2,467 articles
Copa Libertadores
Copa Libertadores (CONMEBOL Libertadores), South America's premier club football competition since 1960; Independiente leads with 7 titles; Flamengo reigning 2025 champion; 2026 final in Montevideo.
Copa Sudamericana
Copa Sudamericana (CONMEBOL Sudamericana, La Gran Conquista), South America's second-tier club football tournament behind the Copa Libertadores, held since 2002; Argentina leads with 10 titles, Lanús the 2025 champion, 2026 final in Barranquilla.
Coppa Italia
Coppa Italia: Italy's annual knockout football cup, first won by Vado in 1922, run by Lega Serie A with 44 clubs, record 15 titles for Juventus, trophy about 60 cm and 8 kg.
Costa Rica national football team
Costa Rica national football team (Los Ticos, La Tricolor), men's side of the Federación Costarricense de Fútbol, FIFA member since 1927. Five World Cups since 1990; best result quarterfinals at Brazil 2014, topping a group with Uruguay, Italy, and England.
Coupe de France
Coupe de France (Coupe Charles Simon; Coupe de France Crédit Agricole from 2025-26): France's open-entry FFF knockout cup since 1917, 7,298 clubs in 2024-25 including overseas teams, PSG record holder with 16 titles, winner qualifies for the Europa League.
Coupe de la Ligue
Coupe de la Ligue, the French League Cup: knockout cup for Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 clubs run by the LFP from 1994 to 2020; PSG won 9 titles; abolished after 2019-20 when no TV broadcaster was found.
Croatia at the FIFA World Cup
Croatia at the FIFA World Cup: the Vatreni's seven appearances (1998-2026), third place in 1998 and 2022, runners-up to France in 2018, Modrić's Golden Ball, and Group L at 2026.
Crystal Palace F.C. in European football
Crystal Palace F.C. in European football covers the English club's UEFA history: a 1998 Intertoto Cup debut, then the 2025–26 Conference League title won by beating Rayo Vallecano.
Cymru Premier
Cymru Premier (League of Wales, Welsh Premier League): Wales' top domestic football division, founded 1992 by the FAW, rebranded 2019, 12 clubs expanding to 16 in 2026/27, champions enter UEFA Champions League, dominated by The New Saints.
Cypriot First Division
The Cypriot First Division (Greek: Α΄ Κατηγορία) is the top men's football league in Cyprus, organized by the Cyprus Football Association since the championship began in 1934.
Czech First League
Czech First League (Chance Liga), the Czech Republic's top football division since 1993-94: 16 clubs, 30-round season plus championship and relegation groups, promotion-relegation playoff, and UEFA coefficient standing around 10th-13th.
Czechoslovak supercup
Czechoslovak supercup (Česko-slovenský Superpohár), pre-season football match since 2017 between the Czech cup and Slovak cup winners; Zlín won 2017, Slavia 2019; editions of 2018 and 2020 cancelled.
Czechoslovakia national football team
Czechoslovakia national football team (Československo), UEFA side from the early 1920s to 1993; World Cup runners-up 1934 and 1962, Euro 1976 champions via Panenka's penalty; succeeded by Czech Republic and Slovakia.
Danish Superliga
Danish Superliga (Superligaen), Denmark's top men's football league since 1991, run by the DBU: 12 clubs, split championship/relegation rounds, Copenhagen 16 titles, ~10,000 average attendance, 13th in UEFA coefficient, Viaplay rights to 2030.
DDR-Oberliga
DDR-Oberliga, the top football league of East Germany (GDR), 1949-1991 under the DFV. BFC Dynamo won 10 straight titles 1979-88; Dresden 8; Magdeburg won the 1974 Cup Winners' Cup; merged into the DFB system in 1991.
Debutant nations at the FIFA Women's World Cup
A debutant nation at the FIFA Women's World Cup is a team playing the tournament for the first time; the 2023 edition featured eight debutants.
Deloitte Football Money League
Deloitte Football Money League: annual Deloitte Sports Business Group ranking of the world's highest revenue generating football clubs, first covering 1996/97; 2026 edition reports top 20 clubs at €12.4bn, Real Madrid first above €1bn.
Denmark women's national football team
The Denmark women's national football team, controlled by the Danish Football Association, reached the UEFA Women's EURO 2017 final and has played at five Women's World Cups.
Der Klassiker
Der Klassiker: the name for matches between Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund, Germany's two biggest clubs. Not a true derby; a media-popularized rivalry born of title races, the 2013 all-German Champions League final, and the earlier Bayern-Gladbach classic.
Derby della Madonnina
Derby della Madonnina, the Milan derby between AC Milan and Inter, shared tenants of San Siro since 1926; named for the Duomo's Madonnina statue, first played 1908, Inter lead a near-even head-to-head.
Designated Player Rule
Designated Player Rule (Beckham Rule): MLS roster rule letting each club sign up to three players above the Maximum Salary Budget Charge ($803,125 in 2026), created in 2006 for David Beckham's LA Galaxy signing.
DFB-Pokal
DFB-Pokal, the German football association cup, a 64-team knockout competition; men's final at Berlin Olympiastadion since 1985 (extended to 2030); first held 1935 as Tschammer-Pokal; Bayern beat Stuttgart 3:0 in the 2026 final.
Disgrace of Gijón
Disgrace of Gijón: the 25 June 1982 World Cup match at El Molinón, Gijón, where West Germany beat Austria 1-0 (Nichtangriffspakt von Gijón), both teams stopped competing, Algeria was eliminated, and FIFA mandated simultaneous final group kickoffs from 1986.
Domestic football leagues outside Europe
Domestic football leagues outside Europe is an overview of how league football spread beyond Europe, covering formats like promotion and relegation, closed MLS-style leagues, and Apertura and Clausura systems.
Double (association football)
Double (association football): winning a domestic league and main domestic cup in one season; variants include the league-and-European double (only 17 clubs in 70 years) and domestic cup double; Celtic 1966/67 remain the only quadruple winners.
Durand Cup
Durand Cup, founded 1888 at Shimla by Sir Mortimer Durand, is Asia's oldest and the world's third-oldest football tournament, run by the Indian Army's DFTS; Mohun Bagan lead with 17 titles.
Eastern Counties Football League
The Eastern Counties Football League, known as the Thurlow Nunn League, is an English football league founded in 1935 for clubs in East Anglia, playing at steps 5 and 6 of the National League System.
Eccellenza
Eccellenza is the top regional amateur football championship of Italy's Lega Nazionale Dilettanti, one step below Serie D. 28 groups; group winners promoted directly, seven spareggi places for second-placed teams, three relegations per group.
Eerste Divisie
Eerste Divisie, also Keuken Kampioen Divisie (KKD), the Dutch second tier of men's professional football; founded 1956, 20 teams, 38 rounds, four period titles, no direct relegation to the Tweede Divisie.
EFL Championship
EFL Championship, or Sky Bet Championship, is the second tier of English football: 24 clubs from England and Wales below the Premier League, with two automatic promotion places, a Play-Off winner, and six-team Play-Offs from 2026/27.