Second Division Explained

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)
• I League 2, India (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
  • Football League Second Division (1892–1992; second tier, re-branded as Football League First Division after creation of top-level FA Premier League)
  • EFL 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)
• V.League 3, Vietname (third tier)
• Welsh Football League Division Two, Wales (second tier)

CONCACAF

• Aruban Division Uno, Aruba (second tier)
• Barbados Division One, Barbados (second tier)
• Segunda División de Costa Rica, Costa Rica (second tier)
• Segunda División de El Salvador, El Salvador (second tier)
• GFA First Division, Grenada (second tier)
• Primera División de Ascenso, Guatemala (second tier)
• Honduran Liga Nacional de Ascenso, Honduras (second tier)
• Jamaica
  • Eastern Confederation Super League (second tier)
  • KSAFA Super League (second tier)
  • South Central Confederation Super League (second tier)
  • Western Confederation Super League (second tier)
• Mexico
  • Ascenso MX (second tier)
  • Segunda División de México (formerly Segunda División Profesional) (third tier)
• Segunda División de Nicaragua, Nicaragua (second tier)
• Liga Nacional de Ascenso, Panama (second tier)
• SKNFA Division 1, Saint Kitts and Nevis (second tier)
• SLFA Second Division, St. Lucia (second tier)
• SVB Hoofdklasse, Suriname (second tier)
• National Super League, Trinidad and Tobago (second tier)
• United States
  • United Soccer League (second tier)
  • North American Soccer League (second tier)

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)