20/11/2022
WORLD CUP START ๐๐ปโฝ
๐ ๐ All 32 teams have named their World Cup squad. Some facts and stats about the players who will be going to Qatar. ๐ถ๐ฆ
๐ฆ
Iran ๐ฎ๐ท is the only nation that chose to send 25 players rather than 26.
๐Clubs with the highest representation
๐ฉ๐ช Bayern Munich - 17
๐ช๐ธ Barcelona - 16
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Man City - 16
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Man United - 16
๐ถ๐ฆ Al-Sadd - 15
๐ช๐ธ Real Madrid - 13
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Chelsea - 12
๐ธ๐ฆ Al-Hilal - 12
๐ซ๐ท PSG - 11
๐ช๐ธ Atlรฉtico Madrid - 11
In total, 298 clubs are represented.
๐ฆขLeagues sending the most players.
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Premier League - 135
๐ช๐ธ La Liga - 86
๐ฉ๐ช Bundesliga - 81
๐ฎ๐น Serie A - 71
๐ซ๐ท Ligue 1 - 58
๐ฆPlayers on squad playing in the domestic league.
Most
๐ถ๐ฆ Qatar - 26
๐ธ๐ฆ Saudi Arabia - 26
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ England - 25
๐ฉ๐ช Germany - 20
๐ช๐ธ Spain - 18
๐ฒ๐ฝ Mexico - 16
Fewest
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ Wales - 0
๐จ๐ฆ Canada - 0
๐ธ๐ณ Senegal - 0
๐ฆSenegal ๐ธ๐ณ is the only country to have 0 players whose club is in the country itself. Wales ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ has players on Championship teams in Wales. Canada ๐จ๐ฆ has players on MLS teams in Canada.
๐ฆ Average age of each squad.
Oldest
๐ฎ๐ท Iran - 28.9
๐ฒ๐ฝ Mexico - 28.5
๐ฆ๐ท Argentina - 27.9
๐น๐ณ Tunisia - 27.8
๐ง๐ท Brazil - 27.8
Youngest
๐ฌ๐ญ Ghana - 24.7
๐บ๐ธ USA - 25.1
๐ช๐จ Ecuador - 25.6
๐ช๐ธ Spain - 25.6
๐ฒ๐ฆ Morocco - 26.2
๐จ๐ฒ Cameroon - 26.2
๐ฆExperience at the national team level (average caps).
Most
๐ถ๐ฆ Qatar - 56.6
๐ง๐ช Belgium - 51.5
๐ฒ๐ฝ Mexico - 49.4
๐บ๐พ Uruguay - 45.5
๐จ๐ท Costa Rica - 43.2
Fewest
๐ฌ๐ญ Ghana - 16.8
๐ฒ๐ฆ Morocco - 20
๐ฆ๐บ Australia - 21.1
๐จ๐ฒ Cameroon - 23.5
๐ธ๐ณ Senegal - 23.8
๐ Most goals scored by players at the tournament.
๐ต๐น Ronaldo - 117
๐ฆ๐ท Messi - 90
๐ต๐ฑ Lewandowski - 76
๐ง๐ท Neymar - 75
๐ง๐ช Lukaku - 68
๐บ๐พ Suarez - 68
๐บ๐พ Cavani - 58
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Kane - 51
๐ท๐ธ Mitrovic - 50
๐ซ๐ท Giroud - 49
๐ฆMost capped players at the tournament.
๐ต๐น Ronaldo - 191
๐ฒ๐ฝ Guardado - 177
๐ถ๐ฆ Al-Haydos - 169
๐ฆ๐ท Messi - 164
๐บ๐พ Godin - 159
๐จ๐ท Borges - 154
๐ญ๐ท Modric - 154
๐จ๐ท Ruiz - 144
๐ง๐ช Vertonghen - 141
๐ช๐ธ Busquets - 139
๐ซ๐ท Lloris - 139
๐ Oldest players at the tournament.
40 ๐ฒ๐ฝ Talavera
39
๐ต๐น Pepe
๐ง๐ท Dani Alves
๐จ๐ฆ Hutchinson
๐ฏ๐ต Kawashima
๐ณ๐ฑ Pasveer
38
๐ง๐ท Thiago Silva
๐น๐ณ Mathlouthi
๐ Youngest players at the tournament. Moukoko is the youngest player, turning 18 on the first day of the tournament.
18
๐ช๐ธ Gavi
๐ฌ๐ญ Abdul Fatawu Issahaku
๐จ๐ท Jewison Bennette
๐ฆ๐บ Garang Kuol
๐ฉ๐ช Youssoufa Moukoko
๐ฒ๐ฆ Bilal El Khannous
๐ 23 players have never featured at the international level. 13 teams are bringing such players, with Portugal ๐ต๐น, Cameroon ๐จ๐ฒ, Ghana ๐ฌ๐ญ, and the Netherlands ๐ณ๐ฑ leading the way with 3 each.
๐ฟ Most combined international goals scored by all players for each team
๐ง๐ช Belgium - 246
๐ต๐น Portugal - 192
๐ถ๐ฆ Qatar - 192
๐ซ๐ท France - 179
๐บ๐พ Uruguay - 173
๐ฆ And lastly, a stat about the stats! Only two countries did not make any of these stats! Denmark ๐ฉ๐ฐ and Switzerland ๐จ๐ญ.