Second Division
This article is about divisions in football (soccer) leagues. For the ranking in baseball, see First division (baseball). For military units and formations, see 2nd Division (disambiguation). For other uses, see Division II (disambiguation).
In sport, the Second Division, also called Division 2 or Division II is usually the second highest division of a league, and will often have promotion and relegation with divisions above and below. Following the rise of Premier League style competitions, many leagues known as the Second Division have fallen to a lower tier in countries' football league system.
This list of Second Divisions in association football, divided by authority, includes country and actual level.
AFC
- K League Challenge, South Korea (second tier)
- J. League Division 2, Japan (second tier)
UEFA
- Albanian Second Division, Albania (third tier)
- Segona Divisió, Andorra (second tier)
- Belgian Second Division, Belgium (second tier)
- Second League of the Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina (third tier)
- Czech 2. Liga, Czech Republic (second tier)
- Cypriot Second Division, Cyprus (second tier)
- Druga HNL, Croatia (second tier)
- Danish 2nd Division, Denmark (third tier)
- England
- Football League Championship, (second tier)
- Isthmian League Second Division, (ninth tier)
- Second League of Estonia (third tier)
- 2. deild, Faroe Islands (third tier)
- Kakkonen, Finland (third tier)
- Ligue 2, France (second tier)
- Second Macedonian Football League (Macedonian Vtora Liga), Republic of Macedonia (second tier)
- Meore Liga, Georgia (third tier)
- 2. Fußball-Bundesliga, Germany (second tier)
- Football League (Greece) (formerly Beta Ethniki, Greece (second tier)
- Nemzeti Bajnokság II (Hungarian National Championship II), Hungary (second tier)
- 2. deild karla, Iceland (third tier)
- Italy
- Serie B, (second tier)
- Lega Pro Seconda Divisione (fourth tier)
- Maltese Second Division, Malta (third tier)
- Montenegrin Second League, Montenegro (second tier)
- Norwegian Second Division (2. divisjon), Norway (third tier)
- II liga (Poland) (Polish Second League), Poland (third tier)
- Portugal
- Liga de Honra, formerly "Segunda Divisão de Honra", (second tier)
- Segunda Divisão (Portuguese Second Division), (third tier)
- Liga II, Romania
- Russian Second Division, Russia (third tier)
- Scottish Football League Second Division, Scotland (third tier)
- 2. Liga (Slovakia) (Slovak Second League), Slovakia (second tier)
- Slovenian Second League, Slovenia (second tier)
- Segunda División de La Liga, Spain
- Swedish football Division 2, Sweden (fourth tier)
- TFF Second League, Turkey (third tier)
- Ukrainian Second League, Ukraine (third tier)
- Welsh Football League Division Two, Wales (second tier)
CONCACAF
- Segunda División de México (formerly Segunda División Profesional), Mexico (third tier)
- USL Second Division, United States (third tier)
CONMEBOL
- Campeonato Brasileiro Série B, Brazil (second tier)
- Ecuadorian Serie B, Ecuador (second tier)
- Paraguayan Segunda División, Paraguay (second tier)
- Peruvian Segunda División, Peru (second tier)
- Uruguayan Segunda División, Uruguay (second tier)
See also
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