Sports in Newark, New Jersey

Including the cities of Belleville, Bloomfield, Bloomingdale, Chatham, East Orange, East Rutherford, Elizabeth, Hackensack, Harrison, Hazlet, Hoboken, Jersey City, Kearny, Little Falls, Mahwah, Middletown, Montclair, Morristown, New Brunswick, North Bergen, Orange, Passaic, Paterson, Perth Amboy, Piscataway, Plainfield, Roselle, Bridgewater, Teaneck, Totowa, Union, Union City, Wayne, West Orange, Westfield, Westwood, Bronx, Brooklyn, Harlem, Jamaica, Long Island City, Maspeth, Mount Vernon, New Rochelle, New York, Nyack, Saint George, Westchester and Yonkers.

Newark Teams

Newark, New Jersey and surrounding communities have hosted the following teams:

• AL - New York Yankees (1913 - 2025)
  
• NL - New York Mets (1962 - 2025)
  
• NL - Brooklyn Dodgers (1911 - 1957)
  
• NL - New York Giants (1885 - 1957)
  
• NL - Brooklyn Robins (1914 - 1931)
  
• FL - Brooklyn Tip-Tops (1914 - 1915)
  
• FL - Newark Pepper (1915)
  
• NL - Brooklyn Superbas (1899 - 1913)
  
• AL - New York Highlanders (1903 - 1912)
  
• NL - Brooklyn Bridegrooms (1890 - 1898)
  
• NL - Brooklyn Grooms (1891 - 1895)
  
• AA - Brooklyn Gladiators (1890)
  
• PL - Brooklyn Ward's Wonders (1890)
  
• PL - New York Giants (1890)
  
• AA - Brooklyn Bridegrooms (1888 - 1889)
  
• AA - Brooklyn Grays (1885 - 1887)
  
• AA - New York Metropolitans (1883 - 1887)
  
• AA - Brooklyn Atlantics (1884)
  
• NL - New York Gothams (1883 - 1884)
  
• NL - New York Mutuals (1876)
  
• NA - Brooklyn Atlantics (1872 - 1875)
  
• NA - New York Mutuals (1871 - 1875)
  
• NA - Elizabeth Resolutes (1873)
  
• NA - Brooklyn Eckfords (1872)
  

• NBA - Brooklyn Nets (2012 - 2025)
  
• NBA - New York Knicks (1946 - 2025)
  
• NBA - New Jersey Nets (1977 - 2011)
  
• NBA - New York Nets (1976)
  
• ABA - New York Nets (1968 - 1975)
  
• ABA - New Jersey Americans (1967)
  
• ABL - Washington/New York Tapers (1961)
  
• ABL - Paterson Crescents (1945 - 1950)
  
• ABL - New York Harlem Yankees (1949)
  
• ABL - Brooklyn Gothams (1946 - 1948)
  
• ABL - Elizabeth Braves/Hartford Hurricanes (1947)
  
• ABL - Jersey City Atoms/Scranton Miners (1947)
  
• ABL - Elizabeth Braves (1946)
  
• ABL - Jersey City Atoms (1946)
  
• ABL - Newark Bobcats/Yonkers Chiefs (1946)
  
• ABL - New York Gothams (1945)
  
• ABL - Westchester Indians/New York Gothams (1944)
  
• ABL - Brooklyn Indians (1943)
  
• ABL - New York Americans (1943)
  
• ABL - New York Jewels (1934 - 1942)
  
• ABL - Troy Haymakers/Brooklyn Celtics (1940)
  
• ABL - Jersey Reds (1934 - 1939)
  
• ABL - Brooklyn Visitations (1928 - 1938)
  
• ABL - New York Celtics (1937)
  
• ABL - New Haven/New York Jewels (1937)
  
• ABL - Bronx/New York Yankees (1937)
  
• ABL - Brooklyn Jewels (1933 - 1936)
  
• ABL - New York Original Celtics (1936)
  
• ABL - Paterson Panthers/Trenton Bengals (1935)
  
• ABL - Passaic Red Devils (1935)
  
• ABL - Newark Mules (1934)
  
• ABL - Bronx Americans (1933)
  
• ABL - Hoboken/Camden/New Britain (1933)
  
• ABL - Newark Bears (1933)
  
• ABL - Union City Reds (1933)
  
• ABL - Paterson Crescents (1929 - 1930)
  
• ABL - New York Celtics (1927 - 1929)
  
• ABL - New York Hakoahs (1928)
  
• ABL - Paterson Whirlwinds (1928)
  
• ABL - Washington/Brooklyn Visitations (1927)
  
• ABL - Brooklyn Rockets/Brooklyn Celtics (1926)
  
• ABL - Brooklyn Arcadians (1925)
  

• WNBA - New York Liberty (1997 - 2025)
  
• WPBL - New Jersey Gems (1978 - 1980)
  
• WPBL - New York Stars (1978 - 1979)
  

• NFL - New York Giants (1925 - 2025)
  
• AFL, NFL - New York Jets (1963 - 2025)
  
• XFL - New York Guardians (2020)
  
• UFL - New York Sentinels (2009)
  
• Arena League - New York Dragons (2001 - 2008)
  
• Arena League - New Jersey Gladiators (2001 - 2002)
  
• XFL - New York/New Jersey Hitmen (2001)
  
• Arena League - New Jersey Red Dogs (1997 - 2000)
  
• Arena League - New York CityHawks (1997 - 1998)
  
• WLAF - New York/New Jersey Knights (1991 - 1992)
  
• Arena League - New York Knights (1988)
  
• USFL - New Jersey Generals (1983 - 1985)
  
• WFL - New York Stars (1974)
  
• AFL - New York Titans (1960 - 1962)
  
• NFL - New York Yanks (1950 - 1951)
  
• AAFC - New York Yankees (1946 - 1949)
  
• NFL - New York Bulldogs (1949)
  
• AAFC - Brooklyn Dodgers (1946 - 1948)
  
• NFL - Brooklyn Tigers (1944)
  
• NFL - Brooklyn Dodgers (1930 - 1943)
  
• NFL - Staten Island Stapletons (1929 - 1932)
  
• NFL - Newark Tornadoes (1930)
  
• NFL - Orange Tornadoes (1929)
  
• AFL, NFL - New York Yankees (1926 - 1928)
  
• AFL - Brooklyn Horsemen (1926)
  
• NFL - Brooklyn Lions (1926)
  
• AFL - Newark Bears (1926)
  
• APFA - New York Brickley Giants (1921)
  

• NHL - New Jersey Devils (1982 - 2025)
  
• NHL - New York Islanders (1972 - 2025)
  
• NHL - New York Rangers (1926 - 2025)
  
• WHA - New York Golden Blades/Jersey Knights (1973)
  
• WHA - New York Raiders (1972)
  
• NHL - Brooklyn Americans (1941)
  
• NHL - New York Americans (1925 - 1940)
  

• MLS - New York Red Bulls (2006 - 2025)
  
• MLS - New York City FC (2015 - 2025)
  
• MISL, XSL - New Jersey Ironmen (2007 - 2008)
  
• MLS - MetroStars (1998 - 2005)
  
• MLS - New York/New Jersey Metrostars (1996 - 1997)
  
• NASL - New York Cosmos (1971 - 1984)
  
• MISL, NASL Indoor - New York Cosmos (1981 - 1984)
  
• MISL - New Jersey Rockets (1981)
  
• NASL, NPSL - New York Generals (1967 - 1968)
  
• USA - New York Skyliners (1967)
  

• NWSL - NJ/NY Gotham FC (2021 - 2025)
  
• NWSL, WPS - Sky Blue FC (2009 - 2020)
  

• NLL - New York Riptide (2020 - 2024)
  
• MLL - New York Lizards (2013 - 2020)
  
• MLL - Long Island Lizards (2001 - 2012)
  
• NLL - New York Titans (2007 - 2009)
  
• MLL - New Jersey Pride (2001 - 2008)
  
• NLL - New Jersey Storm (2002 - 2003)
  
• MILL, NLL - New York Saints (1989 - 2003)
  
• EPBL - New Jersey Saints (1987 - 1988)
  
• NLL - Long Island Tomahawks (1975)
  

Newark, New Jersey and surrounding communities have hosted the following minor league teams:

• High-A East League, New York-Pennsylvania League, South Atlantic League - Brooklyn Cyclones (2001 - 2025)
  
• All-American Baseball Challenge, Canadian-American Association, Frontier League, Northeast League, Northern League-East - New Jersey Jackals (1998 - 2025)
  
• Atlantic League - Staten Island FerryHawks (2022 - 2025)
  
• All-American Baseball Challenge - Jersey Wise Guys (2020)
  
• New York-Pennsylvania League - Staten Island Yankees (1999 - 2019)
  
• Atlantic League - Somerset Patriots (1998 - 2018)
  
• Atlantic League, Canadian-American Association, International League - Newark Bears (1917 - 2013)
  
• New York-Pennsylvania League - Queens Kings (2000)
  
• Northeast League - Yonkers Hoot Owls (1995)
  
• Eastern League - Jersey City A's (1978)
  
• Eastern League - Jersey City Indians (1977)
  
• International League - Jersey City Jerseys (1961)
  
• International League - Havana Sugar Kings/Jersey City Jerseys (1960)
  
• International League - Jersey City Giants (1937 - 1950)
  
• North Atlantic League - Bloomingdale Troopers (1946 - 1948)
  
• Colonial League - New Brunswick/Kingston Hubs (1948)
  
• North Atlantic League - Nyack Rockies (1946 - 1948)
  
• Atlantic Association, Central League, Eastern League, International Association, International League - Jersey City Skeeters (1885 - 1933)
  
• International League - Newark Bears/Providence Grays (1925)
  
• International League - Jersey City Colts (1920 - 1924)
  
• Eastern League, International League - Newark Indians (1908 - 1916)
  
• International League - Newark Indians/Harrisburg Senators (1915)
  
• Atlantic League - Bloomfield-Long Branch Cubans/Asbury Park Sea Urchins (1914)
  
• Atlantic League - Newark Cubans/Long Branch Cubans (1914)
  
• Atlantic League - Paterson Silk Citys (1914)
  
• Atlantic League - Perth Amboy Pacers (1914)
  
• United States League - New York Knickerbockers (1912)
  
• Atlantic League, Central New Jersey League, Union League - Elizabeth (1892 - 1909)
  
• Atlantic League, Union League - Brooklyn (1907 - 1908)
  
• Atlantic League, Pennsylvania-New Jersey League - Newark (1907 - 1908)
  
• Union League - Paterson/Allentown (1908)
  
• Eastern League, International Association - Newark Sailors (1887 - 1907)
  
• Hudson River League - Paterson Intruders (1904 - 1907)
  
• Pennsylvania-Maryland-West Virginia League - Somerset (1907)
  
• Hudson River League - Yonkers (1888 - 1907)
  
• Hudson River League - Paterson Invaders (1905 - 1906)
  
• Atlantic League - Jersey City (1900)
  
• Atlantic League - Newark Colts (1896 - 1900)
  
• Atlantic League - Paterson Giants (1899)
  
• Atlantic League - Paterson Silk Weavers (1896 - 1898)
  
• Atlantic League - New York Metropolitans/Philadelphia Athletics (1896)
  
• Central New Jersey League - Plainfield Crescent Cities (1892)
  
• Central New Jersey League - Westfield Athletics (1892)
  
• Atlantic Association - Jersey City Gladiators/Harrisburg Athletics (1890)
  
• Atlantic Association, Central League, Eastern League - Newark Little Giants (1886 - 1890)
  
• Middle States League, National Colored League - New York Gorhams (1887 - 1889)
  
• Eastern League - Long Island City (Maspeth) (1886)
  
• Eastern League - Newark Domestics (1884 - 1885)
  
• Eastern Association, Eastern League - Brooklyn Atlantics (1881 - 1884)
  
• Inter-State Association - Brooklyn Greys (1883)
  
• Eastern Association, League Alliance - New York Metropolitans (1881 - 1882)
  
• Eastern Association - New York Quicksteps (1881)
  
• Eastern Association - New York (1881)
  
• League Alliance - Brooklyn Chelseas (1877)
  
• League Alliance - Brooklyn Fairbanks (1877)
  

• D-League - Westchester Knicks (2014 - 2025)
  
• USBL - Long Island Primetime (2006 - 2007)
  
• USBL - Brooklyn Kings (1999 - 2007)
  
• USBL - Westchester Wildfire (2003 - 2005)
  
• USBL - New Jersey Flyers (2005)
  
• USBL - Long Island Surf (1991 - 2001)
  
• USBL - Westchester Kings (1997)
  
• USBL - Jersey Turnpikes (1995)
  
• USBL - Westchester Stallions (1993 - 1994)
  
• USBL - New Jersey Jammers (1992)
  
• USBL - New York Whitecaps (1990)
  
• USBL - Jersey Shore Bucs (1988)
  
• USBL - Long Island Knights (1985 - 1988)
  
• USBL - Jersey Jammers (1986 - 1987)
  
• USBL - Staten Island Stallions (1986 - 1987)
  
• USBL - Westchester Golden Apples (1985 - 1986)
  
• EBA - Brooklyn Dodgers (1977)
  
• EBA - Long Island Ducks (1977)
  
• EBA - Brooklyn Pros/Wilkes-Barre Barons (1976)
  
• EBA - Long Island Sounds (1975)
  
• EBA - East Orange Colonials (1973)
  
• EBA - Garden State Colonials (1972)
  
• EPBL - Trenton Capitols/New York-Harlem Yankees (1955)
  

• NAHL - New Jersey Titans (2015 - 2025)
  
• AHL - Binghamton Devils (2020)
  
• FPHL - New Jersey Outlaws (2011)
  
• FPHL - Brooklyn Aviators (2011)
  
• FPHL - New York Aviators (2010)
  
• EPHL - Brooklyn Aces (2008)
  
• EPHL - Jersey Rockhoppers (2008)
  
• RHI - New Jersey Rockin' Rollers (1993 - 1996)
  
• ACHL - New York Slapshots (1985)
  
• EHL - New York Rovers (1964)
  
• EHL - New York Rovers (1949 - 1951)
  
• EHL - New York Rovers (1935 - 1947)
  
• EHL - Brooklyn Crescents (1943)
  
• EHL - Brooklyn Arma Torpedos (1942)
  
• EHL - Manhattan Arrows (1942)
  
• EHL - Jamaica Hawks (1942)
  
• EHL - River Vale Skeeters (1939 - 1941)
  
• EHL - Bronx Tigers (1937)
  
• EHL - Crescent-Hamilton A.C. (1933 - 1934)
  
• EHL - Bronx Tigers (1933)
  
• EHL - New York Athletic Club (1933)
  
• EHL - St. Nicholas Hockey Club (1933)
  
• CAHL - Bronx Tigers (1931)
  
• CAHL - Newark Bulldogs (1928)
  

• MLSNP - New York City FC II (2022 - 2025)
  
• MLSNP, USL - New York Red Bulls II (2015 - 2025)
  
• USL League 1 - Westchester SC (2025)
  
• NASL - New York Cosmos (2013 - 2017)
  
• D3 Pro League, Pro Select League, Pro Soccer League - Westchester Flames (2002 - 2004)
  
• D3 Pro League, Pro Select League - New Jersey Stallions (2000 - 2003)
  
• D3 Pro League, Pro Select League - New York Freedoms (2002 - 2003)
  
• D3 Pro League, USISL, USISL Pro - North Jersey Imperials (1994 - 1999)
  
• A-League - Staten Island Vipers (1998 - 1999)
  
• D3 Pro League, USISL Pro - Central Jersey Riptide (1996 - 1998)
  
• A-League, USISL, USISL Pro - New York Fever (1994 - 1996)
  
• USISL, USISL Pro - Jersey Dragons (1994 - 1995)
  
• APSL - New York Centaurs (1995)
  
• APSL, ASL - New Jersey Eagles (1988 - 1990)
  
• USL - New York Nationals (1984)
  
• ASL - New York United (1980 - 1981)
  
• ASL - New Jersey Americans (1976 - 1979)
  
• ASL - New York Apollo (1973 - 1979)
  
• ASL - Northeast United (1972)
  
• ASL - New York Greeks (1971 - 1972)
  
• ASL - Newark Ukrainian Sitch (1962 - 1970)
  
• ASL - New York Inter (1966 - 1969)
  
• ASL - New Brunswick Hungarian (1967)
  
• ASL - Newark Portuguese (1952 - 1967)
  
• ASL - Paterson Roma SC (1967)
  
• ASL - New Brunswick Hungarian Americans (1963 - 1966)
  
• ASL - Newark Falcons (1964 - 1966)
  
• ASL - Roma SC (1964 - 1966)
  
• ASL - Inter SC (1960 - 1965)
  
• ASL - Boca Juniors (1963)
  
• ASL - Falcons-Warsaw (1962 - 1963)
  
• ASL - New York Hakoah-Americans (1962 - 1963)
  
• ASL - Galicia-Honduras (1961)
  
• ASL - Falcons SC (1959 - 1961)
  
• ASL - Inter-Brooklyn Italians (1961)
  
• ASL - New York Hakoah (1954 - 1961)
  
• ASL - Galicia SC (1958 - 1960)
  
• ASL - Brooklyn Italians (1956 - 1960)
  
• ASL - Colombo (1959)
  
• ASL - Elizabeth Falcons (1954 - 1958)
  
• ASL - Brookhattan-Galicia (1951 - 1957)
  
• ASL - Brookhattan (1932 - 1956)
  
• ASL - Brooklyn Hispano (1934 - 1955)
  
• ASL - Brooklyn Hakoah (1950 - 1955)
  
• ASL - New York Americans (1931 - 1955)
  
• ASL - New York Brookhattan (1954)
  
• ASL - Hakoah (1951 - 1953)
  
• ASL - Scots-Americans (1933 - 1952)
  
• ASL - Irish-Americans/Newark Portuguese (1951)
  
• ASL - Kearny Scots (1944 - 1951)
  
• ASL - Kearny Celtic (1942 - 1950)
  
• ASL - Hakoah F.C. (1949)
  
• ASL - Irish Americans (1933 - 1949)
  
• ASL - Brooklyn Wanderers/Hakoah A.C. (1948)
  
• ACSL, ASL - Brooklyn Wanderers (1924 - 1947)
  
• ASL - Kearny Americans (1942 - 1943)
  
• ASL - Brooklyn Hispano/Brooklyn (1941)
  
• ASL - Irish-Americans (1934 - 1941)
  
• ASL - Scots-Americans/Kearny Americans (1941)
  
• ASL - St. Mary's Celtic (1935 - 1941)
  
• ASL - Paterson F.C. (1939 - 1940)
  
• ASL - Brooklyn Hispano F.C. (1938)
  
• ASL - Brookhattan F.C. (1938)
  
• ASL - Paterson Caledonian (1937)
  
• ASL - Newark Germans/Paterson Caledonian (1936)
  
• ASL - Newark Germans (1933 - 1935)
  
• ASL - Brooklyn Celtic (1933 - 1934)
  
• ASL - Hispano F.C./Brooklyn Hispano (1933)
  
• ASL - Hakoah All-Stars (1930 - 1932)
  
• ASL - New York Field Club (1932)
  
• ASL - New York Giants (1931 - 1932)
  
• ASL - Newark Americans (1930 - 1932)
  
• ASL - Prague Americans (1932)
  
• ASL - Queens Bohemians (1932)
  
• ASL - New York Yankees (1931)
  
• ACSL - Hakoah All Stars (1930)
  
• ASL - New York Soccer Club (Giants) (1930)
  
• ACSL, ASL, EPSL - New York Giants (1924 - 1930)
  
• ASL - New York Giants (Nationals) (1930)
  
• ACSL, ASL - New York Nationals (1927 - 1930)
  
• ASL - Brooklyn Hakoah (1929)
  
• ASL, EPSL - Newark Skeeters (1924 - 1929)
  
• EPSL - Interborough Rapid Transit (IRT) Rangers (1928 - 1929)
  
• EPSL - Newark Portuguese (1929)
  
• EPSL - New York Hakoah (1928 - 1929)
  
• EPSL - New York Hispano (1928 - 1929)
  
• EPSL - Victoria Hungaria (1929)
  
• ASL - Jersey City (1928)
  
• EPSL - New York Hungaria (1928)
  
• EPSL - New York Celtics (1928)
  
• ASL - Indiana Flooring (1924 - 1926)
  
• ASL - Newark F.C. (1923)
  
• ASL - National Giants F.C. (1923)
  
• ASL - New York S.C. (1922 - 1923)
  
• ASL - Brooklyn Wanderers F.C. (1922 - 1923)
  
• ASL - Harrison S.C. (1921 - 1922)
  
• ASL - Paterson F.C. (1922)
  
• ASL - Celtic F.C. (1921)
  
• ASL - New York F.C. (1921)
  
• ASL - Todd Shipyards F.C. (1921)