Progression of association football caps record

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This is a progressive list of men's association footballers who have held or co-held the world record for international caps, beginning with Billy MacKinnon, the only man to play in all of Scotland's first seven internationals.

Criteria[]

The criteria used by national FAs in considering a match as a full international were not historically fixed. Particularly for the early decades, and until more recently for FAs outside UEFA and CONMEBOL, counts of caps were often considered unreliable. RSSSF and IFFHS have spent much effort trying to produce definitive lists of full international matches, and corresponding data on players' international caps and goals. Using this data, the following records can be retrospectively produced. Note that, at the time, these records may not have been recognised.

One point of note is that early matches by the England Amateur side were played against the full national side of opponents. These matches are counted as full internationals by the IFFHS and the opposing FAs, though not by the (English) FA. This affects Vivian Woodward, who won 23 full caps and 30 amateur caps; the IFFHS considers him as the record-holder from 1909, when his total of 31 caps included 11 amateur matches.[1][2]

Before 1977, the world record holder was always European, except when Ángel Romano narrowly overtook Imre Schlosser. After 1977, many sources, including FIFA[3][4] and the Guinness Book of Records,[5] reported later 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.[6]

In August 2021, four retired Malaysian internationals were retrospectively admitted to the FIFA Century Club,[7] with Soh Chin Ann's 1984 appearance against North Yemen recognised as a record 195th cap,[7][8] thereby annulling the putative record totals achieved in intervening decades by Cha, Saeed, Abdullah, Al Talyani, Claudio Suárez, Mohamed Al-Deayea, Ahmed Hassan, and Bader Al Mutawa.[8]

The women's international cap record is 354, held by Kristine Lilly of the United States, who exceeded Soh's total with her 196th cap against Norway in the 2000 Algarve Cup.[9]

World record[]

Player Country Cap Date Venue Opponent Score Notes
Billy MacKinnon  Scotland 7 1877-03-03 Kennington Oval  England 3–1 [1][10]
8 1878-03-02 Hampden Park  England 7–2 [1][10]
9 1879-04-05 Kennington Oval  England 4–5 [1][10]
Henry McNeil  Scotland 9 1881-03-12 Kennington Oval  England 6–1 [1][11]
10 1881-03-14 Acton Park, Wrexham  Wales 5–1 [1][11]
John Price  Wales 10 1882-03-25 Glasgow  Scotland 0–5 [12]
11 1883-03-12 Wrexham  Scotland 0–3 [1][13]
12 1883-03-17 Belfast  Ireland 1–1 [1][13]
Norman Bailey  England 12 1884-03-17 Racecourse Ground  Wales 4–0 British Home Championship[14]
13 1885-02-28 Whalley Range, Blackburn  Ireland 4–0 British Home Championship[1][14]
14 1885-03-14 Leamington Road  Wales 1–1 British Home Championship[1][14]
15 1885-03-21 Kennington Oval  Scotland 1–1 British Home Championship[1][14]
16 1886-03-27 Hampden Park  Scotland 1–1 British Home Championship[1][14]
17 1886-03-29 Racecourse Ground  Wales 3–1 British Home Championship[1][14]
18 1887-02-26 Kennington Oval  Wales 4–0 British Home Championship[1][14]
19 1887-03-19 Leamington Road  Scotland 2–3 British Home Championship[1][14]
Olphert Stanfield  Ireland 19 1893-04-05 Belfast  Wales 4–3 British Home Championship[15]
20 1894-02-24 Swansea  Wales 1–4 British Home Championship[1][15]
21 1894-03-03 Solitude  England 2–2 British Home Championship[1][16]
22 1894-03-31 Belfast  Scotland 1–3 British Home Championship[1][15]
23 1895-03-09 County Cricket Ground, Derby  England 0–9 British Home Championship[1][17]
24 1895-03-30 Glasgow  Scotland 1–3 British Home Championship[1][15]
26 1896-03-07 Solitude  England 0–2 British Home Championship[1][18]
27 1896-03-28 Belfast  Scotland 3–3 British Home Championship[1][15]
28 1897-02-20 Trent Bridge  England 0–6 British Home Championship[1][19]
29 1897-03-06 Belfast  Wales 4–3 British Home Championship[1][15]
30 1897-03-27 Glasgow  Scotland 1–5 British Home Championship[1][15]
Vivian Woodward  England 30 1909-03-15 Nottingham  Wales 2–0 British Home Championship[2]
31 1909-05-29 Budapest  Hungary 4–2 [1][2]
32 1909-05-31 Budapest  Hungary 8–2 [1][2]
33 1909-06-01 Vienna  Austria 8–1 [1][2]
England England Amateurs 34 1909-11-06 Hull  Sweden 7–0 [1][2]
35 1909-12-11 London  Netherlands 9–1 [1][2]
 England 36 1910-02-12 Belfast  Ireland 1–1 British Home Championship[1][2]
Billy Meredith  Wales 36 1911-03-13 London  England 0–3 British Home Championship[20]
37 1912-03-02 Edinburgh  Scotland 0–1 British Home Championship[20]
38 1912-03-11 Wrexham  England 0–2 British Home Championship[20]
39 1912-04-13 Cardiff  Ireland 2–3 British Home Championship[20]
40 1913-01-18 Belfast  Ireland 1–0 British Home Championship[20]
41 1913-03-03 Wrexham  Scotland 0–0 British Home Championship[20]
42 1913-03-17 Bristol  England 3–4 British Home Championship[20]
43 1914-01-19 Wrexham  Ireland 1–2 British Home Championship[20]
44 1914-02-28 Glasgow  Scotland 0–0 British Home Championship[20]
45 1914-03-16 Ninian Park  England 0–2 British Home Championship[21]
Imre Schlosser  Hungary 45 1915-05-30 Vienna  Austria 2–1 [22]
46 1915-10-03 Vienna  Austria 2–4 [22]
47 1915-11-07 Budapest  Austria 6–2 [22]
48 1916-06-04 Budapest  Austria 2–1 [22]
49 1916-10-01 Budapest  Austria 2–3 [22]
50 1916-11-05 Vienna  Austria 3–3 [22]
51 1917-05-06 Vienna  Austria 1–1 [22]
52 1917-06-03 Budapest  Austria 6–2 [22]
53 1917-07-15 Vienna  Austria 4–1 [22]
54 1917-10-07 Budapest  Austria 2–1 [22]
55 1917-11-04 Vienna  Austria 2–1 [22]
56 1918-04-14 Budapest  Austria 2–0 [22]
57 1918-05-12 Budapest   Switzerland 2–1 [22]
58 1918-06-02 Vienna  Austria 2–0 [22]
59 1918-10-06 Vienna  Austria 3–0 [22]
60 1919-11-09 Budapest  Austria 3–2 [22]
61 1920-10-24 Berlin  Germany 0–1 [22]
62 1921-04-24 Vienna  Austria 1–4 [22]
63 1921-06-05 Budapest  Germany 3–0 [22]
64 1921-11-06 Budapest  Sweden 4–2 [22]
65 1921-12-18 Budapest  Poland 1–0 [22]
Ángel Romano  Uruguay 65 1924-10-26 Montevideo  Paraguay 3–1 Copa América[23]
66 1924-11-02 Montevideo  Argentina 0–0 Copa América[23]
Imre Schlosser  Hungary 66 1926-06-06 Budapest  Czechoslovakia 2–1 [22]
Ángel Romano  Uruguay 67 1926-10-28 Santiago  Bolivia 6–0 Copa América[23]
68 1926-11-01 Santiago  Paraguay 6–1 Copa América[23]
Imre Schlosser  Hungary 68 1927-04-10 Vienna  Austria 0–6 [22]
Ángel Romano  Uruguay 69 1927-07-14 Montevideo  Argentina 0–1 Copa Newton[23]
Severino Minelli   Switzerland 69 1939-11-12 Zürich  Italy 3–1 [24]
70 1940-03-03 Turin  Italy 1–1 [24]
71 1940-03-31 Budapest  Hungary 0–3 [24]
72 1941-04-20 Bern  Germany 2–1 [24]
73 1941-12-28 Valencia  Spain 2–3 [24]
74 1942-01-01 Lisbon  Portugal 0–3 [24]
75 1942-02-01 Vienna  Germany 2–1 [24]
76 1942-03-08 Marseille  France 2–0 [24]
77 1942-10-18 Bern  Germany 3–5 [24]
78 1942-11-01 Budapest  Hungary 0–3 [24]
79 1942-11-15 Zürich  Sweden 3–1 [24]
80 1943-06-14 Stockholm  Sweden 0–1 [24]
Ferenc Puskás  Hungary 80 1956-06-09 Lisbon  Portugal 2–2 [25]
81 1956-07-15 Budapest  Poland 4–1 [25]
82 1956-09-16 Belgrade  Yugoslavia 3–1 Dr. Gerö Cup[25]
83 1956-09-23 Moscow  Soviet Union 1–0 [25]
84 1956-10-07 Paris  France 2–1 [25]
85 1956-10-14 Vienna  Austria 2–0 [25]
Billy Wright  England 85 1957-05-19 Dublin  Republic of Ireland 1–1 World Cup qualifying[26]
86 1957-10-19 Cardiff  Wales 4–0 British Home Championship[26]
87 1957-11-06 London  Northern Ireland 2–3 British Home Championship[26]
88 1957-11-27 London  France 4–0 [26]
89 1958-04-19 Glasgow  Scotland 4–0 British Home Championship[26]
90 1958-05-07 London  Portugal 2–1 [26]
91 1958-05-11 Belgrade  Yugoslavia 0–5 [26]
92 1958-05-18 Moscow  Soviet Union 1–1 [26]
93 1958-06-08 Gothenburg  Soviet Union 2–2 World Cup[26]
94 1958-06-11 Gothenburg  Brazil 0–0 World Cup[26]
95 1958-06-15 Borås  Austria 2–2 World Cup[26]
96 1958-06-17 Gothenburg  Soviet Union 0–1 World Cup[26]
97 1958-10-04 Belfast  Northern Ireland 3–3 British Home Championship[26]
98 1958-10-22 London  Soviet Union 5–0 [26]
99 1958-11-26 Birmingham  Wales 2–2 British Home Championship[26]
100 1959-04-11 London  Scotland 1–0 British Home Championship[26]
101 1959-05-06 London  Italy 2–2 [26]
102 1959-05-13 Rio de Janeiro  Brazil 0–2 [26]
103 1959-05-17 Lima  Peru 1–4 [26]
104 1959-05-24 Mexico City  Mexico 1–2 [26]
105 1959-05-28 Los Angeles  United States 8–1 [26]
Bobby Charlton  England 105 1970-06-11 Guadalajara  Czechoslovakia 1–0 World Cup[27]
106 1970-06-14 León  West Germany 2–3 World Cup[27]
Bobby Moore  England 106 1973-06-10 Moscow  Soviet Union 2–1 [28]
107 1973-06-14 Turin  Italy 0–2 [28]
108 1973-11-14 London  Italy 0–1 [28]
Soh Chin Ann  Malaysia 108 1977-03-01 Singapore  Thailand 6–4 World Cup qualification[29]
109 1977-03-03 Singapore  Indonesia 0–0 World Cup qualification[29]
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195 1984-10-18 Calcutta  North Yemen 4–1 Asian Cup qualification[8][29]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae "IFFHS (International Federation of Football History & Statistics)". IFFHS.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h Vivian John Woodward – International Appearances RSSSF
  3. ^ "Matthäus sets new caps record against Netherlands". FIFA. 22 February 2000. Archived from the original on October 3, 2009. Retrieved 14 February 2010. Matthäus was level with Sweden's Thomas Ravelli, both totalling 143 caps.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ McFarlan, Donald (1989). The Guinness Book of Records 1990 (36th ed.). London: Guinness. p. 248. ISBN 0-85112-341-4.
  6. ^ Gleeson, Mark (8 January 2001). "Egyptian striker breaks caps record". FIFA. Archived from the original on March 22, 2008. Retrieved 14 February 2010.
  7. ^ a b Bernama (4 August 2021). "Four Malaysian legends join Fifa Century Club". New Straits Times. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
  8. ^ a b c "FIFA Century Club" (PDF). FIFA. 10 February 2022. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
  9. ^ Shannon, David (12 January 2001). "Kristine Lilly — International Matches". RSSSF. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  10. ^ a b c Scotland – International Matches 1872–1880 RSSSF
  11. ^ a b Henry McNeil SFA
  12. ^ John Price European football archive
  13. ^ a b International matches of Wales RSSSF
  14. ^ a b c d e f g h Norman Bailey FA
  15. ^ a b c d e f g Stanfield Olphert Martin European football archive
  16. ^ England Ireland v England – 1894-03-03 FA
  17. ^ England v Ireland – 1895-03-09 FA
  18. ^ Ireland v England – 1896-03-07 FA
  19. ^ England v Ireland – 1897-02-20 FA
  20. ^ a b c d e f g h i Meredith William Henry European football archive
  21. ^ WALES v ENGLAND – 1914-03-16 FA
  22. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w Imre Schlosser-Lakatos RSSSF
  23. ^ a b c d e Angel Romano RSSSF
  24. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Severino Minelli RSSSF
  25. ^ a b c d e f Ferenc Puskás RSSSF
  26. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u Billy Wright RSSSF
  27. ^ a b Bobby Charlton RSSSF
  28. ^ a b c Bobby Moore RSSSF
  29. ^ a b c d The FIFA list of 195 caps is the same as the following RSSSF list of 219 caps except with 24 Olympic football matches excluded: HarimauMYstats; Mamrud, Roberto (11 August 2021). "Soh Chin Ann — Double Century of International Appearances". RSSSF. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
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