Progression of association football caps European record

This is a progressive list of men's association footballers who have held or co-held the European record for international caps since 1978. The progression up to 1978 is derivable from the world record progression because the world record holder was always European, except when Ángel Romano narrowly overtook Imre Schlosser in 1924–27. After 1978, many sources, including FIFA[1][2] and the Guinness Book of Records,[3] reported subsequent European cap records as world records. Subsequent validation of the caps claimed by Cha Bum-Kun, Hussein Saeed, Majed Abdullah, and Adnan Al Talyani has shown that, even stripping out ineligible matches, these players exceeded the contemporary European counts. Similarly, Hossam Hassan of Egypt was reported as having broken Lothar Matthäus' putative record of 150 caps in 2001.[4]

The only pre-1978 European records not listed in the world record progression are Schlosser's record-breaking 67th cap and Severino Minelli's record-equalling 68th cap.

PlayerCountryCapDateVenueOpponentScoreNotes
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Imre Schlosser Hungary671926-11-14Budapest Sweden3–1[5]
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Severino Minelli  Switzerland681939-05-14Liège Belgium2–1[6]
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Björn Nordqvist Sweden1151978-10-04Stockholm Czechoslovakia1–3Euro 1980 qualifying Group 5[7]
Pat Jennings Northern Ireland1151986-03-16Belfast Denmark1–1[8]
Pat Jennings Northern Ireland1161986-04-23Belfast Morocco2–1[8]
Pat Jennings Northern Ireland1171986-06-03Guadalajara Algeria1–1World Cup 1986 Group D[8]
Pat Jennings Northern Ireland1181986-06-07Guadalajara Spain1–2World Cup 1986 Group D[8]
Pat Jennings Northern Ireland1191986-06-12Guadalajara Brazil0–3World Cup 1986 Group D[8]
Peter Shilton England1191990-06-11Cagliari Republic of Ireland1–1World Cup 1990 Group F[9]
Peter Shilton England1201990-06-16Cagliari Netherlands0–0World Cup 1990 Group F[9]
Peter Shilton England1211990-06-21Cagliari Egypt1–0World Cup 1990 Group F[9]
Peter Shilton England1221990-06-26Bologna Belgium1–0World Cup 1990 Rnd 2[9]
Peter Shilton England1231990-07-01Naples Cameroon3–2World Cup 1990 QF[9]
Peter Shilton England1241990-07-04Turin West Germany1–1[e 1]World Cup 1990 SF[9]
Peter Shilton England1251990-07-07Bari Italy1–2World Cup 1990 3rd–4th[9]
Thomas Ravelli Sweden1251995-06-01Stockholm Iceland1–1European Champs qualifying[10]
Thomas Ravelli Sweden1261995-06-08Leeds England3–3Umbro Cup[10]
Thomas Ravelli Sweden1271995-06-10Nottingham Japan2–2Umbro Cup[10]
Thomas Ravelli Sweden1281995-11-15Stockholm Turkey2–2European Champs qualifying[10]
Thomas Ravelli Sweden1291996-02-22Hong Kong Japan1–1[e 2]Carlsberg Cup[10]
Thomas Ravelli Sweden1301996-02-28Sydney Australia0–0[10]
Thomas Ravelli Sweden1311996-08-14Gothenburg Denmark0–1[10]
Thomas Ravelli Sweden1321996-10-09Stockholm Austria0–1World Cup qualifying[10]
Thomas Ravelli Sweden1331996-11-10Glasgow Scotland0–1World Cup qualifying[10]
Thomas Ravelli Sweden1341997-02-11Bangkok Thailand0–0King's Cup[e 3][10]
Thomas Ravelli Sweden1351997-02-16Bangkok Thailand3–1King's Cup[e 3][10]
Thomas Ravelli Sweden1361997-03-12Tel Aviv Israel1–0[10]
Thomas Ravelli Sweden1371997-04-02Paris France0–1[10]
Thomas Ravelli Sweden1381997-04-30Gothenburg Scotland2–1World Cup qualifying[10]
Thomas Ravelli Sweden1391997-08-06Malmö Lithuania1–0World Cup qualifying[10]
Thomas Ravelli Sweden1401997-08-20Minsk Belarus2–1World Cup qualifying[10]
Thomas Ravelli Sweden1411997-09-06Vienna Austria0–1World Cup qualifying[10]
Thomas Ravelli Sweden1421997-09-10Stockholm Latvia1–0World Cup qualifying[10]
Thomas Ravelli Sweden1431997-10-11Stockholm Estonia1–0World Cup qualifying[10]
Lothar Matthäus Germany1431999-11-14Oslo Norway1–0[11]
Lothar Matthäus Germany1442000-02-23Amsterdam Netherlands1–2[11]
Lothar Matthäus Germany1452000-03-29Zagreb Croatia1–1[11]
Lothar Matthäus Germany1462000-04-26Kaiserslautern  Switzerland1–1[11]
Lothar Matthäus Germany1472000-06-07Freiburg im Breisgau Liechtenstein8–2[11]
Lothar Matthäus Germany1482000-06-12Liège Romania1–1European Champs[11]
Lothar Matthäus Germany1492000-06-17Charleroi England0–1European Champs[11]
Lothar Matthäus Germany1502000-06-20Rotterdam Portugal0–3European Champs[11]
Martin Reim Estonia149 (150)[e 4]2007-02-07Domžale Slovenia0–1[13]
Martin Reim Estonia150[e 4]2007-08-22Tallinn Andorra2–1European Champs qualifying[13]
Martin Reim Estonia151[e 4]2007-09-08Zagreb Croatia0–2European Champs qualifying[13]
Martin Reim Estonia152[e 4]2007-09-12Skopje Macedonia1–1European Champs qualifying[13]
Martin Reim Estonia153[e 4]2007-10-17Tallinn Montenegro0–1[13]
Martin Reim Estonia154[e 4]2007-11-09Jeddah Saudi Arabia0–2[13]
Martin Reim Estonia155[e 4]2007-11-17Andorra la Vella Andorra2–0European Champs qualifying[13]
Martin Reim Estonia156[e 4]2009-06-06Tallinn Equatorial Guinea3–0[13]
Vitalijs Astafjevs Latvia155 (156)[e 5]2009-09-05Tel Aviv Israel1–0World Cup qualifying[14]
Vitalijs Astafjevs Latvia156[e 5]2009-10-14Riga Moldova3–2World Cup qualifying [14]
Vitalijs Astafjevs Latvia157[e 5]2009-11-14Tegucigalpa Honduras1–2[14]
Vitalijs Astafjevs Latvia158[e 5]2010-03-03Luanda Angola1–1[14]
Vitalijs Astafjevs Latvia159[e 5]2010-06-05Milton Keynes Ghana0–1[14]
Vitalijs Astafjevs Latvia160[e 5]2010-06-18Kaunas Lithuania0–0Baltic Cup[14]
Vitalijs Astafjevs Latvia161[e 5]2010-06-19Kaunas Estonia0–0Baltic Cup[14]
Vitalijs Astafjevs Latvia162[e 5]2010-09-03Riga Croatia0–3European Champs qualifying[14]
Vitalijs Astafjevs Latvia163[e 5]2010-09-07Valletta Malta2–0European Champs qualifying[14]
Vitalijs Astafjevs Latvia164[e 5]2010-10-08Athens Greece0–1European Champs qualifying[14]
Vitalijs Astafjevs Latvia165[e 5]2010-10-10Riga Georgia1–1European Champs qualifying[14]
Vitalijs Astafjevs Latvia166[e 5]2010-11-17Kunming China PR0–1[14]
Iker Casillas Spain1662016-03-27Cluj Romania0–0[12][15][15]
Iker Casillas Spain1672016-06-01Salzburg South Korea6–1[15]
Gianluigi Buffon Italy1672016-11-15Milan Germany0–0[16]
Gianluigi Buffon Italy1682017-03-24Palermo Albania2–0World Cup 2018 qual UEFA grp G[16][17]
Gianluigi Buffon Italy1692017-06-11Udine Liechtenstein5–0World Cup 2018 qual UEFA grp G[16]
Gianluigi Buffon Italy1702017-09-02Madrid, Bernabéu Spain0–3World Cup 2018 qual UEFA grp G[16]
Gianluigi Buffon Italy1712017-09-05Reggio Emilia, Mapei Israel1–0World Cup 2018 qual UEFA grp G[16]
Gianluigi Buffon Italy1722017-10-06Turin Macau1–1World Cup 2018 qual UEFA grp G[16]
Gianluigi Buffon Italy1732017-10-06Shkodër Albania1–0World Cup 2018 qual UEFA grp G[16]
Gianluigi Buffon Italy1742017-11-10Stockholm Sweden0–1World Cup 2018 qual UEFA rnd 2[16]
Gianluigi Buffon Italy1752017-11-13Milan Sweden0–0World Cup 2018 qual UEFA rnd 2[16]
Gianluigi Buffon Italy1762018-03-23Manchester Argentina0–2[16]

Notes:

  1. England lost 3–4 on penalties
  2. Sweden won 5–4 on penalties
  3. Though the team was billed as "Swedish League XI", the matches are counted as full internationals
  4. UEFA's total recognised caps for Reim is one less than the Estonian FA's, which recognises a 2004 match against Belarus U-21.[12][13]
  5. UEFA's total recognised caps for Astafjevs is one less than the Latvian FA's and one more than FIFA's. The Latvian FA recognises a 2005 King's Cup match against Oman under-23, while FIFA does not recognise the 2010 match against Angola owing to excessive substitutions.[12][14]

See also

References
  1. "Matthäus sets new caps record against Netherlands". FIFA. 22 February 2000. Retrieved 14 February 2010. Matthäus was level with Sweden's Thomas Ravelli, both totalling 143 caps.
  2. Vecsey, George (17 June 1990). "World Cup '90; No. 120 Gives Shilton Record". The New York Times. p. 87. Retrieved 15 February 2010. Shilton was honored in a brief ceremony before the game for breaking the world record, set by Pat Jennings of Northern Ireland. Jennings made his 119th and final appearance in the 1986 World Cup.
  3. McFarlan, Donald (1989). The Guinness Book of Records 1990 (36th ed.). London: Guinness. p. 248. ISBN 0-85112-341-4.
  4. Gleeson, Mark (8 January 2001). "Egyptian striker breaks caps record". FIFA. Retrieved 14 February 2010.
  5. Imre Schlosser-Lakatos RSSSF
  6. Severino Minelli RSSSF
  7. Bjorn Nordqvist RSSSF
  8. Patrick "Pat" Jennings RSSSF
  9. Peter Leslie Shilton RSSSF
  10. Thomas Ravelli RSSSF
  11. Lothar Matthäus RSSSF
  12. "Casillas equals European caps record". UEFA. 27 March 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
  13. Martin Reim RSSSF
  14. Vitalijs Astafjevs RSSSF
  15. Mamrud, Roberto (14 July 2016). "Iker Casillas Fernández - Century of International Appearances". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
  16. Mamrud, Roberto (17 August 2017). "Gianluigi Buffon - Century of International Appearances". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
  17. "Buffon overtakes Casillas's European caps record - European Qualifiers - News". UEFA. 24 March 2017. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
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