EURO 2020 Fantasy Football: the top-scoring XI from every tournament

UEFA.com have trawled through the history books all the way back to the first European Championship in 1960 to bring you the best Fantasy XI from every tournament.

Each player’s Fantasy points have been retrospectively calculated based on minutes played, goals conceded, clean sheets, goals and assists. Saves, yellow cards, red cards and any other points metrics are not included in these calculations and this same scoring system has been used across all tournaments for the sake of consistency.

1960 (hosts France; winners USSR)

Goalkeeper: Lev Yashin (USSR) – 8 points
Defender: Givi Chokheli (USSR) – 8 points
Defender: Anatoli Maslenkin (USSR) – 8 points
Defender: Yuri Voinov (USSR) – 8 points
Defender: František Šafránek (Czechoslovakia) – 7 points
Defender: Ján Popluhár (Czechoslovakia) – 7 points
Midfielder: Ante Žanetić (Yugoslavia) – 9 points
Midfielder: Anatoli Krutikov (USSR) – 5 points
Forward: Valentin Ivanov (USSR) – 12 points
Forward: Dražan Jerković (Yugoslavia) – 12 points
Forward: François Heutte (France) – 12 points

1964 (hosts Spain; winners Spain)

Goalkeeper: Lev Yashin (USSR) – 7 points
Defender: Dezső Novák (Hungary) – 14 points
Defender: Eduard Mudrik (USSR) – 10 points
Defender: Viktor Shustikov (USSR) – 7 points
Defender: Albert Shesternev (USSR) – 7 points
Defender: Viktor Anichkin (USSR) – 7 points
Midfielder: Jesús María Pereda (Spain) – 17 points
Midfielder: Valeri Voronin (USSR) – 10 points
Forward: Ferenc Bene (Hungary) – 12 points
Forward: Amancio Amaro (Spain) – 8 points
Forward: Carl Bertelsen (Denmark) – 8 points

1968 (hosts Italy; winners Italy)

Goalkeeper: Ilija Pantelić (Yugoslavia) – 9 points
Defender: Mirsad Fazlagić (Yugoslavia) – 9 points
Defender: Milan Damjanović (Yugoslavia) – 9 points
Defender: Blagoje Paunović (Yugoslavia) – 9 points
Defender: Tarcisio Burgnich (Italy) – 9 points
Defender: Giacinto Facchetti (Italy) – 9 points
Midfielder: Dragan Džajić (Yugoslavia) – 17 points
Midfielder: Dobrivoje Trivić (Yugoslavia) – 10 points
Forward: Angelo Domenghini (Italy) – 10 points
Forward: Geoff Hurst (England) – 9 points
Forward: Bobby Charlton (England) – 8 points

1972 (hosts Belgium; winners West Germany)

Goalkeeper: Sepp Maier (West Germany) – 8 points
Defender: Horst-Dieter Höttges (West Germany) – 8 points
Defender: Hans-Georg Schwarzenbeck (West Germany) – 8 points
Defender: Franz Beckenbauer (West Germany) – 8 points
Midfielder: Günter Netzer (West Germany) – 11 points
Midfielder: Anatoliy Konkov (USSR) – 10 points
Midfielder: Herbert Wimmer (West Germany) – 10 points
Midfielder: István Juhasz (Hungary) – 7 points
Forward: Gerd Müller (West Germany) – 20 points
Forward: Raoul Lambert (Belgium) – 11 points
Forward: Paul Van Himst (Belgium) – 8 points

1976 (hosts Yugoslavia; winners Czechoslovakia)

Goalkeeper: Ivo Viktor (Czechoslovakia) – 3 points
Defender: Karol Dobiaš (Czechoslovakia) – 9 points
Defender: Josip Katalinski (Yugoslavia) – 7 points
Defender: Anton Ondruš (Czechoslovakia) – 5 points
Midfielder: Dragan Džajić (Yugoslavia) – 14 points
Midfielder: Rainer Bonhof (West Germany) – 13 points
Midfielder: Danilo Popivoda (Yugoslavia) – 12 points
Midfielder: František Veselý (Czechoslovakia) – 11 points
Forward: Dieter Müller (West Germany) – 19 points
Forward: Ruud Geels (Netherlands) – 14 points
Forward: Zdeněk Nehoda (Czechoslovakia) – 11 points

1980 (hosts Italy; winners West Germany)

Goalkeeper: Dino Zoff (Italy) – 20 points
Defender: Claudio Gentile (Italy) – 20 points
Defender: Gaetano Scirea (Italy) – 20 points
Defender: Eric Gerets (Belgium) – 17 points
Defender: Manfred Kaltz (West Germany) – 15 points
Midfielder: Antonín Panenka (Czechoslovakia) – 19 points
Midfielder: Hansi Müller (West Germany) – 16 points
Midfielder: Marco Tardelli (Italy) – 16 points
Forward: Klaus Allofs (West Germany) – 18 points
Forward: Zdeněk Nehoda (Czechoslovakia) – 16 points
Forward: Ladislav Vízek (Czechoslovakia) – 15 points

1984 (hosts France; winners France)

Goalkeeper: Joël Bats (France) – 20 points
Defender: Jean-François Domergue (France) – 31 points
Defender: Antonio Maceda (Spain) – 24 points
Defender: Patrick Battiston (France) – 23 points
Defender: Max Bossis (France) – 20 points
Defender: Eurico Gomes (Portugal) – 18 points
Midfielder: Michel Platini (France) – 58 points
Midfielder: Frank Arnesen (Denmark) – 27 points
Midfielder: Alain Giresse (France) – 24 points
Midfielder: Jean Tigana (France) – 22 points
Forward: Preben Elkjær (Denmark) – 22 points

1988 (hosts West Germany; winners Netherlands)

Goalkeeper: Hans van Breukelen (Netherlands) – 18 points
Defender: Ronald Koeman (Netherlands) – 27 points
Defender: Andreas Brehme (West Germany) – 21 points
Defender: Olaf Thon (West Germany) – 21 points
Midfielder: Ruud Gullit (Netherlands) – 23 points
Midfielder: Lothar Matthäus (West Germany) – 21 points
Midfielder: Vasiliy Rats (USSR) – 20 points
Midfielder: Oleksiy Mykhailychenko (USSR) – 20 points
Forward: Marco van Basten (Netherlands) – 35 points
Forward: Rudi Völler (West Germany) – 19 points
Forward: Jürgen Klinsmann (West Germany) – 18 points

1992 (hosts Sweden; winners Denmark)

Goalkeeper: Peter Schmeichel (Denmark) – 16 points
Defender: Frank Rijkaard (Netherlands) – 33 points
Defender: Jan Eriksson (Sweden) – 23 points
Defender: Kim Christofte (Denmark) – 22 points
Defender: Ronald Koeman (Netherlands) – 21 points
Midfielder: Tomas Brolin (Sweden) – 24 points
Midfielder: Thomas Hässler (Germany) – 24 points
Midfielder: Henrik Larsen (Denmark) – 23 points
Forward: Karlheinz Riedle (Germany) – 22 points
Forward: Dennis Bergkamp (Netherlands) – 20 points
Forward: Jürgen Klinsmann (Germany) – 16 points

1996 (hosts England; winners Germany)

Goalkeeper: Andreas Köpke (Germany) – 24 points
Defender: Christian Ziege (Germany) – 33 points
Defender: Laurent Blanc (France) – 28 points
Defender: Thomas Helmer (Germany) – 27 points
Defender: Fernando Couto (Portugal) – 22 points
Midfielder: Karel Poborský (Czech Republic) – 27 points
Midfielder: Matthias Sammer (Germany) – 25 points
Midfielder: Brian Laudrup (Denmark) – 22 points
Forward: Alan Shearer (England) – 30 points
Forward: Youri Djorkaeff (France) – 23 points
Forward: Jürgen Klinsmann (Germany) – 22 points

2000 (hosts Belgium & Netherlands; winners France)

Goalkeeper: Francesco Toldo (Italy) – 23 points
Defender: Frank de Boer (Netherlands) – 33 points
Defender: Jorge Costa (Portugal) – 26 points
Defender: Fabio Cannavaro (Italy) – 22 points
Midfielder: Sérgio Conceição (Portugal) – 29 points
Midfielder: Boudewijn Zenden (Netherlands) – 29 points
Midfielder: Ljubinko Drulović (Yugoslavia) – 26 points
Midfielder: Zlatko Zahovič (Slovenia) – 25 points
Forward: Patrick Kluivert (Netherlands) – 30 points
Forward: Thierry Henry (France) – 25 points
Forward: Nuno Gomes (Portugal) – 24 points

2004 (hosts Portugal; winners Greece)

Goalkeeper: Antonis Nikopolidis (Greece) – 23 points
Defender: Traianos Dellas (Greece) – 29 points
Defender: Giourkas Seitaridis (Greece) – 23 points
Defender: Michalis Kapsis (Greece) – 23 points
Midfielder: Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) – 28 points
Midfielder: Frank Lampard (England) – 24 points
Midfielder: Maniche (Portugal) – 24 points
Midfielder: Zinédine Zidane (France) – 23 points
Forward: Milan Baroš (Czech Republic) – 32 points
Forward: Wayne Rooney (England) – 26 points
Forward: Ruud van Nistelrooy (Netherlands) – 26 points

2008 (hosts Austria & Switzerland; winners Spain)

Goalkeeper: Iker Casillas (Spain) – 22 points
Defender: Joan Capdevila (Spain) – 25 points
Defender: Philipp Lahm (Germany) – 25 points
Defender: Danijel Pranjić (Croatia) – 22 points
Midfielder: Wesley Sneijder (Netherlands) – 26 points
Midfielder: Cesc Fàbregas (Spain) – 26 points
Midfielder: Bastian Schweinsteiger (Germany) – 25 points
Midfielder: Michael Ballack (Germany) – 24 points
Forward: Lukas Podolski (Germany) – 33 points
Forward: Miroslav Klose (Germany) – 26 points
Forward: David Villa (Spain) – 23 points

2012 (hosts Poland & Ukraine; winners Spain)

Goalkeeper: Iker Casillas (Spain) – 32 points
Defender: Jordi Alba (Spain) – 41 points
Defender: Gerard Piqué (Spain) – 32 points
Defender: Sergio Ramos (Spain) – 32 points
Defender: Álvaro Arbeloa (Spain) – 32 points
Midfielder: David Silva (Spain) – 35 points
Midfielder: Cesc Fàbregas (Spain) – 28 points
Midfielder: Xabi Alonso (Spain) – 27 points
Midfielder: Mesut Özil (Germany) – 25 points
Midfielder: Andrea Pirlo (Italy) – 25 points
Forward: Mario Gomez (Germany) – 23 points

2016 (hosts France; winners Portugal)

Goalkeeper: Rui Patrício (Portugal) – 29 points
Defender: Jérôme Boateng (Germany) – 33 points
Defender: Leonardo Bonucci (Italy) – 31 points
Defender: Jonas Hector (Germany) – 30 points
Defender: Raphaël Guerreiro (Portugal) – 29 points
Midfielder: Eden Hazard (Belgium) – 30 points
Midfielder: Dimitri Payet (France) – 30 points
Midfielder: Aaron Ramsey (Wales) – 29 points
Forward: Antoine Griezmann (France) – 43 points
Forward: Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) – 34 points
Forward: Olivier Giroud (France) – 30 points

Each team of the tournament adheres to the same formation rules that apply to EURO 2020 Fantasy Football: at least three defenders, two midfielders and one forward.

There were some tournaments where several players finished on the same number of points and there was no statistical way to separate them in terms of their Fantasy performance. When this occurred, the players selected for the XI were chosen to give the biggest spread of nationalities.

The points totals in the first five tournaments are naturally lower as it wasn't until 1980 that a group stage was introduced, and subsequently more matches took place.