# List of professional sports teams in Alabama

Alabama has several minor league professional and semi-professional teams including three minor league baseball teams. It does not currently have any major professional sports league teams, and has never hosted a team in any of the established U.S. major professional leagues. However, Alabama has intermittently been home to teams in what were widely considered (and/or at least aspired to become) major leagues during their presence in the state. Additionally, Major League Baseball has retroactively recognized several Negro Leagues as major leagues; as a result, the Birmingham Black Barons are now considered to have been a major league baseball team.
Currently, Alabama is the second-most populous U.S. state without a major league franchise (it is the most populous if one considers Virginia to be the home of the NFL's Washington Commanders and NHL's Washington Capitals - those teams have their practice facilities and operational headquarters in Northern Virginia although neither team plays its home games there).

## Current minor-league professional and semi-professional teams

| Club | City | Sport | League | Venue |
| AFC Mobile | Mobile | Soccer | National Premier Soccer League | Archbishop Lipscomb Athletic Complex |
| Alabama Blackhawks | Birmingham | Football | APDFL football league | Carver High School |
| Alabama Steel Semi Pro Football | Prattville | Football | IAFL (Independent American Football League) | Central High School |
| Birmingham Vulcans | Birmingham | Basketball | NABL (North American Basketball League) | Young Stars Basketball Academy |
| Dixie Derby Girls | Huntsville | Roller derby | Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA) | Von Braun Center |
| Birmingham Legion FC | Birmingham | Soccer | USL Championship | Protective Stadium |
| Birmingham Barons | Birmingham | Baseball | Southern League | Regions Field |
| Birmingham Black Widows | Birmingham | Football | Women's Indoor Football League | Venue unknown |
| Birmingham Squadron | Birmingham | Basketball | NBA G League | Legacy Arena |
| Birmingham Stallions | Birmingham | Football | United Football League | Protective Stadium |
| Central Alabama Jaguars | Montgomery | Basketball | The Basketball League (TBL) | Venue unknown |
| Huntsville City FC | Huntsville | Soccer | MLS Next Pro | Joe W. Davis Stadium |
| Huntsville Rockets Semi-Pro Football | Huntsville | Football | Gridiron Development Football League | Milton Frank Stadium |
| Huntsville Havoc | Huntsville | Ice hockey | Southern Professional Hockey League | Von Braun Center |
| Magic City Surge | Birmingham | Basketball | American Basketball Association | Bill Harris Arena |
| Marvel City Tigers | Bessemer | Football | Gridiron Development Football League | Snitz Snider Stadium |
| Montgomery Biscuits | Montgomery | Baseball | Southern League | Montgomery Riverwalk Stadium |
| Rocket City Trash Pandas | Madison | Baseball | Southern League | Toyota Field |
| South Alabama Hurricanes | Baldwin County–Gulf Shores | American football | Xtreme South Football League | Gulf Shores Sportsplex- Mickey Miller Blackwell Stadium |
| Huntsville Tigers | Huntsville | Football | Independent Women's Football League | Milton Frank Stadium |
| Birmingham Bulls | Pelham, Alabama | Ice hockey | Southern Professional Hockey League | Pelham Civic Complex |

### Notes
## Former professional and semi-professional teams

| Club | City | Sport | League | Years active | Fate |
| Alabama Outlawz | Birmingham | Indoor football | X-League Indoor Football, Arena Pro Football | 2014–2015, 2017 | Attempted to restart again in 2017, but folded prior to playing any home games |
| Birmingham A's | Birmingham | Baseball | Southern League | 1967–1975 | Defunct |
| Birmingham Black Barons | Birmingham | Baseball | Negro Southern League, Negro National League, Negro American League | 1920–1960 | Defunct |
| Rocket City United | Madison | Soccer | National Premier Soccer League | 2007–2013 | Defunct |
| Mobile A's | Mobile | Baseball | Southern League | | |
| Mobile BayBears | Mobile | Baseball | Southern League | 1997–2019 | Relocated to Madison as the Rocket City Trash Pandas |
| Mobile Black Bears | Mobile | Baseball | Independent Negro league team | | |
| Mobile Soldiers | Mobile | Baseball | Southern League | | |
| Mobile White Sox | Mobile | Baseball | Southern League | | |
| Montgomery Grays | Montgomery | Baseball | South Atlantic League | | |
| Montgomery Grey Sox | Montgomery | Baseball | Negro Southern League | 1932 | Defunct |
| Montgomery Rebels | Montgomery | Baseball | Southern League | 1903–1980 (various years) | Relocated to Birmingham |
| Montgomery Wings | Montgomery | Baseball | Southeastern League | 2002–2003 | Defunct |
| Ozark Patriots | Ozark | Baseball | Southeastern League | 2002 | Defunct |
| Selma Cloverleafs | Selma | Baseball | Southeastern League | 2002–2003 | |
| Birmingham Bulldogs | Birmingham | Basketball | World Basketball Association | 2004–2005 | Defunct |
| Birmingham Magicians | Birmingham | Basketball | American Basketball Association | 2005–2006 | Defunct |
| Birmingham Power | Birmingham | Basketball | National Women's Basketball League | 2001–2005 | Defunct |
| Druid City Dragons | Tuscaloosa | Basketball | World Basketball Association | 2006 | Defunct |
| Huntsville Flight | Huntsville | Basketball | National Basketball Development League | 2001–2005 | Relocated to Albuquerque, New Mexico |
| Mobile Revelers | Mobile | Basketball | National Basketball Development League | 2001–2003 | Defunct |
| Mobile Majesty | Mobile | Basketball | National Women's Basketball League | 2001 | Defunct |
| Southern Alabama Bounce | Mobile | Basketball | American Basketball Association | 2006–2007 | Defunct |
| Birmingham Barracudas | Birmingham | Canadian football | Canadian Football League | 1995 | Defunct |
| Alabama Renegades | Huntsville | Football | National Women's Football Association | 2000–2008 | Defunct, league folded |
| Alabama Hawks | Huntsville | Football | Continental Football League | 1968–1969 | Defunct, league folded |
| Alabama Slammers | Birmingham | Football | Women's American Football League | 2001–2002 | Defunct |
| Alabama Vulcans | Birmingham | Football | American Football Association | 1979 | Defunct |
| Birmingham Americans | Birmingham | Football | World Football League | 1974 | Defunct |
| Birmingham Fire | Birmingham | Football | World League of American Football | 1991–1992 | Defunct, league shut down U.S. operations and became NFL Europe before eventually folding |
| Birmingham Iron | Birmingham | Football | Alliance of American Football | 2019 | Defunct, league folded |
| Birmingham Stallions | Birmingham | Football | United States Football League | 1983–1985 | Defunct, league folded |
| Birmingham Steel Magnolias | Birmingham | Football | Women's Football Association | 2002–2003 | Defunct, league folded |
| Birmingham Thunderbolts | Birmingham | Football | XFL | 2001 | Defunct, league folded |
| Birmingham Vulcans | Birmingham | Football | World Football League | 1975 | Defunct, league folded |
| Gadsden Raiders | Gadsden | Football | Southern Professional Football League | 1963–? | |
| Huntsville Rockets | Huntsville | Football | Southern Professional Football League | 1963–1964 | |
| Muscle Shoals SmasHers | Muscle Shoals | Football | National Women's Football Association | 2004 | Defunct |
| Tuscaloosa Warriors | Tuscaloosa | Football | Southern Professional Football League | 1963 | Relocated to Columbus, Mississippi |
| Alabama Slammers | Pelham | Ice hockey | World Hockey Association 2 | 2003–2004 | Defunct |
| Birmingham Bulls (1) | Birmingham | Ice hockey | World Hockey Association, Central Hockey League | 1976–1981 | Defunct |
| Birmingham Bulls (2) | Birmingham | Ice hockey | East Coast Hockey League | 1992–2001 | Relocated to Atlantic City, New Jersey |
| Birmingham South Stars | Birmingham | Ice hockey | Central Hockey League | 1982–1983 | Defunct |
| Huntsville Blast | Huntsville | Ice hockey | East Coast Hockey League | 1993–1994 | Relocated to Tallahassee, Florida |
| Huntsville Channel Cats/Tornado | Huntsville | Ice hockey | Southern Hockey League, Central Hockey League, South East Hockey League | 1995–2001, 2003–2004 | Defunct |
| Mobile Mysticks | Mobile | Ice hockey | East Coast Hockey League | 1995–2002 | Relocated to Duluth, Georgia |
| Birmingham/Alabama Steeldogs | Birmingham | Indoor football | AF2 | 2000–2007 | Defunct |
| Tennessee Valley/Alabama Vipers | Huntsville | Indoor football | AF2, Arena Football League | 2000–2010 | Relocated to Duluth, Georgia |
| Mobile Bay Tarpons | Mobile | Indoor football | Southern Indoor Football League |
| Mobile Seagulls | Mobile | Indoor football | Indoor Professional Football League, National Indoor Football League | 2000–2001 | Defunct |
| Mobile Wizards | Mobile | Indoor football | AF2 | 2002 | Defunct |
| Montgomery Maulers/Bears | Montgomery | Indoor football | National Indoor Football League, American Indoor Football Association | 2005–2007 | Defunct |
| Birmingham Grasshoppers | Birmingham | Soccer | United States Interregional Soccer League, Premier Development League | 1992–1996 | Defunct |
| Mobile Revelers | Mobile | Soccer | United States Interregional Soccer League | 1995–1997 | Defunct |
| Pumas FC | Birmingham | Soccer | National Premier Soccer League | 2009–2010 | Defunct |
| Mobile Vipers | Mobile | Football | Extreme Southern | 1988–1997 | Defunct |
| Huntsville Stars | Huntsville | Baseball | Southern League | 1985–2014 | Relocated to Biloxi, Mississippi as the Biloxi Shuckers |