Football club (association football)

In association football, a football club (or association football club, alternatively soccer club) is a sports club that acts as an entity through which association football teams organise their sporting activities. The club can exist either as an independent unit or as part of a larger sports organization as a subsidiary of the parent club or organization. European clubs in their top division of their countries are allowed to participate in the biggest domestic football stage, The Champions League. Clubs must place a certain position or higher to qualify to the champions league. Football Clubs are domestic teams, they do not play against countries.

The sport of association football allows teams that partake in some sort of club activity to participate in tournaments such as leagues and other competitions. Teams must register their players as well as staff and other personnel to be eligible to represent the club in any activity as it regards to association football competitions.^[1]