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Scottish Challenge Cup
Scottish Challenge Cup (KDM Evolution Trophy), SPFL knockout cup founded 1990/91 for clubs outside the Premiership; first winners Dundee; joint winners 2020; league-phase format with B teams since 2025/26.
Scottish Championship
Scottish Championship, the second tier of the Scottish Professional Football League (Division Two), featuring promotion play-offs to the Premiership and clubs such as Raith Rovers and Stenhousemuir.
Scottish Cup
The Scottish Cup, founded in 1873, is Scotland's annual knockout football cup organized by the Scottish FA, whose trophy is the oldest in association football; Celtic lead with 43 wins.
Scottish League Cup
Scottish League Cup (Premier Sports Cup): Scotland's second knockout cup, SPFL-run since 1946/47. Summer group stage of 40 clubs since 2016-17, penalty bonus points, Celtic record 22 wins.
Scottish Premier League
Scottish Premier League (SPL), Scotland's top football league 1998–2013, formed by a breakaway from the Scottish Football League; expanded 10 to 12 clubs in 2000–01 with the 33-game split; merged into the SPFL on 27 June 2013.
Scottish Women's Premier League
Scottish Women's Premier League (SWPL), Scotland's top women's football competition: two 10-team divisions run by the SPFL since 2022, founded by SWF in 2002, 160 professional players, record 2.4m TV viewers in 2024/25, Hearts the 2025/26 champions.
Segunda División
Segunda División (LALIGA HYPERMOTION), Spain's second professional football tier, founded 1929; 22 clubs, 42 matchdays, top two plus playoff winner promoted, three relegated from Primera; 2025/26 arrivals Oviedo, Girona, Mallorca.
Segunda División B
Segunda División B, Spain's third football tier from 1977-78 to 2020-21, an RFEF-run non-professional league of regional groups with promotion playoffs, replaced in 2021 by Primera RFEF (Segunda Federación).
Serbia and Montenegro national football team
Serbia and Montenegro national football team (2003-2006), successor name of FR Yugoslavia; qualified for the 2006 World Cup, played it after the state dissolved, lost all three Group C games, then split into Serbian and Montenegrin teams.
Serbian SuperLiga (Суперлига Србије)
Serbian SuperLiga (Суперлига Србије), Serbia's top football division, run as Mozzart Bet Super liga Srbije. Reform adopted 2025 cuts it from 16 to 12 clubs via a 14-club 2026/27 season, with a three-phase play-off/play-out format from 2027/28.
Serie A
Serie A, Italy's top football league run by Lega Serie A, dates to 1898 and its modern 20-club round-robin format to 1929; known for the scudetto, spareggio play-off, Dazn/Sky TV rights, and uneven club finances.
Serie A (women's football)
Serie A Femminile, marketed as Serie A Women, is the top division of women's football in Italy, professional since 2022-23 and contested by 12 clubs from 2025-26.
Serie B
Serie B (Serie BKT) is Italy's second-division professional football league, run by Lega Nazionale Professionisti Serie B since 1929/30; two direct promotions plus playoffs, three relegations, and among Europe's most balanced leagues.
Serie C
Serie C, also called Lega Pro, is Italy's third professional football division: 60 clubs in three regional groups of 20, with four promotions to Serie B via group winners and a 28-team playoff, and relegation play-outs to Serie D.
Serie D
Serie D, the top Italian amateur football championship and fourth tier, run by the LND's Interregional Department: 162 clubs in nine regional groups, nine promotions to Serie C, four relegations per group to Eccellenza.
Singapore Premier League
Singapore Premier League (SPL), formerly the S.League (1996–2017), is Singapore's top professional football league. Launched 1996, renamed 2018; eight clubs, triple round-robin, up to seven foreign players from 2025/26.
Small Club World Cup
Small Club World Cup (Pequeña Copa del Mundo, Mundialito de Clubes): club football tournament in Caracas, Venezuela, 1952–1975, main era 1952–57; forerunner of the Intercontinental Cup; Real Madrid won 1952 and 1956.
Soccer Aid
Soccer Aid for UNICEF, founded 2006 by Robbie Williams and Jonathan Wilkes, is a UK charity football match, England XI vs Soccer Aid World XI, broadcast on ITV; it has raised over £137 million, including a record £16,462,353 in 2026.
Soccer-specific stadium
Soccer-specific stadium (SSS): a venue built for one soccer club rather than a shared NFL or college bowl; 22 of 30 MLS stadiums are soccer-specific; GEODIS Park (30,000) is the largest, Providence Park among the oldest.
Solomon Islands S-League
Solomon Islands S-League (SIFF Super League, formerly Telekom S-League): the semi-professional top-division football league of the Solomon Islands, founded 2011, based in Honiara; Central Coast FC are reigning champions and the winner qualifies for the OFC Champions League.
South African Premiership
The South African Premiership, also known as the Betway Premiership, is the top-flight professional football league of South Africa, with 16 clubs playing from August to May.
South Korea v Italy (2002 FIFA World Cup)
South Korea v Italy, 2002 FIFA World Cup Round of 16 at Daejeon: South Korea won 2-1 on Ahn Jung-Hwan's 117th-minute golden goal amid refereeing controversies by Byron Moreno, including Totti's red card and Tommasi's disallowed goal.
South Korea women's national football team (대한민국 여자 축구 국가대표팀)
South Korea women's national football team (대한민국 여자 축구 국가대표팀), Korea Republic, governed by the KFA. 2022 Asian Cup runners-up, 2026 semi-finalists, qualified for the 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup; FIFA ranking around 19th-21st.
Southern Combination Football League
The Southern Combination Football League, formerly the Sussex County League, is an English football league for Sussex clubs, formed in 1920 and renamed in 2015.
Southern Counties East Football League
Southern Counties East Football League (SCEFL), formerly the Kent League, an English non-league football league founded 1966 for Kent and southeast London clubs, with a Step 5 Premier Division and Step 6 First Division feeding the Isthmian League.
Soviet Top League
The Soviet Top League, also known as the USSR Top Division, was the top-division football championship of the Soviet Union from 1936 to 1991, with Dynamo Kyiv winning a record 13 titles.
Soviet Union national football team
The Soviet Union national football team (сборная) competed from 1924 to 1991, winning the European Championship in 1960. It also achieved Olympic gold in 1956 and 1988.
Spain national under-21 football team
Spain national under-21 football team (Selección sub-21), RFEF men's U21 side in the UEFA European Under-21 Championship; record 9 finals, 5 titles (1986, 1998, 2011, 2013, 2019), coach Santi Denia, 2023 runners-up to England.
Stadio Olimpico
Stadio Olimpico, Rome's largest stadium (70,634 seats) in the Foro Italico, opened 1953 as Stadio dei Centomila, renamed for the 1960 Olympics; shared home of AS Roma and SS Lazio, host of four European Cup finals and EURO 1968 final.
Stadium 974 (استاد 974)
Stadium 974 (استاد 974), Container Stadium, is Doha's 40,000-seat FIFA World Cup 2022 venue in Ras Abu Aboud, built from 974 shipping containers; the first fully demountable, reusable World Cup stadium, five-star GSAS certified, still standing after 2022.