Events

• January 21 – German referee Robert Hoyzer
  Robert Hoyzer
  Robert Hoyzer is a retired German football referee, who scandalized German football by fixing matches in the Bundesliga scandal of 2005.-Early life:...
  
   admits to having accepted large sums of money from a gambling syndicate to fix matches
  Match fixing
  In organised sports, match fixing, game fixing, race fixing, or sports fixing occurs as a match is played to a completely or partially pre-determined result, violating the rules of the game and often the law. Where the sporting competition in question is a race then the incident is referred to as...
  
  . The resulting scandal was a major embarrassment to Germany as it prepared to host the 2006 FIFA World Cup
  2006 FIFA World Cup
  The 2006 FIFA World Cup was the 18th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament. It was held from 9 June to 9 July 2006 in Germany, which won the right to host the event in July 2000. Teams representing 198 national football associations from all six...
  
  . Eventually Hoyzer would be sentenced to two years and five months in prison.
• February 3 – Dutch club Fortuna Sittard
  Fortuna Sittard
  Fortuna Sittard is a football club in Sittard, Netherlands. The club currently plays its football in the 12,500 capacity Trendwork Arena and features in the Dutch Eerste Divisie. The club was a merger of former clubs 'Fortuna 54' and 'Sittardia' to merge as the Fortuna Sittard Combinatie on July 1,...
  
   has three points deducted for financial mismanagement (failure to settle tax debts); an additional deduction of three points on April 29 was confirmed after an appeal on June 13.
• February 4 – Swiss
  Switzerland
  Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
  
   AXPO Super League
  Swiss Super League
  The Swiss Super League or Axpo Super League is the top tier of the Swiss Football League. The Swiss Super League is currently ranked 16th according to UEFA's ranking of league coefficients, which is based upon Swiss team performances in European competitions.-Names:-Participating clubs:The teams...
  
   – Club Servette FC
  Servette FC
  Servette FC is a Swiss football club, based in Geneva currently playing in the Swiss Super League. They were playing in the Swiss Challenge League, the second highest tier of Swiss football having been relegated from the Swiss Super League at the end of 2004/05 season...
  
   was declared bankrupt. It had run debts of over 10 million Swiss francs. As a consequence of the bankruptcy the club will be demoted two divisions.
• March 20 – Dutch club Go Ahead Eagles
  Go Ahead Eagles
  The Go Ahead Eagles are a football club from Deventer, Netherlands, currently playing in the Eerste Divisie. The club's home stadium is De Adelaarshorst. To date, the club has won the national championship four times...
  
   has three points deducted for financial mismanagement.
• March 26 – Chelsea
  Chelsea F.C.
  Chelsea Football Club are an English football club based in West London. Founded in 1905, they play in the Premier League and have spent most of their history in the top tier of English football. Chelsea have been English champions four times, FA Cup winners six times and League Cup winners four...
  
   won the Carling Cup after beating Liverpool
  Liverpool F.C.
  Liverpool Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside. Liverpool has won eighteen League titles, second most in English football, seven FA Cups and a record seven League Cups...
  
   3–2
• April 23 – PSV wins its 18th national title in the Dutch Eredivisie
  Eredivisie
  The Eredivisie is the highest football league in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956 two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is currently ranked the ninth best league in Europe by UEFA....
  
  .
• April 30 – National Football title assignment in two major European tournaments. In England, Chelsea
  Chelsea F.C.
  Chelsea Football Club are an English football club based in West London. Founded in 1905, they play in the Premier League and have spent most of their history in the top tier of English football. Chelsea have been English champions four times, FA Cup winners six times and League Cup winners four...
  
   wins for the second time in the FA Premier League
  FA Premier League
  The Premier League is an English professional league for association football clubs. At the top of the English football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with The Football League. The Premier...
  
  ; in Germany, Bundesliga is won for the 19th time by Bayern Munich
  FC Bayern Munich
  FC Bayern Munich , is a German sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. It is best known for its professional football team, which is the most successful football club in Germany, having won 22 national titles and 15 cups....
  
  . In France, RC Strasbourg
  RC Strasbourg
  Racing Club de Strasbourg is a French association football club founded in 1906 and professional since 1933, based in the city of Strasbourg, in Alsace...
  
   won second League Cup
  Coupe de la Ligue
  The Coupe de la Ligue , known outside of France as the French League Cup, is a knockout cup competition in French football organized by the Ligue de Football Professionnel...
  
  .
• May 8 – Ligue 1
  Ligue 1
  Ligue 1 , is the French professional league for association football clubs. It is the country's primary football competition and serves as the top division of the French football league system. Ligue 1 is one of two divisions making up the Ligue de Football Professionnel, the other being Ligue 2....
  
   – Lyon
  Olympique Lyonnais
  Olympique Lyonnais is a French association football club based in Lyon. They play in France's highest football division, Ligue 1. The club was formed as Lyon Olympique Universitaire in 1899, according to many supporters and sport historians, but was nationally established as a club in 1950. The...
  
   win its fourth French title in 2000s.
• May 14 – Spain Liga
  La Liga
  The Primera División of the Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional , commonly known as La Liga or, for sponsorship reasons, Liga BBVA since 2008, is the top professional association football division of the Spanish football league system...
  
   – FC Barcelona
  FC Barcelona
  Futbol Club Barcelona , also known as Barcelona and familiarly as Barça, is a professional football club, based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain....
  
   won its 17th league title.
• May 18 – UEFA Cup
  UEFA Cup
  The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League...
  
   Final – CSKA Moscow became the first Russian
  Russian Premier League
  The Russian Premier League , currently called SOGAZ Russian Football Championship due to sponsorship reasons, is the top division of Russian football. There are 16 teams in the competition...
  
   club to win a major European
  UEFA
  The Union of European Football Associations , almost always referred to by its acronym UEFA is the administrative and controlling body for European association football, futsal and beach soccer....
  
   club competition, defeating Sporting CP 3–1 at Sporting's home field
  Estádio José Alvalade
  Estádio José Alvalade is a football stadium in Lisbon, Portugal, home of Sporting Clube de Portugal, one of the country's biggest clubs. It is the center of a complex called Alvalade XXI , designed by Portuguese architect...
  
   in Lisbon.
• May 20 – Italian Serie A
  Serie A 2004-05
  In the 2004–05 season, the Serie A, the highest professional football league in Italy, was composed of 20 teams for the first time in several years....
  
   – Juventus
  Juventus F.C.
  Juventus Football Club S.p.A. , commonly referred to as Juventus and colloquially as Juve , are a professional Italian association football club based in Turin, Piedmont...
  
   won its 28th title ("scudetto") without playing following a 3–3 draw between A.C. Milan
  A.C. Milan
  Associazione Calcio Milan, commonly referred to as A.C. Milan or simply Milan , is a professional Italian football club based in Milan, Lombardy, that plays in the Serie A. Milan was founded in 1899 by English lace-maker Herbert Kilpin and businessman Alfred Edwards among others...
  
   and Palermo
  U.S. Città di Palermo
  Unione Sportiva Città di Palermo is an Italian football club from Palermo, Sicily which currently plays in Serie A, the top level of Italian football. Formed in 1900 as Anglo Panormitan Athletic and Football Club, the club had various names before assuming its final form in 1987 and is currently...
  
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• May 21 – Manager Gert Aandewiel
  Gert Aandewiel
  Gert Aandewiel is a former football player from the Netherlands, who was sacked by Sparta Rotterdam on 11 November 2007. He played professional football for FC Volendam , Sparta Rotterdam and FC Dordrecht...
  
   receives the Rinus Michels Award for the best coach in Dutch amateur football.
• May 21 – Arsenal
  Arsenal F.C.
  Arsenal Football Club is a professional English Premier League football club based in North London. One of the most successful clubs in English football, it has won 13 First Division and Premier League titles and 10 FA Cups...
  
   wins the FA Cup
  FA Cup
  The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football and is the oldest association football competition in the world. The "FA Cup" is run by and named after The Football Association and usually refers to the English men's...
  
   Final by defeating Manchester United
  Manchester United F.C.
  Manchester United Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, that plays in the Premier League. Founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878, the club changed its name to Manchester United in 1902 and moved to Old Trafford in 1910.The 1958...
  
   5–4 on penalties
  Penalty shootout (football)
  A penalty shoot-out, referred to as kicks from the penalty mark in the Laws of the Game, is the FIFA official term for a method used in association football to decide which team progresses to the next stage of a tournament following a tied game...
  
   after regular time and extra time ended 0–0.
• May 25 – UEFA Champions League
  UEFA Champions League
  The UEFA Champions League, known simply the Champions League and originally known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or European Cup, is an annual international club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe. It...
  
   Final – Liverpool
  Liverpool F.C.
  Liverpool Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside. Liverpool has won eighteen League titles, second most in English football, seven FA Cups and a record seven League Cups...
  
   come from three goals down, and beat A.C. Milan
  A.C. Milan
  Associazione Calcio Milan, commonly referred to as A.C. Milan or simply Milan , is a professional Italian football club based in Milan, Lombardy, that plays in the Serie A. Milan was founded in 1899 by English lace-maker Herbert Kilpin and businessman Alfred Edwards among others...
  
   3–2 on penalties after a 3–3 draw in Istanbul
  Istanbul
  Istanbul , historically known as Byzantium and Constantinople , is the largest city of Turkey. Istanbul metropolitan province had 13.26 million people living in it as of December, 2010, which is 18% of Turkey's population and the 3rd largest metropolitan area in Europe after London and...
  
   to win Europe's top prize for the 5th time.
• May 26 – Dutch club Sparta Rotterdam
  Sparta Rotterdam
  Sparta Rotterdam is the oldest professional football team in the Netherlands, established on April 1, 1888. Sparta is one of three professional football clubs from Rotterdam, the others being Excelsior and Feyenoord , the latter playing in the Eredivisie.-History:Sparta was first founded in 1887....
  
   fires manager Mike Snoei
  Mike Snoei
  Mike Snoei is a former football defender, who played for all of the three professional clubs in his home town: Feyenoord Rotterdam, Sparta Rotterdam and Excelsior Rotterdam. After his active career he became a football coach, who worked for Sparta, Vitesse Arnhem, Sparta and Go Ahead Eagles...
  
   and names former international Adri van Tiggelen
  Adri van Tiggelen
  Adrianus A. "Adri" van Tiggelen is a retired Dutch footballer who played as a left defender.His career in football was intimately connected to Sparta Rotterdam, in which he began as a professional footballer, going on to manage the side in several categories and capacities, but he also played with...
  
   as interim-coach.
• June 8 – Goalkeeper and captain Edwin van der Sar
  Edwin van der Sar
  Edwin van der Sar OON is a former footballer who played as a goalkeeper for AFC Ajax, Juventus, Fulham and Manchester United. He is the most capped player in the Netherlands national football team's history...
  
   plays his 100th international match for the Netherlands
  Netherlands national football team
  The Netherlands National Football Team represents the Netherlands in association football and is controlled by the Royal Dutch Football Association , the governing body for football in the Netherlands...
  
  , when the side defeats Finland
  Finland national football team
  The Finland national football team represents Finland in international football competitions and is controlled by the Football Association of Finland....
  
   (0–4) in Helsinki
  Helsinki
  Helsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is...
  
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• July 9 – Spain's Basque Country
  Basque Country (autonomous community)
  The Basque Country is an autonomous community of northern Spain. It includes the Basque provinces of Álava, Biscay and Gipuzkoa, also called Historical Territories....
  
   wins the fourth
  2005 UEFA Regions' Cup
  The 2005 UEFA Regions' Cup was the fourth UEFA Regions' Cup. It was held in Poland and won by the Basque Country team from Spain, which beat Bulgaria's South-West Sofia 1–0 in the final.- Preliminary round :...
  
   UEFA Regions' Cup, beating Bulgaria's South-West Sofia
  Sofia
  Sofia is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria and the 12th largest city in the European Union with a population of 1.27 million people. It is located in western Bulgaria, at the foot of Mount Vitosha and approximately at the centre of the Balkan Peninsula.Prehistoric settlements were excavated...
  
   1–0 in Proszowice
  Proszowice
  Proszowice is a town in southern Poland, situated in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship , previously in Kraków Voivodeship . Its population numbers 6,206 inhabitants . It is the capital of Proszowice County....
  
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• July 14 – Copa Libertadores 2005
  Copa Libertadores 2005
  The 2005 Copa Libertadores was the 46th edition of the Copa Libertadores. The champion also qualified for the 2005 FIFA Club World Championship....
  
   is won by São Paulo FC after defeating Clube Atlético Paranaense
  Clube Atlético Paranaense
  Clube Atlético Paranaense is a Brazilian football team from Curitiba in Paraná, founded on March 26, 1924. The club won the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A in 2001.-History:...
  
   on an aggregate score of 5–1.
• August 5 – Ajax wins the Johan Cruijff Schaal, the annual opening of the new season in the Eredivisie
  Eredivisie
  The Eredivisie is the highest football league in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956 two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is currently ranked the ninth best league in Europe by UEFA....
  
  , by a 2–1 win over PSV in the Amsterdam ArenA
  Amsterdam ArenA
  Amsterdam Arena is a stadium in Amsterdam, Netherlands. It is the largest stadium in the nation and it was built from 1993 to 1996 at a cost of €140 million, and was officially opened on 14 August 1996. It has been used for association football, American football, concerts, and other events...
  
  .
• August 26 – The first match of the inaugural Hyundai
  Hyundai
  Hyundai ) is a global conglomerate company, part of the Korean chaebol, that was founded in South Korea by one of the most famous businessmen in Korean history: Chung Ju-yung...
  
   A-League
  A-League
  The A-League is the top Australasian professional football league. Run by Australian governing body Football Federation Australia , it was founded in 2004 following the folding of the National Soccer League and staged its inaugural season in 2005–06. It is sponsored by Hyundai Motor Company...
  
   in Australia was played.
• August 31 – Boca Juniors
  Boca Juniors
  Club Atlético Boca Juniors is an Argentine sports club based in La Boca neighborhood of Buenos Aires. It is best known for its professional football team, which currently plays in the Primera División....
  
   (Argentina
  Argentina
  Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
  
  ) won the Recopa Sudamericana
  Recopa Sudamericana
  The Recopa Sudamericana is an annual football match-up between the reigning champions of the previous year's Copa Libertadores and the Copa Sudamericana, South America's premier club competitions....
  
   2005 4–3 on aggregate over Once Caldas
  Once Caldas
  Corporación Deportiva Once Caldas is a Colombian association football team, based in Manizales. They were the surprise winners of Copa Libertadores de América in 2004, mainly due to the performances of Juan Carlos Henao and Jhon Viáfara...
  
   (Colombia
  Colombia
  Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
  
  ). (First leg in Buenos Aires
  Buenos Aires
  Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...
  
   3–1, second leg in Manizales
  Manizales
  Manizales is a city and municipality in central Colombia, capital of Department of Caldas and part of the region of Colombian Coffee-Growers Axis, near the Nevado del Ruiz volcano....
  
   1–2)
• November 21 – Head coach Robert Maaskant
  Robert Maaskant
  Robert Patrick Maaskant is a retired Dutch football midfielder and current manager.-Career:He played for Go Ahead Eagles , FC Emmen , Motherwell F.C...
  
   is fired by Willem II
  Willem II Tilburg
  Willem II , also known as Willem II Tilburg, is a football club based in Tilburg, North Brabant, Netherlands. The team was founded on 12 August 1896 as Tilburgia...
  
  .
• December 9 – 2006 FIFA World Cup
  2006 FIFA World Cup
  The 2006 FIFA World Cup was the 18th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament. It was held from 9 June to 9 July 2006 in Germany, which won the right to host the event in July 2000. Teams representing 198 national football associations from all six...
  
   group assignments for the finals in Germany announced.
• December 11 – Opening game of the second FIFA World Club Championship, a six team tournament replacing the former Intercontinental Cup. In the final one week later Brazilian team São Paulo FC won the competition narrowly beating UEFA Champions
  UEFA Champions League
  The UEFA Champions League, known simply the Champions League and originally known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or European Cup, is an annual international club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe. It...
  
   Liverpool
  Liverpool F.C.
  Liverpool Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside. Liverpool has won eighteen League titles, second most in English football, seven FA Cups and a record seven League Cups...
  
   1–0.
• December 18 – Boca Juniors
  Boca Juniors
  Club Atlético Boca Juniors is an Argentine sports club based in La Boca neighborhood of Buenos Aires. It is best known for its professional football team, which currently plays in the Primera División....
  
   defeated UNAM Pumas
  Club Universidad Nacional
  Club Universidad Nacional A.C., more commonly known as Pumas de la UNAM, or just Pumas, is a Mexican professional football club based in Mexico City...
  
   on penalties after the second leg game for the Copa Sudamericana
  Copa Sudamericana
  The Copa Bridgestone Sudamericana de Clubes , known simply as the Copa Sudamericana , is an annual international club football competition organized by the CONMEBOL since 2002. It is the second most prestigious club competition in South American football. CONCACAF clubs were invited between 2004...
  
   2005
  Copa Sudamericana 2005
  The 2005 Copa Nissan Sudamericana de Clubes was international football cup competition played annually by clubs of CONMEBOL and, starting with this edition, invited teams from CONCACAF...
  
  .
• December 19 – Manager Cees Lok
  Cees Lok
  Cees Lok is a retired football defender and forward from the Netherlands, who mainly played for NEC Nijmegen during his professional career. He retired in 2000, and afterwards became a football manager, working for NEC Nijmegen, NAC Breda and IJsselmeervogels. Currently he is reserves team...
  
   leaves NEC and is replaced by another former player of the Dutch Club, Ron de Groot.
• December 19 – Ronaldinho
  Ronaldinho
  Ronaldo de Assis Moreira , commonly known as Ronaldinho or Ronaldinho Gaúcho, is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Flamengo and the Brazilian national team as an attacking midfielder or forward. He is a two-time winner of the FIFA World Player of the Year, awarded to the best player over the year...
  
   (Brazil, for male footballer) and Birgit Prinz
  Birgit Prinz
  Birgit Prinz is a former German female professional association football player. She last played for 1. FFC Frankfurt and the German national team. Prinz is one of the game's most prolific strikers and the FIFA Women's World Cup all-time leading scorer with 14 goals . She has been named FIFA...
  
   (Germany, for female footballer) were elected FIFA World Player of the Year
  FIFA World Player of the Year
  The FIFA World Player of the Year was an association football award given annually to the male and female player who were thought to be the best in the world, based on votes by coaches and captains of international teams...
  
  .
• December 31 – Mark Wotte
  Mark Wotte
  Mark Wotte is a football manager from the Netherlands, who has managed teams in the Netherlands, Egypt, Qatar, England and Romania. He is currently the performance director of the Scottish Football Association....
  
   resigns as technical director of Feyenoord.

National club championships in Europe (UEFA)

• Albania:
  • Superliga
    Albanian First Division
    The Albanian First Division is the second level of association football in Albania. The league was first created with the name Kategoria e Dytë and has also been named Kategoria A2 in recent years....
    
     and Supercup
    Albanian Supercup
    The Albanian Supercup of football has been played since 1989. It is a single match at the beginning of the season between the winners of the Albanian First Division and Albanian Cup. Every match has been played in the National Stadium of Tirana....
    
     – SK Tiranë
    SK Tirana
    KF Tirana is the most successful Albanian football club earning 47 major trophies in the country and is branch of Multiple Sport Klub of Tirana . KF Tirana is the most popular football club in the country with a considerable number of supporters...
    
    
  • Albanian Cup – KS Teuta Durrës
• Andorra
  Andorra
  Andorra , officially the Principality of Andorra , also called the Principality of the Valleys of Andorra, , is a small landlocked country in southwestern Europe, located in the eastern Pyrenees mountains and bordered by Spain and France. It is the sixth smallest nation in Europe having an area of...
  
  :
  • Primera División
    Andorran First Division
    The Andorran First Division is the top football league for the country of Andorra. The league is a part-time league: all of the clubs and the majority of the players are part-time....
    
     – UE Sant Julià
    UE Sant Julià
    Unió Esportiva Sant Julià is an Andorran football club, playing in the village of Aixovall in the parish of Sant Julià de Lòria, some 6 km from the capital, Andorra la Vella and 4 km from the Spanish border....
    
    
  • Copa Constitució
    Andorran Cup
    The Copa Constitució, or Andorran Cup is a national football cup in Andorra. The Cup began in 1990. Since the 1995/1996 season, the tournament has been affiliated with FIFA and UEFA.-Champions:All champions:-Performance by club:-External links:...
    
     and Supercopa
    Andorran Supercup
    The Andorran Supercup is the football supercup of Andorra. It has been played since 2003. It is a single match at the beginning of the season between the winners of the Andorran First Division and the Andorran Cup...
    
     – Santa Coloma
    FC Santa Coloma
    FC Santa Coloma is an Andorran football team, playing in the village of Santa Coloma.It is one of the best Andorran teams in recent time. In the 2003-04 qualifying round of the UEFA Cup FC Santa Coloma were eliminated by Esbjerg fB from Denmark . Argentinian Hernan Walker scored their only goal in...
    
    
• Armenia
  Armenia
  Armenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia...
  
  :
  • Armenian Premier League
    Armenian Premier League
    The Armenian Premier League is the top football competition in Armenia. From 1936 to 1991, the competition was held as a regional tournament within the USSR. After independence, the Football Federation of Armenia has been the unit in charge. The seasons run from spring to fall...
    
     – Pyunik
    FC Pyunik
    Pyunik Football Club , is an Armenian professional football club based in Yerevan. It is one of the most popular football clubs in Armenia. The club owns its private Nairi Stadium in Yerevan, but due to the bad infrastructure of the venue, Pyunik plays its home games in the Republican Stadium of...
    
    
  • Armenian Cup
    Armenian Cup
    The Armenian Independence Cup is the main football cup competition of Armenia. In its original form as the Armenian Cup, it started in 1939, when Armenia was a republic of the Soviet Union. It served as a qualification tournament for the Soviet Cup, and it was not disputed by Armenian teams in the...
    
     – MIKA
    FC MIKA
    Mika Football Club , is an Armenian professional football club, playing in the capital, Yerevan.- History :It was originally founded as "Olimpia" in 1985. The club Kasakh Ashtarak is renamed in 1999 to Mika by the owner of Armavia Airlines, Mikhail Baghdasarov. Under the merger, the name of the...
    
    
• Austria:
  • Bundesliga – Rapid Wien
    SK Rapid Wien
    The Sportklub Rapid Wien is an Austrian football club playing in the country's capital city of Vienna. Rapid is the most popular club in Austria and also record title holder having won the Austrian national football title 32 times...
    
    
  • Austrian Cup
    Austrian Cup
    The Austrian Cup, in German: ÖFB-Cup is an annual football competition held by the Austrian Football Association, the ÖFB.It has been held since 1919, with the exception of the time of the Anschluss between 1939 and 1945 and the period between 1950 and 1958 when the competition was deemed of...
    
     – Austria Wien
    FK Austria Wien
    Fußballklub Austria Wien is an Austrian association football club from the capital city of Vienna. They are considered the most successful club in Austria, having won the highest Austrian Bundesliga 23 times, the Austrian Cup 27 times and the Austrian Supercup 6 times. They also reached the UEFA...
    
    
• Azerbaijan
  Azerbaijan
  Azerbaijan , officially the Republic of Azerbaijan is the largest country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded by the Caspian Sea to the east, Russia to the north, Georgia to the northwest, Armenia to the west, and Iran to...
  
  :
  • AFFA Supreme League – Neftchi Baku
    PFC Neftchi
    Neftchi Baku PFC , also known simply as Neftchi, is an Azerbaijani football club based in the capital, Baku, that currently plays in the Azerbaijan Premier League...
    
    
  • Azerbaijan Cup
    Azerbaijan Cup
    The Azerbaijan Cup is a major association football competition in Azerbaijan. In its original form, it started in 1936, when Azerbaijan was a republic of the Soviet Union; it was not disputed by Azerbaijani teams in the Soviet league pyramid....
    
     – FK Baku
    FK Baku
    Football Club Baku is an Azerbaijani football club in Baku, Azerbaijan. The club sponsored by the Baghlan Group Company and ZQAN Holding.FC Baku plays in the Azerbaijan Premier League and have won two Azerbaijan Premier League championships and two Azerbaijan Cups.-History:FC Baku was founded in...
    
    
• Belarus
  Belarus
  Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...
  
  :
  • Belarusian Premier League
    Belarusian Premier League
    -Soviet era champions:*1934 BVO *1935 BVO *1936 BVO *1937 Dinamo *1938 Dinamo *1939 Dinamo *1940 DKA *1941-44 unknown...
    
     – FC Shakhtyor Soligorsk
    FC Shakhtyor
    FC Shakhtyor is a Belarusian Premier League football club, playing in the city of Soligorsk.-History:*1961: foundation*1971: Shakhtyor absorbed two local Soligorsk teams - Achievements :Belarusian Premier League:...
    
    
  • Belarusian Cup
    Belarusian Cup
    The Belarusian Cup is the main "knockout" cup competition in Belarusian football.The competition is a knockout tournament.-Finals:-Soviet time winners:Finals before independence were:...
    
     – FC MTZ-RIPO Minsk
    FC MTZ-RIPO
    FC Partizan Minsk is a Belarusian Premier League football team, part of Russian-Lithuanian businessman Vladimir Romanov's soccer holding which also includes Scottish Premier League club Hearts and Lithuanian A Lyga champion FBK Kaunas...
    
    
• Belgium: for fuller coverage, see: 2004-05 in Belgian football
  2004-05 in Belgian football
  The 2004-2005 season was the 111th competitive season in Belgian football.-Overview:The Brussels derby is played once again since FC Brussels promoted.-National team:Belgium began their qualifying campaign for the Football World Cup 2006.Key...
  
  
  • Jupiler League
    Jupiler League
    The Belgian Pro League is the top league competition for association football clubs in Belgium. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the Belgian Second Division...
    
     and Supercup
    Belgian Supercup
    The Belgian Supercup is a Belgian club competition played on a single match at the league champion venue since 2004 and formerly at the Stade Roi Baudouin, between the winner of the last Belgian Pro League and that of the last Belgian Cup. If both teams are the same, the opponent is declared to...
    
     – Club Brugge
    Club Brugge
    Club Brugge Koninklijke Voetbalvereniging is a football club from Bruges in Belgium. It was founded in 1891 and is one of the top clubs in Belgium. Its home ground is the Jan Breydel Stadium, which has a capacity of 29,472....
    
    
  • Belgian Cup
    Belgian Cup
    The Belgian Cup is the main knockout football competition in Belgium, run by the Belgian Football Association. The first cup was held in 1911-12. The most successful cup club is Club Brugge KV with 10 titles followed by RSC Anderlecht and R Standard de Liège...
    
     – Germinal Beerschot
• Bosnia and Herzegovina
  Bosnia and Herzegovina
  Bosnia and Herzegovina , sometimes called Bosnia-Herzegovina or simply Bosnia, is a country in Southern Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula. Bordered by Croatia to the north, west and south, Serbia to the east, and Montenegro to the southeast, Bosnia and Herzegovina is almost landlocked, except for the...
  
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  • Premier League
    Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina
    The Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina is the top football league in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is the country's most prestigious level of football competition currently contested by 16 clubs with last two teams relegated at the end of every season....
    
     – NK Zrinjski Mostar
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina Cup
    Football Cup of Bosnia and Herzegovina
    The Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup is a knock-out football competition contested annually by clubs from Bosnia and Herzegovina. The winner qualifies for the UEFA Cup.Until 1999/2000 season, three separated cups were organized...
    
     – FK Sarajevo
    FK Sarajevo
    FK Sarajevo is a professional football club based in Sarajevo, the capital city of Bosnia-Herzegovina and is one of the most popular clubs in the country. Founded on October 24, 1946, the club was the most successful club from SR Bosnia and Herzegovina in former Yugoslavia, winning two First League...
    
    
• Bulgaria:
  • Bulgarian A Professional Football Group
    Bulgarian A Professional Football Group
    The Bulgarian A Professional Football Group commonly known as A PFG is the top division of the Bulgarian football league system. The league is sponsored by Victoria FATA Insurance and therefore is officially known as Victoria A Football Group since 2011...
    
     – CSKA Sofia
  • Bulgarian Cup
    Bulgarian Cup
    The Bulgarian Cup is a Bulgarian annual football competition. It is the country's main cup competition and all officially registered Bulgarian football teams take part in it. It is sponsored by the Bulgarian Corporate Commercial Bank....
    
     and Supercup
    Bulgarian Supercup
    The Bulgarian Supercup is an annually held football match between the football club that has won the Bulgarian A Professional Football Group and the club that has won the Bulgarian Cup...
    
     – PFC Levski Sofia
    PFC Levski Sofia
    "Levski Sofia" redirects here. For the sports club, see Levski Sofia .PFC Levski Sofia, otherwise simply known as Levski or Levski Sofia, is a professional football club based in Sofia, Bulgaria...
    
    
• Croatia:
  • Prva HNL and Croatian Supercup
    Croatian Supercup
    The Croatian Supercup is a football match between the winners of the Prva HNL and the Croatian Cup. The Supercup serves as a curtain raiser of the new football season and is only held when different clubs happen to win the two most important competitions during the previous season The Croatian...
    
     – Hajduk Split
  • Croatian Cup
    Croatian Cup
    The Croatian Cup is an annually held football tournament for Croatian football clubs and is the second most important competition in Croatian football after the Prva HNL league championship. It is governed by the Croatian Football Federation and usually runs from late August to May...
    
     – NK Rijeka
    NK Rijeka
    HNK Rijeka is a Croatian football club, from Rijeka on the Croatian coast.-History:The club was founded as NK Kvarner in 1946, after Rijeka passed from Italy to Yugoslavia following the end of World War II. During its early period in Yugoslavia, the club had moderate success in various Yugoslav...
    
    
• Cyprus
  Cyprus
  Cyprus , officially the Republic of Cyprus , is a Eurasian island country, member of the European Union, in the Eastern Mediterranean, east of Greece, south of Turkey, west of Syria and north of Egypt. It is the third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.The earliest known human activity on the...
  
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  • Cypriot First Division
    Cypriot First Division
    The Cypriot Championship First Division is the top tier football league competition in Cyprus. As of 2007 it is sponsored by Marfin Popular Bank and is hence officially known as Marfin Laiki League .-Format:...
    
     – Anorthosis Famagusta
  • Cypriot Cup and Supercup
    Cyprus FA Shield
    The Cyprus Football Association Shield or the LTV Super Cup is a Cypriot association football trophy, contested in an annual match between the Cypriot Champion and the winners of the Cypriot Cup. If a team wins The Double , then the Double winner plays the Cypriot Cup finalist...
    
     – Omonia Nicosia
• Czech Republic:
  • Gambrinus liga
    Gambrinus Liga
    The Gambrinus liga is a Czech professional league for football clubs. At the top of the Czech football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. It is contested by 16 clubs, operating a system of promotion and relegation with the Czech 2. Liga. Seasons run from August to May,...
    
     – Sparta Prague
  • Czech Republic Football Cup
    Czech Republic Football Cup
    The Czech Republic Football Cup is the major football cup competition in the Czech Republic. It is organised by the Czech Football Association....
    
     – Banik Ostrava
• Denmark: for fuller coverage, see: 2004-05 in Danish football
  2004-05 in Danish football
  -Events:* 20 July 2004: FC København won the Super Cup at Parken Stadium after a 2-1 victory against AaB.* 24 July 2004: The Superliga kicks off.* 31 July 2004: The 1st Division kicks off.* 31 July 2004: The 2nd Division kicks off....
  
  
  • Superliga
    Danish Superliga
    The Danish Superliga is the current Danish football championship tournament, and administered by the Danish Football Association. It is the highest association football league in Denmark and is currently contested by 12 teams each year, with 2 teams to be relegated, which proves to be one of the...
    
     and DONG Cup
    Danish Cup
    The Danish Cup is the official "knockout" cup competition in Danish football, run by the Danish Football Association. The cup has been contested annually since 1955...
    
     – Brøndby
    Brøndby IF
    Brøndby IF is a Danish professional football club based in Brøndbyvester, Brøndby, on the western outskirts of Copenhagen and is the biggest football club in Denmark with almost 2000 members. The club is also known as Brøndbyernes Idrætsforening, or Brøndby and BIF for short...
    
    
• England: for fuller coverage, see: 2004-05 in English football
  2004-05 in English football
  The 2004–05 season was the 125th season of competitive football in England.-Overview:*2004–05 was the first season to feature the rebranded Football League. The First Division, Second Division and Third Division were renamed the Football League Championship, Football League One and Football League...
  
  
  • Premiership
    FA Premier League
    The Premier League is an English professional league for association football clubs. At the top of the English football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with The Football League. The Premier...
    
     and League Cup
    Football League Cup
    The Football League Cup, commonly known as the League Cup or, from current sponsorship, the Carling Cup, is an English association football competition. Like the FA Cup, it is played on a knockout basis...
    
     – Chelsea
    Chelsea F.C.
    Chelsea Football Club are an English football club based in West London. Founded in 1905, they play in the Premier League and have spent most of their history in the top tier of English football. Chelsea have been English champions four times, FA Cup winners six times and League Cup winners four...
    
    
  • FA Cup
    FA Cup
    The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football and is the oldest association football competition in the world. The "FA Cup" is run by and named after The Football Association and usually refers to the English men's...
    
     – Arsenal
    Arsenal F.C.
    Arsenal Football Club is a professional English Premier League football club based in North London. One of the most successful clubs in English football, it has won 13 First Division and Premier League titles and 10 FA Cups...
    
    
• Estonia
  Estonia
  Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...
  
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  • Meistriliiga
    Meistriliiga
    Meistriliiga is the highest division of the Estonian Football Association annual football championship. The league was founded in 1991 and the current, 2011 is the league's 21st season...
    
     – FC TVMK Tallinn
    FC TVMK Tallinn
    FC TVMK is a defunct Estonian football club. TVMK won the Estonian Meistriliiga in 2005. They are also multiple winners of the Estonian Cup.-Name History:*TVMK Tallinn *TVMV Tallinn *Tevalte-Marlekor...
    
    
  • Esiliiga
    Esiliiga
    Esiliiga is the second-top league arranged by the Estonian Football Association. The league format was changed along with the Meistriliiga's, and therefore from the year 2005 consists of ten teams. Esiliiga starts from April and lasts until around the start of November...
    
     – JK Vaprus Pärnu
    JK Vaprus Pärnu
    Pärnu Linnameeskond is an Estonian football club based in Pärnu. The club was originally founded in 1922 and then re-established in 1999, as an amateur side and played in the lower Estonian divisions until it's merge with FC Pärnu Levadia. They play in the Esiliiga, the second highest level of...
    
    , FC Levadia Tallinn
    FC Levadia Tallinn
    MTÜ SK FC Levadia Tallinn is an Estonian football club based in Tallinn. The club was founded in 1998, under the name FC Levadia Maardu. FC Levadia currently play in the Meistriliiga, the highest level of Estonian football...
    
    , FC Ajax Lasnamäe
    FC Ajax Lasnamäe
    FC Ajax Lasnamäe is an Estonian football club based in Tallinn. They play in the Meistriliiga, the first division in Estonian football.-History:They managed to avoid relegation in 2006, their first Meistriliiga season, finishing 8th....
    
    
  • Estonian Cup
    Estonian Cup
    The Estonian Cup is the main "knockout" cup competition in Estonian football.The competition is a knockout tournament.The winner will compete in UEFA Europa League qualification round.-Finals:* As Levadia Maardu...
    
     – FC Levadia Tallinn
    FC Levadia Tallinn
    MTÜ SK FC Levadia Tallinn is an Estonian football club based in Tallinn. The club was founded in 1998, under the name FC Levadia Maardu. FC Levadia currently play in the Meistriliiga, the highest level of Estonian football...
    
    
• Faroe Islands
  Faroe Islands
  The Faroe Islands are an island group situated between the Norwegian Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, approximately halfway between Scotland and Iceland. The Faroe Islands are a self-governing territory within the Kingdom of Denmark, along with Denmark proper and Greenland...
  
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  • 1. Deild
    Faroe Islands Premier League Football
    The Faroe Islands Premier League, the top division of football in the Faroe Islands, was founded in 1942. It is organised by the Faroe Islands Football Association. The league has been known as Vodafonedeildin since February 2009 for sponsorship reasons....
    
     – B36 Tórshavn
    B36 Tórshavn
    B36 Tórshavn or F.C. Tórshavn is a Faroese football club, based in the capital, Tórshavn...
    
    
  • Faroe Islands Cup
    Faroe Islands Cup
    The Faroe Islands Cup is the main football cup competition in Faroe Islands. The first edition was played in 1955.-Finals:List of finals:-External links:**...
    
     – GÍ Gøta
    GÍ Gøta
    Gøtu Ítróttarfelag was a football club based in Gøta, in the Faroe Islands. It was founded in 1926. The club colours were yellow and blue. They played at the Serpugerdi Stadium...
    
    
• Finland:
  • Veikkausliiga
    Veikkausliiga
    Veikkausliiga is the premier division of Finnish football, comprising the top 12 clubs of the country. Veikkausliiga is currently ranked as the 28th best league in Europe. Its main sponsor is the Finnish national betting agency Veikkaus, hence the league's name...
    
     – MyPa 47 Anjalankoski
    MyPa
    Myllykosken Pallo –47 is a Finnish football club, based in the industrial town of Myllykoski, part of the city of Kouvola since January 2009. They currently play in the Finnish Premier Division...
    
    
  • Finnish Cup
    Finnish Cup
    The Finnish Cup is Finland's main national cup competition in football.This yearly competition is open for member clubs of the FA of Finland. Finnish Cup has been played since 1955.Finnish Cup winner qualifies to UEFA Europa League...
    
     – FC Haka Valkeakoski
    FC Haka
    Haka is a Finnish football club, based in the industry town of Valkeakoski. It is one of the most successful clubs in Finland, with nine Finnish championships and 12 Finnish Cup wins.- History :...
    
    
  • Finnish League Cup
    Finnish League Cup
    The Finnish League Cup is a knock-out football competition contested annually during pre-season in winter by teams from Veikkausliiga.-Finnish League Cup finals:...
    
     – AC Allianssii Vantaa
    AC Allianssi
    AC Vantaan Allianssi was a Finnish football club, based in the town of Vantaa.Allianssi have been a club in decline since an 8-0 defeat at fellow Finnish club FC Haka. The match was believed to have been fixed by a Belgian-Chinese betting cartel, which took control of the club in summer 2005...
    
    
• France:
  • Ligue 1
    Ligue 1
    Ligue 1 , is the French professional league for association football clubs. It is the country's primary football competition and serves as the top division of the French football league system. Ligue 1 is one of two divisions making up the Ligue de Football Professionnel, the other being Ligue 2....
    
     – Lyon
    Olympique Lyonnais
    Olympique Lyonnais is a French association football club based in Lyon. They play in France's highest football division, Ligue 1. The club was formed as Lyon Olympique Universitaire in 1899, according to many supporters and sport historians, but was nationally established as a club in 1950. The...
    
    
  • French Cup
    Coupe de France
    The Coupe Charles Simon, commonly known as the Coupe de France , is the premier knockout cup competition in French football organized by the French Football Federation...
    
     – Auxerre
    AJ Auxerre
    Association de la Jeunesse Auxerroise is a French association football club based in the commune of Auxerre in Burgundy. The club was founded in 1905 and currently play in Ligue 1, the top division of French football. Auxerre plays its home matches at the Stade l'Abbé-Deschamps on the banks of the...
    
    
  • French League Cup
    Coupe de la Ligue
    The Coupe de la Ligue , known outside of France as the French League Cup, is a knockout cup competition in French football organized by the Ligue de Football Professionnel...
    
     – Strasbourg
    RC Strasbourg
    Racing Club de Strasbourg is a French association football club founded in 1906 and professional since 1933, based in the city of Strasbourg, in Alsace...
    
    
• Georgia
  Georgia (country)
  Georgia is a sovereign state in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded to the west by the Black Sea, to the north by Russia, to the southwest by Turkey, to the south by Armenia, and to the southeast by Azerbaijan. The capital of...
  
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  • Georgian Premier League
    Umaglesi Liga
    The Georgian Top League is the top division of football in Georgia. Since 1990, it has been organized by the Professional Football League of Georgia and Georgian Football Federation. From 1927 to 1989, the competition was held as a regional tournament within the Soviet Union...
    
     – FC Dinamo Tbilisi
    FC Dinamo Tbilisi
    FC Dinamo Tbilisi is a Georgian football team, based in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia.Dinamo Tbilisi was one of the most prominent clubs in Soviet football and a major contender in the Soviet Top League almost immediately after it was established in 1936...
    
    
  • Georgian Cup
    Georgian Cup
    The Georgian Cup is the main "knockout" cup competition in Georgian football.The competition is a knockout tournament.Previous winners are:-Soviet era cup winners:* 1944: Team of Sukhumi* 1945: Dinamo Sukhumi...
    
     – FC Lokomotivi Tbilisi
    FC Lokomotivi Tbilisi
    FC Lokomotivi Tbilisi is a Georgian football club from the capital, Tbilisi. During the existence of the USSR the club was a part of the Lokomotiv Voluntary Sports Society. The club has strong connections with the Georgian Railways.-History:*1936: Founded....
    
    
• Germany:
  • Bundesliga and German Cup – Bayern Munich
• Greece:
  • Greek National Division and Greek Cup – Olympiacos
• Hungary:
  • Arany Aszok Liga – Debreceni VSC
    Debreceni VSC
    Debreceni VSC or just Debrecen or DVSC is a football club from the city of Debrecen in Hungary. They are best known for reaching the group stages of the UEFA Champions League 2009–10 season. Debreceni VSC has been the most successful Hungarian club since 2000. The club has won the Hungarian...
    
    
  • Hungarian Cup – Mátav FC Sopron
    MFC Sopron
    FC Sopron, was a Hungarian football club from the town of Sopron, near the Austrian border. It was founded in 1921 as Soproni Postás. The club's home stadium is Stadion Városi with a capacity of 5,300.....
    
    
• Iceland
  Iceland
  Iceland , described as the Republic of Iceland, is a Nordic and European island country in the North Atlantic Ocean, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Iceland also refers to the main island of the country, which contains almost all the population and almost all the land area. The country has a population...
  
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  • Icelandic Premier League
    Landsbankadeild
    The Úrvalsdeild karla is the top tier of the Icelandic football pyramid. Because of the harsh winters in Iceland, it is generally played in the spring and summer . It is run by the Football Association of Iceland and is currently comprised by 12 clubs. UEFA currently ranks the league 37th in...
    
     – FH
    Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar
    Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar, commonly referred to as FH, is Icelandic football club based in Hafnarfjörður.- Overview :The team are perhaps best known outside Iceland for beating Scottish side Dunfermline in the qualifying rounds of the 2004/05 UEFA Cup 4–3 on aggregate...
    
    
  • Icelandic Cup
    VISA-bikar
    The Icelandic Cup is a knock-out football cup competition in Iceland. The final is played at Laugardalsvöllur at the end of the Icelandic season in October. The winners qualify for the UEFA Europa League.-Performance By Club:-Lost Finals By Club:...
    
     – Valur
    Valur
    Knattspyrnufélagið Valur is an Icelandic athletic club based in Reykjavík, Iceland. One of Iceland's most prolific clubs it celebrates its 100th birthday in 2011. The club is situated close to the city centre, in the traditional east side of town, at the old farmgrounds of Hlíðarendi...
    
    
  • Icelandic League Cup
    Deildabikar
    The Deildabikar, also known as the Icelandic League Cup is a pre-season professional football competition in Iceland. It is also considered the third most important competition in Icelandic football....
    
     – KR
    Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur
    Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur, , for short KR or KR Reykjavík, is an Icelandic athletic club based in the capital, Reykjavík. KR is the oldest and most successful club in Icelandic football.-History:...
    
    
• Ireland:
  • League of Ireland
    League of Ireland
    The League of Ireland is the national association football league of the Republic of Ireland. Founded in 1921, as a league of eight clubs, it has expanded over time into a two-tiered league of 22 clubs. It is currently split into the League of Ireland Premier Division and the League of Ireland...
    
     and Munster Senior Cup
    Munster Senior Cup
    The Munster Senior Cup is a provincial soccer tournament played among senior soccer clubs from Munster in the Republic of Ireland. The competition is run by the Munster Football Association, which is affiliated to the Football Association of Ireland.-History:...
    
     – Cork City
  • FAI Cup
    FAI Cup
    The Football Association of Ireland Challenge Cup, known as the FAI Ford Cup for sponsorship reasons, is a knock-out association football competition contested annually by teams from the Republic of Ireland...
    
     – Drogheda United
    Drogheda United
    Drogheda United Football Club is an Irish football club currently playing in the Premier Division of the League of Ireland. The club hails from Drogheda, Ireland and, since 1979, plays its home matches at Hunky Dorys Park....
    
    
  • League of Ireland Cup – Derry City
• Israel
  Israel
  The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
  
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  • Israeli Football Leagues
    Football in Israel
    Football is the most popular sport in Israel. Football as an organised sport first developed in the United Kingdom who controlled Israel during the days of the British Mandate. Israel will be hosting the UEFA U-21 Championship in 2013....
    
    
    • Israeli Premier League – Maccabi Haifa
      Maccabi Haifa F.C.
      Maccabi Haifa Football Club is an Israeli football team from the city of Haifa, a section of Maccabi Haifa sports club. The club has won 12 championships, 5 State Cups and 4 Toto Cups...
      
      
    • Liga Leumit
      Liga Leumit
      Liga Leumit is the second tier in the Israeli football league system below the Premier League.-Structure:There are 16 clubs in the league. At the end of each season, the lowest-placed team are relegated to Liga Alef while the highest-placed team from Liga Alef are promoted in their place...
      
       – Hapoel Kfar Saba
    • Liga Artzit
      Liga Artzit
      Liga Artzit was the third tier of Israeli football after the Premier League and Liga Leumit, and was run by the Israel Football Association.-Structure:...
      
       – Hapoel Ashkelon
  • Toto Cup
    Toto Cup
    The Toto Cup is an association football tournament that exists separately in the two highest divisions in Israel: the Premier League and Liga Leumit....
    
     – Hapoel Petah Tikva (Al), Maccabi Natanya (Leumit) and Hapoel Ashkelon (Artzit)
  • Israel State Cup
    Israel State Cup
    The State Cup , is a knockout cup competition in Israeli football, run by the Israeli Football Association.The State Cup was first held in 1927–28 as the Palestine Cup...
    
     – Maccabi Tel Aviv
• Italy:
  • Serie A
    Serie A
    Serie A , now called Serie A TIM due to sponsorship by Telecom Italia, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and has been operating for over eighty years since 1929. It had been organized by Lega Calcio until 2010, but a new...
    
     – Juventus
    Juventus F.C.
    Juventus Football Club S.p.A. , commonly referred to as Juventus and colloquially as Juve , are a professional Italian association football club based in Turin, Piedmont...
    
     (stripped of title on July 14, 2006) see also Serie A 2004-05
    Serie A 2004-05
    In the 2004–05 season, the Serie A, the highest professional football league in Italy, was composed of 20 teams for the first time in several years....
    
     and 2006 Serie A scandal
    2006 Serie A scandal
    The 2006 Italian football scandal involved Italy's top professional football leagues, Serie A and Serie B...
    
    
  • Italian Cup
    Coppa Italia
    The Coppa Italia is an Italian football annual cup competition. Its first edition was held in 1922, but the second champions were not crowned until 1936. Roma and Juventus lead the way with nine wins. Roma has contested more finals, 16, while Torino and Juventus follow with 13...
    
     – Internazionale
  • Italian Super Cup – AC Milan
• Kazakhstan
  Kazakhstan
  Kazakhstan , officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Ranked as the ninth largest country in the world, it is also the world's largest landlocked country; its territory of is greater than Western Europe...
  
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  • Kazakhstan Super League
    Kazakhstan Super League
    The Kazakhstan Premier League is the top division of football in Kazakhstan. The League is controlled by the Football Union of Kazakhstan and was set up in 1992. The League is fed into by the First Division, starting spring and finishing in late fall, making each championship correspond to a...
    
     – FC Aktobe-Lento
  • Kazakhstan Cup – FC Zhenis Astana
• Latvia
  Latvia
  Latvia , officially the Republic of Latvia , is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia , to the south by Lithuania , to the east by the Russian Federation , to the southeast by Belarus and shares maritime borders to the west with Sweden...
  
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  • Virsliga – FK Liepājas Metalurgs
  • Latvian Cup
    Latvian football Cup
    The Latvian Football Cup is the main "knockout" cup competition in Latvian football. It started in 1937 replacing the previous knockout tournament – Riga Football Cup.The competition is a knockout tournament....
    
     – FK Ventspils
    FK Ventspils
    FK Ventspils is a Latvian football club, based at Ventspils Olimpiskais Stadions in Ventspils city and is one of the most popular football clubs in the country. FK Ventspils plays in the Latvian Virsliga. They are the current champions of the tournament....
    
    
• Liechtenstein
  Liechtenstein
  The Principality of Liechtenstein is a doubly landlocked alpine country in Central Europe, bordered by Switzerland to the west and south and by Austria to the east. Its area is just over , and it has an estimated population of 35,000. Its capital is Vaduz. The biggest town is Schaan...
  
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  • Cup
    Liechtenstein football Cup
    The Liechtenstein Football Cup is Liechtenstein's premier football competition, and has been organised annually by the Liechtenstein Football Association since 1946. The winner qualifies to take part in the UEFA Europa League....
    
     – FC Vaduz
    FC Vaduz
    FC Vaduz is a Liechtenstein football club from Vaduz, that play in the Swiss Football League. The club plays at the national Rheinpark Stadion, which has a capacity of 6,127 when all seated but has additional standing places in the North and South ends of the ground, giving a total stadium capacity...
    
    
• Lithuania
  Lithuania
  Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...
  
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  • Lithuanian Premier League
    A Lyga
    The A Lyga is the top division of professional football in Lithuania. It is organized by LFF . League size has varied between 8 and 12 teams over the past few years; for its 2011 season, the league features 12 teams...
    
     – FK Ekranas
    FK Ekranas
    Futbolo Klubas Ekranas is a Lithuanian football club, playing in the town of Panevėžys.The club was founded in 1964.It has won Lithuanian championships in 1985 , 1993, 2005, 2008, 2009 and 2010, the Lithuanian Cup in 1985 , 1998, 2000, 2010 and 2011 and the Lithuanian Super Cup in 1998, 2006, 2010...
    
    
  • Lithuanian Cup – FBK Kaunas
    FBK Kaunas
    Kauno futbolo beisbolo klubas is a Lithuanian football club from the city of Kaunas, that currently plays in the A Lyga, the top level of Lithuanian football.- History :...
    
    
• Luxembourg
  Luxembourg
  Luxembourg , officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg , is a landlocked country in western Europe, bordered by Belgium, France, and Germany. It has two principal regions: the Oesling in the North as part of the Ardennes massif, and the Gutland in the south...
  
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  • Premier League – F91 Dudelange
    F91 Dudelange
    F91 Dudelange is a football club, based in Dudelange, in southern Luxembourg.Dudelange's team colors are red and yellow vertically-striped shirts, with red shorts and socks.-History:...
    
    
  • Cup – CS Pétange
    CS Pétange
    Club Sportif Pétange is a football club, based in Pétange, in south-western Luxembourg.In the 2007-08 season, Pétange finished fourteenth and last in the National Division and were relegated to the Division of Honour...
    
    
• Macedonia
  Republic of Macedonia
  Macedonia , officially the Republic of Macedonia , is a country located in the central Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe. It is one of the successor states of the former Yugoslavia, from which it declared independence in 1991...
  
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  • Macedonian First League
    Macedonian First League
    The First Macedonian Football League is the highest professional football competition in the Republic of Macedonia.The league consists of 12 teams. The teams play against each other 3 times...
    
     – FK Rabotnicki Kometal Skopje
    FK Rabotnicki
    FK Rabotnički is a football club that plays at the Philip II Arena in Skopje, Republic of Macedonia. They currently compete in the Macedonian First League.-History:...
    
    
  • Macedonian Cup – FK Bashkimi Kumanovo
    FK Baskimi
    KF Bashkimi is a football club, which play in the town of Kumanovo, Republic of Macedonia. The club plays at the Kumanovo Stadium . It was dissolved in 2008, But as of 2011 the club is back up and running....
    
    
• Malta
  Malta
  Malta , officially known as the Republic of Malta , is a Southern European country consisting of an archipelago situated in the centre of the Mediterranean, south of Sicily, east of Tunisia and north of Libya, with Gibraltar to the west and Alexandria to the east.Malta covers just over in...
  
  :
  • Maltese Football League and Supercup – Sliema Wanderers
    Sliema Wanderers F.C.
    Sliema Wanderers Football Club are a Maltese football team from the town of Sliema, which currently plays in the Maltese Premier League.-History:The club was founded in 1909...
    
    
  • Maltese Cup – Birkirkara FC
• Moldova:
  • Moldavian Premier League – FC Sheriff Tiraspol
    FC Sheriff Tiraspol
    FC Sheriff Tiraspol is a football club based in Tiraspol, Moldova. They play in the Divizia Naţională, the top division in Moldovan football. The team is sometimes referred to as simply FC Sheriff and should not be confused with FC Tiraspol, a rival team based in the same city.-History:The club...
    
    
  • Moldavian Cup
    Moldavian Cup
    The Moldovan Cup is a football competition, held annually in Moldova. The winner qualifies for the UEFA Europa League 2nd qualifying round.-Finals:The finals were:-Soviet time winners:-Performance by club:- External links :...
    
     – FC Nistru Otaci
    FC Nistru Otaci
    FC Nistru Otaci is a Moldovan football club based in Otaci, Moldova. They play in the Divizia Naţională, the top division in Moldovan football.-History:...
    
    
  • Eredivisie
    Eredivisie
    The Eredivisie is the highest football league in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956 two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is currently ranked the ninth best league in Europe by UEFA....
    
     and KNVB Cup
    KNVB Cup
    The KNVB Cup is a competition in the Netherlands organized by the Royal Dutch Football Association since 1899. It was based on the format of the English FA Cup. Outside of the Netherlands, it is often referred to as the Dutch Cup...
    
     – PSV
  • Eerste Divisie
    Eerste Divisie
    The Eerste Divisie is the second-highest division of football in the Netherlands. It is linked with the top-level Eredivisie via a promotion/relegation system. It is also known as the Jupiler League due to sponsorship, which is the same name as the top league in Belgium...
    
     – Heracles Almelo
    Heracles Almelo
    Heracles Almelo is a football club from Almelo, Netherlands.Heracles Almelo were founded on May 3, 1903 as Heracles, after the demigod son of Zeus. They changed their name on July 1, 1974 to SC Heracles '74 and finally settled on the current name in 1998. The club has won the Dutch national title...
    
    
• Northern Ireland
  Northern Ireland
  Northern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...
  
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  • Irish Premier League and Irish Football League Cup
    Irish Football League Cup
    The Irish League Cup, or the IRN-BRU League Cup, is the third-highest rated competition in domestic Northern Irish football competition after the IFA Premiership and Irish Cup. It has been sponsored by Irn Bru since the 2011–12 season. From 2001–02 to 2010–11 it was been sponsored by Co-operative...
    
     – Glentoran F.C.
    Glentoran F.C.
    Glentoran F.C. is a semi-professional, football club in Northern Ireland. The club was founded in 1882 and plays its home games at the Oval in east Belfast. Club colours are green, red, and black.Glentoran's biggest rivals are Linfield...
    
    
  • Irish Cup
    Irish Cup
    For the equivalent tournament in the Republic of Ireland, see FAI Cup.The Irish Cup is the national cup knock-out competition in Northern Irish football. Inaugurated in 1881, it is the fourth oldest national cup competition in the world...
    
     – Portadown F.C.
    Portadown F.C.
    Portadown F.C. is a semi-professional, Northern Irish football club which plays in the IFA Premiership.The club was founded in the late 1880s and joined the Irish League in 1924. It is based in Portadown in County Armagh and plays its home games at Shamrock Park...
    
    
  • Setanta Cup – Linfield F.C.
    Linfield F.C.
    Linfield F.C. , is a semi-professional, Northern Irish football club, whose home ground is Windsor Park in Belfast, which is also the home of the Northern Ireland international team....
    
    
• Norway: for fuller coverage, see: 2005 in Norwegian football
  2005 in Norwegian football
  Results from Norwegian football in 2005.-Norwegian Premier League :Vålerenga won the 2005 Premier League, while Aalesunds FK and FK Bodø/Glimt were relegated. Molde FK had to play two qualification matches against number Moss in the first division Results from Norwegian football in 2005.-Norwegian...
  
  
  • Tippeligaen
    Norwegian Premier League
    Tippeligaen is a Norwegian professional league for association football clubs. At the top of the Norwegian football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. The league is also unofficially known under its neutral name Eliteserien , although the name has never been official...
    
     – Vålerenga
    Vålerenga I.F. Fotball
    Vålerenga Fotball is a Norwegian association football club from Oslo and a part of the multi-sport club Vålerengens IF. Founded in 1913, the club is named after the neighbourhood of Vålerenga...
    
    
  • Norwegian Cup
    Norwegian football cup
    The Norwegian Football Cup is the main knockout cup competition in Norwegian football. It is run by the Football Association of Norway and has been contested since 1902, making it the oldest football tournament in the country. The tournament is commonly known as Cupen or NM, an acronym formed...
    
     – Molde
• Poland:
  • Ekstraklasa – Wisła Kraków
  • Puchar Polski
    Polish Cup
    The Polish Cup in football or officially Remes Puchar Polski, is an elimination tournament for Polish football clubs, held continuously from 1950, and is the second most important national title in Polish football after the Ekstraklasa title...
    
     – Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski
    Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski
    Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski is a Polish football club based in Grodzisk Wielkopolski, Poland.- History :Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski was founded on April 30, 1922....
    
    
  • SuperLiga
    Portuguese Liga
    The Primeira Liga , formerly called Primeira Divisão, currently named Liga ZON Sagres after their main sponsors, is the top professional association football division of the Portuguese football league system...
    
     – Benfica
    SL Benfica
    Sport Lisboa e Benfica , commonly known as simply Benfica or occasionally as Benfica Lisbon, is a Portuguese multi-sports club based in Lisbon. Although they successfully compete in a number of different sports, Benfica is mostly known for its association football team...
    
    
  • Cup of Portugal – Vitória Setúbal
• Romania: for fuller coverage, see: 2004-05 in Romanian Football
  2004-05 in Romanian Football
  The 2004/05 season was one of the best seasons of Divizia A in the 21st century. Steaua Bucureşti became champions of Romania and Dinamo Bucureşti won the Romanian Cup and the Romanian Super Cup...
  
  
  • Romanian Premier League – Steaua Bucureşti
  • Romanian Cup
    Romanian Cup
    The Cupa României is a football competition which was held annually since 1933-34, except during the World War II. It is the country's main cup competition, and it is open to all clubs affiliated with FRF and the county football associations regardless of the league they belong to...
    
     and Romanian Super Cup – Dinamo Bucureşti
• Russia: for fuller coverage, see: 2005 in Russian football
  2005 in Russian football
  2005 was marked by a greatest success in the Russian club football so far, as CSKA Moscow won the UEFA Cup. Later, CSKA completed the treble, winning the Russian Cup and the Russian Premier League title...
  
  
  • Russian Premier League
    Russian Premier League
    The Russian Premier League , currently called SOGAZ Russian Football Championship due to sponsorship reasons, is the top division of Russian football. There are 16 teams in the competition...
    
     and Russian Cup – CSKA Moscow
• San Marino
  San Marino
  San Marino, officially the Republic of San Marino , is a state situated on the Italian Peninsula on the eastern side of the Apennine Mountains. It is an enclave surrounded by Italy. Its size is just over with an estimated population of over 30,000. Its capital is the City of San Marino...
  
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  • Premier League
    Campionato Sammarinese di Calcio
    Campionato Sammarinese di Calcio is an amateur league competition for football clubs located at the top echelon of the Sammarinese football league system and has been operating since 1985...
    
     – F.C. Domagnano
    F.C. Domagnano
    F.C. Domagnano is a Sanmarinese football club, based in Domagnano. The club was founded in 1966. Domagnano currently plays in Girone B of Campionato Sammarinese di Calcio. The team's colors are red and yellow....
    
    
  • Titano Cup
    Coppa Titano
    The Coppa Titano is the national football cup of San Marino. It was first awarded in 1937.-Cup Winners:*1937 : S.P. Libertasnot played from 1938 to 1949*1950 : S.P. Libertasnot played from 1951 to 1953*1954 : S.P. Libertas...
    
     – S.S. Pennarossa Chiesanuova
    S.S. Pennarossa
    S.S. Pennarossa is a Sanmarinese football club, based in Chiesanuova. The club was founded in 1968. Pennarossa currently plays in Girone A of Campionato Sammarinese di Calcio...
    
    
  • Supercup
    San Marino Federal Trophy
    The San Marino Federal Trophy is a Supercup of football in San Marino. The tournament began in 1986...
    
     – S.P. Tre Penne Serravalle
    S.P. Tre Penne
    S.P. Tre Penne is a Sanmarinese football club, based in the City of San Marino. The club was founded in 1956. Tre Penne currently plays in Girone B of Campionato Sammarinese di Calcio...
    
    
• Scotland
  Scotland
  Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
  
  : for fuller coverage, see: 2004-05 in Scottish football
  2004-05 in Scottish football
  The 2004–05 season was the 108th season of competitive football in Scotland.-2004:*6 July 2004 - Nacho Novo from Dundee to Rangers, £450,000*1 July 2004 - Dado Prso from AS Monaco to Rangers, Bosman...
  
  
  • Scottish Premier League
    Scottish Premier League
    The Scottish Premier League , also known as the SPL , is a professional league competition for association football clubs in Scotland...
    
     and League Cup
    Scottish League Cup
    The Scottish League Cup is a football competition open to all Scottish Football League and Scottish Premier League clubs. At present it is also known as the Scottish Communities League Cup owing to the sponsorship deal in place with the Scottish Government. In the past it has been sponsored by...
    
     – Rangers
    Rangers F.C.
    Rangers Football Club are an association football club based in Glasgow, Scotland, who play in the Scottish Premier League. The club are nicknamed the Gers, Teddy Bears and the Light Blues, and the fans are known to each other as bluenoses...
    
    
  • Scottish Cup
    Scottish Cup
    The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,, commonly known as the Scottish Cup or the William Hill Scottish Cup for sponsorship purposes, is the main national cup competition in Scottish football. It is a knockout cup competition run by and named after the Scottish Football Association.The...
    
     – Celtic
    Celtic F.C.
    Celtic Football Club is a Scottish football club based in the Parkhead area of Glasgow, which currently plays in the Scottish Premier League. The club was established in 1887, and played its first game in 1888. Celtic have won the Scottish League Championship on 42 occasions, most recently in the...
    
    
• Serbia and Montenegro
  Serbia and Montenegro
  Serbia and Montenegro was a country in southeastern Europe, formed from two former republics of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia : Serbia and Montenegro. Following the breakup of Yugoslavia, it was established in 1992 as a federation called the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia...
  
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  • Meridian Superliga – FK Partizan Belgrade
    FK Partizan
    Fudbalski klub Partizan is a professional football club based in Belgrade, Serbia. In its long history, FK Partizan won as many as 37 trophies. The club is the holder of 23 national championships, 12 national cups and 1 national supercup, and has also won the Mitropa Cup in 1978...
    
    
  • Serbia and Montenegro Cup – FK Voždovac Belgrade
    FK Voždovac
    FK Voždovac is a football club from Belgrade, Serbia.- Hystory :The club was formed in 1912 under the name FK Dušanovac. In 1929 it is renamed into Voždovački SK. The main success in this period was the winning of the II Razred League in the 1933-34 season, and the III Razred in 1948-49...
    
    
• Slovakia
  Slovakia
  The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...
  
  :
  • Slovakian Premier League – FC Artmedia Bratislava
  • Slovakian Cup – FK Dukla Banská Bystrica
    FK Dukla Banská Bystrica
    FK Dukla Banská Bystrica is a Slovak football club from the town of Banská Bystrica. The club plays at the SNP Stadium .- History :* 1965 – Founded as VTJ Dukla Banská Bystrica* 1967 – Renamed AS Dukla Banská Bystrica...
    
    
• Slovenia:
  • Slovenian Premier League
    PrvaLiga Telekom Slovenije
    Slovenian First Football League also known by the abbreviation 1. SNL, is the main football league in Slovenia, and was formed in 1991 after Slovenia became an independent country. From 1920 until the end of the 1990–91 season, the Slovenian Republic League was a lower division of the Yugoslavian...
    
     – NK Gorica
  • Slovenian Cup – NK Publikum Celje
    NK Publikum
    NK Celje is a football from Slovenia. They are based in Celje, Slovenia's third largest city. They play in First Slovenian League, 1.SNL. Together with NK Maribor and ND Gorica they are the only club that have participated in every season of 1.SNL since its formation in 1991.-History:NK Celje was...
    
    
• Spain:
  • La Liga
    La Liga
    The Primera División of the Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional , commonly known as La Liga or, for sponsorship reasons, Liga BBVA since 2008, is the top professional association football division of the Spanish football league system...
    
     – Barcelona
    FC Barcelona
    Futbol Club Barcelona , also known as Barcelona and familiarly as Barça, is a professional football club, based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain....
    
    
  • Copa del Rey
    Copa del Rey
    The Copa del Rey is an annual football cup competition for Spanish football teams. Its full name is Campeonato de España – Copa de Su Majestad el Rey de Fútbol ....
    
     – Real Betis
    Real Betis
    Real Betis Balompié S.A.D. is a Spanish football club based in Seville, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded on 12 September 1907, it currently plays in La Liga, holding home games at Estadio Benito Villamarín....
    
    
• Sweden: for fuller coverage, see: 2005 in Swedish football
  2005 in Swedish football
  The 2005 season in Swedish football, starting January 2005 and ending December 2005:- Events :*26 May 2005: IFK Göteborg loses the historical first final of the Royal League against FC København after 1–1 in full time and 26 penalties in the shoot-out....
  
  
  • Allsvenskan
    Allsvenskan
    Allsvenskan is a Swedish professional league for association football clubs. At the top of the Swedish football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with Superettan...
    
     and Svenska Cupen
    Svenska Cupen
    Svenska Cupen , is a knockout cup competition in Swedish football and the main Swedish football cup. Svenska Cupen usually refers to the men's tournament, although a women's tournament is also held. Each year 98 teams compete, comprising the 16 teams from Allsvenskan and the 16 teams of Superettan...
    
     – Djurgårdens IF
• Switzerland:
  • AXPO Super League
    Swiss Super League
    The Swiss Super League or Axpo Super League is the top tier of the Swiss Football League. The Swiss Super League is currently ranked 16th according to UEFA's ranking of league coefficients, which is based upon Swiss team performances in European competitions.-Names:-Participating clubs:The teams...
    
     and Swisscom Cup
    Schweizer Cup
    The Swiss Cup is a football cup tournament that has been organised annually since 1926 by the Swiss Football Association . The winner is allowed to take part in the UEFA Europa League. Between 2003 and 2008 the cup has been sponsored and known as the Swisscom Cup.-Finals:All played...
    
     – FC Basel
    FC Basel
    Fussball Club Basel 1893, widely known as FC Basel is a Swiss football club based in Basel. They are one of the most successful clubs in Swiss football, having won the Swiss Super League 14 times, the third most for any Swiss club. They were most successful in the late 1960s and 1970s, winning the...
    
    
• Turkey
  Turkey
  Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
  
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  • Premier Super League – Fenerbahçe
    Fenerbahçe SK
    Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü is a professional sports club based in Kadıköy, Istanbul, Turkey. The club derives its name from the Fenerbahçe neighbourhood of Istanbul. Fenerbahçe is one of the biggest and the best supported clubs in Turkey. They are nicknamed Sarı Kanaryalar )...
    
    
  • Turkish Cup – Galatasaray
    Galatasaray S.K. (football team)
    Galatasaray Anonim Şirketi is a Turkish football club, part of the Galatasaray S.K. multi-sport club of Istanbul. Galatasaray is a major sports club in Turkey, holding 17 Turkish Super League titles and the highest number of Turkish Cups....
    
    
• Ukraine
  Ukraine
  Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
  
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  • Ukrainian Premier League
    Ukrainian Premier League
    The Ukrainian Premier League is the highest division of Ukrainian annual football championship. As the Supreme League it was founded in 1991 after the fold of the Soviet Union's Vysshaya Liga. In 2008 it was reformed into a more autonomous entity of the Football Federation of Ukraine and changed...
    
     – FC Shakhtar Donetsk
    FC Shakhtar Donetsk
    FC Shakhtar Donetsk is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Donetsk. Shakhtar has appeared in several European competitions and currently is often a participant of the UEFA Champions League. The club became the first Ukrainian club to win the UEFA Cup in 2009, the last year...
    
    
  • Ukrainian Cup – FC Dynamo Kyiv
    FC Dynamo Kyiv
    FC Dynamo Kyiv is a professional football club based in the Ukrainian capital city of Kyiv. Founded in 1927, the club currently participates in the Ukrainian Premier League and has spent its entire history in the top league of Soviet and later Ukrainian football...
    
    
• Wales
  Wales
  Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
  
  :
  • League of Wales
    League of Wales
    The Welsh Premier League is the national football league for Wales. It has both Professional and Semi-Professional status clubs and is at the top of the Welsh football league system. Prior to 2002, the league was known as the League of Wales, but changed its name as part of a sponsorship deal...
    
     and Welsh Cup
    Welsh Cup
    The Welsh Cup is a knock-out football competition contested annually by teams from Wales.The Football Association of Wales is the organising body of this competition, which has been run every year since its inception in 1877-78...
    
     – Total Network Solutions
    The New Saints F.C.
    The New Saints of Oswestry Town & Llansantffraid Football Club , also known as The New Saints or simply TNS is a full-time-professional British football club representing Llansantffraid-ym-Mechain in Powys, Wales and Oswestry in Shropshire, England . They play in the Welsh Premier League...
    
    
  • FAW Premier Cup
    FAW Premier Cup
    The FAW Premier Cup is a defunct Welsh football cup competition, organised annually by the Football Association of Wales from 1997 to 2008...
    
     – Swansea City

National club championships in South America (CONMEBOL)

• Argentina
  Argentina
  Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
  
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  • Primera División
    Primera División Argentina
    The Primera División is a professional football league in Argentina. It is the country's premier football division and is at the top of the Argentine football league system. Contested by twenty clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the Primera B Nacional. The season runs...
    
    
    • 2004–05 Clausura – Vélez Sársfield
      Club Atlético Vélez Sársfield
      Club Atlético Vélez Sársfield is a sports club based in the Liniers neighborhood of western Buenos Aires, Argentina. Vélez is best known for its football team, that plays in the Argentine Primera División, the top level of the Argentine league system...
      
      
    • 2005–06 Apertura – Boca Juniors
      Boca Juniors
      Club Atlético Boca Juniors is an Argentine sports club based in La Boca neighborhood of Buenos Aires. It is best known for its professional football team, which currently plays in the Primera División....
      
      
• Bolivia
  Bolivia
  Bolivia officially known as Plurinational State of Bolivia , is a landlocked country in central South America. It is the poorest country in South America...
  
  :
  • Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano
    Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano
    -List of champions:*Torneo adecuacion was celebrate to adequate seasons to European style -Titles by team :-List of all-time topscorers:...
    
    
    • 2004–05 Adecuaciòn – Club Bolívar
      Club Bolívar
      Club Bolívar, a football team from Bolivia, was founded in La Paz on April 12, 1925, with the name Atletico Bolívar Literario Musical later changed to "Club Atlético Bolívar"...
      
      
    • 2004–05 Apertura – Blooming
      Club Blooming
      Club Social, Cultural y Deportivo Blooming is a Bolivian football club from Santa Cruz de la Sierra, formed on May 1, 1946. Its home colours are sky blue, white and navy. They play at the Estadio Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera . Its main rival is Oriente Petrolero, also from Santa Cruz...
      
      
• Brazil:
  • Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
    Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
    The Campeonato Brasileiro de Clubes da Série A , popularly known as the Brasileirão , is a professional football league at the top of the Brazilian football league system held annually since 1959. Contested by twenty clubs, it operates a system of promotion and relegation with the Série B...
    
     – Corinthians
    Sport Club Corinthians Paulista
    Sport Club Corinthians Paulista, commonly just known as Corinthians , is a Brazilian football club based in the city of São Paulo. They play in the São Paulo state league, as well as the Brasileirão, Brazil's top national league...
    
    
  • Copa do Brasil
    Copa do Brasil
    The Copa Kia do Brasil, commonly known as Copa do Brasil , is a knockout competition played by 64 association football teams, representing all 26 Brazilian states plus the Federal District...
    
     – Paulista F.C.
    Paulista Futebol Clube
    Paulista Futebol Clube, or Paulista as they are usually called, is a Brazilian football team from Jundiaí, in São Paulo, founded on May 17, 1909.Home stadium is the Jayme Cintra stadium, capacity 15,000...
    
    
• Chile
  Chile
  Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...
  
  :
  • Liga Chilena de Fútbol: Primera División
    Liga Chilena de Fútbol: Primera División
    The Primera División del Fútbol Profesional Chileno is the top level of Chilean football, and main component of the Chilean football league system. It is organized by the Asociación Nacional de Fútbol Profesional and is currently ranked 9th in the IFFHS' Best Leagues of the World ranking...
    
    
    • 2004–05 Apertura – Unión Española
      Unión Española
      Club Unión Española S.A.D.P is a professional Chilean football based in Independencia, Santiago de Chile. Founded by a Spanish immigrants on 18 May 1897, Unión Española have participated in the top-tier of Chilean football for all of their existence but two seasons in the late '90s .Unión Española...
      
      
    • 2004–05 Clausura – Club Deportivo Universidad Católica
      Club Deportivo Universidad Católica
      Club Deportivo Universidad Católica is a professional football club based in Santiago, Chile, which plays in the Primera División.Universidad Católica is one of the most successful and popular football clubs in Chile and considered one of the three "big teams"...
      
      
• Colombia
  Colombia
  Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
  
  
  • Mustang Cup
    • 2004–05 Apertura – Atlético Nacional
      Atlético Nacional
      Corporación Deportiva Atlético Nacional is a Colombian football team based in Medellín. They play their home games at the Estadio Atanasio Girardot stadium which also serves as home to Deportivo Independiente Medellín...
      
      
    • 2004–05 Clausura – Deportivo Cali
      Deportivo Cali
      Asociación Deportivo Cali is a Colombian sports club based in Cali, Colombia. Mostly known for its football team, it also sponsors basketball, volleyball and swimming...
      
      
• Ecuador
  Ecuador
  Ecuador , officially the Republic of Ecuador is a representative democratic republic in South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and by the Pacific Ocean to the west. It is one of only two countries in South America, along with Chile, that do not have a border...
  
  :
  • Serie A de Ecuador
    • Apertura – Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito
    • Clausura – Club Deportivo El Nacional
      Club Deportivo El Nacional
      Club Deportivo "El Nacional" is a Ecuadorian sports club from Quito, known best for their professional football team. The team currently plays in the Serie A, the top-flight football league in the country....
      
      
• Paraguay
  Paraguay
  Paraguay , officially the Republic of Paraguay , is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to the east and northeast, and Bolivia to the northwest. Paraguay lies on both banks of the Paraguay River, which runs through the center of the...
  
  :
  • Liga Paraguaya – Cerro Porteño
    Cerro Porteño
    Club Cerro Porteño is a professional Paraguayan football club, based in the neighbourhood of Barrio Obrero in Asunción. Founded in 1912, Cerro has won 28 Primera División titles and is one of the most popular football club in Paraguay...
    
    
• Peru
  Peru
  Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....
  
  :
  • Primera División Peruana
    Primera División Peruana
    The Peruvian Primera División is the top professional division of Peruvian football. It is known today as Torneo Descentralizado de Fútbol Profesional Peruano...
    
     – Sporting Cristal
    Sporting Cristal
    Club Sporting Cristal is a Peruvian football team. Based in the Rímac District, in the department of Lima, it plays in the professional league known as the Peruvian First Division. Founded on November 16, 1926 in the Rimac District given its approval to the merger and Snuff Sporting merging with...
    
    
• Uruguay
  Uruguay
  Uruguay ,officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay,sometimes the Eastern Republic of Uruguay; ) is a country in the southeastern part of South America. It is home to some 3.5 million people, of whom 1.8 million live in the capital Montevideo and its metropolitan area...
  
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  • Primera División Uruguaya
    Primera División Uruguaya
    The Liga Profesional de Primera División , also known as the Primera División Uruguaya or Primera División de Uruguay , is a professional football league in Uruguay at the top of the country's football league system. It is organized by the Uruguayan Football Association and is contested by 16 teams...
    
     – Club Nacional de Football
    Club Nacional de Football
    Club Nacional de Football is a Uruguayan sports club based in Montevideo. It is best known for its professional football team, which plays in the Uruguayan Primera División....
    
    
• Venezuela
  Venezuela
  Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...
  
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  • Primera División Venezolana
    Primera División Venezolana
    The Primera División , or Liga Venezolana is the top-flight professional football league of Venezuela. It was created in 1921 and turned professional in 1957...
    
     – Unión Atlético Maracaibo
    Unión Atlético Maracaibo
    Club Unión Atlético Maracaibo is a professional club founded on 2001 and the club has one First Division titles in the professional era. The club is based in Maracaibo.-National:...
    
    

National club championships in Africa (CAF)

• Algeria
  Algeria
  Algeria , officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria , also formally referred to as the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of Northwest Africa with Algiers as its capital.In terms of land area, it is the largest country in Africa and the Arab...
  
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  • Algerian Championnat National
    Algerian Championnat National
    The Ligue Professionnelle 1 , known as Ligue 1 for short, and formerly known as the Championnat National 1, is the Algerian professional league for association football clubs. It is the country's primary football competition and serves as the top division of the Algerian football league system...
    
     – USM Alger
    USM Alger
    Union Sportive Médina d'Alger, , known as USM Alger or simply USMA for short, is an football club based in the city of Algiers. The club was founded in 1937 and its colours are red and black. Their venue, the Stade Omar Hammadi, has a capacity of some 10,000...
    
    
  • Algerian Cup
    Algerian Cup
    The Algerian Cup is a football competition in Algeria, pitting regional teams against each other. It was established in October 1962, three months after independence, and has been played yearly since then apart from 1990 and 1993. The 2011 edition was won by JS Kabylie who beat USM El Harrach...
    
     – ASO Chlef
    ASO Chlef
    Association Sportive Olympique de Chlef is an Algerian football club based in Chlef, founded in 1947. The club colours are red and white. Their venue, Stade Mohamed Boumezrag has a capacity of some 30,000.-History:...
    
    
• Angola
  Angola
  Angola, officially the Republic of Angola , is a country in south-central Africa bordered by Namibia on the south, the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the north, and Zambia on the east; its west coast is on the Atlantic Ocean with Luanda as its capital city...
  
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  • Girabola
    Girabola
    Girabola is the top division of Angolan football, and it is organized by the Angolan Football Federation.The league winner and runner-up qualify for the CAF Champions League.- History :...
    
     – Grupo Desportivo Sagrada Esperança
    Grupo Desportivo Sagrada Esperança
    Grupo Desportivo Sagrada Esperança, usually known as Sagrada Esperança, is a football club from Dundo, Angola. The club won its first title, the Angolan Cup, in 1988....
    
    
  • Angolan Cup
    Angolan Cup
    The Angolan football Cup is the main "knockout" cup competition in Angolan football.The competition was established in 1982 following an unofficial cup competition won by Nacional in 1980 and by TAAG in 1981...
    
     – Atlético Sport Aviação
    Atlético Sport Aviação
    Atlético Sport Aviação, usually known simply as Aviação , is a football club from Luanda, Angola, founded in 1953...
    
    
• Benin
  Benin
  Benin , officially the Republic of Benin, is a country in West Africa. It borders Togo to the west, Nigeria to the east and Burkina Faso and Niger to the north. Its small southern coastline on the Bight of Benin is where a majority of the population is located...
  
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  • Benin Premier League
    Benin Premier League
    The Benin Premier League, also called Championnat National du Bénin in French, is the highest football division in Benin. The league was delivered in 1969 for the first time. Currently, it is composed by 14 clubs playing a double round-robin tournament. The winner of the Premier League earns a...
    
     – not playing
• Botswana
  Botswana
  Botswana, officially the Republic of Botswana , is a landlocked country located in Southern Africa. The citizens are referred to as "Batswana" . Formerly the British protectorate of Bechuanaland, Botswana adopted its new name after becoming independent within the Commonwealth on 30 September 1966...
  
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  • Mascom Premier League
    Mascom Premier League
    The Botswana Premier League is the highest division in football in Botswana. The league has existed since 1966. The championship initially called MLO Cup....
    
     and FA Challenge Cup
    FA Challenge Cup (Botswana)
    The FA Challenge Cup is the national football cup competition for Botswana, it was created in 1968.The cup was previously called the Lions Cup.-Winners/Finalists:*1968: Gaborone United...
    
     – Township Rollers Gaborone
• Burkina Faso
  Burkina Faso
  Burkina Faso – also known by its short-form name Burkina – is a landlocked country in west Africa. It is surrounded by six countries: Mali to the north, Niger to the east, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the south, and Côte d'Ivoire to the southwest.Its size is with an estimated...
  
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  • Burkinabé Premier League
    Burkinabé Premier League
    Burkinabé Premier League is the top division of the Fédération Burkinabé de Foot-Ball. It was created in 1961.-Burkinabé Premier League clubs – 2010–11:*AS Kouritenga1 *AS Maya *AS Sonabel...
    
     – Rail Club du Kadiogo
    Rail Club du Kadiogo
    Rail Club du Kadiogo is a Burkinabé football club based in Kadiogo. They play their home games at the Stade de Kadiogo.The club plays in orange and black.-Performance in CAF competitions:...
    
    
  • Burkina Faso Cup – Union Sportive de Ouagadougou
    Union Sportive de Ouagadougou
    Union Sportive de Ouagadougou is a Burkinabé football club based in Ouagadougou. They play their home games at the Stade Municipal.The club plays in red and white...
    
    
• Burundi
  Burundi
  Burundi , officially the Republic of Burundi , is a landlocked country in the Great Lakes region of Eastern Africa bordered by Rwanda to the north, Tanzania to the east and south, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west. Its capital is Bujumbura...
  
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  • Burundi Premier League
    Burundi Premier League
    The Burundi Premier League or as it is known Amstel Ligue is the highest division in football in Burundi. The league was formed in 1972. It has 16 teams that plays 30 rounds home and away.In 2009, the league was reduced to 12 teams....
    
     – InterStar Bujumbura
• Cameroon
  Cameroon
  Cameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon , is a country in west Central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west; Chad to the northeast; the Central African Republic to the east; and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the Republic of the Congo to the south. Cameroon's coastline lies on the...
  
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  • Cameroon Premiere Division – Cotonsport Garoua
  • Cameroon Cup – Imports FC Yaoundé
• Cape Verde
  Cape Verde
  The Republic of Cape Verde is an island country, spanning an archipelago of 10 islands located in the central Atlantic Ocean, 570 kilometres off the coast of Western Africa...
  
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  • Premier League
    Cape Verdean football Championships
    The Cape Verdean Championships are a football competition that was created in 1976 in Cape Verde. A local championship was founded in 1953 before independence, while the islands were part of the Portuguese Empire.- League format :...
    
     – Derby FC Mindelo
• Central African Republic
  Central African Republic
  The Central African Republic , is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It borders Chad in the north, Sudan in the north east, South Sudan in the east, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of the Congo in the south, and Cameroon in the west. The CAR covers a land area of about ,...
  
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  • Central African Republic League
    Central African Republic League
    Central African Republic League is the top football league in the Central African Republic It was created in 1968. The league is sanctioned by the Fédération Centrafricaine de Football, the governing body of football in the CAR....
    
     – Anges de Fatima
• Chad
  Chad
  Chad , officially known as the Republic of Chad, is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African Republic to the south, Cameroon and Nigeria to the southwest, and Niger to the west...
  
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  • Chad Premier League
    Chad Premier League
    Chad Premier League is the top division of the Fédération Tchadienne de Football in Chad. It consists of 10 clubs and they are all from capital city N'Djamena.- Clubs 2011 :*AS CotonTchad *AS DGSSIE *Elect-Sport FC...
    
     – Renaissance FC
• Comoros
  Comoros
  The Comoros , officially the Union of the Comoros is an archipelago island nation in the Indian Ocean, located off the eastern coast of Africa, on the northern end of the Mozambique Channel, between northeastern Mozambique and northwestern Madagascar...
  
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  • Comoros Premier League
    Comoros Premier League
    Comoros Premier League is the top division in Comoros, it was created in 1979. One of the venues is 2,000 capacity Stade Said Mohamed Cheikh.-Comoros Premier League - 2011:*Apache Club *ASIM Itsandra *Coin Nord...
    
     – Coin Nord Mitsamiouli
• Congo
  Republic of the Congo
  The Republic of the Congo , sometimes known locally as Congo-Brazzaville, is a state in Central Africa. It is bordered by Gabon, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo , the Angolan exclave province of Cabinda, and the Gulf of Guinea.The region was dominated by...
  
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  • Congo Premier League
    Congo Premier League
    Congo Premier League is the top division of the Fédération Congolaise de Football, it was created in 1961.Between 1961 and 1977 the championship was decided in a 3-team tournament between the regional champions of Brazzaville, Pointe-Noire, and Niari. From 1978 to 1993, a nationwide league with 10...
    
     – not assigned
  • Congolan Cup – Diables Noirs Brazzaville
• Congo DR:
  • Linafoot
    Linafoot
    The Linafoot is the top division of the Fédération Congolaise de Football-Association, the governing body of football in the Democratic Republic of the Congo...
    
     – DC Motema Pembe
  • Republic of Congo Cup – AS Vita Kabasha
• Côte d'Ivoire
  Côte d'Ivoire
  The Republic of Côte d'Ivoire or Ivory Coast is a country in West Africa. It has an area of , and borders the countries Liberia, Guinea, Mali, Burkina Faso and Ghana; its southern boundary is along the Gulf of Guinea. The country's population was 15,366,672 in 1998 and was estimated to be...
  
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  • Premier League
    Côte d'Ivoire Premier Division
    The Côte d'Ivoire Premier Division is the top division of the Fédération Ivoirienne de Football. it was created in 1960.- Côte d'Ivoire Season 2011 :-2010 season: 1.ASEC Mimosas 26 13 9 4 41-14 48 Champions...
    
     and Cup – ASEC Mimosas
    ASEC Mimosas
    The Académie Sportive des Employés de Commerce Mimosas is an Ivorian football club based in Abidjan. The club is also known as ASEC Mimosas Abidjan and ASEC Abidjan, especially in international club competitions. Founded in 1948, they are the most successful side in Ivorian football, having won...
    
    
• Djibouti
  Djibouti
  Djibouti , officially the Republic of Djibouti , is a country in the Horn of Africa. It is bordered by Eritrea in the north, Ethiopia in the west and south, and Somalia in the southeast. The remainder of the border is formed by the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden at the east...
  
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  • Premier League
    Djibouti Premier League
    The Djibouti Premier League is the highest division in association football in Djibouti. It was formed in 1987.- Teams :* AS Ali Sabieh Djibouti Telecom* AS Port* AS Tadjourah* CDE Colas* FC Société Immobilière de Djibouti...
    
     – AS Compagnie Djibouti-Ethiopie
  • Djiboutian Cup – Poste de Djibouti
• Egypt
  Egypt
  Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...
  
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  • Egyptian Premier League
    Egyptian Premier League
    The Egyptian Premier League is an Egyptian professional league for football clubs and represents the top flight of Egyptian football. The championship consists of nineteen competing teams in a home and away league system. It is currently known as the Etisalat Egyptian Premier League, after the...
    
     and Super Cup
    Egyptian Super Cup
    The Egyptian Super Cup is an Egyptian association football trophy contested in an annual match between the champions of the Egyptian Premier League and the winners of the Egyptian Cup. If a team wins The Double , then the Double winner plays the Premier League runner-up...
    
     – Al-Ahly
    Al-Ahly
    Al-Ahly Sports Club , commonly known as simply Al-Ahly, is an Egyptian sporting club. Founded in April 1907, Al-Ahly was named in 2000 by the Confederation of African Football as the "African Club of the Century"...
    
    
  • Egyptian Soccer Cup
    Egyptian Soccer Cup
    The Egypt Cup is the main "knockout" football cup competition in Egypt. It was created in 1921, and was not played only between 1968 and 1971 due to the Six-Day War, in 1973–74 due to October War and in 1979–80, 1981–82, 1986–87 and 1993–94....
    
     – ENPPI
• Equatorial Guinea
  Equatorial Guinea
  Equatorial Guinea, officially the Republic of Equatorial Guinea where the capital Malabo is situated.Annobón is the southernmost island of Equatorial Guinea and is situated just south of the equator. Bioko island is the northernmost point of Equatorial Guinea. Between the two islands and to the...
  
  
  • Equatoguinean Premier League
    Equatoguinean Premier League
    Equatoguinean Premier League or as it is called in Equatorial Guinea Liga Profesional is the top division of the Federación Ecuatoguineana de Fútbol, it was created in 1979....
    
     – Renacimiento FC
    Renacimiento FC
    Renacimiento Fútbol Club was an Equatoguinean football club based in the city of Malabo. From 2004 to 2007, the club won 4 national titles.-Performance in CAF competitions:*CAF Champions League: 4 appearances-Former players:...
    
    
• Eritrea
  Eritrea
  Eritrea , officially the State of Eritrea, is a country in the Horn of Africa. Eritrea derives it's name from the Greek word Erethria, meaning 'red land'. The capital is Asmara. It is bordered by Sudan in the west, Ethiopia in the south, and Djibouti in the southeast...
  
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  • Premier League
    Eritrean Premier League
    The Eritrean Premier League is the highest division in football in Eritrea. The league was delivered in 1994 to the first time.Between 1953 and the Eritrean independence in 1993, Eritrean teams played in the Ethiopian Premier League, winning that league's championship 9 times.-Eritrean Premier...
    
     – Red Sea FC Asmara
• Ethiopia
  Ethiopia
  Ethiopia , officially known as the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. It is the second-most populous nation in Africa, with over 82 million inhabitants, and the tenth-largest by area, occupying 1,100,000 km2...
  
  :
  • Premier League
    Ethiopian Premier League
    Ethiopian Premier League is the top division of the Ethiopian Football Federation, it was created in 1944.-Ethiopian Premier League Clubs - 2011/12:*Adama City FC *Air Force FC ...
    
     – Saint George SA Addis Abeba
  • Ethiopian Cup – Awassa Kenema
• Gabon
  Gabon
  Gabon , officially the Gabonese Republic is a state in west central Africa sharing borders with Equatorial Guinea to the northwest, Cameroon to the north, and with the Republic of the Congo curving around the east and south. The Gulf of Guinea, an arm of the Atlantic Ocean is to the west...
  
  :
  • Premier League
    Gabon Championnat National D1
    Gabon Championnat National D1 is the top division of the Fédération Gabonaise de Football, it was created in 1968.-Season 2009-10: 1.US Bitam 26 18 6 2 47-19 60 Champions [Bitam]...
    
     and Cup – AS Mangasport Moanda
• Gambia:
  • Premier League
    Gambian Championnat National D1
    The GFA League First Division is the highest division of football in Gambia. The league began play in 1969.-GFA League First Division - Clubs 2011:*Armed Forces *Bakau United *Brikama United *Gambia Ports Authority...
    
     – Wallidan Banjul
  • Gambian Cup – Bakan United
• Ghana
  Ghana
  Ghana , officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country located in West Africa. It is bordered by Côte d'Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, Togo to the east, and the Gulf of Guinea to the south...
  
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  • Ghana Telecom Premier League
    Ghana Telecom Premier League
    The Glo Premier League is the official name of the top professional football division of the football league system in Ghana. Formed in 1956, it has been dominated by Asante Kotoko and Hearts of Oak.- 2011/12 teams :...
    
     – Accra Hearts of Oak Sporting Club
    Accra Hearts of Oak Sporting Club
    Accra Hearts of Oak Sporting Club, commonly referred to as Hearts of Oak or just Hearts, is an association football club based in Accra, Ghana.- History :...
    
    
  • Ghanaian Cup – Asante Kotoko
    Asante Kotoko
    Asante Kotoko Football Club, also known as Asante Kotoko, is one of the biggest and most successful football clubs in Ghana as well as being one of the more successful teams in Africa, having won twenty national league titles. They have also twice been champions of Africa. The club's home ground is...
    
    
• Guinea
  Guinea
  Guinea , officially the Republic of Guinea , is a country in West Africa. Formerly known as French Guinea , it is today sometimes called Guinea-Conakry to distinguish it from its neighbour Guinea-Bissau. Guinea is divided into eight administrative regions and subdivided into thirty-three prefectures...
  
  :
  • Premier League
    Guinée Championnat National
    Guinée Championnat National is the top division of the Guinean Football Association, it was created in 1965.-Guinée Championnat National Clubs - 2010/11:*AS Ashanti Golden Boys [Siguiri]*AS Baraka Djoma *AS Batè Nafadji...
    
     – Satellite FC Conakry
  • Guinean Cup – AS Kaloum Stars Conakry
• Guinea Bissau:
  • Premier League
    Campeonato Nacional da Guiné-Bissau
    The Campeonato Nacional da Guiné-Bissau is the highest division in football in Guinea-Bissau. The league was formed in 1975.-Campeonato Nacional da Guiné-Bissau - Clubs 2008/2009:*Clube de Futebol "Os Balantas" [Oio]*Desportivo de Gabú...
    
     – Sporting Clube de Bissau
• Kenya
  Kenya
  Kenya , officially known as the Republic of Kenya, is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator, with the Indian Ocean to its south-east...
  
  :
  • Premier League
    Kenyan Premier League
    The Kenyan Premier League is the first division football league in Kenya. It was formed in 1963 under the Kenya Football Federation but is now controlled by Football Kenya Limited....
    
     – Ulinzi Stars
  • Kenyan Cup – World Hope
• Lesotho
  Lesotho
  Lesotho , officially the Kingdom of Lesotho, is a landlocked country and enclave, surrounded by the Republic of South Africa. It is just over in size with a population of approximately 2,067,000. Its capital and largest city is Maseru. Lesotho is a member of the Commonwealth of Nations. The name...
  
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  • Premier League
    Lesotho Premier League
    The Lesotho Premier League also known as Vodacom Premier League is the top football division in Lesotho and was created in 1970. Vodacom Lesotho are the current league sponsor and will back the Premier League for three seasons...
    
     – Likohpo Masem
• Liberia
  Liberia
  Liberia , officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Sierra Leone on the west, Guinea on the north and Côte d'Ivoire on the east. Liberia's coastline is composed of mostly mangrove forests while the more sparsely populated inland consists of forests that open...
  
  :
  • Premier League
    Liberian Premier League
    The Liberian Premier League is the highest division in football in Liberia. The league began in 1956 and has never won by a club outside Monrovia.-Liberian Premier League - Clubs 2011/2012:*Barrack Young Controllers*Fatu FC*Green Pasture*Invincible Eleven...
    
     and Cup – LPRC Oilers Monrovia
• Libya
  Libya
  Libya is an African country in the Maghreb region of North Africa bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad and Niger to the south, and Algeria and Tunisia to the west....
  
  :
  • Premier League
    Libyan Premier League
    The Libyan Premier League is the highest division of Libyan football championship, organised by Libyan Football Federation. The players that play in this league are mainly professional...
    
     and Cup – Al Ittihad
• Madagascar
  Madagascar
  The Republic of Madagascar is an island country located in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of Africa...
  
  :
  • Premier League and Cup – USCA Foot
    USCA Foot
    USCA Foot is a football team based in Antananarivo, Madagascar. They won the THB Champions League and the Coupe de Madagascar in 2005 and were runners-up in the Coupe in 2004 and 2006...
    
    
• Malawi
  Malawi
  The Republic of Malawi is a landlocked country in southeast Africa that was formerly known as Nyasaland. It is bordered by Zambia to the northwest, Tanzania to the northeast, and Mozambique on the east, south and west. The country is separated from Tanzania and Mozambique by Lake Malawi. Its size...
  
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  • Premier League – not playing
• Mali
  Mali
  Mali , officially the Republic of Mali , is a landlocked country in Western Africa. Mali borders Algeria on the north, Niger on the east, Burkina Faso and the Côte d'Ivoire on the south, Guinea on the south-west, and Senegal and Mauritania on the west. Its size is just over 1,240,000 km² with...
  
  :
  • Premier League
    Malien Première Division
    Malian Première Division is the top division of football in Mali. Having been created in 1966, it is governed by the Fédération Malienne de Football. The league has been professional since 2004....
    
     – Stade Malien Bamako
  • Malian Cup – AS Bamako
• Mauritania
  Mauritania
  Mauritania is a country in the Maghreb and West Africa. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean in the west, by Western Sahara in the north, by Algeria in the northeast, by Mali in the east and southeast, and by Senegal in the southwest...
  
  :
  • Mauritanean Premier League
    Mauritanean Premier League
    Mauritanian Premier League is the top division of the Fédération de Foot-Ball de la Républic Islamique de Mauritanie. It was created in 1976.-Mauritanian Premier League Clubs - 2011/2012:*ASAC Concorde *ASC El Ahmedi...
    
     – ASC Nasr de Sebkha
    ASC Nasr de Sebkha
    ASC Nasr de Sebkha is a Mauritanean football club based in Sebkha.-Achievements:* Mauritanean Premier League: 3* Coupe du Président de la République: 1-Performance in CAF competitions:* CAF Champions League: 1 appearance...
    
    
  • Mauritanean Cup – ASC Entente FC Sebkha
• Mauritius
  Mauritius
  Mauritius , officially the Republic of Mauritius is an island nation off the southeast coast of the African continent in the southwest Indian Ocean, about east of Madagascar...
  
  :
  • Premier League
    Mauritian League
    Mauritian League is the top division of football in Mauritius, governed by the Mauritius Football Association since its establishment in 1935.-Barclays League - 2011 Clubs:* AS de Vacoas-Phoenix...
    
     and Cup – AS Port-Louis 2000
• Morocco
  Morocco
  Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa. It has a population of more than 32 million and an area of 710,850 km², and also primarily administers the disputed region of the Western Sahara...
  
  :
  • Premier League
    GNF 1
    The Botola , is the top division of the Moroccan football league system, the highest football league in Morocco.-History:The first edition of the Moroccan Football League under the FRMF was created in 1956/1957 just after the independence of Morocco....
    
     – FAR Rabat
  • Moroccan Cup – Raja Casablanca
• Mozambique
  Mozambique
  Mozambique, officially the Republic of Mozambique , is a country in southeastern Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi and Zambia to the northwest, Zimbabwe to the west and Swaziland and South Africa to the southwest...
  
  :
  • Moçambola
    Moçambola
    Moçambola is the top division of Mozambican football , and it is organized by the Mozambican Football Federation.-History:...
    
     – Ferroviário de Maputo
    Clube Ferroviário de Maputo
    Ferroviário de Maputo, or simply Ferroviário, is a Mozambique football club from Maputo.-History:The club was founded in 1924, as Clube Ferroviário de Lourenço-Marques. In 1976, the club was renamed to Clube Ferroviário de Maputo. In 1982, the club won its first two titles, the Cup of Mozambique,...
    
    
  • Taça de Moçambique
    Taça de Moçambique
    The Taça de Moçambique, also known as Taça Moçambique is the second most important football competition of Mozambique, and it is organized by the Mozambican Football Federation...
    
     – Ferroviário de Beira
• Namibia
  Namibia
  Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia , is a country in southern Africa whose western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and east. It gained independence from South Africa on 21 March...
  
  :
  • Premier League
    Namibia Premier League
    The Namibia Premier League , also known as MTC Namibia Premier League due to sponsorship reasons, is the highest level of domestic association football in Namibia...
    
     – Civics FC Windhoek
  • Namibian Cup – Ramblers Windhoek
• Niger
  Niger
  Niger , officially named the Republic of Niger, is a landlocked country in Western Africa, named after the Niger River. It borders Nigeria and Benin to the south, Burkina Faso and Mali to the west, Algeria and Libya to the north and Chad to the east...
  
  :
  • Premier League
    Niger Premier League
    The Niger Premier League is the highest division in football in Niger. The league's first year of operation was 1966.-Structure:...
    
     – unknown
• Nigeria
  Nigeria
  Nigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in...
  
  :
  • Premier League
    Nigerian Premier League
    The Nigeria Premier League is the highest level of domestic Nigerian football. It is fed into by the two First Division groups: the Nigerian Division 1-A and Nigerian Division 1-B. It is organized by the Nigeria Football Association. The NPL Chairman is Davidson Owunmi.- History :The league was...
    
     and Cup
    Nigerian FA Cup
    The Nigerian FA Cup is the main football single-elimination tournament in Nigeria. It was created in 1945 as the "Governor's Cup", succeeding the War Memorial Challenge Cup that had been limited to teams from Lagos.- Winners :War Memorial Challenge Cup*1942 : ZAC Bombers 1-0 Services*1943 : Lagos...
    
     – Enyimba FC Aba
    Enyimba
    Enyimba International Football Club, or simply Enyimba, is a Nigerian football club based in the city of Aba which plays in the Nigerian Premier League. Their name means People's Elephant in Igbo language and is also the nickname used for the city of Aba...
    
    
• Rwanda
  Rwanda
  Rwanda or , officially the Republic of Rwanda , is a country in central and eastern Africa with a population of approximately 11.4 million . Rwanda is located a few degrees south of the Equator, and is bordered by Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo...
  
  :
  • Premier League
    Rwandan Premier League
    The Primus National Soccer League is the highest division in football in Rwanda. The league was formed in 1975.-Clubs for the 2011–12 season:*Amagaju FC *APR FC *AS Kigali *Etincelles FC *La Jeunesse FC...
    
     – APR FC Kigat
  • Rwandan Cup – Rayon Sports Butare
• São Tomé and Príncipe
  São Tomé and Príncipe
  São Tomé and Príncipe, officially the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe, is a Portuguese-speaking island nation in the Gulf of Guinea, off the western equatorial coast of Central Africa. It consists of two islands: São Tomé and Príncipe, located about apart and about , respectively, off...
  
  :
  • Premier League
    São Tomé and Principe Championship
    São Tomé and Principe Championship is the top division of the Federação Santomense de Futebol,The first season started in February 1977.Currently, there are 18 teams participating in the São Tomé and Principe Championship, 12 teams from São Tomé Island and 6 teams from Príncipe Island...
    
     – not held
• Senegal
  Senegal
  Senegal , officially the Republic of Senegal , is a country in western Africa. It owes its name to the Sénégal River that borders it to the east and north...
  
  :
  • Premier League
    Senegal Premier League
    Senegal Premier League is the top division of the Senegal Football Association, it was created in 1966.As from 2011, the league will be one main table.-Senegal Premier League Clubs – 2011:*AS Douanes *AS Pikine*ASC Dahra de Djolof...
    
     – ASC Port Autonome Dakar
  • Senegal Cup – AS Donanes Dakar
• Seychelles
  Seychelles
  Seychelles , officially the Republic of Seychelles , is an island country spanning an archipelago of 115 islands in the Indian Ocean, some east of mainland Africa, northeast of the island of Madagascar....
  
  :
  • Premier League
    Seychelles League
    Seychelles First Division is the top division of the Seychelles Football Federation, it was created in 1979.-Seychelles League - Clubs 2011:*Anse Réunion FC...
    
     – La Passe FC
  • Seychelles Cup – Seychelles Marketing Board
• Sierra Leone
  Sierra Leone
  Sierra Leone , officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Guinea to the north and east, Liberia to the southeast, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west and southwest. Sierra Leone covers a total area of and has an estimated population between 5.4 and 6.4...
  
  :
  • Premier League – East End Lions Freetown
• Somalia
  Somalia
  Somalia , officially the Somali Republic and formerly known as the Somali Democratic Republic under Socialist rule, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. Since the outbreak of the Somali Civil War in 1991 there has been no central government control over most of the country's territory...
  
  :
  • Premier League
    Somalia League
    The Somalia League is the top football division in Somalia. It was created in 1961.-Clubs:As of 2011 season:-Previous winners:*1967 : Somali Police *1968 : Hoga...
    
     – not held
• South Africa:
  • Premier Soccer League
    Premier Soccer League
    Premier Soccer League is the trading name of the National Soccer League of South Africa. The top league is the ABSA Premiership, sponsored by ABSA...
    
     – Kaizer Chiefs Football Club
    Kaizer Chiefs Football Club
    Kaizer Chiefs is a South African football club based in Johannesburg that plays in the Premier Soccer League.The team is nicknamed Amakhosi which means "lords" or "chiefs" in Zulu and Phefeni Glamour Boys. They currently play most of their home games at Soccer City in Nasrec, Soweto, which is...
    
    
• Sudan
  Sudan
  Sudan , officially the Republic of the Sudan , is a country in North Africa, sometimes considered part of the Middle East politically. It is bordered by Egypt to the north, the Red Sea to the northeast, Eritrea and Ethiopia to the east, South Sudan to the south, the Central African Republic to the...
  
  :
  • Premier League
    Sudan Premier League
    Sudan Premier League is the top division of the Sudan Football Association, it was created in 1962.-Sudan Premier League Clubs - 2011:* Al-Ahli * Al-Ahli * Al-Hilal * Al-Hilal...
    
     – Al Hilal Omdurman
• Swaziland
  Swaziland
  Swaziland, officially the Kingdom of Swaziland , and sometimes called Ngwane or Swatini, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa, bordered to the north, south and west by South Africa, and to the east by Mozambique...
  
  :
  • Premier League
    Swazi Premier League
    Swazi Premier League, also known as Swazi MTN Premier League due to sponsorship reasons, is the top division of the National Football Association of Swaziland, it was created in 1976.-Swazi/MTN Premier League - Clubs 2011/12:*Green Mamba FC...
    
     – Green Mamba Big Bend
  • Swazilandian Cup – Hub Sundowns
• Tanzania
  Tanzania
  The United Republic of Tanzania is a country in East Africa bordered by Kenya and Uganda to the north, Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west, and Zambia, Malawi, and Mozambique to the south. The country's eastern borders lie on the Indian Ocean.Tanzania is a state...
  
  :
  • Premier League
    Tanzanian Premier League
    Tanzanian Premier League is the top division of the Football Association of Tanzania, it was created in 1965. The competition was simply known as national league and later First Division Soccer League until the name Premier league was adopted in 1997.-Format:...
    
     – Young Africans Dar es Salaam
• Togo
  Togo
  Togo, officially the Togolese Republic , is a country in West Africa bordered by Ghana to the west, Benin to the east and Burkina Faso to the north. It extends south to the Gulf of Guinea, on which the capital Lomé is located. Togo covers an area of approximately with a population of approximately...
  
  :
  • Premier League
    Togolese Championnat National
    The Championnat National de Premiere Division is a football league featuring clubs from Togo, and is the primary competition of Togolese football. Founded in 1961, it is administered by the Fédération Togolaise de Football...
    
     – AS Douanes Lomé
  • Togolese Cup – Dynamic Tongolais Lomé
• Tunisia
  Tunisia
  Tunisia , officially the Tunisian RepublicThe long name of Tunisia in other languages used in the country is: , is the northernmost country in Africa. It is a Maghreb country and is bordered by Algeria to the west, Libya to the southeast, and the Mediterranean Sea to the north and east. Its area...
  
  :
  • Premier League – Sfaxien FC
  • Tunisian Cup – ES Zarzis
• Uganda
  Uganda
  Uganda , officially the Republic of Uganda, is a landlocked country in East Africa. Uganda is also known as the "Pearl of Africa". It is bordered on the east by Kenya, on the north by South Sudan, on the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the southwest by Rwanda, and on the south by...
  
  :
  • Premier League – Police FC Jinja
  • Uganda Cup – Uganda Revenus Authority SC Kampala
• Zambia
  Zambia
  Zambia , officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. The neighbouring countries are the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the north, Tanzania to the north-east, Malawi to the east, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana and Namibia to the south, and Angola to the west....
  
  :
  • Premier League
    Zambian Premier League
    The Zambian Premier League, also known as Konkola Copper Mines Premier League due to sponsorship reasons, is the top division of the Football Association of Zambia, and was created in 1962.-Member clubs 2011:*Forest Rangers...
    
     – Zanaco Lusaka
• Zimbabwe
  Zimbabwe
  Zimbabwe is a landlocked country located in the southern part of the African continent, between the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers. It is bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the southwest, Zambia and a tip of Namibia to the northwest and Mozambique to the east. Zimbabwe has three...
  
  :
  • Premier League
    Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League
    Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League, also known as Castle Lager Premier Soccer League due to sponsorship reasons, is the top professional division of the Zimbabwe Football Association, it was created in 1980, as a successor to the 1962 formed Rhodesia National Football League.The League consists of 16...
    
     – CAPS United Harare

National club championships in North and Central America (CONCACAF)

• Antigua and Barbuda
  Antigua and Barbuda
  Antigua and Barbuda is a twin-island nation lying between the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. It consists of two major inhabited islands, Antigua and Barbuda, and a number of smaller islands...
  
  :
  • Premier League – Bassa FC All Saint's Village
• Aruba
  Aruba
  Aruba is a 33 km-long island of the Lesser Antilles in the southern Caribbean Sea, located 27 km north of the coast of Venezuela and 130 km east of Guajira Peninsula...
  
  :
  • Premier League – SV Britannia
• Bahamas:
  • Premier League – Caledonia Celtic
• Barbados
  Barbados
  Barbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles. It is in length and as much as in width, amounting to . It is situated in the western area of the North Atlantic and 100 kilometres east of the Windward Islands and the Caribbean Sea; therein, it is about east of the islands of Saint...
  
  :
  • Premier League – Notre Dame SC Bayville
• Bermuda
  Bermuda
  Bermuda is a British overseas territory in the North Atlantic Ocean. Located off the east coast of the United States, its nearest landmass is Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, about to the west-northwest. It is about south of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, and northeast of Miami, Florida...
  
  :
  • Cingular Wireless Premier Division
    Cingular Wireless Premier Division
    The Bermudian Premier Division is the highest level of professional football in Bermuda, although it excludes the Bermuda Hogges, who play in the US league system....
    
     – Devonshire Cougars
  • Bermudian Football Cup – North Village Rams
• Canada:
  • CPSL – Oakville Blue Deville
  • Cascadia Cup
    Cascadia Cup
    The Cascadia Cup is the name of the trophy created in 2004 by supporters of the Portland Timbers, Seattle Sounders, and Vancouver Whitecaps FC, which is awarded each season to the best soccer team in the Pacific Northwest. The Timbers, Sounders, and Whitecaps have roots dating to the days of the...
    
     – Vancouver Whitecaps
• Cayman Islands
  Cayman Islands
  The Cayman Islands is a British Overseas Territory and overseas territory of the European Union located in the western Caribbean Sea. The territory comprises the three islands of Grand Cayman, Cayman Brac, and Little Cayman, located south of Cuba and northwest of Jamaica...
  
  :
  • Premier League – Western Union FC George Town
• Costa Rica
  Costa Rica
  Costa Rica , officially the Republic of Costa Rica is a multilingual, multiethnic and multicultural country in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, Panama to the southeast, the Pacific Ocean to the west and the Caribbean Sea to the east....
  
  :
  • Primera División
    Primera División de Costa Rica
    Primera División de Costa Rica is a professional league for association football clubs in Costa Rica. At the top of the Costa Rican league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Contested by 12 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with Segunda División...
    
     – Liga Deportiva Alajuelense
    LD Alajuelense
    Liga Deportiva Alajuelense , is a Costa Rican football club, currently playing in the Primera División de Costa Rica. It was founded on June 18, 1919. The team is located in Alajuela's downtown and they play their local games at the Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto.Alajuelense was the first Costa...
    
    
• Cuba
  Cuba
  The Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...
  
  :
  • Premier League – Villa Clara
• Dominica
  Dominica
  Dominica , officially the Commonwealth of Dominica, is an island nation in the Lesser Antilles region of the Caribbean Sea, south-southeast of Guadeloupe and northwest of Martinique. Its size is and the highest point in the country is Morne Diablotins, which has an elevation of . The Commonwealth...
  
  :
  • Premier League – RC Grand Bazaar Dublanc
• El Salvador
  El Salvador
  El Salvador or simply Salvador is the smallest and the most densely populated country in Central America. The country's capital city and largest city is San Salvador; Santa Ana and San Miguel are also important cultural and commercial centers in the country and in all of Central America...
  
  :
  • Primera División de Fútbol Profesional
    Primera División de Fútbol Profesional
    The Primera División of the ' , more commonly known as La Liga Mayor or La Primera, is the top professional football league in El Salvador. It was established in 1969 and as of 2011 has 10 clubs...
    
    
    • 2004–05 Clausura – Club Deportivo Futbolistas Asociados Santanecos, Santa Ana
    • 2005–06 Apertura – Club Deportivo Vista Hermosa
      C.D. Vista Hermosa
      Club Deportivo Vista Hermosa, commonly known as Vista Hermosa, is a professional Salvadoran football club based in San Francisco Gotera, Morazán, El Salvador. The club plays in the Primera Division, which is the top tier league in El Salvador.-History:...
      
      
• Grenada
  Grenada
  Grenada is an island country and Commonwealth Realm consisting of the island of Grenada and six smaller islands at the southern end of the Grenadines in the southeastern Caribbean Sea...
  
  :
  • Premier League – ASOMS Paradise
• Guatemala
  Guatemala
  Guatemala is a country in Central America bordered by Mexico to the north and west, the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, Belize to the northeast, the Caribbean to the east, and Honduras and El Salvador to the southeast...
  
  :
  • Premier League – Deportivo Municipal
• Haiti
  Haiti
  Haiti , officially the Republic of Haiti , is a Caribbean country. It occupies the western, smaller portion of the island of Hispaniola, in the Greater Antillean archipelago, which it shares with the Dominican Republic. Ayiti was the indigenous Taíno or Amerindian name for the island...
  
  :
  • Premier League – AS Mirebalais
• Honduras
  Honduras
  Honduras is a republic in Central America. It was previously known as Spanish Honduras to differentiate it from British Honduras, which became the modern-day state of Belize...
  
  :
  • Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Honduras
    Liga Nacional de Futbol de Honduras
    Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional de Honduras is the first and highest division of football in Honduras. The league season is divided into Opening and Closing . One team is relegated to the Liga de Ascenso and one team is promoted from Liga de Ascenso...
    
    
    • 2004–05 Clausura – Olimpia
    • 2005–06 Apertura – Olimpia
• Jamaica
  Jamaica
  Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length, up to in width and 10,990 square kilometres in area. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola, the island harbouring the nation-states Haiti and the Dominican Republic...
  
  :
  • Wray & Nephew National Premier League
    Jamaican National Premier League
    The National Premier League, also known as the Jamaican National Premier League and, for sponsorship purposes, the Red Stripe Premier League, is the first division football league in the nation of Jamaica. Twelve teams currently compete in the league.The competition is divided in three stages in...
    
     – Portmore United F.C.
    Portmore United F.C.
    Portmore United Football Club is a Jamaican football team who currently play in the Digicel Premier League. The team trains at G.C. Foster College and play home matches at the Ferdi Neita Sports Complex.-History:...
    
    
• Mexico:
  • Primera División de México
    Primera División de México
    The Primera División Profesional , known simply as the Primera División, is the top level of the Mexican football league system and is administered by the Mexican Football Federation. It was established in 1943 and as of 2011 has 18 clubs. Up to June 2011, it was divided into three groups competing...
    
    
    • 2004–05 Apertura – Club Universidad Nacional
      Club Universidad Nacional
      Club Universidad Nacional A.C., more commonly known as Pumas de la UNAM, or just Pumas, is a Mexican professional football club based in Mexico City...
      
      
    • 2004–05 Clausura – Club América
      Club América
      Club América is a Mexican Professional football club based in Mexico City. It competes in the Primera División, the top professional league in the country. The team's nickname is Las Águilas ....
      
      
• Nicaragua
  Nicaragua
  Nicaragua is the largest country in the Central American American isthmus, bordered by Honduras to the north and Costa Rica to the south. The country is situated between 11 and 14 degrees north of the Equator in the Northern Hemisphere, which places it entirely within the tropics. The Pacific Ocean...
  
  :
  • Premier League – FC Diriangén Diriamba
• Panama
  Panama
  Panama , officially the Republic of Panama , is the southernmost country of Central America. Situated on the isthmus connecting North and South America, it is bordered by Costa Rica to the northwest, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north and the Pacific Ocean to the south. The...
  
  :
  • Premier League – CD Plaza Amator Panama
• St. Lucia:
  • Premier League – Northern United Gros Islet
• Surinam:
  • Premier League – SV Robinhood
• United States:
  • MLS Cup
    Major League Soccer
    Major League Soccer is a professional soccer league based in the United States and sanctioned by the United States Soccer Federation . The league is composed of 19 teams — 16 in the U.S. and 3 in Canada...
    
     and U.S. Open Cup
    Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup
    The Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup is a knockout tournament in American soccer. The tournament is the oldest ongoing American soccer competition and is presently open to all United States Soccer Federation affiliated teams, from amateur adult club teams to the professional clubs of Major League...
    
     – Los Angeles Galaxy
    Los Angeles Galaxy
    The Los Angeles Galaxy are an American professional soccer team, based in the Los Angeles suburb of Carson, California, which competes in Major League Soccer , the top professional soccer league in the United States and Canada. It is one of the ten charter clubs of MLS, and the league's second...
    
    

National club championships in Asia (AFC)

• Bahrain
  Bahrain
  ' , officially the Kingdom of Bahrain , is a small island state near the western shores of the Persian Gulf. It is ruled by the Al Khalifa royal family. The population in 2010 stood at 1,214,705, including 235,108 non-nationals. Formerly an emirate, Bahrain was declared a kingdom in 2002.Bahrain is...
  
  :
  • Premier League – Riffa Club
  • Bahrain Cup – Al Muharraq Club
• Bangladesh
  Bangladesh
  Bangladesh , officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a sovereign state located in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south...
  
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  • Premier League – Mohammeddan SC Dhaka
• Bhutan
  Bhutan
  Bhutan , officially the Kingdom of Bhutan, is a landlocked state in South Asia, located at the eastern end of the Himalayas and bordered to the south, east and west by the Republic of India and to the north by the People's Republic of China...
  
  :
  • Premier League – Transport United
• China:
  • Chinese Super League
    Chinese Super League
    The Chinese Football Association Super League , commonly known as Chinese Super League or CSL, currently known as the Pirelli Chinese Football Association Super League for sponsorship reasons, is the highest tier of professional association football in China, operating under the auspices of the...
    
     – Dalian Shide
• Hong Kong:
  • HKFA Coolpoint Ventilation First Division League
    Hong Kong First Division League
    Hong Kong First Division League is the top division football league in Hong Kong which was established in 1908, the oldest in Asia. It does not affiliate to any football leagues in the People's Republic of China.-Competition format:...
    
     and HKFA Cup – Xiangxue Sun Hei
    Xiangxue Sun Hei
    Sun Hei Sports Club , currently known as Sunray Cave JC Sun Hei due to sponsorship reason, is a Hong Kong football club which plays in the Hong Kong First Division League. The home ground of the club is Mong Kok Stadium.-History:...
    
    
• India:
  • NFL
    National Football League (India)
    The National Football League was an association football league competition in India between 1996 and 2007 which was organised into three divisions. The league is now transformed into the I-League and continues with that name...
    
     – Dempo Sports Club
    Dempo Sports Club
    Dempo Sports Club is a sports club based in Panjim, Goa. Its football side is one of India's most prominent football teams. The club is owned and sponsored by the Dempo group of companies...
    
    
  • Durand Cup
    Durand Cup
    The Durand Football Tournament was started by then, India's Foreign Secretary, Mortimer Durand at Simla, India, in 1888. The initial matches were played in Dagshai. It was basically initiated, as a recreation for British troops stationed in India. The Durand Cup was twice suspended, during the two...
    
     – Mahindra United
    Mahindra United
    Mahindra United Football Club was a professional football club based in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. Their home ground was the Cooperage Ground in Mumbai...
    
    
• Indonesia
  Indonesia
  Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...
  
  :
  • Premier League
    Liga Indonesia
    The Indonesian football league system is a series of league system for association football clubs in Indonesia. Since 1994, Liga Indonesia is the league competition featuring association football clubs, as a result of two existing top flight football leagues merger: Perserikatan and Galatama...
    
     – Persipura Jayapura
    Persipura Jayapura
    Persipura, an acronym for Persatuan Sepak Bola Indonesia Jayapura is a professional football club based in Jayapura, Papua, Indonesia. The tautology Persipura Jayapura is often used in local media....
    
    
  • Indonesian Cup
    Piala Indonesia
    Piala Indonesia is the professional annual cup competition for football clubs in Indonesia. Originally, it started from the amateur football era in 1985. The Football Association of Indonesia organised the full professional cup competition from 2005 until now...
    
     – Arema Malang
    Arema Malang
    Arema Football Club is an Indonesian football team based in Malang, East Java. It is one of the most supported and successful football clubs in Indonesia. They currently play at the Indonesian professional league, the Indonesia Super League ....
    
    
• Iran
  Iran
  Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
  
  :
  • Iran's Premier Football League
    Iran's Premier Football League
    The Iran Pro League , is a professional football league competition for clubs located at the highest level of the Iranian football league system.The league system resembles the system being used in England currently...
    
     – Foolad Ahvaz
  • Azadegan League – Shahid Ghandi Yazd
  • Hazfi Cup
    Hazfi Cup
    The Hazfi Cup is a knockout cup competition in Iranian football, run by the Iranian Football Federation. The competition wasn't regarded important by clubs until the IRIFF decided to award one of Iran's four AFC Champions League spots to the champion....
    
     – Saba Battery Tehran
• Iraq
  Iraq
  Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
  
  :
  • Iraq Super League
    Iraq Super League
    Iraqi Premier League is the highest league in the league system of Iraqi football and currently contains the top 20 Iraqi football clubs. It is translated into English as "The Premier League"...
    
     – Al Quwa Al Jawiya
• Japan:
  • J. League Division 1 – Gamba Osaka
    Gamba Osaka
    is a Japanese professional association football club, currently playing in the J. League Division 1. The team's name comes from the Italian word "gamba" meaning "leg" and the Japanese , meaning "to do your best" or "to stand firm". Located in Suita, Osaka, the team's home stadium is Osaka Expo '70...
    
    
  • J. League Division 2 – Kyoto Purple Sanga
    Kyoto Purple Sanga
    is a Japanese professional football club based in Kyoto. The word "Sanga" is a Sanskrit term meaning "group" or "club", often used to denote Buddhist congregations. This reflects Kyoto's tradition of Buddhist temples...
    
    
  • J. League Cup
    J. League Cup
    J. League Cup is a Japanese football competition organized by J. League. It is also known as Yamazaki Nabisco Cup or Nabisco Cup because confectionery/bakery company Yamazaki Nabisco have sponsored the competition since its inception in 1992.It is generally regarded as the Japanese equivalent to...
    
     – JEF United Ichihara Chiba
    JEF United Ichihara Chiba
    is a Japanese professional football club that plays in J. League Division 2. On February 1, 2005, the club changed its name from JEF United Ichihara to the current name after Chiba city had joined Ichihara, Chiba as its hometown in 2003. The club name, JEF -taken from JR East and Furukawa Electric-...
    
    
  • Emperor's Cup
    Emperor's Cup
    , commonly known as or , is a Japanese association football competition. It has the longest tradition of any football tournament in Japan, dating back to 1921, before the formation of the J. League, Japan Football League and their predecessor, Japan Soccer League...
    
     – Urawa Reds (played 1 January 2006)
• Jordan
  Jordan
  Jordan , officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan , Al-Mamlaka al-Urduniyya al-Hashemiyya) is a kingdom on the East Bank of the River Jordan. The country borders Saudi Arabia to the east and south-east, Iraq to the north-east, Syria to the north and the West Bank and Israel to the west, sharing...
  
  :
  • Premier League – Al Wahdat Al Quwaysinah
  • Jordanian Cup – Al Faysali Amman
• Kyrgyzstan
  Kyrgyzstan
  Kyrgyzstan , officially the Kyrgyz Republic is one of the world's six independent Turkic states . Located in Central Asia, landlocked and mountainous, Kyrgyzstan is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west, Tajikistan to the southwest and China to the east...
  
  :
  • Premier League and Cup – Dordoy Dinamo Naryn
• Kuwait
  Kuwait
  The State of Kuwait is a sovereign Arab state situated in the north-east of the Arabian Peninsula in Western Asia. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to the south at Khafji, and Iraq to the north at Basra. It lies on the north-western shore of the Persian Gulf. The name Kuwait is derived from the...
  
  :
  • Premier League – Al Qadisiya
  • Kuwaitian Cup – Al Arabi
• Laos
  Laos
  Laos Lao: ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ Sathalanalat Paxathipatai Paxaxon Lao, officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic, is a landlocked country in Southeast Asia, bordered by Burma and China to the northwest, Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the south and Thailand to the west...
  
  :
  • Premier League – Vientiane FC
• Lebanon
  Lebanon
  Lebanon , officially the Republic of LebanonRepublic of Lebanon is the most common term used by Lebanese government agencies. The term Lebanese Republic, a literal translation of the official Arabic and French names that is not used in today's world. Arabic is the most common language spoken among...
  
  :
  • Premier League – Al Nejmeh
  • Lebanon Cup – Al Ansar
• Macau
  Macau
  Macau , also spelled Macao , is, along with Hong Kong, one of the two special administrative regions of the People's Republic of China...
  
  :
  • Premier League – Policia de Segurança Pública
• Malaysia:
  • Super League
    Malaysian Super League
    The Malaysia Super League is a Malaysian professional league for association football. At the top flight of the Malaysian football league system and it is managed by the Malaysia Super League Sdn Bhd, under supervision of the Football Association of Malaysia...
    
     – Perlis FA Kangar
    Perlis FA
    The Perlis Football Association enters a team in Malaysian football competitions to represent the state of Perlis. The team is based in Kangar, Perlis. They play in the top division in Malaysian football, the Malaysian Super League. Their home stadium is Utama Negeri Stadium in Kangar, Perlis...
    
    
  • Premier League
    Malaysian Premier League
    Malaysia Premier League is the second-tier football league in Malaysia. The league is currently named Astro Premier League Malaysia...
    
     and Cup
    Malaysia Cup
    The Malaysia Cup is an annual association football tournament in Malaysia. It is currently the longest-running football competition in Asia...
    
     – Selangor MPPJ Kelana Jaya
• Mongolia
  Mongolia
  Mongolia is a landlocked country in East and Central Asia. It is bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south, east and west. Although Mongolia does not share a border with Kazakhstan, its western-most point is only from Kazakhstan's eastern tip. Ulan Bator, the capital and largest...
  
  :
  • Premier League – Khoromkon Ulan Baatov
• Myanmar
  Myanmar
  Burma , officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar , is a country in Southeast Asia. Burma is bordered by China on the northeast, Laos on the east, Thailand on the southeast, Bangladesh on the west, India on the northwest, the Bay of Bengal to the southwest, and the Andaman Sea on the south....
  
  :
  • Premier League – Finance and Revenue Yangon
• Oman
  Oman
  Oman , officially called the Sultanate of Oman , is an Arab state in southwest Asia on the southeast coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It is bordered by the United Arab Emirates to the northwest, Saudi Arabia to the west, and Yemen to the southwest. The coast is formed by the Arabian Sea on the...
  
  :
  • Premier League and Cup – Dhofar Salala
• Pakistan
  Pakistan
  Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
  
  :
  • Premier League – Pakistan Army Rawalpindi
• Qatar
  Qatar
  Qatar , also known as the State of Qatar or locally Dawlat Qaṭar, is a sovereign Arab state, located in the Middle East, occupying the small Qatar Peninsula on the northeasterly coast of the much larger Arabian Peninsula. Its sole land border is with Saudi Arabia to the south, with the rest of its...
  
  :
  • Premier League – Al Gharrafa
  • Qatarian Cup – Al Sadd
• Saudi Arabia
  Saudi Arabia
  The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia , commonly known in British English as Saudi Arabia and in Arabic as as-Sa‘ūdiyyah , is the largest state in Western Asia by land area, constituting the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and the second-largest in the Arab World...
  
  :
  • Premier League – Al Hilal Riyad
• Singapore
  Singapore
  Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
  
  :
  • S.League
    S.League
    The S.League is the top men's professional association football league in Singapore. The league was launched in 1996 and currently involves 12 clubs.-History:...
    
     – Tampines Rovers FC
    Tampines Rovers FC
    Tampines Rovers Football Club are a professional association football club based in Tampines, Singapore, that play in the S.League. Founded in 1945, they have won the national league championship five times, the Singapore Cup thrice and the ASEAN Club Championship once...
    
    
  • Singapore Cup
    Singapore Cup
    The Singapore Cup is an annual soccer competition in Singapore.The Singapore Cup is the major cup competition in Singapore football, and has existed since the 1997 ....
    
     – Home United FC
    Home United FC
    Home United Football Club is a professional soccer club which plays in Singapore's S.League.-History:The Police Sports Association was founded in the mid-1940s to organise football activities for the Singapore Police Force. They sent two teams to compete in the Singapore Amateur Football...
    
    
• Sri Lanka
  Sri Lanka
  Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...
  
  :
  • Premier League – Saunders SC
  • Sri Lanka Cup – Ratnam SC
• South Korea
  South Korea
  The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...
  
  :
  • Samsung
    Samsung
    The Samsung Group is a South Korean multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Samsung Town, Seoul, South Korea...
    
     Hauzen 2005 K-League
    K-League
    The Korea Professional Football League is South Korea's only fully professional association football league. At the top of the South Korean football league system, it is the country's highest and most prestigious level of football competition currently contested by 16 clubs.-Establishment:The...
    
     – Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i
    Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i
    The Ulsan Hyundai Football Club is a South Korean professional football club, owned by Korean corporation Hyundai, that entered the K-League in 1984 as Hyundai Horangi.-History:...
    
    
  • Samsung
    Samsung
    The Samsung Group is a South Korean multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Samsung Town, Seoul, South Korea...
    
     2005 Hauzen Cup
    Hauzen Cup
    The Samsung Hauzen Cup is a filler competition created to allow domestic football during times of increased national team activity. This competition can perhaps be seen as an attempt to solve the country v club conflict over players...
    
     – Suwon Samsung Bluewings
    Suwon Samsung Bluewings
    Suwon Samsung Bluewings is a South Korean football club based in the city of Suwon, South Korea, that plays in the K-League. Founded in December 1995, they have become one of Asian football's most famous clubs with a host of domestic and continental honours...
    
    
  • Korean FA Cup
    Korean FA Cup
    The Korean FA Cup is a national cup knockout competition involving K-League, National League, and various amateur and university-level clubs which is held by KFA....
    
     – Chonbuk Hyundai Motors
• Syria
  Syria
  Syria , officially the Syrian Arab Republic , is a country in Western Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the West, Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east, Jordan to the south, and Israel to the southwest....
  
  :
  • Premier League and Cup – Al Ittihad Alep
• Taiwan
  Taiwan
  Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...
  
  :
  • Premier League – Tatung
• Thailand
  Thailand
  Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...
  
  :
  • Premier League – Thailand Tobacco Monopoly
• United Arab Emirates
  United Arab Emirates
  The United Arab Emirates, abbreviated as the UAE, or shortened to "the Emirates", is a state situated in the southeast of the Arabian Peninsula in Western Asia on the Persian Gulf, bordering Oman, and Saudi Arabia, and sharing sea borders with Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, and Iran.The UAE is a...
  
  :
  • Premier League – Al Wahda Abu Dhabi
  • UAE Cup – Al Ayn Club
• Uzbekistan
  Uzbekistan
  Uzbekistan , officially the Republic of Uzbekistan is a doubly landlocked country in Central Asia and one of the six independent Turkic states. It shares borders with Kazakhstan to the west and to the north, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to the east, and Afghanistan and Turkmenistan to the south....
  
  :
  • Premier League and Cup – Paktakor Taskhent
• Vietnam
  Vietnam
  Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...
  
  :
  • Premier League and Cup – Gach Dong Tam Long An
• Yemen
  Yemen
  The Republic of Yemen , commonly known as Yemen , is a country located in the Middle East, occupying the southwestern to southern end of the Arabian Peninsula. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to the north, the Red Sea to the west, and Oman to the east....
  
  :
  • Premier League – Al Tilal Aden
  • Yemenites Cup – Al Hilal Hudaydah

National club championships in Oceania (OFC)

• Australia:
  • A-League
    A-League
    The A-League is the top Australasian professional football league. Run by Australian governing body Football Federation Australia , it was founded in 2004 following the folding of the National Soccer League and staged its inaugural season in 2005–06. It is sponsored by Hyundai Motor Company...
    
     – not playing
• New Zealand:
  • NZFC
    New Zealand Football Championship
    The New Zealand Football Championship is the national association football league in New Zealand. It is a professional/semi-professional status Association football sports Franchise league that is operated by New Zealand Football...
    
     – Auckland City FC
    Auckland City FC
    Auckland City Football Club is a football club based in Auckland, New Zealand's largest city. The club competes in the eight-team ASB Premiership which is the highest level of domestic football in the country...
    
    
  • Chatham Cup
    Chatham Cup
    The Chatham Cup, currently known as the ASB Chatham Cup for sponsorship purposes, is New Zealand's premier knockout tournament in men's football...
    
     – Central United
    Central United
    Central United Football Club is a semi-professional Association football club based in Sandringham, Auckland, New Zealand...
    
    

National club championships in non FIFA affiliated French dependencies

• Guadeloupe
  Guadeloupe
  Guadeloupe is an archipelago located in the Leeward Islands, in the Lesser Antilles, with a land area of 1,628 square kilometres and a population of 400,000. It is the first overseas region of France, consisting of a single overseas department. As with the other overseas departments, Guadeloupe...
  
   (CONCACAF)
  • Premier League – Association Sportive Le Gosier
• French Guyana (CONCACAF)
  • Premier League – ASC Le Geldar Kourou
• French Polynesia
  French Polynesia
  French Polynesia is an overseas country of the French Republic . It is made up of several groups of Polynesian islands, the most famous island being Tahiti in the Society Islands group, which is also the most populous island and the seat of the capital of the territory...
  
   (AFC)
  • Premier League – AS Tefana Faa'a
  • Cup – AS Manu Ura Paea
• Martinique
  Martinique
  Martinique is an island in the eastern Caribbean Sea, with a land area of . Like Guadeloupe, it is an overseas region of France, consisting of a single overseas department. To the northwest lies Dominica, to the south St Lucia, and to the southeast Barbados...
  
   (CONCACAF)
  • Premier League and Cup – Club Franciscain Le François
• New Caledonia
  New Caledonia
  New Caledonia is a special collectivity of France located in the southwest Pacific Ocean, east of Australia and about from Metropolitan France. The archipelago, part of the Melanesia subregion, includes the main island of Grande Terre, the Loyalty Islands, the Belep archipelago, the Isle of...
  
   (OFC)
  • Premier League and Cup – AS Magenta Nickel Nouméa
• Réunion
  Réunion
  Réunion is a French island with a population of about 800,000 located in the Indian Ocean, east of Madagascar, about south west of Mauritius, the nearest island.Administratively, Réunion is one of the overseas departments of France...
  
   (CAF):
  • Premier League
    Réunion Premier League
    Réunion Premier League is the top division of football on the French overseas territory of Réunion. The league is ran and managed by the Ligue de Football de la Réunion under the watch of the French Football Federation. Réunion Premier League was created in 1950 and the most successful club is JS...
    
     – US Stade Tamponnaise Le Tampon
  • Réunion Cup – SS Excelsior Saint-Joseph

International Tournaments

• February 3–12: CEMAC Cup 2005 – Winner: Cameroon
  Cameroon national football team
  The Cameroon national football team, nicknamed Les Lions Indomptables , is controlled by the Fédération Camerounaise de Football and is Africa's most successful side in FIFA world cup; having qualified for the FIFA World Cup six times – in 1982, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002 and 2010– more than any...
  
   (Participating Countries: Cameroon
  Cameroon national football team
  The Cameroon national football team, nicknamed Les Lions Indomptables , is controlled by the Fédération Camerounaise de Football and is Africa's most successful side in FIFA world cup; having qualified for the FIFA World Cup six times – in 1982, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002 and 2010– more than any...
  
  , Chad
  Chad national football team
  The Chad national football team, nicknamed Sao, represents Chad in international football. The team is controlled by the Fédération Tchadienne de Football, the governing body for football in the country, and has been managed since 2009 by Sherif El-Khashab...
  
  , Gabon
  Gabon national football team
  The Gabon national football team, nicknamed Azingo Nationale, is the national team of Gabon and is controlled by the Fédération Gabonaise de Football...
  
  , Congo
  Congo national football team
  The Congo national football team, nicknamed the Diables Rouges , is the national team of the Republic of the Congo and is controlled by the Fédération Congolaise de Football. They have never qualified for the World Cup, but did win the Africa Cup of Nations in 1972...
  
  , Equatorial Guinea
  Equatorial Guinea national football team
  The Equatorial Guinea national football team, nicknamed Nzalang Nacional, is the national team of Equatorial Guinea and is controlled by the Federación Ecuatoguineana de Fútbol. It is a member of CAF...
  
   and Central African Republic
  Central African Republic national football team
  The Central African Republic national football team, nicknamed Les Fauves, is the national team of the Central African Republic and is controlled by the Fédération Centrafricaine de Football. They are a member of CAF. Despite being traditionally one of the weakest teams in Africa and the world,...
  
  )
• February 8–9: Cyprus International Tournament 2005 – Winner: Finland
  Finland national football team
  The Finland national football team represents Finland in international football competitions and is controlled by the Football Association of Finland....
  
   (Participating Countries: Finland
  Finland national football team
  The Finland national football team represents Finland in international football competitions and is controlled by the Football Association of Finland....
  
  , Cyprus
  Cyprus national football team
  The Cyprus national football team represents Cyprus in association football and is controlled by the Cyprus Football Association, the governing body for football in Cyprus. Cyprus' home ground is the GSP Stadium in Nicosia and the current coach is Nikos Nioplias...
  
  , Latvia
  Latvia national football team
  The Latvian national football team is controlled by the Latvian Football Federation, the governing body for football in Latvia and represents the country in international football competitions, such as the World Cup and the European Championships. So far, they have never qualified for a FIFA World...
  
  , Austria
  Austria national football team
  The Austria national football team is the association football team that represents the country of Austria in international competition and is controlled by the Austrian Football Association ....
  
  )
• February 9: Carlsberg Cup 2005 – Winner: Brazil
  Brazil national football team
  The Brazil national football team represents Brazil in international men's football and is controlled by the Brazilian Football Confederation , the governing body for football in Brazil. They are a member of the International Federation of Association Football since 1923 and also a member of the...
  
   (Participating Countries: Brazil and Hong Kong)
• UNCAF Nations Cup
  UNCAF Nations Cup 2005
  -Semi-Finals:-3rd/4th Place Play-Off:-Final:-Top scorers:Six goals Wilmer VelásquezFive goals Milton NúñezFour goals Juan Carlos PlataThree goals Edwin Villatoro Whayne WilsonTwo goals Roy Myrie Hernán Sandoval-External links:*...
  
   in Guatemala City, Guatemala (February 19 – 27, 2005)
• February 20–24: CONCACAF Gold Cup 2005 Caribbean Preliminary Competition – Winners: Cuba
  Cuba national football team
  The Cuba national football team is the national team of Cuba and is controlled by the Asociación de Fútbol de Cuba. They are affiliated to the Caribbean Football Union of CONCACAF....
  
  , Jamaica
  Jamaica national football team
  The Jamaica national football team is the national team of Jamaica and is controlled by the Jamaica Football Federation. After decades in CONCACAF obscurity, they gained many fans throughout the world after they qualified for the 1998 FIFA World Cup...
  
   and Trinidad and Tobago
  Trinidad and Tobago national football team
  The Trinidad and Tobago national football team, nicknamed The Soca Warriors, is the national team of Trinidad and Tobago and is run by the Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation. It reached the first round of the 2006 FIFA World Cup Finals...
  
   (Participating Countries: Barbados
  Barbados national football team
  The Barbados national football team, nicknamed Bajan Pride, is the national association football team of Barbados and is controlled by the Barbados Football Association. It has never qualified for a major international tournament...
  
  , Cuba
  Cuba national football team
  The Cuba national football team is the national team of Cuba and is controlled by the Asociación de Fútbol de Cuba. They are affiliated to the Caribbean Football Union of CONCACAF....
  
  , Jamaica
  Jamaica national football team
  The Jamaica national football team is the national team of Jamaica and is controlled by the Jamaica Football Federation. After decades in CONCACAF obscurity, they gained many fans throughout the world after they qualified for the 1998 FIFA World Cup...
  
   and Trinidad and Tobago
  Trinidad and Tobago national football team
  The Trinidad and Tobago national football team, nicknamed The Soca Warriors, is the national team of Trinidad and Tobago and is run by the Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation. It reached the first round of the 2006 FIFA World Cup Finals...
  
  )
• February 26 – August 14: Cosafa Castle Cup 2005 (Participating Countries: Group A: South Africa, Mauritius, Madagascar
  Madagascar
  The Republic of Madagascar is an island country located in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of Africa...
  
   and Seychelles
  Seychelles
  Seychelles , officially the Republic of Seychelles , is an island country spanning an archipelago of 115 islands in the Indian Ocean, some east of mainland Africa, northeast of the island of Madagascar....
  
   Group B: Botswana
  Botswana
  Botswana, officially the Republic of Botswana , is a landlocked country located in Southern Africa. The citizens are referred to as "Batswana" . Formerly the British protectorate of Bechuanaland, Botswana adopted its new name after becoming independent within the Commonwealth on 30 September 1966...
  
  , Namibia, Mozambique
  Mozambique
  Mozambique, officially the Republic of Mozambique , is a country in southeastern Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi and Zambia to the northwest, Zimbabwe to the west and Swaziland and South Africa to the southwest...
  
   and Zimbabwe
  Zimbabwe
  Zimbabwe is a landlocked country located in the southern part of the African continent, between the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers. It is bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the southwest, Zambia and a tip of Namibia to the northwest and Mozambique to the east. Zimbabwe has three...
  
   Group C: Lesotho
  Lesotho
  Lesotho , officially the Kingdom of Lesotho, is a landlocked country and enclave, surrounded by the Republic of South Africa. It is just over in size with a population of approximately 2,067,000. Its capital and largest city is Maseru. Lesotho is a member of the Commonwealth of Nations. The name...
  
  , Malawi, Swaziland
  Swaziland
  Swaziland, officially the Kingdom of Swaziland , and sometimes called Ngwane or Swatini, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa, bordered to the north, south and west by South Africa, and to the east by Mozambique...
  
   and Zambia
  Zambia
  Zambia , officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. The neighbouring countries are the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the north, Tanzania to the north-east, Malawi to the east, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana and Namibia to the south, and Angola to the west....
  
  )
• March 5–13: East Asian Football Championships 2005 Preliminary Competition – Winner: North Korea (Participating Countries: North Korea, Hong Kong, Chinese Taipei
  Chinese Taipei
  Chinese Taipei is the designated name used by the Republic of China , commonly known as Taiwan, to participate in some international organizations and almost all sporting events, such as the Olympics, Paralympics, Asian Games and Asian Para Games...
  
  , Mongolia and Guam
  Guam
  Guam is an organized, unincorporated territory of the United States located in the western Pacific Ocean. It is one of five U.S. territories with an established civilian government. Guam is listed as one of 16 Non-Self-Governing Territories by the Special Committee on Decolonization of the United...
  
  )
• Baltic Cup
  Baltic Cup 2005
  The 2005 Baltic Cup football competition took place without one of the usual contenders in this Baltic states' championship: Estonia. Therefore the event was reduced to a single match between Lithuania and Latvia.-Lithuania vs Latvia:-References:**...
  
   in Kaunas
  Kaunas
  Kaunas is the second-largest city in Lithuania and has historically been a leading centre of Lithuanian economic, academic, and cultural life. Kaunas was the biggest city and the center of a powiat in Trakai Voivodeship of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania since 1413. During Russian Empire occupation...
  
   (May 21, 2005)
• UEFA Women's Championship in England (June 5 – June 19, 2005)
• FIFA U-20 World Cup
  2005 FIFA World Youth Championship
  The 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship took place in The Netherlands between 10 June and 2 July 2005. The 2005 championship was the 15th contested.- Venues :- Qualification :The following 24 teams qualified for the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship...
  
   in Netherlands (June 10 – July 2, 2005)
• FIFA Confederations Cup in Germany (June 15 – June 29, 2005)
• CONCACAF Gold Cup in United States (July 6 – July 24, 2005)
• East Asian Football Championship in Chinese Taipei & South Korea
• FIFA U-17 World Championship
  2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship
  The 2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship was held in the cities of Lima, Trujillo, Chiclayo, Piura and Iquitos in Peru between 16 September and 2 October 2005. Players born after 1 January 1988 could participate in this tournament...
  
   in Peru (September 16 – October 2, 2005)

Qualifying for 2006 World Cup

• Note: for fuller coverage, see: 2006 FIFA World Cup (qualification)

• October 2004 – October 2005: Africa Qualifying
  • Qualified Teams : Angola
    Angola national football team
    The Angola national football team, nicknamed Palancas Negras , is the national team of Angola and is controlled by the Federação Angolana de Futebol. Angola reached 45th in the FIFA Rankings in July 2002...
    
    , Côte d'Ivoire
    Côte d'Ivoire national football team
    The Côte d'Ivoire National Football Team or Ivory Coast National Football Team, nicknamed Les Éléphants , represents Côte d'Ivoire in international football and is controlled by the Fédération Ivoirienne de Football...
    
    , Ghana
    Ghana national football team
    The Ghana national football team, popularly known as the Black Stars, is the national association football team of Ghana and is controlled by the Ghana Football Association...
    
    , Togo
    Togo national football team
    The Togo national football team, nicknamed Les Eperviers The Togo national football team, nicknamed Les Eperviers The Togo national football team, nicknamed Les Eperviers (The Sparrow Hawks, is controlled by the Fédération Togolaise de Football.They played at the 2006 FIFA World Cup. Their team bus...
    
    , Tunisia
    Tunisia national football team
    The Tunisia national football team , nicknamed Les Aigles de Carthage , is the national team of Tunisia and is controlled by the Fédération Tunisienne de Football. They have qualified for four FIFA World Cups, the first one in 1978, but have yet to make it out of the first round...
    
    
    • Participating Countries: Algeria
      Algeria national football team
      The Algeria national football team , nicknamed الأفنــاك, Les Fennecs , represents Algeria in association football and is controlled by the Fédération Algérienne de Football. Algeria's home ground is the Stade 5 Juillet 1962 in Algiers and their head coach is Vahid Halilhodžić.Algeria has qualified...
      
      , Angola
      Angola national football team
      The Angola national football team, nicknamed Palancas Negras , is the national team of Angola and is controlled by the Federação Angolana de Futebol. Angola reached 45th in the FIFA Rankings in July 2002...
      
      , Benin
      Benin national football team
      The Benin national football team, nicknamed Les Écureuils , is the national football team of Benin and is controlled by the Fédération Béninoise de Football. They were known as the Dahomey national football team until 1975, when Dahomey became Benin. They have never made the World Cup but have...
      
      , Botswana
      Botswana national football team
      The Botswana national football team, nicknamed 'The Zebras' is the national football team of Botswana and is controlled by the Botswana Football Association. They have never qualified for the World Cup but they have qualified for the 2012 African Nations Cup...
      
      , Burkina Faso
      Burkina Faso national football team
      The Burkina Faso national football team, nicknamed Les Etalons , is the national team of Burkina Faso and is controlled by the Fédération Burkinabé de Foot-Ball. They were known as the Upper Volta national football team until 1984, when Upper Volta became Burkina Faso...
      
      , Burundi
      Burundi national football team
      The Burundi national football team, nicknamed Les Hirondelles , is the national team of Burundi and is controlled by the National Football Association of Burundi...
      
      , Cameroon
      Cameroon national football team
      The Cameroon national football team, nicknamed Les Lions Indomptables , is controlled by the Fédération Camerounaise de Football and is Africa's most successful side in FIFA world cup; having qualified for the FIFA World Cup six times – in 1982, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002 and 2010– more than any...
      
      , Cape Verde
      Cape Verde national football team
      The Cape Verde national football team, nicknamed either the Tubarões Azuis or Crioulos , is the national team of Cape Verde and is controlled by the Federação Caboverdiana de Futebol.-Overview:...
      
      , Central African Republic
      Central African Republic national football team
      The Central African Republic national football team, nicknamed Les Fauves, is the national team of the Central African Republic and is controlled by the Fédération Centrafricaine de Football. They are a member of CAF. Despite being traditionally one of the weakest teams in Africa and the world,...
      
      , Chad
      Chad national football team
      The Chad national football team, nicknamed Sao, represents Chad in international football. The team is controlled by the Fédération Tchadienne de Football, the governing body for football in the country, and has been managed since 2009 by Sherif El-Khashab...
      
      , Congo
      Congo national football team
      The Congo national football team, nicknamed the Diables Rouges , is the national team of the Republic of the Congo and is controlled by the Fédération Congolaise de Football. They have never qualified for the World Cup, but did win the Africa Cup of Nations in 1972...
      
      , Congo DR
      Congo DR national football team
      The Congo DR national football team is the national team of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and is controlled by the Fédération Congolaise de Football-Association , and are nicknamed The Leopards.Congo have been ranked as high as 51 in the FIFA Rankings...
      
      , Côte d'Ivoire
      Côte d'Ivoire national football team
      The Côte d'Ivoire National Football Team or Ivory Coast National Football Team, nicknamed Les Éléphants , represents Côte d'Ivoire in international football and is controlled by the Fédération Ivoirienne de Football...
      
      , Djibouti
      Djibouti national football team
      The Djibouti national football team, nicknamed the Riverains de la Mer Rouge , is the national team of Djibouti. It is controlled by the Fédération Djiboutienne de Football...
      
      , Egypt, Equatorial Guinea
      Equatorial Guinea national football team
      The Equatorial Guinea national football team, nicknamed Nzalang Nacional, is the national team of Equatorial Guinea and is controlled by the Federación Ecuatoguineana de Fútbol. It is a member of CAF...
      
      , Eritrea
      Eritrea national football team
      The Eritrea national football team is controlled by the Eritrean National Football Federation . It is nicknamed the Red Sea Boys. It has not qualified for the finals of the FIFA World Cup or the African Nations Cup...
      
      , Ethiopia
      Ethiopia national football team
      The Ethiopia national football team represents Ethiopia in association football and is controlled by the Ethiopian Football Federation, the governing body for football in Ethiopia...
      
      , Gabon
      Gabon national football team
      The Gabon national football team, nicknamed Azingo Nationale, is the national team of Gabon and is controlled by the Fédération Gabonaise de Football...
      
      , Gambia
      Gambia national football team
      The Gambia national football team, nicknamed The Scorpions, is the national team of Gambia and is controlled by the Gambia Football Association. Until 1965, the team, and the country, were known as British Gambia...
      
      , Ghana
      Ghana national football team
      The Ghana national football team, popularly known as the Black Stars, is the national association football team of Ghana and is controlled by the Ghana Football Association...
      
      , Guinea
      Guinea national football team
      The Guinea national football team, nicknamed Syli national , is the national team of Guinea and is controlled by the Fédération Guinéenne de Football. They have never qualified for the World Cup finals, and their best finish in the African Nations Cup was second in the 1976...
      
      , Guinea-Bissau
      Guinea-Bissau national football team
      The Guinea-Bissau national football team is the national team of Guinea-Bissau and is controlled by the Federação de Futebol da Guiné-Bissau. They are a member of the CAF...
      
      , Kenya
      Kenya national football team
      The Kenya national football team, nicknamed the Harambee Stars, is the national team of Kenya and is controlled by Football Kenya Limited, the governing body of football in Kenya. They have never qualified for the World Cup finals.-History:...
      
      , Lesotho
      Lesotho national football team
      The Lesotho national football team, nicknamed the Likuena , is the national team of Lesotho and is controlled by the Lesotho Football Association...
      
      , Liberia
      Liberia national football team
      The Liberia national football team, nicknamed the Lone Stars, is the national team of Liberia and is controlled by the Liberia Football Association. Although the country produced the 1995 FIFA World Player of the Year, George Weah, they have never reached the World Cup finals...
      
      , Libya
      Libya national football team
      The Libya national football team is the national association football team of Libya and is controlled by the Libyan Football Federation. The team has never qualified for the senior FIFA World Cup. They have qualified for three Africa Cup of Nations, one in 1982 where they finished runners-up and...
      
      , Madagascar
      Madagascar national football team
      The Madagascar national football team, nicknamed Les Guerriers Zébus , is the national team of Madagascar and is controlled by the Fédération Malagasy de Football. It has never qualified for the finals of the World Cup or the African Nations Cup...
      
      , Malawi
      Malawi national football team
      The Malawi national football team, nicknamed The Flames, is the national team of Malawi and is controlled by the Football Association of Malawi. Before 1966 they were known as the Nyasaland national football team...
      
      , Mali
      Mali national football team
      The Mali national football team, nicknamed Les Aigles , is the national team of Mali and is controlled by the Fédération Malienne de Football. They have never qualified for the World Cup finals.-History:...
      
      , Mauritania
      Mauritania national football team
      The Mauritania national football team, nicknamed Mourabitounes, is the national team of Mauritania and is controlled by the Fédération de Foot-Ball de la Républic Islamique de Mauritanie and is a member of CAF. They have not qualified for the FIFA World Cup or Africa Cup of Nations...
      
      , Mauritius
      Mauritius national football team
      The Mauritius national football team, nicknamed Club M, is the national team of Mauritius and is controlled by the Mauritius Football Association.-Early years:...
      
      , Morocco
      Morocco national football team
      The Morocco national football team , nicknamed أسود الأطلس , is the national team of Morocco and is managed by Eric Gerets. Winners of the African Nations Cup in 1976, they were the first African team to win a group at the World Cup, which they did in 1986, finishing ahead of Portugal, Poland, and...
      
      , Mozambique
      Mozambique national football team
      The Mozambique national football team , popularly known as Os Mambas, represents Mozambique in association football and is controlled by the Federação Moçambicana de Futebol, the governing body for football in Mozambique...
      
      , Namibia
      Namibia national football team
      The Namibia national football team, nicknamed the Brave Warriors, is the national team of Namibia and is controlled by the Namibia Football Association...
      
      , Niger
      Niger national football team
      The Niger national football team, nicknamed the Menas, is overseen by the Fédération Nigerienne de Football and a member of CAF. Niger plays in the colors of the Flag of Niger, white, green, and orange...
      
      , Nigeria
      Nigeria national football team
      The Nigeria national football team, nicknamed the Super Eagles or Green Eagles, is the national team of Nigeria and is controlled by the Nigeria Football Federation . The team has ranked as high as 5th in the FIFA World Rankings, in April 1994...
      
      , Rwanda
      Rwanda national football team
      The Rwanda national football team, nicknamed Amavubi , is the national team of Rwanda and is controlled by the Fédération Rwandaise de Football Amateur...
      
      , Senegal
      Senegal national football team
      The Senegal national football team, nicknamed the Lions of Teranga, is the national team of Senegal and is controlled by the Fédération Sénégalaise de Football...
      
      , Seychelles
      Seychelles national football team
      The Seychelles national football team, nicknamed the Pirates, is the national team of the Seychelles and is controlled by the Seychelles Football Federation...
      
      , Sierra Leone
      Sierra Leone national football team
      The Sierra Leone national football team, nicknamed the Leone Stars, is the national team of Sierra Leone and is controlled by the Sierra Leone Football Association...
      
      , Somalia
      Somalia national football team
      The Somalia national football team, nicknamed The Ocean Stars, is the national football team of Somalia. It is controlled by the Somali Football Federation, and is a member of the Confederation of African Football and the Union of Arab Football Associations . It has never qualified for the final...
      
      , South Africa
      South Africa national football team
      The South Africa national football team represents South Africa in association football and is controlled by the South African Football Association, the governing body for football in South Africa. South Africa's home ground is Soccer City, known as FNB Stadium due to a naming rights deal, in...
      
      , Sudan
      Sudan national football team
      The Sudan national football team represents Sudan in association football and is controlled by the Sudan Football Association, the governing body for football in Sudan. Sudan's home ground is Al Merreikh Stadium in Omdurman and their head coach is Mohammed Abdullah Mazda...
      
      , Swaziland
      Swaziland national football team
      The Swaziland national football team, nicknamed Sihlangu Semnikati , is the national team of Swaziland and is controlled by the National Football Association of Swaziland. It has never qualified for the World Cup or the Africa Cup of Nations finals...
      
      , São Tomé e Príncipe
      São Tomé and Príncipe national football team
      The São Tomé and Príncipe national football team is the national team of São Tomé and Príncipe and is controlled by the Federação Santomense de Futebol. It is a member of CAF and FIFA.-History:...
      
      , Tanzania
      Tanzania national football team
      The Tanzania national football team represents Tanzania in association football and is controlled by the Tanzania Football Federation, the governing body for football in Tanzania. Tanzania's home ground is Benjamin Mkapa national stadium in Dar-es-Salaam and their head coach is Jan Børge Poulsen....
      
      , Togo
      Togo national football team
      The Togo national football team, nicknamed Les Eperviers The Togo national football team, nicknamed Les Eperviers The Togo national football team, nicknamed Les Eperviers (The Sparrow Hawks, is controlled by the Fédération Togolaise de Football.They played at the 2006 FIFA World Cup. Their team bus...
      
      , Tunisia
      Tunisia national football team
      The Tunisia national football team , nicknamed Les Aigles de Carthage , is the national team of Tunisia and is controlled by the Fédération Tunisienne de Football. They have qualified for four FIFA World Cups, the first one in 1978, but have yet to make it out of the first round...
      
      , Uganda
      Uganda national football team
      The Uganda national football team, nicknamed The Cranes, is the national team of Uganda and is controlled by the Federation of Uganda Football Associations...
      
      , Zambia
      Zambia national football team
      The Zambia national football team represents the country of Zambia in the sport of association football and is governed by the Football Association of Zambia. Before independence they were known as the Northern Rhodesia national football team. The side is nicknamed Chipolopolo as copper is one of...
      
       and Zimbabwe
      Zimbabwe national football team
      The Zimbabwe national football team, nicknamed The Warriors, is the national team of Zimbabwe and is controlled by the Zimbabwe Football Association. They were known as the Southern Rhodesia national football team from 1939–1964, then the Rhodesia national football team until 1980, when Rhodesia...
      
      
• November 2003 – August 2005: Asia Qualifying
  • Qualified Teams: Iran
    Iran national football team
    The national football team of Iran represents Iran in international football competitions and is controlled by the Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran...
    
    , Japan
    Japan national football team
    The Japan national football team represents Japan in association football and is operated by the Japan Football Association, the governing body for association football in Japan...
    
    , Saudi Arabia
    Saudi Arabia national football team
    Saudi Arabia national football team is the national team of Saudi Arabia and is controlled by the Saudi Arabia Football Federation...
    
    , South Korea
    • Participating Countries: Afghanistan
      Afghanistan national football team
      The Afghanistan national football team is the national team of Afghanistan and is controlled by the Afghanistan Football Federation. The national team was founded in 1922 that joined FIFA in 1948 and the AFC in 1954...
      
      , Bahrain
      Bahrain national football team
      The Bahrain national football team is the national team of the Kingdom of Bahrain and is controlled by the Bahrain Football Association; it was founded in 1951 and joined FIFA in 1966. They have never reached the finals of the World Cup, but have twice come within one match of doing so...
      
      , Bangladesh
      Bangladesh national football team
      The Bangladesh national football team is the national team of Bangladesh controlled by the Bangladesh Football Federation. It is a member of the Asian Football Confederation and has yet to qualify for the World Cup finals...
      
      , Bhutan
      Bhutan national football team
      The Bhutan national football team is the national team of Bhutan and is controlled by the Bhutan Football Federation.- History :While a Bhutanese National football team has existed since the 1970s, it was officially founded in 1983 and joined FIFA in 2000....
      
      , Brunei
      Brunei national football team
      The Brunei national football team nicknamed Tebuan ,is the national team of the Brunei and is controlled by the Football Association of Brunei Darussalam.The team was founded in 1959 and joined FIFA in 1969.Their main regional rivalries are against Malaysia and Philippines.The...
      
      , Cambodia
      Cambodia national football team
      The Cambodia national football team is the national team of Cambodia and is controlled by the Football Federation of Cambodia . It was known as the Khmer Republic national football team from 1970 to 1975. It finished fourth in the 1972 Asian Cup, but is currently one of the weakest teams in the...
      
      , China
      China national football team
      The China PR national football team is the national association football team of the People's Republic of China and is governed by the Chinese Football Association...
      
      , Chinese Taipei
      Chinese Taipei national football team
      The Chinese Taipei national football team is the official name given by FIFA to the national association football team of the Republic of China ....
      
      , Guam
      Guam national football team
      The Guam national football team is the national team of Guam, an overseas territory of the United States in the Pacific Ocean, and is controlled by the Guam Football Association. They are affiliated to the Asian Football Confederation's East Asian Football Federation region.The team was founded in...
      
      , Hong Kong
      Hong Kong national football team
      The Hong Kong national football team , represents Hong Kong in international association football events such as the FIFA World Cup, AFC Asian Cup and East Asian Football Championship. The team is represented by the Hong Kong Football Association....
      
      , India
      India national football team
      The Indian national football team is the national football team of India and is governed by the All India Football Federation. It is a member of the Asian Football Confederation. Since 1948, the AIFF has been affiliated with FIFA, the international governing body for football. In 1954, AIFF became...
      
      , Indonesia
      Indonesia national football team
      The Indonesia national football team represents Indonesia in international football. It is controlled by the Football Association of Indonesia . Prior to independence in 1945, the team competed as the Dutch East Indies national football team. Under this name, Indonesia was the first Asian team to...
      
      , Iran
      Iran national football team
      The national football team of Iran represents Iran in international football competitions and is controlled by the Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran...
      
      , Iraq
      Iraq national football team
      The Iraqi national football team represents Iraq in international football and is controlled by the Iraq Football Association. They won the 2007 Asian Football Confederation Asian Cup tournament.-The Golden Generation:...
      
      , Japan
      Japan national football team
      The Japan national football team represents Japan in association football and is operated by the Japan Football Association, the governing body for association football in Japan...
      
      , Jordan
      Jordan national football team
      The Jordan national football team is the national team of Jordan and is controlled by the Jordan Football Association...
      
      , North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait
      Kuwait national football team
      The Kuwait National Football Team is the national team of Kuwait and is controlled by the Kuwait Football Association. They made one World Cup Finals appearance, in 1982, managing a draw with Czechoslovakia but losing to England and France. During the match against France, France scored a goal...
      
      , Kyrgyzstan
      Kyrgyzstan national football team
      The Kyrgyzstan national football team is the national team of Kyrgyzstan and is controlled by the Football Federation of Kyrgyz Republic.-History:...
      
      , Laos
      Laos national football team
      The Laos national football team is the national team of Laos and is controlled by the Lao Football Federation. A member of the AFC, Laos has developed regional rivalries with Thailand and Burma.-History:...
      
      , Lebanon
      Lebanon national football team
      The Lebanon national football team represents the Republic of Lebanon in international association football. Their official nickname is The Cedars...
      
      , Macau
      Macau national football team
      The Macau football team represents the Chinese special administrative region of Macau in international association football. The team is supervised by the Macau Football Association . The Macau football team has a ranking that is one of the lowest among the FIFA members...
      
      , Malaysia
      Malaysia national football team
      The Malaysian national football team nicknamed Harimau Malaya, as the Malayan Tiger, is the national team of Malaysia and is controlled by the Football Association of Malaysia...
      
      , Maldives
      Maldives national football team
      The Maldives national football team is the national team of the Maldives and is controlled by the Football Association of Maldives. A member of the AFC, it qualified for the second stage of Asian qualifying for the 2006 World Cup, where it drew with South Korea at home 0–0.Maldives most significant...
      
      , Mongolia
      Mongolia national football team
      The Mongolian national football team represents the republic of Mongolia in international football under the Mongolian Football Federation. Founded in 1959 the association was inactive between 1960 and 1998 when the team did not feature in any international fixtures...
      
      , Myanmar
      Myanmar national football team
      The Myanmar national football team is the national team of Myanmar and is controlled by the Myanmar Football Federation. It was known as the Burma national football team until 1989, when Burma was renamed Myanmar. It finished second in the 1968 Asian Cup. They have participated in the Summer...
      
      , Nepal
      Nepal national football team
      The Nepal national football team is the national team of Nepal and is controlled by the All Nepal Football Association. A member of the Asian Football Confederation , the Nepalese football team play their home games at Dasarath Rangasala Stadium located at Tripureswhor in Kathmandu. The All Nepal...
      
      , Oman
      Oman national football team
      The Oman national football team is the national team of Oman. Although the team was officially founded in 1978, the squad was formed long before, and has established a proper football association in only December, 2005...
      
      , Pakistan
      Pakistan national football team
      The Pakistan national football team is controlled by the Pakistan Football Federation and is a member of the Asian Football Confederation . The team has not yet qualified for either the FIFA World Cup or Asian Cup championships. Twice they have finished third in the South Asian Football Federation...
      
      , Palestine
      Palestine national football team
      The Palestine national football team is the national team of the Palestinian Football Association, representing the Palestinian National Authority.The Palestine Football Federation was founded in 1952...
      
      , Philippines
      Philippines national football team
      The Philippines national football team is the national football team of the Philippines and represents the country in international football. The team is controlled by the Philippine Football Federation , the governing body of football in the Philippines....
      
      , Qatar
      Qatar national football team
      The Qatar national football team is the national team of Qatar and is controlled by the Qatar Football Association. They have never qualified for a FIFA World Cup but are hosting the 2022 FIFA World Cup. The team has also appeared in seven AFC Asian Cup tournaments and hosted the 2011 AFC Asian...
      
      , Saudi Arabia
      Saudi Arabia national football team
      Saudi Arabia national football team is the national team of Saudi Arabia and is controlled by the Saudi Arabia Football Federation...
      
      , Singapore
      Singapore national football team
      The Singapore national football team is the national association football team of Singapore. The team comes under the organization of the Football Association of Singapore...
      
      , Sri Lanka
      Sri Lanka national football team
      The Sri Lanka national football team represents Sri Lanka in association football and is controlled by the Football Federation of Sri Lanka, the governing body for football in Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka's home grounds are Sugathadasa Stadium and Kalutara Stadium and their head coach is Jang Jung...
      
      , Syria
      Syria national football team
      The Syria national football team represents Syria in association football and is controlled by the Syrian Football Association, the governing body for football in Syria. Syria's home grounds are Abbasiyyin Stadium and Aleppo International Stadium...
      
      , Tajikistan
      Tajikistan national football team
      The Tajikistan national football team represents Tajikistan in association football and is controlled by the Tajikistan National Football Federation, the governing body for football in Tajikistan. Tajikistan's home ground is Pamir Stadium in Dushanbe....
      
      , Thailand
      Thailand national football team
      The Thailand national football team represents Thailand in international football competition and is governed by the Football Association of Thailand. The team has a history of success in Southeast Asian competition, with three ASEAN Football Championship titles and nine senior-level Southeast...
      
      , Turkmenistan
      Turkmenistan national football team
      The Turkmenistan national football team is the national team of Turkmenistan and is controlled by the Football Federation of Turkmenistan.-History:After the country gained independence, they played their first match against Kazakhstan on June 1, 1992...
      
      , UAE
      United Arab Emirates national football team
      The United Arab Emirates national football team represents United Arab Emirates in association football and is controlled by the United Arab Emirates Football Association, the governing body for football in United Arab Emirates...
      
      , Uzbekistan
      Uzbekistan national football team
      The Uzbekistan national football team represents Uzbekistan in association football and is controlled by the Uzbekistan Football Federation, the governing body for football in Uzbekistan...
      
      , Vietnam
      Vietnam national football team
      The Vietnam national football team is the national football team representing Vietnam and is managed by the Vietnam Football Federation.In the FIFA World Rankings, Vietnam's highest standing was in the first release of the figures, in September 1998, at 84th...
      
       and Yemen
      Yemen national football team
      The Yemen national football team , is the national team of Yemen and is controlled by the Yemen Football Association.When the nation was split into North Yemen and South Yemen before 1990, two national teams existed. After unification, the Yemen national football team is considered the successor of...
      
      
• February 2004 – October 2005: CONCACAF Qualifying
  • Qualified Teams : USA
    United States men's national soccer team
    The United States men's national soccer team represents the United States in international association football competitions. It is controlled by the United States Soccer Federation and competes in CONCACAF...
    
    , Mexico
    Mexico national football team
    The Mexican national football team represents Mexico in association football and is governed by the Mexican Football Federation , the governing body for football in Mexico. Mexico's home stadium is the Estadio Azteca and their head coach is José Manuel de la Torre...
    
    , Costa Rica
    Costa Rica national football team
    The Costa Rica national football team, nicknamed La Sele, is the national team of Costa Rica and is controlled by the Federación Costarricense de Fútbol. Costa Rica is the third most successful team in CONCACAF after Mexico and the United States...
    
    , Trinidad and Tobago
    Trinidad and Tobago national football team
    The Trinidad and Tobago national football team, nicknamed The Soca Warriors, is the national team of Trinidad and Tobago and is run by the Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation. It reached the first round of the 2006 FIFA World Cup Finals...
    
     (defeated Bahrain in an inter-regional playoff)
    • Participating Countries: Anguilla
      Anguilla national football team
      The Anguilla national football team is the national team of Anguilla, a British colony in the Caribbean, and is controlled by the Anguilla Football Association. It is affiliated to the Caribbean Football Union of CONCACAF....
      
      , Antigua and Barbuda
      Antigua and Barbuda national football team
      The Antigua and Barbuda national football team is the national team of Antigua and Barbuda and is controlled by the Antigua and Barbuda Football Association. A member of CONCACAF. The team's best performance was in the 1998 Caribbean Cup where it placed 4th...
      
      , Aruba
      Aruba national football team
      The Aruba national football team is the national team of Aruba and is controlled by the Arubaanse Voetbal Bond.-World Cup record:*1930 to 1986 – Did not enter, was part of Netherlands Antilles*1990 to 1994 – Did not enter...
      
      , Bahamas
      Bahamas national football team
      The Bahamas national football team is the national team of the Bahamas and is controlled by the Bahamas Football Association.-World Cup record:*1930 to 1994 – Did not enter*1998 – Withdrew*2002 to 2010 – Did not qualify*2014 – Withdrew...
      
      , Barbados
      Barbados national football team
      The Barbados national football team, nicknamed Bajan Pride, is the national association football team of Barbados and is controlled by the Barbados Football Association. It has never qualified for a major international tournament...
      
      , Belize
      Belize national football team
      The Belize national football team is the national team of Belize and is controlled by the Football Federation of Belize. It is affiliated to the Central American Football Union of CONCACAF...
      
      , Bermuda
      Bermuda national football team
      The Bermuda national football team is the national team of Bermuda and is controlled by the Bermuda Football Association. A member of CONCACAF, it is not among its strongest teams....
      
      , British Virgin Islands
      British Virgin Islands national football team
      The British Virgin Islands national football team is the national team of the British Virgin Islands and is controlled by the British Virgin Islands Football Association.A member of CONCACAF, it is among its weakest teams.-History:...
      
      , Canada
      Canada men's national soccer team
      The Canada men's national soccer team represents Canada in international soccer competitions at the senior men's level. They are overseen by the Canadian Soccer Association and compete in the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football .Their most significant...
      
      , Cayman Islands
      Cayman Islands national football team
      The Cayman Islands national football team is the national team of the Cayman Islands and is controlled by the Cayman Islands Football Association. It is a member of FIFA and CONCACAF. Cayman Islands' home ground is Truman Bodden Stadium in George Town and their head coach is Mark Campbell...
      
      , Costa Rica
      Costa Rica national football team
      The Costa Rica national football team, nicknamed La Sele, is the national team of Costa Rica and is controlled by the Federación Costarricense de Fútbol. Costa Rica is the third most successful team in CONCACAF after Mexico and the United States...
      
      , Cuba
      Cuba national football team
      The Cuba national football team is the national team of Cuba and is controlled by the Asociación de Fútbol de Cuba. They are affiliated to the Caribbean Football Union of CONCACAF....
      
      , Dominica
      Dominica national football team
      The Dominica national football team is the national team of Dominica and is controlled by the Dominica Football Association. A member of CONCACAF, it is among its weakest teams, getting beaten 10–0 and 8–0 by Mexico in 2006 World Cup qualifying....
      
      , Dominican Republic
      Dominican Republic national football team
      The Dominican Republic national football team is the national team of Dominican Republic and is controlled by the Dominican Football Federation. Football is not the most popular sport in the country, losing out to baseball by a large margin...
      
      , El Salvador
      El Salvador national football team
      El Salvador's national football team represents El Salvador in international football and is sanctioned by the Federación Salvadoreña de Fútbol . In 1899, Santa Ana and San Salvador met for the first hosted football game in El Salvador...
      
      , Grenada
      Grenada national football team
      The Grenada national football team is the national team of Grenada and is controlled by the Grenada Football Association. It is affiliated to the Caribbean Football Union of CONCACAF. The team is nicknamed The Spice Boys, a reference to the export of nutmeg from the country...
      
      , Guatemala
      Guatemala national football team
      The Guatemala national football team is the association football team representing the country of Guatemala and is controlled by the Federación Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala. Founded in 1919, it affiliated to FIFA in 1946, and it is a member of CONCACAF....
      
      , Guyana
      Guyana national football team
      The Guyana national football team, nicknamed the Golden Jaguars, is the national team of Guyana and is controlled by the Guyana Football Federation. Although the former British colony is located in South America, it competes in CONCACAF, together with Suriname and French Guiana. Until the...
      
      , Haiti
      Haiti national football team
      The Haiti national football team represents Haiti in association football and is controlled by the Fédération Haïtienne de Football, the governing body for football in Haiti. Haiti's home ground is Stade Sylvio Cator in Port-au-Prince and their head coach is Edson Tavares...
      
      , Honduras
      Honduras national football team
      The Honduran national football team, nicknamed Los Catrachos, La Bicolor or La H, is the national team of Honduras and is controlled by the Federación Nacional Autónoma de Fútbol de Honduras...
      
      , Jamaica
      Jamaica national football team
      The Jamaica national football team is the national team of Jamaica and is controlled by the Jamaica Football Federation. After decades in CONCACAF obscurity, they gained many fans throughout the world after they qualified for the 1998 FIFA World Cup...
      
      , Mexico
      Mexico national football team
      The Mexican national football team represents Mexico in association football and is governed by the Mexican Football Federation , the governing body for football in Mexico. Mexico's home stadium is the Estadio Azteca and their head coach is José Manuel de la Torre...
      
      , Montserrat
      Montserrat national football team
      The Montserrat national football team represents the small Caribbean island of Montserrat in the CONCACAF football region. Football is the second most popular sport in Montserrat, with cricket being the most-played sport on the island. The team play at the Blakes Estate Stadium in Plymouth and the...
      
      , Netherlands Antilles
      Netherlands Antilles national football team
      The Netherlands Antilles national football team was the national team of the former Netherlands Antilles and was controlled by the Nederlands Antilliaanse Voetbal Unie. The NAVU consisted of Curaçao and Bonaire. Aruba split in 1986 and has its own team....
      
      , Nicaragua
      Nicaragua national football team
      The Nicaragua national football team is the national team of Nicaragua and is controlled by the Nicaraguan Football Federation. It is among the weakest teams in Central America and achieved its first qualification to a major international competition in 2009, when they qualified for the 2009...
      
      , Panama
      Panama national football team
      The Panama national football team is the national team of Panama and is controlled by the Panamanian Football Federation. Panama reached the 2006 World Cup CONCACAF Final Round in the qualifiers and finished as runners-up at the final game of the 2005 Gold Cup...
      
      , Puerto Rico
      Puerto Rico national football team
      The Puerto Rico national football team is the national team of Puerto Rico and is controlled by Federación Puertorriqueña de Fútbol. Puerto Rico's national football team is a member of the Caribbean Football Union, part of the CONCACAF....
      
      , St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Surinam, Trinidad and Tobago
      Trinidad and Tobago national football team
      The Trinidad and Tobago national football team, nicknamed The Soca Warriors, is the national team of Trinidad and Tobago and is run by the Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation. It reached the first round of the 2006 FIFA World Cup Finals...
      
      , Turks and Caicos
      Turks and Caicos Islands national football team
      The Turks and Caicos Islands national football team is the national team of the Turks and Caicos Islands and is controlled by the Turks and Caicos Islands Football Association...
      
      , US Virgin Islands and USA
      United States men's national soccer team
      The United States men's national soccer team represents the United States in international association football competitions. It is controlled by the United States Soccer Federation and competes in CONCACAF...
      
      
• August 2004 – October 2005: Europe Qualifying
  • Automatic Qualifiers: Germany
    Germany national football team
    The Germany national football team is the football team that has represented Germany in international competition since 1908. It is governed by the German Football Association , which was founded in 1900....
    
     (as hosts)
  • Qualified Teams : Group winners Croatia
    Croatia national football team
    The Croatia national football team represents Croatia in international football. The team is controlled by the Croatian Football Federation, the governing body for football in the country, and has been managed since 2006 by former player Slaven Bilić...
    
    , England
    England national football team
    The England national football team represents England in association football and is controlled by the Football Association, the governing body for football in England. England is the joint oldest national football team in the world, alongside Scotland, whom they played in the world's first...
    
    , France
    France national football team
    The France national football team represents the nation of France in international football. It is fielded by the French Football Federation , the governing body of football in France, and competes as a member of UEFA, which encompasses the countries of Europe...
    
    , Italy
    Italy national football team
    The Italy National Football Team , represents Italy in association football and is controlled by the Italian Football Federation , the governing body for football in Italy. Italy is the second most successful national team in the history of the World Cup having won four titles , just one fewer than...
    
    , Netherlands
    Netherlands national football team
    The Netherlands National Football Team represents the Netherlands in association football and is controlled by the Royal Dutch Football Association , the governing body for football in the Netherlands...
    
    , Portugal
    Portugal national football team
    The Portugal national football team represents Portugal in association football and is controlled by the Portuguese Football Federation, the governing body for football in Portugal. Portugal's home ground is Estádio Nacional in Oeiras, and their head coach is Paulo Bento...
    
    , Serbia and Montenegro, Ukraine
    Ukraine national football team
    The Ukraine national football team is the national football team of Ukraine and is controlled by the Football Federation of Ukraine. After Ukrainian Independence and breakaway from the Soviet Union, they played their first match against Hungary on 29 April 1992...
    
    ; two best second-place sides Poland
    Poland national football team
    The Poland national football team represents Poland in association football and is controlled by the Polish Football Association, the governing body for football in Poland...
    
    , Sweden
    Sweden national football team
    The Swedish national football team represents Sweden in association football and is controlled by the Swedish Football Association, the governing body for Football in Sweden. Sweden's home ground is Råsunda Stadium in Stockholms län and their head coach is Erik Hamrén. Sweden made their first...
    
    ; playoff winners Czech Republic
    Czech Republic national football team
    The Czech Republic national football team represents the Czech Republic in association football and is controlled by the Football Association of the Czech Republic, the governing body for football in the Czech Republic. Their current head coach is Michal Bílek...
    
    , Spain
    Spain national football team
    The Spain national football team represents Spain in international association football and is controlled by the Royal Spanish Football Federation, the governing body for football in Spain. The current head coach is Vicente del Bosque...
    
    , Switzerland
    Switzerland national football team
    The Swiss national football team is the national football team of Switzerland...
    
    
    • Participating Countries: Albania
      Albania national football team
      The Albania national association football team is the national association football team of Albania and is controlled by the Football Association of Albania...
      
      , Andorra
      Andorra national football team
      The Andorra national football team represents Andorra in association football and is controlled by the Andorran Football Federation, the governing body for football in Andorra. The team has enjoyed very little success due to the Principality's tiny population, the fourth smallest of any UEFA...
      
      , Armenia
      Armenia national football team
      The Armenia national football team represents Armenia in association football and is controlled by the Football Federation of Armenia, the governing body for football in Armenia...
      
      , Austria
      Austria national football team
      The Austria national football team is the association football team that represents the country of Austria in international competition and is controlled by the Austrian Football Association ....
      
      , Azerbaijan
      Azerbaijan national football team
      The Azerbaijan national football team is the national football team of Azerbaijan and is controlled by Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan...
      
      , Belarus
      Belarus national football team
      The Belarus national football team represents Belarus in association football and is controlled by the Football Federation of Belarus, the governing body for football in Belarus. Belarus' home ground is Dinamo Stadium in Minsk...
      
      , Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria
      Bulgaria national football team
      The FIFA Bulgaria national football team is an association football team fielded by the Bulgarian Football Union, a member association of UEFA. The team's home ground is Vasil Levski in Sofia and Luboslav Penev is in charge manager after replacement of Lothar Matthäus...
      
      , Croatia
      Croatia national football team
      The Croatia national football team represents Croatia in international football. The team is controlled by the Croatian Football Federation, the governing body for football in the country, and has been managed since 2006 by former player Slaven Bilić...
      
      , Cyprus
      Cyprus national football team
      The Cyprus national football team represents Cyprus in association football and is controlled by the Cyprus Football Association, the governing body for football in Cyprus. Cyprus' home ground is the GSP Stadium in Nicosia and the current coach is Nikos Nioplias...
      
      , Czech Republic
      Czech Republic national football team
      The Czech Republic national football team represents the Czech Republic in association football and is controlled by the Football Association of the Czech Republic, the governing body for football in the Czech Republic. Their current head coach is Michal Bílek...
      
      , Denmark
      Denmark national football team
      The Denmark national football team represents Denmark in association football and is controlled by the Danish Football Association , the governing body for the football clubs which are organized under DBU...
      
      , England
      England national football team
      The England national football team represents England in association football and is controlled by the Football Association, the governing body for football in England. England is the joint oldest national football team in the world, alongside Scotland, whom they played in the world's first...
      
      , Estonia
      Estonia national football team
      The Estonia national football team represents Estonia in international association football. Team members are selected by the head coach of Estonian Football Association . Estonia play their home matches at the A. Le Coq Arena in Tallinn, Estonia....
      
      , Faroe Islands
      Faroe Islands national football team
      The Faroe Islands national football team represents the Faroe Islands in association football and is controlled by the Faroe Islands Football Association, the governing body for football in the Faroe Islands. The Faroe Islands became a member of FIFA in 1988 and UEFA in 1990 and are the third...
      
      , Finland
      Finland national football team
      The Finland national football team represents Finland in international football competitions and is controlled by the Football Association of Finland....
      
      , France
      France national football team
      The France national football team represents the nation of France in international football. It is fielded by the French Football Federation , the governing body of football in France, and competes as a member of UEFA, which encompasses the countries of Europe...
      
      , Germany
      Germany national football team
      The Germany national football team is the football team that has represented Germany in international competition since 1908. It is governed by the German Football Association , which was founded in 1900....
      
      , Georgia
      Georgia national football team
      The Georgia national football team is the national association football team of Georgia and is controlled by the Georgian Football Federation. The Georgian team's first match took place in 1990, while Georgia was still part of the Soviet Union. The team have attempted to qualify for each major...
      
      , Greece
      Greece national football team
      The Greece national football team represents Greece in association football and is controlled by the Hellenic Football Federation, the governing body for football in Greece. Greece's home ground is Karaiskakis Stadium in Piraeus and their head coach is Fernando Santos...
      
      , Hungary
      Hungary national football team
      The Hungary national football team represents Hungary in international football and is controlled by the Hungarian Football Federation....
      
      , Iceland
      Iceland national football team
      The Iceland national football team is the national football team of Iceland and is controlled by the Football Association of Iceland. It has never advanced to the finals of any major international competition....
      
      , Republic of Ireland
      Republic of Ireland national football team
      The Republic of Ireland national football team represents Ireland in association football. It is run by the Football Association of Ireland and currently plays home fixtures at Aviva Stadium in Dublin, which opened in May 2010....
      
      , Israel
      Israel national football team
      The Israel national football team is the national football team of Israel, controlled by the Israel Football Association .Israel National Football is the direct successor of the Eretz Yisrael National Team during British Mandate...
      
      , Italy
      Italy national football team
      The Italy National Football Team , represents Italy in association football and is controlled by the Italian Football Federation , the governing body for football in Italy. Italy is the second most successful national team in the history of the World Cup having won four titles , just one fewer than...
      
      , Kazakhstan
      Kazakhstan national football team
      The Kazakhstan national football team represents Kazakhstan in international men's association football and is directed by Football Federation of Kazakhstan. They split from the Soviet Union national football team after independence in 1991 and joined the Asian Football Confederation's Central and...
      
      , Latvia
      Latvia national football team
      The Latvian national football team is controlled by the Latvian Football Federation, the governing body for football in Latvia and represents the country in international football competitions, such as the World Cup and the European Championships. So far, they have never qualified for a FIFA World...
      
      , Liechtenstein
      Liechtenstein national football team
      The Liechtenstein national football team is the national football team of Liechtenstein and is controlled by the Liechtenstein Football Association. The organisation is known as the Liechtensteiner Fussballverband in German. The team's first match was an unofficial match against Malta in Seoul, a...
      
      , Lithuania
      Lithuania national football team
      The national football team of Lithuania is under the auspices of the Lithuanian Football Federation. It played its first match in 1923. In 1940, Lithuania was occupied by the Soviet Union; the country regained its independence in 1990 and played their first match as a new nation against Georgia on...
      
      , Luxembourg
      Luxembourg national football team
      The Luxembourg national football team is the national football team of Luxembourg, and is controlled by the Luxembourg Football Federation. The team play most of their home matches at the Stade Josy Barthel, in Luxembourg.- History :...
      
      , Republic of Macedonia
      Republic of Macedonia national football team
      The Macedonia national football team is the national football team of the Republic of Macedonia and is controlled by the Football Federation of Macedonia. Due to an ongoing name dispute, it enters international competitions under its country's provisional appellation as "FYR Macedonia"...
      
      , Malta
      Malta national football team
      The Malta national football team is the national football team of Malta and is controlled by the Malta Football Association. Malta played its first international game in February 1957, and began competing for qualification to major tournaments in 1962. The side's first competitive victory came in...
      
      , Moldova
      Moldova national football team
      The Moldova national football team represents Moldova in association football and is controlled by the Football Association of Moldova, the governing body for football in Moldova. Moldova's home ground is Zimbru Stadium in Chişinău and their head coach is Gavril Balint...
      
      , Netherlands
      Netherlands national football team
      The Netherlands National Football Team represents the Netherlands in association football and is controlled by the Royal Dutch Football Association , the governing body for football in the Netherlands...
      
      , Northern Ireland
      Northern Ireland national football team
      The Northern Ireland national football team represents Northern Ireland in international association football. Before 1921 all of Ireland was represented by a single side, the Ireland national football team, organised by the Irish Football Association...
      
      , Norway
      Norway national football team
      The Norway national football team represents Norway in association football and is controlled by the Football Association of Norway, the governing body for football in Norway. Norway's home ground is Ullevaal Stadion in Oslo and their head coach is Egil Olsen...
      
      , Poland
      Poland national football team
      The Poland national football team represents Poland in association football and is controlled by the Polish Football Association, the governing body for football in Poland...
      
      , Portugal
      Portugal national football team
      The Portugal national football team represents Portugal in association football and is controlled by the Portuguese Football Federation, the governing body for football in Portugal. Portugal's home ground is Estádio Nacional in Oeiras, and their head coach is Paulo Bento...
      
      , Romania
      Romania national football team
      The Romania national football team is the national football team of Romania and is controlled by the Romanian Football Federation.Romania is one of only four national teams, the other three being Brazil, France, and Belgium, that took part in the first three World Cups.However, after that...
      
      , Russia
      Russia national football team
      The Russia national football team represents Russia in association football and is controlled by the Russian Football Union , the governing body for football in Russia. Russia's home grounds are Luzhniki Stadium, Lokomotiv Stadium , and Petrovsky Stadium in St.Petersburg and their head coach is...
      
      , San Marino
      San Marino national football team
      The San Marino national football team is the national football team of San Marino, controlled by the San Marino Football Federation...
      
      , Scotland
      Scotland national football team
      The Scotland national football team represents Scotland in international football and is controlled by the Scottish Football Association. Scotland are the joint oldest national football team in the world, alongside England, whom they played in the world's first international football match in 1872...
      
      , Serbia and Montenegro, Slovakia
      Slovakia national football team
      The Slovakia national football team represents Slovakia in association football and is controlled by the Slovak Football Association , the governing body for football in Slovakia. Slovakia's home stadium is Štadión Pasienky and their head coach is Vladimír Weiss...
      
      , Slovenia
      Slovenia national football team
      The Slovenia national football team is the national football team of Slovenia and is controlled by the Football Association of Slovenia. The team played their first match in 1992 after the split of Yugoslavia in 1991....
      
      , Spain
      Spain national football team
      The Spain national football team represents Spain in international association football and is controlled by the Royal Spanish Football Federation, the governing body for football in Spain. The current head coach is Vicente del Bosque...
      
      , Sweden
      Sweden national football team
      The Swedish national football team represents Sweden in association football and is controlled by the Swedish Football Association, the governing body for Football in Sweden. Sweden's home ground is Råsunda Stadium in Stockholms län and their head coach is Erik Hamrén. Sweden made their first...
      
      , Switzerland
      Switzerland national football team
      The Swiss national football team is the national football team of Switzerland...
      
      , Turkey
      Turkey national football team
      The Turkey national football team represents Turkey in association football and is controlled by the Turkish Football Federation, the governing body for football in Turkey. They are affiliated with UEFA...
      
      , Ukraine
      Ukraine national football team
      The Ukraine national football team is the national football team of Ukraine and is controlled by the Football Federation of Ukraine. After Ukrainian Independence and breakaway from the Soviet Union, they played their first match against Hungary on 29 April 1992...
      
       and Wales
      Wales national football team
      The Wales national football team represents Wales in international football. It is controlled by the Football Association of Wales , the governing body for football in Wales, and the third oldest national football association in the world. The team have only qualified for a major international...
      
      
• May 2004 – September 2005: Oceania Qualifying
  • Qualified Team: Australia
    Australia national football (soccer) team
    The Australia national association football team represents Australia in international association football competitions. Its official nickname is the "Socceroos"...
    
     (defeated Uruguay on penalty kicks in an inter-regional playoff)
    • Participating Countries: American Samoa
      American Samoa national soccer team
      The American Samoa national association football team represents American Samoa in association football and is controlled by the Football Federation American Samoa, the governing body for football in American Samoa. American Samoa's home ground is Veterans Memorial Stadium in Pago Pago and their...
      
      , Australia
      Australia national football (soccer) team
      The Australia national association football team represents Australia in international association football competitions. Its official nickname is the "Socceroos"...
      
      , Cook Islands
      Cook Islands national football team
      The Cook Islands national football team is the national team of the Cook Islands and is controlled by the Cook Islands Football Association. With a population of around 24,000 people it remains one of the smallest FIFA teams.-World Cup record:...
      
      , Fiji
      Fiji national football team
      The Fiji national football team is the national team of Fiji and is controlled by the Fiji Football Association. Their best finish in the OFC Nations Cup was third in 1998 and 2008.-World Cup record:*1930 to 1978 - Did not enter...
      
      , New Caledonia
      New Caledonia national football team
      The New Caledonia national football team is the team of New Caledonia and is controlled by the Fédération Calédonienne de Football. Although they were only admitted to FIFA in 2004, they have been participating in the OFC Nations Cup since its inception. They have been one of this relatively small...
      
      , New Zealand
      New Zealand national soccer team
      The New Zealand national football team, nicknamed the All Whites, is the national association football team of New Zealand and is governed by New Zealand Football . The team plays in an all-white strip rather than the traditional New Zealand sporting black due to a former FIFA regulation that...
      
      , Papua New Guinea
      Papua New Guinea national football team
      The Papua New Guinea national football team is the national team of Papua New Guinea and is controlled by the Papua New Guinea Football Association....
      
      , Samoa
      Samoa national football team
      The Samoa national association football team represents Samoa in association football and is controlled by the Football Federation Samoa, the governing body for football in Samoa. Samoa's home ground is Toleafoa J.S Blatter Soccer Stadium in Apia. It was known as the Western Samoa national...
      
      , Solomon Islands
      Solomon Islands national football team
      The Solomon Islands national football team is the national team of the Solomon Islands and is controlled by Solomon Islands Football Federation. The team shocked the football world in the 2004 Oceania Nations Cup , tying Australia 2–2 to nip heavily-favored New Zealand for second place and a spot...
      
      , Tahiti
      Tahiti national football team
      The Tahiti national football team is the national team of French Polynesia and is controlled by the Fédération Tahitienne de Football.They finished second in the OFC Nations Cup in its first three installments, 1973, 1980, and 1996. In 2009 the under 20 team qualified for the FIFA U-20 World Cup in...
      
      , Tonga
      Tonga national football team
      The Tonga national football team is the national team of Tonga and is controlled by the Tonga Football Association.-Football in Tonga:Tonga's greatest football triumph to date was their triumph in the first ever Polynesian Cup held in 1993 over Samoa and the Cook Islands...
      
       and Vanuatu
      Vanuatu national football team
      The Vanuatu national football team is the national team of Vanuatu and is controlled by the Vanuatu Football Federation.-History:It was known as the New Hebrides national football team until the New Hebrides became Republic of Vanuatu in 1980. It finished fourth in the OFC Nations Cup in 1973,...
      
      
• September 2003 – October 2005: South America Qualifying
  • Qualified Teams : Argentina
    Argentina national football team
    The Argentina national football team represents Argentina in association football and is controlled by the Argentine Football Association , the governing body for football in Argentina. Argentina's home stadium is Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti and their head coach is Alejandro...
    
    , Brazil
    Brazil national football team
    The Brazil national football team represents Brazil in international men's football and is controlled by the Brazilian Football Confederation , the governing body for football in Brazil. They are a member of the International Federation of Association Football since 1923 and also a member of the...
    
    , Ecuador
    Ecuador national football team
    The Ecuadorian national football team represents Ecuador in international football competitions and is controlled by the Ecuadorian Football Federation. They generally play official home matches at Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa in Quito, but often play friendlies in other stadiums around the country...
    
    , Paraguay
    Paraguay national football team
    The Paraguay national football team is controlled by the Paraguayan Football Association and represents Paraguay in men's international football competitions. The team has reached the second round of the World Cup on four occasions . The 2010 trip also featured their first appearance in the...
    
    
    • Participating Countries: Argentina
      Argentina national football team
      The Argentina national football team represents Argentina in association football and is controlled by the Argentine Football Association , the governing body for football in Argentina. Argentina's home stadium is Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti and their head coach is Alejandro...
      
      , Bolivia
      Bolivia national football team
      The Bolivia national football team is the national team of Bolivia and is controlled by the Federación Boliviana de Fútbol. After playing in the 1930 and 1950 World Cups, they qualified just once—in 1994...
      
      , Brazil
      Brazil national football team
      The Brazil national football team represents Brazil in international men's football and is controlled by the Brazilian Football Confederation , the governing body for football in Brazil. They are a member of the International Federation of Association Football since 1923 and also a member of the...
      
      , Chile
      Chile national football team
      The Chilean national football team represents Chile in all major international football competitions. The team is controlled by the Federación de Fútbol de Chile which was established in 1895. They have appeared in eight World Cup tournaments and were hosts of the 1962 FIFA World Cup finishing in...
      
      , Colombia
      Colombia national football team
      The Colombian national football team represents Colombia in international football competitions and is controlled by the Colombian Football Federation. It is a member of the CONMEBOL...
      
      , Ecuador
      Ecuador national football team
      The Ecuadorian national football team represents Ecuador in international football competitions and is controlled by the Ecuadorian Football Federation. They generally play official home matches at Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa in Quito, but often play friendlies in other stadiums around the country...
      
      , Paraguay
      Paraguay national football team
      The Paraguay national football team is controlled by the Paraguayan Football Association and represents Paraguay in men's international football competitions. The team has reached the second round of the World Cup on four occasions . The 2010 trip also featured their first appearance in the...
      
      , Peru
      Peru national football team
      The Peru national football team, known as 'el equipo inca', represents Peru in international football competition and is managed by the Peruvian Football Federation . The team competes against the other nine members of FIFA's CONMEBOL conference, which encompasses the countries of South America...
      
      , Uruguay
      Uruguay national football team
      The Uruguayan national football team represents Uruguay in international association football and is controlled by the Uruguayan Football Association, the governing body for football in Uruguay. The current head coach is Óscar Tabárez...
      
       and Venezuela
      Venezuela national football team
      The Venezuela national football team is the national football team of Venezuela and is controlled by the Federación Venezolana de Fútbol. It is nicknamed La Vinotinto , because of the traditional burgundy color of their shirts....
      
      

January

• January 6 – Jean-Luc Fugaldi (59), French footballer
• January 8 – Suvad Katana
  Suvad Katana
  Suvad Katana was a Bosnian football player.This intelligent defender started playing football in FK Željezničar as a youngster. He made his league debut for the club in 1987. against Red Star Belgrade . Although still a teenager, he was a regular starter in the squad in following seasons...
  
   (35), Bosnia-Herzegovina footballer
• January 17 – Youssouf Samiou (17), Benin footballer
• January 18 – Bernard Béreau (64), French footballer

February

• February 14 – Ron Burgess
  Ron Burgess (footballer)
  William Arthur Ronald Burgess Burgess was a Wales international footballer, who played at wing-half. Burgess worked as a miner before joining Tottenham Hotspur from his local team Cwm Villa...
  
   (87), Welsh footballer and coach
• February 17 – Omar Sivori
  Omar Sivori
  Enrique Omar Sívori was an Italian Argentine football striker and manager. He is known for his time with the successful Juventus side during the late 1950s and early 1960s. At club level he also played for River Plate and Napoli.On the international level, he first appeared for the Argentine...
  
   (69), Argentinian-Italian footballer
• February 24 – Thadée Cisowski
  Thadée Cisowski
  Thadée Cisowski , originally Tadeusz Cisowski, is a former French footballer who played striker, son of Polish immigrants like Raymond Kopa and one of the best goalscorers in Championnat de France....
  
   (78), French footballer

March

• March 3 – Rinus Michels
  Rinus Michels
  Marinus Jacobus Hendricus Michels OON was a Dutch association football player and coach...
  
   (77), Dutch footballer and manager
• March 9 – István Nyers
  István Nyers
  István Nyers , also known as Stefano Nyers was a Hungarian football player. Although he played in only two international matches for Hungary, he is considered one of the greatest football legends of his country, reaching the peak of his career in the 1940s and 1950s.- Biography:Nyers was born in...
  
   (80), Hungarian-French footballer
• March 15 – Armand Seghers (78), Belgian footballer
• March 15 – Bill McGarry
  Bill McGarry (footballer)
  William Harry "Bill" McGarry was an English international football player and manager.A right-half as a player, he joined Port Vale following the end of World War II, and spent the next six years with the club. He then moved on to Huddersfield Town in 1951, where he would spend the next ten years...
  
   (77), English footballer and manager

April

• April 3 – Kader Firoud
  Kader Firoud
  Abdelkader Firoud , most commonly known as Kader Firoud, was a French-Algerian professional football midfielder and manager.-External links:*...
  
   (85), French footballer and manager
• April 8 – Maurice Lafont
  Maurice Lafont
  Maurice Lafont was a French football defender. He was part of the French national team during the 1958 FIFA World Cup tournament.-External links:*...
  
   (78), French footballer
• April 11 – Lucien Laurent
  Lucien Laurent
  Lucien Laurent was a French association football player. He is famous for having scored the first ever FIFA World Cup goal.-Career:Laurent was born in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, Val-de-Marne, near Paris....
  
   (97), French footballer

May

• May 5 – Willy Steffen (80), Swiss footballer
• May 7 – Otilino Tenorio
  Otilino Tenorio
  Otilino Tenorio was an Ecuadorian footballer.-Biography:Tenorio was born in Guayaquil, Ecuador. His nickname was 'Spiderman', because when he scored a goal in a football match he would cover his head with a Spider-Man mask as he celebrated.He joined Emelec of Guayaquil when he was eleven, and went...
  
   (25), Ecuadorian footballer
• May 8 – Gianpietro Zappa (49), Swiss footballer
• May 8 – Wolfgang Blochwitz
  Wolfgang Blochwitz
  Wolfgang Blochwitz was a football goalkeeper from East Germany.During his club career he played for 1. FC Magdeburg and FC Carl Zeiss Jena...
  
   (64), German footballer
• May 23 – Sígfrid Gràcia
  Sígfrid Gràcia
  Sígfrid Gràcia Royo , was a Spanish footballer who spent most of his career at FC Barcelona, In his position of left back he showed typical signs of security and regularity...
  
   (73), Spanish footballer
• May 29 – Gé van Dijk
  Gé van Dijk
  Gérard van Dijk was a football player and coach.He played his entire career for Ajax Amsterdam, won two Eredivisie titles . He played 317 matches and scored 89 goals...
  
   (81), Dutch footballer and manager
• May 29 – Svatopluk Pluskal
  Svatopluk Pluskal
  Svatopluk Pluskal was a Czechoslovak footballer and holder of a silver medal from the World Cup in Chile in 1962.- Early life :...
  
   (74), Czech footballer

August

• August 16 – Michel Pavic (83), Yugoslavian footballer and coach
• August 19 – Oscar Muller
  Oscar Muller
  Oscar Muller was an Argentine football player who played in France with FC Nantes, Rennes, Amiens SC and AS Angoulême. His father is Ramon Muller.-References:...
  
   (48), French footballer

September

• September 8 – Noel Cantwell
  Noel Cantwell
  Noel Euchuria Cornelius Cantwell was an Irish cricketer and football player born in County Cork, Irish Free State...
  
   (72), Northern Ireland footballer and coach
• September 12 – Alain Polaniok (47), French footballer and coach
• September 13 – Toni Fritsch (60), Austrian footballer (later an American football placekicker)
• September 27 – Karl Decker
  Karl Decker (footballer)
  Karl Decker was an Austrian footballer and manager.-International career:As a player Decker played for both Germany and Austria national football team, scoring 27 goals in 33 matches.-Honours:...
  
   (84), Austrian footballer and coach
• September 28 – Enric Gensana
  Enric Gensana
  Enric Gensana Merola was an important man in FC Barcelona at the end of the fifties and beginning of the sixties. A very physical player, spent eight seasons at the club and only a meniscus injury, of which he never recovered, forced him to leave the club, with which he played 131 matches and...
  
   (69), Spanish footballer

October

• October 3 – Francesco Scoglio (64), Italian coach
• October 9 – Sergio Cervato
  Sergio Cervato
  Sergio Cervato was an Italian football player.Cervato was born in Carmignano di Brenta, province of Padua....
  
   (76), Italian footballer
• October 17 – Carlos Gomes (73), Portuguese footballer
• October 18 – Johnny Haynes
  Johnny Haynes
  John Norman "Johnny" Haynes was an English footballer, best known for his 18 years at Fulham. He played a club-record 658 games and scored 158 goals for the club between 1952 and 1970...
  
   (71), English footballer
• October 26 – George Swindin
  George Swindin
  George Hedley Swindin was an English football player and manager.-Playing career:A goalkeeper, Swindin was born in Campsall, Doncaster, Yorkshire. He played as an amateur for various local clubs, including Rotherham United, before turning professional in 1934 with Bradford City...
  
   (90), English footballer

November

• November 2 – Ferruccio Valcareggi (86), Italian footballer and coach of Italy national football team
  Italy national football team
  The Italy National Football Team , represents Italy in association football and is controlled by the Italian Football Federation , the governing body for football in Italy. Italy is the second most successful national team in the history of the World Cup having won four titles , just one fewer than...
  
  
• November 9 – Marceau Sommerlynck (83), French footballer
• November 14 – Erich Schanko
  Erich Schanko
  Erich Schanko was a German international footballer who played as a forward for Borussia Dortmund.-External links:* at Fussballdaten * at weltfussball...
  
   (86), German footballer
• November 25 – George Best
  George Best
  George Best was a professional footballer from Northern Ireland, who played for Manchester United and the Northern Ireland national team. He was a winger whose game combined pace, acceleration, balance, two-footedness, goalscoring and the ability to beat defenders...
  
   (59), Northern Ireland footballer
• November 29 – David di Tommaso
  David di Tommaso
  David di Tommaso was a French football player.-Early life:Di Tommaso was born in Échirolles, Isère. His father Pascal Di Tommaso and uncle Louis Di Tommaso both played in Ligue 2 for Grenoble Foot 38 in the 1980s...
  
  (26), French footballer