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Most Black Players Used in a Single Match

This list signifies the amount of black players used at any one time.  Of the 11 players on the field of play, this is a list of matches in which the most black players have played together at once, and the period of time they remained on the pitch together.
 

7 Black Players Used at once in a Single Match
No. Date Opposition Venue Type F A Used Period
827 28-May-2005 U.S.A. Soldier Field, Chicago, Illinois F 2 1 7 59 min
Sol Campbell was Captain.  David James, Glen Johnson, Ashley Cole, Wes Brown, Jermaine Jenas & Kieran Richardson also started.  Knight was a half-time substitute for Campbell.  Richardson was substituted after 59 minutes.  Defoe was a 63rd minute substitute for Cole.
818 18-Aug-2004 Ukraine St James' Park, Newcastle-upon-Tyne F 3 0 7 15 min
David James, Ashley Cole & Ledley King all started. Glen Johnson, Kieron Dyer & Jermain Defoe were all half-time substitutes.  Shaun Wright-Phillips was a 53rd minute substitute.  Cole was substituted after 62 minutes.  Jermaine Jenas was a 75th minute substitute.
812 01-Jun-2004 Japan City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester T/C 1 1 7 2 min
David James, Ashley Cole & Sol Campbell started.  Emile Heskey, Kieron Dyer & Darius Vassell were 77th minute substitutes.  Ledley King was an 88th minute substitute.
6 Black Players Used at once in a Single Match
No. Date Opposition Venue Type F A Used Period
794 15-Jun-2002 Denmark Niigata Prefectural Stadium ("Big Swan"), Niigata-city, Japan WCF 3 0 6 20 min
Ashley Cole, Trevor Sinclair, Rio Ferdinand, Sol Campbell & Emile Heskey all started.  Kieron Dyer was a 49th minute substitute.  Heskey was substituted after 69 minutes.
828 31-May-2005 Colombia Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey, United States F 3 2 6 17 min
David James, Glen Johnson, Ashley Cole, Zat Knight & Jermaine Jenas all started.  James was substituted at half-time.  Kieran Richardson & Jermain Defoe were 73rd minute substitutes. 
814 13-Jun-2004 France Estádio da Luz, Lisboa, Portugal ECF 1 2 6 14 min
David James, Ashley Cole, Ledley King & Sol Campbell all started.  Darius Vassell was a 69th minute substitute.  Emile Heskey was a 76th minute substitute.
865 20-Aug-2008 Czech Republic The National Stadium, Wembley, London F 2 2 6 13 min
David James, Wes Brown, Ashley Cole, Rio Ferdinand and Jermain Defoe all started.  Emile Heskey replaced Defoe at half-time.  Ferdinand was substituted after 58 minutes.
829 17-Aug-2005 Denmark Parken Stadion, Křbenhavn F 1 4 6 6 min
Ashley Cole, Rio Ferdinand & Jermain Defoe all started.  David James & Glen Johnson were half-time substitutes.  Jermaine Jenas was an 84th minute substitute.
861 06-Feb-2008 Switzerland The National Stadium, Wembley, London F 2 1 6 3 min
David James, Wes Brown, Ashley Cole, Rio Ferdinand and Jermaine Jenas started.  Shaun Wright-Phillips and Ashley Young were second half-substitutes.  Wright-Phillips replaced Jenas.
795 21-Jun-2002 Brazil Shizuoka Stadium Ecopa, Fukuroi city, Japan WCF 1 2 6 1 min
Ashley Cole, Trevor Sinclair, Rio Ferdinand, Sol Campbell & Emile Heskey all started.  Kieron Dyer was a 56th minute substitute for Sinclair.  Darius Vassell was a  79th minute substitute.  Cole was substituted after 80 minutes.
5 Black Players Used at once in a Single Match
No. Date Opposition Venue Type F A Used Period
791 02-Jun-2002 Sweden Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama-ken, Japan WCF 1 1 5 90 min
Ashley Cole, Rio Ferdinand, Sol Campbell, Darius Vassell & Emile Heskey all started.  Kieron Dyer was a 74th minute substitute for Vassell.
694 28-Apr-1993 Netherlands Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London WCP 2 2 5 90 min
Des Walker, Carlton Palmer, Paul Ince, John Barnes & Les Ferdinand all started.
674 03-Jun-1991 New Zealand Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland F 1 0 5 90 min
Des Walker, Paul Parker, Earl Barrett & Mark Walters started.  Brian Deane was a half-time substitute.  John Salako was a 70th minute substitute for Walters.
693 31-Mar-1993 Turkey Atatürk Stadyumu, İzmir WCP 2 0 5 85 min
Des Walker, Carlton Palmer, Paul Ince, John Barnes & Ian Wright started.  Wright was substituted after 85 minutes.
858 17-Oct-2007 Russia Olimpiyskiy Kompleks Luzhniki Stadion, Moskva ECP 1 2 5 80 min
Micah Richards, Joleon Lescott, Rio Ferdinand, Sol Campbell & Shaun Wright-Phillips all started. Lescott & Wright-Phillips were substituted after 80 minutes.
856 12-Sep-2007 Russia The National Stadium, Wembley, London ECP 3 0  5 80 min
Micah Richards, Ashley Cole, Rio Ferdinand, Shaun Wright-Phillips & Emile Heskey all started.  Heskey was replaced after 80 minutes.
793 12-Jun-2002 Nigeria Nagai Stadium, Osaka City, Japan WCF 0 0 5 77 min
Ashley Cole, Trevor Sinclair, Rio Ferdinand, Sol Campbell & Emile Heskey all started.  Heskey was substituted after 69 minutes, Darius Vassell came on after 77 minutes, Cole substituted after 85 minutes.
855 08-Sep-2007 Israel The National Stadium, Wembley, London ECP 3 0 5 71 min
Micah Richards, Ashley Cole, Rio Ferdinand, Shaun Wright-Phillips & Emile Heskey all started.   Heskey was replaced after 71 minutes, Wright-Phillips after 80 minutes.
854 22-Aug-2007 Germany The National Stadium, Wembley, London F 1 2 5 70 min
Micah Richards & Rio Ferdinand started.  David James & Wes Brown were half time substitutes, Brown replaced Ferdinand.  Kieron Dyer was a 57th min. substitute.  Shaun Wright-Phillips came on after 70 minutes.
787 27-Mar-2002 Italy Elland Road, Leeds F 1 2 5 70 min
Sol Campbell, Emile Heskey & Trevor Sinclair started.  David James, Ledley King, Ugo Ehiogu & Darius Vassell were half-time substitutes.  Campbell & Heskey were substituted at half-time, and Sinclair after 70 minutes.
863 28-May-2008 U.S.A. The National Stadium, Wembley, London F 2 0 5 68 min
David James, Wes Brown, Ashley Cole, Rio Ferdinand and Jermain Defoe all started.  Glen Johnson was a second-half substitute
822 13-Oct-2004 Azerbaijan Tofig Bakhramov Stadium, Baku WCP 1 0 5 55 min
Ashley Cole, Rio Ferdinand, Sol Campbell, Jermaine Jenas & Jermain Defoe all started.  Defoe was substituted after 55 minutes.  Shaun Wright-Phillips was a 72nd minute substitute for Jenas.
857 13-Oct-2007 Estonia The National Stadium, Wembley, London ECP 3 0 5 49 min
Micah Richards, Ashley Cole, Rio Ferdinand, Sol Campbell  Shaun Wright-Phillips all started.  Joleon Lescott was a half-time substitute for Ferdinand.  Cole was substituted after 49 minutes.
862 26-Mar-2008 France Stade de France, Saint-Denis, Paris F 0 1 5 45 min
David James, Wes Brown, Ashley Cole and Rio Ferdinand started.  Joleon Lescott and Gary Johnson were second half-substitutes.  Johnson replaced Brown.
859 16-Nov-2007 Austria Ernst Happel Stadion, Wien F 1 0 5 45 min
Micah Richards, Joleon Lescott & Sol Campbell all started.  Jermain Defoe came on after 34 minutes, Wes Brown replaced Campbell at half-time, which saw the introduction of Ashley Young.
799 12-Feb-2003 Australia Boleyn Ground, Upton Park, London F 1 3 5 45 min
David James, Ashley Cole, Rio Ferdinand, Sol Campbell & Kieron Dyer all started and all were substituted at half-time.  Ledley King, Wes Brown, Jermaine Jenas & Darius Vassell were all half-time substitutes.
790 26-May-2002 Cameroon Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium, Kobe City, Japan F 2 2 5 45 min
Wes Brown, Rio Ferdinand, Sol Campbell, Darius Vassell & Emile Heskey all started.  David James & Trevor Sinclair were half-time substitutes, as Campbell, Ferdinand & Heskey were replaced.  Vassell was substituted after 75 minutes.
789 21-May-2002 South Korea Jeju World Cup Stadium, Seogwipo-si F 1 1 5 45 min
Ashley Cole, Rio Ferdinand, Sol Campbell, Darius Vassell & Emile Heskey all started.  David James & Trevor Sinclair were half-time substitutes, as Cole, Campbell & Ferdinand were replaced.  Wes Brown was a 68th minute substitute.
786 13-Feb-2002 Netherlands Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam F 1 1 5 45 min
Rio Ferdinand, Sol Campbell, Michael Ricketts, Darius Vassell & Emile Heskey started.  David James & Chris Powell were half-time substitutes.  Ferdinand, Campbell & Ricketts were substituted at half-time.  Vassell after 77 minutes.
778 28-Mar-2001 Albania Stadiumi Kombetar "Qemal Stafa Stadium", Tiranë WCP 3 1 5 45 min
Sol Campbell, Ashley Cole, Rio Ferdinand & Andrew Cole all started.  Wes Brown was a 29th minute substitute for Campbell. Emile Heskey was a half-time substitute.
776 28-Feb-2001 Spain Villa Park, Birmingham F 3 0 5 45 min
David James, Chris Powell, Sol Campbell, Rio Ferdinand & Andrew Cole started.  Ugu Ehiogu & Emile Heskey were half-time substitutes.   James, Powell & Ferdinand  were substituted at half-time.
675 08-Jun-1991 New Zealand Athletic Park, Wellington F 2 0 5 45 min
Des Walker, Gary Charles, Ian Wright, Brian Deane & John Salako started.  Deane was substituted at half-time.
792 07-Jun-2002 Argentina Sapporo Dome, Sapporo City, Japan WCF 1 0 5 35 min
Ashley Cole, Rio Ferdinand, Sol Campbell & Emile Heskey all started.  Trevor Sinclair was a 19th minute substitute.  Heskey was substituted after 54 minutes.
811 31-Mar-2004 Sweden Nya Ullevi Stadion, Göteborg F 0 1 5 30 min
David James & Darius Vassell started.  Jermain Defoe was a 12th minute substitute for Vassell.  Anthony Gardner was a half-time substitute.  Emile Heskey & Jermaine Jenas were 60th minute substitutes.
851 28-Mar-2008 Andorra Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys, Montjuďc, Barcelona, Spain ECP 3 0 5 29 min
Ashley Cole, Rio Ferdinand, Micah Richards & Aaron Lennon all started.  Kieron Dyer and Jermain Defoe were 61st minute substitutes, one replacing Richards.
835 01-Mar-2006 Uruguay Anfield Road, Liverpool F 2 1 5 26 min
Rio Ferdinand & Darren bent started.  Ledley King and Jermaine Jenas came on at half-time, followed by Shaun Wright-Phillips after 64 minutes, and Jermain Defoe after 82, who replaced King.
864 01-Jun-2008 Trinidad & Tobago Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain F 3 0 5 21 min
David James, Glen Johnson, Rio Ferdinand and Jermain Defoe all started.  Ashley Young and Theo Walcott were second-half substitutes.  Defoe scored twice.
699 19-Jun-1993 Germany Silverdome, Pontiac, Michigan, U.S.A. T/C 1 2 5 20 min
Des Walker, Earl Barrett, Paul Ince & John Barnes started.  Ian Wright was a 70th minute substitute.
808 11-Oct-2003 Turkey Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadyumu, İstanbul ECP 0 0 5 19 min
David James, Ashley Cole, Sol Campbell & Emile Heskey all started.  Darius Vassell was a 67th minute substitute for Heskey.  Kieron Dyer was a 71st minute substitute.
816 21-Jun-2004 Croatia Estádio da Luz, Lisboa, Portugal ECF 4 2 5 18 min
David James, Ashley Cole & Sol Campbell all started.  Ledley King was a 70th minute substitute.  Darius Vassell was a 72nd minute substitute.
847 11-Oct-2006 Croatia Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb ECP 0 2 5 18 min
Ashley Cole & Rio Ferdinand started. Jermain Defoe, Kieran Richardson & Shaun Wright-Phillips were all 72nd minute substitutes.
848 15-Nov-2006 Netherlands Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam F 1 1 5 12 min
Micah Richards, Ashley Cole & Rio Ferdinand start. Kieran Richardson & Shaun Wright-Phillips are substitutes.
777 24-Mar-2001 Finland Anfield Road, Liverpool WCP 2 1 5 11 min
Sol Campbell, Chris Powell, Rio Ferdinand & Andrew Cole all started. Emile Heskey was a 72nd minute substitute.  Cole was substituted after 83 minutes.
860 21-Nov-2007 Croatia The National Stadium, Wembley, London ECP 2 3 5 10 min
Micah Richards, Joleon Lescott, Sol Campbell & Shaun Wright-Phillips all started.  Jermain Defoe replaced Wright-Phillips. Darren Bent came on after 80 minutes.
844 02-Sep-2006 Andorra Old Trafford, Manchester ECP 5 0 5 8 min
Ashley Cole, Wes Brown & Jermain Defoe all started. Kieran Richardson & Aaron Lennon were 64th minute  substitutes.  Defoe was substituted after 72 minutes.
815 17-Jun-2004 Switzerland Estádio Municipal de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal ECF 3 0 5 7 min
David James, Ashley Cole & Sol Campbell all started.  Darius Vassell was a 72nd minute substitute.  Kieron Dyer was an 83rd minute substitute.
813 05-Jun-2004 Iceland City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester T/C 6 1 5 6 min
Ashley Cole and Sol Campbell started and were substituted at half-time.  Ledley King, Emile Heskey, Kieron Dyer & Darius Vassell were half-time substitutes.  Jermain Defoe was an 84th minute substitute.
806 06-Sep-2003 Macedonia FYR Gradski Stadion, Skopje ECP 2 1 5 5 min
David James, Ashley Cole & Sol Campbell started.  Emile Heskey was a half-time substitute.  Kieron Dyer was an 85th minute substitute.
810 18-Feb-2004 Portugal Estádio Algarve, Faro Loulé F 1 1 5 4 min
David James, Ashley Cole & Ledley King all started.  Cole was substituted after 17 minutes.   Kieron Dyer was a half-time substitute.  Emile Heskey was a 71st minute substitute.  Jermaine Jenas was an 86th minute substitute.
801 02-Apr-2003 Turkey Stadium of  Light, Sunderland ECP 2 0 5 1 min
David James, Rio Ferdinand & Sol Campbell started.  Darius Vassell was a 58th minute substitute.  Kieron Dyer was a 89th minute substitute.
843 16-Aug-2006 Greece Old Trafford, Manchester F 4 0 5 1 min
Ashley Cole, Rio Ferdinand & Jermain Defoe all started.  Kieran Richardson, Aaron Lennon and Darren Bent were all second half substitutes.

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