Top five leagues with most players in FIFA World Cup 2022 semi-finals

Only four nations are left in the Qatar tournament

Argentina, Croatia, France, and Morocco are the four surviving semi-finalists, and all four are vying for the World Cup. With several of their top players representing their country at the World Cup. Each of these nations has players who have performed well in the top teams in Europe's top five leagues.

Here we take a look at the top five leagues with most players playing in the FIFA World Cup 2022 semi-finals and the majority of players in the top five leagues are listed below.

5. Bundesliga (13 players)

Only one club has the most players from the Bundesliga, with Bayern Munich enjoying the most players in the squad that has qualified for the semi-finals, with six players. Three of the four semi-finalists are from the Bundesliga, as are four of their six players.

And, regardless of the semi-final results, few Bundesliga players will almost certainly play in the final.

Bayern Munich – Josip Stanisic,  Kingsley Coman,  Lucas Hernandez,  Benjamin Pavard,   Dayot Upamecano and Noussair Mazraoui.

Stuttgart – Borna Sosa

Hoffenheim – Andrej Kramaric

Eintracht Frankfurt – Kristijan Jakic and Randal Kolo Muani.

Borussia Monchengladbach – Marcus Thuram.

Bayern Leverkusen – Exequiel Palacios

4. Serie A (14 players)

Serie A has the most clubs represented by players in the World Cup, and several of the top clubs are listed below. With the semi-finals on the line, we have players from ten different Serie A teams competing for their various countries.

Inter Milan – Lautaro Martinez, Marcelo Brozovic

Juventus – Leandro Paredes, Angel Di Maria and Adrien Rabiot

AS Roma – Paulo Dybala

Sassuolo – Martin Erlic

Atlanta – Mario Pasalic

Tornio – Nikola Vlasic

AC Milan – Theo Hernandez and Oliver Giroud

Fiorentina – Sofyan Amrabat

Sampdpria – Abdelhamid Sabiri

3. Ligue 1 (14 players)

Top-tier Ligue players are in the semi-finals with their respective nationalities. Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappe, and Achraf Hakimi of PSG will be ready to guide their country to the final. We have many other clubs whose players are in the semi-finals; regardless of the outcome, Ligue 1 players will play in the final.

PSG – Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappe and Achraf Hakimi

Lyon – Nicolas Tagliafico

Rennes – Lovro Majer and Steve Mandanda

Monaco – Axel Disasi Youssouf Fofana and Jordan Veretout.

Marseille – Matteo Guendouzi

Brest – Achraf Banoun

Toulouse – Zakaria Aboukhlal

2. Premier League (16 players)

Nine clubs from one of Europe's best leagues are represented at the World Cup. Tottenham Hotspur, Manchester United, Aston Villa, Chelsea, West Ham United, Liverpool, Arsenal, Brighton, and Manchester City have players in the FIFA World Cup 2022 semi-finals.

Aston Villa – Emiliano Martinez

Tottenham – Ivan Perisic, Hugo Lloris, and Cristian Romero

Manchester United – Raphael Varane and Lisandro Martinez  

Manchester City – Julian Alvarez  

Chelsea – Mateo Kovacic   

Arsenal – William Saliba

Liverpool – Ibrahima Konate

West Ham – Nayef Aguerd and Alphonse Areola

Brighton – Alexis Mac Allister

1. La Liga (22 players)

Another elite league will have players in the World Cup semi-finals. Atletico Madrid have five players who will compete in the semi-finals, followed by Real Madrid and Barcelona. La Liga includes eight clubs whose players will compete in the semi-finals.

Barcelona – Ousmane Dembele and Jules Kounde

Real Madrid – Aurelien Tchouameni, Luka Modric and Eduardo Camavinga

Atletico Madrid – Nahuel Molina, Rodrigo de Paul, Angel Correa, Ivo Grbic and Antoine Griezmann.

Villarreal – Geronimo Rulli and Juan Foyth

Sevilla – Gonzalo Montiel, Acuna, Alejandro Gomez, Yassine Bounou and Youssef En-Nesyri.

Real Betis – German Pezzella and Guido Rodriguez

Osasuna – Ante Budimir, Ez Abde.

Real Valladolid – Jawad El Yamiq