Every country's captain at EURO final tournaments
Monday, January 1, 2024
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UEFA.com lists the men who have led their teams out at the UEFA European Championship.
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So far, 14 different captains have won a EURO (with Iker Casillas the only man to have skippered two sides to victory).
Ten men, meanwhile, have led their nations at the finals as both captains and coaches:
Franz Beckenbauer (Germany – captain: 1972, 1976; coach: 1988)
José Antonio Camacho (Spain – captain: 1988; coach: 2000)
Frank de Boer (Netherlands – captain: 2000, 2004; coach: 2020)
Didier Deschamps (France – captain: 1996, 2000; coach: 2016, 2020)
Kevin Keegan (England – captain: 1980; coach: 2000)
Morten Olsen (Denmark – captain: 1984, 1988; coach: 2004, 2012)
Michel Platini (France – captain: 1984; coach: 1992)
Andriy Shevchenko (Ukraine – captain: 2012; coach: 2020)
Rudi Völler (Germany – captain: 1992; coach: 2004)
Dino Zoff (Italy – captain: 1980; coach: 2000)
UEFA meets all the players who have captained their teams at the finals.
EURO 1960
Czechoslovakia: Ladislav Novák
France: Robert Jonquet
Soviet Union: Igor Netto
Yugoslavia: Bora Kostić
EURO 1964
Denmark: Ole Madsen
Hungary: Ferenc Bene
Soviet Union: Valentin Ivanov
Spain: Ferran Olivella
EURO 1968
England: Bobby Moore
Italy: Giacinto Facchetti
Soviet Union: Albert Shesternev
Yugoslavia: Mirsad Farzlagić
EURO 1972
Belgium: Paul Van Himst
Hungary: Ferenc Bene
Soviet Union: Murtaz Khurtsilava
West Germany: Franz Beckenbauer
EURO 1976
Czechoslovakia: Anton Ondruš
Netherlands: Johan Cruyff
West Germany: Franz Beckenbauer
Yugoslavia: Jovan Aćimović
EURO 1980
Belgium: Julien Cools
Czechoslovakia: Anton Ondruš
England: Kevin Keegan
Greece: Giorgos Koudas
Italy: Dino Zoff
Netherlands: Ruud Krol
Spain: Juan Asensi
West Germany: Bernard Dietz
EURO 1984
Belgium: Jan Ceulemans
Denmark: Morten Olsen
France: Michel Platini
Portugal: Manuel Bento
Romania: Costică Ştefănescu
Spain: Luis Arconada
West Germany: Karl-Heinz Rummenigge
Yugoslavia: Velimir Zajec
EURO 1988
Denmark: Morten Olsen
England: Bryan Robson
Italy: Alessandro Altobelli*
Netherlands: Ruud Gullit
Republic of Ireland: Frank Stapleton
Spain: José Antonio Camacho
West Germany: Lothar Matthäus
Soviet Union: Rinat Dasayev
*Giuseppe Bergomi captained Italy in all four matches as Altobelli started on the bench
EURO 1992
CIS: Oleksiy Mykhailychenko
Denmark: Lars Olsen
England: Gary Lineker
France: Manuel Amoros
Germany: Rudi Völler*
Netherlands: Ruud Gullit
Scotland: Richard Gough
Sweden: Jonas Thern
*Andreas Brehme took over as captain after Völler was injured in the opening game and missed the rest of the tournament
EURO '96
Bulgaria: Borislav Mihaylov
Croatia: Zvonimir Boban
Czechia: Václav Němeček
Denmark: Michael Laudrup
England: Tony Adams
France: Didier Deschamps
Germany: Jürgen Klinsmann
Italy: Paolo Maldini
Netherlands: Danny Blind
Portugal: Vítor Baía
Romania: Gheorghe Hagi
Russia: Viktor Onopko
Scotland: Gary McAllister
Spain: Andoni Zubizarreta
Switzerland: Alain Geiger
Türkiye: Oğuz Çetin
EURO 2000
Belgium: Lorenzo Staelens
Czechia: Jiří Němec
Denmark: Peter Schmeichel
England: Alan Shearer
France: Didier Deschamps
Germany: Oliver Bierhoff
Italy: Paolo Maldini
Netherlands: Frank de Boer
Norway: Henning Berg
Portugal: Vítor Baía
Romania: Gheorghe Hagi
Slovenia: Darko Milanič
Spain: Fernando Hierro
Sweden: Patrik Andersson
Türkiye: Ogün Temizkanoğlu
Yugoslavia: Dragan Stojković
EURO 2004
Bulgaria: Stiliyan Petrov
Croatia: Boris Živković
Czechia: Pavel Nedvěd
Denmark: René Henriksen
England: David Beckham
France: Marcel Desailly
Germany: Oliver Kahn
Greece: Theodoros Zagorakis
Italy: Fabio Cannavaro
Latvia: Vitālijs Astafjevs
Netherlands: Frank de Boer
Portugal: Fernando Couto
Russia: Aleksei Smertin
Spain: Raúl González
Sweden: Johan Mjällby
Switzerland: Jörg Stiel
EURO 2008
Austria: Andreas Ivanschitz
Croatia: Niko Kovač
Czechia: Tomáš Ujfaluši
France: Lilian Thuram
Germany: Michael Ballack
Greece: Angelos Basinas
Italy: Alessandro Del Piero*
Netherlands: Edwin van der Sar**
Poland: Maciej Żurawski
Portugal: Nuno Gomes
Romania: Cristian Chivu
Russia: Sergei Semak
Spain: Iker Casillas
Sweden: Freddie Ljungberg
Switzerland: Alexander Frei
Türkiye: Emre Belözoğlu
*Original captain Fabio Cannavaro was ruled out through injury just prior to the tournament
** John Heitinga took over as captain when Van der Sar did not play against Romania in their final group game
EURO 2012
Croatia: Darijo Srna
Czechia: Tomáš Rosický
Denmark: Daniel Agger
England: Steven Gerrard
France: Hugo Lloris
Germany: Philipp Lahm
Greece: Giorgos Karagounis
Italy: Gianluigi Buffon
Netherlands: Mark van Bommel
Poland: Jakub Błaszczykowski
Portugal: Cristiano Ronaldo
Republic of Ireland: Robbie Keane
Russia: Andrey Arshavin
Spain: Iker Casillas
Sweden: Zlatan Ibrahimović
Ukraine: Andriy Shevchenko
EURO 2016
Albania: Lorik Cana
Austria: Christian Fuchs
Belgium: Eden Hazard
Croatia: Darijo Srna
Czechia: Tomáš Rosický
England: Wayne Rooney
France: Hugo Lloris
Germany: Bastian Schweinsteiger
Hungary: Balázs Dzsudzsák
Iceland: Aron Gunnarsson
Italy: Gianluigi Buffon
Northern Ireland: Steven Davis
Poland: Robert Lewandowski
Portugal: Cristiano Ronaldo
Republic of Ireland: Robbie Keane
Romania: Vlad Chiricheş
Russia: Roman Shirokov
Slovakia: Martin Škrtel
Spain: Sergio Ramos
Sweden: Zlatan Ibrahimović
Switzerland: Stephan Lichtsteiner
Türkiye: Arda Turan
Ukraine: Anatoliy Tymoshchuk*
Wales: Ashley Williams
* Tymoshchuk's only appearance was as an added time substitute in Ukraine's final match; Vyacheslav Shevchuk (for the first two games) and Ruslan Rotan (for the third) were captains in his absence
EURO 2020
Austria: David Alaba
Belgium: Jan Vertonghen
Croatia: Luka Modrić
Czechia: Vladimír Darida
Denmark: Simon Kjær
England: Harry Kane
Finland: Tim Sparv
France: Hugo Lloris
Germany: Manuel Neuer
Hungary: Ádám Szalai
Italy: Giorgio Chiellini
Netherlands: Georginio Wijnaldum
North Macedonia: Goran Pandev
Poland: Robert Lewandowski
Portugal: Cristiano Ronaldo
Russia: Artem Dzyuba
Scotland: Andy Robertson
Slovakia: Marek Hamšík
Spain: Sergio Busquets
Sweden: Sebastian Larsson
Switzerland: Granit Xhaka
Türkiye: Burak Yılmaz
Ukraine: Andriy Yarmolenko
Wales: Gareth Bale