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FA Inter-League Cup: Level 11 (contested by representative teams from each league) National League Cup: Level 5 (16 U21 teams from clubs in Levels 1 and 2 also compete) [4] In the case of the FA Cup, entrance from Level 10 clubs depends upon ranking within the league the club is in, and depends on the number of Level 9 clubs participating.
Organising body: J.League; known as the J.League from 1993 to 1998 before becoming a two-division league, and as J.League Division 1 from 1999 to 2014. J2 League: 2nd-tier league: Organising body: J.League; known as J.League Division 2 until 2014 J3 League: 3rd-tier league: Organising body: J.League Japan Football League: 4th-tier league
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 ...
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No professional league in any of the major pro sports leagues in the U.S. or Canada uses a system of promotion and relegation. [1] The country's governing body for the sport, the United States Soccer Federation (also known as the USSF or U.S. Soccer), oversees the league system and is responsible for sanctioning professional leagues.
When adding a new entry to the list of professional leagues, it is often recommended to briefly discuss on the talk page first to ensure that the league is in fact professional. When adding sources to existing or new entries, it is also recommended to archive the website on the Wayback Machine ( archive .org /web / ) to prevent link rot .
This list attempts to show those sports leagues for which all players and teams are paid to play. In other words, these players can be considered to play their chosen sport as their profession . Some leagues do not pay well enough to allow players to use them as their primary or only source of income, but because the players are paid, it is ...
The clubs playing in each top-level league compete for the title as the country's club champions, and also for places in next season's CAF club competitions, i.e., the CAF Champions League and the CAF Confederation Cup. Due to promotion and relegation, the clubs playing in the top-level league in many countries are different every season.