SquadsLive

Local vs Foreign

Who plays, local or foreign, and where on the pitch?

  • Minutes to foreign players
    59%
    1% unknown
  • Foreign starters per XI
    6.6
    League average · 2% of starters unknown
  • Foreign share · Striker
    84%
    Of the position's minutes
  • Goals by foreign players
    70%
    57 of 81 (0 unknown), own goals aside
  • Key finding2 / 12

    Only Al-Duhail and Al-Sadd give local players most of their minutes.

  • Key finding8

    foreign starters in every match: Lusail never named fewer, the league's most.

  • Key finding81%

    of full-back minutes go to local players; striker minutes are the opposite, 84% foreign.

  • Key finding10 / 24

    of the league's goals by local players came from Al-Sadd.

Who Gets the Minutes

How it's counted

Who Gets the Minutes

Local or foreign

Local: Qatar is one of his recorded nationalities.

Qatar / Sudan
Local
Spain / Brazil
Foreign
None recorded
Unknown, never guessed

Unverified player directory

Nationalities and squad positions come from desk research of the club pages (2 Oct 2026), not yet verified.

Main position

Where he played most minutes.

Example
100' full-back, 72' midfield → Full-back
No match positions
The squad position the player directory lists
Neither
Unknown position, never guessed

Each club's minutes, split between local and foreign players.

  • Local
  • Foreign
  • Unknown
Club
Players used
Whole league
230
21
16
22
18
19
17
16
19
22
21
18
21

Foreigners in the XI

How it's counted

Foreigners in the XI

Local or foreign

Local: Qatar is one of his recorded nationalities.

Qatar / Sudan
Local
Spain / Brazil
Foreign
None recorded
Unknown, never guessed

Unverified player directory

Nationalities and squad positions come from desk research of the club pages (2 Oct 2026), not yet verified.

Starting XI

The eleven starters of each match, split by nationality.

Average
Foreign starters ÷ matches
Order
Most foreign starters first

How many foreign players each club puts in its starting XI.

  • Foreign
  • Unknown
  • Local
Club
Avg foreign
Whole league
6.6
8.0
7.5
7.3
7.0
7.0
7.0
6.8
6.8
6.5
6.0
4.8
4.3

Where They Play

How it's counted

Where They Play

Local or foreign

Local: Qatar is one of his recorded nationalities.

Qatar / Sudan
Local
Spain / Brazil
Foreign
None recorded
Unknown, never guessed

Unverified player directory

Nationalities and squad positions come from desk research of the club pages (2 Oct 2026), not yet verified.

Main position

Where he played most minutes.

Example
100' full-back, 72' midfield → Full-back
No match positions
The squad position the player directory lists
Neither
Unknown position, never guessed

Which positions go to local players and which to foreign ones.

  • Local
  • Foreign
  • Unknown
Position
Players used
Goalkeeper
13
Centre-back
37
Full-back
28
Midfielder
66
Winger
40
Striker
18
Unknown position
28

Who Scores the Goals

How it's counted

Who Scores the Goals

Local or foreign

Local: Qatar is one of his recorded nationalities.

Qatar / Sudan
Local
Spain / Brazil
Foreign
None recorded
Unknown, never guessed

Unverified player directory

Nationalities and squad positions come from desk research of the club pages (2 Oct 2026), not yet verified.

Goals

Own goals left out: they have no scorer of the club.

Main position

Where he played most minutes.

Example
100' full-back, 72' midfield → Full-back
No match positions
The squad position the player directory lists
Neither
Unknown position, never guessed

Each club's goals, split by whether a local or a foreign player scored them.

  • Local
  • Foreign
  • Unknown
Club
Goals
Whole league
81
5
19
9
5
7
5
5
7
7
4
4
4

Where They Come From

How it's counted

Where They Come From

Unverified player directory

Nationalities and squad positions come from desk research of the club pages (2 Oct 2026), not yet verified.

Country

Foreign players only; two nationalities count under the first listed.

Spain / Brazil
Spain

Main position

Where he played most minutes.

Example
100' full-back, 72' midfield → Full-back
No match positions
The squad position the player directory lists
Neither
Unknown position, never guessed

The foreign players' countries, by the minutes they play.

  • Foreign
  • Unknown nationality
Country
Minutes
4,286
3,286
2,757
2,046
1,667
1,475
1,200
1,131
1,091
839
832
820
6,692
710