Have you ever thought about buying a national team? Great Dane Football Blog takes a look on the value of each squad, as well as other facts. Take a look, before you buy your team!


Player and team value is taken from:



Croatia

Average age: 27.20 Years
Total value: £135.000.000
MVP: Luka Modrić £34.000.000

Goalkeepers:

Stipe Pletikosa
Ivan Kelava 
Danijel Subašić

Defenders:

Ivan Strinić
Josip Šimunić
Jurica Buljat
Vedran Ćorluka
Gordon Schildenfeld
Captain: Darijo Srna
Domagoj Vida

Midfielders:

Danijel Pranjić
Ivan Rakitić
Ognjen Vukojević
Luka Modrić
Darijo Srna (C)
Milan Badelj
Ivo Iličević
Tomislav Dujmović
Niko Kranjčar
Most Valuable Player: Luka Modric
Ivan Perišić

Forwards:

Nikica Jelavić
Mario Mandžukić
Nikola Kalinić
Eduardo 

Coach: Slaven Bilić
  


Czech Republic   


Average age: 27.80 Years
Total value: £89.000.000
MVP:  Petr Čech £22.000.000

Goalkeepers:

Petr Čech
Jan Laštuvka
Jaroslav Drobný


Defenders:

Theodor Gebre Selassie
Michal Kadlec
Marek Suchý
Roman Hubník 
Tomáš Sivok 
David Limberský


Captain: Tomáš Rosický
Midfielders:

Tomáš Rosický  (C)
Milan Petržela 
František Rajtoral 
Jaroslav Plašil 
Václav Pilař 
Tomáš Hübschman 
Daniel Kolář 
Petr Jiráček 
Vladimír Darida

Most Valuable Player: Petr Čech
Forwards:

Tomáš Necid
Jan Rezek 
Milan Baroš 
Tomáš Pekhart 
David Lafata

Coach: Michal Bílek




Denmark

Average age: 27.10 Years
Total value: £76.500.000
MVP: Christian Eriksen £11.500.000

Goalkeepers:

Stephan Andersen
Anders Lindegaard
Kasper Schmeichel 

Defenders:

Simon Kjær
Daniel Agger  (C)
Simon Poulsen
Lars Jacobsen
Andreas Bjelland
Captain: Daniel Agger
Jores Okore
Daniel Wass

Midfielders:

Christian Poulsen
William Kvist
Christian Eriksen 
Lasse Schøne
Michael Silberbauer 
Jakob Poulsen
Thomas Kahlenberg
Niki Zimling

Most Valuable Player: Christian Eriksen
Forwards:

Michael Krohn-Dehli
Dennis Rommedahl
Nicklas Bendtner
Nicklas Pedersen
Tobias Mikkelsen

Coach: Morten Olsen 







England
 
Average age: 26.40 Years
Total value: £345.000.000
MVP: Wayne Rooney £57.000.000

Goalkeepers:

Joe Hart
Robert Green
Jack Butland


Defenders:

Glen Johnson
Ashley Cole
Martin Kelly
John Terry
Leighton Baines
Phil Jones
Captain: Steven Gerrard
Joleon Lescott
Phil Jagielka
 
Midfielders:

Steven Gerrard (C)
Theo Walcott
Jordan Henderson
Ashley Young
James Milner
Scott Parker
Stewart Downing
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain

Most Valuable Player: Wayne Rooney

Forwards:

Andy Carroll
Wayne Rooney
Jermain Defoe
Danny Welbeck

Coach: Roy Hodgson




France

Average age: 27.30 Years
Total value: £300.000.000
MVP: Franck Ribéry £37.000.000

Goalkeepers:

Hugo Lloris (C)
Steve Mandanda 
Cédric Carrasso 

Defenders: 

Patrice Evra 
Adil Rami 
Philippe Mexès 
Anthony Réveillère 
Laurent Koscielny 
Captain: Hugo lloris
Gaël Clichy 

Midfielders:

Mathieu Debuchy 
Yohan Cabaye 
Franck Ribéry 
Samir Nasri 
Blaise Matuidi 
Jérémy Menez 
Florent Malouda 
Yann M'Vila 
Most Valuable Player: Franck Ribéry
Alou Diarra 
Marvin Martin 
Hatem Ben Arfa 

Forwards:

Mathieu Valbuena 
Olivier Giroud 
Karim Benzema 

Coach: Laurent Blanc




Germany

Average age: 25.00 Year
Total value: £405.000.000
MVP: Mario Gomez £37.000.000


Goalkeepers:

Manuel Neuer
Time Wiese
Ron-Robert Zieler

Defenders:

Marcel Schmelzer
Benedikt Höwedes
Mats Hummels
Holger Badstuber
Lahm is captain for EURO's youngest squad
Philipp Lahm (C)

Per Mertesacker
Jérôme Boateng

Midfielders:

İlkay Gündoğan  
Sami Khedira
Bastian Schweinsteiger
Mesut Özil
André Schürrle
Lars Bender
Toni Kroos
Most Valuable Player: Mario Gomez
Mario Götze
Marco Reus

Forwards:

Lukas Podolski
Miroslav Klose
Mario Gomez

Coach: Joachim Löw





Greece

Average age: 27.80 Year
Total Value: £73.500.000
MVP: Kyriakos Papadopoulos £7.900.000

Goalkeepers:

Kostas Chalkias
Alexandros Tzorvas
Michalis Sifakis 

Defenders:

Giannis Maniatis 
Giorgos Tzavellas 
Stelios Malezas 
Kyriakos Papadopoulos 
Most Valuable Player: Kyriakos Papadopoulos
Avraam Papadopoulos 
Vassilis Torossidis 
Sotiris Ninis 
Sokratis Papastathopoulos 
José Holebas 

Midfielders:

Grigoris Makos 
Nikos Liberopoulos 
Giorgos Karagounis  (C)
Giorgos Fotakis 
Kostas Katsouranis 
Kostas Fortounis 
Giannis Fetfatzidis 
38 year old Chalkias is the competitions eldest player

Forwards:

Giorgos Samaras 
Kostas Mitroglou 
Dimitris Salpingidis 
Fanis Gekas 

Coach:
Fernando Santos

 

Republic of Ireland

Average age: 28.80 Year
Total value: £62.500.000
MVP: Aiden McGeady £7.900.000

Goalkeepers:

Shay Given
Keiren Westwood
David Forde   
Defenders:

Sean St Lodger
Stephen Ward
John O'Shea
Captain: Robbie Keane
Richard Dunne
Stephen Kelly
Paul McShane
Darren O'Dea

Midfielders:

Glenn Whelan
Aiden McGeady
Keith Andrews 
Damien Duff
Darron Gibson
Stephen Hunt
Paul Green
McGeady and Ireland is the cheapest team in the EURO 2012
James McClean

Forwards:

Kevin Doyle
Robbie Keane (C)
Jon Walters
Shane Long
Simon Cox 

Coach: Giovanni Trapattoni


Italy

Average age: 28.30 Years
Total value: £260.000.000
MVP: Daniele De Rossi £28.000.000

Goalkeepers:

Gianluigi Buffon (C)
Salvatore Sirigu
Morgan De Sanctis

Defenders:

Christian Maggio
Giorgio Chiellini
Angelo Ogbonna
Frederico Balzaretti
Italy's Most Valuable Player
Ignazio Abate
Andrea Barzagli
Leonardo Bonucci

Midfielders:

Thiago Motta
Claudio Marchisio
Emanuele Giaccherini
Daniele De Rossi
Riccardo Montolivio
Andrea Pirlo
Allesandra Diamanti
Antonio Nocerino

Forwards:
Giovinco is the lowest player (164 cm) in  EURO 2012

Mario Balotelli
Antonio Cassano
Antonio De Natale
Fabio Borini
Sebastian Giovinco

Coach: 
Cesare Prandelli    


 
Netherlands

Average age: 27.70 Years
Total value: £245.000.000
MVP: Robin van Persie £39.500.000

Goalkeepers:

Maarten Stekelenburg
Michel Worm
Tim krul

Defenders:

Gregory van der Wiel
John Heitinga
Joris Mathijsen
Wilfred Bouma
Most Valuable Player: Robin van Persie
Ron Vlaar
Jetro Willems
Khalid Boulahrouz

Midfielders:

Mark van Bommel (C)
Nigel de Jong
Wesley Sneijder
Arjen Robben
Stijn Schaars
Kevin Strootman
Rafael van der Vaart

Jetro Willems (18) is the competitons youngest player
Forwards:

Dirk Kuyt
Klaas-Jan Huntelaar
Robin van Persie
Luuk de Jong
Luciano Narsingh
Ibrahim Afellay

Coach:
Bert van Marwijk

 
Poland

Average age: 25.70 Years
Total value: £75.000.000
MVP: Robert Lewandowski £13.000.000

Goalkeepers:

Wojciech Szczęsny 
Grzegorz Sandomierski 
Przemysław Tytoń 

Defenders:

Sebastian Boenisch 
Grzegorz Wojtkowiak 
Marcin Kamiński 
Marcin Wasilewski 
Jakub Wawrzyniak 
Captain Błaszczykowski
Damien Perquis 
Łukasz Piszczek 

Midfielders:

Dariusz Dudka 
Adam Matuszczyk 
Eugen Polanski 
Maciej Rybus 
Ludovic Obraniak 
Rafał Murawski 
Jakub Błaszczykowski  (C)
Adrian Mierzejewski 
Rafał Wolski 

Most Valuable Player: Robert Lewandowski
Forwards:

Robert Lewandowski 
Artur Sobiech 
Kamil Grosicki 
Paweł Brożek 

Coach: Franciszek Smuda 







Portugal

Average age: 27.50 Years
Total value: £295.000.000
MVP: Cristiano Ronaldo £79.000.000

Goalkeepers:

Eduardo
Riu Patrício
Beto

Defenders:

Bruno Alves
Pepe
Fábio Coentrão
Ricardo Costa
Ronaldo is the EURO 2012's Most Valuable Player
Rolando
Miguel Lopes
João Pereira

Midfielders:

Miguel Veloso
Custódio
João Moutinho
Ricardo Quaresma
Rúben Micael
Raul Meireles
Nani
Hugo Viani

Forwards:

Cristiano Ronaldo (C)
Hugo Almeida
Nélson Oliveira
Silvestre Varela
Hélder Postiga

Coach: Paulo Bento


Russia

Average age: 28.90
Total value: £145.000.000
MVP: Igor Akinfeev £15.000.000

Goalkeepers:

Igor Akinfeev
Anton Shunin
Vyacheslav Malafeev 

Defenders:

Aleksandr Anyukov 
Roman Sharonov 
Sergei Ignashevich 
Yuri Zhirkov 
Russia's Most Valauble Player
Aleksei Berezutski 
Vladimir Granat 
Kirill Nababkin 

Midfielders: 

Roman Shirokov 
Igor Denisov 
Konstantin Zyryanov 
Marat Izmailov 
Dmitri Kombarov 
Alan Dzagoev 
Aleksandr Kokorin 
Denis Glushakov 
Arshavin is Captain for the eldest squad in the EURO
Igor Semshov 

Forwards:

Andrey Arshavin (C)
Aleksandr Kerzhakov 
Roman Pavlyuchenko 
Pavel Pogrebnyak 

Coach: Dick Advocaat


 
Spain

Average age: 27.20 Years
Total value: £580.000.000 
MVP: Andrés Iniesta £57.000.000

Goalkeepers:

Iker Casillas (C)
Víctor Valdés 
Pepe Reina 

Defenders:

Raúl Albiol 
Gerard Piqué 
Sergio Ramos 
Álvaro Arbeloa 
Captain: Iker Casillas
Jordi Alba 

Midfielders:

Javi Martínez 
Andrés Iniesta 
Xavi Hernández 
Cesc Fàbregas 
Xabi Alonso 
Sergio Busquets 
Santi Cazorla 
David Silva 
Jesús Navas 

Forwards:
Iniesta and Spain is the Most Valuable Squad

Juanfran 
Pedro Rodríguez 
Fernando Torres 
Álvaro Negredo 
Juan Mata 
Fernando Llorente 

Coach: Vincente del Bosque
 
 
Sweden

Average age: 28.80
Total value: £110.000.000
     £32.500.000

Goalkeepers:

Andreas Isaksson
Johan Wiland
Pär Hansson

Defenders:

Mikael Lustig
Olof Mellberg 
The highest player in the EURO 2012: Isaksson (199 cm)
Andreas Granqvist
Martin Olsson
Jonas Olsson
Mikael Antonsson
Behrang Safari

Midfielders:

Rasmus Elm
Sebastian Larsson
Anders Svensson
Kim Källström
Pontus Wernbloom
Samuel Holmén
Emir Bajrami
Christian Wilhelmsson

Forwards:
Captain and Most Valuable Player: Zlatan Imbrahimovic

Zlatan Ibrahimovic (C)
Johan Elmander
Tobias Hysén
Ola Toivonen
Markus Rosenberg

Coach: Erik Hamrén



Ukraine
Average age: 27.90
Total Value: £94.500.000
MVP: Andriy Yarmolenko £7.900.000

Goalkeepers:

Maxym Koval
Andriy Pyatov 
Oleksandr Goryainov 

Defenders:

Yevhen Selin 
Captain: Anatoliy Tymoshchuk
Yevhen Khacheridi 
Olexandr Kucher 
Vyacheslav Shevchuk 
Taras Mikhalik 
Yaroslav Rakitskiy 
Bohdan Butko 

Midfielders:

Anatoliy Tymoshchuk  (C)
Denys Garmash 
Olexandr Aliyev 
Oleh Gusev 
Ruslan Rotan 
Serhiy Nazarenko 
Most valuable Player: Andriy Yarmolenko
Yevhen Konoplyanka 

Forwards:
 
Andriy Shevchenko 
Andriy Voronin 
Andriy Yarmolenko 
Artem Milevskiy 
Yevhen Seleznyov 
Marko Dević 

Coach: Oleg Blokhin