Thursday 5 September 2013

Africans In The UEFA Champions League 2013/2014

POT 1:
ARSENAL FC (3): Serge Gnabry (Cote d'Ivoire), Daniel Boateng, Emmanuel Frimpong (both Ghana)
CHELSEA (3): Mikel Obi (Nigeria), Samuel Eto'o (Cameroon), Demba Ba (Senegal)
FC PORTO (2): Kadu (Angola), Mikel Agu (Nigeria)
BARCELONA (1): Alex Song (Cameroon)
BAYERN MUNICH (0)
BENFICA (0)
MANCHESTER UNITED (0)
REAL MADRID (0)
Last season: 18
This season: 9


POT 2:
OLYMPIQUE MARSEILLE (11): Chris Samba (Congo), Aly Yirango (Mali), Kassim Abdallah (Comoros), Nicholas N'koulou (Cameroon), Souleymane Diawara (Senegal), Jordan Ayew, Andre Ayew, Kevin Osei (all Ghana), Alaixys Romao (Togo), Saber Khalifa (Tunisia), Gianelli Imbula Wanga (DRCongo)
AC MILAN (5): Sulley Muntari (Ghana), Kevin Constant (Guinea), Djamel Mesbah (Algeria), Bakaye Traoré (Mali), M'baye Niang (Senegal)
SCHALKE 04 (3): Joel Matip (Cameroon), Chinedu Obasi (Nigeria), Kevin Prince Boateng (Ghana)
ATLETICO DE MADRID (2): Fallou Gallas Wade, Momar Ndoye (both Senegal)
CSKA MOSKVA (2): Ahmed Musa (Nigeria), Seydou Doumbia (Cote d'Ivoire)
PARIS SAINT GERMAIN (2): Mory Diaw (Senegal), Khalifa Traore (Mali), 
JUVENTUS (1): Kwadwo Asamoah (Ghana)
SHAKHTAR DONETSK (0)
Last season: 13
This season: 26

POT 3:
FC BASEL (5): Genseric Kusunga (Angola), Serey Die, Giovanni Sio (both Cote d'Ivoire), Mohamed Salah, Mohamed Elneny (both Egypt)
OLYMPIAKOS FC (5): Carl Medjani (Algeria), Sambou Yatabaré (Mali), Gaetan Bong (Cameroon), Delvin Ndinga (Congo), Michael Olaitan (Nigeria)
GALATASARAY (5): Emmanuel Eboué, Didier Drogba (both Cote d'Ivoire), Aurélien Chedjou, Dany Nounkeu (both Cameroon), Nordin Amrabat (Morocco)
AJAX AMSTERDAM (2): Eyong Enoh (Cameroon), Thulani Serero (South Africa)
MANCHESTER CITY (1): Yaya Toure (Cote d'Ivoire)
BORUSSIA DORTMUND (1): Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Gabon)
BAYER LEVERKUSEN (0)
FC ZENIT (0)
Last season: 20
This season: 19

POT 4:
FSC ANDERLECHT (6): Frank Acheampong (Ghana), Mbenza Bedi, Fabrice N'Sakala (both DRCongo), Cheikhou Kouyaté (Senegal), Gohi Bi Cyriac (Cote d'Ivoire), Nabil Jaadi (Morocco)
CELTIC FC (2): Steven Mouyokolo (Congo), Efe Ambrose
FC KOPENHAGEN (1): Fanendo Adi (Nigeria)
FK AUSTRIA VIEN (1): Ismael Tajouri-Shradi (Libya)
FC NAPOLI (0)
REAL SOCIEDAD (0)
FC VIKTORIA PLZEN (0)
FC STEAUA BUKARESTI (0)
Last season: 15
This season: 10

DIVISION BY COUNTRY:
9 PLAYERS: GHANA
8 PLAYERS: CAMEROON, COTE D'IVOIRE
7 PLAYERS: NIGERIA, SENEGAL
4 PLAYERS: MALI
3 PLAYERS: CONGO, DRCONGO
2 PLAYERS: ANGOLA, EGYPT, ALGERIA, MOROCCO
1 PLAYER: COMOROS, TOGO, TUNISIA, LIBYA, GUINEA, SOUTH AFRICA, GABON

This year 64 players from 19 countries (last year 67 from 19).

The 5 dominant forces: Ghana, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Nigeria, Senegal

11 clubs have no African players (8 last season)

DIVISION BY COUNTRY OF CLUB:
France: 13
England: 7
Italy: 6
Belgium: 6
Switzerland: 5
Greece: 5
Turkey: 5
Germany: 4
Spain: 3
Portugal: 2
Russia: 2
Holland: 2
Scotland: 2
Denmark: 1
Austria: 1

France dominant as usual, although 11 of the players are in one squad.

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