Following up an earlier discussion of the provisional squads, I've posted up tables below showing the country where each of the 23 players on each final World Cup national team plays professionally (interesting trivia: New Zealand has 2 players who apparently do not play professionally, Australia has one). More than half of the players in the World Cup play in the top six European leagues, and the English, German and Italian squads are each populated entirely by domestically-based players. Source for team data: FIFA (
pdf).
| Summary | # in WC | %in WC | % Domestic |
|---|
| England | 118 | 16.0% | 100% |
| Germany | 85 | 11.5% | 100% |
| Italy | 78 | 10.6% | 100% |
| Spain | 51 | 6.9% | 87% |
| France | 47 | 6.4% | 48% |
| Netherlands | 33 | 4.5% | 39% |
| WORLD CUP TEAM |
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| England | France | Germany | Ghana | Greece | Honduras | Italy | Japan |
| Belgium |
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|
| 1 |
|
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| China |
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|
|
| 1 |
|
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| Cyprus |
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|
|
| 1 |
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| Czech Republic |
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| Egypt |
|
|
| 1 |
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| England | 23 | 7 |
| 4 | 1 | 3 |
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| France |
| 11 |
| 2 |
|
|
| 1 |
| Germany |
| 1 | 23 | 3 | 2 |
|
| 1 |
| Ghana |
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|
| 3 |
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| Greece |
| 1 |
|
| 14 |
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| Honduras |
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| 14 |
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| Italy |
|
|
| 4 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 1 |
| Japan |
|
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|
|
|
| 19 |
| Netherlands |
|
|
| 1 |
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| Norway |
|
|
| 1 |
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| Qatar |
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|
| 1 |
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| Romania |
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|
| 1 |
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| Russia |
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|
| 1 |
| Scotland |
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|
| 1 |
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| South Africa |
|
|
| 1 |
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| Spain |
| 3 |
| 1 |
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| Switzerland |
|
|
| 1 |
|
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| United States |
|
|
|
|
| 1 |
|
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| WORLD CUP TEAM |
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|---|
| Korea DPR | Korea Republic | Mexico | Netherlands | New Zealand | Nigeria | Paraguay | Portugal |
| Argentina |
|
|
|
|
|
| 3 |
|
| Austria |
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|
|
|
| 1 |
|
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| Australia |
|
|
|
| 4 |
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|
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| Belgium |
|
|
|
|
|
| 1 |
|
| Brazil |
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|
|
|
| 1 |
|
| China |
| 1 |
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| Columbia |
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|
|
| 1 |
|
| Denmark |
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|
|
| 1 |
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| Equador |
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|
|
| 1 |
|
| England |
| 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 4 |
| France |
| 1 |
|
|
| 4 |
| 1 |
| Germany |
| 1 | 5 | 5 |
| 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Greece |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1 |
| Israel |
|
|
|
|
| 3 |
|
|
| Italy |
|
|
| 2 |
|
| 1 |
|
| Japan | 2 | 2 |
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| Mexico |
|
| 14 |
|
|
| 4 |
|
| New Zealand |
|
|
|
| 9 |
|
|
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| Netherlands |
|
| 3 | 9 |
| 1 |
|
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| North Korea | 20 |
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| Paraguay |
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| 4 |
|
| Portugal |
|
|
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|
|
| 1 | 8 |
| Russia | 1 | 1 |
|
|
| 3 |
| 1 |
| Saudi Arabia |
| 1 |
|
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| Scotland |
| 1 |
| 1 |
|
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|
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| South Korea |
| 13 | 1 |
|
|
|
| 7 |
| Spain |
|
|
| 1 |
| 2 | 1 |
|
| Turkey |
|
| 1 |
|
|
|
|
|
| Ukraine |
|
|
|
|
| 1 |
|
|
| United States |
|
|
|
| 2 |
|
|
|
| WORLD CUP TEAM |
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|---|
| Serbia | Slovenia | Slovokia | South Africa | Spain | Switzerland | United States | Uruguay |
| Argentina |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1 |
| Belgium | 1 | 2 |
| 1 |
|
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| Brazil |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1 |
| Chile |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 3 |
| Columbia |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1 |
| Czech Republic |
|
| 1 |
|
|
|
|
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| Denmark |
|
|
|
|
|
| 1 |
|
| England | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
|
| France |
| 2 |
|
|
| 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Germany | 5 | 4 | 5 |
|
| 7 | 3 |
|
| Greece |
| 1 | 1 |
|
|
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|
|
| Israel |
| 1 |
| 1 |
|
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|
|
| Italy | 3 | 4 | 2 |
|
| 4 | 1 | 4 |
| Mexico |
|
|
|
|
|
| 2 |
|
| Netherlands | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 |
| 2 |
| Norway |
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|
| 1 |
|
| Poland | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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| Portugal | 1 | 1 |
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|
| 3 |
| Romania |
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| 2 |
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| Russia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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| Scotland |
|
| 1 |
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| 2 |
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| Slovenia |
| 2 |
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| Slovokia |
|
| 2 |
|
|
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|
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| South Africa |
|
|
| 16 |
|
|
|
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| Spain | 2 |
|
|
| 20 |
|
| 3 |
| Sweden |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1 |
| Switzerland |
|
|
|
|
| 7 |
|
|
| Turkey |
|
| 3 |
|
|
|
| 1 |
| Ukraine |
|
| 1 |
|
|
|
|
|
| United States |
|
|
|
|
|
| 4 |
|
| Uruguay |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 2 |
| WORLD CUP TEAM | | | | | | | |
|---|
| | Algeria | Argentina | Australia | Brazil | Cameroon | Chile | Côte d'Ivoire | Denmark |
| Algeria | 3 | | | | | | | |
| Argentina | | 6 | | | | 1 | | |
| Australia | | | 1 | | | | | |
| Belgium | | | 1 | | | | 1 | |
| Brazil | | | | 2 | | 1 | | |
| Bulgaria | 1 | | | | | | | |
| Cameroon | | | | | 1 | | | |
| Chile | | | | | | 7 | | |
| Côte d'Ivoire | | | | | | | 1 | |
| Denmark | | | | | | | | 7 |
| England | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 |
| France | 7 | 1 | | 1 | 6 | | 6 | |
| Germany | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | |
| Greece | 1 | | | 1 | | 1 | | 3 |
| Israel | | | | | | | 1 | |
| Italy | 2 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 1 | | 3 |
| Japan | | | 2 | | | | | |
| Mexico | | | | | | 1 | | |
| Netherlands | | 1 | 2 | | 1 | | 1 | 5 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1 | | 2 | | 1 | | |
| Romania | | | | | | | 1 | |
| Russia | | | 1 | | | 1 | | |
| Scotland | 1 | | | | 1 | | 1 | |
| Spain | 1 | 3 | | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Switzerland | | | 1 | | | | | |
| Turkey | | | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | | |
| UAE | | | 1 | | | 1 | | |