World Soccer 500 by club – infographic

Unsurprisingly, the club with the most players is European champions Barcelona who boast 15 different players in the 500. That's two more than arch-rivals Real Madrid, who share joint second place with Bayern Munich, Paris Saint-Germain and Juventus.

With 16 players, Bayern Munich are the club with the heaviest representation in the inaugural World Soccer 500.

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The April 2015 issue of World Soccer saw the launch of the World Soccer 500, our definitive guide to the world’s most important players.

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a)     Bayern Munich     16
b)     Barcelona    13
c)     Chelsea    13
d)     Real Madrid     13
e)     Paris Saint-Germain     12
f)     Atletico Madrid    11
g)     Manchester City     11
h)     Manchester United     10
i)     Arsenal    9
j)     Porto    9
k)     Wolfsburg     9
l)     Borussia Dortmund    8
m)     Juventus    8
n)     Liverpool    8
o)     Marseille    8
p)     Monaco    8
q)     Roma     8
r)     Napoli    7
s)     Schalke    7
t)     Valencia     7

Read more at http://www.worldsoccer.com/features/world-soccer-500-by-club-360543#yWQ22F3I16yxR2ym.99

Club, Number of players (compared to last year)

a) Barcelona 15 (+2)
b) Bayern Munich 13 (-3
c) Juventus 13 (+5)
d) Paris Saint-Germain 13 (+1)
e) Real Madrid 13 (-)
f) Atletico Madrid 12 (+1)
g) Manchester City 11 (-)
h) Arsenal 10 (+1)
i) Chelsea 9 (-4)
j) Borussia Dortmund 8 (-)
k) Napoli 8 (+1)
l) Roma 8 (-)
m) Bayer Leverkusen 7 (+3)
n) Porto 7 (-2)
o) Tottenham 7 (+2)
p) Sporting Lisbon 6 (+2)
q) Manchester Utd 5 (-5)
r) Monaco 5 (-3)
s) Wolfsburg 5 (-4)

There are fifty different leagues represented in the 500, with England's Premier League, perhaps not surprisingly, being the one with the most players.

England 69
Spain 66
Germany 56
Italy 51
France 44
Portugal 19
Holland 18
Russia, USA 17
Argentina, Brazil, Mexico 13
Belgium 11
China 10
Turkey 9
Greece 6
Colombia, Uruguay 5
Croatia, Paraguay 4
Ecuador, Hungary, Japan, Northern Ireland, Senegal, Ukraine,  3
Chile, Hungary, Qatar, Serbia, Sweden, UAE 2
Austria, Bolivia, Canada, Chad, Costa Rica, Czech Rep, Denmark, India, Iraq, Montenegro, Palestine, Peru, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Tanzania, Thailand, Venezuela Armenia.