European Leagues (EL) is a sports organisation within association football created for growth of professional football in Europe. Its members are the professional football leagues organisations of 31 countries:

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England England is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is located on the island of Great Britain, of which it covers about 62%, and List of islands of England, more than 100 smaller adjacent islands. It ...

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Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...

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Ireland Ireland (, ; ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe. Geopolitically, the island is divided between the Republic of Ireland (officially Names of the Irish state, named Irelan ...

History

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

Members

''Members of EPFL in 2015'':

Regular

Associate

Development

Former

Former EPFL members: *

Bulgarian Professional Football League The Bulgarian Professional Football League (Българска професионална футболна лига) or BPFL (БПФЛ) organizes the First Professional Football League The First Professional Football League (), commonly known a ...

(2007–2012, withdrew) * Association of 1. SNL (2006–2012, changed object action) * Professional Football League of Ukraine (1997–2008, replaced)

References

External links

* Association football organizations {{Europe-sport-stub