WC 2026: clubs with most representation

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If we are to pick the 42 qualified teams and the 6 most likely to qualify in March (based on their FIFA ranking), using the wikipedia data for each current national squad, these will be the top 66 clubs that will be represented at the WC 2026 (with at least 5 players represented for each club):

16 Manchester City
13 Paris Saint-Germain
13 Bayern Munich
12 Manchester United
11 Tottenham Hotspur
11 Arsenal
10 Strasbourg
10 Chelsea
10 Al-Hilal
9 RB Leipzig
9 Orlando Pirates
9 Liverpool
9 Crystal Palace
9 Barcelona
9 Al-Nassr
8 Wolverhampton Wanderers
8 Monaco
8 Espérance de Tunis
8 Brentford
8 Borussia Dortmund
8 Atlético Madrid
8 Aston Villa
8 América
8 Al-Ahli
7 Palmeiras
7 Pakhtakor
7 Napoli
7 Juventus
7 Inter Milan
7 Flamengo
7 Fenerbahçe
7 Atalanta
7 Al-Zawraa
7 Al-Hussein
6 Tractor
6 Real Madrid
6 Rangers
6 Persepolis
6 Galatasaray
6 Eintracht Frankfurt
6 Al-Qadsiah
6 Al-Karma
6 Al-Arabi
5 West Ham United
5 Werder Bremen
5 Villarreal
5 VfB Stuttgart
5 Shakhtar Donetsk
5 Roma
5 Nottingham Forest
5 Newcastle United
5 Nasaf
5 Midtjylland
5 Mamelodi Sundowns
5 Girona
5 Genoa
5 Ceramica Cleopatra
5 Celtic
5 Bournemouth
5 Borussia Mönchengladbach
5 Bologna
5 Al-Shorta
5 Al-Sadd
5 Al-Gharafa
5 Al-Duhail
5 Al Ahly

Notice that 5 of top 9 are Premier League sides, 2 are French, 1 is German and 1 is Saudi.