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. As such it can be used as an aide in considering the WP:ATHLETE guideline, which states that athletes that have 'competed at the fully professional level of a sport' are generally notable.
The lists are currently incomplete and some entries are lacking sources.
[edit] List of fully professional leagues
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Argentina – Primera División Argentina [1]
Australia – A-League [2]
Austria – Austrian Football Bundesliga and Austrian Football First League [3] (in German - see §1, article (2), page 3)
Belarus - Belarusian Premier League and Belarusian First League [4] (in Russian - see paragraph 13.6)
Belgium – Belgian League [5]
Bolivia - Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano [6]
Brazil – Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, Campeonato Brasileiro Série B [7]
Canada - Major League Soccer [8]; USL First Division [9]; North American Soccer League (defunct)
China - Chinese Super League [10]
Colombia - Colombian Professional Football [11]
Croatia - Prva HNL [12]
Czech Republic – Gambrinus liga [13]
Denmark – Danish Superliga [14]
England – Premier League, Football League Championship, Football League One, Football League Two[15]
France – Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 [16]
Germany – Fußball-Bundesliga, 2. Fußball-Bundesliga, 3rd Liga [17]
Ghana - Ghana Premier League [18][19]
Greece – Super League Greece, Beta Ethniki, Gamma Ethniki [20]
Honduras - Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Honduras [21]
Hong Kong - Hong Kong First Division [22]
India - I-League [23] [24]
Indonesia - Indonesian Super League [25] [26]
Iran – Iran Pro League [27] [28]
Israel – Israeli Premier League, Liga Leumit [29]
Italy – Serie A and Serie B [30]; Lega Pro Prima Divisione and Lega Pro Seconda Divisione [31] (in Italian - see October 1980)
Japan – J. League [32] [33]
Jordan - Jordan League [34]
Kuwait - Kuwaiti Premier League [35]
Macedonia - Macedonian Prva Liga [36]
Malaysia - Super League Malaysia [37]
Mexico – Primera División de México, Primera División A [38]
Netherlands – Eredivisie and Eerste Divisie [39]
Nigeria – Nigerian Premier League [40]
Norway – Tippeligaen [41]
Peru - Primera División Peruana [42]
Poland - Ekstraklasa, Polish First League
Portugal – Portuguese Liga and Liga de Honra [43]
Qatar - Qatar Stars League [44]
Romania - Liga I [45]
Russia – RFPL [46] (in Russian, see paragraph 12.8.1), Russian First Division, Russian Second Division [47] (in Russian, see paragraph 16.2)
Saudi Arabia - Saudi Premier League [48]
Scotland – Scottish Premier League,[49] Scottish First Division (mostly) [50][51][52]
Serbia - Serbian Superliga [53]
Singapore – S. League [54] [55]
Slovenia - Slovenian PrvaLiga [56]
South Africa - Premier Soccer League [57]
South Korea – K-League [58] [59]
Spain – La Liga and Segunda División [60]
Sweden – Allsvenskan [61] [62]
Switzerland – Swiss Super League [63]
Syria - Syrian Premier League [64]
Thailand - Thai Premier League [65] [66]
Trinidad and Tobago - TT Pro League [67]
Turkey – Süper Lig
Ukraine – Ukrainian Premier League, Ukrainian First League, Ukrainian Second League [68]
United Arab Emirates – UAE Football League [69] [70]
Uruguay - Primera División Uruguaya [71]
USA – Major League Soccer [72]; USL First Division and USL Second Division [73]; North American Soccer League (defunct)
Uzbekistan - Uzbek League [74]
[edit] Top level leagues which are not fully professional
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[edit] See also
