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2026 AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup qualification
2026 AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup qualification: August 2025 single-round qualifiers in eight groups deciding eleven places at the 12-team Finals in Thailand, with North Korea, Japan, China and Australia among qualifiers.
2026 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualification
2026 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualification, also called AFC U23 Asian Cup Saudi Arabia 2026 Qualifiers: record 44 teams in 11 groups, played September 3-9, 2025; 11 winners and four best runners-up joined hosts Saudi Arabia at the January 2026 Finals.
2026 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification
2026 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification, the June-July 2025 AFC women's football qualifiers; 34 teams in eight groups, winners Iran, India, Bangladesh, Chinese Taipei, Vietnam, Uzbekistan, Philippines, DPR Korea joined Australia, China PR, Korea Republic, Japan.
2026 African U-20 Women's World Cup qualification
2026 African U-20 Women's World Cup qualification: CAF's four-round knockout series (May 2025 to May 2026) deciding Africa's four slots at the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Poland 2026; Nigeria and Ghana qualified, with Cameroon-Tanzania and Côte d'Ivoire-Benin final-round ties.
2026 Allsvenskan
2026 Allsvenskan: the 2026 Swedish top-flight season, 16 clubs, 4 April to 29 November. Promoted Kalmar FF, Västerås SK, Örgryte; record spring attendance of 1,000,474; 3.09 goals per match.
2026 ASEAN Championship
2026 ASEAN Championship (ASEAN Hyundai Cup 2026), 16th edition, July 24 to August 26, 2026; Vietnam retained the title, beating Thailand 4-2 on aggregate. Separate inaugural FIFA ASEAN Cup in October was won by Indonesia on penalties.
2026 ASEAN Championship final
The 2026 ASEAN Championship final (ASEAN Hyundai Cup 2026) was the two-legged tie in which Vietnam retained the title, beating Thailand 4-2 on aggregate (2-0 Bangkok, 2-2 Hanoi) on 22 and 26 August 2026; distinct from the inaugural FIFA ASEAN Cup final won by Indonesia.
2026 ASEAN Championship squads
2026 ASEAN Championship squads: rosters for the ASEAN Hyundai Cup 2026 (July 24-Aug 26), including Singapore's 25-man squad under Gavin Lee; played outside FIFA windows, so clubs withheld foreign-based players; Vietnam retained the title.
2026 ASEAN U-17 Boys' Championship
2026 ASEAN U-17 Boys' Championship (Kejuaraan ASEAN U-17 2026), AFF youth football tournament in Indonesia, April 2026; Vietnam won its title by beating Malaysia 3-0 in the Sidoarjo final, with Australia third after an 8-0 win over Laos.
2026 ASEAN U-19 Boys' Championship
The 2026 ASEAN U-19 Boys' Championship was the 20th edition of the Southeast Asian under-19 football tournament, held in North Sumatra, Indonesia, and won by Australia.
2026 Atlanta United FC season
2026 Atlanta United FC season: club's tenth MLS campaign under returning head coach Tata Martino, appointed November 2025 through 2027. Includes 0-2 opener at Cincinnati, Breel Embolo's €15.4M signing, U.S. Open Cup quarterfinal run, and 14th-place East standing.
2026 Australia Cup
The 2026 Australia Cup was the thirteenth edition of Australia's national knockout football competition, won by South Melbourne FC, the first NPL club to take the title.
2026 Australian Championship
2026 Australian Championship: second edition of Australia's national second-tier football competition, 16 clubs in four groups, Penalty Shootout Bonus Point Model, SBS broadcasts, South Melbourne defending champion.
2026 Ballon d'Or
2026 Ballon d'Or (Ballon d'Or 2026), 70th edition of France Football's annual award, co-organised with UEFA; ceremony 26 October 2026 at the London Palladium, first time in London, honoring inaugural winner Stanley Matthews; nominees announced 8 September 2026.
2026 CAF Super Cup
The 2026 CAF Super Cup, also called the TotalEnergies CAF Super Cup 2026, pits Champions League winners Mamelodi Sundowns against Confederation Cup holders USM Alger on November 8, 2026, at Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria; both clubs seek a second title.
2026 CAF Women's Champions League
2026 CAF Women's Champions League, sixth edition of CAF's African women's club championship. Defending champions AS FAR of Morocco join zonal winners Mamelodi Sundowns, Kawempe Muslim, Lekié FF, Edo Queens, USFAS, and FUS Rabat, plus a host-country team.
2026 CAF Women's Champions League qualification
2026 CAF Women's Champions League qualification: six zonal tournaments (COSAFA, CECAFA, UNIFFAC, WAFU A, WAFU B, UNAF) in August-September 2026 deciding finalists joining champions AS FAR; winners include Mamelodi Sundowns, Kawempe Muslim, Lekié FF, USFAS, FUS Rabat.
2026 CAF Women's Champions League UNAF Qualifiers
2026 CAF Women's Champions League UNAF Qualifiers, held in Tunis 1-7 September 2026; won by Morocco's FUS Rabat, who beat FC Masar, CF Akbou, and ASF Sousse to reach the finals for the first time.
2026 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
2026 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (Brasileirão 2026), Brazil's top football league, 20 clubs, 28 January to 2 December 2026, first edition under the CBF's reformed year-long calendar with a World Cup break; Flamengo defending champion and leader after round 30.
2026 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B
2026 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B, the Brazilian second division's 2026 season run by the CBF; 20 clubs, opened 21 March 2026, Juventude led after round 27 with 50 points.
2026 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C
2026 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C, Brazilian third division, 20 clubs, 5 April to 25 October 2026, last 20-team edition before 24 in 2027; Maringá and Ferroviária in the final, Itabaiana and Confiança relegated.
2026 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D
2026 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D, Brazil's fourth-division football championship run by the CBF. Largest edition ever: 96 clubs, 610 matches, 6 promotions to Série C 2027, quotas up 64% to R$ 65.5 million, final ASA versus Uberlândia.
2026 Campeonato Paulista
2026 Campeonato Paulista (Paulistão 2026), São Paulo state football championship by the FPF; 16 clubs, new Champions League-style pot format, two-legged final; Palmeiras champion, Abel Ferreira's fourth title.
2026 Canadian Championship
2026 TELUS Canadian Championship, Canada's men's domestic cup for the Voyageurs Cup; 15 clubs from MLS, CPL, and League1 Canada; CF Montréal and Forge FC Hamilton reached the 21 October final at Stade Saputo.
2026 Canadian Premier League season
2026 Canadian Premier League season, the CPL's eighth, April 4 to October 25, 2026; eight clubs including new FC Supra du Québec and renamed Inter Toronto; Cavalry led the standings in mid-October.
2026 CF Montréal season
2026 CF Montréal season: the club's MLS and Canadian Championship campaign under coach Marco Donadel, Feb 21 to Nov 7, 2026; reached the Canadian Championship final vs Forge FC but sat 15th in the Eastern Conference.
2026 CFU Club Shield
2026 CFU Club Shield, eighth edition of the Caribbean Football Union's knockout club tournament, held July 23 to August 2, 2026 in Trinidad and Tobago; 22 clubs competed and Mount Pleasant FA beat Delfines del Este 1-0 to win its first title and qualify for the Concacaf Caribbean Cup.
2026 Chicago State Cougars football team
2026 Chicago State Cougars football team: Chicago State University's inaugural NCAA Division I FCS football team, independent under head coach Bobby Rome II, first game August 29, 2026 vs Roosevelt (L 28-44) at SeatGeek Stadium, joining the NEC in 2027.
2026 China League One
2026 China League One (中甲), China's second-tier football league: 16 teams, 30 rounds, 14 March to 7 November 2026. Four clubs started with match-fixing point deductions; Guangdong GZ-Power led and secured promotion by October.
2026 China League Two
The 2026 China League Two (2026中乙联赛) is the 2026 season of the third tier of Chinese men's football, below China League One and run by the Chinese Professional Football League.