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Scottish Premier League / Premiership Foreign Players by Club & Country 1998-99 to 2020-21

he players must meet both of the following two criteria:
1. Have played at least one Scottish Premier League (SPL) / Scottish Premiership game. Players who were signed by Scottish Premier League clubs, but only played in lower league, Domestic Cup competitions and/or European games, or did not play in any competitive games at all, are not included.
2. Are considered foreign, i.e., outside The United Kingdom and Ireland (the ‘British Isles’). The list is divided into two SPL and Premiership.

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SPL/Premiership Foreign Players by Club

SPL/Premiership Foreign Players by Nation

Premiership Foreign Players

SPL Foreign Players Albania to Iceland

SPL Foreign Players Israel to Venezuela

Scottish Premier League / Premiership Foreign Players by Club

	Club	Total
	Celtic	135
	Rangers	128
	Heart of Midlothian	116
	Hibernian	75
	Dundee United	75
	Dundee	68
	Kilmarnock	71
	Motherwell	56
	Aberdeen	48
	Livingston	48
	Ross County	39
	Hamilton Academical	44
	St. Mirren	33
	Dunfermline Athletic	25
	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	23
	St. Johnstone	22
	Falkirk	21
	Partick Thistle	21
	Gretna	8

Scottish Premier League / Premiership Foreign Players by Country

	Country	Total
	France	115
	Netherlands	59
	Spain	45
	Australia	40
	Italy	29
	Finland	26
	Germany	24
	Lithuania	22
	Norway	22
	Portugal	22
	Sweden	22
	Argentina	21
	Canada	19
	Denmark	18
	Poland	18
	Czech Republic	16
	Iceland	15
	Slovakia	15
	Belgium	14
	Austria	13
	Morocco	13
	Nigeria	13
	Cameroon	12
	Algeria	11
	Côte d'Ivoire	11
	Greece	11
	Trinidad and Tobago	11
	Jamaica	10
	Senegal	10
	United States	10
	Brazil	9
	Hungary	9
	Switzerland	9
	Croatia	8
	Ghana	8
	Israel	8
	Bulgaria	7
	Congo DR	6
	Guinea	6
	Romania	6
	Bosnia & Herzegovina	5
	Estonia	5
	New Zealand	5
	Serbia	5
	Slovenia	5
	Turkey	5
	Albania	4
	Angola	4
	Georgia	4
	Guinea-Bissau	4
	Japan	4
	Mexico	4
	South Africa	4
	DR Congo	3
	FYR Macedonia	3
	Honduras	3
	Latvia	3
	Mali	3
	Togo	3
	Tunisia	3
	Uruguay	3
	Antigua and Barbuda	2
	Central African Republic	2
	Chile	2
	China	2
	Colombia	2
	Cyprus	2
	Ecuador	2
	Faroe Islands	2
	Gabon	2
	Haiti	2
	Martinique	2
	Montserrat	2
	Namibia	2
	Netherlands Antilles	2
	Russia	2
	Sierra Leone	2
	South Korea	2
	Uganda	2
	Venezuela	2
	Benin	1
	Burundi	1
	Cape Verde	1
	Chinese Taipei	1
	Congo	1
	Costa Rica	1
	Curaçao	1
	Gambia	1
	Grenada	1
	Guadeloupe	1
	Iran	1
	Kenya	1
	Liberia	1
	Madagascar	1
	Malta	1
	Montenegro	1
	Peru	1
	Saint Lucia	1
	Zimbabwe	1
	Total	902

List of Foreign Players in Scottish Top Flight Football Leagues