List of professional sports teams in Illinois

The following is a list of former professional sports teams in Illinois.

Former professional sports teams

Club	Sport	League	Seasons	Note
Chicago Blaze	Ice hockey	All American Hockey League	2009
Chicago Blitz	Football	United States Football League	1983–1984
Chicago Bruisers	Football	Arena Football League	1987–1989
Chicago Cardinals	Football	National Football League	1898–1959	Moved to St. Louis, Missouri and became the St. Louis Cardinals, moved again to Tempe, Arizona and are now the Arizona Cardinals
Chicago Condors	Basketball	American Basketball League	1998
Chicago Cougars	Ice Hockey	World Hockey Association	1972–1975
Chicago Enforcers	Football	XFL	2001
Chicago Express	Ice hockey	ECHL	2010–2011
Chicago Fire	American football	World Football League	1974
Chicago Hounds	Ice hockey	United Hockey League	2006–2007
Chicago Hustle	Basketball	Women's Professional Basketball League	1978–1981
Chicago Machine	Lacrosse	Major League Lacrosse	2006–2010
Chicago Packers/Chicago Zephyrs	Basketball	National Basketball Association	1961–1962 (Packers) 1962–1963 (Zephyrs)	Moved to Baltimore and became the Baltimore Bullets, moved again to Washington, D.C. and are now the Washington Wizards
Chicago Power	Soccer	American Indoor Soccer Association (1988–1990) National Professional Soccer League (1990–1996)	1988–1996
Chicago Rockstars	Basketball	American Basketball Association	2006–2007
Chicago Rush	Football	Arena Football League	2001–2008, 2010–2013
Chicago Shamrox	Lacrosse	National Lacrosse League	2006–2008
Chicago Skyliners	Basketball	American Basketball Association	2000–2001	Moved to Nevada and became the Las Vegas Slam
Chicago Stags	Basketball	National Basketball Association	1946–1950
Chicago Sting	Soccer	North American Soccer League (1975–1984) Major Indoor Soccer League (1984–1988)	1975–1988
Chicago Tigers	Football	American Professional Football Association	1920
Chicago Winds	Football	World Football League	1975
Decatur Staleys	Football	National Football League (1920–1921)	1919–1920 (Decatur) 1921 (Chicago) 1922–present (Chicago Bears)	Moved to Chicago to become the Chicago Staleys and then changed their name to the Chicago Bears
Lake County Fielders	Baseball	Northern League (2010) North American League (2011)	2010–11
Peoria Rivermen (AHL)	Ice Hockey	American Hockey League	2005–2013	Moved to Utica, New York to become the Utica Comets.
Peoria Pirates	Football	AF2	1999–2009
Peoria Prancers	Ice hockey	International Hockey League	1982–1984
Quad City Flames	Ice hockey	American Hockey League	2007–2009
Quad City Mallards	Ice Hockey	United Hockey League	1995–2007
Quad City Thunder	Basketball	Continental Basketball Association	1987–2001
Rockford Lightning	Basketball	Continental Basketball Association	1986–2006
Rockford Peaches	Baseball	All-American Girls Professional Baseball League	1943–1954
Rockford Rampage	Soccer	Major Indoor Soccer League	2005–2012
Rockford Thunder	Fastpitch softball	National Pro Fastpitch	2007–2009
Schaumburg Flyers	Baseball	Northern League	1993–2010