Tazskool

Italy (at first until season 2003/2004) :

* player union want a foreign player limit (including EC)
* clubs don't want a foreign player limit (including EC)
* third division teams have to name 4 Italian players aged under 20 for match day
* fourth division teams have to name 5 Italian players aged under 20 for match day
* Clubs in Serie C and below are not allowed to sign non-EC players
* maximum of five non-EC players allowed, three of them in a league match
* Serie A and B clubs will be allowed to recruit one additional non-EU player before 31 August 2002 deadline. Until further notice from 1 September 2002 no further signings from outside the EU will be accepted.

Spain :

* 6 none European players can be signed
* only 4 are allowed to play on the pitch during match day
* only 3 can be named for match day -> starting 2005
* player union wants that clubs have to name at least 6 Spanish players
for starting formation. This caused by Luis van Gaal who had only 3 Spanish
players in his starting formation.
* players from South America get a Spanish status after 2 years playing in a Spanish division
* starting 2003: 4 none European players can be signed
* Third division team are only allowed to sign Spanish and EC players

France :

* 5 non EC-players can be signed
* 5 non EC-players are allowed to play on the pitch during match day
* there is no limit for players from former French colonies

England :

* no foreign player limit but players need a work permission for the
first year. This work permission will be renewed if the player played
over 75% of all matches.

Netherlands :

* no foreign player(non EC) limit
* high minimum wage must be paid. This should stop clubs from buying
average foreign players
* no future planes for setting a foreign player limit

Belgium :

* no foreign player(non EC) limit

Austria :

* 5 non European players are allowed to play on the pitch during match day
* 7 none European players can be signed
* talks and suggestions about changing the limit
* League clubs want to name 8 non-EU players for match day

Portugal :

* 6 none European players can be signed
* only 4 are allowed to play on the pitch during match day
* players from Brazil have an EC status
* talks about changing the limit

Germany :

* 5 none European players can be signed
* only 3 are allowed to play on the pitch during match day
* there`s a trick : more than 5 non EC players can be signed if they get
an amateur status
* Non-EC players in a 1st and 2nd Bundesliga club's amateur team are no longer allowed
to name for match day. (only for players signed after 20th January 2003)
* players from UEFA countries have an EC status
* teams must have 12 German players in the team
* Regional-League (3.division) team and below are not allowed to sign non-European players

Greece :

* there is a limit of 5 foreign players for every team
* only 5 are allowed to play on the pitch during match day

Turkey :

* 8 foreign players can be signed
* only 5 are allowed to play on the pitch during match day
* 6 can be named for match day

F.Y.R. Macedonia

* Second division teams can not have foreign players in their squads

Latvia

* no limit for foreign players in Premier League and 1st Division
* only 5 are allowed to play on the pitch during match day
* no difference between EC and non-EC players
* no foreign players allowed in regional divisions