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The league became affiliated with UEFA in 1954. [8] Since the 2014–15 season, 10 teams compete in the division. The teams finishing in the bottom two places are relegated to the Albanian First Division and are replaced by the champions of each of that league's two groups. Clubs and locations as of 2024-25 season:
This is a list of lists of association football clubs from all over the world. Each of the articles linked from here lists clubs playing at the highest level in each country; for clubs playing at lower divisions, see separate linked articles.
The top-ranked UEFA competition is the UEFA Champions League, which started in 1955 as the European Champion Clubs' Cup (or simply the European Cup) and initially only gathered the top team of each country; this competition has since been expanded to gather the top 1–4 teams of each country's league (the number of teams depend on that country ...
This list divides national teams into three main groups: Teams that are either members of FIFA (211 teams), or have membership in a FIFA-affiliated continental confederation without being members of FIFA itself (11 teams). Teams that are not members of FIFA or any continental federation, but which represent UN member and observer states.
Each UEFA member has its own football league system, except Liechtenstein. [3] Clubs playing in each top-level league compete for the title as the country's club champions. Clubs also compete in the league and national cup competitions for places in the following season's UEFA club competitions, the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League.
The Team *"Die Mannschaft" is mainly used outside of Germany. Locally, it generically means "the (male) team". [17] [18] Gibraltar: Team 54 Gibraltar was the 54th nation to join UEFA. [19] Greece: Η Εθνική The National Team Η ΕθνικήI Ethnikí means the National team in English. [20] Το Πειρατικό The Pirate Ship
The UEFA Champions League is a seasonal football competition established in 1955. [1] Prior to the 1992–93 season, the tournament was named the European Cup. [1] The UEFA Champions League is open to the league champions of all UEFA (Union of European Football Associations) member associations (except Liechtenstein, which has no league competition), as well as to the clubs finishing from ...
It is not uncommon for a club to be known in common usage by a name other than its official name, or the name on the badge. Other clubs are more usually known by nicknames or contractions of their full names, for instance, Vasco da Gama is usually called simply Vasco, F.C. Internazionale Milan is contracted to Inter or Inter Milan, Sporting Clube de Portugal is often called Sporting or ...