Regular visitors to the European Football Dugout will have noticed that over the past couple of weeks I have been posting statistical analyses on the squads of each of the 14 European nations competing at the 2018 World Cup.
With all of the warm-up fixtures now completed, I have updated all my files and come up with the following classification lists in all the various categories concerning the European squads in Russia.
I hope you find them an interesting and useful point of reference for the tournament ahead.
I shall be posting several tweets during the World Cup as well as providing the occasional blog on the website, so please follow me if you are looking from some extra insight and comment on what promises to be an intriguing tournament.
Squads
Most international caps (all matches)
1 Belgium 1087
2 Spain 971
3 Germany 945
4 Croatia 927
5 Iceland 922
6 Portugal 909
7 Switzerland 859
8 Poland 817
9 Sweden 720
10 Russia 656
11 Denmark 610
12 France 599
13 Serbia 597
14 England 482
Most competitive international caps (World Cup, Euro and Confederations Cup)
1 Belgium 600
2 Croatia 581
3 Germany 566
4 Portugal 540
5 Iceland 522
6 Spain 513
7 Switzerland 489
8 Sweden 380
9 Poland 378
10 Denmark 308
11 Russia 297
12 Serbia 274
13 France 249
14 England 226
Most World Cup caps (final tournament and qualifying)
1 Belgium 331
2 Switzerland 299
3 Croatia 298
4 Iceland 284
5 Germany 271
6 Portugal 247
7 Spain 246
8 Sweden 217
9 Poland 209
10 Denmark 193
11 France 173
12 Serbia 166
13 England 120
14 Russia 104
Most final tournament caps (World Cup, Euro and Confederations Cup)
1 Germany 235
2 Portugal 192
3 Spain 184
4 Belgium 111
5 Switzerland 109
6 Croatia 106
7 France 90
8 Russia 78
9 Poland 67
10 Iceland 58
11 England 52
12 Sweden 41
13 Denmark 18
14 Serbia 8
Most World Cup final tournament caps
1 Germany 86
2 Spain 55
3 Belgium 53
4 Switzerland 51
5 France 34
6 Portugal 32
7 Croatia 28
8 Russia 13
9 England 11
10 Serbia 8
11 Denmark 4
12= Iceland 0
Poland 0
Sweden 0
Most international goals (all matches)
1 Germany 159
2 Belgium 156
3 Portugal 142
4 Poland 126
5 Croatia 116
6 Spain 105
7 Switzerland 98
8 France 87
9 Iceland 81
10 Sweden 73
11= Denmark 65
Serbia 65
13 England 59
14 Russia 56
Most competitive international goals (World Cup, Euro and Confederations Cup)
1 Germany 114
2 Portugal 100
3 Belgium 96
4 Poland 73
5 Croatia 72
6 Spain 67
7 Switzerland 66
8 Iceland 50
9 Sweden 46
10= Denmark 36
Serbia 36
12 England 34
13 France 30
14 Russia 27
Most World Cup goals (final tournament and qualifying)
1 Germany 68
2 Belgium 57
3 Portugal 53
4 Switzerland 42
5 Poland 39
6 Croatia 37
7 Spain 36
8= Iceland 29
Serbia 29
Sweden 29
11 Denmark 25
12 France 20
13 England 16
14 Russia 3
Most final tournament goals (World Cup, Euro and Confederations Cup)
1 Germany 36
2 Portugal 24
3= Croatia 13
France 13
5 Belgium 12
6 Spain 11
7 Switzerland 9
8= Iceland 6
Poland 6
10 Russia 5
11 England 3
12 Denmark 2
13 Sweden 1
14 Serbia 0
Most World Cup final tournament goals
1 Germany 18
2 Switzerland 7
3 Belgium 5
4 Croatia 4
5= France 3
Portugal 3
7 Spain 2
8= Denmark 0
England 0
Iceland 0
Poland 0
Russia 0
Serbia 0
Sweden 0
Players (Top Ten)
Most international caps (all matches)
1 Sergio Ramos (Spain) 152
2 Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) 150
3 Andrés Iniesta (Spain) 127
4 Sergei Ignashevich (Russia) 122
5 David Silva (Spain) 121
6 João Moutinho (Portugal) 110
7= Luka Modrić (Croatia) 106
Igor Akinfeev (Russia) 106
9= Branislav Ivanović (Serbia) 103
Sergio Busquets (Spain) 103
Most competitive international caps (World Cup, Euro and Confederations Cup)
1 Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) 103
2 Sergio Ramos (Spain) 90
3 Sergei Ignashevich (Russia) 79
4 Andrés Iniesta (Spain) 72
5 João Moutinho (Portugal) 71
6 Luka Modrić (Croatia) 69
7 Vedran Ćorluka (Croatia) 67
8 David Silva (Spain) 66
9 Igor Akinfeev (Russia) 64
10= Ivan Rakitić (Croatia) 63
Pepe (Portugal) 63
Most World Cup caps (final tournament and qualifying)
1 Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) 51
2 Sergio Ramos (Spain) 42
3 Stephan Lichtsteiner (Switzerland) 34
4= Mario Mandžukić (Croatia) 33
Hugo Lloris (France) 33
Mesut Özil (Germany) 33
Pepe (Portugal) 33
8= Jan Vertonghen (Belgium) 32
Thomas Müller (Germany) 32
Igor Akinfeev (Russia) 32
Branislav Ivanović (Serbia) 32
Most final tournament caps (World Cup, Euro and Confederations Cup)
1 Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) 38
2 Sergio Ramos (Spain) 36
3 Andrés Iniesta (Spain) 31
4= Gérard Piqué (Spain) 26
Sergio Busquets (Spain) 26
David Silva 26
7 Mesut Özil (Germany) 25
8= Manuel Neuer (Germany) 24
Thomas Müller (Germany) 24
10 Pepe (Portugal) 23
Most World Cup final tournament caps
1 Mesut Özil (Germany) 14
2= Manuel Neuer (Germany) 13
Thomas Müller (Germany) 13
Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) 13
Sergio Ramos (Spain) 13
6= Jérôme Boateng (Germany) 12
Sami Khedira (Germany) 12
8 Toni Kroos (Germany) 11
9 Andrés Iniesta (Spain) 10
10 Sergio Busquets (Spain) 9
Most international goals (all matches)
1 Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) 81
2 Robert Lewandowski (Poland) 55
3 Thomas Müller (Germany) 38
4 Romelu Lukaku (Belgium) 36
5 David Silva (Spain) 35
6= Olivier Giroud (France) 31
Mario Gomez (Germany) 31
8 Mario Mandžukić (Croatia) 30
9 Mesut Özil (Germany) 23
10= Eden Hazard (Belgium) 22
Christian Eriksen (Denmark) 22
Most competitive international goals (World Cup, Euro and Confederations Cup)
1 Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) 64
2 Robert Lewandowski (Poland) 36
3 Thomas Müller (Germany) 30
4 David Silva (Spain) 20
5 Mario Mandžukić (Croatia) 19
6 Mesut Özil (Germany) 18
7= Romelu Lukaku (Belgium) 16
Gylfi Sigurdsson (Iceland) 16
9= Eden Hazard (Belgium) 15
Mario Gomez (Germany) 15
Xherdan Shaqiri (Switzerland) 15
Most World Cup goals (final tournament and qualifying)
1 Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) 33
2 Robert Lewandowski (Poland) 21
3 Thomas Müller (Germany) 19
4 Romelu Lukaku (Belgium) 14
5 Mario Mandžukić (Croatia) 12
6= Christian Eriksen (Denmark) 11
Mesut Özil (Germany) 11
Marcus Berg (Sweden) 11
9 André Silva (Portugal) 9
10= Eden Hazard (Belgium) 8
Gylfi Sigurdsson (Iceland) 8
David Silva (Spain) 8
Most final tournament goals (World Cup, Euro and Confederations Cup)
1 Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) 14
2 Thomas Müller (Germany) 10
3 Antoine Griezmann (France) 6
4= Mario Mandžukić (Croatia) 5
Mario Gomez (Germany) 5
David Silva (Spain) 5
7= Ivan Perišić (Croatia) 4
Olivier Giroud (France) 4
Mesut Özil (Germany) 4
Xherdan Shaqiri (Switzerland) 4
Most World Cup final tournament goals
1 Thomas Müller (Germany) 10
2= Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) 3
Xherdan Shaqiri (Switzerland) 3
4= Mario Mandžukić (Croatia) 2
Ivan Perišić (Croatia) 2
Mats Hummels (Germany) 2
Sami Khedira (Germany) 2
Toni Kroos (Germany) 2
Mesut Özil (Germany) 2
Andrés Iniesta (Spain) 2
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