List of Association Football Clubs Playing in The League of Another Country - Continental Europe

Continental Europe

→ : Andorran in Spain

• FC Andorra play in the Spanish football league system (Segona Catalana).

→ : Spanish in France

• UE Bossòst play in the French football league system (Liga Haute Garonne Comminges - Categoría Excellence).

→ : German in Switzerland

• FC Büsingen play in the Swiss football league system, as Büsingen is a German exclave surrounded by Switzerland.

→ : Italian in Switzerland

• AP Campionese play in the Swiss football league system, as Campione d'Italia is an Italian exclave surrounded by Switzerland.

→ : Liechtenstein in Switzerland

• FC Balzers
• USV Eschen/Mauren
• FC Ruggell
• FC Schaan
• FC Triesen
• FC Triesenberg
• FC Vaduz (played in the Swiss Super League for the 2008–09 season, the first Liechtenstein club to play in the top level of Swiss football; now in the second-level Challenge League)

All clubs in Liechtenstein play in the Swiss football league system, as Liechtenstein has no properly recognized league of its own. These clubs also compete in the Liechtenstein Football Cup, which is effectively the championship of Liechtenstein, with the winner representing Liechtenstein in the UEFA Europa League. Liechtenstein clubs do not play in the Swiss Cup, and are not eligible for qualification to European competitions via the Swiss league system.

→ : Monegasque in France

• AS Monaco FC play in the French football league system (Ligue 2 as of 2011–12), as Monaco does not have a professional league. They are one of the most successful clubs in France having won seven Ligue 1, five Coupe de France and one Coupe de la Ligue titles, and have also represented France in European competitions, reaching the final of the now-defunct UEFA Cup Winners' Cup in 1992 and of the UEFA Champions League in 2004.

Additionally, Evian Thonon Gaillard applied in 2010-11 to play across the border in nearby Geneva, Switzerland (sharing with FC Servette), due to its own facilities being inadequate for top division French football; however, despite French Football Federation support, UEFA denied it, and Evian ended up playing in Annecy, sharing with Annecy F.C.

→ : Sammarinese in Italy

• San Marino Calcio play in the Italian football league system (Lega Pro Seconda Divisione).
• A.C. Juvenes/Dogana played in both the Campionato Sammarinese di Calcio and the Italian amateur levels until the 2006-07 season. Now they play only in the Sammarinese league. Juvenes/Dogana was founded in 2000 after the merger of S.S. Juvenes and G.S. Dogana: both clubs played in Italy at the time of the merger.

The home league of San Marino was established only in 1985. Before that year, other sammarinese teams have competed in the Italian system (i.e. A.C. Libertas and San Marino Calcio forerunners Libertas-Tre Penne), though only San Marino Calcio is allowed to take part to the system and also to Coppa Italia exclusively.

→ : Swiss in Italy :

• FC Chiasso played in the Italian league system between 1914 and 1923.

→ : Cypriot in Greece

• Olympiakos Nicosia played in Greece in 1967–68, 1969–70, and 1971–72.
• AEL Limassol played in Greece in 1968–69.
• EPA Larnaca FC played in Greece in 1970–71.
• AC Omonia played in Greece in 1972–73.
• APOEL F.C. played in Greece in 1973–74.

From 1967 to 1974, the champion of the Cypriot First Division was promoted to the Greek First Division.

→ : Austrian in Germany

• SV Kleinwalsertal has played in Germany since the 1960s, playing in the tier twelve B-Klasse Allgäu 6 in 2011–12.
• From 1938 to 1945, Austrian clubs participated in the German Gauliga system because Austria was annexed by Nazi Germany. Additionally, a number of clubs from France, Luxembourg, Czechoslovakia and Poland also played in the German league system during their occupation.

→ : Finnish in Sweden

• IF Fram 1999-2011 and possibly earlier
• IF Östernäskamraterna 2004-2007
• Eckerö IF 2005-2009
• Jomala IK 2000-2005 and possibly earlier
• Lemlands IF 2011- still plays in Swedish league system
• IF Finströmskamrater 2002-2003
• IF Start 2004