European Leagues (EL) is a sports organisation within association football created for growth of professional football in Europe.
History Created in 1997, originally under the name Association of the European Union Premier Professional Football Leagues (EUPPFL).
The name was changed to European Professional Football Leagues (EPFL) in 2005, then to European Leagues (EL) in April 2018.
Members Members of EPFL in 2026:
Regular CountryLeagueAffiliationCompetitions Liga Profesioniste e Futbollit 2022 Kategoria Superiore Österreichische Fußball Bundesliga 2005 Bundesliga 2. Liga Azerbaijan Professional Football League 2013 Premier League I Division Cup Super Cup Pro League2005 Pro LeagueChallenger Pro LeagueBelgian CupSuper Cup Bulgarian Professional Football League (2007–2012; 2022) Bulgarian A Professional Football Group Bulgarian B Professional Football Group Bulgarian Cup 2018 Czech First League National Football League Divisionsforeningen 2005 Superliga 1. division 2. division3. divisionDanish Cup FA Premier League 2005 Premier League English Football League 2006 EFL Championship EFL League One EFL League Two EFL Cup EFL Trophy The Finnish Football League Association 2005 Veikkausliiga Liigacup Ligue de Football Professionnel 2005 Ligue 1 Ligue 2 Trophée des Champions Deutsche Fußball Liga 2005 Bundesliga 2. BundesligaDFL-Supercup Super League Greece 2005 Super League Greece Israeli Professional Football Leagues 2014 Premier League Liga Leumit Lega Serie A 2005Lega Serie A was established in 2010. The date of accession indicate the period during which the Lega was unified and the top two divisions of Italy, called Lega Calcio. Serie A Coppa Italia Supercoppa Lega B 2011 Serie B Lega Pro 2008 Serie C Coppa di C Supercoppa di C Professional Football League of Kazakhstan 2015 Premier League First League Cup Super Cup Malta Premier League 2022 Malta Super League Malta Premier League Norsk Toppfotball 2007 Eliteserien 1. divisjon Eredivisie CV 2005 Eredivisie Polish Professional Football League 2007 Ekstraklasa Super Cup Liga Portugal 2005 Liga Portugal 1 Liga Portugal 2 Taça da Liga Liga Profesionistă de Fotbal (2009–2011) 2014 Liga 1 Cupa Ligii Russian Football Premier League 2007 Championship Super Cup Scottish Professional Football League2005SPFL is a continuation of The Scottish Premier League Premiership Championship League 1 League 2 League Cup Challenge Cup Serbian Superliga 2010 Super Liga LaLiga 2005 LaLiga LaLiga 2 Swedish Elite Football 2005 Allsvenskan Superettan Swiss Football League 2005 Super League Challenge League Ukrainian Premier League 2009 Championship Super Cup
Associate CountryLeagueAffiliationCompetitions Deutscher Fußball-Bund 2021 3. Liga League of Ireland 2022 Men's Premier Division Men's First Division Men's FAI Cup Men's President's Cup LOI Academy Development Programme Football National League 2011 First Division Cup Association Professional Football League 2007 Turkish Union of Clubs 2010 Süper Lig Football Association of Wales 2023 Cymru Premier Cymru South Cymru North
Former Former EPFL members:
Association of 1. SNL (2006–2012, changed object action) Professional Football League of Ukraine (1997–2008, replaced)
Development CountryOrganisationAffiliationCompetitions Futbola Virslīga 2018 Virslīga Lithuanian Football Clubs Association A lyga 2018 A lyga Northern Ireland Football League 2019 Premiership Championship Premier Intermediate League League Cup
Women's League Members CountryOrganisationCompetitions Pro League Belgian Women's Super League Ligaforbundet A-Liga WSL Football Women's Super League Women's Super League 2 Icelandic Topfootball Besta deild kvenna Northern Ireland Women's Football Association NIFL Women's Premiership Scottish Women's Premier League Scottish Women's Premier League Scottish Women's Premier League 2 Scottish Women's Premier League Cup Liga F Elitfotboll Dam Damallsvenskan Elitettan
Women's League Associate Members CountryOrganisationCompetitions Ligue féminine de football professionnel Première Ligue Frauen-Bundesliga Frauen-Bundesliga League of Ireland League of Ireland Women's Premier Division FAI Women's Cup Women's All-Island Cup Women's President's Cup Serie A Women Serie A Women Vrouwen Eredivisie Vrouwen Eredivisie Adran Premier Adran Premier
Governance
Board of Directors (2025–2029) Source:
Member Position Affiliation Claudius Schäfer President Swiss Football League Mathieu Moreuil Vice-President Premier League Lorin Parys Member Pro League Claus Thomsen Member Divisionsforeningen Javier Tebas Member LaLiga Benjamin Viard Member Ligue de Football Professionnel Marc Lenz Member Deutsche Fußball Liga Luigi De Siervo Member Lega Serie A Paolo Bedin Member Lega B Jan de Jong Member Eredivisie CV Marcin Animucki Member Ekstraklasa Neil Doncaster Member Scottish Professional Football League Michal Mertinyak Member Únia ligových klubov
List of chairs Holder Affiliation Term Dave Richards Premier League 1997–2013 Ligue de Football Professionnel 2013–2016 Lars-Christer Olsson Swedish Professional Football Leagues 2016–2021 Claus Thomsen Divisionsforeningen 2021–2023 Pedro Proença Liga Portugal 2023–2025 Claudius Schäfer Swiss Football League 2025–present Notes
See also European Football Clubs UEFA ULEB World Leagues Association
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