List of football clubs with home-grown players policy

Several football club (association football) prefer to utilise players who are born in or descended from a specific ethnic background.

Europe

Spain

• Athletic Bilbao - The club will only field Basque players but will and have employed non-Basque coaching staff. The clubs cantera approach has produced players such as Fernando Llorente and Javi Martínez (Spain, 2010).^[1]
• UE Olot - The club will only field players from the Catalan Countries.

Turkey

• Altınordu F.K. - The club has never signed any non-Turkish players in order promote their youth talent from their own academy. Some of the players that came from this club were currently played in the top Europe league such as Çağlar Söyüncü of Leicester City, Cengiz Ünder of Marseille, and Burak İnce of Arminia Bielefeld.

Hungary

• Paksi FC - The club use only Hungarian players.

Germany

• TuS Haltern - At the German amateur club TuS Haltern, a certain part of the squad must have been born or trained in the Westphalia region. Since the 2021/22 season, 75% of the squad must consist of "local players".^[2]

North America

Mexico

• C.D. Guadalajara - The club will only field Mexican players. The club's academy has produced players such as Mexican internationals Carlos Vela and Javier Hernández.^[3]

South America

Ecuador

• Club Deportivo El Nacional - The club has maintained a tradition of only playing Ecuadorian footballers,^[4] which has given them the nickname of Puros Criollos ("Pure Natives"). They are administered by the Military of Ecuador.

Asia

Malaysia

• Petaling Jaya City - Starting from 2021, the club will only field Malaysian players. Currently, they are playing in Malaysia Super League.

Singapore

• Young Lions - Under the direct control of Football Association of Singapore, most of the players are part of the Singapore national under-23 football team.

See also

• Athletic Bilbao signing policy

References

1. "The Lions of Athletic Bilbao". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on July 17, 2009. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
2. "Konzept – TuS Haltern am See" (in German). Retrieved 2023-06-23.
3. "Univision Deportes Acquires Exclusive Multi-Platform U.S. Media Rights In All Languages To Chivas De Guadalajara Soccer Club Portfolio". UniVision. 20 July 2012. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
4. "Nacional service". When Saturday Comes. July 2009. Retrieved 31 July 2012.