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In men's association football, national associations organise annual championships for their member clubs. The winners of those are declared champions of the country. Normally, as per tradition, the club is presented a title and the players and staff receive winners' medals.

Domestic champions usually gain access to continental leagues for the next season.

Current champions

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Below are lists of the current or last known champions of the nations that are members, full or associate, of one of FIFA's six continental confederations: AFC (Asia), CAF (Africa), CONCACAF (North and Central America and the Caribbean), CONMEBOL (South America), OFC (Oceania), and UEFA (Europe). The great majority of those nations are also members of FIFA itself; where this is not the case, this is noted.

Former and defunct championships are not included, and neither are those where there has been no evidence for activity for at least a couple of years.

AFC

In Palestine two top-level leagues coexist (the West Bank Premier League and the Gaza Strip Premier League), and thus the country has two champions.

Northern Mariana Islands currently uses the split-season format: "Spring" and "Fall", and thus championship is awarded twice within a calendar year.

Northern Mariana Islands also does not have FIFA membership.

There is no indication of current activity of the championships of Pakistan (since c. 2021)[α] and Sri Lanka (since c. 2022).[β] Both leagues of Palestine have been suspended since 2023 due to the Gaza war.[γ]

CAF

Réunion and Zanzibar are associate members of CAF and do not have FIFA membership.

The championship of Sudan has been suspended since 2023 due to the civil war in the country.[αω]

CONCACAF

In Saint Kitts and Nevis two top-level leagues coexist (the SKNFA Premier League and the N1 League), and thus the country has two champions.

Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, and Puerto Rico currently use the split-season format: "Apertura" and "Clausura" ("Opening" and "Closing" in Belize), and thus championship is awarded twice within a calendar year.

Bonaire, French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Saint Martin and Sint Maarten do not have FIFA membership.

There is no indication of current activity of the championship of Montserrat since c. 2017,[δθ] and of the N1 League of Saint Kitts and Nevis since c. 2021.[δι]

CONMEBOL

Colombia ("Apertura" and "Finalización") and Paraguay ("Apertura" and "Clausura") currently use the split-season format, and thus championship is awarded twice within a calendar year.

OFC

Kiribati and Tuvalu are associate members of OFC and do not have FIFA membership.

UEFA

One UEFA member, Liechtenstein, does not currently organise a domestic championship.[ζω]

Notes

  1. [N 1]
    No information on later championships is available.
  2. [N 2]
    The 2024 season was cancelled due to internal issues in the national association.
  3. [N 3]
    The 2022–23 season was abandoned with no championship awarded, and no 2023–24 season was held, due to financial reasons.
  4. [N 4]
    The 2024 season was suspended due to shortage of fuel in the country.
  5. [N 5]
    The 2023–24 season was suspended due to conflicts between the federation and several clubs.
  6. [N 6]
    No 2023–24 season was held.
  7. [N 7]
    The 2024 season was abandoned with no championship awarded due to civil unrest in the territory.
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Historical records

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Longest streaks

The below tables list the teams with the longest streaks of consecutive titles, current or historical.[1]

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  1. [A 1]
    Bonaire is not a FIFA member.
  2. [A 2]
    Gibraltar did not join UEFA until 2013 and FIFA until 2016.
  3. [A 3]
    Latvia did not join UEFA and did not have its membership in FIFA restored until 1992.
  4. [A 4]
    Jordan was not an AFC member at the time.
  5. [A 5]
    Tuvalu is not a FIFA member, and at the time was not affiliated with the OFC either.
  6. [A 6]
    Georgia did not join UEFA and FIFA until 1992.
  7. [A 7]
    Tuvalu is not a FIFA member, and is only an associate member of the OFC.

Most championships

See also: List of football clubs by competitive honours won

The below table lists the teams with the most championship titles overall.[2] For some clubs sources may disagree about the numbers of titles won, due to differing views on the legitimacy of some championships or on the historical continuities of clubs that folded and were revived, merged with or split from other clubs, or were rebranded.[3]

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  1. [B 1]
    Including one shared title of 1890–91.
  2. [B 2]
    The club claims 54 titles,[4] including two of 1924 and 1926 that are not recognised by the AUF, having been organised respectively by the dissident body FUF and by an interim council.
  3. [B 3]
    Including seven titles of the Honduran Amateur League between 1957–58 and 1964,[5] which some sources do not count.
  4. [B 4]
    The club claims 38 titles,[6] including two of 2004–05 and 2005–06 which were stripped after a match fixing scandal.
  5. [B 5]
    Jordan did not join FIFA until 1956 and the AFC until 1975.
  6. [B 6]
    The club claims 38 titles,[7] including three between 1912 and 1922 which are in fact Bohemian Football Union Championships.[8]
  7. [B 7]
    Tunisia did not join CAF and FIFA until 1960.
  8. [B 8]
    Aruba did not join CONCACAF until 1986 and FIFA until 1988.
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