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Malta has had a top level football division since 1909; and only the Premier League is considered Professional it continues on today with the current system. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Previous_Formats">Previous Formats</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Maltese_football_league_system&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Previous Formats"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pre-2011/12_Format"><span id="Pre-2011.2F12_Format"></span>Pre-2011/12 Format</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Maltese_football_league_system&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Pre-2011/12 Format"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>This system included four tiers. All of the leagues are currently sponsored by <a href="/wiki/Bank_of_Valletta" title="Bank of Valletta">Bank of Valletta</a>: </p> <table align="center" border="1" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr style="background:#efefef;"> <th>Level </th> <th>League/Division </th></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="background:#efefef;">1 </td> <td align="center"><b><a href="/wiki/Maltese_Premier_League" title="Maltese Premier League">Maltese Premier League</a></b><br /><i>10 clubs</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="background:#efefef;">2 </td> <td align="center"><b><a href="/wiki/Maltese_First_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="Maltese First Division">Maltese First Division</a></b><br /><i>10 clubs</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="background:#efefef;">3 </td> <td align="center"><b><a href="/wiki/Maltese_Second_Division" title="Maltese Second Division">Maltese Second Division</a></b><br /><i>10 clubs</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="background:#efefef;">4 </td> <td align="center"><b><a href="/wiki/Maltese_Third_Division" title="Maltese Third Division">Maltese Third Division</a></b><br /><i>21 clubs in two groups</i> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The Maltese Premier League is probably most criticised for a format that is similar to that of the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Premier_League" title="Scottish Premier League">Scottish Premier League</a>, where the league is split up into two phases, a first one with two rounds (home and away – formally, since the league is played within three or four stadiums only), and the second phase accommodates a split of the 12 teams into a Championship Pool (top six teams) and the Relegation Pool (bottom six teams).<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Also, a particular characteristic of the Maltese Premier League is that once the split takes place, the points gathered in the previous two rounds, are halved, supposedly to create more competition.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In parallel to these leagues run a number of Knock Out competitions, the most prominent one being the <a href="/wiki/Maltese_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="Maltese Cup">FA Trophy</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2011-12_to_2017/18_Format"><span id="2011-12_to_2017.2F18_Format"></span>2011-12 to 2017/18 Format</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Maltese_football_league_system&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 2011-12 to 2017/18 Format"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On January 13, 2011, the <a href="/wiki/Malta_Football_Association" title="Malta Football Association">Malta Football Association</a> decided to restructure the format of the leagues as from season 2011–12.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Thus the system in force from season 2011–12 came to read: </p> <table align="center" border="1" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr style="background:#efefef;"> <th>Level </th> <th>League/Division </th></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="background:#efefef;">1 </td> <td align="center"><b><a href="/wiki/Maltese_Premier_League" title="Maltese Premier League">Maltese Premier League</a></b><br /><i>12 clubs</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="background:#efefef;">2 </td> <td align="center"><b><a href="/wiki/Maltese_First_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="Maltese First Division">Maltese First Division</a></b><br /><i>14 clubs</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="background:#efefef;">3 </td> <td align="center"><b><a href="/wiki/Maltese_Second_Division" title="Maltese Second Division">Maltese Second Division</a></b><br /><i>14 clubs</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="background:#efefef;">4 </td> <td align="center"><b><a href="/wiki/Maltese_Third_Division" title="Maltese Third Division">Maltese Third Division</a></b><br /><i>13 clubs</i> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2017/18_to_2019/20_Format"><span id="2017.2F18_to_2019.2F20_Format"></span>2017/18 to 2019/20 Format</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Maltese_football_league_system&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 2017/18 to 2019/20 Format"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Once again, the <a href="/wiki/Malta_Football_Association" title="Malta Football Association">Malta Football Association</a> decided to restructure the format of the leagues. As from the season 2017/18, the <a href="/wiki/Maltese_Premier_League" title="Maltese Premier League">Maltese Premier League</a> started having 14 clubs competing at the top level of <a href="/wiki/Maltese_football" class="mw-redirect" title="Maltese football">Maltese football</a>. <sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For the first time in decades, the <a href="/wiki/Maltese_Premier_League" title="Maltese Premier League">Maltese Premier League</a> started having two rounds, each team playing the other twice, and not splitting the points in half at any stage. </p><p>Thus from the season 2017/18, the format was changed to as follows: </p> <table align="center" border="1" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr style="background:#efefef;"> <th>Level </th> <th>League/Division </th></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="background:#efefef;">1 </td> <td align="center"><b><a href="/wiki/Maltese_Premier_League" title="Maltese Premier League">Maltese Premier League</a></b><br /><i>14 clubs</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="background:#efefef;">2 </td> <td align="center"><b><a href="/wiki/Maltese_First_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="Maltese First Division">Maltese First Division</a></b><br /><i>14 clubs</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="background:#efefef;">3 </td> <td align="center"><b><a href="/wiki/Maltese_Second_Division" title="Maltese Second Division">Maltese Second Division</a></b><br /><i>13 clubs</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="background:#efefef;">4 </td> <td align="center"><b><a href="/wiki/Maltese_Third_Division" title="Maltese Third Division">Maltese Third Division</a></b><br /><i>12 clubs</i> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The main noticeable change in format was the introduction of a promotion-relegation play-off to take place across all the leagues in Malta. The 12th place team in each league was to play a one-match decider at a neutral ground against the team that finishes in 3rd place of the lower league. The winner of the decider was to take its place in the higher league in the following season. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Current_format">Current format</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Maltese_football_league_system&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Current format"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Following the early end of the 2019/20 season due to the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic" title="COVID-19 pandemic">COVID-19 pandemic</a>, the beginning of the 2020-21 season saw a radically altered system, particularly for the divisions beneath the second tier, and changes to the names the divisions were given. The Premier League saw an increase to sixteen clubs with four automatic relegation places and a relegation play-off for whichever team finishes in twelfth place. The First Division was renamed as the Challenge League and saw an increase to fifteen clubs taking part with the two teams finishing in first and second gaining automatic promotion and the third placed team facing off against the twelfth placed team from the Premier League in a play-off to decide on who plays in the Premier League the following season. The bottom five teams will all be relegated to the tier below.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The biggest changes came from the restructuring of the Second and Third Divisions as they were merged into a single entity called the National Amateur League. The twenty-two clubs in this league are split into three groups with the winners of each gaining automatic promotion to the Challenge League. The nine teams in second to fourth in each of these groups enter a nine-team play-off with the winner gaining promotion to the Challenge League. </p> <table align="center" border="1" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr style="background:#efefef;"> <th>Level </th> <th>League/Division </th></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="background:#efefef;">1 </td> <td align="center"><b><a href="/wiki/Maltese_Premier_League" title="Maltese Premier League">Premier League</a></b><br /><i>12 clubs</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="background:#efefef;">2 </td> <td align="center"><b><a href="/wiki/Maltese_Challenge_League" title="Maltese Challenge League">Challenge League</a></b><br /><i>16 clubs</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="background:#efefef;">3 </td> <td align="center"><b><a href="/wiki/Maltese_National_Amateur_League_I" title="Maltese National Amateur League I">National Amateur League I</a></b><br /><i>16 clubs</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="background:#efefef;">4 </td> <td align="center"><b><a href="/wiki/Maltese_National_Amateur_League_II" title="Maltese National Amateur League II">National Amateur League II</a></b><br /><i>10 clubs</i> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>There are still hopes in the future that Gozitan clubs from the <a href="/wiki/Gozo_Football_League_First_Division" title="Gozo Football League First Division">Gozo Football League First Division</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Gozo_Football_League_Second_Division" title="Gozo Football League Second Division">Gozo Football League Second Division</a> may enter the Maltese Leagues and create a single competition for all the Maltese Islands and give the Gozitan teams the opportunity to compete in European competitions. 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captains">captains</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malta_national_under-21_football_team" title="Malta national under-21 football team">U-21</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malta_national_under-19_football_team" title="Malta national under-19 football team">U-19</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malta_national_under-17_football_team" title="Malta national under-17 football team">U-17</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malta_national_amateur_football_team" title="Malta national amateur football team">Amateur</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Gozo" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Gozo</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gozo_national_football_team" class="mw-redirect" title="Gozo national football team">Main</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" 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0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gozo_Football_League_First_Division" title="Gozo Football League First Division">Gozo Football League First Division</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gozo_Football_League_Second_Division" title="Gozo Football League Second Division">Gozo Football League Second Division</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Women</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Maltese_First_Division_(women)" class="mw-redirect" title="Maltese First Division (women)">First Division</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Youth</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Malta_Youth_Football_Association" title="Malta Youth Football Association">Youth Football Association</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Defunct</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Maltese_Second_Division" title="Maltese Second Division">Second Division</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maltese_Third_Division" title="Maltese Third Division">Third Division</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Maltese_Second_Division_(women)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Maltese Second Division (women) (page does not exist)">Women's Second Division</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Gozo</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gozo_Third_Division&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" 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Malta">Foreign players</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maltese_Player_of_the_Year" title="Maltese Player of the Year">Player of the Year</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Football_in_Europe" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Football_in_Europe" 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title="Football in North Macedonia">North Macedonia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_Norway" title="Football in Norway">Norway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_Poland" title="Football in Poland">Poland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_Portugal" title="Football in Portugal">Portugal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_Romania" title="Football in Romania">Romania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_Russia" title="Football in Russia">Russia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_San_Marino" title="Football in San Marino">San Marino</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_Serbia" title="Football in Serbia">Serbia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_Slovakia" title="Football in Slovakia">Slovakia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_Slovenia" title="Football in Slovenia">Slovenia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_Spain" title="Football in Spain">Spain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_Sweden" title="Football in Sweden">Sweden</a></li> <li><a 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/>recognition</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_Abkhazia" class="mw-redirect" title="Football in Abkhazia">Abkhazia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_Kosovo" title="Football in Kosovo">Kosovo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_Northern_Cyprus" title="Football in Northern Cyprus">Northern Cyprus</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Football_in_South_Ossetia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Football in South Ossetia (page does not exist)">South Ossetia</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Football_in_Transnistria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Football in Transnistria (page does not exist)">Transnistria</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Dependencies and<br />other entities</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" 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scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Football_league_systems" title="Category:Football league systems">Association<br />football</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Asian_Football_Confederation" title="Asian Football Confederation">AFC</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_Afghanistan#League_system" title="Football in Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australian_soccer_league_system" title="Australian soccer league system">Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_Bahrain#League_system" title="Football in Bahrain">Bahrain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bangladeshi_football_league_system" title="Bangladeshi football league system">Bangladesh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_football_league_system" title="Chinese football league system">China</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timorense_football_league_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Timorense football league system">East Timor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_Guam#League_system" title="Football in Guam">Guam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong_football_league_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Hong Kong football league system">Hong Kong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_football_league_system" title="Indian football league system">India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indonesian_football_league_system" title="Indonesian football league system">Indonesia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iranian_football_league_system" title="Iranian football league system">Iran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iraqi_football_league_system" title="Iraqi football league system">Iraq</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_association_football_league_system" title="Japanese association football league system">Japan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jordanian_football_league_system" title="Jordanian football league system">Jordan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Korean_football_league_system" title="South Korean football league system">South Korea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_Kuwait#League_system" title="Football in Kuwait">Kuwait</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lebanese_football_league_system" title="Lebanese football league system">Lebanon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_Macau#League_system" title="Football in Macau">Macau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malaysian_football_league_system" title="Malaysian football league system">Malaysia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_Mongolia#League_system" title="Football in Mongolia">Mongolia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Myanmar_Football_Federation" title="Myanmar Football Federation">Myanmar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_the_Northern_Mariana_Islands#League_system" title="Football in the Northern Mariana Islands">Northern Mariana Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pakistan_football_league_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Pakistan football league system">Pakistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qatar_football_league_system" title="Qatar football league system">Qatar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_league_system_in_Saudi_Arabia" class="mw-redirect" title="Football league system in Saudi Arabia">Saudi Arabia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_Singapore#S.League" title="Football in Singapore">Singapore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_Taiwan#League_system" title="Football in Taiwan">Taiwan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_league_system_in_Tajikistan" class="mw-redirect" title="Football league system in Tajikistan">Tajikistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thai_football_league_system" title="Thai football league system">Thailand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_Turkmenistan#League_system" title="Football in Turkmenistan">Turkmenistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_league_system_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" class="mw-redirect" title="Football league system in the United Arab Emirates">United Arab Emirates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vietnamese_football_league_system" title="Vietnamese football league system">Vietnam</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Confederation_of_African_Football" title="Confederation of African Football">CAF</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Algerian_football_league_system" title="Algerian football league system">Algeria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_Burkina_Faso#League_system" title="Football in Burkina Faso">Burkina Faso</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_Burundi#League_system" title="Football in Burundi">Burundi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cameroonian_football_league_system" title="Cameroonian football league system">Cameroon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_Cape_Verde#Divisions" title="Football in Cape Verde">Cape Verde</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_the_Central_African_Republic#League_system" title="Football in the Central African Republic">Central African Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_the_Comoros#League_system" title="Football in the Comoros">Comoros</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_Djibouti#League_system" title="Football in Djibouti">Djibouti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Egyptian_football_league_system" title="Egyptian football league system">Egypt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_Equatorial_Guinea#League_system" title="Football in Equatorial Guinea">Equatorial Guinea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ghana_Football_Leagues" title="Ghana Football Leagues">Ghana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_Guinea-Bissau#League_system" title="Football in Guinea-Bissau">Guinea-Bissau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ivorian_football_league_system" title="Ivorian football league system">Ivory Coast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenyan_football_league_system" title="Kenyan football league system">Kenya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_Madagascar#League_system" title="Football in Madagascar">Madagascar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_Mauritius#League_system" title="Football in Mauritius">Mauritius</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moroccan_football_league_system" title="Moroccan football league system">Morocco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_Mozambique#League_system" title="Football in Mozambique">Mozambique</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nigerian_football_league_system" title="Nigerian football league system">Nigeria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_R%C3%A9union#League_system" title="Football in Réunion">Réunion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe#League_system" title="Football in São Tomé and Príncipe">São Tomé and Príncipe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_Seychelles#League_system" title="Football in Seychelles">Seychelles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_Somalia#League_system" title="Football in Somalia">Somalia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_African_football_league_system" class="mw-redirect" title="South African football league system">South Africa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tunisian_football_league_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Tunisian football league system">Tunisia</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/CONCACAF" title="CONCACAF">CONCACAF</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Association_football_in_Anguilla#League_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Association football in Anguilla">Anguilla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Association_football_in_Antigua_and_Barbuda#League_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Association football in Antigua and Barbuda">Antigua and Barbuda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Association_football_in_Aruba#League_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Association football in Aruba">Aruba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Association_football_in_the_Bahamas#League_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Association football in the Bahamas">Bahamas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Association_football_in_Barbados#League_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Association football in Barbados">Barbados</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Association_football_in_Belize#League_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Association football in Belize">Belize</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_Bermuda#League_system" title="Football in Bermuda">Bermuda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Association_football_in_Bonaire#League_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Association football in Bonaire">Bonaire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Association_football_in_the_British_Virgin_Islands#League_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Association football in the British Virgin Islands">British Virgin Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canadian_soccer_league_system" title="Canadian soccer league system">Canada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Association_football_in_the_Cayman_Islands#League_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Association football in the Cayman Islands">Cayman Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_Costa_Rica#League_system" title="Football in Costa Rica">Costa Rica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Association_football_in_Cuba#League_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Association football in Cuba">Cuba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Association_football_in_Cura%C3%A7ao#League_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Association football in Curaçao">Curaçao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Association_football_in_the_Dominican_Republic#League_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Association football in the Dominican Republic">Dominican Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Association_football_in_El_Salvador#League_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Association football in El Salvador">El Salvador</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_French_Guiana#League_system" title="Football in French Guiana">French Guiana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Association_football_in_Guadeloupe#League_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Association football in Guadeloupe">Guadeloupe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Association_football_in_Guatemala#League_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Association football in Guatemala">Guatemala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Association_football_in_Haiti#League_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Association football in Haiti">Haiti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Honduran_football_league_system" title="Honduran football league system">Honduras</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamaican_football_league_system" title="Jamaican football league system">Jamaica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_Martinique#League_system" title="Football in Martinique">Martinique</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mexican_football_league_system" title="Mexican football league system">Mexico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Association_football_in_Montserrat#League_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Association football in Montserrat">Montserrat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Association_football_in_Nicaragua#League_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Association football in Nicaragua">Nicaragua</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Association_football_in_Panama#League_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Association football in Panama">Panama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Puerto_Rican_football_league_system" title="Puerto Rican football league system">Puerto Rico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Association_football_in_Saint_Kitts_and_Nevis#League_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Association football in Saint Kitts and Nevis">Saint Kitts and Nevis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Association_football_in_Saint_Martin#League_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Association football in Saint Martin">Saint Martin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Association_football_in_Sint_Maarten#League_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Association football in Sint Maarten">Sint Maarten</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trinidad_and_Tobago_football_league_system" title="Trinidad and Tobago football league system">Trinidad and Tobago</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Association_football_in_the_Turks_and_Caicos_Islands#League_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Association football in the Turks and Caicos Islands">Turks and Caicos Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_soccer_league_system" title="United States soccer league system">United States</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soccer_in_the_United_States_Virgin_Islands#League_system" title="Soccer in the United States Virgin Islands">United States Virgin Islands</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/CONMEBOL" title="CONMEBOL">CONMEBOL</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Argentine_football_league_system" title="Argentine football league system">Argentina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bolivian_football_league_system" title="Bolivian football league system">Bolivia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brazilian_football_league_system" title="Brazilian football league system">Brazil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chilean_football_league_system" title="Chilean football league system">Chile</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colombian_football_league_system" title="Colombian football league system">Colombia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ecuadorian_football_league_system" title="Ecuadorian football league system">Ecuador</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paraguayan_football_league_system" title="Paraguayan football league system">Paraguay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peruvian_football_league_system" title="Peruvian football league system">Peru</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uruguayan_football_league_system" title="Uruguayan football league system">Uruguay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Venezuelan_football_league_system" title="Venezuelan football league system">Venezuela</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Oceania_Football_Confederation" title="Oceania Football Confederation">OFC</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_French_Polynesia#League_system" title="Football in French Polynesia">French Polynesia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_New_Caledonia#League_system" title="Football in New Caledonia">New Caledonia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_football_league_system" title="New Zealand football league system">New Zealand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soccer_in_Papua_New_Guinea#League_system" title="Soccer in Papua New Guinea">Papua New Guinea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tuvaluan_football_league_system" title="Tuvaluan football league system">Tuvalu</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/UEFA" title="UEFA">UEFA</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_Albania#League_system" title="Football in Albania">Albania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_Andorra#League_system" title="Football in Andorra">Andorra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_Armenia#League_system" title="Football in Armenia">Armenia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_Austria#League_system" title="Football in Austria">Austria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijani_football_league_system" title="Azerbaijani football league system">Azerbaijan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_Belarus#League_system" title="Football in Belarus">Belarus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belgian_football_league_system" title="Belgian football league system">Belgium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bosnia_and_Herzegovina_football_league_system" title="Bosnia and Herzegovina football league system">Bosnia and Herzegovina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bulgarian_football_league_system" title="Bulgarian football league system">Bulgaria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Croatian_football_league_system" title="Croatian football league system">Croatia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cypriot_football_league_system" title="Cypriot football league system">Cyprus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Czech_Republic_football_league_system" title="Czech Republic football league system">Czech Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danish_football_league_system" title="Danish football league system">Denmark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/English_football_league_system" title="English football league 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