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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.
List of fully professional leagues
Men's Leagues
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Albania - Albanian Superliga 
Algeria – Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 and Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 2 
Argentina – Primera División Argentina 
Armenia – Armenian Premier League 
Australia – A-League 
Austria – Austrian Football Bundesliga and Austrian Football First League (in German – see §1, article (2), page 3)
Azerbaijan – Azerbaijan Premier League , Azerbaijan First Division 
Belarus – Belarusian Premier League and Belarusian First League (in Russian – see paragraph 13.6)
Belgium – Belgian First Division 
Bolivia – Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano 
Brazil – Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, Campeonato Brasileiro Série B, Campeonato Paulista Série A1 
Bulgaria – Bulgarian A PFG 
Canada – Major League Soccer ; North American Soccer League (2011) ; Canadian Soccer League ; Canadian Soccer League (1987–1992) (defunct) 
China – Chinese Super League 
Colombia – Colombian Professional Football 
Croatia – Prva HNL 
Cyprus – Cypriot First Division 
Czech Republic – Gambrinus liga ; Czech 2. Liga 
Denmark – Danish Superliga 
England – Premier League, Football League Championship, Football League One, Football League Two
Finland – Veikkausliiga 1
France – Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 
Georgia – Umaglesi Liga 
Germany – Fußball-Bundesliga, 2. Fußball-Bundesliga, 3rd Liga 
Ghana – Ghana Premier League 
Greece – Super League Greece , Beta Ethniki and Gamma Ethniki 
Honduras – Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Honduras 
Hong Kong – Hong Kong First Division 
Hungary – Nemzeti Bajnokság I 
India – I-League 
Indonesia – Indonesian Super League 
Iran – Iran Pro League 
Israel – Israeli Premier League , Liga Leumit (only until 2008/09 season – further sources required)
Italy – Serie A and Serie B ; Lega Pro Prima Divisione and Lega Pro Seconda Divisione (in Italian – see October 1980)
Japan – J. League Division 1, J. League Division 2 
Jordan – Jordan League 
Kuwait – Kuwaiti Premier League 
Macedonia – Macedonian Prva Liga 
Malaysia – Super League Malaysia 
Mexico – Primera División de México, Primera División A 
Netherlands – Eredivisie and Eerste Divisie 
Nigeria – Nigerian Premier League 
Norway – Tippeligaen 
Paraguay – Primera Division Paraguaya and Paraguayan Division Intermedia Template:Es (see Articulo 40 – page 11 of pdf)
Peru – Primera División Peruana Template:Es
Poland – Ekstraklasa Example (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) (see page 3), I Liga 
Portugal – Portuguese Liga and Liga de Honra 
Qatar – Qatar Stars League 
Romania – Liga I 
Russia – RFPL (in Russian, see paragraph 12.8.1), Russian First Division, Russian Second Division (in Russian, see paragraph 16.2)
Saudi Arabia – Saudi Premier League 
Scotland – Scottish Premier League 
Serbia – Serbian Superliga 
Singapore – S. League 
Slovenia – Slovenian PrvaLiga (in Slovenian)
South Africa – Premier Soccer League 
South Korea – K-League 
Spain – La Liga and Segunda División 
Sweden – Allsvenskan 
Switzerland – Swiss Super League , Swiss Challenge League 
Syria – Syrian Premier League 
Thailand – Thai Premier League 
Trinidad and Tobago – TT Pro League 
Tunisia – Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 (in French)
Turkey – Süper Lig 
Ukraine – Ukrainian Premier League, Ukrainian First League, Ukrainian Second League 
United Arab Emirates – UAE Football League 
Uruguay – Primera División Uruguaya and Uruguayan Segunda División Template:Es (see Articulo 60 – page 27 of pdf)
USA – Major League Soccer ; North American Soccer League (inaugural season in 2011); USL Professional League . (USSF Division 2 Professional League, USL First Division and USL Second Division , and North American Soccer League were also fully pro leagues, but are now defunct).
Uzbekistan – Uzbek League
Women's Leagues
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- USA – Women's Professional Soccer (2009 onwards) ; Women's United Soccer Association (2001–2003) (defunct)
Top level leagues which are not fully professional
Men's Leagues
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Andorra – Primera Divisió 
Bahrain – Bahraini Premier League 
Bosnia and Herzegovina – Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina (see page 9, Član 41)
Chile – Primera División (Chile) (only 12 players on each team are required to be professional)
Estonia – Meistriliiga 
Faroe Islands – Faroe Islands Premier League Football 
Iceland – Úrvalsdeild 
Ireland – League of Ireland Premier Division 
Lithuania – A Lyga Template:Lt icon
Luxembourg – Luxembourg National Division 
Malawi – Malawi Premier Division (also known as Super League) 
Malta – Maltese Premier League 
Montenegro – Montenegrin First League 
Namibia – Namibia Premier League 
New Zealand – New Zealand Football Championship 
Northern Ireland – IFA Premiership 
Oman – Omani League 
San Marino – Campionato Sammarinese di Calcio – if you follow the links to the national championship section, it explicitly calls the previous season amateur: – "campionato dilettanti."
Sudan – Sudan Premier League
Vietnam – V-League 
Wales – Welsh Premier League
Women's Leagues
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- Australia – W-League (Australia)
- England – FA WSL , FA Women's Premier League (1992–2010)
- Japan – L. League Template:Ja
- South Korea – WK-League Template:Ko