Monaco, Swansea, Wrexham: The 11 clubs playing football outside their country

What’s the football off-season without a debate about whether or not Celtic and Rangers could hack it in the Premier League?

It’s an age old argument, and one we’ll more than likely never get answers to. That won’t stop us all from bickering about it and sharing our opinions on it, though.

Geography in football is a funny old thing. Be it players switching international allegiance or the constant intercontinental battle to put domestic sides from around a continent against one another, geography and location always creates an interesting talking point.

Many are quick to assume that the likes of Celtic and Rangers would struggle tremendously in the English top flight. The flip side of the coin is their European pedigree, which is better than most other Premier League sides.

Frustratingly, we can’t just drop them into the Premier League for a season and see how they’d do. But what if we could? And why can’t we?

It’s a fact that is often overlooked, but that very thing is happening across the globe. And in England, too.

Teams from one country playing in the league system of another. It’s a fascinating quirk of the game that sits right in front of us, and creates an endless pit of intrigue when you actually take notice of the idea.

So, with that in mind, and to perhaps help in your debates about Rangers and Celtic’s potential Premier League endeavour, here are 11 of the best examples of teams playing in another country’s league.

A landlocked microstate bordered by France and Spain, Andorran outfit FC Andorra were acquired by Barcelona defender Gerard Pique in late 2018, but has been playing in Spanish football since 1948.

Plying their trade in Spain’s regional and lower levels of the game, FC Andorra made the Copa Del Rey