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[Abanhfleft]

The Fleftic Premier League is a Fleftic professional league for men's association football clubs. It is the country's primary football competition and sits at the top of the Fleftic football league system. It is contested by 20 clubs and operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the Liga ng Abanhfleft ("League of Abanhfleft" in English). Clubs from the Fhulghamous Peninsula that compete in the Fleftic football league system can also qualify.

CHAMPIONS
1994-95: Xemlice Rovers (1)
1995-96: Malabon SC (1)
1996-97: Riuwiee United (1)
1997-98: Arsenal de Releinthi (1)
1998-99: Riuwiee United (2)
1999-2000: Rosenpfelblatz City (1)
2000-01: Riuwiee United (3)
2001-02: Arsenal de Releinthi (2)
2002-03: Riuwiee United (4)
2003-04: Arsenal de Releinthi (3)
2004-05: Sporting Ceneisis (1)
2005-06: Malabon SC (2)
2006-07: Riuwiee United (5)
2007-08: Arsenal de Releinthi (4)
2008-09: Rosenpfelblatz City (2)
2009-10: Sarvusdalamoive (1)
2010-11: Sporting Ceneisis (2)
2011-12: Riuwiee United (6)
2012-13: Rosenpfelblatz City (3)
2013-14: Ludogorets Markovsky (1)
2014-15: Arsenal de Releinthi (5)
2015-16: Arsenal de Releinthi (6)
2016-17: Sporting Ceneisis (3)
2017-18: Riuwiee United (7)
2018-19: Rosenpfelblatz City (4)
2019-20: Admiral Porcusces (1)
2020-21: Ludogorets Markovsky (2)
2021-22: Arsenal de Releinthi (7)

UICA Era
2022-23: Rosenpfelblatz City (5)
2023-24: Arsenal de Releinthi (8)
2024-25: Arsenal de Releinthi (9)
2025-26: Locomotive Imgortur (1)
2026-27: Ludogorets Markovsky (3)

IFCF Era
2027-28: Wanda Island Wanderers (1)
2028-29: Arsenal de Releinthi (10)
2029-30: All-Inclusive Haranguer (1)
2030-31: Sporting Ceneisis (4)
2031-32: Riuwiee United (8)
2032-33: Arsenal de Releinthi (11)
2033-34: Ludogorets Markovsky (4)
2034-35: ???

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Ignore the CSL bit for now. I'll change that to a proper logo soon enough.

The Pridnestrovian Super League is the top domestic football association in the Democratic People's Republic of the United Socialist States of Pridnestrovia. It has its roots in the old Pridnestrovian Football Division, which stood as the long-time first tier of the Pridnestrovian pyramid until 1991, when as part of Galdar Umayev's democratization reforms the Football Division was reformed and restructured and the first tier was given the name of Pridnestrovian Top League. This format was retained by President Field Marshal Stepan Stepanovich Stepanenko when he took over the Pridnestrovian government in the aftermath of Umayev's sudden death although there have been changes to the top division along the way. In 1999, the teams in the Pridnestrovian Top League decided to form a new top-level division, the Pridnestrovian National Premier Football League, with the Top League subsequently becoming the second tier of Pridnestrovian football. Lax financial management and concerns about non-competitiveness eventually resulting in all of the teams of the NPFL to band together once again and form another new top division, this time with stricter and more stringent rules about finances and rules to supposedly ensure a more level playing field for all teams. This new league was called the Pridnestrovian Super League, and the National Premier Football League became the second division and the Top League the third division, and the regional leagues below the Top League now comprise the fourth tier of the Pridnestrovian football.

The Super League, National Premier Football League, and Top League are all contested by 18 teams. In the NPFL and Top League, there are two automatic promotion places and a promotion playoff place, which the third place team will contest against the 16th place team in the league above. In the Super League, there are two automatic relegation spots and a relegation playoff spot for the 16th place team, which will contest their spot in the Super League against the 3rd placed team in the NPFL.

List of CHAMPIONS

Top League Era
1991-92: CSKA Tiraspol (1)
1992-93: CSKA Tiraspol (2)
1993-94: CSKA Tiraspol (3)
1994-95: CSKA Tiraspol (4)
1995-96: CSKA Tiraspol (5)
1996-97: CSKA Tiraspol (6)
1997-98: Dinamo Bender (1)
1998-99: Dinamo Bender (2)

National Premier Football League Era
1999-2000: Admiral Novorossiysk (1)
2000-01: Dinamo Macaresti (1)
2001-02: Dinamo Bender (3)
2002-03: CSKA Tiraspol (7)
2003-04: CSKA Tiraspol (8)

Super League Era
2004-05: Admiral Novorossiysk (2)
2005-06: Dinamo Bender (4)
2006-07: CSKA Tiraspol (9)
2007-08: CSKA Tiraspol (10)
2008-09: CSKA Tiraspol (11)
2009-10: Dinamo Bender (5)
2010-11: Rotor Dnistrosh (1)
2011-12: CSKA Tiraspol (12)
2012-13: CSKA Tiraspol (13)
2013-14: Sheriff Tiraspol (1)
2014-15: Sheriff Tiraspol (2)
2015-16: Sheriff Tiraspol (3)
2016-17: Admiral Novorossiysk (3)
2017-18: Union Rheinburg (1)
2018-19: Dinamo Bender (6)
2019-20: Sheriff Tiraspol (4)
2020-21: CSKA Tiraspol (14)

Super League (UICA) Era
2021-22: Fortuna Novonikolaysk (1)
2022-23: Sheriff Tiraspol (5)
2023-24: Sheriff Tiraspol (6)
2024-25: Union Rheinburg (2)
2025-26: Dinamo Bender (7)
2026-27: Shakhtar Rheinburg (1)

Super League (IFCF Era)
2027-28: Dinamo Bender (8)
2028-29: Sheriff Tiraspol (7)
2029-30: CSKA Tiraspol (15)
2030-31: CSKA Tiraspol (16)
2031-32: CSKA Tiraspol (17)
2032-33: Union Rheinburg (3)
2033-34: CSKA Tiraspol (18)
2034-35: ?????

[Oontaz Dert Li Ng]

Reserved for Oontaznik First Division.

[Copper Cuprum]

(OOC: Ignore the Vanarama part.)

The Copperite National League is the second oldest sporting organization and tournament in the Chiefdom of Copper Cuprum, with only the Copperite Rugby League predating it by over twenty years. The first recorded organized football tournament in Copper Cuprum was held in 1950 with teams playing against other teams in their own provinces and sometimes cities, and the winners of these formative leagues contesting the honor of being the best football in the country in what would now be called a straight knockout competition. In 1957, the top two teams in the eight best leagues according to the Royal Commission on Games, Sport and National Well-Being were organized into what is now known as the Copperite National League, and the knockout competition played before formed the basis of the Copperite Cup three years later, in 1960.

IMPORTANT NOTE: It has been Copperite tradition to name their cities after the ruling Chief of the nation; hence, city names and by extension club names also change when a Chief dies and is succeeded by a new Chief. Thus, the Copperite National League champions are divided by the eras of the sitting Chiefs during the time.

List of CHAMPIONS
Chief Hid Era (1940-1977)
1957-58: South Ons Hid Rabbitohs A.F.C. (1)
1958-59: Ken Hid South End* (1)
1959-60: Pan Hid (1)
1960-61: Jet Hid (1)
1961-62: Nay Hid (1)
1962-63: Nay Hid (2)
1963-64: Ken Hid United (2)
1964-65: Vay Hid Eels A.F.C. (1)
1965-66: Yon Hid (1)
1966-67: South Ons Hid Rabbitohs A.F.C. (2)
1967-68: Atletico Bed Hid (1)
1968-69: Vay Hid Eels A.F.C. (2)
1969-70: Athletic Wa Hid (1)
1970-71: Athletic Wa Hid (2)
1971-72: Ken Hid United (3)
1972-73: Bor Hid Bears (1)
1973-74: Sub Hid Raiders A.F.C. (1)
1974-75: South Ons Hid Rabbitohs A.F.C. (3)
1975-76: Jit Hid Royal F.C. (1)
1976-77: Athletic Wa Hid (3)
*Ken Hid South End joined with Ken Hid Town in the 1962-63 season and became Ken Hid United

Chief Add Era (1977-1989)
1977-78: Athletic Wa Add (4)
1978-79: Athletic Wa Add (5)
1979-80: Athletic Wa Add (6)
1980-81: Bor Add Bears (2)
1981-82: Jit Add Royal F.C. (2)
1982-83: Jit Add Royal F.C. (3)
1983-84: Vay Add Eels A.F.C. (3)
1984-85: Eb Add Bulldogs A.F.C.
1985-86: Atletico Bed Add (2)
1986-87: Ken Add United (4)
1987-88: Red Add Adders A.F.C. (1)
1988-89: Nay Add (3)

Chief Wod Era (1989-2000)
1989-90: Yon Wod (2)
1990-91: South Ons Wod Rabbitohs A.F.C. (4)
1991-92: Atletico Bed Wod (3)
1992-93: Athletic Wa Wod (7)
1993-94: Athletic Wa Wod (8)
1994-95: Atletico Bed Wod (4)
1995-96: Jet Wod (2)
1996-97: Nay Wod (4)
1997-98: Athletic Wa Wod (9)
1998-99: Ken Wod United (5)
1999-2000: Athletic Wa Wod (10)

Chief Gon Era (2000-2024)
2000-01: Athletic Wa Gon (11)
2001-02: Atletico Bed Gon (5)
2002-03: Athletic Wa Gon (12)
2003-04: His Gon A.F.C. (1)
2004-05: Vay Gon Eels A.F.C. (4)
2005-06: Atletico Bed Gon (6)
2006-07: Athletic Wa Gon (13)
2007-08: Athletic Wa Gon (14)
2008-09: Bor Gon Bears (3)
2009-10: Atletico Bed Gon (7)
2010-11: Athletic Wa Gon (15)
2011-12: Athletic Wa Gon (16)
2012-13: Athletic Wa Gon (17)
2013-14: Atletico Bed Gon (8)
2014-15: Athletic Wa Gon (18)
2015-16: Athletic Wa Gon (19)
2016-17: Atletico Bed Gon (9)
2017-18: Atletico Bed Gon (10)
2018-19: Athletic Wa Gon (20)
2019-20: Athletic Wa Gon (21)
2020-21: Copper Cuprum Halal Commission (1)
2021-22: Sub Gon Raiders A.F.C. (2)
2022-23: Atletico Bed Gon (11)
2023-24: Vay Gon Eels A.F.C. (5)

Chief Deg Era (2024-Present)
2024-25: Mah Deg Diamonds (1)
2025-26: Nel Deg Rovers (1)
2026-27: Athletic Wa Deg (22)
2027-28: Vay Deg Eels A.F.C. (6)
2028-29: ????

[Copper Cuprum]

Pos Team                               Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1  Sub Gon Raiders A.F.C.              30   18   4   8    49   32  +17    58     Champions, CedC
 2  Nay Gon                             30   14  12   4    59   43  +16    54     CedC
 3  Ken Gon United                      30   16   4  10    61   53   +8    52
 4  Athletic Wa Gon                     30   14   8   8    55   51   +4    50
 5  Sportif Ab Gon                      30   13   8   9    37   25  +12    47
 6  Copper Cuprum Halal Commission      30   12  10   8    74   59  +15    46
 7  Atletico Bed Gon                    30   12   7  11    57   52   +5    43
 8  South Ons Gon Rabbitohs A.F.C.      30   10  11   9    50   48   +2    41
 9  Wa Gon City                         30   11   8  11    35   36   −1    41
10  Ven Gon A.F.C.                      30   10   9  11    64   63   +1    39
11  Hen Gon                             30   10   8  12    58   59   −1    38
12  Jet Gon                             30    9   8  13    31   42  −11    35
13  Bor Gon Bears                       30    8  10  12    38   47   −9    34
14  His Gon A.F.C.                      30    5  11  14    42   51   −9    26
15  Wid Gon Athletic                    30    6   8  16    40   63  −23    26     Relegated
16  Jit Gon Royal F.C.                  30    6   6  18    59   85  −26    24     Relegated

Congratulations to Sub Gon Raiders A.F.C., your 2021-22 Copperite National League champions!

[Fhulghamous Peninsula]

The Fhulghamousian Premier League is the top footballing competition in the Fhulghamous Peninsula Colony of the Democratic Republic of Abanhfleft. It was founded in 2014 after concerns that Fhulghamousian teams attempting to enter the Fleftic footballing pyramid would end up not being able to develop football in the colony better due to the fact that they would most probably be bogged down in Abanhfleft's lower leagues. Some of the teams based in the Fhulghamous, like Marinos Thimpodopoulos and Thereisnogodistan FC, have managed to survive in the Fleftic Premier League but most of the other teams in the Fhulghamous would rather compete in their own league system, hence the Fhulghamousian Premier League.

The Fhulghamousian Premier League is composed of twelve teams. In the first few years of the league, the competition was held only once but with the exponential rise in popularity of football in the colony and the need to introduce more competitiveness into the system, the league adopted a new Apertura-Clausura system effective as of the 2021 season. Teams topping the league in either the Apertura or Clausura period will earn the title of "Apertura/Clausura Champion" (depending on the part of the season) and an overall table calculated at the end of the Clausura will determine both the overall champion of the season and the relegated teams. The Apertura-Clausura-overall system is also now in use in the lower leagues to determine promotions and relegations as well now.

List of champions coming soon...

[Fhulghamous Peninsula]

2021-22 Fhulghamousian Premier League - Apertura

Pos Team                           Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts
 1  Besanza Emeralds                22   15   3   4    58   39  +19    48     Apertura Champions, CEdC
 2  Thereisnogodabad Town           22   13   5   4    35   20  +15    44
 3  Airbus Fhulghamous Besanza      22   10   7   5    47   36  +11    37
 4  Panposeidonios                  22   10   4   8    28   26   +2    34
 5  Haritzaga Albion                22   10   3   9    47   49   −2    33
 6  Charalambos FC                  22    7  11   4    40   36   +4    32
 7  Athletic Club Ixmurattin        22    9   5   8    33   30   +3    32
 8  Palaeiologi                     22    9   3  10    42   43   −1    30
 9  Veterans Foundation FC          22    6   5  11    36   45   −9    23
10  Nove Gossed                     22    6   2  14    32   48  −16    20
11  UD Albarecete                   22    4   6  12    12   23  −11    18
12  Emekasis Sportif                22    3   6  13    23   38  −15    15

2021-22 Fhulghamousian Premier League - Clausura

Pos Team                           Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts
 1  Airbus Fhulghamous Besanza      22   13   4   5    40   26  +14    43     Clausura Champions, CEdC
 2  Thereisnogodabad Town           22   12   6   4    30   24   +6    42
 3  Athletic Club Ixmurattin        22   12   3   7    43   30  +13    39
 4  Besanza Emeralds                22   11   5   6    41   26  +15    38
 5  Veterans Foundation FC          22   11   4   7    43   33  +10    37
 6  Panposeidonios                  22   11   4   7    33   25   +8    37
 7  Charalambos FC                  22   10   6   6    45   36   +9    36
 8  Haritzaga Albion                22    9   4   9    47   46   +1    31
 9  Nove Gossed                     22    6   7   9    36   41   −5    25
10  Palaeiologi                     22    5   4  13    40   54  −14    19
11  UD Albarecelete                 22    3   3  16    13   35  −22    12
12  Emekasis Sportif                22    3   2  17    21   56  −35    11

2021-22 Fhulghamousian Premier League - Overall Standings

Pos Team                           Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts
 1  Besanza Emeralds                44   26   8  10    99   65  +34    86     Overall Champions
 2  Thereisnogodabad Town           44   25  11   8    65   44  +21    86
 3  Airbus Fhulghamous Besanza      44   23  11  10    87   62  +25    80
 4  Athletic Club Ixmurattin        44   21   8  15    76   60  +16    71
 5  Panposeidonios                  44   21   8  15    61   51  +10    71
 6  Charalambos FC                  44   17  17  10    95   72  +13    68
 7  Haritzaga Albion                44   19   7  18    94   95   −1    64
 8  Veterans Foundation FC          44   17   9  18    79   78   +1    60
 9  Palaeiologi                     44   14   7  23    82   97  −15    49
10  Nove Gossed                     44   12   9  23    68   89  −21    45
11  UD Albarecete                   44    7   9  28    25   58  −33    30     Relegated
12  Emekasis Sportif                44    6   8  30    44   94  −50    26     Relegated

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2021-22 Pridnestrovian Super League Final Standings

Pos Team                         Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts
 1  Fortuna Novonikolaysk         34   17   9   8    44   25  +19    60     Champions, CdC
 2  Union Rheinburg               34   17   8   9    57   38  +19    59
 3  Vorpommern Nyqvist            34   17   6  11    52   36  +16    57
 4  Sheriff Tiraspol              34   16   7  11    67   52  +15    55
 5  Dinamo Bender                 34   14  11   9    50   37  +13    53
 6  Ufa Verkhovyansk              34   14   9  11    63   54   +9    51
 7  Metallurgist Beledor          34   14   8  12    43   46   −3    50
 8  Chernomorets Bratsk           34   12  13   9    53   45   +8    49
 9  Elektrik Admiralnaya          34   13  10  11    47   48   −1    49
10  Kesselburger Kickers          34   15   4  15    67   75   −8    49
11  Lokomotiv Novosverdlovsk      34   12   8  14    54   60   −6    44
12  CSKA Tiraspol                 34   11   9  14    62   66   −4    42
13  Submarin Yeralenko            34   10  10  14    63   73  −10    40
14  Palatine Opals                34   11   5  18    58   61   −3    38
15  Star City FC                  34    9  11  14    26   38  −12    38
16  FC 23 August                  34   10   8  16    65   78  −13    38     Relegation playoff
17  Admiral Novorossiysk          34    9   9  16    60   79  −19    36     Relegated to NPFL
18  Torpedo Yeralenko             34    9   7  18    59   79  −20    34     Relegated to NPFL

'Tis the season of surprises in the Super League, la la la la. There are three very noteworthy results coming out of this mystical, strange and wonderful PSL season. First is the obvious: Fortuna Novonikolaysk has won the Super League! It's also their first ever Pridnestrovian top-flight title in their entire history! And this is after they gave up their top scorer Fabian Prasutagusic to Exiles FK! Of course, everyone will be quick to say that it was all a team effort, with Akhmet Davidov and Galdar Sokolov providing the lion's share of the goals for the Fortune Giants, Fyodor Ekstatov racking up a respectable number of clean sheets, and Yuri Gandorov's pragmatic tactics and management (the 5-1 drubbing of CSKA, the 4-0 beatdowns of Ufa Verkhovyansk and Admiral Novorossiysk notwithstanding) all playing a part in the first ever major sporting victory in Novonikolaysk's history. At least it gave the people of Novonikolaysk something to cheer about while their gridiron team, the Sharks, floundered at the bottom of the Pridnestrovian Gridiron Super League table. And Fortuna almost gave up the title to Union Rheinburg until the last day when Davidov scored the game-winning goal against FC 23 August while Union slipped to a 1-0 defeat against Haris Mirzioglu's Submarin Yeralenko.

The second most astonishing thing from this final table is CSKA Tiraspol in 12th place. Oh, how the mighty have fallen, indeed! Last season's champions have been reduced to hoping for a mid-table finish and not being dragged into the relegation dogfight. Ivan Krasnopresnensky is lucky to still be hanging on to the managerial job at the Army Club because any other manager would have been duly sacked without thought if they had gotten the results that he did this season. But there's no arguing about the job that he did for both Union Rheinburg and CSKA (before this season, at least) and perhaps that's why Krasnopresnensky is still manager of CSKA despite the odds being so very much against him. Still, he could very well get sacked next season if CSKA continues to perform poorly. It all started off with a draw against Lokomotiv Novosverdlovsk, and then another draw against Star City FC (who barely survived the promotion-relegation playoff against Aviapromet Olimp in the same season that CSKA triumphed once again) and after that, things just went downhill for the Army Club, with losses against teams that they beat in the season prior to this. Their inability to even just pluck draws from the jaws of defeat also served to see their in their lowly position in the table.

And last (but technically they're not last since Torpedo Yeralenko has a worse record than they do) but not least in the surprises of the 2021-22 Super League season, Admiral Novorossiysk have been relegated. Yes, comrades in the Navy, you read that right: Admiral Novorossiysk, the Navy Club, the Seamen, have dropped down from the top tier of Pridnestrovian football for the first time in history. If someone from the present were to go back to the past and tell someone from the past that there will come a time that Admiral Novorossiysk will be relegated, the man from the present time will either be thought crazy or deranged, or they will be picked up by the KGB for "counterrevolutionary statements" and "confined" at the Solidovskaya Psychiatric Institute (which we all know is actually the KGB's sanitarium and "holding place" for "dissidents" and other "counterrevolutionary elements" of their ilk. This certainly won't happen in the old days, the early days of the Comrade President's term as President of the Pridnestrovian Republic. But with the integration into the greater sporting society comes more stringent rules for clubs and officials to follow, and it's now harder not to get caught with the eye of social media and video referees all around us. So, yes, starting in 2022, the Pridnestrovian Super League will kick off without one of its stalwarts, Admiral Novorossiysk, in the mix.

At the bottom of the table, Torpedo Yeralenko have also fallen victim to the drop, and one could say that it has been a few years in the offing, unlike the relegation of Admiral Novorossiysk. Star City FC, the season previous' relegation playoff candidate, secure their spot in next year's Super League by the skin of their teeth (and one less goal conceded than their other relegation rival) and FC 23 August will have to contest their spot in the Super League against the third-placed team in the National Premier Football League, which is (once again) Aviapromet Olimp. Will the Beach Boys hang on to their spot in the top flight or will the Aviators from down the road on the shores of Lake Begorod finally climb up from the second tier?

But enough of the relegation malarkey for now, let us all congratulate Fortuna Novonikolaysk, your 2021-22 Pridnestrovian Super League champions!

Fortuna Novonikolaysk, your 2021-22 Pridnestrovian Super League champions!

2021-22 Pridnestrovian National Premier Football League Final Standings

Pos Team                        Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts
 1  Dinamo Macaresti             34   18   8   8    28   14  +14    62     Champions, Promoted to Super League
 2  Shakhtar Rheinburg           34   17   9   8    48   34  +14    60     Promoted to Super League
 3  Aviapromet Olimp             34   16  11   7    65   39  +26    59     Promotion playoff
 4  Bierburger SV                34   16  10   8    34   26   +8    58
 5  Amzaceaspor                  34   16   8  10    64   45  +19    56
 6  Dnistro Dnistropavlovsk      34   16   5  13    49   44   +5    53
 7  Politehnica Pecineaga        34   14  10  10    64   57   +7    52
 8  Rotor Dnistrosh              34   16   4  14    44   48   −4    52
 9  Latakiaspor                  34   14   9  11    46   35  +11    51
10  Universitate Vanatori        34   12  12  10    34   35   −1    48
11  Szigetszentmiklos            34   12   9  13    59   59    0    45
12  Atom Zheleznogorsk           34   11  10  13    27   25   +2    43
13  Spartak Tiraspol             34   10  12  12    47   41   +6    42
14  Avion Topraisar              34   13   3  18    24   33   −9    42
15  Submarin Admiralnaya         34    9   7  18    36   56  −20    34
16  Admiral Tuzla                34    8   6  20    42   69  −27    30     Relegation playoff
17  Antakyaspor                  34    7   9  18    35   62  −27    30     Relegated to Top League
18  Larnakaspor                  34    7   6  21    31   55  −24    27     Relegated to Top League

All's well that end's well, as they say, and it could be said that it has ended well for Dinamo Macaresti, champion of the Pridnestrovian National Premier Football Leagues back in 2001 (when the NPFL was still the top tier of Pridnestrovian football). Right now, the Direwolves are the National Premier Football League champions, and they are going to be promoted right back to the Super League after only a single season's absence following their relegation last season. However, their fellow relegated club from last season, Rotor Dnistrosh, the surprise champions of the Super League in the 2010-11 season, will not be so lucky, settling for a mid-table finish in the NPFL. Going up alongside Macaresti will be Shakhtar Rheinburg, and now Union will have someone else to call their bitter rivals aside from fellow Ixanian club Kesselburger Kickers. And if things go very right for them, Aviapromet Olimp could very well go up to the Super League as well, but they will have to go through FC 23 August first in the promotion-relegation playoff. Olimp tried (and failed) to beat Star City FC in the playoff last season, and this season's playoff almost looked to be a repeat of the last season's playoff had FC 23 August not conceded just one more goal than Star City did. In any case, it's going to be the Beach Boys against the Aviators in the Super League promotion-relegation playoff, and it's very much in the air if one goes up and one goes down or if both teams will end up staying where they are in terms of their leagues.

At the other end of the NPFL table, two Hatay clubs, Antakyaspor and Larnakaspor, are both immediately relegated to the Top League. Both teams had good starts to the season; unfortunately for both of them, everything went downhill as the season progressed. Both Antakyaspor and Admiral Tuzla actually had a chance to qualify for the relegation playoff in the final matchday, hoping that one team could do better than the other, but alas, both of them lost in the final matchday. Antakyaspor actually lost 4-0 to Aviapromet Olimp at the same time that Admiral Tuzla lost 5-3 against Shakhtar Rheinburg, meaning that both teams were equal on both points and goal difference. Tuzla's lifesaver ended up being their goals for tally, which at 42 is seven higher than Antakyaspor's 35. Admiral Tuzla will hence have a chance to fight for their place in the National Premier Football League while Antakyaspor will not be so lucky, and they will go down automatically to the Top League alongside fellow Hatay side and rivals Larnakaspor.

Still, when all has been said and done, the only thing left to do is to offer congratulations to Dinamo Macaresti, your 2021-22 Pridnestrovian National Premier Football League champions!

Dinamo Macaresti, your 2021-22 Pridnestrovian National Premier Football League champions, achieving immediate promotion back to the Super League after only one season in the second tier!

2021-22 Pridnestrovian Top League Final Standings

Pos Team                          Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts
 1  Derinkuyuspor                  34   20   6   8    62   44  +18    66     Champions, Promoted to NPFL
 2  FK Pridnestrovskaya Gavan      34   20   4  10    79   51  +28    64     Promoted to NPFL
 3  Bryan Bryansk                  34   20   4  10    65   48  +17    64     Promotion playoff
 4  Masyafspor                     34   18   9   7    57   28  +29    63
 5  Renechev Revolution            34   17   7  10    62   48  +14    58
 6  Raketa Palatinsk               34   17   5  12    55   47   +8    56
 7  Dinamo Vitebsk                 34   16   5  13    56   49   +7    53
 8  Opalgebirge Kesselburg         34   15   8  11    75   76   −1    53
 9  Zenit Vladiyug                 34   13   9  12    36   27   +9    48
10  Spartak Sonolovichyrevko       34   13   6  15    61   65   −4    45
11  Olimpia Strebsk                34   12   8  14    32   39   −7    44
12  FK Sonolovichyrevko            34   12   7  15    70   69   +1    43
13  Baltika Belgorod               34   11  10  13    66   69   −3    43
14  Neptunas Neptun                34   11   6  17    47   61  −14    39
15  Wormatia Wewelsburg            34    9   5  20    32   47  −15    32
16  Avtozavod Pecineaga            34    9   4  21    57   96  −39    31     Relegated to State Leagues
17  Traktor Bender                 34    8   6  20    55   80  −25    30     Relegated to State Leagues
18  Poveda Vlaha                   34    6   9  19    41   64  −23    27     Relegated to State Leagues

Yet another team bounces back after relegation last year, and this time it's Derinkuyuspor who make the leap back into the NPFL after winning the Top League with the biggest points tally of all the champions in Pridnestrovia's top three leagues with 66 points. It wasn't a guaranteed thing though as Bryan Bryansk and FK Pridnestrovskaya Gavan stuck to Derinkuyuspor's tail until the very end, but a two-point margin proved to be sufficient for the Cavemen to take the Top League title and one of two automatic promotion spots to the NPFL. The other automatic promotion spot goes to FK Pridnestrovskaya Gavan, a fact which Bryan Bryansk will not be happy about since the Partisans did the double over the Stevedores (and the Pridnestrovian Football Union is already looking into the possibility of taking head-to-head results over goal difference in future seasons) but for now, Bryansk will have to content themselves with contesting a spot in the NPFL against the third-lowest team in the second tier, which happens to be Admiral Tuzla.

At the other end of the table, it's more bad news for football fans from Bender who don't support Dinamo. Traktor Bender, once considered one of the potential future challengers of Pridnestrovian footballing supremacy against the likes of CSKA Tiraspol, Dinamo Bender, and Admiral Novorossiysk but was relegated from the NPFL to the Top League last season, has slipped even further down the table after their disastrous failed attempt at taking advantage of CSKA's transition years in the 2016-17 season. Signing lots of mediocre players on big contracts for a single shot at a title attempt is not a good strategy for any team to employ, but for Traktor, whose financials aren't exactly in the best shape to begin with, the attempt failed spectacularly, and now they will have no one to blame but themselves as they go down to the State League level for the first time in over 60 years. Going down with them to the fourth tier will be Avtozavod Pecineaga and Poveda Vlaha, while replacing them in the Top League will be Exiles FK from the Pridnestrovian State League, 1895 Lekhwiya Pepuza from the Hatay State League, and Dynamo Wismut from the Ixanian State League.

In any case, we congratulate Derinkuyuspor, your 2021-22 Pridnestrovian Top League champions!

Derinkuyuspor, your 2021-22 Pridnestrovian Top League champions, achieving immediate promotion back to the National Premier Football League after only one season in the third tier!

[Trans-Dniesters]

It's that time of the year once again, comrades. Yes, you got it right; it's time for the third best teams in the Top League and the National Premier Football League to challenge the third worst teams in the National Premier Football League and the Super League respectively for a place in next season's leagues. First, we will get a brief overview of the four teams competing for two spots in their respective leagues and then we will get down to the business of the playoffs themselves.

FC 23 AUGUST


AVIAPROMET OLIMP


ADMIRAL TUZLA


BRYAN BRYANSK

2022 Pridnestrovian Super League promotion-relegation playoff

FC 23 August 2–4 Aviapromet Olimp
Aviapromet Olimp 3–2 FC 23 August

Aviapromet Olimp wins 7-4 on aggregate. Aviapromet Olimp is promoted to the Super League; FC 23 August is relegated to the National Premier Football League.

2022 Pridnestrovian National Premier Football League promotion-relegation playoff

Admiral Tuzla 0–1 Bryan Bryansk
Bryan Bryansk 2–1 Admiral Tuzla

Bryan Bryansk wins 3-1 on aggregate. Bryan Bryansk is promoted to the National Premier Football League; Admiral Tuzla is relegated to the Top League.

[Fhulghamous Peninsula]

The Fhulghamousian Second League is the second tier of football in the Fhulghamous Peninsula Colony. Just like the Fhulghamousian Premier League, it is contested by twelve teams for two promotion places to the FhPL (the lowercase h is added to the abbreviation of the Fhulghamousian Premier League to differentiate it from the Fleftic Premier League. And, before the 2021-22 season, the Fhulghamousian Second League was contested in a double round-robin format playing throughout the standard football season. However, with the rise of the popularity of football in the colony, a demand for a better schedule and the associated earnings from more games played, the Fhulghamousian Football Union decided to shift the entirety of the colony's footballing system to an Apertura-Clausura format. Three champions will now be crowned in one season: the Apertura champions, the Clausura champions, and the champions of the overall table (calculated by adding up the results of both Apertura and Clausura). The Apertura and Clausura champions will now be the two teams promoted to the FhPL, unless one team wins both the Apertura and Clausura, in which case the second-placed team in the overall table will earn the next promotion spot. As for relegation, the two lowest teams in the overall table will be relegated to the Third League, which is actually divided into North and South areas.

2021-22 Fhulghamousian Second League - Apertura

Pos Team                          Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts
 1  Sfaxspor                       22   15   2   5    49   28  +21    47     Apertura Champions
 2  UD Nuevo Carthago              22   11   6   5    30   14  +16    39
 3  EA Tatouwine                   22   10   5   7    26   20   +6    35
 4  Pythagoras FC                  22   11   2   9    24   18   +6    35
 5  RCD Nueva Ceuta                22   10   4   8    22   21   +1    34
 6  Deportivo Pequeña Melilla      22    8   8   6    13   10   +3    32
 7  Nuevo Guadix CF                22   10   2  10    34   35   −1    32
 8  Olympic Doucoure               22    8   7   7    29   32   −3    31
 9  Nou Philippopolis              22    9   2  11    13   17   −4    29
10  Sycorax Kickers                22    6   5  11    16   26  −10    23
11  Marble Arch Defenders          22    4   4  14    15   32  −17    16
12  OGC Nou Nicaea                 22    3   7  12    22   40  −18    16

2021-22 Fhulghamousian Second League - Clausura

Pos Team                          Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts
 1  Nou Philippopolis              22   16   4   2    20    8  +12    52     Clausura Champions
 2  Sycorax Kickers                22   14   2   6    27   16  +11    44
 3  Sfaxspor                       22   12   3   7    46   23  +23    39
 4  Deportivo Pequeña Melilla      22   10   4   8    25   16   +9    34
 5  UD Nuevo Carthago              22   10   3   9    35   32   +3    33
 6  EA Tatouwine                   22   11   0  11    23   21   +2    33
 7  Pythagoras FC                  22    9   4   9    32   22  +10    31
 8  RCD Nueva Ceuta                22    8   5   9    23   24   −1    29
 9  OGC Nou Nicaea                 22    8   2  12    33   53  −20    26
10  Nuevo Guadix CF                22    6   5  11    35   33   +2    23
11  Marble Arch Defenders          22    7   1  14    14   23   −9    22
12  Olympic Doucoure               22    2   5  15    24   66  −42    11

2021-22 Fhulghamousian Second League - Final Standings

Pos Team                          Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts
 1  Sfaxspor                       44   27   5  12    95   51  +44    86     Overall champions, Promoted to Premier League as Apertura champions
 2  Nou Philippopolis              44   25   6  13    33   25   +8    81     Promoted to Premier League as Clausura champions
 3  UD Nuevo Carthago              44   21   9  14    65   46  +19    72
 4  EA Tatouwine                   44   21   5  18    49   41   +8    68
 5  Sycorax Kickers                44   20   7  17    43   42   +1    67
 6  Pythagoras FC                  44   20   6  18    56   40  +16    66
 7  Deportivo Pequeña Melilla      44   18  12  14    38   26  +12    66
 8  RCD Nueva Ceuta                44   18   9  17    45   45    0    63
 9  Nuevo Guadix CF                44   16   7  21    69   68   +1    55
10  OGC Nou Nicaea                 44   11   9  24    55   93  -38    42
11  Olympic Doucoure               44   10  12  22    53   98  -45    42     Relegated to Third League
12  Marble Arch Defenders          44   11   5  28    29   55  -26    38     Relegated to Third League

[APOC Coalition]

The Rugby Coalition is a brand new rugby union organization with teams and franchises based in the four nations of Abanhfleft, Pridnestrovia, Oontaz, and Copper Cuprum, who are all loosely organized into the politico-economic organization known simply as the APOC Coalition (APOC standing for Abanhfleft, Pridnestrovia, Oontaz, and Copper Cuprum). The sport of rugby union has a good and respectable following throughout the four nations of the APOC Coalition, but aside from Abanhfleft and probably Pridnestrovia, there aren't enough teams and support for individual leagues across all four countries. The solution to this particular problem was the establishment of the Rugby Coalition, in which all four countries would send forth four teams each to the competition to compete against each other.

These are the sixteen teams that make up the Rugby Coalition:
Abanhfleft
Bytuch Feld Dinosaurs
Haranguer Death Worms
Jasvirabad Titans
San Seriffe Bad Hombres

Copper Cuprum
Albatross Bed Gon
Ken Gon Rooks
Red Gon Red Bulls
Wa Gon Carabiners

Oontaz
Manitogoro Madness
Nineveh Whales
Sasmuan Supermen
Tikrit Oilers

Pridnestrovia
Bierburg Sentinels
Kesselburger Packers
Oshkosh Dnistrosh
Zheleznogorsk Atomsplitters

The Rugby Coalition was inaugurated on September 19, 2021, and its first season has just been concluded successfully with Pridnestrovia's Oshkosh Dnistrosh taking home the first ever Rugby Coalition champions title.

Below is the final results table of the first ever season of the Rugby Coalition, as well as rules for the allocation of points to the teams.
4 points for a win
2 points for a draw
0 points for a loss
1 bonus point for a team scoring at least 4 or more tries in a game
1 bonus point for a team that lost by less than or equal to a converted try (7 points)

2021-22 Rugby Coalition final standings

Pos Team                               Pld    W   D   L    PF   PA   PD   TB   LB   Pts  Ttl
 1  Oshkosh Dnistrosh                   30   17   5   8   455  312 +143    4    5    78   87     Champions, Dwile International
 2  San Seriffe Bad Hombres             30   18   3   9   333  288  +45    2    5    78   85     Dwile International
 3  Haranguer Death Worms               30   17   1  12   534  356 +178    6    6    70   82
 4  Kesselburger Packers                30   17   2  11   339  235 +104    2    6    72   80
 5  Tikrit Oilers                       30   16   2  12   257  285  −28    1    4    68   73
 6  Wa Gon Carabiners                   30   13   4  13   454  414  +40    5    7    60   72
 7  Red Gon Red Bulls                   30   15   1  14   428  360  +68    3    6    62   71
 8  Bytuch Feld Dinosaurs               30   15   1  14   304  298   +6    2    6    62   70
 9  Zheleznogorsk Atomsplitters         30   14   1  15   316  224  +92    3    8    58   69
10  Ken Gon Rooks                       30   14   0  16   239  233   +6    4    9    56   69
11  Nineveh Whales                      30   12   2  16   187  251  −64    2    9    52   63
12  Bierburg Sentinels                  30   11   4  15   175  227  −52    0    9    52   61
13  Sasmuan Supermen                    30   13   2  15   140  196  −56    0    5    56   61
14  Manitogoro Madness                  30   13   0  17   227  334 −107    0    8    52   60
15  Jasvirabad Titans                   30   10   3  17   303  480 −177    2    7    46   55
16  Albatross Bed Gon                   30    9   1  20   284  482 −198    1    6    38   45

[Oontaz Dert Li Ng]

2022-23 Oontaznik First Division Final Standings

Pos Team                       Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts
 1  Pasargad Manitogoro         38   33   3   2   108   16  +92   102     Champions, AOCL
 2  Botafogo de Maranao         38   32   3   3   101   22  +79    99
 3  General Santos FC           38   30   4   4   125   21 +104    94
 4  Hapoel Nineveh              38   31   1   6    87   20  +67    94
 5  Gryphons Nubalochi          38   27   8   3    76   15  +61    89
 6  Real Meycauayan             38   19   4  15    37   39   −2    61
 7  Deportivo Mangudadatu       38   15   6  17    46   72  −26    51
 8  Deportivo Cauayan           38   14   7  17    37   42   −5    49
 9  Tall Afar FC                38   13   6  19    46   54   −8    45
10  Athletic Club Baguio        38   14   3  21    21   29   −8    45
11  Real Altamarino             38   12   7  19    25   37  −12    43
12  Rayo La Presa               38   12   7  19    34   47  −13    43
13  Racing al-Ampatuan          38   12   5  21    18   32  −14    41
14  Atletico Novaliches         38   12   3  23    61   86  −25    39
15  Paniqui CF                  38   11   6  21    56   87  −31    39
16  Gingoog Gymnastic Club      38   11   4  23    49  109  −60    37
17  al-Mutazz FC                38    8  10  20    36   73  −37    34
18  Racing Club Antipolo        38    8   8  22    36   83  −47    32     Relegated to Second Division
19  Bir Tawil                   38    7   5  26    39   91  −52    26     Relegated to Second Division
20  Fudukwan FC                 38    5   8  25    35   98  −63    23     Relegated to Second Division

Congratulations to Pasargad Manitogoro, who successfully defended their title and at the same time set a new record for most points won in a single season in the Oontaznik First Division!

Pasargad Manitogoro, your 2022-23 Oontaznik First Division champions, and the first team to get 100 points or more in a single First Division season!

2022-23 Oontaznik Second Division Final Standings

Pos Team                          Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts
 1  Um al-Gwarif FC                38   21   9   8    75   54  +21    72     Champions, Promoted to First Division
 2  General Trias Multiversal      38   20   5  13    83   57  +26    65     Promoted to First Division
 3  RCD Baler                      38   17   9  12    43   33  +10    60     Promoted to First Division
 4  Habaniyyah Harriers            38   17   9  12    33   25   +8    60
 5  Vigan Athletic                 38   17   8  13    46   53   −7    59
 6  Red Horse Biñan                38   15  13  10    63   56   +7    58
 7  al-Suwayyil                    38   16   9  13    31   26   +5    57
 8  Osmaniyah                      38   16   9  13    36   32   +4    57
 9  Tikrit Wanderers               38   16   9  13    27   27    0    57
10  Maccabi Manassas               38   15  11  12    35   38   −3    56
11  Kota Nibabalu                  38   14  10  14    55   58   −3    52
12  Persephone Hojfsa              38   14   9  15    61   52   +9    51
13  Circe Bacolod                  38   14   9  15    34   31   +3    51
14  Zaman Athletic                 38   13   9  16    27   33   −6    48
15  Dasmariñas Dragons             38   11  12  15    35   41   −6    45
16  AC Luigi Brown                 38   10  13  15    37   45   −8    43
17  Sasmuanense                    38   10  11  17    35   52  −17    41
18  Beitar Gideon                  38   12   4  22    45   66  −21    40     Relegated to Third Division
19  Nasiriyah                      38   10   8  20    31   41  −10    38     Relegated to Third Division
20  Beitar Jericho                 38    7  14  17    49   61  −12    35     Relegated to Third Division

Um al-Gwarif FC, your 2022-23 Oontaznik Second League champions, promoted to the First Division for the first time in their history!

[Abanhfleft]

Ah, finally, that most elusive of leagues, the Fleftic Premier League, has finally decided to rise to the surface and integrate themselves into the international, or should I say multiversal, sports. Rumors of the Fleftic Premier League finally making the step to UICA integration have come long and hard since the arrival of Abanhfleft into the multiverse of sports in 2014 but the actual integration didn't come along until over eight years later, just in time for the beginning of the 2022-23 season. And now, before we kick off things in the FPL, let's take a look at all the participating teams.

Admiral Porcusces: The surprise champions of the 2019-20 FPL season are first up on our list due to alphabetical order. Everyone knows that Admiral's triumph in 2020 was a one-off, a one-time event in which a formerly midtable team was able to get together a string of good results and grinded their way to the Premier League title while the rest of the usual title challengers were suffering from uncharacteristically bad form and no one was able to take too much of an advantage of the situation. The Foxes have slipped back down to midtable following that miracle season, and with their talismanic striker Tristan Lee edging ever closer to retirement and no one looking to be ready to step into his boots in the long term--or short term for that matter--they might just edge that little bit closer to relegation. Prediction: Fourteenth

All-Inclusive Haranguer: The Sand Tigers did well in their second stint back in the FPL but they almost didn't do good enough as they flirted with relegation for all but the final matchdays of the season. Wallace Partridge did a good job of rebuilding the first ever top-flight club in Abanhfleft to field both male and female players into a force to be reckoned with in Unang Liga, but Unang Liga forces to be reckoned with often don't do very well once they make that big step up to the Premier League. Players like Luke de Coubertin, Abigail Papadiamantopoulos, and the twins Faisal and Amirah Mansoor are all too good to remain with Haranguer for long, but as long as Partridge keeps hold of them for one or even two seasons more then Haranguer might just possibly establish themselves as a new midtable club. Prediction: Seventeenth

Antslinngs Islands: When Antslinngs went up from Unang Liga back in 2009, nobody thought that they would end up cementing their place in the FPL, but now, thirteen years later, here the football club from the barrier islands of the Colony of Trendstart still are. The complete and utter miracle of this whole thing is that Antslinngs managed to do this with players who aren't exactly world-beaters on their day, but they know how to play and keep the Islanders up for a very long time. The best player to come out of Antslinngs in the time that they have become sort of a household name due to their association with the Premier League was Lea Choi, and technically she doesn't count because she's a woman and can't play in the FPL except if she signs for All-Inclusive Haranguer, and there's no way in hell that Godric Wexler is going to do that because Lea has made herself such an integral part with the next generation of Lady Gunners. Still, Antslinngs have shown that they have (just) enough quality to remain in the top tier of Fleftic football. Prediction: Twelfth

Arsenal de Releinthi: And now we come to the defending champions. Their brief foray into the short-lived Multiverse Premier League as champions of the 2015-16 season seemed to have sapped a lot of energy from the Gunners as they weren't able to sustain title challenges for the next few years. The closest they came to winning the title once again before last season was the famous "season of the Foxes" in 2019-20, when Admiral Porcusces took home the trophy. Arsenal was acknowledged as the side most likely to bring a cruel end to the fairytale of Admiral Porcusces but in the end, the Foxes were too wily for the Gunners to catch up. But Arsenal and Godric Wexler surprised everyone when they appeared out of nowhere and nipped the title away from Riuwiee United in the last few matchdays of the 2021-22 season despite their aging strikeforce of Godzilla, Uziel Gal Tza'eer, Selim Tiryaki, Elliot Edison, and Ralph Dominguez. But the Gunners did have the likes of Billy Cross, Charlie Lester, and the young goalkeeper Diamander filling in for Miles Hurst when the latter was injured in the final stretch to back up the old guns, and if Wexler can bring out the same fire and passion that he got last season, it's not so inconceivable that Arsenal might be able to defend their title once again. Prediction: First

Athletic Dorfdifving: Credit where credit is due; Dorfdifving were able to make it straight back up to the Premier League after just one season down in Unang Liga. It's even more astonishing considering that the only really famous players in this Dorfdifving side are Louis Simpson and Charlie King, both from the now-disappeared Fairview Islands. A fair few number of their countrymen have made their way to the shores of Abanhfleft with both Simpson and King's help and are now filling roster spots in various teams in Abanhfleft and the Fleftic sphere of influence, including Dorfdifving itself. Aside from Simpson and King, though, it looks as if there's no one else in this team who could or would be able to keep Dorfdifving back up in the Premier League this time around. Sorry, Dorfdifving fans. Prediction: Nineteenth

Fleftic Air Force: And now we arrive at one of two Armed Forces clubs duking it out in the FPL, long after they had massively overstayed their welcome, some folks might say. But teams like Air Force Club don't get to where they are without doing some very hard work of their own. Long known for their practice of fielding only players who are actively serving in the Fleftic Air Force itself, the Air Force Club finally loosened up on this particular restriction starting in the 2016-17 season, when multiversal money began pouring into the league. Air Force finally let go of their active service players in the 2020-21 season after mutual agreement between the player-aviators and the club itself. They've stayed in midtable after all this time with semi-professional players; where could they possibly go now that they've become fully professional? Prediction: Tenth

Fleftic Army: The Army are in a similar position as the Air Force; for a long, long time they've been playing in the Premier League with only active servicemen in their ranks, but with the arrival of Abanhfleft into the multiversal sporting scene, Army were forced to accept that the only way to remain competitive in the FPL was to release their players serving in the Army and become another corporate identity to be able to sign foreign and, most importantly, fully professional players. With this new policy in the works, another midtable finish might just be possible for the Soldiers, although this will be little comfort for those "die-hard" Army fans, who consider this team as a new entity altogether and that the semi-pro Army team now playing in the non-league level is the actual Fleftic Army F.C. Prediction: Eighth

Kimmirut Panhandle: The champions of the 2021-22 Unang Liga are almost self-perpetuating now the myth that they are the yo-yo club of Abanhfleft, bouncing right back up after yet another relegation this season. Some online netizens have already considered a new plan for the Premier League and Unang Liga: pass a law in which Kimmirut must be relegated one season and then promoted the next, and to change the structure of the leagues to ensure that three teams now go up or down alongside Kimmirut. Now, we all know that that won't happen, but it must makes you think of how much Kimmirut's constant promotions and relegations have become so much a part of our lives and culture that some of us are seriously (as in seriously-seriously and not just seriously-in-a-comedically-funny-way) considering putting it into law. But unfortunately I will have to side with the memes at this point and peg them for immediate relegation despite me hating memes to the ends of the earth. Prediction: Eighteenth

Locomotive Imgortur: The team from Verbergerkinnh have done pretty well for the time that they've been in the Premier League. Promoted in 1999, just a few years after the "official" end of the Verbergerkinnh Rebellion and they haven't gone back down ever since. Most probably because of the efforts of a few names such as Veljko Nastasic and Ruud Akinfenyor. You may have heard of them. In the present day though, they've got less of a thing going for them but they do have Fleftic international right back Melisizwe Afolayan playing for them, and club legend Charles Amoroso has come back to Locomotive for his first ever managerial job after seeing out his career in Farfadillis. Here's to hoping that Amoroso does a good enough job for the Engineers this season. Prediction: Ninth

Ludogorets Markovsky: It's been a fairly stable stay in the top tier of Fleftic football for the Foresters once long-time (and long-suffering) fan Julian Markovsky finally got his hands on the club and began pouring money to improve both the club's infrastructure and the quality of players it was able to field. After some fits and starts, promotion was finally achieved in the 2009-10 season, and four years later, Ludogorets was able to lift the Premier League trophy. They became part of the small set of clubs who always have a shot at winning the title after that and they were able to bring the trophy back to Markovsky once again in the season before the previous, once again under the helm of Kasper Molak, and this season it's very much conceivable that they could do it again so long as they keep themselves in contention all throughout the season, something Molak has not been known to do very well. Prediction: Second

Part Two coming next...

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Here is part two of the Fleftic Premier League preview for the 2022-23 season. First of all, the Samahang Futbol ng Abanhfleft would like to profusely apologize for some of the erroneous club badges that have appeared on these pages. It seems as if malicious hackers have replaced the original club badge files with similar-looking badges with obviously-fake club names such as "Leicester City Football Club" for Admiral Porcusces' badge and "Tulsa Roughnecks FC" for Kimmirut Panhandle's badge. The SFA's information technology staff are already hard at work re-uploading the proper club badge images to our servers. We apologize for the inconvenience.
(OOC: Obviously all this is not true; all the badges are just placeholders until I can have proper badges made. )

Malabon SC: The Black-and-Whites impressed us last season with a second-place finish last season, just barely losing out on lifting the Premier League trophy for the third time in their history to an invigorated and refreshed Arsenal side. The future looks very bright for Malabon indeed as they have a very capable midfield mixed with both experience and up-and-coming talent in Valery Zolnerov, Luĉjo Miĥaelo Kleinmann, and Andor Gaál, and with Adelmio Bandini at the helm, there's nowhere to go for Malabon but up. Unfortunately for them, the top will be quite congested with the number of teams competing for the title so they might not be able to make it as high as first or even second this time around. Prediction: Fifth

Marinos Thimpodopoulos: The team from the Fhulghamous Peninsula Colony surprised everyone when they beat Arsenal de Releinthi at home in the first ever game of the 2015-16 season, and although Arsenal went on to defend their title that same season, Marinos have built upon that single game to build their confidence both at home and away and cement their reputation as a midtable club in the PL. Sure, they may have eventually lost the likes of Max Fetfatzidis, Tony Uist, and Lukasz Przyborowski to Rosenpfelblatz City, Brenecia, and retirement respectively, but Friedemann Aleshire looks more than ready to step into those strikers' shoes. And let's not forget the likes of Mafana Kasayogi, Rex Dithers, Alain L'Auvergne, and Hamish Kipling in this squad. Add to that the mercurial goalkeeping talents of Svyatoslav Alkaev and Cheim Ogem and Marinos has a recipe for staying up, but unfortunately for Marinos fans it won't be without its heartstopping moments. Prediction: Fifteenth

Riuwiee United: The Premier League club with the most titles (seven, tied with Arsenal de Releinthi) are going through an unprecedented resurgence under the temperamental Artemio Peres, whose style and tactics of football has been widely mocked and derided by many, but there's no arguing with titles and success with Peres, who already has three Premier League titles (two with Sporting Ceneisis and one with Riuwiee United) and three Pridnestrovian Super League titles (all with Sheriff Tiraspol), as well as a number of cups, under his belt. For his players, club stalwart Luke Edwards remains to marshal the defense, Edison Joao and Isaac Georgiadis will handle the midfield, and Luke's younger brother Rory Edwards will constantly feed balls to the likes of Oren Ya'akovi, Sebastiano Pelucci, and Schottian wunderkind Hamish Muir, who is newly arrived from Quebec and is well-known for leading the line of the Schottian team that beat the Fleftic team in the final of the 9th Under-15 World Cup in Schottia. Competition for places at the top of the Premier League will be tight, but I am confident that Peres and his Blue Tribesmen will make a good showing of themselves this season. Prediction: Third

Rosenpfelblatz City: Another club which has undergone a resurgence following the appointment of a new manager in Joseph Churchill, Rosenpfelblatz City has now become cemented in the minds and hearts of the Fleftic people as one of the top six clubs in the country, one of the six always vying for the Premier League title season in and season out. Of course, many of City's rival fans will quickly say that all this wouldn't be possible without the oil, gas, and gold money coming from the coffers and pockets of Sultan Kudarat of Oontaz in 2008, and that the only title that the club really deserved was their surprise win in the 1999-2000 season. Churchill led the team to their latest title after only three years at the helm, and now, three years later, he looks to win it all once again. To help Churchill out in this task will be Fhulghamousian international striker Max Fetfazidis. Fleftic international striker Kareem Dagen, New Gazi international Mosi Okoye, and the undisputed surprise of DI Bradini Cups past, the Tumbran breakout star Oliver Ganson. In defense, Kenneth Owobowale and Holland Emilianovski will keep the Citizens' back line secure, and in midfield, Hristo Haralampiev will control the middle of the park while it is Alan Turpentine's duty to pump balls forward to the attack. Whichever way the wind will blow for this season, rest assured that it will be a tight affair for Rosenpfelblatz City. Prediction: Fourth

Rosenpfelblatz North End: Rosen North made it back to the top flight of Fleftic football for the first time in sixteen years after surviving a harrowing playoff against Real Mikkaleth but, judging by the squad that barely squeezed into the final playoff spot in Unang Liga last season, their return to Premier League will likely be a short one. Still, if there's one consolation to watching a side that's obviously doomed to relegation, it's the fact that a few stellar prospects and young players will most likely feature for this Rosen North side, like Mercedini's Misha Spartoni and former Sporting Ceneisis academy product (and now AFC Langtree loanee) Christian Vacek Jr., who was sent off by the Blues following his elder half-sister Allie's notorious and well-documented falling-out with the club. Prediction: Twentieth

Sporting Ceneisis: Tullio Zorzalo took everyone by surprise when he took Ceneisis to the Premier League title in just his first season as a manager. Zorzalo, who was then more well-known as one of the players in the inaugural Uranium City Nukes team of the FBA (yes, the Fleftic Basketball Association), was definitely not the man Ceneisis fans had in mind when team owner Nikita Bellich announced that he was going to absolutely shake up the organization, starting with a brand new manager after former manager Artemio Peres went off to his dream club Riuwiee United. But Zorzalo quickly won over almost all of his critics with that resounding Premier League win in 2016-17, and now, he is still aiming for more titles and more glory. And with a team starting from Carlos Cohen in goal to Peter Schermer as the striker, who's going to behoove Zorzalo and the Blues success this season? Us, apparently, as the quality of teams in the top six will certainly put a spanner in those particular works. Prediction: Sixth

Thereisnogodistan FC: The Atheists, like their fellow Fhulghamous-based club Marinos Thimpodopoulos, have done well enough in their first season in the top flight to cement a reputation as a tricky midtable side where anyone can basically drop points at any time. Most of the squad that participated in the short-lived Multiverse Premier League have long since retired or moved on to other clubs, but a few stalwarts still remain, like goalkeepers Wally Arredondo and Samwell Crownover, and forwards Olen Celis and Hugo Willmore. Thereisnogodistan have what it takes to stay up, but never let it be said that they will have it easy this time around. Prediction: Sixteenth

Wabash River: Wabash barely survived last season, making a great escape only in the final five matchdays to consign Sarvusdalamoive to relegation alongside the likes of Bananas FC and Paulsen FC. Still, it's not been a very great season for the Swamp People, but if things go their way this time around, they might just be able to make it with the skin of their teeth (once again). Prediction: Thirteenth

Wanda Island Wanderers: Ah, yes, the Wanderers, who are somehow Arsenal de Releinthi's biggest rivals, even bigger than either Riuwiee United and Sporting Ceneisis despite the geographical distance between Releinthi and Wanda Island. Releinthi and Wanda Island have long been at each other's throats ever since Godric Wexler took over the Gunners and Arsenal have finished above Wanda Island ever since (except for that one season in 2016-17 that no one in Releinthi wants to talk about much and at the same time everyone in Wanda Island wants to talk about much). The Wanderers have never been in the title picture until recent years though, but a new generation of Wanderers such as Caleb Wayne and Arthur MacAlistair will look to change all that though. But that day won't be today, unfortunately for the Wanderers, as there's simply too much competition in the top make room for them. Prediction: Seventh

Xemlice Rovers: Last but not the least, we finally arrive at Lotharstadt, Xemlice for the final team in the Premier League (at least in the alphabetical listings). Gustavo Potter has finally come back home to Xemlice after spending the majority of his career with Gryphons Nubalochi of the Oontaznik First Division. Aside from Gustavo though, there isn't much else in terms of quality in this Xemlice side to make anyone believe that anything other than midtable would be possible for them. Still, you never know. Gustavo Potter still has it in him to change games with the snap of a finger or a kick of the ball, if Xemlice's social media and all the numerous Gustavo Potter highlight videos floating around the interwebs is to be believed. Prediction: Eleventh

And that's it for the Fleftic Premier League preview. We'll be back at the end of the season for the 2022-23 Fleftic Premier League Review. Until then, keep on supporting your side to victory!

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2022-23 Fleftic Premier League Final Standings

Pos Team                         Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts
 1  Rosenpfelblatz City           38   20   9   9    83   64  +19    69     Champions, Champions' Cup
 2  Sporting Ceneisis             38   20   7  11    72   63   +9    67     Globe Cup, Cygnus Cup
 3  Wanda Island Wanderers        38   19   7  12    70   56  +14    64     Globe Cup
 4  Xemlice Rovers                38   18   9  11    77   62  +15    63     Globe Cup
 5  All-Inclusive Haranguer       38   19   6  13    92   83   +9    63
 6  Locomotive Imgortur           38   19   5  14    67   58   +9    62
 7  Fleftic Army                  38   17   9  12    63   48  +15    60
 8  Riuwiee United                38   16  11  11    42   29  +13    59
 9  Arsenal de Releinthi          38   17   7  14   102   88  +14    58
10  Flefic Air Force              38   14  11  13    64   63   +1    53 
11  Athletic Dorfdifving          38   14   9  15    67   75   −8    51 
12  Ludogorets Markovsky          38   13  11  14    65   67   −2    50
13  Admiral Porcusces             38   13  10  15    71   65   +6    49
14  Malabon SC                    38   11  12  15    93   97   −4    45 
15  Thereisnogodistan             38   13   6  19    65   74   −9    45
16  Kimmirut Panhandle            38   12   8  18    55   68  −13    44
17  Marinos Thimpodopoulos        38   12   8  18    60   74  −14    44
18  Wabash River                  38   11   8  19    57   80  −23    41     Relegated to Unang Liga
19  Antslinngs Islands            38   10   9  19    30   43  −13    39     Relegated to Unang Liga
20  Rosenpfelblatz North End      38    8   6  24    67  105  −38    30     Relegated to Unang Liga

2022-23 Fleftic Unang Liga Final Standings

Pos Team                       Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts
 1  Sarvusdalamoive             46   28  11   7   110   57  +53    95     Champions, Promoted to Premier League, SBCC
 2  Paulsen FC                  46   23  14   9    82   49  +33    83     Promoted to Premier League, SBCC
 3  Bananas FC                  46   23  10  13    51   35  +16    79     Promotion playoffs, SBCC
 4  Atletico San Sebastian      46   22  11  13    93   83  +10    77     Promotion playoffs
 5  El Horizonte                46   21  13  12    43   31  +12    76     Promotion playoffs
 6  Electric Yugal              46   19  13  14    85   84   +1    70     Promotion playoffs
 7  Gyouza Young Lads           46   19  12  15    68   62   +6    69
 8  Pilken Kickers              46   18  14  14    93   85   +8    68
 9  Pawwazim                    46   18  12  16    61   60   +1    66
10  Inseparables                46   18  11  17    65   59   +6    65
11  Real Mikkaleth              46   17  13  16    89   82   +7    64
12  Mannerheim Sports           46   18   9  19    80   71   +9    63
13  Dynamo Ja                   46   18   9  19    44   41   +3    63
14  Uranium City Radiation      46   16  15  15    48   52   −4    63
15  Eielo Sunlight              46   16  13  17    48   46   +2    61
16  Buscargill Town             46   16  12  18    70   74   −4    60
17  Chevaliers de Motonou       46   16   9  21    50   65  −15    57
18  Niraza Rovers               46   15  11  20    76  101  −25    56
19  Tefel FC                    46   15   9  22    85   97  −12    54
20  Rodrigues FC                46   14   9  23    74   83   −9    51
21  Miroz Old Boys              46   13  12  21    41   53  −12    51
22  Sporting Busov              46   13  12  21    30   49  −19    51     Relegated to Liga Ikalawa
23  Duhblakk Rovers             46   11   8  27    35   67  −32    41     Relegated to Liga Ikalawa
24  Imperial Markovsky          46   11   6  29    36   71  −35    39     Relegated to Liga Ikalawa

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2022-23 Fleftic Liga Ikalawa Final Standings

Pos Team                     Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts
 1  Malhall United            46   23  11  12    40   28  +12    80     Champions, Promoted to Unang Liga
 2  Pamunas                   46   23  10  13    69   55  +14    79     Promoted to Unang Liga
 3  Berezovsky United         46   23  10  13    61   47  +14    79     Promotion playoffs
 4  Tentenaraya Rovers        46   22  12  12    60   42  +18    78     Promotion playoffs
 5  Keephall Vikings          46   22  10  14    66   54  +12    76     Promotion playoffs
 6  Keklavik United           46   19  15  12    84   64  +20    72     Promotion playoffs
 7  Rapid Pelaez              46   20  11  15    88   67  +21    71
 8  Selid Town                46   19  11  16    40   38   +2    68
 9  Vikrant Rovers            46   19   9  18    73   69   +4    66
10  Sociedad de Pesadill      46   18  11  17    37   29   +8    65
11  Porcusces Tsunamis        46   20   5  21    77   94  −17    65
12  Reyes United              46   18  10  18    69   66   +3    64
13  West Releinthi City       46   16  14  16    37   33   +4    62
14  Effelenendro              46   17  11  18    31   37   −6    62
15  Bytuch Wyk Wanderers      46   15  16  15    65   68   −3    61
16  Bohuda United             46   16  11  19    52   55   −3    59
17  Sporting Wappinger        46   17   8  21    49   54   −5    59
18  Southern Imgortur         46   16  11  19    43   48   −5    59
19  Sporting Tiembabkh        46   14  15  17    37   39   −2    57
20  Zenit Novograd            46   14  12  20    36   46  −10    54
21  Pazugas                   46   13  10  23    70   93  −23    49
22  Real Haritzaga            46   10  17  19    56   76  −20    47     Relegated to Liga Ikatlo
23  Garufaloe                 46   11  13  22    45   59  −14    46     Relegated to Liga Ikatlo
24  Onghawesk East End        46    9  13  24    38   62  −24    40     Relegated to Liga Ikatlo

2022-23 Fleftic Liga Ikatlo Final Standings

Pos Team                      Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts
 1  Real San Seriffe           46   26   7  13    39   25  +14    85     Champions, Promoted to Liga Ikalawa
 2  Sporting Mykorrigan        46   22  13  11    44   26  +18    79     Promoted to Liga Ikalawa
 3  Nuclear Spriekt            46   21   9  16    69   59  +10    72     Promotion playoffs
 4  FC Afa-az                  46   20  12  14    58   55   +3    72     Promotion playoffs
 5  Riuwiee Metropolitan       46   19  14  13    39   36   +3    71     Promotion playoffs
 6  Nnettekkebb Wanderers      46   21   7  18    42   37   +5    70     Promotion playoffs
 7  Purzat Rovers              46   19  11  16    33   30   +3    68
 8  Tutschkill Town            46   16  18  12    55   45  +10    66
 9  Lokoue Llamas              46   17  13  16    38   41   −3    64
10  Bartunna United            46   15  17  14    46   39   +7    62
11  The Other Side             46   16  14  16    60   57   +3    62
12  North Iboyie Albion        46   16  14  16    33   32   +1    62
13  Tanasteh United            46   17  11  18    33   33    0    62
14  Arlkornd Diamonds          46   16  14  16    26   32   −6    62
15  Haranguer Town AFC         46   13  21  12    52   45   +7    60
16  Mertano & Mertayev         46   15  14  17    48   51   −3    59
17  Uthilmir United            46   16  11  19    22   28   −6    59
18  Al-Wilayat                 46   14  15  17    40   50  −10    57
19  Koob Rovers                46   15  10  21    59   73  −14    55
20  Athletic Bergson           46   15  10  21    39   53  −14    55
21  Olistan Presbyterians      46   15   9  22    27   32   −5    54
22  Khimik Ogovlich            46   14  10  22    25   31   −6    52     Relegated to National Conference
23  Nou Constantinopoli        46   13  11  22    72   78   −6    50     Relegated to National Conference
24  Moroni City                46   13  11  22    54   65  −11    50     Relegated to National Conference

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2022-23 SFA Cup First Round
The lowest sixteen (16) teams in the lowest tier of the Liga ng Abanhfleft (currently Liga Ikatlo) enter the first round of the SFA Cup for eight places in the second round.

Riuwiee Metropolitan 1–0 Arlkornd Diamonds
Nuclear Spriekt 3–2 FC Afa-az
Al-Wilayat 2–1 Real San Seriffe
Nnettekkebb Wanderers 2–1 Khimik Ogovlich
Koob Rovers 2–4 Tutschkill Town
North Iboyie Albion 0–1 Lokoue Llamas
The Other Side 4–1 Tanasteh United
Purzat Rovers 2–3 Moroni City

2022-23 SFA Cup Second Round
The remaining eight (8) teams in Liga Ikatlo, along with all twenty-four (24) teams in Liga Ikalawa, enter the second round along with the eight (8) winners of the first round. The forty (40) teams will play against each other for twenty (20) spots into the third round.

Pamunas 0–1 Malhall United
Sociedad de Pesadill 0–1 Sporting Mykorrigan
Garufaloe 2–2 Haranguer Town AFC (2–3 AET)
Keklavik United 0–2 Nou Constantinopoli
The Other Side 1–1 Athletic Bergson (1–1 AET) (3–4 pen.)
Real Haritzaga 3–1 Selid Town
Mertano & Mertayev 3–2 Bartunna United
Reyes United 5–2 Berezovsky United
Nnettekkebb Wanderers 0–1 Uthilmir United
Vikrant Rovers 3–0 West Releinthi City
Nuclear Spriekt 1–0 Effelenendro
Porcusces Tsunamis 1–1 Moroni City (3–2 AET)
Sporting Tiembabkh 1–0 Al-Wilayat
Pazugas 4–2 Tentenaraya Rovers
Tutschkill Town 4–2 Keephall Vikings
Southern Imgortur 5–2 Lokoue Llamas
Bohuda United 0–3 Sporting Wappinger
Olistan Presbyterians 1–0 Riuwiee Metropolitan
Bytuch Wyk Wanderers 2–3 Zenit Novograd
Rapid Pelaez 0–0 Onghawesk East End (1–1 AET) (2–3 pen.)

2022-23 SFA Cup Third Round
The twenty (20) winners of the second round enter the third round alongside all twenty-four (24) teams of Unang Liga and the twenty (20) teams of the Fleftic Premier League for a total of sixty-four (64) teams in the third round.

Southern Imgortur 3–1 Pawwazim
Olistan Presbyterians 1–2 Arsenal de Releinthi
Nou Constantinopoli 0–0 Malhall United (0–0 AET) (2–3 pen.)
Ludogorets Markovsky 4–3 Real Haritzaga
Wanda Island Wanderers 0–2 Locomotive Imgortur
Imperial Markovsky 1–0 Mannerheim Sports
Uthilmir United 0–1 Athletic Bergson
Riuwiee United 1–2 Dynamo Ja
Kimmirut Panhandle 2–1 Haranguer Town AFC
Buscargill Town 0–0 Sporting Tiembabkh (0–0 AET) (2–1 pen.)
Admiral Porcusces 1–1 Rosenpfelblatz City (1–1 AET) (4–3 pen.)
Inseparables 3–1 Athletic Dorfdifving
Miroz Old Boys 1–2 Zenit Novograd
Porcusces Tsunamis 2–4 Sporting Ceneisis
All-Inclusive Haranguer 5–4 Atletico San Sebastian
Pilken Kickers 2–2 Fleftic Army (2–2 AET) (3–0 pen.)
Sporting Mykorrigan 1–2 Xemlice Rovers
Pazugas 2–4 Real Mikkaleth
Marinos Thimpodopoulos 3–1 Nuclear Spriekt
Reyes United 1–1 Sporting Busov (1–2 AET)
Wabash River 2–0 Paulsen FC
Tutschkill Town 3–3 Gyouza Young Lads (3–3 AET) (4–5 pen.)
Vikrant Rovers 0–2 Sporting Wappinger
Chevaliers de Motonou 1–2 Electric Yugal
Fleftic Air Force 0–0 Onghawesk East End (2–0 AET)
Malabon SC 3–2 Tefel FC
El Horizonte 2–3 Niraza Rovers
Eielo Sunlight 2–1 Sarvusdalamoive
Bananas FC 1–1 Thereisnogodistan (1–2 AET)
Rodrigues FC 2–2 Rosenpfelblatz North End (2–2 AET) (2–3 pen.)
Antslinngs Islands 1–0 Mertano & Mertayev
Uranium City Radiation 1–3 Duhblakk Rovers

The biggest stories of the Third Round: Joe Churchill's Rosenpfelblatz City side goes out of the third round, losing on penalties against Tristan Lee's Admiral Porcusces; and All-Inclusive Haranguer finally get a win over their bogey team Atletico San Sebastian in a nine-goal thriller at the National Book Store Stadium, with All-Inclusive edging the contest 5-4. Special mention goes to the tie between Buscargill Town and Sporting Tiembabkh which ended in a penalty shootout in which Buscargill emerged triumphant after both teams somehow conspired to miss all five of their opening spot kicks respectively. This match is now being dubbed by Fleftic footie fans as "the worst game of football in the history of Abanhfleft".

2022-23 SFA Cup Fourth Round
The field narrows from thirty-two (32) teams to sixteen (16).

Athletic Bergson 4–2 Rosenpfelblatz North End
Duhblakk Rovers 0–1 Dynamo Ja
Antslinngs Islands 3–1 Electric Yugal
Thereisnogodistan 1–1 Marinos Thimpodopoulos (1–1 AET) (4–2 pen.)
Inseparables 3–2 Fleftic Air Force
Malhall United 0–1 Sporting Busov
Southern Imgortur 1–2 Locomotive Imgortur
Niraza Rovers 0–0 Sporting Ceneisis (0–2 AET)
Malabon SC 3–3 Eielo Sunlight (3–3 AET) (5–4 pen.)
Kimmirut Panhandle 0–1 Wabash River
Buscargill Town 1–5 Sporting Wappinger
Gyouza Young Lads 1–0 Imperial Markovsky
Xemlice Rovers 3–3 Pilken Kickers (3–3 AET) (3–5 pen.)
Ludogorets Markovsky 3–0 Real Mikkaleth
Arsenal de Releinthi 1–1 Zenit Novograd (1–1 AET) (4–5 pen.)
All-Inclusive Haranguer 2–2 Admiral Porcusces (3–2 AET)

Liga Ikatlo side Athletic Bergson makes club history as the Chocolatiers advances to the fifth round of the SFA Cup for the first time in over 63 years when they beat Premier League side Rosenpfelblatz North End 4-2 in front of Bergson's home fans. Bergson held on despite late heroics from Rosen North's wunderkinds Misha Spartoni and Christian Vacek Jr. But the award for the biggest upset of the tournament so far goes to Zenit Novograd, who toppled Godric Wexler's Arsenal de Releinthi at the Monsanto Stadium in a heartstopping penalty shootout; Elliot Edison's skyward penalty miss crushing the hearts and hopes of Gunners fans nationwide. If anyone has any plans of ArsenalFanTV and chill, prepare to grab bucketloads of popcorn. And Gustavo Potter was also at fault for missing his penalty and letting Pilken Kickers pull off a giant-killing against his beloved Xemlice Rovers.

2022-23 SFA Cup Fifth Round
Sixteen (16) teams become eight (8).

Gyouza Young Lads 1–2 Athletic Bergson
Wabash River 2–2 Inseparables (2–4 AET)
Ludogorets Markovsky 1–0 Sporting Busov
Locomotive Imgortur 0–3 Antslinngs Islands
Dynamo Ja 1–2 Malabon SC
Sporting Ceneisis 2–0 All-Inclusive Haranguer
Zenit Novograd 1–2 Sporting Wappinger
Thereisnogodistan 3–5 Pilken Kickers

Athletic Bergson's fairy-tale run through the SFA Cup continues as they sweep aside the Gyouza Young Lads away from home to advance to the cup quarterfinals for the first time ever in their history. Zenit Novograd's run however comes to an end in front of their home fans courtesy of a 2-1 loss to Sporting Wappinger, another team making history of their own in the competition. Wappinger hadn't been to the quarterfinals of the SFA Cup in 26 years and Wappinger fans will be anticipating their team's next draw with bated but expectant breath.

2022-23 SFA Cup Quarterfinals
Eight (8) teams enter, but only four (4) will come out.

Malabon SC 1–1 Sporting Ceneisis (1–1 AET) (1–3 pen.)
Ludogorets Markovsky 0–0 Antslinngs Islands (1–1 AET) (2–0 pen.)
Inseparables 2–3 Athletic Bergson
Sporting Wappinger 0–0 Pilken Kickers (0–0 AET) (3–4 pen.)

All but one of these SFA Cup quarterfinals games ended in a penalty shootout, and the one that ended in regular time isn't the one you're expecting, or maybe it is. In any case, Tullio Zorzalo and Sporting Ceneisis survived a shootout against Malabon SC to advance to their second SFA Cup semifinal in two seasons. Kasper Molak and Ludogorets Markovsky kept everyone on the edge of their seats as they unleashed a flurry of shots and attacks against Antslinngs Islands even though the resulting penalty shootout ended up being a massive downer of an anticlimax, and the Ludogorets-Antslinngs penalty shootout is now being mentioned in the same breath as the Buscargill-Tiembabkh shootout (and it's a complete toss-up about which is honestly worse). Pilken Kickers triumphed over Sporting Wappinger and brought the Green-Whites' unexpected and unprecedented cup run to an end, and Athletic Bergson advanced to their first ever SFA Cup semifinal after a five-goal thriller against Inseparables, emerging as 3-2 winners.

2022-23 SFA Cup Semifinals
Between four (4) teams, only two (2) will have the right to fight for the cup. Who will those two teams be?

Sporting Ceneisis 5–4 Athletic Bergson
Ludogorets Markovsky 1–1 Pilken Kickers (1–1 AET) (3–4 pen.)

Sporting Ceneisis brings Athletic Bergson's fairy tale to a screeching halt but not before both sides had scored a total of nine goals. Peter Schermer bagged a hat-trick to advance the Blues to their second SFA Cup final in the same number of seasons. But hopes of a repeat of last season's final between Ceneisis and Ludogorets Markovsky proved to be fruitless as Pilken Kickers defeated Kasper Molak's Foresters in a penalty shootout. The coming SFA Cup Final is the first time that an Unang Liga team will feature since 2009, when then Unang Liga side Real Mikkaleth contested the cup against Riuwiee United.

2022-23 SFA Cup Final
Out of two (2) teams left, only one (1) shall emerge triumphant. Who will lift the Cup this time? Will the Blues repeat their feat last season or will Pilken Kickers defy the odds and pull off the greatest upset and giant-killing in the SFA Cup's recent history?

Pilken Kickers 1–1 Sporting Ceneisis (1–1 AET) (4–5 pen.)

It took penalties to separate these two teams but the SFA Cup stays in Throckmorton Bridge, Mereilles, and with Tullio Zorzalo and Sporting Ceneisis. Pilken Kickers gave it all they got but the Blues just had just that little bit more of quality over their opponents. Enjoy that tin idol, Sporting Ceneisis, your 2022-23 SFA Cup winners!

Sporting Ceneisis, your 2022-23 SFA Cup winners!

[Abanhfleft]

For a long time, promotion through the Liga ng Abanhfleft (the second to fourth tiers of football in Abanhfleft) has been determined in one of two ways: by automatic promotion as champions of their league and the second-best team, and the promotion playoffs in which the third, fourth, fifth, and sixth best teams in the league play against each to take the third promotion place to the higher league. Starting in 1994 (the foundation of the Fleftic Premier League), the third and sixth-placed teams and the fourth and fifth-placed teams faced each other in a two-legged playoff with the winners of both playoffs coming against each other in the playoff final at a neutral venue, at first a stadium occupied by a team in the same league equidistant (or as equidistant as possible) from both teams and then starting in 2009 the May 26 Revolution Memorial Stadium, with the winner of the final taking the third promotion place.

For the 2022-23 season, the Samahang Futbol ng Abanhfleft debuted a new promotion playoff format in which the fifth-placed team would face the third-placed team at home and the sixth-placed team would face the fourth-placed team at home. The ties would be decided on the day, going to extra time and penalties if needed. This new format received widespread criticism from both clubs and fans and the SFA has decided that it will return to the old format starting in the 2023-24 season.

2022-23 Unang Liga promotion playoffs

Playoff 1 @ Estadio Luis Garrigo, Horizon, Duhblakk
El Horizonte 0–0 Bananas FC (0–1 AET)
Bananas FC advances to the Unang Liga promotion playoff final in extra time

Playoff 2 @ Weehawken Air Arena, Yugal, Eielo
Electric Yugal 0–0 Atletico San Sebastian (0–0 AET) (3–0 pen.)
Electric Yugal advances to the Unang Liga promotion playoff final on penalties

2022-23 Liga Ikalawa promotion playoffs

Playoff 3 @ Hall of Heroes, Keephall, Malhall
Keephall Vikings 1–1 Berezovsky United (1–2 AET)
Berezovsky United advances to the Liga Ikalawa promotion playoff final in extra time

Playoff 4 @ Stade Olaf Ragnar Grimsson, Keklavik, Fleftic Antarctica
Keklavik United 1–1 Tentenaraya Rovers (2–1 AET)
Keklavik United advances to the Liga Ikalawa promotion playoff final in extra time

2022-23 Liga Ikatlo promotion playoffs

Playoff 5 @ Police Field, Riuwiee
Riuwiee Metropolitan 1–2 Nuclear Spriekt
Nuclear Spriekt advances to the Liga Ikatlo promotion playoff final

Playoff 6 @ Essttadde dde Ccittatte dde Nnettekkebb, Nnettekkebb, Ddallakk
Nnettekkebb Wanderers 0–0 FC Afa-az (0–1 AET)
FC Afa-az advances to the Liga Ikatlo promotion playoff final in extra time

2022-23 Liga ng Abanhfleft promotion playoff finals

Unang Liga promotion playoff final @ May 26 Revolution Memorial Stadium, Riuwiee
Bananas FC 0–1 Electric Yugal
Electric Yugal is promoted to the Fleftic Premier League

Liga Ikalawa promotion playoff final @ May 26 Revolution Memorial Stadium, Riuwiee
Berezovsky United 3–2 Keklavik United
Berezovsky United is promoted to Unang Liga

Liga Ikatlo promotion playoff final @ May 26 Revolution Memorial Stadium, Riuwiee
FC Afa-az 0–2 Nuclear Spriekt
Nuclear Spriekt is promoted to Liga Ikalawa

[Abanhfleft]

Another season of the Fleftic Premier League has come and gone, and now it's time to look back and watch how it all unfolded with the benefit of 20/20 hindsight. But before everyone pipes in to add their respective two cents as to how and why this campaign unfolded the way it did, let's take a look at how our predictions compare to the actual reality of the concluded Premier League campaign.

Rosenpfelblatz City
Predicted Finish: Fourth
Actual Finish: First
When you have a top seven as stacked as Abanhfleft's, it's almost impossible to choose one side to win it all without caveats that the rest of the best would falter somewhere along the way. But indeed that is what happened with Rosenpfelblatz City as they took home the Premier League title for the fifth time since the foundation of the Premier League. Incidentally, the Sky Blues' points total of 69 points is the lowest tally of points since Sarvusdalamoive's 71-point haul back in the 2009-10 season during which everyone agrees all of the other teams had gone through a rough patch throughout the season, resulting in the Pinks, currently playing in Unang Liga, to win their first and currently only Premier League title. It's almost the same thing this season with Rosen City drawing nine games and losing nine as well, but the most important thing is that they racked up twenty wins to go with those nine draws and nine losses, and it has to be said that being very stacked in attack and having a dependable back line helped them very much during their campaign. Joe Churchill must be pleased.

Sporting Ceneisis
Predicted Finish: Sixth
Actual Finish: Second
In the end, two points was the difference between Sporting Ceneisis being level on points with Rosenpfelblatz City with only goal difference separating the two sides. But instead of salvaging some pride for the Blues in the final matchday, they drew 1-1 with a struggling Ludogorets Markovsky side. But let's be honest, a poor run of results to start off the season meant that Ceneisis weren't really in the title picture until the last few matchdays of the season, and even then the goal difference that Rosenpfelblatz City had built up was too much for Tullio Zorzalo's boys to reduce unless they had a very big victory at home against the Foresters and obviously that didn't happen. Nevertheless, Zorzalo would probably have more positive than negative things to say to his team as they look to try once again. The Globe Cup would also be a good place to blood themselves on the international stage now that Abanhfleft has made the integration into UICA.

Wanda Island Wanderers
Predicted Finish: Seventh
Actual Finish: Third
Oh, another season of what-ifs for this Wanda Island team as they let slip their lead at the top of the Premier League and let Rosenpfelblatz City get away with the title. The fact that they drew three and lost two of their last five games to deny them their first ever Premier League title will be a very sore point for Wanda Island fans for years to come and is expected to be one of the few bright spots that Arsenal de Releinthi fans will hold on to from this season. Seeing as how things went for them, no one will blame them. One thing is for certain, though: Arthur MacAlistair cannot carry this Wanda Island team all by himself. Petro Zhdanov is good support for him but the Pridnestrovian striker is too inconsistent; consistency will be the key to Wanda Island's success if they are to make further inroads come the new season.

Xemlice Rovers
Predicted Finish: Eleventh
Actual Finish: Fourth
Well, well, well, maybe Gustavo Potter's homecoming will turn out to be a good thing after all. Everyone had their doubts about Gustavo's comeback attempt with the club that started it all for him, with many pundits saying that Potter will have trouble leading this young squad to actual physical and tangible glories. Well, the Premier League was always a long shot for Xemlice and they were eliminated by the eventual losing finalists Pilken Kickers in the SFA Cup but at least Gustavo Potter and Xemlice will finally get to experience club-level international football with UICA's Globe Cup for at least one more season. And that has to count as a success in his book, or anyone else's.

All-Inclusive Haranguer
Predicted Finish: Seventeenth
Actual Finish: Fifth
Looks like Wallace Partridge and his men have made a little more history than even they expected. Everyone was pegging the Sand Tigers to have a difficult time, perhaps ending up in mid-table or more likely a relegation dogfight. But far from both those results, All-Inclusive Haranguer have actually ended up in fifth place, just a few points shy of their first ever UICA appearance after just their third season in their second stint in the Premier League. The rise of the Sand Tigers' young central midfield in Luke de Coubertin and Abigail Papadiamantopoulos certainly contributed to Haranguer's meteoric rise up the Premier League table, and Sam Gonza, despite being already over thirty years old, is still banging in the goals for his side. We don't know for how long Gonza will be able to keep scoring goals and we also don't know how long Coubertin and Papadiamantopoulos will remain with the Sand Tigers but as long as they're there, All-Inclusive just might have a shot of securing their spot in the upper half of the table.

Locomotive Imgortur
Predicted Finish: Ninth
Actual Finish: Sixth
It is kind of a surprise to see Locomotive this far up the table despite having what is admittedly an average squad in comparison to some of the other squads that teams have at their disposal at this end of the Premier League. Nevertheless, with a young but already decently talented squad at his disposal, Charles Amoroso achieved the goals set out before him by the board and could even be said to have succeeded it, and if they can just hold on to their players, Locomotive might just be in with a shout for challenging for those UICA places sooner than later.

Fleftic Army
Predicted Finish: Eighth
Actual Finish: Seventh
The Army Club is still their usual average selves, and their performance in the recently concluded Premier League season shows this. The transition from a purely Fleftic Army-based roster to a professional team composed of players from Abanhfleft and outside has been a bit difficult for Army but the fact that they're still in the league (and at seventh place) after this delicate transition period with a cast of average and (sometimes) above-average and below-average players shows that maybe they do still deserve their spot in the league. Just this pundit's two cents.

Riuwiee United
Predicted Finish: Third
Actual Finish: Eighth
Now this was a finish that no one really expected, barring the one suffered by Arsenal which we will discuss later on. To be quite honest, a lot of us were expecting Artemio Peres to repeat his title heroics back in the 2017-18 season or at the very least keep the Blue Tribesmen in that top four. But competition for those four places has become very, very stiff, and for once Peres’ defensive football, while helping him amass a good number of points from other teams in the Premier League, didn’t help him out when he needed to score more goals once his opponents had figured out how to break down his defensive walls. The only bright spot in United’s otherwise abysmal season is their young Schottic striker Hamish Muir, who has already created a lofty tally at the May 26 Revolution Stadium and will be looking to improve on that as Artemio Peres strives to steer the Blue Tribesmen to the UICA places. Likewise, Riuwiee’s other young guns, Rory Edwards and Isaac Georgiadis, did very well this season but the veterans will have to take up the slack that the youngsters have apparently given to themselves once they saw this season slipping out of their hands. If Riuwiee United is to succeed next season then both the young and the old must begin pulling their weight and contribute all they can to the club.

Arsenal de Releinthi
Predicted Finish: First
Actual Finish: Ninth
Simply put, Arsenal’s problems lie with their defense. Yes, they can score goals all the live-long day, but if their defense cannot stop their side from leaking as many goals as they score or, even worse, more than they put into the back of the opponents’ net. The Gunners’ tally of 102 goals scored in the Premier League this season is impressive, but when you look at the number of goals they have conceded (88 if you haven’t been looking) then that marks the difference between them and all the other clubs. To reiterate: creating and scoring goals is not Arsenal de Releinthi’s problem. They can create and score goals in droves, from their thirty-plus strikers and even from almost every player they could field onto the pitch. No, the Gunners’ problem lies in the fact that they cannot close out games. That fact cost them dearly in the early part of the season and that’s the reason why they slipped this far down the table. Godric Wexler only has one more year left in his contract extension following triumph in the League in the 2021-22 season, and if he wants to leave behind a great team to his successor then he needs to invest in a good defense. He must get good defenders for this Arsenal de Releinthi team, or else all that goal production could end up being for naught once again.

Fleftic Air Force
Predicted Finish: Tenth
Actual Finish: Tenth
Huh, will you look at that. We predicted the Air Force team to end up in tenth in this league and they actually did just that, the absolute madmen. Still, it feels good to have at least one prediction vindicated in this season which has looked to be a bit of a confusing and topsy-turvy season in terms of teams ending up in the top, middle, and bottom of this table. It’s particularly impressive (or seeing as they did exactly what was predicted of them then maybe not so impressive at all) that the Air Force club was able to do this despite them also going through a transition period from an all-Air Force team to a professional team like their Army rivals. In the end it was striker Loris Wilder who carried the Airmen to their current place in the league, and while they weren’t able to finish over their Army rivals once again, at least this time they’re keeping up the fight until the very end. Now the question is to whether they should just stick with mid-table mediocrity or if they should go for attempting to sneak into the UICA places now that Abanhfleft is fully integrated to the multiversal league.

Athletic Dorfdifving
Predicted Finish: Nineteenth
Actual Finish: Eleventh
A lot of people and pundits predicted the Canaries to go down this season but Athletic Dorfdifving proved all of the doubters wrong. Dorfdifving was selected for relegation because everyone saw them as being only a team of one star in the form of Charlie King surrounded by other otherwise-unremarkable players. No one definitely expected the rise of a certain Charlie Forbes into the scene. It is this aforementioned Forbes which chipped in alongside Charlie King both in terms of goals and leadership, something which Dorfdifving lacked in their first season back in the Premier League last season. And almost everyone else in that Dorfdifving team contributed at least a goal or two or a vital tackle or interception, and that certainly can only help the Canaries’ cause. A few well-thought-out moves in the transfer window and maybe securing their newfound star players on longer and maybe bigger contracts could help, but there’s always the risk of guys like Charlie Forbes ending up being a one-season wonder… Well, here’s to hoping that that doesn’t happen for Dorfdifving!

Ludogorets Markovsky
Predicted Finish: Second
Actual Finish: Twelfth
And yet another disappointment from what is supposed to be a top-six team. Ludogorets hadn't finished this low in the table since they were bought by long-time fan Julian Markovsky back in 2010. The season that Markovsky finally got enough money to buy out the club from its former owners, they finished fifteenth out of twenty, very close to relegation. Only three years later and they've already won the Premier League, and they've become a member of that elite club of Fleftic clubs (repetitive much?) which are always expected to compete for the title season in, season out. This final result surely is an outlier for the Foresters, or is it? This is the fifth year of Kasper Molak's second tenure in the Old Forester after all and everyone who's been following the Fleftic national football team will know that Molak's teams will always drop in form whenever he stays in one job for too long. Kasper still has next season to prove that this is not going to be a regular thing for Ludogorets but if he messes this up one too many times next season, it's goodbye to Kasper Molak once again from the fans and owners of Ludogorets Markovsky.

Admiral Porcusces
Predicted Finish: Fourteenth
Actual Finish: Thirteenth
Everyone had long accepted that Admiral Porcusces' sudden and unexpected title victory in the 2019-2020 season came completely out of left field and wouldn't happen again, most likely for a very long time. This isn't to say that it won't happen; there is a possibility that it will, but that day won't be today, especially not for Admiral Porcusces. As had been noted in the preseason league predictions, Admiral had a very hard time keeping up with the rest of the top six seeing as they have been especially reliant on their once-talismanic striker Tristan Lee. Well, Lee did eventually get help from his second striker Uriah Holt and Fleftic under-21 international Arkady Rozier but it doesn't cover for the fact that the team is no longer the well-oiled that it once was during their fairy-tale season, but even as Lee nears retirement, Holt and Rozier look to be capable of taking up his mantle as Admiral Porcusces' dependable goalscorers. But maybe investing in the next transfer window will do wonders for the Foxes too.

Malabon SC
Predicted Finish: Fifth
Actual Finish: Fourteenth
Arguably the biggest disappointment of the season. After a second-place finish back in 2021-22, Malabon were pegged to be finally returning to stake their place in the top six or even turn the whole thing into a top seven with Malabon being of course the seventh team that rounds out all of the usual challengers for the Premier League title. Instead, that didn't happen. Kevin Kelvin was good for the Black-Whites; he always is; and Lucjo Kleinmann, Valery Zolnerov and Andor Gaal were also dependable, but everyone else was frankly wank for the Black-Whites. The goalkeepers were awful; the defense was awful; the midfield was awful at actually defending, instead opting for the "offense is the best defense" mentality, and look how well that worked out for them. It's curtains for Adelmio Bandini after that frankly pathetic showing for Malabon and it's up to his successor (still unknown at the time of this writing) to get the most out of this group of players and replicate their better days and hopefully even exceed them with a possible title. But really, Malabon SC lifting the title? That's probably an even longer shot than Admiral Porcusces, to be honest.

Thereisnogodistan FC
Predicted Finish: Sixteenth
Actual Finish: Fifteenth
Behold, an underperforming team in the Premier League from the Fhulghamous Peninsula. Thereisnogodistan was a pleasant surprise for Premier League watchers when they finally made the leap up from Unang Liga but it was their performances in the short-live Multiverse Premier League which really made them stick out in the minds of people. They were doing well in the MPL of course, but when it came to juggling their MPL and Fleftic Premier League schedules, people were expecting this to be a drain in their resources and players. But they made it work, by God, and they’ve been rewarded for it by more than a decade’s stay in the highest level of professional football in Abanhfleft. The strange thing though is that now that they have no more MPL to distract them, surely they should be able to conquer the Premier League and become an upper-mid-table side. But that’s not what happened. Maybe that injury to their new Nueva Andalusian striker Jeremias Rodriguez had something to do with it. The bad thing for Thereisnogodistan is that Rodriguez is not getting any younger and this injury may have actually chopped off a few years from Rodriguez’s career. And the players that had got them through the earlier Premier League and the MPL are also growing old and losing that magic touch. A shakeup is desirous for this club.

Kimmirut Panhandle
Predicted Finish: Eighteenth
Actual Finish: Sixteenth
Kimmirut Panhandle have managed to avoid the drop this time around, but only by the skin of their teeth. They will have no one but their (partial) namesake to thank for that, Kim Jae-in. The Oontaznik footballer originally plied his trade for General Trias Multiversal over in the Oontaznik Second Division before Kimmirut picked him up for 5 million new penenks to bolster their attack for yet another campaign in the top flight, a campaign in which their aim this time is to stick around the top flight for longer than two or even three seasons. So far they have managed to stave off the drop, but it’s just one season past. There are still at least two more seasons to go for Kimmirut to actually cement their place in the Premier League. Whether they can actually do it is another matter entirely. Certainly Kim Jae-in alone wouldn’t help keep the club. They need reinforcements, and fast.

Marinos Thimpodopoulos
Predicted Finish: Fifteenth
Actual Finish: Seventeenth
Yet another Premier League club from the Fhulghamous has disappointed us. Will tenth in the league forever remain their best finish? Whatever happened to the side that people thought would finally be able to break through the dominance of the top six of the Premier League and add a new challenger to the mix? By the looks of it, challenging for top ten honors has become a bit too much of a job for Marinos and they have become complacent, satisfied with mid-table and not aiming much higher than that. But, as their sudden and unexpected descent into the relegation dogfight showed, complacency is the death of many a football club. Teams which have become complacent and satisfied with mid-table in the Premier League like Sarvusdalamoive, Tefel, Real Mikkaleth, and Dynamo Ja have all paid for their complacency in the league with descent into the Liga ng Abanhfleft. Not that it’s a bad thing, of course, but there will always be those football purists or nostalgia lovers who will wish for the day that the aforementioned sides are back in the top flight. Marinos Thimpodopoulos have what it takes to remain in the top flight and maybe eventually challenge the dominance of the top six once again, but unless they make moves to improve their squad now, they could very well end up alongside the fallen giants.

Wabash River
Predicted Finish: Thirteenth
Actual Finish: Eighteenth
Well, it had to happen eventually. Wabash River have been pulling off escape after escape that surely they must have already used up all of their nine lives to stave off what had appeared to be the inevitable for many Premier League fans. They wouldn’t go so far as to say that everyone who played for Wabash were nicking a living but the sentiment certainly was present for those eagle-eyed enough to see it. Of course, seeing Wabash being called “the turd that wouldn’t flush” doesn’t help matters one bit for them too. It’s just that Wabash’s players are so average that nobody even dares to make themselves stand out. Well, some of them have stood out, but not of their own choice. Dopinder Kumar, for example. Who scores an own goal for three games straight and still makes their way into the starting eleven of a team? Dopinder Kumar, that’s who. At least Rob West and James Yulin have both been a breath of fresh air for this side but unfortunately, Wabash’s mediocrity was too much for them. To be perfectly honest, it may be too much even for the likes of Godzilla, Oren Ya’akovi or Peter Schermer, and they’re all quality Premier League-tested strikers. Well, at least they’ll spice up life in Unang Liga somewhat. That is, if they don’t get poached by Premier League clubs.

Antslinngs Islands
Predicted Finish: Twelfth
Actual Finish: Nineteenth
This has been the story of the Premier League in recent years: a team which has been relatively stable in terms of league position suddenly falls into the relegation dogfight and ends up going down due to some factor or another. Antslinngs Islands is that team from mid-table that have suddenly ended up being relegated. It was such a shame that it had to be them, too. Their Oontaznik signing (it’s always the Oontazniks who end up stealing the show in the Fleftic PL, no?) Weyverley has come very good this season but it ultimately wasn’t enough as they were sorely lacking in goals, a commodity which is very much crucial to survival in the Premier League. It’s not that they don’t produce too many chances (that would be Riuwiee United, cough cough) but Antslinngs have been quite wasteful with the chances that they have had. There were days where they simply couldn’t convert a chance if their lives depended on it. Well, their lives in the Premier League did depend on it, and now they have paid the price by falling back down to Unang Liga.

Rosenpfelblatz North End
Predicted Finish: Twentieth
Actual Finish: Twentieth
Ah, doesn’t it feel very nice to have not just one but two predictions out of twenty be ultimately vindicated in the end? It certainly does when it comes to the prediction that newly-promoted Rosenpfelblatz North End would end up dead last in the league, but it wasn’t for lack of trying from the Acolytes. Rosen North actually scored 67 goals this season, a good showing for a newly-promoted side. Their problems lies (mostly) in the fact that they have conceded 105 goals. And that, frankly, is never going to be good enough for the Premier League. Pundits have already noted that the key to Rosen North’s success back in the 2021-22 season was the fact that they could afford to outscore the opposition, but that option simply isn’t available in the Premier League. A few sides have tried it (Ludogorets and Arsenal spring to mind) but one need only look at how they did this season when they attempted that to know what happens next to such a side in the Premier League. And Rosen North doesn’t even have the cushion of some scrappy wins or draws so that was also a key to their eventual drop. One comfort that could be taken from this is that Misha Spartoni will absolutely tear apart Unang Liga next season; that is if he doesn’t get swiped by a top Prem club in the next transfer window.

And that does it for the Premier League Review. Tune in next time for a preview of the 2023-24 season.

[Abanhfleft]

The Fleftic Basketball Association is a men's professional basketball league playing in the Democratic Republic of Abanhfleft. Contested by 30 teams, it is generally considered as one of the best basketball leagues in the region of Antarctica and is also one of the most competitive and most popular. Teams are divided into two conferences of fifteen teams each, with each conference further subdivided into three divisions of five teams each. Both conference and division placement are decided geographically, with the Central Conference based around the original territories which comprise Abanhfleft during the founding of the FBA and the National Conference located in Abanhfleft's further outlying territories and colonies established in the days after the founding of the FBA. The current defending champions of the FBA are the Malabon Black Ops of the Capital Division of the Central Conference, who defeated the Sfax Scream of the Colonial Division of the National Conference in the 2022 FBA Finals by 4 games to 3. The Black Ops have become a powerhouse under the leadership of Fleftic and international basketball star Leonidas "Leo" Baxter and will look to consolidate and defend their title once again, perhaps even aiming for a potential three-peat, but they will have challengers in the form of Jazz Higgs' Uranium City Nukes, Newton Isaacs' Markovsky Red Army, and Hayden Dorola's Mereilles Port Boys to mix things up. And that's not even getting into the potential dark horses....

The FBA's players are composed mostly of Fleftics, with the odd Pridnestrovian, Oontaznik, and even Copperite plying their trade in the league. There are plans to open up the league to more nationalities in the coming years, and it is hoped that the FBA's membership into the IUBC will help introduce the league to said other nationalities.

2022-23 FBA Central Conference Regular Season Final Standings

CAPITAL DIVISION                Pld     W    L      WP   GB    PF    PA    PD
 1 Malabon Black Ops [x]         82    70   12   0.854    0  6746  5371 +1375
 2 Wanda Island Wizards [y]      82    56   26   0.683   14  6468  6000  +468
 3 Releinthi Chiefs              82    20   62   0.244   50  5902  6534  −632
 4 Effelenendro Piranhas         82    18   64   0.220   52  5803  6764  −961
 5 Riuwiee Presidents            82    17   65   0.207   53  5638  6613  −975

ISLAND DIVISION                     Pld     W    L      WP   GB    PF    PA    PD
 1 Mereilles Port Boys [x]           82    63   19   0.768    0  6700  5692 +1008
 2 Dorfdifving Steel [y]             82    56   26   0.683    7  6546  5952  +594
 3 San Seriffe Black Panthers [z]    82    41   41   0.500   22  6289  6346   −57
 4 Bendy Benny Wildcats              82    32   50   0.390   31  6063  6587  −524
 5 Porcusces Giants                  82    17   65   0.207   46  5621  6673 −1052

CONTINENTAL DIVISION            Pld     W    L      WP   GB    PF    PA    PD
 1 Uranium City Nukes [x]        82    59   23   0.720    0  6574  5708  +866
 2 Tentenaraya Thunder [y]       82    41   41   0.500   18  6202  6163   +39
 3 Garufaloe Rattlesnakes [z]    82    35   47   0.427   24  6055  6435  −380
 4 Lotharstadt Grenadiers        82    26   56   0.317   33  5797  6426  −629
 5 Wappinger Steam               82    25   57   0.305   34  5847  6549  −702

*[x] = division champion
*[y] = division runners-up
*[z] = best division third-place teams

2022-23 FBA National Conference Regular Season Final Standings

MAINLAND DIVISION               Pld     W    L      WP   GB    PF    PA    PD
 1 Affeddall Beasts [x]          82    62   20   0.756    0  6674  5806  +868
 2 Malhall Raiders [y]           82    50   32   0.610   12  6214  5881  +333
 3 Mykorrigan MonStars [z]       82    42   40   0.512   20  6198  6321  −123
 4 Selid Stars                   82    38   44   0.463   24  6212  6270   −58
 5 Zimp Kings                    82    34   48   0.415   28  6113  6439  −326

PENINSULAR DIVISION             Pld     W    L      WP   GB    PF    PA    PD
 1 Vikrant Conquerors [x]        82    60   22   0.732    0  6553  5706  +847
 2 Markovsky Red Army [y]        82    44   38   0.537   16  6312  6368   −56
 3 Braganopolis Braves           82    31   51   0.378   29  6077  6459  −382
 4 Bytuch Wyk SaberTigers        82    26   56   0.317   34  6047  6405  −358
 5 Jasvirabad Jazz               82    16   66   0.195   44  5769  6675  −906

COLONIAL DIVISION               Pld     W    L      WP   GB    PF    PA    PD
 1 Albarecete Albinos [x]        82    72   10   0.878    0  6743  5509 +1234
 2 Sfax Scream [y]               82    71   11   0.866    1  6687  5583 +1104
 3 Besanza Belugas [z]           82    42   40   0.512   30  6402  6245  +157
 4 Pilken Mammoths               82    34   48   0.415   38  5985  6340  −355
 5 Real Haritzaga Baloncesto     82    32   50   0.390   40  6020  6437  −417

*[x] = division champion
*[y] = division runners-up
*[z] = best division third-place teams

The FBA postseason format is as follows: 1v8, 4v5, 3v6, and 2v7. All sides will play a best-of-seven series to determine the winner of their respective match-ups, with the winner of 1v8 facing the winner of 4v5 and the winner of 3v6 facing the winner of 2v7. The three division champions receive the top three seeds, the division runners-up then get the next three seeds, and the two third-placed teams with the best records will get the two remaining seeds.

The following is the format of the 2022-23 FBA postseason.

Central Conference match-ups
(1) Malabon Black Ops vs. (8) Garufaloe Rattlesnakes

(4) Dorfdifving Steel vs. (5) Wanda Island Wizards

(3) Uranium City Nukes vs. (6) Tentenaraya Thunder

(2) Mereilles Port Boys vs. (7) San Seriffe Black Panthers

National Conference match-ups
(1) Albarecete Albinos vs. (8) Mykorrigan MonStars

(4) Sfax Scream vs. (5) Malhall Raiders

(3) Vikrant Conquerors vs. (6) Markovsky Red Army

(2) Affeddall Beasts vs. (7) Besanza Belugas

Results to come on the next post....

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2022-23 FBA Playoffs

CENTRAL CONFERENCE
(1) Malabon Black Ops vs. (8) Garufaloe Rattlesnakes

Malabon Black Ops 95–63 Garufaloe Rattlesnakes
Malabon Black Ops 74–69 Garufaloe Rattlesnakes
Garufaloe Rattlesnakes 57–81 Malabon Black Ops
Garufaloe Rattlesnakes 70–99 Malabon Black Ops

Malabon Black Ops wins the series 4-0

(4) Dorfdifving Steel vs. (5) Wanda Island Wizards

Dorfdifving Steel 68–67 Wanda Island Wizards
Dorfdifving Steel 77–79 Wanda Island Wizards
Wanda Island Wizards 91–72 Dorfdifving Steel
Wanda Island Wizards 76–81 Dorfdifving Steel
Dorfdifving Steel 84–67 Wanda Island Wizards
Wanda Island Wizards 63–67 Dorfdifving Steel

Dorfdifving Steel wins the series 4-2

(3) Uranium City Nukes vs. (6) Tentenaraya Thunder

Uranium City Nukes 82–77 Tentenaraya Thunder
Uranium City Nukes 75–78 Tentenaraya Thunder
Tentenaraya Thunder 67–79 Uranium City Nukes
Tentenaraya Thunder 60–86 Uranium City Nukes
Uranium City Nukes 76–54 Tentenaraya Thunder

Uranium City Nukes wins the series 4-1

(2) Mereilles Port Boys vs. (7) San Seriffe Black Panthers

Mereilles Port Boys 77–57 San Seriffe Black Panthers
Mereilles Port Boys 78–61 San Seriffe Black Panthers
San Seriffe Black Panthers 60–78 Mereilles Port Boys
San Seriffe Black Panthers 62–95 Mereilles Port Boys

Mereilles Port Boys wins the series 4-0

NATIONAL CONFERENCE
(1) Albarecete Albinos vs. (8) Mykorrigan MonStars

Albaracete Albinos 67–92 Mykorrigan MonStars
Albaracete Albinos 72–91 Mykorrigan MonStars
Mykorrigan MonStars 80–67 Albaracete Albinos
Mykorrigan MonStars 83–74 Albaracete Albinos

Mykorrigan MonStars wins the series 4-0

(4) Sfax Scream vs. (5) Malhall Raiders

Sfax Scream 91–84 Malhall Raiders
Sfax Scream 62–68 Malhall Raiders
Malhall Raiders 64–77 Sfax Scream
Malhall Raiders 66–91 Sfax Scream
Sfax Scream 75–82 Malhall Raiders
Malhall Raiders 82–127 Sfax Scream

Sfax Scream wins the series 4-2

(3) Vikrant Conquerors vs. (6) Markovsky Red Army

Vikrant Conquerors 76–90 Markovsky Red Army
Vikrant Conquerors 77–83 Markovsky Red Army
Markovsky Red Army 76–75 Vikrant Conquerors
Markovsky Red Army 86–80 Vikrant Conquerors

Markovsky Red Army wins the series 4-0

(2) Affeddall Beasts vs. (7) Besanza Belugas

Affeddall Beasts 78–74 Besanza Belugas
Affeddall Beasts 75–59 Besanza Belugas
Besanza Belugas 80–70 Affeddall Beasts
Besanza Belugas 62–76 Affeddall Beasts
Affeddall Beasts 64–74 Besanza Belugas
Besanza Belugas 77–79 Affeddall Beasts

Affeddall Beasts win the series 4-2

The most surprising result of these playoffs is that the eighth-seeded Mykorrigan MonStars were somehow able to not only defeat the rampant Albarecete Albinos (who have made light work of the FBA this regular season) but the MonStars were actually able to sweep the Albinos! The eighth-seeded team swept the top-seeded team of the National Conference! It's so unbelievable that it has to be repeated until it loses its shock factor! In other more expected news, the Markovsky Red Army have finally managed to pick up some vital form coming into the playoffs. Their recent run of poor results means that they slipped down the division and conference rankings, hence resulting in their current lowly number-six seed. Up against the Vikrant Conquerors, who true to their name had made short work of the National Conference and conquered almost everyone they encountered, the oddsmakers were not giving the Red Army too much of a chance to make it past Vikrant. But lo and behold, not only did the Red Army survive against the Conquerors, they actually managed to sweep the Conquerors out of the playoffs too! Could this be finally Markovsky's year?

The conference semifinals match-ups are:

Central Conference semifinals
(1) Malabon Black Ops vs. (4) Dorfdifving Steel

(3) Uranium City Nukes vs. (2) Mereilles Port Boys

National Conference semifinals
(8) Mykorrigan MonStars vs. (4) Sfax Scream

(6) Markovsky Red Army vs. (2) Affeddall Beasts

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2022-23 FBA Conference Semifinals

CENTRAL CONFERENCE
(1) Malabon Black Ops vs (4) Dorfdifving Steel

Malabon Black Ops 75–59 Dorfdifving Steel
Malabon Black Ops 78–66 Dorfdifving Steel
Dorfdifving Steel 67–81 Malabon Black Ops
Dorfdifving Steel 79–81 Malabon Black Ops

Malabon Black Ops wins the series 4-0

(3) Uranium City Nukes vs. (2) Mereilles Port Boys

Mereilles Port Boys 79–89 Uranium City Nukes
Mereilles Port Boys 57–93 Uranium City Nukes
Uranium City Nukes 93–85 Mereilles Port Boys
Uranium City Nukes 78–59 Mereilles Port Boys

Uranium City Nukes wins the series 4-0

NATIONAL CONFERENCE
(8) Mykorrigan MonStars vs. (4) Sfax Scream

Sfax Scream 69–67 Mykorrigan MonStars
Sfax Scream 74–85 Mykorrigan MonStars
Mykorrigan MonStars 73–81 Sfax Scream
Mykorrigan MonStars 76–84 Sfax Scream
Sfax Scream 59–94 Mykorrigan MonStars
Mykorrigan MonStars 64–73 Sfax Scream

Sfax Scream wins the series 4-2

(6) Markovsky Red Army vs. (2) Affeddall Beasts

Affeddall Beasts 60–90 Markovsky Red Army
Affeddall Beasts 68–87 Markovsky Red Army
Markovsky Red Army 69–62 Affeddall Beasts
Markovsky Red Army 74–66 Affeddall Beasts

Markovsky Red Army wins the series 4-0

It's no surprise that the Black Ops had the edge over the Steel in the conference semifinals, hence Malabon sweeping Dorfdifving off the board, but what is more surprising is the fact that the Uranium City Nukes also managed to sweep the Mereilles Port Boys out of the competition. Everyone was expecting that particular series to go down to the wire, with either Jazz Higgs' team or Hayden Dorola's edging out the competition after a full best-of-seven series. But what actually happened is that the Nukes had the definite edge over the Port Boys and hence they will be the ones advancing to face the Black Ops in the conference finals. That's sure to be a juicy match-up. And speaking of juicy match-ups, Sfax versus Markovsky should also shape up to be a very good one. We are being blessed with a good FBA postseason, ladies and gentlemen; we should make the most out of it!

Here are the conference finals match-ups:

Central Conference Finals
(1) Malabon Black Ops vs. (3) Uranium City Nukes

National Conference Finals
(4) Sfax Scream vs. (6) Markovsky Red Army

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2022-23 FBA Conference Finals

CENTRAL CONFERENCE FINALS
(1) Malabon Black Ops vs. (3) Uranium City Nukes

Malabon Black Ops 67–83 Uranium City Nukes
Malabon Black Ops 67–89 Uranium City Nukes
Uranium City Nukes 99–78 Malabon Black Ops
Uranium City Nukes 85–93 Malabon Black Ops
Malabon Black Ops 78–63 Uranium City Nukes
Uranium City Nukes 67–73 Malabon Black Ops
Malabon Black Ops 89–69 Uranium City Nukes

Malabon Black Ops wins the series 4-3

NATIONAL CONFERENCE FINALS
(4) Sfax Scream vs. (6) Markovsky Red Army

Sfax Scream 76–84 Markovsky Red Army
Sfax Scream 77–89 Markovsky Red Army
Markovsky Red Army 90–71 Sfax Scream
Markovsky Red Army 84–80 Sfax Scream

Markovsky Red Army wins the series 4-0

The Uranium City Nukes blew a 3-0 lead. There's no other way to say it. The Nukes blew a 3-0 lead! This is really just the stuff of memes, this is! There is literally no more words left to say after this.

P.S.: The Markovsky Red Army swept the Sfax Scream in the National Conference Finals.

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2022-23 FBA Finals
Finally, it has all come to this. This crazy FBA season is about to come to an end, and only one team can come out of this triumphant. It's either the Malabon Black Ops securing that three-peat or the Markovsky Red Army spoiling the party over in the Capital Islands. Who will lift that coveted Fleftic Basketball Association Championship Trophy this time around? Let's all find out together.

Malabon Black Ops 67–74 Markovsky Red Army
Malabon Black Ops 67–64 Markovsky Red Army
Markovsky Red Army 87–58 Malabon Black Ops
Markovsky Red Army 80–74 Malabon Black Ops
Markovsky Red Army 79–66 Malabon Black Ops

Markovsky Red Army wins the FBA Finals 4-1

And there you have it. The FBA season ends with Newt Isaacs lifting that trophy. Newt denies his national teammate Leo Baxter the chance at a three-peat, but the Red Army simply wanted it more, so the trophy will go to Markovsky for this season. Until the next one, folks, and goodbye.

Congratulations to the Markovsky Red Army, your 2022-23 FBA champions!

[Trans-Dniesters]

The Pridnestrovian Basketball Super League (Pridnestrovian: Приднестровская баскетбольная суперлига, Pridnestrovskaya basketbol'naya superliga) is the highest level of professional basketball in the Democratic People's Republic of the United Socialist States of Pridnestrovia. It is contested by eighteen clubs and operates a combination of promotion and relegation and playoffs to determine who is the champion of the league in a given season and who will go down to the lower tier of basketball competition. The top eight clubs will play each other in a bracketed playoff format to determine who will be the final champion of the season, but the team which is top of the league at the end of the regular season also receives a prize, the "minor championship". At the other end, the two teams with the lowest number of points automatically go down to the Pridnestrovian Basketball Second Division, and their places in the Basketball Super League will be replaced by the top two teams of the Second Division. The playoff format is only applicable to the Basketball Super League; the champions and other top teams in the lower leagues will be determined solely in regular season play.

For the playoffs, the teams will be seeded according to their position on the table. They will then face each other in the so-called "FBA bracket", with 1v8, 4v5, 3v6, and 2v7 all playing each other in a best-of-five series. On it goes until a champion is finally crowned.

With the Basketball Super League now planning on joining the IUBC, the criteria for the four clubs allowed to join the IUBC Trophy is as follows: the playoff champions will earn the top spot in the qualifiers, and the losing finalist will take the second spot. The minor champions (the table-toppers in the regular season table) will take the third spot and a new third-place playoff competition (to be contested by the losing semifinalists in the playoff stage) will see the winners of that particular competition take the final qualifier slot. In the event that the minor champions is also eligible for an IUBC qualifier slot through the other criteria, the loser of the third-place playoff game will receive the final IUBC slot.

Here are the final standings of the 2022-23 Pridnestrovian Basketball Super League regular season.

Pos Team                                  Pld    W   L    PF   PA   PD   Pts
 1  BC Admiral Novorossiysk                34   30   4  2744 2336 +408    90     Minor champions, qualified for PBSL playoffs
 2  BC Dinamo Bender                       34   27   7  2755 2446 +309    81     Qualified for PBSL playoffs
 3  BC CSKA Tiraspol                       34   26   8  2720 2449 +271    78     Qualified for PBSL playoffs
 4  Kesselburger Cagers                    34   25   9  2676 2357 +319    75     Qualified for PBSL playoffs
 5  Strigoni Macaresti                     34   19  15  2684 2579 +105    57     Qualified for PBSL playoffs
 6  BK Tukums                              34   18  16  2626 2533  +93    54     Qualified for PBSL playoffs
 7  Bacardi Derinkuyu                      34   18  16  2582 2532  +50    54     Qualified for PBSL playoffs
 8  Pridnestrovskaya Gavan Harbormasters   34   17  17  2477 2659 −182    51     Qualified for PBSL playoffs
 9  Bratsk Buccaneers                      34   16  18  2568 2585  −17    48
10  BC Sheriff Tiraspol                    34   15  19  2590 2587   +3    45
11  BC Vitosha                             34   14  20  2583 2635  −52    42
12  Dnistrolvovsk Loggers                  34   14  20  2512 2637 −125    42
13  Vladikarpaty Mountaineers              34   13  21  2593 2731 −138    39
14  BC Unterspielsdorf                     34   13  21  2590 2744 −154    39
15  Vladikrav Chiefs                       34   12  22  2511 2788 −277    36
16  Incirlik Bombers                       34   11  23  2571 2705 −134    33
17  BC Atom Chernogorsk                    34   10  24  2448 2646 −198    30     Relegated to Basketball Second Division
18  Wewelsburg Dragons                     34    8  26  2457 2738 −281    24     Relegated to Basketball Second Division

BC Admiral Novorossiysk take home the minor championship this time round, giving the supporters of the Navy Club and the basketball fans of Novorossiysk something more to cheer about. Last year's champions Kesselburger Cagers (who also took home the minor championship for their second basketball double) ended up in fourth this time but it's still a respectable showing. Vladikrav Chiefs and BC Atom Chernogorsk as the promoted sides were expected to be a bit poor when it comes to competing against the other teams in the league but it has to be said that the performance of both teams, at least during the first half of the season, was woeful at best; only two wins for the Chiefs and no wins whatsoever for Chernogorsk. They both did pick up some form over the second half of the season but, in the case of Atom Chernogorsk at least, it was a case of too little, too late. They will go back down to the Basketball Second Division alongside the Wewelsburg Dragons, who did well last season but will have all of next season in the Second Division to contemplate about what went wrong for them this season.

Congratulations to BC Admiral Novorossiysk, your 2022-23 Pridnestrovian Basketball Super League minor champions!

PBSL playoff results to come in the following post....

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2022-23 PBSL Playoffs

(1) BC Admiral Novorossiysk vs (8) Pridnestrovskaya Gavan Harbormasters

BC Admiral Novorossiysk 60–82 Pridnestrovskaya Gavan Harbormasters
Pridnestrovskaya Gavan Harbormasters 66–77 BC Admiral Novorossiysk
BC Admiral Novorossiysk 69–87 Pridnestrovskaya Gavan Harbormasters
Pridnestrovskaya Gavan Harbormasters 93–65 BC Admiral Novorossiysk

Pridnestrovskaya Gavan Harbormasters wins the series 3-1

(4) Kesselburger Cagers vs. (5) Strigoni Macaresti

Kesselburger Cagers 78–65 Strigoni Macaresti
Strigoni Macaresti 61–95 Kesselburger Cagers
Kesselburger Cagers 69–57 Strigoni Macaresti

Kesselburger Cagers wins the series 3-0

(3) BC CSKA Tiraspol vs (6) BK Tukums

BC CSKA Tiraspol 94–65 BK Tukums
BK Tukums 67–99 BC CSKA Tiraspol
BC CSKA Tiraspol 69–60 BK Tukums

BC CSKA Tiraspol wins the series 3-0

(2) BC Dinamo Bender vs. (7) Bacardi Derinkuyu

BC Dinamo Bender 78–58 Bacardi Derinkuyu
Bacardi Derinkuyu 56–85 BC Dinamo Bender
BC Dinamo Bender 83–63 Bacardi Derinkuyu

BC Dinamo Bender wins the series 3-0

Well, that didn't last long, at least from the perspective of BC Admiral Novorossiysk. Yes, they were the minor champions of the Basketball Super League regular season but as the proverb goes, the regular season doesn't mean anything when the playoffs come around, and that's exactly what happened to the Navy Ballers when they faced up against the Harbormasters of Pridnestrovskaya Gavan. The fact that it's a rivalry match between the two cities hosting the two biggest bases of the Pridnestrovian Navy simply doesn't make it any easier for Admiral to stomach this defeat. Novorossiysk has always prided itself in having the bigger and better team between the naval bases so when Pridnestrovskaya Gavan actually gets one over them, the Harbor (the nickname for P. Gavan as that's what its name stands for in Russian, Pridnestrovian Harbor) has no choice but to celebrate and milk it for all that it's worth. But other than that, all the teams which were expected to win their series did so. It will be defending champions Kesselburger Cagers who will aim to bring the Harbormasters down a peg or two, and in the other match-up it will be the Derby of All Derbies between BC CSKA Tiraspol and CSKA Dinamo Bender. It looks to be a good show, comrades, so don't miss it!

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2022-23 PBSL Semifinals

(8) Pridnestrovskaya Gavan Harbormasters vs. (4) Kesselburger Cagers

Kesselburger Cagers 75–91 Pridnestrovskaya Gavan Harbormasters
Pridnestrovskaya Gavan Harbormasters 93–68 Kesselburger Cagers
Kesselburger Cagers 73–88 Pridnestrovskaya Gavan Harbormasters

Pridnestrovskaya Gavan Harbormasters wins the series 3-0

(3) BC CSKA Tiraspol vs. (2) BC Dinamo Bender

BC Dinamo Bender 70–91 BC CSKA Tiraspol
BC CSKA Tiraspol 76–64 BC Dinamo Bender
BC Dinamo Bender 86–79 BC CSKA Tiraspol
BC CSKA Tiraspol 84–60 BC Dinamo Bender

BC CSKA Tiraspol wins the series 3-1

Pridnestrovskaya Gavan just seem to be on an absolute rampage this postseason. First they knocked the minor champions and their naval rivals BC Admiral Novorossiysk out of the competition and now they have claimed the scalp of the defending champions, Kesselburger Cagers. The Harbormasters made short work of the team from Kesselburg, thus setting them up for their first ever PBSL Final in their entire history. And to think that this is only their fifth year in the top two tiers of Pridnestrovian basketball! They will surely be the darlings of the finals but their opponents will certainly have the backing of almost the entire nation behind them. BC CSKA Tiraspol edged out their bitter and eternal rivals BC Dinamo Bender in a thrilling semifinal, but eventually CSKA won out just as it looked like Dinamo had swung the momentum in their favor in games three and four.

The 2023 Pridnestrovian Basketball Super League Finals will then be BC CSKA Tiraspol against Pridnestrovskaya Gavan Harbormasters in a best-of-five series while BC Dinamo Bender and Kesselburger Cagers will be duking it out for the third-place playoff and the final IUBC Trophy spot in a single do-or-die game to be held in the home stadium of the team which is lower in the regular season table; in this case, Kesselburger Cagers. Watch this space.

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2022-23 PBSL Finals & 3PPO

3PPO
Kesselburger Cagers 79–84 BC Dinamo Bender

BC Dinamo Bender wins the third place playoff

Sadly for Kesselburger Cagers, they will not be coming away with anything this season, not even third place and a spot in the IUBC Trophy as they were narrowly defeated at home by BC Dinamo Bender. The Dynamos were soundly beaten by their eternal rivals BC CSKA Tiraspol in the semifinals and were looking for something or someone in which they could vent their frustration at being beaten by the eternal rival, and that someone just happened to be poor Kesselburger Cagers. BC Dinamo Bender will then take the final IUBC Trophy slot allocated to Pridnestrovia. Now we turn to the final to determine who will be leading Pridnestrovia’s representatives in the IUBC Trophy.

BC CSKA Tiraspol 66–59 Pridnestrovskaya Gavan Harbormasters
Pridnestrovskaya Gavan Harbormasters 73–79 BC CSKA Tiraspol
BC CSKA Tiraspol 74–65 Pridnestrovskaya Gavan Harbormasters

BC CSKA Tiraspol wins the 2023 PBSL Finals 3-0

It was fun while it lasted, but all fairy tales must come to an end no matter what, and for the Pridnestrovskaya Gavan Harbormasters, that ending was not really the happy one they may have envisioned. They were always going to be underdogs against BC CSKA Tiraspol, and even though there were many people who began rooting for the Harbormasters just because they could (and also because no one really expected them to get this far into the playoffs), there was always going to be just one winner, and that was the Army Club. This will give the fans of CSKA something to cheer about when the rest of their club’s sports teams are not performing up to their usual standards. So that’s it for the 2022-23 Pridnestrovian Basketball Super League; BC CSKA Tiraspol are your champions but Pridnestrovskaya Gavan Harbormasters have made history nevertheless, and their rewards will be participation in the IUBC Trophy.

Congratulations to BC CSKA Tiraspol, your 2022-23 Pridnestrovian Basketball Super League champions!

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Pos Team                           Pld    W   L    PF   PA   PD   Pts
 1  Nord-Vest Representative Team   34   25   9  2682 2423 +259    75     Champions, Promoted to PBSL
 2  Novonikolaysk Bluefins          34   23  11  2736 2631 +105    69     Promoted to PBSL
 3  BC Spartak Rheinburg            34   19  15  2729 2687  +42    57
 4  Barrikada Renechev              34   19  15  2574 2558  +16    57
 5  BC Nickel Novorossiysk          34   18  16  2676 2618  +58    54
 6  Tuzla Longhorns                 34   18  16  2598 2563  +35    54
 7  Yeralenko Yaks                  34   18  16  2639 2607  +32    54
 8  Derov Bloodhounds               34   18  16  2657 2649   +8    54
 9  BC Traktor Bender               34   17  17  2594 2505  +89    51
10  Radomedix Dnistrosh             34   17  17  2674 2711  −37    51
11  BC Avtozavod Divnogorsk         34   16  18  2630 2641  −11    48
12  BC Korchak Novosverdlovsk       34   15  19  2644 2645   −1    45
13  Index Eggolsheim-Neuses         34   15  19  2603 2624  −21    45
14  Pepuza Patriots                 34   15  19  2499 2568  −69    45
15  Masyaf Messengers               34   14  20  2547 2732 −185    42
16  Zheleznogorsk Bears             34   13  21  2627 2657  −30    39
17  BC Spartak Sonolovichyrevko     34   13  21  2609 2743 −134    39     Relegated to Basketball Third Division
18  Komsomolskaya Tiraspol          34   13  21  2492 2648 −156    39     Relegated to Basketball Third Division

Congratulations to the Nord-Vest Representative Team, your 2022-23 Pridnestrovian Basketball Second Division champions, achieving promotion to the Basketball Super League for the first time ever in their history!

[APOC Coalition]

Following the massive success of the Rugby Coalition not only among the member nations of the APOC Coalition but also in the field of international rugby union (namely the Dwile International Tournament in which Pridnestrovia's Oshkosh Dnistrosh, the inaugural Rugby Coalition champions. also brought home the inaugural Dwile International title), here is the second season of the Rugby Coalition.

There is one significant rule change brought about by this new edition of the Rugby Coalition, which is listed below:
*teams are now required to score at least 4 converted tries (that is, four tries with successful conversions equivalent to 28 points) before they are given 1 bonus point for scoring 4 tries. Before, the rules stated that a team need only score 4 tries without any conditions for successful conversions, but this was changed after complaints from a number of teams participating in the Rugby Coalition.

All of the matches of the first matchday of the 2022-23 Rugby Coalition season began with a minute of silence in remembrance of the victims of the bombing of the Dnistrosh Metro by pro-ESTORVIPAN terrorists during Oshkosh Dnistrosh's Dwile International victory parade.

Here then are the results of the 2022-23 Rugby Coalition season.

2022-23 Rugby Coalition season final standings

Pos Team                         Pld    W   D   L    PF   PA   PD   TB   LB   Pts  Ttl
 1  San Seriffe Bad Hombres       30   18   1  11   501  391 +110    3    7    74   84     Champions, Dwile International
 2  Oshkosh Dnistrosh             30   17   1  12   545  457  +88    3    8    70   81     Dwile International
 3  Wa Gon Carabiners             30   18   1  11   371  315  +56    0    6    74   80
 4  Ken Gon Rooks                 30   16   1  13   544  491  +53    4    8    66   78
 5  Kesselburger Packers          30   17   1  12   348  278  +70    3    4    70   77
 6  Bytuch Feld Dinosaurs         30   16   4  10   489  455  +34    1    3    72   76
 7  Tikrit Oilers                 30   16   2  12   403  337  +66    1    4    68   73
 8  Haranguer Death Worms         30   15   2  13   325  266  +59    2    7    64   73
 9  Nineveh Whales                30   14   2  14   342  306  +36    2    9    60   71
10  Jasvirabad Titans             30   16   2  12   345  379  −34    0    3    68   71
11  Zheleznogorsk Atomsplitters   30   13   5  12   301  318  −17    1    7    62   70
12  Red Gon Red Bulls             30   13   1  16   417  445  −28    1    7    54   62
13  Sasmuan Supermen              30   12   3  15   383  474  −91    1    4    54   59
14  Manitogoro Madness            30   10   1  19   373  510 −137    1    4    42   47
15  Albatross Bed Gon             30    8   1  21   449  560 −111    1    9    34   44
16  Bierburg Sentinels            30    7   0  23   289  443 −154    1    9    28   38

This season, it was Bytuch Feld Dinosaurs' title to lose, and boy did they lose it. A combination of poor results in the final run-in of the season as well as a small pool of bonus points to fall back on resulted in the Dinosaurs, which had topped the table for over sixteen matchdays, falling all the way down to sixth. In a somewhat surprising turn of events, the San Seriffe Bad Hombres took home the 2022-23 title despite a poor start to the season that saw them all the way down in twelfth before bouncing back to seventh place at the halfway point of the season. The defending champions Oshkosh Dnistrosh managed to sneak into second place thanks to their massive haul of bonus points, just barely edging out the Wa Gon Carabiners of the Sultanate of Oontaz, which took third place after a mid-table finish last season. And the Bierburg Sentinels will take home the wooden spoon with last year's wooden spoon holders Albatross Bed Gon just barely finishing higher than the Sentinels.