Have you been wandering which professional football clubs have the most players in the World Cup 2010 in South Africa? Now that the official team rosters have been announced for each team, we went in and checked one by one to come up with the answer. The top 5 is compromised exclusively by European clubs, and most of the big names are there along side a few interesting surprises.
Most World Cup players by Club
1 – Barcelona / Spain / 13 World Cup players
2 – Chelsea / England / 12 World Cup players
2 – Liverpool / England / 12 World Cup players
3 – Bayern Munich / Germany / 11 World Cup players
4 – Panathinaikos / Greece / 10 World Cup players
4 – Real Madrid / Spain / 10 World Cup players
4 – Inter / Italy / 10 World Cup players
4 – Arsenal / England / 10 World Cup players
5 – Ajax / Netherlands / 9 World Cup players
5 – Juventus / Italy / 9 World Cup players
5 – Wolfsburg / Germany / 9 World Cup players
Chelsea has lost another three players that were scheduled to play in the World Cup 2010 due to injuries: Michael Ballack, Michael Essien and John Obi Mikel were literally left behind at the last minute!
Most World Cup players by League
The English Premier league is at the first place with 118 World Cup 2010 players, German Bundesliga has 84, Italian Serie A with 80, and Spanish Primera división has 59 World Cup players.
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tottenham have 10 players
Yes. Spurs has Gomes Assou-Ekotto King Dawson Basson Dos Santos Lennon Palacios Crouch and Defoe.
Thank you SRM
Why is it that the Americans that put these “stats” together have only ever heard of Man U,
Liverpool and Chelsea. You would think that if they were going to parade themselves as knowledgeable about the English/European game they could get their “stats” correct, particularly as Americans are kings of redundant information: they should at least get them right.