LaLiga overtakes Bundesliga and Premier League: Italy lags in Serie A

A study shows that LaLiga leads the European ranking for the number of national players used, surpassing the Bundesliga and Ligue 1, while Serie A and the Premier League are the furthest behind, highlighting a low presence of Azzurri in Italy. The result raises doubts about the appreciation of Italian talent in the country's most prestigious league.

LaLiga dominates the national count

LaLiga has fielded a total of 260 Spanish players, with an average of 37.1 national appearances per matchday and 13 players per team. The data cover seven league matchdays, although Athletic Club and Levante have played only six rounds.

Bundesliga and Ligue 1 lag behind

The Bundesliga follows with 148 Germans employed, maintaining an average of 37 national appearances per matchday and 8.22 players per team. The count is based on four matchdays played, and the league imposes no limits on non‑EU players.

In France, Ligue 1 records 147 French players on the field, with an average of 29.4 appearances per matchday and 8.17 players per team. The data come from five league matchdays. The figure highlights the gap among the major European LEAGUEs.

Premier League and Serie A on par, but with low Italian presence

The Premier League has used 122 English players, with an average of 24 national appearances per matchday and six players per team, calculated over five rounds.

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Serie A also shows 122 Italians on the field, with the same average of 24 appearances per matchday and six players per team, also over five matchdays.

Among the Spanish clubs, Alavés employed 13 Spaniards, Athletic Club 18, Atlético Madrid 12, Barcelona 13, Celta Vigo 17 and Deportivo A Coruña 14; other clubs such as Elche, Espanyol, Getafe and Levante fielded respectively 13, 14, 11 and 14 Spanish players.

In Germany, Hamburg fielded four Germans, Augsburg ten, Bayer Leverkusen two, Bayern Munich ten, Borussia Dortmund four and Borussia Mönchengladbach ten. Cologne, Eintracht Frankfurt, Elversberg, Freiburg, Hoffenheim, Leipzig, Mainz, Paderborn, Schalke 04, Stuttgart, Union Berlin and Werder Bremen also employed between four and fifteen German players.

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For Ligue 1, Angers, Auxerre and Lille each employed seven Frenchmen, Le Havre eleven, Le Mans seventeen, Lens eleven, Lyon four, Lorient five, Marseille three, Monaco seven, Nice nine, Paris FC seven, PSG seven, Reims fourteen, Rennes nine, Strasbourg two, Toulouse seven and Troyes thirteen.

In England, Arsenal fielded eight Englishmen, Aston Villa four, Bournemouth five, Brentford three, Brighton two, Chelsea eight, Coventry six, Crystal Palace seven, Everton twelve, Fulham three, Hull City nine, Ipswich seven, Leeds five, Liverpool two, Manchester City eight, Manchester United seven, Newcastle seven, Nottingham four, Sunderland three and Tottenham four; in Serie A, Atalanta and Bologna each employed eight Italians, Cagliari thirteen, Como three, Fiorentina seven, Frosinone twelve, Genoa five, Inter four, Juventus five, Lazio seven, Lecce two, Milan five, Monza twelve, Napoli seven, Parma five, Roma five, Sassuolo seven, Torino seven, Udinese three and Venezia one.