Arsenal

1. Vassiriki (Abou) Diaby Midfielder French

2. Mesut zil Midfielder Germany
3. Yaya Sanogo Forward French. Loaned to Crystal Palace F.C, see below.
Aston Villa F.C
1. Aly Cissokho Defender France
2. Philippe Senderos Defender Swiss
Muslim Players in Chelsea F.C
1. Mohamed Salah Midfielder Loaned out to Fiorentina since January 2015.
2. Kurt Zouma Defender French
Crystal Palace F.C
1. Marouane Chamakh Striker French
2. Adlene Gurdiora Midfied Algerian
3. Yaya Sanogo Forward French
Everton F.C
1. Arouna Kone Striker Ivorian
2. Muhamed Bei Midfield Bosnian
Hull City F.C
1. Ahmed Elmohamady Midfield Egypt
2. Hatem Ben Arfa Midfielder French Released, currently a free agent. Expected to sign for Nice.
3. Mohamed Diam Midfield Senegalese
Leicester City F.C
1. Riyad Mahrez Midfield Algerian
Liverpool F.C
1. Mamadou Sakho Defender France
2. Kolo Toure Defender Ivory Coast
3. Emre Can Midfield German
Manchester City F.C
1. Bacari Sagna Defense French
2. Samir Nasri Midfielder French
3. Yaya Toure Midfielder Ivorian
4. Edin Dzeko Striker Bosnian
Muslim Footballers in Manchester United F.C
 1. Adnan Januzaj Midfield Belgium
2. Marouane Fellaini Midfielder Belgian
Newcastle United F.C
1. Massadio Haidara Defender Senegalese
2. Ismael Cheik Tiot Midfielder Ivory Coast
3. Moussa Sissoko Midfielder French
4. Papiss Cisse Striker Senegalese
5. Mehdi Abeid Midfield Algeria
Queens Park Rangers F.C
1. Armand Traore Defender French
2. Adel Taarabt Midfielder Moroccan
Stoke City F.C
1. Asmir Begovic Goal Keeper Bosnian
2. Oussama Assaidi Striker Moroccan Was on loan from Liverpool F.C. Left to play in Dubai, Al-
Ahli Club.
Muslims Players in Tottenham Hotspur F.C
1. Younes Kaboul Defender French
2. Moussa Dembele Striker Belgian
3. Nacer Chadli Midfield Belgian
4. Nabil Bentaleb Midfield Algerian
West Bromwich Albion
1. Youssouf Mulumbu Midfielder Congolese
2. Adil Nabi Forward England
West Ham United
1. Cheikhou Kouyate Midfielder Senegalise

Thats the updated list of Muslim Footballers for this year in the Barclays Premier League.

Which of these players will make your first team?

Also let me know if I have missed any so that I can update the list, I am not sure about Diafra
Sakho of West Ham and Sadio Mane of Southampton, so if anyone can confirm then I will add
him to the list too.
Ive included Kurt Zouma above too, though I couldnt confirm, there were too many signs such
as making dua on the pitch.

Belgium
This Belgium team has some very good world-class players in their squad.

Midfielders: Nacer Chadli (Tottenham), Mousa Dembele (Tottenham), Marouane Fellaini (Man
United), Adnan Januzaj (Manchester United).
Bosnia-Hercegovina
There should no surprises if a lot or all of the Bosnian players are muslims, as they are a
predominantly muslim country.

Update: thanks to Mahmud, most of the Bosnian Players in the team are Muslim.
Goalkeepers: Asmir Begovic (Stoke City), Asmir Avdukic (Borac Banja Luka), Jasmin Fejzic (VFR
Aalen).
Defenders: Emir Spahic (Bayer Leverkusen), Sead Kolasinac (Schalke), Ermin Bicakcic (Eintracht
Braunschweig), Muhamed Besic (Ferencvaros), Mensur Mujdza (Freiburg).
Midfielders: Miralem Pjanic (Roma), Izet Hajrovic (Galatasaray), Haris Medunjanin
(Gaziantepspor), Senad Lulic (Lazio), Anel Hadzic (Sturm), Tino Susic (Hajduk), Sejad Salihovic
(Hoffenheim), Senijad Ibricic (Erciyesspor), Avdija Vrsaljevic (Hajduk).
Strikers: Vedad Ibisevic (VfB Stuttgart), Edin Dzeko (Manchester City), Edin Visca (Istanbul BB).
France
France has many North African descendants, there are a lot of muslim players from France who
are playing in various leagues around the world. With the omission of Samir Nasri from the
French squad and Bilal Ribery injured; lets have a look at how many muslims footballers have
made it in the France squad for World cup 2014.

Defenders: Bacary Sagna (Arsenal), Mamadou Sakho (Liverpool).

Midfield: Moussa Sissoko (Newcastle), Paul Pogba (Juventus).
Strikers: Karim Benzema (Real Madrid).
Germany
Another European nation with many muslim migrants especially from Turkey.

Defenders: Shkodran Mustafi (Sampdoria).

Midfielders: Sami Khedira (Real Madrid), Mesut Ozil (Arsenal).
Switzerland
The Swiss squad has a few muslims, although they are Swiss citizens some of them are of
Albanian descent. Among them is one player, the former Fulham defender who became muslim
in 2012.

Defenders: Philippe Senderos (Valencia).

Midfielders: Valon Behrami (Napoli), Blerim Dzemaili (Napoli), Gokhan Inler (Napoli), Xherdan
Shaqiri (Bayern Munich).
Forwards: Admir Mehmedi (Freiburg), Haris Seferovic (Real Sociedad), Granit Xhaka (Borussia
Monchengladbach).
Muslim Football Players from Africa
Africa have the 3rd highest amount of teams (5) competing for the World Cup 2014 in Brazil,
most of their players play in foreign leagues across the world. Africa also has a high number of
muslims especially in North Africa.

Algeria
Will you be surprised if the entire squad is Muslim?

Goalkeepers: Rais Mbolhi (CSKA Sofia), Cedric Si Mohamed (CS Constantine), Mohamed
Lamine Zemmamouche (USM Alger).
Defenders: Essaid Belkalem (Watford, on loan from Granada), Madjid Bougherra (Lekhwya Club),
Faouzi Ghoualm (Napoli), Rafik Halliche (Academica Coimbra), Aissa Mandi (Stade Reims),
Djamel Mesbah (Livorno), Mehdi Mostefa (AC Ajaccio).
Midfielders: Nabil Bentaleb (Tottenham), Yasine Brahimi (Granada), Medhi Lacen (Getafe),
Saphir Taider (Inter Milan), Hassan Yebda (Udinese).
Forwards: Abdelmoumene Djabou (Club Africain), Sofiane Feghouli (Valencia), Nabil Ghilas
(Porto), Riyad Mahrez (Leicester City), Islam Slimani (Sporting Lisbon, Portugal), Hilal Soudani
(Dinamo Zagreb).
Ghana
Another African nation which has a good population of muslims in their country. The Ayew
brothers, despite having names which are not traditional muslim names are actually muslim.

Defenders: Rashid Sumalia (Mamelodi Sundowns).

Midfielders: Sulley Muntari (AC Milan), Rabiu Mohammed (Kuban Krasnodar), Andre Ayew
(Marseille), Mubarak Wakaso (Rubin Kazan).
Forwards: Abdul Majeed Waris (Valenciennes), Kevin-Prince Boateng (Schalke 04), Jordan
Ayew (Sochaux).
Ivory Coast
The West African nation has 5 muslim players in their squad, among them is Yaya Toure who is
one of the best footballers in the World!

Updated list thanks to bin Khalids good observations.

Defenders: Kolo Toure (Liverpool F.C), Sol Bamba (Trabzonspor).
Midfielders: Yaya Toure (Manchester City), Cheick Tiote (Newcastle), Diomande Ismael (Saint
Etienne), Didier Ya Konan (Hannover).
Forwards: Gervinho (Roma), Salomon Kalou (Lille).
Nigeria
A very large muslim nation from Africa, not expecting many muslim players in their squad though.

Midfielders: Ramon Azeez (Almeria)

Forward: Ahmed Musa (CSKA Moscow)
Asia
Asia has 3 teams competing in the World Cup this year, Korea Republic, Japan and Iran. No
prizes for guessing which nation has Muslim players in it.

Iran
Iran should have an all muslim squad because they are a muslim country.

Goalkeepers: Alireza Haghighi (Sporting Covilha, on loan from Rubin Kazan), Rahman Ahmadi
(Sepahan).
Defenders: Hossein Mahini (Persepolis), Pejman Montazeri (Umm Salal), Jalal Hosseini
(Persepolis), Amir-Hossein Sadeghi (Esteghlal), Ahmad Alenemeh (Naft), Hashem Beikzadeh
(Esteghlal), Mehrdad Pouladi (Persepolis).
Midfielders: Javad Nekounam (Kuwait SC), Reza Haghighi (Persepolis), Ghasem Haddadifar
(Zob Ahan), Bakhtiar Rahmani (Foolad), Ehsan Hajsafi (Sepahan).
Forwards: Ashkan Dejagah (Fulham), Masoud Shojaei (Las Palmas), Alireza Jahanbakhsh (NEC
Nijmegen), Reza Ghoochannejhad (Charlton), Karim Ansarifard (Tractor Saz, on loan from
Persepolis), Khosro Heydari (Esteghlal).

So there you have it! All of the muslim footballers competing in this years World cup in Brazil. In
total there are 87 98 of them from 10 teams spanning 3 Continents, no players are Muslim from
North America, South America and Australia in this years World Cup.