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.
There are currently five post-tournament awards, and one given during the tourney:[1]
The Player of the Tournament award is presented to the best player at each edition of the UEFA European Championship since 1996.
The Golden Boot award goes to the top goalscorer of each edition of the UEFA European Championship.
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 since goes to the player who has played the least amount of time.
Edition | Golden Boot | Silver Boot | Bronze Boot | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Player | Goals | Player | Goals | Player | Goals | |
France 1960 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
2 | N/A | N/A | ||
Spain 1964 | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
2 | ||||
Italy 1968 | ![]() |
2 | ||||
Belgium 1972 | ![]() |
4 | ||||
Yugoslavia 1976 | ![]() |
4 | ||||
Italy 1980 | ![]() |
3 | ||||
France 1984 | ![]() |
9 | ||||
West Germany 1988 | ![]() |
5 | ||||
Sweden 1992 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
3 | ||||
England 1996 | ![]() |
5 | ||||
Belgium and Netherlands 2000 | ![]() ![]() |
5 | ||||
Portugal 2004 | ![]() |
5 | ||||
Austria and Switzerland 2008 | ![]() |
4 | ||||
Poland and Ukraine 2012[2] | ![]() |
3 goals, 1 assist (189 minutes) | ![]() |
3 goals, 1 assist (282 minutes) | ![]() |
3 goals, 0 assist (253 minutes) |
France 2016[3] | ![]() |
6 goals, 2 assists (555 minutes) | ![]() |
3 goals, 3 assists (625 minutes) | ![]() |
3 goals, 2 assists (456 minutes) |
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.
Edition | Player | Age |
---|---|---|
France 2016 | ![]() |
18 |
The Man of the Match award picks the outstanding player in every game of the tournament since 1996.[4][5]
Total awards
As of 10 July 2016
Rank | Player | Country | MoM | Euros with awards |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Andrés Iniesta | ![]() |
6 | 2008, 2012, 2016 |
2 | Cristiano Ronaldo | ![]() |
5 | 2008, 2012, 2016 |
3 | Andrea Pirlo | ![]() |
4 | 2008, 2012 |
Zinedine Zidane | ![]() |
2000, 2004 | ||
5 | Michael Ballack | ![]() |
3 | 2004, 2008 |
Luís Figo | ![]() |
2000, 2004 | ||
Zlatan Ibrahimovi? | ![]() |
2004, 2008, 2012 | ||
Mesut Özil | ![]() |
2012, 2016 | ||
Pepe | ![]() |
2008, 2012, 2016 |
The Team of the Tournament is a team of the best performers at each respective UEFA European Championship edition. From 1960 until 1992, only 11 players were chosen. In 1996, this was increased to 18 players, and in 2000 it was increased to 22 players. From 2004 until 2012, 23 players were chosen. In 2016, the format was changed back to 11 players.[6]
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 50 players who have made the greatest impact at EURO final tournaments. Nominees had to meet at least two of the following four criteria:[12]