Editing Serie A (section)

===Homegrown players===
Serie A also imposed Homegrown players rule, a modification of [[Homegrown Player Rule (UEFA)]]. Unlike UEFA, Serie A at first did not cap the number of players in first team squad at 25, meaning the club could employ more foreigners by increasing the size of the squad.<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://www.figc.it/FigcLegacyAssets/Assets/contentresources_2/ContenutoGenerico/520/C_2_ContenutoGenerico_29023_StrilloComunicatoUfficiale_lstAllegati_Allegato_0_upfAllegato.pdf|title=Incentivazione e promozione calciatori locali di Serie A|date=5 July 2011|access-date=29 October 2018|department=Segreteria Federale|publisher=Italian Football Federation|journal=Comunicato Ufficiale|volume=2011–12|issue=7/A|language=it|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181029113945/https://www.figc.it/figclegacyassets/assets/contentresources_2/contenutogenerico/520/c_2_contenutogenerico_29023_strillocomunicatoufficiale_lstallegati_allegato_0_upfallegato.pdf|archive-date=2018-10-29}}</ref> However, a cap of 25 (under-21 players were excluded) was introduced to 2015–16 season (in 2015–16 season, squad simply require 8 homegrown players but not require 4 of them from their own youth team).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.figc.it/Assets/contentresources_2/ContenutoGenerico/42.$plit/C_2_ContenutoGenerico_2526193_StrilloComunicatoUfficiale_lstAllegati_0_upfAllegato.pdf|title=C.U. N°83/A (2014–15)|date=20 November 2014|access-date=31 August 2016|work=Consiglio Federale|publisher=FIGC|language=it}}</ref> In the 2016–17 season, the FIGC sanctioned Sassuolo for fielding ineligible player, [[Antonino Ragusa]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legaseriea.it/uploads/default/attachments/comunicati/comunicati_m/7088/files/allegati/7114/cu24.pdf|title=C.U. N°24 (2016–17)|date=30 August 2016|access-date=31 August 2016|publisher=Lega Serie A|language=it}}</ref> Although the club did not exceed the capacity of 21 players that were not from their own youth team (only [[Domenico Berardi]] was eligible as youth product of their own) as well as under 21 of age (born 1995 or after, of which four players were eligible) in their 24-men call-up,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sassuolocalcio.it/articles/?id=9&aid=2431/sassuolo-pescara-sono-24-i-convocati-neroverdi|title=SASSUOLO-PESCARA: sono 24 i convocati neroverdi|date=27 August 2016|access-date=31 August 2016|publisher=U.S. Sassuolo Calcio|language=it}}</ref> It was reported that on [[Lega Serie A]] side the squad list was not updated.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sassuolocalcio.it/articles/?id=9&aid=2436/comunicato-ufficiale|title=Comunicato Ufficiale|date=30 August 2016|access-date=1 September 2016|publisher=U.S. Sassuolo Calcio|language=it}}</ref>

In 2015–16 season, the following quota was announced.
{| class="wikitable"
!Size of first team squad
! Local + club youth product
|-
| ← 25
| min. 8 (max. 4 not from own youth team)
|}