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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 this article can be used as an aide in considering the WP:NSPORT guideline, which states that "Players who have appeared, and managers who have managed, in a fully-professional league ... or cup, will generally be regarded as 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 , Primera B Nacional, Primera B Metropolitana, Torneo Argentino A (since 2010-11, each side must sign min.20 profesisonal players)
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) 
Chile – Chilean Primera División and Chilean Primera División B 
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 
Egypt – Egyptian Premier League 
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 , Scottish First Division 
Serbia – Serbian Superliga 
Singapore – S. League 
Slovenia – Slovenian PrvaLiga (in Slovenian)
South Africa – Premier Soccer League , National First Division 
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)
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