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European Leagues

European Leagues

Sports organisation

European Leagues (EL) is a sports organisation within association football created for growth of professional football in Europe.[2]

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Its members are the professional football leagues organisations[1] of 31 countries: Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Scotland, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Romania, Latvia, Ukraine, and Serbia.[3] In addition, there are seven associate leagues representing some of these countries as well as Turkey.

History

Created in 1997, originally under the name Association of the European Union Premier Professional Football Leagues (EUPPFL).[1] The name was changed from European Professional Football Leagues (EPFL) to European Leagues in April 2018.[4]

Members

Members of EPFL in 2015:[3]

Regular

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Associate

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Development

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Former

Former EPFL members:[5]

See also

Notes

  1. [N 1]
    Lega Serie A was established in 2010. The date of accession indicate the period during which the Lega was unified and the top two divisions of Italy, called Lega Calcio.
  2. [N 2]
    EPFL is a continuation of The Scottish Premier League

References

  1. [1]
    "Leagues". UEFA. Retrieved 21 April 2010.
  2. [2]
    Belet, Ivo, ed. (13 February 2007). REPORT on the future of professional football in Europe (Report). European Parliament. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
  3. [3]
    "Member Leagues". EPFL.
  4. [4]
    Bassam, Tom (6 April 2018). "EPFL becomes European Leagues as it announces renewed mission". Sportspromedia. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
  5. [5]
    2010–11 EPFL League Summary of Results (PDF) (Report). EPFL. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 4 February 2023.


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