Template:Germany UEFA European Championship record
| UEFA European Championship record | Qualification record | ||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | Squad | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Campaign | |
 1960
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Did not enter | Did not enter | |||||||||||||||
 1964
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 1968
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Did not qualify | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 1968 | |||||||||
 1972
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Champions | 1st | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | Squad | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 1972 | |
 1976
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Runners-up | 2nd | 2 | 1 | 1* | 0 | 6 | 4 | Squad | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 1976 | |
| 1980
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Champions | 1st | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | Squad | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 1980 | |
 1984
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Group stage | 5th | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | Squad | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 1984 | |
 1988
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Semi-finals | 3rd | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | Squad | Qualified as hosts | |||||||
 1992
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Runners-up | 2nd | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | Squad | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 1992 | |
 1996
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Champions | 1st | 6 | 4 | 2* | 0 | 10 | 3 | Squad | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 10 | 1996 | |
 2000
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Group stage | 15th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | Squad | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 4 | 2000 | |
 2004
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12th | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | Squad | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 2004 | ||
  2008
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Runners-up | 2nd | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | Squad | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 35 | 7 | 2008 | |
  2012
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Semi-finals | 3rd | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | Squad | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 7 | 2012 | |
| 2016
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3rd | 6 | 3 | 2* | 1 | 7 | 3 | Squad | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 9 | 2016 | ||
 2020
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Round of 16 | 15th | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | Squad | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 7 | 2020 | |
| 2024
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Qualified as hosts | Qualified as hosts | |||||||||||||||
  2028 |
To be determined | To be determined | 2028 | ||||||||||||||
 2032 |
2032 | ||||||||||||||||
| Total | 3 Titles | 14/17 | 53 | 27 | 13* | 13 | 78 | 55 | — | 106 | 76 | 20 | 10 | 267 | 68 | Total | |
- *Denotes draws include knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out.