The Blues are back in Champions League action next week, with Stamford Bridge hosting Valencia on matchday one of the new campaign on Tuesday 17 September. UEFA rules stipulate that each club must submit an A list of players and a B list of players for involvement in the competition.



Who can be on the A List?

No club may have more than 25 players on List A during the season. As a minimum, eight places are reserved exclusively for ‘locally trained’ or homegrown players and if a club has less than eight players to fill these spots, the maximum number of players on List A is reduced accordingly.

A homegrown player is someone who has either been on the club’s books for three years between the ages of 15 and 21 (‘club-trained player’), or a player who has been on another club’s books in the same association for three years between the ages of 15 and 21 (association-trained player). No club can have more than four association-trained players among their eight homegrown players on List A.