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Liverpool provide more Euro 2016 players than Real Madrid and Barcelona

Who has the most players at Euro 2016?

By Patrick Surlis

Wednesday 8 June 2016 17:17, UK

Liverpool have the joint-most players at Euro 2016, more than Manchester United, Real Madrid and Barcelona.

Jurgen Klopp's side have 12 players at the tournament in France, the same amount as Serie A champions Juventus.

Five of the 12 belong to Roy Hodgson's England squad - James Milner, Jordan Henderson, Daniel Sturridge, Nathaniel Clyne and Adam Lallana - while the Reds also boast representatives with Belgium, Germany, Wales and Slovakia.

LONDON, ENGLAND - JUNE 02: Harry Kane of England in action during the international friendly match between England and Portugal at Wembley Stadium on June
Image: Harry Kane is one of 11 Tottenham players at Euro 2016

Clubs with the most players at Euro 2016

Juventus - 12 Arsenal - 9
Liverpool - 12 Fenerbahce - 8
Tottenham - 11 Basel - 8
Man Utd - 10 CSKA Moscow - 8
Bayern Munich - 10 Barcelona - 8
Shakhtar - 9 Real Madrid - 8

Premier League clubs dominate the Euro 2016 squad lists, with Tottenham, United and Arsenal also heavily represented.

In fact, 139 of the 552 players (25 per cent) set to take part in the competition play their club football in England. As you might expect, the Premier League boasts the most with 103 players, but the Sky Bet Championship has 31 participants, more than France's Ligue 1 (22).

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Northern Ireland's Will Grigg celebrates
Image: Northern Ireland's Will Grigg is hoping to lead the line at Euro 2016

Will Grigg, one of four Sky Bet League One players at the tournament, helped Wigan Athletic to the title last season, and will be hoping to hear his popular terrace chant a few more times with Northern Ireland this summer.

Former Manchester United goalkeeper Roy Carroll, also a Northern Ireland international, was set to be the only participant from Sky Bet League Two, but recently moved from Notts County to Linfield in the Irish Premiership.

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Players at Euro 2016 by league

Premier League 103
Bundesliga 57
Serie A 52
Super Lig (Turkey) 36
La Liga 34
Russian PL 32
Sky Bet Championship 31
Ligue 1 22
Toby Alderweireld
Image: Toby Alderweireld is likely to play in the same Belgian defence as club team-mate Jan Vertonghen

Spurs provide 11 players - five to England, three to Belgium, and one each to Wales, France, and Austria.

That's one more than Manchester United, whose 10 players include Morgan Schneiderlin, Wayne Rooney and Marcus Rashford among others.

Perhaps surprisingly, the star-studded squads of Barcelona and Real Madrid offer up just eight players each, less than Shakhtar Donetsk (nine), and the same amount as Basel, Fenerbahce and CSKA Moscow.

CSKA and Shakhtar dominate the squads of Russia and Ukraine respectively, while Basel's squad includes three Swiss, two Albanians, two Czechs, an Austrian and an Icelander.

Marcus Rashford celebrates after scoring the first goal for England against Australia.
Image: Marcus Rashford is part of a big Manchester United contingent at the tournament

England are the only nation at Euro 2016 to take their entire squad solely from clubs based in their domestic league. Russia are the next closest, having selected 22 of their 23 players from the Russian Premier League, with Schalke's Roman Neustadter the exception.

At the other end of the spectrum, Iceland, the Republic of Ireland and Wales have each snubbed their respective home leagues, selecting all 23 squad members from outside their domestic divisions.

Best represented clubs at Euro 2016

Juventus - 12

Juventus midfielder Paul Pogba will be key to France's hopes at Euro 2016
Image: Juventus midfielder Paul Pogba will be key to France's hopes at Euro 2016

Sami Khedira, Mario Mandzukic, Alvaro Morata, Gianluigi Buffon, Andrea Barzagli, Leonardo Bonucci, Giorgio Chiellini, Stefano Sturaro, Simone Zaza, Patrice Evra, Paul Pogba, Stephan Lichtsteiner

Liverpool - 12

Belgium's Divock Origi fights for the ball with Finland's Perparim Hetemaj
Image: Belgium's Divock Origi is likely to play a role off the bench for the Red Devils

Nathaniel Clyne, Jordan Henderson, Adam Lallana, James Milner, Daniel Sturridge, Martin Skrtel, Daniel Ward, Joe Allen, Emre Can, Simon Mignolet, Christian Benteke, Divock Origi

Tottenham - 11

England's Chris Smalling (left) celebrates scoring his side's winning goal
Image: England's Chris Smalling scored the winning goal in their final warm-up friendly against Portugal

Toby Alderweireld, Jan Vertonghen, Mousa Dembele, Kevin Wimmer, Hugo Lloris, Danny Rose, Kyle Walker, Dele Alli, Eric Dier, Harry Kane, Ben Davies

Man Utd - 10

Bastian Schweinsteiger and Lukas Podolski have been included in Germany's squad for Euro 2016
Image: Bastian Schweinsteiger and Lukas Podolski have been included in Germany's squad for Euro 2016

Morgan Schneiderlin, Chris Smalling, Marcus Rashford, Wayne Rooney, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Paddy McNair, David de Gea, Marouane Fellaini, Matteo Darmian, Anthony Martial

Bayern Munich - 10

Bayern Munich's Thomas Muller will have a big role to play for Germany at Euro 2016
Image: Bayern Munich's Thomas Muller will have a big role to play for Germany at Euro 2016

Kingsley Coman, Manuel Neuer, Jerome Boateng, Mario Gotze, Thomas Muller, Joshua Kimmich, Robert Lewandowski, Thiago Alcantara, David Alaba, Mats Hummels

Shakhtar Donetsk - 9

Darijo Srna is one of the most experienced members of the Croatia squad
Image: Darijo Srna is one of the most experienced members of the Croatia squad

Andriy Pyatov, Oleksandr Kucher, Yaroslav Rakytskyi, Bohdan Butko, Vyacheslav Shevchuk, Taras Stepanenko, Viktor Kovalenko, Yevhen Seleznyov, Darijo Srna

Arsenal - 9

SCHRUNS, AUSTRIA - MAY 30: Hector Bellerin of Spain faces the media during a press conference before a training session on May 30, 2016 in Schruns, Austri
Image: Hector Bellerin was a surprise inclusion in Vicente Del Bosque's Spain squad

Laurent Koscielny, Olivier Giroud, Granit Xhaka, Jack Wilshere, Aaron Ramsey, Mesut Ozil, Petr Cech, Tomas Rosicky, Hector Bellerin

Fenerbahce - 8

Portugal's defender Bruno Alves (L) fouls England's striker Harry Kane
Image: Bruno Alves was sent off against England in Portugal's friendly at Wembley

Gokhan Gonul, Sener Ozbayrakli, Caner Erkin, Mehmet Topal, Ozan Tufan, Volkan Sen, Bruno Alves, Nani

Barcelona - 8

Spain are looking to win their third consecutive European Championship
Image: Spain are looking to win their third consecutive European Championship

Marc-Andre ter Stegen, Ivan Rakitic, Gerard Pique, Jordi Alba, Sergio Busquets, Andres Iniesta, Arda Turan, Thomas Vermaelen

CSKA Moscow - 8

Russia will face England in their Euro 2016 opener on Saturday
Image: Russia will face England in their Euro 2016 opener on Saturday

Igor Akinfeev, Aleksei Berezutski, Vasili Berezutski, Sergei Ignashevich, Georgi Schennikov, Alexander Golovin, Roman Shirokov, Pontus Wernbloom

Basel - 8

Breel Embolo tangles with Robbie Brady
Image: Breel Embolo (left) has been linked with a move to the Premier League

Naser Aliji, Taulant Xhaka, Michael Lang, Breel Embolo, Tomas Vaclik, Marek Suchy, Marc Janko, Birkir Bjarnason

Real Madrid - 8

CARDIFF, WALES - JUNE 12: Wales player Gareth Bale celebrates after scoring the opening goal during
Image: Gareth Bale will lead the Wales attack at Euro 2016

Pepe, Cristiano Ronaldo, Gareth Bale, Toni Kroos, Luka Modric, Mateo Kovacic, Sergio Ramos, Lucas Vasquez

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