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The Primera División , commonly known as La Liga and as La Liga Santander for sponsorship reasons , is the top ___MASK30___ ___MASK51___ division of the Spanish football ___MASK82___ . Administrated by the Liga de Fútbol Profesional ( LFP ), La Liga is contested by 20 teams , with the three lowest - placed teams relegated to the Segunda División and replaced by the top two teams in that division plus the winner of a ___MASK61___ - off . The playoffs , ___MASK61___ - offs , postseason and / or finals of a sports league are a competition played after the regular season by the top competitors to determine the league champion or a similar accolade . Depending on the league , the playoffs may be either a single game , a series of games , or a tournament , and may use a single - elimination system or one of several other different playoff formats . Playoff , in regard to international fixtures , is to qualify or progress to the next round of a competition or tournament . Olympique de Marseille (; also known as l ' OM ) or simply Marseille , is a French ___MASK41___ ___MASK16___ in Marseille . The ___MASK78___ is an English ___MASK30___ league for men ' s ___MASK51___ clubs . At the top of the English football ___MASK82___ , it is the country ' s primary football competition . Contested by 20 clubs , it operates on a system of ___MASK99___ and relegation with the English Football League ( EFL ; known as " The Football League " before 2016  17 ). Welsh clubs that compete in the English football ___MASK82___ can also qualify . The Championnat de France Amateur , commonly referred to as simply CFA and formerly known as National 2 , is a ___MASK41___ league competition . The league serves as the fourth tier of the French ___MASK41___ ___MASK82___ behind Ligue ___MASK21___ , Ligue 2 , and the Championnat National . Contested by 64 clubs , the Championnat de France amateur operates on a system of ___MASK99___ and relegation with the Championnat National and the Championnat de France amateur 2 , the fifth division of French ___MASK41___ . Seasons run from August to May , with teams in four groups playing 32 games each totalling 1280 games in the season . Most games are played on Saturdays and Sundays , with a few games played during weekday evenings . ___MASK61___ is regularly suspended the last weekend before Christmas for two weeks before returning in the second week of January . Ligue ___MASK21___ (" League ___MASK21___ ", formerly known as Division ___MASK21___ ), is the primary French association football competition and serves as the top division of the French football league system . Ligue ___MASK21___ is one of two divisions making up the Ligue de Football Professionnel , the other being Ligue 2 . Contested by 20 clubs , it operates on a system of ___MASK99___ and relegation with Ligue 2 . Seasons run from August to May , with teams playing 38 games each totaling 380 games in the season . Most games are played on Saturdays and Sundays , with a few games played during weekday evenings . ___MASK61___ is regularly suspended the last weekend before Christmas for two weeks before returning in the second week of January . Ligue ___MASK21___ is one of the top national leagues , currently ranked fifth in Europe behind Spain ' s La Liga , England ' s Premier League , Germany ' s Bundesliga and Italy ' s Serie A . Ligue ___MASK21___ was inaugurated on 11 September 1932 under the name " National " before switching to " Division ___MASK21___ " after a year of existence . The name lasted until 2002 before switching to its current name . AS Saint - Étienne is the most successful club with ten league titles in France while Olympique Lyon is the club that has won the most consecutive titles ( seven between 2002 and 2008 ). With the presence of 66 seasons in Ligue ___MASK21___ , the FC Sochaux - Montbéliard and Olympique de Marseille hold the record for most seasons among the elite , while FC Nantes holds the League record for longevity with 44 consecutive seasons ( 1963  2007 ). The current champions are Paris Saint - Germain , who won their sixth title in the 2015  16 season . The Championnat de France National , commonly referred to as simply National or ___MASK34___ 3 , serves as the third ___MASK34___ of the French ___MASK41___ ___MASK82___ behind Ligue ___MASK21___ and Ligue 2 . Contested by 18 clubs , the Championnat National operates on a system of ___MASK99___ and relegation with Ligue 2 and the Championnat de France Amateur , the fourth ___MASK34___ of French ___MASK41___ . A ___MASK60___ is a group of sports teams or individual athletes that compete against each other in a specific sport . At its simplest , it may be a local group of amateur athletes who form teams among themselves and compete on weekends ; at its most complex , it can be an international professional league making large amounts of ___MASK48___ and involving dozens of teams and thousands of players . The Championnat de France amateur 2 , commonly referred to as simply CFA 2 and formerly known as National 3 , is a ___MASK41___ league competition . The league serves as the fifth division of the French ___MASK41___ ___MASK82___ behind Ligue ___MASK21___ , Ligue 2 , Championnat National , and the Championnat de France Amateur . Contested by 112 clubs , the Championnat de France amateur 2 operates on a system of ___MASK99___ and relegation with the Championnat de France amateur and the regional leagues of the Division d ' Honneur , the sixth division of French ___MASK41___ . Seasons run from August to May , with teams in eight groups playing 26 games each totalling 2080 games in the season . Most games are played on Saturdays and Sundays , with a few games played during weekday evenings . ___MASK61___ is regularly suspended the last weekend before Christmas for two weeks before returning in the second week of January . The Championnat France de amateur 2 was founded in 1993 as National 3 and lasted for five years before being converted to the current format used today . Most clubs that participate in the league are amateur clubs , hence the league name , but a small number of clubs are semi - professional . The matches in the league attract on average between 200 and 400 spectators per match . However , this average is dragged down by the minuscule turnouts for the pros ' home reserve matches . The current champions are the reserves of Auxerre who accumulated 94 points in Groupe E to earn ___MASK99___ to the fourth division . The winners of the other seven groups were Châteaubriant , Cholet , Boulogne - Billancourt , Wasquehal , Le Puy - en - Velay , the reserves of Olympique de Marseille , and Bergerac , respectively . All seven clubs , alongside the champions and the four - best runners - up , earned ___MASK99___ to the Championnat de France amateur . Ligue 2 , formerly known as ___MASK34___ 2 , is a French ___MASK30___ ___MASK41___ league . The league serves as the second division of French ___MASK41___ and is one of two divisions making up the ___MASK93___ ( LFP ), the other being Ligue ___MASK21___ , the ___MASK52___ ' s top ___MASK41___ division . Contested by 20 clubs , it operates on a system of ___MASK99___ and relegation with both Ligue ___MASK21___ and the third division Championnat National . Seasons run from August to May , with teams playing 38 games each totaling 380 games in the season . Most games are played on Fridays and Mondays , with a few games played during weekday and weekend evenings . ___MASK61___ is regularly suspended the last weekend before Christmas for two weeks before returning in the second week of January . ___MASK44___ Sportive de Saint - Étienne Loire ( commonly known as AS Saint - Étienne , ASSE , or simply Saint - Étienne ) is a French ___MASK39___ based in Saint - Étienne . The club was founded in 1919 and currently plays in Ligue 1 , the top division of French football . Saint - Étienne plays its home matches at the Stade Geoffroy - Guichard located within the city . The team is managed by Christophe Galtier and captained by Loïc Perrin , who started his career at the club in 1996 . Saint - Étienne is known as " Les Verts " meaning " the Greens " due to its home colours . ___MASK41___ ___MASK16___ Sochaux - Montbéliard ( commonly referred to as FCSM or simply Sochaux ) is a French ___MASK39___ based in the city of Montbéliard . The club was founded in 1928 and currently plays in Ligue 2 , the second tier of French football , after having finished 18th and being relegated from Ligue 1 in the 2013  14 season . Sochaux plays its home matches at the Stade Auguste Bonal , located within the city . The Bundesliga ( lit . , sometimes referred to as the Fußball - Bundesliga or ___MASK21___ . Bundesliga ), is a professional ___MASK6___ in Germany and the football league with the highest average stadium attendance worldwide . At the top of the German football league system , the Bundesliga is Germany ' s primary football competition . The Bundesliga is contested by 18 teams and operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the 2 . Bundesliga . Seasons run from August to May . Most games are played on Saturdays and Sundays , with a few games played on weekdays . All of the Bundesliga clubs qualify for the DFB - Pokal . The winner of the Bundesliga qualifies for the DFL - Supercup . ___MASK13___ , also called ___MASK13___ TIM due to sponsorship by TIM , is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football ___MASK82___ and has been operating for over eighty years since the 1929  30 ___MASK36___ . It had been organized by Lega Calcio until 2010 , but a new league , the Lega ___MASK13___ , was created for the 2010  11 ___MASK36___ . ___MASK13___ is regarded as one of the best football leagues in the world and it is often depicted as the most tactical national league . ___MASK13___ is the world ' s second - strongest national league according to IFFHS and has produced the highest number of European Cup finalists : Italian clubs have reached the final of the competition on a record 27 different occasions , winning the title 12 times . ___MASK13___ is ranked fourth among European leagues according to UEFA ' s league coefficient , behind La Liga , the Bundesliga and the Premier League , which is based on the performance of Italian clubs in the Champions League and the Europa League during the last five years . ___MASK13___ led the UEFA ranking from 1986 to 1988 and from 1990 to 1999 . The French ___MASK41___ ___MASK82___ is a series of interconnected leagues for club ___MASK41___ in France and Monaco , and includes one Spanish side . At the top two levels of the system is the Ligue de Football Professionnel , which consists of two professional national divisions , Ligue ___MASK21___ and Ligue 2 . Below that are a number of leagues run by the Fédération Française de Football . At level 3 is the semi - professional Championnat National . Below that is the amateur Championnat de France amateur ( level 4 ), which is divided into four parallel regional divisions , followed by the Championnat de France amateur 2 ( level 5 ), which is divided into ___MASK81___ parallel regional divisions . Underneath that are many more regional leagues and divisions . Clubs finishing the ___MASK36___ at or near the top of their division may be eligible for ___MASK99___ to a higher division . Similarly , clubs finishing at or near the bottom of their division may be relegated to a lower division . The ___MASK93___ (" Professional Football League "), commonly known as the LFP , is a French governing body that runs the major professional football leagues in France . It was founded in 1944 and serves under the authority of the French Football ___MASK1___ . The president of the league is . ___MASK41___ ___MASK16___ de Nantes ( Gallo : " Naunnt "; commonly referred to as simply Nantes ) is a French ___MASK39___ based in Nantes , Pays de la Loire . The club was founded on 21 April 1943 , during World War II , as a result of local clubs based in the city coming together to form one large club . From 1992 to 2007 , the club was referred to as FC Nantes Atlantique before reverting to its current name at the start of the 2007  08 season . Nantes currently ___MASK61___ in Ligue 1 , the first division of French football . The first - team is currently managed by Sérgio Conceição and captained by goalkeeper Rémy Riou . In sports leagues , ___MASK99___ and relegation is a process where teams are transferred between two divisions based on their performance for the completed season . The best - ranked team ( s ) in the lower division are " promoted " to the higher division for the next season , and the worst - ranked team ( s ) in the higher division are " relegated " to the lower division for the next season . In some leagues , playoffs or qualifying rounds are also used to determine rankings . This process can continue through several levels of divisions , with teams being exchanged between levels 1 and 2 , levels 2 and 3 , levels 3 and 4 , and so on . During the season , teams that are high enough in the league table that they would qualify for ___MASK99___ are sometimes said to be in the " ___MASK99___ zone ", and those at the bottom are in the " relegation zone " ( or , colloquially , the " drop zone " or " facing the drop ").