Traditionally,
association football
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clubs in the
Republic of Ireland
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have been classified as either senior, intermediate or junior. These classifications effectively categorise clubs who compete in national,
provincial
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Government & Administration
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* Provincial city (disambiguation)
* Provincial minister (disambiguation)
* Provincial Secretary, a position in Can ...
and
county
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leagues respectively,
Senior/National leagues
League of Ireland
The League of Ireland ( ga, Sraith na hÉireann), together with the Football Association of Ireland, is one of the two main governing bodies responsible for organising association football in the Republic of Ireland. The term was originally us ...
Premier Division
First Division
Former League of Ireland clubs
Intermediate/Provincial leagues
Leinster Senior League
Senior Divisions (2022/23)
Selected others
Munster Senior League
Ulster Senior League 2022/23
Junior/County leagues
Athletic Union League (Dublin)
The Athletic Union League is an association football league featuring junior and amateur teams mainly from Northside, Dublin. The AUL currently operates thirteen divisions. Its senior division is known as the Premier A. Teams from the AUL also co ...
Cork Athletic Union League
The Cork Athletic Union League, also known as the Cork AUL, is an association football league featuring amateur and junior clubs from County Cork. Its top division, the Premier League, is a seventh level division in the Republic of Ireland footb ...
Galway & District League
The Galway & District League is an association football league organized by the Galway Football Association. It features amateur and junior clubs from County Galway. It currently features six divisions. Its top division, the Premier Division, i ...
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Kerry District League
The Kerry District League (known as the Denny Kerry District League for sponsorship reasons) is an association football league featuring amateur and junior clubs from County Kerry. The KDL is a winter league run by Adrian Casey. Its top divisio ...
Premier A
Limerick & District League
The Limerick & District League is an association football league featuring amateur and junior clubs from Limerick, Limerick city and County Limerick east of the N20 road (Ireland), N20. It also includes teams from Charleville, County Cork, (Char ...
Limerick Desmond League
The Limerick Desmond League is an association football league featuring amateur, junior, youth and under-17 teams from the part of County Limerick west of the N20. Its top division, the Premier Division, is a seventh level division in the Repu ...
Mayo Association Football League
Mayo Association Football League is an association football league that features amateur and junior clubs from County Mayo. Its top division, the Super League, is a seventh level division in the Republic of Ireland football league system. The t ...
West Cork League
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Wicklow & District Football League
Andy McEvoy Premier 1
Women's association football teams
Women's National League
Dublin Women's Soccer League
The Dublin Women's Soccer League was a women's association football league featuring teams from the Republic of Ireland. While the majority of the participating clubs were based in the Greater Dublin Area, the DWSL had regularly included teams ...
Premier League
Major League
Mayo Women's Football League
Futsal
Emerald Futsal League
The Emerald Futsal League was a futsal league featuring teams based in the Republic of Ireland. It was initially planned that the league would develop into a full national league. However the vast majority of its member clubs are based in the Gr ...
;2014–15
See also
*
List of association football clubs in Northern Ireland
NIFL Premiership
NIFL Championship
NIFL Championship
NIFL Premier Intermediate League
League of Ireland Premier Division
* Derry City
Mid-Ulster Football League
Ballymena & Provincial League
Premier Division
* Ballynure Old Boys
* ...
References
{{List of football clubs in Europe
clubs
Club may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media
* ''Club'' (magazine)
* Club, a ''Yie Ar Kung-Fu'' character
* Clubs (suit), a suit of playing cards
* Club music
* "Club", by Kelsea Ballerini from the album ''kelsea''
Brands and enterprises
...
Association football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...
Ireland
Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ...
Football clubs
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