Which Nation Dominates UEFA Women's Euro History with Most Championship Titles?

The 14th installment of the UEFA Women's European Championship is scheduled to commence in Switzerland during the upcoming summer season. This is an event you won't want to overlook.

Therefore, this presents an excellent opportunity to examine the past champions and identify which nations have achieved the greatest success throughout the competition's history.

The first Women's Euro tournament occurred in 1984, with games taking place in various countries. It's important to note that from 1987 to 2001, the Women's Euro was conducted biennially rather than every four years (as is the current format)—this accounts for the numerous tournaments held over the last 41 years.

Championship Winners

England: 1 (2022)

The current titleholders, England, secured their inaugural trophy at Wembley Stadium in 2022 by overcoming Germany 2-1 following extra time in the championship match. Chloe Kelly netted the memorable decisive goal in the 110th minute from a corner situation. This victory marked England's first major international football championship since 1966.

The Netherlands: 1 (2017)

Prior to manager Sarina Wiegman claiming the Euro 2022 title with England, the Dutch coach was celebrating with the Netherlands in 2017. Similar to England, the Oranje served as Euro 2017 hosts and captured their inaugural major championship. Vivianne Miedema and Lieke Martens emerged as the standout performers in the final. These attacking players each contributed two goals in a 4-2 victory against Denmark.

Sweden: 1 (1984)

Sweden claimed the first-ever Euros in 1984 but hasn't secured another title since, despite advancing to the tournament final in 1987, 1995, and 2001. Pia Sundhage, currently Switzerland's manager, was Sweden's star player in 1984. She found the net four times during Euro 1984, including once in the final, which concluded 1-1 before Sweden prevailed over England 4-3 in a penalty shootout.

Norway: 2 (1987, 1993)

As a dominant force in global football during the late 1980s and 1990s, Norway not only captured the Euros twice in 1987 and 1993 but also finished as runners-up in 1989 and 1991. Trude Stendal earned player of the tournament honors in 1987, netting twice in the final during a 2-1 triumph over Sweden. In 1993, Hege Riise, who subsequently coached Norway, guided the Scandinavians to their second championship when Norway edged Italy 1-0 in the final.

Germany: 8 (1989, 1991, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2009, 2013)

The unquestioned monarchs of European football. Standing far ahead as the premier Euros champions, Germany's eight championships exceed the combined total of all other winners (five).

It's highly unlikely that this degree of supremacy will ever be witnessed again in the Women's Euro. Germany's run of six straight Euros victories from 1995 to 2013 represents another seemingly insurmountable achievement. Germany also compiled 19 consecutive wins between 1997 and 2009, and remained unbeaten for 26 matches from 1995 to 2013.

The most celebrated Germans from their golden period were forward Birgit Prinz and goalkeeper Nadine Angerer, who each claimed the trophy five times.

Prinz additionally holds the record for most Women's Euro appearances (23) and shares the tournament's all-time scoring record with fellow German Inka Grings, both having scored 10 goals.

Germany enters Women's Euro 2025 experiencing its longest-ever period without a championship (12 years).