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 MOST | PARTICIPATIONS | (INCLUDING | QUALIFICATION) | |
| Player | Country | Participations | Editions (Games Qual + Fin) | |
| Lothar Matthäus | Germany | 6 | 1980 (0+1), 1984 (5+3), 1988 (0+4), 1992 (6+0), 1996 (3+0), 2000 (6+3) | |
| Jari Litmanen | Finland | 6 | 1992 (8+0), 1996 (8+0), 2000 (6+0), 2004 (5+0), 2008 (8+0), 2012 (3+0) | |
| Mario Frick | Liechtenstein | 6 | 1996 (8+0), 2000 (7+0), 2004 (8+0), 2008 (12+0), 2012 (7+0), 2016 (9+0) | |
| Ildefons Lima | Andorra | 6 | 2000 (8+0), 2004 (3+0), 2008 (5+0), 2012 (8+0), 2016 (10+0), 2020 (9+0) | |
| Johnny Giles | Republic of Ireland | 5 | 1964 (5+0), 1968 (3+0), 1972 (1+0), 1976 (6+0), 1980 (4+0) | |
| Dino Zoff | Italy | 5 | 1968 (1+3), 1972 (4+0), 1976 (6+0), 1980 (0+4), 1984 (5+0) | |
| László Fazekas | Hungary | 5 | 1968 (1+0), 1972 (7+0), 1976 (4+0), 1980 (1+0), 1984 (1+0) | |
| John Mahoney | Wales | 5 | 1968 (1+0), 1972 (1+0), 1976 (8+0), 1980 (4+0), 1984 (1+0) | |
| Pat Jennings | Northern Ireland | 5 | 1968 (5+0), 1972 (4+0), 1976 (6+0), 1980 (8+0), 1984 (4+0) | |
| Kenny Dalglish | Scotland | 5 | 1972 (1+0), 1976 (6+0), 1980 (8+0), 1984 (4+0), 1988 (2+0) | |
| Morten Olsen | Denmark | 5 | 1972 (3+0), 1976 (3+0), 1980 (5+0), 1984 (7+4), 1988 (6+3) | |
| Peter Shilton | England | 5 | 1972 (1+0), 1976 (1+0), 1980 (1+1), 1984 (6+0), 1988 (4+2) | |
| Sammy McIlroy | Northern Ireland | 5 | 1972 (1+0), 1976 (6+0), 1980 (8+0), 1984 (7+0), 1988 (1+0) | |
| Eric Gerets | Belgium | 5 | 1976 (2+0), 1980 (8+4), 1984 (6+0), 1988 (5+0), 1992 (2+0) | |
| Arnór Guðjohnsen | Iceland | 5 | 1980 (2+0), 1984 (6+0), 1988 (5+0), 1992 (6+0), 1996 (6+0) | |
| Carlo Weis | Luxembourg | 5 | 1980 (6+0), 1984 (6+0), 1988 (8+0), 1992 (5+0), 1996 (9+0) | |
| Gheorghe Hagi | Romania | 5 | 1984 (1+2), 1988 (6+0), 1992 (7+0), 1996 (6+3), 2000 (4+3) | |
| Siggi Jónsson | Iceland | 5 | 1984 (1+0), 1988 (6+0), 1992 (3+0), 1996 (6+0), 2000 (8+0) | |
| Carmel Busuttil | Malta | 5 | 1984 (4+0), 1988 (7+0), 1992 (7+0), 1996 (10+0), 2000 (7+0) | |
| Rúnar Kristinsson | Iceland | 5 | 1988 (1+0), 1992 (4+0), 1996 (8+0), 2000 (9+0), 2004 (7+0) | |
| David Carabott | Malta | 5 | 1988 (2+0), 1992 (4+0), 1996 (8+0), 2000 (7+0), 2004 (8+0) | |
| Ryan Giggs | Wales | 5 | 1992 (2+0), 1996 (4+0), 2000 (4+0), 2004 (10+0), 2008 (4+0) | |
| Dorinel Munteanu | Romania | 5 | 1992 (3+0), 1996 (9+3), 2000 (9+4), 2004 (6+0), 2008 (1+0) | |
| Sargis Hovsepyan | Armenia | 5 | 1996 (9+0), 2000 (9+0), 2004 (7+0), 2008 (12+0), 2012 (10+0) | |
| Vitālijs Astafjevs | Latvia | 5 | 1996 (10+0), 2000 (7+0), 2004 (8+3), 2008 (11+0), 2012 (4+0) | |
| Sami Hyypiä | Finland | 5 | 1996 (2+0), 2000 (8+0), 2004 (8+0), 2008 (13+0), 2012 (2+0) | |
| Miroslav Karhan | Slovakia | 5 | 1996 (3+0), 2000 (7+0), 2004 (5+0), 2008 (4+0), 2012 (7+0) | |
| Jákup Mikkelsen | Faroe Islands | 5 | 1996 (1+0), 2000 (9+0), 2004 (6+0), 2008 (12+0), 2012 (5+0) | |
| Andres Oper | Estonia | 5 | 1996 (1+0), 2000 (9+0), 2004 (5+0), 2008 (7+0), 2012 (2+0) | |
| Andriy Shevchenko | Ukraine | 5 | 1996 (2+0), 2000 (12+0), 2004 (4+0), 2008 (8+0), 2012 (0+3) | |
| Jeff Strasser | Luxembourg | 5 | 1996 (9+0), 2000 (7+0), 2004 (8+0), 2008 (10+0), 2012 (1+0) | |
| Gianluigi Buffon | Italy | 5 | 2000 (7+0), 2004 (8+3), 2008 (11+4), 2012 (6+6), 2016 (9+4) | |
| Robbie Keane | Republic of Ireland | 5 | 2000 (7+0), 2004 (6+0), 2008 (11+0), 2012 (11+3), 2016 (9+2) | |
| Gábor Király | Hungary | 5 | 2000 (10+0), 2004 (6+0), 2008 (4+0), 2012 (9+0), 2016 (10+4) | |
| Peter Jehle | Liechtenstein | 5 | 2000 (8+0), 2004 (7+0), 2008 (12+0), 2012 (7+0), 2016 (8+0) | |
| Tomáš Rosický | Czech Republic | 5 | 2000 (0+2), 2004 (7+4), 2008 (10+0), 2012 (9+2), 2016 (5+2) | |
| Óscar Sonejee | Andorra | 5 | 2000 (10+0), 2004 (8+0), 2008 (11+0), 2012 (4+0), 2016 (7+0) | |
| Shay Given | Republic of Ireland | 5 | 2000 (3+0), 2004 (8+0), 2008 (9+0), 2012 (11+3), 2016 (5+0) | |
| Aaron Hughes | Northern Ireland | 5 | 2000 (4+0), 2004 (8+0), 2008 (9+0), 2012 (7+0), 2016 (4+3) | |
| Fróði Benjaminsen | Faroe Islands | 5 | 2000 (1+0), 2004 (7+0), 2008 (10+0), 2012 (10+0), 2016 (7+0) | |
| Roman Berezovsky | Armenia | 5 | 2000 (9+0), 2004 (8+0), 2008 (5+0), 2012 (10+0), 2016 (5+0) | |
| Zurab Khizanishvili | Georgia | 5 | 2000 (1+0), 2004 (6+0), 2008 (8+0), 2012 (9+0), 2016 (2+0) | |
| Eiður Guðjohnsen | Iceland | 5 | 2000 (3+0), 2004 (8+0), 2008 (9+0), 2012 (4+0), 2016 (3+2) | |
| Andy Selva | San Marino | 5 | 2000 (6+0), 2004 (7+0), 2008 (10+0), 2012 (8+0), 2016 (7+0) | |
| Emre Belözoğlu | Turkey | 5 | 2004 (9+0), 2008 (7+1), 2012 (8+0), 2016 (1+0), 2020 (4+0) | |
| Cristiano Ronaldo | Portugal | 5 | 2004 (0+6), 2008 (13+3), 2012 (8+5), 2016 (6+7), 2020 (8+0) | |
| Aliaksandr Hleb | Belarus | 5 | 2004 (6+0), 2008 (12+0), 2012 (2+0), 2016 (4+0), 2020 (1+0) | |
| Ragnar Klavan | Estonia | 5 | 2004 (2+0), 2008 (11+0), 2012 (11+0), 2016 (9+0), 2020 (2+0) | |
| Michael Mifsud | Malta | 5 | 2004 (7+0), 2008 (12+0), 2012 (9+0), 2016 (7+0), 2020 (6+0) | |
| Marc Pujol | Andorra | 5 | 2004 (6+0), 2008 (10+0), 2012 (5+0), 2016 (2+0), 2020 (2+0) |