One of the most distinctive facts about a league is the number of foreigners in them.. It is often said that a league competition is powerful while more foreigners tend to accumulate. This saying, but nevertheless, It should be taken with tweezers because if we look at the following paragraphs we see how this is not always true.
In fact, nowadays, the league with the highest index of foreigners is the Canadian. La Canadian Championship acumula 88 of 124 foreign players. Total, a 71% from the league comes from outside. This data is helped because there are a total of 31 American players in the competition. Even, there are teams that only feature four or five local players.
The second league with the most presence of foreigners is one of the strongest in the world, but most. It is about, as many intuit, of the Premier League that accumulates 346 of 505 players from outside the Islands. Total, a 68,5 that comes from outside. Especially, notable is the case of France and Spain, which with 33 Y 32 players lead imports from the Anglo-Saxon country.
The third league with the most foreign players is the Cypriot which enjoys 110 of 174 (63,2%). Portugal 19 football players, Brazil with 17 and Spain with 10 they take the cake of the main nationalities. If Cyprus is the third, the fourth must be found in Italy. Serie A, 296 of 541 football players (54,7%) they are from outside. The presence of South Americans stands out as there are 48 Brazilians and as many Italians.
Total, exist 12 leagues in the world where the presence of foreigners exceeds that of nationals as is also the case of the Belgian, with a 50,2% foreign penetration. With regard to the most important leagues there are data of all kinds. In the spanish league, 185 of 480 players are foreigners. A low figure and percentage (38,5%) if we compare it with France (44,4%), Russia (47, 8%) or the Bundesliga (46%) but stop if we look at what happens in Argentina (55 of 628, 8,8%) the Brazil (47 of 719, 6,5% and a single European).
Precisely, the league with fewer foreigners (if we discount those that prohibit it) It is the Brazilian Serie B where there is hardly a 1,4% (9 of 661). And is that Brazil, it was always about exporting rather than importing.
Competition | Number of players | Foreign | % Foreign | By club | Average value. |
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Premier League | 505 | 346 | 68,5 % | 17 | 6.971.485 € |
Championship | 638 | 323 | 50,6 % | 13 | 946.356 € |
A series | 541 | 296 | 54,7 % | 15 | 4.437.015 € |
League 1 | 540 | 240 | 44,4 % | 12 | 2.885.370 € |
1.Bundesliga | 511 | 235 | 46,0 % | 13 | 4.374.168 € |
Division A | 439 | 230 | 52,4 % | 16 | 209.567 € |
2. Interregional league – group 1 | 422 | 223 | 52,8 % | 16 | 4.799 € |
Major League Soccer | 501 | 221 | 44,1 % | 12 | 348.084 € |
first League | 415 | 219 | 52,8 % | 14 | 1.936.747 € |
Jupiler Pro League | 439 | 213 | 48,5 % | 13 | 1.046.526 € |
Second League | 610 | 211 | 34,6 % | 10 | 286.598 € |
League One | 626 | 200 | 31,9 % | 8 | 230.391 € |
Super League | 528 | 199 | 37,7 % | 11 | 599.432 € |
Honorary doctorate | 401 | 193 | 48,1 % | 14 | 9.663 € |
Premier League | 404 | 193 | 47,8 % | 12 | 2.814.109 € |
First division | 480 | 185 | 38,5 % | 9 | 5.323.750 € |
2. Interregional league – group 5 | 405 | 180 | 44,4 % | 13 | 1.852 € |
Super League | 486 | 179 | 36,8 % | 10 | 1.921.914 € |
BGL Ligue | 376 | 178 | 47,3 % | 13 | 36.769 € |
Eredivisie | 505 | 172 | 34,1 % | 10 | 1.113.614 € |
B series | 615 | 171 | 27,8 % | 8 | 528.618 € |
2.Division | 493 | 169 | 34,3 % | 9 | 129.716 € |
2.Bundesliga | 504 | 164 | 32,5 % | 9 | 535.218 € |
League 2 | 536 | 160 | 29,9 % | 8 | 425.373 € |
League Two | 628 | 160 | 25,5 % | 7 | 114.586 € |
League 1 | 496 | 158 | 31,9 % | 9 | 473.185 € |
1.Liga Classic Group 1 | 352 | 151 | 42,9 % | 11 | 13.565 € |
Top league | 468 | 142 | 30,3 % | 9 | 330.769 € |
Bremen League | 434 | 139 | 32,0 % | 9 | 288 € |
U21 Premier League | 364 | 138 | 37,9 % | 6 | 37.706 € |
National Championship | 427 | 138 | 32,3 % | 9 | 244.145 € |
1.Liga Classic Group 2 | 351 | 137 | 39,0 % | 10 | 23.504 € |
2. Interregional league – group 6 | 356 | 136 | 38,2 % | 10 | 140 € |
NASL Spring Championship | 245 | 132 | 53,9 % | 13 | 88.449 € |
Premier League | 388 | 131 | 33,8 % | 9 | 1.641.753 € |
Scottish Premiership | 286 | 130 | 45,5 % | 11 | 467.745 € |
USL Pro | 348 | 130 | 37,4 % | 9 | 48.290 € |
1.Liga Classic Group 3 | 346 | 126 | 36,4 % | 9 | 12.934 € |
2. Interregional league – group 4 | 357 | 123 | 34,5 % | 9 | 1.120 € |
Tippeligaen | 367 | 123 | 33,5 % | 8 | 443.392 € |
Premier League | 337 | 121 | 35,9 % | 10 | 213.353 € |
First Liqasi | 279 | 120 | 43,0 % | 12 | 222.760 € |
Liga MX Clausura | 508 | 118 | 23,2 % | 7 | 954.429 € |
Liga MX Apertura | 508 | 118 | 23,2 % | 7 | 954.429 € |
MLS Cup Playoffs | 265 | 118 | 44,5 % | 12 | 326.377 € |
U19 Allsvenskan Norra | 354 | 117 | 33,1 % | 8 | 960 € |
Jupiler League | 585 | 117 | 20,0 % | 6 | 148.590 € |
Qatar Stars League | 484 | 117 | 24,2 % | 8 | 203.719 € |
Premier League | 328 | 116 | 35,4 % | 10 | 52.439 € |
S. League | 266 | 116 | 43,6 % | 10 | 11.654 € |
Raiffeisen Super League | 256 | 115 | 44,9 % | 12 | 715.723 € |
Conference National | 590 | 114 | 19,3 % | 5 | 38.771 € |
Premier League | 439 | 113 | 25,7 % | 7 | 126.196 € |
2. Interregional league – group 3 | 366 | 113 | 30,9 % | 8 | 3.005 € |
Vienna City League | 393 | 111 | 28,2 % | 7 | 254 € |
Jupiler Pro League PlayOff II | 221 | 111 | 50,2 % | 14 | 577.036 € |
First Division Clausura | 493 | 110 | 22,3 % | 6 | 255.781 € |
First Division Apertura | 493 | 110 | 22,3 % | 6 | 255.781 € |
United Football League | 272 | 110 | 40,4 % | 12 | 5.331 € |
Championship round | 174 | 110 | 63,2 % | 18 | 357.615 € |
2. Interregional league – group 2 | 345 | 109 | 31,6 % | 8 | 2.101 € |
Regionalliga southwest | 452 | 108 | 23,9 % | 6 | 79.093 € |
ABSA Premiership | 513 | 108 | 21,1 % | 7 | 176.657 € |
A Croup | 383 | 107 | 27,9 % | 8 | 408.264 € |
Oberliga Niederrhein | 514 | 107 | 20,8 % | 5 | 584 € |
Welsh Premier League | 419 | 107 | 25,5 % | 9 | 15.394 € |
1.Liga Promotion | 354 | 106 | 29,9 % | 7 | 43.785 € |
Challenge League | 252 | 105 | 41,7 % | 11 | 206.349 € |
NASL Fall Championship | 202 | 105 | 52,0 % | 13 | 81.411 € |
Relegation round | 199 | 104 | 52,3 % | 17 | 132.789 € |
Oberliga Baden-Württemberg | 458 | 102 | 22,3 % | 6 | 1.747 € |
Hessenliga | 439 | 102 | 23,2 % | 5 | 2.107 € |
3.League | 526 | 101 | 19,2 % | 5 | 211.502 € |
Oberliga Mittelrhein | 384 | 101 | 26,3 % | 6 | 391 € |
Allsvenskan | 379 | 100 | 26,4 % | 6 | 302.533 € |
Gambrinus Liga | 394 | 97 | 24,6 % | 6 | 372.145 € |
First Division League | 306 | 95 | 31,0 % | 8 | 54.902 € |
The Super League | 298 | 94 | 31,5 % | 8 | 493.876 € |
Division 1 Norway | 384 | 94 | 24,5 % | 7 | 17.656 € |
B-Jgd. BL West | 344 | 93 | 27,0 % | 7 | 0 |
Regionalliga Bayern | 479 | 91 | 19,0 % | 5 | 56.837 € |
Oberliga Hamburg | 449 | 90 | 20,0 % | 5 | 0 |
Regionalliga North | 435 | 89 | 20,5 % | 5 | 77.816 € |
Regionalliga West | 477 | 89 | 18,7 % | 5 | 86.635 € |
Canadian Championship | 124 | 88 | 71,0 % | 18 | 354.153 € |
Linked to Al | 426 | 86 | 20,2 % | 6 | 239.847 € |
Primavera Championship Final Phase | 357 | 86 | 24,1 % | 7 | 71.429 € |
Promises Eredivisie | 423 | 84 | 19,9 % | 4 | 46.336 € |
Second division | 538 | 83 | 15,4 % | 4 | 505.576 € |
Regional league middle | 385 | 82 | 21,3 % | 5 | 5.130 € |
Chinese Super League | 526 | 82 | 15,6 % | 5 | 237.391 € |
Oberliga Westfalen | 448 | 82 | 18,3 % | 5 | 949 € |
Tournament of the Inca | 484 | 80 | 16,5 % | 5 | 129.659 € |
Superettan | 386 | 80 | 20,7 % | 5 | 96.788 € |
Jupiler Pro League PlayOff I | 162 | 79 | 48,8 % | 13 | 1.883.333 € |
Veikkausliiga | 284 | 79 | 27,8 % | 7 | 125.792 € |
Premier League | 269 | 79 | 29,4 % | 8 | 219.238 € |
Corgon league | 359 | 78 | 21,7 % | 7 | 152.786 € |
Group B Spring Championship | 412 | 77 | 18,7 % | 6 | 61.590 € |
National Division | 341 | 77 | 22,6 % | 6 | 94.208 € |
Primavera Championship Group A | 401 | 74 | 18,5 % | 5 | 67.456 € |
J. League Division 2 | 642 | 74 | 11,5 % | 3 | 178.236 € |
Botola Pro | 493 | 74 | 15,0 % | 5 | 139.625 € |
SuperLiga | 435 | 73 | 16,8 % | 5 | 323.793 € |
Salzburg League | 421 | 72 | 17,1 % | 5 | 1.781 € |
Football League Nord | 381 | 72 | 18,9 % | 5 | 110.472 € |
Saudi Professional League | 485 | 72 | 14,8 % | 5 | 188.247 € |
1.League | 518 | 72 | 13,9 % | 4 | 272.008 € |
A-Jgd. BL South / Southwest | 360 | 71 | 19,7 % | 5 | 2.847 € |
Burgenland League | 415 | 70 | 16,9 % | 4 | 1.145 € |
Bundesliga | 268 | 69 | 25,7 % | 7 | 587.966 € |
J. League Division 1 | 508 | 69 | 13,6 % | 4 | 448.671 € |
A-League | 268 | 68 | 25,4 % | 7 | 297.481 € |
Oberliga NOFV-Nord | 373 | 68 | 18,2 % | 4 | 134 € |
Professional League 1 | 486 | 67 | 13,8 % | 4 | 180.144 € |
A-Jgd. BL West | 356 | 66 | 18,5 % | 5 | 2.949 € |
A Croup – Championship group | 192 | 66 | 34,4 % | 9 | 603.255 € |
Oberliga Lower Saxony | 370 | 66 | 17,8 % | 4 | 743 € |
Football League Süd | 377 | 65 | 17,2 % | 5 | 105.239 € |
Regional League East | 406 | 64 | 15,8 % | 4 | 5.603 € |
Regionalliga Northeast | 383 | 64 | 16,7 % | 4 | 66.775 € |
1.Division | 439 | 64 | 14,6 % | 4 | 214.009 € |
Virsliga | 258 | 62 | 24,0 % | 6 | 87.016 € |
Second League | 377 | 62 | 16,4 % | 4 | 109.748 € |
Upper Austria League | 355 | 61 | 17,2 % | 4 | 2.324 € |
Regionalliga West | 399 | 61 | 15,3 % | 4 | 3.258 € |
Second Division B – Group IV | 491 | 60 | 12,2 % | 3 | 5.906 € |
Ascent MX Clausura | 485 | 60 | 12,4 % | 4 | 215.165 € |
Ascent MX Opening | 485 | 60 | 12,4 % | 4 | 215.165 € |
Oberliga Rhineland-Palatinate / Saar | 437 | 60 | 13,7 % | 3 | 515 € |
Wyschejschaja Liha | 243 | 60 | 24,7 % | 5 | 296.296 € |
Superior Category | 359 | 59 | 16,4 % | 5 | 100.418 € |
Bayern League South | 435 | 59 | 13,6 % | 3 | 1.667 € |
Premier League relegation round | 169 | 58 | 34,3 % | 10 | 35.207 € |
Premier League Championship Round | 159 | 58 | 36,5 % | 10 | 70.755 € |
1.Division | 387 | 57 | 14,7 % | 4 | 93.928 € |
Tirol League | 393 | 56 | 14,2 % | 4 | 0 |
China League One | 474 | 56 | 11,8 % | 4 | 73.892 € |
The League | 269 | 56 | 20,8 % | 6 | 86.059 € |
Carinthian League | 346 | 55 | 15,9 % | 3 | 0 |
Initial Tournament | 628 | 55 | 8,8 % | 3 | 614.172 € |
Final Tournament | 628 | 55 | 8,8 % | 3 | 614.172 € |
Welsh Premier League championship round | 171 | 55 | 32,2 % | 9 | 15.936 € |
ASB Premiership | 168 | 53 | 31,5 % | 7 | 133.036 € |
B-Jgd. BL South / Southwest | 365 | 52 | 14,2 % | 4 | 0 |
Israel relegation round | 267 | 52 | 19,5 % | 7 | 165.449 € |
Opening League | 215 | 52 | 24,2 % | 7 | 1.183.372 € |
Play-Offs Promotion / Relegation | 242 | 52 | 21,5 % | 7 | 152.996 € |
Welsh Premier League Relegation | 248 | 52 | 21,0 % | 9 | 15.020 € |
Regional League Styria | 373 | 51 | 13,7 % | 3 | 3.887 € |
Professional League 1 | 424 | 51 | 12,0 % | 3 | 181.781 € |
Egyptian Premier League | 661 | 51 | 7,7 % | 2 | 133.585 € |
First Division – B | 425 | 51 | 12,0 % | 3 | 165.471 € |
A-Jgd. BL North / Northeast | 339 | 50 | 14,7 % | 4 | 24.705 € |
Serie A First Stage | 318 | 50 | 15,7 % | 4 | 495.597 € |
Serie A Second Stage | 318 | 50 | 15,7 % | 4 | 495.597 € |
1 League | 485 | 50 | 10,3 % | 3 | 134.845 € |
Premium League | 231 | 49 | 21,2 % | 5 | 87.013 € |
Primavera Championship Group C | 416 | 49 | 11,8 % | 4 | 44.651 € |
Bayernliga Nord | 418 | 49 | 11,7 % | 3 | 120 € |
First League | 256 | 48 | 18,8 % | 5 | 153.223 € |
1. Regional League Lower Austria | 386 | 48 | 12,4 % | 3 | 1.036 € |
Lebanese Premier League | 304 | 48 | 15,8 % | 4 | 42.442 € |
Brazilian Championship Serie A | 719 | 47 | 6,5 % | 2 | 766.238 € |
Pepsideild | 335 | 47 | 14,0 % | 4 | 39.627 € |
IFA Premiership | 435 | 47 | 10,8 % | 4 | 14.253 € |
Postobon League I | 622 | 46 | 7,4 % | 3 | 276.367 € |
B Ethniki Play-Offs | 220 | 46 | 20,9 % | 6 | 161.364 € |
Oberliga NOFV-Süd | 331 | 45 | 13,6 % | 3 | 3.172 € |
First League | 567 | 44 | 7,8 % | 3 | 86.905 € |
Scottish Championship | 238 | 43 | 18,1 % | 4 | 138.130 € |
League of Ireland | 281 | 42 | 14,9 % | 4 | 46.646 € |
Jugendliga U16 | 316 | 42 | 13,3 % | 4 | 0 |
1.HNL | 269 | 42 | 15,6 % | 4 | 521.747 € |
Vorarlberg League | 334 | 41 | 12,3 % | 3 | 524 € |
A Croup – Relegation group | 191 | 41 | 21,5 % | 6 | 212.251 € |
Second Division B – Group III | 501 | 41 | 8,2 % | 2 | 6.587 € |
First Division Apertura | 460 | 41 | 8,9 % | 3 | 299.511 € |
First Division Clausura | 460 | 41 | 8,9 % | 3 | 299.511 € |
One | 236 | 39 | 16,5 % | 4 | 318 € |
2 League – Eastern group | 459 | 39 | 8,5 % | 2 | 37.418 € |
First National B | 717 | 38 | 5,3 % | 2 | 174.784 € |
1.Department | 340 | 38 | 11,2 % | 3 | 12.397 € |
Jugendliga U18 | 312 | 38 | 12,2 % | 3 | 1.843 € |
Schleswig-Holstein League | 417 | 38 | 9,1 % | 2 | 1.319 € |
K-League Classic | 410 | 38 | 9,3 % | 3 | 355.000 € |
First Division – A | 418 | 37 | 8,9 % | 2 | 146.471 € |
Bardsragujn chumb | 208 | 36 | 17,3 % | 5 | 136.659 € |
2.HNL | 343 | 36 | 10,5 % | 3 | 76.312 € |
FBiH First League | 399 | 34 | 8,5 % | 2 | 48.496 € |
Israel finals | 159 | 34 | 21,4 % | 6 | 364.780 € |
Scottish League One | 232 | 33 | 14,2 % | 3 | 10.722 € |
National Championship II | 390 | 33 | 8,5 % | 2 | 85.641 € |
Second Division B – Group ii | 481 | 32 | 6,7 % | 2 | 7.900 € |
A-League Finals Series | 165 | 31 | 18,8 % | 5 | 308.485 € |
Closing Promotion League | 221 | 31 | 14,0 % | 4 | 275.475 € |
ASB Premiership-Play-Offs | 74 | 31 | 41,9 % | 8 | 176.351 € |
First Macedonian Football League | 293 | 29 | 9,9 % | 2 | 133.788 € |
Apertura Promotion League | 224 | 29 | 12,9 % | 4 | 254.821 € |
B-Jgd. BL North / Northeast | 316 | 28 | 8,9 % | 2 | 0 |
2.Division Ost | 422 | 28 | 6,6 % | 2 | 2.488 € |
League II – Series II | 358 | 28 | 7,8 % | 2 | 131.983 € |
First Division Winter | 379 | 26 | 6,9 % | 2 | 165.040 € |
1.Division | 272 | 26 | 9,6 % | 2 | 143.842 € |
Playoff Premier League | 207 | 26 | 12,6 % | 4 | 18.357 € |
First Division Summer | 379 | 26 | 6,9 % | 2 | 165.040 € |
Second Professional Division | 406 | 25 | 6,2 % | 2 | 80.665 € |
Iranian Pro League | 440 | 24 | 5,5 % | 2 | 237.557 € |
Jupiler Pro League relegation playoffs | 56 | 23 | 41,1 % | 12 | 478.571 € |
NASL Playoffs | 52 | 23 | 44,2 % | 12 | 78.173 € |
Postobon League Final Stage I | 269 | 22 | 8,2 % | 3 | 372.305 € |
Premier League | 476 | 22 | 4,6 % | 1 | 19.380 € |
Play-Offs First Division Apertura | 115 | 21 | 18,3 % | 5 | 330.870 € |
Second Division B – Group I | 402 | 21 | 5,2 % | 1 | 1.990 € |
First Division | 211 | 21 | 10,0 % | 3 | 7.938 € |
Playout Premier League | 228 | 21 | 9,2 % | 4 | 10.526 € |
Effodeildin | 276 | 19 | 6,9 % | 2 | 11.504 € |
Umaglesi Liga | 274 | 19 | 6,9 % | 2 | 142.883 € |
2 League – Western group | 467 | 19 | 4,1 % | 1 | 51.178 € |
League II – Series I | 305 | 18 | 5,9 % | 2 | 124.016 € |
Division 1 South | 329 | 18 | 5,5 % | 1 | 228 € |
Premier League B | 212 | 17 | 8,0 % | 2 | 1.769 € |
League II – Seria II Play-Off | 191 | 17 | 8,9 % | 3 | 153.272 € |
2.Division Vest | 412 | 16 | 3,9 % | 1 | 1.456 € |
K-League Challenge | 305 | 16 | 5,2 % | 2 | 98.361 € |
J3 League | 386 | 13 | 3,4 % | 1 | 42.876 € |
Final Opening | 59 | 12 | 20,3 % | 6 | 344.068 € |
First Division Winter Play-Off | 124 | 12 | 9,7 % | 3 | 219.153 € |
U19 Allsvenskan Södra | 314 | 12 | 3,8 % | 1 | 478 € |
Final Decentralized Tournament | 65 | 12 | 18,5 % | 6 | 98.462 € |
League II – Seria I Play-Off | 154 | 12 | 7,8 % | 2 | 144.968 € |
Second League | 271 | 12 | 4,4 % | 1 | 52.306 € |
1.League | 266 | 11 | 4,1 % | 1 | 11.090 € |
Premier League | 229 | 10 | 4,4 % | 1 | 109 € |
First Division Summer Play-Off | 116 | 10 | 8,6 % | 3 | 218.103 € |
Scottish League Two | 233 | 10 | 4,3 % | 1 | 1.609 € |
Brazilian Championship Serie B | 661 | 9 | 1,4 % | 0 | 74.244 € |
Group B. | 413 | 9 | 2,2 % | 1 | 64.879 € |
League II – Seria II Play-Out | 139 | 9 | 6,5 % | 2 | 105.576 € |
Perscha Liga | 371 | 8 | 2,2 % | 1 | 107.547 € |
Armenian First League | 277 | 6 | 2,2 % | 1 | 8.394 € |
Japan Football League | 367 | 6 | 1,6 % | 0 | 5.381 € |
League II – Seria I Play-Out | 151 | 6 | 4,0 % | 1 | 102.649 € |
Prime League | 272 | 6 | 2,2 % | 1 | 368 € |
2.League White | 495 | 6 | 1,2 % | 0 | 74.394 € |
2.League Red | 493 | 6 | 1,2 % | 0 | 69.980 € |
Promotion round to Regionalliga Nord | 48 | 4 | 8,3 % | 2 | 0 |
Relegation Iranian Pro League | 73 | 1 | 1,4 % | 0 | 79.452 € |
Folksam U21 Allsvenskan Södra | 9 | 1 | 11,1 % | 0 | 2.778 € |
TFF 3rd League Group 1 | 482 | 1 | 0,2 % | 0 | 16.649 € |
TFF 3rd League Group 3 | 513 | 1 | 0,2 % | 0 | 18.713 € |
Folksam U21 Allsvenskan Norra | 8 | 0 | 0,0 % | 0 | 0 |
TFF 3rd League Group 2 | 506 | 0 | 0,0 % | 0 | 18.676 € |
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