European Professional Football Leagues
The Association of European Professional Football Leagues ( EPFL) ( Association of European Professional Football Leagues ) is established in 1997 as the Association of European Union Premier Professional Football Leagues ( EUPPFL ) Association of Professional European football leagues with currently 28 full members and associates; Full members may each be the only association that organizes the highest league in a country, but organizations only lower leagues can obtain associate membership. Your seat since 2004 Nyon, Switzerland.
In 1997, the association founded on the initiative of the English Premier League and the Italian Lega Nazionale Professionisti with the aim of participating clubs and leagues more influence on them to take relevant football politics. 2005 EUPPFL was then converted to the EPFL, at that time were 14 professional leagues full member. In the following years more and more organizations have been included here for the first time in 2006 English The Football League a niederklassiger Association as an associate member.