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Chelsea top league for English clubs' players in South Africa
21/05/2010  by Telegraph.co.uk
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Chelsea have no less than 16 representatives at World Cup 2010, but which other Premier League, Football League and Scottish Premier League players will be on show in South Africa?

Stars: (L-R) Nani, Fernando Torres and Flourent Malouda will be flying the flag for the Premier League at the World Cup

Chelsea have not only won the coveted League and FA Cup Double, but 16 of the players who were so successful this season will fly the club's flag at the World Cup finals.

Originally they had 17 players selected for the final's provisional squads, but despite the withdrawal of Germany captain Michael Ballack, Chelsea will still be represented by more players than any other major club.

Barcelona have 14 players selected, with Champions League finalists Inter Milan and Bayern Munich 11 players each set to fly to South Africa, the same number as Real Madrid.

Chelsea's 16 will represent seven different countries, while Arsenal and Aston Villa both have 12 players in the squads, while new Champions league qualifiers Tottenham have 10 selected – including the only Brazilian, goalkeeper Heurelho Gomes.

Of this season's Premier League, only Birmingham and Burnley are not represented (though Manchester City's Joe Hart spent the season on loan at Birmingham).

No fewer than 27 of the 32 World Cup finalists will have named England-based players in their squads.

And an impressive 143 English-based players are in the 32 squads, along with another nine currently operating at five Scottish clubs, where Celtic lead the way with five players called up.

The Championship is well represented: Crystal Palace, Ipswich, Reading and Plymouth and Watford have all got players called up, while Leeds, promoted from League 1, are also represented.

Of the 28 countries with English-based players, Australia is best represented, with 11 of their squad playing in England.

Several nations have already named the 23 players that will represent them in South Africa, while others have been trimming squads variously numbering 24 to 30. All squads have to be reduced to 23 by June 1.

ARSENAL (12)
Alexandre Song (Cameroon)
Nicklas Bendtner (Denmark)
Theo Walcott (England)
Robin van Persie (Holland)
Gaël Clichy (France)
William Gallas (France)
Bacary Sagna (France)
Vassiriki Diaby (France)
Emmanuel Eboue (Ivory Coast)
Carlos Vela (Mexico)
Cesc Fabregas (Spain)
Philippe Senderos (Switzerland)

ASTON VILLA (5)
Shane Lowry (Australia)
Stephen Warnock (England)
James Milner (England)
Emile Heskey (England)
Brad Friedel (USA)

BLACKBURN (4)
Vince Grella (Australia)
Brett Emerton (Australia)
Lars Jacobsen (Denmark)
Ryan Nelsen (New Zealand)

BOLTON (3)
Daniel Shittu (Nigeria)
Lee Chung-Yong (South Korea)
Stuart Holden (USA)

CHELSEA (16)
Ashley Cole (England)
John Terry (England)
Joe Cole (England)
Frank Lampard (England)
Michael Essien (Ghana)
Florent Malouda (France)
Nicolas Anelka (France)
Didier Drogba (Ivory Coast)
Salomon Kalou (Ivory Coast)
John Obi Mikel (Nigeria)
Paulo Ferreira (Portugal)
Ricardo Carvalho (Portugal)
Deco (Portugal)
Branislav Ivanovic (Serbia)
Nemanja Matic (Serbia)
Miroslav Stoch (Slovakia)

EVERTON (8)
Tim Cahill (Australia)
Leighton Baines (England)
John Heitinga (Holland)
Yakubu Aiyegbeni (Nigeria)
Victor Anichebe (Nigeria)
Joseph Yobo (Nigeria)
Steven Pienaar (South Africa)
Tim Howard (USA)

FULHAM (5)
Mark Schwarzer (Australia)
John Pantsil (Ghana)
Dickson Etuhu (Nigeria)
Kagisho Dikgacoi (South Africa)
Clint Dempsey (USA)

HULL (2)
Richard Garcia (Australia)
Jozy Altidore (USA)

LIVERPOOL (12)
Javier Mascherano (Argentina)
Maximiliano Rodriguez (Argentina)
Daniel Agger (Denmark)
Glen Johnson (England)
Steven Gerrard (England)
Jamie Carragher (England)
Dirk Kuyt (Holland)
Ryan Babel (Holland)
Sotiris Kyrgiakos (Greece)
Martin Skrtel (Slovakia)
Jose Manuel 'Pepe' Reina (Spain)
Fernando Torres (Spain)

MANCHESTER CITY (8)
Adam Johnson (England)
Joe Hart (England)
Shaun Wright-Phillips (England)
Gareth Barry (England)
Nigel de Jong (Holland)
Kolo Toure (Ivory Coast)
Roque Santa Cruz (Paraguay)
Vladimir Weiss (Slovakia)

MANCHESTER UNITED (8)
Wayne Rooney (England)
Rio Ferdinand (England)
Michael Carrick (England)
Patrice Evra (France)
Javier Hernandez (Mexico)
Nani (Portugal)
Nemanja Vidic (Serbia)
Park Ji-Sung (South Korea)

PORTSMOUTH (7)
Nadir Belhadj (Algeria)
Hassan Yebda (Algeria)
David James (England)
Kevin-Prince Boateng (Ghana)
John Utaka (Nigeria)
Nwankwo Kanu (Nigeria)
Aaron Mokoena (South Africa)

STOKE CITY (1)
Thomas Sorensen (Denmark)

TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR (10)
Gomes (Brazil)
Benoit Assou Ekotto (Cameroon)
Sebastien Bassong (Cameroon)
Michael Dawson (England)
Ledley King (England)
Tom Huddlestone (England)
Peter Crouch (England)
Jermain Defoe (England)
Aaron Lennon (England)
Wilson Palacios (Honduras)

WEST HAM (7)
Robert Green (England)
Matthew Upson (England)
Scott Parker (England)
Guillermo Franco (Mexico)
Benni McCarthy (South Africa)
Valon Behrami (Switzerland)
Jonathan Spector (USA)

WIGAN (5)
Richard Kingston (Ghana)
Maynor Figueroa (Honduras)
Hendry Thomas (Honduras)
Steve Gohouri (Ivory Coast)
Vladimir Stojkovic (Serbia)

WOLVES (3)
Adlene Guedioura (Algeria)
Nenad Milijas (Serbia)
Marcus Hahnemann (USA)

Football League

CRYSTAL PALACE (1)
Nick Carle (Australia)

IPSWICH TOWN (1)
Tommy Smith (New Zealand)

LEEDS UNITED (1)
Lubomir Michalik (Slovakia)

MIDDLESBROUGH (4)
Scott McDonald (Australia)
Brad Jones (Australia)
Rhys Williams (Australia)
Chris Killen (New Zealand)

NEWCASTLE (2)
Fabricio Coloccini (Argentina)
Jonas Gutierrez (Argentina)

PLYMOUTH ARGYLE (1)
Rory Fallon (New Zealand)

READING (1)
Adam Federici (Australia)

WATFORD (1)
Jay DeMerit (USA)

WEST BROMWICH ALBION (5)
Gonzalo Jara (Chile)
Abdoulaye Meite (Ivory Coast)
Chris Wood (New Zealand)
Marek Cech (Slovakia)
Robert Koren (Slovenia)

Scottish Premier League

CELTIC (5)
Landry Nguemo (Cameroon)
Morten Rasmussen (Denmark)
Edson Braafheid (Holland)
Giorgos Samaras (Greece)
Ki Sung-Yong (South Korea)

DUNDEE UNITED (1)
Dusan Pernis (Slovakia)

HEARTS (1)
Laryea Kingston (Ghana)

HIBERNIAN (1)
Souleymane Bamba (Ivory Coast)

RANGERS (1)
Madjid Bougherra (Algeria)

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