List of professional sports teams in Alabama
Alabama has several minor league professional and semi-professional teams including three minor league baseball teams. It does not currently have any major professional sports league teams, and has never hosted a team in any of the established U.S. major professional leagues. However, Alabama has intermittently been home to teams in what were widely considered (and/or at least aspired to become) major leagues during their presence in the state. Additionally, Major League Baseball has retroactively recognized several Negro Leagues as major leagues; as a result, the Birmingham Black Barons are now considered to have been a major league baseball team.
Currently, Alabama is the second-most populous U.S. state without a major league franchise (it is the most populous if one considers Virginia to be the home of the NFL's Washington Commanders and NHL's Washington Capitals - those teams have their practice facilities and operational headquarters in Northern Virginia although neither team plays its home games there).[1][2]
Current minor-league professional and semi-professional teams
Club | City | Sport | League | Venue |
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AFC Mobile | Mobile | Soccer | National Premier Soccer League | Archbishop Lipscomb Athletic Complex |
Alabama Blackhawks | Birmingham | Football | APDFL football league | Carver High School |
Alabama Steel Semi Pro Football | Prattville | Football | IAFL (Independent American Football League) | Central High School |
Birmingham Vulcans | Birmingham | Basketball | NABL (North American Basketball League) | Young Stars Basketball Academy |
Dixie Derby Girls | Huntsville | Roller derby | Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA) | Von Braun Center |
Birmingham Legion FC | Birmingham | Soccer | USL Championship | Protective Stadium |
Birmingham Barons | Birmingham | Baseball | Southern League | Regions Field |
Birmingham Black Widows | Birmingham | Football | Women's Indoor Football League | Venue unknown |
Birmingham Squadron | Birmingham | Basketball | NBA G League | Legacy Arena |
Birmingham Stallions | Birmingham | Football | United Football League | Protective Stadium |
Central Alabama Jaguars | Montgomery | Basketball | The Basketball League (TBL) | Venue unknown |
Huntsville City FC | Huntsville | Soccer | MLS Next Pro | Joe W. Davis Stadium |
Huntsville Rockets Semi-Pro Football | Huntsville | Football | Gridiron Development Football League | Milton Frank Stadium |
Huntsville Havoc | Huntsville | Ice hockey | Southern Professional Hockey League | Von Braun Center |
Magic City Surge | Birmingham | Basketball | American Basketball Association | Bill Harris Arena |
Marvel City Tigers | Bessemer | Football | Gridiron Development Football League | Snitz Snider Stadium |
Montgomery Biscuits | Montgomery | Baseball | Southern League | Montgomery Riverwalk Stadium |
Rocket City Trash Pandas | Madison | Baseball | Southern League | Toyota Field |
South Alabama Hurricanes | Baldwin County–Gulf Shores | American football | Xtreme South Football League | Gulf Shores Sportsplex- Mickey Miller Blackwell Stadium |
Tennessee Valley Tigers | Huntsville | Football | Independent Women's Football League | Milton Frank Stadium |
Birmingham Bulls | Pelham, Alabama | Ice hockey | Southern Professional Hockey League | Pelham Civic Complex |
- Notes
Former professional and semi-professional teams
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