Notes

The preliminary competition match numbers include England's home and away quarter-finals matches against Spain in the 1968 competition, which ended in 1-0 and 2-1 victories, and their home and away quarter-finals matches against West Germany in the 1972 competition, which finished in a 1-3 loss and a 0-0 draw.  Under the format then in place, these matches were played after preliminary group qualification but before the final tournament.  

The preliminary match numbers also include England's home and away playoff matches against Scotland in the 2000 competition, which ended in a 2-0 win and a 0-1 loss.  Under the format for that competition, the second place team with the best record in the nine qualifying groups qualified for the final tournament and the eight other second place teams were paired for the playoffs with the four winning teams also advancing to the finals.   

Six of the eight of England's Final Tournament matches have gone into penalty-kicks. As the scores on these six occasions finished level, they are recorded here as draws.

 

England's European Championship Preliminary Competition Record by Tournaments
Year	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	FTS	CS	F Av	A Av	Pts	Pts %	W/L
1964	2	0	1	1	3	6	-3	0	0	1.50	3.00	1	25.0	-1
1968	8	6	1	1	18	6	+12	0	4	2.25	0.75	13	81.3	+5
1972	8	5	2	1	16	6	+10	1	5	2.00	0.75	12	75.0	+4
1976	6	3	2	1	11	3	+8	1	4	1.833	0.50	8	66.7	+2
1980	8	7	1	0	22	5	+17	0	5	2.75	0.625	15	93.8	+7
1984	8	5	2	1	23	3	+20	2	6	2.875	0.375	12	75.0	+4
1988	6	5	1	0	19	1	+18	1	5	3.167	0.167	11	91.7	+5
1992	6	3	3	0	7	3	+4	0	3	1.167	0.50	9	75.0	+3
1996	Tournament hosts
2000	10	4	4	2	16	5	+11	4	6	1.60	0.50	[12]	60.0	+2
2004	8	6	2	0	14	5	+9	1	4	1.75	0.625	[14]	87.5	+6
2008	12	7	2	3	24	7	+17	3	9	2.00	0.583	[23]	66.7	+4
2012	8	5	3	0	17	5	+12	1	5	2.125	0.625	[13]	81.3	+5
2016	10	10	0	0	31	3	+28	0	8	3.10	0.30	[20]	100.0	+10
2020	8	7	0	1	37	6	+31	0	5	4.625	0.75	[14]	87.5	+6
2024	8	6	2	0	22	4	+18	0	5	2.75	0.50	[14]	87.5	+6
All	116	79	26	11	280	68	+212	14	73	2.414	0.586	184	79.3	+68

Notes

To and including the 1992 final tournament, two points were awarded for a win and one for a draw.  In the later tournaments, a win earned three points and a draw one.  The table's points averages have been calculated on the basis of two points for a win for all tournaments in order to allow comparison between tournaments.  The numbers which represent conversions from three points per win to two points per win have been bracketed.

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