Top 5 Leagues by number of World Cup Players

[herewego]

1. Premier League England 86
2. Bundesliga Germany 69 + 3 from minor leagues
3. Seria A Italy 59
4. Primera Division Spain 49
5. Ligue 1 France 47

[tino11]

That really is quite interesting, i would not have thought (without really taking my time to consider) that Germany would be second.

Might be interesting to break it down to the top 8 ranked countries and where their players play week in week out.

[sinner78]

all english based players selected for the WC.


Germany

Jens Lehmann (Arsenal)
Robert Huth (Chelsea)
Michael Ballack (Chelsea)


Ecuador

Ulises De La Cruz (Aston Villa)


Poland

Tomasz Kuszczak (West Bromwich Albion)
Kamil Kosowski (Southampton)
Grzegorz Rasiak (Southampton)

England

Robinson (Tottenham)
James (Manchester City)
Green (Norwich)
G Neville (Manchester United)
Ferdinand (Manchester United)
Terry (Chelsea)
Cole (Arsenal)
Campbell (Arsenal)
Carragher (Liverpool)
Bridge (Chelsea)
Carrick (Tottenham)
Lampard (Chelsea)
Gerrard (Liverpool)
Jenas (Tottenham)
Downing (Middlesbrough)
J Cole (Chelsea)
Lennon (Tottenham)
Rooney (Manchester United)
Owen (Newcastle)
Crouch (Liverpool)
Walcott (Arsenal)


Trinidad & Tobago

Shaka Hislop (West Ham United)
Clayton Ince (Coventry City)
Dennis Lawrence (Wrexham)
Brent Sancho (Gillingham)
Chris Birchall (Port Vale)
Ian Cox (Gillingham)
Carlos Edwards (Luton Town)
Stern John (Coventry City)
Kenwyne Jones (Southampton)


Sweden

Olof Mellberg (Aston Villa)
Fredrik Ljungberg (Arsenal)


Argentina

Lionel Scaloni (West Ham United)
Hernan Crespo (Chelsea)


Ivory Coast

Kolo Toure (Arsenal)
Emmanuel Eboue (Arsenal)
Didier Drogba (Chelsea)


Serbia & Montenegro

Nemanja Vidic (Manchester United)
Ognjen Koroman (Portsmouth)


Holland

Edwin van der Sar (Manchester United)
Jan Kromkamp (Liverpool)
Ruud van Nistelrooy (Manchester United)
Arjen Robben (Chelsea)
Robin van Persie (Arsenal)


Mexico

Jared Borgetti (Bolton)


Portugal

Nuno Valente (Everton)
Paulo Ferreira (Chelsea)
Ricardo Carvalho (Chelsea)
Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United)
Maniche (Chelsea)
Luis Boa Morte (Fulham)


Angola

Rui Marques (Leeds United)


Ghana

Michael Essien (Chelsea)


USA

Marcus Hahnemann (Reading)
Tim Howard (Man Utd)
Carlos Bocanegra (Fulham)
Eddie Lewis (Leeds)
Claudio Reyna (Man City)
Brian McBride (Fulham)
bobby convey (reading)


Czech Republic

Petr Cech (Chelsea)
Milan Baros (Aston Villa)


Australia

Mark Schwarzer (Middlesbrough)
Craig Moore (Newcastle United)
Lucas Neill (Blackburn Rovers)
Tony Popovic (Crystal Palace)
Tim Cahill (Everton)
Brett Emerton (Blackburn Rovers)
Luke Wilkshire (Bristol City)
Harry Kewell (Liverpool)
Mark Viduka (Middlesbrough)


Japan

Junichi Inamoto (West Bromwich Albion)


Brazil

Gilberto Silva (Arsenal)



France


Pascal Chimbonda (Wigan)
Mikael Silvestre (Manchester United)
William Gallas (Chelsea)
Jean-Alain Boumsong (Newcastle)
Claude Makelele (Chelsea)
Thierry Henry (Arsenal)
Louis Saha (Manchester United)
Djibril Cisse (Liverpool)


Switzerland

Johan Djourou (Arsenal)
Philippe Senderos (Arsenal)


South Korea

Lee Young-Pyo (Tottenham)
Seol Ki-Hyeon (Wolves)
Park Ji-Sung (Manchester Utd)


Togo

Emmanuel Adebayor (Arsenal)

Spain


Jose Reina (Liverpool)
Asier del Horno (Chelsea)
Xabi Alonso (Liverpool)
Cesc Fabregas (Arsenal)
Luis Garcia (Liverpool)
Jose Antonio Reyes (Arsenal)

Tunisia

Radhi Jaidi (Bolton)
Mehdi Nafti (Birmingham)

[Clint Eastwood]

Just for comparison's sake, there are 15 players from the 12 MLS teams going to the world cup. They represent the US, Mexico, TT, and Costa Rica. There were several alternates named from MLS including Roberto Mina of Ecuador, and a bunch of US players such as Taylor Twellman of NE.

[Colm]

all english based players selected for the WC.


Germany

Jens Lehmann (Arsenal)
Robert Huth (Chelsea)
Michael Ballack (Chelsea)


Ecuador

Ulises De La Cruz (Aston Villa)


Poland

Tomasz Kuszczak (West Bromwich Albion)
Kamil Kosowski (Southampton)
Grzegorz Rasiak (Southampton)

England

Robinson (Tottenham)
James (Manchester City)
Green (Norwich)
G Neville (Manchester United)
Ferdinand (Manchester United)
Terry (Chelsea)
Cole (Arsenal)
Campbell (Arsenal)
Carragher (Liverpool)
Bridge (Chelsea)
Carrick (Tottenham)
Lampard (Chelsea)
Gerrard (Liverpool)
Jenas (Tottenham)
Downing (Middlesbrough)
J Cole (Chelsea)
Lennon (Tottenham)
Rooney (Manchester United)
Owen (Newcastle)
Crouch (Liverpool)
Walcott (Arsenal)


Trinidad & Tobago

Shaka Hislop (West Ham United)
Clayton Ince (Coventry City)
Dennis Lawrence (Wrexham)
Brent Sancho (Gillingham)
Chris Birchall (Port Vale)
Ian Cox (Gillingham)
Carlos Edwards (Luton Town)
Stern John (Coventry City)
Kenwyne Jones (Southampton)


Sweden

Olof Mellberg (Aston Villa)
Fredrik Ljungberg (Arsenal)


Argentina

Lionel Scaloni (West Ham United)
Hernan Crespo (Chelsea)


Ivory Coast

Kolo Toure (Arsenal)
Emmanuel Eboue (Arsenal)
Didier Drogba (Chelsea)


Serbia & Montenegro

Nemanja Vidic (Manchester United)
Ognjen Koroman (Portsmouth)


Holland

Edwin van der Sar (Manchester United)
Jan Kromkamp (Liverpool)
Ruud van Nistelrooy (Manchester United)
Arjen Robben (Chelsea)
Robin van Persie (Arsenal)


Mexico

Jared Borgetti (Bolton)


Portugal

Nuno Valente (Everton)
Paulo Ferreira (Chelsea)
Ricardo Carvalho (Chelsea)
Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United)
Maniche (Chelsea)
Luis Boa Morte (Fulham)


Angola

Rui Marques (Leeds United)


Ghana

Michael Essien (Chelsea)


USA

Marcus Hahnemann (Reading)
Tim Howard (Man Utd)
Carlos Bocanegra (Fulham)
Eddie Lewis (Leeds)
Claudio Reyna (Man City)
Brian McBride (Fulham)
bobby convey (reading)


Czech Republic

Petr Cech (Chelsea)
Milan Baros (Aston Villa)


Australia

Mark Schwarzer (Middlesbrough)
Craig Moore (Newcastle United)
Lucas Neill (Blackburn Rovers)
Tony Popovic (Crystal Palace)
Tim Cahill (Everton)
Brett Emerton (Blackburn Rovers)
Luke Wilkshire (Bristol City)
Harry Kewell (Liverpool)
Mark Viduka (Middlesbrough)


Japan

Junichi Inamoto (West Bromwich Albion)


Brazil

Gilberto Silva (Arsenal)



France


Pascal Chimbonda (Wigan)
Mikael Silvestre (Manchester United)
William Gallas (Chelsea)
Jean-Alain Boumsong (Newcastle)
Claude Makelele (Chelsea)
Thierry Henry (Arsenal)
Louis Saha (Manchester United)
Djibril Cisse (Liverpool)


Switzerland

Johan Djourou (Arsenal)
Philippe Senderos (Arsenal)


South Korea

Lee Young-Pyo (Tottenham)
Seol Ki-Hyeon (Wolves)
Park Ji-Sung (Manchester Utd)


Togo

Emmanuel Adebayor (Arsenal)

Spain


Jose Reina (Liverpool)
Asier del Horno (Chelsea)
Xabi Alonso (Liverpool)
Cesc Fabregas (Arsenal)
Luis Garcia (Liverpool)
Jose Antonio Reyes (Arsenal)

Tunisia

Radhi Jaidi (Bolton)
Mehdi Nafti (Birmingham)You missed Heinze of Argentina, he got picked too.

[scaryice]

I'm going to make a list of where every player in every country plays, if the media (or somebody else) doesn't beat me to it. I just did it for 2002:

Climbing the Ladder (http://usasoccer.blogspot.com/2006/05/world-cup-2002-roster-breakdowns.html)

[Rubbernose]

Australia

Mark Schwarzer (Middlesbrough)
Craig Moore (Newcastle United)
Lucas Neill (Blackburn Rovers)
Tony Popovic (Crystal Palace)
Tim Cahill (Everton)
Brett Emerton (Blackburn Rovers)
Luke Wilkshire (Bristol City)
Harry Kewell (Liverpool)
Mark Viduka (Middlesbrough)

Josip Skoko is also on the books at Wigan, but is out on loan to Stoke city.

Stan Lazaridis can technically be listed as Birmingham, too. (Been there about 4 years, contract ran out after the last game last week, and he will be moving back to play in Australia).

Strangely, Australia have 3 other English Premier League players who didn't make the squad, and incidently have another 11 players in the English Championship.

Japan

Junichi Inamoto (West Bromwich Albion)

Nakata is at Bolton, too.

[spoonman]

Dutch Eredivisie 27 players

Holland

Maarten Stekelenburg (Ajax)
Henk Timmer (AZ)
Tim de Cler (AZ)
Johnny Heitinga, (Ajax)
Kew Jaliens (AZ)
Phillip Cocu (PSV)
Denny Landzaat (AZ)
Hedwiges Maduro (AJAX)
Wesley Sneijder (AJAX)
Ryan Babel (AJAX)
Dirk Kuyt (Feyenoord)
Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink (PSV)
Joris Mathijsen (AZ)
André Ooijer (PSV)

Sweden

Rosenberg (Ajax)
Hannsson (Heerenveen)

Czech Republic

Grygera (Ajax)
Galasek (Ajax)

USA

Beasley (PSV)
Gibbs (ADO Den Haag)

Australia

Thompson (PSV)
Culina Australia (PSV)

Rest

Trabelsi, Tunisia (Ajax)
Kone, Ivory Coast (PSV)
Addo, Ghana (PSV)
Vonlanthen, Switserland(NAC)
Barreto, Paraguay (NEC)

[FatAndUgly]

Strangely, Australia have 3 other English Premier League players who didn't make the squad, and incidently have another 11 players in the English Championship.

I'll bite. Which three premiership players missed the Aussie squad?

[NMMatt]

Spector of the US at Chalton Athletic is hurt and didn't make it.

[NMMatt]

3. Seria A Italy 59


"Only" 36 non-Italians :P.

[Gold is the Colour]

I'll bite. Which three premiership players missed the Aussie squad?

Brad Jones - GK - Middlesborough
John Filan - GK - Wigan

Some also claim Neil Kilkenny from Birmingham, though he was born in England

[RTeeth]

Trinidad is gonna blow

[Caesar]

Brad Jones - GK - Middlesborough
John Filan - GK - Wigan

Some also claim Neil Kilkenny from Birmingham, though he was born in England I suspect rather than Kilkenny, Rubbernose was thinking of Ahmed Elrich of Fulham, who was on loan until the end of this season with FC Lyn Oslo in Norway.

EDIT: If you're talking non-first team players, also James Troisi at Newcastle United, Rostyn Griffiths at Blackburn, Chris Herd and Shane Lowry at Aston Villa and Scott Jamison at Bolton.

[Rubbernose]

I suspect rather than Kilkenny, Rubbernose was thinking of Ahmed Elrich of Fulham, who was on loan until the end of this season with FC Lyn Oslo in Norway.

Yeah, I was. And he really doesn't count I suppose, and nor does Kilkenny.

So sorry, it's 2.

It's kinda weird that the Australia squad has, what, the 3rd highest amount of English Premier League players at the WC. Who'd have thunk. :confused:

So which one of you people with way too much time on your hands is going to do a list for every WC player and every league in the world? Because I wanna see it. :D

[GreenIsle]

Brad Jones - GK - Middlesborough
John Filan - GK - Wigan

Some also claim Neil Kilkenny from Birmingham, though he was born in England
You also left out Joel Griffiths at Leeds Utd

[Caesar]

You also left out Joel Griffiths at Leeds Utd
Leeds aren't in the Premiership any more.

[Golazo]

Leeds aren't in the Premiership any more.


But they will be when the Cup starts after Eddie Lewis scores a heart-stopping brace int he playoff final.... and then gets on a plane for the USA World Cup camp.:D

[GreenIsle]

Leeds aren't in the Premiership any more.
Yes I know but I thought I'd throw him in for good measure. ;)

[Carlillos2theMex]

1. Premier League England 86
2. Bundesliga Germany 69 + 3 from minor leagues
3. Seria A Italy 59
4. Primera Division Spain 49
5. Ligue 1 France 47

You're giving EPL credit for players in lower divs.