Wikipedia:WikiProject Football/Fully professional leagues
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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 it can be used as an aide in considering the WP:ATHLETE guideline, which states that athletes that have 'competed at the fully professional level of a sport' are generally notable.
The lists are currently incomplete and some entries are lacking sources.
List of fully professional leagues
Men's Leagues
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Albania - Albanian Superliga [1][2][3]
Algeria – Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 and Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 2 [4]
Argentina – Primera División Argentina [5]
Armenia – Armenian Premier League [citation needed]
Australia – A-League [6]
Austria – Austrian Football Bundesliga and Austrian Football First League [7] (in German – see §1, article (2), page 3)
Azerbaijan – Azerbaijan Premier League [8], Azerbaijan First Division [citation needed]
Belarus – Belarusian Premier League and Belarusian First League [9] (in Russian – see paragraph 13.6)
Belgium – Belgian First Division [10]
Bolivia – Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano [11]
Brazil – Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, Campeonato Brasileiro Série B, Campeonato Paulista Série A1 [12] [13]
Bulgaria – Bulgarian A PFG [14] [dead link]
Canada – Major League Soccer [15]; North American Soccer League (2011) [16]; Canadian Soccer League [17]; Canadian Soccer League (1987–1992) (defunct) [18]
China – Chinese Super League [19]
Colombia – Colombian Professional Football [20]
Croatia – Prva HNL [21]
Cyprus – Cypriot First Division [22]
Czech Republic – Gambrinus liga [23]; Czech 2. Liga [24]
Denmark – Danish Superliga [25]
England – Premier League, Football League Championship, Football League One, Football League Two[26]
Finland – Veikkausliiga 1
France – Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 [27]
Georgia – Umaglesi Liga [28] [dead link]
Germany – Fußball-Bundesliga, 2. Fußball-Bundesliga, 3rd Liga [29]
Ghana – Ghana Premier League [30][31]
Greece – Super League Greece [32] [33], Beta Ethniki and Gamma Ethniki [34]
Honduras – Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Honduras [35]
Hong Kong – Hong Kong First Division [36]
Hungary – Nemzeti Bajnokság I [37] [38]
India – I-League [39] [40]
Indonesia – Indonesian Super League [41] [42]
Iran – Iran Pro League [43] [44]
Israel – Israeli Premier League [45], Liga Leumit [46] (only until 2008/09 season – further sources required)
Italy – Serie A and Serie B [47]; Lega Pro Prima Divisione and Lega Pro Seconda Divisione [48] (in Italian – see October 1980)
Japan – J. League Division 1, J. League Division 2 [49] [50]
Jordan – Jordan League [51]
Kuwait – Kuwaiti Premier League [52]
Macedonia – Macedonian Prva Liga [53]
Malaysia – Super League Malaysia [54]
Mexico – Primera División de México, Primera División A [55]
Netherlands – Eredivisie and Eerste Divisie [56]
Nigeria – Nigerian Premier League [57]
Norway – Tippeligaen [58]
Paraguay – Primera Division Paraguaya and Paraguayan Division Intermedia [59] Template:Es (see Articulo 40 – page 11 of pdf)
Peru – Primera División Peruana [60] Template:Es
Poland – Ekstraklasa [61] Example (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) (see page 3), I Liga [citation needed]
Portugal – Portuguese Liga and Liga de Honra [62]
Qatar – Qatar Stars League [63]
Romania – Liga I [64]
Russia – RFPL [65] (in Russian, see paragraph 12.8.1), Russian First Division, Russian Second Division [66] (in Russian, see paragraph 16.2)
Saudi Arabia – Saudi Premier League [67]
Scotland – Scottish Premier League [68]
Serbia – Serbian Superliga [69]
Singapore – S. League [70] [71]
Slovenia – Slovenian PrvaLiga [72] (in Slovenian)
South Africa – Premier Soccer League [73]
South Korea – K-League [74] [75]
Spain – La Liga and Segunda División [76]
Sweden – Allsvenskan [77] [78]
Switzerland – Swiss Super League [79], Swiss Challenge League [80]
Syria – Syrian Premier League [81]
Thailand – Thai Premier League [82] [83]
Trinidad and Tobago – TT Pro League [84] [dead link]
Tunisia – Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 [85] (in French)
Turkey – Süper Lig [86]
Ukraine – Ukrainian Premier League, Ukrainian First League, Ukrainian Second League [87]
United Arab Emirates – UAE Football League [88] [89]
Uruguay – Primera División Uruguaya and Uruguayan Segunda División [90] Template:Es (see Articulo 60 – page 27 of pdf)
USA – Major League Soccer [91]; North American Soccer League [92] (inaugural season in 2011); USL Professional League [93]. (USSF Division 2 Professional League, USL First Division and USL Second Division [94], and North American Soccer League [95] were also fully pro leagues, but are now defunct).
Uzbekistan – Uzbek League [96]
Women's Leagues
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- USA – Women's Professional Soccer (2009 onwards) [97]; Women's United Soccer Association (2001–2003) (defunct) [98]
Top level leagues which are not fully professional
Men's Leagues
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Andorra – Primera Divisió [99]
Bahrain – Bahraini Premier League [100]
Bosnia and Herzegovina – Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina [101] (see page 9, Član 41)
Chile – Primera División (Chile) [102] (only 12 players on each team are required to be professional)
Estonia – Meistriliiga [103]
Faroe Islands – Faroe Islands Premier League Football [104] [dead link]
Iceland – Úrvalsdeild [105]
Ireland – League of Ireland Premier Division [106]
Lithuania – A Lyga [107] Template:Lt icon
Luxembourg – Luxembourg National Division [108] [dead link]
Malawi – Malawi Premier Division (also known as Super League) [109]
Malta – Maltese Premier League [110]
Montenegro – Montenegrin First League [111]
Namibia – Namibia Premier League [112]
New Zealand – New Zealand Football Championship [113] [dead link]
Northern Ireland – IFA Premiership [114]
Oman – Omani League [115]
San Marino – Campionato Sammarinese di Calcio [116] – 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 [117]
Wales – Welsh Premier League [118]
Women's Leagues
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- Australia – W-League (Australia) [119]
- England – FA WSL [120][121], FA Women's Premier League (1992–2010) [122]
- Japan – L. League [123] Template:Ja
- South Korea – WK-League [124] Template:Ko