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 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 (2022 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 edit

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 14,300 SEK.[4]

List of players edit

Afghanistan edit

Albania edit

 
Agon Mehmeti has played 144 Allsvenskan matches for Malmö FF and Örebro.

Algeria edit

Angola edit

Argentina edit

Armenia edit

Australia edit

Austria edit

Azerbaijan edit

Belarus edit

Belgium edit

Benin edit

Bosnia and Herzegovina edit

 
Haris Radetinac has played 278 Allsvenskan matches for Åtvidaberg, Mjällby and Djurgården.

Bolivia edit

Brazil edit

 
Álvaro Santos has played 165 Allsvenskan matches for Helsingborg, Örgryte and GAIS.

Bulgaria edit

Burkina Faso edit

Burundi edit

Cameroon edit

Canada edit

 
Kenny Stamatopoulos has played 67 Allsvenskan matches for Enköping and AIK.

Cape Verde edit

Chad edit

Chile edit

 
Miiko Albornoz has played 121 Allsvenskan matches for Brommapojkarna and Malmö FF.

Comoros edit

Congo edit

Costa Rica edit

 
Celso Borges has played 71 Allsvenskan matches for AIK.

Croatia edit

Curaçao edit

Cyprus edit

Czech Republic edit

Denmark edit

 
Peter Nymann has played 70 Allsvenskan matches for Djurgården.

DR Congo edit

 
René Makondele has played 273 Allsvenskan matches for Djurgården, Gefle, Helsingborg and Häcken.

Egypt edit

England edit

Eritrea edit

Estonia edit

Ethiopia edit

Faroe Islands edit

Finland edit

 
Markus Halsti has played 112 Allsvenskan matches for Malmö FF.
 
Daniel Sjölund has played 253 Allsvenskan matches for Djurgården and Åtvidaberg.

France edit

Gabon edit

Gambia edit

 
Pa Dembo Touray has played 194 Allsvenskan matches for Djurgården.

Georgia edit

Germany edit

Ghana edit

Greece edit

Guinea edit

Guinea-Bissau edit

Haiti edit

Honduras edit

Hungary edit

Iceland edit

 
Hjálmar Jónsson has played 228 Allsvenskan matches for IFK Göteborg.

Italy edit

Iran edit

Iraq edit

Ireland edit

Israel edit

Ivory Coast edit

Jamaica edit

Japan edit

Jordan edit

Kazakhstan edit

Kenya edit

Kosovo edit

Latvia edit

Lebanon edit

Liberia edit

Lithuania edit

 
Tomas Žvirgždauskas has played 211 Allsvenskan matches for Halmstad.

Luxembourg edit

Malawi edit

Mali edit

Moldova edit

Montenegro edit

Montserrat edit

Morocco edit

Netherlands edit

New Zealand edit

Nigeria edit

North Macedonia edit

Northern Ireland edit

Norway edit

 
Kenneth Høie has played 84 Allsvenskan matches for Elfsborg and Djurgården.

Palestine edit

Panama edit

Paraguay edit

Peru edit

Philippines edit

Poland edit

Portugal edit

Romania edit

Russia edit

Rwanda edit

Scotland edit

Senegal edit

Serbia edit

Sierra Leone edit

 
Alhaji Kamara has played 37 Allsvenskan matches for Djurgården and Norrköping.

Sint Maarten edit

Slovakia edit

Slovenia edit

South Africa edit

 
May Mahlangu has played 118 Allsvenskan matches for Helsingborg and IFK Göteborg.

South Korea edit

Spain edit

Suriname edit

Switzerland edit

Syria edit

Tanzania edit

Togo edit

Tunisia edit

Turkey edit

Uganda edit

Ukraine edit

United States edit

Uruguay edit

Zambia edit

Zimbabwe edit

 
Nyasha Mushekwi has played 21 Allsvenskan matches for Djurgården.

See also edit

Notes edit

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References edit

  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.