National Leagues Supplying the Most Players for FIFA World Cup Finals 1982 to 2010 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1982 World Cup | 1986 World Cup | 1990 World Cup | 1994 World Cup | 1998 World Cup | 2002 World Cup | 2006 World Cup | 2010 World Cup | 1982 to 2010 | |||||||||||||||||||
50 | England | 51 | England | 53 | Italy | 45 | Spain | 76 | England | 101 | England | 99 | England | 115 | England | 576 | England | ||||||||||
36 | France | 38 | Italy | 46 | England | 44 | Italy | 69 | Spain | 75 | Italy | 74 | Germany | 85 | Germany | 445 | Italy | ||||||||||
29 | Spain | 36 | France | 33 | Spain | 40 | Germany | 68 | Italy | 59 | France | 61 | Italy | 79 | Italy | 390 | Germany | ||||||||||
27 | Italy | 27 | Spain | 28 | West Germany | 38 | England (DNQ) | 54 | Germany | 59 | Germany | 58 | France | 60 | Spain | 375 | Spain | ||||||||||
26 | Belgium | 26 | Belgium | 24 | France | 31 | Belgium | 32 | France | 58 | Spain | 54 | Spain | 44 | France | 312 | France | ||||||||||
26 | West Germany | 25 | Brazil | 23 | Belgium | 23 | France (DNQ) | 30 | Japan | 25 | Belgium | 26 | Netherlands | 33 | Netherlands | Total Players: 5,023 | |||||||||||
22 | Chile | 24 | Mexico | 22 | Costa Rica | 23 | Saudi Arabia | 26 | Mexico | 25 | Japan | 25 | Ukraine | 25 | Japan | ||||||||||||
22 | Kuwait | 24 | Portugal | 22 | South Korea | 22 | Greece | 22 | Saudi Arabia | 25 | Mexico | 23 | Saudi Arabia | 22 | Portugal | ||||||||||||
22 | Soviet Union | 24 | West Germany | 22 | United Arab Emirates | 22 | Switzerland | 21 | Argentina | 22 | China | 23 | Mexico | 21 | Greece | ||||||||||||
21 | Czechoslovakia | (Total Players: 528) | (Total Players: 529) | (Total Players: 528) | 21 | Netherlands | 20 | Costa Rica | 20 | Costa Rica | 21 | Mexico | |||||||||||||||
(Total Players: 526) | DNQ = Did Not Qualify | (Total Players: 704) | (Total Players: 736) | (Total Players: 736) | (Total Players: 736) | ||||||||||||||||||||||