List of defunct Florida sports teams

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This is a list of former sports teams from the US state of Florida:

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Baseball

Major Leagues

Negro leagues

Minor League Baseball

Florida State League

Florida East Coast League (1940–1942)

Florida International League (1949–1954)

Senior Professional Baseball Association (1989–1990)

Basketball

Men's

American Basketball Association (1967–1976)

American Basketball Association (1999-Present)

Continental Basketball Association

Global Basketball Association

United States Basketball League

World Basketball League

Women's

Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA)

Football

Arena Football

American Indoor Football Association

Arena Football League (AFL)

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American Professional Football League

National Indoor Football League

Southern Indoor Football League

Ultimate Indoor Football League

X-League Indoor Football

World Indoor Football League

Conventional Football

All-America Football Conference (AAFC)

Atlantic Coast Football League

Continental Football League

Fall Experimental Football League

Professional Spring Football League

Spring Football League

United Football League

United States Football League (USFL)

Women's American Football League

XFL

World Football League

World League of American Football

Ice hockey

American Hockey League (AHL)

Atlantic Coast Hockey League

East Coast Hockey League/ECHL

International Hockey League (1945–2001)

Roller Hockey International

Southern Elite Hockey League

Southern Hockey League (1995–1996)

Southern Professional Hockey League

Sunshine Hockey League (1992–1995)

Tropical Hockey League

World Hockey Association 2

Soccer

Indoor

Eastern Indoor Soccer League

Major Indoor Soccer League

National Professional Soccer League (1984–2001)

United States Interregional Soccer League indoor

Outdoor

American Professional Soccer League

American Soccer League (1933–83)

American Soccer League (1988–89)

Major League Soccer

North American Soccer League (1968–84)

North American Soccer League

United States International Soccer League

United Soccer League (1984–85)

United Soccer Leagues

United Soccer Leagues First Division

United Soccer Leagues Second Division

USSF Division 2 Professional League

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