Club of Pioneers, the Glossary
The Club of Pioneers is a worldwide network of the oldest continuing association football clubs from each country.[1]
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75 relations: AC Libertas, Académica de Coimbra (football), Albion F.C., Antwerp, Association football, Balgownie Rangers FC, BBC Online, Belgian Pro League, BFC Germania 1888, Blick, Bosuilstadion, Botev Plovdiv, Campionato Sammarinese di Calcio, Chris Waddle, Cliftonville F.C., Copenhagen Series, CS Fola Esch, Derde Divisie, EFL League Two, Ekstraklasa, Eliteserien, Estadio Nuevo Colombino, Facebook, FC St. Gallen, First Professional Football League (Bulgaria), First Vienna FC, FK Ljuboten, FK Sveikata Kybartai, Gennaro Ruotolo, Genoa CFC, Haarlem, Hong Kong FC (football), Hong Kong Premier League, Huelva, II Lyga, Indian Super League, Jonas De Roeck, Kjøbenhavns Boldklub, Koninklijke HFC, Kreisliga, KS Cracovia, László Fazekas, Liga 3 (Portugal), Luxembourg National Division, Macedonian Third Football League, Maltese National Amateur League, Mohun Bagan AC, Mohun Bagan Super Giant, NIFL Premiership, North Shore United AFC, ... Expand index (25 more) »
- Association football organizations
- Sports organizations established in 2013
AC Libertas
Associazione Calcio Libertas is a Sanmarinese football club, based in Borgo Maggiore, that competes in Campionato Sammarinese di Calcio.
See Club of Pioneers and AC Libertas
The Associação Académica de Coimbra – Organismo Autónomo de Futebol (AAC-OAF), also referred to as Académica de Coimbra or simply Académica, is a professional football club based in Coimbra, Portugal.
See Club of Pioneers and Académica de Coimbra (football)
Albion F.C.
Albion Football Club is a Uruguayan football club located in Montevideo that currently plays in the Uruguayan Segunda División, the second highest division of the Uruguayan football league system.
See Club of Pioneers and Albion F.C.
Antwerp
Antwerp (Antwerpen; Anvers) is a city and a municipality in the Flemish Region of Belgium.
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Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players each, who primarily use their feet to propel a ball around a rectangular field called a pitch.
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Balgownie Rangers FC
Balgownie Rangers Football Club is an association football club based in Balgownie, New South Wales.
See Club of Pioneers and Balgownie Rangers FC
BBC Online
BBC Online, formerly known as BBCi, is the BBC's online service.
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Belgian Pro League
The Belgian Pro League, officially the Jupiler Pro League, due to sponsorship reasons with Jupiler, is the top league competition for association football clubs in Belgium.
See Club of Pioneers and Belgian Pro League
BFC Germania 1888
BFC Germania 1888 is a German football club from Berlin.
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Blick
Blick (View) is a Swiss German-language daily newspaper and online news website covering current affairs, entertainment, sports and lifestyle.
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Bosuilstadion
The Bosuilstadion is an association football stadium in the city of Antwerp, Belgium.
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Botev Plovdiv
Profesionalen Futbolen Klub Botev AD, commonly referred to as Botev Plovdiv (Ботев Пловдив), or simply Botev (within its associated city), is a Bulgarian professional football club based in Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
See Club of Pioneers and Botev Plovdiv
Campionato Sammarinese di Calcio
Campionato Sammarinese di Calcio (English translation: Sammarinese Football Championship) is the highest competition for football clubs located at the only level of the Sammarinese football league system (no relegation system exists) and has been operating since the 1985–1986 season.
See Club of Pioneers and Campionato Sammarinese di Calcio
Chris Waddle
Christopher Roland Waddle (born 14 December 1960) is an English former professional football player and manager.
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Cliftonville F.C.
Cliftonville Football & Athletic Club is a semi-professional association football club playing in the NIFL Premiership – the top division of the Northern Ireland Football League.
See Club of Pioneers and Cliftonville F.C.
Copenhagen Series
Copenhagen Series for men (Københavnsserien for Herrer; Herre Københavnsserien), unofficially also known as Københavnerserien and often shortened to KS serien and KS Herre, is the highest division for men organised by the regional football association DBU København (DBUK) and one of the sixth-highest divisions overall in the Danish football league system.
See Club of Pioneers and Copenhagen Series
CS Fola Esch
Sporting Circle Fola Esch (Cercle sportif Fola Esch), usually abbreviated to Fola Esch or simply Fola, is a professional football club based in Esch-sur-Alzette, in south-western Luxembourg.
See Club of Pioneers and CS Fola Esch
Derde Divisie
The Derde Divisie (Third Division), formerly known as Topklasse (Top Class), is the fourth tier of football in the Netherlands, which had its inaugural season as a third tier in 2010–11 and as a fourth tier in 2016–17.
See Club of Pioneers and Derde Divisie
EFL League Two
The English Football League Two, simply known as League Two in England and for sponsorship purposes as Sky Bet League Two, is the third and lowest division of the English Football League (EFL) and fourth-highest tier overall in the English football league system.
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Ekstraklasa
(meaning "Extra Class" in Polish), officially known as PKO Bank Polski Ekstraklasa due to its sponsorship by PKO Bank Polski, is the top Polish professional league for men's association football teams.
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Eliteserien
Eliteserien is a Norwegian professional league for association football clubs.
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Estadio Nuevo Colombino
Estadio Nuevo Colombino is a multi-purpose stadium in Huelva, Spain.
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Facebook is a social media and social networking service owned by American technology conglomerate Meta.
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FC St. Gallen
Fussballclub St.
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The First Professional Football League (Parva Profesionalna Futbolna Liga), commonly known as Parva Liga or Bulgarian First League (currently known as the efbet League for sponsorship reasons), is a professional association football league, being the top tier of Bulgarian football league system.
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First Vienna FC
First Vienna FC is an Austrian football club based in the Döbling district of Vienna.
See Club of Pioneers and First Vienna FC
FK Ljuboten
FK Ljuboten (ФК Љуботен) is a football club based in Tetovo, North Macedonia.
See Club of Pioneers and FK Ljuboten
FK Sveikata Kybartai
Futbolo klubas Sveikata, commonly known as Sveikata, is a Lithuanian football club located in Kybartai, in Vilkaviškis District.
See Club of Pioneers and FK Sveikata Kybartai
Gennaro Ruotolo
Gennaro Ruotolo (born 20 March 1967) is an Italian former footballer and manager who played as a midfielder.
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Genoa CFC
Genoa Cricket and Football Club is an Italian professional football club based in Genoa, Liguria.
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Haarlem
Haarlem (predecessor of Harlem in English) is a city and municipality in the Netherlands.
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The football section of Hong Kong Football Club (Abbreviation: HKFC) fields a range of teams at various age divisions in the Hong Kong leagues.
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Hong Kong Premier League
The Hong Kong Premier League is a Hong Kong professional football league organised by the Football Association of Hong Kong, China.
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Huelva
Huelva is a municipality of Spain and the capital of the province of Huelva, in the autonomous community of Andalusia.
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II Lyga
Lithuanian Football Federation's II lyga, LFF II lyga – the third tier Lithuanian football championship.
See Club of Pioneers and II Lyga
Indian Super League
The Indian Super League (ISL) is the men's highest level of the Indian football league system.
See Club of Pioneers and Indian Super League
Jonas De Roeck
Jonas De Roeck (born 20 December 1979) is a Belgian professional football coach and former player.
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Kjøbenhavns Boldklub
Kjøbenhavns Boldklub (known simply as KB) is a Danish professional multi-sports club based in Copenhagen.
See Club of Pioneers and Kjøbenhavns Boldklub
Koninklijke HFC
Koninklijke Haarlemsche Football Club (Royal Haarlem Football Club) is a football club based in Haarlem, Netherlands.
See Club of Pioneers and Koninklijke HFC
Kreisliga
The Kreisliga (District League), along with the Kreisoberliga (District Premier League) and the Kreisklasse (District Class), are the lowest set of divisions in the German football league system, set at step 8 and below.
See Club of Pioneers and Kreisliga
KS Cracovia
Cracovia is a Polish professional football club based in Kraków.
See Club of Pioneers and KS Cracovia
László Fazekas
László Fazekas (born 15 October 1947) is a Hungarian former football player who played the third most international games for the Hungary national team.
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Liga 3 (Portugal)
The Liga 3 is the third-level football league in the Portuguese football league system, starting in 2021–22.
See Club of Pioneers and Liga 3 (Portugal)
Luxembourg National Division
The National Division (Nationaldivisioun, Division Nationale, Nationaldivision) is the highest football league in Luxembourg.
See Club of Pioneers and Luxembourg National Division
The Macedonian Third League (Македонска трета лига) is the third highest football competition in North Macedonia.
See Club of Pioneers and Macedonian Third Football League
Maltese National Amateur League
The Maltese National Amateur League (referred to as the IZIBet Amateur League for sponsorship reasons) is the third-highest division in Maltese football, replacing the Maltese Second Division and Maltese Third Division during the 2020–21 season following the premature end of the previous football season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
See Club of Pioneers and Maltese National Amateur League
Mohun Bagan AC
Mohun Bagan Athletic Club is an Indian professional multi-sports club based in Kolkata, West Bengal.
See Club of Pioneers and Mohun Bagan AC
Mohun Bagan Super Giant
Mohun Bagan Super Giant, commonly referred to as Mohun Bagan, is an Indian professional football club based in Kolkata, West Bengal.
See Club of Pioneers and Mohun Bagan Super Giant
NIFL Premiership
The NIFL Premiership, known as the Sports Direct Premiership for sponsorship purposes, and Irish Premiership colloquially, is a professional association football league which operates as the highest division of the Northern Ireland Football League – the national league in Northern Ireland.
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North Shore United AFC
North Shore United Association Football Club is an amateur football club based in the North Shore, Auckland.
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Northern Premier League
The Northern Premier League is an English football league that was founded in 1968.
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NRFL Championship
The Northern Regional Football League Championship, currently known as Lotto Sport Italia NRFL Championship for sponsorship reasons, is a semi-professional New Zealand association football league competition.
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Odds BK
Odds Ballklubb, commonly known as Odd, is a Norwegian professional football club from Skien.
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The oldest football clubs trace their origins to the mid-19th century, a period when football evolved from being a casual pastime to an organised mainstream sport.
See Club of Pioneers and Oldest football clubs
Primera B de Chile
Campeonato Primera B (Chilean First B Division) is the second tier in the Chilean football league system, and is organized by the Asociación Nacional de Fútbol Profesional.
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Primera Federación
The Primera Federación, formerly known as Primera RFEF, is the third tier of the Spanish football league system beginning with the 2021–22 season.
See Club of Pioneers and Primera Federación
Queen's Park F.C.
Queen's Park Football Club is a Scottish professional football club, based in Glasgow, which plays in the Scottish Championship, the second tier of the Scottish football pyramid.
See Club of Pioneers and Queen's Park F.C.
Recreativo de Huelva
Real Club Recreativo de Huelva, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club based in Huelva, Andalucia, Spain.
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Royal Antwerp F.C.
Royal Antwerp Football Club (commonly referred to as Royal Antwerp or simply Antwerp) is a Belgian professional football club based in the city of Antwerp.
See Club of Pioneers and Royal Antwerp F.C.
S.V. Voorwaarts
Sport Vereniging Voorwaarts is an association football club from Paramaribo, Suriname.
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Santiago Wanderers
Club de Deportes Santiago Wanderers is a football club based in Valparaíso, a founding member of the Chilean Football Federation.
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Savages FC Pietermaritzburg
Savages FC PMD is a football club from Pietermaritzburg.
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Scottish Championship
The Scottish Championship, known as the William Hill Championship for sponsorship reasons, is the second tier of the Scottish Professional Football League, the league competition for men's professional football clubs in Scotland.
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Serie A
The Serie A, officially known as Serie A enilive in Italy and Serie A Made in Italy abroad for sponsorship reasons, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system.
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Sheffield F.C.
Sheffield Football Club is an English football club from Dronfield, North East Derbyshire.
See Club of Pioneers and Sheffield F.C.
St. George's F.C.
St. George's Football Club, is a Maltese football club from the city of Cospicua in the Mediterranean island of Malta, believed to be the oldest club on the island. They are currently playing in the Maltese National Amateur League, and is popularly claimed to be the pioneers of Maltese civilian football.
See Club of Pioneers and St. George's F.C.
Swiss Super League
The Super League (known as the Credit Suisse Super League for sponsorship reasons) is a Swiss professional league in the top tier of the Swiss football league system and has been played in its current format since the 2003–04 season.
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Tomáš Skuhravý
Tomáš Skuhravý (born 7 September 1965) is a Czech former footballer who played as a striker.
See Club of Pioneers and Tomáš Skuhravý
Tvøroyrar Bóltfelag
Tvøroyrar Bóltfelag is a Faroese professional football club from Tvøroyri, currently playing in the Betrideildin, the top tier of Faroese football.
See Club of Pioneers and Tvøroyrar Bóltfelag
Tweede Divisie
Tweede Divisie (Second Division) is the highest amateur (and historically the lowest professional) football league in the Netherlands.
See Club of Pioneers and Tweede Divisie
Uruguayan Primera División
The Liga Profesional de Primera División (American Spanish, First Division Professional League, local:, First Division), named "Torneo Uruguayo Copa Coca-Cola" for sponsorship reasons, is the highest professional football league in Uruguay organized by the Uruguayan Football Association (AUF).
See Club of Pioneers and Uruguayan Primera División
Wrexham A.F.C.
Wrexham Association Football Club (date) is a professional association football club based in Wrexham, Wales.
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Yokohama Country & Athletic Club
The Yokohama Country & Athletic Club is a sport and recreational club located in Yamate, Yokohama Kanagawa Prefecture.
See Club of Pioneers and Yokohama Country & Athletic Club
1. deild
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2. Liga (Austria)
The Second League (2.), commonly known as Admiral 2.
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See also
Association football organizations
- Argolida Football Clubs Association
- Association football clubs
- Association football governing bodies
- Association of Football Statisticians
- Benfica Stars Fund
- ChangeFIFA
- Club of Pioneers
- Clube dos 13
- Coaches Across Continents
- DIS Esporte
- Deutscher Sportclub für Fußballstatistiken
- European Club Association
- European Leagues
- First Portuguese Football Players Fund
- Football Association of Iranian Club
- Football club (association football)
- Football for Hope Movement
- Football for Peace
- G-14
- GFSN National League
- Gay Football Supporters Network
- GestiFute
- HAZ Sport Agency
- IFFHS
- International Federation of Football History & Statistics
- Internet Football Association
- Iraqi Pro League Association
- Linck Group
- Makana F.A.
- Media Sport Investment
- Northern Region Football
- Open Fun Football Schools
- Opportunitas aequa
- Soccer Invest Fund
- Sporting Portugal Fund
- The Football Club Social Alliance
Sports organizations established in 2013
- Bobsleigh and Skeleton Australia
- Carolinas Geographical Union
- Celtic F.C. Foundation
- Club of Pioneers
- Confederation of Independent Football Associations
- Czech Association of Bandy
- Eastern Pennsylvania Geographical Union
- Ellan Vannin football team
- European Multisport Club Association
- Floorball South Africa
- Gruppo Sportivo Fiamme Rosse
- Hellenic Federation of Rugby League
- Hungarian Rugby League Federation
- International Tent Pegging Federation
- List of Bullet Club members
- Lithuanian Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation
- Lithuanian Luge Federation
- Metro Manila Turf Club
- Montenegrin Rugby Union
- Northern California Rugby Football Union
- Prospect Fighting Championships
- Southern California Rugby Football Union
- Southern Football Alliance
- Spanish Rugby League Association
- Star Sailors League
- Texas Geographical Union
- Thailand E-Sports Federation
- Tuvalu Powerlifting Federation
- Tuvalu Weightlifting Federation
- United States Tent Pegging Federation
- United Wrestling Network
- World Baseball Softball Confederation
- Wrestle-1
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Club_of_Pioneers
, Northern Premier League, NRFL Championship, Odds BK, Oldest football clubs, Primera B de Chile, Primera Federación, Queen's Park F.C., Recreativo de Huelva, Royal Antwerp F.C., S.V. Voorwaarts, Santiago Wanderers, Savages FC Pietermaritzburg, Scottish Championship, Serie A, Sheffield F.C., St. George's F.C., Swiss Super League, Tomáš Skuhravý, Tvøroyrar Bóltfelag, Tweede Divisie, Uruguayan Primera División, Wrexham A.F.C., Yokohama Country & Athletic Club, 1. deild, 2. Liga (Austria).