NIGHTLINE 360 (Re-run) at 01:00 AM   UEFA European Football Championship UEFA European Football Championship is the main football competition of the national football Teams governed by the UEFA. It is held every four years since 1960 and was originally called the European Nations Cup (changed to European Football Championship in 1968). History The idea of having UEFA European Football Championship was  proposed by the French Football Federation's Henri Delaunay in 1927, however it was not until 1958 that the tournament was started. In honour of Delaunay, the trophy awarded to the champions is named after him. Year Host Champions Runners Up 1960 France Soviet Union Yugoslavia 1964 Spain Spain Soviet Union 1968 Italy Italy Yugoslavia 1972 Belgium West Germany USSR 1976 Yugoslavia Czechoslovakia West Germany 1980 Italy West Germany Belgium 1984 France France Spain 1988 West Germany Netherlands USSR 1992 Sweden Denmark Germany 1996 England Germany Czech Republic 2000 Netherlands / Belgium France Italy 2004 Portugal Greece Portugal 2008 Austria / Switzerland ? ? Henri Delaunay Trophy The Henri Delaunay Trophy is awarded to the winner of the European Football Championship, in honor of Henri Delaunay, the first General Secretary of UEFA, who died 5 years prior to the first tournament in 1960. For Euro 2008, the trophy was slightly remodelled to making it look bigger. It is made of sterling silver, now weighs 8 kilograms and is 60 centimeters tall. A small figure juggling a ball on the back of the original was removed, as was the marble plinth. The silver base of the trophy had to be enlarged to make it stable. The names of the winning countries that had appeared on the plinth have now been engraved on the back of the trophy. Overall Topscorers 9 Goals Michel Platini (France)   7 Goals Alan Shearer (England)   6 Goals Patrick Kluivert (Netherlands)   5 Goals Milan Baros (Czech Republic) Nuno Gomes (Portugal) Thierry Henry (France) Jurgen Klinsmann (Germany) Savo Milosevic (Yugoslavia) Marco van Basten (Netherlands) Zinedine Zidane (France) Topscorers Year Player Country Goals 1960 Francois Heutte Valentin Ivanov Viktor Ponedelnik Milan Galic Drazan Jerkovic France Soviet Union Soviet Union Yugoslavia Yugoslavia All 2 Goals 1964 Jesus Maria Pereda Ferenc Bene Dezso Novak Spain Hungary Hungary All 2 Goals 1968 Dragan Dzajic Yugoslavia 2 1972 Gerd Muller West Germany 4 1976 Dieter Muller West Germany 4 1980 Klaus Allofs West Germany 3 1984 Michel Platini France 9 1988 Marco van Basten Netherlands 5 1992 Henrik Larsen Karlheinz Riedle Dennis Bergkamp Tomas Brolin Denmark Germany Netherlands Sweden All 3 Goals 1996 Alan Shearer England 5 2000 Patrick Kluivert Savo Milosevic Netherlands Yugoslavia Both 5 goals each 2004 Milan Baros Czech Republic 5