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The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) is the administrative and controlling body for European football. It consists of 55 member associations, each of which is responsible for governing football in their respective countries.[1]

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, Russia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Israel, Cyprus and Turkey.[1] 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.[1] The football association of Gibraltar, a British Overseas Territory, was approved as a member by UEFA in 2013.[2] 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.[3] 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.[4]

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

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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.[5]

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.[5]

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)[5]

Full list by country

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Albania

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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). 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.[7] The league became affiliated with UEFA in 1954.[8] 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:

Pos Team Pld Pts
1 Tirana (C) 36 73
2 Laçi 36 63
3 Partizani 36 58
4 Kukësi 36 55
5 Vllaznia 36 55
6 Teuta 36 50
7 Kastrioti 36 43
8 Egnatia (O) 36 35
9 Dinamo Tirana (R) 36 29
10 Skënderbeu (R) 36 26
Source: Albanian Football Association, Soccerway
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Andorra

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Andorra's national league system was formed in 1993, and the Andorran Football Federation gained UEFA membership in 1996.[9] 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.[10] Another Andorran football club, FC Andorra, 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:

Pos Team Pld Pts
1 Inter Club d'Escaldes 21 42
2 UE Santa Coloma 21 39
3 Sant Julià 21 37
4 Atlètic Club d'Escaldes 21 37
5 FC Santa Coloma 21 37
6 Ordino 21 19
7 Engordany 21 17
8 Carroi 21 3

Armenia

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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.[12][13] Since independence, the country's most successful team is Pyunik, who has won 14 league titles.[12]

Clubs and locations as of 2021-22 season:

Locations of the 2019–20 Armenian Premier League teams

Pos Team Pld Pts
1 Pyunik (C) 32 75
2 Ararat-Armenia 32 74
3 Alashkert 32 51
4 Ararat Yerevan 32 46
5 Urartu 32 40
6 Noah 32 39
7 Noravank 32 28
8 Van 32 25
9 BKMA (O) 32 18
10 Sevan (D, R) 0 0
Source: FFA Soccerway
(C) Champions; (D) Disqualified; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Austria

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Clubs and locations as of 2021-22 season:

Austrian Bundesliga regular season table
Pos Team Pld Pts
1 Red Bull Salzburg 22 55
2 Sturm Graz 22 37
3 Wolfsberger AC 22 37
4 Austria Wien 22 33
5 Rapid Wien 22 31
6 Austria Klagenfurt 22 30
7 Ried 22 29
8 LASK 22 25
9 WSG Tirol 22 23
10 Hartberg 22 22
11 Admira Wacker Mödling 22 20
12 Rheindorf Altach 22 13

Pos Team Pld Pts RBS STU AWI WOL RWI KLA
1 Red Bull Salzburg (C) 32 52 1–0 5–0 4–0 2–1 1–1
2 Sturm Graz 32 37 2–1 1–0 1–4 2–1 3–1
3 Austria Wien 32 29 1–2 4–2 2–1 1–1 1–1
4 Wolfsberger AC 32 28 1–4 0–2 1–1 2–1 1–2
5 Rapid Wien (O) 32 25 0–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–2
6 Austria Klagenfurt 32 21 0–6 1–2 1–2 2–3 1–3
Source: [1]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners

Austrian Bundesliga relegation round table
Pos Team Pld Pts WAT LIN ALT RIE HAR ADM
1 WSG Tirol 32 28 4–0 0–3 2–0 4–2 0–0
2 LASK 32 26 6–0 2–1 0–2 3–3 3–1
3 Rheindorf Altach 32 22 2–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 2–2
4 Ried 32 22 2–3 1–1 1–2 0–0 1–1
5 Hartberg 32 22 0–1 0–0 4–0 1–1 1–2
6 Admira Wacker Mödling (R) 32 21 1–1 1–1 0–3 2–0 1–3
Source: Austrian Bundesliga
(R) Relegated

Azerbaijan

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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[19][20] 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:

Locations of the 2021-22 Azerbaijan Premier League teams.
Team in italics is from a zone of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and is playing its home games in Baku.
Pos Team Pld Pts
1 Qarabağ (C) 28 69
2 Neftçi Baku 28 50
3 Zira 28 47
4 Gabala 28 45
5 Sabah 28 41
6 Sumgayit 28 22
7 Shamakhi 28 22
8 Sabail 28 15
Source: Soccerway
(C) Champions

Belarus

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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.[22] Through the 2018 season, the most successful team is BATE Borisov, with 15 league championships, including an ongoing streak of 13 titles.[23] The 2016 season saw the league expand from 14 teams to 16, accomplished by promoting three clubs from the Belarusian First League 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:

Pos Team Pld Pts
1 Shakhtyor Soligorsk (C) 30 75
2 BATE Borisov 30 65
3 Dinamo Minsk 30 62
4 Gomel 30 59
5 Rukh Brest (W) 30 58
6 Dynamo Brest 30 38
7 Vitebsk 30 37
8 Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino 30 36
9 Slutsk 30 35
10 Isloch Minsk Raion 30 34
11 Neman Grodno 30 34
12 Minsk 30 33
13 Energetik-BGU Minsk 30 33
14 Slavia Mozyr (O) 30 32
15 Smorgon (R) 30 21
16 Sputnik Rechitsa (D, R) 30 7
Source: football.by
(C) Champions; (D) Disqualified; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated; (W) Withdrawn

Belgium

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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.[25] Historically the country's most successful team are Anderlecht, with 34 league titles as of 2019.[26] 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):[27]

  • 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 (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:

Pos Team Pld Pts
1 Union SG (C) 34 77
2 Club Brugge (C) 34 72
3 Anderlecht 34 64
4 Antwerp 34 63
5 Gent 34 62
6 Charleroi 34 54
7 Mechelen 34 52
8 Genk 34 51
9 Sint-Truiden 34 51
10 Cercle Brugge 34 45
11 OH Leuven 34 41
12 Oostende 34 37
13 Kortrijk 34 37
14 Standard Liège 34 36
15 Eupen 34 32
16 Zulte Waregem 34 32
17 Seraing (O) 34 28
18 Beerschot (R) 34 16
Source: Jupiler Pro League (in Dutch), Soccerway
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Pos Team Pld Pts CLU USG AND ANT
1 Club Brugge (C) 6 50 1–0 1–1 1–0
2 Union SG 6 46 0–2 3–1 0–1
3 Anderlecht 6 40 0–0 0–2 2–1
4 Antwerp 6 36 1–3 0–0 0–4
Source: Jupiler Pro League (in Dutch), Soccerway
(C) Champions

Pos Team Pld Pts GNT GNK CHA MEC
1 Gent 6 43 0–1 1–2 1–0
2 Genk 6 37 0–2 3–2 4–2
3 Charleroi 6 34 1–3 2–2 3–2
4 Mechelen 6 30 1–2 0–0 1–0
Source: Jupiler Pro League (in Dutch), Soccerway

Bosnia and Herzegovina

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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.[31] Due to political tensions between Bosniaks, Bosnian Serbs and Bosnian Croats, the country did not have a single national top division until the 2002–03 season, but rather two or three. Since then, Zrinjski Mostar 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.[32]

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.[33] 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.[34]

Clubs and locations as of 2021-22 season:

Pos Team Pld Pts
1 Zrinjski Mostar (C) 33 84
2 Tuzla City 33 57
3 Borac Banja Luka 33 54
4 Sarajevo 33 46
5 Velež Mostar 33 44
6 Željezničar 33 43
7 Široki Brijeg 33 39
8 Posušje 33 37
9 Leotar 33 34
10 Sloboda Tuzla 33 33
11 Radnik Bijeljina (R) 33 27
12 Rudar Prijedor (R) 33 26
Source: Rezultati.com
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Bulgaria

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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.[37] 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.[38] 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 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.[39]

Clubs and locations as of 2021-22 season:

Pos Team Pld Pts
1 Ludogorets Razgrad 26 64
2 CSKA Sofia 26 52
3 Botev Plovdiv 26 46
4 Cherno More 26 45
5 Levski Sofia 26 42
6 Slavia Sofia 26 36
7 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 26 34
8 Beroe 26 32
9 CSKA 1948 26 30
10 Arda 26 29
11 Pirin Blagoevgrad 26 27
12 Lokomotiv Sofia 26 25
13 Botev Vratsa 26 22
14 Tsarsko Selo 26 16

Croatia

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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.[41] Since its formation, the Croatian First League has been dominated by Dinamo Zagreb and Hajduk Split; 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.[42] 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:

Pos Team Pld Pts
1 Dinamo Zagreb (C) 36 79
2 Hajduk Split 36 72
3 Osijek 36 69
4 Rijeka 36 65
5 Lokomotiva 36 49
6 Gorica 36 45
7 Slaven Belupo 36 36
8 Šibenik 36 32
9 Istra 1961 36 31
10 Hrvatski Dragovoljac (R) 36 19
Source: PrvaHNL.hr
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Cyprus

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Clubs and locations as of 2021–22 season: {{#invoke:Location map+/multi|many|Cyprus |width=500 |float=right |caption=Locations of the 2021–22 Cypriot First Division teams.

{{2021–22 Cypriot First Division Regular Season table|only_pld_pts=yes}}

Czech Republic

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Clubs and locations as of 2021–22 season:

Pos Team Pld Pts
1 Slavia Prague 30 73
2 Viktoria Plzeň 30 72
3 Sparta Prague 30 66
4 Slovácko 30 59
5 Baník Ostrava 30 51
6 Hradec Králové 30 40
7 Mladá Boleslav 30 38
8 Slovan Liberec 30 37
9 Sigma Olomouc 30 37
10 České Budějovice 30 36
11 Fastav Zlín 30 30
12 Teplice 30 27
13 Jablonec 30 26
14 Bohemians 1905 30 26
15 Pardubice 30 24
16 Karviná 30 17
Source: Fortuna Liga

Denmark

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Clubs and locations as of 2020–21 season:

Pos Team Pld Pts
1 Brøndby 22 45
2 Midtjylland 22 43
3 AGF 22 38
4 Copenhagen 22 35
5 Randers 22 32
6 Nordsjælland 22 29
7 SønderjyskE 22 28
8 OB 22 28
9 AaB 22 28
10 Vejle 22 24
11 Lyngby 22 20
12 Horsens 22 12

England

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Founded in 1888, the Football League was the world's first national football league.[48] The inaugural competition was won by Preston North End, who remained unbeaten throughout the entire season. It was the top level football league in England from its foundation until 1992, when the 22 clubs comprising the First Division resigned from the Football League to form the new FA Premier League.[48] As of the 2019–20 season the Premier League comprises 20 clubs;[49] each team plays every other team twice, with the bottom 3 clubs at the end of the season relegated to the EFL Championship. The most successful domestic club is Manchester United, 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.[50]

Clubs and locations as of 2020–21 season:

Pos Team Pld Pts
1 Manchester City (C) 38 86
2 Manchester United 38 74
3 Liverpool 38 69
4 Chelsea 38 67
5 Leicester City 38 66
6 West Ham United 38 65
7 Tottenham Hotspur 38 62
8 Arsenal 38 61
9 Leeds United 38 59
10 Everton 38 59
11 Aston Villa 38 55
12 Newcastle United 38 45
13 Wolverhampton Wanderers 38 45
14 Crystal Palace 38 44
15 Southampton 38 43
16 Brighton & Hove Albion 38 41
17 Burnley 38 39
18 Fulham (R) 38 28
19 West Bromwich Albion (R) 38 26
20 Sheffield United (R) 38 23
Source: Premier League
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Estonia

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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.[52][53] FC Flora is the most successful team in the modern era, with 11 league titles as of the end of the 2018 season.[52] Since 2005, 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.[54]

Clubs and locations as of 2021 season:

Pos Team Pld Pts
1 FCI Levadia (C) 32 78
2 Flora 32 77
3 Paide Linnameeskond 32 62
4 Nõmme Kalju 32 45
5 Legion 32 40
6 Narva Trans 32 33
7 Kuressaare 30 34
8 Tulevik (R) 30 30
9 Tammeka (O) 30 25
10 Vaprus 30 18
Source: Estonian Football Association (in Estonian), UEFA
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Faroe Islands

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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.[56] The Faroe Islands gained UEFA recognition in 1992.[57] 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.[58] They play each other three times, with the bottom two teams relegated to the First Division.

Clubs and locations as of 2021 season:

Locations of the 2021 Betri deidin menn teams
Pos Team Pld Pts
1 (C) 27 72
2 Havnar Bóltfelag 27 61
3 Víkingur 27 60
4 NSÍ Runavík 27 47
5 B36 Tórshavn 27 45
6 07 Vestur 27 28
7 EB/Streymur 27 25
8 B68 Toftir 27 25
9 ÍF (R) 27 16
10 TB Tvøroyri (R) 27 3
Source: Flashscore
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Finland

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Finland's current league has been contested annually since 1898, with the exceptions of 1914 and 1943.[59] 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, Vesa Helsinki and Tampereen Pallo-Veikot.[60] 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:

Pos Team Pld Pts
1 KuPS 22 49
2 HJK 22 49
3 Inter Turku 22 39
4 SJK 22 37
5 HIFK 22 33
6 Ilves 22 33
7 Lahti 22 32
8 Honka 22 26
9 Haka 22 24
10 Mariehamn 22 23
11 Oulu 22 18
12 KTP 22 8
Source: Flashscore

Pos Team Pld Pts HJK KPS SJK INT ILV HFK
1 HJK (C) 27 59 2–3 2–1 1–0
2 KuPS 27 58 1–1 2–1 0–0
3 SJK 27 48 2–2 4–2
4 Inter Turku 27 45 2–3 2–5 2–0
5 Ilves 27 36 2–3 0–2
6 HIFK 27 35 2–2 0–3
Source: Soccerway
(C) Champions

Pos Team Pld Pts LAH HAK HON MAR OUL KTP
7 Lahti 27 40 2–3 0–0 2–1
8 Haka 27 35 1–1 2–0 0–0
9 Honka 27 33 0–2 1–1 6–1
10 Mariehamn 27 30 0–3 5–1
11 Oulu (O) 27 23 1–2 2–1
12 KTP (R) 27 11 2–4 2–0
Source: Soccerway
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

France

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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.[61] 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.[62] So far, Olympique de Marseille are the only French club to have won the UEFA Champions League, in 1993.

Clubs and locations as of 2020–21 season:

Pos Team Pld Pts
1 Lille (C) 38 83
2 Paris Saint-Germain 38 82
3 Monaco 38 78
4 Lyon 38 76
5 Marseille 38 60
6 Rennes 38 58
7 Lens 38 57
8 Montpellier 38 54
9 Nice 38 52
10 Metz 38 47
11 Saint-Étienne 38 46
12 Bordeaux 38 45
13 Angers 38 44
14 Reims 38 42
15 Strasbourg 38 42
16 Lorient 38 42
17 Brest 38 41
18 Nantes (O) 38 40
19 Nîmes (R) 38 35
20 Dijon (R) 38 21
Source: Ligue 1
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Georgia

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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.[64]

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:

Pos Team Pld Pts
1 Dinamo Batumi (C) 36 75
2 Dinamo Tbilisi 36 70
3 Dila Gori 36 61
4 Saburtalo Tbilisi 36 57
5 Locomotive Tbilisi 36 53
6 Telavi 36 44
7 Samgurali Tsqaltubo 36 41
8 Torpedo Kutaisi (O) 36 40
9 Shukura Kobuleti (R) 36 27
10 Samtredia (R) 36 21
Source: Erovnuli Liga, Soccerway
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Germany

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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, 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:

Pos Team Pld Pts
1 Bayern Munich (C) 34 78
2 RB Leipzig 34 65
3 Borussia Dortmund 34 64
4 VfL Wolfsburg 34 61
5 Eintracht Frankfurt 34 60
6 Bayer Leverkusen 34 52
7 Union Berlin 34 50
8 Borussia Mönchengladbach 34 49
9 VfB Stuttgart 34 45
10 SC Freiburg 34 45
11 1899 Hoffenheim 34 43
12 Mainz 05 34 39
13 FC Augsburg 34 36
14 Hertha BSC 34 35
15 Arminia Bielefeld 34 35
16 1. FC Köln (O) 34 33
17 Werder Bremen (R) 34 31
18 Schalke 04 (R) 34 16
Source: DFB
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Gibraltar

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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.[2] 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:

Location of the stadium where all teams play in the 2019–20 Gibraltar National League
Pos Team Pld Pts
1 Europa 17 49
2 St Joseph's 17 44
3 Lincoln Red Imps 17 39
4 Lynx 17 29
5 Bruno's Magpies 17 21
6 Lions Gibraltar 17 15
7 Mons Calpe 18 33
8 Europa Point 18 25
9 Manchester 62 18 19
10 Boca Gibraltar 17 16
11 Glacis United 17 10
12 College 1975 18 1
Source: UEFA, Soccerway

Greece

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Clubs and locations as of 2019–20 season:

Pos Team Pld Pts
1 Olympiacos 26 66
2 PAOK 26 59
3 AEK Athens 26 51
4 Panathinaikos 26 44
5 OFI 26 34
6 Aris 26 34
7 Atromitos 26 32
8 AEL 26 30
9 Asteras Tripolis 26 30
10 Lamia 26 27
11 Volos 26 27
12 Xanthi 26 18
13 Panetolikos 26 17
14 Panionios 26 11

Hungary

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Clubs and locations as of 2020–21 season:

Pos Team Pld Pts
1 Ferencváros (C) 33 78
2 Puskás Akadémia 33 58
3 Fehérvár 33 56
4 Paks 33 50
5 Kisvárda 33 46
6 Újpest 33 42
7 MTK 33 42
8 Mezőkövesd 33 42
9 Zalaegerszeg 33 37
10 Honvéd 33 37
11 Diósgyőr (R) 33 33
12 Budafok (R) 33 27
Source: Hungarian Football Federation (in Hungarian), Soccerway
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Iceland

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Clubs and locations as of 2019 season:

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 KR (C) 22 16 4 2 44 23 +21 52 Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2 Breiðablik 22 11 5 6 45 31 +14 38 Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3 FH 22 11 4 7 40 36 +4 37
4 Stjarnan 22 9 8 5 40 34 +6 35
5 KA 22 9 4 9 34 34 0 31
6 Valur 22 8 5 9 38 34 +4 29
7 Víkingur 22 7 7 8 37 35 +2 28 Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round[a]
8 Fylkir 22 8 4 10 38 44 −6 28
9 HK 22 7 6 9 29 29 0 27
10 ÍA 22 7 6 9 27 32 −5 27
11 Grindavík (R) 22 3 11 8 17 28 −11 20 Relegation to 1. deild karla
12 ÍBV (R) 22 2 4 16 23 52 −29 10
Source: KSÍ (in Icelandic), Soccerway
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Israel

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Clubs and locations as of 2020–21 season:

Pos Team Pld Pts
1 Maccabi Haifa 26 59
2 Maccabi Tel Aviv 26 58
3 F.C. Ashdod 26 43
4 Ironi Kiryat Shmona 26 38
5 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 26 37
6 Maccabi Petah Tikva 26 37
7 Maccabi Netanya 26 34
8 Beitar Jerusalem 26 32
9 Hapoel Hadera 26 32
10 Hapoel Haifa 26 30
11 Bnei Sakhnin 26 29
12 Hapoel Tel Aviv 26 27
13 Hapoel Kfar Saba 26 23
14 Bnei Yehuda 26 22
Source: Soccerway

Italy

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Clubs and locations as of 2020-21 season:

Pos Team Pld Pts
1 Juventus (C) 38 83
2 Internazionale 38 82
3 Atalanta 38 78
4 Lazio 38 78
5 Roma 38 70
6 Milan 38 66
7 Napoli 38 62
8 Sassuolo 38 51
9 Hellas Verona 38 49
10 Fiorentina 38 49
11 Parma 38 49
12 Bologna 38 47
13 Udinese 38 45
14 Cagliari 38 45
15 Sampdoria 38 42
16 Torino 38 40
17 Genoa 38 39
18 Lecce (R) 38 35
19 Brescia (R) 38 25
20 SPAL (R) 38 20
Source: Serie A, Soccerway
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Kazakhstan

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Clubs and locations as of 2019 season:

Pos Team Pld Pts
1 Astana (C) 33 69
2 Kairat 33 68
3 Ordabasy 33 65
4 Tobol 33 63
5 Zhetysu 33 56
6 Kaisar 33 42
7 Okzhetpes 33 40
8 Irtysh Pavlodar 33 37
9 Shakhter Karagandy 33 35
10 Taraz (O) 33 29
11 Atyrau (R) 33 26
12 Aktobe (R) 33 15
Source: UEFA, Soccerway
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Kosovo

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Clubs and locations as of 2019–20 season:

Pos Team Pld Pts
1 Drita (C) 33 68
2 Gjilani 33 68
3 Ballkani 33 67
4 Prishtina 33 62
5 Feronikeli 33 47
6 Llapi 33 45
7 Trepça '89 33 44
8 Drenica 33 44
9 Flamurtari (R) 33 43
10 Ferizaj (R) 33 29
11 Vushtrria (R) 33 21
12 Dukagjini (R) 33 19
Source: Football Federation of Kosovo (in Albanian)
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Latvia

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Clubs and locations as of 2021 season:

Pos Team Pld Pts
1 RFS (C) 28 66
2 Valmiera 28 62
3 Liepāja 28 51
4 Riga 28 50
5 Spartaks Jūrmala 28 35
6 Daugavpils 28 32
7 Metta 28 20
8 Noah Jurmala 28 3
9 Ventspils 0 0
Source: Soccerway
(C) Champions

Lithuania

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Clubs as of 2021 season:

Locations of the 2019 A Lyga teams
Pos Team Pld Pts
1 Žalgiris (C) 36 79
2 Sūduva 36 70
3 Kauno Žalgiris 36 63
4 Panevėžys 36 60
5 Hegelmann Litauen 36 53
6 Riteriai 36 46
7 Banga 36 36
8 Džiugas 36 36
9 Dainava (R) 36 35
10 Nevėžis (R) 36 10
Source: Flashscore
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Luxembourg

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Clubs and locations as of 2020–21 season:

Pos Team Pld Pts
1 Fola Esch (C) 30 68
2 F91 Dudelange 30 66
3 Swift Hesperange 30 65
4 Racing FC 30 54
5 Progrès Niederkorn 30 53
6 Differdange 03 30 45
7 Wiltz 30 44
8 Jeunesse Esch 30 43
9 Hostert 30 37
10 UNA Strassen 30 35
11 Mondorf-les-Bains 30 28
12 Rodange 91 30 28
13 Victoria Rosport 30 27
14 RM Hamm Benfica 30 26
15 Etzella Ettelbruck 30 24
16 Union Titus Pétange 30 21
Source: UEFA, Soccerway
(C) Champions

Malta

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Clubs as of 2020–21 season:

Pos Team Pld Pts
1 Ħamrun Spartans (C) 23 56
2 Hibernians 23 51
3 Gżira United 23 46
4 Birkirkara 23 44
5 Sliema Wanderers 23 40
6 Mosta 23 36
7 Valletta 23 33
8 St. Lucia 23 29
9 Sirens 23 28
10 Balzan 23 27
11 Gudja United 23 27
12 Floriana 23 27
13 Żejtun Corinthians (R) 23 24
14 Tarxien Rainbows (R) 23 21
15 Lija Athetlic (R) 23 20
16 Senglea Athletic (R) 23 2
Source: Malta Football Association
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Moldova

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Clubs and locations as of 2019 season:

   
Pos Team Pld Pts
1 Sheriff Tiraspol (C) 28 70
2 Sfîntul Gheorghe 28 53
3 Petrocub-Hîncești 28 50
4 Dinamo-Auto 28 41
5 Milsami Orhei 28 39
6 Speranța Nisporeni 28 35
7 Zimbru Chișinău 28 16
8 Codru Lozova (O) 28 5
Source: FMF, UEFA, Soccerway
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners

Montenegro

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Clubs and locations as of 2020–21 season:

Location of teams in the 2019–20 Montenegrin First League
Pos Team Pld Pts
1 Budućnost (C) 36 85
2 Sutjeska 36 57
3 Dečić 36 54
4 Podgorica 36 52
5 Jezero 36 45
6 Zeta 36 45
7 Rudar 36 45
8 Iskra (O) 36 44
9 Petrovac (O) 36 32
10 OFK Titograd (R) 36 31
Source: Football Association of Montenegro (in Montenegrin), Soccerway
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Netherlands

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Clubs as of 2020–21 season:

Pos Team Pld Pts
1 Ajax (C) 34 88
2 PSV Eindhoven 34 72
3 AZ 34 71
4 Vitesse 34 61
5 Feyenoord (O) 34 59
6 Utrecht 34 53
7 Groningen 34 50
8 Sparta Rotterdam 34 47
9 Heracles Almelo 34 44
10 Twente 34 41
11 Fortuna Sittard 34 41
12 Heerenveen 34 39
13 PEC Zwolle 34 38
14 Willem II 34 31
15 RKC Waalwijk 34 30
16 Emmen (R) 34 30
17 VVV-Venlo (R) 34 23
18 ADO Den Haag (R) 34 22
Source: Eredivisie,[75] Soccerway[76]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

North Macedonia

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Clubs as of 2020–21 season:

Location of teams in 2019–20 Macedonian First League
Pos Team Pld Pts
1 Shkëndija (C) 33 75
2 Shkupi 33 59
3 Struga 33 57
4 Makedonija G.P. 33 55
5 Rabotnički 33 48
6 Pelister 33 45
7 Akademija Pandev 33 41
8 Borec 33 40
9 Sileks (R) 33 36
10 Renova (O) 33 36
11 Vardar (R) 33 31
12 Belasica (R) 33 17
Source: MacedonianFootball.com
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Northern Ireland

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Clubs and locations as of 2021-22 season:

Locations of the Belfast-based 2021–22 NIFL Premiership teams
Pos Team Pld Pts
1 Linfield (C) 38 83
2 Cliftonville 38 82
3 Glentoran 38 71
4 Crusaders 38 68
5 Larne (O) 38 62
6 Coleraine 38 51
7 Glenavon 38 54
8 Ballymena United 38 53
9 Dungannon Swifts 38 35
10 Carrick Rangers 38 34
11 Portadown (O) 38 25
12 Warrenpoint Town (R) 38 21
Source: Northern Ireland Football League
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
  • Derry City, a club from Northern Ireland, has competed in the Republic of Ireland's football league system, the League of Ireland, since 1985.

Norway

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Clubs and locations as of 2021 season:

Pos Team Pld Pts
1 Bodø/Glimt (C) 30 63
2 Molde 30 60
3 Viking 30 57
4 Lillestrøm 30 49
5 Rosenborg 30 48
6 Kristiansund 30 46
7 Vålerenga 30 45
8 Sarpsborg 08 30 39
9 Strømsgodset 30 36
10 Sandefjord 30 36
11 Haugesund 30 35
12 Tromsø 30 35
13 Odd 30 33
14 Brann (R) 30 26
15 Stabæk (R) 30 25
16 Mjøndalen (R) 30 22
Source: Football Association of Norway (in Norwegian)
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Poland

[edit]

Clubs and locations as of 2019–20 season:

Pos Team Pld Pts
1 Legia Warsaw 30 60
2 Piast Gliwice 30 53
3 Śląsk Wrocław 30 49
4 Lech Poznań 30 49
5 Cracovia 30 46
6 Pogoń Szczecin 30 45
7 Jagiellonia Białystok 30 44
8 Lechia Gdańsk 30 43
9 Górnik Zabrze 30 41
10 Raków Częstochowa 30 41
11 Zagłębie Lubin 30 38
12 Wisła Płock 30 38
13 Wisła Kraków 30 35
14 Korona Kielce 30 30
15 Arka Gdynia 30 29
16 ŁKS Łódź 30 21

Portugal

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Clubs as of 2020–21 season:

Location of teams in 2019–20 Primeira Liga (Madeira)
Location of teams in 2019–20 Primeira Liga (Azores)
Pos Team Pld Pts
1 Sporting CP (C) 34 85
2 Porto 34 80
3 Benfica 34 76
4 Braga 34 64
5 Paços de Ferreira 34 53
6 Santa Clara 34 46
7 Vitória de Guimarães 34 43
8 Moreirense 34 43
9 Famalicão 34 40
10 B-SAD 34 40
11 Gil Vicente 34 39
12 Tondela 34 36
13 Boavista 34 36
14 Portimonense 34 35
15 Marítimo 34 35
16 Rio Ave (R) 34 34
17 Farense (R) 34 31
18 Nacional (R) 34 25
Source: Liga Portugal
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Republic of Ireland

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Clubs and locations as of 2021 season:

Pos Team Pld Pts
1 Shamrock Rovers (C) 36 78
2 St Patrick's Athletic 36 62
3 Sligo Rovers 36 57
4 Derry City 36 54
5 Bohemians 36 52
6 Dundalk 36 48
7 Drogheda United 36 44
8 Finn Harps 36 44
9 Waterford (R) 36 42
10 Longford Town (R) 36 15
Source: SSE Airtricity League, Soccerway
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Romania

[edit]

Clubs and locations as of 2021–22 season:

Location of Bucharest teams

Pos Team Pld Pts
1 CFR Cluj 30 76
2 FCSB 30 62
3 Universitatea Craiova 30 54
4 Argeș Pitești 30 48
5 Farul Constanța 30 48
6 Voluntari 30 47
7 Botoșani 30 46
8 UTA Arad 30 40
9 Rapid București 30 40
10 Sepsi OSK 30 39
11 Chindia Târgoviște 30 35
12 FC U Craiova 1948 30 33
13 Mioveni 30 29
14 Dinamo București 30 17
15 Academica Clinceni 30 14
16 Gaz Metan Mediaș 30 2
Source: LPF (in Romanian) Soccerway

Russia

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Clubs as of 2020–21 season:

Pos Team Pld Pts
1 Zenit Saint Petersburg (C) 30 65
2 Spartak Moscow 30 57
3 Lokomotiv Moscow 30 56
4 Rubin Kazan 30 53
5 Sochi 30 53
6 CSKA Moscow 30 50
7 Dynamo Moscow 30 50
8 Khimki 30 45
9 Rostov 30 43
10 Krasnodar 30 41
11 Akhmat Grozny 30 40
12 Ural Yekaterinburg 30 34
13 Ufa 30 25
14 Arsenal Tula 30 23
15 Rotor Volgograd (R) 30 22
16 Tambov (D) 30 13
Source: Premier Liga
(C) Champions; (D) Disqualified; (R) Relegated

San Marino

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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:[85]

Because there is no promotion or relegation in the league, the same 15 teams compete in the league.

2019–20 Campionato Sammarinese di Calcio team distribution

Scotland

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Clubs and locations as of 2020–21 season:

Pos Team Pld Pts
1 Rangers (C) 38 102
2 Celtic 38 77
3 Hibernian 38 63
4 Aberdeen 38 56
5 St Johnstone 38 45
6 Livingston 38 45
7 St Mirren 38 45
8 Motherwell 38 45
9 Dundee United 38 44
10 Ross County 38 39
11 Kilmarnock (R) 38 36
12 Hamilton Academical (R) 38 30
Source: [86]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Serbia

[edit]

Clubs as of 2020–21 season:

Locations of the 2019–20 Serbian SuperLiga teams

Pos Team Pld Pts
1 Red Star Belgrade (C) 38 108
2 Partizan 38 95
3 Čukarički 38 74
4 Vojvodina 38 71
5 TSC 38 58
6 Radnik Surdulica 38 55
7 Mladost Lučani 38 54
8 Proleter Novi Sad 38 53
9 Metalac 38 52
10 Spartak Subotica 38 52
11 Napredak Kruševac 38 50
12 Novi Pazar 38 49
13 Radnički Niš 38 49
14 Voždovac 38 48
15 Rad (R) 38 48
16 Javor-Matis (R) 38 46
17 Inđija (R) 38 35
18 Zlatibor (R) 38 29
19 Mačva (R) 38 25
20 Bačka (R) 38 16
Source: SuperLiga (in Serbian), Soccerway
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Slovakia

[edit]

Clubs and locations as of 2020–21 season:

Slovenia

[edit]

Clubs and locations as of 2020–21 season:

Pos Team Pld Pts
1 Mura (C) 36 63
2 Maribor 36 63
3 Olimpija Ljubljana 36 59
4 Domžale 36 55
5 Bravo 36 45
6 Tabor Sežana 36 44
7 Celje 36 43
8 Aluminij 36 43
9 Koper (O) 36 42
10 Gorica (R) 36 29
Source: Soccerway
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Spain

[edit]

Clubs and locations as of 2019–20 season:

Location of Community of Madrid teams in 2019–20 La Liga
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Real Madrid (C) 38 26 9 3 70 25 +45 87 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2 Barcelona 38 25 7 6 86 38 +48 82
3 Atlético Madrid 38 18 16 4 51 27 +24 70
4 Sevilla 38 19 13 6 54 34 +20 70
5 Villarreal 38 18 6 14 63 49 +14 60 Qualification for the Europa League group stage
6 Real Sociedad 38 16 8 14 56 48 +8 56
7 Granada 38 16 8 14 52 45 +7 56 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[a]
8 Getafe 38 14 12 12 43 37 +6 54
9 Valencia 38 14 11 13 46 53 −7 53
10 Osasuna 38 13 13 12 46 54 −8 52
11 Athletic Bilbao 38 13 12 13 41 38 +3 51
12 Levante 38 14 7 17 47 53 −6 49
13 Valladolid 38 9 15 14 32 43 −11 42
14 Eibar 38 11 9 18 39 56 −17 42
15 Real Betis 38 10 11 17 48 60 −12 41
16 Alavés 38 10 9 19 34 59 −25 39
17 Celta Vigo 38 7 16 15 37 49 −12 37
18 Leganés (R) 38 8 12 18 30 51 −21 36 Relegation to Segunda División
19 Mallorca (R) 38 9 6 23 40 65 −25 33
20 Espanyol (R) 38 5 10 23 27 58 −31 25
Source: La Liga, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Fair-play points (Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played)[89]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ The 2020 Copa del Rey Final was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain and could not be completed by the UEFA registration deadline of 3 August 2020, so the fifth- and sixth-placed teams in the 2019–20 La Liga, Villarreal and Real Sociedad, entered the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League at the group stage, and the seventh-placed team, Granada, entered at the second qualifying round.[88]

Sweden

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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.[90] Sweden was one of the founding members of UEFA in 1954.[91] 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 2008,[92] 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 (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.[93]

Clubs and locations as of 2021 season:

Pos Team Pld Pts
1 Malmö FF (C) 30 59
2 AIK 30 59
3 Djurgårdens IF 30 57
4 IF Elfsborg 30 55
5 Hammarby IF 30 53
6 Kalmar FF 30 47
7 IFK Norrköping 30 44
8 IFK Göteborg 30 41
9 Mjällby AIF 30 38
10 Varbergs BoIS 30 37
11 IK Sirius 30 37
12 BK Häcken 30 36
13 Degerfors IF 30 34
14 Halmstads BK (R) 30 32
15 Örebro SK (R) 30 18
16 Östersunds FK (R) 30 14
Source: svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish)
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Switzerland

[edit]

Clubs and locations as of 2020–21 season:

Pos Team Pld Pts
1 Young Boys (C) 36 84
2 Basel 36 53
3 Servette 36 50
4 Lugano 36 49
5 Luzern 36 46
6 Lausanne-Sport 36 46
7 St. Gallen 36 44
8 Zürich 36 43
9 Sion (O) 36 38
10 Vaduz (R) 36 36
Source: Swiss Super League
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Turkey

[edit]

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.[95] A national league was formed in 1959, and has been held annually from then onwards.[95] 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 for the following season.[96]

Clubs as of 2020–21 season:

Pos Team Pld Pts
1 Beşiktaş (C) 40 84
2 Galatasaray 40 84
3 Fenerbahçe 40 82
4 Trabzonspor 40 71
5 Sivasspor 40 65
6 Hatayspor 40 61
7 Alanyaspor 40 60
8 Fatih Karagümrük 40 60
9 Gaziantep 40 58
10 Göztepe 40 51
11 Konyaspor 40 50
12 İstanbul Başakşehir 40 48
13 Çaykur Rizespor 40 48
14 Kasımpaşa 40 46
15 Yeni Malatyaspor 40 45
16 Antalyaspor 40 44
17 Kayserispor 40 41
18 BB Erzurumspor (R) 40 40
19 Ankaragücü (R) 40 38
20 Gençlerbirliği (R) 40 38
21 Denizlispor (R) 40 28
Source: Süper Lig, Soccerway
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Ukraine

[edit]

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.[99] The Football Federation of Ukraine was formed shortly after the country achieved independence in 1991, and gained UEFA membership the following year.[100] 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.[99]

Through the 2013–14 season, 16 teams participated in the Premier League. However, during that season's winter break, the Euromaidan 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.[101][102]

Clubs and locations as of 2020–21 season:

Home venues of teams in the 2019–20 Ukrainian Premier League.
Teams in italics are from a conflict zone of the War in Donbass and are playing their home games in different cities.
Kyiv city home venues of teams in the League. In italics identified clubs that are not from Kyiv.
Lviv city home venues of teams in the League
Pos Team Pld Pts
1 Dynamo Kyiv (C) 26 65
2 Shakhtar Donetsk 26 54
3 Zorya Luhansk 26 50
4 Kolos Kovalivka 26 41
5 Vorskla Poltava 26 41
6 Desna Chernihiv 26 38
7 SC Dnipro-1 26 30
8 FC Lviv 26 29
9 FC Oleksandriya 26 29
10 Rukh Lviv 26 28
11 FC Mariupol 26 26
12 Inhulets Petrove 26 26
13 Olimpik Donetsk (R) 26 22
14 FC Mynai 26 18
Source: Ukrainian Premier League
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Wales

[edit]

Although Wales joined UEFA in 1954, Welsh football operated on a regional basis until 1992, with no national championship.[104] Five Welsh clubs play not in the Welsh football league system, but in the English football league system. Currently, there are no Welsh clubs competing in the Premier League. Welsh club Swansea City was relegated to the second level, the EFL Championship, at the end of the 2017–18 season, while Cardiff City 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. Despite competing in Football Association competitions, the latter three are under the jurisdiction of the Football Association of Wales.[105] Until 2011 Swansea City and Cardiff City had similar arrangements with the FAW but are now under the jurisdiction of The Football Association.[106] The most successful Welsh club since the formation of the Welsh Premier League is The New Saints, with 13 league titles after having clinched their eighth straight league crown in 2018–19.[107] Since the 2010–11 season, the Welsh Premier League has featured 12 teams.[108] 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.[109]

Clubs and locations as of 2021-22 season:

Pos Team Pld Pts
1 The New Saints (C) 32 80
2 Bala Town 32 59
3 Newtown 32 51
4 Caernarfon Town (O) 32 43
5 Flint Town United 32 42
6 Penybont 32 40
7 Cardiff Metropolitan University 32 42
8 Aberystwyth Town 32 40
9 Connah's Quay Nomads 32 38
10 Haverfordwest County 32 38
11 Barry Town United (R) 32 31
12 Cefn Druids (R) 32 9
Source: Cymru Premier table
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

See also

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Notes

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