most appearances by irish players for ireland

Shay Given has made the most career appearances by an Irishman in Europe's top five leagues, with 451 appearances in the Premier League.

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1Shay Given
S. Given
451
40,216
451
0
0.00
2
2
0
2John O'Shea
J. O'Shea
445
33,068
370
13
0.03
13
26
0
3Richard Dunne
R. Dunne
431
36,794
419
11
0.03
5
16
0
4Damien Duff
D. Duff
392
28,643
327
54
0.14
55
109
0
5Stephen Carr
S. Carr
377
32,742
371
8
0.02
18
26
0
6Séamus Coleman
S. Coleman
372
28,906
327
22
0.06
24
46
0
7Roy Keane
R. Keane
366
30,839
349
39
0.11
33
72
0
8Rory Delap
R. Delap
359
28,431
327
23
0.06
21
44
0
9Robbie Keane
R. Keane
355
24,738
277
126
0.35
37
163
17
10Shane Long
S. Long
344
17,823
186
56
0.16
21
77
1
11Kenny Cunningham
K. Cunningham
335
29,618
334
0
0.00
16
16
0
12Denis Irwin
D. Irwin
328
27,889
316
18
0.05
25
43
7
13Kevin Kilbane
K. Kilbane
325
24,581
275
15
0.05
18
33
0
14Gary Kelly
G. Kelly
325
28,397
316
2
0.01
31
33
0
15Jeff Kenna
J. Kenna
290
25,176
282
8
0.03
20
28
0
16Steve Staunton
S. Staunton
288
23,568
271
13
0.05
28
41
1
17Lee Carsley
L. Carsley
282
22,744
253
16
0.06
12
28
1
18Andy O'Brien
A. O'Brien
280
23,661
265
8
0.03
2
10
0
19Glenn Whelan
G. Whelan
276
20,839
235
4
0.01
12
16
0
20James McCarthy
J. McCarthy
272
20,913
237
13
0.05
12
25
0
21Ian Harte
I. Harte
267
22,139
244
29
0.11
36
65
10
22Niall Quinn
N. Quinn
250
17,958
200
59
0.24
37
96
0
23Stephen Ireland
S. Ireland
246
15,232
169
19
0.08
28
47
0
24Steve Finnan
S. Finnan
236
20,162
224
1
0.00
14
15
0
25Jon Walters
J. Walters
233
16,740
189
43
0.18
19
62
10
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G

9

Guimarães

Bruno Guimarães

A

4

Guimarães

Bruno Guimarães

RTG

7.62

Guimarães

Bruno Guimarães
Team Rankings

GF

44

8th

GA

45

14th

GD

-1

10th

FORM

LWWLL

last 5

2025-26 Table
CLUBMWDLGDPTS
10
Brighton Brighton
31
11
10
10
4
43
11
Sunderland Sunderland
31
11
10
10
-4
43
12
Newcastle Newcastle
31
12
6
13
-1
42
13
Bournemouth Bournemouth
31
9
15
7
-2
42
14
Crystal Palace Crystal Palace
30
10
9
11
-2
39
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
4/12
NEW NEW
@
CRY CRY
9:00 AM
Sat
4/18
BOU BOU
@
NEW NEW
10:00 AM
Sat
4/25
NEW NEW
@
ARS ARS
12:30 PM
Sat
5/2
BHA BHA
@
NEW NEW
10:00 AM
Sun
5/10
NEW NEW
@
FOR FOR
9:00 AM
Last Game
NEW Newcastle

W12 D6 L13

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Final

2

SUN Sunderland

W11 D10 L10

Sun 22 Mar 2026

Europe Top Five 2025-26 Leaders

Goals Leaders

31

Kane

Harry Kane

23

Mbappé

Kylian Mbappé

22

Haaland

Erling Haaland
Assists Leaders

18

Olise

Michael Olise

16

Fernandes

Bruno Fernandes

13

Dimarco

Federico Dimarco
Rating Leaders

8.17

Olise

Michael Olise

8.13

Vitinha

Vitinha

8.10

Pedri

Pedri
Take-ons Leaders

119

Yamal

Lamine Yamal

89

Diomandé

Yan Diomandé

72

Júnior

Vinícius Júnior
Big Chances Created Leaders

25

Dimarco

Federico Dimarco

25

Olise

Michael Olise

24

Fernandes

Bruno Fernandes

Europe Top Five 2025-26 Rankings

Goals For Rankings
Bayern

100

Barcelona

80

Inter

71

Real Madrid

64

PSG

61

Arsenal

61
Goals Against Rankings
Como

22

Arsenal

22

PSG

23

Milan

24

Inter

26

Lens

27
Goal Difference Rankings
Bayern

73

Barcelona

51

Inter

45

Arsenal

39

PSG

38

Real Madrid

36

FC 2025-26 Tables

Premier LeagueMWDLGDPTS
1
Arsenal Arsenal
31
21
7
3
39
70
2
Man City Man City
30
18
7
5
32
61
3
Man United Man United
31
15
10
6
13
55
4
Aston Villa Aston Villa
31
16
6
9
5
54
5
Liverpool Liverpool
31
14
7
10
8
49
6
Chelsea Chelsea
31
13
9
9
15
48
7
Brentford Brentford
31
13
7
11
4
46
8
Everton Everton
31
13
7
11
2
46
9
Fulham Fulham
31
13
5
13
-1
44
10
Brighton Brighton
31
11
10
10
4
43
11
Sunderland Sunderland
31
11
10
10
-4
43
12
Newcastle Newcastle
31
12
6
13
-1
42
13
Bournemouth Bournemouth
31
9
15
7
-2
42
14
Crystal Palace Crystal Palace
30
10
9
11
-2
39
15
Leeds Leeds
31
7
12
12
-11
33
16
Nottm Forest Nottm Forest
31
8
8
15
-12
32
17
Tottenham Tottenham
31
7
9
15
-10
30
18
West Ham West Ham
31
7
8
16
-21
29
19
Burnley Burnley
31
4
8
19
-28
20
20
Wolves Wolves
31
3
8
20
-30
17
LaLigaMWDLGDPTS
1
Barcelona Barcelona
30
25
1
4
51
76
2
Real Madrid Real Madrid
30
22
3
5
36
69
3
Villarreal Villarreal
30
18
4
8
19
58
4
Atlético Madrid Atlético Madrid
30
17
6
7
20
57
5
Real Betis Real Betis
30
11
12
7
7
45
6
Celta Vigo Celta Vigo
30
11
11
8
7
44
7
Real Sociedad Real Sociedad
30
11
8
11
1
41
8
Getafe Getafe
30
12
5
13
-4
41
9
Osasuna Osasuna
30
10
8
12
-1
38
10
Espanyol Espanyol
30
10
8
12
-8
38
11
Athletic Club Athletic Club
30
11
5
14
-11
38
12
Girona Girona
30
9
10
11
-12
37
13
Rayo Rayo
30
8
11
11
-6
35
14
Valencia Valencia
30
9
8
13
-11
35
15
Alavés Alavés
30
8
8
14
-11
32
16
Mallorca Mallorca
30
8
7
15
-12
31
17
Sevilla Sevilla
30
8
7
15
-13
31
18
Elche Elche
30
6
11
13
-9
29
19
Levante Levante
30
6
8
16
-16
26
20
Oviedo Oviedo
30
5
9
16
-27
24
BundesligaMWDLGDPTS
1
Bayern Bayern
28
23
4
1
73
73
2
Dortmund Dortmund
28
19
7
2
32
64
3
Leipzig Leipzig
28
16
5
7
19
53
4
Stuttgart Stuttgart
28
16
5
7
18
53
5
Hoffenheim Hoffenheim
28
15
5
8
14
50
6
Leverkusen Leverkusen
28
14
7
7
19
49
7
Frankfurt Frankfurt
28
10
9
9
-1
39
8
Freiburg Freiburg
28
10
7
11
-6
37
9
Mainz Mainz
28
8
9
11
-8
33
10
Union Berlin Union Berlin
28
8
8
12
-15
32
11
Augsburg Augsburg
28
9
5
14
-17
32
12
Hamburg Hamburg
28
7
10
11
-9
31
13
M'gladbach M'gladbach
28
7
9
12
-13
30
14
Werder Werder
28
7
7
14
-18
28
15
Köln Köln
28
6
9
13
-9
27
16
St. Pauli St. Pauli
28
6
7
15
-20
25
17
Wolfsburg Wolfsburg
28
5
6
17
-25
21
18
Heidenheim Heidenheim
28
3
7
18
-34
16
Serie AMWDLGDPTS
1
Inter Inter
31
23
3
5
45
72
2
Napoli Napoli
31
20
5
6
17
65
3
Milan Milan
31
18
9
4
23
63
4
Como Como
31
16
10
5
31
58
5
Juventus Juventus
31
16
9
6
25
57
6
Roma Roma
31
17
3
11
14
54
7
Atalanta Atalanta
31
14
11
6
17
53
8
Bologna Bologna
31
13
6
12
3
45
9
Lazio Lazio
31
11
11
9
3
44
10
Sassuolo Sassuolo
31
12
6
13
-3
42
11
Udinese Udinese
31
11
7
13
-7
40
12
Torino Torino
31
10
6
15
-18
36
13
Parma Parma
31
8
11
12
-17
35
14
Genoa Genoa
31
8
9
14
-8
33
15
Fiorentina Fiorentina
31
7
11
13
-8
32
16
Cagliari Cagliari
31
7
9
15
-12
30
17
Cremonese Cremonese
31
6
9
16
-20
27
18
Lecce Lecce
31
7
6
18
-22
27
19
Verona Verona
31
3
9
19
-31
18
20
Pisa Pisa
31
2
12
17
-32
18
Ligue 1MWDLGDPTS
1
PSG PSG
27
20
3
4
38
63
2
Lens Lens
28
19
2
7
27
59
3
Lille Lille
28
15
5
8
11
50
4
Marseille Marseille
28
15
4
9
18
49
5
Monaco Monaco
28
15
4
9
10
49
6
Lyon Lyon
28
14
6
8
12
48
7
Rennes Rennes
28
13
8
7
7
47
8
Strasbourg Strasbourg
28
12
7
9
12
43
9
Lorient Lorient
28
9
11
8
-4
38
10
Toulouse Toulouse
28
10
7
11
4
37
11
Brest Brest
28
10
6
12
-6
36
12
Angers Angers
28
9
6
13
-13
33
13
Paris FC Paris FC
28
7
11
10
-11
32
14
Le Havre Le Havre
28
6
10
12
-13
28
15
Nice Nice
28
7
6
15
-22
27
16
Auxerre Auxerre
28
5
8
15
-14
23
17
Nantes Nantes
27
4
6
17
-21
18
18
Metz Metz
28
3
6
19
-35
15
Champions LeagueMWDLGDPTS
1
Arsenal Arsenal
8
8
0
0
19
24
2
Bayern Bayern
8
7
0
1
14
21
3
Liverpool Liverpool
8
6
0
2
12
18
4
Tottenham Tottenham
8
5
2
1
10
17
5
Barcelona Barcelona
8
5
1
2
8
16
6
Chelsea Chelsea
8
5
1
2
7
16
7
Sporting CP Sporting CP
8
5
1
2
6
16
8
Man City Man City
8
5
1
2
6
16
9
Real Madrid Real Madrid
8
5
0
3
9
15
10
Inter Inter
8
5
0
3
8
15
11
PSG PSG
8
4
2
2
10
14
12
Newcastle Newcastle
8
4
2
2
10
14
13
Juventus Juventus
8
3
4
1
4
13
14
Atlético Madrid Atlético Madrid
8
4
1
3
2
13
15
Atalanta Atalanta
8
4
1
3
0
13
16
Leverkusen Leverkusen
8
3
3
2
-1
12
17
Dortmund Dortmund
8
3
2
3
2
11
18
Olympiacos Olympiacos
8
3
2
3
-4
11
19
Club Brugge Club Brugge
8
3
1
4
-2
10
20
Galatasaray Galatasaray
8
3
1
4
-2
10
21
Monaco Monaco
8
2
4
2
-6
10
22
Qarabag Qarabag
8
3
1
4
-8
10
23
Bodø/Glimt Bodø/Glimt
8
2
3
3
-1
9
24
Benfica Benfica
8
3
0
5
-2
9
25
Marseille Marseille
8
3
0
5
-3
9
26
Páfos Páfos
8
2
3
3
-3
9
27
Union SG Union SG
8
3
0
5
-9
9
28
PSV PSV
8
2
2
4
0
8
29
Athletic Club Athletic Club
8
2
2
4
-5
8
30
Napoli Napoli
8
2
2
4
-6
8
31
København København
8
2
2
4
-9
8
32
Ajax Ajax
8
2
0
6
-13
6
33
Frankfurt Frankfurt
8
1
1
6
-11
4
34
Slavia Prague Slavia Prague
8
0
3
5
-14
3
35
Villarreal Villarreal
8
0
1
7
-13
1
36
Kairat Kairat
8
0
1
7
-15
1

Europe Top Five 2025-26 Scores & Fixtures

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sat
2/28
MIL MIL
@
CRE CRE
2-0
Sat
2/28
ESP ESP
@
ELC ELC
2-2
Sat
2/28
NIC NIC
@
PFC PFC
0-1
Sat
2/28
ATA ATA
@
SAS SAS
1-2
Sat
2/28
WOL WOL
@
STU STU
0-4

Fixtures

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Fri
4/10
MON MON
@
PFC PFC
1:00 PM
Fri
4/10
HOF HOF
@
AUG AUG
2:30 PM
Fri
4/10
PIS PIS
@
ROM ROM
2:45 PM
Fri
4/10
WOL WOL
@
WHU WHU
3:00 PM
Fri
4/10
GIR GIR
@
RMA RMA
3:00 PM