Obviously, this created a lot of pressure in the smaller teams, that weren't that different in level than the top clubs in Nacional 1.
On the other side, some teams of Nacional 1, better than some bottom teams in Premiership, were eager to put their hands in an IFCF berth and in the promotion to the first division, and invested a lot in new players, whether by buying or loaning from bigger teams. It was expected at least seven teams battling for three spots.
Premiership - Rounds 1-10
The first rounds saw a respectable dominance of AS Virtus 1904 and some worrying results from Racing Club de Soria, Liath Cuain CP and Shamrocks FC. Three of the Star Clubs finished the first month of the league among the bottom five, Racing with zero wins. The situation turned chaotic after two months, when Racing still had no wins scored in championship. Coach was about to be sacked when they finally got the first win, in Matchday 9. At that time, AS Virtus 1904 was easily maneuvering a difference of 4 points to AC Kasandora. The positive surprise of this first half was FC Victoria 03, that was securing a tenth-place after 10 rounds.
Above Expected: FC Victoria 03, FC Thiéry sur-le-mer
Within expected: AS Virtus 1904, Club Sparta, AC Kasandora
Below expected: Racing Club de Soria, Shamrocks FC, Dawson FC
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Matches TBA
# Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 AS Virtus 1904 10 7 3 0 28 11 +17 24
2 AC Kasandora 10 7 1 2 16 6 +10 22
3 Club Sparta 10 6 3 1 21 11 +10 21
4 Thiery-sur-le-mer 10 6 2 2 19 13 +6 20
5 Solaris Sirenia 10 6 1 3 25 20 +5 19
6 Naval 10 4 3 3 17 14 +3 15
7 Soria Union 10 4 3 3 14 11 +3 15
8 Sporting Grandeville 10 5 0 5 15 17 −2 15
9 Trent United 10 3 5 2 12 9 +3 14
10 FC Victoria 03 10 4 2 4 7 10 −3 14
11 UDTR 10 4 1 5 10 14 −4 13
12 AD Lisandras 10 3 3 4 12 15 −3 12
13 Argos FC 10 3 3 4 10 14 −4 12
14 Stellar Kasandora 10 2 4 4 12 15 −3 10
15 Liath Cuain CP 10 2 4 4 15 19 −4 10
16 Racing Club de Soria 10 2 3 5 11 15 −4 9
17 Dawson FC 10 2 3 5 11 18 −7 9
18 Shamrocks FC 10 2 2 6 12 17 −5 8
19 CA Oeste 10 2 1 7 12 20 −8 7
20 Elysium SC 10 2 1 7 8 18 −10 7
Premiership - Rounds 11-19
The second quarter of the championship saw a light recovery for the big teams under threat. The team from the capital left the dangerous zone by Round 13, leaving only CA Oeste among the "bigger teams" in a dire situation. In the upper part of the table, AS Virtus 1904 gained some table margin by Matchday 14, scoring seven points more than AC Kasandora and eight more than Club Sparta. Matchday 16 had the southern Club Sparta v AC Kasandora, and the result in ACK Arena was great for Sparta, that counted with the help of the local rivals from Solaris Sirenia to not let AS Virtus escape even more. And if ACK and Sparta did not made their part, it was the poor cousin of Sirenia that robbed them of the second position in the table by Round 17. By Matchday 19, the unthinkable was happening. Solaris Sirenia was playing as the city's most powerful team, while almighty Sparta, 19 times national champion, was dwindling in the table, to a mere 6th place, just two points ahead of the before threatened Racing Club.
Recovering: Racing Club de Soria, Liath Cuain CP, Shamrocks FC, FC Stellar Kasandora
Worrying the Fans: Club Sparta, CA Oeste
Incredibly sustaining: FC Victoria 03.
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Matches TBA
# Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 AS Virtus 1904 19 12 5 2 48 22 +26 41
2 Solaris Sirenia 19 12 3 4 50 34 +16 39
3 Thiery-sur-le-mer 19 10 5 4 30 19 +11 35
4 AC Kasandora 19 10 4 5 26 17 +9 34
5 Sporting Grandeville 19 11 1 7 32 28 +4 34
6 Club Sparta 19 9 5 5 37 29 +8 32
7 Racing Club de Soria 19 8 6 5 25 22 +3 30
8 Liath Cuain CP 19 7 6 6 31 31 0 27
9 FC Victoria 03 19 7 4 8 20 26 −6 25
10 Shamrocks FC 19 6 6 7 29 28 +1 24
11 Soria Union 19 6 6 7 22 25 −3 24
12 Naval 19 5 8 6 29 26 +3 23
13 Dawson FC 19 5 7 7 23 25 −2 22
14 AD Lisandras 19 5 6 8 20 27 −7 21
15 UDTR 19 6 3 10 20 30 −10 21
16 Trent United 19 4 8 7 23 25 −2 20
17 CA Oeste 19 6 2 11 27 35 −8 20
18 Stellar Kasandora 19 4 7 8 21 27 −6 19
19 Argos FC 19 3 8 8 17 30 −13 17
20 Elysium SC 19 2 4 13 18 42 −24 10
Premiership - Rounds 20-29
Half of the season past, AS Virtus was the team to beat, with two dark horses on the pursuit: FC Solaris Sirenia, the "poor cousin" of the city, and the small city team CF Thiéry sur-le-mer, filled to the brim with loaned young players. Last, but not least, the other money-filled midtable team, Sporting Grandeville, was also approaching. Playing in the Commune stadium while the new Sparta Stadium isn't ready, Club Sparta see their bad luck wave grow more and more. By Matchday 25, Racing Club de Soria, led by Ricardo Santander, does not show any sign of being that team that spent two months without a win, reaching third position, behind AS Virtus 1904 and Sporting Grandeville. After 29 rounds, the things look more like expected in the preseason, apart from the Sparta drop.
Holy cow what a recovery: Racing Club de Soria, Sporting Grandeville
Leaving the dream behind: Club Sparta
Fans are in tears right now: CA Oeste, Stellar Kasandora
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Matches TBA
# Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 AS Virtus 1904 29 17 9 3 66 32 +34 60
2 Sporting Grandeville 29 17 5 7 51 38 +13 56
3 Thiery-sur-le-mer 29 14 8 7 42 29 +13 50
4 AC Kasandora 29 15 5 9 40 28 +12 50
5 Racing Club de Soria 29 14 8 7 39 32 +7 50
6 Club Sparta 29 14 7 8 51 38 +13 49
7 Solaris Sirenia 29 14 6 9 65 55 +10 48
8 Shamrocks FC 29 12 10 7 48 39 +9 46
9 Liath Cuain CP 29 11 6 12 43 44 −1 39
10 AD Lisandras 29 10 8 11 33 36 −3 38
11 Soria Union 29 9 10 10 37 41 −4 37
12 Dawson FC 29 8 11 10 39 39 0 35
13 Naval 29 8 10 11 46 45 +1 34
14 FC Victoria 03 29 9 7 13 29 39 −10 34
15 Argos FC 29 7 11 11 28 40 −12 32
16 UDTR 29 9 5 15 33 47 −14 32
17 Stellar Kasandora 29 5 12 12 34 46 −12 27
18 Trent United 29 5 11 13 30 44 −14 26
19 CA Oeste 29 7 5 17 35 51 −16 26
20 Elysium SC 29 4 8 17 28 54 −26 20
Premiership - Rounds 30-34
The title looks ever closer for Despina. Lukas Hiltmann and Christian Nantel continue to play the finesse of the ball, while the other teams dig in, taking points from each other and allowing Virtus to gain more and more ground. In Round 32, FC Victoria start to show signs of fatigue, and show signs that they might not be able to stay in the Premiership despite their good start. In Round 33, a horrible game, with 7 yellow cards and 2 reds, AC Kasandora win and dream of the title again, five points behind. The gap, however, widens again to seven points in the next round. On the other side of the table, Stellar Kasandora and CA West are desperately trying to push FC Victoria and UDTR lower down the table. But the results on the pitch don't help.
Just needs to keep doing their work: AS Virtus 1904
Still dare to dream: AC Kasandora, Sporting Grandeville
The dream looks over: Club Sparta, FC Victoria 03
At least we saved our ass: Racing Club de Soria, Shamrocks FC, Liath Cuain CP
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Matches TBA
# Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 AS Virtus 1904 34 20 10 4 76 38 +38 70
2 AC Kasandora 34 19 6 9 53 34 +19 63
3 Sporting Grandeville 34 19 6 9 61 47 +14 63
4 Racing Club de Soria 34 17 9 8 51 39 +12 60
5 Club Sparta 34 17 8 9 63 44 +19 59
6 Solaris Sirenia 34 16 8 10 74 60 +14 56
7 Thiery-sur-le-mer 34 15 10 9 47 35 +12 55
8 Shamrocks FC 34 14 11 9 57 47 +10 53
9 Liath Cuain CP 34 15 7 12 56 49 +7 52
10 Soria Union 34 12 11 11 46 47 −1 47
11 Naval 34 11 12 11 57 51 +6 45
12 AD Lisandras 34 11 9 14 35 41 −6 42
13 Dawson FC 34 9 13 12 44 47 −3 40
14 UDTR 34 10 7 17 39 55 −16 37
15 Argos FC 34 8 12 14 33 50 −17 36
16 Trent United 34 7 13 14 38 51 −13 34
17 FC Victoria 03 34 9 7 18 35 52 −17 34
18 Stellar Kasandora 34 5 15 14 38 55 −17 30
19 CA Oeste 34 8 5 21 40 64 −24 29
20 Elysium SC 34 4 9 21 32 69 −37 21
Premiership - Rounds 35-38
It was closer than ever. Sporting Grandeville made that push to maybe win the championship in Goal Difference, but the tie between AS Virtus 1904 and Racing Club de Soria gave the greens its 17th national title. In fact, that wouldn't be justice in the world if Virtus had lead the entire season and left the trophy escape in the last moment, huh?
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Matches TBA
# Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 AS Virtus 1904 38 20 13 5 80 43 +37 73 Champions' Cup
2 Sporting Grandeville 38 22 6 10 69 52 +17 72 Challengers' Cup
3 AC Kasandora 38 20 7 11 57 39 +18 67 Challengers' Cup
4 Club Sparta 38 18 10 10 69 50 +19 64 Challengers' Cup
5 Racing Club de Soria 38 18 10 10 56 45 +11 64
6 Solaris Sirenia 38 18 9 11 79 65 +14 63
7 Thiery-sur-le-mer 38 16 12 10 51 39 +12 60
8 Liath Cuain CP 38 17 7 14 64 53 +11 58
9 Shamrocks FC 38 15 13 10 62 52 +10 58
10 Soria Union 38 15 11 12 53 51 +2 56
11 Naval 38 13 13 12 61 53 +8 52
12 Dawson FC 38 11 14 13 51 51 0 47
13 AD Lisandras 38 12 11 15 41 46 −5 47
14 Argos FC 38 10 12 16 36 52 −16 42
15 Trent United 38 9 14 15 44 56 −12 41
16 UDTR 38 10 9 19 41 62 −21 39 Relegated
17 FC Victoria 03 38 10 8 20 41 62 −21 38 Relegated
18 Stellar Kasandora 38 6 16 16 42 62 −20 34 Relegated
19 CA Oeste 38 8 6 24 43 71 −28 30 Relegated
20 Elysium SC 38 7 9 22 38 74 −36 30 Relegated
Nacional 1
As expected, Liga Nacional 1 was a big mess. Apart from Beaumont Athletic, who were able to secure a lead quickly, everyone else was fighting all the time. In the end, third promotion went to Sporting Salinas for scoring four goals more than Pines Athletic.
Liga Nacional 1 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Beaumont Athletic 30 16 10 4 56 31 +25 58 — 0–0 4–1 3–1 0–1 1–1 0–2 1–0 2–0 4–2 4–1 2–2 4–1 1–1 1–0 2–2 Champions, Promoted, IFCF Liga B Champions Trophy
2 Scarlets FC 30 14 11 5 48 31 +17 53 1–1 — 1–2 1–2 1–1 1–2 2–0 1–0 1–3 2–2 2–0 1–0 3–1 2–0 2–2 6–2 Promoted, IFCF Liga B Champions Trophy
3 Sporting Salinas 30 14 7 9 44 41 +3 49 0–0 0–1 — 3–1 1–3 1–4 1–2 3–1 1–0 4–2 1–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 2–2 1–1 Promoted, IFCF Liga B Champions Trophy
4 Pines Athletic 30 14 7 9 44 45 −1 49 0–0 2–2 2–0 — 2–2 2–1 1–0 1–3 2–2 1–6 2–1 2–0 2–1 0–3 1–0 3–0
5 Atlas FC 30 14 6 10 52 43 +9 48 2–3 1–2 1–2 3–1 — 1–1 2–0 2–1 4–2 1–2 2–0 1–3 0–0 2–1 2–2 3–1
6 AO Asteras 30 12 9 9 56 44 +12 45 0–2 1–2 1–2 2–2 2–1 — 1–0 1–2 0–1 3–3 2–3 1–3 4–0 3–1 4–2 5–1
7 Despina Sporting 30 12 9 9 35 29 +6 45 1–1 2–1 4–0 1–1 3–0 1–1 — 0–2 2–0 1–2 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 0–3 1–0
8 Club Defensor 30 12 8 10 49 42 +7 44 0–2 2–2 1–1 1–3 3–2 3–0 0–0 — 2–2 1–0 1–1 3–1 3–2 2–2 2–3 3–2
9 St. Helens FC 30 11 10 9 53 44 +9 43 1–2 1–1 2–1 3–0 3–2 1–1 0–1 1–1 — 5–1 3–1 2–4 1–1 0–0 3–1 3–3
10 Highcastle United 30 9 11 10 51 53 −2 38 2–4 0–1 1–1 0–1 1–2 2–4 1–1 2–1 1–1 — 2–2 1–1 2–0 1–1 2–2 3–1
11 FC Styria 30 10 8 12 47 50 −3 38 1–2 2–3 2–0 3–2 1–3 2–2 0–2 2–0 1–0 2–2 — 2–3 3–1 1–1 1–1 5–2
12 Olympique Lesport 30 9 8 13 36 39 −3 35 1–2 0–0 0–2 0–0 1–2 1–1 1–1 2–1 0–1 2–0 0–2 — 1–2 1–2 3–0 2–0
13 Hibernian FC 30 8 6 16 36 56 −20 30 3–2 2–2 0–3 0–2 1–0 0–1 2–1 1–3 2–1 2–3 1–2 2–0 — 4–2 2–2 0–2
14 Athletic Vilarrossa 30 7 8 15 43 51 −8 29 2–0 0–1 0–2 1–2 0–1 1–2 2–1 1–2 2–5 2–4 3–3 2–0 1–1 — 3–3 3–0 Relegated
15 FC Universitario 30 4 15 11 45 55 −10 27 0–4 0–0 1–2 2–3 2–2 1–1 1–2 1–1 2–2 0–0 0–1 0–0 3–0 3–2 — 2–3 Relegated
16 US Lesportaise 30 4 7 19 38 79 −41 19 2–2 0–3 2–2 1–0 1–3 1–4 1–1 0–4 2–4 0–1 2–1 2–3 0–3 0–2 4–4 — Relegated
Nacional 2
Nacional 2, the third division of national football, does not award international places and the prize is much smaller (it is only 25% of the amount offered to the Premiership champion). The level in general is quite low, with teams very close in quality (in general, not very good). Still, it was a well fought season. Until the last round, six teams competed for the three spots in Nacional 1. In the end, Alix Hearts won the title, leaving Club d'Escrime, traditional multi-sport club from Soria, in second, and AC Moria, a team founded by immigrants from Rhaecia, in third.
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Club d'Escrime 34 17 10 7 62 39 +23 61 — 2–2 2–1 0–1 2–0 1–2 0–1 1–1 4–2 1–2 1–0 2–0 1–3 2–2 1–1 2–0 2–1 1–0 Champions, Promoted
2 Alix Hearts 34 16 13 5 57 40 +17 61 1–2 — 2–1 2–2 1–1 2–1 1–1 2–1 0–2 1–1 5–3 0–0 1–1 3–2 2–1 2–0 2–2 1–1 Promoted
3 AC Moria 34 17 6 11 59 38 +21 57 1–2 0–2 — 0–0 0–1 1–1 3–3 0–1 2–2 3–1 4–1 3–1 2–1 2–0 2–1 2–1 1–1 2–0 Promoted
4 AFC Rovers 34 16 9 9 57 36 +21 57 1–2 0–3 3–1 — 2–2 0–0 3–3 2–2 2–0 2–2 6–0 2–0 3–1 4–1 1–2 2–0 4–1 1–0
5 Aomori Blitz 34 16 9 9 52 39 +13 57 2–1 0–3 0–1 0–2 — 2–1 0–3 3–1 0–0 2–0 1–1 4–2 2–1 1–2 1–0 2–2 1–1 4–2
6 AALS 34 15 10 9 44 31 +13 55 3–3 0–0 0–3 2–1 1–0 — 3–1 1–0 0–1 1–1 1–2 3–0 0–0 3–1 2–1 3–1 2–0 0–2
7 All Boys 34 13 8 13 54 49 +5 47 1–1 2–2 2–2 0–1 2–2 1–0 — 0–1 1–5 1–2 0–1 0–1 3–1 2–0 0–2 3–0 1–2 0–2
8 FC Sainte Justine 34 12 11 11 44 48 −4 47 1–1 3–2 1–4 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–5 — 2–2 0–1 2–1 1–3 0–2 2–2 2–0 3–2 2–2 4–0
9 FC Sagittarius 34 12 10 12 53 48 +5 46 1–2 1–1 2–1 1–0 0–3 0–3 1–3 1–3 — 0–2 0–0 3–4 0–0 2–2 2–0 3–1 2–2 1–2
10 UASR 34 13 7 14 41 49 −8 46 0–2 0–1 0–2 1–2 0–1 2–2 3–1 2–1 0–5 — 3–1 1–2 1–0 1–3 1–0 2–3 2–0 2–0
11 Stade Lernaise 34 12 8 14 43 56 −13 44 2–2 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–2 0–0 2–5 0–1 1–4 2–0 — 0–3 1–2 1–0 2–1 2–2 3–1 2–1
12 AC Albion 34 12 7 15 44 52 −8 43 0–2 1–2 1–0 0–3 1–0 1–1 1–1 3–3 2–2 4–1 0–1 — 3–0 0–0 1–2 3–5 0–1 0–2
13 Liston Invicta 34 11 8 15 37 43 −6 41 1–3 2–0 1–0 1–1 0–2 0–2 1–2 1–0 1–2 2–1 2–0 1–3 — 2–2 0–0 3–1 0–0 2–1
14 Despina FC 34 9 11 14 40 48 −8 38 2–2 1–4 1–3 2–0 1–1 0–1 2–0 1–1 1–2 1–1 0–0 2–0 3–0 — 0–1 0–1 2–1 1–0
15 Alba FC 34 10 7 17 34 46 −12 37 0–6 2–3 1–3 2–0 0–2 0–2 2–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 3–3 2–0 0–0 1–2 — 0–1 0–1 1–0 Relegated to Divisão de Honra
16 FC Black Stars Brax 34 10 7 17 41 58 −17 37 2–1 3–0 0–3 0–3 1–4 2–0 2–3 0–1 1–1 0–0 0–2 0–1 1–0 2–0 3–3 — 1–2 1–1 Relegated to Divisão de Honra
17 AC Casterwill 34 7 13 14 37 53 −16 34 2–2 0–1 0–1 2–2 3–2 1–1 0–2 1–1 0–3 1–2 1–3 2–2 2–0 0–0 2–1 1–1 — 1–3 Relegated to Divisão de Honra
18 Alix Cote Atlantique 34 9 4 21 30 56 −26 31 0–3 0–2 2–5 0–1 1–4 0–2 0–1 1–1 1–0 2–3 2–1 0–1 0–5 2–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 — Relegated to Divisão de Honra
Lisander (LIS) qualifiers
IFCF Champions League: AS Virtus 1904
IFCF Challengers Cup: Sporting Grandeville, AC Kasandora, Club Sparta
IFCF Liga B Champions Trophy: Beaumont Athletic, Scarlets FC, Sporting Salinas