IFFHS EURO STATISTICS 13 - PLAYERS WITH MOST PARTICIPATIONS


Picture : Lothar Matthäus was the first to participate to six Euros !


Players with most participations (including qualification): Matthäus and Co

Exactly 50 players in the history of the European Championships were able to play in 5 competitions (including qualifying and final parts). They are shown in the table. The very first who achieved this was the Irishman Johnny Giles in the Euro 1980 qualifying.
Four from this list managed to take part even in 6 campaigns. Lothar Matthäus was the first to do it (from Euro 1980 to Euro 2000), and the last one at the moment is Ildefons Lima (Andorra) who ended his international career in qualifying for Euro 2020.


Picture : The four players to participate at six Euros : Matthäus, Litmanen, Lima and Frick


 PLAYERS WITH MOSTPARTICIPATIONS(INCLUDINGQUALIFICATION)
     
 PlayerCountryParticipationsEditions (Games Qual + Fin)
 Lothar MatthäusGermany61980 (0+1), 1984 (5+3), 1988 (0+4), 1992 (6+0), 1996 (3+0), 2000 (6+3)
 Jari LitmanenFinland61992 (8+0), 1996 (8+0), 2000 (6+0), 2004 (5+0), 2008 (8+0), 2012 (3+0)
 Mario FrickLiechtenstein61996 (8+0), 2000 (7+0), 2004 (8+0), 2008 (12+0), 2012 (7+0), 2016 (9+0)
 Ildefons LimaAndorra62000 (8+0), 2004 (3+0), 2008 (5+0), 2012 (8+0), 2016 (10+0), 2020 (9+0)
 Johnny GilesRepublic of Ireland51964 (5+0), 1968 (3+0), 1972 (1+0), 1976 (6+0), 1980 (4+0)
 Dino ZoffItaly51968 (1+3), 1972 (4+0), 1976 (6+0), 1980 (0+4), 1984 (5+0)
 László FazekasHungary51968 (1+0), 1972 (7+0), 1976 (4+0), 1980 (1+0), 1984 (1+0)
 John MahoneyWales51968 (1+0), 1972 (1+0), 1976 (8+0), 1980 (4+0), 1984 (1+0)
 Pat JenningsNorthern Ireland51968 (5+0), 1972 (4+0), 1976 (6+0), 1980 (8+0), 1984 (4+0)
 Kenny DalglishScotland51972 (1+0), 1976 (6+0), 1980 (8+0), 1984 (4+0), 1988 (2+0)
 Morten OlsenDenmark51972 (3+0), 1976 (3+0), 1980 (5+0), 1984 (7+4), 1988 (6+3)
 Peter ShiltonEngland51972 (1+0), 1976 (1+0), 1980 (1+1), 1984 (6+0), 1988 (4+2)
 Sammy McIlroyNorthern Ireland51972 (1+0), 1976 (6+0), 1980 (8+0), 1984 (7+0), 1988 (1+0)
 Eric GeretsBelgium51976 (2+0), 1980 (8+4), 1984 (6+0), 1988 (5+0), 1992 (2+0)
 Arnór GuðjohnsenIceland51980 (2+0), 1984 (6+0), 1988 (5+0), 1992 (6+0), 1996 (6+0)
 Carlo WeisLuxembourg51980 (6+0), 1984 (6+0), 1988 (8+0), 1992 (5+0), 1996 (9+0)
 Gheorghe HagiRomania51984 (1+2), 1988 (6+0), 1992 (7+0), 1996 (6+3), 2000 (4+3)
 Siggi JónssonIceland51984 (1+0), 1988 (6+0), 1992 (3+0), 1996 (6+0), 2000 (8+0)
 Carmel BusuttilMalta51984 (4+0), 1988 (7+0), 1992 (7+0), 1996 (10+0), 2000 (7+0)
 Rúnar KristinssonIceland51988 (1+0), 1992 (4+0), 1996 (8+0), 2000 (9+0), 2004 (7+0)
 David CarabottMalta51988 (2+0), 1992 (4+0), 1996 (8+0), 2000 (7+0), 2004 (8+0)
 Ryan Giggs Wales51992 (2+0), 1996 (4+0), 2000 (4+0), 2004 (10+0), 2008 (4+0)
 Dorinel MunteanuRomania51992 (3+0), 1996 (9+3), 2000 (9+4), 2004 (6+0), 2008 (1+0)
 Sargis HovsepyanArmenia51996 (9+0), 2000 (9+0), 2004 (7+0), 2008 (12+0), 2012 (10+0)
 Vitālijs AstafjevsLatvia51996 (10+0), 2000 (7+0), 2004 (8+3), 2008 (11+0), 2012 (4+0)
 Sami Hyypiä Finland51996 (2+0), 2000 (8+0), 2004 (8+0), 2008 (13+0), 2012 (2+0)
 Miroslav KarhanSlovakia51996 (3+0), 2000 (7+0), 2004 (5+0), 2008 (4+0), 2012 (7+0)
 Jákup Mikkelsen Faroe Islands51996 (1+0), 2000 (9+0), 2004 (6+0), 2008 (12+0), 2012 (5+0)
 Andres OperEstonia51996 (1+0), 2000 (9+0), 2004 (5+0), 2008 (7+0), 2012 (2+0)
 Andriy ShevchenkoUkraine51996 (2+0), 2000 (12+0), 2004 (4+0), 2008 (8+0), 2012 (0+3)
 Jeff StrasserLuxembourg51996 (9+0), 2000 (7+0), 2004 (8+0), 2008 (10+0), 2012 (1+0)
 Gianluigi BuffonItaly52000 (7+0), 2004 (8+3), 2008 (11+4), 2012 (6+6), 2016 (9+4)
 Robbie KeaneRepublic of Ireland52000 (7+0), 2004 (6+0), 2008 (11+0), 2012 (11+3), 2016 (9+2)
 Gábor KirályHungary52000 (10+0), 2004 (6+0), 2008 (4+0), 2012 (9+0), 2016 (10+4)
 Peter JehleLiechtenstein52000 (8+0), 2004 (7+0), 2008 (12+0), 2012 (7+0), 2016 (8+0)
 Tomáš RosickýCzech Republic52000 (0+2), 2004 (7+4), 2008 (10+0), 2012 (9+2), 2016 (5+2)
 Óscar SonejeeAndorra52000 (10+0), 2004 (8+0), 2008 (11+0), 2012 (4+0), 2016 (7+0)
 Shay GivenRepublic of Ireland52000 (3+0), 2004 (8+0), 2008 (9+0), 2012 (11+3), 2016 (5+0)
 Aaron HughesNorthern Ireland52000 (4+0), 2004 (8+0), 2008 (9+0), 2012 (7+0), 2016 (4+3)
 Fróði BenjaminsenFaroe Islands52000 (1+0), 2004 (7+0), 2008 (10+0), 2012 (10+0), 2016 (7+0)
 Roman BerezovskyArmenia52000 (9+0), 2004 (8+0), 2008 (5+0), 2012 (10+0), 2016 (5+0)
 Zurab Khizanishvili Georgia52000 (1+0), 2004 (6+0), 2008 (8+0), 2012 (9+0), 2016 (2+0)
 Eiður GuðjohnsenIceland52000 (3+0), 2004 (8+0), 2008 (9+0), 2012 (4+0), 2016 (3+2)
 Andy SelvaSan Marino52000 (6+0), 2004 (7+0), 2008 (10+0), 2012 (8+0), 2016 (7+0)
 Emre BelözoğluTurkey52004 (9+0), 2008 (7+1), 2012 (8+0), 2016 (1+0), 2020 (4+0)
 Cristiano RonaldoPortugal52004 (0+6), 2008 (13+3), 2012 (8+5), 2016 (6+7), 2020 (8+0)
 Aliaksandr HlebBelarus52004 (6+0), 2008 (12+0), 2012 (2+0), 2016 (4+0), 2020 (1+0)
 Ragnar KlavanEstonia52004 (2+0), 2008 (11+0), 2012 (11+0), 2016 (9+0), 2020 (2+0)
 Michael MifsudMalta52004 (7+0), 2008 (12+0), 2012 (9+0), 2016 (7+0), 2020 (6+0)
 Marc PujolAndorra52004 (6+0), 2008 (10+0), 2012 (5+0), 2016 (2+0), 2020 (2+0)