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Baseball - Season 22 - Results

League                    Pld     W    L    Win %  
 1 Santa Teresa Stars        132    76   56    0.576 
 2 Aminey Wanderers          132    73   59    0.553
 3 Intermare Admirals        132    73   59    0.553 
 4 Katashi Giants            132    73   59    0.553 
 5 Echizen Dragons           132    72   60    0.545 
 6 Suvira Quarry             132    67   65    0.508 
 7 Arakura Knights           132    65   67    0.492 
 8 Amandine Challengers      132    64   68    0.485 
 9 Katashi Generals          132    64   68    0.485 
10 Ferrovente Whales         132    62   70    0.470 
11 Nitoya Silvers            132    56   76    0.424 
12 Teragaseki Dynamo         132    47   85    0.356

Playoffs
Semifinal
Intermare Admirals 1–5 Aminey Wanderers
Aminey Wanderers 3–2 Intermare Admirals
Intermare Admirals 4–5 Aminey Wanderers (Aminey wins 3-0)

Final
Santa Teresa Stars 10–3 Aminey Wanderers
Aminey Wanderers 8–2 Santa Teresa Stars
Santa Teresa Stars 3–2 Aminey Wanderers
Aminey Wanderers 3–4 Santa Teresa Stars
Santa Teresa Stars 1–0 Aminey Wanderers (Santa Teresa wins 4-1)

Team of the Year
C Juan Berganza (28) Santa Teresa Stars
1B Eutelo Agramonte (33) Santa Teresa Stars
2B Rei Himura (31) Katashi Giants
SS Simon Gray (29) Aminey Wanderers
3B Sabino Lema (30) Santa Teresa Stars
CF Aman Teklu, BNJ (19) Aminey Wanderers
LF Roibén Peredo (31) Santa Teresa Stars
RF Denis Caamano (23) Intermare Admirals

SP Kasper Brands (35) Aminey Wanderers
SP Gus Gavreau (31) Aminey Wanderers
SP Ensa Suso, BNJ (21) Santa Teresa Stars
SP Suta Akija (26) Katashi Giants
MP Roman Sotolongo (30) Santa Teresa Stars
MP Tacaro Cevocalu (27) Intermare Admirals
8P Koyo Igarashi (24) Suvira Quarry
CP Varunobu Ozawa (27) Arakura Knights

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Soccer - Season 32

Season - Autumn

Starting off in the Top League, the first 22 matchdays will dictate which six teams will compete for the championship and which six teams will play for the Vilitan Cove Invitational. The northern teams start off strong, back from a poor season last year, by seizing first and second place. Straudum's turnaround is most remarkable, losing a few players in the transfer market but getting excellent returns on their youth players anyway. Schemerdrecht SVV's rise to the top fits into a multi-year plan that they've been on. Sure, there aren't many flashy players, they lack international experience, but the slow and progressive build seems to be paying off anyway. Maynard AFC has left the cellar for third place: their transfer market activity, home-grown players (with huge contracts, otherwise they'd leave for greener pastures), and huge budget is doing things. Aminey CS are close behind - with the largest budget in the league, their gradual decline was a reason for near-riots in the city. Despite years of going into the top six for the final few matchdays, Aminey CS failed to deliver for the last few years - but they, and their huge wallet, are back. Bruncester United AFC and Branvσn CD complete the top six for now, but it's too close to call. Notably, eastern delights Advance Alara and Katashi-Kanatsu are in the bottom 6 for the time being - their attacking play style has revolutionised the Top League for the last two seasons. Did the defensive teams finally figure them out, or are we in for a surprise in the next 12 weeks?

Top League                                 Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Schemerdrecht SVV                           10    5   2   3    14    7   +7    17
 2 Straudum VV                                 10    5   2   3    11   10   +1    17
 3 Maynard AFC                                 10    4   4   2    12    9   +3    16
 4 Aminey CS                                   10    4   4   2    14   16   -2    16
 5 Bruncester United AFC                       10    3   5   2     6    4   +2    14
 6 Branvon CD                                  10    4   2   4    15   14   +1    14
 7 Advance Alara                               10    4   1   5    18   18    0    13
 8 Miradela GD                                 10    3   4   3    10   12   -2    13
 9 Maethoru SC                                 10    3   4   3    12   16   -4    13
10 Katashi-Kanatsu                             10    3   3   4    17   14   +3    12
11 Tanques AOE                                 10    2   6   2    15   15    0    12
12 Cirelbourne United                          10    1   1   8     3   12   -9     4

The second division has a few answers in terms of early-season contenders. Couziers-Olympiques have retained their playerbase, Strongfair came racing up from the third division straight to unexplored heights in the second division, Castelo e Calvente CS capitalise on their huge amount of local heroes - in some cases donated by Branvon and Miradela - followed by Arboren, and Huthwich & Iduloren FC. High expectations on WSR AFC and Teragaseki go nowhere - and are in danger of relegation.

2nd Div                                    Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Couziers-Olympiques                         11    7   2   2    13    8   +5    23
 2 Strongfair                                  11    5   6   0    17    9   +8    21
 3 Castelo e Calvente CS                       11    5   4   2    12    6   +6    19
 4 Arboren FC                                  11    4   5   2     9    6   +3    17
 5 Huthwich & Iduloren FC                      11    5   2   4    13   11   +2    17
 6 Zinchester Town                             11    3   6   2     9    6   +3    15
 7 Gehrenna FC                                 11    3   5   3     8    8    0    14
 8 Ambergate City                              11    4   2   5     7   10   -3    14
 9 Mawrystwyth                                 11    3   2   6     8   11   -3    11
10 WSR AFC                                     11    2   5   4     8   13   -5    11
11 Nyashawill                                  11    2   2   7     7   12   -5     8
12 Teragaseki                                  11    1   3   7     5   16  -11     6

No real early claimants to the throne on the third level yet, but a few teams have given up already. The south's eastern teams, Aviansola and Fukushira, are significantly behind already. The north sees just 11 points between #1 and #12.

3rd Div South                              Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Argyle Tuesday                              11    6   2   3    11   10   +1    20
 2 Leeshire United                             11    5   4   2    14   10   +4    19
 3 Llandy FC                                   11    5   3   3    14   11   +3    18
 4 Biney CF                                    11    5   3   3    14   12   +2    18
 5 Brighthaven Town                            11    5   2   4    11    7   +4    17
 6 Coloruna                                    11    5   2   4    14   11   +3    17
 7 Vierciennes Victory                         11    4   4   3     8    6   +2    16
 8 Sydberg                                     11    3   5   3    12   13   -1    14
 9 Otavura                                     11    3   4   4    11   12   -1    13
10 Anarcourt CF                                11    3   4   4    11   14   -3    13
11 Aviansola Eden                              11    1   4   6    11   16   -5     7
12 Fukushira Guerilla                          11    1   3   7     9   18   -9     6

   3rd Div North                              Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Laringen AFC                                11    6   3   2    16    8   +8    21
 2 Senoren FC                                  11    6   3   2    18   12   +6    21
 3 Linderivier AFC                             11    6   1   4    15   11   +4    19
 4 Sterrenwolde FC                             11    4   4   3    14   10   +4    16
 5 Soothill                                    11    4   3   4    10    7   +3    15
 6 Serevne AFC                                 11    4   2   5    12   11   +1    14
 7 Dartha AFC                                  11    4   2   5     9   19  -10    14
 8 Launott                                     11    3   4   4     8   12   -4    13
 9 Amandine AdF                                11    3   4   4     9   15   -6    13
10 Donderen                                    11    2   6   3    16   14   +2    12
11 Tuzmanjuth Jithaugom                        11    3   3   5    11   13   -2    12
12 Oai Unifie                                  11    3   1   7     5   11   -6    10

Differences in quality are even more minute on the fourth level, where only Yonenomura (5 points), Tuinderbeek FC (3 points), and Ounoukal Aminey CA (5 points) are sitting on a cushion. In Tuinderbeek FC's case, they could be going straight back up to third.

4th Div A                                  Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Grainshire United                           11    7   2   2    17   12   +5    23
 2 Burnet Athletic                             11    6   3   2    13    7   +6    21
 3 Oceanside South End                         11    5   3   3    17    8   +9    18
 4 Feddhaw yChronws                            11    3   6   2    11    7   +4    15
 5 Belmore FC                                  11    4   2   5    12   15   -3    14
 6 Cerryrhos yDhiwmydis                        11    3   4   4     7    7    0    13
 7 Penstead Clwb Peldred                       11    4   1   6    10   11   -1    13
 8 Ansonville Association                      11    3   4   4     8    9   -1    13
 9 Langward                                    11    3   4   4    12   17   -5    13
10 Cirelbourne Townside                        11    3   4   4    11   16   -5    13
11 Marinwood Sunday                            11    3   3   5     6   11   -5    12
12 Opalshire FC                                11    3   2   6     5    9   -4    11

   4th Div B                                  Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Chaganca Central                            11    6   2   3     6    6    0    20
 2 Chamiers                                    11    6   1   4    15    9   +6    19
 3 Cresthill Ebony FC                          11    5   2   4    15   16   -1    17
 4 Glimmerfall Triumph                         11    4   4   3    16   12   +4    16
 5 Limecroft & Abyss FC                        11    4   3   4    14   13   +1    15
 6 Club Valeloma                               11    4   3   4     8    8    0    15
 7 Vinroux Invincibles                         11    4   3   4     9    9    0    15
 8 Blanrasco Borealis                          11    3   5   3    13   10   +3    14
 9 Norille Orion                               11    3   5   3     9    8   +1    14
10 Ferncombe                                   11    3   4   4     7    8   -1    13
11 Cape Constillan                             11    3   2   6     8   14   -6    11
12 Bellmare Union                              11    2   4   5     8   15   -7    10

   4th Div C                                  Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Yonenomura                                  11    7   2   2    17    9   +8    23
 2 Shinsen Sunrise                             11    5   3   3    12   10   +2    18
 3 Shimohavi                                   11    5   2   4    16   11   +5    17
 4 Odahayashi Revolution                       11    5   2   4    11   10   +1    17
 5 Echizen                                     11    4   4   3    11    5   +6    16
 6 Chikuno Hakuba                              11    3   7   1     9    5   +4    16
 7 Nitoya                                      11    4   2   5    10   11   -1    14
 8 Morivate Lava                               11    4   2   5     8   11   -3    14
 9 Enkumo Diamond                              11    4   2   5     8   12   -4    14
10 Vurusen                                     11    4   2   5    10   15   -5    14
11 Motojagava Taranchula                       11    2   5   4     9   14   -5    11
12 Katashi Azula                               11    1   3   7     7   15   -8     6

   4th Div D                                  Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Tuinderbeek FC                              11    6   2   3    12    7   +5    20
 2 Kerkhaven-Rommefort-Combinatie              11    5   2   4    11   10   +1    17
 3 MEZWO-VEDC Lamau                            11    5   2   4     9    9    0    17
 4 Egevea                                      11    5   1   5    12    8   +4    16
 5 Shinsen VV                                  11    4   4   3    10    7   +3    16
 6 Vleugelberg                                 11    4   4   3    14   12   +2    16
 7 Aerellen Honoa SC                           11    4   4   3     8    8    0    16
 8 Grimhof VV                                  11    4   3   4     8    9   -1    15
 9 SC Sokrona                                  11    3   5   3     7    7    0    14
10 Ossendal                                    11    4   1   6     9   19  -10    13
11 Honingsweg                                  11    4   0   7    12   12    0    12
12 Turnaarde FC                                11    3   2   6    11   15   -4    11

   4th Div E                                  Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Ounoukal Aminey CA                          11    7   3   1    14    6   +8    24
 2 Aminey Avalanche                            11    5   4   2    13    8   +5    19
 3 Granon Altair CF                            11    6   1   4    13   10   +3    19
 4 Planneige                                   11    5   3   3    13   11   +2    18
 5 Liberazul Epitieres                         11    5   2   4    10    9   +1    17
 6 Amillon CdF                                 11    4   3   4    15   10   +5    15
 7 Linieux en Onyx                             11    4   3   4     8   14   -6    15
 8 Cygne de Dentillon                          11    3   4   4    11   13   -2    13
 9 Diessy CdF                                  11    4   1   6    14   19   -5    13
10 Rozenvoorde FC                              11    3   2   6    11   17   -6    11
11 Roufortois                                  11    2   4   5     8   10   -2    10
12 Foot Soibourgoise en Vert                   11    2   2   7     9   12   -3     8

   4th Div F                                  Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 April Bassin FC                             11    6   3   2    11    5   +6    21
 2 Mayara Soccer Guild                         11    5   4   2    11    7   +4    19
 3 Sathtonoru Kaptu                            11    5   3   3    12    6   +6    18
 4 Gakhithrau Dhikodhra                        11    5   3   3    11   11    0    18
 5 Sobdorlugin Komtherod                       11    4   3   4    10    8   +2    15
 6 Mayara Zunemak                              11    3   6   2    10   13   -3    15
 7 Myaranowra                                  11    3   4   4     7   10   -3    13
 8 Tepkusoren Opkohme                          11    3   3   5    12   10   +2    12
 9 Sauzjaregaun Saulrag                        11    2   6   3     8    9   -1    12
10 Tokponen Rildhemau                          11    3   3   5     8   15   -7    12
11 Pride of Eaglebury                          11    2   5   4    11   12   -1    11
12 Tarrashall Pride                            11    3   1   7     9   14   -5    10

The Academies and Universities are a little further apart. The differences between well-run programmes and the ones that barely hold on are far more pronounced. Teams like Ysbeer, het Vlaggenschip, Wright, Mawrystwyth, and Grain- and Leeshire are holding a few future pros at the very least.

University Northeast                       Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Technische Universiteit Sterrenwolde         7    4   3   0     9    5   +4    15
 2 Katashi Yoshima Daigaku                      7    4   2   1     8    3   +5    14
 3 Schemerdrechtuniversiteit                    7    3   3   1     8    4   +4    12
 4 Katashi Keizai Daigaku                       7    3   2   2     8    4   +4    11
 5 Furune Geijutsu Daigaku                      7    3   2   2     7    5   +2    11
 6 Nordorenfjolluniversitet                     7    1   2   4     2   10   -8     5
 7 Aevanna Ecologiske Universitet               7    1   1   5     5   10   -5     4
 8 Sudaefjolluniversitet                        7    1   1   5     7   13   -6     4
 
    University South-Central                   Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Uni of A&E of Grain- and Leeshire            7    6   1   0    10    2   +8    19
 2 Willowbourne Technological Academy           7    3   2   2     7    5   +2    11
 3 Santa Teresa Naval Academy                   7    3   2   2     5    5    0    11
 4 Universite des Arts d'Aminey                 7    3   1   3     6    6    0    10
 5 Willowbourne Institute of Humanities         7    2   2   3     5    7   -2     8
 6 National University of Willowbourne          7    1   3   3     7    9   -2     6
   Universite de la Cote Austral                7    1   3   3     7    9   -2     6
 8 Universidade de Finisterre                   7    1   2   4     3    7   -4     5
 
    University West-Central                    Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Mawrystwyth                                  7    5   2   0    10    3   +7    17
 2 Maethoru National University                 7    3   3   1    12    7   +5    12
 3 University of Mawryshire                     7    2   3   2     4    4    0     9
 4 Greencaster Business University              7    3   0   4     9   11   -2     9
 5 Greencaster Technical University             7    2   2   3     6    6    0     8
 6 Economical Institute of Amandine             7    2   2   3     7    9   -2     8
 7 West Strand Riding University                7    2   1   4     6    8   -2     7
 8 Gehrenna National University                 7    2   1   4     4   10   -6     7
 
    Academy East                               Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Ysbeer Voetbalschool                         5    3   2   0     8    3   +5    11
 2 Katashi Rossoscuro                           7    3   2   2     9    8   +1    11
 3 Aerawa Academy FC                            6    2   3   1     3    3    0     9
 4 Arakura Revelation                           7    3   0   4     8    8    0     9
 5 Straudum Sportacademie                       8    1   4   3     7   11   -4     7
 6 Alara Academy                                5    1   1   3     4    6   -2     4
 
    Academy North                              Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Het Vlaggenschip                             5    4   1   0     6    0   +6    13
 2 Senoren Soccer Academy                       7    3   2   2     4    5   -1    11
 3 Mayara Mezkuloren Academy                    7    2   4   1     7    4   +3    10
 4 Etouille Football Academie                   8    3   1   4     5    8   -3    10
 5 Rozenvoordse Academie                        5    1   1   3     3    5   -2     4
 6 Alpha Academie Malagnanaise                  6    1   1   4     4    7   -3     4
 
    Academy South                              Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Gaulthisoru Royals                           7    3   2   2    15   10   +5    11
 2 Dayfade Soccer Academy                       7    3   2   2     9    7   +2    11
 3 Berkton FC                                   6    2   4   0     9    7   +2    10
 4 Idyllwild Academy                            5    3   0   2     7    5   +2     9
 5 Academica Ferroventense                      8    1   3   4     8   14   -6     6
 6 Joaqueras Academica de Futbol                5    1   1   3     2    7   -5     4
 
    Academy West                               Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Wright United Academy                        7    3   3   1     8    6   +2    12
 2 Clwb Peldred Peredwr                         5    3   0   2     4    2   +2     9
 3 Grainshire Academy                           5    2   2   1     6    5   +1     8
 4 Greencaster FC                               7    2   2   3     7    8   -1     8
 5 Greencaster Marine Academy                   8    2   2   4     5    8   -3     8
 6 Weyarra Sunrise                              6    2   1   3     5    6   -1     7

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Soccer - Season 32

Season - Winter

And that's it for the first two-thirds of the season! The six lucky teams to fight for the championships are in, and they are:
- Schemerdrecht SVV: they delivered on their preseason status, with a largely homegrown team. Featuring Kita-Hinode's Kobayashi, and recent additions Egmar and Dhondt, they've done one position better and are going into the final 10 matches with a great goal difference as well.
- Straudum VV: incredible defence - that is, they conceded as much as Bruncester in 10th - keeps this team relevant. Scoring is ever the problem for them, but they take matches one by one, and a good result is more important then displaying better football every week. You can't disagree with the 3 points. Adding Pardoner and Tuff has helped, and that's with Van Schelven and Hellegeland already there.
- Branvon CD: like Straudum VV, instead of 9th or 10th they've gone 3rd. This team should've been done for with the losses of so many local heroes, and the times of making the Globe Cup/Challenger's Cup were over - and then they kept scoring. Turning a rag-tag group of ex-national teamers, with Mriin's Taraala, into a scary team again.
- Maynard AFC: err, what? The end of an era. Maynard was always pencilled into the lower six ever since they won a title. With Cholmondeley defending the national team's goal, and Xanneria's Steppe, together with quiet powers in Pennington, Potter, Bywaters, and Maxwell, they've grown a tremendous team that nobody could break apart in the last several years.
- Katashi-Kanatsu: as expected, the easterners have brought their big-name, attack-first, defence-never team into the top 6 after all. Relying on names such as Stewart, Convery, from very big football nations like Audioslavia and Brenecia, they also have Dragonflies Nagamine, Mizuno, and Ardouin. At nine points behind the leaders, it's still possible.
- Aminey CS: no riots in the streets after all! Aminey CS are in the top 6 again, and it's been a while. Powered by several new names, their foreign legion is taking shape with a team that's somehow been together for a while now, with the same core.

And with that, there is quite a bit of turnover from last year's championship group! Maethoru SC might have lost their status as 'whatever happens, they're top 6' a while ago, but Miradela GD have been magic in the second stage of the season, climbing two or three spots in the final stage for all of the last three seasons. Advance Alara conquered everyone's hearts with adventurous play, but have dropped to 9th courtesy of awful defence - even if they have the best attackers in the competition still. Tanques AOE have fallen dramatically from their championship season, couldn't turn draws into wins by some late conceding or failure to score in dominant performances. Maybe Duchemin was the cement keeping this team together.

Top League                                 Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Schemerdrecht SVV                           22   11   6   5    24   13  +11    39
 2 Straudum VV                                 22   11   6   5    19   14   +5    39
 3 Branvon CD                                  22   10   6   6    28   23   +5    36
 4 Maynard AFC                                 22    8   9   5    21   20   +1    33
 5 Katashi-Kanatsu                             22    8   6   8    33   27   +6    30
 6 Aminey CS                                   22    7   8   7    24   31   −7    29

 7 Tanques AOE                                 22    5  13   4    28   23   +5    28
 8 Maethoru SC                                 22    7   6   9    20   27   −7    27
 9 Advance Alara                               22    6   7   9    35   36   −1    25
10 Bruncester United AFC                       22    5   9   8    12   14   −2    24
11 Miradela GD                                 22    5   8   9    21   26   −5    23
12 Cirelbourne United                          22    4   6  12    12   23  −11    18

Arboren FC are cruising towards a title, now six points ahead of the opposition. Northern teams should quickly lose their frigid home advantage with the spring coming on, so let's see if Arboren FC is still this good in three months' time. The fight for the Liga B is still hot though, with Couziers-Olympiques on a confident lead going into the final part of the season. Strongfair, recently promoted, aren't first anymore but still well over their predicted position. Everyone up until 7th has a shot at Liga B - and the remaining teams will have to look out for the relegation monster. Teragaseki, Ambergate City, Nyashawill, and Zinchester Town, especially.

2nd Div                                    Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Arboren FC                                  22   13   6   3    24    9  +15    45
 2 Couziers-Olympiques                         22   11   6   5    26   19   +7    39
 3 Strongfair                                  22    9   9   4    25   16   +9    36
 4 Mawrystwyth                                 22   11   3   8    22   19   +3    36
 5 WSR AFC                                     22   10   5   7    22   20   +2    35
 6 Castelo e Calvente CS                       22    8   7   7    22   19   +3    31
 7 Gehrenna FC                                 22    7   9   6    23   23    0    30
 8 Huthwich & Iduloren FC                      22    7   3  12    21   25   −4    24
 9 Zinchester Town                             22    4  10   8    17   20   −3    22
10 Nyashawill                                  22    6   4  12    16   23   −7    22
11 Ambergate City                              22    6   3  13    12   23  −11    21
12 Teragaseki                                  22    5   5  12    14   28  −14    20

The two third divisions couldn't be more different: Brighthaven Town look to be promoted already, and at the bottom, Fukushira, Anarcourt, and Aviansola seem pretty ready for the fourth level as well. In the north, there are three teams at the top but the entire top 5 can still get promotion going. Two teams are a peg under the rest, but there are a few more teams that could fall behind enough as well.

3rd Div South                              Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Brighthaven Town                            22   13   4   5    28   12  +16    43
 2 Coloruna                                    22   10   6   6    26   19   +7    36
 3 Leeshire United                             22    9   8   5    26   20   +6    35
 4 Argyle Tuesday                              22    9   6   7    23   23    0    33
 5 Biney CF                                    22    8   8   6    24   23   +1    32
 6 Llandy FC                                   22    8   7   7    25   22   +3    31
 7 Sydberg                                     22    8   7   7    20   19   +1    31
 8 Otavura                                     22    7   8   7    25   25    0    29
 9 Vierciennes Victory                         22    7   7   8    18   20   −2    28
10 Fukushira Guerilla                          22    5   6  11    17   30  −13    21
11 Anarcourt CF                                22    4   7  11    17   29  −12    19
12 Aviansola Eden                              22    3   8  11    21   28   −7    17

   3rd Div North                              Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Linderivier AFC                             22   12   2   8    35   23  +12    38
 2 Sterrenwolde FC                             22   10   7   5    24   14  +10    37
 3 Laringen AFC                                22   10   7   5    26   20   +6    37
 4 Senoren FC                                  22    9   7   6    39   28  +11    34
 5 Soothill                                    22   10   4   8    18   14   +4    34
 6 Amandine AdF                                22    8   8   6    18   20   −2    32
 7 Donderen                                    22    6  10   6    27   23   +4    28
 8 Launott                                     22    6  10   6    15   23   −8    28
 9 Tuzmanjuth Jithaugom                        22    6   7   9    20   21   −1    25
10 Dartha AFC                                  22    6   6  10    18   33  −15    24
11 Oai Unifie                                  22    6   3  13    13   25  −12    21
12 Serevne AFC                                 22    5   5  12    17   26   −9    20

All leads have disappeared! No team is more than three points ahead of the pack - with the exception of Chaganca, but they weren'tfar ahead at all the last time we checked in.

4th Div A                                  Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Burnet Athletic                             22   10   7   5    32   21  +11    37
 2 Grainshire United                           22   11   4   7    29   28   +1    37
 3 Penstead Clwb Peldred                       22    9   6   7    22   20   +2    33
 4 Ansonville Association                      22    9   6   7    21   20   +1    33
 5 Oceanside South End                         22    9   5   8    32   20  +12    32
 6 Feddhaw yChronws                            22    7   8   7    19   18   +1    29
 7 Cerryrhos yDhiwmydis                        22    7   7   8    23   21   +2    28
 8 Belmore FC                                  22    7   7   8    18   20   −2    28
 9 Langward                                    22    6   8   8    24   29   −5    26
10 Opalshire FC                                22    6   7   9    13   16   −3    25
11 Marinwood Sunday                            22    6   7   9    16   25   −9    25
12 Cirelbourne Townside                        22    6   6  10    22   33  −11    24

   4th Div B                                  Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Chaganca Central                            22   11   6   5    19   16   +3    39
 2 Chamiers                                    22   10   4   8    23   18   +5    34
 3 Cresthill Ebony FC                          22    9   7   6    24   22   +2    34
 4 Blanrasco Borealis                          22    8   9   5    24   16   +8    33
 5 Norille Orion                               22    7  10   5    23   16   +7    31
 6 Glimmerfall Triumph                         22    7   9   6    32   27   +5    30
 7 Limecroft & Abyss FC                        22    8   4  10    25   23   +2    28
 8 Vinroux Invincibles                         22    7   7   8    22   26   −4    28
 9 Club Valeloma                               22    8   4  10    15   20   −5    28
10 Bellmare Union                              22    6   7   9    26   30   −4    25
11 Ferncombe                                   22    6   6  10    14   23   −9    24
12 Cape Constillan                             22    6   5  11    22   32  −10    23

   4th Div C                                  Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Yonenomura                                  22   11   7   4    33   22  +11    40
 2 Shinsen Sunrise                             22   10   8   4    30   20  +10    38
 3 Echizen                                     22    9   7   6    27   20   +7    34
 4 Shimohavi                                   22   10   3   9    28   23   +5    33
 5 Chikuno Hakuba                              22    7  11   4    19   13   +6    32
 6 Odahayashi Revolution                       22    8   7   7    24   24    0    31
 7 Vurusen                                     22    8   5   9    19   28   −9    29
 8 Motojagava Taranchula                       22    6   9   7    21   23   −2    27
 9 Morivate Lava                               22    7   6   9    20   24   −4    27
10 Nitoya                                      22    6   7   9    15   18   −3    25
11 Enkumo Diamond                              22    5   5  12    20   32  −12    20
12 Katashi Azula                               22    4   7  11    15   24   −9    19

   4th Div D                                  Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Tuinderbeek FC                              22   11   5   6    23   17   +6    38
 2 Shinsen VV                                  22    9   8   5    27   13  +14    35
 3 Egevea                                      22   10   5   7    24   14  +10    35
 4 Aerellen Honoa SC                           22    8  10   4    21   16   +5    34
 5 Kerkhaven-Rommefort-Combinatie              22    9   6   7    23   24   −1    33
 6 Grimhof VV                                  22    7   9   6    16   14   +2    30
 7 SC Sokrona                                  22    7   7   8    18   22   −4    28
 8 Turnaarde FC                                22    6   9   7    20   23   −3    27
 9 MEZWO-VEDC Lamau                            22    6   7   9    17   23   −6    25
10 Vleugelberg                                 22    5   9   8    21   26   −5    24
11 Ossendal                                    22    6   5  11    20   33  −13    23
12 Honingsweg                                  22    6   4  12    19   24   −5    22

   4th Div E                                  Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Aminey Avalanche                            22   11   7   4    27   17  +10    40
 2 Rozenvoorde FC                              22   11   4   7    28   23   +5    37
 3 Amillon CdF                                 22   10   5   7    29   24   +5    35
 4 Ounoukal Aminey CA                          22   10   5   7    23   19   +4    35
 5 Granon Altair CF                            22    9   6   7    23   18   +5    33
 6 Planneige                                   22    9   6   7    25   22   +3    33
 7 Liberazul Epitieres                         22    9   4   9    21   23   −2    31
 8 Diessy CdF                                  22    9   3  10    24   28   −4    30
 9 Linieux en Onyx                             22    8   5   9    20   26   −6    29
10 Foot Soibourgoise en Vert                   22    6   3  13    18   25   −7    21
11 Roufortois                                  22    4   8  10    15   20   −5    20
12 Cygne de Dentillon                          22    4   8  10    19   27   −8    20

   4th Div F                                  Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Myaranowra                                  22   10   5   7    22   17   +5    35
 2 Mayara Zunemak                              22    9   8   5    20   20    0    35
 3 Sathtonoru Kaptu                            22    9   6   7    21   13   +8    33
 4 Tepkusoren Opkohme                          22   10   3   9    23   17   +6    33
 5 Mayara Soccer Guild                         22    9   6   7    24   22   +2    33
 6 April Bassin FC                             22    8   5   9    18   19   −1    29
 7 Gakhithrau Dhikodhra                        22    8   5   9    22   24   −2    29
 8 Tarrashall Pride                            22    8   5   9    18   22   −4    29
 9 Pride of Eaglebury                          22    6   9   7    22   20   +2    27
10 Sobdorlugin Komtherod                       22    6   8   8    14   17   −3    26
11 Sauzjaregaun Saulrag                        22    5  10   7    16   16    0    25
12 Tokponen Rildhemau                          22    6   6  10    17   30  −13    24

Teams have found their balance, and the Universities are looking as they usually do. In the Academies, players and staff are nearing two years of experience together, and the programmes are only getting stronger. Not on the level of the Universities yet, but it only looks to be a matter of time.

University Northeast                       Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Technische Universiteit Sterrenwolde        14    8   5   1    16   14   +2    29
 2 Katashi Yoshima Daigaku                     14    6   6   2    13    7   +6    24
 3 Schemerdrechtuniversiteit                   14    6   5   3    13    8   +5    23
 4 Katashi Keizai Daigaku                      14    5   6   3    13    8   +5    21
 5 Furune Geijutsu Daigaku                     14    4   4   6    10   12   −2    16
 6 Sudaefjolluniversitet                       14    4   2   8    18   18    0    14
 7 Nordorenfjolluniversitet                    14    2   6   6     5   14   −9    12
 8 Aevanna Ecologiske Universitet              14    1   6   7     8   15   −7     9
 
   University South-Central                   Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Willowbourne Technological Academy          14    8   3   3    14   10   +4    27
 2 Uni of A&E of Grain- and Leeshire           14    7   4   3    15   10   +5    25
 3 Santa Teresa Naval Academy                  14    5   3   6     9   12   −3    18
 4 Willowbourne Institute of Humanities        14    4   5   5    11   12   −1    17
 5 Universite des Arts d'Aminey                14    3   7   4     9   10   −1    16
 6 Universidade de Finisterre                  14    3   7   4    16   18   −2    16
 7 Universite de la Cote Austral               14    3   6   5    15   13   +2    15
 8 National University of Willowbourne         14    3   5   6    14   18   −4    14
 
   University West-Central                    Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 West Strand Riding University               14    8   1   5    23   14   +9    25
 2 Mawrystwyth                                 14    7   4   3    16   11   +5    25
 3 Greencaster Technical University            14    6   3   5    16   13   +3    21
 4 Gehrenna National University                14    6   3   5    13   15   −2    21
 5 Maethoru National University                14    5   4   5    15   16   −1    19
 6 Greencaster Business University             14    6   1   7    19   21   −2    19
 7 University of Mawryshire                    14    3   4   7     9   15   −6    13
 8 Economical Institute of Amandine            14    2   6   6    13   19   −6    12
 
   Academy East                               Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Aerawa Academy FC                           10    5   4   1    10    6   +4    19
 2 Ysbeer Voetbalschool                        10    5   3   2    11    7   +4    18
 3 Straudum Sportacademie                      11    3   4   4    16   14   +2    13
 4 Katashi Rossoscuro                          11    3   4   4     9   14   −5    13
 5 Alara Academy                               10    3   3   4    11   11    0    12
 6 Arakura Revelation                          10    3   0   7     9   14   −5     9

   Academy North                              Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Mayara Mezkuloren Academy                   11    5   4   2    10    5   +5    19
 2 Rozenvoordse Academie                       10    5   2   3    11    7   +4    17
 3 Senoren Soccer Academy                      10    4   4   2     7    7    0    16
 4 Het Vlaggenschip                            10    4   3   3     8    7   +1    15
 5 Etouille Football Academie                  11    4   1   6     8   11   −3    13
 6 Alpha Academie Malagnanaise                 10    1   2   7     5   12   −7     5
 
   Academy South                              Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Idyllwild Academy                           10    6   1   3    11    8   +3    19
 2 Gaulthisoru Royals                          10    5   3   2    18   11   +7    18
 3 Berkton FC                                  10    4   4   2    12   10   +2    16
 4 Academica Ferroventense                     11    4   3   4    14   15   −1    15
 5 Dayfade Soccer Academy                      11    4   2   5    12   10   +2    14
 6 Joaqueras Academica de Futbol               10    1   1   8     4   17  −13     4
 
   Academy West                               Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Grainshire Academy                          10    5   4   1    13    7   +6    19
 2 Wright United Academy                       10    5   3   2    11    7   +4    18
 3 Greencaster FC                              11    4   3   4    11   10   +1    15
 4 Greencaster Marine Academy                  11    3   3   5     6   10   −4    12
 5 Weyarra Sunrise                             10    3   2   5     7    9   −2    11
 6 Clwb Peldred Peredwr                        10    3   1   6     4    9   −5    10

[Ko-oren]

Soccer - Season 32

Season - Spring

Schemerdrecht SVV 2–0 Aminey CS
Katashi-Kanatsu 5–2 Branvon CD
Maynard AFC 0–1 Straudum VV

Schemerdrecht SVV 0–0 Straudum VV
Katashi-Kanatsu 1–1 Aminey CS
Branvon CD 0–1 Maynard AFC

Branvon CD 0–1 Schemerdrecht SVV
Aminey CS 0–3 Maynard AFC

Schemerdrecht SVV 0–1 Maynard AFC
Straudum VV 0–1 Katashi-Kanatsu
Branvon CD 0–2 Aminey CS

Katashi-Kanatsu 1–0 Schemerdrecht SVV
Aminey CS 0–0 Straudum VV

Maynard AFC 0–2 Katashi-Kanatsu
Straudum VV 0–1 Branvon CD

Close to the end now, and Katashi-Kanatsu have taken an early lead. Whether it'll be enough to keep the northern teams at bay will remain to be seen. In the Challenge Group, teams are only playing to salvage their season and get some sweet wins in front of a home audience, getting confidence to secure some positions ahead of the next season. Advance Alara is doing very poorly... this cannot end well.

Championship Group                         Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Katashi-Kanatsu                              5    4   1   0    10    3   +7    13
 2 Maynard AFC                                  5    3   0   2     5    3   +2     9
 3 Schemerdrecht SVV                            5    2   1   2     3    2   +1     7
 4 Straudum VV                                  5    1   2   2     1    2   −1     5
 5 Aminey CS                                    5    1   2   2     3    6   −3     5
 6 Branvon CD                                   5    1   0   4     3    9   −6     3
 
   Challenge Group                            Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Bruncester United AFC                        5    3   1   1     4    2   +2    10
 2 Miradela GD                                  5    2   2   1    13    9   +4     8
 3 Tanques AOE                                  5    2   1   2     8    8    0     7
 4 Maethoru SC                                  5    2   1   2     5    7   −2     7
 5 Cirelbourne United                           5    1   2   2     3    4   −1     5
 6 Advance Alara                                5    1   1   3     7   10   −3     4

No promotion to the Top League just yet, but Arboren FC have once again managed a decent position among the top teams. Couziers-Olympiques are up there again as well. Strongfair, after a stormy start, have dropped back to 5 - but relegation is out of the question now: mission success! Nyashawill look to be relegating straight after promotion, unless they can overtake Zinchester Town. Teragaseki have been in danger all season, and don't seem to escape it. All other teams are safe. The biggest remaining fight is for the Liga B, though.

2nd Div                                    Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Arboren FC                                  29   14  11   4    29   15  +14    53
 2 Couziers-Olympiques                         29   14   8   7    34   25   +9    50
 3 Mawrystwyth                                 29   14   6   9    30   26   +4    48
 4 WSR AFC                                     29   13   8   8    28   25   +3    47
 5 Strongfair                                  29   11  12   6    31   20  +11    45
 6 Castelo e Calvente CS                       29   11   8  10    26   23   +3    41
 7 Gehrenna FC                                 29   10  11   8    28   28    0    41
 8 Huthwich & Iduloren FC                      29   10   3  16    27   31   −4    33
 9 Ambergate City                              29    8   8  13    20   28   −8    32
10 Zinchester Town                             29    4  15  10    22   29   −7    27
11 Nyashawill                                  29    7   6  16    22   32  −10    27
12 Teragaseki                                  29    6   8  15    19   34  −15    26

Big differences at the top in both 3rd divisions, it looks like next season's second division is known. Brighthaven Town and Sterrenwolde FC will have to do as they've done to stay ahead of the competition and secure promotion to the 2nd level. In the south, relegation is more or less set in stone, with Vierciennes Victory in safety. Fukushira, Anarcourt, and Aviansola couldn't leverage their (hot) home advantage into points. In the north, we can't say too much yet, with all bottom 6 clubs in danger. Oai Unifie are locks for the fourth level, though.

3rd Div South                              Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Brighthaven Town                            29   15   7   7    34   18  +16    52
 2 Coloruna                                    29   13   8   8    37   24  +13    47
 3 Sydberg                                     29   13   8   8    33   23  +10    47
 4 Argyle Tuesday                              29   12   8   9    28   30   −2    44
 5 Otavura                                     29   11  10   8    37   34   +3    43
 6 Llandy FC                                   29   11   9   9    34   33   +1    42
 7 Leeshire United                             29   10  10   9    30   26   +4    40
 8 Biney CF                                    29   10   9  10    36   36    0    39
 9 Vierciennes Victory                         29    9   9  11    24   26   −2    36
10 Fukushira Guerilla                          29    6  11  12    24   37  −13    29
11 Anarcourt CF                                29    7   7  15    21   37  −16    28
12 Aviansola Eden                              29    4  10  15    29   43  −14    22

   3rd Div North                              Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Sterrenwolde FC                             29   14   8   7    34   17  +17    50
 2 Soothill                                    29   13   7   9    29   20   +9    46
 3 Amandine AdF                                29   11  11   7    25   25    0    44
 4 Senoren FC                                  29   11  10   8    46   35  +11    43
 5 Linderivier AFC                             29   13   4  12    38   32   +6    43
 6 Laringen AFC                                29   11  10   8    30   29   +1    43
 7 Donderen                                    29    9  12   8    35   30   +5    39
 8 Serevne AFC                                 29    9   7  13    27   30   −3    34
 9 Launott                                     29    7  13   9    21   32  −11    34
10 Dartha AFC                                  29    8   9  12    25   40  −15    33
11 Tuzmanjuth Jithaugom                        29    8   8  13    24   30   −6    32
12 Oai Unifie                                  29    8   5  16    17   31  −14    29

Almost there, and there are new teams on top of these divisions once again. Grainshire United could go straight back up to third, after Penstead fell down tremendously and Burnet Athletic just can't get it done. Chaganca will have to try hard to mess up from here on out - but the biggest surprise is Limecroft & Abyss FC's decent team on paper that falls short of division B. Yonenomura is closely shadowed by another local football heartland, Shinsen. Tuinderbeek are also looking to go straight back up to third, in a surprisingly weak Intermare division. Myaranowra and the other West Strand Riding teams look too strong in division F - despite most of the division being from the Capitals. Big budgets don't count down here. In division E, everything is still possible.

4th Div A                                  Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Grainshire United                           29   15   6   8    37   31   +6    51
 2 Burnet Athletic                             29   12   9   8    36   26  +10    45
 3 Oceanside South End                         29   12   6  11    38   26  +12    42
 4 Ansonville Association                      29   11   8  10    25   24   +1    41
 5 Cerryrhos yDhiwmydis                        29   10  10   9    27   23   +4    40
 6 Penstead Clwb Peldred                       29   11   7  11    28   30   −2    40
 7 Marinwood Sunday                            29   11   7  11    25   30   −5    40
 8 Feddhaw yChronws                            29    9  10  10    24   25   −1    37
 9 Belmore FC                                  29    9  10  10    25   28   −3    37
10 Opalshire FC                                29    9   7  13    23   25   −2    34
11 Langward                                    29    8   9  12    27   37  −10    33
12 Cirelbourne Townside                        29    7  11  11    32   42  −10    32

   4th Div B                                  Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Chaganca Central                            29   15   7   7    30   24   +6    52
 2 Blanrasco Borealis                          29   12  11   6    32   21  +11    47
 3 Chamiers                                    29   13   6  10    34   28   +6    45
 4 Limecroft & Abyss FC                        29   12   7  10    34   27   +7    43
 5 Glimmerfall Triumph                         29   11   9   9    44   34  +10    42
 6 Norille Orion                               29   10  10   9    32   25   +7    40
 7 Club Valeloma                               29   11   6  12    28   26   +2    39
 8 Ferncombe                                   29   10   7  12    21   26   −5    37
 9 Vinroux Invincibles                         29    9  10  10    26   34   −8    37
10 Cresthill Ebony FC                          29    9   9  11    30   37   −7    36
11 Bellmare Union                              29    6  10  13    28   41  −13    28
12 Cape Constillan                             29    7   6  16    29   45  −16    27

   4th Div C                                  Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Yonenomura                                  29   15   8   6    43   30  +13    53
 2 Shinsen Sunrise                             29   14   9   6    37   23  +14    51
 3 Shimohavi                                   29   13   5  11    36   29   +7    44
 4 Motojagava Taranchula                       29   11  10   8    30   26   +4    43
 5 Vurusen                                     29   12   6  11    31   40   −9    42
 6 Chikuno Hakuba                              29    9  12   8    24   20   +4    39
   Echizen                                     29   10   9  10    31   27   +4    39
 8 Odahayashi Revolution                       29   10   9  10    31   31    0    39
 9 Morivate Lava                               29    9   9  11    27   29   −2    36
10 Nitoya                                      29    8   9  12    20   29   −9    33
11 Katashi Azula                               29    6   9  14    21   31  −10    27
12 Enkumo Diamond                              29    6   7  16    24   40  −16    25

   4th Div D                                  Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Tuinderbeek FC                              29   14   7   8    29   22   +7    49
 2 Egevea                                      29   12   8   9    30   22   +8    44
 3 Aerellen Honoa SC                           29   10  13   6    27   22   +5    43
 4 SC Sokrona                                  29   12   7  10    26   26    0    43
 5 Shinsen VV                                  29   10  11   8    31   19  +12    41
 6 Vleugelberg                                 29   10  11   8    31   27   +4    41
 7 Kerkhaven-Rommefort-Combinatie              29   11   6  12    30   33   −3    39
 8 Grimhof VV                                  29    9  11   9    21   19   +2    38
 9 Turnaarde FC                                29    8  12   9    25   29   −4    36
10 MEZWO-VEDC Lamau                            29    9   9  11    22   27   −5    36
11 Ossendal                                    29    9   6  14    27   43  −16    33
12 Honingsweg                                  29    7   5  17    23   33  −10    26

   4th Div E                                  Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Aminey Avalanche                            29   13   9   7    38   28  +10    48
 2 Amillon CdF                                 29   13   8   8    37   29   +8    47
 3 Rozenvoorde FC                              29   13   7   9    33   30   +3    46
 4 Liberazul Epitieres                         29   13   6  10    29   28   +1    45
 5 Granon Altair CF                            29   12   7  10    27   22   +5    43
 6 Ounoukal Aminey CA                          29   11   8  10    27   25   +2    41
 7 Linieux en Onyx                             29   11   7  11    31   35   −4    40
 8 Diessy CdF                                  29   11   6  12    27   31   −4    39
 9 Cygne de Dentillon                          29    9   9  11    27   30   −3    36
10 Planneige                                   29    9   8  12    33   37   −4    35
11 Roufortois                                  29    6  12  11    22   23   −1    30
12 Foot Soibourgoise en Vert                   29    7   5  17    20   33  −13    26

   4th Div F                                  Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Myaranowra                                  29   14   7   8    28   21   +7    49
 2 Sathtonoru Kaptu                            29   12   9   8    28   18  +10    45
 3 Mayara Soccer Guild                         29   12   7  10    32   29   +3    43
 4 Sobdorlugin Komtherod                       29   11   8  10    31   23   +8    41
 5 Tepkusoren Opkohme                          29   12   4  13    29   28   +1    40
 6 Mayara Zunemak                              29   10  10   9    25   32   −7    40
 7 Gakhithrau Dhikodhra                        29   11   6  12    31   31    0    39
 8 Sauzjaregaun Saulrag                        29    9  11   9    26   24   +2    38
 9 Tarrashall Pride                            29   10   8  11    24   30   −6    38
10 Pride of Eaglebury                          29    8  12   9    27   25   +2    36
11 April Bassin FC                             29    8   8  13    21   26   −5    32
12 Tokponen Rildhemau                          29    8   8  13    21   36  −15    32

University Northeast                       Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Technische Universiteit Sterrenwolde        18    9   6   3    23   22   +1    33
 2 Katashi Yoshima Daigaku                     20    8   7   5    16   11   +5    31
 3 Schemerdrechtuniversiteit                   17    8   5   4    15    9   +6    29
 4 Katashi Keizai Daigaku                      17    6   8   3    18   11   +7    26
 5 Furune Geijutsu Daigaku                     19    7   5   7    17   15   +2    26
 6 Sudaefjolluniversitet                       17    6   3   8    22   19   +3    21
 7 Nordorenfjolluniversitet                    18    2   9   7     5   15  −10    15
 8 Aevanna Ecologiske Universitet              18    1   7  10     8   22  −14    10
 
   University South-Central                   Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA  GD   Pts 
 1 Uni of A&E of Grain- and Leeshire           17    8   4   5    19   14   +5    28
 2 Willowbourne Technological Academy          17    8   4   5    15   13   +2    28
 3 National University of Willowbourne         20    7   5   8    23   22   +1    26
 4 Universite de la Cote Austral               17    6   6   5    22   16   +6    24
 5 Willowbourne Institute of Humanities        18    6   6   6    13   14   −1    24
 6 Universidade de Finisterre                  18    5   8   5    20   22   −2    23
 7 Santa Teresa Naval Academy                  19    6   3  10    13   19   −6    21
 8 Universite des Arts d'Aminey                18    4   8   6    13   18   −5    20
 
   University West-Central                    Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Mawrystwyth                                 18    9   5   4    23   17   +6    32
 2 Maethoru National University                18    8   5   5    23   19   +4    29
 3 Greencaster Technical University            17    8   4   5    20   14   +6    28
 4 West Strand Riding University               17    8   2   7    25   18   +7    26
 5 Greencaster Business University             18    7   3   8    23   26   −3    24
 6 Gehrenna National University                17    6   3   8    14   19   −5    21
 7 University of Mawryshire                    19    4   8   7    16   21   −5    20
 8 Economical Institute of Amandine            20    2  10   8    16   26  −10    16

   Academy East                               Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Ysbeer Voetbalschool                        15    8   5   2    23   13  +10    29
 2 Katashi Rossoscuro                          17    8   5   4    18   18    0    29
 3 Aerawa Academy FC                           16    7   6   3    16   13   +3    27
 4 Straudum Sportacademie                      18    5   5   8    20   21   −1    20
 5 Alara Academy                               15    3   5   7    13   17   −4    14
 6 Arakura Revelation                          17    4   2  11    11   19   −8    14
 
   Academy North                              Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Mayara Mezkuloren Academy                   17    8   6   3    17    8   +9    30
 2 Senoren Soccer Academy                      17    6   6   5    11   13   −2    24
 3 Het Vlaggenschip                            15    6   5   4    12   10   +2    23
 4 Rozenvoordse Academie                       15    6   4   5    13   10   +3    22
 5 Etouille Football Academie                  18    6   4   8    12   15   −3    22
 6 Alpha Academie Malagnanaise                 16    1   7   8     7   16   −9    10
 
   Academy South                              Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Idyllwild Academy                           15   10   1   4    20   11   +9    31
 2 Gaulthisoru Royals                          17    8   5   4    27   17  +10    29
 3 Berkton FC                                  16    7   5   4    19   18   +1    26
 4 Academica Ferroventense                     18    6   5   7    22   26   −4    23
 5 Dayfade Soccer Academy                      17    5   5   7    16   16    0    20
 6 Joaqueras Academica de Futbol               15    1   3  11     6   22  −16     6

   Academy West                               Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Wright United Academy                       17    8   5   4    16   11   +5    29
 2 Grainshire Academy                          15    7   5   3    16   11   +5    26
 3 Greencaster FC                              17    6   6   5    17   15   +2    24
 4 Weyarra Sunrise                             16    6   3   7    15   15    0    21
 5 Greencaster Marine Academy                  18    4   6   8    11   17   −6    18
 6 Clwb Peldred Peredwr                        15    5   1   9     9   15   −6    16

[Ko-oren]

Soccer - Season 32

Season - End

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Straudum VV 0–1 Schemerdrecht SVV
Aminey CS 0–0 Branvon CD
Katashi-Kanatsu 2–2 Maynard AFC

Schemerdrecht SVV 0–0 Branvon CD
Maynard AFC 1–1 Aminey CS
Katashi-Kanatsu 0–1 Straudum VV

Maynard AFC 0–0 Schemerdrecht SVV
Branvon CD 0–1 Straudum VV
Aminey CS 1–3 Katashi-Kanatsu

Schemerdrecht SVV 0–1 Katashi-Kanatsu
Straudum VV 1–0 Maynard AFC

Branvon CD 0–8 Katashi-Kanatsu
Aminey CS 0–1 Schemerdrecht SVV

Maynard AFC 2–0 Branvon CD
Straudum VV 0–0 Aminey CS

Championship Group                         Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Katashi-Kanatsu                             10    7   2   1    24    7  +17    23
 2 Maynard AFC                                 10    4   3   3    10    7   +3    15
 3 Schemerdrecht SVV                           10    4   3   3     5    3   +2    15
 4 Straudum VV                                 10    4   3   3     4    3   +1    15
 5 Aminey CS                                   10    1   5   4     5   11   −6     8
 6 Branvon CD                                  10    1   2   7     3   20  −17     5
 
   Challenge Group                            Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Maethoru SC                                 10    6   1   3    12    9   +3    19
 2 Miradela GD                                 10    4   4   2    19   14   +5    16
 3 Bruncester United AFC                       10    4   3   3    10    8   +2    15
 4 Tanques AOE                                 10    4   3   3    12   10   +2    15
 5 Advance Alara                               10    2   3   5    10   18   −8     9
 6 Cirelbourne United                          10    2   2   6     6   10   −4     8

Combined Final Standings:

Top League            Pld  GD  Pts
1 Schemerdrecht SVV      32 +13   54  IFCF CL
 2 Straudum VV            32  +6   54  IFCF CL
3 Katashi-Kanatsu        32 +23   53  IFCF CC
 4 Maynard AFC            32  +4   48  IFCF CC
 5 Branvon CD             32 -12   41  IFCF CC
 6 Aminey CS              32 -13   37

7 Maethoru SC            32  -4   46  VCI
 8 Tanques AOE            32  +7   43
 9 Miradela GD            32   0   39*
10 Bruncester United AFC  32   0   39
11 Advance Alara          32  -9   34
12 Cirelbourne United     32 -15   26

Miradela GD ranks ahead on H2H: 2-2, 0-2

Schemerdrecht SVV does it! They win the championship, over regional rivals Straudum VV, on goal difference! The round 6 0-1 win at Straudum VV seals it, in the end. Both teams have had trouble scoring, but Straudum VV's inept offence just doesn't cut it in the end. Their defence carries them to second, either way. Katashi-Kanatsu, despite the hype, finish in third at just a point behind the top 2. The loss to Straudum VV did it - or perhaps they came close despite everything, beating both northern teams earlier in the Championship Group stage. Surely not what the Katashi side expected, and feelings of 'what could have been' will linger until they finally win a title themselves. Maynard AFC finish 4th, and will go to the IFCF! Who could've predicted this after years and years at 12th! Branvon CD silence the haters and are the final IFCF team - not the class of city rivals Miradela, not the quality of Tanques - the work rate prevails. Aminey CS are the only team not to get anything in the top 6, but making the top 6 in the first place was a decent reward for them.

Maethoru SC will go international, in the Vilitan Cove Invitational, keeping Tanques AOE just behind them. Advance Alara are the biggest disappointments, grabbing the attention from foreign fans after a wonderful run last season... down to 11th this year.

Katashi-Kanatsu do get the goal difference of kings with a 8-0 win over Branvon CD - the Top League's biggest ever victory margin. The two teams' earlier meeting yielded 7 goals, in a 5-2 win for Katashi-Kanatsu.

Team of the Year
GK Barre Goossen (25) - Schemerdrecht SVV
RF Hamilton Anvil (23) - Aminey CS
RB Minne van Schelven (23) - Straudum
LB Seffewr ySaellhon (25) - Branvon CD
LF Amelia Tuff^DOG (25) - Straudum
DM Ian Egmar^KSK (26) - Schemerdrecht SVV
LM Nanko Wormstal (19) - Schemerdrecht SVV
CM Reuben Pennington (34) - Maynard AFC
RM Wilfred Richey (22) - Maynard AFC
SS Cherry Sonnel^CMT (24) - Katashi-Kanatsu
ST Hansel Tang^PFA (27) - Advance Alara

Stats
Goals:
1 - 18 SS Cherry Sonnel^CMT (24) - Katashi-Kanatsu
2 - 14 SS Hansel Tang^PFA (27) - Advance Alara
3 - 13 SS Aristotle Weaver^MBT (27) - Tanques AOE
Assists:
1 - 12 AM Jochi Murakami (24) - Advance Alara
2 - 10 CM Jerome Mettis ^CMT (24) - Katashi-Kanatsu
3 - 9 RM Phileas Oakley (22) - Branvon CD
Clean Sheets:
1 - GK Gudo Neihof (23) - Straudum
2 - GK Barre Goossen (25) - Schemerdrecht SVV
3 - GK Bengt Palmgroen (25) - Bruncester United AFC

Notable Retirements
RF Yana Ishiwata (37) - Cirelbourne United
LM Basil Vahamonde (37) - Miradela GD
RB Thomas Kastberg (37) - Branvon CD
LM Nathan Didier (36) - Aminey CS
RS Chloé Beaulieu (32) - Straudum
AM Laurence Brisley (36) - Bruncester United AFC

In the second division, Arboren FC do manage to hold on to their lead - and not just that, they expand it to 7 points to make it very clear which team was far stronger than any other. They are joined by Couziers-Olympiques, Mawrystwyth, and WSR AFC in the Liga B. WSR AFC have grown out to a bit of a neutral fan favourite over the course of the season, from their small yet beautifully located home ground, to the home advantage they sport, and by being unpredictable even though they win quite a bit more than they lose. Gehrenna FC will wonder what could have been, and newly promoted Strongfair finish within 3 points of the Liga B. Teragaseki, somehow, escape their fate for now. There's quite a bit of work needed to keep them at the second level, but for now they went from 26 points to 36 in the span of four games (that's 3 wins and a draw), pushing Zinchester (3 points in the same time span) and Nyashawill (0 points in the last four matches) beneath them - to escape relegation by six points. Given what they were coming from, that's huge.

2nd Div                                    Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
1 Arboren FC                                  33   16  13   4    36   20  +16    61 IFCF Liga B
 2 Couziers-Olympiques                         33   15   9   9    38   30   +8    54 IFCF Liga B
 3 Mawrystwyth                                 33   15   8  10    33   28   +5    53 IFCF Liga B
 4 WSR AFC                                     33   14  10   9    30   28   +2    52 IFCF Liga B
 5 Gehrenna FC                                 33   13  12   8    34   30   +4    51
 6 Strongfair                                  33   12  13   8    34   25   +9    49
 7 Castelo e Calvente CS                       33   12  10  11    29   26   +3    46
 8 Ambergate City                              33   10   9  14    27   33   −6    39
 9 Huthwich & Iduloren FC                      33   11   4  18    31   35   −4    37
10 Teragaseki                                  33    9   9  15    24   35  −11    36
11 Zinchester Town                             33    5  15  13    23   33  −10    30 Relegation
12 Nyashawill                                  33    7   6  20    22   38  −16    27 Relegation

And so we have two new clubs that will try out the second level. After Strongfair and Nyashawill last season, Brighthaven Town and Sterrenwolde FC are the new additions to the second division. The former were pretty sure that they could keep the South at bay, the latter weren't sure until the final matchday. Soothill have enjoyed a fun ride to second place, over arguably more talented teams like Linderivier, Laringen, and Amandine. They'll get Nyashawill in their division next year, let's see if they can get a repeat. Oai Unifie manage to stay up at the third level, with 8 points in the final 4 matches. Launott dive from 9th to 12th in the same timespan, but all in all it's extremely close down in the cellar of the North. Tuzmanjuth go back to where they came from, Launott and Dartha AFC will also go down - a heavy blow to soccer in the northeast. Straudum VV and Arboren FC will defend their honour at higher levels, and so only Serevne AFC are left. Looking ahead to the fourth division promotions, they won't be joined by other northeastern teams.

3rd Div South                              Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
1 Brighthaven Town                            33   17   8   8    39   22  +17    59 Promotion
 2 Coloruna                                    33   15   9   9    40   27  +13    54
 3 Sydberg                                     33   14   9  10    37   28   +9    51
 4 Otavura                                     33   13  11   9    41   37   +4    50
 5 Argyle Tuesday                              33   14   8  11    34   34    0    50
 6 Llandy FC                                   33   13  10  10    38   37   +1    49
 7 Biney CF                                    33   11  11  11    40   39   +1    44
 8 Leeshire United                             33   10  13  10    32   29   +3    43
 9 Vierciennes Victory                         33   11   9  13    29   31   −2    42
10 Fukushira Guerilla                          33    8  12  13    28   39  −11    36 Relegation
11 Anarcourt CF                                33    8   8  17    24   42  −18    32 Relegation
12 Aviansola Eden                              33    5  10  18    32   49  −17    25 Relegation

   3rd Div North                              Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
1 Sterrenwolde FC                             33   15  11   7    36   18  +18    56 Promotion
 2 Soothill                                    33   15   9   9    34   22  +12    54
 3 Linderivier AFC                             33   15   6  12    43   35   +8    51
 4 Laringen AFC                                33   12  12   9    33   32   +1    48
 5 Amandine AdF                                33   11  14   8    27   28   −1    47
 6 Senoren FC                                  33   11  13   9    48   38  +10    46
 7 Donderen                                    33   10  14   9    36   31   +5    44
 8 Serevne AFC                                 33   11   9  13    33   33    0    42
 9 Oai Unifie                                  33   10   7  16    20   32  −12    37
10 Tuzmanjuth Jithaugom                        33    9   9  15    25   32   −7    36 Relegation
11 Dartha AFC                                  33    9   9  15    27   44  −17    36 Relegation
12 Launott                                     33    7  13  13    22   39  −17    34 Relegation

Now that we know who descends to the fourth level, let's look at the promotions here:
- Division A is dominated by Grainshire United, which is to say that their closest rivals Burnet Athletic fell to fourth, gifting Grainshire the title and the promotion.
- Division B sees Limecroft & Abyss FC jump to first on the last day of the league, beating out Chaganca who've held first place from MD5 until MD32.
- Division C has Yonenomura as a clear winner - never on a huge lead but never dropping to second place anyway. Relegated Vurusen fall to fourth.
- Division D, the Intermare division, are back to where they were last year, with Tuinderbeek going straight back up. Some of the best development systems are here, but they couldn't get anything done, from MEZWO-VEDC to Kerkhaven, to Shinsen. That's a lost year for a lot of teams.
- Division E was a tight fight until the end, with Ounoukal dropping, Epitieres and Amillon rising, and the latter eventually grabbing the title. They'll get a Yoshima team next season, due to very awkward relegations from the 3rd.
- Division F, the capital division, are a close affair with some teams definitely better than others - relegated April Bassin FC are a mess, yet West Strand Riding's Myaranowra show up all the teams from the actual capital cities. They'll receive Tuzmanjuth back, while only Eaglebury and Tarrashall from West Strand Riding remain.

4th Div A                                  Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
1 Grainshire United                           33   17   6  10    43   37   +6    57 Promotion
 2 Ansonville Association                      33   13  10  10    29   26   +3    49
 3 Marinwood Sunday                            33   14   7  12    30   33   −3    49
 4 Burnet Athletic                             33   12  11  10    36   28   +8    47
 5 Penstead Clwb Peldred                       33   12   9  12    31   34   −3    45
 6 Opalshire FC                                33   12   8  13    28   27   +1    44
 7 Oceanside South End                         33   12   7  14    42   33   +9    43
 8 Cerryrhos yDhiwmydis                        33   10  13  10    30   27   +3    43
 9 Feddhaw yChronws                            33   11  10  12    27   28   −1    43
10 Belmore FC                                  33    9  14  10    30   33   −3    41
11 Cirelbourne Townside                        33    8  13  12    36   46  −10    37
12 Langward                                    33    9  10  14    32   42  −10    37

   4th Div B                                  Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
1 Limecroft & Abyss FC                        33   15   8  10    39   27  +12    53 Promotion
 2 Chaganca Central                            33   15   8  10    33   32   +1    53
 3 Blanrasco Borealis                          33   13  13   7    38   26  +12    52
 4 Glimmerfall Triumph                         33   13  10  10    47   36  +11    49
 5 Norille Orion                               33   12  10  11    36   29   +7    46
 6 Club Valeloma                               33   13   7  13    34   29   +5    46
 7 Chamiers                                    33   13   7  13    37   37    0    46
 8 Cresthill Ebony FC                          33   12  10  11    35   39   −4    46
 9 Vinroux Invincibles                         33   11  11  11    31   39   −8    44
10 Ferncombe                                   33   11   9  13    25   30   −5    42
11 Cape Constillan                             33    8   8  17    33   48  −15    32
12 Bellmare Union                              33    6  11  16    31   47  −16    29

   4th Div C                                  Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
1 Yonenomura                                  33   16   9   8    49   36  +13    57 Promotion
 2 Shinsen Sunrise                             33   15  10   8    41   29  +12    55
 3 Shimohavi                                   33   16   5  12    44   31  +13    53
 4 Vurusen                                     33   15   7  11    37   42   −5    52
 5 Motojagava Taranchula                       33   12  13   8    35   30   +5    49
 6 Echizen                                     33   13   9  11    38   30   +8    48
 7 Morivate Lava                               33   11  11  11    36   32   +4    44
 8 Chikuno Hakuba                              33   10  13  10    28   25   +3    43
 9 Odahayashi Revolution                       33   11   9  13    32   36   −4    42
10 Nitoya                                      33    9  10  14    21   33  −12    37
11 Katashi Azula                               33    6  11  16    26   41  −15    29
12 Enkumo Diamond                              33    7   7  19    25   47  −22    28

   4th Div D                                  Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
1 Tuinderbeek FC                              33   16   8   9    36   25  +11    56 Promotion
 2 Vleugelberg                                 33   13  12   8    38   29   +9    51
 3 Aerellen Honoa SC                           33   12  13   8    30   24   +6    49
 4 Shinsen VV                                  33   12  11  10    35   23  +12    47
 5 Egevea                                      33   12  10  11    35   32   +3    46
 6 Turnaarde FC                                33   11  13   9    35   35    0    46
 7 SC Sokrona                                  33   12   9  12    28   30   −2    45
 8 Grimhof VV                                  33   10  12  11    24   24    0    42
 9 Kerkhaven-Rommefort-Combinatie              33   11   7  15    30   37   −7    40
10 MEZWO-VEDC Lamau                            33    9  11  13    24   34  −10    38
11 Ossendal                                    33   10   8  15    30   46  −16    38
12 Honingsweg                                  33   10   6  17    27   33   −6    36

   4th Div E                                  Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
1 Amillon CdF                                 33   15  10   8    43   32  +11    55 Promotion
 2 Liberazul Epitieres                         33   15   8  10    33   30   +3    53
 3 Granon Altair CF                            33   15   7  11    34   27   +7    52
 4 Aminey Avalanche                            33   13  11   9    41   34   +7    50
   Ounoukal Aminey CA                          33   14   8  11    35   28   +7    50
 6 Rozenvoorde FC                              33   13   8  12    36   38   −2    47
 7 Linieux en Onyx                             33   12   9  12    35   39   −4    45
 8 Diessy CdF                                  33   12   8  13    30   34   −4    44
 9 Cygne de Dentillon                          33   11  10  12    33   34   −1    43
10 Planneige                                   33   10  10  13    37   42   −5    40
11 Roufortois                                  33    7  12  14    26   29   −3    33
12 Foot Soibourgoise en Vert                   33    7   7  19    23   39  −16    28

   4th Div F                                  Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
1 Myaranowra                                  33   16   8   9    31   23   +8    56 Promotion
 2 Sathtonoru Kaptu                            33   15  10   8    35   20  +15    55
 3 Mayara Soccer Guild                         33   14   8  11    39   33   +6    50
 4 Gakhithrau Dhikodhra                        33   14   6  13    36   33   +3    48
 5 Sobdorlugin Komtherod                       33   13   8  12    37   29   +8    47
 6 Mayara Zunemak                              33   12  11  10    32   39   −7    47
 7 Tepkusoren Opkohme                          33   13   4  16    33   35   −2    43
 8 Tarrashall Pride                            33   11   9  13    29   36   −7    42
 9 Sauzjaregaun Saulrag                        33    9  12  12    27   30   −3    39
10 April Bassin FC                             33   10   9  14    25   29   −4    39
11 Pride of Eaglebury                          33    8  14  11    30   31   −1    38
12 Tokponen Rildhemau                          33    8  11  14    24   40  −16    35

Willowbourne's vicegrip over the South-Central is over! Grain- and Leeshire take the league two rounds before the end, fighting off WTA. West-Central are also a done deal, with Mawrystwyth done with the Greencaster schools early. The Northeast was done a month ago, with Sterrenwolde providing a second champion - the Katashi universities looked to be doing great here... until they definitely weren't.

In the Academies, Katashi does take something. In a massive surprise, the big northeastern academies fall to Rossoscuro. The capital cities prove that they're not completely inept at football by grabbing Academy North, while Grainshire have a third champion in their local academy (after the West-Central university, and their promotion from 3rd to 2nd). The biggest lead, and the Youth Cup nod, go to Idyllwild, making fun of traditionally strong southeastern academies.

University Northeast                       Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
1 Technische Universiteit Sterrenwolde        21   12   6   3    29   23   +6    42 IUCC
 2 Schemerdrechtuniversiteit                   21    9   5   7    18   17   +1    32
 3 Katashi Yoshima Daigaku                     21    8   7   6    16   12   +4    31
 4 Sudaefjolluniversitet                       21    9   3   9    32   23   +9    30
 5 Katashi Keizai Daigaku                      21    7   8   6    20   16   +4    29
 6 Furune Geijutsu Daigaku                     21    8   5   8    20   20    0    29
 7 Nordorenfjolluniversitet                    21    4   9   8     9   17   −8    21
 8 Aevanna Ecologiske Universitet              21    2   7  12    11   27  −16    13
 
   University South-Central                   Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
1 Uni of A&E of Grain- and Leeshire           21   11   4   6    32   18  +14    37 IUCC
 2 Willowbourne Technological Academy          21    9   5   7    21   22   −1    32
 3 Universite de la Cote Austral               21    8   6   7    26   20   +6    30
 4 National University of Willowbourne         21    8   5   8    25   22   +3    29
 5 Willowbourne Institute of Humanities        21    7   6   8    15   18   −3    27
 6 Universidade de Finisterre                  21    6   9   6    23   29   −6    27
 7 Santa Teresa Naval Academy                  21    7   4  10    14   19   −5    25
 8 Universite des Arts d'Aminey                21    4   9   8    13   21   −8    21
 
   University West-Central                    Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
1 Mawrystwyth                                 21   10   7   4    24   17   +7    37 IUCC
 2 Greencaster Technical University            21    9   5   7    21   16   +5    32
 3 Maethoru National University                21    8   7   6    23   21   +2    31
 4 Greencaster Business University             21    9   4   8    26   26    0    31
 5 Gehrenna National University                21    8   4   9    17   21   −4    28
 6 West Strand Riding University               21    8   3  10    25   22   +3    27
 7 University of Mawryshire                    21    5   8   8    17   22   −5    23
 8 Economical Institute of Amandine            21    3  10   8    18   26   −8    19
 
    Academy East                               Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
1 Katashi Rossoscuro                          20   10   5   5    23   22   +1    35
 2 Ysbeer Voetbalschool                        20    9   6   5    26   18   +8    33
 3 Aerawa Academy FC                           20    8   6   6    17   18   −1    30
 4 Alara Academy                               20    7   6   7    21   19   +2    27
 5 Straudum Sportacademie                      20    5   7   8    21   22   −1    22
 6 Arakura Revelation                          20    5   2  13    12   21   −9    17
 
   Academy North                              Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
1 Mayara Mezkuloren Academy                   20    8   8   4    20   14   +6    32
 2 Rozenvoordse Academie                       20    8   6   6    22   13   +9    30
 3 Etouille Football Academie                  20    8   4   8    15   15    0    28
 4 Het Vlaggenschip                            20    7   6   7    17   17    0    27
 5 Senoren Soccer Academy                      20    6   8   6    12   15   −3    26
 6 Alpha Academie Malagnanaise                 20    3   8   9     9   21  −12    17
 
   Academy South                              Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
1 Idyllwild Academy                           20   13   1   6    26   15  +11    40 IFCF YC
 2 Gaulthisoru Royals                          20    9   6   5    28   20   +8    33
 3 Berkton FC                                  20    8   5   7    24   23   +1    29
 4 Dayfade Soccer Academy                      20    7   5   8    22   20   +2    26
 5 Academica Ferroventense                     20    6   5   9    23   30   −7    23
 6 Joaqueras Academica de Futbol               20    4   4  12    10   25  −15    16
 
   Academy West                               Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
1 Grainshire Academy                          20   10   6   4    22   15   +7    36 Kempsey Futures Inv.
 2 Wright United Academy                       20   10   5   5    23   15   +8    35
 3 Greencaster FC                              20    7   7   6    24   22   +2    28
 4 Clwb Peldred Peredwr                        20    7   4   9    15   19   −4    25
 5 Weyarra Sunrise                             20    6   3  11    20   26   −6    21
 6 Greencaster Marine Academy                  20    4   7   9    11   18   −7    19

[Ko-oren]

Soccer - Season 32

Season - Cup

Round 1

Shimohavi (4c) 1–2 Cerryrhos yDhiwmydis (4a)
Rozenvoorde FC (4e) 1–0 Cresthill Ebony FC (4b)
Belmore FC (4a) 2–1 Vurusen (4c)
West Strand Riding University (UC) 1–0 Mayara Mezkuloren Academy (ADB)
Chikuno Hakuba (4c) 0–0 Technische Universiteit Sterrenwolde (UA) (0–0 AET) (4–2 pen.)
Universite des Arts d'Aminey (UB) 0–2 Willowbourne Institute of Humanities (UB)
Cirelbourne Townside (4a) 1–1 Opalshire FC (4a) (1–1 AET) (2–4 pen.)
Arakura Revelation (ADA) 0–0 Sauzjaregaun Saulrag (4f) (0–0 AET) (3–4 pen.)
Etouille Football Academie (ADB) 0–0 Turnaarde FC (4d) (0–0 AET) (3–2 pen.)
Tarrashall Pride (4f) 3–3 Motojagava Taranchula (4c) (3–3 AET) (2–4 pen.)
Norille Orion (4b) 0–0 Straudum Sportacademie (ADA) (1–0 AET)
Dayfade Soccer Academy (ADC) 2–1 Het Vlaggenschip (ADB)
Greencaster Marine Academy (ADD) 0–1 Penstead Clwb Peldred (4a)
Grainshire Academy (ADD) 1–3 Alpha Academie Malagnanaise (ADB)
Mayara Zunemak (4f) 0–0 Idyllwild Academy (ADC) (0–0 AET) (4–3 pen.)
MEZWO-VEDC Lamau (4d) 1–1 Grainshire United (4a) (1–1 AET) (3–2 pen.)
Nordorenfjolluniversitet (UA) 1–0 Blanrasco Borealis (4b)
Furune Geijutsu Daigaku (UA) 2–0 Gehrenna National University (UC)
Joaqueras Academica de Futbol (ADC) 0–0 Ounoukal Aminey CA (4e) (1–0 AET)
Greencaster Business University (UC) 1–0 Universite de la Cote Austral (UB)
Weyarra Sunrise (ADD) 1–0 Berkton FC (ADC)
Surbourneshire Technical University (UC) 0–1 Honingsweg (4d)
Katashi Rossoscuro (ADA) 1–2 National University of Willowbourne (UB)
Shinsen VV (4d) 1–1 Morivate Lava (4c) (1–1 AET) (3–4 pen.)
Langward (4a) 0–1 SC Sokrona (4d)
Senoren Soccer Academy (ADB) 5–2 Alara Academy (ADA)
Odahayashi Revolution (4c) 1–0 Pride of Eaglebury (4f)
Academica Ferroventense (ADC) 2–0 Schemerdrechtuniversiteit (UA)
Bellmare Union (4b) 0–2 Cape Constillan (4b)
Amillon CdF (4e) 0–0 Willowbourne Technological Academy (UB) (1–0 AET)
Tepkusoren Opkohme (4f) 0–1 Santa Teresa Naval Academy (UB)
Aerawa Academy FC (ADA) 2–0 Aevanna Ecologiske Universitet (UA)
Aminey Avalanche (4e) 4–1 Chamiers (4b)
Ysbeer Voetbalschool (ADA) 2–1 Liberazul Epitieres (4e)
Aerellen Honoa SC (4d) 0–1 Grimhof VV (4d)
Uni of A&E of Grain- and Leeshire (UB) 2–0 Oceanside South End (4a)
Tuinderbeek FC (4d) 2–2 Ansonville Association (4a) (3–2 AET)
Katashi Yoshima Daigaku (UA) 1–0 Katashi Keizai Daigaku (UA)
Myaranowra (4f) 1–0 Granon Altair CF (4e)
Gaulthisoru Royals (ADC) 0–1 Cygne de Dentillon (4e)
Sudaefjolluniversitet (UA) 2–1 Rozenvoordse Academie (ADB)
Mayara Soccer Guild (4f) 1–0 Echizen (4c)
Katashi Azula (4c) 1–0 Glimmerfall Triumph (4b)
Wright United Academy (ADD) 1–0 Limecroft & Abyss FC (4b)
Egevea (4d) 0–2 Yonenomura (4c)
Gakhithrau Dhikodhra (4f) 1–0 Greencaster FC (ADD)
Tokponen Rildhemau (4f) 0–2 April Bassin FC (4f)
Marinwood Sunday (4a) 0–1 Foot Soibourgoise en Vert (4e)
Planneige (4e) 2–0 Nitoya (4c)
Economical Institute of Amandine (UC) 1–1 University of Mawryshire (UC) (1–2 AET)
Universidade de Finisterre (UB) 0–4 Vinroux Invincibles (4b)
Kerkhaven-Rommefort-Combinatie (4d) 0–1 Burnet Athletic (4a)
Linieux en Onyx (4e) 2–0 Chaganca Central (4b)
Enkumo Diamond (4c) 0–1 Sathtonoru Kaptu (4f)
Greencaster Technical University (UC) 1–2 Feddhaw yChronws (4a)
Sobdorlugin Komtherod (4f) 0–0 Vleugelberg (4d) (0–1 AET)
Ferncombe (4b) 2–2 Maethoru National University (UC) (2–3 AET)
Clwb Peldred Peredwr (ADD) 3–0 Diessy CdF (4e)
Shinsen Sunrise (4c) 2–1 Roufortois (4e)

Round 2

Cerryrhos yDhiwmydis (4a) 2–1 Sterrenwolde FC (3n)
Planneige (4e) 1–1 Anarcourt CF (3s) (3–2 AET)
Academica Ferroventense (ADC) 0–2 Launott (3n)
Aerawa Academy FC (ADA) 6–2 Feddhaw yChronws (4a)
Santa Teresa Naval Academy (UB) 1–0 Chikuno Hakuba (4c)
Linieux en Onyx (4e) 1–1 Ysbeer Voetbalschool (ADA) (1–1 AET) (5–4 pen.)
Mayara Zunemak (4f) 1–0 Zinchester Town (2)
Maethoru National University (UC) 0–1 Brighthaven Town (3s)
Strongfair (2) 1–0 Soothill (3n)
Motojagava Taranchula (4c) 2–1 Greencaster Business University (UC)
Vleugelberg (4d) 0–1 SC Sokrona (4d)
National University of Willowbourne (UB) 0–1 Aviansola Eden (3s)
Serevne AFC (3n) 4–1 University of Mawryshire (UC)
Llandy FC (3s) 1–0 Laringen AFC (3n)
Teragaseki (2) 2–0 Weyarra Sunrise (ADD)
Rozenvoorde FC (4e) 1–1 Grimhof VV (4d) (1–1 AET) (1–3 pen.)
Dayfade Soccer Academy (ADC) 0–4 Morivate Lava (4c)
Burnet Athletic (4a) 1–0 Gakhithrau Dhikodhra (4f)
Clwb Peldred Peredwr (ADD) 0–1 Amillon CdF (4e)
Sathtonoru Kaptu (4f) 1–1 Myaranowra (4f) (2–1 AET)
Yonenomura (4c) 3–3 West Strand Riding University (UC) (3–4 AET)
Odahayashi Revolution (4c) 0–4 Mayara Soccer Guild (4f)
Biney CF (3s) 0–0 Tuzmanjuth Jithaugom (3n) (1–0 AET)
Penstead Clwb Peldred (4a) 0–1 Nyashawill (2)
Opalshire FC (4a) 1–2 MEZWO-VEDC Lamau (4d)
Donderen (3n) 0–0 Tuinderbeek FC (4d) (1–0 AET)
Vinroux Invincibles (4b) 1–0 Alpha Academie Malagnanaise (ADB)
Argyle Tuesday (3s) 2–3 Sydberg (3s)
Vierciennes Victory (3s) 0–1 Belmore FC (4a)
Sudaefjolluniversitet (UA) 0–0 Uni of A&E of Grain- and Leeshire (UB) (1–0 AET)
Katashi Yoshima Daigaku (UA) 0–1 Aminey Avalanche (4e)
Joaqueras Academica de Futbol (ADC) 1–2 Foot Soibourgoise en Vert (4e)
Otavura (3s) 3–1 Cygne de Dentillon (4e)
Cape Constillan (4b) 0–1 Leeshire United (3s)
Senoren FC (3n) 0–1 Oai Unifie (3n)
Norille Orion (4b) 2–2 Wright United Academy (ADD) (3–4 AET)
Katashi Azula (4c) 1–0 Honingsweg (4d)
Furune Geijutsu Daigaku (UA) 1–2 Nordorenfjolluniversitet (UA)
April Bassin FC (4f) 1–1 Amandine AdF (3n) (1–1 AET) (4–3 pen.)
Senoren Soccer Academy (ADB) 0–2 Linderivier AFC (3n)
Sauzjaregaun Saulrag (4f) 2–1 Etouille Football Academie (ADB)
Coloruna (3s) 1–1 Dartha AFC (3n) (1–1 AET) (3–4 pen.)
Willowbourne Institute of Humanities (UB) 1–5 Fukushira Guerilla (3s)

Round 3

Nordorenfjolluniversitet (UA) 3–1 SC Sokrona (4d)
Gehrenna FC (2) 1–0 Aviansola Eden (3s)
Otavura (3s) 2–0 Motojagava Taranchula (4c)
April Bassin FC (4f) 3–0 Sathtonoru Kaptu (4f)
Santa Teresa Naval Academy (UB) 0–0 Mayara Soccer Guild (4f) (1–0 AET)
Burnet Athletic (4a) 2–2 Belmore FC (4a) (3–3 AET) (3–2 pen.)
Tanques AOE (1) 4–7 Maethoru SC (1)
Maynard AFC (1) 1–1 Bruncester United AFC (1) (1–2 AET)
Sydberg (3s) 0–1 Grimhof VV (4d)
Strongfair (2) 2–2 MEZWO-VEDC Lamau (4d) (2–2 AET) (3–4 pen.)
Schemerdrecht SVV (1) 0–0 Miradela GD (1) (0–0 AET) (2–4 pen.)
Straudum VV (1) 0–0 Couziers-Olympiques (2) (1–0 AET)
Vinroux Invincibles (4b) 1–2 Huthwich & Iduloren FC (2)
Planneige (4e) 0–1 Aerawa Academy FC (ADA)
West Strand Riding University (UC) 0–1 Foot Soibourgoise en Vert (4e)
Teragaseki (2) 2–0 Shinsen Sunrise (4c)
Cerryrhos yDhiwmydis (4a) 0–0 Nyashawill (2) (0–0 AET) (2–4 pen.)
Leeshire United (3s) 2–1 Aminey CS (1)
Serevne AFC (3n) 1–0 Llandy FC (3s)
Ambergate City (2) 1–1 Mawrystwyth (2) (2–1 AET)
Wright United Academy (ADD) 0–0 Sudaefjolluniversitet (UA) (1–0 AET)
Linderivier AFC (3n) 3–3 Oai Unifie (3n) (3–3 AET) (2–4 pen.)
Arboren FC (2) 0–2 Advance Alara (1)
Mayara Zunemak (4f) 1–0 Fukushira Guerilla (3s)
Sauzjaregaun Saulrag (4f) 1–3 Donderen (3n)
Brighthaven Town (3s) 1–0 Morivate Lava (4c)
Amillon CdF (4e) 3–6 Dartha AFC (3n)
Katashi Azula (4c) 2–2 Linieux en Onyx (4e) (3–2 AET)
Katashi-Kanatsu (1) 2–2 Branvon CD (1) (3–3 AET) (0–1 pen.)
Aminey Avalanche (4e) 1–1 WSR AFC (2) (1–1 AET) (2–3 pen.)
Cirelbourne Townside (4a) 1–2 Biney CF (3s)
Launott (3n) 0–1 Castelo e Calvente CS (2)

Round 4

WSR AFC (2) 0–1 Straudum VV (1)
Aerawa Academy FC (ADA) 1–1 Dartha AFC (3n) (1–1 AET) (5–3 pen.)
Foot Soibourgoise en Vert (4e) 0–2 Huthwich & Iduloren FC (2)
Advance Alara (1) 2–4 Ambergate City (2)
Gehrenna FC (2) 1–1 Brighthaven Town (3s) (1–1 AET) (4–5 pen.)
Teragaseki (2) 1–6 Miradela GD (1)
Grimhof VV (4d) 0–2 Burnet Athletic (4a)
Nordorenfjolluniversitet (UA) 3–0 Otavura (3s)
Oai Unifie (3n) 0–1 Wright United Academy (ADD)
Leeshire United (3s) 1–1 Branvon CD (1) (1–1 AET) (3–4 pen.)
Mayara Zunemak (4f) 3–1 Serevne AFC (3n)
Katashi Azula (4c) 2–1 Biney CF (3s)
Maethoru SC (1) 0–0 Castelo e Calvente CS (2) (0–1 AET)
Nyashawill (2) 1–0 April Bassin FC (4f)
MEZWO-VEDC Lamau (4d) 2–1 Santa Teresa Naval Academy (UB)
Bruncester United AFC (1) 1–0 Donderen (3n)

Round 5

Nyashawill (2) 2–3 Aerawa Academy FC (ADA)
Miradela GD (1) 0–1 Straudum VV (1)
Burnet Athletic (4a) 0–0 Branvon CD (1) (0–0 AET) (4–3 pen.)
Brighthaven Town (3s) 0–0 Mayara Zunemak (4f) (0–0 AET) (3–4 pen.)
Katashi Azula (4c) 0–1 Huthwich & Iduloren FC (2)
Bruncester United AFC (1) 1–0 Ambergate City (2)
Nordorenfjolluniversitet (UA) 5–1 Wright United Academy (ADD)
MEZWO-VEDC Lamau (4d) 0–1 Castelo e Calvente CS (2)

Quarterfinals

Burnet Athletic (4a) 2–0 Mayara Zunemak (4f)
Bruncester United AFC (1) 3–1 Castelo e Calvente CS (2)
Huthwich & Iduloren FC (2) 3–0 Aerawa Academy FC (ADA)
Straudum VV (1) 2–0 Nordorenfjolluniversitet (UA)

Semifinals

Huthwich & Iduloren FC (2) 1–2 Bruncester United AFC (1)
Straudum VV (1) 1–0 Burnet Athletic (4a)

Final

Bruncester United AFC (1) 1–0 Straudum VV (1)

[Ko-oren]

Semi-professional and amateur sports - Season 6

Ice Hockey

KIHL                          Pld    W   D   L    Win % 
 1 Egevea Islanders               44   25  10   9    0.682
 2 Aevanna Scouts                 44   23  10  11    0.636
 3 Aevanna Plains Wanderers       44   22  10  12    0.614
 4 Straudum Ice                   44   18  14  12    0.568
 5 Noordrug Bi-state              44   18  14  12    0.568
 6 West Coast Blizzards           44   21   8  15    0.568
 7 Launott Polar Bears            44   16  10  18    0.477
 8 Southwest Aevanna Rangers      44   15  11  18    0.466
 9 Aevanna Explorers              44   15   7  22    0.420
10 Egevea Northerners             44   14   5  25    0.375
11 Aevanna Bay Mariners           44   11   8  25    0.341
12 South Aevanna Storm            44   10   5  29    0.284

With little changes in teams between the last campaign and this one, the Egevea Islanders once again win the league - but not by much. They, as well as the Scouts and the Wanderers, were on great form for most of the season. Straudum had a great start but tapered off, but are still the best non-Aerellen region team, only staying ahead of fellow mainlanders Noordrug Bi-state. It's a real who's who of who's on the mainland with West Coast (on a very, very disappointing run) and Launott straight behind them. The city of Aevanna continues to run with six teams: two in the top 3... and the rest in the bottom 5, including the last two. The Storm finish last, but not by much as well.

Banija's expansion to Schemerdrecht continues to be monitored. While a northern province, Intermare still doesn't have a KIHL team, courtesy of the sport's strength in Straudum, Noordrug (including Launott), and West Strand Riding's West Coast Blizzards - while the city of Aevanna refuses to relocate one of its five teams, even if three of them are barely profitable.

Field Hockey

KFHL                       Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Rozenvoorde                 22   12   4   6    36   26  +10    40
 2 Laringen                    22   13   1   8    43   36   +7    40
 3 Hazel-Amber                 22   11   4   7    46   28  +18    37
 4 Venstertoren                22   11   3   8    38   43   −5    36
 5 April                       22    9   7   6    34   29   +5    34
 6 Sterrenwolde                22    8   8   6    37   33   +4    32
 7 Wintertoorn-S'drecht        22    9   2  11    28   37   −9    29
 8 Herengein-S'drecht          22    7   6   9    28   29   −1    27
 9 Angelwoud                   22    8   1  13    33   41   −8    25
10 Donderen-S'drecht           22    6   6  10    25   33   −8    24
11 Oostgemeenten-S'drecht      22    6   5  11    29   32   −3    23
12 Vleugelberg                 22    5   7  10    31   41  −10    22

The top teams and the bottom teams trend much more towards the middle, with last year's champions Rozenvoorde still on top of the league. Laringen is in second on goal difference, with Hazel-Amber close behind. Smaller towns with a dedicated club seem to do much better than the big city 'why play hockey if there are a dozen other sports to choose from as well' teams, despite the fact that a third of the league operates from Schemerdrecht - and does so successfully and financially viably, regardless of the down year in terms of results. Angelwoud and Vleugelberg are seeing the limits of their small local populations.

Lacrosse

KLL                           Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD    Win % 
 1 Thornwich - Greencaster        11    9   0   2   140  107  +33    0.818
 2 Windward - Greencaster         11    7   0   4   162  142  +20    0.636
 3 Marinwood                      11    7   0   4   106  100   +6    0.636
 4 Dalmington - Willowbourne      11    6   1   4   143  115  +28    0.591
 5 Norille                        11    6   0   5   127  126   +1    0.545
 6 Maynard                        11    5   1   5   134  130   +4    0.500
 7 Bruncester                     11    4   3   4   150  125  +25    0.500
 8 Sydberg - Greencaster          11    4   0   7   123  124   −1    0.364
 9 Cresthill - Willowbourne       11    4   0   7   137  159  −22    0.364
10 Ansonville                     11    4   0   7   107  130  −23    0.364
11 Cirelbourne                    11    4   0   7   111  152  −41    0.364
12 Anarcourt                      11    3   1   7   109  139  −30    0.318

The Lacrosse season is short and sweet, and mostly is a battle between the two largest cities of the country. The Lacrosse league enjoys some popularity in cities and towns alike, even in such a saturated (though densely populated) area. Most teams are from Greencaster or Willowbourne, and Lacrosse is the most urban sport of all by this measure. Greencaster's suburbs do a number on the rest of the competition, with Thornwich dominating proceedings on a 9-2 finish. Anarcourt, so well last year, finish in last - that's what a smaller sport can see in fluctuation. Rumours of clubs moving further south (especially Norille and Anarcourt) are still around. That said, teams won't actually move, but more southern clubs, on par with any of the 12 here, could be added to the KLL in lieu of others. Players have complained of the long travel times, accepting travel within Surbourneshire (including Cirelbourne, Greencaster, Bruncester, Marinwood) and to Willowbourne, but Willowbourne's 'satellite towns' are too far. Maybe a second league is on the horizon?

Basketball

KBL                                 Pld    W   L    PF   PA   PD 
 1 Mayara Blues                         44   34  10  3495 3101 +394
 2 Lunay-Aminey Argonauts               44   30  14  3532 3296 +236
 3 Miradela-Santa Teresa Silvers        44   29  15  3427 3158 +269
 4 Montelo-Santa Teresa Snipers         44   28  16  3547 3313 +234
 5 Senoren White Diamonds               44   26  18  3326 3251  +75
 6 Étouille Energie                     44   25  19  3386 3277 +109
 7 Ouleux-Aminey Sapphires              44   24  20  3397 3255 +142
 8 Ferrovente Tazers                    44   19  25  3368 3405  −37
 9 Couziers-Linieux Centurions          44   18  26  3251 3476 −225
10 Serramonte-Santa Teresa Castles      44   14  30  3148 3404 −256
11 Gehrenna Lions                       44   10  34  3131 3572 −441
12 Maethoru Banshees                    44    7  37  3178 3678 −500

The Basketball League is small but spread out across Ko-oren's southern bay coast. Between the capitals (Mayara, Gehrenna, Maethoru, Senoren), the contrarian cities in Cote Austral (Couziers, Ouleux, Lunay, Étouille), and the religious cities of Finisterre (Miradela, Serramonte, Ferrovente, Montelo), there are some clashing ideas about how sports should be enjoyed.

The Mayara Blues have slowly been building a dynasty, winning fewer games this season, but winning the league by a larger margin nonetheless. Their fellow Capital cities have had arguably worse seasons, with Gehrenna and Maethoru combining to 17 wins - half of Mayara's win total. The southeast have found stability in their front offices, with Miradela and Montelo making up the rest of the IUBC field.

Kabaddi

KYKL                  Pld    W   L    PF   PA   PD 
 1 Nitoya                 22   17   5  1010  650 +360
 2 Katashi East           22   17   5   995  739 +256
 3 Alara                  22   17   5  1012  786 +226
 4 Furune                 22   14   8   959  777 +182
 5 Aonishi                22   12  10   837  836   +1
 6 Teragaseki             22   11  11   948  886  +62
 7 Echizen                22   11  11   861  817  +44
 8 Arakura                22    9  13   778  994 −216
 9 Lejana                 22    8  14   790  937 −147
10 Suvira                 22    6  16   783  996 −213
11 Aviansola              22    5  17   823 1002 −179
12 Katashi West           22    5  17   722 1098 −376

Kabaddi is quietly becoming the sports enthusiast's guilty pleasure, and the venues of Yoshima are filling up accordingly. The region's tendency to enjoy its own cultural efforts have given it some more funds, with better training facilities, and there's slightly more influx of players as well. Athletes in other sports have started to give Kabaddi some attention as a summer sport alternative over baseball and cricket with some cameos as a result. In the end, it's Nitoya with the championship, and three teams finishing on 17-5. All three clubs have recorded big wins on the final day, but with such differences in point differential, even that couldn't change the top three order. Furune is fourth, and while Katashi East is doing fine, Katashi West is going nowhere fast.

Aussie Rules

KMARL                 Pld    W   D   L    PF   PA   PD   Pts 
1 Mawrystwyth            20   14   0   6  2109 1700 +409    56
2 yMhinem                20   14   0   6  2141 1760 +381    56
3 yNelseg                20   11   0   9  2045 1974  +71    44
4 Penstead               20   10   0  10  1847 1866  −19    40
5 Llandy                 20    7   0  13  1889 2075 −186    28
6 yDremdwn               20    4   0  16  1597 2253 −656    16

  KWSRARL               Pld    W   D   L    PF   PA   PD   Pts 
1 Aralla                 20   15   0   5  2447 1680 +767    60
2 Myaranowra             20   14   0   6  2316 1624 +692    56
3 Tarrashall             20   11   0   9  2065 1996  +69    44
4 Eaglebury              20    9   0  11  1927 2094 −167    36
5 Jillong                20    7   0  13  1831 2269 −438    28
6 Nyashawill             20    4   0  16  1535 2458 −923    16

Aussie Rules is the best kept secret of the west coast, and even though the towns are small, the sport is taken very seriously. Field sizes do depend on the ground - not every town has a large enough flat space. The two divisions operate as entirely separate leagues. the KMARL has large grounds, but is windier and rainier, while the KWSRARL has stable weather, but unorthodox field shapes and sizes.

We have an almost-rematch of last season's final: Mawrystwyth rise to the occasion, and Aralla are there yet again. That's what happens to smaller sports: a town with a handful good players that stay within that town can quickly grow to a dynasty, all efforts by metropolis (in comparison, that is) Eaglebury notwithstanding.

Aralla 20.20.140 def. Mawrystwyth 11.11.77

This time around, Aralla do get the win, on home soil (which remains a big factor in the sport as played in Ko-oren), almost getting double the score of Mawrystwyth. Still tied up at the half, the third quarter saw Aralla slip out of view, outscoring Mawrystwyth 42-2 in the quarter.

[Ko-oren]

Ko-orenite Football - Season 201

Everyone plays each other once. Every team comes from a single census area, or in the past, from a county. There have (almost) always been 48 of these. Winning two thirds of your games (32 out of 47) or more lands you in the finals - so there is a different number of finalists every year.

KorFOOT                    Pld    W   L 
 1 Alara                       47   38   9 - Round 2
 2 Sterrenwolde                47   36  11 - Round 2
 3 Sydberg                     47   35  12 - Round 2
   yGladdfawr                  47   35  12 - Round 2
 5 Sudoren                     47   34  13 - Round 1
 6 Anarcourt & Norille         47   33  14 - Round 1
   Finisterre                  47   33  14 - Round 1
   Heuveltuinen                47   33  14 - Round 1
 9 Etena                       47   32  15 - Round 1
   Greencaster                 47   32  15 - Round 1
   Thornwich                   47   32  15 - Round 1
   West Strand Riding          47   32  15 - Round 1
13 Amillon                     47   31  16
14 Katashi                     47   29  18
   Mayara                      47   29  18
16 Idyllwildland               47   28  19
   Maethoru                    47   28  19
   Oren                        47   28  19
   Pays d'Amandine             47   28  19
   Penshaw                     47   28  19
21 Aminey                      47   27  20
22 Schemerdrecht               47   26  21
23 Aerellen                    47   25  22
   Auburylength                47   25  22
   Santa Teresa                47   25  22
26 Gehrenna                    47   22  25
27 Willowbourne                47   21  26
28 Laringerland                47   20  27
   Ouleux                      47   20  27
30 Nitoyagawa                  47   19  28
   Nordoren                    47   19  28
32 Senoren                     47   18  29
33 Angloren                    47   17  30
   yDhinas                     47   17  30
35 Ferrovente                  47   16  31
36 Aevanna                     47   15  32
   Albion & Argyle             47   15  32
   Burnet & Grainshire         47   15  32
   Dawsbury                    47   15  32
   Donkerburg & Keizerdal      47   15  32
   Pays d'Étouille             47   15  32
42 Aviansolagawa               47   14  33
43 Gemwright                   47   13  34
   Guildwood                   47   13  34
45 Metalwright                 47   12  35
   Pays de Baie                47   12  35
   Straudum                    47   12  35
48 Selesi                      47   11  36

Round 1
Sudoren def. by West Strand Riding
Anarcourt & Norille def. by Thornwich
Finisterre def. by Greencaster
Heuveltuinen def. by Etena

Round 2
Alara def. by West Strand Riding
Sterrenwolde def. Thornwich
Sydberg def. Greencaster
yGladdfawr def. by Etena

Round 3
West Strand Riding def. by Sterrenwolde
Sydberg def. by Etena

Final

1  2  3  4  5  6  Final
Sterrenwolde 40 X  O  O  O  36 3+76
Etena        O  O  19 X  O  X  3+19

[Ko-oren]

Cricket - Season 11

The season runs from May to September. In June, the List-A season is played, and in August, the T20 season is played. In May, July, and September, the First class season is completed.

Using traditional Ko-orenite months:
Tobtoren: 3 FC matches, LA first stage
Girizedh: LA finals, 4 FC matches
Selpernim: T20
Jaranethan: 3 FC matches

In First class, the six regions play each other twice, once home and once away. Three matches are played at the start of the season, four matches take place between List-A and T20, and the remaining three matches are scheduled for the end of the season. Bonus points have not changed since last season: 12 points for a win, 6 for a draw, 8 for a tie, 0 for a loss. Per innings, a team can earn another 5 points (maximum) for batting and 5 points (maximum) for bowling.

In List-A, the six regions play each other once. After that, the top three regions play one another, and the bottom three play one another. Out of all three formats, List-A is the shortest and the least glamourous. If international focus shifts towards this format, this is the first one to be expanded.

In T20, twelve franchise-like teams play each other once, followed by a single final between the top two finishers.

There are no plans to play any additional formats (such as T10).

Teamname: East Surbourneshire
Stadium: Silverion Ground (25000) in Cirelbourne, Surbourneshire
Alternative venues: Goledon Oval, Bruncester (25005)
Prediction: 2
Strong points: All

East Surbourneshire is looking to go on a run. They're good, though a little narrow in how many good players they have. At all positions in the batting order, they have players that can deliver. From Shapter and Langhorne as openers, to Commins (the crown prince of Ko-orenite batting) and Willis, to Darknoll and Whitley in two national team grade all-rounders, as well as having a single solid option as wicketkeeper in Hellver, and a moderately deep bowling attack with Fox, Harvey, and Chapman, all of which have national team experience. The only thing they're short on is multiple spin options, if we had to name anything.

Carlton Shapter (22) - R off/R Opener
Stanley Langhorne (27) - R med/R Opener
Benajah Potter (21) - R fast/R Opener

Sherman Commins (21) - L fast/L Batsman
Patrick Willis (26) - R med/R Batsman
Ezra Locke (27) - R fast/R Batsman
Judson Windsor (23) - R med/R Batsman

Theophilus Darknoll (27) - L unorth/L All-rounder
Erik Whitley (25) - R med/R All-rounder
Cuthbert Osborne (20) - R off/R All-rounder

Lionel Hellver (23) - L orth/L Wicketkeeper
Sherman Thompson (19) - R med/R Wicketkeeper

Zacharias Fox (26) - L fast/L Bowler
Lachlan Harvey (29) - R fast/R Bowler
Norman Chapman (22) - R leg/R Bowler
Elijah Lever (23) - R fast/R Bowler
Leopold Kidd (19) - R leg/R Bowler
Chris Brownlow (18) - L unorth/L Bowler

Teamname: Greencaster
Stadium: Greencaster Oval (50000) in Greencaster, Surbourneshire
Prediction: 1
Strong points: Batting, bowling
Weak points: Wicketkeeping, opening, all-rounders

The stars of this team can make every team competitive. With Baldry, possibly on his last campaign, but also Ahern, to two very young promising bowlers in Enright and Smith, Greencaster can lay siege on every opponent. Putting them at number one in the predictions may seem a little premature, but we think this team has the materials needed to win the title. Experience is mainly found in players that aren't always starting, and the question is whether they can convey their knowledge of the game onto the youngsters.

Simeon Penn (23) - L unorth/L Opener
Nestor Igglesden (29) - L orth/L Opener
Desmond Crawford (23) - R fast/R Opener

Monroe Baldry (33) - R off/R Batsman
Lester Ahern (20) - R med/R Batsman
Lucius Letchford (22) - L orth/L Batsman
Crawford Desmond (21) - L fast/L Batsman

Dewitt Cheyne (22) - R med/R All-rounder
Morton Atkins (23) - R leg/R All-rounder
Cyril Treadway (35) - L med/L All-rounder

Gilbert Wheelwright (30) - R med/R Wicketkeeper
Claude Purcell (29) - R med/R Wicketkeeper

Mitchell Enright (19) - R leg/R Bowler
Augustus Smith (21) - R fast/R Bowler
Solomon Chesterman (26) - R off/R Bowler
Denis Roan (26) - R fast/R Bowler
Ward Corney (19) - L unorth/L Bowler
Winfield Aubert (23) - L fast/L Bowler

Teamname: Leeshire
Stadium: Leewardia Oval (31000) in Maynard, Gehrenna
Prediction: 4
Strong points: Bowling!
Weak points: None

Another team with a few stars and few other decent options. They're still waiting for younger players to develop, but they're certainly not yet in the Greencaster stage of development yet. Leeshire is facing a down year again, but all-rounder Douglas, opener Sellen, and wicketkeeper Butler are upsides if the county can stay patient for another 3-4 years. Sellen is looking like an absolute revelation for them, at least. The stars are close to retirement, which means Leeshire stares at a few more down years after this.

Frederick Sellen (18) - L orth/L Opener
Stanley Newman (20) - R off/R Opener
Grover Treadway (28) - R med/R Opener
Reginald Denison (36) - L orth/L Opener

Everett White (29) - R med/R Batsman
Dennis Stanway (27) - L orth/L Batsman
Tahoselkun Dirhonindhen (19) - L med/L Batsman
Simeon Christie (20) - R med/R Batsman

Arnold Douglas (20) - R off/R All-rounder
Morgan Meighan (23) - R fast/R All-rounder

Valentine Butler (18) - L fast/L Wicketkeeper
Augustus Brenchley (28) - L med/L Wicketkeeper
Peyton Keating (28) - R med/R Wicketkeeper

Newton Courtenay (28) - R fast/R Bowler
Martin Etherington (32) - R leg/R Bowler
Albin Raycraft (28) - L unorth/L Bowler
William Thrall (22) - R fast/R Bowler
Bert Chapman (19) - L med/L Bowler

Teamname: Mawryshire
Stadium: yBherafon Hills (24000) in Llandy, Mawryshire
Prediction: 5
Strong points: Wicketkeeping, Bowling
Weak points: Opening, all-rounders

How quickly can a group of players turn around. Bowling used to be an Achilles' heel, but with a few young finds in the lower ranks, from yLwrcof, to yPipaem, and even yLellmedd even though he's not a new face anymore, Mawryshire can shut down opponents easily and quickly. Whether they can match scores remains to be seen, as they seem to short on batting options. Certainly opening will be a problem, and it's not likely that yChaegrheodd and yDigtawr can run a 200+ run operation on their own.

Ffanyrhog yGefftarion (20) - L fast/L Opener
Llalpon yDiffwen (20) - R fast/R Opener
Nawmcil yPherner (27) - R med/R Opener
Tawmin yFhireath (29) - R off/R Opener

Illres yChaegrheodd (26) - R med/R Batsman
Fewmtol yDigtawr (27) - L med/L Batsman
Llowcan yRheighewn (29) - R med/R Batsman
Ponladd ySeomchan (26) - R med/R Batsman

Fafnem yFfewlpes (28) - R fast/R All-rounder
Seophyn yMharwn (28) - R fast/R All-rounder
Chaddwf yMwffrael (21) - R fast/R All-rounder

Theryn yCherwean (33) - R med/R Wicketkeeper

Ffedpwd yLwrcof (21) - R leg/R Bowler
Lesomhof yPipaem (18) - L fast/L Bowler
Borllog yLellmedd (22) - R off/R Bowler
Caprws ySarthylhar (25) - L orth/L Bowler
Lasrewll yChallril (20) - L unorth/L Bowler
Ffentadd yGofflhaws (20) - R off/R Bowler

Teamname: West Surbourneshire
Stadium: Southbight Ground (29000) in Ansonville, Surbourneshire
Alternative venues: Ruby Hills, Burnet (18000)
Prediction: 6
Strong points: Bowling, Opener
Weak points: Batting, all-rounder, wicketkeeper

More weak points than strong points for West Surbourneshire. It's a good thing that Twaddle, already a world-class opener, is just 23 because they'll need him for a while to come. Talent from the lower ranks is hit and miss so far, but at least the county is one to give people extra chances. They've redone the all-rounder position, with four players there, all under 22 years old.

Reginald Twaddle (23) - R fast/R Opener
Benton Leaby (19) - R fast/R Opener

Helmer Barbary (23) - R med/R Batsman
Dallas Welsh (29) - R med/R Batsman
Vance Wilson (34) - R leg/R Batsman
Ferdinand Carson (21) - L med/L Batsman

Dudley Reekey (21) - R leg/R All-rounder
Walbook Wanering (21) - R off/L All-rounder
Godfrey Prater (20) - L fast/L All-rounder
Ronald Taylor (20) - L med/L All-rounder

Leonard Palmer (20) - R off/R Wicketkeeper
Eli Hunniford (29) - R med/R Wicketkeeper

Herschel Marsden (31) - R fast/R Bowler
Roman Kinghead (29) - L med/L Bowler
Thad Stanway (22) - R leg/R Bowler
Seymour Bartley (19) - R off/R Bowler
Boyd Jack (19) - R fast/R Bowler

Teamname: Willowbourne
Stadium: Royal Oval (40000) in Willowbourne, Gehrenna
Prediction: 3
Strong points: Wicketkeeper
Weak points: None

Not exactly great in any position, but definitely not poor either, Willowbourne has the capability to scare some of the other teams. With Meredith and Wilkins they possess some of the better WKs, and there are some national teamers here and there, but on the whole this team feels far too small to really threaten a chase. The better players on the scoring side are all under 22, so Willowbourne has a lot to look forward to.

Ezekiel Stevenson (32) - R leg/R Opener
Parhelgelu Naulstithinthen (23) - R med/R Opener

Isaac Quelch (19) - R fast/R Batsman
Jacob Lafaille (20) - R fast/R Batsman
Herbert Doyle (25) - R off/R Batsman
Stuart Solomons (21) - L med/L Batsman
Lindsay Carnall (30) - R med/R Batsman
Marc Bourdon (19) - R med/R Batsman

Douglas Trevorrow (23) - R leg/R All-rounder
Sundhuril Pandherinthen (26) - L unorth/L All-rounder
Piraunzol Maunostinthen (20) - R fast/R All-rounder

Finley Meredith (26) - R leg/R Wicketkeeper
Morris Wilkins (30) - R fast/R Wicketkeeper

Rutherford Lincoln (29) - R leg/R Bowler
Garfield Hooligan (25) - L fast/L Bowler
Finley Black (31) - L orth/L Bowler
Auguste Souchon (20) - R fast/R Bowler
Paul Brakefield (23) - R leg/R Bowler

[Ko-oren]

Cricket - Season 11

Results

First-Class
Mawryshire bat first
Mawryshire 387 (91.4 overs), 444/8 (124.5 overs)
West Surbourneshire 384 (103.3 overs),
Drawn

Willowbourne bat first
Greencaster 361 (102.3 overs), 87/2 (23.5 overs)
Willowbourne 102 (26.0 overs), 345 (88.4 overs)
Greencaster win by 8 wickets

East Surbourneshire bat first
Leeshire 800/5d (184.5 overs),
East Surbourneshire 523/5d (120.5 overs), 79/2 (15.0 overs)
Drawn
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Mawryshire bat first
Leeshire 459 (113.2 overs),
Mawryshire 474/5d (122.3 overs), 321/5 (112.2 overs)
Drawn

East Surbourneshire bat first
Greencaster 405/8d (119.3 overs),
East Surbourneshire 157 (31.1 overs), 191 (54.0 overs)
Greencaster win by an innings and 57 runs

Willowbourne bat first
West Surbourneshire 141 (30.4 overs), 375/5 (104.3 overs)
Willowbourne 287 (66.5 overs), 225 (61.2 overs)
West Surbourneshire win by 5 wickets
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Mawryshire bat first
Mawryshire 304 (88.5 overs), 148 (29.5 overs)
East Surbourneshire 201 (63.3 overs), 214 (56.2 overs)
East Surbourneshire lose by 37 runs

Greencaster bat first
West Surbourneshire 197 (53.0 overs), 199/3 (58.2 overs)
Greencaster 217 (50.0 overs), 177 (50.3 overs)
West Surbourneshire win by 7 wickets

Willowbourne bat first
Willowbourne 233 (48.2 overs), 460/8 (124.1 overs)
Leeshire 415 (155.0 overs),
Drawn

List-A
East Surbourneshire 190/9 (50 overs)
Willowbourne 191/9 (35.2 overs)

Greencaster 266/7 (43.3 overs)
West Surbourneshire 265 (47.3 overs)

Leeshire 396/8 (50 overs)
Mawryshire 270/5 (50 overs)
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Willowbourne 231/3 (50 overs)
Mawryshire 175/5 (50 overs)

West Surbourneshire 244/9 (50 overs)
Leeshire 245/8 (46.4 overs)

East Surbourneshire 194 (48 overs)
Greencaster 290/9 (50 overs)
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Greencaster 274/8 (45 overs)
Willowbourne 271 (48.4 overs)

Leeshire 227/9 (50 overs)
East Surbourneshire 230/2 (49.5 overs)

Mawryshire 289/7 (50 overs)
West Surbourneshire 213 (48.5 overs)
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Willowbourne 239/7 (28.3 overs)
West Surbourneshire 235/6 (50 overs)

East Surbourneshire 254/5 (50 overs)
Mawryshire 258/9 (46.3 overs)

Greencaster 245/5 (50 overs)
Leeshire 220/8 (50 overs)
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Leeshire 189 (32.5 overs)
Willowbourne 295/6 (50 overs)

Mawryshire 184/5 (35.5 overs)
Greencaster 180 (37.5 overs)

West Surbourneshire 277/5 (50 overs)
East Surbourneshire 196/6 (50 overs)

List-A
Greencaster 150/6 (29.5 overs)
Willowbourne 146 (47.5 overs)

East Surbourneshire 263/9 (50 overs)
West Surbourneshire 149 (36.4 overs)
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Mawryshire 187/6 (22.5 overs)
Greencaster 186 (45.3 overs)

Leeshire 238/8 (50 overs)
East Surbourneshire 240/9 (48.2 overs)
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Willowbourne 239/4 (38.5 overs)
Mawryshire 236/9 (50 overs)

West Surbourneshire 240 (48.5 overs)
Leeshire 201/5 (50 overs)

First-Class
Mawryshire bat first
Mawryshire 490/7d (146.2 overs), 246/4 (87.4 overs)
Greencaster 492 (112.0 overs),
Drawn

East Surbourneshire bat first
East Surbourneshire 503/3d (119.1 overs), 351 (84.0 overs)
Willowbourne 387 (86.5 overs), 234 (78.5 overs)
Willowbourne lose by 233 runs

West Surbourneshire bat first
West Surbourneshire 202 (55.5 overs), 269 (76.2 overs)
Leeshire 426/7d (127.4 overs), 49/5 (16.4 overs)
Leeshire win by 5 wickets
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Willowbourne bat first
Willowbourne 188 (58.2 overs), 110 (25.4 overs)
Mawryshire 143 (27.0 overs), 156/4 (34.2 overs)
Mawryshire win by 6 wickets

Greencaster bat first
Greencaster 537/4d (131.3 overs),
Leeshire 283 (72.4 overs), 252 (62.5 overs)
Greencaster win by an innings and 2 runs

West Surbourneshire bat first
East Surbourneshire 401/8d (140.4 overs), 5/0 (1.2 overs)
West Surbourneshire 186 (44.0 overs), 232 (115.2 overs)
Drawn
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West Surbourneshire bat first
West Surbourneshire 350 (106.0 overs), 116 (38.5 overs)
Mawryshire 594/5d (190.3 overs),
Mawryshire win by an innings and 128 runs

Greencaster bat first
Willowbourne 546/9d (163.1 overs), 29/0 (7.3 overs)
Greencaster 342 (96.4 overs), 278 (70.4 overs)
Drawn

East Surbourneshire bat first
East Surbourneshire 486/9d (114.0 overs), 161/4 (35.0 overs)
Leeshire 271 (67.4 overs), 375 (85.0 overs)
East Surbourneshire win by 6 wickets
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Leeshire bat first
Mawryshire 253 (94.1 overs), 208 (62.2 overs)
Leeshire 210 (52.5 overs), 281 (77.4 overs)
Mawryshire lose by 30 runs

East Surbourneshire bat first
East Surbourneshire 273 (77.5 overs), 427 (83.2 overs)
Greencaster 515/6d (159.5 overs), 9/0 (3.4 overs)
Drawn

Willowbourne bat first
Willowbourne 455/9d (131.1 overs), 62/2 (16.5 overs)
West Surbourneshire 458 (205.5 overs),
Drawn

T20
Linieux Lieutenants 117/6 (16.1 overs)
Eastern Miners 115/4 (20 overs)

Greencaster Bears 133/6 (18.3 overs)
Aubury Maroons 131/7 (20 overs)

Greencaster Heralds 116/5 (11.3 overs)
Norille Chevron Vert 113/5 (20 overs)

Burnet Rubies 148/6 (16.1 overs)
Mayara Marauders 145/7 (20 overs)

Willowbourne Zenith 177/6 (20 overs)
Penstead Pirates 133/9 (20 overs)

Idyllwild Antlers 190/7 (20 overs)
Mawrystwyth Mustangs 194/4 (17.5 overs)
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Eastern Miners 147/6 (20 overs)
Mawrystwyth Mustangs 178/6 (20 overs)

Penstead Pirates 170/8 (20 overs)
Idyllwild Antlers 148/6 (20 overs)

Mayara Marauders 113/9 (20 overs)
Willowbourne Zenith 116/6 (16.5 overs)

Norille Chevron Vert 96/8 (20 overs)
Burnet Rubies 98/4 (20 overs)

Aubury Maroons 103/5 (20 overs)
Greencaster Heralds 133/7 (20 overs)

Linieux Lieutenants 155/7 (14.3 overs)
Greencaster Bears 151/7 (20 overs)
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Greencaster Bears 133/4 (20 overs)
Eastern Miners 135/2 (16 overs)

Greencaster Heralds 145/6 (20 overs)
Linieux Lieutenants 134 (19.1 overs)

Burnet Rubies 145/6 (14.4 overs)
Aubury Maroons 143/9 (20 overs)

Willowbourne Zenith 188/8 (19.5 overs)
Norille Chevron Vert 187/7 (20 overs)

Idyllwild Antlers 138/7 (20 overs)
Mayara Marauders 187/7 (20 overs)

Mawrystwyth Mustangs 139/6 (20 overs)
Penstead Pirates 180/6 (20 overs)
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Eastern Miners 158/5 (20 overs)
Penstead Pirates 163/6 (20 overs)

Mayara Marauders 133/6 (20 overs)
Mawrystwyth Mustangs 179/7 (20 overs)

Norille Chevron Vert 145/7 (20 overs)
Idyllwild Antlers 135/6 (20 overs)

Aubury Maroons 141/5 (16.4 overs)
Willowbourne Zenith 139 (19.1 overs)

Linieux Lieutenants 154 (18.2 overs)
Burnet Rubies 148/6 (20 overs)

Greencaster Bears 141/6 (17.3 overs)
Greencaster Heralds 138/2 (20 overs)
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Greencaster Heralds 150/2 (20 overs)
Eastern Miners 115 (15.5 overs)

Burnet Rubies 126 (19 overs)
Greencaster Bears 127/5 (16.3 overs)

Willowbourne Zenith 211/7 (20 overs)
Linieux Lieutenants 111 (17.1 overs)

Idyllwild Antlers 121/5 (15.4 overs)
Aubury Maroons 118/8 (20 overs)

Mawrystwyth Mustangs 135/8 (20 overs)
Norille Chevron Vert 137/9 (15.1 overs)

Penstead Pirates 133/3 (12.4 overs)
Mayara Marauders 129/6 (20 overs)
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Eastern Miners 192/6 (20 overs)
Mayara Marauders 168/5 (20 overs)

Norille Chevron Vert 187/5 (20 overs)
Penstead Pirates 131/8 (20 overs)

Aubury Maroons 97 (14.2 overs)
Mawrystwyth Mustangs 146/3 (20 overs)

Linieux Lieutenants 153/5 (20 overs)
Idyllwild Antlers 146/3 (20 overs)

Greencaster Bears 145/8 (20 overs)
Willowbourne Zenith 152/8 (20 overs)

Greencaster Heralds 152/4 (20 overs)
Burnet Rubies 156/7 (16.2 overs)
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Burnet Rubies 132 (16.1 overs)
Eastern Miners 148/4 (20 overs)

Willowbourne Zenith 142/5 (20 overs)
Greencaster Heralds 235/9 (20 overs)

Idyllwild Antlers 142/6 (16.3 overs)
Greencaster Bears 140/3 (20 overs)

Mawrystwyth Mustangs 187/8 (20 overs)
Linieux Lieutenants 170/5 (20 overs)

Penstead Pirates 118/6 (20 overs)
Aubury Maroons 119/6 (13.2 overs)

Mayara Marauders 145 (19.5 overs)
Norille Chevron Vert 148/3 (19.3 overs)
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Eastern Miners 119/3 (17.3 overs)
Norille Chevron Vert 116/6 (20 overs)

Aubury Maroons 162/6 (18.4 overs)
Mayara Marauders 158/3 (20 overs)

Linieux Lieutenants 153/8 (19.5 overs)
Penstead Pirates 150 (18.1 overs)

Greencaster Bears 158/2 (19.5 overs)
Mawrystwyth Mustangs 156/6 (20 overs)

Greencaster Heralds 137/7 (20 overs)
Idyllwild Antlers 186/7 (20 overs)

Burnet Rubies 137/2 (20 overs)
Willowbourne Zenith 172/7 (20 overs)
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Willowbourne Zenith 143/6 (19.4 overs)
Eastern Miners 142/7 (20 overs)

Idyllwild Antlers 168/8 (20 overs)
Burnet Rubies 214/8 (20 overs)

Mawrystwyth Mustangs 139/2 (19 overs)
Greencaster Heralds 135/6 (20 overs)

Penstead Pirates 171/8 (20 overs)
Greencaster Bears 136/4 (20 overs)

Mayara Marauders 144/4 (20 overs)
Linieux Lieutenants 174/2 (20 overs)

Norille Chevron Vert 145/6 (20 overs)
Aubury Maroons 137/7 (20 overs)
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Eastern Miners 145/2 (18.1 overs)
Aubury Maroons 144/5 (20 overs)

Linieux Lieutenants 132/6 (20 overs)
Norille Chevron Vert 193/4 (20 overs)

Greencaster Bears 144/7 (20 overs)
Mayara Marauders 148/4 (15.1 overs)

Greencaster Heralds 121/6 (16.1 overs)
Penstead Pirates 117 (16.3 overs)

Burnet Rubies 150/5 (20 overs)
Mawrystwyth Mustangs 156/7 (20 overs)

Willowbourne Zenith 170/6 (20 overs)
Idyllwild Antlers 142/4 (20 overs)
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Idyllwild Antlers 132/7 (20 overs)
Eastern Miners 173/7 (20 overs)

Mawrystwyth Mustangs 162/6 (20 overs)
Willowbourne Zenith 150 (19.2 overs)

Penstead Pirates 136/4 (20 overs)
Burnet Rubies 138/5 (18.4 overs)

Mayara Marauders 177/6 (20 overs)
Greencaster Heralds 201/3 (20 overs)

Norille Chevron Vert 123/7 (18 overs)
Greencaster Bears 121/5 (20 overs)

Aubury Maroons 127/4 (20 overs)
Linieux Lieutenants 128/5 (18.4 overs)
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T20 Final
Mawrystwyth Mustangs 134/2 (20 overs)
Willowbourne Zenith 138/7 (18.3 overs)

First-Class
East Surbourneshire bat first
East Surbourneshire 211 (45.2 overs), 226 (54.5 overs)
Mawryshire 131 (42.5 overs), 268 (69.5 overs)
Mawryshire lose by 38 runs

West Surbourneshire bat first
Greencaster 452 (115.5 overs), 98/1 (28.1 overs)
West Surbourneshire 369 (120.3 overs), 179 (59.0 overs)
Greencaster win by 9 wickets

Leeshire bat first
Leeshire 349 (98.0 overs), 309/9 (76.3 overs)
Willowbourne 507 (170.4 overs),
Drawn
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Mawryshire bat first
Greencaster 267 (56.4 overs), 91/8 (30.1 overs)
Mawryshire 140 (30.0 overs), 216 (64.5 overs)
Greencaster win by 2 wickets

Willowbourne bat first
Willowbourne 181 (44.0 overs), 287 (93.0 overs)
East Surbourneshire 151 (37.5 overs), 180 (37.1 overs)
East Surbourneshire lose by 137 runs

Leeshire bat first
Leeshire 495/6d (133.2 overs), 169 (46.4 overs)
West Surbourneshire 410 (161.1 overs), 29/2 (9.5 overs)
Drawn
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Mawryshire bat first
Mawryshire 229 (80.5 overs), 186 (38.5 overs)
Willowbourne 374 (119.2 overs), 42/1 (12.1 overs)
Willowbourne win by 9 wickets

Leeshire bat first
Leeshire 100 (22.5 overs), 241 (65.1 overs)
Greencaster 249 (70.5 overs), 93/4 (23.1 overs)
Greencaster win by 6 wickets

East Surbourneshire bat first
West Surbourneshire 250 (66.4 overs), 206/4 (63.1 overs)
East Surbourneshire 169 (42.3 overs), 286 (52.3 overs)
West Surbourneshire win by 6 wickets

First-Class

TEAM                W D T L BAT BOWL IW P
Greencaster         6 3 0 1 24  17   2  151 - Champions
Mawryshire          3 3 0 4 20  9    1  93
East Surbourneshire 3 3 0 4 22  8       84
Willowbourne        2 4 0 4 19  14      81
West Surbourneshire 3 4 0 3 15  5       80
Leeshire            2 5 0 3 23          75

List-A
(This comes after a 5-match qualifying round, with the top three teams going to Top)

Top                    Pld   W  D  L   PF  PA  PD 
1 Greencaster              2   1  0  1  336 333  +3 - Champions
2 Willowbourne             2   1  0  1  385 386  −1
3 Mawryshire               2   1  0  1  423 425  −2

  Lower                  Pld   W  D  L   PF  PA  PD 
1 East Surbourneshire      2   2  0  0  503 387 +116
2 West Surbourneshire      2   1  0  1  389 464 −75
3 Leeshire                 2   0  0  2  439 480 −41

T20
(This comes after an 11-match league stage, with the two top teams qualifying for the final. The team finishing in first is the home team)

Mawrystwyth Mustangs 134/2 (20 overs)
Willowbourne Zenith 138/7 (18.3 overs) - Champions

[Ko-oren]

Gridiron - Season 47 - Previews

In the league, as a whole, the pendulum seems to have shifted from the Eastern division to the Western. The Caspians, Astronauts, and Explosions failed to address some parts of their team, while the Dragonflies marginally got better and only the Schemerdrecht teams were good and remain good. In early predictions, we see that the Western division's teams are set for 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 8th, and 12th positions. If it really turns out to be such a season for the West, we might be in for one of the most exciting playoff races in a while. Don't count out the 65ers, who will likely be a good adversary in the Ko-oren Bowl - should they make it there.

Several household names will retire in the next 1-2 years, so the league could look very different in just a few years time.

Teamname: Aminey Caspians
Stadium: Stade sur la Baie (70000) in Aminey, Cote Austral
Founded: 1918
Associated team:
Alternative venues: Soibourg, Biney, and sometimes Amillon

Championships: 0
Record in final: 0-0
Playoffs made: 1
Historical Championships: 8

QB Mati Sylvestre (27),FB Orukun Kurandinthen (24),RB Ray Robineau (21),WR El Crozier (24),SR Tasathen Lokaguthen (31),TE Christopher Cazal (24),RT Max Diekman (25),RG Robin Verninac (23),CE Arend Kettelarij (25),LG Pi Cornelis (24),LT Ro Berthelot (25)

LE Y Vérany (31),LD Japeau Bassot (24),RD Marc Gérald (25),RE Ingmar Aalander (25),WB Luther Batchelor (26),MB Amand Lecerf (23),SB Kil Moreau (27),LC Camille Dutertre (24),FS Vic Alard (29),SS Bart Reinsma (27),RC Rupert Moore (31)

PK Paul Delannoy (33),PU Caesar Aldithley (27),LS Filip Bergman (22),PR Ulf Lindeman (21)

Prediction: 10

The Caspians will be relying on their quarterback, Sylvestre, who is only just hitting his good years. If Aminey can build up the rest of their roster, they should be good for another decade or so. Much like their rivals in Sterrenwolde, they've built a decent secondary. The rest of the team is not great, and will likely be set back even further by having underwhelming special teams. Short fields on defence and huge fields on offence does not make a team great. That said, there are some skill players here that can make a difference, with RB Robineau and SR Lokaguthen.

Teamname: Greencaster Godspeed
Stadium: Surbourneshire Square (65000) in Greencaster, Surbourneshire
Founded: 1975
Associated team:
Alternative venues: Marinwood

Championships: 1
Record in final: 1-0
Playoffs made: 1
Historical Championships: 4

QB Gregory Whistling (30),FB Jonas Wilson (22),RB Alastair Thorebourne (23),WR Roe Fineman (23),SR Perry Turner (29),TE Augustus Goudveld (23),RT Naud Kruit (22),RG George Lee (20),CE Aaron Penn (23),LG Stephen Fergusson (32),LT Aenieme Arenna (22)

LE Llawglhwn yDaddmhwr (23),LD Japie Bosschers (26),RD Kelly Huniford (24),RE Arthur Burton (24),WB Newmrhaf yFawschawf (24),MB Henry Casey (32),SB Gabe Henry (29),LC Max Devilliers (23),FS Lucas Wheelwright (25),SS Noboru Tsujihara (30),RC Arvid Knight (23)

PK Abner Bennett (29),PU Tijl van de Brugge (21),LS Nicolau Solar (23),PR Go Bronsvoord (21)

Prediction: 1

In early predictions, they seem to have figured out how to handle this season. On paper they have a good enough team, but how the units all fit together is a mystery. Putting them at 1st in the predictions and thinking they'll figure it out while beating other good Western teams is not something I want to commit to. All in all, their defence is massive and special teams will put points on the board for them. Bennett is the national team's kicker, and they found an explosive returner in Bronsvoord that other teams will absolutely have to gameplan. The best linebacker unit in the nation with Casey, Henry, and yFawschawf is a sight to behold. Backed up by Devilliers and Wheelwright in the secondary makes this team near unbeatable.

Teamname: Willowbourne Saints
Stadium: Willowbowl (55000) in Willowbourne, Gehrenna
Founded: 1927
Associated team:
Alternative venues: Norille, Anarcourt, or Huthwich

Championships: 1
Record in final: 1-1
Playoffs made: 2
Historical Championships: 4

QB Luke Kildare (21),FB Harre van de Hoogte (24),RB Luke Hellyer (27),WR Bryan Welsh (21),SR Amos Harrington (30),TE Max Barbary (32),RT Nathan Schildwacht (23),RG Aoreni Aividena (29),CE Adé Gavreau (26),LG Dillard McLelland (31),LT Jo Altink (23)

LE Hugo Sparre (23),LD Wilbert Burke (22),RD Paul Dijk (27),RE Bruce Treadway (27),WB Garret Guildeforde (24),MB Philip Hunniford (23),SB Bwnhewg yBanmhewm (26),LC Lawrence Burnet (25),FS Ron Fortuin (26),SS Delmar Smith (24),RC Clinton Dwyer (25)

PK Edmund Brownhill (28),PU Erilure Ailis (27),LS Boyanee Chumarran (30),PR Ayama Aereivin (31)

Prediction: 8

Moving on to a new QB, Kildare, at just 21 years old, that's a risk. Apparently the fate of the head coach is tied to how Kildare does, and from the video we have on him, he's just not ready for this level. He's protected by the best offensive line in the game, and running should be a big part of the offence - I'm not convinced they can score points through the air. The defence is good, nothing too special, yet players to look out for are LD Burke and RC Dwyer. On offence, they have WR Welsh who I think is completely wasted on this roster.

Teamname: Schemerdrecht Admirals
Stadium: Orange Bowl (54000) in Schemerdrecht, Intermare
Founded: 1901
Associated team:
Alternative venues: Helburg or Arboren

Championships: 0
Record in final: 0-0
Playoffs made: 1
Historical Championships: 0

QB Robbe de Croon (30),FB Tomoaki Vakamula (31),RB Mees Mannussen (23),WR Egge Gasbeek (20),SR Alulura Aidivan (25),TE Achi Abadie (24),RT Floja Popma (23),RG Tjibbe ter Brinke (30),CE Jus Esmeijer (25),LG Nakazo Mura (27),LT Sibren Schooten (28)

LE Simon Binnenpoorte (31),LD Mark ter Meulen (26),RD Ninian Nottle (29),RE Eutelo Abráldez (31),WB Seymour Cause (29),MB Reuben Ramsbottom (24),SB Kev Rompelman (28),LC Zisausul Bisnin (21),FS Egge Dieleman (28),SS Dhauthenu Turaundhinthen (25),RC Wil Tijbrink (26)

PK Pascal Delannoy (32),PU Bulgabarn Mullallar (27),LS Sekien Jin (29),PR Richmond Gardiner (24)

Prediction: 9

The most up and down team in the league, in my opinion. De Croon has shown not to be among the best QBs here, yet remains the team's first choice, and they've supported his low wages by putting a lot of talent around him. RB Mannussen, WR Gasbeek (a rookie), SR Aidivan - if they can get a cheap QB next year, they're in an immediate championship window. For now, I'm not convinced, also because their ST cannot support them. The defence has some good names next to huge gaps. A decent gameplan will take care of that.

Teamname: Schemerdrecht 65ers
Stadium: 65ers Arena (48000) in Schemerdrecht, Intermare
Founded: 1865
Associated team:
Alternative venues: Angelwoud

Championships: 0
Record in final: 0-2
Playoffs made: 3
Historical Championships: 2

QB Kjell Enkwist (25),FB Oda Umebajashi (30),RB Spencer Galway (27),WR Fifi Philippon (22),SR Tim Porden (24),TE Nanko van Luttert (30),RT Elisha Witvos (26),RG Mardhun Relathingun (21),CE Jahè Nijmans (26),LG Andreas Ootmink (32),LT Merritt Hooligan (31)

LE Wanorra Neenyah (23),LD Hubbe Braakjans (27),RD Gibagee Marlow (24),RE Jojo Maatman (32),WB Mau Ribbink (28),MB Rein Keijser (27),SB Lou Fétique (31),LC Martijn Ensink (25),FS Magne Binnenmars (23),SS Your Knuppels (22),RC Burt Thompson (27)

PK Niels Oordveld (24),PU Jared Redsmith (31),LS Mar Ardouin (26),PR Clodio Carreiro (22)

Prediction: 5

Possibly the biggest thing in the East, despite being put at 5th, the 65ers have gone all in on some units and completely backed out of others. Their front office is better than the rest when it comes to making those pieces click. FB Umebajashi and RB Galway is a scary backfield duo. Van Luttert is one of the better TEs (an often undervalued position in Ko-oren). LD Braakjans is a one-man wrecking crew. I'm not seeing anything in the special teams, though. They're in a great position to take the division, but even so I can't see them do it.

Teamname: Sterrenwolde Dragonflies
Stadium: Het Planetarium (46000) in Sterrenwolde, Intermare
Founded: 1918
Associated team:
Alternative venues: Tuinderbeek/Ossendal

Championships: 1
Record in final: 1-2
Playoffs made: 4
Historical Championships: 2

QB Robin Reeman (36),FB Lowe Seppenhout (30),RB Coen Olink (23),WR Jochem Schoolhendrik (25),SR Dewitt Head (29),TE Muria Kagageera (25),RT Aelorith Ainella (28),RG Marre Reefhuis (21),CE Mert Molemans (24),LG Quentin Santiago (30),LT Alex Rozenkwist (30)

LE Kulsiskun Lingerinun (24),LD Maukiliru Gomoltinden (26),RD Boaz Avink (26),RE Jany Toussaint (26),WB Kalle Hartszoon (26),MB Toon Fokke (30),SB Wim Altefeer (23),LC Ruben Vreedeveld (24),FS Byron Kadwell (21),SS Peter Dollen (27),RC Aelithage Ecaliris (27)

PK Boaventura Camba (23),PU Llanwll yPenmheos (25),LS Base Grinda (30),PR Tanosuke Yasue (27)

Prediction: 7

This used to be a team with a decent amount of hype around it, and I'm not willing to count them out despite early predictions putting them at 7th. Reeman is a force to be reckoned with, for as long as he plays (which could be just this year, after his national team retirement). Now the one thing is that the Dragonflies know how to win. They've done more of that than any Eastern team in recent history, with a magnificent defensive secondary backed up by an amazing front 7. The most complete defence in the league with the best quarterback, and alright skill players, this team could surprise us once again.

Teamname: Mayara Destroyers
Stadium: Exhibition Centre (41000) in Mayara, Mayara
Founded: 1905
Associated team:
Alternative venues: Rikalathen Arena, Maethoru
Alternative venue max att: 39000
Championships: 2
Record in final: 2-1
Playoffs made: 5
Historical Championships: 2

QB Hindrik Aalander (31),FB Doninak Soserindhen (22),RB Garathen Jurethen (25),WR Kaharen Patrasthen (32),SR Lloyd Whitlock (27),TE Gurethen Tharadhen (24),RT Olinosuke Vuluja (24),RG Jalodas Murionthinden (29),CE Kiserba Likathinden (29),LG Xenxo Fragoso (27),LT Nolau Tathinden (25)

LE Hampton Purcell (22),LD Jorgan Rusadhin (28),RD Veja Stroo (27),RE Esti About (22),WB Wilbert Burns (24),MB Dasmanul Haserin (31),SB Monrisun Gunmothinden (31),LC Anilira Asilodia (31),FS Lilgaunin Mesjathaunden (28),SS Ninau Jaruninthen (21),RC Nwchlwff yPawgcwn (30)

PK Rasenal Balautersingun (31),PU Gus Bourbeau (24),LS Elothe Aecherin (26),PR Jonny Berkman (26)

Prediction: 2

It's the Destroyers to lose. Aside from a stopgap solution at quarterback in Aalander, they still have the core from a few decent years and a Bowl appearance, only they will have to revisit their gameplan. Running should be prioritised over throwing, which puts their entire MO upside down. They'll almost be running the scheme of their crosstown rivals, the Wolves. They do have a fantastic defence involving MB Haserin, SB Gunmothinden, and FS Mesjathaunden. One more year for this team - after that there might be some retirements.

Teamname: Mayara Wolves
Stadium: Wolves' Lair Stadium (37000) in Mayara, Mayara
Founded: 1959
Associated team:
Alternative venues: Gakhithrau, Tuzmanjuth, or Tokponen

Championships: 0
Record in final: 0-0
Playoffs made: 1
Historical Championships: 4

QB Zoruthau Kosmauthaunden (20),FB Ellsworth Labey (25),RB Terthend Zanonthen (30),WR Golatisu Junstarin (28),SR Gurpusan Podahaunden (26),TE Max Maret (23),RT Hopajusak Handaldhen (26),RG Abe Chastain (31),CE Sau Thalkurinden (32),LG Alamer Lunorin (27),LT Nauskar Hezateringun (30)

LE Gabe Payne (21),LD Thorazin Hinitindhen (30),RD Hannes Sjouwman (24),RE Julthorul Kaunorerinthen (23),WB Baluin Dauntaringun (26),MB Molrak Kinportinden (26),SB Naajabang Witzie (22),LC Elwood Guillan (24),FS Genduol Tasraunthen (27),SS Pinauken Puraunthaunthen (23),RC Lucas van de Streek (27)

PK Bunta Jebung (25),PU Mati Deerns (30),LS Fingal Kroon (21),PR Peril Garsasunthen (30)

Prediction: 3

Third in the predictions and still not being the most valued team in their city. The Wolves, ever the lesser appreciated of the Mayara teams, have it tough. This is their year to show that they can beat the Destroyers, though. They can keep executing the same strategy - running almost all the time - despite having a new QB. Kosmauthaunden is looking like a diamond in the rough, but could already claim some greatness this year. With FB Labey, RB Zanonthen, and WR Junstarin, and young TE Maret, they have a nucleus that a lot of teams should be jealous of. On defence, there's more to like: RD Sjouwman, RE Kaunorerinthen, MB Kinportinden, LC Guillan, SS Puraunthaunthen. They even have a decent kicker. To be honest, the Wolves might win it all this year.

Teamname: Eaglebury Emperors
Stadium: The Palace (34000) in Eaglebury, West Strand Riding
Founded: 2000
Associated team:
Alternative venues: Woomera Ground, Tarrashall
Alternative venue max att: 7500
Championships: 0
Record in final: 0-0
Playoffs made: 2
Historical Championships: 2

QB Stanley Parkes (31),FB Windong Dindal (22),RB Cagi Wanorra (26),WR Thorlibin Junga (26),SR Minsley Julmerra (24),TE Bruce Suthmeer (24),RT Humphrey Drayton (24),RG Ibingie Mair (33),CE Algernon Barclay (32),LG Auhonen Haustedhaungen (21),LT Tore Dalman (26)

LE Pranga Nanmin (22),LD Ronald Cain (25),RD Elijah Farrier (26),RE Koji Gamo (30),WB Edward Darknoll (23),MB Hamilton Ezekiel (30),SB Roch Dujardin (26),LC Tamuramaro Nakada (21),FS Erik Hagelijn (28),SS Chilra Minjarrah (29),RC Curumbah Wongar (24)

PK Monurga Ninnie (29),PU Merritt Withers (29),LS Aocelore Esea (27),PR Isa Couturier (25)

Prediction: 12

The smallest market of them all still have marketed the hell out of QB Parkes. He has to do it all this year, with very few other stars on the team. The Emperors have long run into trouble finding and retaining talent, but those that stay get a near god-like status in the city. TE Suthmeer, RD Farrier, and interesting talent in LC Nakada and RC Wongar, the Emperors can still build towards something. For now, it'll be a challenge not to finish last in the division.

Teamname: Mawryshire Centaurs
Stadium: Hertfield (33000) in Mawrystwyth, Mawryshire
Founded: 1848
Associated team:
Alternative venues: Lawrshoffin or Penstead

Championships: 0
Record in final: 0-0
Playoffs made: 1
Historical Championships: 0

QB Dawllwd yThollhas (30),FB Alois Guillan (30),RB Ffeommhaen yGwmrwll (31),WR Lilisun Ranindhen (27),SR Lomeoch ySarrwdd (23),TE Joshiaki Vino (22),RT Ddarnwn yPeolewf (30),RG Sese Hector (21),CE Fellaws ySegrwm (31),LG Isaak Bruijns (23),LT Llwgypen yNargwrwdd (23)

LE Stefan Mulders (30),LD Cinpewg yMonras (24),RD Tauhenun Raubidhen (27),RE Iwane Sugimoto (22),WB Poffoll yNewffas (22),MB Faemhach yDaemchaed (31),SB Jado Kiffer (21),LC Leoryd Dwbhryll (30),FS Ddewlaws yGawchoch (28),SS Dizoskun Horaudhen (21),RC Jalu Vigouroux (24)

PK Chaegmhawch yTantews (28),PU Dhaungekun Tadhinthen (25),LS Dimi Bissonnette (27),PR Geldhibin Kenausthen (25)

Prediction: 4

Different scenes, a few dozen kilometres to the southwest from Eaglebury. The Centaurs are in a win-now mode, with their quarterback aging and their skill positions nearly retiring. The combination of Guillan, yGwmrwll, Ranindhen, and ySarrwdd might only see the receivers still playing after this year. TE Vino is too young to rely on right away, but in addition they've put a few good players on defence as well. RC Vigouroux and RE Sugimoto (just 22 years old), and yMonras on the line (24 years old), the new defensive nucleus is here. Interesting to see is how Japanese-speaking talent are flocking here as well.

Teamname: Aerellen Explosions
Stadium: Northern Arena (32000) in Aevanna, Aerellen
Founded: 1970
Associated team:
Alternative venues: Aevanna/Egevea

Championships: 1
Record in final: 1-0
Playoffs made: 2
Historical Championships: 4

QB Aolif Arerira (30),FB Togai Joshie (28),RB Per Westergroen (25),WR Ainia Aolise (22),SR Liriaf Varafin (24),TE Kas Voorhorst (24),RT Adri Couturier (29),RG Larel Norali (27),CE Simon Welsh (31),LG Mattie Nealy (30),LT Luvon Medor (32)

LE Leon Ahern (21),LD Nerolaun Sorgeltingun (28),RD Vavil Verian (25),RE Jon Mulders (28),WB Erman Merivan (28),MB Ludwig Barnett (27),SB Roja Schutte (29),LC Maujan Schiebout (30),FS Aimidil Amalir (25),SS Ecener Alparel (30),RC Aerio Aemino (23)

PK Ama Gachet (22),PU Twan Raatmink (24),LS Nochwl yNeglhawr (28),PR Ainirinda Aiaphaguna (22)

Prediction: 11

The Explosions are in a terrible position, but still in the right division to do some damage. With Arerira, everything's possible, all the time. The one quarterback that can literally do it all - but not with the right pieces around him to succeed, unfortunately. A somewhat young team, the only way is up. LE Ahern is a star on defence. Fields could be short with returner Aiaphaguna, too.

Teamname: Noordrug Astronauts
Stadium: The Glacier (28000) in Launott, Poolrugge
Founded: 1972
Associated team:
Alternative venues: Lamau, Straudum or Dartha

Championships: 0
Record in final: 0-0
Playoffs made: 1
Historical Championships: 4

QB Rem Plasman (27),FB Jurre Slag (30),RB Sidney Paterson (23),WR Quatermain Radcliff (22),SR Chiddrhis yNoddrewr (30),TE Paul Antonsen (26),RT Llewffrhodd yFfigmwm (27),RG Baudou Léger (30),CE Ingvar Hofstad (23),LG Nicolai Brande (33),LT Morten Isaaksen (24)

LE Eivind Lorentsen (27),LD Mats Ruijtenberg (24),RD Tore Akerstroom (24),RE Lau Derk (30),WB Arvid Holmgroen (26),MB Evert Noorddal (21),SB Thorval Ehrenkorn (31),LC Aegana Aegerin (22),FS Will Marchal (27),SS Sadhaulak Dakitherinthen (27),RC Sten Nieuwstroom (32)

PK Aezenas Eiren (23),PU Gewffnhwd yFochcal (23),LS Sergaskun Mithulinden (25),PR Henery Willis (26)

Prediction: 6

Lastly, it's the Astronauts. Able to shoot for second place in the East and getting a postseason invitation, they didn't have to reinvent themselves a lot. Stability is certainly a thing in the north. With a weak front 7 yet an amazing secondary, it'll be fun to see them bending yet not breaking. The Astronauts have never really focused on offence, and they keep not finding the right guys for their scheme.

[Ko-oren]

Gridiron - Season 47 - Regular Season

Part I - League Phase
Everyone plays each other once, and we get the following table:

KGL                              Pld    W   D   L    Win % 
 1 Noordrug Astronauts               11    8   1   2    0.773
 2 Greencaster Godspeed              11    7   1   3    0.682
 3 Mayara Wolves                     11    7   0   4    0.636
 4 Schemerdrecht 65ers               11    6   2   3    0.636
 5 Aminey Caspians                   11    7   0   4    0.636
 6 Schemerdrecht Admirals            11    5   1   5    0.500
 7 Sterrenwolde Dragonflies          11    5   0   6    0.455
 8 Willowbourne Saints               11    5   0   6    0.455
 9 Mayara Destroyers                 11    4   1   6    0.409
10 Mawryshire Centaurs               11    4   0   7    0.364
11 Eaglebury Emperors                11    3   0   8    0.273
12 Aerellen Explosions               11    2   0   9    0.182

The expectation was that the 6 western teams (both Mayaras, Willowbourne, Greencaster, specifically) would run away with the competition, really doing a number on the teams from the East. As it turns out, it's all a little closer than we thought, with a single team on top of the rankings that nobody saw coming at all: the Noordrug Astronauts. With eight wins in 11 games, they deserve to be at the top. Greencaster Godspeed and the Mayara Wolves follow as expected, but we find the Willowbourne Saints and the Mayara Destroyers in eighth and ninth - over the two remaining western teams, Mawryshire Centaurs and Eaglebury Emperors. That puts the two hopefuls at two and three games behind their divisional rivals and likely out of division contention - let alone playoff contention. In the East, the Noordrug Astronauts have a cushion over the rest, with only the Schemerdrecht 65ers and the Aminey Caspians coming close. Sterrenwolde Dragonflies feel just a little too far down to do damage.

For the Noordrug Astronauts, a six-game winning streak was at the core of their season. Critics would say that six of them were one-score games - but a win is a win. Looking at the Greencaster Godspeed, their season was a lot more backloaded, and they started with five wins - then losing two, drawing one before they finally got a win again. When they did win, they often left their opponents far behind. 47-34 wins, or 30-0, 31-16... far more convincing wins (but this also includes a 26-3 whiff versus the Sterrenwolde Dragonflies). The biggest win of the first phase of the season belongs to the Schemerdrecht 65ers, in a 50-13 win over the Aerellen Explosions.

Part II - Division Phase

WEST                             Pld    W   D   L    Win % 
 1 Greencaster Godspeed               5    5   0   0    1.000
 2 Mayara Destroyers                  5    3   0   2    0.600
 3 Mawryshire Centaurs                5    3   0   2    0.600
 4 Willowbourne Saints                5    2   0   3    0.400
 5 Mayara Wolves                      5    2   0   3    0.400
 6 Eaglebury Emperors                 5    0   0   5    0.000
 
    EAST                             Pld    W   D   L    Win % 
 1 Sterrenwolde Dragonflies           5    4   1   0    0.900
 2 Schemerdrecht 65ers                5    3   0   2    0.600
 3 Aerellen Explosions                5    3   0   2    0.600
 4 Schemerdrecht Admirals             5    2   0   3    0.400
 5 Noordrug Astronauts                5    2   0   3    0.400
 6 Aminey Caspians                    5    0   1   4    0.100

In the West, Greencaster Godspeed go perfectly against the rest of the division to put in a very strong claim to the postseason. The Mayara Destroyers get some revenge, will it be enough for a semifinal? The Willowbourne Saints stay middling, while the Mayara Wolves potentially ruin their good opening 11 games.

In the East, the Noordrug Astronauts go back to scheduled programming with just two wins to close out the season. The Schemerdrecht 65ers do decent business, the Sterrenwolde Dragonflies come up just short, and the Aminey Caspians, with a solid shot at the postseason after 11 games, shoot themselves in the foot, key their own car, and refuse to win. Some things never change.

Final Table

KGL                              Pld   W   D   L
 1 Greencaster Godspeed              16    12  1   3 - West #1
 2 Noordrug Astronauts               16    10  1   5 - East #1
 3 Schemerdrecht 65ers               16    9   2   5 - East #2
 4 Sterrenwolde Dragonflies          16    9   1   6
 5 Mayara Wolves                     16    9   0   7 - West #2
 6 Mayara Destroyers                 16    7   1   8*
 7 Schemerdrecht Admirals            16    7   1   8*
 8 Aminey Caspians                   16    7   1   8*
 9 Mawryshire Centaurs               16    7   0   9*
10 Willowbourne Saints               16    7   0   9*
11 Aerellen Explosions               16    5   0   11
12 Eaglebury Emperors                16    3   0   13

*Ahead on H2H

                          Pld    W   D   L    Win % 
1 Mayara Destroyers         2    1   1   0    0.750
2 Schemerdrecht Admirals    3    1   1   1    0.500
3 Aminey Caspians           3    1   0   2    0.333

Rivalries
Mayara Destroyers 17–7 Mayara Wolves
Mayara Wolves 26–31 Mayara Destroyers - Despite the other 14 games, at least the Destroyers are still the kings of the capital cities. The Wolves entered this season with one mission, and that was to take the derby...

Willowbourne Saints 16–23 Greencaster Godspeed
Willowbourne Saints 24–16 Greencaster Godspeed - Courtesy of a single point, the Saints take it.

Mawryshire Centaurs 37–7 Eaglebury Emperors
Eaglebury Emperors 10–41 Mawryshire Centaurs - There was little competition in the southwest this year. The Centaurs win a combined 78-17. Ouch.

Noordrug Astronauts 24–27 Aerellen Explosions
Noordrug Astronauts 19–15 Aerellen Explosions - Another single point win. Noordrug were too big for the entire league, at least at first.

Sterrenwolde Dragonflies 20–20 Aminey Caspians
Sterrenwolde Dragonflies 7–23 Aminey Caspians - The rare draw puts Aminey in prime position for a result. One of the fiercer rivalries out there, and it did not disappoint.

Schemerdrecht 65ers 23–22 Schemerdrecht Admirals
Schemerdrecht 65ers 20–23 Schemerdrecht Admirals - And that's another close one. Again, despite the rest of the season, the Admirals somehow get the win across two games.

[Ko-oren]

Gridiron - Season 47 - Postseason

Divisional Round

Greencaster Godspeed (West)       10  0  6  3  19
Mayara Wolves (West)               0 10  3  0  13

Noordrug Astronauts (East)         6 14  7  7 7  41
Schemerdrecht 65ers (East)         6  7 14  7 0  34

And so the best teams of the start of the season finish the job - though barely. The Mayara Wolves are scoreless for all of the fourth quarter - adding just three points in that half - and can't overcome three late field goals by the Greencaster Godspeed. The Noordrug Astronauts close out the game in overtime, with dramatic lead changes leading both teams to that point. Schemerdrecht 65ers noted the first field goal, then two field goals for the Eastern division Champions, back and forth touchdowns in the second quarter, back and forth touchdowns in the third quarter, until finally both teams get a touchdown in with under three minutes in the fourth quarter - the Astronauts thought they had done it, scoring 34-27 with two-and-a-half minutes on the clock, only for the 65ers to blaze down the field and leave the Astronauts with five seconds on the clock to score. They couldn't, and overtime gave both teams a possession.

Ko-oren Bowl

Greencaster Godspeed (West)        7  6  0 17  30
Noordrug Astronauts (East)         3  3  0  7  13

It couldn't all last. The Noordrug Astronauts, for all their improvements before and during the season, came up short. 13-6 going into the fourth quarter, everything was possible, but a 34-yard TD run by Alastair Thorebourne, an interception return on the next drive by Arvid Knight, and then a late field goal by Abner Bennett was too much. yNoddrewr's touchdown for the Astronauts in the middle there didn't change the score too much.

Developmental Leagues
D-league
Sterrenwolde St. Sebastian 30-37 Anarcourt Meteorites

KG2
Launott Caps 46-48 Ora Australis
Eaglebury Dusk 24-35 Greencaster Anchors

Ora Australis 26-37 Greencaster Anchors

Season Trophies
Offence of the Year Mayara Wolves
Defence of the Year Noordrug Astronauts
Team of the Year Greencaster Godspeed

League MVP - RB Alastair Thorebourne (23) Greencaster Godspeed
QB of the Year - QB Robin Reeman (36) Sterrenwolde Dragonflies
RB of the Year - B Alastair Thorebourne (23) Greencaster Godspeed
Receiver of the Year - WR Golatisu Junstarin (28) Mayara Wolves
Pass rusher of the Year - WB Arvid Holmgroen (26) Noordrug Astronauts
Defensive back of the Year - LC Max Devilliers (23) Greencaster Godspeed
ST of the Year - Mayara Destroyers

Postseason Announcements
Retirements
QB Robin Reeman (37) - Sterrenwolde Dragonflies
RG Ibingie Mair (34) - Eaglebury Emperors
LG Nicolai Brande (34) - Noordrug Astronauts
MB Henry Casey (33) - Greencaster Godspeed
WR Kaharen Patrasthen (33) - Mayara Destroyers
PK Pascal Delannoy (33) - Schemerdrecht Admirals
LG Stephen Fergusson (33) - Greencaster Godspeed
RC Sten Nieuwstroom (33) - Noordrug Astronauts
RE Jojo Maatman (33) - Schemerdrecht 65ers
QB Hindrik Aalander (32) - Mayara Destroyers
FB Kobe Verhulst (32) - Mayara Destroyers
LG Mattie Nealy (31) - Aerellen Explosions
RG Henri Moreau (31) - Greencaster Godspeed
LC Leoryd Dwbhryll (31) - Mawryshire Centaurs
LD Thorazin Hinitindhen (31) - Mayara Wolves
SR Chiddrhis yNoddrewr (31) - Noordrug Astronauts
WB Mau Ribbink (29) - Schemerdrecht 65ers
SB Kev Rompelman (29) - Schemerdrecht Admirals
PU Caesar Aldithley (28) - Aminey Caspians
RE Aerian Esea (28) - Mayara Wolves

[Ko-oren]

Rugby League - Season 19

Preview

Teamname: Katashi Wasps (Suzumebachi Stadium (25000) in Katashi, Yoshima)
Championships: 0 /Playoffs made: 0
Prediction: 1

Despite coming in 11th over last season, the Katashi Wasps have gotten quite a bit of hype. Also, despite them coming in second-last, they were just 4 wins behind regular season champions Aminey Buffaloes. Yes, the league was that close, and it probably will be again. With wage budgets not increasing for the second running year, good players stay on their current contracts, with little incentive to shop around at other clubs: there isn't a lot more money to be made in other places. The Wasps have never been in the top 3 (AKA making the playoffs), but they might be changing that this year. Players to watch include SR Nolivisa Kawashima (23) and W Xeronimo Agar (23) as absolute authorities at their respective positions, as well as W Anibal Coello (18), the duo of backs set up by 58 Xaquin Ferreiro (24).

Teamname: Nitoya Foxes (Kitsune Stadium (8500) in Nitoya, Yoshima)
Championships: 2 /Playoffs made: 2
Prediction: 2

The Nitoya Foxes won the title last year and are looking to do it again. In a league operating at the smallest of margins, making top 3 will be hard enough, but the core has been together and knows how to win. They did, in fact, win the title from third place - two away games don't scare them either. On the back of excellent W Gogo Abbadie (19), as well as the indomitable HB Shunmyo Fujioka (30), probably the best Ko-orenite to ever play the game, and aided by a forward pack spearheaded by P Takara Seiki (21) and C Glenn Burress (19), the Foxes are sitting on a youthful team with a lot of winning left in them. That is, as long as the cement keeping it all together, Fujioka, keeps on playing.

Teamname: Linieux Harriers (Parc de Lin'ux (18000) in Linieux, Cote Austral)
Championships: 0 /Playoffs made: 2
Prediction: 3

Middle of the pack Linieux Harriers (9th last season) were probably most famous for losing to the 3-19 Katashi Hawks (let's go over what we know about last season so far: #1 was 14-8. #11 was 10-12. #12 was 3-19. That's how bad the Katashi Hawks were). This time, though, the Harriers could just have enough exciting talent to make it far. Instead of the youth of the Nitoya Foxes, the Harriers have slowly been building a core of locally developed players, hitting their best years: C Sté Brunet (25), P Régis Lazard (20), with the experience of P Ma Bonnet (33), the best forward pack in the game at least has a Fujioka-like figure in 58 Sadao Minamoto (35) as well as scoring capabilities in W Domingos Ocampo (23).

Teamname: Aminey Buffaloes (Stade sur la Baie (70000) in Aminey, Cote Austral)
Championships: 0 /Playoffs made: 2
Prediction: 4

Stunning winners of last season, the auto-qualification for the final as well as home team designation (those are the perks of the regular season championship), the Aminey Buffaloes are up there again. Maybe not with the luck and the skill of last year, but still definitely a good team. Five-eighth of the future, 58 Yoma Muramoto (26), with rapidly developing HB Takaaki Vamadate (21), the best spine in the league, alongside several forwards with national team fame, the Buffaloes can still shock people. Low scoring, sure, but finding their targets nonetheless.

Teamname: Etouille Vultures (Stade Amandine (30000) in Étouille, Cote Austral)
Championships: 0 /Playoffs made: 0
Prediction: 5

The Etouille Vultures have received an involuntary name change, dropping the accent on the E in order to fit into (poorly designed) digital systems a little better. The Vultures, right in the middle of the 10-to-12 win group last season, are bringing their stars back. Heavily investing in the forward pack, with P Marcos Laza (26), P Ré Charbonnier (22), SR Sasa Poulin (19), and SR Henrique Bouza (22) all as possible national team players. Leading the team is FB Blai Kaplan (24), with whom the Vultures can repel every attack.

Teamname: Aminey Owls (Stade sur la Baie (70000) in Aminey, Cote Austral)
Championships: 0 /Playoffs made: 0
Prediction: 6

Currently the worse of the two Aminey clubs, the Aminey Owls, are looking for a spot in the top three regardless. Why wouldn't they? There are some decent players there, but unfortunately they couldn't find proper replacements for some key positions. Slow on the sides and some gaps in the centre as well, the Owls will have to push their best players even further to get results. Fortunately for them, their stars can take that pressure in Ko-oren's largest market. P Co Asselin (23), H Miza Uematsu (20), HB Eisuke Maniwa (23) are a good set of players to start building from, too. The Owls' future is bright.

Teamname: Selesi Dragons (Linulin Group Stadium (22500) in Arakura, Yoshima)
Championships: 2 /Playoffs made: 0
Prediction: 7

With a fairly small budget and small playerbase, the Selesi Dragons have managed to stretch their roster into a good team once again. The most creative front office in the league has done it again, basically. Playing an extremely fast game, passing outside early and often, and simply outscoring their opponents is once again what they're going for. With C Kaolu Vuluse (20), W Isamu Ogawa (25), supported by HB Nobo Cellier (21) and FB Heitor Vales (29), they could just pull it off.

Teamname: Alara Spiders (Spider Stadium (21000) in Alara, Yoshima)
Championships: 0 /Playoffs made: 1
Prediction: 8

With the opposite problem of the Dragons, the Alara Spiders go into the season with a large roster and possible problems in paying their wages all season long. Still, they decided on quantity over quality, with few gaps but no real stars to speak of. Creativity will have to come from C Takahira Satomi (27) in combination with C Ffwllnhil yLeorrhag (23). Other players that could be driving forces behind their season have slight injury issues already. They are the big unknown for this year.

Teamname: Santa Teresa Sabres (Estádio Fortaleza (29000) in Santa Teresa, Finisterre)
Championships: 1 /Playoffs made: 1
Prediction: 9

There might be some incredibly talented players here, the critics have been focusing on all the positions that are flimsily covered. The Santa Teresa Sabres tend to have great forward packs, but that's not been the MO for a while now. Instead, they have signed some great players where possible, flung everything at a wall, saw what stuck, then failed to develop. As such, we find the team at 9th. A lot lies on the shoulders of C Hugo Canlas (31), HB Tsugumichi Kotake (31), and SR Tadeu Varela (23).

Teamname: Katashi Hawks (Suzumebachi Stadium (25000) in Katashi, Yoshima)
Championships: 0 /Playoffs made: 0
Prediction: 10

Last year's shocking last placed team is predicted for 10th! That's an upside. The Katashi Hawks went 3-19 in a league where every other team went between 10-12 and 14-8. Quips about them getting struck from the league and jokes from their crosstown rivals, the Katashi Wasps, were all the rage from the start of the season, until the end, and obviously during the offseason as well. Red and yellow (Hawks colours) were on the way out, red and black (Wasps colours) were everywhere, and it's a redemption tour now. They've patched the worst parts of last season, but failed to attract anyone to fill seats, so to speak. The search for a captain continues.

Teamname: Etena Vipers (Dokudo Stadium (12000) in Teragaseki, Yoshima)
Championships: 0 /Playoffs made: 0
Prediction: 11

The Etena Vipers, always the middling team and never the playoff-bound, star-laden squad, are back again with a potentially underwhelming season. The money's rarely there in northern Yoshima, and so the orange team (really! An orange team in Ko-oren) have taken to signing youth from all over. 58 Tovaku Ojakawa (19), P Lei Vilashima (22) look to be hits for now, but extremely unproven. The raw speed of W Ieviro Nakazono (24), fastest clocked player in preseason, is there, but that's it.

Teamname: Ferrovente Scorpions (Verrevento Arena (25000) in Ferrovente, Finisterre)
Championships: 1 /Playoffs made: 4
Prediction: 12

Yes, you read that right. The Ferrovente Scorpions, 4-time playoff qualifiers (out of 6 seasons!) and despite not losing a lot of players, were named as the potential 12th placed team in the league. So far, it's mostly an injury thing, as well as having a dramatically aging core, but the reign of terror might be over anyway. P Baris Bran (25) is the only true star on the team from what we've seen in preseason...

[Ko-oren]

Rugby League - Season 19

Standings

KRL                      Pld    W   D   L    PF   PA   PD   Pts 
 1 Nitoya Foxes              22   16   1   5   556  380 +176    66 - Final
 2 Katashi Wasps             22   15   0   7   634  464 +170    60 - Semifinal
 3 Aminey Owls               22   12   1   9   497  447  +50    50 - Semifinal
 4 Etouille Vultures         22   12   1   9   454  410  +44    50
 5 Aminey Buffaloes          22   11   1  10   489  447  +42    46
 6 Alara Spiders             22   10   2  10   529  587  −58    44
 7 Linieux Harriers          22   10   1  11   489  501  −12    42
 8 Etena Vipers              22    9   0  13   420  544 −124    36
 9 Santa Teresa Sabres       22    9   0  13   463  493  −30    36
10 Katashi Hawks             22    9   0  13   429  491  −62    36
11 Ferrovente Scorpions      22    8   1  13   356  480 −124    34
12 Selesi Dragons            22    7   0  15   506  578  −72    28

Derbies
Katashi Hawks 16–12 Katashi Wasps
Katashi Wasps 30–18 Katashi Hawks - The Hawks got the better at least once, and it was almost the difference between a straight Final apperance for the Wasps.

Ferrovente Scorpions 24–30 Santa Teresa Sabres
Santa Teresa Sabres 24–18 Ferrovente Scorpions - Neither team had much to celebrate, but at least the Sabres get the Finisterre Trophy.

Selesi Dragons 24–14 Linieux Harriers
Linieux Harriers 33–31 Selesi Dragons - The Dragons get this in a terrible campaign for them.

Katashi Hawks 31–19 Alara Spiders
Alara Spiders 42–20 Katashi Hawks - The Spiders win it on point differential: none of these series have ended 2-0 so far.

Aminey Owls 8–30 Aminey Buffaloes
Aminey Buffaloes 24–30 Aminey Owls - The Aminey Derby hasn't been this competitive in years, maybe decades, and the second of the two games showed it. The Owls lose the series, but at least they're in the top 3.

Alara Spiders 6–38 Katashi Wasps
Katashi Wasps 36–18 Alara Spiders - The Wasps win both games (the only series to end 2-0!) in a phenomenal year for them.

Analysis

Total number of games: 132
Number of home wins: 83, so 62.9% of games ended in a home win
Number of away wins: 45, so 34.1% of games ended in an away win
Number of draws: 4, so 3% of games ended in a draw
Average number of points scored by the home team: 24.4
Average number of points scored by the away team: 19.7
Average number of total points scored per game: 44.1

Team to Follow: Aminey Owls (Form: DLWLWWLLLWWLWLWWWWLLWW)
Nothing in their campaign showed that they were up for a semifinal year. By the time they had their fourth win, they already drew once, lost five more, but from then on they started winning more than they lost, including a 4-game win streak that put them into the top 3 for the first time all year. No team was truly dominant, which meant that ending the season 2-2 wasn't too problematic. They were lucky to face the Scorpions and the Hawks in their final two games. Before that, they lost to the Foxes and Spiders. One isn't so bad, but that Spiders loss could've become a problem.

Finals

Semifinal Katashi Wasps 31–29 Aminey Owls
Tries: Agar (2', 62'), Coello (10'), Van Ekkelkamp (40'), Joshizava (71') / Boudon (22'), Sunada (26'), Dhorlauthen (31'), Asselin (75')
Conversions: Ferreiro (3/5) / Maniwa (4/4)
Penalty Goals: Ferreiro (2/3: 15', 33') / Maniwa (2/2: 35', 76')
Drop Goals: Ferreiro (79') / Maniwa (78')

Several lead changes as the Katashi Wasps start off strong (12-0), then let the Aminey Owls come back into it following some disciplinary action (12-12), after which both teams record a few points before half time (20-20) with nothing separating them. The fun continued into the second half though points were harder to come by, the next 20 minutes remaining scoreless until finally Agar scores a go-ahead try for the Wasps. A flurry of kicks in the final 10 minutes puts everything up equally again, with Maniwa kicking a penalty goal for the 31-28 deficit, after which Maniwa finishes it off at 31-29. Questionable decisions at the end there.

Final Nitoya Foxes 16–26 Katashi Wasps
Tries: Abbadie (14', 28', 33') / Kawashima (48'), Okazaki (56'), Agar (66'), Coello (72')
Conversions: Fujioka (2/3) / Ferreiro (4/4)
Penalty Goals: - / Ferreiro (37')
Drop Goals: - / -

Half time set the score at 16-2, but then the Wasps started rolling. A much better game disciplinarily, both teams played the entire match with 13 players. The Foxes put everything through Abbadie, who was unstoppable for that first half, getting the hattrick, which Fujioka converted twice. The Wasps kept their foes scoreless after that, with their forwards and backs combining for four tries, which Ferreiro converted (one of them from the touch line).

State of Origin

Cote Austral - Finisterre 26-32
Yoshima - Leleia 8-18

Leleia - Cote Austral 32-12
Finisterre - Yoshima 8-16

Yoshima - Cote Austral 4-22
Leleia - Finisterre 24-25

Leleia       2-1 +29
Finisterre   2-1 -1
Cote Austral 1-2 -8
Yoshima      1-2 -20

Team of the Year
Props: P Takara Seiki (21) Nitoya Foxes, P Co Asselin (23) Aminey Owls
Hooker: H Miza Uematsu (20) Aminey Owls
Second Row: SR Nolivisa Kawashima (23) Katashi Wasps, SR Videmune Mori (27) Nitoya Foxes
Lock: L Lu Boudon (20) Aminey Owls
Halves: HB Shunmyo Fujioka (30) Nitoya Foxes, 58 Xaquin Ferreiro (24) Katashi Wasps
Wings: W Gogo Abbadie (19) Nitoya Foxes, W Xeronimo Agar (23) Katashi Wasps
Centres: C Ato Duchamp (21) Etouille Vultures, C Takahira Satomi (27) Alara Spiders
Fullback: FB Blai Kaplan (24) Etouille Vultures

Dev Leagues
Yoshima League: Lejana.
Cote Austral-Finisterre League: Loups de Vionne (3rd consecutive championship).

Retirements
58 Sadao Minamoto (36) Linieux Harriers
HB Arximiro Arceo (35) Linieux Harriers
P Ma Bonnet (34) Linieux Harriers
FB Videatsu Mijabe (34) Katashi Wasps
P Hiroyasu Fujitani (33) Katashi Wasps
W Norimoto Yoshii (32) Aminey Buffaloes
H Ventura Mendez (30) Santa Teresa Sabres

[Ko-oren]

Soccer - Season 33

Previews

The Top League
Last season
Schemerdrecht SVV was crowned champions for the first time, starting off with an amazing first 22 matchdays capped off by a slightly above-average final 10 games. While Katashi-Kanatsu did everything in those final 10 games to keep the northerners from the title, they came up short by a single point. Straudum VV finished in second, between the yellow-blue Schemerdrecht outfit and the red-black easterners, missing the title on goal difference. No problems for the other northern club (that being Straudum VV), as the recent results in IFCF meant that they would also go to the CL. Aside from Katashi-Kanatsu, Maynard AFC and Branvon CD went to the CC. For the latter two, this was a huge upset: Maynard AFC had finished bottom of the table for years, before an investment in the Ounaian league fell through, and they got some talents from there just before the league collapsed. Branvon CD had lived in the shadow of city rivals Miradela GD for a while, but their local heroes and work ethic showed up to prop them up in the top 5. Aminey CS rounded out the top 6, as they also qualified for the Championship Group (that's the top half of the Top League).

The bottom six were as follows: Maethoru SC, whose luck ran out as they finally didn't sneak into the top 6 as eternal sixth placed club. Beneath them ex-champions Tanques AOE, their championship team falling apart, and injuries and a complete lack of self-confidence ruined any chance of a repeat. Miradela GD, falling from two straight championships to 9th place. Bruncester United AFC, who at least salvaged their season by winning the Cup. Advance Alara, failing to follow up on their amazing CC appearance as their attacking style of football was punished by the defensive Top League. Cirelbourne United, who had very little to cheer for and finished dead last in every single metric.

Maynard AFC's rise to the top 6 was unexpected, and even their fans didn't dare to dream that the southwestern club could qualify for international football. A dynamic midfield duo of Richey and Pennington were instrumental for them, indomitable and rarely failing passes. Advance Alara, despite finishing 11th, still were among the league's top scoring teams, with Tang and Murakami as the most efficient attacking players in the league. Straudum VV's defence was paramount, as always, and are known as defensive even for a Top League club. Van Schelven (since moved to 1830 Cathair) and Tuff were the stars on their 5-man back line. Top scorer of the league was Katashi-Kanatsu's Sonnel, however, from Chromatika, scoring 18 goals in a league that's not exactly known to give strikers any kind of space... or credit.

This season
We have promotion/relegation now!
Schemerdrecht SVV are poised to seize a second straight title. Furthermore, a record number of transfers and free agents left Ko-oren for greener pastures. Not many transfers came in, but the lower clubs of the Top League and the bigger second division teams secured the services of a huge number of free agents instead. Talents from the 24 University teams and the 24 Academies should more than make up for the loss in quality to foreign leagues, however. The youth system is stronger than ever.

Don't forget about that big line there: we have promotion/relegation now! The 12 teams in the Top League were protected by the system for a while, but the KFA has decided that those days are over. They have had their chance to build up a lead. From now on, the worst team from the Top League relegates to the second level.

Team: Schemerdrecht SVV
Stadium: Orange Bowl (54000) in Schemerdrecht, Intermare
Founded: 1865

Championships: 1
Historical Championships: 0

Prediction: 1

Schemerdrecht SVV: Goossen- Nijboer, Langenhof, Kobayashi ^HIN, Crumble ^EQS- Egmar^KSK, Crone, Hilberdink, de Castro- Siebelt, Dhondt^NQU
Players to look out for: Goossen, Hilberdink, Kobayashi, Langenhof. The northern team have bolstered a tremendous spine, consisting of a goalkeeper, two central defenders, and a playmaker. They have found their core to rely on that carried them to one title and might carry them to another. How Hilberdink was never called to the Dragonflies is a mystery.
Young talents to keep track of: De Castro, Apple Crumble. The former is a recent acquisition from the Joaqueras Academica de Futbol, the latter has been part of the team for a while. Together, they form a deadly duo on the left side of the field, with De Castro's energetic playing style and Apple Crumble's natural pace and stamina.
Weak spots: The right side of the field. Between Nijboer and Crone, the asymmetry in this squad couldn't be bigger. Crone does fill a role in the passing game, but Nijboer would do well to drop down a level to the second division.

Team: Miradela GD
Stadium: Estádio Fortaleza (29000) in Santa Teresa, Finisterre
Founded: 1938

Championships: 2
Historical Championships: 1

Prediction: 2

Miradela GD: Munks- Giragultinden, Steelshrift ^NPH, Bares- Magrath, Etxaurren ^AUD, Shall ^EFL, Rogers ^DEL- Vermelho, Blair^CBP, Noya
Players to look out for: Etxaurren, Steelshrift. The two high-profile foreigners are a force on this team. They don't often meet on the field given their positions (right midfielder and centreback), but Miradela's big budget means they can easily give both of them what they deserve financially. The same big budget gets Miradela some flak for hiring so many players from abroad.
Young talents to keep track of: Rakers, Bares. Rakers isn't even playing, which further underlines Miradela's privileged position of being the richest team in the league. They can afford to slowly bring talent into the team. Bares comes straight out of Universidade de Finisterre, and is already on track to become a national centreback.
Weak spots: They sometimes buy players just to have an interesting player on the roster. From the preseason games, it remains to be seen whether they'll operate as a unit and whether Shall and Rogers can bring enough to the table.

Team: Advance Alara
Stadium: Spider Stadium (21000) in Alara, Yoshima
Founded: 1964

Championships: 0
Historical Championships: 1

Prediction: 3

Advance Alara: Folkhard ^NPH- Crowe ^NPH, Shiba, Chu ^QCY, Truin- Tsutsui, Martis, Brakke, Murakami- Tang^PFA, Wouters
Players to look out for: Martis, Wouters, Tang. The attack will go through the middle of the field, and it's hard to stop even if you know what they're going to do almost every time. Tang was a home run of a signing, Wouters is as efficient as they come, and Martis is the athletic cement that keeps the entire team together from central midfield.
Young talents to keep track of: Okawa. One slight on Alara is their horrible generational policy. Okawa isn't playing, as he occupies the same position as Tang, and that marks just two starters under the age of 25.
Weak spots: Wingers. Tsutsui is about to retire, and Brakke is maybe not at the level of the rest of the team. Alara has a smaller budget, so they'll have to patch the gaps using youth or a free agent, though. The creative front office has a good idea of what the team needs and how to get there, so they'll figure it out.

Team: Maethoru SC
Stadium: Rikalathen Arena (39000) in Maethoru, Mayara
Founded: 1910

Championships: 1
Historical Championships: 9

Prediction: 4

Maethoru SC: Theshendan- Bijstroom, Monurga, Hergulauthen- Scherpenkate, Amawai, Sherbeck ^CCG, Janoreirinthen, Lalaseringun- Ensaunden, Robert^APY
Players to look out for: Scherpenkate, Janoreirinthen, Theshendan. Theshendan has lost his place in the national team on a loss of self-confidence and a string of horrid results, but he still commands the Maethoru defence. Janoreirinthen and Scherpenkate are a scary midfield duo, defence-oriented but still with plenty of creative and attacking capabilities.
Young talents to keep track of: Scherpenkate is just 20. Aside from him, Dhentingun (playing the same position: defensive midfielder) is also 20. Sherbeck and Amawai also apply. Maethoru have somewhat left their tendency to only sign local talent (hence the many -dan's, -then's, gun's).
Weak spots: The right side of the field. Bijstroom and Amawai are not as good as the Janoreirinthen/Hergulauthen-combo. Few combinations in the league are, though. For now, it looks that Maethoru are finally back after a few lackluster campaigns, ready to be up there as one of Ko-oren's historically best teams.

Team: Maynard AFC
Stadium: Armskirk Municipal Ground (26000) in Maynard, Gehrenna
Founded: 1928

Championships: 1
Historical Championships: 0

Prediction: 5

Maynard AFC: Cholmondeley- Aberg , Norman, Meynard ^EQS, Kildare, Bywaters- Richey, Pennington, Gillis- Uleaven, Moore
Players to look out for: Meynard, Cholmondeley, Richey, Gillis. The waiting for Maynard fans is over! They have a good, competitive team, after years of being the absolute cellar. Richey and Gillis form a dynamic duo on the sides, as Maynard are one of the few teams capable of setting up an attack on the wings.
Young talents to keep track of: Moore. There's honestly not too much to like in the youth department, but this is better than nothing. Moore plays as a striker, so that automatically sets someone up for the national team, which is eternally short on strikers.
Weak spots: Hard to say. On the one hand, they have a dedicated, homegrown core, with good players all over the field, between Cholmondeley, Richey, Gillis, Pennington, Bywaters, and Norman. On the other hand, their transfer policies are abysmal and fundamentally this team is still the same as that perennial 12th placed team.

Team: Straudum VV
Stadium: Hazel Arena (18500) in Straudum, Sudaefjoll
Founded: 1995

Championships: 0
Historical Championships: 0

Prediction: 6

Straudum VV: Neihof- Aelisire, van Dalfsen, Mislahaunden, Tuff^DOG, Hellegeland- Breedland, Inchcombe, Tez ^QUS- Virtanen^SVJ, Pardoner^BRE
Players to look out for: Aelisire, Breedland, Inchcombe. Conservative players appearing around the defence all the time. Neihof isn't bad either, and Tuff was on the team of the year last season. Straudum's defence is as staunch as any you'll find out there, and this is another edition of Ko-oren's least conceding team.
Young talents to keep track of: Mislahaunden, Van Dalfsen. The defence is in good hands with these two, and Straudum will continue to be staunch in the back for a long time still. At the same time, their roster is pretty broad with a few non-starting youngsters as well. Expect Rupusthaunden and Ulawaya (from TJUN-ia) to be starters before long.
Weak spots: Scoring goals. This team never prentended like it wants fans in the seats to see a lot of goals. It's all about turning every single attack away, and at that they're phenomenal. When they need a goal, they usually can't find one despite buying every single striker available (Pardoner from Brenecia, Virtanen from Savojarna, Rupusthaunden from the Technische Universiteit Sterrenwolde, Ulawaya from TJUN-ia...).

Team: Katashi-Kanatsu
Stadium: Suzumebachi Stadium (25000) in Katashi, Yoshima
Founded: 1901

Championships: 0
Historical Championships: 0

Prediction: 7

Katashi-Kanatsu: Stewart^AUD- yTismewch, Mizuno, Ardouin, Convery^BRE- Yokota, Nakazono, Mettis ^CMT, Yogi- Sonnel^CMT, Nagamine
Players to look out for: Ardouin, Mizuno, Sonnel, Nakazono, Yokota. Katashi is still going all-in on the same few players as in the last few years. There's a good reason for that: they have their own vision on football, and the defensively minded, cautious players found elsewhere in the archipelago have no place in the red-black XI. When they find someone that embraces their adventurous, individualistic approach, they hold on to them and field them forever. That said, Mizuno, Ardouin, and Yokota have plenty of Dragonfly caps.
Young talents to keep track of: yTismewch. Katashi has pretty much the oldest team out there. They did find one good player in the University Leagues, in the form of a Mawr player (those are very, very rare, much more likely to play Union or cricket) as a right fullback, aiming to be the assist leader on the team.
Weak spots: Finishing. The team is full of creative minds, but lacks someone to punch in the goals. Sonnel can be that player, Nagamine should be that player, but nobody really is that player.

Team: Branvon CD
Stadium: Estádio Marítimo (28000) in Santa Teresa, Finisterre
Founded: 1902

Championships: 0
Historical Championships: 7

Prediction: 8

Branvon CD: Soumare^ASU- Basquez, Dieulafoy, Neves, Rodas- Reza, Oakley, Taraala^MRN, Carter ^TJU- Vallotton, Novoa
Players to look out for: Taraala, Soumare, Dieulafoy. Two recent acquisitions immediately strengthen this team and then some. A playmaker in Taraala that hopefully can vibe with a hard-working, always-running (but rarely making the ball doing the work) brown-orange team from the southeast.
Young talents to keep track of: Carter. Another player attracted from, well, anywhere. Ko-orenite clubs aren't often too picky, but Carter might be a force for the future. Again, he'll need to embrace the working-class qualities of this team to make a chance with the fanbase.
Weak spots: Defence. Strangely enough, even a backline with such valued names as Basquez, Dieulafoy, Neves, and Rodas is finding it hard to stay relevant in a cutthroat competition. Neves and Rodas especially can't seem to find a decent Top League form. It also doesn't help that 75% of the back line is over 32.

Team: Aminey CS
Stadium: Stade sur la Baie (70000) in Aminey, Cote Austral
Founded: 1884

Championships: 0
Historical Championships: 0

Prediction: 9

Aminey CS: Hanazawa- de Breye^OAM, Anvil, Argall^SRS, Deschanel- Delacruz ^BJK, Carbonneau, Checkered Flag ^EQS, Neville ^EFL- Rozier^AFT, Mirzadeh ^
Players to look out for: Hanazawa, Rozier, Neville. Successes are few and far between for the richest club of the archipelago. They have secured the services of both Rozier and Neville, who should take this team (maybe) to the top six again. Tactically, the front office just takes whatever they can, and Aminey will see where this completely directionless coaching will take them.
Young talents to keep track of: Mirzadeh, De Breye. Mirzadeh has been here for a while and it's incredible how they're still just 20. De Breye is an equally solid start for the next decade, but deserves better guidance from the club.
Weak spots: Strategy. The coach is paid handsomely to keep the players on board, but this club lacks a transfer policy or even a clear point to aim for.

Team: Bruncester United AFC
Stadium: Top Brass Arena (19500) in Bruncester, Surbourneshire
Founded: 1920

Championships: 0
Historical Championships: 0

Prediction: 10

Bruncester United AFC: Morris- Gicquel, MacDermot ^BLN, Noordburg, Kitchingham, Gridley- Abel ^SLL, Gregory, Thompkins- Tjessem ^QUE, Gaunaurinthen
Players to look out for: Gregory, Tjessem, Gicquel. Bruncester United AFC might have the brightest future out there, as long as they can stay up in the first division. With Gregory as a playmaker, who might have been brought up in Willowbourne, but accepted his role on the team and committed to the fans that he'll keep the team up at all costs. Tjessem is a magnificent find from our eastern neighbours, and Gicquel is a decent captain as the only national teamer on this team.
Young talents to keep track of: Gregory, Tjessem, Gicquel, Thompkins, Morris, Noordburg. Yeah, the future is very bright, if they can get there. And this doesn't even count a few players on the bench: Aiamara, first and foremost, on Gicquel's position.
Weak spots: Central defence. For a team that's all about finding talented defenders, they have a lot of fullbacks and not a lot of central defenders. Bruncester also isn't very good in the immediate season, but should be great going forward.

Team: Tanques AOE
Stadium: Stade Amandine (30000) in Étouille, Cote Austral
Founded: 1978

Championships: 1
Historical Championships: 1

Prediction: 11

Tanques AOE: Bittencourt- yLladdlog, Xiawei ^YZH, Langberg- Train, Ulysse, Helzinger^NPH, yChibwod, Bousquet- Weaver^MBT, Miyahara
Players to look out for: Miyahara, Weaver, yChibwod. Oh, how the mighty have fallen. The amazing Longchambon-yChibwod-Ulysse midfield has been decimated and the remains aren't fun to look at. Miyahara and Weaver are likely the best striker duo in the league, but with no players to get the ball there. yChibwod and Bousquet might do well, Helzinger is a good Top League-level regista.
Young talents to keep track of: Bousquet, Bittencourt, Xiawei. The former two moreso than the latter, but on the whole, good times might come back.
Weak spots: Defence. With Bittencourt just 19 years old, the back line needs to offer the young goalie some stability. Safe to say that the lightblue club from arguably Ko-oren's prettiest national park just haven't done that.

Team: Cirelbourne United
Stadium: Quicksilver Stadium (15500) in Cirelbourne, Surbourneshire
Founded: 1926

Championships: 0
Historical Championships: 0

Prediction: 12

Cirelbourne United: Landry ^KND- Lowther, Whitewoods^BRE, Tomlinson ^TKT, Swadling- Shipton-Smith^XAN, Quelch, Valente, yTawdnhawch- Zinchester, Turner
Players to look out for: Shipton-Smith. The Xannerian acquisition is a rare bright spot for the team that looks poised to be the first team to relegate from the Top League in well over a decade.
Young talents to keep track of: Quelch, yTawdnhawch. Both should be gone if this team does relegate. Quelch especially is a far more frivolous player than a defensively solid team like Cirelbourne United wants.
Weak spots: What isn't a weak spot? They're not in 12th in predictions for nothing.

Transfers
Away from Ko-oren
Minerva Compton(LB, 22): Aminey CS -> Sporting Iturributa, ASG
Nanko Wormstal(LM, 20): Schemerdrecht SVV -> Metropolis Alligators, VLD
Celia Marrable(DM, 23): Maethoru SC -> North Laithland, NPH
Raimundo Puga(AM, 22): Branvon CD -> Zenit Attawapiskat, QUE
Larre Bossink(GK, 21): Nyashawill (2nd div) -> Elephant Valley FC, SNL
Jurorarra Yerowie(DM, 21): Miradela GD -> Vilitan League TBC, VIL
Mirutan Tartaguthen(RB, 24): Katashi-Kanatsu -> FC St. Martin, NOV
Geomraff yCinrhadd(CM, 18): Clwb Peldred Peredwr (Academy team) -> Williams Isle, TAE
Max Devilliers(LB, 26): Tanques AOE -> Eterna Stars, VLD
Minne van Schelven(CB, 24): Straudum -> 1830 Cathair, AUD
Saunlilun Buthoningun(CB, 24): Advance Alara -> Olympique de Rimouski, QUE
Ned Palethorpe(DM, 33): Bruncester United AFC -> PLI Islanders, QUE
Don Carbey(CB, 21): Zinchester Town (2nd div) -> AK Stanimir, ZRH
Gelereth Pirastadhaunden(ST, 26): Maynard AFC -> Anara, ERM
Pvt. Cody Denjamic(ST, 27): Maethoru SC -> Capital FC, XAN
Lysander Forward(RM, 26): Cirelbourne United -> South Laithland, NPH
Kamala Khan(LM, 21): Schemerdrecht SVV -> Ponyville Galaxy, EQS

Into Ko-oren
Margarita Tjessem(QUE, ST, 21): Mount Ester University, QUE -> Bruncester United AFC
Michael Rogers(DEL, MF, 27): Steckholl United, DEL -> Miradela GD
Imanol Etxaurren(AUD, AM, 24): AC Izotz Zubia, AUD -> Miradela GD
Akyon Gurses(TMR, ST/AMC, 23): Almat JK, TMR -> Castelo e Calvente CS
Atlas Johanssen(XAN, DM, 24): East End FC, XAN -> Arboren FC

Free Agents, away from Ko-oren
Yasujiro Takahashi(CB, 19): Arakura Revelation -> Aissa United, BNJ
Kenji Jamamura(RB, 19): Katashi Rossoscuro -> North Spire HC, CRY
Washichi Tataewaki(LM, 17): Alara Academy -> University of Sinako, ZWZ
Aleks Madsen(ST, 20): Straudum Sportacademie -> Philtront Pioneers, KND
Seb Leemrijsen(CB, 17): Ysbeer Voetbalschool -> Porter City, KND
Aoranora Alomine(LB, 17): Aerawa Academy FC -> Fountain of Youth International, NWK
Ama Gainsbourg(GK, 18): Étouillle Football Académie -> Alexandria City, XAN
Leen Spalink(LB, 19): Het Vlaggenschip -> Vilitan League (Indicate club preference if desired - May only be available in subststitute role), VIL
Boloraun Rurindhaunden(LB, 20): Senoren Soccer Academy -> Danford FC, SPM
Nostirbun Hortelaungun(RB, 21): Mayara Mezkuloren Academy -> Ramafluora Bloom, MAC
Maja Olsman(CB, 19): Rozenvoordse Academie -> Zilverstraat SC, TSA
Max Bourguignon(ST, 21): Alpha Académie Malagnanaise -> South Winbridge, SPM
Gus Longhurst(AM, 17): Dayfade Soccer Academy -> Oslograd Academy, EOT
Andy Wickham(DM, 19): Idyllwild Academy -> Londinium County FC, NOV
Rorkalau Resdanthindhen(CM, 20): Gaulthisoru Royals -> FC Grande Vitesse, NOV
Phineas Betteridge(RB, 20): Berkton FC -> Kawarthas District, KSK
Iago Lemos(LB, 17): Joaqueras Academica de Futbol -> Dhalopura FC, INS
Axel Fiallo(LM, 17): Academica Ferroventense -> Ulsa Rovers, EUR
Martiño Marcelin(DM, 20): Greencaster Marine Academy -> FC Grande Vitesse, NOV
Jubenar Mallerbury(CB, 19): Weyarra Sunrise -> Zilverstraat SC, TSA
Damming Malmurchi(GK, 20): Wright United Academy -> Katham FC, SYL
Ffibwd yTewgneoll(CB, 19): Grainshire Academy -> Shamrock Cathair, AUD
Alirie Aerilee(RM, 18): Greencaster FC -> Brench (university), ZWZ

Free Agents, into Ko-oren
Sarina Neville(EFL, LB/LM, 30): AFC Rochford, NPH -> Aminey CS
Moxie Crowe(NPH, RB, 32): Brookford Otters, NPH -> Advance Alara
Guo Xiawei(YZH, CB, 23): Taishan Suns, YZH -> Tanques AOE
Leonard Abel(SLL, CDM, 34): IFK Aldenskoett, COS -> Bruncester United AFC
Marco Lakászi(FFD, LW, 24): Amateur ??, FFD -> Katashi-Kanatsu
Peter Landry(KND, GK, 36): Northern FC, KND -> Cirelbourne United
Kepo Ulawaya(TJU, ST, 22): -> Straudum VV
Prince Carter(TJU, CAM/ST, 20): -> Branvon CD
Jada Shall(EFL, LMF, 18): Paddockia YFC, EFL -> Miradela GD
Calvagh Sherbeck(CCG, LM/CM/RM, 19): Kananga FC, CCG -> Maethoru CS
Kamala Khan(HIN, CM/OM/SS, 21): Chaolan Zaibatsu, HIN -> Schemerdrecht SVV
John Graycrook(SCT, ST, 21): Project Olimpo Jutsii, HIN -> Maynard AFC

IFCF and International Club Competitions
The Top League is blasting through the ranks and is currently found in 21st in the coefficient list! This will be the second year running that our top level can send two clubs into the Champions' League, and that's uncharted territory for us. The incredible IFCF 2 season was followed up by a slightly worse IFCF 3 season, but all in all, these two seasons still rank firmly first and second. If we keep it up, scoring about eight points per season, we will be 9th on the list - which would be absolutely insane given the state of our league right now, and considering where we came from before the IFCF showed up. Nothing against UICA, but somehow we never really competed in that.

We're not the only ones with obvious upticks in production: Audioslavia (2nd), Siovanija and Teusland (14th), Freeport (18th), Crystal Empire (22nd), Savojarna (23rd), and Poafmersia (32nd) are also enjoying some of their best years since IFCF took over.

No surprises in the Champions' League, wtih Straudum VV and Schemerdrecht SVV going out very early in the competition. Top League teams thrive in the Challengers' Cup, however, with four teams each in the Playoff and Qualifying Rounds. Unfortunately, in that all-important Qualifying Round, three out of four clubs lost and we only had Katashi-Kanatsu in the group stage. They were way more resilient than the rest, not just surviving the group, but also getting through two more knockout rounds, making the quarterfinal. The AOCL was about as dramatic as the Champions' League for Schemerdrecht SVV, beating Likewell Kirk but then losing twice to Farfadillis' champion. In the Cup Winners' Cup, Bruncester United AFC were getting things done - despite their multi-year struggles in the Top League, they were lucky internationally, eventually crashing out in the quarterfinals (!!) versus Minne van Schelven's 1830 Cathair.

In the youth leagues, we only saw the University of Mawryshire do well. The IUCC was - again - a successful tournament for us, with the southwesterners going all the way to the semifinals!

Champions' League
Second Preliminary Round
(KOR)               Straudum VV  a 3–2    Starling                  (NPH)   1–1   2–1  (aet)

Third Preliminary Round
(KOR)         Schemerdrecht SVV    3–5    Maal Dæmons               (MRN)   3–2   0–3 
(KOR)               Straudum VV    1–2    Spartangrad               (EUR)   1–2   0–0 

AOCL
First Round
(KOR)	Schemerdrecht SVV	 5–4	Likewell Kirk			(DEM)	4-3 1-1

Second Round
(KOR)	Schemerdrecht SVV	 2–5	Mâ Âlâmëómë		(FFD)	0-1 2-4

Challengers' Cup
First Preliminary Round
(NNW)           Lightning Ridge    2–6    Maynard AFC               (KOR)   1–3   1–3 
(SYL)         Kirkham Sentients    2–1    Branvon CD                (KOR)   1–0   1–1 

Second Preliminary Round
(JOV)             New Hope City    1–5    Maynard AFC               (KOR)   1–5   0–0 

Third Preliminary Round
(KOR)           Katashi-Kanatsu    6–1    Syneca AC                 (SRS)   1–1   5–0 
(KOR)               Maynard AFC    6–1    Spatula City              (NFX)   3–1   3–0 

Playoff Round
(KOR)           Katashi-Kanatsu    6–4    FC Almintora              (TUR)   1–2   5–2 
(KOR)               Straudum VV    3–1    Hoima Warriors            (BNJ)   1–0   2–1 
(KOR)         Schemerdrecht SVV   10–3    Stahlburg City            (NPH)   7–0   3–3 
(KOR)               Maynard AFC    4–0    CS Saint-Rémy             (KSK)   2–0   2–0 

Qualifying Round
(KOR)               Maynard AFC    3–3 a  Birdingstone United       (ETN)   3–2   0–1 
(KOR)           Katashi-Kanatsu    3–1    Spartangrad               (EUR)   0–0   3–1 
(KOR)               Straudum VV    2–3    Bohemians Metropolis      (VLD)   1–3   1–0 
(KOR)         Schemerdrecht SVV    2–4    Yaton FC                  (TAE)   1–1   1–3 

   Group C                      Pld  W  D  L  GF  GA  GD Pts     Oly    K-K    DCm    Ibi
1  Olympia FC               EFL   6  4  1  1  12   8   4  13      -     2-4    4-1    1-1  
2  Katashi-Kanatsu          KOR   6  4  0  2  14   8   6  12     1-2     -     1-3    3-0  
3  De Commons               TSA   6  2  0  4   8  12  -4   6     0-1    1-3     -     2-1  
4  Ibini FC                 VAL   6  1  1  4   5  11  -6   4     1-2    0-2    2-1     -

Round of 32
(KOR)           Katashi-Kanatsu  p 4–4    Elektriklestirmespor      (TMR)   2–2   2–2  (3–2 pen)

Round of 16
(KOR)           Katashi-Kanatsu    3–2    Freeport United           (FPT)   2–1   1–1 

Quarterfinals
(KOR)           Katashi-Kanatsu    0–4    Kionao Locals             (TUR)   0–2   0–2 

Cup Winners' Cup
First Round
(KOR)        Bruncester United AFC    3-2    Aleiusia Capital             (ZRH)   2-2   1-0

Second Round
(PAS)            Stein-los Turkish    2-7    Bruncester United AFC        (KOR)   2-4   0-3

Round of 16
(EFL)                      UR Town    3-3 a  Bruncester United AFC        (KOR)   2-2   1-1

Quarterfinals
(KOR)        Bruncester United AFC    1-6    1830 Cathair FC              (AUD)   1-5   0-1

Rising Stars' Cup
First Round
(KOR)         Idyllwild Academy    0–4    Crystal City United       (CRY)   0–1   0–3 

Liga B Champions Trophy
First Preliminary Round
(GRF)                  Hagejoki    4–1    Mawrystwyth               (KOR)   2–0   2–1 

Second Preliminary Round
(KOR)       Couziers-Olympiques    4–5    Myrtha Dalin              (PAS)   2–2   2–3  (aet)

Playoff Round
(VLD)           Pumas Maldonado    0–5    Arboren FC                (KOR)   0–4   0–1 

Group H                                                          RTS    KOR    KSK    VIL
1  El Perro United F.C.     RTS   6  4  1  1  13   8   5  13      -     2-1    3-1    1-0  
2  Arboren FC               KOR   6  4  0  2  12   6   6  12     2-1     -     2-3    3-0
3  Sitka Valley             KSK   6  1  2  3   9  15  -6   5     2-2    0-3     -     1-1  
4  Lonngeylin City          VIL   6  1  1  4   7  12  -5   4     2-4    0-1    4-2     -

Round of 16
(KOR)                Arboren FC    2–7    Cedniavella               (TUR)   2–4   0–3

Vilitan Cove Invitational
Second Preliminary Round
(KOR)              Maethoru CS    5-2   Sootopolis             (QGP)    3-0   2-2   

Round of 16
(KOR)                Maethoru CS    2-3   Revisionists              (EFL)    1-2   1-0   (AET)

IUCC
Second Round
Technische Universiteit Sterrenwolde (KOR) 0–0 University of Lionsgate (DAR) (0–1 AET)
Mide Girls' Academy (HIN) 0–1 University of Mawryshire (KOR)
Uni of A&E of Grain- and Leeshire (KOR) 2–2 Laffayette Laurettes (TAE) (3–2 AET)

Round of 16
University of Mawryshire (KOR) 2–0 Universiteit Wilaamstad (TSA)
TU Stelburg (STL) 3–1 Uni of A&E of Grain- and Leeshire (KOR)

Quarterfinals
University of Mawryshire (KOR) 1–1 Universiteit Ghoberg (TSA) (1–1 AET) (4–2 pen.)

Semifinals
University of Mawryshire (KOR) 0–3 TU Stelburg (STL)

Kempsey Futures Invitational
Group A
1  Grainshire Academy       KOR   6  5  0  1  15   7   8  15      -     1-0    4-0    4-3  
2  Lutka Juniors            PSR   6  2  2  2  10   8   2   8     3-1     -     2-2    4-2  
3  Club Sparta U-18         LIS   6  2  1  3   6  12  -6   7     0-3    1-0     -     3-2  
4  Southbay Rivera Youth    IND   6  1  1  4  10  14  -4   4     1-2    1-1    1-0     -   

Quarterfinals
(KOR)        Grainshire Academy    0–3    Kitara Regional Academy   (BNJ)   0–1   0–2

[Ko-oren]

Soccer - Season 33

Previews Lower Leagues

The Ko-orenite Cup

Given the 12-team divisions, some mathematics were needed to come up with a Cup system. Here it is:
Round 1: all Academy, University, and div 4 teams
Round 2: all Round 1 winners, div 3 teams, and worst 4 div 2 teams
Round 3: all Round 2 winners, best 8 div 2 teams, and all div 1 teams
Rounds 4-8: all previous Round winners

Football Pyramid
The pyramid is slightly different now, with the Top League opened up for one team in the second division each year. Full promotion/relegation is a thing now! That means that even if Arboren FC finished first, they'll have to repeat that feat in order to finally be in that top echelon. Whether that means that 12 clubs is too few at a top level remains to be seen. Other clubs with good chances for the title are last year's runners-up: Couziers-Olympiques. Outsiders are WSR AFC and Castelo e Calvente CS.

Second

Teamname: Ambergate City
Stadium: Gates of Alexandria (9000) in Burnet, Surbourneshire
Star players
CM Motonobu Watanuki (21) - Ambergate City
CB Huug Zwikker (27) - Ambergate City

Teamname: Arboren FC
Stadium: Aeresa (10000) in Arboren, Aerellen
Star players
DM Atlas Johanssen ^XAN (24) - Arboren FC
RB Aorippe Aerelia (26) - Arboren FC
GK Aethi Aorine (22) - Arboren FC

Team: Brighthaven Town
Stadium: Sanders Field (3600) in Brighthaven, Surbourneshire
Star players
ST Kijoshi Vashila (19) - Brighthaven Town
CM Tolajilo Ebina (20) - Brighthaven Town
LB Rafael Dwan (20) - Brighthaven Town
RB Ernst Crogan (20) - Brighthaven Town

Teamname: Castelo e Calvente CS
Stadium: Edogense (16000) in Ferrovente, Finisterre
Star players
LB Aisel Aorei (21) - Castelo e Calvente CS
GK Frederico Navia (27) - Castelo e Calvente CS
ST Akyon Gurses ^TMR (23) - Castelo e Calvente CS

Teamname: Couziers-Olympiques
Stadium: Stade Central (7100) in Linieux, Cote Austral
Star players
RB Max Pernet (20) - Couziers-Olympiques
GK Théo Duchamp (23) - Couziers-Olympiques

Teamname: Gehrenna FC
Stadium: Kautherlugin Field (17500) in Gehrenna, Mayara
Star players
GK Senparnin Baurkidhaunden (24) - Gehrenna FC
LB Morasak Sirmauringun (27) - Gehrenna FC

Teamname: Huthwich & Iduloren FC
Stadium: The Ovation Station (5000) in Huthwich, Gehrenna
Star players
CB Anzai Mulatagi (21) - Huthwich & Iduloren FC
RF Gust Kwant (22) - Huthwich & Iduloren FC
GK Rilbiposun Guouldherindhen (20) - Huthwich & Iduloren FC

Teamname: Mawrystwyth
Stadium: Cytrial Parc (12500) in Mawrystwyth, Mawryshire
Star players
GK Oscar Bacon (21) - Mawrystwyth

Team: Sterrenwolde FC
Stadium: Noorderkroonpark (14500) in Sterrenwolde, Intermare
Star players
LF Winwig Jundy (19) - Sterrenwolde FC
RM Chesley Meredeth (18) - Sterrenwolde FC
GK Nathan Génin (20) - Sterrenwolde FC

Teamname: Strongfair
Stadium: Fortune Valley (6100) in Strongfair, Gehrenna
Star players
CB Seinosuke Suda (21) - Strongfair

Teamname: Teragaseki
Stadium: Dokudo Stadium (12000) in Teragaseki, Yoshima
Star players
RB Stef Wijnholdt (26) - Teragaseki

Teamname: WSR AFC
Stadium: Uriagali Field (10000) in Eaglebury, West Strand Riding
Star players
LB Tamrie Munarring (24) - WSR AFC
RF Dundor Windill (24) - WSR AFC
CM Nanberry Bingarra (22) - WSR AFC

Third
There are two Third divisions: one in the south, one in the north. The Southern division is now home to several quality operations in Grainshire United, Zinchester Town, but also Leeshire United and Limecroft & Abyss FC. Mind you that our leagues are so small that even the 25th best club in the nation plays at this level - and the four aforementioned clubs can easily make a claim to that.

The Northern division is always seen as being of slightly inferior quality, but here we can also find some well-led organisations, even if they run on smaller budgets - they really know how to use their resources well. Amillon CdF, Nyashawill, Laringen AFC, but also Amandine AdF and Serevne AFC can all say that they may just sneak into the second division next year.

Third - South
Grainshire United
Limecroft & Abyss FC
Yonenomura
Zinchester Town
Argyle Tuesday
Llandy FC
Sydberg
Leeshire United
Coloruna
Otavura
Vierciennes Victory
Soothill

Third - North
Tuinderbeek FC
Amillon CdF
Myaranowra
Nyashawill
Laringen AFC
Senoren FC
Amandine AdF
Oai Unifié
Serevne AFC
Donderen
Biney CF
Linderivier AFC

Fourth
With 72 teams at this level, some say it's bloated and that quality varies too much even within a division. That said, if a good team now can't make it up to the third division, it's on them. Fans are easily attracted to a fourth division game - especially if that town doesn't have another club or sport. Looking at division 4a, Langward (from Greencaster) is in more trouble than Belmore FC (which is a tiny place) but Langward does have more players to choose from. Pros and cons.

Anarcourt CF
Langward
Ansonville Association
Cerryrhos yDhiwmydis
Cirelbourne Townside
Oceanside South End
Marinwood Sunday
Feddhaw yChronws
Belmore FC
Opalshire FC
Penstead Clwb Peldred
Burnet Athletic

Fukushira Guerilla
Blanrasco Borealis
Norille Orion
Cresthill Ebony FC
Cape Constilán
Vinroux Invincibles
Chamiers
Club Valeloma
Ferncombe
Chagança Central
Glimmerfall Triumph
Bellmare Union

Aviansola Eden
Motojagava Taranchula
Shinsen Sunrise
Chikuno Hakuba
Echizen
Odahayashi Revolution
Nitoya
Vurusen
Morivate Lava
Shimohavi
Enkumo Diamond
Katashi Azura

Launott
Egevea
Vleugelberg
Aerellen Honoa SC
SC Sokrona
Grimhof VV
Turnaarde FC
MEZWO-VEDC Lamau
Kerkhaven-Rommefort-Combinatie
Ossendal
Honingsweg
Shinsen VV

Granon Altair CF
Planneige
Liberazul Épitières
Rozenvoorde FC
Cygne de Dentillon
Roufortois
Foot Soibourgoise en Vert
Aminey Avalanche
Ounoukal Aminey CA
Linieux en Onyx
Diessy CdF
Dartha AFC

Tuzmanjuth Jithaugom
April Bassin FC
Sobdorlugin Komtherod
Pride of Eaglebury
Tokponen Rildhemau
Gakhithrau Dhikodhra
Mayara Soccer Guild
Tepkusoren Opkohme
Tarrashall Pride
Mayara Zunemak
Sauzjaregaun Saulrag
Sathtonoru Kaptu

Academy
The Academies were a great addition! 24 clubs from small communities but plenty of talent have been given a small team of youngsters to nourish. Greencaster FC was the best of them, but they should have a better playoff structure for next season. To keep costs low in a season that was all about seeing if the teams would be a hit among their fans (they were!), a champion was crowned without pitting the various division winners against each other. For school-friendly schedules, these teams only play 20 competitive matches per season.

Clwb Peldred Peredwr
Grainshire Academy
Greencaster FC
Greencaster Marine Academy
Weyarra Sunrise
Wright United Academy
Academica Ferroventense
Berkton FC
Dayfade Soccer Academy
Gaulthisoru Royals
Idyllwild Academy
Joaqueras Academica de Futbol
Alpha Académie Malagnanaise
Étouillle Football Académie
Het Vlaggenschip
Mayara Mezkuloren Academy
Rozenvoordse Academie
Senoren Soccer Academy
Aerawa Academy FC
Alara Academy
Arakura Revelation
Katashi Rossoscuro
Straudum Sportacademie
Ysbeer Voetbalschool

University
Lastly, the university leagues. They went from 2 to 3 in order to keep travel costs down. The 24 teams are pretty established by now. Katashi somehow supplied the Northeastern division winner - their universities have long been worse than those from Sterrenwolde, Sudaefjoll, and Schemerdrecht for instance. The South-Central division was won by Grain- and Leeshire, another surprise winner, with the traditionally strong Willowbourne universities in 3rd, 6th, and 7th. The West-Central division was won by Amandine - also not a traditional soccer-heavyweight. Greencaster's universities finished in 7th and 8th - dead last - and the Capital universities (Maethoru, Gehrenna) were just out of the title in 3rd and 4th.

Economical Institute of Amandine
Gehrenna National University
Greencaster Business University
Greencaster Technical University
Maethoru National University
Surbourneshire Technical University
University of Mawryshire
West Strand Riding University
National University of Willowbourne
Santa Teresa Naval Academy
Uni of A&E of Grainand Leeshire
Universidade de Finisterre
Université de la Côte Austral
Université des Arts d'Aminey
Willowbourne Institute of Humanities
Willowbourne Technological Academy
Aevanna Ecologiske Universitet
Furune Geijutsu Daigaku
Katashi Keizai Daigaku
Katashi Yoshima Daigaku
Nordorenfjolluniversitet
Schemerdrechtuniversiteit
Sudaefjolluniversitet
Technische Universiteit Sterrenwolde

[Ko-oren]

Soccer - Season 33

Season - Autumn

And we're underway! The 33rd season of organised, national football, crowning a national champion... instead of regional ones where nobody could agree on who the strongest team on the archipelago even was. After just 10 matchdays - that's a little under 50% of the Top League's first stage - the scenes we get! People in the southeast partying in the streets. The pundits had predicted some upswing. The fans expected more heartbreak. The players didn't speak up, but the noise coming in from Bruncester United AFC did get louder and louder. With six wins in the first ten games, they are topping the Top League despite scoring just seven goals. The true beauty of the team and its splendid youth scouting lies in the defence, as (in true Dragonfly fashion) conceded only three. These were against Maethoru SC, Miradela GD, and Straudum VV (a 1-0 loss, 2-1 win, and a 0-1 loss). They're not ahead by much, as the Top League has every single point number between 12 and 20. For now, Maethoru CS (just one loss) and reigning champions Schemerdrecht SVV have a slight advantage, but even the team in fifth, Advance Alara, has only two losses so far. Tanques AOE are in a different place, 10 points behind 10th place Branvon CD, with twenty-five goals against (!!!). This includes a bonkers Cote Australienne rivalry, small-town Tanques AOE hosting big-city Aminey CS, with the fans seeing 9 goals... as the darkest blue celebrated a win that day. Tanques AOE 3, Aminey CS 6. Aminey CS would get their comeuppance a few weeks later at the hands of Schemerdrecht SVV (0-4). Other horrible results for Tanques AOE include a 4-1 loss to Santa Teresa's upper class team, Miradela GD, and a 1-5 home loss to that other top-scoring team, Schemerdrecht SVV. It seems like the story of the first 10 games can be written using just those 4 to 5 teams...

Top League                                 Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Bruncester United AFC                       10    6   2   2     7    3   +4    20
 2 Maethoru SC                                 10    5   4   1    11    5   +6    19
 3 Schemerdrecht SVV                           10    5   3   2    18    9   +9    18
 4 Miradela GD                                 10    5   2   3    18   11   +7    17
 5 Advance Alara                               10    4   4   2     9   10   −1    16
 6 Aminey CS                                   10    4   3   3    11   11    0    15
 7 Katashi-Kanatsu                             10    4   2   4    16   15   +1    14
 8 Straudum VV                                 10    4   2   4     8    8    0    14
 9 Cirelbourne United                          10    3   4   3     9    5   +4    13
10 Branvon CD                                  10    3   3   4     7    9   −2    12
11 Maynard AFC                                 10    0   3   7     3   15  −12     3
12 Tanques AOE                                 10    0   2   8     9   25  −16     2

With everything to play for in the first year with promotion to the Top League, Castelo e Calvente CS have stepped it up a little. Not satisfied with just two out of twelve Top League clubs coming from Finisterre (which is already far more than the province's size and population would suggest), they are two points over the rest. Ambergate City are second on the back of effectiveness in the box, while recently promoted Brighthaven Town are leveraging the hype from their region (Ko-oren's most densely populated, but with zero professional sides) into a good home advantage. Just over a win from the top are Gehrenna FC (who would immediately become Maethoru SC's biggest rivals, both from the Capital Cities region), Sterrenwolde FC (also recently promoted, and just a stone's throw from Schemerdrecht SVV and Straudum VV). We predicted more for WSR AFC, but they cannot get the details right, sitting on the lowest xGoals of the league. Last season's champions, Arboren FC, are in dead last with a lot of work if they want to even get to the Liga B Champions League.

2nd Div                                    Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Castelo e Calvente CS                       11    6   3   2    16   10   +6    21
 2 Ambergate City                              11    6   1   4    19   12   +7    19
 3 Brighthaven Town                            11    5   3   3    14    6   +8    18
 4 Gehrenna FC                                 11    4   5   2    15   10   +5    17
 5 Sterrenwolde FC                             11    5   2   4     8    7   +1    17
 6 Teragaseki                                  11    5   1   5    16   15   +1    16
 7 WSR AFC                                     11    5   1   5     9    9    0    16
 8 Strongfair                                  11    5   0   6    10   15   −5    15
 9 Couziers-Olympiques                         11    4   2   5     8   16   −8    14
10 Mawrystwyth                                 11    4   1   6     8   12   −4    13
11 Huthwich & Iduloren FC                      11    3   3   5     9   13   −4    12
12 Arboren FC                                  11    2   2   7     5   12   −7     8

The Third divisions are also experiencing renewed interest from fans - could it be the direct line up to the top 12 clubs that now exists? No, it's just that most third division towns are... actually pretty populated. The south, featuring the relative 'emptiness' on Surbourneshire's southern coast with Limecroft & Abyss FC, but also the densely populated Leeshire United and Grainshire United areas (who couldn't be much farther apart on the table), as well as the culturally separate areas of Finisterre (Coloruna) and Mawryshire (Llandy FC). Yoshiman football is as bad as it's ever been, with only Yonenomura and Otavura appearing this high - other than both disappointing Top League clubs Katashi-Kanatsu and Advance Alara. In the North, we see that Nyashawill are a full win ahead of the rest, shooting for their old place in the second division.

3rd Div South                              Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Limecroft & Abyss FC                        11    7   2   2    23    9  +14    23
 2 Leeshire United                             11    7   2   2    16    7   +9    23
 3 Coloruna                                    11    5   5   1    12    5   +7    20
 4 Vierciennes Victory                         11    5   2   4    14    9   +5    17
 5 Sydberg                                     11    5   2   4    13   12   +1    17
 6 Zinchester Town                             11    4   3   4     9   11   −2    15
 7 Biney CF                                    11    4   2   5    15   20   −5    14
 8 Llandy FC                                   11    3   4   4    12   13   −1    13
 9 Yonenomura                                  11    3   3   5     8   14   −6    12
10 Otavura                                     11    2   4   5     8   17   −9    10
11 Argyle Tuesday                              11    1   5   5     9   14   −5     8
12 Grainshire United                           11    2   2   7    10   18   −8     8

   3rd Div North                              Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Nyashawill                                  11    7   1   3    14    4  +10    22
 2 Donderen                                    11    5   4   2    12    5   +7    19
 3 Amandine AdF                                11    5   3   3     8    5   +3    18
 4 Linderivier AFC                             11    4   5   2     9    6   +3    17
 5 Oai Unifie                                  11    4   4   3    10    9   +1    16
 6 Myaranowra                                  11    4   4   3    10   10    0    16
 7 Laringen AFC                                11    2   6   3     8   10   −2    12
 8 Senoren FC                                  11    3   3   5     9   15   −6    12
 9 Amillon CdF                                 11    2   5   4     8   10   −2    11
10 Soothill                                    11    2   5   4    16   19   −3    11
11 Serevne AFC                                 11    2   5   4     7   12   −5    11
12 Tuinderbeek FC                              11    2   3   6    10   16   −6     9

The geographically divided fourth divisions are home to just two teams that have made mincemeat of the opposition. Chikuno Hakuba, in the Yoshiman division ('C'), and Granon Altair FC of the Cote Austral division ('E') are 6 and 9 (!!) points away from the rest.

4th Div A                                  Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Oceanside South End                         11    7   3   1    13    6   +7    24
 2 Burnet Athletic                             11    7   2   2    15    8   +7    23
 3 Belmore FC                                  11    5   3   3    12    8   +4    18
 4 Cerryrhos yDhiwmydis                        11    5   1   5    12   10   +2    16
 5 Marinwood Sunday                            11    4   2   5     8    8    0    14
 6 Anarcourt CF                                11    3   5   3    13   14   −1    14
 7 Ansonville Association                      11    3   4   4    10   10    0    13
 8 Penstead Clwb Peldred                       11    3   4   4     6    7   −1    13
 9 Feddhaw yChronws                            11    3   4   4     8   11   −3    13
   Opalshire FC                                11    3   4   4    12   15   −3    13
11 Langward                                    11    3   1   7    16   20   −4    10
12 Cirelbourne Townside                        11    3   1   7     8   16   −8    10

   4th Div B                                  Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Fukushira Guerilla                          11    8   1   2    14    8   +6    25
 2 Cresthill Ebony FC                          11    7   2   2    18    9   +9    23
 3 Blanrasco Borealis                          11    6   4   1    14    6   +8    22
 4 Glimmerfall Triumph                         11    5   3   3     9    4   +5    18
 5 Bellmare Union                              11    5   2   4    11   11    0    17
 6 Chamiers                                    11    3   5   3    13   10   +3    14
 7 Chaganca Central                            11    3   4   4     6   10   −4    13
 8 Vinroux Invincibles                         11    3   3   5     6    8   −2    12
 9 Ferncombe                                   11    3   2   6     6    9   −3    11
10 Norille Orion                               11    1   6   4     4    7   −3     9
11 Cape Constillan                             11    2   2   7     7   18  −11     8
12 Club Valeloma                               11    1   4   6     6   14   −8     7

   4th Div C                                  Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Chikuno Hakuba                              11    9   1   1    19    5  +14    28
 2 Echizen                                     11    7   1   3    12    9   +3    22
 3 Aviansola Eden                              11    7   0   4    26   12  +14    21
 4 Enkumo Diamond                              11    5   4   2    11    7   +4    19
 5 Motojagava Taranchula                       11    4   4   3    10    8   +2    16
 6 Shinsen Sunrise                             11    5   0   6    10   13   −3    15
 7 Odahayashi Revolution                       11    4   2   5    10   12   −2    14
 8 Morivate Lava                               11    4   2   5     6    8   −2    14
 9 Shimohavi                                   11    3   3   5    14   14    0    12
10 Vurusen                                     11    2   5   4     8   11   −3    11
11 Nitoya                                      11    2   1   8    11   24  −13     7
12 Katashi Azula                               11    1   3   7     7   21  −14     6

   4th Div D                                  Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Grimhof VV                                  11    7   3   1    15    9   +6    24
 2 Honingsweg                                  11    7   2   2    13    9   +4    23
 3 SC Sokrona                                  11    6   3   2    19   10   +9    21
 4 Egevea                                      11    5   3   3    11    7   +4    18
 5 Launott                                     11    4   5   2    16   11   +5    17
 6 MEZWO-VEDC Lamau                            11    5   2   4    14   14    0    17
 7 Turnaarde FC                                11    4   2   5    13   21   −8    14
 8 Aerellen Honoa SC                           11    3   4   4     8    9   −1    13
 9 Ossendal                                    11    3   3   5    11   10   +1    12
10 Shinsen VV                                  11    2   5   4     5    8   −3    11
11 Kerkhaven-Rommefort-Combinatie              11    1   2   8     6   13   −7     5
12 Vleugelberg                                 11    1   2   8     6   16  −10     5

   4th Div E                                  Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Granon Altair CF                            11    9   1   1    17    2  +15    28
 2 Rozenvoorde FC                              11    5   4   2    11    7   +4    19
 3 Planneige                                   11    5   3   3    12    9   +3    18
 4 Foot Soibourgoise en Vert                   11    5   3   3    15   16   −1    18
 5 Ounoukal Aminey CA                          11    4   4   3    10    9   +1    16
 6 Dartha AFC                                  11    4   4   3     7    9   −2    16
 7 Linieux en Onyx                             11    4   3   4     8    8    0    15
 8 Cygne de Dentillon                          11    4   1   6    10   15   −5    13
 9 Diessy CdF                                  11    3   3   5    15   11   +4    12
10 Aminey Avalanche                            11    2   4   5     8   11   −3    10
11 Liberazul Epitieres                         11    2   3   6     9   16   −7     9
12 Roufortois                                  11    1   3   7     6   15   −9     6

   4th Div F                                  Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Sobdorlugin Komtherod                       11    7   1   3    17   12   +5    22
 2 Tokponen Rildhemau                          11    7   1   3    13    9   +4    22
 3 Sathtonoru Kaptu                            11    6   3   2    12    8   +4    21
 4 April Bassin FC                             11    6   1   4    14   10   +4    19
 5 Sauzjaregaun Saulrag                        11    5   2   4    17   13   +4    17
 6 Mayara Zunemak                              11    5   2   4    10   11   −1    17
 7 Tarrashall Pride                            11    4   1   6    10   14   −4    13
 8 Tepkusoren Opkohme                          11    3   3   5     7    9   −2    12
 9 Pride of Eaglebury                          11    2   5   4    11   12   −1    11
10 Gakhithrau Dhikodhra                        11    3   2   6     4    9   −5    11
11 Tuzmanjuth Jithaugom                        11    2   4   5     9   13   −4    10
12 Mayara Soccer Guild                         11    3   1   7     8   12   −4    10

University Northeast                       Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Technische Universiteit Sterrenwolde         7    4   0   3    14    7   +7    12
 2 Katashi Yoshima Daigaku                      7    3   2   2    11    8   +3    11
 3 Sudaefjolluniversitet                        7    3   2   2     9    8   +1    11
 4 Aevanna Ecologiske Universitet               7    3   2   2    11   11    0    11
 5 Schemerdrechtuniversiteit                    7    3   1   3     9    7   +2    10
 6 Furune Geijutsu Daigaku                      7    3   1   3     6    9   −3    10
 7 Katashi Keizai Daigaku                       7    2   3   2     4    6   −2     9
 8 Nordorenfjolluniversitet                     7    1   1   5     3   11   −8     4

   University South-Central                   Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Willowbourne Institute of Humanities         7    5   0   2    13    5   +8    15
 2 Uni of A&E of Grain- and Leeshire            7    4   1   2    10    6   +4    13
 3 Universite de la Cote Austral                7    4   0   3    10    8   +2    12
 4 National University of Willowbourne          7    3   2   2    12   10   +2    11
 5 Willowbourne Technological Academy           7    3   0   4     8   13   −5     9
 6 Universite des Arts d'Aminey                 7    2   2   3     6    9   −3     8
 7 Santa Teresa Naval Academy                   7    2   1   4     5    7   −2     7
 8 Universidade de Finisterre                   7    2   0   5     4   10   −6     6

   University West-Central                    Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Greencaster Business University              7    6   1   0    12    4   +8    19
 2 West Strand Riding University                7    4   1   2     9    5   +4    13
 3 Maethoru National University                 7    3   1   3     8    6   +2    10
 4 Economical Institute of Amandine             7    2   3   2     6    6    0     9
 5 Gehrenna National University                 7    2   3   2     5    7   −2     9
 6 University of Mawryshire                     7    1   4   2     2    5   −3     7
 7 Surbourneshire Technical University          7    1   2   4     3    6   −3     5
 8 Greencaster Technical University             7    0   3   4     1    7   −6     3

   Academy East                               Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Arakura Revelation                           6    3   3   0     8    3   +5    12
 2 Straudum Sportacademie                       7    3   2   2    10   11   −1    11
 3 Katashi Rossoscuro                           6    2   2   2     8    6   +2     8
 4 Alara Academy                                5    2   1   2     4    4    0     7
 5 Ysbeer Voetbalschool                         5    1   2   2     3    4   −1     5
 6 Aerawa Academy FC                            5    1   0   4     1    6   −5     3

   Academy North                              Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Etouille Football Academie                   7    4   2   1     9    6   +3    14
 2 Senoren Soccer Academy                       6    3   1   2     4    2   +2    10
 3 Mayara Mezkuloren Academy                    6    2   2   2    10    5   +5     8
 4 Het Vlaggenschip                             5    2   2   1     4    4    0     8
 5 Rozenvoordse Academie                        5    2   1   2     6    5   +1     7
 6 Alpha Academie Malagnanaise                  5    0   0   5     3   14  −11     0

   Academy South                              Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Academica Ferroventense                      7    3   2   2     7    5   +2    11
 2 Idyllwild Academy                            5    3   1   1     9    8   +1    10
 3 Berkton FC                                   5    2   2   1     5    4   +1     8
 4 Gaulthisoru Royals                           6    2   2   2     6    6    0     8
 5 Joaqueras Academica de Futbol                5    1   2   2     4    3   +1     5
 6 Dayfade Soccer Academy                       6    1   1   4     2    7   −5     4

   Academy West                               Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Wright United Academy                        6    5   0   1    12    6   +6    15
 2 Greencaster FC                               6    2   4   0     9    5   +4    10
 3 Greencaster Marine Academy                   7    1   3   3     5    8   −3     6
 4 Weyarra Sunrise                              5    1   2   2     6    5   +1     5
 5 Clwb Peldred Peredwr                         5    1   2   2     5    7   −2     5
 6 Grainshire Academy                           5    1   1   3     4   10   −6     4

[Ko-oren]

Soccer - Season 33

Season - Winter

And that's it! The sun is out for a noticeably longer time, the temperatures are slowly getting bearable again (unless you live in southern Yoshima or Finisterre, where they're always fine), and we know what our final ten matchdays will look like. The top six clubs will play each other twice more, as do the bottom six clubs. The top six play for the IFCF Champions League, the Challengers' League, and the biggest prize of them all: the title. The bottom six clubs will try to avoid relegation. For the best club in that part of the league, there's a small consolation prize in a spot in the VCI.

Our top six teams are as follows:
- Advance Alara. Their production wasn't as high as advertised, but they've been smart about when and how to attack and often lose the ball. They've grown noticeably better at dividing possession, retaining it for longer and getting the ball back quicker. Wouters and Tsuchida shared most of the goals, with Tang and Okawa getting in a good number of points as well.
- Schemerdrecht SVV. They've scored a lot more than expected, getting lucky goals where necessary and shutting down a game as well as any team. With Hilberdink and De Castro, they have a great midfield duo capable of laying down the tempo of the match. Their goals are shared nicely along the entire team.
- Bruncester United AFC. Well, that generation grew up quickly. Excellent defence, but nowhere near enough goals - at least, apparently they needed just 15 goals to win 12 games. Those are national team numbers. Tjessem was a home run signing, Gregory and Thompkins have been more than solid, but it's Gicquel, Morris, Noordburg, Aiamara, Gridley, Brogley, and Kitchingham who have brought in the points. Best defence of the country, and this opens up some national team position battles.
- Maethoru SC. They're back for a second straight year, as the most successful Ko-orenite club take their underqualified player staff but top 2 coaching staff to the top six. With a midfield as prized as Tanques AOE's was in their championship year, featuring Scherpenkate, Janoreirinthen, Lalaseringun, and Dhentingun, they've managed to take control of every match save for those versus Schemerdrecht SVV and Bruncester United AFC (one win, three losses).
- Aminey CS. The big blue team, with the big budget, now in a position to perform well. Rozier and Neville have made this team the third highest scoring - but the highest scoring in the top 6.
- Straudum VV. Back for more, it seems that we will have one rivalry series in the top 6; between the northern duo of Straudum VV and Schemerdrecht SVV. Straudum's defence has kept every single match close, but secretly they probably would rather have topped Bruncester United AFC's record. With Aelisire, Mislahaunden, and Hellegeland, they do have the current top of the line defenders still.

The bottom six (the 'Challenge Group') is up as well. And we have the southeastern derby of Miradela GD versus Branvon CD, of which both clubs look to be safe from relegation, yet also quite a ways off from competing in the top. Maynard AFC, after a few decent months, have fallen back to 11th overall. Still, it seems like the bottom two is already locked in - including Maynard AFC, that is - and even then they don't seem to run much of a risk. It's Tanques AOE that needs to drastically outwin their direct opponents in 11th. They're 15 points behind 10th place... so it looks like we have our first relegators.

Top League                                 Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Advance Alara                               22   11   7   4    27   19   +8    40
 2 Schemerdrecht SVV                           22   11   6   5    28   15  +13    39
 3 Bruncester United AFC                       22   12   3   7    15   11   +4    39
 4 Maethoru SC                                 22   10   6   6    22   12  +10    36
 5 Aminey CS                                   22   10   5   7    30   22   +8    35
 6 Straudum VV                                 22    9   5   8    13   14   −1    32
 
 7 Miradela GD                                 22    8   6   8    31   29   +2    30
 8 Katashi-Kanatsu                             22    7   7   8    32   32    0    28
 9 Cirelbourne United                          22    7   6   9    21   20   +1    27
10 Branvon CD                                  22    8   3  11    19   26   −7    27
11 Maynard AFC                                 22    5   5  12    18   31  −13    20
12 Tanques AOE                                 22    3   3  16    19   44  −25    12

No team is truly out as we run into the last 11 games of the second division. Two fights are emerging, and some clubs are involved in both. At the top, fighting for a top 4 spot and entry into the Liga B Champions' League, we have Couziers-Olympiques, Brighthaven Town, Castelo e Calvente CS, and Huthwich & Iduloren FC. That said, Gehrenna FC is also very much in contention. The southeastern club, Castelo e Calvente CS, have fallen six points behind the target, as Aminey CS-region Couziers-Olympiques are the prime candidates to move up. At the bottom we have the other fight, with two clubs relegating to the third level. Teragaseki, WSR AFC, and Arboren FC are battling to not be in 11th or 12th - though to be fair any club at 6th or below is still at risk. This division is close, keep an eye on it!

2nd Div                                    Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Couziers-Olympiques                         22   13   3   6    35   27   +8    42
 2 Brighthaven Town                            22   12   3   7    32   20  +12    39
 3 Castelo e Calvente CS                       22   10   6   6    29   21   +8    36
 4 Huthwich & Iduloren FC                      22   10   4   8    22   20   +2    34
 5 Gehrenna FC                                 22    8   8   6    24   20   +4    32
 6 Mawrystwyth                                 22    8   4  10    22   20   +2    28
 7 Ambergate City                              22    8   4  10    31   31    0    28
 8 Sterrenwolde FC                             22    8   4  10    16   21   −5    28
 9 Strongfair                                  22    8   4  10    18   25   −7    28
10 Arboren FC                                  22    7   5  10    13   17   −4    26
11 WSR AFC                                     22    7   4  11    17   24   −7    25
12 Teragaseki                                  22    7   3  12    27   40  −13    24

Only one club can promote - but make sure you're not in the bottom three! Six clubs relegate from this division, where it's far easier to sink than it is to float up. Sydberg and Limecroft & Abyss FC, two coastal Surbourneshire clubs, are looking for a way up in the South. A group of four (to about six) clubs can still relegate. One candidate is Zinchester Town, who fell down from the second level just last year. A double relegation is incoming...

In the north, Nyashawill is leading a massive pack of promotion candidates, which runs all the way from 1st to 7th. As for the relegation battle, Amillon CdF is pretty much a fourth division club already. Tuinderbeek FC and Serevne AFC aren't much better off, but they can still easily get into the top 5 as well.

3rd Div South                              Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Sydberg                                     22   12   5   5    26   18   +8    41
 2 Limecroft & Abyss FC                        22   11   7   4    30   14  +16    40
 3 Leeshire United                             22   11   5   6    24   14  +10    38
 4 Vierciennes Victory                         22   10   5   7    23   16   +7    35
 5 Coloruna                                    22    9   8   5    20   18   +2    35
 6 Yonenomura                                  22    7   7   8    20   24   −4    28
 7 Argyle Tuesday                              22    6   8   8    23   25   −2    26
 8 Grainshire United                           22    7   5  10    26   28   −2    26
 9 Zinchester Town                             22    5   8   9    13   20   −7    23
10 Biney CF                                    22    6   4  12    19   28   −9    22
11 Otavura                                     22    5   7  10    16   27  −11    22
12 Llandy FC                                   22    4   9   9    18   26   −8    21

   3rd Div North                              Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Nyashawill                                  22   10   6   6    22   11  +11    36
 2 Linderivier AFC                             22    7  12   3    21   13   +8    33
 3 Amandine AdF                                22    9   6   7    22   17   +5    33
 4 Soothill                                    22    8   9   5    28   26   +2    33
 5 Donderen                                    22    8   7   7    18   13   +5    31
 6 Myaranowra                                  22    8   7   7    19   17   +2    31
 7 Oai Unifie                                  22    7   9   6    18   22   −4    30
 8 Laringen AFC                                22    6  11   5    17   15   +2    29
 9 Senoren FC                                  22    7   7   8    19   27   −8    28
10 Serevne AFC                                 22    6   8   8    19   23   −4    26
11 Tuinderbeek FC                              22    6   6  10    26   32   −6    24
12 Amillon CdF                                 22    2   8  12    12   25  −13    14

Six competitions at this level, and only one club per competition can get up. Interestingly, we find a lot of recently relegated teams at the top or bottom of their tables... Anarcourt CF have followed up a third division bottom appearance with a bottom finish in the 4th division - that is, we're not at the end yet.

In A, the southwestern division, Mawryshire clubs are nowhere to be seen as Oceanside (near the overperforming Brighthaven Town in the second level) are looking good. Burnet Athletic leverages its home advantage, located on a separate island, and Belmore FC (also in that Oceanside region) is in third.

In B, the southeastern division, it's the only Yoshiman club that has constructed a sizable lead. Behind them are the fifth club of Finisterre, Blanrasco Borealis. The rest are too far behind to really get anything done. Better luck next time.

In C, the actual Yoshiman division, Aviansola Eden can go straight back up. Chikuno Hakuba not only got caught up, they gave away their lead and are now on a 4-point deficit running into the final part of the season.

In D, the Intermare division that has a decent number of teams from Sudaefjoll, it's the rural teams that have built a lead. It's SC Sokrona's to lose!

In E, the Cote Austral division, Granon Altair are nearly promoted... that is, the team in second can still get 33 more points, but if Altair give it away here, that's a joke for years to come.

In F, the Mayaran division, sometimes nicknamed the Capital division, the entire top 5 has a chance, and the entire top five is from the Capitals. Maybe their teams will be watchable at some point after all? Or are they inspired by Gehrenna FC and Maethoru SC?

4th Div A                                  Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Oceanside South End                         22   13   6   3    34   17  +17    45
 2 Burnet Athletic                             22   12   6   4    30   20  +10    42
 3 Belmore FC                                  22   12   4   6    26   18   +8    40
 4 Feddhaw yChronws                            22    8   8   6    23   22   +1    32
 5 Opalshire FC                                22    8   6   8    26   29   −3    30
 6 Marinwood Sunday                            22    8   4  10    23   25   −2    28
 7 Penstead Clwb Peldred                       22    6   9   7    12   12    0    27
 8 Cerryrhos yDhiwmydis                        22    7   5  10    26   28   −2    26
 9 Langward                                    22    7   3  12    29   34   −5    24
10 Ansonville Association                      22    6   5  11    17   22   −5    23
11 Cirelbourne Townside                        22    6   5  11    21   30   −9    23
12 Anarcourt CF                                22    4   9   9    19   29  −10    21

   4th Div B                                  Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Fukushira Guerilla                          22   14   3   5    23   16   +7    45
 2 Blanrasco Borealis                          22   12   8   2    29   14  +15    44
 3 Cresthill Ebony FC                          22   11   4   7    28   18  +10    37
 4 Glimmerfall Triumph                         22    9   6   7    20   12   +8    33
 5 Chamiers                                    22    8   6   8    25   20   +5    30
 6 Bellmare Union                              22    8   5   9    20   21   −1    29
 7 Chaganca Central                            22    7   7   8    15   16   −1    28
 8 Club Valeloma                               22    7   6   9    22   27   −5    27
 9 Ferncombe                                   22    7   4  11    15   21   −6    25
10 Cape Constillan                             22    7   3  12    15   26  −11    24
11 Vinroux Invincibles                         22    5   8   9    15   23   −8    23
12 Norille Orion                               22    2  10  10     8   21  −13    16

   4th Div C                                  Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Aviansola Eden                              22   12   2   8    39   24  +15    38
 2 Enkumo Diamond                              22    9   8   5    24   18   +6    35
 3 Chikuno Hakuba                              22   10   4   8    24   17   +7    34
 4 Echizen                                     22    9   7   6    23   19   +4    34
 5 Odahayashi Revolution                       22    9   5   8    20   20    0    32
 6 Morivate Lava                               22    8   7   7    17   17    0    31
 7 Shinsen Sunrise                             22    9   4   9    19   20   −1    31
 8 Shimohavi                                   22    7   8   7    25   22   +3    29
 9 Vurusen                                     22    6   9   7    23   27   −4    27
10 Motojagava Taranchula                       22    7   5  10    19   22   −3    26
11 Katashi Azula                               22    5   7  10    19   32  −13    22
12 Nitoya                                      22    6   4  12    19   33  −14    22

   4th Div D                                  Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 SC Sokrona                                  22   13   6   3    35   19  +16    45
 2 Honingsweg                                  22   11   4   7    19   17   +2    37
 3 Launott                                     22   10   6   6    29   21   +8    36
 4 Ossendal                                    22   10   3   9    26   23   +3    33
 5 MEZWO-VEDC Lamau                            22    9   4   9    26   28   −2    31
 6 Aerellen Honoa SC                           22    8   6   8    19   18   +1    30
 7 Grimhof VV                                  22    8   5   9    24   26   −2    29
 8 Shinsen VV                                  22    7   8   7    19   23   −4    29
 9 Kerkhaven-Rommefort-Combinatie              22    8   4  10    28   24   +4    28
10 Egevea                                      22    8   4  10    17   19   −2    28
11 Turnaarde FC                                22    8   2  12    22   31   −9    26
12 Vleugelberg                                 22    4   4  14    15   30  −15    16

   4th Div E                                  Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Granon Altair CF                            22   16   3   3    33   12  +21    51
 2 Rozenvoorde FC                              22   11   6   5    23   13  +10    39
 3 Dartha AFC                                  22   10   6   6    23   22   +1    36
 4 Foot Soibourgoise en Vert                   22    9   7   6    24   27   −3    34
 5 Cygne de Dentillon                          22   10   1  11    23   25   −2    31
 6 Ounoukal Aminey CA                          22    8   6   8    23   23    0    30
 7 Aminey Avalanche                            22    7   6   9    22   22    0    27
 8 Linieux en Onyx                             22    7   5  10    17   22   −5    26
 9 Diessy CdF                                  22    6   6  10    26   23   +3    24
10 Planneige                                   22    6   6  10    17   20   −3    24
11 Roufortois                                  22    5   7  10    17   28  −11    22
12 Liberazul Epitieres                         22    5   5  12    18   29  −11    20

   4th Div F                                  Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Sobdorlugin Komtherod                       22   12   5   5    29   20   +9    41
 2 Tokponen Rildhemau                          22   13   2   7    29   24   +5    41
 3 Sauzjaregaun Saulrag                        22   11   4   7    34   29   +5    37
 4 Mayara Zunemak                              22   10   5   7    18   15   +3    35
 5 Tepkusoren Opkohme                          22    9   5   8    21   21    0    32
 6 April Bassin FC                             22    9   3  10    23   22   +1    30
 7 Sathtonoru Kaptu                            22    8   6   8    20   22   −2    30
 8 Gakhithrau Dhikodhra                        22    8   3  11    14   18   −4    27
 9 Mayara Soccer Guild                         22    7   4  11    20   22   −2    25
10 Tuzmanjuth Jithaugom                        22    6   7   9    16   19   −3    25
11 Tarrashall Pride                            22    7   3  12    20   29   −9    24
12 Pride of Eaglebury                          22    5   7  10    19   22   −3    22

University Northeast                       Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Technische Universiteit Sterrenwolde        14    9   0   5    22   12  +10    27
 2 Sudaefjolluniversitet                       14    7   3   4    20   14   +6    24
 3 Aevanna Ecologiske Universitet              14    7   3   4    18   17   +1    24
 4 Schemerdrechtuniversiteit                   14    6   2   6    18   14   +4    20
 5 Katashi Yoshima Daigaku                     14    5   4   5    17   16   +1    19
 6 Furune Geijutsu Daigaku                     14    6   1   7    14   22   −8    19
 7 Katashi Keizai Daigaku                      14    3   4   7     5   12   −7    13
 8 Nordorenfjolluniversitet                    14    3   3   8     9   16   −7    12

   University South-Central                   Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Willowbourne Institute of Humanities        14    8   1   5    19   11   +8    25
 2 Universite de la Cote Austral               14    7   2   5    16   13   +3    23
 3 Uni of A&E of Grain- and Leeshire           14    6   4   4    16   12   +4    22
 4 National University of Willowbourne         14    6   4   4    18   16   +2    22
 5 Santa Teresa Naval Academy                  14    6   2   6    13   11   +2    20
 6 Willowbourne Technological Academy          14    5   4   5    12   15   −3    19
 7 Universidade de Finisterre                  14    5   1   8    10   18   −8    16
 8 Universite des Arts d'Aminey                14    2   4   8     7   15   −8    10

   University West-Central                    Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Greencaster Business University             14    8   4   2    19    9  +10    28
 2 West Strand Riding University               14    8   2   4    18   15   +3    26
 3 Maethoru National University                14    7   3   4    20   14   +6    24
 4 Gehrenna National University                14    5   4   5    10   14   −4    19
 5 Greencaster Technical University            14    4   4   6    12   12    0    16
 6 Economical Institute of Amandine            14    3   7   4    11   12   −1    16
 7 University of Mawryshire                    14    1   8   5     9   16   −7    11
 8 Surbourneshire Technical University         14    2   4   8     7   14   −7    10
 
   Academy East                               Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Alara Academy                               10    6   1   3     9    6   +3    19
 2 Arakura Revelation                          10    4   4   2    12    7   +5    16
 3 Straudum Sportacademie                      11    4   4   3    14   15   −1    16
 4 Ysbeer Voetbalschool                        10    4   3   3    13   10   +3    15
 5 Katashi Rossoscuro                          11    3   3   5    12   14   −2    12
 6 Aerawa Academy FC                           10    2   1   7     5   13   −8     7

   Academy North                              Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Mayara Mezkuloren Academy                   11    5   3   3    16    8   +8    18
 2 Rozenvoordse Academie                       10    5   2   3    12    7   +5    17
 3 Etouille Football Academie                  11    5   2   4    10   11   −1    17
 4 Het Vlaggenschip                            10    4   2   4     7    8   −1    14
 5 Senoren Soccer Academy                      10    4   1   5     8    6   +2    13
 6 Alpha Academie Malagnanaise                 10    3   0   7     8   21  −13     9

   Academy South                              Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Idyllwild Academy                           10    5   2   3    15   15    0    17
 2 Dayfade Soccer Academy                      11    5   2   4     9   10   −1    17
 3 Berkton FC                                  10    4   4   2    10    9   +1    16
 4 Gaulthisoru Royals                          10    4   2   4    11   10   +1    14
 5 Academica Ferroventense                     11    4   2   5     9    9    0    14
 6 Joaqueras Academica de Futbol               10    2   2   6     7    8   −1     8

   Academy West                               Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Greencaster FC                              11    6   5   0    20    9  +11    23
 2 Wright United Academy                       10    5   2   3    13    9   +4    17
 3 Greencaster Marine Academy                  11    3   4   4    10   14   −4    13
 4 Clwb Peldred Peredwr                        10    3   3   4     9   11   −2    12
 5 Weyarra Sunrise                             10    2   3   5    10   10    0     9
 6 Grainshire Academy                          10    2   3   5     9   18   −9     9

[Ko-oren]

Soccer - Season 33

Season - Spring

The first half of the Split is done! Schemerdrecht SVV is well on their way to a repeat title, with some outside chances for Maethoru SC. The latter haven't been this close to a title in years, so this might be their opportunity. Advance Alara, champions of the first 22 rounds, are on a horrible streak, losing to Aminey CS (1-2), Straudum VV (0-1), and Maethoru SC (0-3), but tying the champions-to-be Schemerdrecht SVV (0-0). Their only win came over the unproven Bruncester United AFC side (2-0), and honestly the only match in which Advance Alara's creative players were allowed to find their groove. Otherwise, it's the more experienced clubs that are excelling. Aminey CS are still fighting for a spot in the Challengers' Cup, but they are on the outside looking in. It looks like Advance Alara might have just thrown away their championship chances, but the Champions' League remains on the table.

In the bottom six, all eyes are on Tanques AOE. They need to get 9 points more than Maynard AFC or fifteen more points than the next worst team, Branvon CD and Cirelbourne United. While Branvon CD are certainly doing their part to make that happen, both Tanques AOE and Maynard AFC have finally started showcasing some decent football - even if it's just fueled by sheer will at this point - and getting points. In fact, the southern Cote Austral team have won more than they've lost, and are second in the relegation group. If only they had turned some defeats into draws, they would've been safe by now. As it stands, they pretty much need to win all their final games and even then it's in the air.

Championship Group                         Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Schemerdrecht SVV                            5    3   1   1     5    1   +4    10
 2 Maethoru SC                                  5    2   2   1     3    2   +1     8
 3 Bruncester United AFC                        5    1   4   0     3    2   +1     7
 4 Aminey CS                                    5    1   2   2     1    3   −2     5
 5 Straudum VV                                  5    0   4   1     1    2   −1     4
 6 Advance Alara                                5    1   1   3     3    6   −3     4

   Relegation Group                           Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Miradela GD                                  5    3   1   1    13    7   +6    10
 2 Tanques AOE                                  5    3   1   1     9    5   +4    10
 3 Maynard AFC                                  5    2   2   1     6    5   +1     8
 4 Cirelbourne United                           5    1   2   2     5    6   −1     5
 5 Branvon CD                                   5    0   3   2     3    7   −4     3
 6 Katashi-Kanatsu                              5    0   3   2     8   14   −6     3

With everything to play for, just-promoted Brighthaven Town might do a reverse Zinchester Town and promote twice in a row! With four matches to play, it's theirs to lose. Brighthaven Town represent a sports-starved region, no matter how many people live there, so it would be amazing to see them create a new market in the Top League. The rolling hills of the southwest will have to support Maynard AFC if they want anything to do with the Top League right now, so it'll immediately create a market for most Greencaster folk. Behind them are Couziers-Olympiques, a club with a cult following in Aminey as long as they're not already Aminey CS fans - who will feel the heat should Couziers-Olympiques go up. Then there's Castelo e Calvente CS, whose roster is picked clean by Branvon CD and Miradela GD as also being in the southeastern desert. Gehrenna FC and Maethoru SC have a special relationship as well... long story short, every single contender has some beef with an already existing Top League club.

Looking down, all of the bottom five have a decent chance of ending up in one of two unlucky spots. Ambergate City aren't looking good, unable to keep their home advantage as their biggest asset. WSR AFC were actually poised to do great things this year, but most of it has ended in problems. Injuries haven't been good on them, and bad weather across the winter has pushed some of their fixtures closer together... all valid excuses, but the table is unrelenting. Teragaseki could go down in further problems for Yoshiman football. Other small market Mawrystwyth hopes to stay up just to stay the most locally relevant football club. And it's not like the second division get no attention, either.

2nd Div                                    Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Brighthaven Town                            29   16   5   8    38   23  +15    53
 2 Couziers-Olympiques                         29   14   7   8    42   38   +4    49
 3 Castelo e Calvente CS                       29   12   9   8    41   37   +4    45
 4 Gehrenna FC                                 29   11  10   8    38   27  +11    43
 5 Huthwich & Iduloren FC                      29   12   5  12    25   25    0    41
 6 Sterrenwolde FC                             29   11   7  11    23   26   −3    40
 7 Strongfair                                  29   11   6  12    27   31   −4    39
 8 Arboren FC                                  29    9   9  11    16   19   −3    36
 9 Mawrystwyth                                 29   10   5  14    29   32   −3    35
10 Teragaseki                                  29   10   4  15    42   49   −7    34
11 WSR AFC                                     29    9   7  13    21   29   −8    34
12 Ambergate City                              29    9   6  14    41   47   −6    33

Four matches to go - a potential 12 points left on the table - and there's all to play for. Greencaster's odd suburb Sydberg are leading the southern division, leading to a situation where the largest city in the country might finally have a club among the top 24 - and it's a club that will do anything to avoid being associated with Greencaster. Coloruna and Limecroft & Abyss FC have some chance to catch up, but they better start winning soon. In the north, there are about five clubs that can still get there: Nyashawill's yoyoing straight back up, or Oai Unifie defying all predictions as Tanques AOE's smaller brother, Soothill as an independent club in a small town somehow able to compete at this level, or Linderivier's very solid attempts at growing their team. Should they make it, we could call Sudaefjoll a bit of a moneyball moment: with them and Stradum VV, the subdivision has two quality clubs with tiny budgets but massive statistics departments. Laringen AFC have the better record now, a club capable of performing well despite Sterrenwolde FC and Schemerdrecht SVV looming over their roster.

3rd Div South                              Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Sydberg                                     29   16   8   5    35   21  +14    56
 2 Coloruna                                    29   13  11   5    28   20   +8    50
 3 Limecroft & Abyss FC                        29   13  10   6    35   18  +17    49
 4 Vierciennes Victory                         29   13   7   9    33   23  +10    46
 5 Leeshire United                             29   11  11   7    28   19   +9    44
 6 Yonenomura                                  29    8  10  11    26   31   −5    34
 7 Biney CF                                    29    9   7  13    25   33   −8    34
 8 Llandy FC                                   29    7  11  11    28   34   −6    32
 9 Grainshire United                           29    8   8  13    32   39   −7    32
10 Argyle Tuesday                              29    7  10  12    27   36   −9    31
11 Zinchester Town                             29    6  11  12    19   30  −11    29
12 Otavura                                     29    6  10  13    22   34  −12    28

   3rd Div North                              Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Laringen AFC                                29   12  12   5    32   21  +11    48
 2 Linderivier AFC                             29   11  13   5    33   20  +13    46
 3 Soothill                                    29   12   9   8    36   33   +3    45
 4 Oai Unifie                                  29   12   9   8    27   27    0    45
 5 Nyashawill                                  29   12   8   9    29   20   +9    44
 6 Myaranowra                                  29   11   8  10    26   23   +3    41
 7 Senoren FC                                  29   10   8  11    26   34   −8    38
 8 Donderen                                    29   10   7  12    22   21   +1    37
 9 Amandine AdF                                29    9   9  11    25   26   −1    36
10 Tuinderbeek FC                              29    9   8  12    31   36   −5    35
11 Serevne AFC                                 29    7   9  13    22   32  −10    30
12 Amillon CdF                                 29    4  10  15    18   34  −16    22

The biggest risk of the fourth division, which doesn't have playoffs, is that a league is simply done and dusted by this time of year. Oceanside South End have certainly made an early end to the league, as the days warm up and get longer, but well ahead of summer. SC Sokrona is so close, they only need a few points to last. For the rest, divisions B and C are dominated by the clubs that relegated from the third level last year - not the circulation the KFA had hoped for. Fukushira Guerilla and Aviansola Eden might just be coming up. For Fukushira, that's a good thing: they were geographically out of place so it hopefully clears up some scheduling issues. E and F are about as tight as you could want, but for different reasons. The level of play in F hasn't been all that great, and that's been like that for a while. The Capital Cities aren't known for their sports obsession. Division E is a treat, with clubs from two very distinct areas, featuring two types of football. Intermare's clubs are defensively good with strategising back lines, while Cote Austral's clubs are defensively solid enough but often with nine to ten human refrigerators.

4th Div A                                  Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Oceanside South End                         29   17   7   5    43   24  +19    58
 2 Burnet Athletic                             29   14   7   8    37   28   +9    49
 3 Belmore FC                                  29   13   7   9    29   24   +5    46
 4 Marinwood Sunday                            29   13   4  12    39   35   +4    43
 5 Feddhaw yChronws                            29   11   9   9    28   27   +1    42
 6 Opalshire FC                                29   11   8  10    37   37    0    41
 7 Penstead Clwb Peldred                       29    9  10  10    17   22   −5    37
 8 Cerryrhos yDhiwmydis                        29    9   8  12    38   39   −1    35
 9 Langward                                    29   10   5  14    37   42   −5    35
10 Cirelbourne Townside                        29    9   6  14    27   34   −7    33
11 Anarcourt CF                                29    7  10  12    31   42  −11    31
12 Ansonville Association                      29    8   5  16    23   32   −9    29

   4th Div B                                  Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Fukushira Guerilla                          29   16   7   6    32   24   +8    55
 2 Blanrasco Borealis                          29   14   9   6    34   23  +11    51
 3 Cresthill Ebony FC                          29   15   5   9    37   24  +13    50
 4 Chaganca Central                            29   11  10   8    23   19   +4    43
 5 Bellmare Union                              29   11   7  11    26   28   −2    40
 6 Cape Constillan                             29   11   5  13    26   32   −6    38
 7 Glimmerfall Triumph                         29   10   7  12    27   20   +7    37
 8 Vinroux Invincibles                         29    9  10  10    25   26   −1    37
 9 Ferncombe                                   29   10   6  13    19   26   −7    36
10 Chamiers                                    29    9   8  12    31   32   −1    35
11 Club Valeloma                               29    8  10  11    26   30   −4    34
12 Norille Orion                               29    2  12  15    12   34  −22    18

   4th Div C                                  Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Aviansola Eden                              29   17   2  10    50   28  +22    53
 2 Enkumo Diamond                              29   12  10   7    37   29   +8    46
 3 Odahayashi Revolution                       29   12   8   9    30   27   +3    44
 4 Echizen                                     29   11   9   9    30   31   −1    42
 5 Chikuno Hakuba                              29   12   5  12    29   26   +3    41
 6 Katashi Azula                               29   11   8  10    31   38   −7    41
 7 Motojagava Taranchula                       29   11   7  11    28   26   +2    40
 8 Shimohavi                                   29    9   9  11    31   31    0    36
 9 Morivate Lava                               29    8  11  10    22   25   −3    35
10 Vurusen                                     29    8  11  10    30   34   −4    35
11 Shinsen Sunrise                             29    9   6  14    25   33   −8    33
12 Nitoya                                      29    8   6  15    29   44  −15    30

   4th Div D                                  Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 SC Sokrona                                  29   17   7   5    41   25  +16    58
 2 Launott                                     29   13  10   6    34   22  +12    49
 3 Ossendal                                    29   12   7  10    30   26   +4    43
 4 Grimhof VV                                  29   12   7  10    30   29   +1    43
 5 MEZWO-VEDC Lamau                            29   11   8  10    33   30   +3    41
 6 Shinsen VV                                  29   11   8  10    24   28   −4    41
 7 Aerellen Honoa SC                           29   10   9  10    23   21   +2    39
 8 Honingsweg                                  29   11   6  12    22   30   −8    39
 9 Kerkhaven-Rommefort-Combinatie              29   10   5  14    32   31   +1    35
10 Turnaarde FC                                29   10   4  15    30   38   −8    34
11 Egevea                                      29    8   7  14    20   28   −8    31
12 Vleugelberg                                 29    7   6  16    26   37  −11    27

   4th Div E                                  Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Granon Altair CF                            29   18   5   6    37   21  +16    59
 2 Rozenvoorde FC                              29   15   8   6    35   20  +15    53
 3 Foot Soibourgoise en Vert                   29   13   8   8    32   30   +2    47
 4 Cygne de Dentillon                          29   14   3  12    32   31   +1    45
 5 Dartha AFC                                  29   12   7  10    28   30   −2    43
 6 Ounoukal Aminey CA                          29   11   8  10    28   28    0    41
 7 Aminey Avalanche                            29    9   9  11    29   30   −1    36
 8 Diessy CdF                                  29    9   7  13    33   31   +2    34
 9 Planneige                                   29    9   7  13    22   23   −1    34
10 Linieux en Onyx                             29    9   5  15    22   29   −7    32
11 Roufortois                                  29    7   9  13    27   36   −9    30
12 Liberazul Epitieres                         29    6   8  15    25   41  −16    26

   4th Div F                                  Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Tokponen Rildhemau                          29   16   4   9    42   35   +7    52
 2 Sauzjaregaun Saulrag                        29   15   5   9    46   35  +11    50
 3 Sobdorlugin Komtherod                       29   13   7   9    35   30   +5    46
 4 Gakhithrau Dhikodhra                        29   13   4  12    27   25   +2    43
 5 Tepkusoren Opkohme                          29   12   6  11    25   25    0    42
 6 Mayara Soccer Guild                         29   11   7  11    30   27   +3    40
 7 Tuzmanjuth Jithaugom                        29   10   8  11    25   26   −1    38
 8 Mayara Zunemak                              29   10   7  12    21   26   −5    37
 9 Tarrashall Pride                            29   11   4  14    28   38  −10    37
10 Sathtonoru Kaptu                            29    9   9  11    27   32   −5    36
11 April Bassin FC                             29   10   5  14    29   31   −2    35
12 Pride of Eaglebury                          29    6  10  13    26   31   −5    28

University Northeast                       Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Katashi Yoshima Daigaku                     20    9   5   6    22   17   +5    32
 2 Technische Universiteit Sterrenwolde        18    9   2   7    22   14   +8    29
 3 Sudaefjolluniversitet                       17    8   4   5    23   17   +6    28
 4 Aevanna Ecologiske Universitet              18    8   4   6    19   20   −1    28
 5 Schemerdrechtuniversiteit                   17    8   2   7    20   18   +2    26
 6 Furune Geijutsu Daigaku                     19    8   2   9    21   26   −5    26
 7 Katashi Keizai Daigaku                      17    4   6   7     8   14   −6    18
 8 Nordorenfjolluniversitet                    18    4   3  11    12   21   −9    15

   University South-Central                   Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Willowbourne Institute of Humanities        18   10   3   5    24   14  +10    33
 2 Universite de la Cote Austral               17   10   2   5    20   13   +7    32
 3 National University of Willowbourne         20    8   7   5    24   20   +4    31
 4 Santa Teresa Naval Academy                  19    7   3   9    18   18    0    24
 5 Uni of A&E of Grain- and Leeshire           17    6   5   6    16   15   +1    23
 6 Willowbourne Technological Academy          17    6   4   7    13   19   −6    22
 7 Universidade de Finisterre                  18    6   1  11    11   23  −12    19
 8 Universite des Arts d'Aminey                18    4   5   9    15   19   −4    17

   University West-Central                    Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Greencaster Business University             18    9   5   4    21   12   +9    32
 2 Maethoru National University                18    9   4   5    24   17   +7    31
 3 Economical Institute of Amandine            20    6   9   5    19   16   +3    27
 4 West Strand Riding University               17    8   2   7    18   21   −3    26
 5 Gehrenna National University                17    6   5   6    11   15   −4    23
 6 Greencaster Technical University            17    5   5   7    14   14    0    20
 7 University of Mawryshire                    19    3  10   6    18   23   −5    19
 8 Surbourneshire Technical University         18    3   6   9    12   19   −7    15

   Academy East                               Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Arakura Revelation                          17    8   6   3    22   12  +10    30
 2 Alara Academy                               16    9   2   5    18   13   +5    29
 3 Straudum Sportacademie                      19    7   6   6    20   22   −2    27
 4 Katashi Rossoscuro                          18    5   5   8    19   21   −2    20
 5 Ysbeer Voetbalschool                        15    5   4   6    19   20   −1    19
 6 Aerawa Academy FC                           17    4   3  10     8   18  −10    15

   Academy North                              Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Mayara Mezkuloren Academy                   18   10   4   4    22    9  +13    34
 2 Etouille Football Academie                  19    8   4   7    16   17   −1    28
 3 Het Vlaggenschip                            16    7   3   6    17   15   +2    24
 4 Senoren Soccer Academy                      17    7   2   8    12   11   +1    23
 5 Rozenvoordse Academie                       15    6   3   6    15   13   +2    21
 6 Alpha Academie Malagnanaise                 17    4   2  11    11   28  −17    14

   Academy South                              Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Dayfade Soccer Academy                      18    9   2   7    14   14    0    29
 2 Gaulthisoru Royals                          17    7   5   5    20   15   +5    26
 3 Idyllwild Academy                           16    7   5   4    23   22   +1    26
 4 Berkton FC                                  17    7   4   6    17   18   −1    25
 5 Academica Ferroventense                     19    6   4   9    20   22   −2    22
 6 Joaqueras Academica de Futbol               15    3   4   8    10   13   −3    13

   Academy West                               Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Wright United Academy                       17   10   3   4    24   13  +11    33
 2 Greencaster FC                              18    8   8   2    27   16  +11    32
 3 Greencaster Marine Academy                  19    6   7   6    24   26   −2    25
 4 Clwb Peldred Peredwr                        16    6   3   7    21   23   −2    21
 5 Weyarra Sunrise                             17    3   6   8    13   19   −6    15
 6 Grainshire Academy                          15    2   5   8    12   24  −12    11

[Ko-oren]

Soccer - Season 33

Season - End

Schemerdrecht SVV continues their streak to possibly leapfrog Advance Alara into first place! They finish the Championship Group stage with six wins and just two losses, giving them an obvious advantage over the rest. Advance Alara redeem their horrible first five Championship Group matches and pick up enough points to not make this an embarrassment, but the attentive readers have already noticed that they let Schemerdrecht SVV sneak away. That ship has sailed. Maethoru SC has meanwhile had a sneaky good final third of the season and get enough points to secure a Challengers' League berth... or maybe, just maybe, it's enough for the Champions' League. Bruncester United AFC, despite the good first two-thirds, drop back a bit but it's unlikely to scare any fans away. They've suffered for long enough at the bottom of the league, and now they're relevant again, bad finish or not. Aminey CS' fans are always hungry for more, and are pretty much the anti-Bruncester. The Francophone club from the biggest market in football hasn't been in the title conversation for years, but at least they've slowly clawed their way into the Championship Group regularly enough in the last few years to be relevant for neutral supporters.

Some interesting results from the final five include Schemerdrecht SVV's 2-0 win over Bruncester United AFC, in which the latter looked entirely lost. There was the 3-3 draw between Maethoru SC and Advance Alara, taking the wind out of the sails of both clubs to allow the northerners to escape well into first place. Straudum VV started the final stretch with two consecutive 1-0 victories (over Advance Alara and Schemerdrecht SVV), giving them an all-season winning record against their title-holding rivals from the north. With no other rivalries in the Championship Group, it's easy to say that this year's edition lacked a certain tenacity. To be fair, the average number of bookings among the top six went down from 3.1 to 2.7, but the number of red cards indicates that every team was in this to win it, and that risks were completely acceptable if you're behind. In the final 15 games, we saw 8 red cards (three of which were to Aminey CS).

But perhaps most striking of all was that Bruncester United AFC's party bus came to a complete stop, crashed, burnt out, its mangled remains towed to a compactor, only to get hit by a train on the way there. They finished the season 1-0-4 (with their only win coming over Maethoru SC, 2-1) including four 1-0 losses. After 22 matchdays and the Championship/Relegation split, the southeastern team was one point away from a title. They left 12 points on the table only for Schemerdrecht SVV and three other clubs to eclipse them. The young team has a lot of fight left for future seasons, but this experience could just scar them for a bit. Well, they say you should go through something like this so you can avoid it later, but this was a harsh, harsh lesson.

In the Relegation Group, we saw that Tanques AOE had to get an insane amount of points just to crawl up to 11th. Maynard AFC needed just a win or two to close the book on the team from the Amandine - and that's what they got. Branvon CD are the clear losers of the final 10 days, and even looked to be in reach of Tanques for a little. Then they did pick up a crucial win to finish off that conversation. Miradela GD and Katashi-Kanatsu are this season's lucky irrelevants: not good enough for the top 6 and an IFCF opportunity, but well out of reach for the bottom two or three places.

Tanques AOE didn't do themselves justice by losing three of the last five, though. They scored seven goals in those losses, too...

Championship Group                         Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Schemerdrecht SVV                           10    6   2   2    11    4   +7    20
 2 Maethoru SC                                 10    5   2   3     8    8    0    17
 3 Advance Alara                               10    3   3   4    12   15   −3    12
 4 Straudum VV                                 10    2   5   3     7    7    0    11
 5 Bruncester United AFC                       10    2   4   4     5    7   −2    10
 6 Aminey CS                                   10    2   4   4     7    9   −2    10

   Relegation Group                           Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Miradela GD                                 10    6   2   2    27   17  +10    20
 2 Katashi-Kanatsu                             10    4   4   2    16   17   −1    16
 3 Maynard AFC                                 10    4   3   3    11   10   +1    15
 4 Tanques AOE                                 10    4   2   4    18   14   +4    14
 5 Cirelbourne United                          10    3   2   5     7   12   −5    11
 6 Branvon CD                                  10    1   3   6     6   15   −9     6

Combined Final Standings:

Top League                                 Pld   GD   Pts 
1 Schemerdrecht SVV                           32  +20    59 Champions, IFCF CL, AOCL
2 Maethoru SC                                 32  +10    53 IFCF CL
3 Advance Alara                               32   +5    52 IFCF CC
 4 Bruncester United AFC                       32   +2    49 IFCF CC
 5 Aminey CS                                   32   +6    45 IFCF CC
 6 Straudum VV                                 32   −1    43
 
7 Miradela GD                                 32  +12    50 VCI
 8 Katashi-Kanatsu                             32   -1    44
 9 Cirelbourne United                          32   -4    38
10 Maynard AFC                                 32  −12    35
11 Branvon CD                                  32  -15    33
12 Tanques AOE                                 32  −21    26 Relegation

And that gives us this final table. Schemerdrecht SVV took their lessons learnt from the previous season and masterfully applied them, holding everyone well away and winning the title three matchdays before the end. It's Maethoru SC that surprisingly joins them in the Champions' League - a long time coming for the Capital club and an opportunity for them to show why they are 'Ko-oren's Most Successful Team'. Advance Alara, Bruncester United AFC (back from a long absence) and Aminey CS go to the Challengers' Club, which was far more than two of these teams bargained for at the start of this campaign. Straudum VV is left empty-handed. Miradela GD secure a spot in the VCI by some margin. And ultimately, just two seasons after their historic championship... it's Tanques AOE, with the Midfield of the Decade, to relegate to the second division.

Team of the Year
GK Gudo Neihof (24) - Straudum VV
LF Peter Hellegeland (26) - Straudum VV
LB Bardaun Mislahaunden (20) - Straudum VV
RB Gjöl Noordburg (23) - Bruncester United AFC
RF Ézo Gicquel (23) - Bruncester United AFC
DM Tijl Scherpenkate (20) - Maethoru SC
LM Cibran de Castro (19) - Schemerdrecht SVV
CM Calisto Martis (24) - Advance Alara
RM Flo Crone (26) - Schemerdrecht SVV
LS Sorai Nagamine (31) - Katashi-Kanatsu
RS Tim Blair^CBP (29) - Miradela GD
Despite the results, we have plenty of Straudum VV players in the best 11... their defence was just that good, and Bruncester United AFC's players lost a lot of respect in those final five games. That said, those two clubs combine for the entire Defence of the Year. Further up front we see only one Maethoru SC player, one Advance Alaraian, and a striking force made up of non-top-6 teams: Nagamine and Blair were exciting to watch and incredibly good, but couldn't get their teams into the top half.

Stats
Goals:
17 - RS Tim Blair^CBP (29) - Miradela GD
15 - ST Sorai Nagamine (31) - Katashi-Kanatsu
13 - ST Wouter Wouters (30) - Advance Alara
Assists:
14 - RM Dada Carbonneau (29) - Aminey CS
12 - CM Calisto Martis (24) - Advance Alara
9 - SS Julio Vermelho (32) - Miradela GD
Clean Sheets:
1. GK Gudo Neihof (24) - Straudum VV
2. GK Gale Morris (20) - Bruncester United AFC
3. GK Larut Theshendan (30) - Maethoru SC

Notable Retirements
RB Loy Norman (38) - Maynard AFC
LF Joe Bywaters (37) - Maynard AFC
RS Homer Nethersole (36) - Bruncester United AFC
RM Kato Tsutsui (36) - Advance Alara
SS Thomas Zinchester (36) - Cirelbourne United
SS Sanetomo Maeda (35) - Ambergate City
GK Johnson Kirkham (34) - Cirelbourne United
RB Acha Dieulafoy (33) - Branvon CD
LB Xeremias Saavedra (33) - Branvon CD
LS Jeremiah Muggeridge (31) - Bruncester United AFC

The list of retirements is getting pretty impressive, with ex-Dragonflies Tsutsui, Maeda, and Dieulafoy on the list. Saavedra has had a few call-ups but never made his debut for the national team.

Historic moments at the Stade Central of Couziers-Olympiques (which, at 7100 seats, will need an upgrade before accepting any Top League team!) as we finally get a team to promote to the Top League! They keep Brighthaven Town just beneath them, and Castelo e Calvente CS and Gehrenna FC tapped out much earlier as well. Especially Brighthaven Town will feel like they could've done more, going 1-0-2 versus the champions... just a single draw there and they would have taken it on goal difference. Huthwich & Iduloren FC don't even manage to get to the Liga B, missing their preseason expectations. Then we see a lot of teams playing more or less to their strengths, until we get to the duo of Arboren FC (clear favourites for #1 and therefore the Top League) and WSR AFC (tipped to get into IFCF Liga B). The latter are just clear of relegation, too... and then we see Mawrystwyth leave for the third level, leaving no Mawryshire clubs among the nation's best 24. Ambergate City were at a disadvantage from the start and couldn't right the ship in time (or at all).

2nd Div                                    Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
1 Couziers-Olympiques                         33   17   8   8    48   40   +8    59 Promotion, IFCF Liga B
2 Brighthaven Town                            33   17   6  10    47   36  +11    57 IFCF Liga B
 3 Castelo e Calvente CS                       33   14  11   8    49   42   +7    53 IFCF Liga B
 4 Gehrenna FC                                 33   12  12   9    41   32   +9    48 IFCF Liga B
 5 Huthwich & Iduloren FC                      33   13   7  13    29   28   +1    46
 6 Teragaseki                                  33   13   4  16    52   53   −1    43
 7 Strongfair                                  33   12   7  14    30   36   −6    43
 8 Arboren FC                                  33   11   9  13    23   26   −3    42
 9 WSR AFC                                     33   11   8  14    25   32   −7    41
10 Sterrenwolde FC                             33   11   8  14    25   33   −8    41
11 Mawrystwyth                                 33   11   5  17    31   35   −4    38 Relegation
12 Ambergate City                              33    9   9  15    43   50   −7    36 Relegation

The third division, nicknamed the unlucky division, for how large your chances at relegation are and just how hard it is to escape this division for the second, has its champions. And it's been a very, very close fight until the very end. It's Sydberg to defend the honour of... well, suburban Greencaster (but don't say that to their face) as they'll join Brighthaven Town as official representatives of western Surbourneshire. It's Limecroft & Abyss FC that go through some tough post-season evaluations with two losses in the final three games. Coloruna drop off before that, but eventually do finish within five points of the champion as they close out the league with two straight wins. Going down are Argyle Tuesday, Zinchester Town (!!!), and Otavura. Grainshire United eventually escape the worst fate, as do Yonenomura. Llandy FC had been safe for a while but finish dangerously close anyway. In the North, it's Laringen AFC that goes up. Their complete inability to lose will be a major force at the second level - but they have to turn some of these draws into victories. They tied 14 times, seven of which were after the team held a lead at any time in that game. Nyashawill come close, but after that it's a pretty big drop. At the bottom, we have three clear relegators, with unlucky Donderen, downright poor Serevne AFC, and completely ravaged Amillon CdF.

Even if the province of Cote Austral is in the Northern division, they are the easiest subdivision to split up, giving us Biney CF in the Southern division and Oai Unifie, Amandine AdF, and Amillon CdF in the North. That said, we're down to three Cote Australienne teams at this level. Other subdivisions in trouble are Yoshima and Aerellen, with Otavura and Serevne AFC dropping down. Yoshima is still well represented by a total of three clubs at the first and second levels, and don't forget about two Yoshiman clubs coming up from the fourth. Aerellen only has Arboren FC at the second level, in perfect position to promote up to the Top League... until they decided to finish 8th. The Northeast isn't the strongest football region.

3rd Div South                              Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
1 Sydberg                                     33   17  10   6    41   27  +14    61 Promotion
 2 Limecroft & Abyss FC                        33   16  11   6    41   19  +22    59
 3 Coloruna                                    33   15  11   7    30   23   +7    56
 4 Vierciennes Victory                         33   15   8  10    38   25  +13    53
 5 Leeshire United                             33   12  14   7    33   23  +10    50
 6 Biney CF                                    33   11   8  14    29   35   −6    41
 7 Llandy FC                                   33    8  14  11    35   39   −4    38
 8 Yonenomura                                  33    9  11  13    29   35   −6    38
 9 Grainshire United                           33    9  10  14    36   43   −7    37
10 Argyle Tuesday                              33    8  10  15    28   42  −14    34 Relegation
11 Zinchester Town                             33    6  13  14    20   33  −13    31 Relegation
12 Otavura                                     33    7  10  16    24   40  −16    31 Relegation

   3rd Div North                              Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
1 Laringen AFC                                33   14  14   5    34   21  +13    56 Promotion
 2 Nyashawill                                  33   15   9   9    39   23  +16    54
 3 Soothill                                    33   13  11   9    42   37   +5    50
 4 Oai Unifie                                  33   13  10  10    31   36   −5    49
 5 Linderivier AFC                             33   11  14   8    34   26   +8    47
 6 Myaranowra                                  33   13   8  12    31   26   +5    47
 7 Amandine AdF                                33   12  10  11    34   29   +5    46
 8 Senoren FC                                  33   11  10  12    27   35   −8    43
 9 Tuinderbeek FC                              33   11   9  13    35   41   −6    42
10 Donderen                                    33   10   9  14    23   25   −2    39 Relegation
11 Serevne AFC                                 33    8  10  15    25   38  −13    34 Relegation
12 Amillon CdF                                 33    4  12  17    19   37  −18    24 Relegation

We have our six champions! As quality heavily varies this far down the pyramid, we'll never know if all six are actually on the level of the third division until kickoff after summer, but for now these six clubs have a lot of celebrating to do - and then a lot of work to do. From the Southwest, we have Oceanside South End. From the Southeast, we get Fukushira Guerilla. From the East, it's Aviansola Eden - and so two out of three clubs mentioned so far are going straight back up the pyramid. From the Northeast, we get SC Sokrona, new at this level, and by far the most unexpected champions. From the Bay, we get Granon Altair, who were tipped at the start, but probably can't believe just by how much they eclipsed the competition. From Mayara, it's Sauzjaregaun - and that's also the division that often has the hardest time transitioning to the faster tempo of the third division. Good luck!

4th Div A                                  Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
1 Oceanside South End                         33   17   8   8    44   28  +16    59 Promotion
 2 Burnet Athletic                             33   16   8   9    40   31   +9    56
 3 Belmore FC                                  33   16   7  10    34   27   +7    55
 4 Marinwood Sunday                            33   16   4  13    44   37   +7    52
 5 Feddhaw yChronws                            33   12  10  11    31   31    0    46
 6 Opalshire FC                                33   12  10  11    38   38    0    46
 7 Penstead Clwb Peldred                       33   12  10  11    22   23   −1    46
 8 Langward                                    33   13   6  14    46   46    0    45
 9 Cerryrhos yDhiwmydis                        33   10   8  15    43   44   −1    38
10 Cirelbourne Townside                        33   10   8  15    31   41  −10    38
11 Anarcourt CF                                33    8  11  14    32   47  −15    35
12 Ansonville Association                      33    8   6  19    24   36  −12    30

   4th Div B                                  Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
1 Fukushira Guerilla                          33   17   8   8    33   27   +6    59 Promotion
 2 Blanrasco Borealis                          33   15  12   6    37   24  +13    57
 3 Cresthill Ebony FC                          33   15   7  11    37   30   +7    52
 4 Chamiers                                    33   13   8  12    40   33   +7    47
 5 Chaganca Central                            33   12  11  10    24   21   +3    47
 6 Cape Constillan                             33   13   7  13    30   34   −4    46
 7 Bellmare Union                              33   11  10  12    27   30   −3    43
 8 Glimmerfall Triumph                         33   11   8  14    31   25   +6    41
 9 Club Valeloma                               33   10  11  12    32   36   −4    41
10 Ferncombe                                   33   11   8  14    21   28   −7    41
11 Vinroux Invincibles                         33    9  11  13    25   29   −4    38
12 Norille Orion                               33    4  13  16    15   35  −20    25 Wooden spoon

   4th Div C                                  Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
1 Aviansola Eden                              33   19   2  12    53   32  +21    59 Promotion
 2 Odahayashi Revolution                       33   15   8  10    37   29   +8    53
 3 Echizen                                     33   13  11   9    34   33   +1    50
 4 Motojagava Taranchula                       33   13   9  11    32   28   +4    48
 5 Chikuno Hakuba                              33   14   5  14    32   29   +3    47
 6 Enkumo Diamond                              33   12  10  11    38   35   +3    46
 7 Katashi Azula                               33   12   9  12    34   40   −6    45
 8 Morivate Lava                               33   11  11  11    25   26   −1    44
 9 Vurusen                                     33   10  12  11    34   35   −1    42
10 Shimohavi                                   33   10  11  12    33   33    0    41
11 Shinsen Sunrise                             33    9   8  16    26   40  −14    35
12 Nitoya                                      33    9   6  18    30   48  −18    33

   4th Div D                                  Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
1 SC Sokrona                                  33   18  10   5    43   26  +17    64 Promotion
 2 Launott                                     33   15  11   7    38   25  +13    56
 3 MEZWO-VEDC Lamau                            33   13   9  11    40   34   +6    48
 4 Grimhof VV                                  33   13   9  11    33   31   +2    48
 5 Honingsweg                                  33   14   6  13    27   33   −6    48
 6 Ossendal                                    33   13   8  12    33   30   +3    47
 7 Shinsen VV                                  33   12  11  10    30   31   −1    47
 8 Egevea                                      33   11   8  14    27   32   −5    41
 9 Aerellen Honoa SC                           33   10  10  13    25   27   −2    40
10 Kerkhaven-Rommefort-Combinatie              33   11   5  17    34   36   −2    38
11 Turnaarde FC                                33   10   7  16    33   45  −12    37
12 Vleugelberg                                 33    7   8  18    27   40  −13    29

   4th Div E                                  Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
1 Granon Altair CF                            33   19   8   6    39   22  +17    65 Promotion
 2 Foot Soibourgoise en Vert                   33   15  10   8    35   31   +4    55
 3 Rozenvoorde FC                              33   15   9   9    36   24  +12    54
 4 Cygne de Dentillon                          33   15   4  14    34   34    0    49
 5 Aminey Avalanche                            33   12   9  12    35   33   +2    45
 6 Ounoukal Aminey CA                          33   12   9  12    33   34   −1    45
 7 Dartha AFC                                  33   12   7  14    31   37   −6    43
 8 Diessy CdF                                  33   11   8  14    40   37   +3    41
 9 Planneige                                   33   10   9  14    29   30   −1    39
10 Linieux en Onyx                             33   10   8  15    27   33   −6    38
11 Roufortois                                  33    9   9  15    32   42  −10    36
12 Liberazul Epitieres                         33    8  10  15    30   44  −14    34

   4th Div F                                  Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
1 Sauzjaregaun Saulrag                        33   18   5  10    52   37  +15    59 Promotion
 2 Tokponen Rildhemau                          33   16   8   9    47   40   +7    56
 3 Sobdorlugin Komtherod                       33   15   7  11    41   38   +3    52
 4 Tepkusoren Opkohme                          33   14   7  12    32   31   +1    49
 5 Gakhithrau Dhikodhra                        33   14   6  13    32   30   +2    48
 6 Mayara Soccer Guild                         33   13   8  12    33   30   +3    47
 7 Tarrashall Pride                            33   14   5  14    39   41   −2    47
 8 Mayara Zunemak                              33   12   7  14    25   30   −5    43
 9 Tuzmanjuth Jithaugom                        33   11   9  13    30   35   −5    42
10 Sathtonoru Kaptu                            33   10  10  13    33   39   −6    40
11 April Bassin FC                             33   10   7  16    33   37   −4    37
12 Pride of Eaglebury                          33    6  11  16    27   36   −9    29

The quality of the Academies keeps improving, as all 24 teams in that competition are now working with the same group of players for three years - barring the graduates. Results are still very up and down: the best players are poached immediately, that's the point, so the better academies keep having to come up with new players. The University teams are a little more easy to run, in that regard: a player that comes in is almost guaranteed to play there for three to four years.

Also, for the first time, the Academies have a national final. The best club from all four conferences was invited to a final tournament consisting of two semifinals and one final. Mayara Mezkuloren has won their conference for the second straight season but failed to make a stand in the semifinal, instead getting beaten in extra time by Arakura Revelation, who in turn narrowly beat out Alara Academy in the eastern conference. In the finals, it all went to the southern conference as Dayfade went into the final tournament on a few victories, then extended the winning streak with a 3-0 and 2-0 win - an easy win for them.

In the Universities, the far more conservative forces at work in their 24-team league still do not allow a final tournament between the best University clubs. Instead, all champions were separately given berths in the IUCC, a tournament that has been more than friendly for us Ko-orenites. As always, the strong Schemerdrecht and Sterrenwolde clubs dominated the northeast, with Schemerdrechtuniversiteit eventually winning the competition on the final day (5-1 over Katashi Keizai, while Sterrenwolde dropped points, 1-1, versus Sudaefjolluniversitet). In the south-central conference, Cote Austral had an easy path to the championship. They failed to close out the season well, but as their closest rivals Willowbourne Humanities and National Willowbourne kept losing points in the final stretch as well, they came up with the title in the end. Lastly, Maethoru National University confirmed their status as the Best of the West with another conference win.

University Northeast                       Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
1 Schemerdrechtuniversiteit                   21   11   3   7    27   20   +7    36 IUCC
 2 Technische Universiteit Sterrenwolde        21   11   2   8    26   18   +8    35
 3 Sudaefjolluniversitet                       21    9   6   6    28   22   +6    33
 4 Katashi Yoshima Daigaku                     21    9   5   7    23   19   +4    32
 5 Furune Geijutsu Daigaku                     21    9   3   9    24   28   −4    30
 6 Aevanna Ecologiske Universitet              21    8   4   9    21   26   −5    28
 7 Katashi Keizai Daigaku                      21    6   7   8    14   18   −4    25
 8 Nordorenfjolluniversitet                    21    4   4  13    14   26  −12    16

   University South-Central                   Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
1 Universite de la Cote Austral               21   12   4   5    26   17   +9    40 IUCC
 2 Willowbourne Institute of Humanities        21   10   4   7    28   20   +8    34
 3 National University of Willowbourne         21    8   7   6    26   23   +3    31
 4 Santa Teresa Naval Academy                  21    8   4   9    19   18   +1    28
 5 Uni of A&E of Grain- and Leeshire           21    7   7   7    18   17   +1    28
 6 Willowbourne Technological Academy          21    7   4  10    16   24   −8    25
 7 Universite des Arts d'Aminey                21    6   6   9    24   20   +4    24
 8 Universidade de Finisterre                  21    7   2  12    14   32  −18    23

   University West-Central                    Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
1 Maethoru National University                21   11   5   5    26   17   +9    38 IUCC
 2 Greencaster Business University             21    9   5   7    21   15   +6    32
 3 Gehrenna National University                21    8   7   6    15   16   −1    31
 4 West Strand Riding University               21    9   3   9    20   25   −5    30
 5 Economical Institute of Amandine            21    6   9   6    19   17   +2    27
 6 Greencaster Technical University            21    7   6   8    19   17   +2    27
 7 Surbourneshire Technical University         21    4   8   9    15   21   −6    20
 8 University of Mawryshire                    21    3  11   7    18   25   −7    20
 
   Academy East                               Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
1 Arakura Revelation                          20    9   7   4    25   15  +10    34 Academy Series
 2 Alara Academy                               20   10   3   7    22   16   +6    33
 3 Straudum Sportacademie                      20    7   6   7    20   25   −5    27
 4 Ysbeer Voetbalschool                        20    7   5   8    23   24   −1    26
 5 Katashi Rossoscuro                          20    6   5   9    21   24   −3    23
 6 Aerawa Academy FC                           20    6   4  10    12   19   −7    22

   Academy North                              Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
1 Mayara Mezkuloren Academy                   20   10   4   6    22   11  +11    34 Academy Series
   Rozenvoordse Academie                       20   10   4   6    26   15  +11    34
 3 Senoren Soccer Academy                      20    9   2   9    14   12   +2    29
 4 Etouille Football Academie                  20    8   4   8    17   20   −3    28
 5 Het Vlaggenschip                            20    8   3   9    18   22   −4    27
 6 Alpha Academie Malagnanaise                 20    5   3  12    13   30  −17    18

   Academy South                              Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
1 Dayfade Soccer Academy                      20   10   3   7    17   16   +1    33 Academy Series
 2 Idyllwild Academy                           20    8   8   4    28   26   +2    32
 3 Berkton FC                                  20    9   5   6    20   19   +1    32
 4 Gaulthisoru Royals                          20    7   6   7    21   18   +3    27
 5 Academica Ferroventense                     20    7   4   9    24   23   +1    25
 6 Joaqueras Academica de Futbol               20    4   4  12    12   20   −8    16

   Academy West                               Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
1 Greencaster FC                              20    9   9   2    30   18  +12    36 Academy Series
 2 Wright United Academy                       20   10   3   7    25   21   +4    33
 3 Greencaster Marine Academy                  20    6   7   7    24   27   −3    25
 4 Clwb Peldred Peredwr                        20    7   4   9    27   30   −3    25
 5 Weyarra Sunrise                             20    6   6   8    18   20   −2    24
 6 Grainshire Academy                          20    5   5  10    21   29   −8    20

Greencaster FC (ADD) 0–3 Dayfade Soccer Academy (ADC)
Mayara Mezkuloren Academy (ADB) 1–1 Arakura Revelation (ADA) (1–3 AET)

Dayfade Soccer Academy (ADC) 2–0 Arakura Revelation (ADA)

IFCF YC: Dayfade Soccer Academy
Kempsey Futures Inv: Arakura Revelation

[Ko-oren]

Soccer - Season 33

Season - Cup

As fans didn't show up to the first few rounds of the cup tournament - which has never been a strong factor on the fixture list - the KFA decided to move towards a different format for a season. Until about two decades ago, there were three competitions in a year: the league, the cup, and the state league. The state leagues have since been scrapped in favour of a strong, national football pyramid, but they're brought back as qualification tournaments for the final 16.

The spots for the final 16 are divided as follows:
- One spot for each of the 12 subdivisions.
- Two spots for the best cup teams of last season that haven't qualifed by other means yet. (Bruncester United AFC, cup winners, and Burnet Athletic, semi-final losers)
- Two spots for the winners of a playoff tournament, where the second clubs from Surbourneshire, Gehrenna, Intermare, Mayara, Cote Austral, Yoshima, Finisterre, and Mayara participate. (Biney CF and Teragaseki qualified via these means).

Round of 16
Branvon CD (1) 3–0 Burnet Athletic (4a)
Schemerdrecht SVV (1) 5–1 Serevne AFC (3n)
Straudum VV (1) 1–0 Biney CF (3s)
Senoren FC (3n) 0–1 Huthwich & Iduloren FC (2)
Ysbeer Voetbalschool (ADA) 0–1 Bruncester United AFC (1)
Aminey CS (1) 3–0 Aviansola Eden (4c)
Oceanside South End (4a) 2–3 Teragaseki (2)
Sydberg (3s) 0–2 WSR AFC (2)

Quarterfinals
WSR AFC (2) 1–0 Schemerdrecht SVV (1)
Teragaseki (2) 0–0 Straudum VV (1) (0–0 AET) (3–4 pen.)
Bruncester United AFC (1) 0–1 Aminey CS (1)
Branvon CD (1) 0–0 Huthwich & Iduloren FC (2) (2–0 AET)

Semifinals
Aminey CS (1) 0–0 Branvon CD (1) (1–0 AET)
Straudum VV (1) 0–0 WSR AFC (2) (0–1 AET)

Final
Aminey CS (1) 2–0 WSR AFC (2)

[Ko-oren]

Rugby Union - Season 29

Preview
Team: Ansonville Comets (Redmark Field (7800) in Ansonville, Surbourneshire)
Championships: 1 /Playoffs made: 2
Prediction: 7
The Comets are relying on their backs a little too much. Sure, they have speed in Finnerty, Grain, and Morimoto, but there is too little structure to their plays and too little weight in the scrum to make too much of it. In a high scoring shoot-out, given their opponent wants to duel them in the way the Comets' want, they should come out on top, though.

Team: Aubury Swans (Chestnut Group Stadium (25000) in Aubury, Gehrenna)
Championships: 0 /Playoffs made: 1
Prediction: 2
The Swans are built in more or less the opposite way of the Comets. No feeble backs here, just hard-hitting forwards and scheming halves. With national teamer French and quickly learning Kabble, aided by the likes of Englefields, Sherris, Bashford, and Hilnasindhen as never-missing tacklers, the Swans are on the way to a final.

Team: Eaglebury Aquila (The Palace (34000) in Eaglebury, West Strand Riding
Championships: 1 /Playoffs made: 0
Prediction: 9
With arguably the best set of halves in the league and a duo of punishing centres, the Aquila have a very fun team to watch, but maybe not as much to follow. Outside of Whithingham, Sheehan, and Carrington, Eaglebury is far away from a championship team. Hopefully they can keep attracting West Strand Riding's talent - particularly some weight in the scrum - to see their prediction go up.

Team: Greencaster Galaxy (Surbourneshire Square (65000) in Greencaster, Surbourneshire)
Championships: 1 /Playoffs made: 1
Prediction: 8
The Galaxy are hoping to repeat a championship, but have lost more talent than they retained. Despite having almost the same group of players, the miracle season where everyone was at their best simultaneously is over. They already weren't a clear favourite to win it all last season, and they seem to revert to average. In Jauffret, Aldridge, and the best fullback of the archipelago in Ewell, the Galaxy still have something to rely on - they shouldn't fall back to the bottom few places at least.

Team: Idyllwild Coronae (The Crown (17500) in Idyllwild, Gehrenna)
Championships: 0 /Playoffs made: 1
Prediction: 3
Idyllwild, like Aubury, have banked on a tough set of forwards rather than anything, but without putting all eggs in one backet. The Crowns have decent players all over the pitch and should be competitive against all opponents regardless of style - the question is whether Idyllwild can lead the other team rather than follow their foes' style of play. Reejulga is their best forward by a tiny margin. There are no true superstars there but there are virtually no positions where there is an easy improvement imaginable. Scenay, the fullback, is a versatile beast.

Team: Llandy Bulls (Mawrystwyth State Oval (30500) in Llandy, Mawryshire)
Championships: 1 /Playoffs made: 2
Prediction: 1
Llandy, in the relative peace of the southeast where nobody bothers them, have quietly built a championship-worthy team, mostly on local heroes. They lost the last final to a Galaxy team that got better as the competition chugged along, but Bulls fans can look forward to another dominant season. The heaviest scrum, with Porden and Weston to run circles on the wings, they lack the creativity to be the clear favourite on all accounts. That said, yFhiflar, yTewnchaeg, yMhalmawm... they pretty much have the entire national team forward pack here.

Team: Mawrystwyth Phoenix (Hertfield (33000) in Mawrystwyth, Mawryshire)
Championships: 0 /Playoffs made: 0
Prediction: 6
Mawrystwyth have been looking for a clear identity, but haven't found their cornerstone yet. There is an abundance of good fullbacks in the league, among which we find yPheffchawll - but no team really wants things to come down to their FB covering the last few metres of the field. They lack a clear weakness, so they could make a run for the top three.

Team: Mayara Wanderers-Cassiopeia (Rikalathen Arena (39000) in Maethoru, Mayara)
Championships: 1 /Playoffs made: 2
Prediction: 11
Mayara is a team that wants to challenge for the title each season given their support that's scattered between the capital cities, but lacks the firepower to win now, and lacks the youth systems to build a team. The Wanderers are a 'buying' team as much as that's possible in this system. This year isn't going to be it - and it's hard to see how they can get back to the finals any time soon.

Team: Maynard Andromeda (Armskirk Municipal Ground (26000) in Maynard, Gehrenna)
Championships: 0 /Playoffs made: 2
Prediction: 12
In an uncreative league with few standout halves, Maynard has that department locked up between Laurtingun and Wilmer. It's a shame that's all they have, though.

Team: Penstead Bears (yLhafontan Parc (12500) in Penstead, Mawryshire)
Championships: 1 /Playoffs made: 1
Prediction: 4
The Bears lack a clear problem, but have failed to bring in the improvements over the break to make them a runaway contender. yDichhig, Bolubung, yCawslall, and yDdofcaech make a great spine to the outsiders, however.

Team: Tarrashall Travellers (Woomera Ground (7500) in Tarrashall, West Strand Riding)
Championships: 0 /Playoffs made: 0
Prediction: 5
The Travellers are back from a long absence - one of just four teams to have never made the finals at all. This year could be the one: they have a monopoly on talent from the West Coast more than Eaglebury does with all of its stereotypically huge humans living in that region. Nolyup, Grootemarsink, the storied Bebenna, a few greats to spice up a team with few holes.

Team: Willowbourne Foxes (Willowbowl (55000) in Willowbourne, Gehrenna)
Championships: 0 /Playoffs made: 0
Prediction: 10
The Foxes are long overdue for a decent performance from their team. The second largest market behind Greencaster, it's been a sore point in Willowbourne that their local pride just can't get into the top 3 at all - the one area where they can best Greencaster is cricket now. They have the backs now, hopefully they can pull some decent forwards from the area around the city soon. With Bartley, Carrington, Broderib, and Commins, they have some high scoring possibilities but it's unlikely to be enough.

Table

KRUL                           Pld    W   D   L    PF   PA   PD   Pts  
 1 Aubury Swans                    22   16   3   3   299  161 +138    70 - Final 
 2 Idyllwild Coronae               22   16   0   6   365  194 +171    64 - Preliminary Final 
 3 Penstead Bears                  22   12   2   8   294  225  +69    52 - Preliminary Final 
 4 Llandy Bulls                    22   13   0   9   342  225 +117    52 
 5 Tarrashall Travellers           22   12   1   9   373  266 +107    50 
 6 Greencaster Galaxy              22   11   2   9   273  245  +28    48 
 7 Eaglebury Aquila                22   10   1  11   267  318  −51    42 
 8 Ansonville Comets               22   10   0  12   263  284  −21    40 
 9 Mawrystwyth Phoenix             22    7   1  14   276  369  −93    30 
10 Mayara Wanderers-Cassiopeia      22    7   1  14   227  369 −142    30 
11 Willowbourne Foxes              22    7   1  14   137  271 −134    30 
12 Maynard Andromeda               22    5   0  17   180  369 −189    20

Finals
Semifinal: Idyllwild Coronae 22–13 Penstead Bears
04' PEN: Bolubung TRY (yCawslall CONV) 0-7
12' IDY: Reejulga TRY 5-7
17' IDY: Scenay TRY (Henry CONV) 12-7
44' PEN: yCawslall PEN 12-10
45' PEN: yCawslall PEN 12-13
61' IDY: Henry PEN 15-13
68' IDY: Weddall TRY (Henry CONV) 22-13

Final: Aubury Swans 10–3 Idyllwild Coronae
55' AUB Asselineau TRY (French CONV) 7-0
59' IDY Henry PEN 7-3
65' AUB French PEN 10-3

Analysis
The average match ended 14-11 as the home teams won a slight majority of all fixtures. 0-0 and 10-3 were the most occurring results (both 3x out of 132 events).

The Aubury Swans lost three matches out of 22 while cruising to a final appearance. They started out slow with two losses and two draws among their first six results, before going on a 12 game winning streak: WLWDLDWWWWWWWWWWWWLDWW. Some more poor results near the end will make people a little suspicious on their final chances: did they peak too early? The final loss was to Idyllwild (2nd) and the draw that followed was to Mayara... before beating Maynard and Ansonville to round out a great season anyway.

The Llandy Bulls had hoped to at least make the top three for a playoff game, and yet they fell short on a final day loss to Penstead, who snuck into the top 3 on head-to-head with that very win. You shot yourselves in the foot, Llandy. Two weeks before, they lost to 11th place Willowbourne as well, the Bulls were very much a team of beating good teams and losing to worse ones.

The Tarrashall Travellers were outsiders for a top three spot, but a mid-season four match slide (DWLWLWWWLLWLLLLWWWWWLW) didn't help their cause. Just a single extra victory would've seen them take on Idyllwild. The losses were to Penstead, Llandy, Eaglebury, and Greencaster - the quality of their losses decreased by the week.

Derbies
Llandy Bulls 23–0 Mawrystwyth Phoenix
Mawrystwyth Phoenix 10–26 Llandy Bulls - en route to just missing out on the finals, Llandy beat their main rivals twice. And convincingly so.

Idyllwild Coronae 0–7 Aubury Swans
Aubury Swans 6–31 Idyllwild Coronae - both teams traded blows with the Crowns ultimately winning the series on point differential. Aubury has the last laugh, they finished first while their rivals came second.

Maynard Andromeda 7–10 Idyllwild Coronae
Idyllwild Coronae 25–0 Maynard Andromeda - for the second Southwestern Triangle derby series, this was just not Maynard's year. Not only did they come last, both their rivals came first and second, and they lost two out of two in this series.

Aubury Swans 18–6 Maynard Andromeda
Maynard Andromeda 14–15 Aubury Swans - versus the swans, Maynard had a much better showing. Despite all enthusiasm and retaliatory feelings, they lost both as well, and the Swans at least won a series in the Triangle.

Ansonville Comets 6–12 Greencaster Galaxy
Greencaster Galaxy 0–18 Ansonville Comets - the Comets blanked their neighbours for the series win... wasn't Ansonville supposed to be a Greencaster suburb? This one should sting.

Willowbourne Foxes 8–17 Greencaster Galaxy
Greencaster Galaxy 10–3 Willowbourne Foxes - in the 'Urby' (Urban Derby), Greencaster won two over the Foxes for a comfortable series win.

State of Origin
Gehrenna 16-10 Mawryshire
WSR 28-33 Surbourneshire
WSR 22-52 Gehrenna
Surbourneshire 15-19 Mawryshire
Mawryshire 17-33 WSR
Surbourneshire 19-22 Gehrenna

GEH 3-0 +39 
SRB 1-2 -2 
MAW 1-2 -18 
WSR 1-2 -19

Team of the Year
1P Newddlawdd yTewnchaeg (32) - Llandy Bulls
2H Gonlhewff yDichhig (23) - Penstead Bears
3P Malroch yPawfewn (22) - Penstead Bears
4S Quatermain Bashford (28) - Aubury Swans
5S Mirrygoora Timboine (25) - Mayara Wanderers-Cassiopeia
6F Jurgasen Hilnasindhen (24) - Aubury Swans
7F Seoshaedd yPiglar (22) - Llandy Bulls
8N Mayra Reejulga (24) - Idyllwild Coronae
9S Linwood French (33) - Aubury Swans
XF Clint Henry (25) - Idyllwild Coronae
LW Wanmoor Bolubung (22) - Penstead Bears
IC Nata Asselineau (25) - Aubury Swans
OC Rhonws yPhwgaragh (25) - Llandy Bulls
RW Zongilun Sedhaninthen (20) - Ansonville Comets
FB Melton Scenay (29) - Idyllwild Coronae

Lower Leagues
Union Gehrennini: Falkirk Icethaw RFC
Wnion Mawryshire: Eleanor
Surburnian Union: Regenton

Coupe Côte Australienne: Linieux Célest
Copa Mayarini: Mayara Wanderers-Cassiopeia

[Ko-oren]

Rugby League - Season 20

Previews

It's very much the season of Cote Austral with all four of their teams sitting in the top 5 of predictions. For all of Yoshima, you'll be looking at the Alara Spiders, while the Katashi teams are in horrible shape. Finisterre's prides, the Scorpions and the Sabres, are mid-table teams with a decently high floor, and decently low ceiling.


Team: Aminey Owls (Stade sur la Baie (70000) in Aminey, Côte Austral)
Championships: 0 /Playoffs made: 0
Prediction: 1
The pressure is ON for the Owls. No top three finish (which is good for a playoff spot) at all in the modern era - for one of the largest teams in Ko-oren, that's inexcusable. They're even the butt of the joke when a Buffaloes fan is in the room, and even that team isn't a top performer (historically) in the slightest. Good performers all over the field, with greats in all lines of the team, should see the Owls into the knockouts. Their cushion over the Vultures and Spiders isn't so big that they can sit back and enjoy the season too much either, though. Dhorlauthen, Courbet, Maniwa, and the forward trio of Uematsu, Asselin, and Girardot are all great finds from the scouting team - heavy investment in that department have seen the Owls slowly move closer to the top of the table.

Team: Etouille Vultures (Stade Amandine (30000) in Étouille, Côte Austral)
Championships: 0 /Playoffs made: 0
Prediction: 2
You would expect all of the mainland teams (that's the French and Finisterran teams) to field just some bulky forwards and call it a day. Well, the Etouille stat department wanted to instead focus on wingers and centres, given that they are generally undervalued on the mainland, and with that, they signed Kaplan, Duchamp, as well as a few others that flew under the radar of other clubs. It took a while to take off, but now the team is looking at its first ever finals appearance.

Team: Alara Spiders (Spider Stadium (21000) in Alara, Yoshima)
Championships: 0 /Playoffs made: 1
Prediction: 3
The only Yoshiman team in the top seven, Alara have a heavy burden over them, but they can withstand it. Alara has always done things in its own way, not too preoccupied with the wants of cities like Katashi - who are far away from Alara as is. For the Spiders, everything seems to be breaking well at the same time: the form of a lifetime for Yokono at fullback, Satomi and yLeorrhag as centres, and Calkhoven (most of these poached from the mainland, as you can tell from the names) might just push the team into the top 3. The paciest wingers, the hardiest centres, and a group of forwards that might not cave in at the first tackle.

Team: Linieux Harriers (Parc de Lin'ux (18000) in Linieux, Côte Austral)
Championships: 0 /Playoffs made: 2
Prediction: 4
Specific to the teams of Cote Austral and Finisterre, the focus lies on the six heavy dudes with high jersey numbers. Lazard, Overton, Blaise, and Kai, some of which new to the competition, are capable of slowing down any opposing attack and probably score a bit for themselves. They are dangerous near the enemy try line, it's just a question of getting there.

Team: Aminey Buffaloes (Stade sur la Baie (70000) in Aminey, Côte Austral)
Championships: 0 /Playoffs made: 2
Prediction: 5
The Buffaloes have conquered the signature of Muramoto, just about the most consistent kicker of the archipelago, who should win them about 3-4 extra games on the season just from the better conversions (let alone better passing, directing attacks, etc). A squad that also features Matthieu and Barbeau, they have three experienced players to direct the other 10. With Nicollier and Jamakava as quick options outside, this team can score like a Yoshiman. With the aforementioned trio, they can defend like a Cote Australian - this team is complete, but not as star-studded as say the Owls, Vultures, or Spiders.

Team: Ferrovente Scorpions (Verrevento Arena (25000) in Ferrovente, Finisterre)
Championships: 1 /Playoffs made: 4
Prediction: 6
Ferrovente made more semifinals (or better) than any team in the league, but it seems that streak is over, and at risk of being overtaken by Linieux, who are in a far better position. They never managed to take their huge region, large playerbase, and relatively good finances and turn it into a dynasty, but they're not entirely out of it this season. Their forward pack should be able to mask any shortcomings in the rest of the team, between the tremendous talents of Sakakibala, Bran, Ramo, Levasseur, and Saravia. Their halves are very creative, but with little speed on the wings, it's a crapshoot as to whether they can use their strengths at all. With Saavedra and Vales, they have the Dragonfly national team duo halves under contract - it really is now or never.

Team: Santa Teresa Sabres (Estádio Fortaleza (29000) in Santa Teresa, Finisterre)
Championships: 1 /Playoffs made: 1
Prediction: 7
The Sabres at least have a title to look back on, but the fans want more. It's not exactly clear where 'more' should be coming from, though you never really know what happens when Ares, Canlas, Bayona and Varela are capable of playing all 13 positions between the four of them - except either half position, which is still a little TBD.

Team: Nitoya Foxes (Kitsune Stadium (8500) in Nitoya, Yoshima)
Championships: 2 /Playoffs made: 2
Prediction: 8
The most successful team of modern times, the Foxes have fallen on hard times a bit. Always selling out their stadiums, but not warranting adding extra seats. And looking at the team this year, they might want to hold off on those expansions now. The Foxes aren't terrible in any place on the field, but don't have any star power to force a try or a game-deciding tackle the way things look now. Their search for a world class player continues, but the slightly off-the-road destination of Nitoya is a hard sell.

Team: Etena Vipers (Dokudo Stadium (12000) in Teragaseki, Yoshima)
Championships: 0 /Playoffs made: 0
Prediction: 9
The Vipers just don't have what it takes this year, and that's a theme that will continue all the way to the 12th on this list. Ojakawa, Kitajo, and Vilashima make the team resilient up front but don't pack enough of a punch to get some tries in, while Nakazono and Lista show promise. Etena rarely recruits beyond its island, which shouldn't put them much higher than 6th even in an up year.

Team: Katashi Wasps (Suzumebachi Stadium (25000) in Katashi, Yoshima)
Championships: 0 /Playoffs made: 0
Prediction: 10
Much that was said about the Owls also goes for the Wasps. Not a single top three finish in modern times - and for one of the largest teams in Ko-oren, that's a slight. At least the cross-city rivals the Hawks (sitting in 11th in the predictions!) have never made it either. This is unlikely to be their year. There isn't a more up-and-down team, with phenomenal talent in Agar (fit for the national team on the wing), Ferreiro (up there with Muramoto, Saavedra, and Fujioka for starting Dragonly half), and Okazaki and Kawashima up front, they just haven't got the finances to list great players in the other positions. From the unproven Mogami, and league unfit forwards like Aonuma and Iwai, the Wasps could go places in a year or two. But not now.

Team: Katashi Hawks (Suzumebachi Stadium (25000) in Katashi, Yoshima)
Championships: 0 /Playoffs made: 0
Prediction: 11
The Hawks come off of a couple years with possibilities - they went nowhere, the players wanted out, and now they have a rebuild ahead of them. And this one could take a while.

Team: Selesi Dragons (Linulin Group Stadium (22500) in Arakura, Yoshima)
Championships: 2 /Playoffs made: 0
Prediction: 12
The largest sellers of season tickets in Yoshima - and this is what it gets them. Immensely popular in their native Arakura, together with lower league (and uninspiredly named) Arakura RL. A forward pack devoid of talent can't be good for you, no matter how acceptable your backs are. This team has some recruiting to do, and they will need some creativity to relive the days of back-to-back championships.

Tables

KRL                      Pld    W   D   L    PF   PA   PD   Pts 
 1 Aminey Owls               22   15   1   6   606  430 +176    62
 2 Etouille Vultures         22   14   0   8   503  403 +100    56
 3 Alara Spiders             22   14   0   8   530  418 +112    56
 4 Aminey Buffaloes          22   13   2   7   520  422  +98    56
 5 Ferrovente Scorpions      22   13   0   9   507  431  +76    52
 6 Linieux Harriers          22   10   4   8   472  404  +68    48
 7 Santa Teresa Sabres       22   11   2   9   513  407 +106    48
 8 Etena Vipers              22   10   1  11   410  480  −70    42
 9 Nitoya Foxes              22    7   3  12   427  521  −94    34
10 Katashi Hawks             22    7   0  15   408  526 −118    28
11 Katashi Wasps             22    6   0  16   435  609 −174    24
12 Selesi Dragons            22    5   1  16   303  583 −280    22

Finals

Semifinal: Etouille Vultures 10–18 Alara Spiders

07' Yokono TRY (Boissonade CONV) 0-6
12' yLeorrhag TRY (Boissonade CONV) 0-12
23' Kaplan TRY (Rousselot CONV) 6-12
24' Rousselot PEN 8-12
30' Rousselot PEN 10-12
67' Suganuma TRY (Boissonade CONV) 10-18

Final: Aminey Owls 22–8 Alara Spiders

38' Dhorlauthen TRY (Courbet CONV) 6-0
42' Satomi TRY 6-4
45' Boissonade PEN 6-8
51' Boissonade PEN 8-8
62' Girardot TRY 12-8
65' Maniwa TRY (Maniwa CONV) 18-8
72' Maniwa PEN 20-8
73' Maniwa PEN 22-8

Analysis
Another year in the books, and this time, the scoring is up well from last season. Some rule changes to make the domestic game look more like the international one did help, without upsetting the balance of the competition too much. Home teams had a significant advantage, with 60% of the games going to the hosts. 35% went to the visitors, and a grand total of 7 games ended in a draw - two of these were 20-20, and two more were 14-14. The first one is not too far from the average score, which was 24-19, with the losing team putting up 20 or 18 points quite a lot. The highest scoring affair was a 46-32 match. The largest margin was a 52-14 score.

The Aminey Owls were a complete outfit (WLWWWWLWWWWLWLWLWWLWDW) with some stumbling as the season dragged on and the Aminiens were upset by injuries, and even then, they won more than they lost. A particularly annoying stretch involved three losses to the Buffaloes, Vultures, and Scorpions, all good teams that the Owls just couldn't match away from home.

The Selesi Dragons were exactly what we thought they'd be (WLLLLWWLWDWLLLLLLLLLLL) including a 52-14 loss to the Sabres, a 46-10 loss to the Scorpions - it's safe to say that the Finisterrans were happy with a team this bad in the comp. The return games versus the Finisterrans were a 0-28 loss to Ferrovente and a surprising 14-14 draw to Santa Teresa. After that they'd win once more (and get 10 points from that stretch of three games!) over the Vipers, but then lost to close out the season.

No team in the top 5 put up a spectacular late-season renaissance to seize a playoff spot: the Buffaloes finished LLWW, the Vultures had a four-game winning streak (wins over the Wasps, Buffaloes, Dragons, Spiders, not bad!!) but then lost to the Sabres, who already had nothing to play for. The Spiders went LWLWLW in their last six matches.

Derbies
Katashi Wasps 18–28 Katashi Hawks
Katashi Hawks 36–26 Katashi Wasps - the Hawks were dominant in the Katashi derby, and that's all we can say about that given both teams positions on the ladder.

Katashi Hawks 16–20 Alara Spiders
Alara Spiders 42–16 Katashi Hawks - Alara, who have somewhat of a rivalry with both Katashi teams, had an easy year including two wins over the Hawks.

Katashi Wasps 22–32 Alara Spiders
Alara Spiders 32–8 Katashi Wasps - obviously, the Spiders then won both over the Wasps as well. Four free wins in rivalry games.

Aminey Owls 39–13 Aminey Buffaloes
Aminey Buffaloes 28–24 Aminey Owls - by far the most fun derby series of the year. The first one was a bit lopsided but the second one was probably the best game of the season.

Selesi Dragons 14–8 Linieux Harriers
Linieux Harriers 39–11 Selesi Dragons - somehow, the Dragons won one - that's on Linieux.

Ferrovente Scorpions 22–30 Santa Teresa Sabres
Santa Teresa Sabres 30–12 Ferrovente Scorpions - two wins for the Sabres to keep the Scorpions out of the finals, that's the biggest point of pride for Santa Teresa in the offseason.

Team of the Year
FB Blai Kaplan (26) Etouille Vultures
2W Xeronimo Agar (25) Katashi Wasps
3C Takahira Satomi (29) Alara Spiders
4C Ffwllnhil yLeorrhag (25) Alara Spiders
5W Nuderon Dhorlauthen (24) Aminey Owls
6H Yoma Muramoto (28) Aminey Buffaloes
7H Bé Boissonade (25) Alara Spiders
8P Marcos Laza (28) Etouille Vultures
9H Miza Uematsu (22) Aminey Owls
XP Co Asselin (25) Aminey Owls
OS Né Girardot (21) Aminey Owls
DS Nana Levasseur (35) Ferrovente Scorpions
LF Marn Calkhoven (24) Alara Spiders

State of Origin
Cote Austral - Leleia 30-2
Yoshima - Finisterre 34-26

Cote Austral - Yoshima 40-34
Finisterre - Leleia 12-20

Finisterre - Cote Austral 34-26
Leleia - Yoshima 32-16

CAU 2-1 +16
LLA 2-1 -4
FIN 1-2 -8
YOS 1-2 -4

Lower Leagues
Ligue Cote Australienne/Liga Finisterrense: Granon
Yoshima Cup: Takigahara

[Ko-oren]

Soccer - Season 34

Previews

The Top League

Last season
SVV Schemerdrecht won their second straight championship after a title-worthy regular season and 10 championship group games that only made the gap between them and second placed Maethoru SC larger - who, by the way, after a few mediocre seasons, are back and then some. The Capital Club not just had a decent team - they had a great one, including some starters that took the Dragonflies to new heights over the summer. Nephara was unfortunately a bit too good for us, but Maethoru SC will be picked clean by foreign money grabbing all their players, so let's hope they have a plan B for when that happens. For now they'll be in the IFCF CL, though.

Leading the trio of clubs to represent us in the CC is Advance Alara. They had it all in the regular season, but in the final 10 games they came apart. They scored more than any side in the Championship Group, but conceded nearly twice as many goals as any other as well, pushing them to third place overall - however, it confirms what several fans abroad already knew: Alara is on to something and their unique style of football might not have immediately given them silverware, it has given them an identity and a way to put other squads in trouble. No team can handle Alara's pace and attack, because no other team dared to build something like it. Bruncester United AFC have risen from the dead to not just escape relegation, they snuck into the top half of the table, and rose further over the course of the Championship Group phase, to end up in 4th place before such hyped squads as Miradela, Aminey, and Staudum. The working class club in the southeast has pretty definitively won the battle for staying power in the region, with Cirelbourne United down for the count. But before we concentrate on the bottom half of the table, there's one more club to represent us internationally: Aminey CS. The big blue monster from our nation's entertainment capital faced a lot of pressure on countless years of 'just not it' but managed a fifth place and a CC appearance. The sixth and last team in the Championship Group is Straudum VV, and despite another textbook defensive season (they keep finding these talented defenders!) they have been 'figured out' given that every club in Ko-oren is a tad defensive anyway. On 21 goals conceded across 32 league games, they finished on a negative goal difference and scoring goals remains a problem for the northerners.

The bottom six of the table looks as follows: in seventh, it's Miradela GD. Instead of trying for a third title, they found themselves on the wrong half of the table but then destroyed the Relegation Group teams in their final 10 games. They have a decent squad, but it's safe to say that at their average age, their title window has closed. Katashi-Kanatsu keep trying new things to see if they work, and while it's never catastrophical enough to relegate them, the Yoshimans can't find a formula that puts them in the top 6 either. Cirelbourne United had to find a way to salvage a sure 12th place finish, and climbed to 9th in the process. Clever buying and selling, and a good youth system taking care of all of central and eastern Surbourneshire could get them an even better finish soon. Then it's Maynard AFC, speaking of a clever business sense. Losing money in the Ounaian league first, but finding talent closer to home after all, the southwesterners have a core that should keep them in the Top League for a while. Then Branvon CD saw their stars retire and just escaped relegation. Unfortunately it was Tanques AOE to relegate in the end, on a miserable season that couldn't be salvaged by a few good games in the Relegation Group. They were 8 points behind the competition with ten fixtures to go - all fixtures against other almost relegators - and that just was too much.

And that means we have a new club in the Top League for the first time. Couziers-Olympiques were 2nd division champions at the right time, and the francophone club will appear in the Top League with a massively changed squad, to help them adjust to the higher level. Brighthaven Town came just short, and also Castelo e Calvente CS and Gehrenna FC were within a short distance of Couziers-Olympiques in the end, but with just the single promotion spot that's a tough battle. Mawrystwyth and Ambergate City go back down to the third level, and in their place it's the first Greencastrian club to play this high up in a while: Sydberg, as well as a third Intermare club: Laringen AFC. The northern region is getting stuff done in football, after Schemerdrecht's championship too!

This season

Team: Maethoru SC
Stadium: Rikalathen Arena (39000) in Maethoru, Mayara
Founded: 1910
Championships: 1
Historical Championships: 9
Prediction: 1
Lineup: Theshendan- Bijstroom, Monurga, van Kalvenhaar- Scherpenkate, Bliase ^CMT, Ensaunden, Janoreirinthen, Vaugrenard- Robert ^APY, Donath ^NPH
As said, Maethoru SC have bounced back from a few years without silverware, and now the championship record holders have done it again. Between a few starting Dragonflies, Theshendan, Ensaunden, Janoreirinthen, and Vaugrenard (yes, that's nearly half the team that finished second in the World Cup!!) this should be their easiest title yet. Eyes are on Van Kalvenhaar, a defender picked up straight from university, who could be the next Dragonfly coming from the Capital Club. Bolstered by two foreign strikers (what else are you going to do in the Park the Bus Country?), they have a dominating player in every position.

Team: Aminey CS
Stadium: Stade sur la Baie (70000) in Aminey, Côte Austral
Founded: 1884
Championships: 0
Historical Championships: 0
Prediction: 2
Lineup: Hanazawa- de Breye ^OAM, Boulanger, Argall ^SRS, Deschanel- Delacruz ^BJK, Amawai, Checkered Flag ^EQS, Neville ^EFL- Erisia, Mirzadeh
Aminey CS have finally bested the pressure that comes from being the nation's largest club - in both money and fans. Years have gone past without the club ever ranking in the top six, but with a group that's been kept together for a while, they look like they could go places. Squad turnover is notoriously slow in Ko-oren at the top level, so once you're in this tier, you'll probably stay here for a while. It's all up to Checkered Flag and Erisia now. The midfield looks vulnerable, but that's compensated by the talent on the rest of the field.

Team: Schemerdrecht SVV
Stadium: Orange Bowl (54000) in Schemerdrecht, Intermare
Founded: 1865
Championships: 2
Historical Championships: 0
Prediction: 3
Lineup: Goossen- Ewell, Sterling, Kobayashi ^HIN, Crumble ^EQS- Egmar ^KSK, Ulysse, Hilberdink, de Castro- Siebelt, Dhondt ^NQU
The two-time champions had one mission: keep the team together. They did, and with Goossen, Hilberdink, Dhondt, and Egmar, they can beat anyone. They have invested in the spine of the team, but look weak on both wings by posting all sorts of youngsters there - but at least they only get better. Ulysse is a great captain for them, leading a front three that will likely retire in the coming years, so if they want a third title, it's now.

Team: Couziers-Olympiques
Stadium: Stade Central (7100) in Linieux, Côte Austral
Championships: 0
Historical Championships: 0
Prediction: 4
Lineup: Siemeling- Olink, Anderson ^SNL, Agano- Odgers, yBharw, Aoriene, Roux ^ESH- Fillanes, Hekkert, Candy
Maybe the newly promoted side have been helped a bit too much by the KFA. Couziers-Olympiques have feasted on ex-Tanques players, then immediately sold a few of them in the same transfer period, and that money went towards players they had already scouted before. They effectively built a Top League-ready squad across one season, then bolstered it with all manners of talent from the second division, that they already had an eye on but went unnoticed by the Top League clubs. The competition is ready to be shaken up a little, and the francophones are the perfect team to do it. Awaiting a stadium expansion, which should give them even better finances going forward, they have a team of incredibly young players that have plenty of room to grow, between Olink, Odgers, Fillanes, Agano, helped by foreign arrivals (and the oldest members of the squad), Roux and Anderson.

Team: Straudum VV
Stadium: Hazel Arena (18500) in Straudum, Sudaefjoll
Founded: 1995
Championships: 0
Historical Championships: 0
Prediction: 5
Lineup: Neihof- Aelisire, Archer, Dwan, Tuff ^DOG, Hellegeland- Brousseau, Inchcombe, Tez ^QUS- Virtanen ^SVJ, Ulawaya ^TJU
Sometimes you know what a team will do, and you still can't stop it. That's Straudum VV for you - proud owners of the best back line in Ko-oren and the direct inspiration of the national team while we're at it. Neihof has some national team experience, and Aelisire, Dwan, Archer to probably gain some very soon, this is one of few teams with a good mix of ages and nationalities. The self-proclaimed 'best led team in the country' has some work to do, as it just cannot breach the IFCF spots. Maybe this year?

Team: Advance Alara
Stadium: Spider Stadium (21000) in Alara, Yoshima
Founded: 1964
Championships: 0
Historical Championships: 1
Prediction: 6
Lineup: Folkhard ^NPH- Mizuno, Shiba, Chu ^QCY, Jundy- Adachi, Ivančir ^ZRH, Arnold ^VLD, Richardson ^ZWZ- Okawa, Tsuchida
The polar opposites of the above, Advance Alara are adventurous, attacking, and are (or rather, were) the only club in the Top League to solve problems by scoring more. A formula that proved successful and now is being replicated in places, it's still the Alaran club that leads the charge. From the east, it's a large group of young and foreign players, from Ivančir, Jundy, Tsuchida to keep play wide and provide goals, to Adachi, Okawa as promising teammates. Mizuno has had a strange offseason as well: not getting a call up to the national team, not having his contract extended at Advance Alara, and a day before the deadline he was simply signed to a new contract. Fearing half a season without a team, he signed, and was named the captain in the very next week.

Team: Katashi-Kanatsu
Stadium: Suzumebachi Stadium (25000) in Katashi, Yoshima
Founded: 1901
Championships: 0
Historical Championships: 0
Prediction: 7
Lineup: Stewart ^AUD- Vatsu, yTismewch, Ardouin, Convery ^BRE- Yokota, Nakazono, Martis, Morris- Sonnel ^CMT, Graycrook ^SCT
Katashi-Kanatsu were always the big club from the east but that moniker is slowly shifting towards Alara. Meanwhile, Katashi has built a team with a clear vision of its own: widen the field, flood the midfield, and see what happens from there. Yokota is still the captain, and it's hard to imagine this squad without him, and with Martis, Ardouin, Vatsu, and Nakazono, Katashi has postponed the inevitable by a year: there are no players under 25 on the starting XI. Something will have to change at some point.

Team: Miradela GD
Stadium: Estádio Fortaleza (29000) in Santa Teresa, Finisterre
Founded: 1938
Championships: 2
Historical Championships: 1
Prediction: 8
Lineup: Munks- Benjamin, Steelshrift ^NPH, Bares- Magrath, Viera, Etxaurren ^AUD, Valdovinos- Salomon, Blair ^CBP, Noya
Since they lost their title to Tanques and later Schemerdrecht, Miradela GD slipped into a downward spiral. Losing quality players from the championship squad, not finding the proper attackers to replace them, failing to strengthen the defence instead, and neglecting to bring in the youth that they need to avoid having to replace the entire team in a few years' time, they still have good players but it's not going anywhere. The lack of vision (or holding on to an obsolete one) is starting to do them harm, but with Benjamin, Valdovinos, Magrath, Etxaurren, and Salomon, they can hold off on relegation for a while, surely.

Team: Branvon CD
Stadium: Estádio Marítimo (28000) in Santa Teresa, Finisterre
Founded: 1902
Championships: 0
Historical Championships: 7
Prediction: 9
Lineup: Soumare ^ASU- Basquez, Gachet, Mulvahil, Cales- Reza, Shall ^EFL, Taraala ^MRN, Carter ^TJU- Vallotton, Novoa
Branvon CD have gone the opposite route of their cross-town rivals Miradela. While Miradela had two titles and then crashed, the working class heroes of Branvon CD have been down low but have shown signs of life in later years. That said, they still don't have the means of their richer city-mates, and so they have a few very old players along with several pedigrees. Mulvahil and Gachet have been great finds, and with Vallotton and Reza to guide them, the team shows promise. It all breaks down in the midfield, where they still employ relatively expensive foreign players, but hasn't been their best line in a while. This team feels a little stuck in Season 31.

Team: Maynard AFC
Stadium: Armskirk Municipal Ground (26000) in Maynard, Gehrenna
Founded: 1928
Championships: 1
Historical Championships: 0
Prediction: 10
Lineup: Cholmondeley- Aberg , Suchet, Meynard ^EQS, Kildare, Read- Richey, Potter, Gillis- Maxwell, Steppe ^XAN
They're not the deadbeat 12th placed team anymore. And while they showed considerable promise last year, the magic has waned, the good vibes are still decent but not as great as they were, and the southwesterners are back where they, well, probably belong. They're not a top 6 squad, they're not the bottom overall team either. They still rely on Cholmondeley, Kildare, Read, and Steppe, and they hope to coast to another fine finish north of the relegation line, which is definitely among the possibilities. This team has vision, but it's more random directions rather than actual progress. This team could be anywhere from 4th to 12th.

Team: Bruncester United AFC
Stadium: Top Brass Arena (19500) in Bruncester, Surbourneshire
Founded: 1920
Championships: 0
Historical Championships: 0
Prediction: 11
Lineup: Morris- Gicquel, MacDermot ^BLN, Noordburg, Kitchingham, Gridley- Abel ^SLL, Gregory, de Villepin- Tjessem ^QUE, Gaunaurinthen
With impromptu World Cup star De Villepin, you would say Bruncester United AFC has a more prominent place in Ko-orenite football. And with last season's 5th place, there's certainly a way in which this team adds to the league - let alone how they have Noordburg, Gregory, Kitchingham, as well as Gicquel of World Cup final fame, so it's strange why this team is so far down. That's when you look at how these players have performed in the last year, and De Villepin is 35 now, Noordburg has been downright unfortunate, and the left wing of the team, with Gridley and Gaunaurinthen, looks more like a third division duo sometimes. This team performed at its best last season, but what we've seen so far this might be the same team but at its worst.

Team: Cirelbourne United
Stadium: Quicksilver Stadium (15500) in Cirelbourne, Surbourneshire
Founded: 1926
Championships: 0
Historical Championships: 0
Prediction: 12
Lineup: Aeloviane- Rodas, Blijdenstein , Tomlinson ^TKT, Swadling- Shipton-Smith ^XAN, Quelch, Valente, Klensberg ^NQU- Dixon ^NWK, Turner
Cirelbourne United is back where it was last season, but then Tanques had an even worse year. This time, it looks likely that Cirelbourne goes down, and while they have Lew Turner who was incredibly productive in the World Cup qualifiers, the team's organisation has done nothing to surround him with equally good players. The few foreigners they attracted in recent years have not had the desired effect, or at least, their effect has waned a little, and have been dragged down along with the atmosphere for the entire team. The attitude towards youth players ('don't sign them') has seemingly backfired as well seeing as the eleven other clubs keep pulling diamond after diamond from the lower leagues, the universities, and the academies. Quelch, Tomlinson, and Shipton-Smith have obvious upsides that could see this team spared for this year... but at this point, it's hard to see any other team relegating.

Division Two
Team: Tanques AOE (Stade Amandine (30000) in Étouille, Côte Austral)
Prediction: 1
Simply ranking teams 1-12 doesn't do justice just how far ahead of the rest Tanques AOE are. And that's not a surprise: they held on to a decent part of their squad, which is still well over 50% composed of players with a career's worth of Top League experience. They should make it back up and should only get mild resistance from Sterrenwolde or Sydberg. The fact they kept most of the foreigners, who should do most of the heavy lifting this year, helps as well. Interestingly it's the non-local Ko-orenite citizens who joined other teams... so look forward to Bittencourt, Helzinger, and Weaver to dominate a league that's beneath them. Additionally, there's Train, yLladdlog, and yChibwod, all three of which have been in Dragonfly contention at some point.

Team: Sterrenwolde FC (Noorderkroonpark (14500) in Sterrenwolde, Intermare)
Prediction: 2
Well, it's a little surprising that the northern team went this high up. It's not been very long since the team were in the third division after all, but it shows how the vision of the front office and- who are we kidding. Sterrenwolde is a big city with plenty of money going around, and they have put together a solid core with all kinds of pacy options out wide. Between Génin on goal, Dhentingun, Meredeth, and Parsons in midfield, and Breedland to support the strikers, they have several options to make this a season to remember. Their midfield is strong, the defence is alright, but scoring goals will be difficult for them.

Team: Sydberg (Cloudfield Palace (8800) in Greencaster, Surbourneshire)
Prediction: 3
Shooting up all the way from the third division to very high in the predictions for the upcoming second division, Sydberg's rise is underlined by the increasing number of fans of association football in Greencaster. Technically, Sydberg is a suburb with, as they say themselves, a distinct identity: the rest of the country sees them as 'basically Greencaster'. That was the one thing missing from the Greencastrian sports scene: they're dominant in pretty much everything, except soccer. And here it is, potentially: a lineup of players picked up from all over the country, including a few lucky signings in Pardoner and Ebina, who have readied this team for the task ahead.

Team: Castelo e Calvente CS (Edogense (16000) in Ferrovente, Finisterre)
Prediction: 4
A stable factor in the second division with a strong regional presence, Castelo e Calvente CS want to become the third club of Finisterre. They already are, but what is better than to be at the highest level... and yet, in this season as well as in seasons past, it'll be hard for them. Always close, but never really in reach of that single promotion spot... and with a squad with local heroes and some mercenaries from the rest of the archipelago, the team can put in a valiant effort once again. With a very aggressive, high-pressing squad and a tremendous range of strikers, they can make things difficult for everyone. At the same time, outside of Parada in the back they're easy to pick off as well. That said, if Beaudouin, Gurses, and Moore can all get about 10 goals this year, who can stop the southeasterners?

Team: Teragaseki (Dokudo Stadium (12000) in Teragaseki, Yoshima)
Prediction: 5
Teragaseki wasn't tipped to do well, but through some luck and some stable factors at the top of the club, here they are anyway. At 5th in the predictions, they're not likely to promote, but an international spot isn't beyond them. Living off of a stable diet of Katashi and Alara rejects, they have Wakasugi in goal, Mergakhinen as a defensive mid, and Murakami to bolster the attack, as well as Rampton and Metharom, who both were once promising talents but fell just below the Top League cutoff. This Yoshiman team is known for its losses to teams lower on the ladder though, so it remains to be seen if they can make good on the promises.

Team: Gehrenna FC (Kautherlugin Field (17500) in Gehrenna, Mayara)
Prediction: 6
The Capitals never were much for sports, let alone football, but after Maethoru's perennial succes, the other capitals have been building prestige projects of their own. From Gehrenna, it's Gehrenna FC, with great players on the wings but not exactly the same quality inside. With Sirmauringun and Truin they have wing backs that can span the entire field, for the full 90 minutes. Hegan is an indomitable option in midfield, and as long as they can cross to Smitherman, they're not out of any battle. The team lacks a clear pivot: they have Delaclavan Rogers for that, but he's likely positioned a bit too far forward to bridge the defence and the offence.

Team: Arboren FC (Aeresa (10000) in Arboren, Aerellen)
Prediction: 7
In more examples of regionalism, the pride of the northeast is in with a shot as well. They've picked the practise fields of Aerellen and Noordrug clean, and it's yielded a lot of fine players that otherwise would've gone into gridiron or ice hockey. With Xannerian Johanssen as the centrepiece, the likes of Lagerkwist, Aelsine, Brownsmith, and ySaddas might do some damage. It'd be a shame if this team fell to the third division.

Team: Brighthaven Town (Sanders Field (3600) in Brighthaven, Surbourneshire)
Prediction: 8
Representing the southwest, and in particular the breadbasket of Ko-oren, which features a lot of smaller towns - and in turn lacks a single large population centre for the region to rally around - it's Brighthaven Town. The calm, coastal town has quietly built a decent team that signs former Top Leaguers with ease: who wouldn't want to settle in what's probably the prettiest little region of the country? With Pinkerton, Dishatinden, Carbonneau, Oakden, Eleveld, Vashila, and Nijboer, they have a shot at the top four spots. The reason they're so far down is because there's often little rhyme or reason to their play, and the fact their best players could retire at any time.

Team: Huthwich & Iduloren FC (The Ovation Station (5000) in Huthwich, Gehrenna)
Prediction: 9
From being one of the better teams, equipped to take on the Top League one day, the team slipped down below other teams in the region, such as Gehrenna, Couziers, but at least still ahead of Strongfair by a tiny margin. What happened? Well, they were forced to sell a few players here and there, their door sales weren't as high as they could be (hinging on a small stadium, with one of the better names, it has to be said), and after the finances, the on-field product suffers. They still attracted Nagamine, Kwant, and Aenisse, but the other positions have been a revolving door. It's hard to support the team for what it's going through right now. They need some stability at the top, and a clear plan will see them into the top half of the second division before long.

Team: WSR AFC (Uriagali Field (10000) in Eaglebury, West Strand Riding)
Prediction: 10
Relying heavily on West Strand Riding's talent, WSR AFC is a labour of love that turned into everyone's second favourite club. Their unorthodox way of doing things, from player acquisition to play style, surprises friend and foe and rightfully attracts the 'weirder' players of the country. Vermelho is the newest addition to a fun squad. Mind you, this is not a team to follow if you're just about good results - and yes, there's clubs like that even in Ko-oren.

Team: Strongfair (Fortune Valley (6100) in Strongfair, Gehrenna)
Prediction: 11
Bad luck and injuries are holding this team back for the second straight year. Looking at the kind of names they have, this team sounds like it should be better. Looking on who's actually in the dressing room over the weekend, it's obvious that this team could easily be in better shape. Let's hope this season is just a write-off, and not a relegation year. Wareham, Granet, Tar, Miyahara, and Ares... there are decent names here but it's not enough if the starting XI differs 30% from last week's starters week by week.

Team: Laringen AFC (Duivelsveld (13700) in Laringen, Intermare)
Prediction: 12
They just came up, but might as well drop straight down. The extra cash from promoting went missing fairly quickly, and outside of some players moving to Laringen AFC on a nostalgia factor, there's a depressing core of players that dropped out of the second division for a reason. Their rock-solid playing style masked their problems one division lower, but they will be torn apart if they don't improve at this level.

Division Three
Division 3a
The southern half of the country is represented at this level, with some names that are well known to followers of the second division. Ambergate, Leeshire, Grainshire are all victims of the southwestern curse: there are a lot of good teams there, but not enough oomph to propel one of them to new heights - see Brighthaven. There's also a few teams from Yoshima, one Finisterran - who might as well have the best papers to promote - and the remaining Mawryshire team. Some of the better names include Aviansola Eden, Limecroft & Abyss FC (a merger between two towns that are slowly emptying out), but it's probably Llandy FC, Soothill, or Oceanside that are most likely to go up.

Division 3b
Somewhat ignored after 3a, 3b actually holds some of the more structured squads of lower division football. Mawrystwyth was forced in this one despite being pretty southern, and apart from that there are teams all the way from Sokrona and the river the Linde to northwest coast Myaranowra and Nyashawill, as well as the overflow of Intermare and Mayara teams. The names here aren't as good, so we'll stick to the likely promotors: Mawrystwyth, Senoren FC, Amandine AdF, and Nyashawill.

Transfers
International Transfers:
CM Jerome Mettis (27) - Katashi-Kanatsu -> Rockridge Phoenix (BRE)
CB Dennis Lampshire (32) - Raven River -> Herzegovina Phoenix (BNJ)
CF/LW/SS Hansel Tang (30) - Advance Alara -> Dury FC (PFA)

DC Jubenar Mallerbury (22) - Zilverstraat SC -> Robur Astello (SOR)
ST Aleks Madsen (20) - Philtront Pioneers -> Portsmouth City (MUR)
LM Tameyasu Tsukushi (21) - Couziers-Olympiques -> Xaviers (HTK)
GK Rice Portier (17) - Couziers-Olympiques -> CF Frantxizko-A (TEQ)
RB Alle van Dalfsen (22) - Straudum VV -> Newport United (SNL)
GK Shiki Kaiba (21) - Strongfair -> Royals (HTK)
LM Ano Ishimaki (25) - Katashi-Kanatsu -> Rozelle Archers (BRE)
DM Tabo Tanikawa (33) - Aminey CS -> Warriors (HTK)
RB Lemuel Lowther (23) - Cirelbourne United -> Coppersmith (BRE)
RB Kausjasteul Rilastadhaunden (26) - Cirelbourne United -> Ancarea FC (TKT)
LM Jacqueline Mynatt (21) - Schemerdrecht SVV -> Warriors (HTK)
DM Sustusmul Porildherinden (29) - Maethoru SC -> Stonewash Town (BRE)
GK Daunrispe Tedhaunden (27) - Maethoru SC -> Royals (HTK)
SS Shelton Shorten (22) - Couziers-Olympiques -> Warriors (HTK)

Notable Internal Transfers:
RM Dada Carbonneau (31) - Aminey CS -> Brighthaven Town
GK Maresuke Wakasugi (27) - Aminey CS -> Teragaseki
RF Xaquin Rodas (34) - Branvon CD -> Cirelbourne United
AM Stanley Thompkins (21) - Bruncester United AFC -> WSR AFC
SS Trey Burnett ^TKT (31) - Couziers-Olympiques -> Tanques AOE
ST Sorai Nagamine (33) - Katashi-Kanatsu -> Huthwich & Iduloren FC
CM Tolajilo Ebina (22) - Maethoru SC -> Sydberg
LM Charlie Cradduck (20) - Maynard AFC -> Laringen AFC
RB Kas Rakers (21) - Miradela GD -> Sterrenwolde FC
CM Michael Rogers ^DEL (29) - Miradela GD -> Gehrenna FC
LS Julio Vermelho (34) - Miradela GD -> WSR AFC
RF Simme Nijboer (24) - Schemerdrecht SVV -> Brighthaven Town
CB Bardaun Mislahaunden (22) - Straudum VV -> Gehrenna FC
GK Howard Cheyne (21) - Straudum VV -> Ambergate City
LS Caspar Pardoner ^BRE (29) - Straudum VV -> Sydberg
CB Ulutu-Cunix Tar ^QUS (31) - Tanques AOE -> Strongfair
CB Té Granet (27) - Tanques AOE -> Strongfair
CB Joakim Lagerkwist (21) - Tanques AOE -> Arboren FC
LM Bawfreon yChibwod (27) - Tanques AOE -> Tanques AOE
RM Samuel Ulysse (31) - Tanques AOE -> Schemerdrecht SVV
SS Aristotle Weaver ^MBT (30) - Tanques AOE -> Tanques AOE
ST Kenji Miyahara (28) - Tanques AOE -> Strongfair

Retirements:
RM Philip Odell (37) - Branvon CD
GK Lyami Aviara (35) - Rybalty, SOU

International Results
Champions' League
Second Preliminary Round
(KOR) Maethoru SC 2–1 Zoloroni City (MRC) 1–1 1–0

Third Preliminary Round
(HEB) Athletic Club 1–4 Schemerdrecht SVV (KOR) 1–2 0–2
(SRS) Algolia AC a 3–3 Maethoru SC (KOR) 1–1 2–2 (aet)

Playoff Round
(KOR) Schemerdrecht SVV 3–1 Sporting Arrachai (ACS) 1–1 2–0

Group Stage

Group B                                                          JSt    EnC    Bri    Sch
1  Jungle Strike FC         VIL   6  4  1  1  13   6   7  13      -     1-1    3-0    2-1  
2  Energija Chernovets      STL   6  3  2  1  10   6   4  11     3-2     -     1-2    2-0  
3  Brinemouth               NPH   6  1  3  2   6   9  -3   6     1-2    1-1     -     2-2 
4  Schemerdrecht SVV        KOR   6  0  2  4   3  11  -8   2     0-3    0-2    0-0     -

Challengers Cup
Extra Preliminary Round
(PEL) Imasi Sportklub 1–4 Aminey CS (KOR) 1–4 0–0

First Preliminary Round
(POP) Elves 5–2 Aminey CS (KOR) 2–2 3–0
(YZH) SC Jiangdong 1–5 Bruncester United AFC (KOR) 0–2 1–3

Second Preliminary Round
(TEQ) SC Pedregal 1–0 Bruncester United AFC (KOR) 0–0 1–0

Third Preliminary Round
(MYT) Liria 1–4 Advance Alara (KOR) 1–1 0–3

Playoff Round
(CHA) Rockstar 2–2 a Advance Alara (KOR) 1–2 1–0
(KOR) Maethoru SC 1–5 Herzegovina City FC (BNJ) 0–1 1–4

Qualifying Round
(OME) AS Républicains 1–2 Advance Alara (KOR) 1–0 0–2

Group Stage

Group B                      Pld  W  D  L  GF  GA  GD Pts     KIT    RUL    AVA    KNL
1  Kitara A.A.              BNJ   6  4  1  1  14   9   5  13      -     3-2    2-3    3-2  
2  Rülândéá Kôstä           FFD   6  1  4  1   7   7   0   7     0-0     -     0-0    2-2
3  Advance Alara            KOR   6  1  3  2   8   9  -1   6     0-1    1-1     -     2-2  
4  Kionao Locals            TUR   6  1  2  3  12  16  -4   5     2-5    1-2    3-2     -

Liga B
Second Preliminary Round
(KOR) Castelo e Calvente CS 5–2 Sobrevolante (AUD) 4–0 1–2

Third Preliminary Round
(KOR) Castelo e Calvente CS 2–1 Halflings (POP) 0–1 2–0
(SYL) Dodle FC 0–2 Brighthaven Town (KOR) 0–2 0–0
(NPH) Chatswood 2–0 Couziers-Olympiques (KOR) 0–0 2–0

Playoff Round
(KOR) Brighthaven Town 1–3 Xilon OC (EFL) 0–1 1–2
(PAS) Myrtha Dalin 6–3 Castelo e Calvente CS (KOR) 3–3 3–0

Rising Stars
First Round
(KOR) Dayfade Soccer Academy 4–3 FC Felsenkirchen 1879 (STL) 0–2 4–1

Second Round
(SQR) Squidbreak Cadets 3–2 Dayfade Soccer Academy (KOR) 1–0 2–2

Group Stage

Group B
                                                                 JGL    BRN    ENG    SCS
1  Jungle Strike FC         VIL   6  5  0  1  11   8   3  15      -     3-2    2-0    1-0  
2  Brinemouth               NPH   6  4  0  2  13   8   5  12     4-1     -     3-0    1-0  
3  Energija Chernovets      STL   6  1  1  4   5  11  -6   4 *   2-3    1-2     -     0-0  
4  Schemerdrecht SVV        KOR   6  1  1  4   4   6  -2   4 *   0-1    3-1    1-2     -   
Tie broken by head to head results

Cup Winners
Preliminary Round
(TGI) Bongali United 1–3 Aminey CS (KOR) 1–1 0–2

First Round
(KOR) Aminey CS 0–5 Freeport United (FPT) 0–3 0–2

AOCL
First Round
(CBP) Learfield FC 4–2 Schemerdrecht SVV (KOR) 1-0 3-2

Vilitan Cove Invitational
First Round
(KOR) Miradela GD 6-3 BSC Kroningdam (TSA) 3-1 3-2

Round of 16
(KOR) Miradela GD 3-4 Rolalas FC (VAL) 2-2 1-2