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National Players in the Starting 11 – 2012/2013 and 2013/2014

In the last seasons has been discussed, in several European leagues, the presence of a continuously decreasing number of national players in clubs’ starting 11 and the negative consequences of this fact on national teams performance.
Football Industry analyzed the starting 11 of 148 clubs from 8 different leagues in the first 3 matchdays of 2012/2013 and 2013/2014 in order to:
1 – Check the average number of national players in clubs’ starting 11;
2 – Analyze the disparity between clubs with higher and lower reputation with regard to their bet on local players;
3-Verify the standard starting 11 of each league (by nationalities);
4-Verify which teams have more and less local players in each league; and
5-Check the field position occupied by the Portuguese players chosen for the starting 11 of the clubs competing in Liga ZON Sagres.
In the analyzed period, Eredivisie (Dutch League) was the one with a higher number of national players in its clubs’ starting 11, recording an average of 7.3 players in 2013/2014 and 7.0 in 2012/2013. The Spanish and French Leagues (Liga BBVA and Ligue 1) complete the podium having presented, on average, 6.7 and 5.8 players in each starting 11 in 2013/2014. The German (Bundesliga), Belgian (Jupiler Pro League), English (Barclays Premier League), Italian (Serie A) and Portuguese (Liga ZON Sagres) leagues were also considered in this research.
A complete version of the study can be read below.
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This research was discussed on the TV show “Maisfutebol“, of TVI24, on the 18th of October.
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Lineup Changes – Last Matchday of 2012/13 vs. Matchday 1 of 2013/14

Typically, certain leagues present a very significant players rotation between national and foreign clubs. This situation tends to occur mainly in leagues considered less competitive and known as markets in which clubs aim to develop young talents and sell them to teams with more financial power.
In this sense, Football Industry compared clubs’ lineups on the last matchday of 2012/2013 with the ones presented on matchday 1 of 2013/2014. We analyzed the following competitions: Bundesliga (Germany), Liga BBVA (Spain), Ligue 1 (France), Eredivisie (Netherlands), Barclays Premier League (England) and Liga ZON Sagres (Portugal).
GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE
In general terms, Spanish and Portuguese leagues present the highest average number of changes in the starting 11, mainly with players who were not part of the squads in 2012/2013.
Barclays Premier League and Bundesliga, considered, at this time, the most competitive leagues, show the lowest average number of lineup changes, equally distributed between players who were part of the squads in 2012/2013 and were signed for 2013/2014.
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IMPACT OF A NEW COACH
When analyzing the impact of the arrival of a new coach at the start of 2013/2014, we can observe that, on average, only in the Netherlands and Portugal this situation led to a higher number of changes in the starting 11.
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This research was discussed on the TV show “Maisfutebol“, of TVI24, on the 23rd of August.
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NOTES: 1.Only were considered clubs that remained in the analyzed leagues between 2012/13 and 2013/14; 2.Signings include loan returns; 3.Sascha Lewandowski left the technical team of Bayer Leverkusen, however, Sami Hyypia remained; 4.The matches of Eredivisie’s play-off were included in the analysis; 5.Italian Serie A was not included because only began on the 25th of August.
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