Alabama has several minor league professional and semi-professional teams, including three minor league baseball teams. It does not currently have any major professional sports league teams. However, Alabama has intermittently been home to teams in what were widely considered (and/or at least aspired to become) major leagues during their presence in the state. Additionally, Major League Baseball has retroactively recognized several Negro Leagues as major leagues; as a result, the Birmingham Black Barons are now considered to have been a major league baseball team.
Currently, Alabama is the second-most populous U.S. state without a major league franchise (it is the most populous if one considers Virginia to be the home of the NFL's Washington Commanders and NHL's Washington Capitals - those teams have their practice facilities and operational headquarters in Northern Virginia although neither team plays its home games there).
Current minor-league professional and semi-professional teams Club City Sport League Venue AFC Mobile Mobile Soccer National Premier Soccer League Archbishop Lipscomb Athletic Complex Alabama Blackhawks Birmingham Football Amateur to Professional Developmental League Carver High School Alabama Steel Semi Pro Football Prattville Football Amateur to Professional Developmental LeagueCentral High School Birmingham Vulcans Birmingham Basketball North American Basketball League Young Stars Basketball Academy Dixie Derby Girls Huntsville Roller derby Women's Flat Track Derby Association Von Braun Center Birmingham Legion FC Birmingham Soccer USL Championship Protective Stadium Birmingham Barons Birmingham Baseball Southern League Regions Field Birmingham Black Widows Birmingham Football Women's Indoor Football League Venue unknown Birmingham Squadron Birmingham Basketball NBA G League Legacy Arena Birmingham Stallions Birmingham Football United Football League Protective Stadium Central Alabama Jaguars Montgomery Basketball The Basketball League Venue unknown Huntsville City FC Huntsville Soccer MLS Next Pro Joe W. Davis Stadium Huntsville Rockets Semi-Pro Football Huntsville Football Gridiron Developmental Football League Milton Frank Stadium Huntsville Havoc Huntsville Ice hockey Southern Professional Hockey League Von Braun Center Magic City Surge Birmingham Basketball American Basketball Association Bill Harris Arena Marvel City Tigers Bessemer Football Gridiron Developmental Football League Snitz Snider Stadium Montgomery Biscuits Montgomery Baseball Southern League Dabos Park Rocket City Trash Pandas Madison Baseball Southern League Toyota Field South Alabama Hurricanes Baldwin County–Gulf Shores American football Xtreme South Football League Gulf Shores Sportsplex- Mickey Miller Blackwell Stadium Huntsville Tigers Huntsville Football Independent Women's Football League Milton Frank Stadium Birmingham Bulls Pelham, Alabama Ice hockey Southern Professional Hockey League Pelham Civic Complex
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Former professional and semi-professional teams Club City Sport League Years active Fate Alabama Outlawz Birmingham Indoor football X-League Indoor Football, Arena Pro Football 2014–2015, 2017 Attempted to restart again in 2017, but folded prior to playing any home games Birmingham A's Birmingham Baseball Southern League 1967–1975 Defunct Birmingham Black Barons Birmingham Baseball Negro Southern League, Negro National League, Negro American League 1920–1960 Defunct Rocket City United Madison Soccer National Premier Soccer League 2007–2013 Defunct Mobile A's Mobile Baseball Southern League Mobile BayBears Mobile Baseball Southern League 1997–2019 Relocated to Madison as the Rocket City Trash Pandas Mobile Black Bears Mobile Baseball Independent Negro league team Mobile Soldiers Mobile Baseball Southern League Mobile White Sox Mobile Baseball Southern League Montgomery Grays Montgomery Baseball South Atlantic League Montgomery Grey Sox Montgomery Baseball Negro Southern League 1932 Defunct Montgomery Rebels Montgomery Baseball Southern League 1903–1980 (various years) Relocated to Birmingham Montgomery Wings Montgomery Baseball Southeastern League 2002–2003 Defunct Ozark Patriots Ozark Baseball Southeastern League 2002 Defunct Selma Cloverleafs Selma Baseball Southeastern League 2002–2003 Birmingham Bulldogs Birmingham Basketball World Basketball Association 2004–2005 Defunct Birmingham Magicians Birmingham Basketball American Basketball Association 2005–2006 Defunct Birmingham Power Birmingham Basketball National Women's Basketball League 2001–2005 Defunct Druid City Dragons Tuscaloosa Basketball World Basketball Association 2006 Defunct Huntsville Flight Huntsville Basketball National Basketball Development League 2001–2005 Relocated to Albuquerque, New Mexico Mobile Revelers Mobile Basketball National Basketball Development League 2001–2003 Defunct Mobile Majesty Mobile Basketball National Women's Basketball League 2001 Defunct Southern Alabama Bounce Mobile Basketball American Basketball Association 2006–2007 Defunct Birmingham Barracudas Birmingham Canadian football Canadian Football League 1995 Defunct Alabama Renegades Huntsville Football National Women's Football Association 2000–2008 Defunct, league folded Alabama Hawks Huntsville Football Continental Football League 1968–1969 Defunct, league folded Alabama Slammers Birmingham Football Women's American Football League 2001–2002 Defunct Alabama Vulcans Birmingham Football American Football Association 1979 Defunct Birmingham Americans Birmingham Football World Football League 1974 Defunct Birmingham Fire Birmingham Football World League of American Football 1991–1992 Defunct, league shut down U.S. operations and became NFL Europe before eventually folding Birmingham Iron Birmingham Football Alliance of American Football 2019 Defunct, league folded Birmingham Stallions Birmingham Football United States Football League 1983–1985 Defunct, league folded Birmingham Steel Magnolias Birmingham Football Women's Football Association 2002–2003 Defunct, league folded Birmingham Thunderbolts Birmingham Football XFL 2001 Defunct, league folded Birmingham Vulcans Birmingham Football World Football League 1975 Defunct, league folded Gadsden Raiders Gadsden Football Southern Professional Football League 1963–? Huntsville Rockets Huntsville Football Southern Professional Football League 1963–1964 Muscle Shoals SmasHers Muscle Shoals Football National Women's Football Association 2004 Defunct Tuscaloosa Warriors Tuscaloosa Football Southern Professional Football League 1963 Relocated to Columbus, Mississippi Alabama Slammers Pelham Ice hockey World Hockey Association 2 2003–2004 Defunct Birmingham Bulls (1) Birmingham Ice hockey World Hockey Association, Central Hockey League 1976–1981 Defunct Birmingham Bulls (2) Birmingham Ice hockey East Coast Hockey League 1992–2001 Relocated to Atlantic City, New Jersey Birmingham South Stars Birmingham Ice hockey Central Hockey League 1982–1983 Defunct Huntsville Blast Huntsville Ice hockey East Coast Hockey League 1993–1994 Relocated to Tallahassee, Florida Huntsville Channel Cats/Tornado Huntsville Ice hockey Southern Hockey League, Central Hockey League, South East Hockey League 1995–2001, 2003–2004 Defunct Mobile Mysticks Mobile Ice hockey East Coast Hockey League 1995–2002 Relocated to Duluth, Georgia Birmingham/Alabama Steeldogs Birmingham Indoor football AF2 2000–2007 Defunct Tennessee Valley/Alabama Vipers Huntsville Indoor football AF2, Arena Football League 2000–2010 Relocated to Duluth, Georgia Mobile Bay Tarpons Mobile Indoor football Southern Indoor Football League Mobile Seagulls Mobile Indoor football Indoor Professional Football League, National Indoor Football League 2000–2001 Defunct Mobile Wizards Mobile Indoor football AF2 2002 Defunct Montgomery Maulers/Bears Montgomery Indoor football National Indoor Football League, American Indoor Football Association 2005–2007 Defunct Birmingham Grasshoppers Birmingham Soccer United States Interregional Soccer League, Premier Development League 1992–1996 Defunct Mobile Revelers Mobile Soccer United States Interregional Soccer League 1995–1997 Defunct Pumas FC Birmingham Soccer National Premier Soccer League 2009–2010 DefunctMobile VipersMobileFootballExtreme Southern1988–1997Defunct Huntsville Stars Huntsville Baseball Southern League 1985–2014 Relocated to Biloxi, Mississippi as the Biloxi Shuckers
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