Progression of association football caps European record
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This is a progressive list of men's association footballers who have held or co-held the European record for international caps since 1976. The progression up to 1976 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 1976, many sources, including FIFA{{multiref|
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{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/newscentre/news/newsid=72312.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091003123759/http://www.fifa.com/newscentre/news/newsid=72312.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 3, 2009|title=Matthäus sets new caps record against Netherlands |date=22 February 2000 |publisher=FIFA |accessdate=14 February 2010 |quote=Matthäus was level with Sweden's Thomas Ravelli, both totalling 143 caps.}}|
{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/newscentre/news/newsid=75861.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080322085529/http://www.fifa.com/newscentre/news/newsid=75861.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 22, 2008|title=Egyptian striker breaks caps record|last=Gleeson |first=Mark |date=8 January 2001|publisher=FIFA|accessdate=14 February 2010}}
}} and the Guinness Book of Records{{cite book |last=McFarlan |first=Donald |title=The Guinness Book of Records 1990 |publisher=Guinness |location=London |year=1989 |edition=36th |page=[https://archive.org/details/guinnessbookof00mcwh/page/248 248] |isbn=0-85112-341-4 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/guinnessbookof00mcwh/page/248 }} reported subsequent European cap records as world records. Retrospective validation of various Asian players' caps has subsequently shown that they exceeded the contemporary European record; most sweepingly, in 2021 FIFA recognised that Soh Chin Ann won his 109th Malaysia cap in 1976 and his 195th and final cap in 1984, which in February 2022 was the world record.{{#tag:ref|{{multiref|
{{cite news |author=Bernama |title=Four Malaysian legends join Fifa Century Club |url=https://www.nst.com.my/sports/football/2021/08/714842/four-malaysian-legends-join-fifa-century-club |access-date=1 March 2022 |work=New Straits Times |date=4 August 2021 |language=en}}|
{{cite web |title=FIFA Century Club |url=https://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/7a29d8a2cac79416/original/Century-Club-01112021.pdf |publisher=FIFA |access-date=1 March 2022 |date=10 February 2022}}|
The FIFA list of 195 caps is the same as the following RSSSF list of 219 caps except with 24 Olympic football matches excluded: {{cite web |last2=Mamrud |first2=Roberto |author1=HarimauMYstats |title=Soh Chin Ann — Double Century of International Appearances |url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/soh-intl.html |access-date=1 March 2022 |website=RSSSF |date=11 August 2021}}|name="rsssf_soh"}}
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The only pre-1976 European records not listed in the world record progression are Schlosser's record-breaking 67th cap and Severino Minelli's record-equalling 68th cap.
Notes:
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See also
References
- [https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/century.html Players with 100+ Caps and 30+ International Goals] RSSSF
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Category:Association football record progressions