barclays premier league At the inception of the Premier League in 1992–93 , just 11 players named in the starting line-ups for the first round of matches hailed from outside of the United Kingdom or Ireland. [ 244 ] By 2000–01 , the number of foreign players participating in the Premier League was 36% of the total. In the 2004–05 season, the figure had increased to 45%. On 26 December 1999, Chelsea became the first Premier League side to field an entirely foreign starting line-up, [ 245 ] and on 14 February 2005, Arsenal were the first to name a completely foreign 16-man squad for a match. [ 246 ] By 2009, under 40% of the players in the Premier League were English. [ 247 ] By February 2020, 117 different nationalities had played in the Premier League, and 101 nationalities had scored in the competition. [ 248 ]. tỷ lệ bóng đá cúp fa Mùa giải Barclays Premier League 2023-2024 chứng kiến nhiều bất ngờ khi các đội tầm trung thi đấu vượt kỳ vọng. puma giày đá bóng Player transfers may only take place within transfer windows set by the Football Association. The two transfer windows run from the last day of the season to 31 August and from 31 December to 31 January. Player registrations cannot be exchanged outside these windows except under specific licence from the FA, usually on an emergency basis. [ 241 ] As of the 2010–11 season , the Premier League introduced new rules mandating that each club must register a maximum 25-man squad of players aged over 21, with the squad list only allowed to be changed in transfer windows or in exceptional circumstances. [ 242 ] [ 243 ] This was to enable the "home grown" rule to be enacted, whereby the Premier League would also from 2010 require at least eight members of the named 25-man squad to be "home-grown players". [ 242 ]