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ECA PLAYER RELEASE ANALYSIS FIFA WORLD CUP 2018TM TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 2 Introduction The ECA Player Release Analysis is a research study undertaken by the European Club Association at the occasion of every major national team tournament, 3 Key facts & figures including but not limited to the FIFA World Cup™ and the UEFA EURO™. 5 Club Representation - Top 20 The purpose of this particular research is to highlight the number and origin of 7 Country Representation - Top 20 clubs involved in releasing players for the FIFA World Cup 2018 in Russia. 9 Confederation Representation Each of the 32 national teams competing in the FIFA World Cup™ is composed of 23 players bringing the total number of players present in Russia to 736. 13 Full List of Squads In accordance with the FIFA Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players (Annexe 1, Article 1), the release of players is mandatory for clubs. Each club is 46 Full List of Clubs obliged to release its players to the national team “(…) 14 days before the opening match of the relevant final competition.” 55 Full List of Countries For the purpose of the analysis, please note the following: 1 2 • Reference is always made to the club with which the player was registered on @ecaeurope the 4th June. /EuropeanClubAssociation • For players on loan, the club receiving the player on loan was considered. For example: James Rodriguez from Colombia is currently on loan from Real Madrid www.ecaeurope.com to FC Bayern München. For the analysis his current club FC Bayern München was taken into account. • Country representation always relates to the league in which the club plays and not the actual country of origin of the club. For example: Cardiff City FC is listed as a club from England. • The term “European clubs” makes reference to clubs from UEFA Member Associations. The same applies for Asian clubs (AFC), African clubs (CAF), etc. This research is based on the Official Squad Lists published by FIFA on the 4th of June 2018. The European Club Association has endeavoured to keep the information up to date, but it makes no representation or warranties of any kind, expressed or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability, with respect to this information. The aim of this research is purely informative. KEY FACTS & FIGURES Top 6 clubs releasing players Manchester 16 players FIFA World Cup 2018 City FC players registered 74% Real Madrid 15 players with European clubs FC Barcelona 14 players Chelsea FC 12 players Paris Saint- 12 players Germain Tottenham 12 players 3 Hotspur FC 4 FIFA World Cup 2018 52% players registered with ECA Members Top 6 countries where players are registered England 130 players Spain 81 players Germany 68 players Clubs releasing Italy 58 players 32% players that are ECA Members France 49 players Russia 36 players CLUB REPRESENTATION - TOP 20 Manchester 16 Al-Hilal FC 9 City FC players players 15 Club Atlético 9 Real Madrid players de Madrid players 14 8 FC Barcelona AS Monaco players players 12 8 Chelsea FC Leicester City players players 5 6 Paris Saint- 12 Liverpool FC 8 Germain players players Tottenham 12 7 Al Ahly SC Hotspur FC players players FC Bayern 11 Arsenal FC 7 München players players Borussia Juventus 11 7 players Dortmund players Manchester 11 Borussia VfL 1900 7 United FC players Mönchengladbach players 9 Sporting Clube 7 Al-Ahli SC players de Portugal players COUNTRY REPRESENTATION - TOP 20 Number Number Number Number Country Country of players of clubs of players of clubs England 130 34 USA 19 11 Spain 81 21 Belgium 16 10 Germany 68 22 Japan 15 10 Italy 58 16 Netherlands 15 6 7 8 Korea France 49 19 13 10 Republic Russia 36 10 Egypt 10 2 Saudi Arabia 30 10 Argentina 9 3 Mexico 22 13 Brazil 9 7 Turkey 22 12 Iran 9 5 Portugal 19 5 China 8 7 CONFEDERATION REPRESENTATION CONCACAF 54 players UEFA 7% 544 players AFC 9 74 82 players 10 % 11% CAF 21 players CONMEBOL 35 players 3 % 5 % GROUPS Group A Group Russia Saudi Arabia Egypt Uruguay E Brazil Switzerland Costa Rica Serbia Group Group F B Portugal Spain Morocco Iran Germany Mexico Sweden Korea Republic 11 12 Group C Group G France Australia Peru Denmark Belgium Panama Tunisia England Group Group D Argentina Iceland Croatia Nigeria H Poland Senegal Colombia Japan ARGENTINA GOALKEEPERS Wilfredo Caballero (Chelsea FC) Players from Franco Armani (Club Atlético River Plate) European Clubs Nahuel Guzmán (Tigres UNAL) 18/23 DEFENDERS Gabriel Mercado (Sevilla FC) Percentage of players Cristian Ansaldi (Torino FC) registered with ECA Federico Fazio (AS Roma) member clubs Nicolás Otamendi (Manchester City FC) Marcos Rojo (Manchester United FC) 70% 13 Nicolás Tagliafico(AFC Ajax) 14 FULL LIST OF SQUADS Players from Marcos Acuña (Sporting Clube de Portugal) Argentinian clubs MIDFIELDERS 23 Javier Mascherano (Hebei China Fortune) 3/ Edoardo Salvio (SL Benfica) Lucas Biglia (AC Milan) Giovani Lo Celso (Paris Saint-Germain) Éver Banega (Sevilla FC) Manuel Lanzini (West Ham United) Maximiliano Meza (Club Atlético Independiente) Ángel Di María (Paris Saint-Germain) Cristian Pavón (Boca Juniors) UEFA FORWARDS CAF Lionel Messi (FC Barcelona) CONCACAF CONMEBOL Sergio Agüero (Manchester City FC) AFC Paulo Dybala (Juventus) Free Agent Gonzalo Higuaín (Juventus) ECA Member Club AUSTRALIA BELGIUM GOALKEEPERS GOALKEEPERS Mathew Ryan (Brighton & Hove Albion) Players from Thibaut Courtois (Chelsea FC) Players from Brad Jones (Feyenoord Rotterdam) European Clubs Simon Mignolet (Liverpool FC) European Clubs Danny Vukovic (KRC Genk) 16/23 Koen Casteels (VfL Wolfsburg) 21/23 DEFENDERS DEFENDERS Matthew Jurman (Suwon Samsung Bluewings) Percentage of players Dedryck Boyata (Celtic FC) Percentage of players Milos Degenek (Yokahoma F. Marinos) registered with ECA Toby Alderweireld (Tottenham Hotspur FC) registered with ECA Trent Sainsbury (Grasshopper Club Zurich) member clubs Thomas Meunier (Paris Saint-Germain) member clubs Aziz Behich (Bursaspor) Leander Dendoncker (RSC Anderlecht) James Meredith (Millwall FC) 22% Jan Vertonghen (Tottenham Hotspur FC) 87% 15 Joshua Risdon (Western Sydney Wanderers FC) Vincent Kompany (Manchester City FC) 16 Players from Thomas Vermaelen (FC Barcelona) Players from MIDFIELDERS Australian clubs Belgian clubs Dimitri Petratos (Newcastle United Jets FC) 23 MIDFIELDERS 23 Mile Jedinak (Aston Villa) 3/ Yannick Carrasco (Dalian Yifang FC) 1/ Robbie Kruse (VfL Bochum 1848) Axel Witsel (Tianjin Quanjian FC) Mark Milligan (Al-Ahli SC) Youri Tielemans (AS Monaco) Aaron Mooy (Huddersfield Town) Marouane Fellaini (Manchester United FC) Massimo Luongo (Queens Park Rangers) Nacer Chadli (West Bromwich Albion) Jackson Irvine (Hull City) Moussa Dembélé (Tottenham Hotspur FC) Tom Rogić (Celtic FC) Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City FC) Daniel Arzani (Melbourne City FC) Thorgan Hazard (Borussia VfL 1900 Mönchengladbach) Andrew Nabbout (Urawa Red Diamonds) FORWARDS UEFA UEFA FORWARDS CAF Eden Hazard (Chelsea FC) CAF Tim Cahill (Millwall FC) CONCACAF Adnan Januzaj (Real Sociedad de Fútbol) CONCACAF CONMEBOL CONMEBOL Jamie Maclaren (SV Darmstadt 98) Romelu Lukaku (Manchester United FC) AFC AFC Tomi Juric (FC Luzern) Free Agent Michy Batshuayi (Borussia Dortmund) Free Agent Matthew Leckie (Hertha BSC) ECA Member Club Dries Mertens (SSC Napoli) ECA Member Club BRAZIL COLOMBIA GOALKEEPERS GOALKEEPERS Cassio Ramos (SC Corinthians) Players from David Ospina (Arsenal FC) Players from Ederson Santana de Moraes (Manchester City FC) European Clubs Camilo Vargas (Deportivo Cali) European Clubs Alisson Becker (AS Roma) 19/23 José Fernando Cuadrado (Once Caldas) 14/23 DEFENDERS DEFENDERS Marquinhos (Paris Saint-Germain) Percentage of players Cristián Zapata (AC Milan) Percentage of players Danilo Luiz da Silva (Manchester City FC) registered with ECA Santiago Arias (PSV Eindhoven) registered with ECA Thiago Silva (Paris Saint-Germain) member clubs Frank Fabra (Boca Juniors) member clubs Fagner Conserva Lemos (SC Corinthians) Dávinson Sánchez (Tottenham Hotspur FC) Filipe Luís Kasmirski (Club Atlético de Madrid) 83% Yerry Mina (FC Barcelona) 43% 17 Marcelo (Real Madrid CF) Óscar Murillo (CF Pachuca) 18 Pedro Geromel (Gremio) Players from Johan Mojica (Girona FC) Players from Brasilian clubs Colombian clubs Miranda De Souza Filho (FC Internazionale Milano) 23 MIDFIELDERS 23 MIDFIELDERS 3/ Carlos Sánchez (RCD Espanyol) 3/ Carlos Henrique Casemiro (Real Madrid CF) Abel Aguilar (Deportivo Cali) Paulinho (FC Barcelona) James Rodriguez (FC Bayern München) Renato Augusto Soares de Oliveira Mateus Uribe (CF América) (Beijing Sinobo Guoan) Wílmar Barrios (Boca Juniors) Fernandinho (Manchester City FC) Jefferson Lerma (Levante UD) Philippe Coutinho (FC Barcelona) Juan Fernando Quintero (Club Atlético River Plate) Fred (FC Shakhtar Donetsk) Juan Cuadrado (Juventus) Willian Borges da Silva (Chelsea FC) FORWARDS UEFA UEFA FORWARDS CAF Radamel Falcao (AS Monaco) CAF Gabriel Jesus (Manchester City FC) CONCACAF Carlos Bacca (Villarreal CF) CONCACAF CONMEBOL CONMEBOL Roberto Firmino (Liverpool FC) Miguel Borja (SE Palmeiras) AFC AFC Taison Barcellos Freda (FC Shakhtar Donetsk) Free Agent Luis Fernando Muriel (Sevilla FC) Free Agent Neymar (Paris Saint-Germain) ECA Member Club José Izquierdo (Brighton & Hove Albion) ECA Member Club Douglas Costa (Juventus) COSTA RICA CROATIA GOALKEEPERS GOALKEEPERS Keylor Navas (Real Madrid CF) Players from Lovre Kalinić (KAA Gent) Players from Patrick Pemberton (LD Alajuelense) European Clubs Danijel Subašić (AS Monaco) European Clubs Leonel Moreira (CS Herediano) 10/23 Dominik Livaković (GNK Dinamo Zagreb)