Goal takes a look at the foreign player quota in the leagues of the 18 Asian countries who are above India in the latest FIFA rankings…
Two leagues, the Indian Super League (ISL) and the I-League run parallelly in the Indian domestic football structure.
Till the 2019-20 season, the foreign player regulations were almost similar in the ISL and the I-League. ISL clubs could register a maximum of seven players in their squad and field maximum five in the starting XI. I-League clubs, on the other hand, could register six overseas players and field five of them during a game.