1 | es Spain | 336 | 478,689 | Raúl, Javi Moreno, Víctor, Oli, Catanha, Ismael Urzaiz, Sergio, Gaizka Mendieta, Iván Rosado, José Amavisca ... |
2 | fr France | 333 | 486,557 | Thierry Henry, Olivier Quint, Zinédine Zidane, Gérald Baticle, Frédéric Née, Éric Carrière, Pierre-Yves André, Laurent Robert, Ludovic Giuly, Frédéric Meyrieu ... |
3 | it Italy | 319 | 415,226 | Stefano Fiore, Enrico Chiesa, Paolo Di Canio, Francesco Totti, Luca Toni, Dario Hübner, Roberto Baggio, Cristiano Lucarelli, Christian Vieri, Gianfranco Zola ... |
4 | de Germany | 258 | 319,688 | Oliver Neuville, Michael Preetz, Christian Timm, Jörg Böhme, Dirk Lottner, Thomas Häßler, Horst Heldt, Markus Babbel, Ulf Kirsten, Andreas Möller ... |
5 | eng England | 242 | 342,651 | Marcus Stewart, Kevin Phillips, Lee Bowyer, David Beckham, Paul Merson, Emile Heskey, Graham Stuart, James Beattie, Alan Smith, Teddy Sheringham ... |
6 | ar Argentina | 99 | 143,189 | Hernán Crespo, Gabriel Batistuta, Ariel Ibagaza, Roberto Sosa, Rodolfo Arruabarrena, Marcelo Gallardo, Gustavo López, Fernando Cáceres, Gabriel Heinze, Hermes Desio ... |
7 | br Brazil | 76 | 114,480 | Rivaldo, Sonny Anderson, Roberto Carlos, Paulo Jamelli, Giovane Élber, Aílton Gonçalves, Cafú, Alex Dias, Dedê, Evanílson ... |
8 | nl Netherlands | 39 | 64,633 | Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, Patrick Kluivert, Roy Makaay, Jordi Cruyff, Marc Overmars, Sander Westerveld, Frank de Boer, Phillip Cocu, Edwin van der Sar, Nico-Jan Hoogma ... |
9 | hr Croatia | 39 | 45,267 | Davor Vugrinec, Alen Bokšić, Robert Kovač, Niko Kovač, Marijo Marić, Boris Živković, Zvonimir Soldo, Antun Labak, Igor Tudor, Robert Jarni ... |
10 | sct Scotland | 36 | 44,387 | Don Hutchison, David Weir, Stuart McCall, Matt Elliott, Neil Sullivan, Paul Telfer, Gary McAllister, Dominic Matteo, Scot Gemmill, Craig Burley ... |
11 | ie Republic of Ireland | 31 | 52,938 | Matt Holland, Ian Harte, Niall Quinn, Roy Keane, Rory Delap, Shay Given, Gary Breen, Kevin Kilbane, Stephen Carr, Mark Kinsella ... |
12 | rs Serbia | 30 | 33,098 | Đorđe Tomić, Slađan Đukić, Miroslav Stević, Ivan Tomić, Miroslav Đukić, Savo Milošević, Mladen Krstajić, Danijel Ljuboja, Siniša Mihajlović, Milan Martinović ... |
13 | no Norway | 29 | 34,367 | John Carew, Alf-Inge Haaland, Claus Lundekvam, Ole Gunnar Solskjær, Jo Tessem, Bjørn Tore Kvarme, Øyvind Leonhardsen, Eirik Bakke, Dan Eggen, Vidar Riseth ... |
14 | pt Portugal | 25 | 35,367 | Luís Figo, Pauleta, Rui Costa, Nuno Gomes, Sérgio Conceição, Nuno, Agostinho, Simão Sabrosa, José Mamede, Hélder Baptista ... |
15 | se Sweden | 22 | 36,942 | Daniel Andersson, Andreas Jakobsson, Olof Mellberg, Freddie Ljungberg, Klas Ingesson, Peter Wibrån, Yksel Osmanovski, Marcus Lantz, Magnus Arvidsson, Jörgen Pettersson ... |
16 | uy Uruguay | 22 | 23,741 | Álvaro Recoba, Gus Poyet, Darío Silva, Gonzalo de los Santos, Álvaro Núñez, Iván Alonso, Mario Regueiro, Paolo Montero, Washington Tais, Walter Pandiani ... |
17 | cz Czech Republic | 21 | 30,986 | Pavel Nedvěd, Jiří Němec, Vratislav Lokvenc, Vladimír Šmicer, Marek Heinz, Pavel Srníček, Tomáš Řepka, Radoslav Látal, Radek Bejbl, Karel Poborský ... |
18 | dk Denmark | 21 | 29,236 | Ebbe Sand, Claus Jensen, Thomas Gravesen, Thomas Sørensen, Stig Tøfting, Martin Laursen, Martin Jørgensen, Thomas Helveg, Mikkel Beck, Søren Colding ... |
19 | be Belgium | 20 | 21,042 | Émile Mpenza, Marc Wilmots, Toni Brogno, Nico Van Kerckhoven, Jean-François Gillet, Danny Boffin, Éric Deflandre, Gunter Van Handenhoven, Luís Oliveira, Branko Strupar ... |
20 | pl Poland | 19 | 25,668 | Andrzej Juskowiak, Tomasz Hajto, Tomasz Wałdoch, Piotr Świerczewski, Paweł Kryszałowicz, Tomasz Kłos, Krzysztof Nowak, Andrzej Kobylański, Waldemar Kryger, Mirosław Spiżak ... |
21 | wls Wales | 16 | 24,197 | Gary Speed, Craig Bellamy, Ryan Giggs, Robbie Savage, Paul Jones, John Robinson, Mark Pembridge, John Hartson, Mark Delaney, Simon Davies ... |
22 | cm Cameroon | 16 | 22,009 | Samuel Eto'o, Pius Ndiefi, Salomon Olembé, Marc-Vivien Foé, Rigobert Song, Pierre Womé, Serge Branco, Patrick M'Boma, Pierre Njanka, Lucien Mettomo ... |
23 | au Australia | 16 | 19,479 | Mark Viduka, Danny Tiatto, Paul Agostino, Mark Schwarzer, Ned Zelić, Paul Okon, Mile Sterjovski, Harry Kewell, John Aloisi, David Zdrilic ... |
24 | sn Senegal | 15 | 22,446 | Habib Beye, Moussa N'Diaye, El Hadji Diouf, Sylvain N'Diaye, Pape Sarr, Ferdinand Coly, Lamine Diatta, Amdy Faye, Lamine Sakho, Khalilou Fadiga ... |
25 | ma Morocco | 15 | 20,176 | Hassan Kachloul, Mustapha Hadji, Tahar El Khalej, Rachid Neqrouz, Noureddine Naybet, Abdelilah Fahmi, Youssef Chippo, Gharib Amzine, Abdelilah Saber, Hoalid Regragui ... |
Rk |
Nation |
# Players |
Min |
List |
26 | ng Nigeria | 15 | 18,986 | Ade Akinbiyi, Finidi George, Victor Agali, Jonathan Akpoborie, Celestine Babayaro, Nwankwo Kanu, Sunday Oliseh, Taribo West, Shola Ameobi, Jay-Jay Okocha ... |
27 | ro Romania | 14 | 20,396 | Cosmin Contra, Constantin Gâlcă, Ionel Ganea, Viorel Moldovan, Laurențiu Reghecampf, Dan Petrescu, Dorinel Munteanu, Laurențiu Roșu, Adrian Mutu, Gheorghe Craioveanu ... |
28 | ch Switzerland | 13 | 18,568 | Giuseppe Mazzarelli, Patrick Müller, Fabio Celestini, Stéphane Henchoz, Ciriaco Sforza, Alexandre Comisetti, Pascal Zuberbühler, Raphaël Wicky, David Sesa, Ramon Vega ... |
29 | nir Northern Ireland | 13 | 16,484 | Jim Magilton, Aaron Hughes, Jeff Whitley, Gerry Taggart, Steve Lomas, Ian Nolan, Neil Lennon, Kevin Horlock, Aidan Davison, George McCartney ... |
30 | ba Bosnia and Herzegovina | 12 | 15,930 | Sergej Barbarez, Hasan Salihamidžić, Tomislav Piplica, Elvir Bolić, Bruno Akrapović, Faruk Hujdurović, Muhamed Konjić, Alen Škoro, Sead Kapetanović, Sead Zilić ... |
31 | dz Algeria | 12 | 14,284 | Djamel Belmadi, Abdelhafid Tasfaout, Mehdi Méniri, Moussa Saïb, Madjid Adjaoud, Brahim Hemdani, Rafik Saïfi, Ali Benarbia, Farid Ghazi, Mohamed Bradja ... |
32 | co Colombia | 11 | 12,659 | Víctor Bonilla, Faryd Mondragón, Hámilton Ricard, Iván Córdoba, Léider Preciado, Jorge Bolaño, Edwin Congo, Juan Pablo Ángel, Tressor Moreno, John Harold Lozano ... |
33 | ci Côte d'Ivoire | 11 | 10,717 | Dagui Bakari, Idrissa Keita, Cyril Domoraud, Ibrahima Bakayoko, Tchiressoua Guel, Saliou Lassissi, Lassina Diabaté, Blaise Kouassi, Eugène Dadi, Abdoulaye Méïté ... |
34 | cl Chile | 11 | 8,030 | Marcelo Salas, Clarence Acuña, Jorge Francisco Vargas, Pedro Reyes, Pablo Contreras, Jaime Valdés, Iván Zamorano, Javier Margas, Pascual de Gregorio, David Pizarro ... |
35 | ru Russia | 10 | 15,973 | Aleksandr Mostovoi, Viktor Onopko, Valeri Karpin, Dmitri Khokhlov, Vladimir But, Alexey Smertin, Vladimir Beschastnykh, Andrei Kanchelskis, Igor Yanovsky, Aleksandr Panov |
36 | gh Ghana | 10 | 12,337 | Otto Addo, Charles Akonnor, Samuel Kuffour, Mohammed Gargo, Alex Nyarko, Tony Yeboah, Stephen Appiah, Ibrahim Tanko, Michael Essien, Abdullah Quaye |
37 | ml Mali | 10 | 10,909 | Frédéric Kanouté, Boubacar Diarra, Soumaila Coulibaly, Fousseni Diawara, Mamadou Bagayoko, Djimi Traoré, Vincent Doukantié, Cédric Kanté, Sékou Berthé, Dramane Coulibaly |
38 | at Austria | 9 | 12,433 | Dietmar Kühbauer, Andreas Herzog, Harald Cerny, Martin Stranzl, Gerd Wimmer, Alex Manninger, Mario Haas, Jürgen Macho, Marcus Pürk |
39 | bg Bulgaria | 9 | 11,324 | Krasimir Balakov, Marian Hristov, Radostin Kishishev, Daniel Borimirov, Petar Hubchev, Svetoslav Todorov, Georgi Donkov, Tsanko Tsvetanov, Dimitar Berbatov |
40 | tr Türkiye | 9 | 11,237 | Yıldıray Baştürk, Muzzy Izzet, Alpay Özalan, Hakan Şükür, Tayfun Korkut, Oktay Derelioğlu, Arif Erdem, Erol Bulut, Berkant Göktan |
41 | za South Africa | 9 | 10,723 | Shaun Bartlett, Mark Fish, Lucas Radebe, Bradley Carnell, Delron Buckley, Phil Masinga, Benni McCarthy, Quinton Fortune, Pierre Issa |
42 | ge Georgia | 8 | 10,414 | Levan Kobiashvili, Aleksandre Iashvili, Kakha Kaladze, Archil Arveladze, Georgi Kinkladze, Levan Tskitishvili, Giorgi Demetradze, Rati Aleksidze |
43 | gn Guinea | 8 | 10,090 | Pablo Thiam, Morlaye Soumah, Bobo Baldé, Souleymane Oularé, Kaba Diawara, Pascal Feindouno, Titi Camara, Schumann Bah |
44 | hu Hungary | 7 | 13,019 | Vasile Miriuță, Gábor Király, Vilmos Sebők, Krisztián Lisztes, János Mátyus, Pál Dárdai, Ferenc Horváth |
45 | ua Ukraine | 7 | 9,262 | Andriy Shevchenko, Serhiy Rebrov, Oleh Luzhny, Maksym Levytskyi, Viktor Skrypnyk, Serhiy Skachenko, Yuriy Maksymov |
46 | jm Jamaica | 7 | 9,136 | Deon Burton, Darryl Powell, Jamie Lawrence, Frank Sinclair, Trevor Benjamin, Kevin Lisbie, David Johnson |
47 | py Paraguay | 7 | 6,833 | Roberto Acuña, Roque Santa Cruz, José Luis Chilavert, Delio Toledo, Miguel Ángel Benítez, Óscar Omar Ayala, Diego Gavilán |
48 | fi Finland | 6 | 7,769 | Jonatan Johansson, Sami Hyypiä, Simo Valakari, Teemu Tainio, Hannu Tihinen, Jari Litmanen |
49 | tn Tunisia | 6 | 5,651 | Adel Sellimi, Zoubeir Baya, José Clayton, David Jemmali, Mehdi Nafti, Ali Boumnijel |
50 | us United States | 6 | 5,182 | Kasey Keller, David Regis, Joe-Max Moore, Tony Sanneh, Frankie Hejduk, Jermaine Jones |
Rk |
Nation |
# Players |
Min |
List |
51 | is Iceland | 5 | 7,969 | Hermann Hreiðarsson, Eiður Guðjohnsen, Eyjólfur, Arnar Gunnlaugsson, Þórður Guðjónsson |
52 | pe Peru | 5 | 7,647 | Claudio Pizarro, Nolberto Solano, Juan José Jayo, Miguel Rebosio, Ysrael Zúñiga |
53 | eg Egypt | 5 | 7,107 | Hany Ramzy, Mohamed Emara, Hany Saïd, Yasser Radwan, Ahmed Salah Hosny |
54 | al Albania | 5 | 6,488 | Rudi Vata, Altin Rraklli, Igli Tare, Edvin Murati, Erjon Bogdani |
55 | mg Madagascar | 5 | 4,740 | Éric Rabésandratana, Franck Rabarivony, Hamada Jambay, Stéphane Collet, Tahina Randria |
56 | ir IR Iran | 5 | 3,373 | Mehdi Mahdavikia, Ali Daei, Ferydoon Zandi, Vahid Hashemian, Karim Bagheri |
57 | gr Greece | 4 | 6,952 | Zisis Vryzas, Dimitrios Grammozis, Kostas Konstantinidis, Nikos Dabizas |
58 | cd Congo DR | 4 | 3,313 | Shabani Nonda, Lomana LuaLua, Franck Matingou, Alain Masudi |
59 | ca Canada | 4 | 2,581 | Paul Stalteri, Craig Forrest, Kevin McKenna, Terry Dunfield |
60 | tt Trinidad and Tobago | 3 | 4,590 | Shaka Hislop, Dwight Yorke, Jlloyd Samuel |
61 | cg Congo | 3 | 3,307 | Rolf-Christel Guié-Mien, Oumar Kondé, Youl Mawéné |
62 | lv Latvia | 3 | 3,151 | Marians Pahars, Igors Stepanovs, Imants Bleidelis |
63 | si Slovenia | 3 | 2,137 | Zlatko Zahovič, Spasoje Bulajič, Džoni Novak |
64 | tg Togo | 3 | 1,994 | Bachirou Salou, Kuami Agboh, Djima Oyawolé |
65 | mk North Macedonia | 3 | 1,845 | Toni Mičevski, Saša Ćirić, Oka Nikolov |
66 | yu Yugoslavia | 2 | 3,662 | Andrej Panadić, Risto Vidaković |
67 | mq Martinique | 2 | 3,548 | José-Karl Pierre-Fanfan, Charles-Édouard Coridon |
68 | zm Zambia | 2 | 2,557 | Moses Sichone, Andrew Sinkala |
69 | sk Slovakia | 2 | 2,480 | Vratislav Greško, Stanislav Varga |
70 | ve Venezuela | 2 | 2,400 | Massimo Margiotta, Julio Álvarez |
71 | lr Liberia | 2 | 2,334 | George Weah, Prince Daye |
72 | lt Lithuania | 2 | 2,206 | Edgaras Jankauskas, Tomas Danilevičius |
73 | xc Commonwealth of Independent States | 2 | 1,602 | Sergei Mandreko, Igor Kolyvanov |
74 | mx Mexico | 2 | 1,191 | Rafael Márquez, Cuauhtémoc Blanco |
75 | by Belarus | 2 | 1,061 | Sergei Gurenko, Alexander Hleb |
Rk |
Nation |
# Players |
Min |
List |
76 | kr Korea Republic | 2 | 974 | Ahn Jung-hwan, Lee Dong-gook |
77 | me Montenegro | 2 | 877 | Zdravko Drinčić, Mirko Vučinić |
78 | jp Japan | 2 | 711 | Hidetoshi Nakata, Akinori Nishizawa |
79 | do Dominican Republic | 2 | 193 | Vinicio Espinal, José Espinal |
80 | pa Panama | 1 | 2,978 | Julio Dely Valdés |
81 | ee Estonia | 1 | 2,960 | Mart Poom |
82 | lu Luxembourg | 1 | 2,590 | Jeff Strasser |
83 | gp Guadeloupe | 1 | 2,547 | David Sommeil |
84 | cr Costa Rica | 1 | 2,202 | Paulo Wanchope |
85 | gi Gibraltar | 1 | 2,062 | Danny Higginbotham |
86 | sl Sierra Leone | 1 | 2,005 | Mohamed Kallon |
87 | bm Bermuda | 1 | 1,747 | Shaun Goater |
88 | bo Bolivia | 1 | 1,562 | Juan Manuel Peña |
89 | bj Benin | 1 | 1,532 | Moussa Latoundji |
90 | gq Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 1,321 | Yago Yao |
91 | ec Ecuador | 1 | 1,260 | Iván Kaviedes |
92 | Serbia and Montenegro | 1 | 1,170 | Saša Ilić |
93 | cn China PR | 1 | 1,152 | Chen Yang |
94 | il Israel | 1 | 1,119 | Idan Tal |
95 | gy Guyana | 1 | 1,098 | Carl Cort |
96 | na Namibia | 1 | 949 | Razundara Tjikuzu |
97 | ao Angola | 1 | 946 | Rui Marques |
98 | pf Tahiti | 1 | 621 | Marama Vahirua |
99 | dd Germany DR | 1 | 586 | Ralf Hauptmann |
100 | re Réunion | 1 | 517 | Éric Assati |
Rk |
Nation |
# Players |
Min |
List |
101 | ht Haiti | 1 | 312 | Wagneau Eloi |
102 | nz New Zealand | 1 | 299 | Danny Hay |
103 | mr Mauritania | 1 | 280 | Pascal Gourville |
104 | hn Honduras | 1 | 227 | Iván Guerrero |
105 | bf Burkina Faso | 1 | 26 | Alassane Ouédraogo |
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