Continental Competition
European Championship
Held every four years since 1960. Officially, the European Football Championship. Winners receive the Henri Delaunay trophy, named for the Frenchman who first proposed the idea of a European Soccer Championship in 1927. The first one would not be played until five years after his death in 1955.
Multiple winners: Germany/West Germany (3); France (2).
| Year | |
|---|---|
| 1960 | Soviet Union |
| 1964 | Spain |
| 1968 | Italy |
| 1972 | West Germany |
| 1976 | Czechoslovakia |
| 1980 | West Germany |
| 1984 | France |
| 1988 | Netherlands |
| 1992 | Denmark |
| 1996 | Germany |
| 2000 | France |
| 2004 | Greece |
Copa America
Held irregularly since 1916. Unofficially, the Championship of South America.
Multiple winners: Argentina and Uruguay (14); Brazil (7); Paraguay and Peru (2).
| Year | |
|---|---|
| 1916 | Uruguay |
| 1917 | Uruguay |
| 1919 | Brazil |
| 1920 | Uruguay |
| 1921 | Argentina |
| 1922 | Brazil |
| 1923 | Uruguay |
| 1924 | Uruguay |
| 1925 | Argentina |
| 1926 | Uruguay |
| 1927 | Argentina |
| 1929 | Argentina |
| 1935 | Uruguay |
| 1937 | Argentina |
| 1939 | Peru |
| 1941 | Argentina |
| 1942 | Uruguay |
| 1945 | Argentina |
| 1946 | Argentina |
| 1947 | Argentina |
| 1949 | Brazil |
| 1953 | Paraguay |
| 1955 | Argentina |
| 1956 | Uruguay |
| 1957 | Argentina |
| 1958 | Argentina |
| 1959 | Uruguay |
| 1963 | Bolivia |
| 1967 | Uruguay |
| 1975 | Peru |
| 1979 | Paraguay |
| 1983 | Uruguay |
| 1987 | Uruguay |
| 1989 | Brazil |
| 1991 | Argentina |
| 1993 | Argentina |
| 1995 | Uruguay |
| 1997 | Brazil |
| 1999 | Brazil |
| 2001 | Colombia |
| 2004 | Brazil |
African Nations Cup
Contested since 1957 and held every two years since 1968.
Multiple winners: Cameroon, Egypt and Ghana (4); Congo/Zaire (3); Nigeria (2).
| Year | |
|---|---|
| 1957 | Egypt |
| 1959 | Egypt |
| 1962 | Ethiopia |
| 1963 | Ghana |
| 1965 | Ghana |
| 1968 | Zaire |
| 1970 | Sudan |
| 1972 | Congo |
| 1974 | Zaire |
| 1976 | Morocco |
| 1978 | Ghana |
| 1980 | Nigeria |
| 1982 | Ghana |
| 1984 | Cameroon |
| 1986 | Egypt |
| 1988 | Cameroon |
| 1990 | Algeria |
| 1992 | Ivory Coast |
| 1994 | Nigeria |
| 1996 | South Africa |
| 1998 | Egypt |
| 2000 | Cameroon |
| 2002 | Cameroon |
| 2004 | Tunisia |
CONCACAF Gold Cup
The Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Football Championship. Contested irregularly from 1963-81 and revived as CONCACAF Gold Cup in 1991.
Multiple winners: Mexico (7); Costa Rica (2).
| Year | |
|---|---|
| 1963 | Costa Rica |
| 1965 | Mexico |
| 1967 | Guatemala |
| 1969 | Costa Rica |
| 1971 | Mexico |
| 1973 | Haiti |
| 1977 | Mexico |
| 1981 | Honduras |
| 1991 | United States |
| 1993 | Mexico |
| 1996 | Mexico |
| 1998 | Mexico |
| 2000 | Canada |
| 2003 | Mexico |
| Other Worldwide Soccer Competition | Through The Years | Club Competition |
Trending
Here are the facts and trivia that people are buzzing about.
