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Second Division

For other uses, see Second division (baseball), 2nd Division (disambiguation), and 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)
  • Belarusian Second League, Belarus (third 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
  • 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)
  • V.League 3, Vietname (third tier)
  • Welsh Football League Division Two, Wales (second tier)

CONCACAF

As of August 30, 2017

CONMEBOL

  • Primera B Nacional, Argentina (second tier)
  • 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)
  • Venezuelan Segunda División, Venezuela (second tier)

See also

  • B Division (disambiguation)
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