Pride of Premiership ready to take centre stage in Portugal
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Your support makes all the difference.English football's reputation as the game's pre-eminent melting pot will be cemented at Euro 2004, with one in six of the players signed to English clubs.
English football's reputation as the game's pre-eminent melting pot will be cemented at Euro 2004, with one in six of the players signed to English clubs.
In addition to 21 members of Sven Goran Eriksson's side, 40 are contracted to clubs in England, mostly in the Premiership. English clubs will therefore contribute 61 players to the tournament in total.
German clubs contribute the next largest amount, 50, including 20 members of Germany's 23-man squad. Next come Italian clubs (46 players in total, 23 with Italy), Spanish clubs (27, 23 with Spain), French and Portuguese clubs (20 each), Greek clubs (17) and Dutch clubs (16).
At the World Cup in Japan and South Korea two years ago, English football was also the largest provider of players, accounting for one in seven (or 105 from 736).
The multi-national nature of the Premiership is reflected by the range of clubs represented. No fewer than 16 of the 20 clubs who will comprise next season's top division are represented at Euro 2004. Only fans of Blackburn, Crystal Palace, Middlesbrough and Norwich will be unable to spot one of their players in action. Chelsea fans will be able to follow the fortunes of 11 familiar faces, including four England squad members.
Arsenal and Manchester United will be represented by eight players apiece, with two of Highbury's contingent and four of those from Old Trafford in Eriksson's squad. There are seven Liverpool players in action (three with England), while Aston Villa have five (one English), Tottenham four (two English), Everton three (one English) and Charlton, Fulham, Manchester City and Southampton two. Birmingham, Newcastle, West Brom, Bolton and Portsmouth have one, with Kieron Dyer the only Englishman.
England's players come from 13 different clubs, 11 of them in England providing 21, plus Real Madrid and Bayern Munich with David Beckham and Owen Hargreaves respectively.
Italy and Spain have squads wholly comprised of home-based players. Germany and Russia have 20 home-based players each. France have only eight, the Netherlands six and Croatia one. The latter have the most dispersed squad, with 23 from 21 different clubs.
CLUB TO COUNTRY ENGLISH-BASED PLAYERS
CROATIA
Ivica Mornar Portsmouth
CZECH REPUBLIC
Petr Cech Chelsea
Milan Baros Liverpool
Vladimir Smicer Liverpool
DENMARK
Stephan Andersen Charlton
Thomas Gravesen Everton
Jesper Gronkjaer Chelsea
Claus Jensen Charlton
Martin Laursen Aston Villa
Thomas Sorensen Aston Villa
ENGLAND
Wayne Bridge Chelsea
Nicky Butt Manchester United
Sol Campbell Arsenal
Jamie Carragher Liverpool
Ashley Cole Arsenal
Joe Cole Chelsea
Kieron Dyer Newcastle United
Steven Gerrard Liverpool
Emile Heskey Birmingham
David James Manchester City
Ledley King Tottenham Hotspur
Frank Lampard Chelsea
Gary Neville Manchester United
Phillip Neville Manchester United
Michael Owen Liverpool
Paul Robinson Tottenham Hotspur
Wayne Rooney Everton
Paul Scholes Manchester United
John Terry Chelsea
Darius Vassell Aston Villa
Ian Walker Leicester City
FRANCE
Marcel Desailly Chelsea
William Gallas Chelsea
Thierry Henry Arsenal
Claude Makelele Chelsea
Robert Pires Arsenal
Louis Saha Manchester United
Mikaël Silvestre Manchester United
Patrick Vieira Arsenal
Sylvain Wiltord Arsenal
GERMANY
Dietmar Hamann Liverpool
Jens Lehmann Arsenal
Christian Ziege Tottenham
GREECE
Nikolaos Dabizas Leicester City
Stylianos Giannakopoulos Bolton
LATVIA
Marians Pahars Southampton
Andrejs Stolcers Fulham
NETHERLANDS
Paul Bosvelt Manchester City
Edwin van der Sar Fulham
Ruud van Nistelrooy Manchester United
Boudewijn Zenden Middlesbrough
PORTUGAL
Helder Postiga Tottenham Hotspur
Cristiano Ronaldo Manchester United
RUSSIA
Alexei Smertin Portsmouth
SWEDEN
Marcus Allback Aston Villa
Tobias Linderoth Everton
Fredrik Ljungberg Arsenal
Olof Mellberg Aston Villa
Anders Svensson Southampton
SWITZERLAND
Bernt Haas West Bromwich Albion
Stéphane Henchoz Liverpool
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