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Football in Trinidad and Tobago


The Trinidad and Tobago football league system, is a series of interconnected leagues for club football in Trinidad and Tobago. The system has a hierarchical format with promotion and relegation between leagues at different levels and is governed by the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association at the national level. There are over 8 leagues, containing over 10 divisions.The exact number of clubs varies from year to year as clubs join and leave leagues or fold altogether, but an estimated average of 10 clubs per division implies that over 100 clubs are members of a league in the Trinidad and Tobago football league system.
At the top is the single division of the TT Pro League (which is sometimes referred to as Level 1 of the league 'pyramid'), containing nine teams. Below the Pro League is the National Super League (Level 2), which contains 13 teams. All the teams in the Pro League are full-time professionalteams. On the other hand, the Super League is semi-professional containing a few clubs that have close affiliations with Pro League clubs.
Outside the top two levels of the pyramid, at Levels 3 and 4, are six regional football association leagues. Each regional association operates its own respective top division (Level 3): Premier Division (Central FA), Premier Division (Eastern FA), Football Union (Eastern Counties), Premier Division (Northern FA), Premier Division (Southern FA), and Premier Division (Tobago FA). Some of these teams are semi-professional, but most teams are amateur. Only the Northern FA, Southern FA, and Tobago FA operate a second-tier division (Level 4), which contain only amateur teams.
 table below shows the current structure of the system. For each division, its official name, sponsorship name, and number of clubs is given. At levels 1–4, each division promotes to the division(s) that lie directly above it and relegates to the division(s) that lie directly below it.

Level
League(s)/Division(s)
1
TT Pro League
(Digicel Pro League)
9 clubs
2
National Super League
(bmobile National Super League)
13 clubs – 2 relegations
3
Central FA
Premier Division

11 clubs
Eastern FA
Premier Division

9 clubs
Eastern Counties
Football Union

Unknown
Northern FA
Premier Division

8 clubs
Southern FA
Premier Division

11 clubs
Tobago FA
Premier Division

12 clubs – 2r
4
Eastern FA
First Division

10 clubs
Northern FA
First Division

10 clubs
Southern FA
First Division

8 clubs
Tobago FA
First Division

13 clubs – 2p, 2r

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