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class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EB-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><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><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> Around the world, the sport is played at a professional level by professional footballers, and millions of people regularly go to football stadiums to follow their favourite <a href="/wiki/Football_team" title="Football team">football teams</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Guardian_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guardian-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while billions more watch the sport on television or on the internet.<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> Football has the highest global television audience in sport.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The sport had amateur origins and evolved into the modern professional competition. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professionalism_in_association_football&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Association football was first codified in 1863, with the formation of the <a href="/wiki/Football_Association" class="mw-redirect" title="Football 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At this time the sport was played mainly by <a href="/wiki/Public_school_(United_Kingdom)" title="Public school (United Kingdom)">public schools</a>, or teams with public school roots, and <a href="/wiki/Amateurism" class="mw-redirect" title="Amateurism">amateurism</a> was the norm. This remained the case until the 1880s, when working-class teams began to vie for supremacy. <a href="/wiki/Blackburn_Olympic_F.C." title="Blackburn Olympic F.C.">Blackburn Olympic</a>, a team composed mainly of factory workers, won the <a href="/wiki/1883_FA_Cup_Final" class="mw-redirect" title="1883 FA Cup Final">1883 FA Cup Final</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They were the first working-class team to win the competition since its inception in 1870.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Though professionalism was not permitted, Olympic arranged jobs for their players, and supplemented their income with additional payments, a common occurrence among <a href="/wiki/Lancashire" title="Lancashire">Lancashire</a> clubs.<sup id="cite_ref-HD_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HD-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1880, a dispute began between the FA and <a href="/wiki/Bolton_Wanderers_F.C." title="Bolton Wanderers F.C.">Bolton Wanderers</a> (founded in 1874), who had unofficially offered professional terms to Scottish players. Scottish players who played in England professionally were known as the <a href="/wiki/Scotch_Professors" title="Scotch Professors">Scotch Professors</a>. The subject remained a heated one through the 1880s, directly or indirectly involving many other clubs besides Bolton. Their neighbours, <a href="/wiki/Blackburn_Rovers_F.C." title="Blackburn Rovers F.C.">Blackburn Rovers</a> (founded in 1875) and <a href="/wiki/Darwen_F.C._(1870)" title="Darwen F.C. (1870)">Darwen</a> (founded in 1870) had also signed Scottish players on a '<a href="/wiki/Shamateur" class="mw-redirect" title="Shamateur">shamateur</a>' basis using side jobs, either real or fabricated, to facilitate payment. The FA espoused the ideal of amateurism promoted by the likes of <a href="/wiki/Corinthian_F.C." title="Corinthian F.C.">Corinthian F.C.</a> from whom the phrase "Corinthian Spirit" came into being.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The differences between the amateur idealists from southern England and the increasingly professionalised teams from northern industrial towns came to a head in 1884. After <a href="/wiki/Preston_North_End_F.C." title="Preston North End F.C.">Preston North End</a> won an FA Cup match against <a href="/wiki/Upton_Park_F.C." title="Upton Park F.C.">Upton Park</a>, the Londoners protested, seeking the result to be overturned due to the presence of paid players in the Preston ranks. This sparked a series of events which threatened to split the FA. Preston withdrew from the competition, and fellow Lancashire clubs <a href="/wiki/Burnley_F.C." title="Burnley F.C.">Burnley</a> and <a href="/wiki/Great_Lever_F.C." title="Great Lever F.C.">Great Lever</a> followed suit. The protest gathered momentum to the point where more than 30 clubs, predominantly from the north, announced that they would set up a rival <a href="/wiki/British_Football_Association" title="British Football Association">British Football Association</a> if the FA did not permit professionalism.<sup id="cite_ref-Goldblatt46_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Goldblatt46-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 18 months later the FA relented, and in July 1885 professionalism was formally legalised in England.<sup id="cite_ref-England_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-England-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FIFAHistory_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FIFAHistory-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Though English clubs employed professionals, the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Football_Association" title="Scottish Football Association">Scottish Football Association</a> continued to forbid the practice, withdrawing their clubs from the FA Cup in protest against the development, temporarily in 1885 then permanently in 1887.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Consequently, many Scottish players migrated southward (although it also meant they were forbidden from playing for the <a href="/wiki/Scotland_national_football_team" title="Scotland national football team">Scotland national team</a>). At first the FA put residential restrictions in place to prevent this trend, but these were abandoned by 1889.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the inaugural season of the <a href="/wiki/Football_League" class="mw-redirect" title="Football League">Football League</a> (1888–89), champions Preston North End fielded ten Scottish professionals.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>One of the teams to benefit from the move of Scottish players to England was <a href="/wiki/Sunderland_A.F.C." title="Sunderland A.F.C.">Sunderland</a>, located close to the border. The club went professional in 1885, and the club recruited a number of Scotsmen the same year, their first internationally <a href="/wiki/Cap_(sport)" title="Cap (sport)">capped</a> players.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Founder James Allan left Sunderland in 1888 because of his dislike for the "professionalism" that had been creeping into the club, and subsequently formed <a href="/wiki/Sunderland_Albion_F.C." title="Sunderland Albion F.C.">Sunderland Albion</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The wealthy mine owner Samuel Tyzack funded the professional advancement of the club, often pretending to be a priest while scouting for players in Scotland, as Sunderland's recruitment policy enraged many Scottish fans who supported the amateur ethos. In fact, the entire Sunderland lineup in the <a href="/wiki/1895_World_Championship_(football)" title="1895 World Championship (football)">1895 World Championship</a> was made up of Scottish players.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 5 April 1890, the <a href="/wiki/Football_League" class="mw-redirect" title="Football League">Football League</a>'s founder, <a href="/wiki/William_McGregor_(football)" title="William McGregor (football)">William McGregor</a>, labelled Sunderland as "the team of all talents" stating that they had "a talented man in every position".<sup id="cite_ref-p21_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-p21-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Preston North End, the first English team to win the Championship and Cup "<a href="/wiki/Double_(association_football)" title="Double (association football)">double</a>" in <a href="/wiki/1888%E2%80%9389_in_English_football" title="1888–89 in English football">1889</a>, did so with a majority of their team being made up of Scottish players. In the first season, they went undefeated both in the league and the <a href="/wiki/FA_Cup" title="FA Cup">FA Cup</a>, which led to them being known as "<a href="/wiki/The_Invincibles_(English_football)" title="The Invincibles (English football)">the Invincibles</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-scotsman2_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-scotsman2-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Football_League" title="Scottish Football League">Scottish Football League</a> launched on an amateur basis in <a href="/wiki/1890%E2%80%9391_Scottish_Football_League" title="1890–91 Scottish Football League">1890</a> but the nation's most famous club and founders of both the passing and international game, <a href="/wiki/Queen%27s_Park_F.C." title="Queen's Park F.C.">Queen's Park</a>, initially refused to participate as they predicted that professionalism would follow. This suspicion proved correct, with bans issued to clubs for making payments or playing against others who had, and clear indicators that the likes of newly-formed <a href="/wiki/Celtic_F.C." title="Celtic F.C.">Celtic</a>'s accumulation of some of the best talent in the country involved unofficial financial incentives. Faced with this, the Scottish FA lifted its ban on professionalism in 1893, whereupon 560 players were registered as professionals;<sup id="cite_ref-Scotland_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Scotland-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> however, despite the distinction of status between the home players and the England-based players having been removed, it was another three years before the SFA allowed '<a href="/wiki/Home_Scots_v_Anglo-Scots" title="Home Scots v Anglo-Scots">Anglos</a>' to play for the national team, prompted by poor results in the <a href="/wiki/British_Home_Championship" title="British Home Championship">British Home Championship</a>. Queen's Park remained outside the league until 1900, and remained committed to the amateur principles even after entering into competition with professional clubs.<sup id="cite_ref-scotsman1_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-scotsman1-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-sfa_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sfa-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They never claimed another major trophy, but remained an amateur club until January 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Communist_bloc" class="mw-redirect" title="Communist bloc">Communist bloc</a>, athletes were presented as amateurs, even if they were de facto professional. Football clubs were no exception, and they were mostly linked to <a href="/wiki/Trade_union" title="Trade union">trade unions</a> or government offices, with players being written down as workers of those particular industries. With the <a href="/wiki/Collapse_of_the_Soviet_Union" class="mw-redirect" title="Collapse of the Soviet Union">collapse of the Soviet Union</a>, clubs and players officially gained professional status.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>By 2023, the top 3 highest-paid football players in the world (<a href="/wiki/Neymar" title="Neymar">Neymar Jr.</a> from <a href="/wiki/Al_Hilal_SFC" title="Al Hilal SFC">Al Hilal</a> who was earning £240 million per year; <a href="/wiki/Cristiano_Ronaldo" title="Cristiano Ronaldo">Cristiano Ronaldo</a> from <a href="/wiki/Al_Nassr_FC" title="Al Nassr FC">Al Nassr</a> who was earning £173 million per year; and <a href="/wiki/Karim_Benzema" title="Karim Benzema">Karim Benzema</a> from <a href="/wiki/Al-Ittihad_Club_(Jeddah)" class="mw-redirect" title="Al-Ittihad Club (Jeddah)">Al-Ittihad</a> who was earning £172 million per year) were all playing in the <a href="/wiki/Saudi_Pro_League" title="Saudi Pro League">Saudi Pro League</a> earning record-breaking salaries.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Timeline_by_country">Timeline by country</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professionalism_in_association_football&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Timeline by country"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>This table details the year in which professionalism was introduced, country by country. </p> <table class="sortable wikitable" style="text-align: center;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Country </th> <th>Year </th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td>England</td> <td>1885<sup id="cite_ref-England_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-England-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td align="left">Football League, the very first professional league, formed in 1888. </td></tr> <tr> <td>Scotland</td> <td>1893<sup id="cite_ref-Scotland_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Scotland-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td align="left"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>United States</td> <td>1894<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td align="left">The <a href="/wiki/American_League_of_Professional_Football" title="American League of Professional Football">American League of Professional Football</a> was created by team owners from baseball's <a href="/wiki/National_League_(baseball)" title="National League (baseball)">National League</a> to compete during professional baseball's off-season. It lasted only one season. </td></tr> <tr> <td>Austria</td> <td>1924<sup id="cite_ref-Goldblatt225_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Goldblatt225-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td align="left">First fully professional league in <a href="/wiki/Continental_Europe" title="Continental Europe">continental Europe</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td>Czechoslovakia</td> <td>1925<sup id="cite_ref-researchgate_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-researchgate-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td align="left"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Hungary</td> <td>1926<sup id="cite_ref-researchgate_36-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-researchgate-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td align="left"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Italy</td> <td>1926<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td align="left"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carta_di_Viareggio" class="extiw" title="it:Carta di Viareggio">it:Carta di Viareggio</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Spain</td> <td>1926<sup id="cite_ref-Goldblatt209_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Goldblatt209-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td align="left"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Mexico</td> <td>1927<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td align="left">Year when the national team turned professional. Mexico's first professional league was formed in 1943. </td></tr> <tr> <td>Argentina</td> <td>1931<sup id="cite_ref-Argentina_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Argentina-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td align="left"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Chile</td> <td>1931<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td align="left"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>France</td> <td>1932<sup id="cite_ref-Goldblatt209_38-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Goldblatt209-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td align="left"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Uruguay</td> <td>1932<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td align="left"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Brazil</td> <td>1933<sup id="cite_ref-Brazil_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Brazil-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Campeonato_Paulista" title="Campeonato Paulista">São Paulo</a> and <a href="/wiki/Campeonato_Carioca" title="Campeonato Carioca">Rio de Janeiro</a> state leagues. </td></tr> <tr> <td>Turkey</td> <td>1952<sup id="cite_ref-TFF_Reference_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TFF_Reference-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td align="left"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Netherlands</td> <td>1954<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td align="left"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Portugal</td> <td>1960<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td align="left">Before the decree-law <i>Lei n.º 2104, de 30 de maio de 1960</i>, and formal professionalization in the sport, players of Portuguese top division clubs already earned prize money and bonus, and even received job offers arranged by the football club in order to earn a salary aside from football since the sport lacked a legal framework regarding remuneration of players. </td></tr> <tr> <td>West Germany</td> <td>1963<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td align="left"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Introduction_of_the_Bundesliga" title="Introduction of the Bundesliga">Introduction of the Bundesliga</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Sweden</td> <td>1967<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td align="left"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Hong Kong </td> <td>1968<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td align="left">First location in Asia to legalize professional football </td></tr> <tr> <td>Belgium</td> <td>1974<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td align="left">Start of the "Liga Beroepsvoetbal" (self-uniting organisation of Belgian teams proceeding with full-time professional football). </td></tr> <tr> <td>Denmark</td> <td>1978<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td align="left"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Egypt</td> <td>1990<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td align="left"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Norway</td> <td>1991<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td align="left"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>India </td> <td>1996 <sup id="cite_ref-begin_54-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-begin-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/National_Football_League_(India)" title="National Football League (India)">National Football League</a>, the first professional league, formed in 1996. </td></tr> <tr> <td>Saudi Arabia</td> <td>2007<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td align="left"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Philippines</td> <td>2017<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td align="left">The <a href="/wiki/Philippines_Football_League" title="Philippines Football League">Philippines Football League</a> is the first professional league in the country. </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i>See also <a href="/wiki/Professional_sports#Association_football" title="Professional sports">Professional sports#Association football</a></i> </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professionalism_in_association_football&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a 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id="Association_football" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">Association football</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Chronology</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%">Modern code</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/History_of_association_football" title="History of association football">History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_association_football" title="Timeline of association football">Timeline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">First league</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1872_Scotland_v_England_football_match" title="1872 Scotland v England football match">First international</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oldest_football_clubs" title="Oldest football clubs">Oldest clubs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oldest_football_competitions" class="mw-redirect" title="Oldest football competitions">Oldest competitions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Attempts_to_ban_football_games" title="Attempts to ban football games">Attempts to ban the sport</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Ancestors</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/Caid_(sport)" title="Caid (sport)">Caid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cuju" title="Cuju">Cuju</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calcio_Fiorentino" class="mw-redirect" title="Calcio Fiorentino">Calcio Fiorentino</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/English_public_school_football_games" title="English public school football games">English school games</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Episkyros" title="Episkyros">Episkyros</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harpastum" title="Harpastum">Harpastum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/La_soule" title="La soule">La soule</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marn_Grook" title="Marn Grook">Marn Grook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medieval_football" title="Medieval football">Medieval</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ba_game" class="mw-redirect" title="Ba game">Ba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Camping_(game)" title="Camping (game)">Camping</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cnapan" title="Cnapan">Cnapan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cornish_hurling" title="Cornish hurling">Cornish hurling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Old_division_football" title="Old division football">Old Division</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Shrovetide_Football" title="Royal Shrovetide Football">Royal Shrovetide</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uppies_and_Downies" title="Uppies and Downies">Uppies and Downies</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="15" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Football_(soccer_ball).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Football_%28soccer_ball%29.svg/70px-Football_%28soccer_ball%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="70" height="74" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Football_%28soccer_ball%29.svg/105px-Football_%28soccer_ball%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Football_%28soccer_ball%29.svg/140px-Football_%28soccer_ball%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="544" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Rules</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/Laws_of_the_Game_(association_football)" title="Laws of the Game (association football)">Current</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/Away_goals_rule" title="Away goals rule">Away goals rule</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ball_(association_football)" title="Ball (association football)">Ball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ball_in_and_out_of_play" title="Ball in and out of play">Ball in/out</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corner_kick" title="Corner kick">Corner kick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Association_football#Duration_and_tie-breaking_methods" title="Association football">Duration of the match</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kit_(association_football)" title="Kit (association football)">Equipment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_pitch" title="Football pitch">Field</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fouls_and_Misconduct_(association_football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Fouls and Misconduct (association football)">Fouls and misconduct</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Free_kick" title="Free kick">Free kick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goal_kick" title="Goal kick">Goal kick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goal_difference" title="Goal difference">Goal difference</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Offside_(association_football)" title="Offside (association football)">Offside</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Penalty_kick_(association_football)" title="Penalty kick (association football)">Penalty kick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Penalty_shoot-out_(association_football)" title="Penalty shoot-out (association football)">Penalty shoot-out</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Association_football#Players,_equipment,_and_officials" title="Association football">Players</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Referee_(association_football)" title="Referee (association football)">Referee</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Assistant_referee_(association_football)" title="Assistant referee (association football)">Assistants</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scoring_in_association_football" title="Scoring in association football">Scoring</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Start_and_Restart_of_Play_(association_football)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Start and Restart of Play (association football)">Start and restart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Throw-in" title="Throw-in">Throw-in</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Former</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/Sheffield_Rules" title="Sheffield Rules">Sheffield rules</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cambridge_rules" title="Cambridge rules">Cambridge rules</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Board</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/International_Football_Association_Board" title="International Football Association Board">IFAB</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Equipment</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/Ball_(association_football)" title="Ball (association football)">Ball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_boot" title="Football boot">Boots</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kit_(association_football)" title="Kit (association football)">Kit</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Away_colours" title="Away colours">Away colours</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Third_jersey" title="Third jersey">Third jersey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Throwback_uniform" title="Throwback uniform">Throwback uniform</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Variants of <br />the game</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/Amputee_football" title="Amputee football">Amputee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beach_soccer" title="Beach soccer">Beach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/College_association_football" class="mw-redirect" title="College association football">College</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crab_soccer" title="Crab soccer">Crab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Five-a-side_football" title="Five-a-side football">Five-a-side</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Futsal" title="Futsal">Futsal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indoor_soccer" title="Indoor soccer">Indoor</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Freestyle_football" title="Freestyle football">Freestyle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keepie_uppie" title="Keepie uppie">Keepie uppie</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hacky_sack" title="Hacky sack">Footbag</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paralympic_association_football" class="mw-redirect" title="Paralympic association football">Paralympic</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Powerchair_Football" class="mw-redirect" title="Powerchair Football">Powerchair</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jorkyball" title="Jorkyball">Jorkyball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roller_soccer" title="Roller soccer">Roller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rush_goalie" title="Rush goalie">Rush goalie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seven-a-side_football" title="Seven-a-side football">Seven-a-side</a> (<a href="/wiki/Sevens_(variation_of_football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sevens (variation of football)">Sevens</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swamp_football" title="Swamp football">Swamp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Street_football_(association_football)" title="Street football (association football)">Street</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Three-sided_football" title="Three-sided football">Three-sided</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/3v3_Soccer" title="3v3 Soccer">3v3 Soccer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walking_football" title="Walking football">Walking</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Association_football_positions" title="Association football positions">Positions</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/Goalkeeper_(association_football)" title="Goalkeeper (association football)">Goalkeeper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Defender_(association_football)" title="Defender (association football)">Defender</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder">Midfielder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forward_(association_football)" title="Forward (association football)">Forward</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Strategy</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/Formation_(association_football)" title="Formation (association football)">Formation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Association_football_tactics" class="mw-redirect" title="Association football tactics">Tactics</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Skills</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/Bicycle_kick" title="Bicycle kick">Bicycle kick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curl_(football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Curl (football)">Curl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nutmeg_(football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Nutmeg (football)">Nutmeg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rabona" title="Rabona">Rabona</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Step_over" title="Step over">Step over</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Glossary_of_association_football_terms" title="Glossary of association football terms">Terminology</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/Anti-football" title="Anti-football">Anti-football</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catenaccio" title="Catenaccio">Catenaccio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tiki-taka" title="Tiki-taka">Tiki-taka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Total_football" class="mw-redirect" title="Total football">Total football</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zona_mista" title="Zona mista">Zona mista</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Equaliser_(sports)" title="Equaliser (sports)">Equaliser</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Memorabilia</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/Association_football_card" title="Association football card">Trading cards</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Supporters%27_group" title="Supporters' group">Organised supporters</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/Barra_brava" title="Barra brava">Barra brava</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curva_(stadia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Curva (stadia)">Curva</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_hooliganism" title="Football hooliganism">Hooliganism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Torcida_organizada" title="Torcida organizada">Torcida</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ultras" title="Ultras">Ultras</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_chant" title="Football chant">Chant</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Comparisons</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/Comparison_of_association_football_and_futsal" title="Comparison of association football and futsal">Futsal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comparison_of_association_football_and_rugby_union" title="Comparison of association football and rugby union">Rugby union</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Geography_of_association_football" title="Geography of association football">Main associations</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/FIFA" title="FIFA">FIFA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Confederation_of_African_Football" title="Confederation of African Football">Africa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asian_Football_Confederation" title="Asian Football Confederation">Asia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UEFA" title="UEFA">Europe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CONCACAF" title="CONCACAF">North & Central America</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oceania_Football_Confederation" title="Oceania Football Confederation">Oceania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CONMEBOL" title="CONMEBOL">South America</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Olympic</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_at_the_Summer_Olympics" title="Football at the Summer Olympics">Summer Olympics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_Youth_Olympic_Games" class="mw-redirect" title="Football at the Youth Olympic Games">Youth Olympics</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Lists</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%">Men's</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/List_of_association_football_competitions" title="List of association football competitions">Competitions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_association_football_families" title="List of association football families">Families</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lists_of_men%27s_association_football_players" title="Lists of men's association football players">Players</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_footballers_with_500_or_more_goals" title="List of footballers with 500 or more goals">Top scorers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lists_of_association_football_clubs" title="Lists of association football clubs">Clubs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_men%27s_national_association_football_teams" title="List of men's national association football teams">National teams</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_association_football" title="Women's association football">Women's</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/International_competitions_in_women%27s_association_football" title="International competitions in women's association football">Competitions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_association_football_families" title="List of association football families">Families</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lists_of_women%27s_association_football_players" title="Lists of women's association football players">Players</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_women%27s_footballers_with_100_or_more_international_goals" title="List of women's footballers with 100 or more international goals">Top scorers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_women%27s_association_football_clubs" title="List of women's association football clubs">Clubs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_women%27s_national_association_football_teams" title="List of women's national association football teams">National teams</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related topics</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/12th_man_(football)" title="12th man (football)">12th man</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alcohol_in_association_football" title="Alcohol in association football">Alcohol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_association_football_films" title="List of association football films">Association football films</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Beautiful_Game" class="mw-redirect" title="The Beautiful Game">Beautiful Game</a></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/1874_in_association_football" title="1874 in association football">1874</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1875_in_association_football" title="1875 in association football">1875</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1876_in_association_football" title="1876 in association football">1876</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1877_in_association_football" title="1877 in association football">1877</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1878_in_association_football" title="1878 in association football">1878</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1879_in_association_football" title="1879 in association football">1879</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1880_in_association_football" title="1880 in association football">1880</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1881_in_association_football" title="1881 in association football">1881</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1882_in_association_football" title="1882 in association football">1882</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1883_in_association_football" title="1883 in association football">1883</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1884_in_association_football" title="1884 in association football">1884</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1885_in_association_football" title="1885 in association football">1885</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1886_in_association_football" title="1886 in association football">1886</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1887_in_association_football" title="1887 in association football">1887</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1888_in_association_football" title="1888 in association football">1888</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1889_in_association_football" title="1889 in association football">1889</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1890_in_association_football" title="1890 in association football">1890</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1891_in_association_football" title="1891 in association football">1891</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1892_in_association_football" title="1892 in association football">1892</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1893_in_association_football" title="1893 in association football">1893</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1894_in_association_football" title="1894 in association football">1894</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1895_in_association_football" title="1895 in association football">1895</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1896_in_association_football" title="1896 in association football">1896</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1897_in_association_football" title="1897 in association football">1897</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1898_in_association_football" title="1898 in association football">1898</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1899_in_association_football" title="1899 in association football">1899</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1900_in_association_football" title="1900 in association football">1900</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1901_in_association_football" title="1901 in association football">1901</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1902_in_association_football" title="1902 in association football">1902</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1903_in_association_football" title="1903 in association football">1903</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1904_in_association_football" title="1904 in association football">1904</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1905_in_association_football" title="1905 in association football">1905</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1906_in_association_football" title="1906 in association football">1906</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1907_in_association_football" title="1907 in association football">1907</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1908_in_association_football" title="1908 in association football">1908</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1909_in_association_football" title="1909 in association football">1909</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1910_in_association_football" title="1910 in association football">1910</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1911_in_association_football" title="1911 in association football">1911</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1912_in_association_football" title="1912 in association football">1912</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1913_in_association_football" title="1913 in association football">1913</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1914_in_association_football" title="1914 in association football">1914</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1915_in_association_football" title="1915 in association football">1915</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1916_in_association_football" title="1916 in association football">1916</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1917_in_association_football" title="1917 in association football">1917</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1918_in_association_football" title="1918 in association football">1918</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1919_in_association_football" title="1919 in association football">1919</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1920_in_association_football" title="1920 in association football">1920</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1921_in_association_football" title="1921 in association football">1921</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1922_in_association_football" title="1922 in association football">1922</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1923_in_association_football" title="1923 in association football">1923</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1924_in_association_football" title="1924 in association football">1924</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1925_in_association_football" title="1925 in association football">1925</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1926_in_association_football" title="1926 in association football">1926</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1927_in_association_football" title="1927 in association football">1927</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1928_in_association_football" title="1928 in association football">1928</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1929_in_association_football" title="1929 in association football">1929</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1930_in_association_football" title="1930 in association football">1930</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1931_in_association_football" title="1931 in association football">1931</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1932_in_association_football" title="1932 in association football">1932</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1933_in_association_football" title="1933 in association football">1933</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1934_in_association_football" title="1934 in association football">1934</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1935_in_association_football" title="1935 in association football">1935</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1936_in_association_football" title="1936 in association football">1936</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1937_in_association_football" title="1937 in association football">1937</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1938_in_association_football" title="1938 in association football">1938</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1939_in_association_football" title="1939 in association football">1939</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_in_association_football" title="1940 in association football">1940</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1941_in_association_football" title="1941 in association football">1941</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1942_in_association_football" title="1942 in association football">1942</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1943_in_association_football" title="1943 in association football">1943</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1944_in_association_football" title="1944 in association football">1944</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1945_in_association_football" title="1945 in association football">1945</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1946_in_association_football" title="1946 in association football">1946</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1947_in_association_football" title="1947 in association football">1947</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1948_in_association_football" title="1948 in association football">1948</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1949_in_association_football" title="1949 in association football">1949</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1950_in_association_football" title="1950 in association football">1950</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1951_in_association_football" title="1951 in association football">1951</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1952_in_association_football" title="1952 in association football">1952</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1953_in_association_football" title="1953 in association football">1953</a></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/1974_in_association_football" title="1974 in association football">1974</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1975_in_association_football" title="1975 in association football">1975</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_in_association_football" title="1976 in association football">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977_in_association_football" title="1977 in association football">1977</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1978_in_association_football" title="1978 in association football">1978</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979_in_association_football" title="1979 in association football">1979</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980_in_association_football" title="1980 in association football">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1981_in_association_football" title="1981 in association football">1981</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_in_association_football" title="1982 in association football">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983_in_association_football" title="1983 in association football">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_in_association_football" title="1984 in association football">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1985_in_association_football" title="1985 in association football">1985</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_in_association_football" title="1986 in association football">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_in_association_football" title="1987 in association football">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_in_association_football" title="1988 in association football">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_in_association_football" title="1989 in association football">1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_in_association_football" title="1990 in association football">1990</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991_in_association_football" title="1991 in association football">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_in_association_football" title="1992 in association football">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1993_in_association_football" title="1993 in association football">1993</a></li> <li><a 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title="A-League Men">Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bahraini_Premier_League" title="Bahraini Premier League">Bahrain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bangladesh_Premier_League_(football)" title="Bangladesh Premier League (football)">Bangladesh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhutan_Premier_League" title="Bhutan Premier League">Bhutan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brunei_Super_League" title="Brunei Super League">Brunei</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cambodian_Premier_League" title="Cambodian Premier League">Cambodia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_Super_League" title="Chinese Super League">China</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liga_Futebol_Amadora_Primeira_Divis%C3%A3o" title="Liga Futebol Amadora Primeira Divisão">East Timor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guam_Soccer_League" title="Guam Soccer League">Guam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong_Premier_League" title="Hong Kong Premier League">Hong Kong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Super_League" title="Indian Super League">India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liga_1_(Indonesia)" title="Liga 1 (Indonesia)">Indonesia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Persian_Gulf_Pro_League" title="Persian Gulf Pro League">Iran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iraqi_Premier_League" class="mw-redirect" title="Iraqi Premier League">Iraq</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J1_League" title="J1 League">Japan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jordanian_Pro_League" title="Jordanian Pro League">Jordan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kuwait_Premier_League" title="Kuwait Premier League">Kuwait</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kyrgyz_Premier_League" title="Kyrgyz Premier League">Kyrgyzstan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lao_Premier_League" class="mw-redirect" title="Lao Premier League">Laos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lebanese_Premier_League" title="Lebanese Premier League">Lebanon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liga_de_Elite" title="Liga de Elite">Macau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malaysia_Super_League" title="Malaysia Super League">Malaysia</a></li> <li><a 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Bank</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philippines_Football_League" title="Philippines Football League">Philippines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qatar_Stars_League" title="Qatar Stars League">Qatar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saudi_Pro_League" title="Saudi Pro League">Saudi Arabia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Singapore_Premier_League" title="Singapore Premier League">Singapore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K_League_1" title="K League 1">South Korea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Super_League" title="Sri Lanka Super League">Sri Lanka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Syrian_Premier_League" title="Syrian Premier League">Syria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taiwan_Football_Premier_League" title="Taiwan Football Premier League">Taiwan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tajikistan_Higher_League" title="Tajikistan Higher League">Tajikistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thai_League_1" title="Thai League 1">Thailand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%9Dokary_Liga" title="Ýokary Liga">Turkmenistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UAE_Pro_League" title="UAE Pro League">United Arab Emirates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uzbekistan_Super_League" title="Uzbekistan Super League">Uzbekistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/V.League_1" title="V.League 1">Vietnam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yemeni_League" title="Yemeni League">Yemen</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 hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/North_Vietnam_V-League" title="North Vietnam V-League">North Vietnam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Vietnam_V-League" title="South Vietnam V-League">South Vietnam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Yemeni_League" title="South Yemeni League">South Yemen</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow hlist" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li><small><sup>†</sup> Associated members</small></li></ul> 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Premier League">Botswana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burkinab%C3%A9_Premier_League" title="Burkinabé Premier League">Burkina Faso</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burundi_Premier_League" class="mw-redirect" title="Burundi Premier League">Burundi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elite_One" title="Elite One">Cameroon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cape_Verdean_Football_Championship" title="Cape Verdean Football Championship">Cape Verde</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_African_Republic_League" title="Central African Republic League">Central African Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chad_Premier_League" title="Chad Premier League">Chad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comoros_Premier_League" title="Comoros Premier League">Comoros</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Congo_Premier_League" class="mw-redirect" title="Congo Premier League">Congo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Djibouti_Premier_League" title="Djibouti Premier League">Djibouti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Linafoot" title="Linafoot">DR Congo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Egyptian_Premier_League" title="Egyptian Premier League">Egypt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Equatoguinean_Primera_Divisi%C3%B3n" title="Equatoguinean Primera División">Equatorial Guinea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eritrean_Premier_League" title="Eritrean Premier League">Eritrea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Premier_League_of_Eswatini" title="Premier League of Eswatini">Eswatini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ethiopian_Premier_League" title="Ethiopian Premier League">Ethiopia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gabon_Championnat_National_D1" title="Gabon Championnat National D1">Gabon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GFA_League_First_Division" title="GFA League First Division">Gambia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ghana_Premier_League" title="Ghana Premier League">Ghana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guin%C3%A9e_Championnat_National" title="Guinée Championnat National">Guinea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Campeonato_Nacional_da_Guin%C3%A9-Bissau" title="Campeonato Nacional da Guiné-Bissau">Guinea-Bissau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ligue_1_(Ivory_Coast)" title="Ligue 1 (Ivory Coast)">Ivory Coast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenyan_Premier_League" title="Kenyan Premier League">Kenya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lesotho_Premier_League" title="Lesotho Premier League">Lesotho</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liberian_First_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="Liberian First Division">Liberia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Libyan_Premier_League" title="Libyan Premier League">Libya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malagasy_Pro_League" title="Malagasy Pro League">Madagascar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Super_League_of_Malawi" title="Super League of Malawi">Malawi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malian_Premi%C3%A8re_Division" title="Malian Première Division">Mali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Super_D1" title="Super D1">Mauritania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mauritian_League" class="mw-redirect" title="Mauritian League">Mauritius</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Botola" title="Botola">Morocco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mo%C3%A7ambola" title="Moçambola">Mozambique</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Namibia_Football_Premier_League" class="mw-redirect" title="Namibia Football Premier League">Namibia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Super_Ligue_(Niger)" title="Super Ligue (Niger)">Niger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nigeria_Professional_Football_League" class="mw-redirect" title="Nigeria Professional Football League">Nigeria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/R%C3%A9union_Premier_League" title="Réunion Premier League">Réunion</a><sup>†</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rwanda_Premier_League" title="Rwanda Premier League">Rwanda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe_Championship" title="São Tomé and Príncipe Championship">São Tomé and Príncipe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Senegal_Premier_League" class="mw-redirect" title="Senegal Premier League">Senegal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seychelles_First_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="Seychelles First Division">Seychelles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sierra_Leone_National_Premier_League" title="Sierra Leone National Premier League">Sierra Leone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Somali_First_Division" title="Somali First Division">Somalia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_African_Premier_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="South African Premier Division">South Africa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Sudan_Football_Championship" title="South Sudan Football Championship">South Sudan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sudan_Premier_League" title="Sudan Premier League">Sudan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tanzanian_Premier_League" title="Tanzanian Premier League">Tanzania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Togolese_Championnat_National" title="Togolese Championnat National">Togo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tunisian_Ligue_Professionnelle_1" title="Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1">Tunisia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uganda_Premier_League" title="Uganda Premier League">Uganda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zambia_Super_League" title="Zambia Super League">Zambia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zanzibar_Premier_League" title="Zanzibar Premier League">Zanzibar</a><sup>†</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zimbabwe_Premier_Soccer_League" title="Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League">Zimbabwe</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><small><sup>†</sup> Associated members</small></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="Top-level_men&#039;s_football_leagues_of_North_America,_Central_America,_and_the_Caribbean_(CONCACAF)" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" 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of North America, Central America, and the Caribbean (<a href="/wiki/CONCACAF" title="CONCACAF">CONCACAF</a>)</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Current</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/AFA_Senior_Male_League" title="AFA Senior Male League">Anguilla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antigua_and_Barbuda_Premier_Division" title="Antigua and Barbuda Premier Division">Antigua and Barbuda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aruban_Division_di_Honor" title="Aruban Division di Honor">Aruba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BFA_Senior_League" title="BFA Senior League">Bahamas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barbados_Premier_League" title="Barbados Premier League">Barbados</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Premier_League_of_Belize" title="Premier League of Belize">Belize</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bermudian_Premier_Division" title="Bermudian Premier Division">Bermuda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bonaire_League" title="Bonaire League">Bonaire</a><sup>†</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BVIFA_National_Football_League" title="BVIFA National Football League">British Virgin Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canadian_Premier_League" title="Canadian Premier League">Canada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cayman_Islands_Premier_League" title="Cayman Islands Premier League">Cayman Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liga_FPD" title="Liga FPD">Costa Rica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Campeonato_Nacional_de_F%C3%BAtbol_de_Cuba" title="Campeonato Nacional de Fútbol de Cuba">Cuba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cura%C3%A7ao_Prom%C3%A9_Divishon" title="Curaçao Promé Divishon">Curaçao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dominica_Premier_League" title="Dominica Premier League">Dominica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liga_Dominicana_de_F%C3%BAtbol" title="Liga Dominicana de Fútbol">Dominican Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Primera_Divisi%C3%B3n_de_F%C3%BAtbol_de_El_Salvador" title="Primera División de Fútbol de El Salvador">El Salvador</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/French_Guiana_Honor_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="French Guiana Honor Division">French Guiana</a><sup>†</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GFA_Premier_League" title="GFA Premier League">Grenada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guadeloupe_Division_of_Honor" class="mw-redirect" title="Guadeloupe Division of Honor">Guadeloupe</a><sup>†</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liga_Nacional_de_F%C3%BAtbol_de_Guatemala" title="Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala">Guatemala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GFF_Elite_League" title="GFF Elite League">Guyana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ligue_Ha%C3%AFtienne" title="Ligue Haïtienne">Haiti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liga_Nacional_de_F%C3%BAtbol_Profesional_de_Honduras" title="Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional de Honduras">Honduras</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Premier_League" class="mw-redirect" title="National Premier League">Jamaica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martinique_Championnat_National" title="Martinique Championnat National">Martinique</a><sup>†</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liga_MX" title="Liga MX">Mexico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montserrat_Championship" title="Montserrat Championship">Montserrat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liga_Primera_de_Nicaragua" title="Liga Primera de Nicaragua">Nicaragua</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liga_Paname%C3%B1a_de_F%C3%BAtbol" title="Liga Panameña de Fútbol">Panama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liga_Puerto_Rico" title="Liga Puerto Rico">Puerto Rico</a></li> <li><span class="nowrap">Saint Kitts and Nevis (<a href="/wiki/SKNFA_Premier_League" title="SKNFA Premier League">Saint Kitts</a>, <a href="/wiki/N1_League" title="N1 League">Nevis</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SLFA_First_Division" title="SLFA First Division">Saint Lucia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint-Martin_Senior_League" title="Saint-Martin Senior League">Saint Martin</a><sup>†</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SVGFF_Premier_Division" title="SVGFF Premier Division">Saint Vincent and the Grenadines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sint_Maarten_Senior_League" class="mw-redirect" title="Sint Maarten Senior League">Sint Maarten</a><sup>†</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SVB_Topklasse" class="mw-redirect" title="SVB Topklasse">Suriname</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/TT_Pro_League" class="mw-redirect" title="TT Pro League">Trinidad and Tobago</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Provo_Premier_League" title="Provo Premier League">Turks and Caicos Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Major_League_Soccer" title="Major League Soccer">United States</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/U.S._Virgin_Islands_Premier_League" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Virgin Islands Premier League">U.S. Virgin Islands</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Non-recognized</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/Saint-Barthelemy_Championships" title="Saint-Barthelemy Championships">Saint Barthélemy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ligue_de_Football_de_Saint_Pierre_et_Miquelon" class="mw-redirect" title="Ligue de Football de Saint Pierre et Miquelon">Saint Pierre et Miquelon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sint_Eustatius_League" title="Sint Eustatius League">Sint Eustatius</a> (defunct)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow hlist" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li><small><sup>†</sup> Associated members</small></li></ul> </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="Top-level_football_leagues_of_South_America_(CONMEBOL)" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks 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href="/wiki/Peruvian_Primera_Divisi%C3%B3n" title="Peruvian Primera División">Peru</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uruguayan_Primera_Divisi%C3%B3n" title="Uruguayan Primera División">Uruguay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Venezuelan_Primera_Divisi%C3%B3n" title="Venezuelan Primera División">Venezuela</a></li></ul> </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="Top-level_football_leagues_of_Oceania_(OFC)" 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" 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Confederation">OFC</a>)</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Current</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/FFAS_Senior_League" title="FFAS Senior League">American Samoa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cook_Islands_Round_Cup" title="Cook Islands Round Cup">Cook Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fiji_Premier_League" title="Fiji Premier League">Fiji</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kiribati_National_Championship" title="Kiribati National Championship">Kiribati</a><sup>†</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Caledonia_Super_Ligue" title="New Caledonia Super Ligue">New Caledonia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_National_League" title="New Zealand National League">New Zealand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Niue_Soccer_Tournament" title="Niue Soccer Tournament">Niue</a><sup>†</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papua_New_Guinea_National_Soccer_League" class="mw-redirect" title="Papua New Guinea National Soccer League">Papua New Guinea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samoa_National_League" title="Samoa National League">Samoa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Telekom_S-League" class="mw-redirect" title="Telekom S-League">Solomon Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tahiti_Ligue_1" title="Tahiti Ligue 1">Tahiti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tonga_Major_League" title="Tonga Major League">Tonga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tuvalu_A-Division" title="Tuvalu A-Division">Tuvalu</a><sup>†</sup></li> <li><span class="nowrap">Vanuatu (<a href="/wiki/Port_Vila_Football_League" title="Port Vila Football League">Port Vila</a>, <a href="/wiki/VFF_Champions_League" title="VFF Champions League">rest of country</a>)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Non-recognized</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/Palau_Soccer_League" title="Palau Soccer League">Palau</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><small><sup>†</sup> Associated members</small></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="Top-level_men&#039;s_football_leagues_of_Europe_(UEFA)" 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 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Superiore">Albania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Primera_Divisi%C3%B3" title="Primera Divisió">Andorra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armenian_Premier_League" title="Armenian Premier League">Armenia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Austrian_Football_Bundesliga" title="Austrian Football Bundesliga">Austria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan_Premier_League" title="Azerbaijan Premier League">Azerbaijan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belarusian_Premier_League" title="Belarusian Premier League">Belarus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belgian_Pro_League" title="Belgian Pro League">Belgium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Premier_League_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina" title="Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina">Bosnia and Herzegovina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Professional_Football_League_(Bulgaria)" title="First Professional Football League (Bulgaria)">Bulgaria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Croatian_Football_League" title="Croatian Football League">Croatia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cypriot_First_Division" title="Cypriot First Division">Cyprus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Czech_First_League" title="Czech First League">Czech Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danish_Superliga" title="Danish Superliga">Denmark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Premier_League" title="Premier League">England</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meistriliiga" title="Meistriliiga">Estonia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Faroe_Islands_Premier_League" title="Faroe Islands Premier League">Faroe Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Veikkausliiga" title="Veikkausliiga">Finland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ligue_1" title="Ligue 1">France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erovnuli_Liga" title="Erovnuli Liga">Georgia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bundesliga" title="Bundesliga">Germany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gibraltar_Football_League" title="Gibraltar Football League">Gibraltar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Super_League_Greece" title="Super League Greece">Greece</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nemzeti_Bajnoks%C3%A1g_I" title="Nemzeti Bajnokság I">Hungary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Besta_deild_karla" title="Besta deild karla">Iceland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Israeli_Premier_League" title="Israeli Premier League">Israel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Serie_A" title="Serie A">Italy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kazakhstan_Premier_League" title="Kazakhstan Premier League">Kazakhstan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_Superleague_of_Kosovo" title="Football Superleague of Kosovo">Kosovo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Latvian_Higher_League" title="Latvian Higher League">Latvia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A_Lyga" title="A Lyga">Lithuania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luxembourg_National_Division" title="Luxembourg National Division">Luxembourg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maltese_Premier_League" title="Maltese Premier League">Malta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moldovan_Super_Liga" title="Moldovan Super Liga">Moldova</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montenegrin_First_League" title="Montenegrin First League">Montenegro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eredivisie" title="Eredivisie">Netherlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Macedonian_First_Football_League" title="Macedonian First Football League">North Macedonia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NIFL_Premiership" title="NIFL Premiership">Northern Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eliteserien" title="Eliteserien">Norway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ekstraklasa" title="Ekstraklasa">Poland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Primeira_Liga" title="Primeira Liga">Portugal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/League_of_Ireland_Premier_Division" title="League of Ireland Premier Division">Republic of Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liga_I" title="Liga I">Romania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russian_Premier_League" title="Russian Premier League">Russia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Campionato_Sammarinese_di_Calcio" title="Campionato Sammarinese di Calcio">San Marino</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Premiership" title="Scottish Premiership">Scotland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Serbian_SuperLiga" title="Serbian SuperLiga">Serbia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slovak_First_Football_League" title="Slovak First Football League">Slovakia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slovenian_PrvaLiga" title="Slovenian PrvaLiga">Slovenia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/La_Liga" title="La Liga">Spain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allsvenskan" title="Allsvenskan">Sweden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swiss_Super_League" title="Swiss Super League">Switzerland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S%C3%BCper_Lig" title="Süper Lig">Turkey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_Premier_League" title="Ukrainian Premier League">Ukraine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cymru_Premier" title="Cymru Premier">Wales</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 hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Austria <ul><li><small><a href="/wiki/Tagblatt_Pokal" title="Tagblatt Pokal">Tagblatt Pokal</a></small></li> <li><small><a href="/wiki/Gauliga_Ostmark" title="Gauliga Ostmark">Gauliga Ostmark</a></small></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_League_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina" title="First League of Bosnia and Herzegovina">Bosnia and Herzegovina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bulgarian_football_league_system" title="Bulgarian football league system">Bulgaria</a> <ul><li><small><a href="/wiki/Bulgarian_Republic_Football_Championship" title="Bulgarian Republic Football Championship">Republic</a></small></li> <li><small><a href="/wiki/Bulgarian_State_Football_Championship" title="Bulgarian State Football Championship">State</a></small></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Czechoslovak_First_League" title="Czechoslovak First League">Czechoslovakia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Football_Tournament" title="The Football Tournament">Denmark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/DDR-Oberliga" title="DDR-Oberliga">East Germany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_League_First_Division" title="Football League First Division">England</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mestaruussarja" title="Mestaruussarja">Finland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_football_league_system" title="German football league system">Germany</a> <ul><li><small><a href="/wiki/Bezirksliga_Bayern" title="Bezirksliga Bayern">Bezirksliga Bayern</a></small></li> <li><small><a href="/wiki/Gauliga" title="Gauliga">Gauliga</a></small></li> <li><small><a href="/wiki/Kreisliga_Bayern" title="Kreisliga Bayern">Kreisliga Bayern</a></small></li> <li><small><a href="/wiki/Kreisliga_Hessen" title="Kreisliga Hessen">Hessen</a></small></li> <li><small><a href="/wiki/Kreisliga_Nordmain" title="Kreisliga Nordmain">Nordmain</a></small></li> <li><small><a href="/wiki/Kreisliga_Odenwald" title="Kreisliga Odenwald">Odenwald</a></small></li> <li><small><a href="/wiki/Kreisliga_Pfalz" title="Kreisliga Pfalz">Pfalz</a></small></li> <li><small><a 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href="/wiki/Football_in_Botswana" title="Football in Botswana">Botswana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_Burkina_Faso" title="Football in Burkina Faso">Burkina Faso</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_Burundi" title="Football in Burundi">Burundi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_Cameroon" title="Football in Cameroon">Cameroon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_Cape_Verde" title="Football in Cape Verde">Cape Verde</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_the_Central_African_Republic" title="Football in the Central African Republic">Central African Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_Chad" title="Football in Chad">Chad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_the_Comoros" title="Football in the Comoros">Comoros</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo" title="Football in the Democratic Republic of the Congo">Democratic Republic of the Congo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_the_Republic_of_the_Congo" title="Football in the Republic of the Congo">Republic of the Congo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_Djibouti" title="Football in Djibouti">Djibouti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_Egypt" title="Football in Egypt">Egypt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_Equatorial_Guinea" title="Football in Equatorial Guinea">Equatorial Guinea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_Eritrea" title="Football in Eritrea">Eritrea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_Eswatini" title="Football in Eswatini">Eswatini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_Ethiopia" title="Football in Ethiopia">Ethiopia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_Gabon" title="Football in Gabon">Gabon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_the_Gambia" title="Football in the Gambia">The Gambia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_Ghana" title="Football in Ghana">Ghana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_Guinea" title="Football in Guinea">Guinea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_Guinea-Bissau" title="Football in Guinea-Bissau">Guinea-Bissau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_Ivory_Coast" title="Football in Ivory Coast">Ivory Coast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_Kenya" title="Football in Kenya">Kenya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_Lesotho" title="Football in Lesotho">Lesotho</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_Liberia" title="Football in Liberia">Liberia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_Libya" title="Football in Libya">Libya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_Madagascar" title="Football in Madagascar">Madagascar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_Malawi" title="Football in Malawi">Malawi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_Mali" title="Football in Mali">Mali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_Mauritania" title="Football in Mauritania">Mauritania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_Mauritius" title="Football in Mauritius">Mauritius</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_Morocco" title="Football in Morocco">Morocco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_Mozambique" title="Football in Mozambique">Mozambique</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_Namibia" title="Football in Namibia">Namibia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_Niger" title="Football in Niger">Niger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_Nigeria" title="Football in Nigeria">Nigeria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_Rwanda" title="Football in Rwanda">Rwanda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe" title="Football in São Tomé and Príncipe">São Tomé and Príncipe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_Senegal" title="Football in Senegal">Senegal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_Seychelles" title="Football in Seychelles">Seychelles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_Sierra_Leone" title="Football in Sierra Leone">Sierra Leone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_Somalia" title="Football in Somalia">Somalia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_South_Africa" class="mw-redirect" title="Football in South Africa">South Africa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_South_Sudan" title="Football in South Sudan">South Sudan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_Sudan" title="Football in Sudan">Sudan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_Tanzania" title="Football in Tanzania">Tanzania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_Togo" title="Football in Togo">Togo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_Tunisia" title="Football in Tunisia">Tunisia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_Uganda" title="Football in Uganda">Uganda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_Zambia" title="Football in Zambia">Zambia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_Zimbabwe" title="Football in Zimbabwe">Zimbabwe</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">States with limited<br />recognition</div></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist wraplinks" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_the_Sahrawi_Arab_Democratic_Republic" title="Football in the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic">Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Football_in_Somaliland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Football in Somaliland (page does not exist)">Somaliland</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Dependencies and<br />other territories</div></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist wraplinks" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><div> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Football_in_the_Canary_Islands&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Football in the Canary Islands (page does not exist)">Canary Islands</a> / <a href="/w/index.php?title=Football_in_Ceuta&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Football in Ceuta (page does not exist)">Ceuta</a> / <a href="/w/index.php?title=Football_in_Melilla&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Football in Melilla (page does not exist)">Melilla</a>  <span style="font-size:85%;">(Spain)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_Madeira" class="mw-redirect" title="Football in Madeira">Madeira</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(Portugal)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_Mayotte" title="Football in Mayotte">Mayotte</a> / <a href="/wiki/Football_in_R%C3%A9union" title="Football in Réunion">Réunion</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(France)</span></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Football_in_Saint_Helena&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Football in Saint Helena (page does not exist)">Saint Helena</a> / <a href="/wiki/Football_in_Ascension_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="Football in Ascension Island">Ascension Island</a> / <a 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<li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_Azerbaijan" title="Football in Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_Bahrain" title="Football in Bahrain">Bahrain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_Bangladesh" title="Football in Bangladesh">Bangladesh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_Bhutan" title="Football in Bhutan">Bhutan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_Brunei" title="Football in Brunei">Brunei</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_Cambodia" title="Football in Cambodia">Cambodia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_China" title="Football in China">China</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_Cyprus" title="Football in Cyprus">Cyprus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_East_Timor" title="Football in East Timor">East Timor (Timor-Leste)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_Egypt" title="Football in Egypt">Egypt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_Georgia_(country)" title="Football in Georgia (country)">Georgia</a></li> <li><a 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Kyrgyzstan">Kyrgyzstan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_Laos" title="Football in Laos">Laos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_Lebanon" title="Football in Lebanon">Lebanon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_Malaysia" title="Football in Malaysia">Malaysia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_the_Maldives" title="Football in the Maldives">Maldives</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_Mongolia" title="Football in Mongolia">Mongolia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_Myanmar" title="Football in Myanmar">Myanmar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_Nepal" title="Football in Nepal">Nepal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_Oman" title="Football in Oman">Oman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_Pakistan" title="Football in Pakistan">Pakistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_the_Philippines" title="Football in the Philippines">Philippines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_Qatar" title="Football in Qatar">Qatar</a></li> <li><a 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