List of football clubs with home-grown players policy

Several football club (association football) prefer to utilise players who are born in or descended from a specific ethnic background.

Spain

 * Athletic Bilbao - The club will only field Basque players but will and have employed non-Basque coaching staff. The clubs cantera approach has produced players such as Fernando Llorente and Javi Martínez (Spain, 2010).
 * UE Olot - The club will only field players from the Catalan Countries.

Turkey

 * Altınordu F.K. - The club has never signed any non-Turkish players in order promote their youth talent from their own academy. Some of the players that came from this club were currently played in the top Europe league such as Çağlar Söyüncü of Leicester City, Cengiz Ünder of Marseille, and Burak İnce of Arminia Bielefeld.

Hungary

 * Paksi FC - The club use only Hungarian players.

Germany

 * TuS Haltern - At the German amateur club TuS Haltern, a certain part of the squad must have been born or trained in the Westphalia region. Since the 2021/22 season, 75% of the squad must consist of "local players".

Mexico

 * C.D. Guadalajara - The club will only field Mexican players. The club's academy has produced players such as Mexican internationals Carlos Vela and Javier Hernández.

Ecuador

 * Club Deportivo El Nacional - The club has maintained a tradition of only playing Ecuadorian footballers, which has given them the nickname of Puros Criollos ("Pure Natives"). They are administered by the Military of Ecuador.

Malaysia

 * Petaling Jaya City - Starting from 2021, the club will only field Malaysian players. Currently, they are playing in Malaysia Super League.

Singapore

 * Young Lions - Under the direct control of Football Association of Singapore, most of the players are part of the Singapore national under-23 football team.