Squad management policies worldwide

Issue number 369 of the CIES Football Observatory Weekly Post ranks teams from 50 top divisions worldwide according to the number of players fielded in domestic league games during the last 365 days.

For current big-5 league teams, the values stretch from an eye-staggering 55 players for Genoa down to only 27 for West Ham United.

The highest figure overall was recorded for Deportivo Pasto. The Colombians fielded up to 70 players in the 40 domestic league matches played during the last year.

They outrank the Romanians of Dinamo Bucuresti and the Welsh of Cefn Druids (both 63 players).

The four highest figures in the big-5 were all recorded for Italian Serie A teams: Genoa (55), Salernitana (53), Venezia (47) and Spezia (46).

The record figures for UEFA Champions League teams are much lower: 38 players for Paris St-Germain and 36 for Juventus.

LOSC Lille and Manchester City are at the opposite end: 28 players for both.

By league, the average values per club vary between 31 players in England and Moldavia, up to a maximum of 47 in Colombia.

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