Players at the World Cup 2002

The league with the most WC players of the tournament

Country         Number of players
England         104
Italy            76
Germany          59
Spain            58
France           55
Belgium          25
Japan            25
Saudi Arabia     24
China            22
Costa Rica       20
Ecuador          19
Mexico           19
Portugal         19
Turkey           19
Netherland       18
Russia           16
South Korea      16
Brasil           14
Tunesia          14
USA              11
Greece           10
Paraguay          9
Denmark           8
Poland            8
Uruguay           8
South Africa      7
Scotland          6
Mexico            6
Argentina         5
Slovenia          5
Croatia           4
Sweden            4
Switzerland       4
Austria           3
Ukraina           3
Nigeria           2
Israel            2
Senegal           1
Norway            1
Maroc             1
Chile             1
Czech Republic    1
Yugoslavia        1
Bulgaria          1
Qatar             1
Cameroon          0
Ireland           0
Some facts

Countries in red did not participate at the WC.
23 players per country.
Cameroon and Ireland are the only participants without a player of their
domnestic league.
The Netherlands is the non-participating country with the highest number of
players.
Saudi Arabia is the only country with 23 players of their domnestic league,
England, Italy and Spain has 22.
Ireland has the highest number of players from the foreign league (22 in
England). Senegal has 21 players from the French league.
Nigeria selected their players from 14 different leagues. Slovenia and South
Africa selectedf from 11 leagues.
22 countries selected their players from the English league, 20 from the
Italian league and 19 from the German league.
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