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Below the Premier League is the English Football League (EFL) (formerly 'the Football League'), which is divided into three divisions of 24 clubs each: The Championship (level 2), League One (level 3), and League Two (level 4). The 20 clubs in the Premier League and 72 clubs in the English Football League are all full-time professional clubs.
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.
League Division Country Confederation First season Without promotion since Next highest league Relegation to National Premier Leagues: 2 Australia: AFC: 2005–06: 2005: A-League Men: Various (State-level leagues) USL Championship [a] 2 United States [b] CONCACAF: 2017 [c] 2017: Major League Soccer: None: Liga de Expansión MX [2] [d] 2 Mexico ...
The Big Five refers to the association football markets of England, Germany, Spain, Italy and France.As of 2025, they are the five European leaders in size and popularity of the main domestic football leagues – the Premier League, Bundesliga, La Liga, Serie A and Ligue 1 respectively in men's football, and the Women's Super League, Frauen-Bundesliga, Liga F, Serie A, and Première Ligue ...
Football Queensland Premier League 2: 4th-tier league: Each year (March→August); Each team plays every other team twice; Playoffs (August) National Premier Leagues Queensland Women's: Women's 2nd-tier league: Each year (March→September) since 2015. Brisbane Football Queensland Premier League 3 − Metro: 5th-tier league
The English Football League (EFL) is a league of professional football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888 as the Football League, it is the oldest football league in the world, and was the top-level football league in England from its foundation until 1992, when the top 22 clubs split from it to form the Premier League.
This is a list of professional sports leagues.. A sports league is a professional body that governs the competition of its teams. [clarification needed] They make the rules for competition and behavior and disciplines its members as necessary.
At the semi-professional level, the USL League Two and the National Premier Soccer League have teams. Two professional women's soccer leagues are sanctioned by U.S. Soccer, both at the top level— the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL), which has operated since 2013, and the USL Super League (USLS), which started play in the 2024–25 ...