North Macedonia have qualified once for a UEFA European Championship, the 2020 edition (played in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic). They qualified after winning play-off path D; this meant they would appear in a major tournament finals for the first time in their history.[1] At the tournament, the side competed in Group C, but were eliminated in the first round after losing all three of their matches.
See main article: UEFA Euro 2020.
See main article: UEFA Euro 2020 Group C.
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| UEFA European Championship record | width=1% rowspan=14 | Qualification record | ||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | Position | |||||||||||||||
 1960 to  1992 | Part of | Part of | ||||||||||||||||
| 1996 | Did not qualify | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 4/6 | ||||||||||
  2000 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 4/5 | |||||||||||
 2004 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 4/5 | |||||||||||
  2008 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 5/7 | |||||||||||
  2012 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 5/6 | |||||||||||
| 2016 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 6/6 | |||||||||||
| 2020 | Group stage | 23rd | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 3/6 | |||
 2024 | Did not qualify | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 4/5 | ||||||||||
 2028 | To be determined | To be determined | ||||||||||||||||
  2032 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Total | Group stage | 1/8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 79 | 19 | 18 | 41 | 84 | 124 | — | |||