Wikipedia:WikiProject Football/Fully professional leagues

This page is part of the WikiProject on Football and provides a list of known fully professional leagues, and also those that are known to not be fully professional. As such this article can be used as an aide in considering the WP:NSPORT guideline, which states that "Players who have appeared, and managers who have managed, in a fully-professional league ... or cup, will generally be regarded as notable."

The lists are currently incomplete and some entries are lacking sources.

List of fully professional leagues

Men's Leagues

• Albania - Albanian Superliga [1][2][3]
• Algeria – Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 and Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 2 [4]
• Argentina – Primera División Argentina [5], Primera B Nacional[6], Primera B Metropolitana[7], Torneo Argentino A (since 2010-11, each side must sign min.20 profesisonal players)
• Australia – A-League [8]
• Austria – Austrian Football Bundesliga and Austrian Football First League [9] (in German – see §1, article (2), page 3)
• Azerbaijan – Azerbaijan Premier League [10], Azerbaijan First Division
• Belarus – Belarusian Premier League and Belarusian First League [11] (in Russian – see paragraph 13.6)
• Belgium – Belgian First Division [12]
• Bolivia – Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano [13]
• Brazil – Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, Campeonato Brasileiro Série B, Campeonato Paulista Série A1 [14] [15]
• Bulgaria – Bulgarian A PFG [16]
• Canada – Major League Soccer [17]; North American Soccer League (2011) [18]; Canadian Soccer League [19]; Canadian Soccer League (1987–1992) (defunct) [20]
• Chile – Chilean Primera División and Chilean Primera División B [21]
• China – Chinese Super League [22]
• Colombia – Colombian Professional Football [23]
• Croatia – Prva HNL [24]
• Cyprus – Cypriot First Division [25]
• Czech Republic – Gambrinus liga [26]; Czech 2. Liga [27]
• Denmark – Danish Superliga [28]
• Egypt – Egyptian Premier League [29]
• England – Premier League, Football League Championship, Football League One, Football League Two[30]
• Finland – Veikkausliiga 1
• France – Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 [31]
• Georgia – Umaglesi Liga [32]
• Germany – Fußball-Bundesliga, 2. Fußball-Bundesliga, 3rd Liga [33]
• Ghana – Ghana Premier League [34][35]
• Greece – Super League Greece [36] [37], Beta Ethniki and Gamma Ethniki [38]
• Honduras – Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Honduras [39]
• Hong Kong – Hong Kong First Division [40]
• Hungary – Nemzeti Bajnokság I [41] [42]
• India – I-League [43] [44]
• Indonesia – Indonesian Super League [45] [46]
• Iran – Iran Pro League [47] [48]
• Israel – Israeli Premier League [49], Liga Leumit [50] (only until 2008/09 season – further sources required)
• Italy – Serie A and Serie B [51]; Lega Pro Prima Divisione and Lega Pro Seconda Divisione [52] (in Italian – see October 1980)
• Japan – J. League Division 1, J. League Division 2 [53] [54]
• Jordan – Jordan League [55]
• Kuwait – Kuwaiti Premier League [56]
• Macedonia – Macedonian Prva Liga [57]
• Malaysia – Super League Malaysia [58]
• Mexico – Primera División de México, Primera División A [59]
• Netherlands – Eredivisie and Eerste Divisie [60]
• Nigeria – Nigerian Premier League [61]
• Norway – Tippeligaen [62]
• Paraguay – Primera Division Paraguaya and Paraguayan Division Intermedia [63] Template:Es (see Articulo 40 – page 11 of pdf)
• Peru – Primera División Peruana [64] Template:Es
• Poland – Ekstraklasa [65] Example (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) (see page 3), I Liga
• Portugal – Portuguese Liga and Liga de Honra [66]
• Qatar – Qatar Stars League [67]
• Romania – Liga I [68]
• Russia – RFPL [69] (in Russian, see paragraph 12.8.1), Russian First Division, Russian Second Division [70] (in Russian, see paragraph 16.2)
• Saudi Arabia – Saudi Premier League [71]
• Scotland – Scottish Premier League [72], Scottish First Division [73][74][75][76][77][78][79][80][81][82]
• Serbia – Serbian Superliga [83]
• Singapore – S. League [84] [85]
• Slovenia – Slovenian PrvaLiga [86] (in Slovenian)
• South Africa – Premier Soccer League [87], National First Division [88] [89]
• South Korea – K-League [90] [91]
• Spain – La Liga and Segunda División [92]
• Sweden – Allsvenskan [93] [94]
• Switzerland – Swiss Super League [95], Swiss Challenge League [96]
• Syria – Syrian Premier League [97]
• Thailand – Thai Premier League [98] [99]
• Trinidad and Tobago – TT Pro League [100]
• Tunisia – Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 [101] (in French)
• Turkey – Süper Lig [102]
• Ukraine – Ukrainian Premier League, Ukrainian First League, Ukrainian Second League [103]
• United Arab Emirates – UAE Football League [104] [105]
• Uruguay – Primera División Uruguaya and Uruguayan Segunda División [106] Template:Es (see Articulo 60 – page 27 of pdf)
• USA – Major League Soccer [107]; North American Soccer League [108] (inaugural season in 2011); USL Professional League [109]. (USSF Division 2 Professional League, USL First Division and USL Second Division [110], and North American Soccer League [111] were also fully pro leagues, but are now defunct).
• Uzbekistan – Uzbek League [112]

Women's Leagues

• USA – Women's Professional Soccer (2009 onwards) [113]; Women's United Soccer Association (2001–2003) (defunct) [114]

Top level leagues which are not fully professional

Men's Leagues

• Andorra – Primera Divisió [115]
• Bahrain – Bahraini Premier League [116]
• Bosnia and Herzegovina – Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina [117] (see page 9, Član 41)
• Estonia – Meistriliiga [118]
• Faroe Islands – Faroe Islands Premier League Football [119]
• Iceland – Úrvalsdeild [120]
• Ireland – League of Ireland Premier Division [121]
• Lithuania – A Lyga [122] Template:Lt icon
• Luxembourg – Luxembourg National Division [123]
• Malawi – Malawi Premier Division (also known as Super League) [124]
• Malta – Maltese Premier League [125]
• Montenegro – Montenegrin First League [126]
• Namibia – Namibia Premier League [127]
• New Zealand – New Zealand Football Championship [128]
• Northern Ireland – IFA Premiership [129]
• Oman – Omani League [130]
• San Marino – Campionato Sammarinese di Calcio [131] – if you follow the links to the national championship section, it explicitly calls the previous season amateur: – "campionato dilettanti."
• Sudan – Sudan Premier League
• Vietnam – V-League [132]
• Wales – Welsh Premier League [133]

Women's Leagues

• Australia – W-League (Australia) [134]
• England – FA WSL [135][136], FA Women's Premier League (1992–2010) [137]
• Japan – L. League [138] Template:Ja
• South Korea – WK-League [139] Template:Ko

See also

• List of professional sports leagues