Which leagues are most foreign?
Share of appearances made by players whose nationality is not the country of the league.
UEFA Youth League (International) leans hardest on players from elsewhere: 100% of its squads are foreign.
| League | Foreign | Player-seasons |
|---|---|---|
| 1. UEFA Youth League International | 100% | 443 |
| 2. Premier Soccer League Südafrika | 100% | 443 |
| 3. Fußball-Nationallliga Tschechien | 100% | 427 |
| 4. K3 League (2020) Südkorea | 100% | 416 |
| 5. Saudi Professional League Saudi-Arabien | 100% | 406 |
| 6. K League 2 Südkorea | 100% | 376 |
| 7. Super League China | 100% | 371 |
| 8. Campionato San Marino | 100% | 364 |
| 9. K League 1 Südkorea | 100% | 357 |
| 10. Premier Division Vereinigte Arabische Emirate | 100% | 356 |
| 11. Primera División Costa Rica | 100% | 334 |
| 12. First League Nordmazedonien | 100% | 298 |
| 13. Premiership Nordirland | 100% | 288 |
| 14. Czech Liga Tschechien | 100% | 285 |
| 15. 1st Division Südafrika | 100% | 278 |
| 16. Premijer Liga Bosnien und Herzegowina | 100% | 274 |
| 17. Premier Division Irland | 100% | 214 |
| 18. China League One China | 99.5% | 203 |
| 19. First Division Irland | 99.1% | 221 |
| 20. Süper Lig Türkei | 95.5% | 398 |
| 21. TFF 1. Lig Türkei | 95.3% | 489 |
| 22. TFF 2. Lig Türkei | 88.7% | 816 |
| 23. 1. Division Zypern | 67.3% | 346 |
| 24. Serie A Italien | 67.3% | 346 |
| 25. Nationaldivision Luxemburg | 65.7% | 347 |
| 26. Super League Griechenland | 65.7% | 309 |
| 27. FA WSL England | 64.3% | 238 |
| 28. Major League Soccer Vereinigte Staaten | 63.8% | 472 |
| 29. Super League Schweiz | 57% | 249 |
| 30. Premier League England | 56.6% | 244 |
| 31. Primeira Liga Portugal | 53.6% | 289 |
| 32. Bardsragujn chumb Armenien | 53.4% | 262 |
| 33. Division 1A Belgien | 53.3% | 302 |
| 34. First League Bulgarien | 53.1% | 294 |
| 35. Segunda Liga Portugal | 52.4% | 378 |
| 36. Maltese Premier League Malta | 51.6% | 285 |
| 37. 1. SNL Slowenien | 51.1% | 235 |
| 38. Premjer-Liga Kasachstan | 50% | 224 |
| 39. Ekstraklasa Polen | 48.3% | 356 |
| 40. Ligue 1 Frankreich | 48.3% | 207 |
Showing every competition. Major competitions only
Nationality as the profile records it, against the country the competition belongs to. A continental competition therefore counts almost everyone as foreign, which is why they sit out of this list.