List of foreign Allsvenskan players

This is a list of foreign players in Allsvenskan, which commenced play in 1924. The following players must meet both of the following two criteria:

  1. have played at least one Allsvenskan game. Players who were signed by Allsvenskan clubs, but only played in lower league, cup and/or European games, or did not play in any competitive games at all, are not included.
  2. are considered foreign, determined by the following:
A player is considered foreign if he is not eligible to play for Sweden men's national football team.

More specifically,

  • If a player has been capped on international level, the national team is used; if he has been capped by more than one country, the highest level (or the most recent) team is used.
  • If a player has not been capped on international level, his country of birth is used, except those who were born abroad from Swedish parents or moved to Sweden at a young age, and those who clearly indicated to have switched his nationality to another nation.

Clubs listed are those which the player has played at least one Allsvenskan game for.

In bold: players who have played at least one Allsvenskan game in the most recent season (2024 Allsvenskan), and are still at the clubs for which they have played. This does not include current players of an Allsvenskan club who have not played an Allsvenskan game in the current season.

Background

Ronald Powell, who played for Brynäs IF in the 1974 season, was the first foreign player in Allsvenskan.[1]

For the match squad, the limit of foreign players refers to if the players are home-grown or not.[2] Starting in the 2010s, each match squad of 18 players were to consist maximally to the half of not home-grown players.[3] For the 2023 season, when the total match squad size for Allsvenskan was increased from 18 to 20, the amount of non home-grown players in the squad, would still be to the maximum half of the squad, however never more than 9.[2]

A foreign player must have a work permit, which they may earn when having a monthly salary of SEK 14,300.[4]

List of players

Afghanistan

Albania

Algeria

Angola

Argentina

Armenia

Australia

Austria

Azerbaijan

Belarus

Belgium

Benin

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bolivia

Brazil

Bulgaria

Burkina Faso

Burundi

Cameroon

Canada

Cape Verde

Chad

Chile

Comoros

Congo

Costa Rica

Croatia

Curaçao

Cyprus

Czech Republic

Denmark

DR Congo

Egypt

England

Eritrea

Estonia

Ethiopia

Faroe Islands

Finland

France

Gabon

Gambia

Georgia

Germany

Ghana

Greece

Guinea

Guinea-Bissau

Haiti

Honduras

Hungary

Iceland

Italy

Iran

Iraq

Ireland

Israel

Ivory Coast

Jamaica

Japan

Jordan

Kazakhstan

Kenya

Kosovo

Latvia

Lebanon

Liberia

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Malawi

Mali

Moldova

Montenegro

Montserrat

Morocco

Netherlands

New Zealand

Nigeria

North Macedonia

Northern Ireland

Norway

Pakistan

Palestine

Panama

Paraguay

Peru

Philippines

Poland

Portugal

Romania

Russia

Rwanda

Scotland

Senegal

Serbia

Sierra Leone

Sint Maarten

Slovakia

Slovenia

South Africa

South Korea

Spain

Suriname

Switzerland

Syria

Tanzania

Togo

Tunisia

Turkey

Uganda

Ukraine

United States

Uruguay

Zambia

Zimbabwe

See also

Notes

  1. ^
    Born in Algeria
  2. ^
    Born in Azerbaijan (then part of the Soviet Union)
  3. ^
    Born in Belgium
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    Born in Bulgaria
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    Born in Cameroon
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    Born in Denmark
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    Born in England
  8. ^
    Born in Spain
  9. ^
    Born in El Salvador
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    Born in Finland
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    Born in France
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    Born in The Gambia
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    Born in Germany
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    Born in Greece
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    Born in Iran
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    Born in Iraq
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    Born in Israel
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    Born in Kenya
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    Born in Kosovo (then part of Yugoslavia)
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    Born in Saudi Arabia
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    Born in Lebanon
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    Born in Liberia
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    Born in Morocco
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    Born in the Netherlands
  26. ^
    Born in Nigeria
  27. ^
    Born in Norway
  28. ^
    Born in Portugal
  29. ^
    Born in Russia (then part of the Soviet Union)
  30. ^
    Born in Scotland
  31. ^
    Born in Serbia (then part of Yugoslavia)
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    Born in Switzerland
  33. ^
    Born in Sweden
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    Born in Ukraine
  35. ^
    Born in Zaire
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  62. ^
    Capped for the Mexico national under-22 football team
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  69. ^
    Capped for the Norway national under-15 football team
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References

  1. ^ "Individuella rekord — svenskfotboll.se". Archived from the original on 9 November 2012. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Klubbat: Nio avbytare tillåts i allsvenskan". fotbollskanalen.se.
  3. ^ "Ny regel om hemmafostrade spelare kan skapa problem för Kalmar FF". fotbolltransfers.com.
  4. ^ Sjögren, Niklas (26 April 2019). "Utländska fotbollsspelare i Sverige – så ser reglerna ut". SVT Nyheter.