In sport , the Second Division , also called Division 2 or Division II is usually the second highest division of a league, and will often have promotion and relegation with divisions above and below. Following the rise of Premier League style competitions, many leagues known as the Second Division have fallen to a lower tier in countries' football league system .
This list of Second Divisions in association football , divided by authority, includes country and actual level.
Albanian Second Division , Albania (third tier)
Segona Divisió , Andorra (second tier)
Belarusian Second League , Belarus (third tier)
Belgian Second Division , Belgium (second tier)
Second League of the Republika Srpska , Bosnia and Herzegovina (third tier)
Czech 2. Liga , Czech Republic (second tier)
Cypriot Second Division , Cyprus (second tier)
Druga HNL , Croatia (second tier)
Danish 2nd Division , Denmark (third tier)
England
Second League of Estonia (third tier)
2. deild , Faroe Islands (third tier)
Kakkonen , Finland (third tier)
Ligue 2 , France (second tier)
Second Macedonian Football League (Macedonian Vtora Liga), Republic of Macedonia (second tier)
Meore Liga , Georgia (third tier)
2. Fußball-Bundesliga , Germany (second tier)
Football League (Greece) (formerly Beta Ethniki, Greece (second tier)
Nemzeti Bajnokság II (Hungarian National Championship II), Hungary (second tier)
2. deild karla , Iceland (third tier)
Italy
Maltese Second Division , Malta (third tier)
Montenegrin Second League , Montenegro (second tier)
Norwegian Second Division (2. divisjon), Norway (third tier)
II liga (Poland) (Polish Second League), Poland (third tier)
Portugal
Liga II , Romania
Russian Second Division , Russia (third tier)
Scottish Football League Second Division , Scotland (third tier)
2. Liga (Slovakia) (Slovak Second League), Slovakia (second tier)
Slovenian Second League , Slovenia (second tier)
Segunda División de La Liga, Spain
Swedish football Division 2 , Sweden (fourth tier)
TFF Second League , Turkey (third tier)
Ukrainian Second League , Ukraine (third tier)
V.League 3 , Vietname (third tier)
Welsh Football League Division Two , Wales (second tier)
As of August 30, 2017
Aruban Division Uno , Aruba (second tier)
Barbados Division One , Barbados (second tier)
Segunda División de Costa Rica , Costa Rica (second tier)
Segunda División de El Salvador , El Salvador (second tier)
GFA First Division , Grenada (second tier)
Primera División de Ascenso , Guatemala (second tier)
Honduran Liga Nacional de Ascenso , Honduras (second tier)
Jamaica
Mexico
Segunda División de Nicaragua , Nicaragua (second tier)
Liga Nacional de Ascenso , Panama (second tier)
SKNFA Division 1 , Saint Kitts and Nevis (second tier)
SLFA Second Division , St. Lucia (second tier)
SVB Hoofdklasse , Suriname (second tier)
National Super League , Trinidad and Tobago (second tier)
United States
North America Central America Caribbean
1: Full CONCACAF member, but not affiliated to FIFA.
2: North American member but affiliated to CFU.
3: South American member but affiliated to CONCACAF and to CFU.