Ligue 1

2019/20 season- Percentage of Domestic Players in the Premier League, Serie A, Bundesliga, La Liga, Ligue 1

Here is a look at the percentage of domestic players in each of the top five European leagues (England, France, Germany, Spain, Italy) for the 2019/20 season courtesy Italian newspaper GdS. Some interesting stats regarding domestic and foreign player composition.

Which major European football league has the greatest percentage of domestic players?

The league with the highest percentage of domestic players is Spain’s La Liga with 60.2%

What is the percentage of domestic players in the Premier League?

Only 37% of the players in the PL for 19/20 were domestic- the lowest percentage among the big five European footy leagues. Therefore 63% of the players in the Prem were foreign.

Percentage of Domestic Players in European Leagues

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Predicted Lineups Lyon Dijon 2020 | Possible starting XI for OL DFCO

Here is the predicted starting lineup for Lyon vs Dijon tonight from the French press. This is Lyon’s first league game of the 2020/21 season following their Champions League semi-final exit at the hands of Bayern Munich- OL had their chances, but slumped to a 3-0 defeat.

Edit– actual lineups 7pm UK time- With Aouar withdrawn due to Covid, Memphis, Toko Ekambi and Dembele all start for OL.

Lyon: Lopes, Marcal, Marcelo, Denayer, Cornet, Caqueret, Bruno, Dubois, Memphis, Toko Ekambi, Dembele

Dijon: Gomis, Ngouyamsa, Lautoa, Ecuele Manga, Chafik, Ndong, Marie, Amalfitano, Chouiar, Scheidler, Dina Ebimbe

OL Starting lineup v DFCO 2020

DFCO Starting Lineup vs OL 2020

L’Equipe probable lineup Lyon vs Dijon

L’Equipe have Lyon to lineup in the same 3-5-2 that they did against Bayern, but with Dembele upfront instead of Toko-Ekambi.

Predicted Lineup Lyon Dijon 2020 L'Equipe

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List of French teams to have played in the Champions League final | Ligue 1 clubs in UCL/European Cup final

Which French teams have played in the Champions League/European Champions Club Cup final? Only five Ligue 1 teams have reached the UCL/European Cup final- Reims (1956, 1959), Saint-Etienne (1976), Marseille (1991 and 1993), Monaco (2004) and Paris Saint-Germain (2020, 2025, 2026) So the European Cup final has had a French team in it on 9 … Read more