President of Kyiv "Dynamo" Igor Surkis is among the leaders in the ranking of club presidents under whose leadership teams have played the most matches in European competition tournaments.
Igor SurkisSpanish journalists have calculated that in the first place is Pinto da Costa, the former president of "Porto". During his presidency, the Portuguese club played 365 matches in European competition tournaments. In second place is Florentino Perez. The head of "Dynamo" Igor Surkis is in sixth place.
The complete ranking is as follows:
1. Pinto da Costa ("Porto", retired) — 365 matches
2. Florentino Perez ("Real") — 265 matches
3. Rinat Akhmetov ("Shakhtar") — 241 matches
4. Mirko Barisic ("Dynamo" Zagreb, retired) — 240 matches
5. Jean-Michel Aulas ("Lyon", retired) — 234 matches
6. Igor Surkis ("Dynamo" Kyiv) — 231 matches
7. Fernando Roig ("Villarreal") — 217 matches
