Professional Legues all over the world.

[BOSSABRAVA]

I research how many professional soccer leagues in the world.
I think the professional league are below,

Europe (41)
-England,Scotland,Germany,Italy,Spain,Portugal,
France,Netherland,Belgium,Switzerland,Russia,
Ukraine,Georgia,Belarus,Moldova,Albania,Armenia,
Azerbaijan,Austria,Bosnia-Hercegovina,Bulgaria ,
Croatia,Czech Republic,Denmark,Greece,Hungary,
Israel,Kazakhstan ,Latvia,Lithuania,Macedonia,
Malta,Norway,Poland,Romania,Slovakia,Slovenia,
Sweden,Turkey,Yugoslavia,Kosovo

Asia (12)
-Hong Kong,South Korea,Japan,China,Singapore,
Indonesia,Malaysia,Iran,Iraq,Saudi Arabia,
Uzbekistan,Vietnam

Latine America (10)
-Brasil,Argentine,Uruguay,Paraguay,Peru,Colombia,
Ecuador,Bolivia,Chile,Venezuela

Africa (11)
-Egypt,Morocco,Tunisia,Algeria,Libya,Cote d'vore,
Nigeria,Ghana,Camaroon,South Africa,Zimbabue,

CONCACAF (8)
-USA,Mexico,Guatemala,Costa Rica,Honduras,
El salvador,Panama,Torinida and Tobago

Totla-82
I don't know much of Haiti,Nicaragua,Jamaica
India,Thailand,

Does anyone know another country?

[MNAFETSC]

im pretty sure jamicas league is pro since most of the nats play there

[DominicFromCanada]

I don't think Kosovo has a league anymore. If they had one, their teams would play in European competitions.

And what about the Australia league? I don't know but I'm almost sure it is professional. Is it?

[Crazy_Yank]

Originally posted by DominicFromCanada
I don't think Kosovo has a league anymore. If they had one, their teams would play in European competitions.

And what about the Australia league? I don't know but I'm almost sure it is professional. Is it?


Yes, the Aussie league is professional.

[Elninho]

India's first division is professional (since 1995). Jamaica's first division is professional. I think Thailand's is also professional - Steve Trittschuh played there for a while.

Qatar and the UAE have professional leagues; Kuwait's first division is mostly professional (a few clubs are semipro but most are fully professional).

The Angolan league is mostly professional.

I believe the Namibian first division is professional, but I'm not absolutely sure on that.

[RutgerB]

Aint de luxembourg league profesional or at least semi prof ?

[BOSSABRAVA]

Originally posted by RutgerB
Aint de luxembourg league profesional or at least semi prof ?

I heard that Luxemburg Legaue is almost
amateur from thewebmaster of Luxemburg football site.

[BOSSABRAVA]

Originally posted by DominicFromCanada
I don't think Kosovo has a league anymore. If they had one, their teams would play in European competitions.

And what about the Australia league? I don't know but I'm almost sure it is professional. Is it?

there exists a Kosovo League.
http://www.rsssf.com/tables/kosovo02.html
http://albania.sports-page.com/

Kosovo League is held by Albanians in Yugo.
In the past,I asked the webmaster of Albania football,he
replied that the top league of Kosovo is a full-time professional league.and the second league of Kosovo is a semi-professional.

I guess the Australian league(NSL) is still semi-professional.off course foreign footballers are full-time professionals but most of Aussie players are still-semi-professional.

[DominicFromCanada]

Originally posted by BOSSABRAVA


there exists a Kosovo League.
http://www.rsssf.com/tables/kosovo02.html
http://albania.sports-page.com/

Kosovo League is held by Albanians in Yugo.
In the past,I asked the webmaster of Albania football,he
replied that the top league of Kosovo is a full-time professional league.and the second league of Kosovo is a semi-professional.

I guess the Australian league(NSL) is still semi-professional.off course foreign footballers are full-time professionals but most of Aussie players are still-semi-professional.

Very surprising. I wonder why they don't play in european competitions.

[thepremierleague]

Because they're crap.

[DominicFromCanada]

Originally posted by thepremierleague
Because they're crap.

And I guess that Andorra, San Marino, Luxembourg teams aren't? They're not even professional.

[MNAFETSC]

probably because theyrenot a member of UEFA
i dont think theyre a fully independent country yet
are they?

[Elninho]

They don't have teams in European competition for the same reason that the leagues of Northern Cyprus, Republika Srpska (in Bosnia-Herzegovina), and Gibraltar don't have teams in Europe. They're not part of UEFA.

[DominicFromCanada]

Originally posted by Elninho
They don't have teams in European competition for the same reason that the leagues of Northern Cyprus, Republika Srpska (in Bosnia-Herzegovina), and Gibraltar don't have teams in Europe. They're not part of UEFA.

Ok, thanks for the information!

[BOSSABRAVA]

I hear that Cambogia will start professional League.

[mr magoo]

is the top irish league profesional i thought it was but i may be mistaken

[Maczebus]

Originally posted by mr magoo
is the top irish league profesional i thought it was but i may be mistaken

Try this, I think some are professional some aren't, there should be something on this:
http://www.fai.ie/FAI/About/History.htm

[BOSSABRAVA]

Originally posted by mr magoo
is the top irish league profesional i thought it was but i may be mistaken

I asked this question to RSSSF staff.
He replied below.

> Is Ireland League a full-time professional league or
> semi-professional league or amateur league?

A majority of clubs are semi-professional, though more recently clubs
have started paying some of their players on a full-time basis while
both Bohemians and Shelbourne (both from Dublin) have gone completely
full-time. There isn't that much money in the league but within 10
years I'd expect there to be at least 10 full-time teams.

[BOSSABRAVA]

Malta league is not a professional league.
Most of Players are amateur.
Only foreign footballers and national team members play as professionals.

[BOSSABRAVA]

Signore.Garcia says there is a full-time professional league also in Nicaragua.
He says Division 1 to Division 3 are full-time professional.
and Female league is also professional.
It is very surprising.
I believed that only USA has female professional league.

http://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/showthread.php?threadid=3946