Nationalities 1997-1998 Big 5 European Leagues

Nationalities 1997-1998 Big 5 European Leagues Table
Rk Nation # Players Min List
1fr France397531,154Stéphane Guivarc'h, David Ginola, Lilian Laslandes, Jocelyn Gourvennec, Bruno Rodriguez, Laurent Blanc, Stéphane Ziani, Gérald Baticle, Frank Leboeuf, Robert Pirès ...
2it Italy383468,533Vincenzo Montella, Alessandro Del Piero, Paolo Di Canio, Roberto Baggio, Francesco Baiano, Christian Vieri, Filippo Inzaghi, Dario Hübner, Carmine Esposito, Benito Carbone ...
3es Spain348433,677Luis Enrique, Joseba Etxeberria, Raúl, Enrique Romero, Alfonso Pérez, Gaizka Mendieta, Loren, Fran, César Sánchez, Imanol Etxeberria ...
4de Germany319401,657Oliver Bierhoff, Ulf Kirsten, Thomas Häßler, Roy Präger, Olaf Marschall, René Tretschok, Stefan Kuntz, Fredi Bobic, Michael Preetz, Bernhard Winkler ...
5eng England267387,139Dion Dublin, Michael Owen, Chris Sutton, David Beckham, Steve McManaman, Andy Cole, Emile Heskey, Neil Redfearn, Steve Guppy, Teddy Sheringham ...
6br Brazil5684,775Ronaldo, Rivaldo, José Sinval de Campos, Fabiano, Paulo Sérgio, Everton Giovanella, Roberto Carlos, Raí, Mazinho, Giovane Élber ...
7ar Argentina5074,916Gabriel Batistuta, Gabriel Amato, Óscar Alcides Mena, Roberto Pompei, Claudio López, Abel Balbo, Mauricio Pochettino, Juan Esnáider, Gabriel Schürrer, Fernando Gamboa ...
8nl Netherlands4669,319Dennis Bergkamp, Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, Marc Overmars, Clarence Seedorf, Ruud Hesp, Johan de Kock, Gerald Vanenburg, Ken Monkou, Frank Verlaat, Roy Makaay ...
9rs Serbia3851,806Darko Kovačević, Jovan Stanković, Miroslav Đukić, Slaviša Jokanović, Nenad Sakić, Predrag Mijatović, Savo Milošević, Zoran Mirković, Slobodan Komljenović, Siniša Mihajlović ...
10sct Scotland3545,928Kevin Gallacher, Matt Elliott, Duncan Ferguson, Paul Telfer, Neil Sullivan, Colin Hendry, Christian Dailly, Steve Clarke, David Robertson, Colin Calderwood ...
11ie Republic of Ireland3342,320Gary Kelly, Jeff Kenna, Stephen Carr, Kenny Cunningham, Lee Carsley, Keith Branagan, Gary Breen, Steve Staunton, Damien Duff, Denis Irwin ...
12no Norway3043,120Egil Østenstad, Øyvind Leonhardsen, Thomas Gill, Alf-Inge Haaland, Tore André Flo, Gunnar Halle, Trond Egil Soltvedt, Claus Lundekvam, Stig Inge Bjørnebye, Kjetil Rekdal ...
13hr Croatia3035,624Alen Peternac, Robert Jarni, Davor Šuker, Zvonimir Soldo, Alen Bokšić, Ante Čović, Goran Vlaović, Mario Stanić, Zoran Mamić, Dubravko Pavličić ...
14pt Portugal2835,851Pauleta, Luís Figo, Paulo Bento, Rui Costa, Bruno Ribeiro, Abel Xavier, Jorge Cadete, Fernando Nélson, César Brito, Paulo Sousa ...
15uy Uruguay2527,019Fernando Correa, Juan González, Gonzalo de los Santos, Nelson Abeijón, Washington Tais, Gustavo Méndez, Paolo Montero, Luis Diego López, Gus Poyet, Sebastián Abreu ...
16dk Denmark2431,081Per Frandsen, Michael Schjønberg, Allan Nielsen, Peter Schmeichel, Jan Heintze, Thomas Gravesen, Jacob Laursen, Thomas Helveg, Jon Dahl Tomasson, Brian Jensen ...
17se Sweden2332,707Jörgen Pettersson, Kennet Andersson, Klas Ingesson, Pontus Kåmark, Patrik Andersson, Roland Nilsson, Gary Sundgren, Stefan Schwarz, Jesper Blomqvist, Håkan Mild ...
18pl Poland2326,580Jacek Dembiński, Sławomir Majak, Piotr Świerczewski, Marek Koźmiński, Tomasz Wałdoch, Waldemar Kryger, Marek Jóźwiak, Tomasz Hajto, Radosław Gilewicz, Andrzej Juskowiak ...
19wls Wales2135,612John Hartson, Nathan Blake, Ryan Giggs, Gary Speed, Paul Jones, Darren Barnard, Mark Hughes, Mark Pembridge, Robbie Savage, Ben Thatcher ...
20ng Nigeria1817,529Victor Ikpeba, Finidi George, Jonathan Akpoborie, Godwin Okpara, Taribo West, Christopher Ohen, Efan Ekoku, Mutiu Adepoju, Celestine Babayaro, Peter Rufai ...
21ru Russia1725,361Aleksandr Mostovoi, Valeri Karpin, Vladimir Beschastnykh, Viktor Onopko, Yuriy Nikiforov, Dmitri Popov, Vladimir But, Sergei Yuran, Igor Lediakhov, Vladislav Radimov ...
22cz Czech Republic1719,934Pavel Nedvěd, Miroslav Kadlec, Vladimír Šmicer, Jiří Němec, Radoslav Látal, Radek Bejbl, Pavel Kuka, Jan Suchopárek, Luděk Mikloško, Patrik Berger ...
23ro Romania1523,116Dan Petrescu, Dorinel Munteanu, Constantin Gâlcă, Bogdan Stelea, Gheorghe Mihali, Adrian Ilie, Gheorghe Craioveanu, Ioan Lupescu, Gabriel Popescu, Daniel Prodan ...
24be Belgium1520,500Luís Oliveira, Marc Wilmots, Danny Boffin, Gunther Schepens, Johan Walem, Philippe Albert, Michaël Goossens, Bertrand Crasson, Philippe Léonard, Christophe Kinet ...
25at Austria1519,686Toni Polster, Franz Wohlfahrt, Michael Konsel, Harald Cerny, Wolfgang Feiersinger, Andreas Herzog, Dietmar Kühbauer, Heimo Pfeifenberger, Martin Hiden, Walter Kogler ...
Rk Nation # Players Min List
26gh Ghana157,838Tony Yeboah, Abedi Pele, Alex Nyarko, Samuel Kuffour, Arthur Moses, Stephen Appiah, Bashiru Gambo, Mohammed Gargo, Ibrahim Tanko, Junior Agogo ...
27nir Northern Ireland1318,993Neil Lennon, Steve Lomas, Michael Hughes, Ian Nolan, Keith Gillespie, Jim Magilton, Gerry Taggart, Iain Dowie, Alan Fettis, Keith Rowland ...
28ma Morocco1313,367Noureddine Naybet, Rachid Neqrouz, Youssef Rossi, Salaheddine Bassir, Saïd Chiba, Abderrahim Ouakili, Karim M'Ghoghi, Mustapha Hadji, Aziz Rabbah, Abdelkrim Jinani ...
29ch Switzerland1219,618Stéphane Chapuisat, Ciriaco Sforza, Stéphane Henchoz, Raphaël Wicky, Ramon Vega, Marco Grassi, Murat Yakin, Marco Walker, Guerino Gottardi, Gaetano Giallanza ...
30au Australia1211,346Stan Lazaridis, Harry Kewell, Mark Bosnich, Ned Zelić, Paul Agostino, Kevin Muscat, John Filan, Robbie Slater, Carl Veart, Adem Poric ...
31dz Algeria128,633Abdelhafid Tasfaout, Ali Benarbia, Brahim Hemdani, Moussa Saïb, Abdelkader Ferhaoui, Yazid Mansouri, Kamel Kaci-Saïd, Rafik Mezriche, Samir Beloufa, Maamar Mamouni ...
32bg Bulgaria911,803Lyuboslav Penev, Krasimir Balakov, Marian Hristov, Daniel Borimirov, Georgi Donkov, Adalbert Zafirov, Hristo Yovov, Hristo Stoichkov, Martin Zafirow
33cm Cameroon911,034Jacques Songo'o, Rigobert Song, Marc-Vivien Foé, Marcel Mahouvé, Joseph-Désiré Job, Alphonse Tchami, Salomon Olembé, Patrick Suffo, François Omam-Biyik
34ci Côte d'Ivoire99,904Joël Tiéhi, Ibrahima Bakayoko, Cyril Domoraud, Lassina Diabaté, Olivier Tébily, Saliou Lassissi, Hamed Modibo Diallo, Alain Gouaméné, Élie Kroupi
35sn Senegal96,286Samba N'Diaye, Ferdinand Coly, Amara Traoré, Salif Diao, Oumar Sané, Mamadou Faye, Moussa N'Diaye, Habib Beye, Tony Sylva
36ba Bosnia and Herzegovina812,462Hasan Salihamidžić, Sergej Barbarez, Meho Kodro, Sead Kapetanović, Muhamed Konjić, Zdenko Miletić, Vladimir Gudelj, Milorad Ratković
37jm Jamaica89,454Robbie Earle, Marcus Gayle, Deon Burton, Frank Sinclair, Jason Euell, Darryl Powell, Darren Byfield, Damien Francis
38za South Africa78,144Phil Masinga, Lucas Radebe, Mark Fish, Eric Tinkler, Pierre Issa, Delron Buckley, Quinton Fortune
39tr Türkiye74,081Muzzy Izzet, Neşat Gülünoğlu, Yıldıray Baştürk, Hasan Vural, Özkan Gümüş, Tuncay Nadaroğlu, Oktay Kuday
40us United States610,436David Regis, Kasey Keller, Claudio Reyna, Brad Friedel, Jovan Kirovski, Chad Deering
41gn Guinea69,097Morlaye Soumah, Pablo Thiam, Titi Camara, Kaba Diawara, Mo Camara, Lansana Soumah
42il Israel68,093Eyal Berkovic, Haim Revivo, Tal Banin, Itzik Zohar, Avi Nimni, Ronen Harazi
43mg Madagascar67,687Stéphane Collet, Franck Rabarivony, Éric Rabésandratana, Hamada Jambay, Hervé Arsène, Tahina Randria
44si Slovenia65,264Matjaž Florijančič, Džoni Novak, Ermin Šiljak, Aleš Križan, Robert Englaro, Adem Kapič
45hu Hungary63,803Gábor Király, Krisztián Lisztes, Pál Dárdai, Lajos Szűcs, János Hrutka, Mihály Tóth
46mk North Macedonia63,751Toni Mičevski, Gjorgji Hristov, Mitko Stojkovski, Goce Sedloski, Borislav Tomovski, Saša Ilić
47yu Yugoslavia56,420Vladan Lukić, Risto Vidaković, Andrej Panadić, Dejan Savićević, Dragoje Leković
48me Montenegro56,398Anto Drobnjak, Miladin Bečanović, Damir Čakar, Vladimir Popović, Miodrag Vukotić
49xc Commonwealth of Independent States55,976Igor Kolyvanov, Dmitri Cheryshev, Sergei Mandreko, Igor Shalimov, Sergei Kiriakov
50lr Liberia54,695George Weah, Prince Daye, Christopher Wreh, James Debbah, Victor Konwlo
Rk Nation # Players Min List
51gr Greece53,148Theodoros Zagorakis, Nikos Dabizas, Marinos Ouzounidis, Chrissovalantis Anagnostou, Lampros Choutos
52tn Tunisia52,342David Jemmali, Adel Sellimi, Raouf Bouzaiene, M'Saddek Senoussi, Ali Boumnijel
53co Colombia48,318Carlos Navarro Montoya, John Harold Lozano, Miguel Guerrero, Faustino Asprilla
54is Iceland48,260Guðni Bergsson, Eyjólfur, Hermann Hreiðarsson, Arnar Gunnlaugsson
55sk Slovakia46,318Alexander Vencel, Samuel Slovák, Ľubomír Moravčík, Peter Dubovský
56cd Congo DR44,417Michél Mazingu-Dinzey, Jason Mayélé, Alain Masudi, Ali Lukunku
57tg Togo44,311Bachirou Salou, Yao Mawuko Sènaya, Kuami Agboh, Komlan Assignon
58ua Ukraine43,341Viktor Skrypnyk, Serhiy Atelkin, Yuriy Maksymov, Andriy Voronin
59dd Germany DR34,913Burkhard Reich, Ralf Hauptmann, Perry Bräutigam
60tt Trinidad and Tobago34,718Dwight Yorke, Shaka Hislop, Clint Marcelle
61ir IR Iran33,924Ali Daei, Khodadad Azizi, Karim Bagheri
62eg Egypt33,722Hany Ramzy, Yasser Radwan, Hazem Emam
63mq Martinique31,824Charles-Édouard Coridon, José-Karl Pierre-Fanfan, Ludovic Clément
64py Paraguay23,603Roberto Acuña, Miguel Ángel Benítez
65cr Costa Rica22,946Paulo Wanchope, Mauricio Solís
66pe Peru21,824Pablo Zegarra, José del Solar
67cg Congo21,167Jules Tchimbakala, Rolf-Christel Guié-Mien
68ht Haiti2548Wagneau Eloi, Ernst Atis-Clotaire
69al Albania2436Besnik Hasi, Edvin Murati
70lu Luxembourg2256Jeff Strasser, Manuel Cardoni
71ee Estonia13,240Mart Poom
72bo Bolivia12,706Juan Manuel Peña
73ms Montserrat12,706Ruel Fox
74pa Panama12,536Julio Dely Valdés
75gq Equatorial Guinea12,393Benjamín Zarandona
Rk Nation # Players Min List
76mw Malawi11,745Ernest Mtawali
77ge Georgia11,649Temur Ketsbaia
78gy Guyana11,484Carl Cort
79gw Guinea-Bissau11,255Paulo Torres
80ml Mali11,206Frédéric Kanouté
81ca Canada11,170Craig Forrest
82td Chad1887Japhet N'Doram
83kr Korea Republic1708Seo Jung-won
84cl Chile1524Iván Zamorano
85re Réunion1495Éric Assati
86bm Bermuda1200Kyle Lightbourne
87ve Venezuela1191Carlos García Becerra
88md Moldova1132Alexandru Popovici
89kn St. Kitts and Nevis1121Sagi Burton
90ao Angola198Miguel Francisco Pereira
91lt Lithuania190Gintaras Staučė
92ne Niger159Karim El-Khebir
93sl Sierra Leone132Mohamed Kallon
94gi Gibraltar131Danny Higginbotham
95fi Finland112Teemu Tainio
96bj Benin1Moussa Latoundji
97nc New Caledonia1John Gope-Fenepej

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