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From: futbolmetrix on 9 Jun 2010 11:28 On Jun 9, 6:06 pm, Werner Pichler <wpich...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > I went through the WC finals and came up with this interesting > list: > > Clubs, whose players featured in a WC final: > (number of players, substitutions included, and no > guarantee that there are no mistakes) > > 1 Juventus 26 > 2 Internazionale 23 I like this. Football does not suck after all. > > - only twice in WC history has a team in a WC final > been composed of players from 11 (or more, including > substitutions) different teams, so without any club > colleagues (which could account for some of the more, > ahem, disjointed performances of at least one of these > teams). With some help, Argentina 1990 is probably one of the two. Were you thinking of Brazil 1998? But they had Cafu and Aldair playing for Roma. > - Real Madrid has sent 6 different players to World Cup > finals, while Barcelona sent 4. Can you name them? > (I should add that in each case one player played in two > finals) I stopped at Zidane, Roberto Carlos(x2) and Rivaldo(x2), then I had to look it up. D
From: MH on 9 Jun 2010 11:41 Joachim Parsch wrote: > Hello, > > everyone knows, that Brazil is record WC participant, > having played in every single WC. Not so close on their > heels are Italy and Germany with 17 each, both missing two. > > But what about clubs sending players to a WC? NB: I'm > counting only players, who have played the season (or > half-season) before the WC for the club in question, > so if the final is on the 2nd of July, and the player > has a new contract starting at July 1, this won't count. > > Ok, first the easy answer: Bayern Munich has > 16 appearances in the squad, all 16 times they > appeared on the field as well (no pure tourists here). > Trivia question: which 3 WCs was Bayern missing? > Two are obviously trivial, but the third isn't - though > German readers with a bit of knowledge of football > history should be able to guess. My guess off the top of my head would be 1954, with 1958 my second choice, and 1962 my third. > > But those 16 appearances are not a record. I think > Juventus, Inter and AC Milan have 17 appearances. > Next trivia question: which 2 WC were these clubs missing? > (the answer is not the same for all 3) > > Even that may not be a record. The Brazilian clubs > should have a word here. Is there a club, which was always > there at the WC? > > Joachim
From: MH on 9 Jun 2010 12:14 Werner Pichler wrote: > On 9 Jun., 14:16, Joachim Parsch <s...(a)bunuel.franken.de> wrote: >> futbolmetrix schrieb: >> [Juventus] >> >>> 2006: Buffon, Cannavaro, Zambrotta, Camoranesi, Del Piero, Zidane, >>> Vieira, Trezeguet, and that's only in the final! >> Zidane doesn't count for Juve in 2006, as he played the season >> before for Real Madrid... >> >> But that's still seven players in the final, which is quite impressive. >> "Only" 5 in the starting line-up though, which is one less than >> Bayern had in 74. Those 6 equal Juves number of 1982, if I have counted >> correctly. >> >> So we've got more trivia coming here :-) > > > Oooh, intriguing... :) > > I went through the WC finals and came up with this interesting > list: > > Clubs, whose players featured in a WC final: > (number of players, substitutions included, and no > guarantee that there are no mistakes) > > 1 Juventus 26 > 2 Internazionale 23 > 3 Bayern M�nchen 22 > 4 AC Milan 15 > 5 AS Roma 13 > 6 1. FC K�ln 12 > 7 Botafogo 10 > 8 Slavia Praha, Vasco, 1. FC Kaiserslautern, River Plate 8 > > > The record for most players in a WC final is held by > Slavia Prague with 8. The other 3 players in the 1934 > final came from their town rivals Sparta. > > > Some more trivia: > > - only twice in WC history has a team in a WC final > been composed of players from 11 (or more, including > substitutions) different teams, so without any club > colleagues (which could account for some of the more, > ahem, disjointed performances of at least one of these > teams). > > - Real Madrid has sent 6 different players to World Cup > finals, while Barcelona sent 4. Can you name them? My guesses: Real: Zidane, Stieleke, Karembeu, Roberto Carlos, Valdano, .... ? Barca: Cruyff, Rivaldo, Romario, Neeskens > (I should add that in each case one player played in two > finals) > > > > Ciao, > Werner
From: JK on 9 Jun 2010 13:10 MH wrote: > Werner Pichler wrote: >> On 9 Jun., 14:16, Joachim Parsch <s...(a)bunuel.franken.de> wrote: >>> futbolmetrix schrieb: >>> [Juventus] >>> >>>> 2006: Buffon, Cannavaro, Zambrotta, Camoranesi, Del Piero, Zidane, >>>> Vieira, Trezeguet, and that's only in the final! >>> Zidane doesn't count for Juve in 2006, as he played the season >>> before for Real Madrid... >>> >>> But that's still seven players in the final, which is quite impressive. >>> "Only" 5 in the starting line-up though, which is one less than >>> Bayern had in 74. Those 6 equal Juves number of 1982, if I have counted >>> correctly. >>> >>> So we've got more trivia coming here :-) >> >> >> Oooh, intriguing... :) >> >> I went through the WC finals and came up with this interesting >> list: >> >> Clubs, whose players featured in a WC final: >> (number of players, substitutions included, and no >> guarantee that there are no mistakes) >> >> 1 Juventus 26 >> 2 Internazionale 23 >> 3 Bayern M�nchen 22 >> 4 AC Milan 15 >> 5 AS Roma 13 >> 6 1. FC K�ln 12 >> 7 Botafogo 10 >> 8 Slavia Praha, Vasco, 1. FC Kaiserslautern, River Plate 8 >> >> >> The record for most players in a WC final is held by >> Slavia Prague with 8. The other 3 players in the 1934 >> final came from their town rivals Sparta. >> >> >> Some more trivia: >> >> - only twice in WC history has a team in a WC final >> been composed of players from 11 (or more, including >> substitutions) different teams, so without any club >> colleagues (which could account for some of the more, >> ahem, disjointed performances of at least one of these >> teams). >> >> - Real Madrid has sent 6 different players to World Cup >> finals, while Barcelona sent 4. Can you name them? > > My guesses: > > Real: Zidane, Stieleke, Karembeu, Roberto Carlos, Valdano, .... ? > > Barca: Cruyff, Rivaldo, Romario, Neeskens > But Cruyff wasn't at Barca when he played in the finals, correct? Maradona was at Napoli already in 86 yes? > >> (I should add that in each case one player played in two >> finals) >> >> >> >> Ciao, >> Werner
From: MH on 9 Jun 2010 12:23
MH wrote: > Werner Pichler wrote: >> On 9 Jun., 14:16, Joachim Parsch <s...(a)bunuel.franken.de> wrote: >>> futbolmetrix schrieb: >>> [Juventus] >>> >>>> 2006: Buffon, Cannavaro, Zambrotta, Camoranesi, Del Piero, Zidane, >>>> Vieira, Trezeguet, and that's only in the final! >>> Zidane doesn't count for Juve in 2006, as he played the season >>> before for Real Madrid... >>> >>> But that's still seven players in the final, which is quite impressive. >>> "Only" 5 in the starting line-up though, which is one less than >>> Bayern had in 74. Those 6 equal Juves number of 1982, if I have counted >>> correctly. >>> >>> So we've got more trivia coming here :-) >> >> >> Oooh, intriguing... :) >> >> I went through the WC finals and came up with this interesting >> list: >> >> Clubs, whose players featured in a WC final: >> (number of players, substitutions included, and no >> guarantee that there are no mistakes) >> >> 1 Juventus 26 >> 2 Internazionale 23 >> 3 Bayern M�nchen 22 >> 4 AC Milan 15 >> 5 AS Roma 13 >> 6 1. FC K�ln 12 >> 7 Botafogo 10 >> 8 Slavia Praha, Vasco, 1. FC Kaiserslautern, River Plate 8 >> >> >> The record for most players in a WC final is held by >> Slavia Prague with 8. The other 3 players in the 1934 >> final came from their town rivals Sparta. >> >> >> Some more trivia: >> >> - only twice in WC history has a team in a WC final >> been composed of players from 11 (or more, including >> substitutions) different teams, so without any club >> colleagues (which could account for some of the more, >> ahem, disjointed performances of at least one of these >> teams). >> >> - Real Madrid has sent 6 different players to World Cup >> finals, while Barcelona sent 4. Can you name them? > > My guesses: > > Real: Zidane, Stieleke, Karembeu, Roberto Carlos, Valdano, .... ? > > Barca: Cruyff, Rivaldo, Romario, Neeskens Come to think of it what about Dugarry ? Was he still at Barca in 1998? > > >> (I should add that in each case one player played in two >> finals) >> >> >> >> Ciao, >> Werner |