As the UEFA Champions League group stage begins, there are 79 African players participating in the competition. The distribution of these players by country is as follows:
- Ghana: 10 players
- Morocco: 9 players
- Ivory Coast: 9 players
- Cameroon: 8 players
- Nigeria: 7 players
- Senegal: 6 players
- Congo: 5 players
- Algeria: 3 players
- DR Congo: 3 players
- Mali: 3 players
- Angola: 2 players
- Cape Verde: 2 players
- Guinea Bissau: 2 players
- Egypt: 2 players
- South Africa: 1 player
- Sierra Leone: 1 player
- Gabon: 1 player
- Guinea: 1 player
- Togo: 1 player
- Comoros: 1 player
- Tunisia: 1 player
- Ethiopia: 1 player
Out of the 79 players, 37 are African internationals. The UEFA Champions League continues to be a stage for both established stars like Samuel Eto’o and emerging talents like Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.
