Finland have qualified once for a UEFA European Championship, the 2020 edition.[1] They directly qualified after securing the second spot in their qualifying group, with one group match remaining; this meant they would appear in a major tournament finals for the first time in their history.[2] Despite winning their opening game against Denmark, they exited in the group stage after losing their next two matches.
See main article: UEFA Euro 2020.
See main article: UEFA Euro 2020 Group B.
The group stage draw took place on 30 November 2019.
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| UEFA European Championship record | width=1% rowspan=39 | Qualification record | |||||||||||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | |||||||||||||||
 1960 | Did not enter | Did not enter | |||||||||||||||
 1964 | |||||||||||||||||
 1968 | Did not qualify | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | ||||||||||
 1972 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 16 | |||||||||||
| 1976 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 13 | |||||||||||
| 1980 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 15 | |||||||||||
| 1984 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 14 | |||||||||||
| 1988 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | |||||||||||
 1992 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 8 | |||||||||||
| 1996 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 18 | |||||||||||
 2000 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 13 | |||||||||||
 2004 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | |||||||||||
  2008 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 7 | |||||||||||
  2012 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 16 | |||||||||||
| 2016 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 10 | |||||||||||
| 2020 | Group stage | 17th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 10 | |||
 2024 | Did not qualify | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 19 | 14 | ||||||||||
 2028 | To be determined | To be determined | |||||||||||||||
 2032 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | Group stage | 1/17 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 125 | 39 | 24 | 62 | 144 | 186 | |||