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From: MH on 10 Jun 2010 12:29 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? > (I should add that in each case one player played in two > finals) > OK, I found the other Real Madrid player while checking on my answers for the 11 different teams bit-- the one I was missing was Ruggeri 1990. Real: 1982: Stieleke 1986: Valdano 1990: Ruggeri 1998: Roberto Carlos, Karembeu 2002: Roberto Carlos 2006: Zidane 1994 breaks a good streak. With C. Ronaldo/Pepe, Higuain, Kaka, Ramos/Albiol/Alonso/Casillas/Arbeloa, Van der Vaart, they have decent chance this time -- Diarra's injury and Benzema's non-call notwithstanding. Barca: 1974: Cruyff 1978: Neeskens 1994: Romario 1998: Rivaldo 2002: Rivaldo Possible finalists this time: 7 Spaniards, 1 Argentine, 2 Frenchmen, 1 Ivorian, 1 Brazilian, 1 Mexican > > > Ciao, > Werner
From: Jesper Lauridsen on 15 Jun 2010 19:29 On 2010-06-09, Joachim Parsch <ah(a)bunuel.franken.de> wrote: > > > Werner Pichler 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 >> 3 Bayern M�nchen 22 > > So but for the unfortunate incidents in the 2006 semifinal, > Bayern would have actually topped this list? I must disagree > with Daniele, football does suck, even when you for a moment > think it doesn't. Here's a fun little trivia question for you. When was the last time a World Cup winning side didn't have at least one player who, at some point in his career (past or future), pulled on a Bayern jersey?
From: milivella on 15 Jun 2010 19:50 Jesper Lauridsen: > Here's a fun little trivia question for you. When was the last time a > World Cup winning side didn't have at least one player who, at some > point in his career (past or future), pulled on a Bayern jersey? Quickly, I would reply: Argentina 1986? If so, it's impressive! -- Cheers milivella
From: Joachim Parsch on 16 Jun 2010 03:37 Jesper Lauridsen schrieb: > > On 2010-06-09, Joachim Parsch <ah(a)bunuel.franken.de> wrote: > > So but for the unfortunate incidents in the 2006 semifinal, > > Bayern would have actually topped this list? I must disagree > > with Daniele, football does suck, even when you for a moment > > think it doesn't. > > Here's a fun little trivia question for you. When was the last time a > World Cup winning side didn't have at least one player who, at some > point in his career (past or future), pulled on a Bayern jersey? 2006 Luca Toni 2002 Lucio 1998 Lizarazu 1994 Jorginho 1990 Matth�us, Brehme, Augenthaler, Kohler, Klinsmann, Reuter, Thon... 1986 none, I think Can't remember an Argentinian with Bayern before Demichelis arrived, and I'm pretty sure, he wasn't in the squad back then :-) Joachim
From: Abubakr on 16 Jun 2010 04:10
On Jun 9, 11:19 pm, Lleo <lleo...(a)lycos.com> wrote: > I've just added up everything. This will slightly change the numbers > in my previous post (due to foreign players, Corinthians and Palmeiras > have actually been represented in 14 WC's), but the very top stays the > same. > > Also, I didn't count São Paulo da Floresta as SPFC. However, if we > want to count them, it's one more WC for São Paulo (1934) and four > more players (and apps). > > The list below has the traditional top-12 teams in Brasil, ranked by > (a) total amount of appearances (apps) in a WC squad, (b) amount of > different players and (c) amount of WC's it was "represented" (be it > for Brasil or another nt). > > 1 Botafogo 47 apps by 38 players, 16 WC's > 2 São Paulo 46 apps by 38 players, 15 WC's > 3 Flamengo 34 apps by 32 players, 16 WC's > 4 Vasco 32 apps by 30 players, 11 WC's > 5 Fluminense 31 apps by 24 players. 13 WC's > 6 Palmeiras 29 apps by 23 players, 14 WC's > 7 Corinthians 27 apps by 24 players, 14 WC's > 8 Santos 26 apps by 17 players, 8 WC's > 9 Cruzeiro 13 apps by 10 players, 8 WC's > 10 Atlético-MG 12 apps by 11 players, 8 WC's > 11 Internacional 11 apps by 11 players, 7 WC's > 12 Grêmio 8 apps by 8 players, 6 WC's So basically the Rio-Sao Paulo cartel has had a stranglehold on the Selecao with scraps thrown the "provincials'" way. Is is reflective of how the Braseilero has gone down through the years? |