Euro 2008 Statistics

More Euro 2008 statistics and data to feast on before and during the summer tournament. What’s included: players with the most games / goals at the Euros, the oldest and youngest players and scorers ever, all-time country rankings and which clubs and leagues are the most represented at this year’s European Championships.

Players with most European Championship matches

#	Player	Nation	Years
14	Lilian Thuram	France	1996, 2000, 2004
14	Zinédine Zidane	France	1996, 2000, 2004
14	Karel PoborskÃ½	Czech Republic	1996, 2000, 2004
14	LuÃs Figo	Portugal	1996, 2000, 2004
13	Edwin van der Sar	Netherlands	1996, 2000, 2004
13	Jürgen Klinsmann	(West) Germany	1988, 1992, 1996
13	Dennis Bergkamp	Netherlands	1992, 1996, 2000
13	Laurent Blanc	France	1992, 1996, 2000
13	Didier Deschamps	France	1992, 1996, 2000
13	Thomas HÃ¤ssler	(West) Germany	1992, 1996, 2000
13	Paolo Maldini	Italy	1992, 1996, 2000
13	Peter Schmeichel	Denmark	1988, 1992, 1996, 2000
13	Phillip Cocu	Netherlands	1996, 2000, 2004

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Players with most European Championship goals

Goals	Player	Nation	Years	Matches	Goal Avg.
9	Michel Platini	France	1984	5	1.80
7	Alan Shearer	England	1992, 1996, 2000	9	0.78
6	Patrick Kluivert	Netherlands	1996, 2000	9	0.67
5	Savo Milosevic	Yugoslavia	2000	4	1.25
5	Milan BaroÅ¡	Czech Republic	2004	5	1.00
5	Marco van Basten	Netherlands	1988, 1992	9	0.56
5	Thierry Henry	France	2000, 2004	9	0.56
5	Nuno Gomes	Portugal	2000, 2004	11	0.45
5	Jürgen Klinsmann	(West) Germany	1988, 1992, 1996	13	0.38
5	Zinédine Zidane	France	1996, 2000, 2004	14	0.36

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Youngest players at the European Championship

Age (Y-D)	Player	Nation	Match	Date
18-115	Enzo Scifo	Belgium	Yugoslavia – Belgium 0-2	13 Jun 1984
18-128	Valeri Bojinov	Bulgaria	Italy – Bulgaria 2-1	22 Jun 2004
18-137	Johan Vonlanthen	Switzerland	England – Switzerland 3-0	17 Jun 2004
18-233	Wayne Rooney	England	France – England 2-1	13 Jun 2004
19-019	Lukas Podolski	Germany	Germany – Czech Republic 1-2	23 Jun 2004
19-053	RaphaÃ«l Wicky	Switzerland	Scotland – Switzerland 1-0	18 Jun 1996
19-085	Lothar MatthÃ¤us	West Germany	Netherlands – West Germany 2-3	14 Jun 1980
19-092	Johann Vogel	Switzerland	England – Switzerland 1-1	08 Jun 1996
19-102	Dragan Stojkovic	Yugoslavia	Yugoslavia – Belgium 0-2	13 Jun 1984
19-128	Cristiano Ronaldo	Portugal	Portugal – Greece 1-2	12 Jun 2004

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Oldest players at the European Championship

Age (Y-D)	Player	Nation	Match	Date
39-091	Lothar MatthÃ¤us	Germany	Portugal – Germany 3-0	20 Jun 2000
38-308	Morten Olsen	Denmark	Italy – Denmark2-0	17 Jun 1988
38-271	Peter Shilton	England	England – Netherlands 1-3	15 Jun 1988
38-114	Dino Zoff	Italy	Italy – Czechoslovakia 1-1	21 Jun 1980
37-075	Bernard Lama	France	Netherlands – France 3-2	21 Jun 2000
37-023	Arnold Mühren	Netherlands	Netherlands – Soviet Union 2-0	25 Jun 1988
36-309	Jan Heintze	Denmark	Denmark – Czech Rep. 0-2	21 Jun 2000
36-272	David Seaman	England	England – Germany 1-0	17 Jun 2000
36-227	Pim Doesburg	Netherlands	Netherlands – Greece 1-0	11 Jun 1980
36-216	Peter Schmeichel	Denmark	Denmark – Czech Rep. 0-2	21 Jun 2000

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Youngest players to score at the European Championship

Age (Y-D)	Player	Nation	Match	Date
18-141	Johan Vonlanthen	Switzerland	Switzerland – France 1-3	21 Jun 2004
18-237	Wayne Rooney	England	England – Switzerland 3-0	17 Jun 2004
19-108	Dragan Stojkovic	Yugoslavia	France – Yugoslavia 3-2	19 Jun 1984
19-128	Cristiano Ronaldo	Portugal	Portugal – Greece 1-2	12 Jun 2004
19-183	Ferenc Bene	Hungary	Spain – Hungary 2-1	17 Jun 1964
19-238	Christian Chivu	Romania	England – Romania 2-3	20 Jun 2000
19-353	Patrick Kluivert	Netherlands	England – Netherlands 4-1	18 Jun 1996
20-064	Pietro Anastasi	Italy	Italy – Yugoslavia 2-0	10 Jun 1968
20-189	Michael Owen	England	England – Romania 2-3	20 Jun 2000
21-191	Flemming Povlsen	Denmark	Denmark – Spain 2-3	11 Jun 1988

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Oldest players to score at the European Championship

Age (Y-D)	Player	Nation	Match	Date
34-213	Nené	Portugal	Portugal – Romania 1-0	20 Jun 1984
34-205	Laurent Blanc	France	France – Denmark 3-0	11 Jun 2000
34-092	Ladislav Pavlovic	Czechoslovakia	France – Czechoslovakia 0-2	09 Jul 1960
33-268	Ally McCoist	Scotland	Scotland – Switzerland 1-0	18 Jun 1996
33-240	Stefan Kuntz	Germany	England – Germany 1-1	26 Jun 1996
33-123	Julien Cools	Belgium	Spain – Belgium 1-2	15 Jun 1980
32-276	Henrik Larsson	Sweden	Denmark – Sweden 2-2	22 Jun 2004
32-250	Nico Kovac	Croatia	Croatia – England 2-4	21 Jun 2004
32-202	Alessandro Altobelli	Italy	Italy – Denmark 2-0	17 Jun 1988
32-192	FrantiÅ¡ek VeselÃ½	Czechoslovakia	Czechoslov. – Netherlands 3-1	16 Jun 1976

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Fastest goals at the European Championship

Time	Player	Nation	Match	Date
1:07 min.	Dmitri Kirichenko	Russia	Russia – Greece 2-1	20 Jun 2004
2:08 min.	Sergei Aleinikov	Soviet Union	Soviet Union – England 3-1	18 Jun 1988
2:12 min.	Alan Shearer	England	England – Germany 1-1	26 Jun 1996
2:24 min.	Michael Owen	England	Portugal – England 2-2	24 Jun 2004
2:30 min.	Hristo Stoichkov	Bulgaria	Bulgaria – Romania 1-0	13 Jun 1996
2:41 min.	Paul Scholes	England	Portugal – England 3-2	12 Jun 2000
4 minutes	Michel Platini	France	France – Belgium 5-0	16 Jun 1984
4 minutes	David Platt	England	Sweden – England 2-1	17 Jun 1992
4 minutes	Frank Rijkaard	Netherlands	Netherlands – Germany 3-1	18 Jun 1992
4 minutes	Pier Luigi Casiraghi	Italy	Italy – Russia 2-1	11 Jun 1996
4 minutes	Luis Figo	Portugal	Croatia – Portugal 0-3	19 Jun 1996
4 minutes	Raúl	Spain	Slovenia – Spain 1-2	18 Jun 2000
4 minutes	Wilfred Bouma	Netherlands	Netherlands – Czech Rep. 2-3	19 Jun 2004

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European Championship — all-time ranking

Rank	Nation	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1	Germany	32	15	10	7	45	32	55
2	Netherlands	28	14	8	6	45	28	50
3	France	25	14	6	5	45	28	48
4	Italy	23	10	10	3	24	14	40
5	Portugal	19	10	4	5	27	16	34
6	Spain	24	8	8	8	26	28	32
7	Russia	22	8	5	9	24	28	29
8	England	23	7	7	9	31	28	28
9	Denmark	24	6	6	12	26	38	24
10	Czech Republic	14	7	2	5	20	16	23
11	Sweden	11	3	5	3	16	12	14
12	Greece	9	4	2	3	8	8	14
13	Belgium	12	4	2	6	13	20	14
14	Czechoslovakia	8	3	3	2	12	10	12
15	Serbia	14	3	2	9	22	39	11
16	Croatia	7	2	2	3	9	11	8
17	Scotland	6	2	1	3	4	5	7
18	Romania	10	1	2	7	7	14	5
19	Republic of Ireland	3	1	1	1	2	2	4
20	Norway	3	1	1	1	1	1	4
21	Turkey	7	1	1	5	3	9	4
22	Bulgaria	6	1	1	4	4	13	4
23	Hungary	4	1	0	3	5	6	3
24	Slovenia	3	0	2	1	4	5	2
25	Switzerland	6	0	2	4	2	10	2
26	Latvia	3	0	1	2	1	5	1

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Clubs with most players at Euro 2008

# players	Club	Country
10	Olympique Lyon	France
10	Panathinaikos	Greece
9	Bayern München	Germany
8	FC Barcelona	Spain
8	Galatasaray	Turkey
8	Real Madrid	Spain
8	Werder Bremen	Germany
7	Arsenal	England
7	Chelsea	England
6	Hamburger SV	Germany
6	Liverpool	England
6	Steaua Bucuresti	Romania
6	VfB Stuttgart	Germany
6	Zenit St. Petersburg	Russia

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Leagues with most players in Euro 2008 squads

# players	Competition	Nation
56	Bundesliga	Germany
42	Premier League	England
41	Primera División	Spain
36	Serie A	Italy
29	Russian Premier League	Russia
24	Ligue 1	France
22	Super League	Greece
17	1. Lig	Turkey
16	Bundesliga	Austria
13	Liga	Portugal
13	Liga I	Romania