Table 1

Teams in the study over the seven seasons

		Seasons
Team	Country	2001/02	2002/03	2003/04	2004/05	2005/06	2006/07	2007/08	Seasons (n)
Arsenal FC	ENG	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	7
Manchester United FC	ENG	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	7
Chelsea FC	ENG					×	×	×	3
Liverpool FC	ENG					×	×		2
Newcastle United FC	ENG						×		1
FC Internazionale Milano	ITA	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	7
AC Milan	ITA	×	×	×		×	×		5
Juventus FC	ITA	×		×	×	×			4
Real Madrid CF	SPA	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	7
FC Barcelona	SPA			×	×	×	×	×	5
AFC Ajax	NED	×				×	×	×	4
PSV Eindhoven	NED	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	7
Paris Saint-Germain FC	FRA	×	×	×	×	×	×		6
Stade Rennais FC	FRA	×	×						2
RC Lens	FRA	×	×	×					3
SL Benfica	POR					×	×	×	3
FC Porto	POR					×	×	×	3
BV Borussia Dortmund	GER					×			1
Hamburger SV	GER						×	×	2
Club Brugge KV	BEL			×	×	×	×	×	5
RSC Anderlecht	BEL						×	×	2
Rangers FC	SCO					×			1
FC Shakhtar Donetsk	UKR							×	1
Teams, n		11	9	11	9	17	17	14	88^*
Players, n		266	214	266	241	415	458	391	2226^†

↵* Number of team seasons.
↵† Number of player seasons.