Numbers for the preliminary round
Germany is out of the World Cup, FC Bayern only partially. Instead of 16, there are still six players from Munich who are on duty for their countries in the upcoming round of 16. In the preliminary round, however, there was only one club whose players played more minutes than the Bundesliga champions. And the deportations of Borussia Dortmund and RB Leipzig are also in the top 20 in the tournament balance sheet after the group phase. Remarkable: SSC Napoli made it into the top 15 of the most World Cup minutes so far, although the Italian club only released five players, who then shattered an average of 85 minutes per game for their country.
Bayern on 2nd place, BVB in the top 20: Most World Cup minutes by club
19 – RB Leipzig > 1,115 World Cup minutes in the preliminary round
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Seconded players: 7
20 – Brighton > 1,085 World Cup minutes in the preliminary round
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Disabled players: 8
18 – Liverpool FC > 1,121 World Cup minutes in the preliminary round
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Seconded players: 7
17 – Fulham FC > 1,153 World Cup minutes in the preliminary round
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Dropped players: 6
16 – BVB > 1,164 World Cup minutes in the preliminary round
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Seconded players: 11
15 – SSC Napoli > 1,190 World Cup minutes in the preliminary round
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Seconded players: 5
14 – Arsenal FC > 1,236 World Cup minutes in the preliminary round
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Seconded players: 10
13 – PSG > 1,531 World Cup minutes in the preliminary round
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Seconded players: 11
12 – Atlético Madrid > 1,677 World Cup minutes in the preliminary round
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Seconded players: 12
11 – Juventus Turin > 1,681 World Cup minutes in the preliminary round
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Seconded players: 11
10 – Ajax Amsterdam > 1,708 World Cup minutes in the preliminary round
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Seconded players: 11
9 – Al-Hilal Riyadh > 1,902 World Cup minutes in the preliminary round
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Seconded players: 12
8 – Man United > 1,998 World Cup minutes in the preliminary round
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Seconded players: 13
7 – Chelsea > 2,014 World Cup minutes in the preliminary round
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Seconded players: 12
6 – Tottenham > 2,017 World Cup minutes in the preliminary round
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Seconded players: 11
5 – Al-Sadd SC > 2,076 World Cup minutes in the preliminary round
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Seconded players: 15
4 – Real Madrid > 2,310 World Cup minutes in the preliminary round
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Seconded players: 12
3 – FC Barcelona > 2,510 World Cup minutes in the preliminary round
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Abandoned players: 17
2 – FC Bayern > 2,763 World Cup minutes in the preliminary round
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Abandoned players: 16
1 – Man City > 2,839 World Cup minutes in the preliminary round
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Abandoned players: 16
The FC Bayern players have played more than 2,760 minutes in the final group stage of the World Cup, after which nine of them have already been eliminated and Frenchman Lucas Hernández will also be absent for the rest of the tournament with a cruciate ligament injury. The “Équipe” colleagues Dayot Upamecano, Kingsley Coman and Benjamin Pavard remain, all of whom have already booked minutes of action. Also present are Moroccan Noussair Mazraoui, who only missed half an hour in the first game, along with Matthijs de Ligt (Netherlands), who was only allowed to play the full time once, and Josip Stanisic (Croatia), who is still waiting for his first game .
The previous deployment time of the Dortmund World Cup driver was less. Eleven BVB players started the tournament, only four are left after the German team was eliminated. RB Leipzig and Eintracht Frankfurt posted the same number, while Borussia Mönchengladbach, with five players left, now have the second most World Cup players from a German club in the round of 16. The former six “colts” recorded 686 minutes, the seven Frankfurters 788 minutes, Leipzig’s seven retirements were in the preliminary round 1,115 minutes on the field and the eleven BVB pros surpassed that slightly with 1,164 minutes.
Barça & Man United are the best scorers – Bayern in the top 10 on points
In terms of scorer yield of World Cup players by club, look to Barcelona and Manchester, but not to City. 17 nominated Barça players contributed six goals and six assists and are therefore at the top of the ranking with twelve scorer points. However, Manchester United’s pros collected just one point less (6 goals, 5 assists) but sent fewer players (13) to Qatar. After Bayern and RB Leipzig (4 points), Werder Bremen is the third-best German club in this regard, thanks to the elimination of Niclas Füllkrug after the preliminary round, with an overall rank of 15, which nine teams currently occupy. Only eleven clubs contributed more scorer points than Leipzig.
Barca & Man Utd. front: clubs with the most scorers in the World Cup preliminary round
RB Leipzig – 4 scorer points in the preliminary round
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1 goal, 3 assists
Seconded players: 7
Brighton – 4 points to score in the preliminary round
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2 goals, 2 assists
Disabled players: 8
Fenerbahce – 4 points scorer in the preliminary round
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4 goals
Seconded players: 2
Juventus Turin – 5 scorer points in the preliminary round
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2 goals, 3 assists
Seconded players: 11
Man City – 5 points scorer in the preliminary round
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4 goals, 1 assist
Abandoned players: 16
AC Milan – 6 points scorer in the preliminary round
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3 goals, 3 assists
Seconded players: 7
FC Bayern – 6 scorer points in the preliminary round
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3 goals, 3 assists
Abandoned players: 16
Ajax Amsterdam – 7 points scorer in the preliminary round
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3 goals, 4 assists
Seconded players: 11
Atlético Madrid – 7 points in the preliminary round
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4 goals, 3 assists
Seconded players: 12
Tottenham – 8 points scorer in the preliminary round
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2 goals, 6 assists
Seconded players: 11
PSG – 9 scorer points in the preliminary round
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6 goals, 3 assists
Seconded players: 11
Chelsea FC – 10 points scorer in the preliminary round
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6 goals, 4 assists
Seconded players: 12
Man United – 11 points scorer in the preliminary round
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6 goals, 5 assists
Seconded players: 13
FC Barcelona – 12 scorer points in the preliminary round
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6 goals, 6 assists
Abandoned players: 17
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