Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Spanish La Liga: Club Nationality Breakdown

The squads of the teams in Spain's La Liga broken down by Confederation. Spanish players and players from the rest of Europe are listed separately. The numbers were compiled using the squads listed at soccerway.com.


Real Madrid
14 - Spain
8 - Europe
6 - South America
1 - Africa

Villarreal
19 - Spain
5 - South America
1 - Europe
1 - CONCACAF

Barcelona
18 - Spain
6 - South America
1 - CONCACAF
1 - Africa
1 - Europe

Valencia
15 - Spain
8 - Europe
3 - South America

Espanyol
24 - Spain
7 - South America
3 - Europe
1 - Africa

Sevilla
15 - Spain
6 - South America
5 - Europe
5 - Africa

Getafe
22 - Spain
5 - South America
1 - Europe
1 - Africa

Atletico Madrid
15 - Spain
8 - South America
3 - Europe

Mallorca
19 - Spain
5 - South America
4 - Europe
1 - Africa

Athletic Bilbao
33 - Spain

Real Sociedad
24 - Spain
2 - South America
2 - Europe

Osasuna
18 - Spain
3 - Europe
2 - South America
2 - Asia

Hercules
15 - Spain
7 - Europe
3 - South America
1 - Africa

Levante
23 - Spain
4 - South America

Sporting de Gijon
28 - Spain
2 - Europe
2 - South America

Almeria
10 - Spain
10 - South America
3 - Africa
2 - Europe

Malaga
20 - Spain
6 - South America
6 - Europe
3 - Africa

Racing Santander
16 - Spain
4 - Europe
3 - South America
2 - Africa

Deportivo la Coruna
25 - Spain
5 - South America
3 - Europe
2 - Africa
1 - CONCACAF

Real Zaragoza
16 - Spain
8 - Europe
6 - South America
1 - Africa

2 comments:

  1. Does Bilbao has a Spain only policy, with a strong preference for folks from the Basque region? That number is too perfect to not have some direction from the club itself....

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  2. Yes, basically if you're not Basque you can't join the club, although the criteria has been slightly relaxed in recent years (according to the always reliable wikipedia).

    Telegraph.co.uk had an interesting article about the club a couple of years ago. Here's the link:

    Athletic Bilbao live out the Basque ideal

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