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |