# of Non-EU players allowed on EU league?

Discussion in 'UEFA and Europe' started by Excape Goat, Feb 2, 2004.

  1. Excape Goat

    Excape Goat Member+

    Mar 18, 1999
    Club:
    Real Madrid
    What are the numbers in each EU league? EPL? Bundesliga? Serie A? and others?
     
  2. Nico Limmat

    Nico Limmat Member+

    Oct 24, 1999
    Dubai, UAE
    Club:
    Grasshopper Club Zürich
    Nat'l Team:
    Switzerland
    The Swiss Super League is technically not a EU league, but because of a political treaty we're treated as if we were (meaning Swiss players count as EU citizens in EU leagues)

    Restrictions in Switzerland

    - a max. of 5 non-EU players on the field for a team at any given time, with the possibility of having 2 more non-EU players on the bench.
     
  3. Spartak

    Spartak Member

    Nov 6, 1999
    Philly
    Club:
    AC Milan
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    In Italy there is no limit on the amount of non-EU players a club can have. However, each club is only allowed to buy 1 non-EU player from outside of Italy per year.

    In Spain and England I think the limit is 4 or 5 non-EU players per club.
     
  4. Danks81

    Danks81 Member

    May 18, 2003
    Philadelphia
    England removed it's limit on the amount of non-EU's per squad. However non-EU's still need a work permit in order to play.

    I think France has no limit on non-EU's on a team's roster, but a match squad can have no more than 5.
     
  5. urtel

    urtel Member

    Jul 16, 2003
    PDX
    Club:
    Rochester Rhinos
    Nat'l Team:
    Finland
    Not too long ago, Chelsea fielded a team consisting of all foreigners. I think that was around 98 or 99. Probably the later.

    The tricky thing is with France is they let the players from their former colonies play as French.
     
  6. hemariva

    hemariva New Member

    Feb 22, 2003
    Missouri
    Well, considering the only English first-teamers they had around that time were Le Saux, Wise and Duberry, that's not very hard to believe. But althought they fielded a lot of foreigners, they were still mostly EU-players. Zola/Di Matteo/Vialli-Italy, Leboeuf/Desailly-French, etc.
     

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