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Domestic football champions

Domestic football champions

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In men's association football, national associations organise annual championships for their member clubs. The winners of those are declared champions of the country. Normally, as per tradition, the club is presented a title and the players and staff receive winners' medals.

Domestic champions usually gain access to continental leagues for the next season.

Current champions

Below are lists of the current or last known champions of the nations that are members, full or associate, of one of FIFA's six continental confederations: AFC (Asia), CAF (Africa), CONCACAF (North and Central America and the Caribbean), CONMEBOL (South America), OFC (Oceania), and UEFA (Europe). The great majority of those nations are also members of FIFA itself; where this is not the case, this is noted.

Former, defunct, and inactive championships are not included.

AFC

In Palestine two top-level leagues coexist (the West Bank Premier League and the Gaza Strip Premier League), and thus the country has two champions.

Northern Mariana Islands currently uses the split-season format: "Spring" and "Fall", and thus championship is awarded twice within a calendar year.

Northern Mariana Islands also does not have FIFA membership.

CAF

Réunion and Zanzibar are associate members of CAF and do not have FIFA membership.

CONCACAF

In Saint Kitts and Nevis two top-level leagues coexist (the SKNFA Premier League and the N1 League), and thus the country has two champions.

Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama currently use the split-season format: "Apertura" and "Clausura" ("Opening" and "Closing" in Belize), and thus championship is awarded twice within a calendar year.

Bonaire, French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Saint Martin and Sint Maarten do not have FIFA membership.

The championship of Montserrat has been inactive since c. 2017.[lower-greek 104]

CONMEBOL

Colombia ("Apertura" and "Finalización") and Paraguay ("Apertura" and "Clausura") currently use the split-season format, and thus championship is awarded twice within a calendar year.

OFC

In Vanuatu two top-level leagues coexist (the Port Vila Football League and the VFF Champions League), and thus the country has two champions.

Kiribati and Tuvalu are associate members of OFC and do not have FIFA membership.

UEFA

One UEFA member, Liechtenstein, does not currently organise a domestic championship.[lower-greek 168]

Notes

  1. No information on later championships is available.
  2. The 2019–20 season was abandoned with no championship awarded due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and no information on later championships is available.
  3. The competition was not held between 2019 and 2021, the 2021–22 season was abandoned with no championship awarded, and no information on later championships is available.
  4. The 2023–24 season was abandoned with no championship awarded due to the Israel–Hamas war.
  5. The 2022–23 season was abandoned with no championship awarded.
  6. The 2022–23 season was abandoned with no championship awarded.
  7. The 2020–21 Clôture season was abandoned with no championship awarded, and the competition was not held in 2022 or 2023.

Historical records

Longest streaks

The below tables list the teams with the longest streaks of consecutive titles, current or historical.[1]

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Notes
  1. Bonaire is not a FIFA member.
  2. Gibraltar did not join UEFA until 2013 and FIFA until 2016.
  3. Latvia did not join UEFA and did not have its membership in FIFA restored until 1992.
  4. Jordan did not join the AFC until 1975.
  5. Tuvalu is not a FIFA member, and at the time was not affiliated with the OFC either.
  6. Georgia did not join UEFA and FIFA until 1992.
  7. Tuvalu is not a FIFA member, and is only an associate member of the OFC.

Most championships

The below table lists the teams with the most championship titles overall.[2] For some clubs sources may disagree about the numbers of titles won, due to differing views on the legitimacy of some championships or on the historical continuities of clubs that folded and were revived, merged with or split from other clubs, or were rebranded.[3]

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  1. Including one shared title of 1890–91.
  2. Including seven titles of the Honduran Amateur League between 1957–58 and 1964,[4] which some sources do not count.
  3. The club claims 38 titles,[5] including two of 2004–05 and 2005–06 which were stripped after a match fixing scandal.
  4. Jordan did not join FIFA until 1956 and the AFC until 1975.
  5. The club claims 37 titles,[6] including three between 1912 and 1922.[7]
  6. Aruba did not join CONCACAF until 1986 and FIFA until 1988.

See also


References

  1. López Lutz, Elmer (13 May 2022). "Los 41 Títulos de Liga de Olimpia son reconocidos en el mundo". Club's official website. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
  2. "Palmarès | Coppe e Trofei Juventus Club". Club's official website. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
  3. "My jsme Sparta". Club's official website. Retrieved 29 September 2023.

RSSSF lists of champions


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