Sporting tops all-time Club World Cup ranking, leaves Benfica behind | OneFootball

Sporting and Benfica are, by a wide margin, the clubs with the most “appearances” across Portugal’s nine World Cup final tournaments, topping all the Portuguese rankings. Sporting lead in the number of players called up and fielded, and also in goals conceded.

The two Lisbon rivals, in fact, occupy the top two spots in every table, except for goals, both scored — where Sporting are only eighth — and conceded, where no Benfica goalkeeper appears on the list. Thus, when it comes to goals conceded, the Lions lead by a clear margin with 20, followed by Porto with 10, Belenenses with seven, Sevilla with three, and Sporting de Braga with one.

For Portugal’s nine final tournaments in 1966, 1986, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022 and 2026, Sporting lead with 33 call-ups, including Rui Silva, Gonçalo Inácio and Francisco Trincão, Roberto Martínez’s recent picks for the 23rd World Cup — where the club will also have a strong presence among the other national teams.

Benfica, meanwhile, are known to have only one representative, Tomás Araújo, at the tournament being held across the United States, Mexico and Canada, and are second with 27, followed by Porto, who moved up to 23 thanks to Diogo Costa’s call-up for the 2026 edition.

In terms of players fielded, Sporting, who had no representatives at the 2022 World Cup, also lead with 23, just one more than Benfica, who have 22, compared to Porto’s 17. Real Madrid are fourth with seven.

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