# List of association football leagues without promotion and relegation

The following is a list of association football leagues which do not or did not have a promotion and relegation process.
Leagues within the scope of this list are:
* Top-tier football leagues with no relegation system
** In countries without lower-tier leagues
** In countries with lower-tier leagues not integrated to the top-tier league; closed model
* Recognized Division II or lower leagues without promotion and relegation.
Excluded are:

## Leagues
### Current
#### Top tier leagues

| League | Country | Confederation | First season | Without relegation since |
| A-League Men | Australia, New Zealand | AFC / OFC | 2005–06 | 2005 |
| A-League Women | Australia, New Zealand | AFC / OFC | 2008–09 | 2008 |
| Canadian Premier League | Canada | CONCACAF | 2019 | 2019 |
| Gibraltar National League | Gibraltar | UEFA | 2019–20 | 2019–20 |
| Liga MX | Mexico | CONCACAF | 1943 | 2019-20 |
| New Zealand National League | New Zealand | OFC | 2021 | 2021 |
| Papua New Guinea National Soccer League | Papua New Guinea | OFC | 2006 | 2006 |
| Philippine Football League | Philippines | AFC | 2017 | 2017 |
| PFF Women's League | Philippines | AFC | 2016–17 | 2016–17 |
| Campionato Sammarinese di Calcio | San Marino | UEFA | 1985–86 | 1995–96 |
| Singapore Premier League | Singapore | AFC | 1996 | 1996 |
| Sri Lanka Super League | Sri Lanka | AFC | 2021 | 2021 |
| Major League Soccer | United States, Canada | CONCACAF | 1996 | 1996 |
| National Women's Soccer League | United States | CONCACAF | 2013 | 2013 |
| USL Super League | United States | CONCACAF | 2024–25 | 2024–25 |
Notes
* ↑ Gibraltar Second Division was dissolved at the end of 2018–19 season; all remaining teams were included in the new Gibraltar National League.
* ↑ Ascenso MX was dissolved at the end of 2019–20 season, introducing the new Liga de Expansión MX.
* ↑ Serie A2, the second-tier of Sanmarinese football was dissolved at the end of 1994–95 season; all teams were included in the new Campionato Sammarinese di Calcio.
* 1 2 The NWSL and USL Super League are both officially sanctioned as top-level women's leagues.

#### Lower division leagues

| League | Division | Country | Confederation | First season | Without promotion since | Next highest league | Relegation to |
| National Premier Leagues | 2 | Australia | AFC | 2005–06 | 2005 | A-League Men | Various (State-level leagues) |
| USL Championship | 2 | United States | CONCACAF | 2017 | 2017 | Major League Soccer | None |
| Liga de Expansión MX | 2 | Mexico | CONCACAF | 2020–21 | 2020–21 | Liga MX | Serie A |
| MLS Next Pro | 3 | United States Canada | CONCACAF | 2022 | 2022 | USL Championship | None |
| National Independent Soccer Association | 3 | United States | CONCACAF | 2019–20 | 2019–20 | USL Championship | None |
| USL League One | 3 | United States | CONCACAF | 2019 | 2019 | USL Championship | None |
* ↑ Established in 2011 as USL Pro; rebranded as United Soccer League (USL) in 2015 and the USL Championship in 2019.
* ↑ The USL Championship featured teams from Canada as late as 2019, but all teams since that season have been US-based.
* ↑ First season as second-level league.
* ↑ Ascenso MX was dissolved at the end of 2019–20 season, introducing the new Liga de Expansión MX.

### Defunct or inactive
#### Top tier leagues

| League | Country | Confederation | First season | Last season | Years without relegation | Relegation to |
| National Soccer League | Australia | OFC | 1977 | 2003–04 | 1977–2004 | None (underperforming clubs were de facto relegated to the state leagues but there was no set criterion for relegation) |
| Philippine Premier League | Philippines | AFC | 2019 | 2019 | 2019 | None |
| United Football League | Philippines | AFC | 2010 | 2016 | 2016 | United Football League Division 2 (2010–2015) |
| North American Soccer League (1968–84) | United States Canada | CONCACAF | 1968 | 1984 | 1968–1984 | None |
| Women's Professional Soccer | United States | CONCACAF | 2009 | 2011 | 2009–2011 | None |
| Women's United Soccer Association | United States | CONCACAF | 2001 | 2003 | 2001–2003 | None |
| BeNe League | Belgium Netherlands | UEFA | 2012-13 | 2014-15 | 2012-2015 | None |
| Chinese Women's Super League (1997-2010) National Women's Football League (2011-2014) | China | AFC | 1997 | 2014 | 1997-2013 | National Women's Football League (Early years) |

#### Lower division leagues

| League | Division | Country | Confederation | First season | Last season | Years without promotion | Next highest league |
| North American Soccer League | 2 | United States Puerto Rico | CONCACAF | 2011 | 2017 | 2011–2017 | Major League Soccer |
| USSF Division 2 Professional League | 2 | United States Canada Puerto Rico | CONCACAF | 2010 | 2010 | 2010 | Major League Soccer |
| USL Pro / United Soccer League | 3 | United States Canada | CONCACAF | 2011 | 2016 | 2011–2016 | North American Soccer League |
* ↑ The USL organization dropped "Pro" from the league branding in advance of the 2015 season.
* ↑ Last season as third-level league. In 2017, the USL was granted second-division status alongside the NASL; it became the sole second-level league in 2018 and was renamed the USL Championship in 2019.