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NUMBER AND % TOP 21 - EUROPEAN CLUBS TOP 20 - ORIGIN OF EUROPEAN CLUBS COMPARISONS WITH AFRICA OF PLAYERS RELEASING PLAYERS RELEASING PLAYERS (BY COUNTRY) CUP OF NATIONS 2012 & 2013 REGISTERED WITH EUROPEAN CLUBS Club Country Players Club Country Players Country Clubs Players Country Clubs Players Number and % of players registered with European clubs FC Girondins de France 5 Evian Thonon France 3 France 33 71 Russia 6 7 Bordeaux Gaillard FC 2012 2013 2015 Spain 20 26 Denmark 4 4 France 5 LOSC Lille France 3 England 21 23 Netherlands 4 4 179 (48.6%) 188 (51.1%) 246 (66.9%) RSC Anderlecht Belgium 4 Olympique de France 3 368 Marseille Belgium 12 21 Greece 3 3 players released in total FC France 4 246 Angers SCO France 3 Portugal 9 15 Norway 3 3 players out of FC Metz France 4 Total number of European clubs France 3 Turkey 8 13 Scotland 3 3 368 were SC Bastia France 4 releasing players GD Estoril Praia Portugal 3 Italy 7 10 Bulgaria 2 2 2012 2013 2015 released from Toulouse FC France 4 CA Osasuna Spain 3 Switzerland 6 8 Cyprus 2 2 European clubs R Charleroi SC Belgium 3 FC Zurich Switzerland 3 Germany 7 7 Czech Republic 1 2 120 137 170 (66.9%) SV Zulte Waregem Belgium 3 Kayseri Erciyesspor Turkey 3 Romania 5 7 Israel 1 2 AS Saint-Etienne France 3 Trabzonspor AS Turkey 3 Total number of ECA Member Clubs 93 EA Guingamp France 3 players were released from releasing players ECA Member Clubs (25.3%) 2012 2013 2015

With 7 players released, TP Mazembe (RD Congo) Outside Europe, 23 players were released by 13 clubs is the club releasing most players overall from South Africa 38 50 63

TOTAL NUMBER OF EUROPEAN CLUB REPRESENTATION IN PARTICIPATING ORIGIN OF CLUBS RELEASING CLUBS RELEASING NATIONAL TEAMS PLAYERS (BY CONFEDERATION) PLAYERS SENEGAL 23/23 GUINEA, CÔTE D’IVOIRE /23 21 4.1% 10 CAPE VERDE 20/23 AFC 243 63 CAMEROON 19/23 3 1.2% clubs are involved in ECA Member Clubs are ALGERIA 60 CONCACAF releasing players releasing players (25.9%) 17/23 24.7% CAF MALI, GHANA 16/23 RD CONGO, GABON, EQUATORIAL GUINEA, BURKINA FASO 15/23 CONGO 13/23 European clubs are TUNISIA 9/23 releasing players ZAMBIA 6/23 170 (70%) SOUTH AFRICA 5/23 70% 170 UEFA