Random Football Facts or Records Related to United

[JeffFromHK]

Just discovered this very random fact during EURO

EURO 24 is the first tournament since Euro 00 the French Squad does not feature any United players

WC 02 - Barthez, Silvestre
EURO 04 - Saha, Silvestre
WC 06 - Saha, Silvestre
EURO 08 - Evra
WC 10 - Evra
EURO 12 - Evra
WC 14 - Evra
EURO 16 - Martial, Schneiderlin
WC 18 - Pogba
EURO 20 - Pogba
WC 22 - Varane

record of 11 tournaments in a row broken

 

[Mike Smalling]

Based on that I wanted to check United academy graduates in England tournament squads.

Turns out the 2010 World Cup is the only squad this century that hasn’t had one. Beckham probably would have gone if not for an injury. With Rashford out, it’s Mainoo representing the academy this year.

 

[JeffFromHK]

Based on that I wanted to check United academy graduates in England tournament squads.

Turns out the 2010 World Cup is the only squad this century that hasn’t had one. Beckham probably would have gone if not for an injury. With Rashford out, it’s Mainoo representing the academy this year.

Just did a random check on number of United Players in England WC/EURO squads, the findings are:
- At least one United player features in every England's major tournament squad
- the number has been pretty stable, averaging at 2 or 3 throughout the years, between 1998 and 2020, there was a slight increase in the average number to around 4

WC50 - 2
WC54 - 3
WC58 - 1
WC62 - 1
WC66 - 3
WC70 - 3
WC74 - 3
WC78 - 2
WC82 - 3
WC86 - 2
WC90 - 2
WC98 - 4
WC02 - 4
WC06 - 3
WC10 - 2
WC14 - 5
WC18 - 4
WC22 - 3

EURO68 - 3
EURO80 - 2
EURO88 - 2
EURO92 - 1
EURO96 - 2
EURO00 - 4
EURO04 - 4
EURO12 - 4
EURO16 - 3
EURO20 - 4
EURO24 - 2