Number of licensees in the five main countries of European football 2016-2017
This statistic represents the number of footballers licensed in each "Big Five" country, ie Germany, Spain, Italy, England and France, during the 2016-2017 season. It can be seen that England had the largest number of licensed players, with more than eight million people. That year, France was in third place with just over 2 million licensees. In 2015, the more licenses were awarded in Île-de-France region for this country.
