2014 World Cup final squads statistics

Notice: this is based on FIFA data. And this data has plenty of errors. For instance, looking at the height/weight of players. Ghana's John Boye is listed at 160 cm and 89 kg, although other sites have him at 185 cm and 72 kg. Boye's body mass index according to FIFA data is 34.76, very close to severely obese.

That's why I haven't included in this post any info regarding height/weight.

Also check the provisional squad statistics to see the changes.

297 clubs will send players to the final tournament.

England is the best represented league - 119 players, with Italy (81), Germany (78), Spain (64) and France (46) completing the top 5.

Russia, Italy, Switzerland and Costa Rica are the only teams with no English-based players.


Top 5 leagues of countries not qualified to the World Cup:

1. Turkey (26)
2. Ukraine (9)
3. China PR (6)
3. Norway (6)
5. Scotland (4)

Top 20 for all leagues

1	England	119
2	Italy	81
3	Germany	78
4	Spain	64
5	France	46
6	Russia	34
7	Mexico	26
7	Turkey	26
9	Portugal	23
10	Netherlands	20
11	USA	17
12	Japan	15
13	Iran	14
14	Greece	13
15	Belgium	12
15	Switzerland	12
17	Brazil	11
17	Honduras	11
19	Costa Rica	10
20	Ukraine	9

By club:

15 - FC Bayern Muenchen
14 - Manchester United FC
13 - FC Barcelona
12 - Chelsea FC, Juventus FC, Real Madrid CF, SSC Napoli
10 - Arsenal FC, Liverpool FC, Manchester City FC, Paris Saint-Germain FC
9 - Atletico Madrid, FC Porto
8 - AC Milan, FC Internazionale, FC Zenit St. Petersburg
7 - Borussia Dortmund, FC Dynamo Moscow, FC Schalke 04, SS Lazio, VfL Wolfsburg

Top 10 oldest players

Faryd MONDRAGON	Deportivo Cali	Colombia	42.976
Mario YEPES	Atalanta Bergamo	Colombia	38.411
Georgios KARAGOUNIS	Fulham FC	Greece	37.269
Noel VALLADARES	CD Olimpia	Honduras	37.110
Gianluigi BUFFON	Juventus FC	Italy	36.370
Daniel VAN BUYTEN	FC Bayern Muenchen	Belgium	36.343
Didier DROGBA	Galatasaray SK	Côte d'Ivoire	36.255
Miroslav KLOSE	SS Lazio	Germany	36.009
Frank LAMPARD	Chelsea FC	England	35.979
Stipe PLETIKOSA	FC Rostov	Croatia	35.425

Yepes, Karagounis and Van Buyten are the oldest outfield players.

Top 10 youngest players

Fabrice OLINGA	SV Zulte Waregem	Cameroon	18.083
Luke SHAW	Southampton FC	England	18.919
Julian GREEN	FC Bayern Muenchen	USA	19.017
Carlos GRUEZO	VfB Stuttgart	Ecuador	19.149
Divock ORIGI	Lille OSC	Belgium	19.151
Adnan JANUZAJ	Manchester United FC	Belgium	19.348
Jose GIMENEZ	Atletico Madrid	Uruguay	19.392
Raheem STERLING	Liverpool FC	England	19.511
Nabil BENTALEB	Tottenham Hotspur FC	Algeria	19.549
Mateo KOVACIC	FC Internazionale	Croatia	20.102

Stefanos Kapino (Greece) is the youngest keeper (11th overall).

Top 11 most capped players

Iker CASILLAS	Real Madrid CF	Spain	153
Yasuhito ENDO	Gamba Osaka	Japan	143
Gianluigi BUFFON	Juventus FC	Italy	139
Javad NEKOUNAM	Kuwait SC	Iran	137
Georgios KARAGOUNIS	Fulham FC	Greece	134
Xavi HERNANDEZ	FC Barcelona	Spain	131
Miroslav KLOSE	SS Lazio	Germany	131
Carlos SALCIDO	Tigres UANL	Mexico	120
Noel VALLADARES	CD Olimpia	Honduras	120
Didier ZOKORA	Trabzonspor	Côte d'Ivoire	119
Rafael MARQUEZ	Club Leon	Mexico	119

Top 11 goalscorers
 

Miroslav KLOSE	SS Lazio	Germany	68
Didier DROGBA	Galatasaray SK	Côte d'Ivoire	61
David VILLA	Atletico Madrid	Spain	56
Samuel ETOO	Chelsea FC	Cameroon	54
CRISTIANO RONALDO	Real Madrid CF	Portugal	49
Lukas PODOLSKI	Arsenal FC	Germany	46
Robin VAN PERSIE	Manchester United FC	Netherlands	43
Luis SUAREZ	Liverpool FC	Uruguay	39
Shinji OKAZAKI	FSV Mainz 05	Japan	38
Asamoah GYAN	Al Ain FC	Ghana	38
Wayne ROONEY	Manchester United FC	England	38

Argentina are the oldest team - in the provisional stats they were 4th.

1	Argentina	28.921
2	Honduras	28.565
3	Uruguay	28.549
4	Portugal	28.529
5	Iran	28.499
6	Greece	28.491
7	Brazil	28.360
8	Spain	28.251
9	Chile	27.994
10	Russia	27.979
11	Italy	27.903
12	Colombia	27.875
13	Côte d'Ivoire	27.831
14	USA	27.811
15	Ecuador	27.783
16	Costa Rica	27.606
17	Mexico	27.258
18	Japan	27.232
19	Croatia	27.184
20	France	27.088
21	Bosnia and Herzegovina	27.058
22	Algeria	26.599
23	Cameroon	26.597
24	England	26.567
25	Netherlands	26.467
26	Australia	26.363
27	Germany	26.313
28	Korea Republic	26.195
29	Switzerland	26.068
30	Belgium	25.959
31	Nigeria	25.811
32	Ghana	25.434

Spain are the most experienced team (average caps):

1	Spain	59.783
2	Uruguay	49.217
3	Honduras	46.043
4	Germany	42.348
5	Japan	39.652
6	Mexico	39.435
7	Croatia	38.739
8	Greece	38.043
9	Côte d'Ivoire	37.696
10	Ecuador	37.391
11	Portugal	36.739
12	USA	34.783
13	Chile	34.261
14	Costa Rica	33.826
15	Belgium	32.478
16	Switzerland	32.217
17	Italy	32.130
18	Argentina	30.870
19	Ghana	29.783
20	Cameroon	29.391
21	Iran	29.261
22	Brazil	28.913
23	Colombia	28.739
24	Nigeria	28.609
25	Russia	28.087
26	Netherlands	28.043
27	England	27.217
28	Bosnia and Herzegovina	26.348
29	Korea Republic	25.696
30	France	24.304
31	Australia	17.043
32	Algeria	15.826

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