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    From Al Kamista@24:150/2 to rec.sport.soccer on Wed Oct 20 10:53:01 2021
    Which prominent European club has first team squad players from 4 of the 5 former Yugoslavian countries (Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia, Slovenia).

    There are probably more clubs, but this one is likely the most prominent.
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  • From Futbolmetrix@24:150/2 to rec.sport.soccer on Wed Oct 20 11:25:11 2021
    On Wednesday, October 20, 2021 at 1:53:03 PM UTC-4, alka... wrote:
    Which prominent European club has first team squad players from 4 of the 5 former Yugoslavian countries (Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia, Slovenia).

    There are probably more clubs, but this one is likely the most prominent.

    Without looking it up, Inter has Brozovic (CRO), Handanovic (SVN), and Dzeko (BOS)...do they also have a Serb?
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  • From Real Mardin@24:150/2 to rec.sport.soccer on Wed Oct 20 12:44:50 2021
    On Wednesday, October 20, 2021 at 7:25:12 PM UTC+1, Futbolmetrix wrote:
    On Wednesday, October 20, 2021 at 1:53:03 PM UTC-4, alka... wrote:
    Which prominent European club has first team squad players from 4 of the 5 former Yugoslavian countries (Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia, Slovenia).

    There are probably more clubs, but this one is likely the most prominent.
    Without looking it up, Inter has Brozovic (CRO), Handanovic (SVN), and Dzeko (BOS)...do they also have a Serb?

    *With* looking it up (sorry if it's not in the spirit of the thread but curiosity got the better of me) - yes, they do have a Serb - one Aleksandar Kolarov.

    RM
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  • From Werner Pichler@24:150/2 to rec.sport.soccer on Wed Oct 20 13:25:54 2021
    On Wednesday, October 20, 2021 at 7:53:03 PM UTC+2, alka...@hotmail.com wrote:
    Which prominent European club has first team squad players from 4 of the 5 former Yugoslavian countries (Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia, Slovenia).
    There are 7 (UEFA count) former Yugoslavian countries...
    There are probably more clubs, but this one is likely the most prominent.
    Atl|-tico have Oblak, Savi-c, Vrsaljko, and a Serbian striker that never plays. Ciao,
    Werner
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  • From MH@24:150/2 to rec.sport.soccer on Wed Oct 20 15:06:53 2021
    On 2021-10-20 14:25, Werner Pichler wrote:
    On Wednesday, October 20, 2021 at 7:53:03 PM UTC+2, alka...@hotmail.com wrote:
    Which prominent European club has first team squad players from 4 of the 5 former Yugoslavian countries (Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia, Slovenia).

    There are 7 (UEFA count) former Yugoslavian countries...

    There are probably more clubs, but this one is likely the most prominent.

    Atl|-tico have Oblak, Savi-c, Vrsaljko, and a Serbian striker that never plays.

    Ciao,
    Werner

    Lazio has 4 as well. MNE, SRB, Kosovo, Croatia - and two Albanians on
    top of that.

    Which team outside of the former USSR has players from the largest
    number of former soviet republics, though ?
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  • From Futbolmetrix@24:150/2 to rec.sport.soccer on Wed Oct 20 14:15:12 2021
    On Wednesday, October 20, 2021 at 5:06:56 PM UTC-4, MH wrote:
    On 2021-10-20 14:25, Werner Pichler wrote:
    On Wednesday, October 20, 2021 at 7:53:03 PM UTC+2, alka... wrote:
    Which prominent European club has first team squad players from 4 of the 5 former Yugoslavian countries (Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia, Slovenia).

    Which team outside of the former USSR has players from the largest
    number of former soviet republics, though ?

    Atalanta has two: Miranchuk(RUS) and Malinovskyi (UKR)
    Roma also two, but a bit more exotic: Mkhitaryan (ARM) and Shomurodov (UZB)

    There must be someone out there with three?
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  • From Werner Pichler@24:150/2 to rec.sport.soccer on Wed Oct 20 14:30:49 2021
    On Wednesday, October 20, 2021 at 11:15:13 PM UTC+2, Futbolmetrix wrote:
    On Wednesday, October 20, 2021 at 5:06:56 PM UTC-4, MH wrote:
    On 2021-10-20 14:25, Werner Pichler wrote:
    On Wednesday, October 20, 2021 at 7:53:03 PM UTC+2, alka... wrote:
    Which prominent European club has first team squad players from 4 of the 5 former Yugoslavian countries (Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia, Slovenia).
    Which team outside of the former USSR has players from the largest
    number of former soviet republics, though ?

    Atalanta has two: Miranchuk(RUS) and Malinovskyi (UKR)
    Roma also two, but a bit more exotic: Mkhitaryan (ARM) and Shomurodov (UZB)

    There must be someone out there with three?
    Haven't found one. Very few Russians currently ply their trade outside the mother country as
    the strict rules on foreign players in the Russian Premier League makes it much more comfy
    for them to earn big bucks at home (to the detriment of the RPL's European standing).
    But Ferencv|iros are interesting as they combine both questions - they have a Ukrainian and an Azeri
    on their squad, as well as players from Bosnia, Slovenia, Croatia and Serbia. Ciao,
    Werner
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  • From MH@24:150/2 to rec.sport.soccer on Wed Oct 20 15:40:02 2021
    On 2021-10-20 15:30, Werner Pichler wrote:
    On Wednesday, October 20, 2021 at 11:15:13 PM UTC+2, Futbolmetrix wrote:
    On Wednesday, October 20, 2021 at 5:06:56 PM UTC-4, MH wrote:
    On 2021-10-20 14:25, Werner Pichler wrote:
    On Wednesday, October 20, 2021 at 7:53:03 PM UTC+2, alka... wrote:
    Which prominent European club has first team squad players from 4 of the 5 former Yugoslavian countries (Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia, Slovenia).
    Which team outside of the former USSR has players from the largest
    number of former soviet republics, though ?

    Atalanta has two: Miranchuk(RUS) and Malinovskyi (UKR)
    Roma also two, but a bit more exotic: Mkhitaryan (ARM) and Shomurodov (UZB) >>
    There must be someone out there with three?

    Haven't found one. Very few Russians currently ply their trade outside the mother country as
    the strict rules on foreign players in the Russian Premier League makes it much more comfy
    for them to earn big bucks at home (to the detriment of the RPL's European standing).

    But Ferencv|iros are interesting as they combine both questions - they have a Ukrainian and an Azeri
    on their squad, as well as players from Bosnia, Slovenia, Croatia and Serbia.

    Sheriff Tiraspol would not count for my question, but they do have 4 ex
    Jugos (BIH, MKD, SVN, SRB) as well as Moldovan and Uzbek players.

    Malm|| have 6 players from former Yugoslav republics, including from 5 different countries (MKD, CRO, SRB, BIH, KVX)

    Ciao,
    Werner

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  • From Futbolmetrix@24:150/2 to rec.sport.soccer on Wed Oct 20 15:08:36 2021
    On Wednesday, October 20, 2021 at 5:30:51 PM UTC-4, Werner Pichler wrote:
    Haven't found one. Very few Russians currently ply their trade outside the mother country as
    the strict rules on foreign players in the Russian Premier League makes it much more comfy
    for them to earn big bucks at home (to the detriment of the RPL's European standing).


    There are four or five teams in the Polish Ekstraklasa with two nationalities (including interesting combinations of Latvians and Azeris), but none with 3.
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  • From Futbolmetrix@24:150/2 to rec.sport.soccer on Wed Oct 20 15:15:02 2021
    On Wednesday, October 20, 2021 at 6:08:37 PM UTC-4, Futbolmetrix wrote:

    There are four or five teams in the Polish Ekstraklasa with two nationalities (including interesting combinations of Latvians and Azeris), but none with 3.

    Our good old friends from Jaro also belong to the 2-FSR club: Savchenko (UKR) and Gulbis (LVA). Not the same as The Bull, though (didn't we also buy some Russian superstar at the time?)
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  • From Futbolmetrix@24:150/2 to rec.sport.soccer on Wed Oct 20 15:25:05 2021
    On Wednesday, October 20, 2021 at 6:15:03 PM UTC-4, Futbolmetrix wrote:
    On Wednesday, October 20, 2021 at 6:08:37 PM UTC-4, Futbolmetrix wrote:

    There are four or five teams in the Polish Ekstraklasa with two nationalities (including interesting combinations of Latvians and Azeris), but none with 3.
    Our good old friends from Jaro also belong to the 2-FSR club: Savchenko (UKR) and Gulbis (LVA). Not the same as The Bull, though (didn't we also buy some Russian superstar at the time?)

    Found one!

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PFC_Lokomotiv_Plovdiv#First-team_squad

    Ukraine, Moldova and Tajikistan!
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  • From Werner Pichler@24:150/2 to rec.sport.soccer on Wed Oct 20 15:28:34 2021
    On Thursday, October 21, 2021 at 12:25:06 AM UTC+2, Futbolmetrix wrote:
    On Wednesday, October 20, 2021 at 6:15:03 PM UTC-4, Futbolmetrix wrote:
    On Wednesday, October 20, 2021 at 6:08:37 PM UTC-4, Futbolmetrix wrote:

    There are four or five teams in the Polish Ekstraklasa with two nationalities (including interesting combinations of Latvians and Azeris), but none with 3.
    Our good old friends from Jaro also belong to the 2-FSR club: Savchenko (UKR) and Gulbis (LVA). Not the same as The Bull, though (didn't we also buy some Russian superstar at the time?)
    Found one!

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PFC_Lokomotiv_Plovdiv#First-team_squad

    Ukraine, Moldova and Tajikistan!
    Beat me to a Hungarian example! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mez%C5%91k%C3%B6vesdi_SE
    They currently sit in 8th in the Nemzeti Bajnoks|ig and have a Belarusian, a Georgian, and a Ukrainian (ethnic Hungarian, double nationality)
    Ciao,
    Werner
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  • From Mark@24:150/2 to rec.sport.soccer on Thu Oct 21 04:38:13 2021
    On Wednesday, October 20, 2021 at 9:25:55 PM UTC+1, Werner Pichler wrote:
    On Wednesday, October 20, 2021 at 7:53:03 PM UTC+2, alka...@hotmail.com wrote:
    Which prominent European club has first team squad players from 4 of the 5 former Yugoslavian countries (Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia, Slovenia).
    There are 7 (UEFA count) former Yugoslavian countries...
    There are probably more clubs, but this one is likely the most prominent.
    Atl|-tico have Oblak, Savi-c, Vrsaljko, and a Serbian striker that never plays.

    Ciao,
    Werner
    I thought it was more than 5 aswell: Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia, Slovenia, Macedonia, Montonegro; and Kosovo? Would that be correct?
    And now MH has brought it up, how many former USSR countries are there? Is it 15?
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  • From Al Kamista@24:150/2 to rec.sport.soccer on Thu Oct 21 05:15:43 2021
    On Wednesday, October 20, 2021 at 3:44:51 PM UTC-4, Real Mardin wrote:
    On Wednesday, October 20, 2021 at 7:25:12 PM UTC+1, Futbolmetrix wrote:
    On Wednesday, October 20, 2021 at 1:53:03 PM UTC-4, alka... wrote:
    Which prominent European club has first team squad players from 4 of the 5 former Yugoslavian countries (Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia, Slovenia).

    There are probably more clubs, but this one is likely the most prominent.
    Without looking it up, Inter has Brozovic (CRO), Handanovic (SVN), and Dzeko (BOS)...do they also have a Serb?
    *With* looking it up (sorry if it's not in the spirit of the thread but curiosity got the better of me) - yes, they do have a Serb - one Aleksandar Kolarov.

    Correct. Also Perisic from Croatia.

    But to Werner's point, didn't know there were 7 former Yugo nations. Who are the other two? Guessing Kosovo is one.
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  • From Futbolmetrix@24:150/2 to rec.sport.soccer on Thu Oct 21 08:34:49 2021
    On Thursday, October 21, 2021 at 8:15:45 AM UTC-4, alka... wrote:

    But to Werner's point, didn't know there were 7 former Yugo nations. Who are the other two? Guessing Kosovo is one.

    North Macedonia, Montenegro and Kosovo.
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  • From Futbolmetrix@24:150/2 to rec.sport.soccer on Thu Oct 21 08:40:04 2021
    On Thursday, October 21, 2021 at 7:38:15 AM UTC-4, Mark wrote:

    And now MH has brought it up, how many former USSR countries are there? Is it 15?

    Yes, 15. I once could list them by heart.

    Russia
    Ukraine
    Belarus
    Lithuania
    Latvia
    Estonia
    Moldova
    Georgia
    Armenia
    Azerbaijan
    Kazakhstan
    Uzbekistan
    Tajikistan
    Turkmenistan
    ...
    and Kyrgyzstan which I had to look up
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  • From Al Kamista@24:150/2 to rec.sport.soccer on Thu Oct 21 09:57:02 2021
    On Thursday, October 21, 2021 at 11:40:05 AM UTC-4, Futbolmetrix wrote:
    On Thursday, October 21, 2021 at 7:38:15 AM UTC-4, Mark wrote:

    And now MH has brought it up, how many former USSR countries are there? Is it 15?
    Yes, 15. I once could list them by heart.

    Russia
    Ukraine
    Belarus
    Lithuania
    Latvia
    Estonia
    Moldova
    Georgia
    Armenia
    Azerbaijan
    Kazakhstan
    Uzbekistan
    Tajikistan
    Turkmenistan
    ...
    and Kyrgyzstan which I had to look up

    Incredibly disappointing output from this bunch on the global national team stage.

    Pales in comparison to little Croatia who have made one WC final and one semifinal in their ~30 year history.

    Also an honorable mention for Serbia and Bosnia, who while have not done much as NTs, have produced some pretty damn good players over the years.
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