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List of top-division football clubs in UEFA countries

Top-division football clubs in UEFA countries: the 732 clubs in the highest domestic leagues of UEFA's 55 member associations (54 with national leagues), organized by promotion and relegation and licensed for UEFA competition.

List of Tottenham Hotspur F.C. records and statistics

Tottenham Hotspur F.C. records and statistics: honours (8 FA Cups, 2 league titles, 3 UEFA Cup/Europa League), the 1961 Double, 1963 European first, record crowds of 110,820 and 83,222, and player marks by Greaves, Perryman, Kane, and Son.

List of UEFA Champions League hat-tricks

List of UEFA Champions League hat-tricks: 121 players have scored one since 1992; Messi and Ronaldo lead with 8 each, Salah's 6m12s treble vs Rangers (2022) is fastest, and no final hat-trick exists.

List of UEFA Champions League top scorers

Season-by-season and all-time top scorers of the UEFA Champions League (1992/93 to date) and its predecessor, the European Cup (1955-1992); Cristiano Ronaldo leads with 140 goals, ahead of Messi (129) and Lewandowski (109).

List of UEFA club competition winners

UEFA club competition winners: honours for the Champions League/European Cup (Real Madrid 15 titles), Europa League/UEFA Cup, Conference League, Cup Winners' Cup, Intertoto Cup, and Super Cup, with title counts by club and nation.

List of UEFA Cup and Europa League finals

List of UEFA Cup and Europa League finals since 1972, also called UEFA Cup finals. Two-legged until 1998, then one-off; Sevilla lead with 7 titles; Aston Villa won the 2026 final 3-0 against Freiburg in Istanbul.

List of UEFA Cup Winners' Cup finals

List of UEFA Cup Winners' Cup finals: results of all 39 finals (1961 Fiorentina to 1999 Lazio) of UEFA's knockout competition for domestic cup winners, merged into the UEFA Cup in 1999; Barcelona won a record four titles.

List of UEFA European Championship finals

List of UEFA European Championship finals (EURO finals, Henri Delaunay Cup deciders): all 17 title matches 1960-2024, results, Spain's record four titles, Germany's six final appearances, and records like Spain 4-0 Italy in 2012.

List of UEFA Super Cup matches

List of UEFA Super Cup matches: annual UEFA final between the Champions League and Europa League (formerly Cup Winners' Cup) holders, first played officially in 1974, with full results 1973–2026, venues, and format changes.

List of unbeaten football club seasons

Unbeaten football club seasons, or Invincible seasons: full league campaigns without defeat. Key cases include Preston 1888/89, Arsenal 2003/04, Juventus 2011/12, Leverkusen 2023/24, and unbeaten European Cup winners.

List of VFL/AFL premiers

VFL/AFL premiers: yearly winners of the Australian Football League grand final from 1897 (Essendon, first VFL premier) to 2026 (Brisbane Lions). Carlton and Essendon lead with 16 flags each; VFL renamed AFL in 1990.

List of VFL/AFL records

VFL/AFL records list the extreme performances of Australian Football since 1897: Geelong's 239-point score, Fred Fanning's 18 goals, Tony Lockett's 1,360 career goals, 16 premierships each for Carlton, Collingwood, and Essendon, and the 121,696 crowd of the 1970 Grand Final.

List of winless seasons

A list of winless seasons in gridiron football, led by the NFL's three since 1970: the 1976 Buccaneers, the 2008 Detroit Lions, and the 2017 Cleveland Browns.

List of world champion football clubs

World champion football clubs: winners of the Intercontinental Cup (1960-2004), FIFA Club World Cup (2000, 2005-2023), FIFA Intercontinental Cup (2024-), and the new 32-team FIFA Club World Cup, won by Chelsea in 2025.

Liverpool F.C.–Manchester United F.C. rivalry

Liverpool F.C.–Manchester United F.C. rivalry, the North West derby: England's two most successful clubs, tied on 20 league titles, rooted in 19th-century industrial competition and the Manchester Ship Canal, first met in 1894.

Liverpool Player of the Season Awards

Liverpool Player of the Season Awards: official LFC end-of-season honours, also called Standard Chartered Men's Player of the Season, decided by fan vote on Liverpoolfc.com. Mohamed Salah has won four times; Dominik Szoboszlai is the 2025-26 winner.

Loan (sports)

Loan (sports): temporary transfer of a professional player's registration, chiefly in football. FIFA's 2022 RSTP loan rules cap loans at one year, three per club pair, six total, with exemptions for under-21 and club-trained players.

London derbies

London derbies: football matches between London clubs, including the North London derby (Arsenal v Tottenham), Dockers derby (Millwall v West Ham), and Chelsea v Tottenham; up to 28 London clubs and 10-15 major rivalries.

Luftwaffen-SV Hamburg

Luftwaffen-SV Hamburg (Luftwaffen-Sportverein Groß-Hamburg e.V.) was a Luftwaffe military football club founded late 1942; Gauliga Hamburg champion 1943/44, German vice-champion 1944, Tschammerpokal finalist 1943, disbanded 1944.

Lusail Stadium (ملعب لوسيل)

Lusail Stadium, also known as Lusail Iconic Stadium, is a football stadium in Lusail City, Qatar, and the largest venue of the 2022 FIFA World Cup, hosting ten matches including the final, which Argentina won.

Macclesfield 2–1 Crystal Palace (2026)

Macclesfield 2–1 Crystal Palace (2026): FA Cup third-round tie, 10 January 2026, in which sixth-tier National League North phoenix club Macclesfield FC beat defending champions Crystal Palace 2-1 at the Leasing.com Stadium, the biggest FA Cup upset by league placing (117 places) and first holders' exit to non-league opposition since 1909.

Major Arena Soccer League

Major Arena Soccer League (MASL), North American professional indoor soccer league formed in 2014 from PASL and MISL teams; awards the Ron Newman Cup, plays a winter schedule, and runs MASL2, MASL3 and MASLW tiers.

Major League Soccer records and statistics

Major League Soccer records and statistics: career marks (Donovan 145 goals, Beckerman 379 appearances), single-season and team records, 2026 season match stats, and record $370M transfer spending.

Malaysia Super League

Malaysia Super League (Liga Super), Malaysia's top football division since 2004, run by the MFL; 13 clubs in 2025-26 including DPMM FC, dominated by JDT's twelve straight titles, valued 13th of 34 Asian leagues.

Malta national football team

Malta national football team (Tim nazzjonali tal-futbol ta' Malta), men's team run by the Malta FA (founded 1900; FIFA 1959, UEFA 1960). First international 1957; four World Cup qualifying wins; FIFA rank 161st in 2026; plays at Ta' Qali.

Maltese Premier League

Maltese Premier League (Il-Kampjonat Premjer), Malta's top professional football division since 1980/81; twelve clubs since 2024/25, Opening and Closing Rounds with Top 6/Bottom 6 splits, run by an MFA-MPL joint venture.

Manchester derby

Manchester derby: City v United, first played 1881, first all-Manchester meeting Christmas Day 1902. Famous for the 1974 Denis Law backheel, City's 6-1 in 2011, and the 2023 FA Cup final.

Maple, Zayu and Clutch

Maple, Zayu and Clutch are the official mascots of FIFA World Cup 2026: Maple the Moose (Canada), Zayu the Jaguar (Mexico), and Clutch the Bald Eagle (United States), unveiled 25 September 2025 and the first FIFA mascots playable in a video game, FIFA Heroes.

Merseyside derby

The Merseyside derby is the Everton v Liverpool football fixture, born from the 1892 Anfield rent split that founded Liverpool FC. First played 13 October 1894; 248 meetings, Liverpool 102 wins, and the most red cards in Premier League history.

Mexico women's national football team

The Mexico women's national football team, nicknamed El Tri Femenil, is Mexico's senior women's team, governed by the FMF and a three-time FIFA Women's World Cup participant.