South Korean football stars Park Ji-sung of Queens Park Rangers and Ki Sung-yueng of Swansea City have made it to the 25-man rosters for the 2012-2013 season of the English Premier League.

The Premier League Board announced the 25-man squad lists of 19 out of the 20 top flight clubs Monday on its website.

Stoke City is the only squad that has not confirmed its list as it awaits a go-ahead from the board over its move for free agent Michael Owen.

Park is captain of QPR in his eighth season in Premier League.

Ki, a debutant in the league this season, was among the Swansea City’s 25 players for this season.

A 25-man roster lists the first-tier players whom each club confirms early in the season to use until next January.

The roster system was adopted last season in a bid to bring up English native players, after the English national team marked unsatisfactory performances in high-profile international events such as the World Cup and the European Championship.

Each club’s squad should have a minimum of eight homegrown players who regardless of age or nationality have spent three years in the youth system of a club in England or Wales before they reached the age of 21.

A club can have fewer than eight homegrown players, but this would reduce the size of its senior squad. Only 17 foreign players are permitted.

Clubs can use an unlimited number of under-21 players in addition to their 25-man roster.

Meanwhile, Park and Ki were evaluated by a U.K. sports news channel as outstanding additions to their new respective clubs.

Sky Sports, which classified 20 Premier League clubs into winners and losers in transfer terms Wednesday, placed QPR and Swansea City among winners including Manchester United and Stoke City.

Arsenal, which South Korean footballer Park Chu-young left for Spanish club Celta Vigo, was among the losers along with Manchester City and Liverpool.

By Chun Sung-woo (swchun@heraldcorp.com)