2010 in football (soccer) - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The following are the scheduled events of association football for the year 2010 throughout the world.

Events

2010 FIFA World Cup
2010 FIFA World Cup
The 2010 FIFA World Cup was the 19th FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national association football teams. It took place in South Africa from 11 June to 11 July 2010...

in South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...

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2010 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
2010 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
The 2010 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup was held in Germany from July 13 to August 1. Sixteen teams, comprising representatives from all six confederations, were taking part in the final competition, in which Germany had a guaranteed place as the host nation....

in Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

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2010 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
2010 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
The 2010 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup women's football tournament is the second such tournament, and was held in Trinidad and Tobago from September 5–25, 2010...

in Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago is an archipelagic state in the southern Caribbean, lying just off the coast of northeastern Venezuela and south of Grenada in the Lesser Antilles...

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2010 African Cup of Nations
2010 African Cup of Nations
The 2010 Africa Cup of Nations, also known as the Orange Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship reasons, was the 27th Africa Cup of Nations, the biennial football championship of Africa...

in 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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News

In 2010, the two top-level leagues in the United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

both added at least one new team:

Major League Soccer
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...

, which also has one team
Toronto FC
Toronto FC is a Canadian professional soccer club based in Toronto, Ontario which competes in Major League Soccer , the top professional soccer league in the United States and Canada....

in Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

and is recognized as the top level of the (men's) sport in that country, added its 16th team, Philadelphia Union, located in the Philadelphia suburb of Chester, Pennsylvania
Chester, Pennsylvania
Chester is a city in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States, with a population of 33,972 at the 2010 census. Chester is situated on the Delaware River, between the cities of Philadelphia and Wilmington, Delaware.- History :...

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Women's Professional Soccer
Women's Professional Soccer
Women's Professional Soccer is the top level professional women's soccer league in the United States. It began play on March 29, 2009. The league was composed of seven teams for its first two seasons and fielded 6 teams for the 2011 season, with continued plans for future expansion...

, which currently has teams only in the United States, added two teams to the six teams returning from its inaugural 2009 season
2009 Women's Professional Soccer season
The 2009 Women's Professional Soccer season served as the inaugural season for WPS, the top level professional women's soccer league in the United States...

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- The Atlanta Beat, the new incarnation of a team from the defunct Women's United Soccer Association
  Women's United Soccer Association
  The Women's United Soccer Association, often abbreviated to the WUSA, was the world's first women's soccer league in which all the players were paid as professionals. Founded in February 2000, the league began its first season in April 2001 with eight teams in the United States...
  
  , who play in the Atlanta suburb of Kennesaw, Georgia
  Kennesaw, Georgia
  Kennesaw is a city in Cobb County, Georgia, United States. It had a population of 29,783 according to the 2010 census. It is part of the Atlanta metropolitan area. Founded in 1887, Kennesaw has a past surrounded with railroad history...
  
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- Philadelphia Independence, sister team to Philadelphia Union. Due to construction delays at the new stadium it will eventually share with Union, Independence played their first season in another Philadelphia suburb, West Chester, Pennsylvania
  West Chester, Pennsylvania
  The Borough of West Chester is the county seat of Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 18,461 at the 2010 census.Valley Forge, the Brandywine Battlefield, Longwood Gardens, Marsh Creek State Park, and other historical attractions are near West Chester...
  
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However, during the 2010 WPS season

2010 Women's Professional Soccer season

The 2010 Women's Professional Soccer season was the second season for the WPS, the top level professional women's soccer league in the United States...

, another charter team, Saint Louis Athletica, folded, bringing WPS back to the same number of teams it had in the 2009 season. The league also lost its season champions, FC Gold Pride

FC Gold Pride

FC Gold Pride was an American professional soccer club based in Santa Clara, California which participated in Women's Professional Soccer. The club replaced the San Jose CyberRays of the defunct Women's United Soccer Association as the top-level women's soccer team in the San Francisco Bay Area...

, and the Chicago Red Stars

Chicago Red Stars

The Chicago Red Stars are a American professional soccer club that is based in the Chicago suburb of Lisle, Illinois that participates in the Women's Premier Soccer League. From 2009-2010, the Red Stars played their home games at Toyota Park in the Womens Professional Soccer...

, although it will add an expansion team in Western New York for 2011.

Following the 2010 MLS

2010 Major League Soccer season

The 2010 Major League Soccer season was the 98th season of FIFA-sanctioned soccer, the 32nd with a national first-division league, in the United States and Canada, and the 15th in MLS history. It began on March 25 at Seattle's Qwest Field with Seattle Sounders FC defeating the expansion...

regular season, the Kansas City Wizards announced a name change to Sporting Kansas City.

International champions

FIFA World Cup
2010 FIFA World Cup
The 2010 FIFA World Cup was the 19th FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national association football teams. It took place in South Africa from 11 June to 11 July 2010...

Winners:

Runners-up:

Third place:

Fourth place:

African Cup of Nations
2010 African Cup of Nations
The 2010 Africa Cup of Nations, also known as the Orange Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship reasons, was the 27th Africa Cup of Nations, the biennial football championship of Africa...

Winners:

Runners-up:

Third place:

Fourth place:

AFF Cup
2010 AFF Suzuki Cup
The 2010 AFF Cup, sponsored by Suzuki and officially named the 2010 AFF Suzuki Cup, took place on December 1–29, 2010. Indonesia and Vietnam hosted the preliminary stage from 1 to 7 December for Group A and 2 to 8 December for Group B. The semi-finals were played home and away with the first legs...

Winners:

Runners-up:

Third place: ,

AFC

Champions League

Winners:

South Korea Seongnam

Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma

Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma is a South Korean professional football club, based in Seongnam, South Korea, that plays in the K-League...

Runners-up:

Zob Ahan

Semi-finalists:

Saudi Arabia Al-Shabab,

Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal

Al-Hilal

Al-Hilal Saudi Football Club , also known simply as Al-Hilal, is a Saudi Arabian sports club based in the country's capital of Riyadh and best known for its professional football team, known as Al-Hilal Saudi Football Club...

AFC Cup

Winners:

Syria Aleppo

Runners-up:

Qadsia

Semi-finalists:

Thailand Muangthong United,

Bahrain Al-Riff

Bahrain Riffa Club

Al-Riffa Sports Club is a Bahraini football club based in Riffa, playing in the top division of Bahraini football. The club was founded in 1953 by the Kingdom's Prime Minister, HH Sh. Khalifa bin Salman Al-Khalifa...

President's Cup
2010 AFC President's Cup
The 2010 AFC President's Cup was the sixth edition of the AFC President's Cup, an annual international association football competition between domestic clubs sides run by the Asian Football Confederation .-Qualifying teams:1 No league held in 2009....

Winners:

MYA Yadarnarbon

Runners-up:

Dordoi-Dynamo

Dordoi-Dynamo Naryn

FC Dordoi is a Kyrgyz football club based in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. The club was founded in 1998.The club is owned by Dordoi Association, the group of companies which also owns Dordoy Bazaar in Bishkek.-History:*1997: Founded as FC Dordoi Naryn....

Semi-finalists:

Turkmenistan Aşgabat

HTTU Asgabat

HTTU Ashgabat is a Turkmenistan football club based in Ashgabat. It is the football team of the International Turkmen-Turkish University. They play in the top division in Turkmenistan football, the Turkmenistan Higher League...

Tajikistan Qurghonteppa

CAF

Champions League
2010 CAF Champions League
The 2010 CAF Champions League was the 46th edition of Africa's premier club football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football , and the 14th edition under the current CAF Champions League format...

Winners:

Democratic Republic of the Congo Mazembe

TP Mazembe

Tout Puissant Mazembe, formerly known as Englebert, are a Congolese football club based in Lubumbashi. Their home games are played at Stade Municipal de Lubumbashi. Its nickname is Les corbeaux despite having a crocodile with a ball in its mouth on the team crest...

Runners-up:

Espérance

Semi-finalists:

Algeria Kabylie

JS Kabylie

Jeunesse Sportive de Kabylie , known as JS Kabylie or JSK , is an Algerian professional association football club based in Tizi Ouzou. It draws its support from Kabyle football fans even outside the city of Tizi Ouzou...

Egypt 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"...

Confederation Cup

Winners:

Morocco FUS de Rabat

FUS de Rabat

Fath Union Sport de Rabat is a Moroccan football club currently playing in the first division. The club was founded on 10 April 1946. 'Fath Union Sport de Rabat' is actually the name of the sports club which encompasses everything from Basketball to the game of Chess...

Finalist:

Sfaxien

Club Sportif Sfaxien

Club Sportif Sfaxien is a multi-sport club from Sfax in Tunisia.-History:The club was founded in 1928 as Club Tunisien, playing in green and red stripes. The team was promoted to the Tunisian First Division in 1947...

Semi-finalists:

Sudan Al-Hilal,

Libya Ittihad

Super Cup
2010 CAF Super Cup
The 2010 CAF Super Cup was the 18th CAF Super Cup, an annual football match organized by the Confederation of African Football , between the winners of the previous season's CAF Champions League and CAF Confederation Cup competitions...

Winners:

Democratic Republic of the Congo Mazembe

TP Mazembe

Runners-up:

Malien

Stade Malien

Stade Malien is a Malian football and sports club based in Bamako. One of the two dominant clubs of Malian football, their eastern Bamako training grounds host other sports as well, including a successful basketball club.-Football club:...

CONCACAF

Champions League

Winners:

Mexico Pachuca

Runners-up:

Cruz Azul

Semi-finalists:

Mexico Toluca,

Mexico Monterrey

SuperLiga
2010 North American SuperLiga
The 2010 SuperLiga was the fourth edition of the SuperLiga. The top four overall Major League Soccer teams from the 2009 season not already qualified for the 2010–11 CONCACAF Champions League earned qualification as well as four clubs from the Primera División de México.- Qualification :The teams...

Winners:

Mexico Morelia

Runners-up:

New England Revolution

The New England Revolution is an American professional association football club based in Foxborough, Massachusetts which competes in Major League Soccer , the top professional soccer league in the United States and Canada...

Semi-finalists:

Mexico Puebla,

United States Houston Dynamo

Houston Dynamo

The Houston Dynamo is an American professional soccer club, based in Houston, Texas, that plays in Major League Soccer, the top professional soccer league in the United States and Canada. Founded in 2005 as Houston 1836, the team name was renamed to Houston Dynamo following protests from Hispanic...

CFU Club Championship
2010 CFU Club Championship
--------- Group B :All matches hosted in Puerto Rico. Officially, Bayamón played as visitor in the first leg.----- Group C :All matches hosted in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.--------- Group D :All matches hosted in Guyana....

Winners:

Puerto Rico Islanders

Puerto Rico Islanders is a Puerto Rican professional football team based in Bayamón, Puerto Rico. Founded in 2003, the team plays in the North American Soccer League , the second tier of the American Soccer Pyramid....

Runners-up:

Joe Public

Joe Public F.C.

Joe Public Football Club is a football club from Trinidad and Tobago currently playing in the Pro League. Nicknamed the Eastern Lions, they are owned by former FIFA vice-president Jack Warner...

Third place:

San Juan Jabloteh

San Juan Jabloteh is a football club located in San Juan, Trinidad and Tobago that currently plays in the country's Pro League. The team plays its home games in Hasely Crawford Stadium in Port of Spain, Trinidad.- History :...

Fourth place:

Bayamón

Bayamon FC

Bayamón FC is a football team that joined the Puerto Rico Soccer League for the 2009 season. The team plays in Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium in Bayamón, Puerto Rico. The team did not participate in the Puerto Rico Soccer League for the 2010 and 2011 seasons due to the league's instability...

CONMEBOL

Copa Libertadores
2010 Copa Libertadores
The 2010 Copa Libertadores de América was the 51st edition of the Copa Libertadores, CONMEBOL's premier international club tournament. The tournament began on January 26 and ended on August 18...

Winners:

Brazil Internacional

Sport Club Internacional

Sport Club Internacional is a Brazilian football team and multi-sport club from Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, founded on April 4, 1909, and are one of the only five clubs to have never been relegated, along with Santos, São Paulo, Flamengo and Cruzeiro. They play in red shirts, white shorts and...

Finalist:

Guadalajara

C.D. Guadalajara

Club Deportivo Guadalajara , is a Mexican professional football club based in Guadalajara, Jalisco. Guadalajara plays in the Primera División de México and is the most successful club in Mexican football, having won 11 First Division titles, 7 Campeón de Campeones and 2 Copa México...

Semi-finalists:

Brazil São Paulo,

Chile Universidad de Chile

Copa Sudamericana
2010 Copa Sudamericana
The 2010 Copa Sudamericana de Clubes was the 9th edition of CONMEBOL's secondary international club tournament. The winner qualified for the 2011 Copa Libertadores, the 2011 Recopa Sudamericana, and the 2011 Suruga Bank Championship...

Winners:

Independiente

Club Atlético Independiente

Club Atlético Independiente is an Argentine athletic, sports and social club, which has its headquarters and stadium in the city of Avellaneda, Buenos Aires Province. The club is best known for its football team, that plays in the Argentine Primera División....

Runners-up:

Goiás

Goiás Esporte Clube

Goiás Esporte Clube, also known as Goiás, is a Brazilian football team in Goiânia, Goiás state. It is one of the largest clubs of the Central-Western part of Brazil and they won the 'Série B once.Its main rival is Vila Nova...

Semi-finalists:

LDU Quito,

Brazil Palmeiras

Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras

Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras is a Brazilian football club from São Paulo. The club was founded on August 26, 1914, as Palestra Italia but changed to the current name on September 14, 1942...

Recopa Sudamericana
2010 Recopa Sudamericana
The 2010 Recopa Sudamericana de Clubes was a two-legged tie that determined the winner of the Recopa Sudamericana, an annual football match between the winners of the previous season's Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana competitions. It was contested between Argentine club Estudiantes de La...

Winners:

LDU Quito

Runners-up:

Estudiantes

Estudiantes de La Plata

Club Estudiantes de La Plata , simply referred to as Estudiantes, is an Argentine professional sports club based in La Plata. The club's football team currently competes in the Primera División, where it has spent most of its history....

OFC

Champions League

Winners:

Papua New Guinea PRK Hekari United

PRK Hekari United

Hekari United is a semi-professional association football club, based in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.They were winners of the 2006 and the 2007/2008 Papua New Guinea National Soccer League....

Runners-up:

Waitakere United

Waitakere United is a football club based in Waitakere City, New Zealand. They are one of the franchises in the ASB Premiership. They play their home games at Fred Taylor Park in Kumeu.-History:...

Semi-finalists:

New Zealand Auckland City

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...

Fiji Lautoka

Lautoka F.C.

Lautoka FC is a Fijian football team playing at the top level. It is based in Lautoka. Their home stadium is Churchill Park. The Lautoka team is currently known as the Baby Blues-History:...

UEFA

Champions League

Winners:

Italy Internazionale

F.C. Internazionale Milano

Football Club Internazionale Milano, often referred to as Internazionale or simply Inter, is a professional Italian football club based in Milan, Italy. Outside Italy, the club is often called Inter Milan. They are the reigning FIFA Club World champions and Coppa Italia holders.Inter have always...

Runners-up:

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....

Semi-finalists:

France 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...

Spain Barcelona

FC Barcelona

Futbol Club Barcelona , also known as Barcelona and familiarly as Barça, is a professional football club, based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain....

Europa League

Winners:

Spain Atlético Madrid

Runners-up:

Fulham

Fulham F.C.

Fulham Football Club is a professional English Premier League club based in southwest London Fulham, in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. Founded in 1879, they play in the Premier League, their 11th current season...

Semi-finalists:

England 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...

Germany Hamburg

Hamburger SV

Hamburger Sport-Verein, usually referred to as HSV in Germany and Hamburg in international parlance, is a German multi-sport club based in Hamburg, its largest branch being its football department...

Super Cup
2010 UEFA Super Cup
The 2010 UEFA Super Cup was the 35th UEFA Super Cup organised by the European football governing body UEFA. It took place at the Stade Louis II in Monaco on 27 August 2010. It was contested by Internazionale, who won the 2009–10 UEFA Champions League, and Atlético Madrid, who won the 2009–10 UEFA...

Winners:

Spain Atlético Madrid

Runners-up:

Italy Internazionale

F.C. Internazionale Milano

AFC

Australia
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...

– Sydney FC
Sydney FC
Sydney FC is a professional football club based in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia and competes in the country's premier football competition, the A-League...
Bahrain
Bahraini Premier League
The Bahraini Premier League is the main football competition in Bahrain. The first season was held in 1957. The winners of the domestic championship qualify for the AFC Cup. The championship is currently contested by 10 clubs-Current Structure:...

– Al-Ahli (Manama)
Bangladesh
Bangladesh Professional Football League
-Topscorers:-External links:* at fifa.com*...

– Dhaka Abahani
Bhutan
A-Division (Bhutan)
A-Division is the top division of the Bhutan Football Federation. The 2007 edition was played between Jul 7-Aug 3 and all matches were played in Chang Jiji, Thimphu...

– Yeedzin FC
Yeedzin FC
Yeedzin Football Club was established in 2002 and registered with the Bhutan Football Federation.The Club is Based in Thimphu, Bhutan. The club was registered in the B Division of the National football league. Yeedzin FC finished second in the B Division of the national football league and gained...
Cambodia
Cambodian League
-Metfone C-League Clubs :* Build Bright United* Chhlam Samuth* Kirivong Sok Sen Chey* Nagacorp FC* National Defense Ministry* Phnom Penh Crown* Police Commissary* Preah Khan Reach * Prek Pra Keila ...

– Phnom Penh Crown
China PR
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...

– Shandong Luneng
Shandong Luneng
Shandong Luneng Taishan is a Chinese Super League football club owned by Shandong Luneng Group, the biggest supplier of electric energy in Shandong province. They play at the Shandong Stadium in Jinan, Shandong. The predecessor of Shandong Luneng Taishan was the Shandong Provincial team organised...
China Republic (Taiwan)
Intercity Football League
Intercity Football League is the top-ranked Taiwanese football league run by Chinese Taipei Football Association .- History :...

– Kaohsiung County Taipower FC
Guam
Guam League
Guam Men's Soccer League is the top league of the Guam Football Association in Guam and is referred to as the BGMSL.Since 2004 the BGMSL has had two levels: Division I and Division II. Since 2007, the league has adopted a longer season that starts in the fall and ends in the spring. Previously,...

– Quality Distributors
Hong Kong
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:...

– South China
India
I-League
The I-League is an Indian football league for association football clubs. At the top of the Indian football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Contested by 14 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation of two teams each year with the I-League 2nd Division...

– Dempo SC
Indonesia
Indonesian Super League
Indonesia Super League is the highest level of Liga Indonesia. ISL is a professional competition for football clubs in Indonesia. This competition is managed by PT Liga Indonesia, under supervision of the Football Association of Indonesia...

– Arema Indonesia
Iran – Sepahan
Sepahan
Sepahan Esfahan is an Iranian football club based in Isfahan, Iran. They compete in Iran's top flight known as Persian Gulf League and hold most of the records in the PGL under their belt. Sepahan are the latest champions of the PGL in 2010–11 season for the record third time in the ten-year PGL...
Iraq – Dohuk FC
Japan
J. League
The or is the top division of and is the top professional association football league in Japan. It is one of the most successful leagues in Asian club football and the only league given top class 'A' ranking by the AFC. Currently, J. League Division 1 is the first level of the Japanese...

– Nagoya Grampus
Nagoya Grampus
are a Japanese association football club that play in the J. League. Based in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture and originally founded as the company team of the Toyota Motor Corp...
Jordan
Jordan League
The Jordan League is the highest division in football in Jordan. The league was played in 1944 for the first time.-Jordan League of 2011-12:*Al-Arabi *Al-Baqa'a SC *Al-Faisaly *Al-Jalil *Al-Jazeera *Al-Ramtha...

– Al-Faisaly Amman
Kuwait
Kuwaiti Premier League
The Kuwaiti Premier League is the top division of the Kuwait Football Association league pyramid system. It was created in 1961. Al Arabi holds the best record in the competition, winning it 16 times...

– Qadsia SC
Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan League
Kyrgyzstan League is the top division of the Football Federation of Kyrgyz Republic. It was created in 1992.Teams get relegated to the Kyrgyzstan League Second Level.- Kyrgyzstan League Clubs :*Abdysh-Ata *Alga *FC Alay...

– Dordoi-Dynamo Naryn
Dordoi-Dynamo Naryn
FC Dordoi is a Kyrgyz football club based in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. The club was founded in 1998.The club is owned by Dordoi Association, the group of companies which also owns Dordoy Bazaar in Bishkek.-History:*1997: Founded as FC Dordoi Naryn....
Lebanon
Lebanese Premier League
Lebanese Premier League is the top division of the Federation Libanaise de Football Association football league competitions. It was founded in 1900 and began in 1934 and their confederation is the AFC...

– Al Ahed
Macau
Campeonato da 1ª Divisão do Futebol
Campeonato da 1ª Divisão do Futebol is the top division of the Macau Football Association, created in 1973. As with the Hong Kong First Division League, it is separate from the mainland Chinese football league system, including the Chinese Super League and leagues below it.-Campeonato da 1ª Divisão...

– Windsor Arch Ka I
Windsor Arch Ka I
Windsor Arch Ka I is a Macau football club, which plays in the town of Macau. They play in the Macau's first division, the Campeonato da 1ª Divisão do Futebol.- Current squad :...
Malaysia – Selangor FA
Selangor FA
The Football Association of Selangor , commonly referred to as FAS or simply Selangor, competes in Malaysian football competitions representing the state of Selangor Darul Ehsan. The team is based in Shah Alam city. They are currently playing in Malaysian Super League, the top-flight of Malaysian...
Oman
Omani League
The Omani League is the top division of the Oman Football Association, and was officially created in 1976. Currently the most successful team in the Omani League, trophy-wise is Dhofar with a total of 9 trophies....

– Al-Suwaiq
Al-Suwaiq
Al-Suwaiq is an Omani football club based in Oman. It was founded in 1970.-Performance in AFC competitions:*AFC Cup: 2 appearances-Notable players: Lionardo Zaid Jaber Mahmoud Za'tara Hassan Rabia Francis Kasonde- External links :*...
Pakistan
Pakistan Premier League
The Pakistan Premier League is the first division of Pakistani football. It was established in 2004, in place of the National Championship by the Pakistan Football Federation.-Origins:...

– KRL
KRL FC
KRL are a Pakistani football club who play in the Pakistan Premier League. They play their home games at the KRL stadium in Rawalpindi and are founding members of the PPL....
Palestine
West Bank Premier League
West Bank Premier League is one of the two top divisions of the Palestinian Football Federation. The other is the Gaza Strip League. Palestinian clubs have a rich history stretching back to the early 1930s but most teams folded due to the political turmoil that ensued...

– Jabal Mukabar
Qatar – Al-Gharafa Doha
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Premier League
The Saudi Professional League, officially known as , is the main football competition in Saudi Arabia. The first competition was held in the year of 1976–77...

– Al-Hilal Riyadh
Singapore – Etoile FC
Etoile FC
Etoile Football Club is a professional football club which was formed to play in Singapore's S.League in 2010.Etoile FC is the first team of players all born in Europe to ply their trade in Singapore's professional league, and the first in Asia...
South Korea
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...

– FC Seoul
FC Seoul
FC Seoul is a South Korean professional football club based in Seoul, South Korea, that plays in the K-League. It is currently owned by GS Sports, a subsidiary of GS Group....
Syria
Syrian Premier League
The Syrian League is the highest division in football in Syria. The league began play in 1966.- Current clubs :*Al-Futowa *Al-Ittihad *Al-Jaish *Al-Jazeera *Al-Karamah *Al-Majd...

– Al-Jaish
Al-Jaish
Al-Jaish Damascus is a football club based in Damascus, Syria, founded in 1947. The club plays in the Abbasiyyin Stadium, which holds 45,000 people...
Tajikistan
Tajik League
Tajik League is the top division of the Tajikistan Football Federation, it was created in 1992.-Tajik League Clubs - 2011:*CSKA Pomir Dushanbe*Energetik Dushanbe*FK Khujand*Guardia Dushanbe*Istiqlol Dushanbe*Khayr Vahdat FK*Parvoz Bobojon Ghafurov...

– Esteghlal Dushanbe
Esteghlal Dushanbe
Istiqlol Dushanbe , is football club based in Tajikistan. The currently play in the top division of the country.-History:Football Club Istiqlol was established in November 2007, under the Presidency of Shohruh Saidov...
Thailand – Muangthong United F.C.
Turkmenistan – FC Balkan
FC Balkan
FC Balkan is a Turkmenistan football club based in Balkanabat. They play in the top division in Turkmenistan football, the Turkmenistan Higher League. Their home stadium is Balkanabat Stadium which can hold 10,000 people...
UAE – Al Wahda
Uzbekistan
Uzbek League
The Uzbekistan Professional Football League , is the top division of football in Uzbekistan, and is operated under the auspices of the Uzbekistan Football Federation.-Soviet time champions:*1926 : FC Tashkent*1927 : FC Tashkent*1928 : FC Fergana...

– Bunyodkor Tashkent
FC Bunyodkor
FC Bunyodkor is an Uzbek football club based in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.The club finished second in the 2007 Uzbek League season and made the semi-finals of the 2008 AFC Champions League...
Vietnam
V-League
The number of foreign players is restricted to five per team. A team could use three foreigners on the field each game.As 2009 statistics, about half of V-League foreign players are Brazilian and the rest come from Argentina, Nigeria, Ghana, Czech Republic, Thailand and others.-Attendance:V-League...

– Hà Nội T&T F.C.

CAF

Algeria
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...

– MC Alger
Angola
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 :...

– G.D. Interclube
Benin
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...

– ASPAC FC
ASPAC FC
ASPAC FC are a Beninese football club based in Cotonou. They currently play in the Benin Premier League. In 2010, the club won the Benin Premier League title for the first time in their history.-Performance in CAF competitions:...
Botswana – Township Rollers FC
Burkina Faso
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...

– ASFA Yennega
Burundi
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....

– Vital'O F.C.
Vital'O F.C.
Vital'O FC, is a football club from Bujumbura, Burundi.They were founded as Rwanda Sport FC in the 1960s, changed their name to ALTECO in 1971, to Tout Puissant Bata in 1973, then merged with Rapid to become Espoir soon after and finally became Vital'ô around 1975.-Achievements:*Burundi Premier...
Cameroon – Cotonsport Garoua
Cotonsport Garoua
Coton Sport FC de Garoua is an Cameroonian football club based in Garoua. They play at the Stade Omnisport de Garoua. In 2008 they finished runners up in the CAF Champions League.-Domestic:*Cameroonian Championship: ...
Cape Verde – Boavista FC
Central African Republic
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....

– Olympic Real de Bangui
Olympic Real de Bangui
Olympic Real de Bangui is a football club from Central African Republic based in Bangui. Previously its name was Réal Olympique Castel.-Achievements:*Central African Republic League : 9*Central African Republic Coupe Nationale : 2...
Chad
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...

– Tourbillon FC
Tourbillon FC
Tourbillon FC is a football club from Chad based in N'Djamena. It is the second most successful club in Chad Premier League, with 5 titles, after Gazelle FC...
Comoros
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...

– Elan Club
Congo
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...

– Saint Michel d'Ouenzé
Saint Michel d'Ouenzé
Saint Michel d'Ouenzé is a Congolese football club based in Brazzaville.-Performance in CAF competitions:*CAF Champions League: 2 appearances...
DR Congo
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...

– AS Vita Club
AS Vita Club
AS Vita Club is a Congolese football club based in Kinshasa.-Honours:*African Cup of Champions Clubs: 0**Winner : 1973**Finalist : 1981*Linafoot: 12**Champion : 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1980, 1988, 1993, 1997, 2003, 2010...
Djibouti
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 Port
Egypt
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...

– 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"...
Equatorial Guinea
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....

– Deportivo Mongomo
Deportivo Mongomo
Deportivo Mongomo is an Equatoguinean football club based in the city of Mongomo. They participate in the Equatoguinean Premier League, and won that league in 1980, 1997, and 2010.-Achievements:*Equatoguinean Premier League: 3...
Eritrea
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...

– unknown
Ethiopia
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
Saint-George SA
Saint George SA is an Ethiopian football club based in Addis Abeba. They are a member of the Ethiopian Football Federation national league. Their home stadium is Addis Abeba Stadium.-History:...
Gabon
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]...

– US Bitam
US Bitam
Union Sportive Bitam is a Gabonese football club based in Bitam, Gabon.-Achievements:*Gabon Championnat National D1: 2*Coupe du Gabon Interclubs: 2-Performance in CAF competitions:...
Gambia – Gambia Ports Authority F.C.
Gambia Ports Authority F.C.
Gambia Ports Authority Football Club" is a Gambian football club based in Banjul and sponsored by the Gambia Ports Authority. They play in the top division in Gambian football, the Gambian Championnat National D1.-Achievements:...
Ghana – Aduana Stars
Aduana Stars
Aduana Stars FC are a Ghanian football Club, based in Dormaa Ahenkro, currently competing in the Ghana Premier League.-History:Aduana won the 2009/2010 title in Ghana as fewest scoring side in the league, setting a world record for least productive champions with 19 goals in 30 matches. With an...
Guinea
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...

– Fello Star
Fello Star
Fello Star de Labé is a Guinean football club based in Labé. Their home games are played at Stade Saïfoulaye Diallo.-Achievements:*Guinée Championnat National: 4*Guinée Coupe Nationale: 2*Guinée Super Coupe: 1...
Guinea-Bissau
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
Sporting Clube de Bissau
Sporting Clube de Bissau, usually known as Sporting de Bissau, is a football club from Bissau, Guinea-Bissau.-Squad:-Achievements:*Campeonato Nacional da Guiné-Bissau: 14*Taça Nacional da Guiné Bissau: 6...
Ivory Coast
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...

– 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...
Kenya
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
Ulinzi Stars
Ulinzi Stars are a Kenyan football club, based in the city of Nakuru.- History :The Ulinzi Stars are a football club for Kenya's military Combined Services [Army, Navy and Air Force]. They compete in the top-level Kenyan league, the Kenyan Premier League. The team have been champions of Kenya four...
Lesotho
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...

– Matlama FC
Matlama FC
Matlama football club are the champions of Lesotho, and the most successful club in the country.-Achievements:*Lesotho Premier League: 9*Lesotho Cup: 6-Performance in CAF competitions:*CAF Champions League: 2 appearances...
Liberia
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...

– unknown
Libya
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...

– Al Ittihad
Madagascar
THB Champions League
The THB Champions League is premier football league in Madagascar. The competition is played in a round-robin format between the 32 qualifying clubs from the 22 regional leagues in the country. In each of the four rounds, the teams are divided into groups of four teams, with each team playing the...

– CNaPS Sport
CNaPS Sport
-Achievements:*THB Champions League : 1*Coupe de Madagascar : 1*Super Coupe de Madagascar : 1-Performance in CAF competitions:*CAF Champions League: 1 appearance...
Malawi
Malawi Premier Division
Malawi Premier Division also known as TNM Super League is the top football division in Malawi. It was created in 1986.-Telekom Super League - Clubs 2010/11:*Blackpool FC *Blantyre United FC*Blue Eagles FC...

– Silver Strikers F.C.
Mali – Stade Malien
Stade Malien
Stade Malien is a Malian football and sports club based in Bamako. One of the two dominant clubs of Malian football, their eastern Bamako training grounds host other sports as well, including a successful basketball club.-Football club:...
Mauritania
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...

– CF Cansado
Mauritius
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...

– Pamplemousses SC
Pamplemousses SC
Pamplemousses SC is a Mauritian football club based in Belle Vue. They play in the top division in Mauritian football.-Ground:Their home stadium is Stade Anjalay Pamplemousses SC (literally, Grapefruit SC) is a Mauritian football club based in Belle Vue. They play in the top division in Mauritian...
Morocco – Wydad Casablanca
Mozambique
Moçambola
Moçambola is the top division of Mozambican football , and it is organized by the Mozambican Football Federation.-History:...

– Liga Muçulmana de Maputo
Liga Muçulmana de Maputo
Liga Muçulmana, short name LDMM, is a Mozambican football club based in Maputo that plays in the top division of Mozambican football, Moçambola, and they have won the 1st league title in 2010...
Namibia
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...

– African Stars F.C.
African Stars F.C.
The African Stars are a Namibian football club from Windhoek. They play in the country's highest division, the Namibia Premier League.-Achievements:*Namibia Premier League: 2*Namibian Cup: 2-Performance in CAF competitions:...
Niger
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:...

– ASFAN
ASFAN
ASFAN is a Nigerien football club based in Niamey and operated by the Nigerien Armed Forces . They play at the stade du camp Bagagi Iya, a small stadium in one of Niamey's military bases, although larger matches are played at the stade Général Seyni Kountché...
Nigeria
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...

– Enyimba
Réunion
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
US Stade Tamponnaise
Union Sportive Stade Tamponnaise, is a football club from Le Tampon, Réunion Island, founded in 1982 as the result of the fusion between S/S Tamponnaise founded in 1922 and Stade Tamponnais founded in 1971.-Stadium:...
Rwanda
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
APR FC
Armée Patriotique Rwandaise FC is a football club from Kigali in Rwanda. The club plays their home games at Amahoro Stadium. APR FC were founded in June 1993....
São Tomé and Príncipe
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...

– GD Sundy
GD Sundy
Grupo Desportivo Sundy is a football club that plays in the island of Principe in São Tomé and Príncipe. The team plays in the Principe Island League in its local division. The team won a title in 1999.-Achievements:...
Senegal
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 Diaraf
ASC Diaraf
Association Sportive et Culturelle Diaraf is a Senegalese football club based in Dakar. They play in the top division in Senegalese football. Their home stadium is Stade de Diaraf...
Seychelles
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...

– St Michel United FC
St Michel United FC
St Michel United Football Club are a Seychelles based football club, they play in the Seychelles First Division. The club have been crowned champions of Seychelles on nine occasions...
Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone National Premier League
Sierra Leone National Premier League is the top football league in Sierra Leone. It was founded in 1967. The league is sponsored by the Sierra Leone Commercial Bank, one of the major Sierra Leonean banks. East End Lions and Mighty Blackpool are the two biggest and most successful clubs. The...

– East End Lions F.C.
Somalia
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...

– Gayher FC
South Africa
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...

– Supersport United FC
Sudan
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
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...

– Young Buffaloes
Tanzanian
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:...

– Simba SC
Simba SC
Simba Sports Club is a Tanzanian football club based in Dar es Salaam. Their home games are played at two stadiums Uhuru Stadium and National Stadium. Simba SC is one of two biggest football clubs in Tanzania, their archrivals being the Young Africans...
Togo
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...

– unknown
Tunisia
Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1
The CLP-1 or "Championnat de la Ligue Professionnelle 1" is the top division of the Fédération Tunisienne de Football. It was created in 1921.-History:...

– Espérance Sportive de Tunis
Ugandan
Ugandan Super League
The Ugandan Super League is the top division of the Federation of Uganda Football Associations, it was created in 1968.-Ugandan Super League Clubs - 2011/12:*Bul Bidco FC*Bunamwaya SC *Express FC *Fire Masters FC...

– Bunamwaya SC
Bunamwaya SC
Bunamwaya SC is a football club in Wakiso Town, Uganda. . They play in the top level of Ugandan professional football, the Ugandan Super League. They play at Bunamwaya Stadium, which has a capacity of 5,000....
Zambia
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...

– ZESCO United F.C.
ZESCO United F.C.
ZESCO United is a Zambian football club based in Ndola. They play in the top division in Zambian football. Their home stadium is Trade Fair Grounds.They were the first Zambian team to qualify for the group stages of the CAF Champions league.They with Zanaco FC are regarded as the two richest clubs...
Zanzibar
Zanzibar Premier League
Zanzibar Premier League is the top division of the Zanzibar Football Association, it was created in 1981.-Zanzibar Premier League Clubs – 2010:*Chipukizi *Duma FC *Jamhuri FC *JKU FC ...

– Zanzibar Ocean View F.C.
Zimbabwe
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...

– Motor Action F.C.
Motor Action F.C.
Motor Action Football Club is a Zimbabwean football club based in Harare. They play in the top division in Zimbabwean football. In early 2000 the idea of owning a Premier League side by the current owners became reality...

CONCACAF

Nation	League	Champions
Anguilla Anguilla Football Association The Anguilla Football Association is the governing body of football in Anguilla.-External links:* at the FIFA website....	Anguillan League Anguillan League AFA Senior Male League or the AFA League is the top division in Anguilla, it was created in 1997. Despite being a league competition in CONCACAF, none of the Anguillan teams ever played in CFU Club Championship or CONCACAF Champions' Cup...	Roaring Lions Roaring Lions FC Roaring Lions FC is an Anguillian football club based in Stoney Ground that competes in the AFA Senior League, the top tier of Anguillian football.In the 2010–11, the club finished in second place with 30 points....
Antigua and Barbuda Antigua and Barbuda Football Association The Antigua and Barbuda Football Association is the governing body of football in Antigua and Barbuda. They control the Antigua and Barbuda national football team.-Competitions:...	Antigua and Barbuda Premier Division Antigua and Barbuda Premier Division The Antigua and Barbuda Premier Division, currently known as the Digicel/Red Stripe Premier Division for sponsorship purposes, is the top football league in Antigua and Barbuda excludes Antigua Barracuda FC.-History:...	Bassa Bassa Sports Club Bassa Sports Club is an Antigua and Barbuda football team playing in the local top division they have won the preimier league many times. It is based in All Saints.-History:Bassa have clinched the Antiguan league title five times....
Aruba	Campeonato AVB Aruban Division di Honor Aruban Division di Honor or Campeonato AVB Aruba Bank is the top level association football league in Aruba. It is overseen by the Arubaanse Voetbal Bond and was created in 1960....	Britannia SV Britannia Sport Vereniging Britannia is an Aruban football club, which currently plays in Aruba's first division. They are based in Piedra Plat.-History:...
Bahamas Bahamas Football Association The Bahamas Football Association is the official football federation in The Bahamas. It was founded in 1967 for men, women, and children to learn more about football. It affiliated with FIFA in 1968 and CONCACAF in 1981. The headquarters are in Nassau. The federation is also in charge of its...	BFA Senior League	IM Bears Bears FC Bears Football Club is a football club based in Freeport, Bahamas.-History:The club are one of the seven men's teams in the New Providence Football League in Bahamas. They have won the Bahamas President's Cup in consecutive seasons. They have also won the New Providence Football League four times...
	New Providence Football League New Providence Football League The New Providence Football League is the highest form of football on the island of New Providence.There are also women's leagues in New Providence and Grand Bahama.After a season's gap, the WFL was formed in New Providence in 2006...	Cavalier FC Cavalier FC Cavalier FC is a Bahamian football club based in the capital Nassau. It plays in the New Providence Football League.-Achievements:Bahamas National Championship Final: 5Bahamas FA Cup: 7*Bahamas President's Cup: 3...
	Grand Bahama Football League Grand Bahama Football League The Grand Bahama Football League is the highest form of association football on the Bahamian island of Grand Bahama. The league is divided into two divisions, the men's league and the woman's league. The men's league with 7 teams and the woman's league with 4 teams...	Playtime Tigers Playtime Tigers The Playtime Tiger Football Club are one of the five teams in the Grand Bahama Football League. During the regular season they came 5th place....
Barbados Barbados Football Association The Barbados Football Association is the governing body of association football in Barbados. It organizes the Barbadian national football team.-External links:* at the FIFA website....	Barbados Premiere League Digicel Premiere League The Premier Division or Digicel Premier League is the top football league in Barbados. It was created in 1947 and is headed by the Barbados Football Association...	Notre Dame Notre Dame SC Notre Dame SC is a Barbados football club, based in Bayville on the southside of Bridgetown in the parish of Saint Michael.Notre Dame is the second most successful club in Barbados football history, winning 9 league titles and 4 domestic cups....
Belize Football Federation of Belize The Football Federation of Belize , formerly known as the Belize National Football Association and founded in 1980, is the governing body of football in Belize. It has been a member of Fédération Internationale de Football Association , CONCACAF and Union Centroamericana de Fútbol in 1986.-...	Belize Premier Football League Belize Premier Football League The Belize Premier Football League is the premier division of football in Belize sanctioned by the Football Federation of Belize...	Defense Force Belize Defence Force (football team) Belize Defence Force Football Club is a Belizean football team which currently competes in the Belize Premier Football League of the Football Federation of Belize. It is sponsored by the country's national army of the same name...
Bermuda Bermuda Football Association Founded in 1928, the Bermuda Football Association is the official football organization in Bermuda and is in charge of the Bermudian national team...	Bermudian Premier Division	Dandy Town Hornets
British Virgin Islands British Virgin Islands Football Association The British Virgin Islands Football Association is the governing body of football in the British Virgin Islands.-External links:* at the FIFA website....	British Virgin Islands Championship British Virgin Islands Championship There are two football club competitions running in the British Virgin Islands. The Tortola League and the Virgin Gorda League.According to the National League Champions are the winner of Tortola League...	Islanders FC Islanders FC Islanders FC is a British Virgin Islands football club based in Tortola, competing in the BVIFA Football League, the top tier of British Virgin Islands football.'Islanders FC are the current defending league champions.-References:...
Canada Canadian Soccer Association The Canadian Soccer Association is the governing body of soccer in Canada. It is a national organization that oversees the Canadian men's and women's national teams for international play, as well as the respective junior sides...	Canadian Soccer League 2010 Canadian Soccer League season The 2010 Canadian Soccer League season began on Saturday May 8, 2010 and ended on October 31. Brantford Galaxy SC won their first championship in their inaugural season with a 3-0 win over Hamilton Croatia in the 2010 CSL Championship Final at the Centennial Park Stadium in Etobicoke on October...	Brantford Galaxy (P)
		York Region Shooters York Region Shooters The York Region Shooters were a soccer team playing in the Canadian Professional Soccer League from 1998-2002. They played their home matches in the town of Aurora, Ontario, north of Toronto.... (R)
Cayman Islands	Cayman Islands League Cayman Islands League The Cayman Islands League is the top association football league in the Cayman Islands and was created in 1980.Despite being a league competition in CONCACAF since 1992, no team participated in the CFU Club Championship until the 2010 CFU Club Championship, where Elite SC entered...	Scholars International Scholars International Scholars International is a Cayman Islander football club, which currently plays in Cayman Islands' premier league.-Achievements:Cayman Islands League: 7Cayman Islands FA Cup: 3*Cayman Islands Digicel Cup: 1...
Costa Rica	Primera División de Costa Rica	Saprissa C.D. Saprissa Deportivo Saprissa S.A.D. is a Costa Rican sports club, mostly known for its football team. The club is located in San Juan de Tibás, San José, and plays their home games at the Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá.... (C) / (A)
	Segunda División de Costa Rica	Barrio México Club de Fútbol Barrio México Club Deportivo Barrio Mexico is a Costa Rican football club, currently playing in the Primera División.-History:... (C)
	Segunda División de Costa Rica	Limón Limón Fútbol Club Limón Fútbol Club is a Costa Rican football team playing at the top level in the Primera Division. It is based in Limón. Their home stadiums are the Estadio Nuevo de Limón and Estadio Juán Gobán. Their nickname is "La Tromba del Caribe" .-Current squad:As of 2010... (A)
Cuba	Campeonato Nacional de Fútbol de Cuba Campeonato Nacional de Fútbol de Cuba Campeonato Nacional de Fútbol de Cuba is the top division of the Asociación de Fútbol de Cuba, it was created in 1912.Despite being a league competition in CONCACAF, since 1990 none of the Cuban teams had played in CFU Club Championship or CONCACAF Champions' Cup till the CFU Club Championship...	Ciego de Ávila FC Ciego de Ávila FC Ciego de Ávila is a Cuban football club based in Ciego de Ávila, which currently play Cuban first division.-Players:...
Curaçao Curaçao Football Federation Curaçao Football Federation is the football association of Curaçao. Its the legal successor of the Netherlands Antillean Football Union, which ended with the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles in 2010....	Curaçao League Curaçao League The Curaçao League or Sekshon Pagá is the top association football league in Curaçao, constituent country of the Netherlands. Up to 2010 the top two teams in this competition get to compete in the Netherlands Antilles Championship...	Hubentut Fortuna S.V. Hubentut Fortuna SV Hubentut Fortuna is a Curaçao football Professional team playing at the top level in netherlands antilles premier league.- Overview :The side topped the league in 2010 Curaçao League Final as well as in 2009 and also finishing third in the 2007–2008 season behind SV Centro Social Deportivo Barber...
Dominica Dominica Football Association The Dominica Football Association is the governing body of football in Dominica.The Dominica national football team is the national team of Dominica and is controlled by the Dominica Football Association.-External links:* at the FIFA website....	Dominica Championship Dominica Championship The Dominica Premiere League is the top division for association football in Dominica, it was created in 1970.Eight teams participate in this league...	Centre Bath Estate Centre Bath Estate FC Centre Bath Estate FC is a Dominica football club based in Roseau. The club competes in the Dominica Premier Division League, the top tier of Dominica football.The club is the 2010 defending champions....
El Salvador	Primera División de Fútbol Profesional Primera División de Fútbol Profesional - Apertura 2010 The Apertura 2010 season was the 25th edition of El Salvador's Primera Division since its establishment of an Apertura and Clausura format. Isidro Metapán, being the defending champions, kept the title as they won the final against Alianza on penalties. The season begun on July 31 and concluded on...	Isidro Metapán A.D. Isidro Metapán Asociación Deportiva Isidro Metapán, also known simply as Isidro Metapán, is a Salvadoran football club based in Metapán, El Salvador. The club currently plays in the Primera División, which is the top tier football league in the country... (C) / (A)
	Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño The Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño is the second level of the El Salvador League System of football. Teams have a chance to gain promotion to the Primera División de Fútbol Profesional. The champions of the Apertura and Clausura play the direct promotion playoff every year. The winner of...	UES C.D. Universidad de El Salvador Club Deportivo Universidad de El Salvador, commonly known as UES, is a professional football team in El Salvador.Universidad represents the University of El Salvador , the largest and oldest university in El Salvador.... (C)
		Once Municipal Once Municipal Once Municipal or 11 Municipal is a Salvadoran football club from Ahuachapán, El Salvador. The club currently plays in the top tier after getting promoted for the Apertura 2010. The club won its first league championship during the 1948–49 season... (A)
French Guiana Ligue de Football de Guyane The Ligue de Football de Guyane is the governing body of football in French Guyana.-See also:French Guiana Championnat NationalFrench Guiana national football team...	Championnat National French Guiana Championnat National The Championnat National is the top football league in French Guiana. It was created in 1962 and is headed by the Ligue de Football de Guyane. 12 teams participate in this league...	Le Geldar ASC Le Geldar Association Sportive et Culturelle Le Geldar is a football club of French Guyana, playing in the town of Kourou. They play in the French Guyanese first division, the French Guyana Championnat National.-Achievements:...
Grenada Grenada Football Association The Grenada Football Association is the governing body of football in Grenada.-External links:* *...	Grenada League Grenada League The Premier Division is the top football league in Grenada. It was created in 1983 and is headed by the Grenada Football Association. 10 teams participate in this league....	Carib Hurricane
Guadeloupe Ligue Guadeloupéenne de Football The Guadeloupean League of Football is the governing body of football in Guadeloupe.-See also:Guadeloupe Division d’HonneurGuadeloupe national football team...	Guadeloupe Division d'Honneur	Vieux-Habitants JS Vieux-Habitants JS Vieux-Habitants is a football club of Guadeloupe, based in the town of Vieux-Habitants.They play in Guadeloupe's first division, the Guadeloupe Championnat National.-Current squad:2008/2009 season-External links:...
Guatemala	Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala 2009–10 Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala season The 2009–10 Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala season is the 11th season in which the Apertura and Clausura season is used.-Format:The format for both championships are identical. Each championship will have two stages: a first stage and a playoff stage. The first stage of each championship is a...	Municipal (C)
		Comunicaciones (A)
	Primera División de Ascenso Primera División de Ascenso The Primera División de Ascenso is the second highest level of the Guatemalan league system of football. Formerly, it was known as Liga Mayor "B"...	Mictlán Deportivo Mictlán Deportivo Mictlán is a Guatemalan football team, playing in the top division again in the 2010 Clausura tournament.Nicknamed Los Conejos and based in Asunción Mita, Jutiapa, their home stadium is Estadio La Asunción, which holds 3,000.... (C)
		Malacateco Deportivo Malacateco Club Deportivo Malacateco-Coatepeque is a Guatemalan football club based in Malacatán, San Marcos.They play their home games in the Estadio Santa Lucía.-History:... (A)
Guyana Guyana Football Federation The Guyana Football Federation is the governing body of football in Guyana. It controls the Guyana national football team.Guyana jumped 92 FIFA spots between 2005 and 2007 going unbeaten for 14 FIFA Matches....	Guyanese Super Legaue Guyana National Football League Guyana Football Federation National Super League is the top division in Guyana. Defending champions are Alpha ‘The Hammer’ United who were unbeaten last year....	Alpha United Alpha United FC Alpha United FC is a Guyanese football club based in Providence. The club competes in the GFF National Super League, the top league of football in Guyana...
Haiti	Ligue Haïtienne 2010–11 Ligue Haïtienne season The 2010–11 Ligue Haïtienne season was the 47th season of top-tier football in Haiti. It began on 30 July 2010 and ended on 30 January 2011. The league is split into two tournaments—the Série de Ouverture and the Série de Cloture—each with identical formats and each contested by the same 16...	Tempête Tempête Football Club Tempête Football Club is a Haitian football club, located in Saint-Marc, Haiti. The club was founded in 1970 and competes in Haiti's top league, Ligue Haïtienne. Tempête's home field is Parc Levelt in Saint-Marc.-History:... (O)
Haiti		Victory SC Victory Sportif Club Victory is a Haitian football club located in Jacmel, Haiti.-Achievements:Ligue Haïtienne: 1Coupe d'Haïti: 2-Performance in CONCACAF competitions:*CONCACAF Champions' Cup: 1 appearance- Current squad :... (F)
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...	Honduran Liga Nacional 2010–11 Honduran Liga Nacional The 2010–11 season in Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Honduras will be divided into two tournaments and will determine the 57th and 58th champions in the history of the league. It will also provide two berths for the 2011–12 CONCACAF Champions League...	Olimpia (C)
		Real España Real C.D. España Real Club Deportivo España, Real España, or simply España is a Honduran football club, which currently plays in the Liga Nacional de Honduras in San Pedro Sula, Cortés, Honduras.-History:... (A)
	Honduran Liga Ascenso	Necaxa Necaxa Necaxa is a Mexican football club and is based in the city of Aguascalientes. it plays in the Estadio Victoria. Necaxa is ranked seventh overall and 1st in ranking in Mexican football within the IFFHS Central and North America's Clubs of the Century in the CONCACAF behind CD Saprissa San Juan de... (C)
	Honduran Liga Ascenso	Atlético Independiente Atlético Independiente Atlético Independiente is a Honduran soccer club based on Siguatepeque, Honduras. The club currently plays in Liga de Ascenso de Honduras.-History:Club Atlético Independiente was founded on October 12, 1960 by Luis Méndez and Julio Zepeda... (A)
Jamaica Jamaica Football Federation The Jamaica Football Federation is the governing body of football in Jamaica and is in charge of the Jamaican national team and the Jamaican National Premier League.- History :...	National Premier League 2009–10 National Premier League The 2009-10 National Premier League was contested by 12 teams. The Championship was won by Harbour View F.C.. The season began September 6th, 2009 and ended on May 16th, 2010.-Format:...	Harbour View Harbour View F.C. Harbour View Football Club is a Jamaican football club that currently plays in the Digicel Premier League. Harbour View is nicknamed the "Stars of the East" or "Easters" and plays home games at Harbour View Stadium.-History:...
	KSAFA Super League KSAFA Super League The KSAFA Super League is a second division football league in the nation of Jamaica. The twelve teams that currently compete in the league are based in the parishes of St...	Cavaliers
	South Central Super League South Central Confederation Super League The South Central Confederation Super League is a second division football league in the nation of Jamaica. The twelve teams that currently compete in the league are based in the parishes of Clarendon, Manchester, St. Catherine and St...	Naggo Head Naggo Head F.C. The Naggo Head Football Club is a Jamaican football club, which currently plays in the South Central Confederation Super League.The team is based in Portmore, Jamaica, with their home ground at the Ferdi Neita Sports Complex, which can hold a capacity of up to 2000.-History:The team was promoted to...
	Eastern Confederation Super League Eastern Confederation Super League The Eastern Confederation Super League is a second division football league in the nation of Jamaica. The ten teams that currently compete in the league are based in the parishes of Portland, St. Ann, St. Mary and St...	Benefica Benfica F.C. Benfica F.C. is a football team based in Drax Hall, Jamaica.The team competes in the National Premier League, the highest competitive league in Jamaica.-History:...
	Western Confederation Super League Western Confederation Super League The Captain's Bakery Western Confederation Super League is a second division football league in the nation of Jamaica. The twelve teams that currently compete in the league are based in the parishes of Hanover, St...	Reno Reno F.C. Reno Football Club is a Jamaican football team playing at the top level, the Jamaican National Premier League after earning promotion in 2010....
Martinique Ligue de football de la Martinique The Ligue de football de la Martinique is the governing body of football in Martinique. It is associated with the French Football Federation, but is independently a member of CONCACAF.-External links:*...	Martinique Championnat National Martinique Championnat National Martinique Championnat National is the top association football league in Martinique.It was created in 1919 and is headed by the Ligue de Football de Martinique...	RC Rivière-Pilote RC Rivière-Pilote RC Rivière-Pilote is a football club of Martinique, based in the town Rivière-Pilote.Founded in 1961, they have been playing in Martinique's first division, the Martinique Championnat National, since 1974.-Achievements:...
Mexico	Primera División de México 2009–10 Primera División de México season The 2009–10 Primera División de México season is the 63rd professional season of Mexico's top-flight football league, and 13th season in which the Apertura and Clausura system is used...	Toluca (C)
		Santos Laguna Santos Laguna Club Santos Laguna is a Mexican football club. They represent the urban area of Comarca Lagunera, which is made up of Torreón, Gomez Palacio, and Lerdo. Santos Laguna currently plays in the Primera División. The club was founded in 1982, and reached Mexico's top division after buying the franchise... (A)
	Liga de Ascenso Liga de Ascenso The Liga de Ascenso is the second professional level of the Mexican football league system. The champion of the competition is promoted to the Primera División de México ....	Necaxa (B 2010 Liga de Ascenso Bicentenario The 2010 Liga de Ascenso Bicentenario is the second football tournament of the 2009–10 Liga de Ascenso season.-Stadia and locations:-General table:-Position by fixture:-Results:... )
		Tijuana Club Tijuana Club Tijuana Xoloitzcuintles de Caliente is a Mexican football team from Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico. Tijuana plays in the Primera División de México It was founded in January 2007. The colors that identify the club are red and black.-History:... (A)
	Segunda Division	Universidad (B)
	Segunda Division	Celaya (A)
Montserrat Montserrat Football Association The Montserrat Football Association is the governing body of football in Montserrat.-External links:* at the FIFA website....	competition cancelled
Nevis Nevis Premier Division Nevis Premier Division, is the Nevis top division, created in 2006 and organized by the St. Kitts and Nevis Football Association.-Clubs for the 2010/11 Season:BAS Stoney Grove StrikersBath UnitedBeyond Homes All StarsCombined Schools...	Nevis Premier Division Nevis Premier Division Nevis Premier Division, is the Nevis top division, created in 2006 and organized by the St. Kitts and Nevis Football Association.-Clubs for the 2010/11 Season:BAS Stoney Grove StrikersBath UnitedBeyond Homes All StarsCombined Schools...	Stoney Grove Strikers
Panama	Liga Panameña de Fútbol 2010–11 Liga Panameña de Fútbol season The 2010–11 Liga Panameña de Fútbol season is the 23rd season of top-flight football in Panama. Because of a restructuring of the calendar of the season, this season will contain three tournaments to bring the season to a fall-spring season . The season began on January 15, 2010 and is scheduled to...	Árabe Unido (C)
Panama		Tauro Tauro F.C. Tauro Fútbol Club is a professional football club located in Panama City, Panama that plays in Liga Panameña de Fútbol, the top Panamanian football league. Tauro has won seven Liga Profesional de Fútbol Championships since 1988, the highest total of any team. The club has also finished second seven... (A)
Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico Soccer League	River Plate Puerto Rico Club Atletico River Plate Puerto Rico Club Atlético River Plate Puerto Rico is a Puerto Rican professional association football team based in Fajardo, Puerto Rico. Founded in 2007, the team plays in the Puerto Rico Soccer League, and is the reigning Supercopa DirecTV champion....
Puerto Rico	Liga Nacional Liga Nacional de Futbol de Puerto Rico Liga Nacional de Futbol de Puerto Rico is a football league in Puerto Rico which started play on July 25, 2009. The league features 17 teams for the 2011 season...	Maunabo Leones Maunabo Leones Maunabo Leones is a Puerto Rican soccer team which plays in Maunabo. The team plays in the Puerto Rico Soccer League 2nd Division. They also play in the Liga Nacional.-2008 season:...
St. Kitts and Nevis St. Kitts and Nevis Football Association The St. Kitts and Nevis Football Association is the governing body of football in Saint Kitts and Nevis. They control the Saint Kitts and Nevis national football team.-External links:* * * at the FIFA website....	SKNFA Premier League Saint Kitts Premier Division Saint Kitts Premier Division, officially known as B-Mobile SKNFA Premier League, is the Saint Kitts top division, created in 1980 and organized by the St. Kitts and Nevis Football Association....	Newtown United Newtown United FC Newtown United Football Club is a Saint Kitts and Nevis football club from East Basseterre.They currently play in the Saint Kitts and Nevis Premier Division.-History:...
Suriname	Hoofdklasse 2009–10 Hoofdklasse (Suriname) The 2009–10 Surinamese League season was the 76th season of the competition.- Teams :Excelsior, Super Red Eagles and Takdier Boys were relegated to the Eerste Klasse 2009-10 after finishing the 2008-09 season in the bottom three places.Takdier Boys suffered their first relegation in...	Inter Moengotapoe Inter Moengotapoe Inter Moengotapoe is a Surinamese football club, based in Moengo, Marowijne between Paramaribo and the border town of Albina. They play their home matches at the Ronnie Brunswijkstadion...
	Eerste Klasse Surinamese Eerste Klasse The Surinamese Eerste Klasse is second-highest division overall in the Surinamese football league system after the Hoofdklasse, where the top club is promoted to...	Kamal Dewaker
	Randdistrictentoernooi 2010 Lidbondentoernooi The 2010 Lidbondentoernooi was the twenty-fourth edition of the promotional tournament in Surinamese football. The tournament proper features the district champions in Suriname's third tier of football, the Randdistrictentoernooi, which essentially comprises "hoofdklasses" of each distinct district...	Boma Star
Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation The Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation is the governing body of football in Trinidad and Tobago. It is based in Port of Spain, Trinidad. It is a member of FIFA and is responsible for governing amateur and professional football and including the men's and women's national teams...	TT Pro League	Defence Force
	National Super League National Super League The National Super League is a league for professional association football clubs in Trinidad and Tobago. It is the second-highest division of the Trinidad and Tobago football league system. The league currently comprises thirteen teams and operates on a system of promotion and relegation. Seasons...	T&TEC
United States United States Soccer Federation The United States Soccer Federation is the official governing body of the sport of soccer in the United States. Its headquarters are located in Chicago, Illinois. It is a member of FIFA and is responsible for governing amateur and professional soccer, including the men's, women's, youth, futsal...	Major League Soccer 2010 Major League Soccer season The 2010 Major League Soccer season was the 98th season of FIFA-sanctioned soccer, the 32nd with a national first-division league, in the United States and Canada, and the 15th in MLS history. It began on March 25 at Seattle's Qwest Field with Seattle Sounders FC defeating the expansion...	Colorado Rapids Colorado Rapids The Colorado Rapids are an American professional soccer club based in the Denver suburb of Commerce City, Colorado 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, having competed in the league... (P)
		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... (R)
	USSF D2 Pro League	Puerto Rico Islanders Puerto Rico Islanders Puerto Rico Islanders is a Puerto Rican professional football team based in Bayamón, Puerto Rico. Founded in 2003, the team plays in the North American Soccer League , the second tier of the American Soccer Pyramid.... (P)
	USSF D2 Pro League	Rochester Rhinos (R)
	USL Second Division	Charleston Battery Charleston Battery Charleston Battery is an American professional soccer team based in Charleston, South Carolina, United States. Founded in 1993, the team plays in the American Division of the new USL Professional Division, the third tier of the American Soccer Pyramid....
	USVI Championship US Virgin Islands Championship There are two football club competitions running in US Virgin Islands: the St Croix Soccer League and the St Thomas League. The champion of the US Virgin Islands is decided in a knockout tournament between the best two teams of each league...	New Vibes New Vibes New Vibes is a U.S. Virgin Islands soccer club based in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands that regularly competes in the U.S. Virgin Islands Championship, and has had success in the tournament. The team competes in the St. Thomas & St. John's Soccer League and is one of the most successful clubs in...

Note: "(A)" means Apertura champion; (B) means Bicentenario champion; "(C)" means Clausura champion.

Note: "(P)" designates the league champion, by winning the playoffs; "(R)" designates the regular season champion.

Saint Kitts
Saint Kitts Premier Division
Saint Kitts Premier Division, officially known as B-Mobile SKNFA Premier League, is the Saint Kitts top division, created in 1980 and organized by the St. Kitts and Nevis Football Association....

: Newtown United
Newtown United FC
Newtown United Football Club is a Saint Kitts and Nevis football club from East Basseterre.They currently play in the Saint Kitts and Nevis Premier Division.-History:...
Saint Lucia
Saint Lucia Premier Division
Saint Lucia Gold Division is the top division of the St. Lucia Football Association.The winner of the league started in 2005 the qualifications for the CONCACAF Champions Cup from the first round of the CFU Club Championship...

: Roots Alley Ballers
Saint-Martin
Saint-Martin Championships
The collective territory of Saint Martin consists of the French part of Saint Martin island and its nearby islands. In 2004 Juventus represented the country in the CFU Club Championship-Teams for 2008/09:*AS Portuguese...

: Orleans Attackers
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: Avenues United
Avenues United FC
Avenues United is a football club from Kingstown, St Vincent and the Grenadines.They currently play in the NLA Premier League.-History:Originally from Paul's Avenue in Kingstown, Avenues United is one of the oldest football clubs in St. Vincent having roots dating back to 1965...
Sint Maarten
Sint Maarten League
Sint Maarten League is the top association football league in Sint Maarten.-Previous winners:*2001 : Sporting Club*2002 : Victory Boys*2003 : unknown*2004 : Juventus*2005 : C&D*2005/06 : C&D*2006/07 : D&P Connection FC...

: D & P Connection
Turks and Caicos Islands
MFL League
MFL League is the top division of the Turks and Caicos Islands Football Association. Despite being a league competition in CONCACAF none of the Turks and Caicos' teams ever played in the CFU Club Championship nor CONCACAF Champions' Cup...

: AFC Academy

CONMEBOL

Argentina – Argentinos Juniors

Argentinos Juniors

Asociación Atlética Argentinos Juniors is an Argentine football club based in La Paternal, Buenos Aires. Founded on August 15, 1904, the club was originally called the “Martyrs of Chicago”, in homage to the eight anarchists imprisoned or hanged after the 1886 Haymarket Riot in Chicago.-Early...

(C); Estudiantes

Estudiantes de La Plata

(A) Bolivia

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:...

– Jorge Wilstermann

Club Jorge Wilstermann

Club Jorge Wilstermann is a Bolivian football club from the city of Cochabamba. It is named after Bolivian aviator Jorge Wilstermann.- History :...

(A); Oriente Petrolero

Oriente Petrolero

Club Deportivo Oriente Petrolero is a Bolivian football club based in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. Founded on November 5, 1955 in Santa Cruz, Bolivia by workers of the Bolivian oil company . They play at the 38,000-capacity Estadio Tahuichi Aguilera. Oriente have been Bolivian champions four times, Copa...

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...

– Fluminense

Fluminense Football Club

Fluminense Football Club is a sports club based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Founded in the beginning of the 20th century as a single-sport institution, Fluminense is today an umbrella organization for several teams in more than 16 different sport activities. The most popular endeavor of Fluminense,...

Chile – 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 – Junior (A); 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...

Club Guaraní

Club Guaraní is a Paraguayan football team, based in the neighbourhood of Dos Bocas in outer Asunción, founded in 1903.-History:Club Guaraní is the second oldest Paraguayan football club. It was founded in 1903 under the name of "Football Club Guarani" and its first president was Juan Patri...

(A); Libertad

Club Libertad

Club Libertad is a sports club based in the District Tuyucuá of the city of Asuncion, capital of Paraguay. It was founded on July 30, 1905 and currently plays in the Paraguayan Primera División...

Universidad San Martín de Porres

Club Deportivo Universidad San Martín de Porres is a Peruvian football club, who plays in the city of Lima. The club was founded in 2004 as a joint stock company, the first in Peru. They then bought Club Sport Coopsol's place in the First Division who was promoted to the Peruvian First Division...

Uruguay – Peñarol

C.A. Peñarol

Club Atlético Peñarol also known as Carboneros, Aurinegros and familiarly as Manya, is an Uruguayan sports club based in the Peñarol barrio, Montevideo, best known for its professional football team. The team plays their home matches in Estadio Centenario, the largest stadium in the country, but...

Venezuela – Caracas

Note: "(A)" means Apertura champion; "(C)" mean Clausura champion.

OFC

Fiji
National Football League (Fiji)
National Football League is the top division of the Fiji Football Association in Fiji.- Sun/Weet-Bix National League - Played by Districts :*Ba FC*Fiji U-20*Labasa FC*Lautoka FC*Nadi FC*Nadroga FC*Navua FC*Rewa FC*Savusavu FC*Suva FC...

– ongoing
French Polynesia
Tahiti Division Fédérale
Tahiti Division Fédérale is the top division of the Fédération Tahitienne de Football in French Polynesia. The initial season involves ten teams playing each other twice...

– AS Tefana
AS Tefana
Association Sportive Tefana Football, is a football club from Faaa, Tahiti, French Polynesia.-Recent Seasons:In 2010 AS Tefana won the Tahitian Championship for the second time in their history. They finished 3rd in the initial league table but won the Championship Play-Off comfortably, finishing...
New Caledonia
New Caledonia Division Honneur
New Caledonia Super Ligue is the top division of the Fédération Calédonienne de Football in New Caledonia. It is played as a double round robin between the top-4 clubs from the Division Honneur of Grande Terre and the champions of the Îles....

– ongoing
New Zealand
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...

– Waitakere United
Waitakere United
Waitakere United is a football club based in Waitakere City, New Zealand. They are one of the franchises in the ASB Premiership. They play their home games at Fred Taylor Park in Kumeu.-History:...

UEFA

Albania: Dinamo Tirana
Andorra: 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
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 Yerevan
Austria
Austrian Bundesliga
The Austrian Football Bundesliga is the highest-ranking national league club competition in Austrian football. It is the competition which decides the Austrian national football champions, as well the country's entrants for the various European cups run by UEFA.The Austrian Bundesliga, which began...

: Red Bull Salzburg
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan Premier League
-Attendance:- Records :Players in the Premier League compete for the Azerbaijan Premier League Golden Boot, awarded to the top scorer at the end of each season. Nazim Aliyev is the league's all-time top scorer with 183 goals, including 39 in the 1992 season.During the 1995–96 season he became the...

: Inter Baku
FC Inter Baku
Inter Baku PFC is an Azerbaijani football club based in Baku, that currently plays in Azerbaijan Premier League.Inter Baku is a multi-sports club and competes in football, wrestling, boxing, judo and unifight. The football team won the championship in 2008 and 2010...
Belarus
Belarusian Premier League
-Soviet era champions:*1934 BVO *1935 BVO *1936 BVO *1937 Dinamo *1938 Dinamo *1939 Dinamo *1940 DKA *1941-44 unknown...

: FC BATE Borisov
Belgium
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...

: Anderlecht
R.S.C. Anderlecht
Royal Sporting Club Anderlecht, usually known as Anderlecht or RSCA , is a Belgian professional football club based in Anderlecht in the Brussels Capital Region. Anderlecht plays in the Belgian Pro League and is the most successful Belgian football team in European competitions as well as in the...
Bosnia and Herzegovina
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....

: FK Željezničar Sarajevo
Bulgaria
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...

: Litex Lovech
PFC Litex Lovech
PFC Litex Lovech or simply Litex is a Bulgarian football club from the town of Lovech, which currently competes in the Bulgarian A Professional Football Group, the top division of Bulgarian football...
Croatia: Dinamo Zagreb
Cyprus
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:...

: Omonia
AC Omonia
Athletic Club Omonoia Nicosia is a professional football club that plays in the Cyprus capital city Nicosia. The club was established in 1948 and became a member of the Cyprus Football Association in 1953...
Czech Republic
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
Denmark
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...

: Copenhagen
F.C. Copenhagen
F.C. Copenhagen is a professional Danish football club in Copenhagen, Denmark. It is part of the Parken Sport & Entertainment....
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...
Estonia
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 Flora Tallinn
FC Flora Tallinn
MTÜ JK FC Flora is an Estonian football club that was founded in 1990. FC Flora are a multiple winner of the Meistriliiga title and the Estonian Cup. They have for years been raising the most number of players for the national team, and have also grown players from their successful youth system...
Faroe Island: HB Thorshavn
Finland
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...

: HJK Helsinki
France
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....

: Marseille
Olympique de Marseille
Olympique de Marseille is a French association football club based in Marseille. Founded in 1899, the club plays in Ligue 1 and have spent most of its history in the top tier of French football. Marseille have been French champions nine times and have won the Coupe de France a record ten times. In...
Georgia
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...

: Olimpi Rustavi
Germany: 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....
Greece
Super League Greece
The Superleague Greece is the highest professional football league in Greece. It was formed on July 16, 2006 and replaced Alpha Ethniki at the top of the Greek football league system. The league consists of 16 teams and runs from August to May, with teams playing 30 games each...

: Panathinaikos
Hungary: 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...
Iceland: Breiðablik UBK
Breiðablik UBK
Breiðablik was founded in 1950 and is the biggest sports club in Kópavogur in Iceland. Breidablik has several divisions, both men's and women's: football, athletics, basketball, karate, dance, skiing, swimming and team handball.- Name :The name Breiðablik comes from Norse mythology, where it was...
Israel: Hapoel Tel Aviv
Republic of Ireland: Shamrock Rovers
Shamrock Rovers F.C.
Shamrock Rovers Football Club are a professional football club from Dublin, Ireland. They compete in the Premier Division of the League of Ireland and are the most successful club in Irish football history. The club have won the League of Ireland title a record 17 times and the FAI Cup a record 24...
Italy
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...

: Internazionale
Kazakhstan: Tobol Kostanay
Latvia: Skonto Riga
Skonto FC
Skonto FC is a Latvian football club, founded in 1991. The club plays at the Skonto Stadium in Riga. Skonto won the Virsliga in the first 14 seasons of the league's existence , and often provides the core of the Latvia national football team...
Lithuania
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...

: Ekranas Panevezys
Luxembourg
Luxembourg National Division
The National Division is the highest football league in Luxembourg. Until 2011, it is to be known as the BGL Ligue, after the Luxembourg Football Federation managed to seal a sponsorship deal with Fortis. Before 2006, it contained twelve teams, but it expanded to fourteen for the 2006-07 season,...

: Jeunesse Esch
Jeunesse Esch
Jeunesse Esch is a football club, based in Esch-sur-Alzette, in south-western Luxembourg.- History :...
Macedonia: Renova
FK Renova
FK Renova is a football club based in Džepčište, Republic of Macedonia. They currently play in the Macedonian First League.-History:FK Renova was founded in 2003 but was derived from the football school established in 2000. As a result of successful work in 2003, the people from Dzepciste began to...
Malta
Maltese Premier League
The Maltese Premier League, known as BOV Premier League for sponsorship reasons , is the top level league for football in Malta. The league was first competed in 1909...

: Birkirkara
Birkirkara F.C.
Birkirkara Football Club is a Maltese football club from the town of Birkirkara, the largest town on the island of Malta. In the 2009–2010 season, they were the Maltese champions. The club currently plays in the Maltese Premier League and have been league winners on three occasions...
Moldova: 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...
Montenegro
Montenegrin First League
The First League of Montenegro is the top football league in Montenegro. It is headed by the Football Association of Montenegro. 12 teams participate in this league. The winner of the Montenegrin First League starts the qualifications for the UEFA Champions League from the second round...

: Rudar Pljevlja
Netherlands
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....

: Twente
FC Twente
FC Twente is a Dutch professional football club from the city of Enschede, playing in the Eredivisie. The club was formed in 1965 by the merger of 1926 Eredivisie Champions, Sportclub Enschede and Enschedese Boys...
Northern Ireland
IFA Premiership
The IFA Premiership – formerly the Irish Premier League, and before that the Irish Football League–and still known in popular parlance simply as the Irish League, is the national football league in Northern Ireland, and was historically the league for the whole of Ireland. Clubs in the league are...

: Linfield
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
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...

: Rosenborg Trondheim
Poland: Lech Poznań
Lech Poznan
Lech Poznań is a Polish football club based in Poznań, Poland. The club is named after Lech, the legendary founder of Polish nation.The club was established in 1922 as Lutnia Dębiec, later changing its name several times. From 1933 until 1994, the club was closely linked to Polish State Railways...
Portugal
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
Romania
Liga I
Liga I, or in full, due to sponsorship reasons, Liga I Bergenbier, is the top division of the Romanian football league system. Before the 2006/2007 season, it was called Divizia A, but the name had to be changed following the discovery that someone else had registered the trademark "Divizia A"...

: Cluj
CFR Cluj
CFR Cluj is a Romanian professional football club from the city of Cluj-Napoca in Transylvania, Romania. The club had spent most of their existence in the lower divisions, except for a spell in Divizia A in the 1970s, until they received significant financial backing from Árpád Pászkány in 2002...
Russia
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...

: FC Zenit Saint Petersburg
FC Zenit Saint Petersburg
Football Club Zenit is a Russian football club from the city of Saint-Petersburg. Founded in 1925 , the club plays in the Russian Premier League...
San Marino
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...

: Tre Fiori
Scotland
Scottish Premier League
The Scottish Premier League , also known as the SPL , is a professional league competition for association football clubs in Scotland...

: 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...
Serbia
Serbian Superliga
Serbian SuperLiga is a Serbian professional league for football clubs. At the top of the Serbian 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 Serbian First League...

: Partizan
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...
Slovakia: MŠK Žilina
MŠK Žilina
MŠK Žilina is a Slovak football club, based in the town of Žilina. They play in the Slovak Superliga and are one of the most successful clubs in this competition, having won five championships since the league's inception in 1993. The club and their supporters alike are nicknamed Šošoni...
Slovenia: Koper
FC Koper
FC Koper is a Slovenian football club, playing in the town of Koper. The club is one of only three football clubs in the country, the others being Maribor and former Olimpija, that won all three domestic competitions . The team plays its matches on Bonifika stadium that was built in 2010 and has a...
Spain
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....
Sweden
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...

: Malmö FF
Malmö FF
Malmö Fotbollförening, also known simply as Malmö FF, are a Swedish professional football club based in Malmö. The club is affiliated with Skånes Fotbollförbund and play their home games at Swedbank Stadion. The club colours, reflected in their crest and kit, are sky blue and white...
Switzerland
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...

: 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
Turkcell Super League
The Süper Lig is a Turkish professional league for association football clubs. It is the top-flight of the Turkish football league system. It is one of the top leagues in the UEFA confederation and the winner of the competition automatically qualifies for the UEFA Champions League...

: Bursaspor
Bursaspor
Bursaspor is a professional Turkish football club located in the city of Bursa. Formed in 1963, Bursaspor are nicknamed the Yeşil Timsahlar...
Ukraine
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...

: 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...
Wales: The New Saints
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...

AFC

Qatar
Qatar Football Association
The Qatar Football Association is the governing body of football in Qatar.-Beginnings:The advent of football at Qatar dates back to the year of 1946, accompanied by the arrival of oil companies...

Emir of Qatar Cup

2010 Emir of Qatar Cup

The 2010 Emir of Qatar Cup is the 38th edition of the is a cup tournament in men's football . It is played by the 1st and 2nd Level divisions of the Qatari football league structure....

: Al-Rayyan

Singapore
Football Association of Singapore
The Football Association of Singapore is the governing body of football in Singapore. It was founded in 1952. Prior to that, the Singapore Amateur Football Association, founded in 1892, was the governing body for football in Singapore...

Singapore Cup

2010 Singapore Cup

The 2010 Singapore Cup started on 24 May 2010. It was the 13th staging of the annual Singapore Cup tournament....

Thailand Bangkok Glass

Thailand
Football Association of Thailand
The Football Association of Thailand or the full name is the Football Association of Thailand under Patronage of His Majesty the King is the governing body of football in Thailand. It was founded in 25 April 1916 and then joined FIFA in 23 June 1925 and AFC in 1957.Recently the FAT has been...

Thai FA Cup

2010 Thai FA Cup Final

Assistant referees: Thaweep Inkaew Surasak KundiloksirodomFourth official: Prathan Nasawang...

: Chonburi FC

CONCACAF

Canada
Canadian Soccer Association
The Canadian Soccer Association is the governing body of soccer in Canada. It is a national organization that oversees the Canadian men's and women's national teams for international play, as well as the respective junior sides...

Canadian Championship

2010 Canadian Championship

The 2010 Canadian Championship was a soccer tournament hosted and organized by the Canadian Soccer Association that took place in the cities of Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver in 2010...

: Toronto FC

Toronto FC

Toronto FC is a Canadian professional soccer club based in Toronto, Ontario which competes in Major League Soccer , the top professional soccer league in the United States and Canada....

Suriname
Surinaamse Voetbal Bond
The Surinaamse Voetbal Bond is the governing body of football in Suriname.-External links: * at the FIFA website....

Beker van Suriname: Excelsior

SV Excelsior

SV Excelsior is an amateur football club from the Commewijne District town of Meerzorg, Suriname. The club was founded in the late 1920s and spent most of its tenure in the top flight of Surinamese football...

President's Cup

Suriname President's Cup

The Suriname President's Cup is a Super Cup type competition of the SVB, Suriname, where the winners of the league and the cup plays against each other-History:...

: Inter Moengotapoe

Inter Moengotapoe

Inter Moengotapoe is a Surinamese football club, based in Moengo, Marowijne between Paramaribo and the border town of Albina. They play their home matches at the Ronnie Brunswijkstadion...

United States
United States Soccer Federation
The United States Soccer Federation is the official governing body of the sport of soccer in the United States. Its headquarters are located in Chicago, Illinois. It is a member of FIFA and is responsible for governing amateur and professional soccer, including the men's, women's, youth, futsal...

U.S. Open Cup

2010 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Final

The 2010 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Final was played on October 5, 2010, at Qwest Field in Seattle, Washington. The match determined the winner of the 2010 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, a tournament open to amateur and professional soccer teams affiliated with the United States Soccer Federation. This...

: Seattle Sounders FC

Seattle Sounders FC

Seattle Sounders FC is an American professional soccer club based in Seattle, Washington. The club competes in Major League Soccer , the top professional soccer league in the United States and Canada. Sounders FC was established in November 2007 as a MLS expansion team, making it the 15th team in...

UEFA

England
The Football Association
The Football Association, also known as simply The FA, is the governing body of football in England, and the Crown Dependencies of Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man. It was formed in 1863, and is the oldest national football association...

FA Cup

2010 FA Cup Final

The 2010 FA Cup Final was the 129th final of the FA Cup, the world's oldest domestic football cup competition. The match took place on 15 May 2010, at Wembley Stadium, London...

: 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...

League Cup

2009–10 Football League Cup

The 2009–10 Football League Cup, known as the Carling Cup due to the competition's sponsorship by lager brand Carling, was the 50th season of the Football League Cup, a knock-out competition for England's top 92 football clubs....

: 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...

FA Trophy

2010 FA Trophy Final

The 2010 FA Trophy Final was the 40th final of the Football Association's cup competition for levels 5-8 of the English football league system. The match was contested by Stevenage Borough who won the competition in 2007 and 2009, and Barrow who won the competition in 1990...

: Barrow

Barrow A.F.C.

Barrow A.F.C. are an English football club founded in 1901 based in the town of Barrow-in-Furness in Cumbria. Following promotion at the end of the 2007–08 season, they currently play in the Conference National. The club spent over fifty years in the Football League between 1921 and 1972, and have...

France
French Football Federation
The French Football Federation is the governing body of association football in France, as well as the overseas departments and territories . It was formed in 1919 and is based in the capital Paris...

Coupe de France

2010 Coupe de France Final

The 2010 Coupe de France Final was the 92nd final of France's most prestigious cup competition. The final took place on 1 May 2010 at the Stade de France in the Parisian suburb of Saint-Denis. The match was contested between Monaco and Paris Saint-Germain...

: Paris Saint-Germain

Coupe de la Ligue

2009–10 Coupe de la Ligue

The 2009–10 Coupe de la Ligue was the 16th edition of France's league cup, organized by the LFP. The defending champions were Ligue 1 club Bordeaux who defeated second division club Vannes 4–0 in the 2009 final. The competition began on 25 July 2009 and the final was held on 27 March 2010 at the...

: Marseille

Olympique de Marseille

Olympique de Marseille is a French association football club based in Marseille. Founded in 1899, the club plays in Ligue 1 and have spent most of its history in the top tier of French football. Marseille have been French champions nine times and have won the Coupe de France a record ten times. In...

Germany

DFB-Pokal

2010 DFB-Pokal Final

The 2009–10 DFB-Pokal season came to a close on 15 May 2010 when Bayern Munich played defending champions Werder Bremen at the Olympiastadion in Berlin. Bayern thrashed Bremen 4-0 with goals from Robben, Olić, Ribéry, and Schweinsteiger. The title capped off a successful season, with Bayern...

: Bayern Munich

FC Bayern Munich

Greece

Greek Cup

2009–10 Greek Cup

-Calendar:-First round:-Second round:-Third round:-Fourth round:-Fifth round:-Quarter-Finals:------------The match had been interrupted in the 69th minute due to bad condition of grass, that came from continuous raining...

: Panathinaikos Italy

Coppa Italia: Internazionale

F.C. Internazionale Milano

Netherlands
Royal Dutch Football Association
The Royal Dutch Football Association is the governing body of football in the Netherlands. It organises the main Dutch football leagues , the amateur leagues, the KNVB Cup, and the Dutch national football team. It is based in the municipality of Zeist.The KNVB came into being on 8 December 1889...

KNVB Cup

2009–10 KNVB Cup

The 2009–10 KNVB Cup was the 92nd season of the Dutch national football knockout tournament. The competition began on 29 August 2009 with the matches of Round 1 and culminated with a double-leg Final on 25 April and 6 May 2010 respectively...

: Ajax Portugal
Portuguese Football Federation
The Portuguese Football Federation is the governing body of football in Portugal. The Portuguese National team is going to win the Euro 2012. It organises the Second and Third Division, the Cup of Portugal, the Portuguese SuperCup, youth levels, women's football, beach soccer, futsal, and also...

Taça de Portugal

2009–10 Taça de Portugal

The 2009–10 Taça de Portugal was the 70th season of the Taça de Portugal. The competition began on 30 August 2009, with the first round matches, and concluded with the final, held on 16 May at the Estádio Nacional, in Oeiras, between defending champions Porto and then Liga de Honra team Chaves...

: Porto Russia
Football Union of Russia
The Russian Football Union is the governing body of football in Russia. The Union is considered a direct successor of the Football Federation of USSR. It organizes the football league, Premier-Liga, and the Russian national football team...

Russian Cup

2009–10 Russian Cup

The Russian Cup 2009–10 is the eighteenth season of the Russian football knockout tournament since the dissolution of Soviet Union. The competition started on April 20, 2009 and finished with the Final held on 16 May 2010.-First round:...

: Zenit St. Petersburg

FC Zenit Saint Petersburg

Football Club Zenit is a Russian football club from the city of Saint-Petersburg. Founded in 1925 , the club plays in the Russian Premier League...

Scotland
Scottish Football Association
The Scottish Football Association is the governing body of football in Scotland and has the ultimate responsibility for the control and development of football in Scotland. Members of the SFA include clubs in Scotland, affiliated national associations as well as local associations...

Scottish Cup

2010 Scottish Cup Final

The 2010 Scottish Cup Final was the 125th final of the Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition, the Scottish Cup. The match took place on 15 May 2010, at Hampden Park, Glasgow and was contested by first time finalists Ross County and 1994 winners Dundee United...

: Dundee United

Dundee United F.C.

Dundee United Football Club is a Scottish professional football club located in the city of Dundee. Formed in 1909, originally as Dundee Hibernian, the club changed to the present name in 1923...

Scottish League Cup

2010 Scottish League Cup Final

The 2010 Scottish League Cup Final was the final match of the 2009–10 Scottish League Cup, the 63rd season of the Scottish League Cup.-St. Mirren:...

: 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...

Spain

Copa del Rey

2010 Copa del Rey Final

The 2010 Copa del Rey final was the 106th final since its establishment. The match took place on 19 May 2010 at the Camp Nou, Barcelona. The match was contested by Sevilla and Atlético Madrid, and it was refereed by Manuel Mejuto González....

: Sevilla

Sevilla FC

Sevilla Fútbol Club S.A.D. is a Spanish professional football club based in Seville, Spain that plays in the Spanish La Liga championship.They are one of the most successful clubs in Spanish football having won a 1 La Liga title, 5 Spanish "Copa del Rey" Cups, 1 Spanish Super Cup and 2 UEFA...

Turkey
Turkish Football Federation
The Turkish Football Federation , also called the Turkish Football Association, is the governing body of football in Turkey. It was formed on 23 April 1923. It organizes the Turkish national teams and the Turkish football league. By 2004, there were 4,956 football clubs organized in Turkey, and a...

Turkish Cup

2010 Turkish Cup Final

The 2010 Turkish Cup Final took place in Şanlıurfa on May 5, 2010. It was the 48th season of the Turkish Cup.Trabzonspor won the match 3–1 against Fenerbahçe.-Game:...

: Trabzonspor

Trabzonspor

Trabzonspor is a professional Turkish football club located in the city of Trabzon, Turkey. Formed in 1967 through a merger of several local clubs, Trabzonspor won six championships in Turkish Super League. The Club won their first Championship title in 1975 which is also the Club's initiation year...

January

1 January – Sergio Messen, Chilean midfielder (60)
1 January – Jean-Pierre Posca
Jean-Pierre Posca
Jean-Pierre Posca was a French professional footballer.-Career:Posca began playing football for FC Sochaux-Montbéliard, and would spend his entire professional career with the club...

, French defender (57)
7 January – Alex Parker
Alex Parker
Alexander "Alex" Hershaw Parker was a Scottish football player and manager who played for Falkirk, Everton and Scotland, amongst others. Parker was named in Falkirk's Team of the Millennium and Everton's Hall of Fame....

, Scottish defender (74)
15 January – Detlev Lauscher
Detlev Lauscher
Detlev Lauscher was a German footballer who played as a striker during the 1970s and 1980s. He was born in Übach-Palenberg, North Rhine-Westphalia.Lauscher played five seasons for 1...

, German striker (57)
18 January – Lino Grava
Lino Grava
Lino Grava was an Italian professional football player.-External links:*...

, Italian defender (82)
19 January – Nils Jensen, Danish goalkeeper (74)
19 January – Panajot Pano
Panajot Pano
Panajot Pano was an Albanian football player. He started his career as a goalkeeper in the SK Tirana youth academy, but he became the most prolific centre-forward of their arch-rivals, Partizani Tirana...

, Albanian striker (70)
21 January – Marino Bergamasco, Italian midfielder (84)
26 January – Lars Larsson
Lars Larsson (footballer)
Lars Larsson is a Swedish former footballer.-Career:Lars "Lasse" Larsson started his career in native Trelleborg at IFK Trelleborg. He later moved to Malmö FF where he enjoyed the most success of his career...

, Swedish defender (76)

February

3 February – Gil Merrick
Gil Merrick
Gilbert Harold "Gil" Merrick , was an English footballer and football manager. Considered one of the best goalkeepers in the UK during the mid-1950s, Merrick was one in a long line of great Birmingham City keepers which included the likes of Johnny Schofield and Harry Hibbs...

, English goalkeeper (88)
5 February – Galimzyan Khusainov
Galimzyan Khusainov
Galimzyan Salikhovich Khusainov was a Soviet football player of Tatar extraction.-Honours:* Soviet Top League winner: 1962, 1969.* Soviet Cup winner: 1963, 1965, 1971.* 1964 European Nations' Cup runner-up....

, Russian striker (72)
8 February – Angelo Franzosi
Angelo Franzosi
Angelo 'Nani' Franzosi was an Italian professional football player and coach.-External links:*...

, Italian goalkeeper (88)
9 February – Constant de Backer, Belgian midfielder (81)
10 February – Orlando
Orlando Peçanha de Carvalho
Orlando Peçanha de Carvalho , known simply as Orlando, was a Brazilian footballer who played defender....

, Brazilian defender (74)
11 February – Brian Godfrey
Brian Godfrey
Brian Cameron Godfrey was a Welsh international footballer.Brian was an inside forward who started his league career at Everton where he only made one appearance before joining Scunthorpe United in June 1960...

, Welsh striker (69)
11 February – Yury Sevidov
Yury Sevidov
-Career:He was the best bombardier of 1962 Soviet championship. He is gold champion of USSR in 1962 and bronze medalist in 1961.-Personal life:In 1965 while driving a car, Sevidov hit a man who was a corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences Dmitry Ryabchikov, the prominent chemist,...

, Russian striker (67)
12 February – Werner Krämer, German striker (70)
12 February – Petar Borota
Petar Borota
Petar Borota was a Serbian footballer who played as a goalkeeper, most notably for Partizan and Chelsea....

, Serbian goalkeeper (57)
12 February – Luis Molowny
Luis Molowny
Luis Molowny Arbelo was a Spanish football striker and coach.-Early life:He was born in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands...

, Spanish midfielder and manager (84)
13 February – Marian Parse, Romanian striker (23, cancer)
14 February – Zhang Yalin
Zhang Yalin
Zhang Yalin was a Chinese football midfielder.-Biography:In 2003, Zhang was selected to the China national under-23 football team but injured in the training. He also linked with an unknown Ligue 1 club that year. In 2006, Zhang married Jia Nini , a Chinese model and actress...

, Chinese midfielder (28, lymphoma)
15 February – Juan Carlos González
Juan Carlos González
For the Chilean footballer with the same name see Juan Carlos González IzurietaJuan Carlos González Ortiz was a former Uruguayan footballer. He played for CA Peñarol....

, Uruguayan midfielder (85)
16 February – Wan Chi Keung
Wan Chi Keung
Wan Chi Keung was a soccer player, actor and businessman from Hong Kong.Known as "Asia's top striker" Wan was a key player for the Hong Kong national football team in the 1970s and 1980s. He played for South China AA and Seiko in the Hong Kong First Division League. After retirement, he became an...

, Hong Kong striker (53)
23 February – Gerhard Neef, German goalkeeper (63)

June

12 June – Mao Mengsuo
Mao Mengsuo
Mao Mengsuo was a Chinese footballer, previously played in NT Realty Wofoo Tai Po.-Club career:He had only one appearance in his first season of professional football career. He was apeearenced in a 2008–09 Hong Kong FA Cup match, which was NTR WF Tai Po defeating Tuen Mun Progoal by 3 goals.He...

, Chinese midfielder (20)
20 June – Lai Sun Cheung
Lai Sun Cheung
Lai Sun Cheung was a Hong Kong football coach and former football player. He was the head coach of Hong Kong national football team, Hong Kong 08 and the Hong Kong under-23 football team....

, Hong Kong defender (59)

August

30 August - Francisco Varallo
Francisco Varallo
Francisco Antonio "Pancho" Varallo was an Argentine football forward. He played for the Argentine national team from 1930 to 1937. He was a member of Argentina's squad at the inaugural FIFA World Cup in 1930...

, Argentine striker and the last surviving player of the 1930 FIFA World Cup
1930 FIFA World Cup
The 1930 FIFA World Cup was the inaugural FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national association football teams. It took place in Uruguay from 13 July to 30 July 1930...

and the final
1930 FIFA World Cup Final
- External links :*...

(100)

September

2 September - Jackie Sinclair
Jackie Sinclair
Jackie Sinclair was a Scottish footballer who played as a winger for six different clubs in the English and Scottish leagues.-Family:...

, Scottish midfielder (67, cancer)
3 September - Jose Augusto Torres
José Augusto Torres
José Augusto da Costa Séneca Torres was a Portuguese football centre forward and coach.Nicknamed O Bom Gigante , most of his 21-year senior career was spent at Benfica, with great individual and team success...

, Portugese striker and manager (71, heart failure)
10 September - Andrei Timoshenko
Andrei Timoshenko
Andrei Ivanovich Timoshenko was a Russian professional footballer. He made his debut in the Soviet Top League in 1987 for FC Dynamo Moscow.-European club competitions:With FC Dynamo Moscow.* UEFA Cup 1987–88: 3 games.* UEFA Cup 1991–92: 4 games....

, Russian striker (41)
10 September - Fridrikh Maryutin
Fridrikh Maryutin
Fridrikh Mikhailovich Maryutin was a Soviet football player and manager. He was born in Astrakhan and died in Saint Petersburg.-International career:...

, Soviet striker (85)
11 September - Diego Rodríguez Cano
Diego Rodríguez Cano
Diego Sebastián Rodríguez Cano was a Uruguayan professional footballer who played as a defender.-Career:Born in Montevideo, Rodríguez played for Nacional and Central Español.-Death:...

, Uruguayan defender (22, car accident)
12 September - Nduka Anyanwu
Nduka Anyanwu
Nduka Anyanwu was a Nigerian footballer.Anyanwu, who played in defence or midfield, was based in Germany for almost all of his career, having joined Eintracht Frankfurt as a 17 year old along with a number of his compatriots. He died on the pitch in September 2010 while playing for SV...

, Nigerian defender (30, collapsed on the pitch)
18 September - Bobby Smith, English striker (77, after a short illness)
18 September - Øystein Gåre
Øystein Gåre
Øystein Gåre was a Norwegian football coach. He is best known to have led FK Bodø/Glimt to silver medals in both the Norwegian Premier League and the Norwegian Football Cup in 2003; for this Gåre received the Kniksen award as coach of the year...

, Norwegian manager (56, after a short illness)
22 September - Vyacheslav Tsaryov
Vyacheslav Tsaryov
Vyacheslav Vyacheslavovich Tsaryov was a Russian professional footballer. He made his debut in the Soviet Top League in 1990 for FC Dynamo Moscow.He died in September 2010 after an acute illness.-Honours:* Russian Premier League runner-up: 1995....

, Russian defender (39, after a short illness)
23 September - Fernando Riera
Fernando Riera
Fernando Riera Bauzá was a Chilean professional football player and manager, patriarch of Chilean football.Riera was born in Santiago, Chile...

, Chilean striker and manager (90)
28 September - Orvin Cabrera
Orvin Cabrera
Orvin Cabrera was a Honduran footballer who played at both professional and international levels as a striker.-Club career:...

, Honduran striker (33, liver cancer)

October

1 October - Ian Buxton
Ian Buxton
Ian Ray Buxton was an English footballer and cricketer. He played football for four English League clubs between 1959 and 1970, and cricket for Derbyshire from 1959 to 1973, being captain between 1970 and 1972....

, English striker (72)
1 October - Dezső Bundzsák
Dezső Bundzsák
Dezső Bundzsák was a Hungarian football player and coach. Bundzsák played at both professional and international levels, before becoming a coach who worked throughout Europe and Africa.-Playing career:...

, Hungarian midfielder and manager (82)
9 October - Les Fell
Les Fell
Leslie James Fell , was an English footballer who played as a winger in the Football League....

, English midfielder (89)
12 October - José Casas 'Pepín'
Pepín (footballer)
José Casas Gris, aka Pepín , was a Spanish footballer who played as a goalkeeper.-Club career:...

, Spanish goalkeeper (78)
13 October - Juan Carlos Arteche
Juan Carlos Arteche
Juan Carlos Arteche Gómez was a Spanish footballer who played as a central defender.A player of imposing physical presence with great aerial ability, he played 11 years of his professional career with Atlético Madrid, appearing in nearly 400 official games for the club.-Club career:Born in...

, Spanish midfielder (53, cancer)
13 October - Eddie Baily
Eddie Baily
Edward Francis Baily was a former England international footballer. He was a member of the 1950 FIFA World Cup squad. At club level, he played for Tottenham Hotspur from 1946–56, helping the club to both First and Second Division winning seasons. He also played for Port Vale, Nottingham Forest...

, English striker (85)
14 October - Malcolm Allison
Malcolm Allison
Malcolm Alexander Allison was an English football player and manager. Nicknamed "Big Mal", he was one of English football's most flamboyant and intriguing characters because of his panache, fedora and cigar, controversies off the pitch and outspoken nature.Allison's managerial potential become...

, English defender and manager (83, after a long illness)
18 October - Mel Hopkins
Mel Hopkins
Mel Hopkins was a Wales international football player. He played at left back.-Club career:The son of a miner, he was signed by Tottenham Hotspur at the age of 15, when spotted playing for his local boy's club. He was taken on as an apprentice after just one trial...

, Welsh defender (75)
18 October - Hans Hägele
Hans Hägele
Hans Hägele was a German professional footballer who played as a striker. He later became a football agent.-Career:Hägele played for VfL Sindelfingen, VfR Heilbronn and Fortuna Düsseldorf....

, German striker and football agent (70, suicide)
21 October - Mustapha Anane
Mustapha Anane
Mustapha Anane , was a former Algerian international footballer who spent his entire career with JS Kabylie.-Personal:...

, Algerian striker (60, after a long illness)
22 October - Franz Raschid
Franz Raschid
Franz Raschid was a German professional football player and manager.-Career:Raschid, who played as a left midfielder, spent his entire professional career with Bayer Uerdingen, scoring 51 goals in 364 League appearances. He later became a football manager, taking control of Arminia Bielefeld...

, German midfielder (56, pancreatic cancer)
24 October - Fritz Grösche
Fritz Grösche
Fritz Grösche was a German professional football player and coach.-Career:Grösche played club football for Mindener SV, Westfalia Herne and SV Sodingen....

, German midfielder and manager (69, cancer)
26 October - Paul the Octopus
Paul the Octopus
Paul the Octopus was a common octopus from Weymouth, England. Paul lived in a tank at a commercial attraction, the Sea Life Centre in Oberhausen, Germany and became internationally famous after his feeding behaviour was used to correctly predict the winner of each of the Germany national football...

, 2010 FIFA World Cup "oracle" (2, natural causes)
29 October - Ronnie Clayton
Ronnie Clayton (footballer)
Ronald "Ronnie" Clayton was an English footballer who made nearly 600 appearances in the Football League playing for Blackburn Rovers. He was capped 35 times for England between 1955 and 1960, although he failed to score....

, English midfielder (76)
30 October - John Benson
John Benson (footballer)
John Harvey Benson was a Scottish football player and manager. Born in Arbroath, Benson started his career as an apprentice at Manchester City. He turned professional in 1961, and made 44 league appearances over the next three seasons before being sold to Fourth Division side Torquay United in 1964...

, Scottish defender and manager (67, after a short illness)

November

3 November - Ron Cockerill
Ron Cockerill
Ronald "Ron" Cockerill was a former professional footballer, born in Sheffield, who played in the Football League as a defender for Huddersfield Town and Grimsby Town....

, English defender (75)
8 November - Fred Blankemeijer
Fred Blankemeijer
Fred Blankemeijer was a Dutch footballer who was active as a defender.-Club career:Blankemeijer made his professional debut at Feijenoord, and played a total of 28 matches for the club.-Retirement:...

, Dutch defender (84)
12 November - Jim Farry
Jim Farry
James "Jim" Farry served as chief executive of the Scottish Football Association from 1990 to 1999. Farry was forced to leave that post due to a dispute with Celtic over the registration of Portuguese player Jorge Cadete....

, Former Chief Executive of the Scottish FA (56, heart attack)
16 November - Ilie Savu
Ilie Savu
Ilie Savu was a Romanian football player who played as a goalkeeper and was also the first ever goalkeeper to play for Steaua Bucureşti.- Player career :...

, Romanian goalkeeper and manager (90)
17 November - Olavo Rodrigues Barbosa
Olavo Rodrigues Barbosa
Olavo Rodrigues Barbosa, best known as Nena, was a Brazilian former football player. He was born in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul.-Clubs:* Internacional: 1940–1949* Portuguesa: 1949–1954-Honours:...

, Brazilian midfielder (87)
18 November - Jim Cruickshank
Jim Cruickshank
Jim Cruickshank was a former Scottish football goalkeeper, who was born in Glasgow and played for Heart of Midlothian for the majority of his career.- Life and career :...

, Scottish goalkeeper (69)
24 November - Valentin Ivakin
Valentin Ivakin
Valentin Gavrilovich Ivakin was a Soviet football goalkeeper and manager.-Playing career:Valentin Ivakin was born in Uryupinsk. At the age of 17 without former training in football he joined the local football club Pishevik...

, Soviet goalkeeper and manager (80)
26 November - Mohammad Anwar Elahee
Mohammad Anwar Elahee
Mohammad Anwar Elahee was a Mauritian football player and manager who coached the Mauritian national team at the 1974 African Cup of Nations and the 1985 Indian Ocean Games....

, Mauritian defender and manager (81)
28 November - Vladimir Maslachenko
Vladimir Maslachenko
Vladimir Nikitovich Maslachenko was a Soviet footballer and football commentator. He was born in Vasylkivka, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, in the Ukrainian SSR-Honours:* Soviet Top League winner: 1962.* Soviet Cup winner: 1957, 1963, 1965....

, Soviet European Nation's Cup winning goalkeeper (74)

December

3 December - Jose Ramos Delgado
José Ramos Delgado
José Manuel Ramos Delgado was an Argentine footballer and manager. He played for the Argentine national team in two World Cups and had a successful tenure in Brazilian football with Santos. He went on to become a football manager, working in Argentina and Peru.-Club:Ramos Delgado started his...

, Argentine defender (75, Alzheimer disease)
5 December - Shamil Burziyev
Shamil Burziyev
Shamil Gasanovich Burziyev was a Russian professional football player.-Club career:Dagestan- born Burziyev played the majority of his career in the lower leagues of Russian football. With Anzhi he also featured in the Russian Premier League and helped them to avoid relegation after reaching the...

, Russian defender (25, car accident)
6 December - Imre Mathesz
Imre Mathesz
Imre Mathesz was a Hungarian football player and coach.-Playing career:Mathesz, who played as a midfielder, played club football for Vasas SC....

, Hungarian midfielder (73)
6 December - Rene Hauss
René Hauss
René Hauss was a French former footballer and coach.He spent his entire playing career with RC Strasbourg....

, French defender and manager (82)
7 December - Federico Vairo
Federico Vairo
Federico Vairo was an Argentine football defender who won three consecutive league titles with River Plate and represented Argentina at the 1958 World Cup....

, Argentine defender (80, stomach cancer)
10 December - Marcel Domingo
Marcel Domingo
Marcel Domingo Algara was a former French association football goalkeeper and manager of Spanish origin. He spent part of his career in Spain...

, French goalkeeper and manager (86)
11 December - Peter Risi
Peter Risi
Peter Risi was a Swiss footballer who played at both professional and international levels as a striker.-Career:...

, Swiss striker (60, after a long illness)
12 December - Emmanuel Ogoli
Emmanuel Ogoli
Emmanuel Ogoli was a Nigerian professional footballer who played as a left back.-Career:Ogoli played club football for Bayelsa United and Ocean Boys. On 12 December 2010, Ogoli collapsed on the pitch while playing for Ocean Boys, and died later in hospital. Ogoli had earlier received a "horror...

, Nigerian defender (21, collapsed on the pitch)
14 December - Dale Roberts
Dale Roberts (footballer born 1986)
Dale Roberts was an English footballer who played as a goalkeeper.Roberts started his career in his native North-East with the academy sides at Sunderland and Middlesbrough before he moved to Nottingham Forest. He failed to make Forest's first team and had loans spells with Eastwood Town and...

, English goalkeeper (24, suicide)
17 December - Ralph Coates
Ralph Coates
Ralph Coates was an English footballer who played at both professional and international levels as a winger. Coates played for Burnley, Tottenham Hotspur and Leyton Orient, making 480 appearances in the Football League. Coates also earned four caps for England between 1970 and 1971.-Club...

, English midfielder (64, stroke)
21 December - Oleksandr Kovalenko
Oleksandr Kovalenko
Oleksandr Kovalenko was a Ukrainian professional football player and later a football referee.-Career:Kovalenko made his professional debut in the Ukrainian Second League in 1993 for FC Metalurh Kostyantynivka...

, Ukrainian midfielder and referee (34, suicide)
21 December - Enzo Bearzot
Enzo Bearzot
Vincenzo "Enzo" Bearzot was an Italian association football player and manager. He is best known for having led the Italian national football team to a triumph in the 1982 FIFA World Cup.-Playing career:...

, Italian defender and World Cup winning manager (83)
24 December - Frans de Munck
Frans de Munck
Frans de Munck was a Dutch footballer and football manager. He died, aged 88, in Arnhem on 24 December 2010.-External links:*...

, Dutch goalkeeper (88)
26 December - Bill Jones
Bill Jones (footballer)
William Henry "Bill" Jones was an English international footballer who played for Liverpool F.C..-Life and playing career:...

, English defender (89)
29 December - Ramón Montesinos
Ramón Montesinos
Ramón Montesinos Calaf was a Spanish footballer, who played as a midfielder.-External links:*...

, Spanish midfielder (67)
29 December - Avi Cohen
Avi Cohen
Avraham "Avi" Cohen was an Israeli footballer who played as a defender. He was best known for his spell playing for Liverpool in England. After retirement from active football and management, he was the chairman of the Israel Professional Footballers Association for over five years until he was...

, Israeli defender (54, motorcycle accident)

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