Second Division

In sport, the Second Division, also called Division 2 or Division II is usually the second highest division of a league, and will often have promotion and relegation with divisions above and below. Following the rise of Premier League style competitions, many leagues known as the Second Division have fallen to a lower tier in countries' football league system.

This list of Second Divisions in association football, divided by authority, includes country and actual level.

AFC

 * K League Challenge, South Korea (second tier)
 * J. League Division 2, Japan (second tier)
 * I League 2, India (second tier)

UEFA

 * Albanian Second Division, Albania (third tier)
 * Segona Divisió, Andorra (second tier)
 * Belarusian Second League, Belarus (third tier)
 * Belgian Second Division, Belgium (second tier)
 * Second League of the Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina (third tier)
 * Czech 2. Liga, Czech Republic (second tier)
 * Cypriot Second Division, Cyprus (second tier)
 * Druga HNL, Croatia (second tier)
 * Danish 2nd Division, Denmark (third tier)
 * England
 * Football League Second Division (1892–1992; second tier, re-branded as Football League First Division after creation of top-level FA Premier League)
 * EFL Championship, (second tier)
 * Isthmian League Second Division, (ninth tier)
 * Second League of Estonia (third tier)
 * 2. deild, Faroe Islands (third tier)
 * Kakkonen, Finland (third tier)
 * Ligue 2, France (second tier)
 * Second Macedonian Football League (Macedonian Vtora Liga), Republic of Macedonia (second tier)
 * Meore Liga, Georgia (third tier)
 * 2. Fußball-Bundesliga, Germany (second tier)
 * Football League (Greece) (formerly Beta Ethniki, Greece (second tier)
 * Nemzeti Bajnokság II (Hungarian National Championship II), Hungary (second tier)
 * 2. deild karla, Iceland (third tier)
 * Italy
 * Serie B, (second tier)
 * Lega Pro Seconda Divisione (fourth tier)
 * Maltese Second Division, Malta (third tier)
 * Montenegrin Second League, Montenegro (second tier)
 * Norwegian Second Division (2. divisjon), Norway (third tier)
 * II liga (Poland) (Polish Second League), Poland (third tier)
 * Portugal
 * Liga de Honra, formerly "Segunda Divisão de Honra", (second tier)
 * Segunda Divisão (Portuguese Second Division), (third tier)
 * Liga II, Romania
 * Russian Second Division, Russia (third tier)
 * Scottish Football League Second Division, Scotland (third tier)
 * 2. Liga (Slovakia) (Slovak Second League), Slovakia (second tier)
 * Slovenian Second League, Slovenia (second tier)
 * Segunda División de La Liga, Spain
 * Swedish football Division 2, Sweden (fourth tier)
 * TFF Second League, Turkey (third tier)
 * Ukrainian Second League, Ukraine (third tier)
 * V.League 3, Vietname (third tier)
 * Welsh Football League Division Two, Wales (second tier)

CONCACAF

 * Aruban Division Uno, Aruba (second tier)
 * Barbados Division One, Barbados (second tier)
 * Segunda División de Costa Rica, Costa Rica (second tier)
 * Segunda División de El Salvador, El Salvador (second tier)
 * GFA First Division, Grenada (second tier)
 * Primera División de Ascenso, Guatemala (second tier)
 * Honduran Liga Nacional de Ascenso, Honduras (second tier)
 * Jamaica
 * Eastern Confederation Super League (second tier)
 * KSAFA Super League (second tier)
 * South Central Confederation Super League (second tier)
 * Western Confederation Super League (second tier)
 * Mexico
 * Ascenso MX (second tier)
 * Segunda División de México (formerly Segunda División Profesional) (third tier)
 * Segunda División de Nicaragua, Nicaragua (second tier)
 * Liga Nacional de Ascenso, Panama (second tier)
 * SKNFA Division 1, Saint Kitts and Nevis (second tier)
 * SLFA Second Division, St. Lucia (second tier)
 * SVB Hoofdklasse, Suriname (second tier)
 * National Super League, Trinidad and Tobago (second tier)
 * United States
 * United Soccer League (second tier)
 * North American Soccer League (second tier)

CONMEBOL

 * Primera B Nacional, Argentina (second tier)
 * Campeonato Brasileiro Série B, Brazil (second tier)
 * Ecuadorian Serie B, Ecuador (second tier)
 * Paraguayan Segunda División, Paraguay (second tier)
 * Peruvian Segunda División, Peru (second tier)
 * Uruguayan Segunda División, Uruguay (second tier)
 * Venezuelan Segunda División, Venezuela (second tier)