english 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 ]. xsmtrung truc tiep Lịch thi đấu Boxing Day là nét đặc trưng mùa đông EPL. Trong khi nhiều giải nghỉ lễ, cầu thủ Anh vẫn ra sân, mang lại không khí bóng đá cho mùa Giáng sinh. htv9 truc tiep Despite major European success in the 1970s and early 1980s, the mid-to-late 1980s marked a low point for English football. Stadiums were ageing with poor facilities, hooliganism was rife, and all English clubs faced a 5-year ban from European competition following the events of the 1985 Heysel Stadium disaster with Liverpool facing an extra year. [ 18 ] The Football League First Division , the top level of English football since 1888, was behind leagues such as Italy's Serie A and Spain's La Liga in attendance and revenues, and several top English players had moved abroad. [ 19 ]
