Club football is largely put on the back burner over the summer when international tournaments take place, with the 2014 World Cup occupying the attentions of almost everybody with a mind toward football over the past five or six weeks.
The managers, scouts and fans of some clubs, however, would be casting a keen eye over the form and fitness of their own players during the tournament—as well as prospective transfer targets, of course.
Just like four years ago when a core of Barcelona players provided the Spain squad which was successful in South Africa 2010, certain clubs have seen their stars enjoy more success at the 2014 finals than others. Here are the 30 top clubs, ranked by how well their players fared and how far they went during the World Cup.
We take into account those who participated at the finals, not unused substitutes, with more emphasis on those who appeared more frequently and went further in the tournament, not just appeared at the group phase. Players are assigned to the teams they played for at the end of last season, not their new clubs if they have made a subsequent transfer or their parent clubs if they were out on loan in
Four members of the Greek national team came from Olympiacos, with central defender Kostas Manolas impressing the most.
Midfielders Giannis Maniatis, Andreas Samaris and left-back Jose Holebas also played a big part in the Greece side's run to the round of 16.
2014 World Cup: Final Team Rankings
Welcome to the last edition of our FIFA World Cup 2014 team power rankings, where we order the sides competing based on their overall performance in the competition.
The semi-finals threw up a pasting and a bore, with Germany smashing Brazil 7-1 and Argentina limping past the Netherlands on penalties.
The finale was a classic, as Germany and Argentina battled through 90 scoreless minutes. Mario Gotze finally struck the winner in the 113th minute to give the Germans their first World Cup title since 1990. It was a European side's first triumph on South American soil.
Read on to see how the world's top 32 teams shaped up after the epic tournament in Brazil
The semi-finals threw up a pasting and a bore, with Germany smashing Brazil 7-1 and Argentina limping past the Netherlands on penalties.
The finale was a classic, as Germany and Argentina battled through 90 scoreless minutes. Mario Gotze finally struck the winner in the 113th minute to give the Germans their first World Cup title since 1990. It was a European side's first triumph on South American soil.
Read on to see how the world's top 32 teams shaped up after the epic tournament in Brazil
20 Best Matches of the 2014 World Cup
It's all over, and as Germany celebrate the victory in the
Maracana that crowned them as world champions, we are left to look back
at a tournament that provided a huge amount of thrills, spills and
memorable moments.
Everyone will have their favourite moments from the past four-and-a-half weeks, and some goals and incidents will mean more to some than others. But what about the best and most memorable matches?
Here we take a look at the Top 20 games of the 2014 World Cup.
.Everyone will have their favourite moments from the past four-and-a-half weeks, and some goals and incidents will mean more to some than others. But what about the best and most memorable matches?
Here we take a look at the Top 20 games of the 2014 World Cup.
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