Every country's captain at every past EURO

Didier Deschamps led France to EURO 2000 glory
Didier Deschamps led France to EURO 2000 glory / PATRICK HERTZOG/Getty Images
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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).

Seven men, meanwhile, have led their nations at the finals as both captains and coaches:
Morten Olsen (Denmark – captain: 1984, 1988; coach: 2004)
Kevin Keegan (England – captain: 1980; coach: 2000)
Didier Deschamps (France – captain: 1996, 2000; coach: 2016)
Michel Platini (France – captain: 1984; coach: 1992)
Rudi Völler (Germany – captain: 1992; coach: 2004)
Franz Beckenbauer (Germany – captain: 1972, 1976; coach: 1988)
Dino Zoff (Italy – captain: 1980; coach: 2004)

UEFA meets all the players who 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 Shesternyov
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
Czech Republic: 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
Turkey: Oğuz Çetin

EURO 2000

Belgium: Lorenzo Staelens
Czech Republic
: 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
Turkey: Ogün Temizkanoğlu
Yugoslavia: Dragan Stojković

EURO 2004

Bulgaria: Stiliyan Petrov
Croatia: Boris Živković
Czech Republic: 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: Aleksey Smertin
Spain: Raúl González
Sweden: Johan Mjällby
Switzerland: Jörg Stiel

EURO 2008

Austria: Andreas Ivanschitz
Croatia: Niko Kovač
Czech Republic: 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
Turkey: Emre Belözoğlu

*original captain Fabio Cannavaro was ruled out through injury just prior to the tournament

EURO 2012

Croatia: Darijo Srna
Czech Republic
: 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
Czech Republic: 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
Turkey: 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