Bayern Munich are the Most Represented Club in the Euro 2008 Final

After today’s 90 (or 120) minutes of action, we’ll have to start thinking about club football again. So I was wondering which team had the most players involved in the Euro 2008 final.

Here are the most represented club teams at Euro 2008, according to how many players they have in today’s squads:

Bayern Munich – 5 players – Philip Lahm, Marcell Jansen, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Miroslav Klose and Lukas Podolski (all Germany)

Werder Bremen – 4 players – Per Mertesacker, Clemens Fritz, Torsten Frings and Tim Borowski (all Germany)

Valencia – 4 players – Raul Albiol, Carlos Marchena, David Silva and David Villa (all Spain)

Liverpool – 4 players – Pepe Reina, Alvaro Arbeloa, Xabi Alonso and Fernando Torres (all Spain)

Real Madrid – 3 players – Iker Casillas and Sergio Ramos (Spain) Christoph Metzelder (Germany)

Barcelona – 3 players – Carles Puyol, Andres Iniesta, Xavi Hernandez

Villarreal – 3 players – Joan Capdevila, Santo Corzola and Marcos Senna (all Spain)

Three things:

1. The number of Valencia players makes Ronald Koeman look extra bad, no?
2.Liverpool’s presence as the only non-Spanish or German team tells it’s own story. If you just had a quick glance at this list, you’d be forgiven for thinking Liverpool played in La Liga.
3. Interesting day for Christoph Metzelder, the only player who’ll be returning to work in the nation of his opponents post-final. Win or lose, that’s not comfortable either way.

Obviously not all of these players will play. But even if just potential starters are considered, Bayern still come out on top. It’s near certain that Lahm, Schweini, Klose and Podolski will start.