With UEFA Euro 2024 beginning on Friday 14 June in Germany, we look at the players who have made the squad at previous tournaments that have also worn the shirt of Hull City.
We begin with England following former player Jarrod Bowen’s call-up to this year’s finals. The first player who represented England at the finals, and would at some point in his career play for the Tigers, was Mark Hateley, who featured three times in 1988 as the Three Lions finished bottom of Group Two.
Hometown hero Nick Barmby featured five times across two tournaments in 1996 and 2000. Featuring three times at Euro 96, which saw England lose to Germany on penalties in the semi-finals, Barmby also made two appearances in 2000. Harry Maguire featured five times for England in their run to the final at Euro 2020. Netting in the quarter-finals against Ukraine, the defender scored his spot-kick in the final shootout defeat against current holders Italy.
Moving onto the opponents for host nation Germany in the 2024 tournament opener, Scotland have called up two former City players in Andy Robertson and Liam Cooper. Both featured in Euro 2020, with Robertson playing all three group games while Cooper only featured once.
Also in Scotland’s squad during Euro 2020 was goalkeeper David Marshall, who played all three games, and Stephen Kingsley, an unused substitute for the duration of the tournament.
Nine former Hull City players have been called up by Republic of Ireland to Euros finals. In 2012, Keith Andrews, Shane Long and Jon Walters all played, while Paul McShane and Stephen Hunt were unused substitutes in all three group games.
In 2016, Long and Walters both earned further appearances at the next Euros, along with Stephen Quinn, who played once as a substitute in a 1-0 win over Italy in Group E, and Robbie Brady, who in his four appearances netted the winner against Italy and struck in the last-16 defeat against France. Also named in the 2016 squad were David Meyler and Cyrus Christie, who were unused substitutes throughout.
Northern Ireland have only competed at the 2016 Euros finals. Josh Magennis and Corry Evans played in all three group games, while 1995/96 Player of the Year winner Roy Carroll was an unused substitute.
Missing out on Euro 2024, Wales have seen three former Tigers at the finals. FA Cup final scorer James Chester played every minute of all six games at Euros 2016 as Wales reached the semi-finals. In 2020, ex-academy prospect Dan James featured four times while ex-loanee Harry Wilson earned three caps at the tournament.
At Euro 2020, Marcus Forss represented Finland twice, while Dušan Kuciak was an unused substitute for all three group games for Slovakia. Fellow goalkeeper Péter Gulácsi, who has been called up for Euro 2024, featured three times for Hungary in 2020 after being an unused substitute in the 2016 tournament. Another goalkeeper in Eldin Jakupović was an unused substitute for Switzerland at Euro 2008.
Despite Abdüş Ömür missing out on the final 26-man squad for Türkiye, his club teammate and compatriot Ozan Tufan has made six appearances in Euros finals, featuring three times in 2016 and again in 2020. In the 2016 tournament, the 29-year-old netted the second goal in a 2-0 win over Czech Republic, firing his finish past Petr Čech.
Featuring three times in the Tigers’ maiden Premier League season, Stylianos Giannakopoulos played four times, including the final, as Greece memorably won Euro 2004, with the experienced winger playing a further two games in Euro 2008. Meanwhile, Sebastian Larsson earned 11 of his 133 caps for Sweden at four Euros tournaments, first appearing in 2008. Scoring once in three appearances at the 2012 tournament as well as featuring a further three times at Euro 2016, the midfielder captained his country in the 2020 edition.
At Euro 2008, Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink featured once for the Netherlands while Hatem Ben Arfa represented France twice in the 2012 edition. Staying with Euro 2012, Nikica Jelavic scored in Croatia's opening Group C fixture in a 3-1 win over Republic of Ireland, with the striker featuring in all three group games.
Tigers favourite Kamil Grosicki will be heading to Euro 2024, his third Euros tournament for Poland. Making his first appearance in the Euro finals in 2012 as a substitute against Czech Republic, the now-36-year-old played in every game for Poland in Euro 2016, registering assists in the round of 16 and quarter-finals, where they were knocked out on penalties by eventual winners Portugal.
