Squad Facts: The Summary

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