List of football (soccer) competitions - Definition and Overview

This is a list of articles about the football (soccer) competitions past and present for international teams and for club football, in individual countries and internationally:

World

National teams

• FIFA World Cup
• FIFA Confederations Cup

National youth teams

• FIFA World Youth Championship (under-20 men)
• FIFA U-17 World Championship (boys)
• FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship (under-19 women)

Clubs

• Intercontinental Cup
• FIFA Club World Championship

Other

• Homeless World Cup

Europe

National teams

• European Football Championship
• Baltic Cup
• British Home Championship (extinct)
• Rous Cup (extinct)

Clubs

• UEFA Champions League
• UEFA Cup
• Cup Winners' Cup (extinct)
• European Super Cup
• UEFA Intertoto Cup
• UEFA Regions Cup
• Royal League (Denmark, Norway and Sweden only)

Belgium

Leagues

• Jupiler League
• Belgian Second Division
• Belgian Third Division

Cups

• Belgian Cup
• Belgian Supercup

England

Leagues

• FA Premier League
• The Football League
  • The Championship
  • League One
  • League Two
• Football Conference
  • Conference National
  • Conference North
  • Conference South
• Northern Premier League (Unibond League)
  • Premier Division
  • First Division
• Southern League
  • Premier Division
  • Division One West
  • Division One East
• Isthmian League (Ryman League)
  • Premier Division
  • First Division
  • Second Division

See also: English football league system

Cups

• FA Cup
• Community Shield
• League Cup
• Football League Trophy
• FA Trophy
• FA Vase
• FA National League System Cup

Women's

• FA Women's Premier League National Division
• FA Women's Premier League Northern Division
• FA Women's Premier League Southern Division
• FA Women's Cup
• National Premier League Cup
• The FA Women's Community Shield

Faroe Islands

Leagues

• 1. Deild
• 2. Deild
• 3. Deild

France

Leagues

• Championnats Nationaux
  • Ligue 1
  • Ligue 2
  • Championnats National
  • Championnats France Amateur
    • CFA A
    • CFA B
    • CFA C
    • CFA D
  • Championnats France Amateur 2
    • CFA A
    • CFA B
    • CFA C
    • CFA D
    • CFA E
    • CFA F
    • CFA G
    • CFA H

Cups

• Coupe de France
• Coupe de la Ligue
• Trophée Des Champions

Germany

Leagues

• Bundesliga
  • First Bundesliga
  • Second Bundesliga
• Regionalliga
  • Regionalliga Nord
  • Regionalliga Süd

Cups

• DFB-Pokal
• Liga-Pokal

Iceland

Leagues

• Landsbankadeild
• 1. deild
• 2. deild

Cups

• VISA-bikar
• Deildabikar

Isle of Man

Leagues

• Isle of Man Football League
• Isle of Man Football Combination

Italy

Leagues

• Lega Nazionale Professionisti
  • Serie A
  • Serie B
• Lega Professionisti
  • Serie C1/A
  • Serie C1/B
  • Serie C2/A
  • Serie C2/B
  • Serie C2/C
• Serie D
  • Serie D/A
  • Serie D/B
  • Serie D/C
  • Serie D/D
  • Serie D/E
  • Serie D/F
  • Serie D/G
  • Serie D/H
  • Serie D/I

See also: Italian football league system

Cups

• Coppa Italia

Latvia

Leagues

• Virsliga
• 1. liga
• 2. liga
  • Rigas cempionats
  • Kurzemes zona
  • Latgales zona
  • Vidzemes zona
  • Livonijas liga

Cups

• Latvijas kauss

Netherlands

Leagues

• Holland Casino Eredivisie
• Eerste divisie

Northern Ireland

Leagues

• Irish Football League
  • Irish League Premier Division
  • Irish League First Division
  • Irish League Second Division

Cups

• Irish Cup

Norway

Leagues

• • Tippeligaen
  • Norsk 1. Divisjon
  • Norsk 2. Divisjon
    • Group 1
    • Group 2
    • Group 3
    • Group 4

Cups

• NM-Cup

Republic of Ireland

Leagues

• Football League of Ireland

Scotland

Leagues

• Scottish Premier League
• Scottish Football League
  • First Division
  • Second Division
  • Third Division
• Highland Football League
• East of Scotland Football League
• South of Scotland Football League
• North Caledonian Football League
• Scottish Junior Football Association, Northern Region
• Scottish Junior Football Association, Western Region
• Scottish Junior Football Association, Eastern Region

See also: Scottish football league system

Cups

• Scottish Cup
• Scottish League Cup

Spain

Leagues

• Liga
  • Primera Division
  • Segunda Division
  • Segunda Division B
    • Segunda Division B1
    • Segunda Division B2
    • Segunda Division B3
    • Segunda Division B4
  • Tercera Divison

Cups

• Copa del Rey
• Supercopa de España

Sweden

Leagues

• Allsvenskan
• Superettan
• Division 2
• Division 3
• Regional:
  • Division 4
  • Division 5
  • Division 6
  • Division 7
  • Division 8
• Damallsvenskan (women's premier league)

Cups

• Svenska Cupen

Switzerland

Leagues

• Swiss Football League
  • National-Liga A
  • National-Liga B

Wales

Leagues

• League of Wales
• Cymru Alliance
• Welsh Football League
  • First Division
  • Second Division
  • Third Division

See also: Welsh football league system

Cups

• Welsh Cup
• FAW Premier Cup
• Welsh League Cup

Africa

National teams

• African Nations Cup

Clubs

• CAF Champions League

Asia

National teams

• Asian Nations Cup
• Tiger Cup (ASEAN)

Clubs

• AFC Champions League
• Arab Champions' League
• Commonwealth of Independent States Cup

Japan

Leagues

• J. League
  • J. League Division 1
  • J. League Division 2

North America

National teams

• CONCACAF Gold Cup
• UNCAF Nations Cup
• Caribbean Cup

Clubs

• CONCACAF Champions' Cup

Canada

Leagues

• Canadian Professional Soccer League
• Canadian National Soccer League (extinct)
• Canadian Soccer League (extinct)

United States

Leagues

• Major League Soccer
  • Western Conference
  • Eastern Conference
• United Soccer Leagues
  • USL First Division
  • USL Second Division
  • USL Premier Development League
  • USL W-League
  • Women's Premier Soccer League
• Major Indoor Soccer League
• Women's United Soccer Association (dormant)

See also: United States soccer league system

Cups

• Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup

Mexico

Leagues

• Primera División de México
• Primera División A

Copa Libertadores Qualifying

• InterLiga

South America

National teams

• Copa América (CONMEBOL)

Clubs

• Copa Libertadores
• Copa Sudamericana

Argentina

Leagues

• Primera División Argentina

Brazil

Leagues

• Campeonato Brasileiro

Cups

• Copa do Brasil

Colombia

Leagues

• Mustang Cup
• Primera B

Oceania

National teams

• Oceania Nations Cup

Australia

Leagues

• A-League
• National Soccer League (extinct)