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ECA PLAYER RELEASE ANALYSIS

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This research is based on the Official Squad Lists published by 04 MESSAGE FROM THE ECA GENERAL UEFA on the 1st of June 2016. The European Club Association SECRETARY has endeavoured to keep the information up to date, but it makes no representations or warranties of any kind, expressed or implied, about the completeness, accuracy and reliability with 06 INTRODUCTION respect to this information. The aim of this research is purely informative. Last Update: 7th of June 2016 08 KEY FACTS & FIGURES

10 CLUB ANALYSIS

16 LEAGUE ANALYSIS

22 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION ANALYSIS

26 CONFEDERATION ANALYSIS

30 APPENDICES I. FULL LIST OF SQUADS II. FULL LIST OF CLUBS III. FULL LIST OF LEAGUES 4 5 MESSAGE FROM THE ECA GENERAL SECRETARY

Dear friends of football, To give you a glimpse of the key facts and figures of this year’s report: the 552 players participating in the UEFA EURO 2016 in Following an exciting 2015/16 club football season culminating in a are registered with 215 different clubs representing no less than 41 thrilling UEFA Champions League final in Milan, we are ready to focus domestic leagues. Obviously, it does not come as a surprise that the on the next footballing highlight of 2016: the UEFA EURO to be held vast majority of these players, a total of 542 players (98.2%), are in France. This year’s tournament is the first one that sees 24 nations registered with European clubs. Regardless, I am convinced that you participating, bringing the total number of players to 552. will find it interesting to find out the answers to questions such as “How many players are registered with clubs in England?” or “Which As it has become a tradition for every major national team tournament, clubs released most players overall?”. we are pleased to provide you with yet another ECA Player Release Analysis. Our research aims at showcasing the clubs involved in I take the opportunity to point out that, thanks to the 2012 ECA-UEFA releasing players to all major national team competitions including, but Memorandum of Understanding, clubs are entitled to the amount of not limited to, the FIFA World Cup and the UEFA EURO. Following the €150m from the UEFA EURO 2016 revenues as recognition for ECA Player Release Analyses in 2008 and 2012, this new report is their significant contribution to the success of the tournament. The the third one specifically devoted to the UEFA EURO tournament. distribution mechanism will be identical to the one applied for the UEFA EURO 2012, where 575 clubs benefited from the total amount As we all know, clubs are an important cornerstone of the football of €100m. The calculations to define the final amounts for all clubs pyramid. They invest in the development of the players – both on and will be finalised and communicated after the tournament. off the pitch – helping them to become stars and role models that inspire football fans from across the world. Without the dedicated work I wish you an interesting read and, most importantly, an enjoyable and and investments of clubs around the globe, the quality and delivery safe UEFA EURO tournament in France! of our competitions would not be the same. Clubs are at the basis of what drives our passion for the sport. Best regards,

Michele Centenaro

ECA General Secretary 6 7 INTRODUCTION FRANCE

GROUP A The ECA Player Release Analysis is a research study undertaken by the European Club Association at the occasion of every major national team tournament, including but not limited to the FIFA World Cup™ ENGLAND SLOVAKIA WALES and the UEFA EURO™.

The purpose of this particular research is to highlight the number and origin of clubs involved in releasing players for the UEFA EURO 2016™ in France. GROUP B Each of the 24 national teams competing for the EURO trophy is composed of 23 players bringing the total number of players present in France to 552. In accordance with the FIFA Regulations on the GERMANY NORTHERN Status and Transfer of Players (Annexe 1, Article 1), the release of IRELAND players is mandatory for clubs. Each club is obliged to release his players to the national team “(…) Monday morning the week preceding the week when the relevant final competition starts.” For the purpose of the analysis, please note the following: GROUP C ●● The research is based on the official squad list published by UEFA on www..com on the 1st of June 2016, and last updated on the 7th of June 2016. CROATIA CZECH TURKEY REPUBLIC ●● Reference is always made to the club with which the player was registered on the 1st of June.

●● For players on loan, the club receiving the player on loan was considered. GROUP D

●● Reference is always made to the league in which the club was playing in the 2015/16 season. BELGIUM REPUBLIC OF IRELAND ●● For the league analysis, clubs from Liechtenstein (FC ), Wales ( City FC, Swansea City AFC) and Canada (Impact Montréal FC) have been considered as part of the , the English National League Championship, the English and the MLS respectively. GROUP E ●● For the national association analysis, clubs from Liechtenstein (FC Vaduz), Wales (Cardiff City FC, Swansea City AFC) and Canada (Impact Montréal FC) have been considered as part of their national HUNGARY ICELAND associations: Liechtenstein, Wales and Canada respectively.

●● The term “European clubs” makes reference to clubs from UEFA Member Associations. The same applies for Asian clubs (AFC) and North American clubs (CONCACAF). GROUP F 8 9 With

ALL 4 English players are registered with English clubs. PLAYERS released, Reading FC With % and RB Leipzig are the 24.3 two clubs from a domestic of the UEFA EURO 2016™ second-tier championship players are registered with clubs who released the most 12 participating in the English players. PLAYERS championships. released, Liverpool FC and Juventus are the two clubs releasing the biggest Besides UEFA, number of players. AFC and CONCACAF are the only two other United FC confederations whose clubs released players to are releasing players. 215 7 CLUBS different national teams. are involved in releasing players.

98.2% 206 22 of the UEFA EURO 2016™ are European clubs players (542 players from from UEFA Member PLAYERS a total of 552) are registered Associations. out of the 552 are registered with European clubs. with French clubs. 15 out of the 24 national teams have all their players registered with European clubs. CLUB ANALYSIS 12 13 MOST TOP 23 REPRESENTED Position Club Number of players 1 Juventus 12 CLUBS Liverpool FC 12 215 CLUBS ARE RELEASING PLAYERS. 2 Tottenham Hotspur FC 11 206 OF THEM ARE EUROPEAN CLUBS. 3 Manchester United FC 10 4 FC 9

Both Liverpool FC (ENG) and Juventus Manchester United FC (ENG) FC Bayern München 9 (ITA) released released players to Fenerbahçe SK 9

5 Arsenal FC 8

Real Madrid CF 8

12 7different national teams, followed by FC 1893 8 Arsenal FC (ENG) and Juventus (ITA) PLAYERS PFC CSKA Moskva 8 the highest number of players for the who released players to 6 different national teams. UEFA EURO 2016™, followed by 6 AS Roma 7 Tottenham Hotspur FC (ENG) and Manchester United FC (ENG) with 11 Beşiktaş JK 7 and 10 players released repsectively. FC FC 7 Bayern München (GER), FC Barcelona (SPA) and Fenerbahçe SK (TUR) all FC Shakhtar 7 released 9 players for the tournament. FC Zenit St. Petersburg 7 Reading FC (ENG) and RB Leipzig Southampton FC 7 (GER) are the two clubs from a The following table outlines the top 23 domestic second-tier championship clubs that are releasing players for the 7 Chelsea FC 6 who released the most players, with UEFA EURO 2016™. FC Viktoria Plzeñ 6 The full list of clubs is available in the Ferencvárosi TC Appendix. 6 GNK Dinamo 6 4 Manchester City FC PLAYERS 6 each. SSC Napoli 6 14 15 EUROPEAN CLUB NATIONAL CLUB REPRESENTATION IN REPRESENTATION IN NATIONAL TEAMS NATIONAL TEAMS 98.2% OF THE RELEASED PLAYERS ARE 100% OF THE ENGLISH PLAYERS ARE REGISTERED WITH EUROPEAN CLUBS. REGISTERED WITH ENGLISH CLUBS.

15 out of the 24 European national teams have all their players registered with European Clubs. 8 of the remaining 9 England is the only national team having all its 23 players registered with clubs from its national championship(s). 22 out national teams all have 22 players out of 23 registered with European clubs, while Romania has two players registered of the 23 Russian players are registered with Russian clubs, while 18 of the 23 Italian players are currently registered with with non-European clubs, one playing in and one in Saudi Arabia. Italian clubs. In contrast, no player from the following national teams is currently registered with clubs from their respective national championships: Iceland, Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland.

ENGLAND 23/23

RUSSIA 22/23 23/23 22/23 21/23 ITALY 18/23

TURKEY, UKRAINE 17/23

GERMANY, SPAIN 14/23

HUNGARY 12/23 POLAND 10/23

AUSTRIA ALBANIA ROMANIA , ROMANIA 9/23

CROATIA BELGIUM PORTUGAL 8/23 CZECH REPUBLIC FRANCE CROATIA 6/23 ENGLAND HUNGARY FRANCE, SWITZERLAND 5/23

GERMANY REPUBLIC OF IRELAND BELGIUM 4/23 ICELAND NORTHERN IRELAND SLOVAKIA, SWEDEN ITALY SLOVAKIA 3/23 POLAND ALBANIA, WALES TURKEY PORTUGAL 2/23 RUSSIA AUSTRIA 1/23 ICELAND, SPAIN REPUBLIC OF IRELAND, NORTHERN IRELAND SWEDEN /23 SWITZERLAND 0

UKRAINE

WALES 17 LEAGUE ANALYSIS 18 19 MOST TOP 20 REPRESENTED Position League Number of players Number of clubs 1 English Premier League 103 20 LEAGUES 2 German 58 18 3 Italian Seria A 51 16

4 Turkish Süper Lig 36 9 5 Spanish 34 10 542 31 6 32 10

PLAYERS PLAYERS 7 Championship 31 17 out of a total of 552 are playing in (5.6%) are currently registered with clubs playing in the English 8 French 22 10 Football League Championship, 9 20 4 placing the English second-tier competition in the 7th position 10 Swiss Super League 16 7 35 overall! European leagues. 11 Polish 15 7 12 Czech Liga 13 5 More than Hungarian NB I 13 7 Despite not being represented by 13 Croatian 1. HNL 10 3 % their national team at the UEFA 18.5 EURO 2016™ Scotland (6), Portuguese 10 4 of the released players are playing in (5), Bulgaria (3), Norway the English Premier League. (3), (2), Swedish 10 6 (1), (1) and (1) 14 Romanian 9 4 have at least one player from their national league at the tournament. 15 Germany 2. Bundesliga 5 % 8 48.6 16 6 6 of the players are currently registered with clubs from the “Big 5” 6 6 leagues: the English Premier League, the German Bundesliga, the Italian 6 non-European leagues are also , the Spanish La Liga and the represented by 10 players. French Ligue 1. 20 21

1.4% German 2. Bundesliga <1% 1.1% Danish Superliga BELGIAN PRO LEAGUE, GREEK SUPER LEAGUE, SLOVAK SUPER LIGA, ENGLISH FOOTBALL LEAGUE 1, ITALIAN , BULGARIAN A PFG, NORWEGIAN TIPPELIGAEN, QATAR STARS LEAGUE, MLS, ALBANIAN SUPER LEAGUE, 1.6% Romanian Liga I 1.1% Scottish Premiership AUSTRIAN BUNDESLIGA, DUTCH , AUSTRALIAN A-LEAGUE, AZERBAIJAN PREMIER LEAGUE, CHINA SUPER LEAGUE, ISRAELI PREMIER LEAGUE, KAZAKH PREMIER LEAGUE, MEXICAN 1.8% Swedish Allsvenskan LIGA MX, SAUDI PROFESSIONAL LEAGUE, ENGLISH FOOTBALL LEAGUE 2, SPAIN SEGUNDA DIVISION 1.8% Portuguese Primeira Liga

1.8% Croatian 1. HNL 18.7% 2.4% Hungarian NB I English Premier League

2.4% Czech Liga

2.7% Polish Ekstraklasa 10.5% German Bundesliga

2.9% Swiss Super League

3.6% Ukrainian Premier League

9.2% Italian Serie A 4.0% French Ligue 1

6.5% Turkish Süper Lig

6.2% Spanish La Liga 5.6% English Football League Championship

5.8% Russian Premier League 23 NATIONAL NATIONAL ASSOCIATION ANALYSIS 24 25 MOST TOP 21 REPRESENTED Position National Association Number of players Number of clubs 1 England 134 40

NATIONAL 2 23 Germany 66 ASSOCIATIONS 3 Italy 55 20 4 Turkey 36 9

5 Spain 35 11

6 Russia 32 10

More than 7 France 22 10 8 Ukraine 20 4 542 56.5% 9 Poland 15 7 of the released players are currently PLAYERS Switzerland 15 6 registered with clubs from Spain, out of a total of 552 are playing in England, Germany, Italy and France. 10 Czech Republic 13 5

Hungary 13 7 31 11 Croatia 10 3 different UEFA national associations. Portugal 10 4 Sweden 10 6 Over 10 12 Romania 9 4 PLAYERS 13 Denmark 6 4 % have been released by clubs 24 from 7 non-European National Scotland 6 6 of the released players are playing in Associations. 40 different clubs in England. 14 Belgium 5 5

Greece 5 4

Wales 5 2 26 27 CONFEDERATION ANALYSIS 28 29

MOST REPRESENTED Position Confederation Number of players Number of clubs 1 542 206 CONFEDERATIONS 2 6 5

542 UEFA EURO 2016™ players are currently registered with clubs from UEFA. 6 players are registered 3 4 4 with clubs from AFC and 4 players with clubs from CONCACAF.

98.2% EUROPE/UEFA 542 players England, Germany, Italy, Turkey, Spain, Russia, France, Ukraine, Poland, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Hungary, Croatia, Sweden, Portugal, Romania, Denmark, Scotland, Belgium, Wales, Greece, Slovakia, Norway, Bulgaria, Albania, Austria, Netherlands, Azerbaijan, Liechtenstein, Israel, Kazakhstan

0.7% 1.1% NORTH AMERICA ASIA/AFC 6 players CONCACAF Qatar, Australia, China PR, Saudi Arabia 4 players USA, Canada, Mexico 31 APPENDICES APPENDICES 32 33 APPENDIX 1: FULL LIST OF SQUADS PLAYERS FROM EUROPEAN CLUBS 34 35 ALBANIA AUSTRIA

Goalkeepers AVERAGE AGE Goalkeepers AVERAGE AGE SS Lazio FK Austria Wien FK Partizani KF Skënderbeu 27.6 Ramazan Özcan FC Ingolstadt 04 27.7 Defenders Defenders PLAYERS FROM PLAYERS FROM PAS Giannina FC Aleksandar Dragovic FC Dynamo Kyiv EUROPEAN CLUBS EUROPEAN CLUBS Leicester City FC Mërgim Mavraj 1. FC Köln Vfl Borussia Mönchengladbach SSC Napoli /23 VfB /23 Qarabağ FK 22 Sebastian Prödl Watford FC 23 Frédéric Veseli FC Lugano PLAYERS FROM FC Ingolstadt 04 PLAYERS FROM FC Basel 1893 ALBANIAN CLUBS Tottenham Hotspur FC AUSTRIAN CLUBS Midfielders /23 FC Bayern München /23 Ergys Kaçe PAOK FC 2 1. FSV Mainz 05 1 FC György Garics SV Darmstadt 98 Calcio PERCENTAGE OF VfB Stuttgart PERCENTAGE OF NK PLAYERS FROM RB Leipzig PLAYERS FROM FC Zürich ALBANIAN CLUBS FC Luzern AUSTRIAN CLUBS FC Nantes Zlatko Junuzovic SV Werder Bremen FC Basel 1893 RB Leipzig SC Freiburg Alessandro Schöpf FC Schalke 04

Forwards Forwards NK Rijeka 8.7% Marko Arnautovic Stoke City FC 4.3% Sokol Çikalleshi Başakşehir FK FC Ingolstadt 04 FC Vaduz TSV 1860 München Shkëlzen Gashi Colorado Rapids FC Basel 1893

ECA Member European Club Other Confederation ECA Member European Club Other Confederation 36 37 BELGIUM CROATIA

Goalkeepers AVERAGE AGE Goalkeepers AVERAGE AGE Chelsea FC Danijel Subašić AS FC Jean-François Gillet KV Mechelen Lovre Kalinić HNK Hajduk Split Liverpool FC 26.4 Ivan Vargić NK Rijeka 26.7 Defenders Defenders PLAYERS FROM PLAYERS FROM Tottenham Hotspur FC Vedran Ćorluka FC Lokomotiv Moskva EUROPEAN CLUBS EUROPEAN CLUBS Galatasaray AS FC Shakhtar Donetsk Impact Montréal FC Dynamo Kyiv KRC Genk /23 Šime Vrsaljko US Sassuolo /23 KV Oostende 22 GNK Dinamo 23 Club Brugge KV PLAYERS FROM Ivan Strinić SSC Napoli PLAYERS FROM FC Barcelona BELGIAN CLUBS CROATIAN CLUBS Tottenham Hotspur FC Midfielders Midfielders /23 Luka Modrić Real Madrid CF /23 Club Atlético de Madrid 4 Ivan Rakitić FC Barcelona 6 Manchester United FC Mateo Kovačić Real Madrid CF AS Roma PERCENTAGE OF Marcelo Brozović FC Internazionale Milano PERCENTAGE OF FC Zenit PLAYERS FROM ACF Fiorentina PLAYERS FROM Manchester City FC BELGIAN CLUBS Ivan Perišić FC Internazionale Milano CROATIAN CLUBS Chelsea FC GNK Dinamo Moussa Dembélé Tottenham Hotspur FC Ante Ćorić GNK Dinamo Taulant Xhaka FC Basel 1893 Forwards Forwards Mario Mandžukić Juventus Olympique de 17.4% Nikola Kalinić ACF Fiorentina 26.1% Liverpool FC GNK Dinamo Everton FC Andrej Kramarić TSG 1899 Hoffenheim SSC Napoli Duje Čop Málaga CF Liverpool FC

ECA Member European Club Other Confederation ECA Member European Club Other Confederation 38 39 CZECH ENGLAND REPUBLIC

Goalkeepers AVERAGE AGE Goalkeepers AVERAGE AGE Petr Čech Arsenal FC Southampton FC Tomáš Vaclík FC Basel 1893 Joe Hart Manchester City FC Tomáš Koubek FC Slovan Liberec 29.2 Tom Heaton Burnley FC 25.8 Defenders Defenders PLAYERS FROM PLAYERS FROM SV Werder Bremen Ryan Bertrand Southampton FC EUROPEAN CLUBS EUROPEAN CLUBS Roman Hubník FC Viktoria Plzeň Gary Cahill Chelsea FC Pavel Kadeřábek TSG 1899 Hoffenheim Nathaniel Clyne Liverpool FC Fenerbahçe SK /23 Rose Tottenham Hotspur FC /23 David Limberský FC Viktoria Plzeň 23 Chris Smalling Manchester United FC 23 Marek Suchý FC Basel 1893 PLAYERS FROM John Stones Everton FC PLAYERS FROM Tomáš Sivok CZECH CLUBS Kyle Walker Tottenham Hotspur FC ENGLISH CLUBS Midfielders Midfielders Vladimír Darida Hertha BSC Berlin /23 Tottenham Hotspur FC /23 Bořek Dočkal AC Sparta Praha 9 Ross Barkley Everton FC 23 Daniel Kolář FC Viktoria Plzeň Eric Dier Tottenham Hotspur FC Ladislav Krejčí AC Sparta Praha PERCENTAGE OF Liverpool FC PERCENTAGE OF Kasımpaşa SK PLAYERS FROM Liverpool FC PLAYERS FROM Jaroslav Plašil FC Girondins de Bordeaux CZECH CLUBS Liverpool FC ENGLISH CLUBS Sheffield Wednesday FC Raheem Sterling Manchester City FC Tomáš Rosický Arsenal FC Arsenal FC Jiří Skalák Brighton & Hove Albion Forwards Josef Šural AC Sparta Praha Tottenham Hotspur FC Forwards 39.1% Marcus Rashford Manchester United FC 100% AC Sparta Praha Manchester United FC Tomáš Necid Bursaspor Liverpool FC Milan Škoda SK Slavia Praha Leicester City FC

ECA Member European Club Other Confederation ECA Member European Club Other Confederation 40 41 FRANCE GERMANY

Goalkeepers AVERAGE AGE Goalkeepers AVERAGE AGE Benoît Costil Stade Rennais FC FC Bayern München Tottenham Hotspur FC Marc-André ter Stegen FC Barcelona 27.8 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 25.9 Defenders Defenders PLAYERS FROM PLAYERS FROM AS Roma Valencia CF EUROPEAN CLUBS EUROPEAN CLUBS Juventus 1. FC Köln Benedikt Höwedes FC Schalke 04 Arsenal FC /23 /23 Manchester City FC 22 Jérôme Boateng FC Bayern München 23 Olympique Lyonnais PLAYERS FROM Jonathan Tah Bayer 04 Leverkusen PLAYERS FROM Manchester City FC FRENCH CLUBS FC Bayern München GERMAN CLUBS Sevilla FC Midfielders Midfielders /23 Liverpool FC /23 Crystal Palace FC 5 Juventus 14 FC Bayern München Manchester United FC N'Golo Kanté Leicester City FC PERCENTAGE OF Mesut Özil Arsenal FC PERCENTAGE OF Saint-Germain FC PLAYERS FROM André Schürrle VfL Wolfsburg PLAYERS FROM West Ham United FC FRENCH CLUBS Real Madrid CF GERMAN CLUBS Juventus Mario Götze FC Bayern München Manchester United FC VfL Wolfsburg Newcastle United FC Leroy Sané FC Schalke 04 Borussia Dortmund Forwards André-Pierre Gignac Tigres UANL 21.7% Forwards 60.1% Arsenal FC Mario Gomez Beşiktaş JK Club Atlético de Madrid Thomas Müller FC Bayern München Manchester United FC Galatasaray AS

ECA Member European Club Other Confederation ECA Member European Club Other Confederation 42 43 HUNGARY ICELAND

Goalkeepers AVERAGE AGE Goalkeepers AVERAGE AGE Gábor Király Szombathelyi Haladás Hannes Halldórsson FK Bodø/Glimt Dénes Dibusz Ferencvárosi TC Ögmundur Kristinsson Hammarby IF Péter Gulácsi RB Leipzig 28.0 Ingvar Jónsson Sandefjord Fotball 27.6 Defenders Defenders PLAYERS FROM PLAYERS FROM Attila Fiola Puskás Akadémia FC Elmar Bjarnason AGF Aarhus EUROPEAN CLUBS EUROPEAN CLUBS Barnabás Bese MTK Birkir Sævarsson Hammarby IF Richárd Guzmics Wisła Kraków SA Ragnar Sigurðsson FK Krasnodar Roland Juhász Videoton FC /23 Ari Skúlason Odense BK /23 Ádám Lang Videoton FC 22 Hörður Magnússon AC Cesena 23 Tamás Kádár KKS Lech Poznań PLAYERS FROM Haukur Heiðar Hauksson AIK Fotboll PLAYERS FROM Mihály Korhut Debreceni VSC HUNGARIAN CLUBS Sverrir Ingason KSC Lokeren OV ICELANDIC CLUBS Ádám Pintér Ferencvárosi TC Hjörtur Hermannsson IFK Göteborg Arnór Ingvi Traustason IFK Norrköping Midfielders /23 /23 Ákos Elek Diósgyöri VTK 12 Midfielders 0 Ádám Nagy Ferencvárosi TC Kári Árnason Malmö FF László Kleinheisler SV Werder Bremen PERCENTAGE OF Cardiff City FC PERCENTAGE OF Gergő Lovrencsics KKS Lech Poznań PLAYERS FROM Gylfi Sigurðsson Swansea City AFC PLAYERS FROM Zoltán Stieber 1. FC Nürnberg HUNGARIAN CLUBS Emil Hallfreðsson 1896 ICELANDIC CLUBS FC Basel 1893 Forwards Rúnar Már Sigurjónsson GIF Sundsvall Ádám Szalai Balázs Dzsudzsák Bursaspor Forwards Krisztián Németh Al-Gharafa SC Eiður Guðjohnsen Molde FK Nemanja Nikolics Legia Warszawa SSA 52.2% Kolbeinn Sigþórsson FC Nantes 0% Tamás Priskin ŠK Slovan Jóhann Guðmundsson Charlton Athletic FC Dániel Böde Ferencvárosi TC Alfreð Finnbogason FC Augsburg Zoltán Gera Ferencvárosi TC Jón Daði Böðvarsson 1. FC Kaiserslautern

ECA Member European Club Other Confederation ECA Member European Club Other Confederation 44 45 REPUBLIC OF ITALY IRELAND

Goalkeepers AVERAGE AGE Goalkeepers AVERAGE AGE Stoke City FC Juventus Darren Randolph West Ham United FC SS Lazio Sheffield Wednesday FC 29.8 Paris Saint-Germain FC 28.9 Defenders Defenders PLAYERS FROM PLAYERS FROM Seamus Coleman Everton FC Juventus EUROPEAN CLUBS EUROPEAN CLUBS Derby County FC Juventus Aston Villa FC Juventus Derby County FC /23 Manchester United FC /23 John O'Shea AFC 22 AC Milan 23 Blackburn Rovers FC PLAYERS FROM West Ham United FC PLAYERS FROM Stephen Ward Burnley FC IRISH CLUBS Midfielders ITALIAN CLUBS Midfielders ACF Fiorentina Norwich City FC /23 SS Lazio /23 Derby County FC 0 AS Roma 18 Norwich City FC AS Roma James McCarthy Everton FC PERCENTAGE OF FC 1909 PERCENTAGE OF James McClean West Bromwich Albion FC PLAYERS FROM Juventus PLAYERS FROM Aiden McGeady Sheffield Wednesday FC IRISH CLUBS Paris Saint-Germain FC ITALIAN CLUBS Hull City AFC SS Lazio Reading FC Forwards Stoke City FC Éder FC Internazionale Milano Forwards AS Roma LA Galaxy 0% Torino FC 78.3% Southampton FC SSC Napoli Ipswich Town FC Graziano Pellè Southampton FC Jon Walters Stoke City FC Juventus

ECA Member European Club Other Confederation ECA Member European Club Other Confederation 46 47 NORTHERN POLAND IRELAND

Goalkeepers AVERAGE AGE Goalkeepers AVERAGE AGE St Johnstone FC Łukasz Fabiański Swansea City AFC Michael McGovern Hamilton Academical FC Wojciech Szczęsny AS Roma Notts County FC 28.5 Bournemouth AFC 27.5 Defenders Defenders PLAYERS FROM PLAYERS FROM Watford FC EUROPEAN CLUBS US Città di Palermo EUROPEAN CLUBS Jonathan Evans West Bromwich Albion FC Torino FC Gareth McAuley West Bromwich Albion FC /23 Artur Jędrzejczyk Legia Warszawa SA /23 Luke McCullough Doncaster Rovers FC 22 Michał Pazdan Legia Warszawa SA Conor McLaughlin Fleetwood Town FC Łukasz Piszczek Borussia Dortmund 23 PLAYERS FROM Milton Keynes Dons FC Calcio NORTHERN IRISH PLAYERS FROM Melbourne City FC KS Lechia Gdansk CLUBS POLISH CLUBS Patrick McNair Manchester United FC Midfielders Fulham FC /23 Jakub Błaszczykowski ACF Fiorentina /23 Midfielders Stade Rennais FC 10 0 MKS Cracovia Southampton FC PERCENTAGE OF Sevilla FC Reading FC PERCENTAGE OF PLAYERS FROM Blackburn Rovers FC Tomasz Jodłowiec Legia Warszawa SA PLAYERS FROM NORTHERN IRISH Millwall FC KKS Lech Poznan POLISH CLUBS CLUBS Leeds United FC Krzysztof Mączyński Wisła Kraków SA Kilmarnock FC Sławomir Peszko KS Lechia Gdansk Nottingham Forest FC Filip Starzyński Zagłębie Lubin Piotr Zieliński Empoli FC Forwards City FC Forwards Niall McGinn Aberdeen FC 0% AFC Ajax 43.5% Queens Park Rangers FC FC Bayern München Wigan Athletic FC Mariusz Stępiński Ruch Chorzów SA

ECA Member European Club Other Confederation ECA Member European Club Other Confederation 48 49 PORTUGAL ROMANIA

Goalkeepers AVERAGE AGE Goalkeepers AVERAGE AGE Rui Patrício Sporting Clube de Portugal Ciprian Tătărușanu ACF Fiorentina Olympique Lyonnais Watford FC Eduardo GNK Dinamo 28.4 AFC Astra Giurgiu 28.7 Defenders Defenders PLAYERS FROM PLAYERS FROM Cédric Southampton FC Cristian Săpunaru CS Pandurii Tg-Jiu EUROPEAN CLUBS EUROPEAN CLUBS Fenerbahçe SK Alexandru Mățel GNK Dinamo AS Monaco FC Vlad Chiricheș SSC Napoli José Fonte Southampton FC /23 Valerică Găman AFC Astra Giurgiu /23 Pepe Real Madrid CF 23 Dragoș Grigore Al-Sailiya SC 21 SL Benfica PLAYERS FROM Cosmin Moți PFC Ludogorets Razgrad PLAYERS FROM Raphaël Guerreiro FC Lorient PORTUGUESE CLUBS Răzvan Raț ROMANIAN CLUBS FC Dinamo București Midfielders Danilo FC /23 Midfielders /23 Sporting Clube de Portugal 8 FC Steaua București 9 Sporting Clube de Portugal Hapoel Be'er Sheva FC João Mário Sporting Clube de Portugal PERCENTAGE OF Andrei Prepeliță PFC Ludogorets Razgrad PERCENTAGE OF João Moutinho AS Monaco FC PLAYERS FROM Adrian Popa FC Steaua București PLAYERS FROM André Gomes Valencia CF PORTUGUESE CLUBS Osmanlıspor FK ROMANIAN CLUBS SC FC Steaua București SL Benfica Nicolae Stanciu FC Steaua București VfL Wolfsburg Lucian Sănmărtean Al-Ittihad

Forwards Forwards Real Madrid CF 34.8% Claudiu Keșerü PFC Ludogorets Razgrad 39.1% Fenerbahçe SK Gençlerbirliği SK Éder LOSC Lille Córdoba CF Beşiktaş JK AFC Astra Giurgiu

ECA Member European Club Other Confederation ECA Member European Club Other Confederation 50 51 RUSSIA SLOVAKIA

Goalkeepers AVERAGE AGE Goalkeepers AVERAGE AGE PFC CSKA Moskva Matúš Kozáčik FC Viktoria Plzeň FC Zenit Ján Mucha ŠK Slovan Bratislava Guilherme FC Lokomotiv Moskva 29.3 Ján Novota SK Rapid Wien 28.9 Defenders Defenders PLAYERS FROM PLAYERS FROM PFC CSKA Moskva Peter Pekarík Herta BSC Berlin EUROPEAN CLUBS EUROPEAN CLUBS PFC CSKA Moskva Milan Škriniar UC Sampdoria PFC CSKA Moskva Martin Škrtel Liverpool FC FC Spartak Moskva /23 Norbert Gyömbér AS Roma /23 Roman Neustädter FC Schalke 04 23 Ján Ďurica FC Lokomotiv Moskva 22 Georgi Schennikov PFC CSKA Moskva PLAYERS FROM Kornel Saláta ŠK Slovan Bratislava PLAYERS FROM FC Lokomotiv Moskva RUSSIAN CLUBS Dušan Švento 1. FC Köln SLOVAKIAN CLUBS FC Zenit Tomáš Hubočan FC Dinamo Moskva

Midfielders /23 Midfielders /23 Artur Yusupov FC Zenit 22 Marek Hamšík SSC Napoli 3 FK Krasnodar AC Milan Aleksandr Golovin PFC CSKA Moskva PERCENTAGE OF Bursaspor PERCENTAGE OF FC Spartak Moskva PLAYERS FROM Vladimír Weiss Al-Gharafa SC PLAYERS FROM FC Terek Grozny RUSSIAN CLUBS Róbert Mak PAOK FC SLOVAKIAN CLUBS Pavel Mamaev FK Krasnodar Patrik Hrošovský FC Viktoria Plzeň FC Lokomotiv Moskva Ján Greguš FK Jablonec FC Zenit Viktor Pečovský MŠK Žilina PFC CSKA Moskva Legia Warszawa SA Forwards 95.7% Forwards 13% FC Zenit Michal Ďuriš FC Viktoria Plzeň FC Zenit Adam Nemec Willem II Fedor Smolov FK Krasnodar Stanislav Šesták Ferencvárosi TC

ECA Member European Club Other Confederation ECA Member European Club Other Confederation 52 53 SPAIN SWEDEN

Goalkeepers AVERAGE AGE Goalkeepers AVERAGE AGE FC Porto Kasımpaşa SK Manchester United FC FC København Sevilla FC 28.1 AIK Fotboll 27.8 Defenders Defenders PLAYERS FROM PLAYERS FROM Real Madrid CF FC København EUROPEAN CLUBS EUROPEAN CLUBS Gerard Piqué FC Barcelona Erik Johansson FC København FC Barcelona Torino FC César Azpilicueta Chelsea FC /23 Victor Lindelöf SL Benfica /23 Héctor Bellerín Arsenal FC 23 FK Krasnodar 23 Juanfran Club Atlético de Madrid PLAYERS FROM Celtic FC PLAYERS FROM FC Barcelona SPANISH CLUBS Norwich City FC SWEDISH CLUBS Mikel San José Athletic Club Midfielders Midfielders /23 Olympiacos FC /23 Bruno Soriano Villarreal CF 14 Hamburger SV 3 FC Barcelona US Città di Palermo Manchester City FC PERCENTAGE OF Sunderland AFC PERCENTAGE OF Thiago Alcántara FC Bayern München PLAYERS FROM PFC CSKA Moskva PLAYERS FROM Cesc Fàbregas Chelsea FC SPANISH CLUBS AS SWEDISH CLUBS Andrés Iniesta FC Barcelona Malmö FF Koke Club Atlético de Madrid RB Leipzig Kim Källström Grasshopper-Club Zürich Forwards Álvaro Morata Juventus Forwards Athletic Club 60.1% Panathinaikos FC 13% Lucas Vázquez Real Madrid CF RC Celta de Vigo RC Celta de Vigo Zlatan Ibrahimović Paris Saint-Germain FC Pedro Rodríguez Chelsea FC Emir Kujović IFK Norrköping

ECA Member European Club Other Confederation ECA Member European Club Other Confederation 54 55 SWITZERLAND TURKEY

Goalkeepers AVERAGE AGE Goalkeepers AVERAGE AGE Roman Bürki Borussia Dortmund Bursaspor FC Augsburg Onur Kıvrak Trabzonspor AS Vfl Borussia Mönchengladbach 26.1 İstanbul Başakşehir FK 26.9 Defenders Defenders PLAYERS FROM PLAYERS FROM Hamburger SV Gökhan Gönül Fenerbahçe SK EUROPEAN CLUBS EUROPEAN CLUBS Vfl Borussia Mönchengladbach Şener Özbayraklı Fenerbahçe SK Michael Lang FC Basel 1893 Ahmet Çalık Gençlerbirliği SK Juventus /23 Galatasaray AS /23 François Moubandje Toulouse FC 23 Galatasaray AS 22 Ricardo Rodríguez VfL Wolfsburg PLAYERS FROM İsmail Köybaşı Beşiktaş JK PLAYERS FROM Fabian Schär TSG 1899 Hoffenheim SWISS CLUBS Midfielders TURKISH CLUBS BSC Young Boys Fenerbahçe SK Midfielders /23 Fenerbahçe SK /23 Watford FC 5 Yunus Mallı 1. FSV Mainz 05 17 Blerim Džemaili CFC Volkan Şen Fenerbahçe SK Stade Rennais FC PERCENTAGE OF Hakan Çalhanoğlu Bayer 04 Leverkusen PERCENTAGE OF Vfl Borussia Mönchengladbach PLAYERS FROM Nuri Şahin Borussia Dortmund PLAYERS FROM BSC Young Boys SWISS CLUBS Oğuzhan Özyakup Beşiktaş JK TURKISH CLUBS Stoke City FC Fenerbahçe SK 1.FSV Mainz 05 Selçuk İnan Galatasaray AS FC Barcelona Forwards Olcay Şahan Beşiktaş JK FC Basel 1893 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 21.7% Forwards Grasshopper-Club Zürich Burak Yılmaz Beijing Guoan FC 73.9% Haris Seferović Eintracht Frankfurt Beşiktaş JK Kasımpaşa SK FC Nordsjælland

ECA Member European Club Other Confederation ECA Member European Club Other Confederation 56 57 UKRAINE WALES

Goalkeepers AVERAGE AGE Goalkeepers AVERAGE AGE FC Shakhtar Donetsk Crystal Palace FC Beşiktaş JK Danny Ward Liverpool FC FC Zorya Owain Williams Inverness Caledonian 27.9 Thistle FC 27.3 Defenders PLAYERS FROM PLAYERS FROM FC Dynamo Kyiv Defenders EUROPEAN CLUBS EUROPEAN CLUBS FC Amkar Perm Ben Davies Tottenham Hotspur FC Artem Fedetsky FC Dnipropetrovsk Swansea City AFC FC Shakhtar Donetsk /23 Reading FC /23 Yaroslav Rakitsky FC Shakhtar Donetsk 23 Ashley Williams Swansea City AFC 23 FC Shakhtar Donetsk West Bromwich Albion FC PLAYERS FROM Ashley Richards Fulham FC PLAYERS FROM UKRAINIAN CLUBS WELSH CLUBS Midfielders James Collins West Ham United FC Sergiy Rybalka FC Dynamo Kyiv Midfielders Denys Garmash FC Dynamo Kyiv /23 /23 Arsenal FC Oleksandr Karavaev FC Zorya Luhansk 17 2 Crystal Palace FC Sergiy Sydorchuk FC Dynamo Kyiv David Vaughan Nottingham Forest FC Sevilla FC PERCENTAGE OF PERCENTAGE OF Liverpool FC FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk PLAYERS FROM PLAYERS FROM Jonathan Williams Crystal Palace FC FC Shakhtar Donetsk UKRAINIAN CLUBS WELSH CLUBS Andy King Leicester City FC Viktor Kovalenko FC Shakhtar Donetsk David Edwards Wolverhampton Wanderers FC Dynamo Kyiv FC Kairat Forwards Oleksandr Zinchenko FK Ufa Hal Robson-Kanu Reading FC Burnley FC Forwards 73.9% Simon Church Milton Keynes Dons FC FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 8.7% Real Madrid CF Pylyp Budkivsky FC Zorya Luhansk Birmingham City FC Yevhen Zeleznyov FK Kuban Krasnodar George Williams Fulham FC

ECA Member European Club Other Confederation ECA Member European Club Other Confederation 58 59

Position Club National Confederation Number APPENDIX 2: Association of players 7 GNK Dinamo Croatia UEFA 6

FULL LIST OF FC Viktoria Plze Czech Republic UEFA ň 6 CLUBS Chelsea FC England UEFA 6 Manchester City FC England UEFA 6

Ferencvárosi TC Hungary UEFA 6

Position Club National Confederation Number SSC Napoli Italy UEFA 6 Association of players 8 Stoke City FC England UEFA 5 1 Liverpool FC England UEFA 12 Everton FC England UEFA 5 Juventus Italy UEFA 12 Bayer 04 Leverkusen Germany UEFA 5 2 Tottenham Hotspur FC England UEFA 11 Borussia Dortmund Germany UEFA 5 3 Manchester United FC England UEFA 10 ACF Fiorentina Italy UEFA 5 4 FC Bayern München Germany UEFA 9 Legia Warszawa SA Poland UEFA 5 FC Barcelona Spain UEFA 9 FC Lokomotiv Moskva Russia UEFA 5 Fenerbahçe SK Turkey UEFA 9 FK Krasnodar Russia UEFA 5 5 Arsenal FC England UEFA 8 Galatasaray AS Turkey UEFA 5 PFC CSKA Moskva Russia UEFA 8 Bursaspor Turkey UEFA 5 Real Madrid CF Spain UEFA 8 9 AC Sparta Praha Czech Republic UEFA 4 FC Basel 1893 Switzerland UEFA 8 Leicester City FC England UEFA 4 6 AS Roma Italy UEFA 7 Watford FC England UEFA 4 Southampton FC England UEFA 7 Crystal Palace FC England UEFA 4 FC Zenit Russia UEFA 7 West Ham United FC England UEFA 4 Beşiktaş JK Turkey UEFA 7 Reading FC England UEFA 4 FC Dynamo Kyiv Ukraine UEFA 7 West Bromwich Albion FC England UEFA 4 FC Shakhtar Donetsk Ukraine UEFA 7 60 61

Position Club National Confederation Number Position Club National Confederation Number Association of players Association of players

Paris Saint-Germain FC France UEFA 4 1. FC Köln Germany UEFA 3

Vfl Borussia Mönchengladbach Germany UEFA 4 FC Ingolstadt 04 Germany UEFA 3

FC Schalke 04 Germany UEFA 4 SV Werder Bremen Germany UEFA 3

RB Leipzig Germany UEFA 4 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim Germany UEFA 3

VfL Wolfsburg Germany UEFA 4 1. FSV Mainz 05 Germany UEFA 3

SS Lazio Italy UEFA 4 FC Internazionale Milano Italy UEFA 3

Sporting Clube de Portugal Portugal UEFA 4 Torino FC Italy UEFA 3

FC Steaua București Romania UEFA 4 KKS Lech Poznan Poland UEFA 3

Club Atlético de Madrid Spain UEFA 4 SL Benfica Portugal UEFA 3

Sevilla FC Spain UEFA 4 AFC Astra Giurgiu Romania UEFA 3

Swansea City AFC Wales UEFA 4 ŠK Slovan Bratislava Slovakia UEFA 3

10 PFC Ludogorets Razgrad Bulgaria UEFA 3 Kasımpaşa SK Turkey UEFA 3

NK Rijeka Croatia UEFA 3 FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Ukraine UEFA 3

FC København Denmark UEFA 3 FC Zorya Luhansk Ukraine UEFA 3

Sheffield Wednesday FC England UEFA 3 11 Blackburn Rovers FC England UEFA 2

Burnley FC England UEFA 3 Sunderland AFC England UEFA 2

Derby County FC England UEFA 3 Birmingham City FC England UEFA 2

Norwich City FC England UEFA 3 Milton Keynes Dons FC England UEFA 2

Fulham FC England UEFA 3 Nottingham Forest FC England UEFA 2

AS Monaco FC France UEFA 3 Olympique de Marseille France UEFA 2

FC Nantes France UEFA 3 Eintracht Frankfurt Germany UEFA 2

Olympique Lyonnais France UEFA 3 VfB Stuttgart Germany UEFA 2

Stade Rennais FC France UEFA 3 FC Augsburg Germany UEFA 2 62 63

Position Club National Confederation Number Position Club National Confederation Number Association of players Association of players

Hertha BSC Berlin Germany UEFA 2 11 FK Partizani Albania UEFA 1

Hamburger SV Germany UEFA 2 KF Skënderbeu Albania UEFA 1

PAOK FC Greece UEFA 2 Melbourne City FC Australia AFC 1

Videoton FC Hungary UEFA 2 FK Austria Wien Austria UEFA 1

AC Milan Italy UEFA 2 SK Rapid Wien Austria UEFA 1

US Città di Palermo Italy UEFA 2 Qarabağ FK Azerbaijan UEFA 1

Wisła Kraków SA Poland UEFA 2 Club Brugge KV Belgium UEFA 1

KS Lechia Gdansk Poland UEFA 2 KRC Genk Belgium UEFA 1

FC Porto Portugal UEFA 2 KV Mechelen Belgium UEFA 1

Al-Gharafa SC Qatar AFC 2 KV Oostende Belgium UEFA 1

FC Spartak Moskva Russia UEFA 2 KSC Lokeren OV Belgium UEFA 1

Valencia CF Spain UEFA 2 Impact Montréal Canada CONCACAF 1

Athletic Club Spain UEFA 2 Beijing Guoan FC China AFC 1

RC Celta de Vigo Spain UEFA 2 HNK Hajduk Split Croatia UEFA 1

AIK Fotboll Sweden UEFA 2 FC Slovan Liberec Czech Republic UEFA 1

Hammarby IF Sweden UEFA 2 SK Slavia Praha Czech Republic UEFA 1

IFK Norrköping Sweden UEFA 2 FK Jablonec Czech Republic UEFA 1

Malmö FF Sweden UEFA 2 AGF Aarhus Denmark UEFA 1

Grasshopper-Club Zürich Switzerland UEFA 2 Odense BK Denmark UEFA 1

BSC Young Boys Switzerland UEFA 2 FC Nordsjælland Denmark UEFA 1

Gençlerbirliği SK Turkey UEFA 2 Brighton & Hove Albion England UEFA 1

Trabzonspor AS Turkey UEFA 2 Newcastle United FC England UEFA 1

İstanbul Başakşehir FK Turkey UEFA 2 Charlton Athletic FC England UEFA 1 64 65

Position Club National Confederation Number Position Club National Confederation Number Association of players Association of players

Aston Villa FC England UEFA 1 Olympiacos FC Greece UEFA 1

Hull City AFC England UEFA 1 Panathinaikos FC Greece UEFA 1

Ipswich Town FC England UEFA 1 Debreceni VSC Hungary UEFA 1

Doncaster Rovers FC England UEFA 1 Diósgyöri VTK Hungary UEFA 1

Fleetwood Town FC England UEFA 1 MTK Budapest Hungary UEFA 1

Leeds United FC England UEFA 1 Puskás Akadémia FC Hungary UEFA 1

Millwall FC England UEFA 1 Szombathelyi Haladás Hungary UEFA 1

Notts County FC England UEFA 1 Hapoel Be'er Sheva FC Israel UEFA 1

Queens Park Rangers FC England UEFA 1 Calcio Como 1907 Italy UEFA 1

Wigan Athletic FC England UEFA 1 Delfino Pescara 1936 Italy UEFA 1

Bournemouth AFC England UEFA 1 Frosinone Calcio Italy UEFA 1

Wolverhampton Wanderers England UEFA 1 US Sassuolo Italy UEFA 1

FC Girondins de Bordeaux France UEFA 1 AC Cesena Italy UEFA 1

FC Lorient France UEFA 1 Udinese Calcio 1896 Italy UEFA 1

LOSC Lille France UEFA 1 Bologna FC 1909 Italy UEFA 1

Toulouse FC France UEFA 1 Italy UEFA 1

SC Freiburg Germany UEFA 1 Empoli FC Italy UEFA 1

SV Darmstadt 98 Germany UEFA 1 UC Sampdoria Italy UEFA 1

TSV 1860 München Germany UEFA 1 Genoa CFC Italy UEFA 1

1. FC Nürnberg Germany UEFA 1 FC Kairat Kazakhstan UEFA 1

Hannover 96 Germany UEFA 1 FC Vaduz Liechtenstein UEFA 1

1. FC Kaiserslautern Germany UEFA 1 Tigres UANL Mexico CONCACAF 1

PAS Giannina FC Greece UEFA 1 AFC Ajax Netherlands UEFA 1 66 67

Position Club National Confederation Number Position Club National Confederation Number Association of players Association of players

Willem II Netherlands UEFA 1 MŠK Žilina Slovakia UEFA 1

FK Bodø/Glimt Norway UEFA 1 Málaga CF Spain UEFA 1

Molde FK Norway UEFA 1 Córdoba CF Spain UEFA 1

Sandefjord Fotball Norway UEFA 1 Rayo Vallecano Spain UEFA 1

MKS Cracovia Poland UEFA 1 Villarreal CF Spain UEFA 1

Ruch Chorzów SA Poland UEFA 1 GIF Sundsvall Sweden UEFA 1

Zagłębie Lubin Poland UEFA 1 IFK Göteborg Sweden UEFA 1

SC Braga Portugal UEFA 1 FC Lugano Switzerland UEFA 1

Al-Sailiya SC Qatar AFC 1 FC Zürich Switzerland UEFA 1

CS Pandurii Tg-Jiu Romania UEFA 1 FC Luzern Switzerland UEFA 1

FC Dinamo București Romania UEFA 1 Osmanlıspor FK Turkey UEFA 1

FC Terek Grozny Russia UEFA 1 Colorado Rapids USA CONCACAF 1

FC Dinamo Moskva Russia UEFA 1 LA Galaxy USA CONCACAF 1

FK Kuban Krasnodar Russia UEFA 1 Cardiff City FC Wales UEFA 1

FC Amkar Perm Russia UEFA 1

FK Ufa Russia UEFA 1

Al-Ittihad Saudi Arabia AFC 1

Aberdeen FC Scotland UEFA 1

Hamilton Academical FC Scotland UEFA 1

Kilmarnock FC Scotland UEFA 1

St Johnstone FC Scotland UEFA 1

Celtic FC Scotland UEFA 1

Inverness Caledonian Thistle FC Scotland UEFA 1 68 69

Position League Confederation Number of players Number APPENDIX 3: of clubs 15 Germany 2. Bundesliga UEFA 8 5

FULL LIST OF 16 Danish Superliga UEFA 6 4 LEAGUES Scottish Premiership UEFA 6 6 17 Belgian Pro League UEFA 5 5

Greek Superleague UEFA 5 4

Position League Confederation Number of players Number 18 English Football League 1 UEFA 4 4 of clubs Italian Serie B UEFA 4 4 1 English Premier League UEFA 103 20 Slovak Super Liga UEFA 4 2 2 German Bundesliga UEFA 58 18 19 Bulgarian A PFG UEFA 3 1 3 Italian Serie A UEFA 51 16 Norwegian Tippeligaen UEFA 3 3 4 Turkish Süper Lig UEFA 36 9 Qatar Stars League AFC 3 2 5 Spanish La Liga UEFA 34 10 MLS CONCACAF 3 3 6 Russian Premier League UEFA 32 10 20 Albanian Superliga UEFA 2 2 English Football League 7 UEFA 31 17 Championship Austrian Bundesliga UEFA 2 2 8 French Ligue 1 UEFA 22 10 Dutch Eredivisie UEFA 2 2 9 Ukrainian Premier League UEFA 20 4 21 Australian A-League AFC 1 1 10 Swiss Super League UEFA 16 7 Azerbaijan Premier League UEFA 1 1 11 Polish Ekstraklasa UEFA 15 7 Chinese Super League AFC 1 1 12 Czech Liga UEFA 13 5 English Football League 2 UEFA 1 1 Hungarian NB I UEFA 13 7 Israeli Premier League UEFA 1 1 13 Croatian 1. HNL UEFA 10 3 Kazakh Premier League UEFA 1 1 Portuguese Primeira Liga UEFA 10 4 Mexican Liga MX CONCACAF 1 1 Swedish Allsvenskan UEFA 10 6 Saudi Professional League AFC 1 1 14 Romanian Liga I UEFA 9 4 Spain Segunda División UEFA 1 1 71

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