Spain at the UEFA European Championship process. Spain have participated in nine UEFA European Football Championships, from which they won three tournaments. Spain became European champions at home in 1964, at Austria/Switzerland 2008 and Poland/Ukraine 2012. Spain at the UEFA European Championship The UEFA European Football Championship is the main football competition of the men's national teams governed by UEFA (the Union of European Football Associations). Held every four years since 1960, in the even-numbered year between World Cup tournaments, it was originally called the UEFA European Nations Cup, changing to the current name in 1968. Starting with the 1996 tournament, specific championships are often referred
German football clubs in European competitions German football clubs in European competitions German football clubs hold the 3rd place in UEFA ranking and represented by 4 clubs in UEFA Champions League and 3 clubs in UEFA Europa League. The last years the German football has risen and that can be confirmed from the appearance two German clubs in the final of 2012–13 Champions League. The German football has won the interest all of Europe because the majority of associations are financially healthy and the spectators in stadiums have been rising. During first years of European competitions Germany was divided to West and East Germany. So initially