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The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) is the administrative and controlling body for European
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. It consists of 55 member associations, each of which is responsible for governing football in their respective countries. All widely recognised sovereign states located entirely within Europe are members, with the exceptions of the United Kingdom, Monaco and Vatican City. Eight states partially or entirely outside Europe are also members: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Cyprus, Georgia, Israel, Kazakhstan, Russia and Turkey. The United Kingdom is divided into the four separate football associations of England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales; each association has a separate UEFA membership. The Faroe Islands, an autonomous country of the Kingdom of Denmark, also has its own football association which is a member of UEFA. The football association of
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, was approved as a member by UEFA in 2013. Kosovo was approved as a member in 2016, even though it is claimed by Serbia and is not recognised by several other UEFA member states. Each UEFA member has its own football league system, except Liechtenstein. Clubs playing in each top-level league compete for the title as the country's club champions. Clubs also compete in the league and national cup competitions for places in the following season's UEFA club competitions, the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League and UEFA Europa Conference League. Due to promotion and relegation, the clubs playing in the top-level league are different every season, except in San Marino and Gibraltar where there is only one level. Some clubs play in a national football league other than their own country's. Where this is the case, the club is noted as such.


UEFA coefficients

The UEFA league coefficients, also known as the UEFA rankings, are used to rank the leagues of Europe, and thus determine the number of clubs from a league that will participate in UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League. A country's ranking determines the number of teams competing in the season after the next; the 2009 rankings determined qualification for European competitions in the 2010–11 season. A country's ranking is calculated based on the results of its clubs in UEFA competitions over the past five seasons. Two points are awarded for each win by a club, and one for a draw. If a game goes to extra time, the result at the end of time is used to calculate ranking points; if the match goes to a penalty shootout, it is considered to be a draw for the purposes of the coefficient system. The number of points awarded to a country's clubs are added together, and then divided by the number of clubs that participated in European competitions that season. This number is then rounded to three decimal places; two and two-thirds would become 2.667. For the league coefficient the season's league coefficients for the last five seasons must be added up. In the preliminary rounds of both the Champions League and Europa League, the awarded points are halved. Bonus points for certain achievements are added to the number of points scored in a season. Bonus points are allocated for: *Qualifying for the Champions League group phase. (4 bonus points) *Reaching the second round of the Champions League. (5 bonus points) *Reaching the quarter, semi and final of both Champions League and Europa League. (1 bonus point)


Current champions

The below is a list of the current champions of the UEFA countries (except Liechtenstein, which does not organise a domestic championship). ;Notes


Full list by country


Albania

* Football association:
Football Association of Albania The Albanian Football Association ( sq, Federata Shqiptare e Futbollit; FSHF) is the governing body of football in Albania. The association is based in Tirana, Albania. It organises the national football leagues of the Albanian Superliga, the F ...
* Top-level league:
Albanian Superliga The Kategoria Superiore, officially known as Abissnet Superiore for sponsorship reasons, is a professional league for men's association football clubs. At the top of the Albanian football league system, it is the country's primary football compet ...
( sq, Kategoria superiore) * UEFA ranking: 42nd UEFA Association Club Coefficients * Soccerway profile
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The top division of Albanian football was formed in 1930, and the inaugural title was won by SK Tirana (now known as
KF Tirana Klubi i Futbollit Tirana (KF Tirana) is an Albanian football club based in the country's capital city, Tirana. The men's football club is part of the multi-disciplinary sports club SK Tirana, and is the most successful in Albania, having won 54 ...
). Tirana are the most successful team in the league's history, having won the competition on 24 occasions, followed by FK Dinamo Tirana (now playing in the second division) with 18 championships, and Partizani with 16. The league became affiliated with UEFA in 1954. Since the 2014–15 season, 10 teams compete in the division. The teams finishing in the bottom two places are relegated to the Albanian First Division and are replaced by the champions of each of that league's two groups. ''Clubs and locations as of 2021-22 season:''


Andorra

* Country: Andorra * Football association: Andorran Football Federation * Top-level league:
Andorran First Division Andorran may refer to: * Something of, or related to Andorra, the European microstate ** A person from Andorra or of Andorran descent; see List of Andorrans ** Andorran cuisine * A resident of Andorra, Teruel, Spain See also * * Andorian ...
( ca, Primera Divisió) * UEFA ranking: 54th * Soccerway profile
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Andorra's national league system was formed in 1993, and the Andorran Football Federation gained UEFA membership in 1996. Records from the league's first three seasons are incomplete, but FC Santa Coloma have won more First Division titles than any other team, with at least 13. Another Andorran football club,
FC Andorra Futbol Club Andorra is a professional football club based in Andorra la Vella, Andorra, that currently competes in Segunda División, the second tier of the Spanish league system. The club was founded in 1942 and currently plays its home fixtu ...
, play in the Spanish football league system. In recent years, eight teams have competed in the First Division. Each team plays two matches against the other seven clubs. After fourteen games, the league splits into two groups, with teams carrying their previous points totals forward. The top four teams play each other a further two times in the championship round to decide 1st–4th places, while the bottom four teams do likewise in the relegation round, to determine the 5th–8th positions. At the end of the season, the bottom-placed team is relegated, while the seventh-placed team plays a two-legged play-off against the second-placed team in the Second Division to decide which team plays in which division for the following season. ''Clubs and locations as of 2021–22 season:''


Armenia

* Country: Armenia * Football association: Football Federation of Armenia * Top-level league: Armenian Premier League ( hy, "Բարձրագույն Խումբ") * UEFA Ranking: 43rd2018 rankings are used; these determine qualification for European competitions in the 2018–19 season. * Soccerway profile
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Armenia gained independence in 1991, following the break-up of the Soviet Union. Organised football had been played in Armenia since 1936, as part of the Soviet football system. The Football Federation of Armenia gained UEFA affiliation in 1992, and the league ran as the national championship for the first time in the same year. Since independence, the country's most successful team is
Pyunik Football Club Pyunik Yerevan ( hy, Ֆուտբոլային Ակումբ Փյունիկ Երևան, Futbolayin Akumb P’yunik Yerevan), commonly known as Pyunik ("Phoenix"), is an Armenian professional sports club based in the Kentron neighbourhoo ...
, who has won 14 league titles. ''Clubs and locations as of 2021-22 season:''


Austria

* Country: Austria * Football association: Austrian Football Association * Top-level league:
Austrian Football Bundesliga The Austrian Football Bundesliga (german: Österreichische Fußball-Bundesliga, italic=no , "Austrian Football Federal League"), also known as Admiral Bundesliga for sponsorship reasons, is the top level of the Austrian football league system. Th ...
(german: link=no, Österreichische Fußball-Bundesliga) * UEFA ranking: 12th * Soccerway profile
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''Clubs and locations as of 2021-22 season:''


Azerbaijan

* Country: Azerbaijan * Football association: Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan * Top-level league:
Azerbaijan Premier League The Azerbaijan Premier League ( az, Azərbaycan Premyer Liqası) is a professional league for men's association football clubs. At the top of the Azerbaijan football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. It is conteste ...
( az, Azərbaycan Premyer Liqası) * UEFA ranking: 26th * Soccerway profile
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Although the country was part of the Soviet Union, the first Azerbaijan-wide football competition took place in 1928, and became an annual occurrence from 1934. Following the break-up of the Soviet Union in 1991, the first independent Azeri championship took place in 1992, and the Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan gained UEFA affiliation in 1994 Since independence, the country's most successful team is Neftçi Baku, with eight league titles. In recent years, 10 teams had competed in the Azerbaijan Premier League, but two teams that otherwise would have competed in the 2016–17 season were denied professional licenses, making it an eight-team league at present. ''Clubs and locations as of 2021-22 season:''


Belarus

* Country: Belarus * Football association: Football Federation of Belarus * Top-level league:
Belarusian Premier League The Belarusian Premier League or the Vyšejšaja Liha or the Vysheyshaya Liga ( be, Вышэйшая ліга, russian: Высшая лига, "Top League") is the top division of professional football in Belarus, and is organized by the Belarusi ...
( be, Вышэйшая ліга) * UEFA ranking: 32nd * Soccerway profile
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Belarus declared independence from the Soviet Union in 1990. Its independence was widely recognised within Europe in 1991, an independent national championship began in 1992, and UEFA membership followed in 1993. Through the 2018 season, the most successful team is
BATE Borisov FC BATE Borisov (russian: link=no, ФК БАТЭ Борисов, ''FK BATE Borisov'' ; be, ФК БАТЭ Барысаў, ''BATE Barysaw,'' ) is a professional Belarusian football team from the city of Barysaw. The club competes in the Belarusi ...
, with 15 league championships, including an ongoing streak of 13 titles. The 2016 season saw the league expand from 14 teams to 16, accomplished by promoting three clubs from the
Belarusian First League The Belarusian First League is the second tier of professional football in Belarus. It was created in 1992, following the Belarusian independence. History and format The typical format of the league involves 16 clubs playing a double round-robin t ...
and relegating only the last-place team in the 2015 Premier League. At the end of the season, the bottom two teams are relegated to the First League and replaced by that league's top two finishers. ''Clubs and locations as of 2021 season:''


Belgium

* Country: Belgium * Football association: Royal Belgian Football Association * Top-level league:
Belgian First Division A The Belgian Pro League,(officially the Jupiler Pro League due to sponsorship reasons with Jupiler), is the top league competition for association football clubs in Belgium. Contested by 18 clubs since the 2020–21 season and reduced to 16 team ...
(french: link=no, Championnat de Belgique, nl, Eerste klasse België, german: link=no, Erste Division Belgien) * UEFA ranking: 9th * Soccerway profile
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Organised football reached Belgium in the 19th century; the Royal Belgian Football Association was founded in 1895, and FC Liégeois became the country's first champions the following year. Belgium joined European football's governing body, UEFA, upon its formation in 1954. Historically the country's most successful team are
Anderlecht Anderlecht (, ) is one of the 19 municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium. Located in the south-western part of the region, it is bordered by the City of Brussels, Forest, Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, and Saint-Gilles, as well as the ...
, with 34 league titles as of 2019. The Belgian First Division A, historically known as the First Division and also known as the Pro League from 2008 to 2009 through 2015–16, currently consists of 16 teams. Initially, each team plays the other clubs twice for a total of 30 matches. At this point, the league proceeds as follows (as of the current 2016–17 season): * The top six teams take half of their points (rounded up) into a championship play-off, playing each other two further times to determine the national champion. * The teams finishing the regular season between 7th and 15th enter one of two six-team groups. The remaining teams in this competition are the top three teams from the
Belgian First Division B The Challenger Pro League (previously known as ''1B Pro League'') is the second-highest division in the Belgian football league system, one level below the Belgian First Division A. It was created by the Royal Belgian Football Association in 201 ...
(historically known as the Second Division), excluding that division's champion (which earns automatic promotion to First Division A). Each team plays the other five teams in its group home and away, and the winners of each group play one another in a two-legged play-off. The winner of that match advances to a two-legged play-off against the fourth- or fifth-place team (depending on results) from the championship play-off for the country's final UEFA Europa League place for the following season. * The bottom team on the regular-season table is automatically relegated to First Division B. ''Clubs and locations as of 2021-22 season:''


Bosnia and Herzegovina

* Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina * Football association:
Football Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina The Football Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Nogometni/Fudbalski Savez Bosne i Hercegovine (N/FSBiH); Ногометни/Фудбалски Савез Босне и Херцеговине (Н/ФСБиХ), (FSBiH); unified abbreviation N/FS ...
* Top-level league: Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina ( bs, Premijer liga Bosne i Hercegovine) * UEFA ranking: 35th * Soccerway profile
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Prior to gaining independence from Yugoslavia, clubs from Bosnia and Herzegovina were eligible to compete in the Yugoslav First League, which they won three times. The country gained independence in 1992, and its Football Association gained UEFA membership in 1998. Due to political tensions between
Bosniaks The Bosniaks ( bs, Bošnjaci, Cyrillic: Бошњаци, ; , ) are a South Slavic ethnic group native to the Southeast European historical region of Bosnia, which is today part of Bosnia and Herzegovina, who share a common Bosnian ancestry ...
,
Bosnian Serbs The Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sr-Cyrl, Срби у Босни и Херцеговини, Srbi u Bosni i Hercegovini) are one of the three constitutive nations (state-forming nations) of the country, predominantly residing in the politi ...
and
Bosnian Croats The Croats of Bosnia and Herzegovina (), often referred to as Bosnian Croats () or Herzegovinian Croats () are the third most populous ethnic group in the country after Bosniaks and Serbs, and are one of the constitutive nations of Bosnia and ...
, the country did not have a single national top division until the 2002–03 season, but rather two or three. Since then,
Zrinjski Mostar Zrinjski Mostar is a sports association from the city of Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was formed in 1905. Member clubs *Football: **HŠK Zrinjski Mostar *Basketball: **HKK Zrinjski Mostar (men's) **ŽKK Zrinjski Mostar (women's) *Han ...
have won six titles, Sarajevo have won four, Željezničar have won three, Široki Brijeg have won twice and three other teams have won it once each. Since the 2016–17 season, the Premier League has consisted of 12 clubs, reduced from 16 in previous seasons. The 2016–17 season was the first for a two-stage season. In the first stage, each team played all others home and away, after which the league split into two six-team groups that also played home and away. The top six teams played for the championship and European qualifying places; the bottom six played to avoid relegation. At the end of the second stage, the bottom two clubs of the relegation group dropped to either the First League of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina or the First League of the Republika Srpska. Since the 2018–19 season, the league is not played as the one in the 2016–17 season. Actually very simple, after all the 12 clubs play each other two times, once home and once away, they play each other three times, also playing home or away depending on how the schedule is made. With that, the league season has 33 full rounds instead of the 22 rounds and an additional 10 rounds in the relegation and championship games. ''Clubs and locations as of 2021-22 season:''


Bulgaria

* Country: Bulgaria * Football association:
Bulgarian Football Union The Bulgarian Football Union ( bg, Български футболен съюз, Bǎlgarski futbolen sǎyuz; BFS) is a football association based in Bulgaria and a member of UEFA. It organizes a football league, Bulgarian Parva Liga, and field ...
* Top-level league:
First Professional Football League The First Professional Football League ( bg, Първа професионална футболна лига, Parva Profesionalna Futbolna Liga), also known as the Bulgarian First League or Parva Liga, currently known as the efbet League for spon ...
( bg, Първа професионална футболна лига; short form "Parva Liga" ърва лига * UEFA ranking: 24th * Soccerway profile
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A national Bulgarian championship has been held in every year since 1924, although the 1924, 1927 and 1944 seasons were not completed. The country gained UEFA membership in 1954. Historically, the most successful teams in Bulgarian football have been CSKA Sofia and Levski Sofia; no other team has won more than ten league titles. In recent years, Ludogorets Razgrad has dominated the league; although the team did not make its first appearance in the top flight until 2011–12, it has won the championship in each of its first eight seasons at that level. The 2015–16 season was intended to have 12 teams, but was reduced to 10 after four clubs (the two clubs that would otherwise have been promoted to what was then known as the A Group, plus two from the previous season's A Group) were denied professional licenses. Following that season, the
Bulgarian Football Union The Bulgarian Football Union ( bg, Български футболен съюз, Bǎlgarski futbolen sǎyuz; BFS) is a football association based in Bulgaria and a member of UEFA. It organizes a football league, Bulgarian Parva Liga, and field ...
revamped the country's professional league structure, expanding the top flight to 14 teams and changing that league's name from "A Group" to "First League". Under the current structure that began in 2016–17, each team plays the others twice, once at each club's stadium. At the end of the season the league splits into separate playoffs, with table points and statistics carrying over in full. The top six teams enter a championship playoff, with each team playing the others home and away. The top finisher is league champion and enters the UEFA Champions League; the second-place team earns a place in the UEFA Europa League; and the third-place team (or fourth-place team, should the winner of that season's Bulgarian Cup finish in the top three) advances to a playoff for the country's final Europa League place. The bottom eight split into two four-team groups, playing home and away within each group. The top two teams from each group enter a knockout playoff consisting of two-legged matches (note, however, that if one of these four teams is the Bulgarian Cup winner, it is withdrawn from the playoff and its opponent receives a bye into the final). The winner of this playoff then plays the third-place team in a one-off match for the final Europa League place. The bottom two clubs from each group enter an identical knockout playoff. The winner remains in the First League; the other three teams face a series of relegation playoffs that also include the second- and third-place clubs from the Second League, with places for only two of these five teams in the next season's First League. ''Clubs and locations as of 2021-22 season:''


Croatia

* Country: Croatia * Football association:
Croatian Football Federation The Croatian Football Federation ( hr, Hrvatski nogometni savez, HNS) is the governing body of association football in Croatia. It was originally formed in 1912 and is based in the capital city of Zagreb. The organisation is a member of both FIF ...
* Top-level league:
Croatian First Football League The Hrvatska nogometna liga () ( en, Croatian football league), also known as HNL or for sponsorship reasons the SuperSport HNL, is the top Croatian professional football (soccer), football league competition, established in 1992. Previously, i ...
( hr, Prva hrvatska nogometna liga) * UEFA ranking: 15th * Soccerway profile
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National Croatian leagues were organised in 1914 and during the Second World War, but during peacetime Croatia's biggest clubs competed in the Yugoslav First League. After Croatia declared independence from Yugoslavia in 1991, a national football league was formed in 1992, and the Croatian Football Federation gained UEFA membership in 1993. Since its formation, the Croatian First League has been dominated by Dinamo Zagreb and
Hajduk Split Hrvatski nogometni klub Hajduk Split, commonly referred to as Hajduk Split () or simply Hajduk, is a Croatian professional football club based in Split, that competes in the Croatian First League, the top tier in Croatian football. Since 1979, t ...
; as of the end of the 2018–19 season, one of these teams has won the title in all but two of the league's 28 seasons. Since the 2013–14 season, the First League has consisted of 10 teams. At the end of the season, the 10th-placed team is relegated directly to the second division, while the 9th-placed team enters a relegation play-off. ''Clubs and locations as of 2021-22 season:''


Cyprus

* Country: Cyprus * Football association: Cyprus Football Association * Top-level league: Cypriot First Division ( el, Πρωτάθλημα Α' Κατηγορίας, tr, Kıbrıs Birinci Ligi) * UEFA ranking: 16th * Soccerway profile
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''Clubs and locations as of 2019–20 season:''


Czech Republic

* Country: Czech Republic * Football association: Football Association of the Czech Republic * Top-level league: Czech First League ( cz, 1. česká fotbalová liga) * UEFA ranking: 13th * Soccerway profile
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''Clubs and locations as of 2021–22 season:''


Denmark

* Country: Denmark * Football association:
Danish Football Association The Danish Football Union ( da, Dansk Boldspil-Union; DBU) is the governing body of football in Denmark. It is the organization of the Danish football clubs and runs the professional Danish football leagues and the men's and women's national t ...
* Top-level league: Danish Superliga ( da, Superligaen) * UEFA ranking: 14th * Soccerway profile
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''Clubs and locations as of 2020–21 season:''


England

* Country: England * Football association: The Football Association * Top-level league: Premier League * UEFA ranking: 2nd * Soccerway profile
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Founded in 1888, the
Football League The English Football League (EFL) is a league of professional football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888 as the Football League, the league is the oldest such competition in the world. It was the top-level football league in Engla ...
was the world's first national football league. The inaugural competition was won by
Preston North End Preston North End Football Club, commonly referred to as Preston, North End or PNE, is a professional football club in Preston, Lancashire, England, who currently play in the EFL Championship, the second tier of the English football league syste ...
, who remained unbeaten throughout the entire season. It was the top level football league in England from its foundation until
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, when the 22 clubs comprising the First Division resigned from the Football League to form the new FA Premier League. As of the 2019–20 season the Premier League comprises 20 clubs; each team plays every other team twice, with the bottom 3 clubs at the end of the season relegated to the
EFL Championship The English Football League Championship (often referred to as the Championship for short or the Sky Bet Championship for sponsorship purposes) is the highest division of the English Football League (EFL) and second-highest overall in the E ...
. The most successful domestic club is
Manchester United Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of City of Salford, Salford to ...
, who have won the league 20 times, while the most successful English club in Europe is Liverpool, who have won 6 European Cups, 3 UEFA Cups and 4 UEFA Super Cups, more than any other English team. ''Clubs and locations as of 2020–21 season'':


Estonia

* Country: Estonia * Football association: Estonian Football Association * Top-level league: Estonian Premier Division ( et, Meistriliiga) * UEFA ranking: 51st * Soccerway profile
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An independent Estonian league took place between 1921 and 1940. However, after the Second World War it became part of the Soviet Union, and became a regional system. Estonia regained independence after the dissolution of the USSR, organising the first national championship in 52 years in 1992, the same year that the Estonian Football Association joined UEFA.
FC Flora FC Flora, commonly known as Flora Tallinn, or simply as Flora, is a professional football club based in Tallinn, Estonia, that competes in the Meistriliiga, the top flight of Estonian football. The club's home ground is Lilleküla Stadium. For ...
is the most successful team in the modern era, with 11 league titles as of the end of the 2018 season. Since
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, the Premier Division has consisted of 10 teams, which play one another four times. At the end of the season the bottom team is relegated to the second level of Estonian football, while the ninth-placed team enters into a relegation playoff. ''Clubs and locations as of 2021 season:''


Faroe Islands

* Country: Faroe Islands * Football association: Faroe Islands Football Association * Top-level league: Faroe Islands Premier League ( fo, Effodeildin) * UEFA ranking: 53rd * Soccerway profile
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The Faroe Islands are a constituent country of the Kingdom of Denmark, which also comprises Greenland and Denmark itself. The league was formed in 1942, and has been contested annually since, with the exception of 1944 due to a lack of available balls. The Faroe Islands gained UEFA recognition in 1992. The most successful teams are HB and KI, with 23 and 17 Premier League titles respectively as of the most recently completed 2018 season. Since the 1988 season, the Premier League has consisted of 10 teams. They play each other three times, with the bottom two teams relegated to the First Division. ''Clubs and locations as of 2021 season:''


Finland

* Country: Finland * Football association:
Football Association of Finland The Football Association of Finland ( fi, Suomen Palloliitto, abbr. SPL; sv, Finlands Bollförbund) is the governing body of football in Finland. It was founded in Helsinki on 19 May 1907. The SPL organises the men's and women's national footb ...
* Top-level league: Finnish Premier League ( fi, Veikkausliiga, sv, Tipsligan) * UEFA ranking: 43rd * Soccerway profile
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Finland's current league has been contested annually since 1898, with the exceptions of 1914 and 1943. The most successful team are HJK with 29 titles; as of 2018, no other team has won 10 or more. However, between 1920 and 1948 a rival championship operated, organised by the Finnish Workers' Sports Federation. Frequent champions in that competition before it came under the jurisdiction of the Football Association of Finland included
Kullervo Helsinki Helsingin Kullervo (abbreviated Kullervo) is a football club from Helsinki, Finland. The club was formed in 1919. It used to participate in number of sports including Bandy, Ice Hockey, Pesäpallo and Athletics but now concentrates only in F ...
, Vesa Helsinki and
Tampereen Pallo-Veikot Tampereen Pallo-Veikot (TPV) is a Finnish football club, based in Tampere. The club plays in the Kakkonen, the third highest level of football in Finland. It is the second largest football club in the Pirkanmaa region in terms of active members, ...
. The Premier League consists of 12 teams. Since 2019 season teams play one another two times, then the top 6 teams play the championship round, and the bottom 6 the relegation round. At the end of the season the bottom club is relegated to the First Division, and the second-last club contests a in a play-off with the 2nd team of the First Division. ''Clubs and locations as of 2021 season:''


France

* Country: France * Football association:
French Football Federation The French Football Federation ( FFF; french: Fédération Française de Football) is the governing body of football in France. It also includes the overseas departments ( Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Mayotte and Réunion), the over ...
* Top-level league:
Ligue 1 Ligue 1, officially known as Ligue 1 Uber Eats for sponsorship reasons, is a French professional league for men's association football clubs. At the top of the French football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. A ...
(french: link=no, Ligue 1/Le Championnat) * UEFA ranking: 5th * Soccerway profile
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France's first football team— Le Havre AC—formed in 1872. The first French championship was first held in 1894, but only featured teams from the capital, Paris. Between 1896 and 1912, national championships were organised by several competing federations; the first universally recognised national championship took place in the 1912–13 season. However, it only lasted two seasons; from the outbreak of the First World War in 1914, French football operated on a regional basis until 1932. A national league resumed between 1932 and 1939, and has operated annually since the conclusion of the Second World War in 1945. Ligue 1 and its predecessors have featured 20 teams since the 1946–47 season. Each team plays the other nineteen sides home and away, and at the end of the season the bottom three teams are relegated to
Ligue 2 Ligue 2 (, League 2), also known as Ligue 2 BKT due to sponsor (commercial), sponsorship by Balkrishna Industries, is a French professional football league. The league serves as the second division of French football and is one of two divisions ...
. So far,
Olympique de Marseille Olympique de Marseille (, ; oc, Olimpic de Marselha, ), also known simply as Marseille or by the abbreviation OM (, ), is a French professional men's football club based in Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. Founded in 1899, the club pl ...
are the only French club to have won the UEFA Champions League, in 1993. ''Clubs and locations as of 2020–21 season:''


Georgia

* Country: Georgia * Football association: Georgian Football Federation * Top-level league: Georgian Premier League ( ka, ეროვნული ლიგა; ''Erovnuli Liga'', literally "National League") * UEFA ranking: 44th * Soccerway profile
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A Georgian football championship first took place in 1926, as part of the Soviet football system. The first independent championship took place in 1990, despite the fact that Georgia remained a Soviet state until 1991. Upon independence, Georgia subsequently joined UEFA and FIFA in 1992. When Georgia organised its first independent championship, it operated with a spring-to-autumn season contained entirely within a calendar year. After the 1991 championship, the country transitioned to an autumn-to-spring season spanning two calendar years. This format continued through the 2015–16 season, after which it returned to a spring-to-autumn format. This was accomplished by holding an abbreviated 2016 season in autumn; the transition was completed for the 2017 season. Before the most recent transition, 16 teams had competed in the top flight, but the league was reduced to 14 teams for the 2016 season, and was reduced further to 10 for 2017 and beyond. ''Clubs and locations as of 2021 season:''


Germany

* Country: Germany * Football association:
German Football Association The German Football Association (german: Deutscher Fußball-Bund ; DFB ) is the governing body of football in Germany. A founding member of both FIFA and UEFA, the DFB has jurisdiction for the German football league system and is in charge of t ...
* Top-level league: Bundesliga (german: link=no, Fußball-Bundesliga) * UEFA ranking: 3rd * Soccerway profile
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The Bundesliga consists of 18 teams, who play each other twice, for a total of 34 matches. The teams finishing in 17th and 18th places are relegated directly to the
2. Bundesliga The 2. Bundesliga ( ) is the second division of professional football in Germany. It was implemented 11 years after the founding of the Fußball-Bundesliga as the new second division for professional football. The 2. Bundesliga is ranked below ...
, while the team finishing in 16th place enters into a two-legged play-off with the team finishing 3rd in the lower division. ''Clubs and locations as of 2020–21 season:''


Gibraltar

* Country: Gibraltar * Football association: Gibraltar Football Association * Top-level league:
Gibraltar Premier Division The Gibraltar Premier Division was a football league established by the Gibraltar Football Association (GFA) in 1905, and the top tier of football in Gibraltar. It originally contained eight member clubs, but it has grown over the years. In 19 ...
* UEFA ranking: 49th * Soccerway profile
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The Gibraltar Football Association was founded in 1895, making it one of the ten oldest active football associations in the world. League football has been organized by the GFA since 1905. The first league season after Gibraltar were accepted as full members of UEFA was 2013–14, making qualification to the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League possible since the 2014–15 season, provided the relevant club has received a UEFA licence. The Premier Division has consisted of 10 teams since the 2015–16 season. All league matches are held at Victoria Stadium. ''Clubs as of 2019–20 season:''


Greece

* Country: Greece * Football association: Hellenic Football Federation * Top-level league:
Superleague Greece The Super League Greece 1 ( el, Ελληνική Σούπερ Λιγκ 1), or Super League 1, is the highest professional association football league in Greece. The league was formed on 16 July 2006 and replaced ''Alpha Ethniki'' at the top of ...
( el, Σούπερ Λίγκα Ελλάδα) * UEFA ranking: 20th * Soccerway profile
here
''Clubs and locations as of 2021–22 season:''


Hungary

* Country: Hungary * Football association: Hungarian Football Federation * Top-level league: Hungarian National Championship ( hu, Nemzeti Bajnokság I) * UEFA ranking: 33rd * Soccerway profile
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''Clubs and locations as of 2020–21 season:''


Iceland

* Country: Iceland * Football association: Football Association of Iceland ( is, Knattspyrnusamband Íslands) * Top-level league: Icelandic Premier Division ( is, Úrvalsdeild) * UEFA ranking: 46th * Soccerway profile
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''Clubs and locations as of 2019 season:''


Israel

* Country: Israel * Football association: Israel Football Association * Top-level league: Israeli Premier League ( he, ליגת העל; ''Ligat HaAl'', literally "Super League") * UEFA ranking: 23rd * Soccerway profile
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''Clubs and locations as of 2022–23 season:''


Italy

* Country: Italy * Football association: Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio * Top-level league: Serie A (''Series A'') * UEFA ranking: 4th * Soccerway profile
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''Clubs and locations as of 2020-21 season:''


Kazakhstan

* Country: Kazakhstan * Football association: Football Union of Kazakhstan * Top-level league: Kazakhstan Premier League ( kk, Қазақстан Кәсіпқой Футбол Лигасы, literally "Kazakhstan Professional Football League") * UEFA ranking: 25th * Soccerway profile
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''Clubs and locations as of 2019 season:''


Kosovo

* Country: Kosovo * Football association:
Football Federation of Kosovo The Football Federation of Kosovo ( sq, Federata e Futbollit e Kosovës; FFK) is the governing body of football in Kosovo, with headquarters in Pristina. The Football Federation of Kosovo was established in 1946 as a branch of the Football Associa ...
* Top-level league:
Kosovo Superliga The Football Superleague of Kosovo ( sq, Superliga e Futbollit të Kosovës), also known as the ALBI MALL Superleague of Kosovo ( sq, ALBI MALL Superliga e Kosovës) for sponsorship reasons with Albi Mall, is the top level of the Kosovar football ...
( sq, Superliga e Kosovës) * UEFA ranking: 52nd * Soccerway profile
here
''Clubs and locations as of 2019–20 season:''


Latvia

* Country: Latvia * Football association: Latvian Football Federation * Top-level league: Latvian Higher League ( lv, Virslīga) * UEFA ranking: 37th * Soccerway profile
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''Clubs and locations as of 2021 season:''


Lithuania

* Country: Lithuania * Football association: Lithuanian Football Federation * Top-level league:
A League A-League Men (known as the Isuzu UTE A-League for sponsorship reasons) is the highest-level professional men's soccer league in Australia and New Zealand. At the top of the Australian league system, it is the country's premier men's competit ...
( lt, A Lyga) * UEFA ranking (2019-2020): 35th * Soccerway profile
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''Clubs as of 2019 season:''


Montenegro

* Country: Montenegro * Football association: Football Association of Montenegro * Top-level league: Montenegrin First League ( Montenegrin: Prva crnogorska fudbalska liga) * UEFA ranking: 50th * Soccerway profile
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''Clubs and locations as of 2020–21 season:''


Netherlands

* Country: Netherlands * Football association: Royal Dutch Football Association * Top-level league: Eredivisie (''Honorary Division'') * UEFA ranking: 9th * Soccerway profile
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''Clubs as of 2020–21 season:''


North Macedonia

* Country: North Macedonia * Football association:
Football Federation of Macedonia The Football Federation of Macedonia (FFM; mk, Фудбалска Федерација на Македонија, ФФМ; sq, Federata e Futbollit të Maqedonisë) or Football Federation of North Macedonia is the governing body of football in No ...
* Top-level league: Macedonian First Football League ( mk, Прва македонска Фудбалска Лига) * UEFA ranking: 39th * Soccerway profile
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''Clubs as of 2020–21 season:''


Northern Ireland

* Country: Northern Ireland * Football association: Irish Football Association * Top-level league: NIFL Premiership * UEFA ranking: 41st * Soccerway profile
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''Clubs and locations as of 2021-22 season:'' *
Derry City Derry, officially Londonderry (), is the second-largest city in Northern Ireland and the fifth-largest city on the island of Ireland. The name ''Derry'' is an anglicisation of the Old Irish name (modern Irish: ) meaning 'oak grove'. The ...
, a club from Northern Ireland, has competed in the Republic of Ireland's football league system, the League of Ireland, since 1985.


Norway

* Country: Norway * Football association: Football Association of Norway (NFF) * Top-level league: Eliteserien * UEFA ranking: 22nd * Soccerway profile
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''Clubs and locations as of 2021 season:''


Poland

* Country: Poland * Football association: Polish Football Association * Top-level league: Ekstraklasa * UEFA ranking: 28th * Soccerway profile
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''Clubs and locations as of 2019–20 season:''


Portugal

* Country: Portugal * Football association: Portuguese Football Federation * Top-level league:
Primeira Liga The Primeira Liga (; English: Premier League, also written as Liga Portugal 1), also known as Liga Portugal Bwin for sponsorship reasons, is the top level of the Portuguese football league system. Organised and supervised by the Liga Portugal, ...
(English: Premier League) * UEFA ranking: 6th * Soccerway profile
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''Clubs as of 2020–21 season:''


Republic of Ireland

* Country: Republic of Ireland * Football association: Football Association of Ireland * Top-level league:
League of Ireland Premier Division The League of Ireland Premier Division ( ga, Príomhroinn Sraith na hÉireann), also known as the SSE Airtricity League Premier Division for sponsorship reasons, is the top level division in both the League of Ireland and the Republic of Ireland f ...
( ga, Príomhroinn Sraith na hÉireann) * UEFA ranking: 40th * Soccerway profile
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''Clubs and locations as of 2021 season:''


Romania

* Country: Romania * Football association:
Romanian Football Federation Romanian Football Federation (), also known by its acronym FRF, is the sports governing body, governing body of association football, football in Romania. They are headquartered in the capital city of Bucharest and affiliated to FIFA and UEFA sinc ...
* Top-level league: Liga I * UEFA ranking: 25th * Soccerway profile
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''Clubs and locations as of 2022–23 season:''


Russia

* Country: Russia * Football association:
Football Union of Russia The Russian Football Union (russian: Российский Футбольный Союз, ''Rossiyskiy Futbolnyy Soyuz'' or RFS) is the official governing body of association football in the Russia, Russian Federation. With headquarters in Moscow ...
* Top-level league: Russian Football Premier League (russian: link=no, Российская футбольная премьер-лига) * UEFA ranking: 7th * Soccerway profile
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''Clubs as of 2020–21 season:''


San Marino

* Country: San Marino * Football association: San Marino Football Federation * League: Sammarinese Football Championship ( it, Campionato Sammarinese di Calcio) * UEFA ranking: 55th * Soccerway profile
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This is a complete list of football clubs in San Marino (as San Marino has only one level domestic amateur league), apart from San Marino Calcio, the only professional Sammarinese club, which as of 2019–20 competes in Serie D, the fourth level of the Italian football league system. ''Clubs and locations as of 2019–20 season:'' Because there is no promotion or relegation in the league, the same 15 teams compete in the league. *
S.P. Cailungo S.P. Cailungo is a San Marino, Sanmarinese football (soccer), football club, based in Cailungo, a civil parish of Borgo Maggiore. The club was founded in 1974 in association football, 1974. Cailungo currently plays in ''Girone A'' of Campionato Sa ...
''( Borgo Maggiore)'' *
S.S. Cosmos Società Sportiva Cosmos is a Sanmarinese football club, based in Serravalle and founded in 1979. Cosmos currently plays in ''Girone A'' of Campionato Sammarinese di Calcio. The team's colors are green and yellow. The club is named after the Ne ...
''( Serravalle)'' *
F.C. Domagnano Football Club Domagnano, commonly referred to as FC Domagnano or simply Domagnano, is a San Marino, Sanmarinese football (soccer), football club, based in Domagnano. The club was founded in 1966 in association football, 1966. Domagnano currently ...
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Domagnano Domagnano is a municipality in San Marino. It has 3,565 inhabitants (May 2018) in an area of 6.62 km2. Geography It borders the San Marino municipalities Faetano, Borgo Maggiore, Serravalle and the Italian municipality Coriano. History Doma ...
)'' *
S.C. Faetano S.C. Faetano is a Sanmarinese football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popul ...
''( Faetano)'' *
F.C. Fiorentino F.C. Fiorentino is a San Marino, Sanmarinese football (soccer), football club, based in Fiorentino. The club was founded in 1974 in association football, 1974. Fiorentino currently plays in ''Girone A'' of Campionato Sammarinese di Calcio. The te ...
''( Fiorentino)'' * S.S. Folgore Falciano Calcio ''( Serravalle)'' * A.C. Juvenes/Dogana ''( Serravalle)'' * S.P. La Fiorita ''(
Montegiardino Montegiardino is one of the 9 communes or ''castelli'' of San Marino. It has 967 inhabitants (May 2018) in an area of 3.31 km2. The residences of the University of the Republic of San Marino, the country's only university, are located in Mon ...
)'' *
A.C. Libertas A.C. Libertas is a Sanmarinese football club, based in Borgo Maggiore. The club was founded in 1928. Libertas currently plays in ''Girone B'' of Campionato Sammarinese di Calcio. The team's colors are red and white. Libertas is the oldest footb ...
''( Borgo Maggiore)'' *
S.S. Murata S.S. Murata is a Sanmarinese football club, based in Murata, a civil parish of the city of San Marino. The club was founded in 1966. Murata currently plays in ''Girone B'' of Campionato Sammarinese di Calcio. The team's colours are black and wh ...
''( San Marino)'' *
S.S. Pennarossa S.S. Pennarossa is a San Marino, Sanmarinese football (soccer), football club, based in Chiesanuova. The club was founded in 1968 in association football, 1968. Pennarossa currently plays in ''Girone A'' of Campionato Sammarinese di Calcio. The te ...
''( Chiesanuova)'' *
S.S. San Giovanni A.S. San Giovanni is a Sanmarinese football club, based in San Giovanni sotto le Penne, a civil parish of Borgo Maggiore. The club was founded in 1948. San Giovanni currently plays in Campionato Sammarinese di Calcio. The team's colors are whit ...
''( Borgo Maggiore)'' *
S.P. Tre Fiori Tre Fiori Football Club, also known simply as Tre Fiori FC (Italian: "Three Flowers"), is a semi-professional association football, football club based in Fiorentino, San Marino. The club, formed in 1949 in association football, 1949, has been aw ...
''( Fiorentino)'' * S.P. Tre Penne ''( Serravalle)'' * S.S. Virtus ''( Acquaviva)''


Scotland

* Country: Scotland * Football association:
Scottish Football Association The Scottish Football Association (also known as the SFA and the Scottish FA; sco, Scots Fitba Association; Scottish Gaelic: ''Comann Ball-coise na h-Alba'') is the Sport governing body, governing body of association football, football in Scot ...
* Top-level league: Scottish Premiership ( sco, Scots Premiership) * UEFA ranking: 19th * Soccerway profile
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''Clubs and locations as of 2020–21 season:''


Serbia

* Country: Serbia * Football association:
Football Association of Serbia The Football Association of Serbia ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски савез Србије, ФСС / ) is the governing body of football in Serbia, based in Belgrade. It organizes Serbian football leagues, namely the Serbian Superliga, the Serbia n ...
* Top-level league: Serbian SuperLiga ( sr, Суперлига Србије) * UEFA ranking: 17th * Soccerway profile
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''Clubs as of 2020–21 season:''


Slovakia

* Country: Slovakia * Football association: Slovak Football Association * Top-level league: Slovak Super Liga ( sk, Fortuna Liga) * UEFA ranking: 29th * Soccerway profile
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''Clubs and locations as of 2020–21 season:''


Slovenia

* Country: Slovenia * Football association: Football Association of Slovenia * Top-level league: Slovenian PrvaLiga ( sl, Prva Slovenska nogometna liga, literally "First Slovenian Football League") * UEFA ranking: 32nd * Soccerway profile
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''Clubs and locations as of 2020–21 season:''


Spain

* Country: Spain * Football association:
Royal Spanish Football Federation The Royal Spanish Football Federation ( es, Real Federación Española de Fútbol; RFEF) is the governing body of football in Spain. It is based in La Ciudad del Fútbol of Las Rozas, a municipality near Madrid. It was founded on 14 October 1909 ...
* Top-level league: La Liga * UEFA ranking: 1st * Soccerway profile
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''Clubs and locations as of 2019–20 season:''


Sweden

* Country: Sweden * Football association: Swedish Football Association * Top-level league:
Allsvenskan Allsvenskan (; en, the All-Swedish, also known as Fotbollsallsvenskan, en, the Football All-Swedish) is a Swedish professional league for men's association football clubs. It was founded in 1924 and is the top tier of the Swedish football lea ...
(''The All-Swedish'') * UEFA ranking: 22nd * Soccerway profile
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A Swedish championship was first organised in 1896, and the champions were decided by a knockout cup format until 1925, when Allsvenskan was formed. Sweden was one of the founding members of UEFA in 1954. As of the most recently completed 2018 season, Malmö FF have won the most national titles with 20, followed by IFK Göteborg with 18 and IFK Norrköping with 13. Malmö also have the most league titles, with 23 to 13 for both IFK Götebörg and IFK Norrköping. Since
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, Allsvenskan has featured 16 teams. They each play one another home and away, for a total of 30 games. The bottom two teams are relegated to the
Superettan Superettan (; meaning the super first (division)) is an association football league and the second highest league in the league system of Swedish men's football. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with Al ...
(''The Super One''), and the 14th-placed Allsvenskan team enters into a relegation playoff with the 3rd-placed Superettan team to decide which will play in Allsvenskan for the following season. ''Clubs and locations as of 2021 season:''


Switzerland

* Country: Switzerland * Football association: Swiss Football Association * Top-level league:
Swiss Super League The Swiss Super League (known as the Credit Suisse Super League for sponsorship reasons) is a Swiss professional league in the top tier of the Swiss football league system and has been played in its current format since the 2003–04 season ...
(german: link=no, Schweizer Fussballmeisterschaft) * UEFA ranking: 20th * Soccerway profile
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''Clubs and locations as of 2020–21 season:''


Turkey

* Country: Turkey * Football association: Turkish Football Federation * Top-level league: Süper Lig (English: Super League) * UEFA ranking: 11th * Soccerway profile
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Turkish football operated on a regional basis until the 1950s. A national knockout tournament took place in 1957 and 1958, to decide European qualification. The Turkish Football Federation retrospectively recognised these tournaments as deciding the Turkish champions; both competitions were won by
Beşiktaş Beşiktaş () is a district and municipality of Istanbul, Turkey, located on the European shore of the Bosphorus strait. It is bordered on the north by Sarıyer and Şişli, on the west by Kağıthane and Şişli, on the south by Beyoğlu, and ...
. A national league was formed in 1959, and has been held annually from then onwards. Since the formation of a national league, the most successful teams are Galatasaray and Fenerbahçe, with 22 and 19 league titles respectively, as of the most recently completed 2018–19 season. Currently, 18 teams compete in the Süper Lig. Each team plays the other teams home and away, with the bottom three teams relegated to the
TFF First League The TFF 1. Lig, officially known as Spor Toto 1. Lig for sponsorship reasons, is the second level of the Turkish football league system. The league was founded in 2001 as the ''Turkish Second League Category A'' after the reorganization of the ...
for the following season. ''Clubs as of 2020–21 season:''


Ukraine

* Country: Ukraine * Football association: Football Federation of Ukraine * Top-level league: Ukrainian Premier League ( uk, Прем'єр-ліга) * UEFA ranking: 10th * Soccerway profile
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As a member of the Soviet Union, Ukraine's league operated as a feeder to the national Soviet leagues, meaning that until 1992 the strongest Ukrainian teams did not take part. The Football Federation of Ukraine was formed shortly after the country achieved independence in 1991, and gained UEFA membership the following year. Since the formation of a national league, Dynamo Kyiv have won 15 titles, Shakhtar Donetsk 12, and Tavriya Simferopol one, as of the most recently completed 2018–19 season. Through the 2013–14 season, 16 teams participated in the Premier League. However, during that season's winter break, the
Euromaidan Euromaidan (; uk, Євромайдан, translit=Yevromaidan, lit=Euro Square, ), or the Maidan Uprising, was a wave of Political demonstration, demonstrations and civil unrest in Ukraine, which began on 21 November 2013 with large protes ...
protests began, soon followed by Russia's annexation of the Crimean peninsula and the still-ongoing war in the country's east. These developments led to the league dropping to 14 teams in 2014–15 and 12 in 2016–17. Beginning with the 2016–17 season, the league season is divided into two stages. In the first stage, the teams play one another home and away, after which the league splits into two groups, each playing a home-and-away schedule within the group and with table points carrying over intact. The top six teams play to determine the league champion and European qualifying spots, while the bottom six teams play to avoid relegation, with the bottom two at the end of the second stage dropping to the Ukrainian First League. ''Clubs and locations as of 2020–21 season:''


Wales

* Country: Wales * Football association: Football Association of Wales * Top-level league: Cymru Premier ( cy, Cynghrair Cymru) * UEFA ranking: 50th * Soccerway profile
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Although Wales joined UEFA in 1954, Welsh football operated on a regional basis until 1992, with no national championship. Five Welsh clubs play not in the Welsh football league system, but in the
English football league system The English football league system, also known as the football pyramid, is a series of interconnected leagues for men's association football clubs in England, with five teams from Wales, one from Guernsey, one from Jersey and one from the Isl ...
. Currently, there are no Welsh clubs competing in the Premier League. Welsh club
Swansea City Swansea City Association Football Club (; cy, Clwb Pêl-droed Cymdeithas Dinas Abertawe) is a professional football club based in Swansea, Wales that plays in the Championship, the second tier of English football. Swansea have played their ho ...
was relegated to the second level, the
EFL Championship The English Football League Championship (often referred to as the Championship for short or the Sky Bet Championship for sponsorship purposes) is the highest division of the English Football League (EFL) and second-highest overall in the E ...
, at the end of the 2017–18 season, while
Cardiff City Cardiff City Football Club ( cy, Clwb Pêl-droed Dinas Caerdydd) is a professional association football club based in Cardiff, Wales. It competes in the Championship, the second tier of the English football league system. Founded in 1899 as R ...
were relegated following the 2018–19 season. Three other Welsh clubs participate lower down the English football league system: Newport County, Wrexham, and
Merthyr Town Merthyr Town Football Club ( cy, Clwb Pêl-droed Tref Merthyr) is a Welsh semi-professional association football, football club based in Merthyr Tydfil, currently playing in the , in the seventh tier of the English football league system. The ...
. Despite competing in Football Association competitions, the latter three are under the jurisdiction of the Football Association of Wales. Until 2011 Swansea City and Cardiff City had similar arrangements with the FAW but are now under the jurisdiction of The Football Association. The most successful Welsh club since the formation of the Welsh Premier League is
The New Saints The New Saints of Oswestry Town & Llansantffraid Football Club, also known as The New Saints ( cy, Clwb Pêl-droed y Seintiau Newydd) or TNS, are a professional football club that currently play in the Cymru Premier. They are the most successfu ...
, with 13 league titles after having clinched their eighth straight league crown in 2018–19. Since the 2010–11 season, the Welsh Premier League has featured 12 teams. Relegation to and promotion from lower regional leagues is in part dictated by whether or not clubs can obtain a Premier League licence; only clubs able to obtain a licence are eligible for promotion, and clubs which fail to obtain one are relegated regardless of their final league position. ''Clubs and locations as of 2021-22 season:''


See also

*
List of top-division football clubs in AFC countries The List of top-division football clubs in Asian Football Confederation (AFC) countries. The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) includes all countries within the Asian territory as members, except Abkhazia, Armenia, Artsakh, Azerbaijan, Chagos ...
* List of top-division football clubs in CAF countries *
List of top-division football clubs in CONCACAF countries This is a list of top-division association football clubs in CONCACAF countries. CONCACAF is the football confederation that oversees the sport in North America, Central America and the Caribbean, including the South American countries of Guyana ...
* List of top-division football clubs in CONMEBOL countries * List of top-division football clubs in OFC countries * List of top-division football clubs in non-FIFA countries * List of second division football clubs in UEFA countries * List of second division football clubs in AFC countries


Notes


References

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