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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.
The lists are currently incomplete and some entries are lacking sources. Players who have not played in a fully professional league listed below may meet Wikipedia's General notability guideline. Failing to meet the criteria in this guideline means that notability will need to be established in other ways. See Category:Wikipedia notability guidelines.
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Of FIFA's 211[1] current member associations, 210 have men's leagues which are currently included in this list. Liechtenstein does not have its own national league.[2]
What is a "fully professional" league?
A fully professional league is one in which virtually all[quantify] adult players are paid a salary that they can live on and do not need additional sources of income.[3] This salary should be a living wage in the nation where the league is based, and preferably around or above the average or median national wage. The professionalism of the league should also extend to sufficient contact hours, and facilities, equipment, expenses and other support as necessary to allow full-time pursuit of the sport.[4]
List of fully professional leagues
Men's leagues
Albania – Albanian Superliga,[5] Albanian First Division[5]
Algeria – Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1,[6] Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 2[6]
Argentina – Argentine Primera División (since 1931),[7] Primera B Nacional,[8] Primera B Metropolitana[9]
Australia – A-League Men[10]
Austria – Austrian Football Bundesliga,[11] Austrian Football Second League[11]
Azerbaijan – Azerbaijan Premier League (from ~2013)[dubious ][12][13]
Belarus – Belarusian Premier League,[14]
Belgium – Belgian First Division A (also know as Belgian Pro League) (from ~1960)[dubious ],[15] Belgian First Division B (from 2016–17)[16]
Bolivia – Bolivian Primera División[17]
Bosnia and Herzegovina – Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina (from the 2016–17 season)[18][19]
Brazil – Campeonato Brasileiro Série A,[20] Campeonato Brasileiro Série B,[21] Campeonato Brasileiro Série C,[22] Campeonato Paulista,[23] Campeonato Mineiro,[24] Campeonato Carioca,[25] Campeonato Gaúcho,[26] Campeonato Paraibano,[27] Campeonato Pernambucano,[28][29] Campeonato Paranaense[30][31]
Bulgaria – First Professional Football League[32]
Canada – Canadian Premier League,[33][34] Major League Soccer,[35][36] USL Championship (formerly United Soccer League, USL Pro),[37] USL League One,[38][39][40][41] North American Soccer League (2011–2017)[42]
Chile – Chilean Primera División[43]
China PR – Chinese Super League,[44][45] China League One, China League Two (2004–2010, 2014–present)[46]
Colombia – Categoría Primera A[47]
Costa Rica – Liga FPD[48]
Croatia – Croatian First Football League[49]
Cyprus – Cypriot First Division[timeframe?][50]
Czech Republic – Czech First League,[51][52] Czech National Football League[52][53][54][55]
Denmark – Danish Superliga[timeframe?][56][57]
Dominican Republic – Liga Dominicana de Fútbol[58]
Ecuador – Ecuadorian Serie A[59][60]
Egypt – Egyptian Premier League[61] (since 1990)[62]
England – Premier League,[63] English Football League[63][64][65][66]
Finland – Veikkausliiga[timeframe?][67][68]
France – Ligue 1,[69] Ligue 2 (from 1993–94 season)[69]
Germany – Bundesliga,[timeframe?][70] 2. Bundesliga,[70] 3. Liga[71][72][73]
Greece – Super League Greece,[74][75] Super League Greece 2,[76] Football League (until 2019),[74][77] Gamma Ethniki (formerly Football League 2, only from 1983 to 2013)[77][78]
Hong Kong – Hong Kong Premier League,[45] Hong Kong First Division League (until 2014)[45]
Hungary – Nemzeti Bajnokság I[82]
India – Indian Super League,[83] I-League[84]
Indonesia – Liga 1[85][45] (from 2008)
Iran – Persian Gulf Pro League (formerly Iran Pro League)[86][45]
Israel – Israeli Premier League,[87] Liga Leumit (only until 2008–09 season)[87]
Italy – Serie A,[88] Serie B,[89] Serie C[90]
Japan – J1 League,[91][45] J2 League,[91] J3 League[92][93][94][95][96][97]
Kazakhstan – Kazakhstan Premier League[98]
Malaysia – Malaysia Super League[45]
Mexico – Liga MX,[20] Ascenso MX (until 2020) [99]
Moldova – Moldovan National Division[100][101]
Morocco – Botola (from 2011–12)[102][103]
Myanmar – Myanmar National League[104][105]
Netherlands – Eredivisie (at some point after 1980),[106][unreliable source?][107] Eerste Divisie[106]
New Zealand – A-League[10]
Nigeria – Nigerian Professional Football League (formerly Nigerian Premier League)[108]
Norway – Eliteserien (formerly Tippeligaen)[citation needed] (from 2001)[disputed ]
Paraguay – Paraguayan Primera División,[109] Paraguayan División Intermedia[109]
Peru – Peruvian Primera División,[110] Peruvian Segunda División[111]
Philippines – Philippine Premier League (2019),[112] Philippines Football League [113][114][115][116][117]
Poland – Ekstraklasa,[118] I liga[119][120][121][122][123][124]
Portugal – Primeira Liga,[125] LigaPro[125]
Qatar – Qatar Stars League[126]
Romania – Liga I[82][127]
Russia – Russian Premier League,[128][129] Russian Football National League[130]
Saudi Arabia – Saudi Professional League (since 2007)[131][132]
Scotland – Scottish Premiership,[timeframe?][133] Scottish Championship[timeframe?][134][135][136][137][138][139][140][failed verification][141][142] (until 2019–20 season)[143][144][145]
Serbia – Serbian SuperLiga,[146][147][148] Serbian First League (since 2016)[149]
Singapore – Singapore Premier League (formerly S.League)[150][151][45]
Slovakia – Slovak Super Liga (since 2009)[152][153]
Slovenia – Slovenian PrvaLiga[154][155][156]
South Africa – South African Premier Division (also known as Premier Soccer League, since 1996–97),[157] National First Division[158][159]
South Korea – K League 1,[160] K League 2[160][161]
Spain – La Liga,[162] Segunda División[162]
Sweden – Allsvenskan[timeframe?][163]
Switzerland – Swiss Super League[timeframe?][164]
Syria – Syrian Premier League (approximately 2003–2011 only)[165]
Thailand – Thai League 1[166][45]
Tunisia – Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1[167]
Turkey – Süper Lig[168]
Ukraine – Ukrainian Premier League,[20] Ukrainian First League,[169][170] Ukrainian Second League[169][170]
United Arab Emirates – UAE Pro-League[171]
United States – Major League Soccer,[35] USL Championship (formerly United Soccer League, USL Pro),[37] USL League One[38][39][40][41]- Defunct leagues that were fully professional in the United States – USSF Division 2 Professional League,[172] USL First Division,[37] North American Soccer League (1968–84),[173] North American Soccer League (2011–2017),[42] American Soccer League (1921–33),[174] American Soccer League (1988–89),[175] Eastern Professional Soccer League (1928–29),[176] United Soccer League (1984–85),[177] National Professional Soccer League (1967),[178] United Soccer Association,[178] American Professional Soccer League,[179] A-League (1995–2004),[180] 1995 USISL Professional League,[180] 1996 USISL Professional League,[181] 1996 USISL Select League[181]
Uruguay – Uruguayan Primera División,[182] Uruguayan Segunda División[182]
Venezuela – Venezuelan Primera División,[183][184] Venezuelan Segunda División[184]
Vietnam – V.League 1 (from 2015)[185][186]
Former countries
Serbia and Montenegro – First League of Serbia and Montenegro (formerly First League of FR Yugoslavia, 1992–2006)[187]
Yugoslavia – Yugoslav First League (1967–1992)[187]
Women's leagues
- Brazil – Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino Série A1 (from the 2019 season)[188][189][190]
- England – FA Women's Super League (from the 2018–19 season)[191][192][193]
- Italy – Serie A (from the 2022–23 season)[194][195][196]
- Japan – WE League[197]
- Spain – Primera División (from the 2021–22 season)[198][199]
- United States – National Women's Soccer League,[200] USL Super League[201][202]
- Defunct leagues that were fully professional in the United States – Women's Professional Soccer,[203] Women's United Soccer Association[204]
Top level leagues which are not fully professional
Men's leagues
Afghanistan – Afghan Premier League[205]
American Samoa – FFAS Senior League[206][207]
Andorra – Primera Divisió[208]
Angola – Girabola[209]
Anguilla – AFA Senior Male League[210]
Antigua and Barbuda – Antigua and Barbuda Premier Division[211]
Armenia – Armenian Premier League[212]
Aruba – Aruban Division di Honor[213]- Australia – National Soccer League (1977–2004)[214][215][216][217]
Bahamas – BFA Senior League[218]
Bahrain – Bahraini Premier League[45]
Bangladesh – Bangladesh Premier League[219]
Barbados – Barbados Premier League (planning to be semi-professional and professional in future)[220]
Belize – Premier League of Belize[221]
Benin – Benin Premier League[222]
Bermuda – Bermudian Premier Division[223]
Bhutan – Bhutan Premier League[224][225]
Botswana – Botswana Premier League[226][227]
British Virgin Islands – BVIFA National Football League[228]
Brunei – Brunei Super League (planned to be semi-pro)[229]
Burkina Faso – Burkinabé Premier League (transitioning into professionalism)[230]
Burundi – Burundi Premier League[231]
Cambodia – C-League[232][233]
Cameroon – Elite One (planned to be professional in future)[234]- Canada - Canadian Soccer League (1987–1992)
Cape Verde – Cape Verdean Football Championship[235]
Cayman Islands – Cayman Islands Premier League[236]
Central African Republic – Central African Republic League[237]
Chad – Chad Premier League[238][239]
Chinese Taipei – Taiwan Football Premier League,[240] Intercity Football League (2007–2016)[241]
Comoros – Comoros Premier League[242]
Congo – Congo Premier League[243]
Cook Islands – Cook Islands Round Cup[244][207]
Cuba – Campeonato Nacional de Fútbol de Cuba[245]
Curaçao – Curaçao Promé Divishon[246]
Djibouti – Djibouti Premier League[247]
Dominica – Dominica Premier League[248]
DR Congo – Linafoot[249]
El Salvador – Primera División de Fútbol de El Salvador[250]
Equatorial Guinea – Equatoguinean Primera División (planning to be professional)[251]
Eritrea – Eritrean Premier League[252]
Estonia – Meistriliiga[253]
Eswatini – Premier League of Eswatini (planned to be fully professional by 2022)[254][255]
Ethiopia – Ethiopian Premier League[256]
Faroe Islands – Faroe Islands Premier League[257]
Fiji – Fiji Premier League (planned to be fully professional by 2020)[258][259][207]
Gabon – Gabon Championnat National D1[260]
Gambia – GFA League First Division[261]
Georgia – Erovnuli Liga[262]
Ghana – Ghana Premier League[263]
Gibraltar – Gibraltar National League[264]
Grenada – GFA Premier League[265]
Guam – Guam Soccer League[266]
Guatemala – Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala[267]
Guinea – Guinée Championnat National (planning to be professional in future)[268]
Guinea-Bissau – Campeonato Nacional da Guiné-Bissau[269][270]
Guyana – GFF Elite League[271][272]
Haiti – Ligue Haïtienne[273]
Iceland – Úrvalsdeild karla[274]
Iraq – Iraqi Premier League[275][276][277]
Ivory Coast – Ligue 1[278][279]
Jamaica – National Premier League (planned to be fully professional in future)[280][281]
Jordan – Jordanian Pro League[282][283]
Kenya – Kenyan Premier League[284][285]
Kosovo – Football Superleague of Kosovo[286]
Kuwait – Kuwait Premier League[287]
Kyrgyzstan – Kyrgyzstan Top League[288]
Laos – Lao Premier League[289][290][291]
Latvia – Latvian Higher League[292]
Lebanon – Lebanese Premier League[293][294]
Lesotho – Lesotho Premier League[295]
Liberia – Liberian Premier League[296]
Libya – Libyan Premier League (planned to be fully professional)[297]
Lithuania – A Lyga[298]
Luxembourg – Luxembourg National Division[299]
Macau – Liga de Elite[300]
Madagascar – THB Champions League[301]
Malawi – Malawi Premier Division (also known as Super League)[302]
Maldives – Dhivehi Premier League[303]
Mali – Malian Première Division[304]
Malta – Maltese Premier League[305]
Mauritania – Ligue 1 Mauritania[306]
Mauritius – Mauritian League[307]
Mongolia – Mongolian National Premier League[308]
Montenegro – Montenegrin First League[309]
Montserrat – Montserrat Championship[310]
Mozambique – Moçambola[311][312]
Namibia – Namibia Premier League[313]
Nepal – Nepal National League,[314] Martyr's Memorial A-Division League[314][315]
New Caledonia – New Caledonia Super Ligue[316][207]- New Zealand – New Zealand National League[317][207]
Nicaragua – Liga Primera de Nicaragua[318]
Niger – Niger Premier League[319]
North Korea – DPR Korea Premier Football League[320][321]
North Macedonia – Macedonian First Football League[322]
Northern Ireland – NIFL Premiership[323]
Oman – Oman Professional League[324][325]
Pakistan – Pakistan Premier League[326]
Palestine – Gaza Strip Premier League,[327] West Bank Premier League[328]
Panama – Liga Panameña de Fútbol (in the process of becoming fully professional)[329]
Papua New Guinea – Papua New Guinea National Soccer League[330][331][207]- Philippines – United Football League (defunct),[332][333] Filipino Premier League (defunct)[334]
Puerto Rico – Liga Puerto Rico[335]
Republic of Ireland – League of Ireland Premier Division[336][337]
Rwanda – Rwanda Premier League[338]
Saint Kitts and Nevis – SKNFA Premier League,[339] N1 League[340]
Saint Lucia – SLFA First Division[341]
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines – SVGFF Premier Division[342]
Samoa – Samoa National League[343][207]
San Marino – Campionato Sammarinese di Calcio[344]
São Tomé and Príncipe – São Tomé and Príncipe Championship[345]
Senegal – Senegal Premier League[346][347]
Seychelles – Seychelles First Division[348]
Sierra Leone – Sierra Leone National Premier League[349]
Solomon Islands – Telekom S-League[350][207]
Somalia – Somali First Division[351][352]
South Sudan – South Sudan Football Championship (also known as South Sudan Champions League or South Sudan Premier League)[353]
Sri Lanka – Sri Lanka Champions League[354][355]
Sudan – Sudan Premier League[356][357]
Suriname – SVB Eerste Divisie (formerly SVB Hoofdklasse and SVB Topklasse, planned to be fully professional in future)[358][359]
Tahiti – Tahiti Ligue 1[360][207]
Tajikistan – Tajikistan Higher League[361]
Tanzania – Tanzanian Premier League[362]
Timor-Leste – Liga Futebol Amadora Primeira Divisão[363]
Togo – Togolese Championnat National (plans for a professional league)[364]
Tonga – Tonga Major League[365][207]
Trinidad and Tobago – TT Pro League[366]
Turkmenistan – Ýokary Liga[367][368]
Turks and Caicos Islands – Provo Premier League[369]
Uganda – Uganda Premier League (formerly known as Uganda Super League)[370][371][372][373]- United States – National Association Football League,[374] American Soccer League (1933–83)[375]
U.S. Virgin Islands – U.S. Virgin Islands Premier League[376]
Uzbekistan – Uzbekistan Super League[377]
Vanuatu – Port Vila Football League,[378][207] VFF National Super League[378][207]
Wales – Cymru Premier[379]
Yemen – Yemeni League[380]
Zambia – Zambia Super League[381][382]
Zimbabwe – Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League[383][384][385][386][387]
Associated to FIFA confederations
Bonaire – Bonaire League[388]
French Guiana – French Guiana Honor Division[389]
Guadeloupe – Guadeloupe Division of Honor[390]
Kiribati – Kiribati National Championship[391]
Martinique – Martinique Championnat National[392]
Niue – Niue Soccer Tournament[393]
Northern Mariana Islands – M*League Division 1[394]
Réunion – Réunion Premier League[395]- Saint Martin – Saint-Martin Senior League[396]
Sint Maarten – Sint Maarten Senior League[397][368]
Tuvalu – Tuvalu A-Division[398]
Zanzibar – Zanzibar Premier League[399]
Non-FIFA
Ascension – Ascension Island Football League[400]
Crimea – Crimean Premier League[401]
Donetsk People's Republic – Football Championship[402][403]
Falkland Islands – Falkland Islands Football League[404]
Federated States of Micronesia – Football Championship[405]
Greenland – Greenlandic Football Championship[406]
Isle of Man – Isle of Man Football League[407]
Luhansk People's Republic – Football Championship[402]
Mayotte – Mayotte Division Honneur[408]
Nauru – Nauru Soccer Association[409]
Norfolk Island – Soccer League[410][411]
Northern Cyprus – KTFF Süper Lig[412]
Palau – Palau Soccer League[413]
Puntland – Puntland State League[414]
Saint Helena – Saint Helena Football League[415]
Saint Pierre and Miquelon – Saint Pierre and Miquelon Football League[416]
South Ossetia – North Ossetia-Alania Football Championship[417]
Tokelau – Soccer League[418]
Wallis and Futuna – Première Division[419]
Women's leagues
- Albania – Albanian Women's National Championship[191]
- Australia – A-League Women[420][421][422]
- Austria – ÖFB-Frauenliga[191]
- Azerbaijan – Azerbaijani women's football championship[191]
- Belarus – Belarusian Premier League[191]
- Belgium – Belgian Women's Super League[191]
- Bosnia and Herzegovina – Bosnia and Herzegovina Women's Premier League[191]
- Brazil – Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino Série A1 (until the 2018 season)[188][189][190]
- Bulgaria – Bulgarian women's football championship[191]
- China – Chinese Women's Super League[423]
- Chinese Taipei – Taiwan Mulan Football League[424][425]
- Croatia – Croatian Women's First Football League[426][191]
- Cyprus – Cypriot First Division[191]
- Czech Republic – Czech First Division[191]
- Denmark – Elitedivisionen[191]
- England – FA Women's Super League (before the 2018–19 season),[192][193][427][428][429] FA Women's Premier League National Division (1992–2010)[430]
- Estonia – Naiste Meistriliiga[191]
- Faroe Islands – 1. deild kvinnur[191]
- Finland – Kansallinen Liiga[191]
- France – Division 1 Féminine[431][191]
- Georgia – Georgia women's football championship[191]
- Germany – Frauen-Bundesliga[432][427][191]
- Gibraltar – Gibraltar Women's Football League[191]
- Greece – Greek A Division[433][191]
- Hong Kong – Hong Kong Women League[434]
- Hungary – Női NB I[191]
- Iceland – Úrvalsdeild kvenna[435][191]
- India – Indian Women's League[436]
- Indonesia – Liga 1 Putri[437]
- Iran – Kowsar Women Football League[438]
- Iraq – Iraqi Women's Football League[439]
- Israel – Ligat Nashim[191]
- Italy – Serie A[427][191] (before the 2022–23 season)[194][195][196]
- Japan – Nadeshiko League (until the 2021 season)[440][441]
- Jordan – Jordan Women's Football League[442]
- Kazakhstan – Kazakhstani women's football championship[191]
- Kosovo – Kosovo Women's Football League[191]
- Kuwait – Kuwaiti Women's League[443]
- Kyrgyzstan – Kyrgyzstan Women's Championship[444]
- Latvia – Latvian Women's League[191]
- Lebanon – Lebanese Women's Football League[445][446]
- Lithuania – A Lyga[191]
- Luxembourg – Dames Ligue 1[191]
- Malta – Maltese First Division[191]
- Mexico – Liga MX Femenil[447]
- Moldova – Moldovan women's football championship[191]
- Mongolia – Women's National Football League[448]
- Montenegro – Montenegrin Women's League[191]
- Netherlands – Eredivisie[449][191]
- New Zealand – New Zealand Women's National League[317]
- North Macedonia – Macedonian women's football championship[191]
- Northern Ireland – Women's Premiership[191]
- Norway – Toppserien[450][191]
- Pakistan – National Women Football Championship[451]
- Philippines – PFF Women's League[452]
- Poland – Ekstraliga[191]
- Portugal – Campeonato Nacional de Futebol Feminino[191]
- Republic of Ireland – Women's National League[191]
- Romania – Liga I[191]
- Russia – Russian Women's Football Championship[191]
- Scotland – Scottish Women's Premier League[453][191]
- Serbia – Serbian SuperLiga[191]
- Slovakia – Slovak Women's First League[191]
- Slovenia – Slovenian Women's League[191]
- South Korea – WK League[454]
- Spain – Primera División (before the 2021–22 season)[198]
- Sweden – Damallsvenskan[455][191]
- Switzerland – Nationalliga A[191]
- Thailand – Thai Women's League[456]
- Turkey – Turkish Women's First Football League[191]
- Ukraine – Ukrainian Women's League[191]
- Uzbekistan – Uzbek women's football championship[457]
- Vietnam – Vietnam Women's Football League[458]
- Wales – Welsh Premier Women's Football League[191]