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Capivara Seu Creysson Football Championship

Situassãu adispois da rodádia deis
Standings after matchday 10

31 Cudmundópolis          5–3 Crash Bandicoot 
Freiras de São Roque      1–1 Paraguay SC 
Chapeleta de Desportos    1–1 Faustão PC 
SC Derrota                3–2 Gruzeiro 
Capivara FC               3–1 Madruguinha Buneco Clube 
Atlético Clube dos Zumbi  4–2 Cebola Mol 
Real Jabuti               1–1 São Perebano 
Filhos do Íbis            3–2 São Ratazano 
Saci SC                   1–2 Vila Xurupita 
Inter Limão               2–0 Carandiru FC

1  Madruguinha Buneco Clube           10    7   1   2   28   21   +7   22
2  Filhos do Íbis                     10    6   4   0   16    9   +7   22
3  Faustão PC                         10    5   4   1   19   11   +8   19
4  Carandiru FC                       10    5   2   3   22   18   +4   17
5  Atlético Clube dos Zumbi           10    5   2   3   16   12   +4   17
6  São Perebano                       10    4   4   2   20   18   +2   16
7  Vila Xurupita                      10    4   3   3   21   19   +2   15
8  Inter Limão                        10    4   3   3   14   12   +2   15
9  Capivara FC                        10    4   2   4   19   16   +3   14
10 SC Derrota                         10    3   5   2   16   17   −1   14
11 Paraguay SC                        10    3   4   3   22   23   −1   13
12 31 Cudmundópolis                   10    3   3   4   18   18    0   12
13 Saci SC                            10    3   3   4   14   14    0   12
14 Chapeleta de Desportos             10    3   2   5   18   24   −6   11
15 São Ratazano                       10    2   4   4   16   18   −2   10
16 Gruzeiro                           10    3   1   6   14   17   −3   10
17 Freiras de São Roque               10    2   3   5   15   19   −4    9
18 Crash Bandicoot                    10    2   3   5   32   38   −6    9
19 Cebola Mol                         10    2   2   6   16   23   −7    8
20 Real Jabuti                        10    1   3   6   11   20   −9    6

Highlight: 31 Cudmundópolis - Crash Bandicoot. Eight goals and three reversals. A game to keep everyone by the edges of their seats.
Best Moment: Francisco Bento III continues the legacy of his father and grandfather by scoring his first goal with the Vila Xurupita shirt.
Worst Moment: A field invasion by several dozen Cebola Mol supporters - all of them naked.

Onze do Copo            0–1 Peixe Frito 
ET Discos               0–1 W.O.F.C. 
Pinel                   5–2 Real Saci 
Coelhinhas FC           0–1 Pisando na Bola FC 
Atlético Cachaceiro     1–1 Toupeira FC 
Nojentus                2–0 Patético Balangandense 
Xangrilá                2–1 Viúvas do Pelé 
Calypso                 3–4 Bunda Juniors 
Morto Clube             2–2 Braçil 
Esperança Tetraplégica  1–0 PBRBCCFA

CeribÊ                              P    W   D   L   GF   GA   GD  Pts 
1  Esperança Tetraplégica             10    7   0   3   19   11   +8   21
2  Morto Clube                        10    5   3   2   23   15   +8   18
3  Calypso                            10    5   3   2   23   19   +4   18
4  Pisando na Bola FC                 10    5   2   3   11    7   +4   17
5  Peixe Frito                        10    5   1   4   10   11   −1   16
6  Pinel                              10    4   3   3   20   17   +3   15
7  Braçil                             10    4   3   3   21   19   +2   15
8  Patético Balangandense             10    4   3   3   15   13   +2   15
9  Xangrilá                           10    4   3   3   21   22   −1   15
10 Bunda Juniors                      10    4   2   4   23   22   +1   14
11 Atlético Cachaceiro                10    3   5   2   17   19   −2   14
12 ET Discos                          10    3   4   3   16   16    0   13
13 Coelhinhas FC                      10    4   1   5   15   18   −3   13
14 W.O.F.C.                           10    4   0   6   11   12   −1   12
15 PBRBCCFA                           10    2   5   3   17   17    0   11
16 Nojentus                           10    3   2   5   20   22   −2   11
17 Real Saci                          10    3   2   5   17   24   −7   11
18 Toupeira FC                        10    2   3   5    8   15   −7    9
19 Viúvas do Pelé                     10    1   5   4    9   12   −3    8
20 Onze do Copo                       10    2   2   6    7   12   −5    8

Highlight: Esperança Tetraplégica - PBRBCCFA. A highly technical match, that ended up with the Brains on Wheels defeating the most dapper team in Capivara Group.
Best Moment: Striker Marcinho Palerma, of Bunda Juniors, scores all four goals in his team's victories against Calypso.
Worst Moment: ET Discos - W.O.F.C.; zero supporters.

Vovó Clotilde          0–1 GREC Unidos da Cerva 
Queijolândia           2–4 Cones da Prefeitura 
Bregantino             1–2 Las Marías 
Atlético Estatuário    1–2 Mendigal Ispórtico Crúbio 
Jibóia Preta 5000      3–1 Pai Toletão de Oxalá 
Perebense              1–0 Volta Quadrada 
Primos do Macaco Tião  0–1 Galos do Jacu 
Anões EC               1–0 Acre 
Máfia FC               4–1 Tabajara FC 
Benjamin Constant      0–0 Barata FC

1  Perebense                          10    6   1   3   13   10   +3   19
2  Volta Quadrada                     10    6   1   3    8    5   +3   19
3  GREC Unidos da Cerva               10    5   3   2   16    8   +8   18
4  Cones da Prefeitura                10    4   5   1   20   14   +6   17
5  Queijolândia                       10    5   1   4   16   12   +4   16
6  Máfia FC                           10    4   3   3   23   19   +4   15
7  Vovó Clotilde                      10    4   3   3   15   12   +3   15
8  Las Marías                         10    4   3   3   15   15    0   15
9  Mendigal Ispórtico Crúbio          10    3   5   2   23   17   +6   14
10 Benjamin Constant                  10    4   2   4    8    6   +2   14
11 Primos do Macaco Tião              10    3   5   2    9    9    0   14
12 Atlético Estatuário                10    3   4   3   13   11   +2   13
13 Galos do Jacu                      10    3   3   4   11   12   −1   12
14 Bregantino                         10    3   3   4    9   15   −6   12
15 Acre                               10    3   2   5   17   18   −1   11
16 Barata FC                          10    2   5   3    7    8   −1   11
17 Tabajara FC                        10    3   2   5    5   15  −10   11
18 Jibóia Preta 5000                  10    2   3   5    8   11   −3    9
19 Anões EC                           10    2   2   6   10   20  −10    8
20 Pai Toletão de Oxalá               10    1   4   5   15   24   −9    7

Highlight: JP5000 - Pai Toletão de Oxalá. The match to define who's the worst team so far. And it was so bad it was funny. A beautiful own goal, botched passes in defense and some of the ugliest misses of the year.
Best Moment: Hefestos de Milo, of Atlético Estatuário, doing a 50-yard otter dribble during their match with Mendigal.
Worst Moment: Benjamin Constant - Barata FC. The winner of the last Cup is putting a dull show this time.

[Kagdazka and Pazhujebu]

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KPFA League First Division 5245 Season One Third Complete

Tertius Shajarhayam - There have been some things surprising and some things not so far this year. Let's dig right in. From Angels' possible non-relegation (yay!) to Therakham's possible title challenge (not-so-yay) to the Rahish Bay Derby drama, there's so much to get to. How has your favorite club been doing? Read on...

Matchday 1 (8 and 9 January)

Therakham 3-0 Xenon
Angels 4-2 Urnabhi
Yastrabi 1-0 Gimnasia
Iguani 0-1 Juvapanam
Shadows 1-1 Zhevassi
Begemoti 1-1 Nekromanti
FKM 1-0 Vulkan
Urajbina 4-1 Krevetka

The new-look Therakham Velodrama hosted the first match of the season as Peregrina Thašighi returned to her former club's home. Unfortunately for her, she had a stinker; the black-and-blue came off with three points after a Da Costa-led rout. In some of the worst conditions imaginable for a football match, Begemoti and Nekromanti kicked off their seasons with a one-all draw. The blizzard swirling around them was the major news, though; the stadium was nearly empty as even Rylsk natives decided to stay home. Iguani's welcome to the First Division went just as defending champions Juvapanam planned, as Jahat Chahachim's thunderbolt from thirty yards was the deciding goal in Yayal. And guess what, Angels fans! We told you this Ugo Stowell guy was good! The red-and-blue start the season with a win over Urnabhi in Mahathu.

Matchday 2 (15 and 16 January)

Therakham 7-2 Angels
Urnabhi 0-0 Gimnasia
Yastrabi 1-0 Iguani
Juvapanam 2-1 Shadows
Begemoti 0-4 Zhevassi
Vulkan 5-0 Nekromanti
FKM 5-1 Krevetka
Urajbina 2-0 Xenon

Angels stayed in Mahathu for their next game... but the trip they had to take across town might as well have been halfway across the world, for the form they showed. The Mahathu Derby was an unmitigated disaster for the red-and-blue as Therakham absolutely trampled them to bring everyone back to reality. Zivan Zagorinski's tactical revolution at Gimnasia doesn't appear to be going well, as after 180 minutes of play they haven't found the back of the net, drawing nil-nil with Urnabhi. Cold didn't bother superclub Zhevassi as they got the first of what they expect to be many wins by kicking the snot out of Begemoti on the road. And FKM issued a similar treatment to Krevetka in a performance that made all the CMZ old-timers reminisce about the 'good old days.'

Matchday 3 (22 and 23 January)

Therakham 1-1 Gimnasia
Iguani 0-3 Urnabhi
Yastrabi 0-1 Shadows
Begemoti 0-2 Juvapanam
Zhevassi 2-0 Vulkan
Nekromanti 0-3 Krevetka
FKM 3-1 Urajbina
Xenon 1-2 Angels

Three straight home matches for Begemoti? Who drew up the fixture list? Well, whoever did, I guess don't worry about it, as the green-and-gold have made an utter mess of things to start the year. Another poor showing meant that Juvapanam could walk in and take three points for the third time in as many matches... looks like that championship was no fluke. Krevetka bounced back by jumping on the monorail and taking the very long trip to Fatezh, but the red-and-black side waiting for them looked terrible, and the Shrimp won easily. In one of the weekend's two inter-Big 5 matchups (the other was a boring anti-football-fest between Zhevassi and Vulkan that the former won), FKM breathed fire into their once languishing title hopes by denting Urajbina's with a dominant home win. And Urnabhi dealt Iguani loss number three in Yayal; Vaskaryev continued his strong start to the year by collecting a brace.

Matchday 4 (29 and 30 January)

Iguani 0-3 Therakham
Shadows 1-0 Urnabhi
Yastrabi 2-2 Begemoti
Juvapanam 1-0 Vulkan
Zhevassi 1-0 Krevetka
Nekromanti 0-1 FKM
Xenon 2-1 Gimnasia
Urajbina 1-0 Angels

Nothing worse than finding yourself at the bottom of the table in the early part of the season. This was where Xenon found themselves when they invited Gimnasia to town. Luckily for Alexandre Ogrande's side, a stirring late comeback was in store as Jariku slipped past Monalté and tapped the winner in on 89 minutes. Yastrabi and Begemoti played out a unique two-all result in Dyurtyuli as heavy snow collected on the pitch; over 10 inches were on the ground by the time the final whistle blew. Urajbina slapped Angels back down to earth after Khan curled a beauty in just before half time, and Therakham slaughtered Iguani in Yayal to stay within two points of Juvapanam and FKM, who sit atop the table after four matchdays.

Matchday 5 (5 and 6 February)

Therakham 0-0 Shadows
Begemoti 3-2 Urnabhi
Yastrabi 3-2 Vulkan
Krevetka 1-2 Juvapanam
Zhevassi 2-0 FKM
Nekromanti 0-1 Urajbina
Iguani 0-3 Xenon
Gimnasia 2-0 Angels

It was an embarrassing result for a Vulkan team that had spent the week slamming Yastrabi and their excessively young roster, but it was what it was: a victory for the Hawks, who have done enough in their first five fixtures to shockingly stay within striking distance of the UICA spots. No one thought they'd have a chance after selling so many of their best players. Begemoti had to wait until February for the frigidness of their home ground to finally gift them a victory, but it was sweet as they twice rallied from a goal down to send the Spiders back to Emuzhezh empty-handed. FKM's dream start crashed back down to earth when they had to visit Galacticos of Zhevassi and the sky, orange, and metallic gold took a two-nil lead within the first ten minutes. And it wasn't the result that Therakham wanted, but it was the result Shadows wanted; a quintessential exercise in negative football from the silver and black kept both goals unviolated for all ninety minutes.

Matchday 6 (19 and 20 February)

Therakham 3-0 Begemoti
Vulkan 3-1 Urnabhi
Yastrabi 1-2 Krevetka
Juvapanam 1-0 FKM
Nekromanti 0-3 Zhevassi
Xenon 2-3 Shadows
Angels 2-0 Iguani
Gimnasia 0-0 Urajbina

Urnabhi's trip to Gelendzhik looked from the start to be an ugly affair; the Spiders' goalkeeper was sent off in the 34th minute after he hacked down Shcherbina when the wee Kagdaz striker was in on goal. Vulkan buried the penalty and even though they allowed Vaskaryev to snatch one back late, it didn't matter as they had already won. So, how about that Gimnasia back four, eh? We hadn't realized that Zagorinski was such a defense nut, but apparently he has a lot of faith in Monalté and Levantis as Gimnasia's approach has been very cynical all year long. If the game was to defend and defend alone, then it was mission accomplished on the other half of Gelendzhik as the turquoise and wisteria held Urajbina to a nil-nil draw. Don't worry, though, it wasn't all anti-football: Shadows showed a bit of offensive potential by going to Gvardeysk and handing Xenon loss number four on the young season. Oh, and Narniel Amandguord could have had a four-goal day were it not for an errant offside flag and a missed penalty call! No fear, the referee didn't ruin things too badly; Krevetka still defeated Yastrabi.

Matchday 7 (5 and 6 March)

Vulkan 0-2 Therakham
Urnabhi 2-1 Krevetka
FKM 1-2 Yastrabi
Nekromanti 1-2 Juvapanam
Urajbina 3-1 Zhevassi
Xenon 5-0 Begemoti
Angels 2-1 Shadows
Iguani 0-1 Gimnasia

So... has anyone noticed that Juvapanam haven't lost a match yet? They haven't drawn a match yet, either. They've got six wins in six matches. And they've looked dominant in so doing. Hakan Mendez is scoring goal after goal... this team was supposed to struggle without Oujadda! The sky and silver showed no signs of letting up as they won on the road against Nekromanti to make it seven wins. Urnabhi could indeed be setting themselves up for a mid-table season, they punched well above their weight to knock out Krevetka (though Semënov's astonishingly dreadful performance surely had as much to do with the result as the Spiders' skill). Angels finally, finally, finally proved to critics that Shadows are not their bogey team by narrowly defeating the silver and black. And... wait a second! Iguani still haven't scored a goal! And they've lost all their games! Would that change against Gimnasia? HA! Good one. Nikolic's swerving cannonball of a free kick kept the Iguanas perfect. Perfectly terrible, that is. Oh, and the Fajr Island Derby happened! If you wanted any further proof that Zhevassi have a lot of work to do despite their extravagantly expensive squad, you needed look no further than the yellow, red, and blue's affluent victory.

Matchday 8 (12 and 13 March)

Krevetka 4-2 Therakham
Urnabhi 1-1 FKM
Nekromanti 1-1 Yastrabi
Juvapanam 2-2 Zhevassi
Vulkan 4-0 Xenon
Begemoti 3-1 Angels
Shadows 1-0 Gimnasia
Urajbina 1-0 Iguani

The eighth matchday saw no let-up in Iguani's walking disaster; Urajbina played host to them and though the eggplant-clad side tried their best to park the bus, it didn't work. Burke cracked the nut in the 69th minute. Nekromanti and Yastrabi shared the spoils in their contest, what was odd about it is that both goals were on own goals. Nice work, there. It was a fun one up in Oktyabrsk as Therakham came to town, five of the match's six goals came in the second half, and four of them were Krevetka's. Juvapanam finally didn't win, and it was a shame as well; they were two nil up in the 75th minute but then Litvinov and Omelchenko came out of nowhere to snatch goals and equalize. And if you were wondering which fixture would turn out to be the pinnacle of defensive tactics this year, look no further than Shadows unconvincing victory over Gimnasia in Pkethat Šede. All Uharhi had to do was tap the ball in when chaos tossed it at his feet during a 81st minute corner kick. Oh well, I guess they all count the same.

Matchday 9 (19 and 20 March)

Therakham 1-1 FKM
Nekromanti 0-4 Urnabhi
Zhevassi 0-1 Yastrabi
Urajbina 1-0 Juvapanam
Krevetka 3-1 Xenon
Vulkan 6-0 Angels
Begemoti 0-0 Gimnasia
Iguani 0-2 Shadows

The Dogsledder's Derby was a fun affair as the Shrimp rallied from a goal behind to keep Xenon in the drop zone, the three goals they netted in the end were all of lovely quality (Ilych's in particular was a beauty, a dipping placed shot from outside the box to beat Denisov in the 63rd minute). Nekromanti's stay in the First Division looks like it might be wrapping up as Urnabhi absolutely wiped the floor with them (in Fatezh, ouch). Speaking of wiping the floor, something something Vulkan something something Angels... okay, that's good enough... we don't want to talk about it any longer. Speaking of not wanting to talk about it any longer, did anybody catch that Begemoti-Gimnasia match? No one? Really? Not a single person? Oh, that's right, it's because anybody who watched that game was so bored they had to be permanently institutionalized in a psych ward. But ooh! Ooh! There was one really exciting game: the Rahish Bay Derby! Both Juvapanam and Urajbina were right there at the top as they went into the match, Urajbina three points behind but were hosting the fixture. It was a tetchy affair (Rahish Bay Derbies always are), as it was the sky and silver's first trip across the bay since winning the league. It seemed for a few brief moments as the teams were coming out of the tunnel that crowd violence could disrupt the kickoff time, but ultimately the stewards got it sorted out. The action on the pitch was irritable as well; overall it was a combative and defensive eyesore. But the goal was a thrill: Khan nearly concussed himself when he hammered in a headed shot off a wickedly bending Vazavorski cross in the 56th minute and the fanatical yellow-clad home fans went mental. The rest of the match was tight, and though Juvapanam at times threatened to re-awaken their prolific attack, Urajbina's defense was always up the task. The sky and silver and the yellow, red, and blue went into the tenth matchday level at the league's summit.

Matchday 10 (2 and 3 April)

Therakham 1-0 Nekromanti
Urnabhi 2-3 Zhevassi
Yastrabi 2-4 Juvapanam
Xenon 1-2 FKM
Angels 1-2 Krevetka
Vulkan 1-0 Gimnasia
Iguani 0-1 Begemoti
Shadows 0-2 Urajbina

How do Iguani keep losing this easily?! I mean, it's not for lack of trying! They've got an okay defense! Their offense really is the issue, though, they might as well have mice out there as their strikers for how well their real ones are playing. Well anyway, they lost again, this time to another embattled club, Begemoti (who will feel good about having pulled themselves temporarily clear of the drop with the result). In other news, Zhevassi finally put together a dominating performance by clobbering Urnabhi three-two (the game wasn't nearly as close as the scoreline makes it appear), Vulkan edged Gimnasia by a whisker in what they're calling 'the New Gelendzhik Derby' after Shcherbina scored one of the most beautiful goals you will ever see: a back-heel volley off a gentle cross from Hu, and Therakham stayed within four points of the leaders via a 25th-minute goal off the outside of Razava's boot. Speaking of the leaders, both Juvapanam and Urajbina won easily. Nothing like a title race between two sworn enemies. If the return leg in Juvapanam on the season's twenty-fourth matchday is half as tense as the ninth-matchday contest was, and if the two clubs stay neck and neck at the top, it's going to be the match of the century.

TEAM                 GP W D L  PTS GF GA
Urajbina             10 8 1 1  25  16 5
Juvapanam            10 8 1 1  25  17 8
Therakham            10 6 3 1  21  23 8
Zhevassi             10 6 2 2  20  19 9
FKM                  10 5 2 3  17  15 10
Shadows              10 5 2 3  17  11 9
Yastrabi             10 5 2 3  17  14 13
Vulkan               10 5 0 5  15  21 10
Krevetka             10 5 0 5  15  18 19
Begemoti             10 3 3 4  12  10 20
Angels               10 4 0 6  12  14 25
Urnabhi              10 3 2 5  11  17 16
Gimnasia             10 2 4 4  10  5  6
Xenon                10 3 0 7  9   15 20
Nekromanti           10 0 2 8  2   3  22
Iguani               10 0 0 10 0   0  18

As they say, 'keep your friends close, but keep your enemies closer.' Urajbina and Juvapanam couldn't be following that advice any more diligently after ten matches. Both sides are in fantastic form, with no injuries to worry about, and it looks as though surely one of them is going to snatch the title. But then there are the intangibles: what about Urajbina's manager situation? When Sanchez finally arrives, is his dynamic going to hinder or help the yellow, red, and blue? And can Ghur stay healthy? He managed to play in every game for Juvapanam last season, but that was last season. The 39-year-old has barely had a day off in over a year thanks to the Federation's World Cup qualification. He's held up so far... so can Juvapanam repeat? No one would bet against them (especially the way new acquisitions Hakan Mendez and Edorta Urrustoy are playing). And will another club come rushing in to interfere with the title race? Therakham aren't far off, and aren't playing terribly. As long as Da Costa can find a rhythm, which he hasn't quite done so far...

And then there's the elephant in the room. The big sky blue, orange, and metallic gold elephant in the room. It hasn't gone too well so far for the Galacticos; Vuhumkara's had trouble finding the goal, Qiva's been rickety and isolated from the action, and Sultano has committed one or two howlers, but overall the talent is obviously there. If players like Albornos and Omelchenko stay hot, and if the aforementioned under-performers can pick up their game, Zhevassi could roar back into the title race with a vengeance.

Hey, wait a second! Before we move on... do you notice it? Angels... they're safe! All right, Ugo Stowell! You're managing a team made up of terrible veterans and second-rate youth talent into a mid-table position! If you pull this off, you'll be our hero forever! And as for teams that are going to go down... oh... wow. Are we reading that right? Iguani: no goals scored, no wins, no points whatsoever. Ten shutout losses. That's got to be a record.

Pathaniši Estate Match (9 April)

It's time for edition number two of Lady Pathaniši's mid-season extravaganza! The soft red dirt pitch on her Isthmus of Bujav estate is ready to go and the squads for the Red-Blues and the Orange-Violets have been announced! Let's take a look!

The Pathaniši Estate Match pitch being prepared several days before the match, with the wooded hills of the Isthmus of Bujav in the background.

Now remember, folks, there is a structure for how many different players different clubs are permitted to send to the Estate Match, based on teams' positions in the league after ten matches. 6 players will always come from the 1st place team (Urajbina), 5 from the 2nd (Juvapanam), 4 from the 3rd (Therakham), 3 from the 4th (Zhevassi), and 2 each from the 5th and 6th (FKM and Shadows). The Šenapati Pathaniši is totally responsible for which players from which positions are selected to meet this quota.

RED-BLUES
1 GK Ignatyev (Shadows)
2 RB Chahachim (Juvapanam)
5 CB Akhmetbekov (Zhevassi)
6 CB Bhara (Urajbina)
3 LB Nelsinho (Zhevassi)
4 CDM Urrustoy (Juvapanam)
8 RM Razava (Therakham)
11 LM Ghachi (Juvapanam)
10 CAM Ghur (Juvapanam)
7 ST Khorkuleva (Therakham)
9 ST Omelchenko (Zhevassi)

1 GK Ayleeth (FKM)
2 RB Radic (FKM)
5 CB Timriz (Therakham)
6 CB Corretja (Shadows)
3 LB Zinsou (Urajbina)
4 CDM Khan (Urajbina)
8 RM Japaj (Urajbina)
11 LM Vazavorski (Urajbina)
10 CAM Da Costa (Therakham)
7 ST Burke (Urajbina)
9 ST Mendez (Juvapanam)
ORANGE-VIOLETS

Notice that? All but one Juvapanam player is on the Red-Blues, and all but one Urajbina player is on the Orange-Violets. This is an interesting contrast to last year, when (seemingly predicting the ultimate Juvapanam-Urajbina title race) Lady Pathaniši deliberately placed a whole bunch of Juvapanam and Urajbina players on the same team. Now it appears that she is using an opposite concept, pitting the ageless enemies against one another. So one does it mean that one Urajbina player (Bhara) is going to be lining up with all the Juvapanam people on the Red-Blues and one Juvapanam player (Mendez) is donning the orange and purple shirt with the Urajbina lot? Maybe she's trying to highlight the one-on-one matchup that could eventually determine the league, the tenacious Pazhujebi centre half of Urajbina versus the newfound Pocoan goalscoring machine of Juvapanam?

Or maybe we're reading too much into it. One thing is for sure: the Orange-Violets are going to have a much more international feel, as their lineup has more foreign players in it than citizens of the Federation. So is that going to be the takeaway from this match? Are the new cosmopolitan additions to the KPFA League First Division really more skilled than the Kagdaz and Pazhujebi faces who founded the league?

The Game

RED-BLUES 1
Khorkuleva 80'

ORANGE-VIOLETS 0

Only Nelsinho and Urrustoy were the requisite foreigners for the victorious team on the Isthmus, as the Red-Blues blanked the Orange-Violets without too much trouble. The Urajbina-heavy losers looked short on ideas by the end of ninety minutes, whereas the Therakham/Juvapanam/Zhevassi machine produced chance after chance. It was never really a close affair.

[The Babbage Islands]

FFB Premier League Season 37

Allison Salamida returned to Belgium FC, this time as manager, and the Belgium eleven responded with their fifth Premier League crown. Belgium, now ranked 27th in the world, were only threatened by eight-time champs Dover City from the season midpoint on.

FFB Premier League Season 37

    Team                      P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Belgium FC               30  17  7   6  64  38  +26  58
  2 Dover City               30  17  3  10  56  46  +10  54
  3 Baden 98                 30  14  8   8  32  20  +12  50
  4 Bloomfield National      30  14  5  11  36  30   +6  47
  5 OGC Nancy                30  12  9   9  33  22  +11  45
  6 Lehi FC                  30  14  3  13  34  39   -5  45
  7 Greenville Rovers        30  12  8  10  37  39   -2  44
  8 Southland FC             30  11  7  12  42  40   +2  40
  9 Four Towers              30  10 10  10  24  24   +0  40
 10 Red Devils FC            30  12  4  14  45  50   -5  40
 11 Blue Ridge FC            30   9 10  11  34  37   -3  37
 12 Viktoria Baden           30  10  6  14  26  36  -10  36
 13 FK Tesla                 30   9  8  13  37  43   -6  35
 14 Gernsback United         30   9  7  14  34  40   -6  34
 15 Handcarters              30   8  8  14  22  41  -19  32
 16 Cardiff FC               30   7  7  16  37  48  -11  28

FFB Championship Series Season 37

Zarahemla All-Sport surprised exactly no one with their advancement to next season's Premier League after a couple of deep Islands Cup runs. They are joined by founding club Parisian, back to the premiership after 13 long seasons in the wilderness.

FFB Championship Series Season 37

    Team                         P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Zarahemla All-Sport         30  17   6   7  52  38  +14  57
  2 Parisian                    30  13   9   8  46  32  +14  48
  3 North Fork FC               30  12  10   8  38  30   +8  46
  4 West Scoville Tigers        30  12   8  10  32  29   +3  44
  5 Gimnastic                   30  11  11   8  25  22   +3  44
  6 Brigham City Pioneers       30  11  10   9  40  35   +5  43
  7 FK Maribor                  30  11   9  10  35  34   +1  42
  8 Real Santa Catalina         30  12   6  12  32  41   -9  42
  9 Capital AC                  30  11   8  11  37  35   +2  41
 10 South Side AC               30  11   8  11  28  36   -8  41
 11 Moroni Blue                 30  11   6  13  35  28   +7  39
 12 Wye Celtic                  30  10   8  12  35  42   -7  38
 13 West Scoville Athletic      30   9  10  11  25  26   -1  37
 14 Charleston FC               30   9  10  11  35  35   +0  37
 15 Great Falls Cymru           30   7  11  12  19  31  -12  32
 16 Real Valencia               30   3  10  17  19  39  -20  19

UICA Tournament Berths:
TakilQuip Champions' Cup: Belgium FC, Dover City.
Globe Cup: Viktoria Baden (Islands Cup holders), Baden 98, Bloomfield National.
Chronowire Series B Champions' Cup: Zarahemla All-Sport, Parisian, North Fork FC, West Scoville Tigers.

Second Series Champions: Cardston FC.
Third Series Champions: UMFK.

Islands Cup XXVI

Viktoria Baden made their first Cup final in over 20 years an occasion to celebrate with a 3-0 win over two-time titleists Greenville Rovers at Capital Stadium. Both finalists squeezed through quarterfinal scares, then had easy romps in their semifinals to set up their Charleston showdown.

Quarterfinals

Dover City 2-0 Dover FC (2-0 agg)
Dover FC 1-0 Dover City (1-2 agg)

Red Devils FC 1-1 Viktoria Baden (1-1 agg)
Viktoria Baden 1-0 Red Devils FC (2-1 agg)

FK Kabe 0-2 Greenville Rovers (0-2 agg)
Greenville Rovers 0-2 FK Kabe (1-2 AET, 3-2 agg)

North Fork FC 5-0 FK Maribor (5-0 agg)
FK Maribor 1-4 North Fork FC (1-9 agg)

Semifinals

North Fork FC 0-3 Greenville Rovers at Dover
Viktoria Baden 4-1 Dover City at Gernsback

Final

Greenville Rovers 0-3 Viktoria Baden at Capital Stadium, Charleston

(OOC: Domestic league scheduling runs on a RL calendar not synced to the international season.)

[Valanora]

Season 20,032

Premiership

Pos Team                     P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Hondo FC                38  22   9   7  76  40  +36  75     Champions
  2 Raynor City United      38  22   8   8  71  50  +21  74     TQCC
  3 Wexax United            38  20   7  11  68  62   +6  67     TQCC
  4 Mar Sara FC             38  18  12   8  63  38  +25  66     TQCC
  5 Club Valanora           38  20   6  12  67  52  +15  66     GC
  6 Club ESF                38  19   8  11  78  57  +21  65     GC
  7 Soldarian FC            38  18   8  12  64  61   +3  62
  8 AC Valanari             38  17   9  12  57  48   +9  60
  9 Char Sara FC            38  16   8  14  62  51  +11  56
 10 FC Longview             38  14   9  15  53  58   -5  51
 11 Rolalas FC              38  14   7  17  72  59  +13  49
 12 AC Zul'Atun             38  14   6  18  55  62   -7  48
 13 Gladerial United        38  14   4  20  57  76  -19  46
 14 Juavi FC                38  13   5  20  63  79  -16  44
 15 FC Therathor            38  12   8  18  44  61  -17  44
 16 FC Capri                38   9  14  15  51  64  -13  41
 17 Straightdale FC         38   8  15  15  34  42   -8  39
 18 AS Sharala              38  10   6  22  29  56  -27  36     Relegated
 19 Kareen FC               38   9   8  21  39  62  -23  35     Relegated
 20 SC Rinaldi              38   8   9  21  38  63  -25  33     Relegated

Star League

Playoff: Baysleef FC 3-2(0-2) AC Hartdale

Pos Team                    P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 SC Ianisle             38  19  10   9  62  36  +26  67     Champions
  2 FC Wexax               38  17  13   8  46  33  +13  64     Promoted
  3 Baysleef FC            38  19   6  13  56  42  +14  63     Playoff
  4 AC Hartdale            38  16  12  10  40  31   +9  60     Playoff
  5 Quel'Thalas FC         38  18   6  14  53  49   +4  60
  6 Sharala AC             38  15  12  11  37  30   +7  57
  7 Manavawi Athletic      38  15  12  11  29  27   +2  57
  8 Turmondale FC          38  15   8  15  53  49   +4  53
  9 Turmondale United      38  13  13  12  27  29   -2  52
 10 Athletic Rolalas       38  14   9  15  48  55   -7  51
 11 Everlin FC             38  13  12  13  38  45   -7  51
 12 FC Travesian           38  13  12  13  37  45   -8  51
 13 FC Monaven             38  13  11  14  43  41   +2  50
 14 Oliviena United        38  11  14  13  29  29   +0  47
 15 DC Aulian              38  11  14  13  45  45   +0  47
 16 Turbani FC             38  13   7  18  31  42  -11  46
 17 AS Zul'Daratar         38  10  13  15  51  53   -2  43
 18 Raynor City FC         38  10  11  17  43  56  -13  41     Relegated
 19 AS Soldar              38   9  10  19  44  58  -14  37     Relegated
 20 Arouw United           38   8  11  19  24  41  -17  35     Relegated

Green League

Playoff: Travesian AS 2-3(1-2) AS Everlin

Pos Team                   P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 FC Vernad             38  19  10   9  44  28  +16  67     Champions
  2 Char Sara United      38  18  10  10  38  31   +7  64     Promoted
  3 Travesian AS          38  17  12   9  64  40  +24  63     Playoff
  4 AS Everlin            38  19   5  14  61  62   -1  62     Playoff
  5 FC Vamas              38  17  10  11  58  38  +20  61
  6 FC Quel'Mathar        38  14  15   9  57  47  +10  57
  7 RC Rikana             38  14  13  11  64  49  +15  55
  8 Cartmot Pride         38  14  13  11  58  51   +7  55
  9 Mar Sara AC           38  13  14  11  46  44   +2  53
 10 FC San Diromia        38  14  10  14  66  58   +8  52
 11 Vaharia FC            38  13  13  12  56  48   +8  52
 12 AC Stormguard         38  12  16  10  49  48   +1  52
 13 AS Char Sara          38  14   8  16  51  54   -3  50
 14 Aras United           38   9  17  12  46  46   +0  44
 15 Erran FC              38  11  10  17  28  37   -9  43
 16 RC Elunita            38  11   9  18  41  65  -24  42
 17 RC Vahama             38  10  11  17  51  64  -13  41
 18 Bree FC               38  10  10  18  32  43  -11  40     Relegated
 19 AS Zul'Atun           38   9  11  18  37  63  -26  38     Relegated
 20 AC Goldsan            38   8  11  19  39  70  -31  35     Relegated

Blue League

Playoff: AS Juavia 0-2(0-2) Yolan FC

Pos Team                     P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 AC Cartmot              38  18  12   8  37  23  +14  66     Champions
  2 RC Durmosa              38  18  10  10  62  49  +13  64     Promoted
  3 AS Juavi                38  17  12   9  61  48  +13  63     Playoff
  4 Yolan FC                38  17  10  11  48  38  +10  61     Playoff
  5 FC Silvershire          38  16  11  11  56  39  +17  59
  6 Ironwind United         38  15  14   9  29  22   +7  59
  7 Zul'Daratar FC          38  16  11  11  44  45   -1  59
  8 SC Quintal              38  12  17   9  45  40   +5  53
  9 SC Longview             38  14  10  14  47  44   +3  52
 10 Mar Sara United         38  14   9  15  41  42   -1  51
 11 AS Capri                38  12  14  12  42  46   -4  50
 12 Arouw FC                38  12  12  14  51  50   +1  48
 13 Inter Gladerial         38  13   9  16  45  46   -1  48
 14 Quel'Thalas United      38  10  14  14  42  47   -5  44
 15 FC Rosenthal            38  11  11  16  45  56  -11  44
 16 Quel'Tir United         38   9  16  13  39  43   -4  43
 17 DC Kilai                38   9  15  14  25  33   -8  42
 18 FC Suax                 38  11   9  18  33  46  -13  42     Relegated
 19 AC Rinaldi              38  10  11  17  37  45   -8  41     Relegated
 20 AC Rosenthal            38   5  15  18  29  56  -27  30     Relegated

Rose League

Playoff: RC Ispan 5-3(2-1) DC Melikkiaz

Pos Team                 P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Suax United         38  19  14   5  68  45  +23  71     Champions
  2 AS Solqual          38  18  11   9  51  38  +13  65     Promoted
  3 RC Ispan            38  17  10  11  65  50  +15  61     Playoff
  4 DC Melikkiaz        38  16  12  10  50  42   +8  60     Playoff
  5 RC Liogan           38  15  13  10  45  31  +14  58
  6 Stormguard FC       38  15  12  11  55  42  +13  57
  7 Monaven United      38  16   8  14  39  36   +3  56
  8 AC Jumangas         38  16   7  15  47  52   -5  55
  9 AC Port Swell       38  15  10  13  43  51   -8  55
 10 FC Ispan            38  14  10  14  52  53   -1  52
 11 FC Solqual          38  13  11  14  60  57   +3  50
 12 Zanabia City        38  14   6  18  51  53   -2  48
 13 FC Melikkiaz        38  12  11  15  42  44   -2  47
 14 AS Aras             38  12  10  16  44  44   +0  46
 15 Club Zul'Atun       38  11  12  15  33  33   +0  45
 16 SC Soldar           38  12   9  17  53  72  -19  45
 17 AS Vaharia          38  11  11  16  31  37   -6  44
 18 Erran United        38  11  10  17  51  65  -14  43     Relegated
 19 DC Liogan           38  10  10  18  40  55  -15  40     Relegated
 20 DC Quel'Tir         38   9  11  18  33  53  -20  38     Relegated

Violet League

Playoff" AC Therathor 4-4(3-3) AC Ispan

Pos Team                 P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 AC Raynor City      38  22   8   8  56  33  +23  74     Champions
  2 RC Quel'Mathar      38  18   9  11  45  28  +17  63     Promoted
  3 AC Therathor        38  17   7  14  45  40   +5  58     Playoff
  4 AC Ispan            38  16   9  13  40  27  +13  57     Playoff
  5 AS Rikana           38  15  12  11  49  36  +13  57
  6 Valanari FC         38  15  12  11  38  26  +12  57
  7 FC Kilai            38  14  11  13  48  39   +9  53
  8 RC Ianisle          38  15   8  15  37  40   -3  53
  9 DC Bree             38  14  10  14  41  42   -1  52
 10 AS Quel'Mathar      38  14  10  14  44  46   -2  52
 11 AC Ironwind         38  13  12  13  40  47   -7  51
 12 RC Jumangas         38  12  14  12  29  28   +1  50
 13 AC Durmosa          38  14   7  17  41  52  -11  49
 14 DC Vamas            38  11  14  13  38  49  -11  47
 15 Travesian FC        38  11  12  15  23  28   -5  45
 16 Port Swell FC       38  12   9  17  38  46   -8  45
 17 Turbani City        38  12   8  18  31  38   -7  44
 18 AS San Diromia      38  11  11  16  35  43   -8  44
 19 DC Vaharia          38   9  16  13  34  48  -14  43
 20 AC Vernad           38  12   7  19  46  62  -16  43

Vyinta V-League

GC Playoff: Ibini FC 2-2(1-1)[5-4 PKs] Soldarian FC
TQCC Playoff: Mar Sara FC 5-3(2-3) Ibini FC

Pos Team                 P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 Ibini FC            28  15  5   8  52  27  +25  50     Champions
 2 AS Peravova         28  14  4  10  42  31  +11  46
 3 RC Mercanthum       28  10 10   8  26  21   +5  40
 4 AC Tasmuarand       28  11  6  11  33  38   -5  39
 5 AC Asarnova         28  10  7  11  35  43   -8  37
 6 Samarga United      28  10  6  12  30  36   -6  36
 7 Ursona FC           28   9  7  12  38  43   -5  34
 8 FC Espalya          28   7  7  14  29  46  -17  28

Silver Cup
Holders ~ Raynor City United
Coverage starts at Quarterfinal Rounds due to broadcast restrictions

Quarterfinals
Samarga United 2-2(2-2 AET)[1-3 PKs] AS Zul'Daratar
Kareen FC 2-0 FC Vernad
Soldarian FC 6-0 Raynor City FC
AC Cartmot 2-2(2-3 AET) Vaharia FC

Semifinals
AS Zul'Daratar 1-1(1-1 AET)[2-3 PKs] Kareen FC
Soldarian FC 6-0 Vaharia FC

Final
@ Hatire Memorial, Capri
Kareen FC 0-2 Soldarian FC

Navy Cup
Holders ~ Raynor City United

First Round
Char Sara FC 1-0 AC Valanari
FC Therathor 0-2 AS Sharala
Wexax United 2-0 Gladerial United
Juavi FC 4-2 Kareen FC

Second Round
Club Valanora 2-2(3-3 AET)[3-4 PKs] Mar Sara FC
Straightdale FC 1-2 Hondo FC
FC Longview 0-2 SC Rinaldi
Rolalas FC 0-1 Char Sara FC
Raynor City United 4-0 AC Zul'Atun
Juavi FC 1-6 Club ESF
FC Capri 0-4 Soldarian FC
AS Sharala 1-1(1-2 AET) Wexax United

Quarterfinals
Raynor City United 1-2 Char Sara FC
Wexax United 0-1 Hondo FC
Mar Sara FC 2-0 Soldarian FC
Club ESF 1-1(2-1 AET) SC Rinaldi

Semifinals
Char Sara FC 4-1 Hondo FC
Mar Sara FC 1-3 Club ESF

Final
@ The White Fortress, Gladerial
Char Sara FC 1-1(2-6 AET) Club ESF

ICC Qualifiers
TQCC: Hondo FC, Raynor City United, Wexax United, Mar Sara FC
GC: Club Valanora, Club ESF, Ibini FC
AFI: Club ESF
CYG: Soldarian FC

Global Stadia Bid
TQCC: Artani (74,000), Mar Sara
GC: The Battleground (78,000), Raynor City

[Zarbli]

Zarblese International Cup X

16 clubs compete in the Cup: the National Champions, winners of the regional championships; the best placed clubs in last season's Duke League that didn't qualify via Nationals; and the winner of last season's Marquiss League.

The surprise for this ZIC is the small Count League club Banzai, which was was able to defeat Asia FC and Balance in order to win the Igualibridis National Championship and compete for the first time in its short history in a top level competition.

Qualified Clubs:

National Champions:
Biliar: Billiard
Goi: Warriors
Igualibridis: Banzai
Kampis Batalidis: Bloodthirsty Killers
Kampis Senturiondi: Romans
Kanibaldi: Cannibals
Klasikis: Classics
Korasanis Uniandis: Drooler
Krusdis: TFC
Luadis: Lichen
Pauzis: Knights
Piramidi: Pyramid AC
Zenitis Polris: Polar Zenith

Marquiss League VIII Champion:
Revolutionaries

Best placed non-national champions in DL-VI:
Battle
Asia FC


Historic

SEASON	CHAMPION   RUNNER-UP
V	Knights	   Battle
VI	Warriors   Cannibals
VII	Billiard   Battle
VIII	Billiard   Romans
IX	Cannibals  Polar Zenith

Results

Round of 16

Revolutionaries 1-1 Warriors
Cannibals 0-3 Pyramid AC
Polar Zenith 1-0 Bloodthirsty Killers
Drooler 1-2 Billiard
Asia FC 2-0 Knights
Banzai 0-2 Classics
Battle 3-2 TFC
Romans 2-1 Lichen

Warriors 3-0 Revolutionaries (agg 4-1)
Pyramid AC 0-1 Cannibals (agg 3-1)
Bloodthirsty Killers 1-2 Polar Zenith (agg 1-3)
Billiard 0-2 Drooler (agg 2-3)
Knights 1-4 Asia FC (agg 1-6)
Classics 4-2 Banzai (agg 6-2)
TFC 2-2 Battle (agg 4-5)
Lichen 0-1 Romans (agg 1-3)


Quarterfinals

Warriors 1-1 Pyramid AC
Polar Zenith 3-0 Drooler
Asia FC 0-2 Classics
Battle 3-1 Romans

Pyramid AC 4-3 Warriors (agg 5-4)
Drooler 2-1 Polar Zenith (agg 2-4)
Classics 0-0 Asia FC (agg 2-0)
Romans 1-1 Battle (agg 2-4)


Semifinals

Pyramid AC 0-1 Polar Zenith
Classics 2-3 Battle

Polar Zenith 1-0 Pyramid AC (agg 2-0)
Battle 1-0 Classics (agg 4-2)


Final

Polar Zenith 0-2 Battle



Brackets

|Revolutionaries-------1-0												       --4-2---Asia FC|
|															      |		      |
|Warriors--------------1-3---Warriors------1-3									 0-0---Asia FC|  1-0---Knights|

|Cannibals-------------0-1  |Pyramid AC----1-4--							       --0-2--Classics|  2-0----Banzai|
|	           	    |			|							      |		      |		      |
|Pyramid AC------------3-0--			|Pyramid AC----0-0				 0-2--Classics|		       --4-2--Classics|
								    |Polar Zenith--0 2--Battle|
|Polar Zenith----------1-2--			|Polar Zenith--1-1--			       --1-3----Battle|		       --2-3----Battle|
|		   	    |			|							      |		      |		      |
|Bloodthirsty Killers--0-1  |Polar Zenith--3-1--							       --1-3----Battle|  2-2-------TFC|
				     	      
|Drooler---------------1-2---Drooler-------0-2									 1-1----Romans---1-2----Romans|
|																	      |
|Billiard--------------2-0													 1-0----Lichen|

Champion
Battle

Polar Zenith loses its second ZIC final in a row and Battle, 4 times Duke League champions, wins its first Zarblese International Cup, qualifying to dispute the Cygnus Cup and to playoff against Duke League runner-up in order to qualify for the next TQCC.

[Erathore]

Seria-A 20 Clubs

Arro

Home Kit: Solid Red with white forearms
Sponsor: Fly Era (Commercial Airlines)
Venue: Fly stadium(115,000) (Arro, Itazan)
Position in Seria-B: 1st
Titles: 1 Copa de Era victory,22 Seria-B Cup victories
International Players: None
Notes: A great season saw Arro finish 5 points above their highest competition and be promoted to Seria-A. They aren’t really expected to achieve much aside from avoiding relegation.
Expectations: Top 15

Arsar

Home Kit: Home Kit
Sponsor: Dilajo Automotive (Luxury Automobiles)
Venue: Dilajo Stadium (85,000) (Arsar, Alio)
Position in Seria-A: 10th
Titles: 1 Copa de Era victory
International Players: Rafael Nunes, Not Available, Cafundeu, Mid-4yrs/$20Million
Notes: It was a disappointing year for Arsar who went down two positions from 8th two seasons ago to tenth this past season. Hopes are high to land in 6th-8th.
Expectations: Top 8

Charzzan

Home Kit: Home Kit
Sponsor: EIG (Insurance and Financial Services)
Venue: Renzo Stadium (65,000) (Sala, Giaror)
Position in Seria-A: 7th
Titles: None
International Players: None
Notes: Despite not reaching their goal of placing in the top 5, Charzzan has high hopes this season after advancing from 9th to 7th place.
Expectations: Top 5

Childiria

Home Kit: White with ornate golden lines on chest with Grey lines on shoulders
Sponsor: Mostro (Energy Drink)
Venue: Stadio del Mostro (73,500) (Dupa, Alio)
Position in Seria-B: 3rd
Titles: 1 Seria-B Cup victory
International Players: None
Notes: A great season from Childiria saw them take 3rd in Seria-B and be promoted to Seria-A. As with Arro nothing is really expected from them. As far as their chances go in Seria-A, we peg them to be quite low and predict relegation within the next 5 seasons.
Expectations: Avoid relegation.

Cirkland United FC

Home Kit: Baby Blue-Red striped
Sponsor: Gola (Football product producer)
Venue: Stadio del Cirkland (95,000) (Cirkland, Switizin)
Position in Seria-A: 13th
Titles: None
International Players: None
Notes: Cirkland United FC enjoyed a pretty good season and looks to improve their standing once again.
Expectations: Top 10

Drago de Celio

Home Kit: Half Red-Half Blue
Sponsor: Erasport.com (Online sporting ticket and memorabilia seller)
Venue: Torre Stadium (75,000) (Celio, Giaror)
Position in Seria-A: 16th
Titles: 2 Copa de Era victories
International Players: None
Notes: A terrible season for Los Dragos as they finished at 16th in Seria-A, dodging relegation by 2 spots. Several changes are going to be made in the hopes that they can nab a top ten position.
Expectations: Top 10 finish

Drogba FC

Home Kit: Solid Crimson
Sponsor: Erathore Real Estate (Real Estate Agency)
Venue: ERE Stadium (85,000) (Delorne, Itazan)
Position in Seria-A: 15th
Titles: None
International Players: None
Notes: Drogba FC finished exactly where the expected. At number 15. With this advancement in the rankings they hope to improve even more.
Expectations: Top 12 finish

Dubor FC

Home Kit: Black-White wave striped with golden 'boomerang' across chest
Sponsor: Gio (Clothing)
Venue: Clo Stadium (55,000) (Bereti, Alio)
Position in Seria-A: 14th
Titles: None
International Players: None
Notes: Placing at number 14 this could be considered a successful year for Dubor FC, although they strive for more.
Expectations: Top 12 finish

EMI FC

Home Kit: Home Kit
Sponsor: Erathore Military Industries (Arms Manufacturing)
Venue: EMI Stadium (87,500) (Dejo, Itazan)
Position in Seria-A: 12th
Titles: None
International Players: Arthur James Port, Melbourne Victory, -Australia, CenDef-3yrs/$10 Million-09
Abi Suri-Modofi, AC Aisha, Bellayus, S-3yrs/$17.2Million-09
William Enos, Not Available, Churchma, GK-6yrs/$40Million-10
Notes: Despite finishing dead last two seasons ago, EMI FC rallied from a several game losing streak to finish at 12th. They’re looking to place in the top 10.
Expectations: Top 10

Enzo FC

Home Kit: Red with black strip in the middle
Sponsor: Binto (Space Research)
Venue: Stadio del Spazio(35,000) (Teloan, Alio)
Position in Seria-A: 17th
Titles: None
International Players: None
Notes: Enzo FC finished their first season after being founded at #17. 1 position and one point off of being relegated. Not particularly the start of a season they had wished for.
Expectations: Avoid Relegation

FC Mildrid

Home Kit: Home Kit
Sponsor: Erabet (Online betting agency)
Venue: Stadio del Mar (115,000) (Mildrid, Itazan)
Position in Seria-A: 3rd
Titles: 16 Copa de Era Victories, 1 Seria-A Title
International Players: Joshua Nurse, Firewood City, Osarius-CM-4yrs/$5.5 Million-09
Nicolao Froilante, ACF Hollybrent, Osarius-AM-4yrs/$4.5 Million-09
Domenico Caporaso, Paper Free Town, Osarius-FWD-4yrs/$8 Million-09
Ryan Cote, Not Available, Churchma, Mid-4yrs/$65 Million-10
Gabriel Erron Torquato, Not Available, Cafundeu, Mid-4yrs/$16Million
Notes: FC Mildrid is undoubtedly the top team in Erathore after posting up a record breaking point count. With a squad packed with talent, Erathore international players, and several players from other countries, FC Mildrid proved they were wanted to win when they defeated Juvillian Martinax 7-1. They aim to do it again.
Expectations: 1st place finish, Copa de Era victory, International Appearance

Internazcionale Elidoro

Home Kit: Solid Blue
Sponsor: Elio (Carpet and tiling)
Venue: Stadio de Jet (110,000) (Eliodoro, Itazan)
Position in Seria-B: 2nd
Titles: 1 Copa Del Era victory, 4 Seria-B Cup Victories
International Players:
Roberto DeCenizo, Eastweald, Consumar, FWD-6yrs/$60 Million-11
Notes: A great season by Inter to see them advance into Seria-A. Hopes are high for Inter and many predict them to do the best out of the 3 Seria-B teams that were promoted.
Expectations: Top 15

Jutear

Home Kit: Green
Sponsor: Benzina (Gasoline)
Venue: ERE Stadium (85,000) (Delorne, Itazan)
Position in Seria-A: 5th
Titles: None
International Players:Creysson Gimenez Aribara, Not Available, Cafundeu, Def-3yrs/$17.2 Million
Notes: Jutear completely ignored estimates that had them ending at 11th. To the shock of everyone, Jutear blew past the competition to finish 5th. They aim to improve in this upcoming season.
Expectations: Top 4

Juvillian Martinax

Home Kit: Home kit
Sponsor: Telo (Telophone provider)
Venue: Campo Potenza (175,000) (Eliodoro, Itazan)
Position in Seria-A: 1st
Titles: 31 Copa de Era victories, Ninth Aeropag Football Invitational Champions
International Players: Pim Benjamen, Free Agent, Futura Events, S/Strikers Coach-6yrs/$83.1Million-09
Notes: Juvillian Martinax are one of the greatest clubs in Erathi history, and despite this and winning an international tournament, they fell short of both a Seria-A title and a Copa Del Era. They are not particularly worried as they remain one of the richest and strongest clubs in Erathore.
Expectations: 1st place finish, Copa de Era victory, International Appearance

Manlio

Home Kit: Solid Orange
Sponsor: Vento (Alternative energy providers)
Venue: Stadio del Vento (115,000) (Maser, Alio)
Position in Seria-A: 11th
Titles: 7 Copa Del Era victories
International Players: None
Notes: Manlio had a wonderful season that landed them at a comfortable 11th place. Many fans believe that this marks the return of Manlio as a Seria-A and Copa Del Era contender.
Expectations: Top 7 finish

Nicostrato

Home Kit: Solid Yellow
Sponsor: Elizio (Electricity)
Venue: Stadio de Electricidad (75,000) (Al, Giaror)
Position in Seria-A: 8th
Titles: 1 Copa Del Era victories
International Players: None
Notes: A great season for Nicostrato to cut their position from #18 to #8. This change in pace has made fans happy, players more confident, and the club richer.
Expectations: Top 6

Reial Capital

Home Kit: Solid White
Sponsor: Pele (Toys)
Venue: Stadio del Fon (95,000) (Bala, Alio)
Position in Seria-A: 6th
Titles: None
International Players: None
Notes: Reial Capital had a very successful year as the management finally decided to play players where they were best at instead of putting defenders as strikers and vice-versa.
Expectations: Top 5 finish

Reial Daran

Home Kit: Black with a white strip down the middle
Sponsor: Pesci (Seafood)
Venue: Stadio del Pesci (95,000) (Bala, Alio)
Position in Seria-A: 9th
Titles: 1 Copa Del Era victory
International Players: None
Notes: Not a particularly surprising season from Reial Daran as they finish slightly behind expectations but still finish comfortably.
Expectations: Top 6 finish

Vincanto

Home Kit: Home Kit
Sponsor: Slazera (Supermarket)
Venue: IMI Stadium (150,000) (Swat, Switizin)
Position in Seria-A: 3rd
Titles: 18 Copa Del Era victories
International Players: Reverend Riley Washington, St. Futura United, Futura Events, Centreback-3yrs/35 Million-09
Notes: Vincanto is the third member of the Big Three, FC Mildrid, Juvillian Martinax, and themselves. They are the opposites of Juvillian in terms of offense or defense, with the blue-blacks focusing on defensive ability. They finished at 3rd instead of their usual 2nd place in this past season but this doesn’t really bother them.
Expectations: 1st place finish, Copa de Era victory, International Appearance

Western FC

Home Kit: Solid black with ornate white lines from hip to shoulder
Sponsor: Sky (Airlines)
Venue: Stadio del Sky (83,445) (Ovest, Giaror)
Position in Seria-A: 4th
Titles: None
International Players: Steve McGlaughlin, Not Availble, Churchma, Fwd-2yrs/$20Million-10
Notes: Our predictions of Western FC maybe being able to disrupt FC Mildrid, Juvillian Martinax, and Vincanto were partly true. Whilst placing in 4th behind the aforementioned clubs, WFC finished 5 points behind Vincanto, who were number 3.
Expectations: Top 4 finish

Seria-B 20 Clubs

AF Mildrid

Home Kit: Solid Crimson
Sponsor: Duro (Hardware)
Venue: Stadio del Mar (115,000) (Mildrid, Itazan)
Position in Seria-B: 9th
Titles: 1 Seria-B Cup victory
International Players: Michel Aguero, Free Agent, Futura Events, CAM-5yrs/$5.5Million-09
Dapu Kiangi, Mura-Rais AFC, Bellayus, Def-2yrs/$3Million-09
Notes: A good season for AF Mildrid that saw them exceeding expectations. We predict big things from them this season.
Expectations: Top 6 finish

Cet

Home Kit: Solid Pink
Sponsor: Metalife (Nutrition, skin-care, and weight-loss)
Venue: Stadio del Sky (83,445) (Ovest, Giaror)
Position in Seria-B: 16th
Titles: None
Notes: Cet is a poor team that lost a spot in this past season. Not much is expected as they battle relegation.
Expectations: Avoid Relegation

Dilby United

Home Kit: White- Baby Blue striped
Sponsor: Toco (Soft Drink giant)
Venue: Stadio del Toco (105,000) (Arro, Itazan)
Position in Seria-A: 19th
Titles: 5 Copa de Era victories
Notes: Dilby United was widely considered the greatest team in Erathore, winning the Copa de Era 5 years in a row. That changed when a plane carrying the squad crashed due to poor weather conditions. Dilby United has dropped steadily since and this has resulted in their relegation to Seria-B
Expectations: Promotion

Eliodoro FC

Home Kit: Half Red-Half Black
Sponsor: Jet (Tires)
Venue: Stadio de Jet (110,000) (Eliodoro, Itazan)
Position in Seria-A: 18th
Titles: 3 Copa de Era victories
International Players: None
Highlights: Despite being considered as a possible contender for the Copa Del Era and placing at the top of Seria-A, Eliodoro FC tanked and will be returning to Seria-B.
Expectations: Promotion

FC Arron

Home Kit: Solid Gold
Sponsor: Oro (Gems and fine jewelry)
Venue: Oro Stadium (63,000) (Arron, Itazan)
Position in Seria-B: 15th
Titles: None
Notes: Nothing is expected of FC Arron again as they finish well below expectations.
Expectations: Top 12 finish

Futura Erathore FC

Home Kit: Red and White stripes with golden sleeves
Sponsor: Erlo (Telecommunications)
Venue: Stadio de Communacation of Futura-65,000 Melorn, Switizin State
Position in Seria-B: 12th
Titles: None
Notes: A good run from the team imported from Futura Events. Whilst not posing much of a challenge, they survived their first season in Erathore so hopes are high for them to do it again.
Expectations: Top 12 finish

Goka

Home Kit: Blue-Purple Striped
Sponsor: Teo (Bank)
Venue: Stadium de Teo (7,500) (Melo, Giaror)
Position in Seria-C: 1st
Titles: 1 Seria-C Titles
Notes: A good season for Goka as they take first in Seria-C. Not much is expected from them. They have spent most of their lifespan in Seria-C so relegation so to be playing in Seria-B will be a challenge.
Expectations: Avoid Relegation

Matarazi

Home Kit: Blue with orange strip on right hip
Sponsor: Erathi (Private donations under the name of Citizens of Erathore)
Venue: Stadio de la Gente (70,000) (Matarazi, Giaror)
Position in Seria-B: 7th
Titles: 5 Seria-B Cup Victories
Notes: Matarazi had a slightly disappointing year as they finish at #7. Big things are expected from them though as they aim to take back their top 5 position.
Expectations: Top 5 finish

Mildrid FC

Home Kit: Solid Yellow
Sponsor: Nefle (Movie producer)
Venue: Nefle Stadium (92,500) (Mildrid, Itazan)
Position in Seria-B: 6th
Titles: 2 Seria-B Cup Victories
Notes: Despite bringing in international talent, Mildrid FC found themselves dropping two ranks.
Expectations: Top 4 finish

Paramo FC

Home Kit: Home Kit
Sponsor: Dala (Brakes)
Venue: Rapido Stadium (55,000) (Defern, Switizin)
Position in Seria-A: 20th
Titles: 2 Copa Del Era victories
Notes: Poor Paramo FC. Finishing two seasons ago at #8 and now relegated to Seria-B. Many fans blame this drop on the arrival of a new manager after the previous one who had brought PFC 2 Copa Del Era victories and served PFC for 30 years retired.
Expectations: Promotion

Reale Arro

Home Kit: White-Red Striped
Sponsor: Fronte (Online Social Networking site)
Venue: Stadio de Social (45,000) (Arro, Itazan)
Position in Seria-B: 17th
Titles: 1 Seria-B Cup Victory
Notes: A disastrous season for Reale Arro saw them avoid relegation by 4 points. Needless to say several changes are going to be made in order to prevent relegation.
Expectations: Avoid Relegation

Rojar Dejarnete

Home Kit: White-Blue Striped
Sponsor: Tulo (Gardening)
Venue: Stadio de Rosa (85,000) (Blinko, Alio)
Position in Seria-B: 10th
Titles: None
Notes: A good run by Rojar to finish in the middle of the pack. We expect a top 7 finish.
Expectations: Top 7 finish

Scion FC

Home Kit: Red-Blue Striped
Sponsor: Scion (Aviation)
Venue: Scion (55,000) (Wayoik, Giaror)
Position in Seria-B: 5th
Titles: 16 Seria-B Cup Titles
Notes: Whilst a disappointing season as far as not meeting expectations but still a good season overall as they finish at 5th. Promotion is expected from them this year.
Expectations: Seria-B Cup victory, 1st place finish, Promotion

Sentrazo

Home Kit: Red-Yellow Striped
Sponsor: Friends Helping Strangers (Charity)
Venue: Friends Stadium (75,000) (Skable, Alio)
Position in Seria-B: 11th
Titles: 4 Seria-B Titles
Notes: A great season by Sentrazo to overcome their terrible finish last year to take 11th this season. Still, not much expected from them.
Expectations: Top 10 finish

Sentridad

Home Kit: Blue-Yellow Striped
Sponsor: Calzone (Restourant Chain)
Venue: Stadio del Pasti (75,000) (Piaror, Switizin)
Position in Seria-B: 4th
Titles: 11 Seria-B Cup Titles
Notes: A great season by Sentridad to retain their top 5 status for the past two years. We expect a top 4 finish once again.
Expectations: Top 4 finish

Sido

Home Kit: Purple-White
Sponsor: Toro (Insurance providers)
Venue: Stadium de Life (5,500) (Pico, Itazan)
Position in Seria-C: 2nd
Titles: 2 Seria-C Titles
Notes: A good season for Sido as they manage to advance to Seria-B. They have some good players, but not enough talent to threaten Seria-B.
Expectations: Avoid Relegation

Simillorathore

Home Kit: Red-Yellow Striped
Sponsor: Calligioras (Casino Chain)
Venue: Calligioras Casino Stadium (5,000) (Skable, Alio)
Position in Seria-B: 13th
Titles: None
Notes: Despite a 3rd place finish two seasons ago, Simillorathore now finds itself at the bottom of the Seria-B table. We expect them to barely avoid relegation, if at all.
Expectations: Avoid Relegation

Splarron

Home Kit: White-Yellow Striped
Sponsor: Agui (Waterpark Chain)
Venue: Stadio a Agui Primera Parko (10,000) (Asento, Giaror)
Position in Seria-B: 8th
Titles: None
International Players: Dean Riu, Free Agent, Warkus, GK/GK Coach-6yrs/$25Million-10
Notes: A good season for Splarron to finish in the top 10. We look forward to see the effect that Dean Riu, a Free Agent from Warkus, has on the goalkeeping skill of the team.
Expectations: Avoid relegation

Strazza

Home Kit: Blue-Pink Striped
Sponsor: Munizioni (Ammo)
Venue: Bullet Stadium (30,000) (Melo, Giaror)
Position in Seria-B: 14th
Titles: 2 Seria-B Titles
Notes: A disappointing finish for Strazza as they are unable to hold a position in the top 10. Management is being moved around as they hope to take a top 12 finish.
Expectations: Top 12 finish

Unato

Home Kit: Baby Blue
Sponsor: Teo (Bank)
Venue: Stadium de Teo (7,500) (Melo, Giaror)
Position in Seria-C: 3rd
Titles: None
Notes: A good season for Unato as they, along with their stadium friends Goka, advance to Seria-B. Unfortunately for them we expect them to be relegated.
Expectations: Avoid Relegation

[Cafundeu]

CAFUNDÉU - PREVIEW OF THE NEW SEASON
“The Mother of modern domestic football”

The same introduction as ever: the most international league of the world, mother of modern domestic football, which is the number one in the international coefficients for a long, long time and which recently returned to fight hard for the TQCC and other international competitions returns to activity, and the teams are ready to fight for trophies again. The Cafundelense teams, followed by the entire world due to their quality and the tough dispute for the many titles available, get reinforced once again, to dispute in the national and international competitions.

See the transfers involving foreign players and/or teams:

Foreign Players – Coming from abroad to play in Cafundéu:

*NOTE: if there is a player from your nation that should be but isn’t in this list, contact me – of course, only transfers confirmed to me were put here.

Dión Farfán (Aguazul) ----------> to Petardos S/A
Juan Esteban Oraglio (Aguazul) ----------> to Atlético Jutense
Ishan Akbar (Akbarabad) ----------> to Cafundó do Juta
Rashid Hossaim (Akbarabad) ----------> to Dunboor FC
John Mawrz (Albundania) ----------> to Petardos S/A
Enrique Alvarez (Churchma) ----------> to Atlético Central
Emilio Fredrico (Erathore) ----------> to CR Submiria
Arjen Klassen (Haginonia) ----------> to São Jorge
Ryurik Mizirov (Kagdazka and Pazhujebu) ----------> to A.F.F.
Bolov Narozhylenko (Kagdazka and Pazhujebu) ----------> to São Jorge
Vsevolod Ogorodov (Kagdazka and Pazhujebu) ----------> to Tênis Clube
Fušia Oujadda (Kagdazka and Pazhujebu) ----------> to Ranca Toco
Valentín Suvorov (Novikov) ----------> to CR Submiria
Hugo Mendoza (Pretty Awesome Persons) ----------> to Tênis Clube
Louis Zizi (Pretty Awesome Persons) ----------> to Rio Bonito
Vijay Kandakram (Queer Poco el Mono Ara) ----------> to Atlético Jutense
Hank Layfield (Queer Poco el Mono Ara) ----------> to América
Logan Vouverine (Zarbli) ----------> to Eldorado


Foreign Players - between Cafundelense teams, retiring or other changes (there is possibility of error in first name, and in some cases I won’t even write it to avoid the error, as I don’t have rigid records for those):

James Masters (Ad’ihan) ----------> retired, wants to spend his new fortune in his home country
Muno Armas (Albundania) ----------> from Bandeirantes to Porto Lacruz
Ricky Archer (Candelaria And Marquez) ----------> retired, now is an archer, wanting to go to the Olympics, which we can’t as his nation is not participating
Sergio Bustamante (Candelaria And Marquez) ----------> retired, invests his money wisely
Jacob Davies (Candelaria And Marquez) ----------> retired, was elected a congressman
Jordan Hawker (Candelaria And Marquez) ----------> retired, tried to find his home nation and disappeared in his quest
Ogus Kures (Candelaria And Marquez) ----------> retired, now is the host of a famous quiz show with football questions
Stephanie Farison (Cassadaigua) ----------> retired, is touring all around the world playing friendlies
Thierry Junot (Cotdelapoms) ----------> from Clube Imperial to A.F.F.
Sang Han-Chang (Daehanjeiguk) ----------> from Petardos S/A to Ranca Toco
Ian Sinclair (Kelssek) ----------> from Atlético Jutense to Eldorado
Enrico Dossena (Queer Poco el Mono Ara) ----------> from SC Lasft to Dunboor FC
Wayne Ullrich (Queer Poco el Mono Ara) ----------> retired, is now manager of an insurance company
Tim Rodney (Sarzonia) ----------> from Ranca Toco to Clube Comercial
Thomas LeBoeuf (Saugeais) ----------> from Serrano to Porto Lacruz
Jenson Paulson (Saugeais) ----------> from Clube dos Banqueiros to Atlético Central
Justin Barrington (Secristan) ----------> from Porto Lacruz to Central United
Dan Ellison (Secristan) ----------> retired, now plays saxophone in subway stations in order to earn some money, and he is very good at this
Kazys Xentolov (Somewhereistonia) ----------> retired, wanders around the country with no purpose
Margh Bastian (Sorthern Northland) ----------> retired, opened his own brewery
Frank Vroon (Sorthern Northland) ----------> retired, lost part of his memory after a wild night
Phyllis Reeves (The Babbage Islands) ----------> retired, works in the CCFM department of women’s rights, which are 80% occupied by men
Daniel Björnsson (Toyur) ----------> from Clube Imperial to Dunboor FC
Karl Grenev (Tretskivucia) ----------> from Clube Imperial to Central United
Hizzen Hocn (Valanora) ----------> retired, is a member of the players’ union now
Luis Fuentes (Valladares) ----------> from Central United to Eldorado
Jêrome Perrin (Valladares) ----------> from Eldorado to Cafundó do Juta


Foreign Coaches:

Ke Sho (Ariddia) ----------> coach of União Trabalhadora
Connor Mengucci (Candelaria And Marquez) ----------> coach of Eldorado
Ignacio Vélez (Candelaria And Marquez) ----------> coach of Clube dos Banqueiros
Jeong Jihun (Daehanjeiguk) ----------> coach of Pernetas EC
Kim Yongji (Daehanjeiguk) ----------> coach of SC Carnavalesco
Simon Bond (Krytenia) ----------> coach of Galáxia
Ryan Fullerton (Secristan) ----------> coach of SC Lasft
Alfonso Di Angelo (Starblaydia) ----------> coach of Petardos S/A
Caladil Gatamyr (Valanora) ----------> coach of Penders
Eddie Barnes (Zwangzug) ----------> coach of Clube Comercial

The line-ups of the 20 best teams of the country(First Division Teams) will probably be the following (foreigners in italics, best 3 players in bold) – (Experts’ Ratings details - the three journalists give the team a rating, from 1 to 5 stars [* - practically relegated; ** - intermediate team, battling against relegation; *** - intermediate team, battling for a top 8 place; **** - top 8 team, battling for a phase title; ***** - battling for the main title]). Finally the writers have decided to look at the uncountable number of mistakes which happened in many of previous editions, and now we hope that there aren’t any more name repetitions or wrong info:


PETARDOS S/A: Taniquentar; Black, Bruno Pinto and Farfán; Edu Miranda, Mawrz, Riquelme, Nash and Hawk (c); Romergleydson and Fresco.
Coach: Alfonso Di Angelo.
President: Augusto Brown.
Team Full Name: Petardos Sociedade Anônima de Futebol.
Team Style: Offensive, uses the centre, passing style.
Strongest Point: the brilliant midfield.
Weakest Point: an extremely aged squad, with several players about to retire.
Nickname: Bilionários (Billionaires).
Stadium Used: Obelisco Monumental, in Lasft (cap. 300,000).
State: Lasft.
Team Sponsor: Globo Multimedia.
Home Kit: blue shirt and white shorts.
Away Kit: white shirt with blue narrow stripes and blue shorts.
Other facts: with the title conquered last season, Petardos S/A sent a good answer to those who claimed that the club was no more the top one of the nation. They were superior during the entire season, and won without having to play the Grand Final. Now, the wish of the supporters is to put the team back at the highest point of international football, as right now the club is only a legend of the past, often reaching advanced stages but never being good enough in order to conquer international titles. The squad continues to be a top one, with a return to the old strategy of 3 defenders.
Transfer Market: few changes, most in the defence due to the retirement of William and the transfer of Sang Han-Chang. Farfán comes from Aguazul and is expected to become the leader of the team’s defence. Mawrz, on the other hand, comes just to compose the starting line-up, and his presence ends being overshadowed by the brilliant midfield trio, who were the three top players of last season.
Fans’ Favourites: with no doubt the fans’ favourite is the midfielder Laborious Hawk, the eternal #10 of Petardos S/A and team captain. Taniquentar now appears to have the confidence of the supporters, while Fresco has a good amount of fans, with these two closing the list of the current biggest idols of Petardos S/A. But no one can ignore players like Tegan Nash and Gerardo Riquelme.
Good Bench Players: Davis (defender), Fernando (defender), Vinícius Oliveira (midfielder), Romualdo (attacker), Bisnetinho (midfielder).
The Fans Expect: international success – the League title.
Fans’ style: fanatic (big number) – usually seen as being part of high-class; considered mercenaries who would do anything for money... and they actually do, we heard many cases of some of them selling their mothers-in-law.
Club Tradition: very traditional – worldwide success and fame.
Experts’ ratings: Sílvio Ruiz (*****), Jorge Lang (*****), Carlos Alberto Gujabre (*****).


CAFUNDÓ DO JUTA: Mão; Radicci, Maurício, Akbar and Perrin; Bino, Kabir, Durosa and Kim Ha-Run (c); Lynch and Cone.
Coach: Andreas Gilsoweller Veiga.
President: Darci Maroto.
Team Full Name: Esporte Clube Cafundó do Juta.
Team Style: offensive, passes a lot, but mixes short and long passes.
Strongest Point: the midfield in general.
Weakest Point: the goalkeeper Mão.
Nickname: Esquadrão de Prata (Silver Squadron).
Stadium Used: Praça Maior, in Cafundó do Juta (cap. 180,000).
State: Juta.
Team Sponsor: Banco Econômico.
Home Kit: grey (silver) shirt with white vertical stripes and grey shorts.
Away Kit: white shirt and grey shorts.
Other facts: Cafundó do Juta didn’t do badly last season, it had a shot at winning the division. But, in the end, the victory of rivals Petardos S/A seriously upset the fans, and damaged the team’s reputation as being the most successful Cafundelense club in recent times. The team is returning to the old condition of being an eternal runner-up, and the directors are working hard to avoid this. This season presents some changes in the line-up of the capital team, but in the end the same playing strategy is kept, as the team is still playing well, though more is needed.
Transfer Market: as already said, Cafundó do Juta made some changes in the current squad. With Hocn retiring and Vítor Martins suffering a serious injury, two foreigners compose the new central defence: Akbar comes from Akbarabad, while Perrin did a good job in Eldorado, winning this disputed position. For the midfield, Cafundéu NT starter Bino was a much welcome and commemorated signing, while the controversial forward Cone arrives for the place of Rosário, who left to join Valengren Kickers. In the end, many changes for a club that usually keeps its players.
Fans’ Favourites: with the retirement of Hocn, Kim Ha-Run becomes the fans’ favourite player, while Matt Lynch comes as second. Experienced full-back Radicci would be the natural holder of the third position.
Good Bench Players: Mattarazzo (midfielder), Batista (defender), Barbieri (defender), Hawthorne (midfielder) and Alexinho (attacker).
The Fans Expect: international success - the League title.
Fans’ style: extremely fanatic (huge number) – team is seen as the “people’s team”, due for it having people from all classes and even different regions! There are rumours of extraterrestrial beings among its fanbase, and I wouldn’t doubt it.
Club Tradition: one of the football pioneers in the country – worldwide famous and successful.
Experts’ Ratings: Sílvio Ruiz (*****), Jorge Lang (*****), Carlos Alberto Gujabre (*****).


RANCA TOCO: Melkezedeck; Sang Han-Chang, Catimba, Ballantyne, Insalu and Tonhão (c); Rufino, Rugrosso and Ó Lorcáin; Oujadda and Gutiérrez.
Coach: Diogo Avarel.
President: Bandido da Luz Vermelha.
Team Full Name: Associação Atlética Ranca Toco de Carandirú.
Team Style: Extremely defensive, focuses on counterattacks and long shots.
Strongest Point: the midfield now.
Weakest Point: the strikers.
Nickname: Sarrafeiros.
Stadium Used: Presídio, in Carandirú City (cap. 75,000).
State: Central.
Team Sponsor: Canabrava Cachaça.
Home Kit: purple shirt with yellow vertical stripes and purple shorts.
Away Kit: yellow shirt and purple shorts.
Other Facts: team famous for its violence, which is incentivized by the directors of the club. Gives high value to pride and home games. Its supporters are very violent too, as most of them are prisoners in the prison city. In the previous season, Ranca Toco was amazing in international football, winning the Globe Cup. But, in Cafundéu, the team did not do that well, narrowly going to the international competitions. With improvements on the squad, everyone expects the team to become a top contender to all the competitions played this season, as the team is good enough for that.
Transfer Market: the team faced harsh changes during mid-season, which helped them to win the Globe Cup but harmed the squad on the Primeirona due to lack of team chemistry. Ballantyne, Rufino and Rugrosso were the players who joined at the middle of the previous season, so they now are more used to the club. Newcomers are Catimba and Sang Han-Chang, creating a defensive line of 5 central defenders, something new in the Primeirona history. Oujadda is the last signing, a promising player from Kagdazka and Pazhujebu, who will be partner of old and experienced Gutiérrez.
Fans’ Favourites: the most loved of the current players is Tonhão, who grew up in the club. Goalkeeper Melkezedeck also is very popular, as these are the players who made history inside the club.
Good Bench Players: Motallbazadeh (defender), Curupira (goalkeeper), Márcio Gomes (defender), Júrangil (midfielder), Britadeira (attacker).
The Fans Expect: International success – the League title.
Fans’ style: extremely fanatic and highly violent (huge number) – are seen as violent people, vandals and “terrorists” (an accurate view, to be honest... they really get associated with terrorism acts). Sometimes people tend to associate Ranca Toco with the lower classes too. Also, the team is the favourite inside Cafundéu’s prisons... some are even painted with the team’s colours!
Club Tradition: very traditional – worldwide famous and successful
Experts’ Ratings: Sílvio Ruiz (*****), Jorge Lang (*****), Carlos Alberto Gujabre (****).


DUNBOOR FC: Tejera (c); Theriot, Batoré, Sanderson and Kirkpatrick; Björnsson, Anderson, Morose and Godô; Dossena and Kelson.
Coach: Anatoliy Titov.
President: Carla Regina Vasconcelos.
Team Full Name: Dunboor Futebol Clube.
Team Style: slightly defensive, uses the centre, passing style.
Strongest Point: the entire midfield.
Weakest Point: the defence on the wings.
Nickname: Leões do Norte (Northern Lions).
Stadium Used: Maracatuzão, in Dunboor (cap. 135,000).
State: Dunboor.
Team Sponsor: Editora 25 de Maio.
Home Kit: dark blue shirt with dark blue shorts.
Away Kit: white shirt with white shorts.
Other facts: team that likes to use foreigners, takes advantage of the cold climate of the city in its home games. Dunboor keeps among the top, always participating in the international competitions. In the previous seasons, Dunboor lost the strength to be a major contender for the national title, but keeps impressing in international competitions. Now the team lost many important players, but is number one at the world rankings
Transfer Market: in order to cope with all the retirements, Dunboor FC had to go after new players. The defensive sector could remain the same, but the offensive sector was changed, and a lot. Björnsson is the new defensive midfielder, while Godô becomes the main player of the offensive sector, due to his fame in Cafundéu. The attack is now formed by Dossena and Kelson, both experienced players.
Fans’ Favourites: Kirkpatrick and Tejera are the current favourites of the supporters, especially due to their great performances in the last seasons. Recently, Anderson is winning some status too.
Good Bench Players: Ananias (goalkeeper), Índio (midfielder), Leôncio (midfielder), Carlinhos (defender), Muriel (attacker).
The Fans Expect: qualification for international competitions.
Fans’ style: festive (good number) – they are one of the most festive and motivating supporter groups of the country, but their mood can change suddenly from good to bad. They love to play songs during the games, so you can check their mood according to the music.
Club Tradition: traditional – highly successful.
Experts’ Ratings: Sílvio Ruiz (****), Jorge Lang (****), Carlos Alberto Gujabre (****).


ATLÉTICO JUTENSE: Garrido (c); Nenê, Farina, Maxwell and Sandro; Marco Aurélio, Oraglio, Jesus and Adamílson; Varshney and Kandakram.
Coach: Renário.
President: Maciel Arango, Baron of Tijhus.
Team Full Name: Clube Atlético Jutense.
Team Style: Very balanced, uses more the centre, passing style.
Strongest Point: the midfield.
Weakest Point: the attack and full-backs.
Nickname: Galo.
Stadium Used: Cerradão, in Cafundó do Juta (cap. 60,000).
State: Juta.
Team Sponsor: Canfudea Canned Food.
Home Kit: yellow shirt and red shorts.
Away Kit: red shirt and red shorts.
Other Facts: the huge success of some seasons ago was followed by extremely frustrating seasons, in which the team failed to get success in the national level and reached only the Globe Cup. Surely the team does not have the same strength of the past, and now the supporters are finally admitting this fact. Now the team’s objectives are to work hard in order to keep playing international competitions, and slowly get back to the top.
Transfer Market: the team lost Godô at the middle of the last season, and was unable to replace him. The solution then was to change the formation, returning to use four defenders. But Nenê and Farina aren’t world class full-backs. For the attack, Kandakram makes an interesting duo with Varshney, one that will have to work hard to convince the critics, while Oraglio seems to be the most secure signing of the season for the Galo.
Fans’ Favourites: remaining from the team that won the league seasons ago, the goalkeeper Félix Garrido is immensely popular with the fans. But the number one in their preference is Marco Aurélio, one of the best players of the entire country.
Good Bench Players: Nerso (goalkeeper), Cleiton Nunes (attacker), Frizzi (defender), Daniel (defender), Fransérgio (attacker).
The Fans Expect: qualification for the international competitions
Fans’ style: passionate (big number) – seen as peaceful supporters, who enjoy good rivalries... but unfortunately the same can’t be said of their rivals, which have more extreme reactions leaving them defenceless. The second team of the city.
Club Tradition: very traditional – extremely successful.
Experts’ Ratings: Sílvio Ruiz (***), Jorge Lang (****), Carlos Alberto Gujabre (****).


AMÉRICA: Otávio Gumes; Júlio César, Esquerdinha, Rodríguez and Batata; Lewton (c), Layfield, Salivani and Cook; Saavedra and Razov.
Coach: Waldenyr Caldas.
President: Companheiro Brandão.
Team Full Name: América Esporte Clube Lasftense.
Team Style: bit offensive, turns defensive when playing away.
Strongest Point: the attack.
Weakest Point: the defensive sector.
Nickname: Diabos de Lasft (Lasft Devils).
Stadium Used: Estádio Marte, in Lasft (cap. 40,000).
State: Lasft.
Team Sponsor: Guaraná Muquirana.
Home Kit: red shirt and white shorts.
Away Kit: white shirt and red shorts.
Other Facts: they were seen as only supporting characters in the CCFM, even while having players from the top nations in the world. A good moment of form, with them winning one league title and constantly playing the TQCC, rose the name of América to fame. But now the team doesn’t seem to be able to fight for titles, even though it is more than good enough to comfortably reach the international competitions.
Transfer Market: the defensive sector was changed, as Otávio Gumes assumes the goalkeeping position, with Júlio César being the partner of talented Esquerdinha as full-back and Batata joining experienced Rodríguez as central defender. On the midfield, Hank Layfield has the responsibility of keeping the midfield strong. But, in the end, the best news is that the offensive duo remains the same.
Fans’ Favourites: the most popular player of the club right now, and perhaps of its history, is the defensive midfielder Lewton. After him we have names as Rodríguez, Cook and Salivani, all very popular with the fans.
Good Bench Players: Titi (defender), Serginho (midfielder), Humberto (midfielder), Fabinho (midfielder), Tomás (attacker).
The Fans Expect: qualification for the TQCC.
Fans’ style: fanatic (average number) – love to make jokes about their rivals, and to provoke and be provoked. Can cause some confusions, involving even violence, with opponents. But what they really love are jokes, especially ones related with stereotypes.
Club Tradition: average tradition – successful at domestic stage.
Experts’ Ratings: Sílvio Ruiz (*****), Jorge Lang (****), Carlos Alberto Gujabre (****).


CENTRAL UNITED: Dinei; Jorginho, Rilin, Barrington and Petrovski; Pingo, Amaral, Grenev and Arsenault (c); Michalak and Rael.
Coach: Adney Hombre.
President: Fágner Assunção Moura.
Team Full Name: União de Futebol do Estado Central.
Team Style: offensive one, using the centre of the field and long ranged shots.
Strongest Point: the attack.
Weakest Point: the entire defensive sector.
Nickname: Alvinegro.
Stadium Used: Toca do Tatu “Bola”, in Cidade Central (cap. 118,000).
State: Central.
Team Sponsor: Tio João - food in general.
Home Kit: white shirt and black shorts.
Away Kit: black shirt with white stripes and black shorts.
Other Facts: Central United is a traditional team which got used to win titles, and had to get used to just stay in intermediate positions, and it currently faces an up-and-down situation. As this season the team lost two key players, those being the attacker Kelson and the best goalkeeper of the league Luis Fuentes, the situation right now appears to be of a poor season, but this happens one time or another for them.
Transfer Market: not a good window for Central United, as the club lost several players and didn’t sign with many. Barrington is the new defender, while Dinei is the new goalkeeper. Grenev and Lobos come to compose the midfield, but none of them are sounding names.
Fans’ Favourites: Central United is not a club that has many idols right now, but the supporters usually like Arsenault, due to the fact that he is in the club for some time already. Rilin would come right after,
Good Bench Players: Diguinho (defender), Maicosuel (midfielder), Vilmar (attacker), Breno (defender), Michael (midfielder).
The Fans Expect: intermediate position.
Fans’ style: passionate (good number) – usually have inventive songs to motivate the team and joke with their opponents. But, although they are creative, they are simply horrible, so no one stands playing or hearing them for a long time, especially the players.
Club Tradition: one of the football pioneers in the country – successful at domestic stage.
Experts’ Ratings: Sílvio Ruiz (**), Jorge Lang (***), Carlos Alberto Gujabre (**).


PORTO LACRUZ: Taylor (c); Juliano, Mandrake, Müller and Diniz; Taylor, Brekke, Armas and Fischer; LeBoeuf and Anwamanë.
Coach: Carlos Vergara.
President: Compadre Washington Axé.
Team Full Name: Sociedade Esportiva Porto Lacruz.
Team Style: very balanced, likes to make many passes without haste.
Strongest Point: the offensive midfield.
Weakest Point: the central defence.
Nickname: Praianos.
Stadium Used: Estádio Nacional dos Cocos, in Porto Lacruz (cap. 72,500).
State: Espinal.
Team Sponsor: CMG Medicines.
Home Kit: orange shirt and white shorts.
Away Kit: white shirt and orange shorts.
Other Facts: Porto Lacruz lost some space in the Cafundelense league with the rise of Clube Comercial and América. A position in the TQCC turned to be impossible for them, and there were difficulties even to reach the Globe Cup, a competition in which they were a regular before. Now the club aims to return to the Globe Cup, and this is possible, but much work needs to be done.
Transfer Market: some movement for Porto Lacruz as them, like many other clubs of the Primeirona, had to replace missing pieces in this renovation period of the Cafundelense league. Mandrake and Müller join the defensive sector of the team, while Muno Armas is the biggest signing for the midfield. As for the attack, LeBoeuf is a bet by coach Vergara, and Anwamanë’s experience will help him to perform better.
Fans’ Favourites: they have a great respect for the goalkeeper Taylor and full-back Juliano, the two being their current favourites. Offensive midfielder Fischer comes in a somewhat distant third.
Good Bench Players: Quirino (midfielder), Gilmar (attacker), Conrado (goalkeeper), Rodrigo Castro (midfielder), Buarque (defender).
The Fans Expect: a top 8 position.
Fans’ style: empathic but calm (average number) – the supporters usually don’t get overexcited, preferring to rest rather than getting stressed with the game... some even bring beds and pillows to the stadiums, something accepted by the police, as they are too tired to start a fight to use the pillows as weapons.
Club Tradition: just slightly traditional – established in 1st Division.
Experts’ Ratings: Sílvio Ruiz (***), Jorge Lang (***), Carlos Alberto Gujabre (***).


SC LASFT: Marinho; Mesquita (c), Bueno, Viera and Kempson; Olsen, de León, Sidmar and Robson; Rodrigo and Didi.
Coach: Ryan Fullerton.
President: Hermes de Vasconcelos Bung.
Team Full Name: Sport Club Lasft.
Team Style: balanced, likes to control the game’s pace.
Strongest Point: good midfield.
Weakest Point: the central defence.
Nickname: Golden Team.
Stadium Used: Estádio Padre Anchieta, in Lasft (cap. 70,000).
State: Lasft.
Team Sponsor: Imperial Lottery.
Home Kit: black shirt with details in gold and black shorts.
Away Kit: golden shirt and black shorts.
Other Facts: the team seems set to never return to be a major contender for titles or even to enter the international competitions, but is a solid top 8 squad. SC Lasft once was a truly strong team, but this was a long time ago and nowadays they aren’t even the biggest rivals of Petardos S/A anymore. This season they are investing in Cafundelense talent, and did well in this, even though the team is not world class.
Transfer Market: the team signed only with Cafundelenses: Bueno comes to be the team’s starter left-back, while Rodrigo is the other newcomer, coming to join the attack. Good signings.
Fans’ Favourites: the full-back Mesquita and the goalkeeper Marinho are experienced and liked members of the squad. Recently, offensive midfielders Robson and Sidmar are earning some status thanks to their great performances.
Good Bench Players: Joãozinho (defender), Raimundo Nonato (midfielder), Kadu (attacker), Urbano (goalkeeper), Dorgival (midfielder).
The Fans Expect: top 8 position.
Fans’ style: passionate (big number) – usually associated with poorest people of the region, due to the rivalry with Petardos S/A. Curiously, the second richest person of the city supports SC Lasft.
Club Tradition: one of the football pioneers of the country – successful at domestic stage.
Experts’ Ratings: Sílvio Ruiz (***), Jorge Lang (***), Carlos Alberto Gujabre (***).


CLUBE COMERCIAL: Cleston; Villalobos (c), Solano, Bjorn and Khan; Vazquez, Camacho and Rodney; Ospina, Tico and Olson.
Coach: Eddie Barnes.
President: Director Santa Claus.
Team Full Name: Clube do Comércio Cafundelense - CCC.
Team Style: offensive, likes to play long balls and shots.
Strongest Point: the attackers and full-backs.
Weakest Point: the central defensive sector.
Nickname: Mercenários.
Stadium Used: Olímpico Imperial, in Lux (cap. 80,000).
State: Central.
Team Sponsor: AUGECC – a Cafundelense group of companies.
Home Kit: black shirt and white shorts.
Away Kit: white shirt and black shorts.
Other Facts: a top 8 club for sure, Clube Comercial can now be also considered a sure name in international competitions, since they are able to compete in those most times. Thanks to the Cafundelense investors, they were able to grow from a small club to a major one, but one question remains: have they reached their limit? It is very difficult to make better than what they’re doing right now, nearly impossible.
Transfer Market: Clube Comercial ended being one of the most conservative teams in this season’s transfer window, keeping most of their previous squad. Tim Rodney is a big name for the midfield, while attacker Tico returns to Cafundéu after many years in Nethertopia. The other position on the midfield goes to youngster Camacho, who did really well in the Di Bradini Cup recently.
Fans’ Favourites: right now, Cleston holds the status of being the most loved player by the supporters. After him we have Villalobos, who plays well for both his domestic club and home nation.
Good Bench Players: Edson (midfielder), Guga (defender), Gómez (midfielder), Zé Eduardo (midfielder), Juhamera (defender).
The Fans Expect: qualification for international competitions.
Fans’ style: demanding (low number) – rich businesspeople from all around Cafundéu who invest in the team and demand results. Some are a bit eccentric, doing things like throwing money to the real fans of Clube Comercial – which are very few – but they mostly are sane people.
Club Tradition: somewhat traditional team – used to 1st Division environment.
Experts’ Ratings: Sílvio Ruiz (****), Jorge Lang (****), Carlos Alberto Gujabre (****).


ELDORADO: Fuentes; Chaves, Vouverine and Mérida; Turco (c), Mitsubara, Lobos and Betinho; Danilinho, Sinclair and Marcel.
Coach: Connor Mengucci.
President: Valdir McLaren.
Team Full Name: Associação Esportiva Eldorado.
Team Style: slightly offensive, enjoys long passes and counterattacks.
Strongest Point: the attackers.
Weakest Point: the midfield, even though it’s not bad.
Nickname: Conquistadores.
Stadium Used: Memorial, in Eldorado (cap. 40,000).
State: Juta.
Team Sponsor: Churrascarias Brasa Mora.
Home Kit: yellow shirt with details in green and green shorts.
Away Kit: pale green shirt and white shorts.
Other Facts: this is an interesting team, which in the last seasons surprised the whole CCFM league with excellent campaigns, including a cup title. It is located in an almost nice city and has an almost good stadium, with an almost top infrastructure designed by an almost competent engineer. The squad is much better than the fans could imagine some years ago, but the opposition will be complicated to overcome. Right now the team seems to have established itself as a top 8 one, and is trying to make the international competitions with some frequency.
Transfer Market: Eldorado has been somewhat active during this transfer window. They were able to beat opposition in order to sign with Luis Fuentes, best keeper of the previous season, and reinforced the defence with Logan Vouverine from Zarbli. For the midfield, Lobos is the new player, from the relegated Clube Imperial. The attack has NT player Danilinho returning from a short spell at Central United, and Ian Sinclair from Atlético Jutense.
Fans’ Favourites: the defensive midfielder Turco, who is very committed and determinate on the pitch, is the current favourite of the fans, with offensive midfielder Betinho coming in second.
Good Bench Players: Motta (goalkeeper); Precioso (defender), Raúl (midfielder), Pastorinho (midfielder), Wilson Prieto (attacker).
The Fans Expect: top 8 position.
Fans’ style: passionate (low number) – due to the fact that Eldorado isn’t so far from Cafundó do Juta, most of its population ends supporting one of the capital teams. But the ones who stay loyal to Eldorado end being extremely fanatic, with tattoos on their bodies and calling their sons or livestock with names of famous players.
Club Tradition: slightly traditional team – nearly established to 1st Division.
Experts’ Ratings: Sílvio Ruiz (***), Jorge Lang (***), Carlos Alberto Gujabre (***).


RIO BONITO: Ojeda; Renan Muniz, Carlinhos and Teteo (c); Paulo Fabbri, Pak Jongguk, Ni Cheallaigh (c) and Wendel; Rudinei, Zizi and Leandrinho.
Coach: Manuel Padaria.
President: Barnabé Casanova.
Team Full Name: Grêmio Esportivo Rio Bonito.
Team Style: mixed, explores a lot the counterattacks.
Strongest Point: the attack trio.
Weakest Point: the defence, no doubt about it.
Nickname: Mosqueteiros Orientais.
Stadium Used: Arena Samseong-Barnabé, Rio Bonito (cap. 50,000).
State: Dunboor.
Team Sponsor: Samseong Electronics.
Home Kit: maroon shirt with black hoops and black shorts.
Away Kit: light orange shirt and white shorts.
Other Facts: right now, Rio Bonito is managing to keep a good run at the Primeirona, making it to the second phase, which is a very surprising result. The team is not a bad one, but right now isn’t good enough to challenge the bigger ones, and is probably set to an intermediate position or to repeat the feat of reaching the top 8. This is not that bad, but the investors would prefer something better.
Transfer Market: not major changes in the squad, due to the fact that the investors aren’t having that much contact with the club managers right now. Wendel and Zizi are the new signings, which are good ones.
Fans’ Favourite: the fans enjoy a lot the football of Paulo Fabbri, and the captain Kelvin too, though he isn’t a good player in all honesty. Due to the influence of the president, his son Barnabézinho also is well liked.
Good Bench Players: Barnabézinho (defender), Carlos Garcia (midfielder), Timóteo (attacker), Paiva (defender), Georges (midfielder).
The Fans Expect: intermediate position.
Fans’ style: calm (low number) – limited to the city of Rio Bonito, they are mostly friends or employees of the farmers who dominate the politics at that region, giving the fanbase a “country” style. Orientals also tend to like the club.
Club Tradition: recent team – trying to establish at 1st Division.
Experts’ Ratings: Sílvio Ruiz (**), Jorge Lang (**), Carlos Alberto Gujabre (**).


SÃO JORGE: Klassen; Pacheco, Biin-Jaria, Gílson and Tavinho; Wilson, Poulsen (c), Gérson and Agmerin; Narozhylenko and Chiquinho.
Coach: Ricardo Andrada.
President: Sidenir Vermelho.
Team Full Name: Real Clube São Jorge de Futebol.
Team Style: defensive, focuses on counterattacks.
Strongest Point: the attack.
Weakest Point: the defence in general.
Nickname: Esquimós.
Stadium Used: Novo Olímpico Imperial, São Jorge (cap. 70,000).
State: Dunboor.
Team Sponsor: Reboco Cosmetics.
Home Kit: white shirt and blue shorts.
Away Kit: light blue shirt and shorts.
Other facts: a team that was even able to have a fine squad in the Primeirona seasons ago. The squad doesn’t have much depth, but has some interesting players. After escaping relegation in the previous season, the team didn’t get reinforced very much and will probably have the same hopes for this season. The attack is their biggest hope of doing better than at least other 4 clubs in the league.
Transfer Market: the goal is reinforced with Klassen, a good goalkeeper. But the other reinforcements are for the attack: Narozhylenko comes from abroad, and the fans welcomed him warmly.
Fans’ Favourite: the duo of defensive midfielders, Wilson and Poulsen, are the players who have the better relationship with the fans right now, and it’ll be difficult to take this position from them.
Good Bench Players: Massari (midfielder), Olavo (attacker), Dênis (attacker), Ulisses Cobra (defender), Tigre (goalkeeper).
The Fans Expect: escape relegation.
Fans’ style: passionate (low number) – nice supporters, involving many families, but in a restricted area. They love their city, and that’s why they end supporting São Jorge... but also that’s why they hate to go to away games.
Club Tradition: recent team – trying to establish at the 1st Division.
Experts’ Ratings: Sílvio Ruiz (**), Jorge Lang (**), Carlos Alberto Gujabre (*).


ATLÉTICO CENTRAL: Paulson; Germano, Vaspa, Touro and Testerman (c); Colorado, Luisinho, Alvarez and Régis; Conchis and Barreto.
Coach: Marquinhos Prancheta.
President: Inácio Aragão Lopez.
Team Full Name: Associação Atlética Cidade Central.
Team Style: offensive, uses short passes.
Strongest Point: the offensive sector.
Weakest Point: the full-backs.
Nickname: Sombras.
Stadium Used: Montanhão, Cidade Central (cap. 50,000).
State: Central.
Team Sponsor: Latavelha Airlines.
Home Kit: white shirt and white shorts.
Away Kit: dark brown shirt and black shorts.
Other Facts: a somewhat old but not traditional club, Atlético Central managed to do a wonderful job in the league recently, reaching the final of the Emperor’s Cup once and playing in the Globe Cup. Quite a feat for a minor club of the Central State. So, the team abandons its usual ambitions of just escaping relegation and now wants to have at least a comfortable position on the league and, why not, another shot at international competitions?
Transfer Market: the team signed with the goalkeeper Paulson, who got relegated with Clube dos Banqueiros last season. Luisinho and Alvarez are the reinforcements for the midfield, but the team lost a lot of talent with both Rufino and Rugrosso leaving.
Fans’ Favourites: with both Rufino and Rugrosso going to Ranca Toco, rivals of Atlético Central, the supporters now turn their attention to attacker Barreto, who was with the club even in the lower divisions.
Good Bench Players: Gabriel (defender), Miltinho (midfielder), Kauê (attacker), Saci (attacker), Leônidas (defender).
The Fans Expect: intermediate position.
Fans’ style: passionate (small number) – not having too many supporters due to the fact that the club only now reaches the status of a club in the elite division of Cafundéu, the ones devoted to Atlético Central really love the club. In fact, most have tattoos representing the club or baptized their children with names of legendary players.
Club Tradition: slightly traditional club – newcomer in 1st Division environment.
Experts’ Ratings: Sílvio Ruiz (***), Jorge Lang (**), Carlos Alberto Gujabre (**).


A.F.F.: Junot; Edgar (c), Thorvaldsson, Mizirov, Dudu and Adão; Mano Firmeza, Fournier, Tião and Nastromani; Kelthraag.
Coach: Tales.
President: Petrônio Silveira.
Team Full Name: Abbade Futebol Familiar.
Team Style: offensive, controls ball on midfield.
Strongest Point: the midfield.
Weakest Point: the entire attack.
Nickname: Monges (Monks).
Stadium Used: Arena América, Abadia (cap. 120,000)
State: Old Cities.
Team Sponsor: Bovacaf Stock Market.
Home Kit: red shirt with black hoops and black shorts.
Away Kit: white shirt and black shorts.
Other Facts: one of the biggest clubs of Cafundéu had a nightmare seasons ago, having to play on the Segundona after shocking the country by getting relegated. But they returned to the top flight with ease, and now are willing to recover their prestige. Last season the team ended in an intermediate position, which is not bad for a team slowly recovering. Now the objective is to get to the top 8.
Transfer Market: the slow improvement is happening with the squad too, as the team lost many players in their relegation seasons ago. For this season, goalkeeper Junot was hired, together with defender Mizirov.
Fans’ Favourites: midfielder Mano Firmeza conquered the hearts of the supporters with his commitment on the pitch. Right after we have the offensive midfielder Tião, who is a great prospect for the future.
Good Bench Players: Ananias (midfielder), Bebeto (defender), Cássio (goalkeeper), Mirandinha (attacker), Vatapá (midfielder).
The Fans Expect: top 8 position.
Fans’ style: passionate (high number) – due to the fact that most of A.F.F.’s fans are older than their opponents’, the team started to be called the “retirement club”. In fact, in every A.F.F. match there are at least some five minutes of silence in respect of the deaths amongst the fanbase due to age.
Club Tradition: one of the pioneers of the country – successful at domestic stage.
Experts’ Ratings: Sílvio Ruiz (***), Jorge Lang (***), Carlos Alberto Gujabre (**).


CR SUBMIRIA: Petrovic; Manoel, Paraguaio and García; Waldir Proto, Suvorov, Emilio, Daniel and Lucas Honda (c); Granek and China.
Coach: Dinei Barreto.
President: Regiane Domingues.
Team Full Name: Clube de Regatas Submiria.
Team Style: defensive, attacks on counterattacks.
Strongest Point: the defensive midfield.
Weakest Point: the central defence.
Nickname: Peixes.
Stadium Used: Parque Aquário, Submiria (cap. 60,000).
State: Coast.
Team Sponsor: Sorvetes Muibão.
Home Kit: blue shirt and white shorts.
Away Kit: white shirt and blue shorts.
Other Facts: and CR Submiria managed to escape relegation! It wasn’t a surprise to see them back at the Primeirona, since they are legends in the Segundona, but to see them playing two consecutive seasons in the top tier is surprising. Well, they have just one objective to reach this season: to stay for a third season. If escaping relegation last time was difficult, this time it’ll be too.
Transfer Market: the team moved a little during the transfer window, bringing the good goalkeeper Petrovic and the midfielders Emilio and Suvorov. Maybe this will be enough to keep them in the Primeirona.
Fans’ Favourite: team captain and offensive midfielder Lucas Honda is the current favourite, for being a promising player formed on CR Submiria’s youth team. Right after comes defender Paraguaio.
Good Bench Players: Helber (goalkeeper), Donizete (attacker), Selvagem (midfielder), Darci (defender), Varley (attacker).
The Fans Expect: escape relegation.
Fans’ style: obsessive (medium number) – biggest club of the Coast State, the fans of CR Submiria tend to love the club more than their relatives, being capable of spending their lunch’s money in order to watch a match.
Club Tradition: traditional club – trying to establish on the 1st Division.
Experts’ Ratings: Sílvio Ruiz (**), Jorge Lang (*), Carlos Alberto Gujabre (*).


GRÊMIO LUX: Jão (c); Ermenegildo, Manoel, Leandro Gordo and Wellington; Altraan, Caboclo and Funez; Luizão, Ronald and Jean Carlo.
Coach: Henrique Silveira.
President: Baron Nivaldo Pedrosa.
Team Full Name: Grêmio Recreativo Luxiano.
Team Style: balanced, enjoys using the wings.
Strongest Point: the offensive midfield.
Weakest Point: the defence including the goalkeeper.
Nickname: Aristocratas.
Stadium Used: Clube Nobre, Lux (cap. 30,000).
State: Central.
Team Sponsor: Farah Construtora.
Home Kit: dark blue shirt and black shorts.
Away Kit: yellow shirt and dark blue shorts.
Other Facts: it didn’t take long for Grêmio Lux to return to the Primeirona, and now with more fame thanks to two consecutive good performances in international competitions, more precisely for the SBCC. It is true that in both editions their Cafundelense rivals won, but Grêmio Lux did really well. Curiously, the team doesn’t seem to be much good or have much depth, and is one of the favourites to get relegated.
Transfer Market: thanks to the good performances in the Segundona and in the SBCC, the directors of Grêmio Lux decided to not make many changes in the team, hoping that the squad can keep the good form even if they’ll now play against far superior opposition.
Fans’ Favourites: the supporters are fans of the attacker Luizão, as he was part of the team even when it first reached the Primeirona. Recently they started to admire the goalkeeper Jão and talented midfielder Funez.
Good Bench Players: Jardineiro (goalkeeper), Tomé (defender), Sabino (defender), Rivaldo (midfielder), Zeca Urubu (midfielder).
The Fans Expect: escape relegation.
Fans’ style: uninterested (low number) – Grêmio isn’t really a club with a large fanbase, being created by a group of nobles with nothing else to do, and decided to create a sports club which became a football one. Therefore, attendance will always be low, though the supporters will surely behave and dress themselves well.
Club Tradition: recent team – newcomer to 1st Division environment.
Experts’ Ratings: Sílvio Ruiz (*), Jorge Lang (*), Carlos Alberto Gujabre (*).


TÊNIS CLUBE: Ronaldo; Tarciso, Vincent, Malaquias and Luciano Churrasco; Deco, Ogorodov, Andrezinho and Mendoza; Naldinho (c) and Serginho Nobre.
Coach: Zezinho do Amendoim.
President: Tarso Falastrão.
Team Full Name: Alvorada de Penderia Tênis e Futebol Clube.
Team Style: defensive, moves forward with caution.
Strongest Point: the midfield, entirely.
Weakest Point: the defence, entirely.
Nickname: Geração Saúde.
Stadium Used: Terreno da Alvorada, in Penderia. (cap. 30,000)
State: Old Cities.
Team Sponsor: Tagarela Language Courses.
Home Kit: green shirt with yellow stripes and green shorts.
Away Kit: white shirt and yellow shorts.
Other Facts: one of the most traditional clubs of Cafundéu returns to the top division after several seasons in the Segundona. Tênis Clube is pure tradition, but no results. But perhaps this is on the path of change, since the club managed to win the last SBCC, and with this attract a few players to play for them in this season. The team is fine, and perhaps can even escape relegation, but is much inferior to, for example, midtable clubs of the Primeirona.
Transfer Market: the team did something that is unusual for clubs that are promoted from the Segundona: they bought some talent from abroad. Midfielders Ogorodov and Mendoza were the target and, this combined with some domestic reinforcements, made the transfer window for Tênis Clube a good one, and surely the supporters are satisfied with the effort made by the directors.
Fans’ Favourites: the supporters of the club are really fans of the attackers Naldinho and Serginho Nobre. So far, they don’t seem to be excellent players, only average ones. But they scored tons of goals in the Segundona.
Good Bench Players: Nogueira (midfielder), Kayke (defender), Cesinha (attacker), Li (goalkeeper), Japa Doido (midfielder).
The Fans Expect: escape relegation.
Fans’ style: calm (medium number) – the team was a great team in the past, so the current dedicated fans are old ones, similar to A.F.F.’s situation: the difference is that they aren’t much worried with football, as the club they support is a powerhouse in tennis and golf, and these are their preferred sports.
Club Tradition: highly traditional – formerly used to 1st Division environment.
Experts’ Ratings: Sílvio Ruiz (*), Jorge Lang (**), Carlos Alberto Gujabre (*).


PERNETAS EC: Machão; Polegar, Sargento, Pé de Cabra and Lili; Arnaldo, Marcelo Guerreiro (c), Zdnenek and Bogdan; Renato Carnaval and Peixoto.
Coach: Benjamin Canavial.
President: Colonel Tiago Gimenez.
Team Full Name: Pernetas e Afins Esporte Clube.
Team Style: Balanced but very unorganized.
Strongest Point: the attack, though it’s not good too.
Weakest Point: the entire defensive sector.
Nickname: Doidões (Crazy).
Stadium Used: Pasto Minado, in Impostos (cap. 35,000).
State: Old Cities.
Team Sponsor: Ignição Fuel.
Home Kit:white shirt and blue shorts.
Away Kit: blue shirt and blue shorts.
Other Facts: there was a time when Pernetas EC was an organized club, which did everything like the other teams and even had some good seasons in the Primeirona. This is the past. Nowadays, Pernetas EC has no internal or even organization during the match, and the supporters act like people from the Landau Institute. But the club managed to reach the Primeirona again thanks to this weird way of playing football, each match having a different strategy and formation. But there must be no doubt about one thing: this is the worst team of this season’s Primeirona. By a good margin.
Transfer Market: well, Pernetas EC is still a professional club, so they got involved in the transfer market willing to bring more players. They hired some free agents and some supporters with talent.
Fans’ Favourites: the fans will love the player as soon as he is wearing the Pernetas EC shirt and seems to be shooting at the right direction. But, at the first mistake, they’ll start to hate the same player.
Good Bench Players: Alemão (defender), Bart (goalkeeper), Francke (attacker), Zoiudo (defender), Cabrito (midfielder).
The Fans Expect: to escape relegation.
Fans’ style: crazy (low number) – they don’t care much for the result, they don’t care much for the players, they don’t care much even for themselves: they just want to party, shout and to bring as much attention to them as possible. Expect violence, naked people, pitch invasions, things of the sort.
Club Tradition: traditional club – formerly used to 1st Division.
Experts’ Ratings: Sílvio Ruiz (*), Jorge Lang (*), Carlos Alberto Gujabre (*).


SÃO LONGUINHO: Waldyr; Lipe, Demétrio, Chico Pereira (c) and Boi Bumbá; Fabrício, Gustavo, Rashid and Emmanuel; Gonzaga and Reinaldo.
Coach: Matheus Gusmão.
President: André de Menezes.
Team Full Name: Culto Esportivo São Longuinho.
Team Style: defensive, values ball possession.
Strongest Point: the defensive midfield.
Weakest Point: the offensive midfield.
Nickname: Fiéis.
Stadium Used: Fazenda do Sagrado Coração, in São Longuinho (cap. 20,000).
State: Titã.
Team Sponsor: Do Norte Soft Drinks.
Home Kit: dark red shirt with details in greenish-blue and dark red shorts.
Away Kit: white shirt and light blue shorts.
Other Facts: another club that manage to come from the lowest division of Cafundéu to the highest in a short period of the time, São Longuinho managed to get success thanks to the devotion of the supporters, which contribute to the club. But their money won’t be enough to make the team a strong contender for titles, since the opponents are far richer, but perhaps it can help them to escape relegation.
Transfer Market: as it is usual with weaker clubs and clubs that have been promoted, São Longuinho’s investments were concentrated on talent from the lower leagues of Cafundéu, but there were few signings.
Fans’ Favourites: the defender Chico Pereira is the favourite of the supporters, for being a devoted and talented player. But, as most of the players have a strong link with the club, most are liked by the fans.
Good Bench Players: Gavião (defender), Irineu (midfielder), Olavo (attacker), Pastor (attacker), Darci (midfielder).
The Fans Expect: escape relegation.
Fans’ style: proud (small number) – they know they aren’t on the level of the major teams of the league, but they wish to be respected. They follow the club like if it was their religion, and get upset when someone makes fun of them.
Club Tradition: recent club – newcomer to the 1st Division.
Experts’ Ratings: Sílvio Ruiz (*), Jorge Lang (*), Carlos Alberto Gujabre (*).


FAVOURITES: survey’s results:

23% - Petardos S/A
17% - Cafundó do Juta
15% - Ranca Toco
12% - América
10% - Dunboor FC
8% - Clube Comercial and Atlético Jutense
5% - Eldorado
1% - Porto Lacruz and SC Lasft

WORST TEAM:

60% - Pernetas EC
24% - São Longuinho
8% - Grêmio Lux
4% - São Jorge
2% - CR Submiria and Tênis Clube


SECOND DIVISION (participating teams) - Serrano; Clube Imperial; Bandeirantes; Clube dos Banqueiros; Atlético Insular; Varzeano; Agreman FH; Metropolitano; Internacional; Galáxia; Cruzeiro do Sul; União Trabalhadora; EC Elville; SC Haja Coração; Khalmar-Tijhus; Templo Maior; Dínamo; SC Carnavalesco; Esportivo Jutense; Universitário.

Favourites: Serrano, Clube Imperial, Bandeirantes, Atlético Insular, Varzeano.


THIRD DIVISION (participating teams) - Coqueiros; Coríntios Jutense; São José; Engenheiro Peres; Tabajara; Vitória de Espinal; Nacional Cruz; Sambarilove; Santa Cruz do Norte; Penders; Teatro Seta; Aldeia Vigiah; Aliança; Real Jaçanã; Associação Imobiliária; Império/Flores; Santo Expedito; Acadêmicos; XXV de Maio; Grande Cassino.

Favourites: Coríntios Jutense, São José, Tabajara, Santa Cruz do Norte, Penders.


FOURTH DIVISION (participating teams) - Nova Éden; Pico da Neblina; Amigos do Pebolim; Palestra; Supersônicos; Ferroviário; Mocidade; Carandirú; Tio João; Faculdade de Medicina; Beira-Mar; Petrol; Novo Milênio; Desportiva Espinal; Real Ouro Branco; Vila Velha; Moto Clube; Recreativo Compos; EC Melhorais; Praias Belas.

Favourites: Nova Éden, Supersônicos, Mocidade, Beira-Mar, Desportiva Espinal.


FIFTH DIVISION (participating teams) - Mondragon Warriors; Legião de Srieth; Espinalense; Sport Clube; Conglomerado EC; Núcleo Cultura; Areias; Royal Pollvogarad; Montes Negros; Massaranduba FC; Miragaia FC; Independência; Peladeiros; Alfândega; Forças Armadas; Boiadeiros; Companhia Elétrica; Pré-Sal Athletic; Olímpia; União Cafundelense.

Favourites: Mondragon Warriors, Legião de Srieth, Royal Pollvogarad, Miragaia FC, Olímpia.


TQCC/GC/SBCC teams and/or venues to be decided on the Jowenguard Crown, to come soon.

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KPFA League First Division 5245 Season Two Thirds Complete

Tertius Shajarhayam - Starting to see things taking shape... one thing's for sure: that twenty-fourth-matchday Rahish Bay Derby return leg is going to be one hell of a showdown! Call in the TV crews now; it's going to be epic. But let's not get ahead of ourselves. Here are the results for matchdays eleven through twenty.

Matchday 11 (16 and 17 April)

Zhevassi 2-2 Therakham
Urnabhi 2-3 Juvapanam
Yastrabi 0-0 Urajbina
Xenon 3-0 Nekromanti
FKM 4-0 Angels
Krevetka 0-1 Gimnasia
Iguani 0-4 Vulkan
Shadows 1-0 Begemoti

It's not like Begemoti had a spectacular attack in the first place, but when you have to travel to the torrential rain and oppressive heat of Pkethat Šede to try and score goals, it gets even worse. Shadows prolific defense was again unyielding, and they parked the bus with style (or lack thereof) after Corretja headed in a corner in the 22nd minute. Xenon have been in relegation-tastic form for most of the year so far, but they came to life at just the right time by brushing aside the already-doomed Necromancers. And true to form, Iguani were an embarrassment as they let Vulkan show up and trample them in Rylsk. Vulkan have a long way to go to get back into the international place hunt, but if they keep dishing out beat-downs like this... and Juvapanam pulled two points ahead in the title race! Emuzhezh was one of the only Pazhujebi cities not drenched in rain on this weekend, but Urnabhi still found themselves soaked in shame after Juvapanam won a late penalty to break the deadlock and take all three points. Meanwhile Urajbina's offense sputtered in Dyurtyuli as Yastrabi kept themselves well-marshaled enough to hold the yellow, red, and blue to a nil-nil result.

Matchday 12 (23 and 24 April)

Therakham 3-0 Juvapanam
Urnabhi 3-2 Yastrabi
Xenon 0-1 Zhevassi
Angels 1-0 Nekromanti
FKM 0-0 Gimnasia
Krevetka 2-0 Iguani
Vulkan 1-0 Shadows
Urajbina 3-0 Begemoti

Urajbina leapt back into first place as they took advantage of Therakham's emphatic home win over Juvapanam by brushing aside slumping Begemoti at the Oberlander'ajat Stidiyama. A Vazavorski first-half double sunk the Hippopotamus' ship by half time. Vulkan held serve in the title hunt by winning their fifth match in a row in a hard-fought contest in Gelendzhik, Iguani's quest to score a goal in the First Division stayed fruitless as their trip to Oktyabrsk ended in tears, and Urnabhi stayed true to their promise of playing exciting football by recovering from a two-goal half time deficit to storm back and defeat Yastrabi. The white-and-dark-pink clad supporters at the Emuzhezh Stidiyama went nuts when the final whistle blew.

Matchday 13 (30 April and 1 May)

Urnabhi 1-1 Urajbina
Juvapanam 2-0 Xenon
Angels 0-3 Zhevassi
Nekromanti 0-3 Gimnasia
FKM 3-0 Iguani
Krevetka 0-1 Shadows
Vulkan 1-0 Begemoti
Yastrabi 2-2 Therakham

Aren't referees infuriating? Sometimes they'll make a bad decision and it just annoys you, but sometimes they'll make a bad decision and it messes up the whole league. That's where we stand after a match that should have ended nil-nil ended in favor of the white-and-silver clad side in Oktyabrsk. Shadows' ill-begotten victory (achieved via a terrible penalty decision) keeps them within striking distance of the league's top dogs. Speaking of which... they've drawn far too many times so far to consider themselves contenders at this point, but they've now won two in a row and looked value for money in so doing: Zhevassi. The Galacticos went to Dyurtyuli to face Angels and put on a show, controlling every aspect of the play, including the scoreline. Therakham went to the City of Ice to play in the same stadium the next day, but their result was a bit more disappointing. They manage to erase leads taken by the amber-and-white twice, but the draw sees them slip further behind the leaders. Talking of the leaders, the first-place spot changed hands across Rahish Bay once again as Urajbina were held to a draw by Urnabhi and Juvapanam's Urrustoy scored a pair of thirty-yard screamers to defeat Xenon.

Matchday 14 (7 and 8 May)

Therakham 1-1 Urnabhi
Xenon 1-4 Yastrabi
Juvapanam 5-1 Angels
Zhevassi 0-1 Gimnasia
Iguani 0-0 Nekromanti
FKM 0-2 Shadows
Begemoti 1-1 Krevetka
Vulkan 2-4 Urajbina

Iguani's offense still hasn't achieved the monumental task of scoring a goal, but their defense has finally seen them through a bore draw in Yayal! The match between the league's two worst sides was as uninspiring as you would have expected; hopefully you switched over, a new episode of that new high school musical drama was on. Finally we saw a convincing performance from the silver and black as Shadows brushed aside the collapsing orange and silver at FKM Arena, Juvapanam stayed a whisker ahead of everybody else in the quest for first place by hammering Angels at home (the latter team is slowly heading back towards the drop zone, oh no), and Therakham produced yet another draw, this time against the in-form Spiders of Emuzhezh. It's a shame, but all these single-point results are piling up for the black-and-blue, and in the end that's going to be a recipe for a whole lot of mid-table and a whole lot more of not-in-the-UICA-spots.

Matchday 15 (14 and 15 May)

Therakham 1-1 Urajbina
Urnabhi 3-3 Xenon
Yastrabi 1-1 Angels
Juvapanam 0-1 Gimnasia
Iguani 0-0 Zhevassi
Shadows 1-0 Nekromanti
Begemoti 0-1 FKM
Vulkan 3-1 Krevetka

More thrilling football from Urnabhi as they continued to collect fans from all over the Federation on account of their positive approach to matches. Their performance wasn't enough to collect full honors, but neutrals were proud to have seen the brilliantly fun three-all draw between the white-and-dark-pink and Xenon. Chalk up another point next to Iguani's name! That's two draws in a row for the league's worst side, but still not a single goal scored. This is getting ridiculous. The victims of the eggplant-and-silver-green's defensive effort were the Galacticos, who still haven't found their form. FKM won their second game in three by blanking Begemoti on the road, but unfortunately those two victories have come against relegation-threatened sides; unimpressive. And Vulkan are making themselves heard in the title race as they soundly beat Krevetka via a Shcherbina hat trick. There's no place like home, right mate? The mini-sized striker saw his career deteriorate at Zhevassi, but back at the club where he began his career, he seems to be doing fine. In case you were wondering, the reason Vulkan have a shot at this thing is because Juvapanam lost to Gimnasia's iron-gate defense and Therakham subjected Urajbina to yet another one of their trademark draws, placing the bitter belligerents from the east and west sides of the mouth of Rahish Bay even on points at the top of the table halfway through the season.

KDZ Cup Round of 16 1st Leg (28 May)

Meteoriti 2-5 Xenon
FKM 2-2 Yastrabi
Vulkan 0-0 Korichnevaya Luna
Enoti 1-1 Nautilus
Nekromanti 3-0 Begemoti
PYZ 4-0 Vampiri
Dynamo 0-0 Gimnasia
Iguani 2-0 Trubkozub

KDZ Cup Round of 16 2nd Leg (1 June)

Xenon 3-1 Meteoriti (Xenon 8-3 on aggregate)
Yastrabi 3-1 FKM (Yastrabi 5-3 on aggregate)
Korichnevaya Luna 0-2 Vulkan (Vulkan 2-0 on aggregate)
Nautilus 0-2 Enoti (Enoti 3-1 on aggregate)
Begemoti 0-0 Nekromanti (Nekromanti 3-0 on aggregate)
Vampiri 1-2 PYZ (PYZ 6-1 on aggregate)
Gimnasia 3-0 Dynamo (Gimnasia 3-0 on aggregate)
Trubkozub 0-0 Iguani (Iguani 2-0 on aggregate)

The draw was the only thing that made these KDZ Cup fixtures interesting, insofar as there were a couple inter-First-Division ties. One of those was the source of the round's only upset, where Yastrabi took advantage of having been drawn against FKM with the second leg at home. The Hawks survive and stamp a ticket to the KDZ Cup quarterfinals. Nekromanti found a bit of form in the cup (they surely wish they could find it in the league, though) by putting out contemporary Begemoti with relative ease. And there were a few ties that sort of looked like inter-First-Division ones, like where Gimnasia got old foes Dynamo and Xenon got Meteoriti. Pretty boring overall, though. The best action is probably going to come in the next round.

Matchday 16 (4 and 5 June)

Xenon 3-2 Therakham
Urnabhi 1-1 Angels
Gimnasia 1-5 Yastrabi
Juvapanam 2-0 Iguani
Zhevassi 1-1 Shadows
Nekromanti 0-1 Begemoti
Vulkan 2-1 FKM
Krevetka 2-1 Urajbina

You know, for years we've been wondering if a proper rivalry would ever crop up between a Kagdaz club and a Pazhujebi club, but nothing's really popped up. Well, by George, one sure might pop up now. Urajbina keep benefiting from Krevetka players or managers, and Krevetka have had to pick through the scraps. But any time the Shrimp faces the yellow, red, and blue, they get to benefit from having donated so much talent to their opponents. This occasion was no different, except for the fact that Urajbina were dealt a huge blow in their effort to hold serve in their race with Juvapanam. Begemoti avenged their KDZ Cup elimination at the hands of Nekromanti just days before by snatching a winner in stoppage time, Yastrabi stayed in excellent form by clobbering the previously unassailable Gimnasia defense, and Peregrina Thašighi finally managed to put one over on her old club by scoring once and assisting once in a thrilling three two win. Oh, and if you were concerned that the first-place team in the league would drop points at home to the last-place team in the league, rest your worried little head. Juvapanam coasted to victory against Iguani to vault themselves three points clear at the top. Looks like the repeat could be on.

Matchday 17 (11 and 12 June)

Angels 3-6 Therakham
Gimnasia 1-2 Urnabhi
Iguani 0-0 Yastrabi
Shadows 0-1 Juvapanam
Zhevassi 3-1 Begemoti
Nekromanti 0-2 Vulkan
Krevetka 2-1 FKM
Xenon 2-1 Urajbina

The circus is in town! The Mahathu Derby at the Praça de Prata! Bloop dee doo pee doo pee doo doo doo da! In possibly the most memorable match of the year, the black and blue stuck it to their hated enemies on the other side of the capital. We at the Herald would love to be happy for them, but we'd be lying. Giving up six goals in a derby is the kind of stuff they rub in your face for decades. It'll take a long time for us to live this down. At least we scored three of our own to make it interesting. The sky, orange, and metallic gold juggernaut finally found a way to win again (they hadn't done it since April), but defeating Begemoti at home isn't anything to write your mother about. Urajbina's trip to eastern Kagdazka is just getting worse and worse. Another loss via first-half Lomi and Jariku goals left them six points adrift as Juvapanam had beaten Shadows in Pkethat Šede earlier in the weekend. And hooray for little Iguani! They had scored two goals in the KDZ Cup two weeks earlier (enough to put them through), and even though they still haven't yet done so in the First Division, they've now collected three points in four league fixtures. Are they finally finding form? Who cares, because it's too late, they're already going back down.

Matchday 18 (25 and 26 June)

Gimnasia 1-0 Therakham
Urnabhi 2-0 Iguani
Shadows 1-1 Yastrabi
Juvapanam 2-0 Begemoti
Vulkan 1-1 Zhevassi
Krevetka 4-0 Nekromanti
Urajbina 1-0 FKM
Angels 1-4 Xenon

See? Iguani aren't any good after all. Though that was really never in question since they still haven't scored a goal in the top flight. The Spiders are keeping their mid-table-club aspirations afloat with results against these weak sides, but surely they don't care, every point counts the same. Both Vulkan and Zhevassi needed to win their fixture against one another but in the end had to settle for shared points; Hranush Litvinov made a name for himself by scoring against the club that owns him to equalize. Therakham sunk out of the title picture after letting Lazar Nikolic snatch three points for Gimnasia with a fierce strike on the half volley. But it's not all joy for the average Angels fan: even though our rivals can kiss their championship aspirations goodbye, our favorite team is looking even more terrible. They invited in-form Xenon to the Ice Cube and got hammered by Xenon. Meanwhile, looking at teams that are actually in the title race, both Juvapanam and Urajbina won, meaning that the sky and silver are still six points clear of the yellow, red, and blue and nine points clear of the burgundy and wisteria (Vulkan).

Matchday 19 (2 and 3 July)

Therakham 4-0 Iguani
Urnabhi 0-0 Shadows
Begemoti 0-2 Yastrabi
Vulkan 3-2 Juvapanam
Krevetka 1-1 Zhevassi
FKM 2-0 Nekromanti
Gimnasia 2-1 Xenon
Angels 1-1 Urajbina

Whoa! Suddenly Juvapanam don't look invincible at the top anymore! Their trip to Gelendzhik turned out to be a fantastic match that most of the Federation ended up watching. The sky and silver notched the first goal in the 9th minute via a Ghur free kick, but Yordan Stefanovic got a toe to a ricocheting loose ball in the 31st minute to equalize for Vulkan. Juvapanam regained the lead in the 50th minute as a diving Mendez header found the end of a Chahachim cross. But the burgundy and wisteria didn't take no for an answer. In the 64th minute, Leonid Shcherbina stepped into traffic and curled a left-footed beauty in from 15 yards out, and in stoppage time Athaši Hu scored perhaps the goal of the season by dribbling up the left wing, beating several Juvapanam defenders, sprinting towards and down the goal line, then cutting back out in front of the goal mouth and lane changing to open up a shot with his preferred left foot and beat the goalkeeper. The result (combined with Urajbina's draw in Mahathu versus Angels) reduced Juvapanam's lead on top of the table to five points.

Matchday 20 (9 and 10 July)

Shadows 2-0 Therakham
Urnabhi 2-0 Begemoti
Vulkan 2-1 Yastrabi
Juvapanam 3-1 Krevetka
FKM 0-2 Zhevassi
Urajbina 1-1 Nekromanti
Xenon 2-0 Iguani
Angels 2-2 Gimnasia

Shadows officially overtook Therakham on the ladder with their convincing home win over the slumping black and blue, Urnabhi continued their brilliant middle third of the season by trampling Begemoti, Juvapanam refused to give up when Krevetka took an early lead and battled back into the contest to maintain their lead, Vulkan kept up by just squeaking by Yastrabi (though to be fair the amber and white looked much the better side for most of the game) and actually jumped ahead of Urajbina (as the yellow, red, and blue were stunned at home by a one-all draw with Second Division-bound Nekromanti) for the now-all-important second-place (meaning TQCC qualifying) spot. And in Chaya Vuhumkara's return to FKM, the Zhevassi striker scored two pretty goals to toss his former club further into mid-table suckitude and technically allow his new club to keep up with the leaders.

TEAM                 GP W  D L  PTS GF GA
Juvapanam            20 15 1 4  46  37 19
Vulkan               20 13 1 6  40  42 20
Urajbina             20 11 6 3  39  30 15
Zhevassi             20 10 7 3  37  33 16
Shadows              20 10 5 5  35  20 13
Therakham            20 9  7 4  34  44 23
Yastrabi             20 8  7 5  31  32 24
FKM                  20 9  3 8  30  27 19
Gimnasia             20 8  6 6  30  18 16
Krevetka             20 9  2 9  29  32 31
Urnabhi              20 7  7 6  28  34 28
Xenon                20 8  1 11 25  34 36
Angels               20 5  4 11 19  25 52
Begemoti             20 4  4 12 16  13 36
Nekromanti           20 0  4 16 4   4  40
Iguani               20 0  3 17 3   0  37

Not much to say here. It's not over yet, but all signs point to the sky and silver snapping up league trophy number two after ten more matches. Vulkan and Urajbina are still close enough to trouble Juvapanam, though, and the Volcano's nineteenth-matchday victory over the holders must give them (and Urajbina) reason for hope. A clump of Pazhujebi teams (Zhevassi, Shadows, and Therakham) looks ready to battle it out over the Globe Cup spots, but they're probably too far away to affect things title-wise. In mid-table, Yastrabi are punching above where they were expected to but are still nowhere near as good as last season, FKM are playing dull football and are in a deservedly dull league position, and Gimnasia, Krevetka, Urnabhi, and Xenon are lined up after that. Down at the bottom, Angels are still safe, but they're starting to look really fragile, especially in defense, and Begemoti still have that home ground to giftwrap them a fluke victory or two before seasons' end. Watch out.

Still nothing to report on the Iguani Actually Scoring a Goal front. We'll keep you posted. If they actually go the distance without bulging the old onion bag, it'll have to be some sort of record.

Kagdazka vs. Pazhujebu (16 July)

The shiny new stadium named after its home city, the Gelendzhik Stadion, was decked out in as many wisteria-green and purple-black banners as could be jammed into one arena on a sunny but chilly afternoon in mid-July for the annual Kagdazka versus Pazhujebu match that organizers hope will become a major tradition for years to come. Gelendzhik has often been overlooked as a site for finals and major friendly events, mostly on account of its reputation as a gritty industrial town, but the host city have held their heads tall in their hosting of this fun little event, saying that this is just the first of many.

As always, only KPFA League First Division players eligible for call-up to the Federation national team (and only the Federation national team) were allowed to play in the game. As you will remember, voting to create the teams came from several different sectors, including fans, managers, press, players, and Baba Yaga.

KAGDAZKA
1 GK Ignatyev (Shadows)
2 RB Radic (FKM)
5 CB Akhmetbekov (Zhevassi)
6 CB Timriz (Therakham)
3 LB Vaskaryev (Urnabhi)
8 CDM Litvinov (Zhevassi)
7 RM Nikolic (Gimnasia)
11 LM Vazavorski (Urajbina)
10 CAM Vasilisa (Zhevassi)
4 ST Shcherbina (Vulkan)
9 ST Khorkuleva (Therakham)

1 GK Paqa'na (Urajbina)
2 RB Chahachim (Juvapanam)
5 CB Bhara (Urajbina)
6 CB Uharhi (Shadows)
3 LB Hu (Vulkan)
8 CDM Qiva (Zhevassi)
7 RM Razava (Therakham)
11 LM Ghachi (Juvapanam)
10 CAM Ghur (Juvapanam)
4 ST Hochassi (Juvapanam)
9 ST Vuhumkara (Zhevassi)
PAZHUJEBU

Isn't it remarkable that when you look at the Kagdazka lineup, you see a surfeit of amazing talent, but then you look at their clubs and you notice that just three of them actually play for Kagdaz clubs? It really tells you a lot about the current economics of the Federation: players in Kagdazka are just as good, but Pazhujebi clubs have more buying power and therefore more ability to build strong club sides. Eh... whatever. Someday it'll swing back to them. For now, we Pazhujebis at the Herald aren't complaining.

Meanwhile, Pazhujebu looks stellar as well, particularly in attack where they have a bunch of ridiculously in-form Juvapanam players and then Vuhumkara, whose ability doesn't even bear mentioning. One interesting thing to watch will be Uharhi and Bhara playing next to one another at the back: Uharhi's been struggling to fight his way back into the national team and meanwhile Bhara's surprisingly good performances at the World Cup and its qualifying tournament have boosted her chances of becoming an Urchins first team regular. Who will look better?

The Game

KAGDAZKA 0

PAZHUJEBU 1
Hochassi 33'

So there you go. We've had two KDZ v PZJ games now, when you add the one from last season, and on both occasions the away team has won. The only difference is that last time Kagdazka pretty thoroughly hammered Pazhujebu, but it was much closer now. The play was generally cautious throughout the first half, with neither side eager to offend the other. Lazar Nikolic seemed to be enjoying himself, playing on his home field in front of his home fans, but he was having trouble getting involved in the attack. Finally Kagdazka had a good attacking spell and won a corner kick. They pushed a bunch of people forward. The corner from Vazavorski was a poor one; much too close to his Urajbina teammate, keeper Paqa'na, who punched the ball clear. Razava gathered up the ball, played a one two with Qiva to get himself some space as both teams were sprinting back towards Kagdazka's goal, and unleashed a long, curling, early cross to the other side of the pitch...

...where Juvapanam winger Hochassi was wide open. He took the one-on-one opportunity against young keeper Ignatyev with aplomb and collecting the game's only goal. Kagdazka put together a valiant effort in the second half, but the Pazhujebu back four of Chahachim, Bhara, Uharhi, and Hu proved themselves the men (and woman) of the match with their shockingly well-organized trap and their intimidating tackling. Again, Baba Yaga will have taken notice. Perhaps Uharhi and Hu will now be given another crack at wearing the Urchins uniform.

What Did We Learn?

We in the press like to use this match, played when there are only ten weekends of league fixtures left, to try and gauge which players are in line for end-of-season awards. The only problem in this case is that foreign-based players can't play in the Kagdazka vs. Pazhujebu match, and really, there have been some lovely performances by foreigners in the First Division so far. You would have to say that Chahachim and Bhara are going to be in the Defender of the Year race on account of this game, I guess. And Ghur might very well win the Player of the Year Award again, but then you're forgetting about how well players like Khan, Urrustoy, Mendez, and Corretja have played. All four of the men just mentioned there could and should receive Player of the Year nominations.

[Osarius]

King's League Final Day Results

Burningham City F.C. 0 - 1 Firewood City F.C.
Violia FC 2 - 1 Grasshoppers Turic F.C.
Wellmont United FC 2 - 0 Greeningham City F.C.
Real Rajahara FC 1 - 1 Trothwands Evolution
Blacktube Village F.C. 1 - 1 Cymrwell FC
Callisto City F.C. 3 - 5 AFC Hollybrent
Paper Tree Town F.C. 0 - 2 Real Jraxville FC
Charleston Athletic F.C. 1 - 0 Renneville United F.C.
Hastmead Diamante CFC 3 - 1 Rapid Hearthlands
Junipa Athletic F.C. 0 - 5 Utica United F.C.

With the league title all wrapped up by this point, Firewood City's journey to the Elishat Stadium was purely a matter of pride. Having finished the season with a 100% record at home, and having claimed the record for most King's League Championships legitimately, Willem Hamel's men could have been forgiven for resting on their laurels. As it turned out, captain Benni Watson settled the tie in the 86th minute, with a trademark free kick from 25 yards. No other match in the league really held any significance by this point, with UICA berths, relegation and the championship all wrapped up already. In Hearthlands, Keon Tinto made a final push to regain his status as number on striker in Osarius, though, with a hat trick over barely safe Callisto City.

Callisto City themselves managed to survive after a shocking start to the season and a difficult middle. Credit must go to the board for keeping the faith with Donovan MacLean, but he can't afford another season like this one, or the highly-regarded manager will almost certainly be shown the door. Another manager, who was not quite so fortunate, was Roberto Grosso. The Real JRaxville manager's underperformance was simply not tolerated by the mega-rich ownership. After being sacked shortly after the mid-point of the season, Grosso claimed that he was a victim of "a lack of patience". Maybe so, as the team - largely unchanged from under his stewardship - won ten of their remaining matches to rocket up into the top half of the table. His replacement was Anthony Yoah of Fort Mare, who has already picked up two manager of the month awards in his five month tenure so far. The Jraxville board were unrepentant, releasing the following statement:

"We have no ill-feeling toward Mr Grosso, and we respect him and thank him for the work he has done for us here at Real Jraxville. However, we are mindful that this is a results-based business, and something needed to change. We wish Mr Grosso good fortune in his future endeavours, but for the good of the club, we felt a change was needed."

Hastmead Diamante's UICA berth was confirmed several weeks previous with their 3-1 win over Trelagstad in the Corradini Cup final, but they still managed a respectable seventh place - thanks in large parts to the goalscoring exploits of Bethany Martin - and will certainly look to push on from there next season. In a similar position are Cymrwell FC. The Dynapolitan side have defied critics with their impressive performances in the top flight so far, which have probably contributed heavily to keeping national team starlets Katherine Holland and Enrico Martelli at the club. It is worth noting, though, that Cymrwell appear to be top of the class for the third tier of the King's League. If the league is split into "title contenders", "UICA contenders" and "everyone else", Cymrwell didnt manage to break the 50-point mark which would have seen them in contention for a Globe Cup spot. Expect Michael N'Diaye to dip into the transfer market this summer.

Hastmead Diamante CFC	3-1	Trelagstad FC
H. Peranio (44')		B. Albrighton (12')
B. Martin (57', 74')

Man-of-the-Match: Aaron Cole (Hastmead)

With the OFA Cup final yet to play, Trothwands Evolution could not be sure they would be afforded a UICA berth - entry to the Globe Cup, to be precise - and their shaky performance in Rajahara underlined why they were so far off the title race this season. They did manage to secure fourth place, having made it certain a few weeks previous with a close-fought win over AFC Hollybrent, but now they were reliant on Turic defeating Hollybrent in two weeks' time.

Speaking of the OFA Cup, Hollybrent dispatched Burningham City en route to a second successive final - and potentially another shot at the Cygnus Cup, which they reached the semi-finals of this year - where they would face a high-scoring Grasshoppers Turic side hungry for a trophy. The routes to the final are visible below:

AFC Hollybrent's route to the final
  Third Round: 2-0 (H)  vs Trelagstad FC
 Fourth Round: 3-1 (A)  vs FC Masaka
  Fifth Round: 3-2 (H)  vs Kart Hago FC
Quarter Final: 2-0 (H)  vs Paper Tree Town
   Semi Final: 2-1 (N)  vs Burningham City

Kicking off with a revenge win over Trelagstad FC, Andrew Houghton's side may have been somewhat fortunate in their draws until they faced a stubborn Paper Tree Town in the last eight. A classy showing there, though, set up a semi final showdown in The Cauldron against Burningham City, where Keon Tinto tormented Melvyn Shahar before scoring the winner just before the end of ninety minutes.

Grasshoppers Turic's route to the final
  Third Round: 2-1 (A)  vs Real Jraxville FC (aet)
 Fourth Round: 3-0 (A)  vs Utica United
  Fifth Round: 2-1 (A)  vs Trothwands Evolution
Quarter Final: 4-3 (H)  vs Greeningham City
   Semi Final: 3-1 (N)  vs Firewood City

Karl Heinz-Grichenbauer is well known as a manager who excels at cup competitions. Domestically, anyway. Even with this tough route, he has masterminded tactical victory after tactical victory - building his side around the terrifying attacking quartet of Gremio, Kjaersgaard, Rielle and Johnson - to see off quality opposition. The highlight of their run was almost certainly their convincing 3-1 win over Firewood City at Elishat Stadium in the semi-finals. However, their first victory - an extra time win over a recently rejuvenated Jraxville side, in Jraxville - is certainly a good result, too.

Grasshoppers Turic	3-3 (aet)	AFC Hollybrent
B. Kjaersgaard (3')			K. Tinto (33', 46')
A. Rielle (66')				J. Gross (102')
J. Johnson (112')

	   Penalties:   6 - 5

		Rielle  O   O  Tinto
	   Kjaersgaard  O   O  Gross
                Gremio  O   X  Sullivan
            J. Johnson  O   O  Cotto
                Suarez  X   O  Yokum
               Bangura  X   X  Martinez
              Deckford  O   O  Nieves
              Millican  O   X  Iniesta

Hollybrent thus made it two consecutive losses - although last season's will count as a win in the record books thanks to clonegate - with a heartbreaking penalty shootout defeat at the hands of Grasshoppers Turic. The result also means that Trothwands Evolution are awarded a Globe Cup berth.


The final King's League table looked thus:

   Team                       P   W   D   L   F   A   PD   Pts
1  Firewood City F.C.         38  32  3   3   77  20  57   99   C/TQCC
2  Burningham City F.C.       38  25  8   5   58  20  38   83   TQCC
3  Grasshoppers Turic F.C.    38  26  4   8   78  41  37   82   GC
4  Trothwands Evolution       38  20  8   10  55  32  23   68   GC
5  AFC Hollybrent             38  18  11  9   57  44  13   65
6  Greeningham City F.C.      38  19  6   13  67  37  30   63
7  Hastmead Diamante CFC      38  17  9   12  55  46  9    60   GC
8  Renneville United F.C.     38  15  10  13  50  47  3    55
9  Cymrwell FC                38  13  10  15  44  46  -2   49
10 Real Jraxville FC          38  13  10  15  36  50  -14  49
11 Rapid Hearthlands          38  13  9   16  44  58  -14  48
12 Paper Tree Town F.C.       38  13  7   18  25  34  -9   46
13 Utica United F.C.          38  13  5   20  42  64  -22  44
14 Charleston Athletic F.C.   38  13  4   21  29  40  -11  43
15 Junipa Athletic F.C.       38  11  10  17  54  67  -13  43
16 Violia FC                  38  11  7   20  43  75  -32  40
17 Callisto City F.C.         38  10  8   20  40  53  -13  38
18 Wellmont United FC         38  9   9   20  19  38  -19  36   R
19 Real Rajahara FC           38  7   7   24  29  59  -30  28   R
20 Blacktube Village F.C.     38  5   9   24  24  55  -31  24   R

* Trothwands Evolution awarded entry to the Globe Cup as Grasshoppers Turic qualify via league finish




UICA Stuff

Qualifiers

TQCC: Firewood City, Burningham City
GC: Grasshoppers Turic, Trothwands Evolution, Hastmead Diamante CFC
CC: Grasshoppers Turic (as OFA Cup holders)
AIT: Firewood City (as King's League champions - if eligible)

Stadium bids

TQCC: Elishat Stadium, Burningham (72,000 cap); Applegrass Arena, Hollybrent (64,000 cap)
GC: The Cauldron, Firewood (58,000 cap)

[Mossulia]

With the formation of the Mossulian football league the first season is looking ready to kick off. At the same time as our league was founded the Kazzorian/Indiargan league was dissolved allowing the Mossulian league to soak up a lot of foreign talent. Including retired international Alla Syd ,Paul Romadrius and Liam Miller. These important players should allow the league to become rich in talent and also pretty tightly compacted in the table. There was a rule implemented to make sure that the teams could only sign a maximum 5 international players. This rule will stick with the league allowing the smaller teams to flourish on home grown talent and not just let the big teams dominate using money.

SydneyUnited
Nickname: Forresters
Stadium: The Yat (18,500)
Key Player: Miki
Aims: Mid-table
Squad: Pan, Gang, Tore, Harrison, Miki, Brant, Osan, Matthews, Jackson, Wren, Tony

BrisbaneAlbion
Nickname: Surfers
Stadium: Delhi Arena (32,000)
Key Player: Young
Aims: Avoiding relegation
Squad: Basran, Otto, Rang, Gola, Doors, Song, Carr, Ayeson, Young, Anderson, Wogan

CannesTown
Nickname: The Can
Stadium: Wear Park (27,500)
Key Player: Hytan
Aims: Globe Cup
Squad: Burton, Merson, Lauren, Holden, Alexander, Jan, Vitterg, Atto, Tola, Oats, Smith, Hytan

PerthCity
Nickname: The Greens
Stadium: George Javis Arena (42,750)
Key Player: Kaijser
Aims: Globe Cup
Squad: Po, Yare, Taylor, Borne, Hare, Tere, Barton, Froggat, Harris, Pinch, Clarke, Kaijser

Adelaide
Nickname: Swans
Stadium: Loft Road (31,500)
Key Player: Alla Syd
Aims: Avoiding relegation
Squad: Kop, Lang, Borshe, Heart, Soko, Lawrence, Edison, Parson, Small, Waer, Alla Syd

MelbourneSouth
Nickname: Mints
Stadium: Stone Gate (52,595)
Key Player: Paul Romadrius
Aims: Winning the league
Squad: Long, Langley, Darrens, Harrison, Johns, Carnival, Paul Romadrius, Longton, Hue, Yule, Mark Mathers

MelbourneOrient
Nickname: Industrialists
Stadium: Eastern Lane (39,595)
Key Player: Hinki
Aims: Globe Cup
Squad: Tayne, Tark, Yak, Hinki, Lois, Raft, Lupez, Peter Amadeus, Haig, Lute

SydneyRovers
Nickname: The Syd
Stadium: Polley (67,850)
Key Player: Miller
Aims: Winning the league
Squad: Polo, Adrian, Taylor, Linster, Bargot, Finn, Jagger, Veille, Tarrent, Thompson, Miller

Fiercest rivalries (in order):

Sydney Rovers Vs. Sydney United
The rovers should edge this one, but derby day could see United make a superhuman effort to show up rovers. Still Rovers are favourites here.

Melbourne Orient Vs. Melbourne South
One of the most even rivalries. They defiantly hate each other due to the working class orient hating the middle-class South. South would usually be favourites, but they have a tendency to under estimate Orient.

Brisbane Albion Vs. Adelaide
It will be a close game, but I have a feeling Adelaide will edge it. Until recently Brisbane were the biggest force in the league with home grown talent, but then the international players came in and they look a bit stripped of talent. Hopefully this will be an exciting game to watch. If it isn't watching Alla Syd dominate upfront for Adelaide will be fun anyway.

[Mytannion]

UICA Entrants

Qualifiers

TQCC: Atletik Thessia, 1896 Ebor.
GC: Parr City, Decraa United, Thessia '23.
Cygnus Cup: Atletik Thessia (as Trophie del Nakional holders).
Rushmore Copa de Campeones: Atletik Thessia, 1896 Ebor.
Aeropag Invitational: 1923 Esca (as 6th placed in the Mytanar Takillega - if eligible for the competition).

Stadium Bids
TQCC: The General Jarko Arena, Esca (78,500 cap); Power Central, Parr, Nasto (50,000 cap).
GC: Maine Road, Thessia (30,000 cap); Oluja Stadion, Ebor (22,500 cap).

All results are taken from here.

[Kagdazka and Pazhujebu]

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KPFA League First Division 5245 Season in Review

Tertius Shajarhayam - You may have predicted the winner of this year's First Division, but you had no idea how the crowning happened! Boy, was it ever astonishing! Whether you wanted to know who grabbed international competition spots, who got relegated and promoted, or who won the Šenapatiam'ajat Vahavi, it's all below. Read on, dear reader, read on...

KPFA League First Division Results, Matchdays 1-10
KPFA League First Division Results, Matchdays 11-20

Matchday 21 (23 and 24 July)

Begemoti 1-1 Therakham
Urnabhi 1-2 Vulkan
Krevetka 1-2 Yastrabi
FKM 0-3 Juvapanam
Zhevassi 4-0 Nekromanti
Shadows 2-0 Xenon
Iguani 0-4 Angels
Urajbina 1-0 Gimnasia

Juvapanam's lead is still six. The sky and silver had no trouble at FKM Arena as they showed up and embarrassed the home side, dealing yet another blow to the 'Big 5' concept. An Edorta Urrustoy blast off the outside of the Astograth international's boot beet Ayleeth and starting the rout off. But Vulkan, the next nearest competitor, kept up by beating Urnabhi in Emuzhezh (no easy task). In fact, all of the top five clubs in the table won on this weekend, as Shadows swept aside Xenon, Urajbina barely nabbed a victory against Gimnasia, and Zhevassi mercilessly clobbered Nekromanti. No change in the table.

Matchday 22 (30 and 31 July)

Therakham 3-1 Vulkan
Krevetka 1-1 Urnabhi
Yastrabi 2-0 FKM
Juvapanam 3-1 Nekromanti
Zhevassi 3-0 Urajbina
Begemoti 4-2 Xenon
Shadows 3-0 Angels
Gimnasia 2-0 Iguani

Here we go... this is how titles get won... Therakham may be totally out of the UICA picture, but they still have a proud side that wanted to achieve things this year. They've achieved something by dumping Vulkan in a hard-fought battle in Mahathu. The burgundy and wisteria's loss put them at serious risk of dropping further behind Juvapanam (if the latter team won later in the weekend) and at even more grave risk of slipping out of the TQCC spot. Juvapanam extended the league lead to nine by dealing Nekromanti another hammer blow (by the way, despite all our teasing about how much Iguani sucks, Nekromanti are a paltry point ahead of them and also have not won a match); this time Hochassi, Ghur, and Mendez were the goalscorers. Doesn't look like anybody's going to stop them from repeating. But Shadows obliterated Angels and started the trash talk again, so they aren't out of the race yet. And then there was the Fajr Island Derby... and if you took for granted that Juvapanam were going to win the league, there was only one TQCC spot left... one too few for these two clubs. It was always going to be a heated affair, but luckily the football was quite good. Zhevassi was quite good, that is. Vuhumkara scored twice and Vasilisa curled in a free kick to shame Urajbina into fourth place. Juvapanam stand nine points clear of Vulkan and Zhevassi, who are themselves a point ahead of Urajbina, who are themselves a point ahead of Shadows.

Matchday 23 (6 and 7 August)

Therakham 2-1 Krevetka
FKM 1-3 Urnabhi
Yastrabi 2-0 Nekromanti
Zhevassi 0-1 Juvapanam
Xenon 3-1 Vulkan
Angels 1-2 Begemoti
Gimnasia 1-2 Shadows
Iguani 0-2 Urajbina

Stick a fork in it, it has to be Juvapanam! The Galacticos had liked their chances of winning on their home pitch at the Graha'ajat Stidiyama, but they've been beaten on their own turf! Urrustoy headed in from a tight angle in the 79th minute to silence the massive pro-Zhevassi home crowd. It's looking pretty well over now, folks. But could other teams hold serve? Shadows, for one, did. It was supposed to be a really defensive match at the Gelendzhik Stadion as Gimnasia and the silver and black locked horns. But actually Shadows did well to stay relatively positive throughout the match, which is not something we see a lot of from them. And really, they didn't look altogether that bad a team when they went forward in attack. Two goals bookended a lone Nikolic strike to place three much-needed points in the Šede Island side's bowl. Meanwhile, Urajbina got back on the winning train by beating juggernaut Iguani (har har), and it's crisis time in the southern half of Gelendzhik because Vulkan have lost two in a row and have been dumped down to a tie for fourth place! The Juvapanam lead is ten points. If they beat Urajbina in the Rahish Bay Derby next week, they won't clinch officially, but it'd be a giant leap towards a title repeat and a terrible blow to their cross-bay enemies' own chances.

Matchday 24 (20 and 21 August)

FKM 1-1 Therakham
Urnabhi 3-1 Nekromanti
Yastrabi 3-3 Zhevassi
Juvapanam 2-1 Urajbina
Xenon 4-2 Krevetka
Angels 1-1 Vulkan
Gimnasia 2-0 Begemoti
Shadows 1-0 Iguani

When the TV ratings came in, the Rahish Bay Derby dwarfed that of any other match in the history of club football in the Federation. It's always a good rivalry to begin with, as Urajbina are traditionally a huge liberal powerhouse and Juvapanam are traditionally a conservative small club, really. But this was Urajbina's final chance to stop Juvapanam from winning the title again, so the atmosphere reflected this added tension inside the Sampa Gumbada Stidiyama. Screaming and fanatical sky-blue-and-silver-clad supporters were in full voice as the spiteful opponents took to the pitch. We thought the crowd trouble at the fixture in Urajbina was bad... whole sections had to be filled with stewards as the two supporters groups shouted viciously at one another and threw torches at each other. The match began.

Six minutes in, in a flurry of inch-perfect midfield passes, Ghur left a ball for Mendez so that the Pocoan striker could hold up and get some other players involved. But no... he wasn't planning on waiting after all... Bhara didn't know where Ghur had got off to... oh no, you could almost hear her think as she saw him beat the offside trap as the ball left Mendez' heel. 'Grandpa' seemed a terrible nickname for the Juvapanam legend as he charged down toward the edge of the box. Was he going to shoot? No, he drove a ball hard across the box, oh no... he'd overplayed it for Urrustoy... wait... no he hadn't.

Goal. Chahachim had come out of nowhere, but evidently Ghur had seen him sprinting down the right side of the pitch, and there was no one around to stop the right-back's lashing first-time shot from twenty yards out. Juvapanam 1, Urajbina 0.

It's all right, we'll get back into it, Urajbina were clearly thinking. Their tactic was to take no prisoners; if they had to kick their way back they'd do it. That was a mistake, though. Khan fouled Mendez in a horrible location, right in front of the goal twenty-six yards out. Ghur stepped up... and... really, does he ever fail in these situations. The legend, Grandpa, the greatest player in the history of the Pazhujeb Islands... who cares what you want to call him... it was two nil.

Again, a tactical change. The yellow, red, and blue made a first-half substitution, taking off Bhara and adding another striker. It was on now; two teams hell-bent on defeating one another using ridiculously attacking formations... Urajbina scored next, in the 43rd minute. Burke got free as a cross hurtled towards her, and... oh! She chipped the Juvapanam keeper at the end of the long ball and halved the deficit. One thought, oh, Urajbina are coming back.

But somehow, they didn't. The visitors dominated possession and created chance after chance, but they never put it in the back of the net again. Why? Edorta Urrustoy, that's why.

Juvapanam had been lacking a defensive force for the entirety of last year, and won the league, but not by much. They got by on the back of suicidal attacking, but now they don't have to do that anymore. Urrustoy was a rock; unapologetic and crisp with his tackles and an engine-like in his diligent refusal to let Urajbina organize anything truly threatening. He was the man of the match by far and away. "Kayipiyani, kayipiyani, kayipiyani!" ("Champions, champions, champions!") the home fans shouted in joy and the yellow, red, and blue-wearing fans slouched out of the stadium in shame. The trip back across the bay would be one of the longest in their lives.

Zhevassi and Vulkan drew, annulling any slim chances they may have ever had to win the league this year. Shadows won, making them the next-closest team to the sky and silver but an unimaginably distant eleven points away.

Matchday 25 (27 and 28 August)

Nekromanti 1-2 Therakham
Zhevassi 5-1 Urnabhi
Juvapanam 3-0 Yastrabi
FKM 4-1 Xenon
Krevetka 3-1 Angels
Gimnasia 2-1 Vulkan
Begemoti 3-0 Iguani
Urajbina 0-0 Shadows

No, it's not official yet, but nobody's going to beat Juvapanam (in fact, when was the last time they lost? we'll look that up for you), so you don't need a mathematician to figure this out. Another obliteration (this time Yastrabi were the victims), another step toward making it official, another block in their bridge between back to back championships. Urajbina and Shadows helped out by drawing with each other nil-nil, Vulkan lost again, and Zhevassi hammered Urnabhi to get within range of that last TQCC spot. Otherwise, ho-hum.

KDZ Cup Quarterfinals 1st Leg (3 September)

Gimnasia 2-0 Nekromanti
PYZ 1-3 Xenon
Vulkan 5-0 Iguani
Yastrabi 6-1 Enoti

KDZ Cup Quarterfinals 2nd Leg (7 September)

Nekromanti 0-2 Gimnasia (Gimnasia 4-0 on aggregate)
Xenon 4-0 PYZ (Xenon 7-1 on aggregate)
Iguani 0-2 Vulkan (Vulkan 7-0 on aggregate)
Enoti 0-2 Yastrabi (Yastrabi 8-1 on aggregate)

More boring KDZ Cup fixtures. Thanks to the draw, not a single tie was close, and we've got four KPFA League First Division teams going to the semifinals. Vulkan are probably going to win it, we suppose, but who cares, whoever does get out of the Kagdaz bracket, they're just going to get murdered by Juvapanam in the Šenapatiam'ajat Vahavi final.

Matchday 26 (17 and 18 September)

Begemoti 0-0 Shadows
Therakham 1-1 Zhevassi
Juvapanam 2-1 Urnabhi
Urajbina 2-2 Yastrabi
Nekromanti 1-2 Xenon
Angels 0-3 FKM
Gimnasia 0-2 Krevetka
Vulkan 2-0 Iguani

Winter is already beginning up in Rylsk. Shadows came to town to face Begemoti as the first big blizzard of the year struck the northern tundra. I mean, in conditions like this, it's not impossible to score goals, but you really have to want to score... and these two didn't. Nil-nil was the final scoreline, Begemoti look safer and safer as Angels sink more and more, but more importantly: with a win, the sky and silver would officially and mathematically clinch the title. So... over in Juvapanam... Urnabhi kept it close for most of the first half, but their major offensive threats were devoted to trying desperately to shut down the defending champions' unstoppable attacking, and in the 43rd minute it ended in tears anyway. Mendez finished easily after a series of brilliant one-touch passing and Juvapanam took the lead into half time. It didn't seem like there were going to be any new developments as the scoreline stayed one nil... but wait! Vaskaryev! He was free down the left! No defender could keep up with him... and he equalized! It was minute 83, surely Urnabhi had snatched a draw... nope. All Urrustoy needed was a yard of space and the time to wind up another one of his trademark hammer blasts from outside the box, and Juvapanam had retaken the lead in the 88th minute. Game, set, match, it's two titles in a row for Juvapanam! They lifted the trophy in the warm Juvapanam night air and wept with joy.

Matchday 27 (24 and 25 September)

Juvapanam 2-0 Therakham
Yastrabi 4-0 Urnabhi
Zhevassi 3-2 Xenon
Nekromanti 2-4 Angels
Gimnasia 0-0 FKM
Iguani 1-2 Krevetka
Shadows 2-1 Vulkan
Begemoti 0-1 Urajbina

Not like it matters, but Juvapanam won again. Therakham stink. I'm sorry, call me partisan. But the black and blue were supposed to be somewhere near the top, but they've just been awful. One wonders if Corazo Fortran will keep his job. I mean, here was a retired player from (granted, a great football nation in) Starblaydia with no managerial experience, and Therakham have been useless with him in charge. Khorkuleva and Razava have been fine, but Da Costa never fully got it sorted out and Timriz hasn't look full strength as he's come back from injury. Well, whatever's wrong with them, they didn't have it sorted out as they went to visit the newly crowned two-time champions. Oh, by the way, we did look it up for you... Juvapanam have now won eight matches in a row; the last time they lost was in early July. No wonder they've taken the title so easily. Anyway, Angels... won! Hey, maybe we aren't going down after all! And speaking of going down, it's time for the weekly Iguani-Actually-Scoring-a-Goal-Watch! Nope, they still haven't... WHA?!?!?! They've done it! Regrettably it was in a loss to Krevetka... actually it was quite pathetic, the fans over in Yayal went nuts... like they'd won the title or something. So who's going to get that last TQCC spot? Right now Shadows are a point ahead of Zhevassi and two ahead of Urajbina... so... who knows?

Matchday 28 (1 and 2 October)

Therakham 3-3 Yastrabi
Urajbina 3-1 Urnabhi
Xenon 3-1 Juvapanam
Zhevassi 2-2 Angels
Gimnasia 1-0 Nekromanti
Iguani 0-2 FKM
Shadows 4-1 Krevetka
Begemoti 0-3 Vulkan

Xenon thought they were totally awesome when they invited Juvapanam to town and won, but since Xenon are out of the UICA spot race and Juvapanam have already clinched the league trophy, who cares? Wow, Zhevassi blew it again. Yet another draw, and they can't possibly expect to finish second when they keep producing lethargic results like this. It's a shame, Qiva's last season is going to end in such mediocrity. But Urajbina and Shadows both won easily, so that two-team race for second might be kind of fun to keep an eye on.

Matchday 29 (8 and 9 October)

Urnabhi 3-1 Therakham
Yastrabi 3-1 Xenon
Angels 2-3 Juvapanam
Gimnasia 1-0 Zhevassi
Nekromanti 1-0 Iguani
Shadows 2-0 FKM
Krevetka 3-1 Begemoti
Urajbina 2-0 Vulkan

This was a terrible weekend of football. Nobody seemed interested at all, and essentially nothing in the race for second happened. Okay, wait. Not true. Gimnasia shut out Zhevassi, and the Galacticos can officially kiss their TQCC aspirations goodbye, they're out of it. Juvapanam beat Angels (although only narrowly), and their season of dreams looks like it's going to end not only with a league title but with a league title won in style.

Matchday 30 (15 and 16 October)

Urajbina 1-1 Therakham
Xenon 2-2 Urnabhi
Angels 0-2 Yastrabi
Gimnasia 0-2 Juvapanam
Zhevassi 4-0 Iguani
Nekromanti 0-0 Shadows
FKM 2-1 Begemoti
Krevetka 1-4 Vulkan

We know that Juvapanam are winning the title, and we know that Shadows, Urajbina, Zhevassi, and Vulkan will be joining them in the UICA competitions. So there's only one thing left to worry about. Who, between Shadows and Urajbina, is going to the TQCC? Going into the weekend, Shadows were two points clear. So basically they really only needed a point, and they only had to get that point from hopelessly bad Nekromanti. And when a defensive team like Shadows only needs a point, you can sort of guess how they're going to go about trying to get that point. And you would have guessed right. Yup, nil-nil! Shadows stamp their first-ever ticket to the Champions' Cup and achieve their highest-ever finish in the First Division. Now, let's be honest, they were extraordinary negative all year long, but they still looked really in control all the time and second place is probably beyond what they were hoping for. So... congratulations, we guess.

KEY
Qualified for TQCC
Qualified for Globe Cup
Relegated
Promoted to First Division

KPFA League First Division Table

TEAM                 GP W  D  L  PTS GF GA
Juvapanam            30 24 1  5  73  59 27
Shadows              30 17 8  5  59  36 16
Urajbina             30 16 9  5  57  43 24
Zhevassi             30 15 10 5  55  58 27
Vulkan               30 17 2  11 53  58 35
Yastrabi             30 14 10 6  52  55 37
Therakham            30 12 12 6  48  59 38
Gimnasia             30 13 7  10 46  27 24
FKM                  30 13 5  12 44  40 32
Krevetka             30 13 3  14 42  49 51
Urnabhi              30 10 9  11 39  50 50
Xenon                30 12 2  16 38  54 59
Begemoti             30 7  6  17 27  25 51
Angels               30 7  6  17 27  40 73
Nekromanti           30 1  5  24 8   11 61
Iguani               30 0  3  27 3   1  60

There you go. Juvapanam are the two time defending champions, having looked none the worse for the big Oujadda sale, and all the better for the additions of Hakan Mendez and Edorta Urrustoy. Shadows' Pepe Raúl Corretja was the driving force behind his team's excellent second-place finish which sends them to the Champions' Cup. Urajbina did fine, but did at times look a lesser team without Charha Chadi, who's now at Royal Khaldoon. Zhevassi finished fourth, and relative to the expectations of other teams, they should be delighted, but with all the money they spent and all the ambitions they boasted of, the 5245 season will go down in the memories of sky blue and orange fans as a failure. Finally, they nearly blew it in the last third of the year, but Vulkan just barely hung on to grab a Globe Cup spot, the first UICA berth they've ever clinched.

And... yes. We admit it. That means Angels are going down. A Big 5 club has been relegated. But then we sort of saw this coming. The team is broken, and we need to figure some new stuff out here. The talk is that Stowell will be given the chance to stay and bring the team right back up, so if he keeps the job we are still hopeful that we'll be back in the First Division soon.

Matchday 1

Dynamo 2-0 Yellowknife Yaks
Meteoriti 3-0 Xilofon
Enoti 1-0 Nautilus
Svyerchki 3-1 Trubkozub
Pu 1-3 Bijji
Qiše'šefaram 1-1 Iv
Gunaja 0-1 Svayanševakhi
K'arasi 1-1 Dhanish Chalal
Red Tree Prairie 1-1 Raktaghav Hathi
PYZ 1-0 Korichnevaya Luna
Nishoba Arctique 1-1 BFZ
Akademia 0-0 Kala Haveli

Matchday 2

Yellowknife Yaks 3-0 Yarmo
Nautilus 1-1 Dynamo
Trubkozub 0-4 Meteoriti
Svyerchki 1-1 Enoti
Bijji 0-0 Zhefinihussu
Svayanševakhi 1-0 Pu
Dhanish Chalal 1-0 Qiše'šefaram
K'arasi 1-0 Gunaja
Raktaghav Hathi 0-0 Šešri'makaru
BFZ 1-0 Red Tree Prairie
Kala Haveli 0-4 PYZ
Akademia 2-2 Nishoba Arctique

Matchday 3

Yarmo 1-1 Xilofon
Yellowknife Yaks 4-1 Nautilus
Dynamo 3-1 Svyerchki
Meteoriti 0-1 Enoti
Zhefinihussu 1-3 Iv
Bijji 2-0 Svayanševakhi
Pu 1-1 K'arasi
Qiše'šefaram 2-0 Gunaja
Šešri'makaru 0-1 Korichnevaya Luna
Raktaghav Hathi 0-1 BFZ
Red Tree Prairie 1-0 Akademia
PYZ 0-1 Nishoba Arctique

Matchday 4

Nautilus 1-1 Yarmo
Trubkozub 0-0 Xilofon
Svyerchki 1-1 Yellowknife Yaks
Meteoriti 0-1 Dynamo
Svayanševakhi 1-0 Zhefinihussu
Dhanish Chalal 1-2 Iv
K'arasi 1-2 Bijji
Qiše'šefaram 0-1 Pu
BFZ 3-2 Šešri'makaru
Kala Haveli 0-1 Korichnevaya Luna
Akademia 0-1 Raktaghav Hathi
PYZ 0-2 Red Tree Prairie

Matchday 5

Yarmo 0-0 Trubkozub
Nautilus 0-1 Svyerchki
Xilofon 1-1 Enoti
Yellowknife Yaks 1-1 Meteoriti
Zhefinihussu 0-0 Dhanish Chalal
Svayanševakhi 2-0 K'arasi
Iv 2-2 Gunaja
Bijji 1-0 Qiše'šefaram
Šešri'makaru 0-0 Kala Haveli
BFZ 1-2 Akademia
Korichnevaya Luna 1-0 Nishoba Arctique
Raktaghav Hathi 2-1 PYZ

Matchday 6

Svyerchki 1-1 Yarmo
Enoti 3-0 Trubkozub
Meteoriti 3-1 Nautilus
Dynamo 4-0 Xilofon
K'arasi 2-0 Zhefinihussu
Gunaja 1-1 Dhanish Chalal
Qiše'šefaram 0-2 Svayanševakhi
Pu 1-0 Iv
Akademia 1-0 Šešri'makaru
Nishoba Arctique 3-0 Kala Haveli
PYZ 1-1 BFZ
Red Tree Prairie 0-2 Korichnevaya Luna

Matchday 7

Yarmo 0-0 Enoti
Svyerchki 0-2 Meteoriti
Trubkozub 0-4 Dynamo
Xilofon 0-3 Yellowknife Yaks
Zhefinihussu 0-1 Gunaja
K'arasi 4-0 Qiše'šefaram
Dhanish Chalal 0-1 Pu
Iv 0-0 Bijji
Šešri'makaru 2-0 Nishoba Arctique
Akademia 1-0 PYZ
Kala Haveli 0-3 Red Tree Prairie
Korichnevaya Luna 1-2 Raktaghav Hathi

Matchday 8

Meteoriti 2-1 Yarmo
Dynamo 2-0 Enoti
Yellowknife Yaks 4-2 Trubkozub
Xilofon 0-3 Nautilus
Qiše'šefaram 0-3 Zhefinihussu
Pu 1-0 Gunaja
Bijji 0-0 Dhanish Chalal
Iv 0-1 Svayanševakhi
PYZ 0-1 Šešri'makaru
Red Tree Prairie 2-0 Nishoba Arctique
Raktaghav Hathi 3-0 Kala Haveli
Korichnevaya Luna 3-1 BFZ

Matchday 9

Yarmo 1-2 Dynamo
Enoti 2-4 Yellowknife Yaks
Svyerchki 4-0 Xilofon
Trubkozub 1-2 Nautilus
Zhefinihussu 1-2 Pu
Gunaja 1-3 Bijji
K'arasi 1-1 Iv
Dhanish Chalal 1-0 Svayanševakhi
Šešri'makaru 2-0 Red Tree Prairie
Nishoba Arctique 1-5 Raktaghav Hathi
Akademia 0-1 Korichnevaya Luna
Kala Haveli 1-2 BFZ

Matchday 10

Yellowknife Yaks 1-1 Dynamo
Xilofon 1-1 Meteoriti
Nautilus 0-1 Enoti
Trubkozub 0-0 Svyerchki
Bijji 0-1 Pu
Iv 4-1 Qiše'šefaram
Svayanševakhi 4-0 Gunaja
Dhanish Chalal 2-4 K'arasi
Raktaghav Hathi 0-1 Red Tree Prairie
Korichnevaya Luna 1-0 PYZ
BFZ 0-0 Nishoba Arctique
Kala Haveli 0-6 Akademia

Matchday 11

Yarmo 0-1 Yellowknife Yaks
Dynamo 0-0 Nautilus
Meteoriti 2-1 Trubkozub
Enoti 1-2 Svyerchki
Zhefinihussu 1-1 Bijji
Pu 0-2 Svayanševakhi
Qiše'šefaram 1-1 Dhanish Chalal
Gunaja 1-1 K'arasi
Šešri'makaru 1-4 Raktaghav Hathi
Red Tree Prairie 0-2 BFZ
PYZ 2-0 Kala Haveli
Nishoba Arctique 3-3 Akademia

Matchday 12

Xilofon 2-5 Yarmo
Nautilus 1-1 Yellowknife Yaks
Svyerchki 1-2 Dynamo
Enoti 0-1 Meteoriti
Iv 6-2 Zhefinihussu
Svayanševakhi 1-1 Bijji
K'arasi 1-4 Pu
Gunaja 0-2 Qiše'šefaram
Korichnevaya Luna 1-0 Šešri'makaru
BFZ 1-2 Raktaghav Hathi
Akademia 1-0 Red Tree Prairie
Nishoba Arctique 0-1 PYZ

Matchday 13

Yarmo 2-2 Nautilus
Xilofon 1-2 Trubkozub
Yellowknife Yaks 1-0 Svyerchki
Dynamo 2-0 Meteoriti
Zhefinihussu 1-0 Svayanševakhi
Iv 0-0 Dhanish Chalal
Bijji 0-1 K'arasi
Pu 1-0 Qiše'šefaram
Šešri'makaru 0-0 BFZ
Korichnevaya Luna 4-0 Kala Haveli
Raktaghav Hathi 1-0 Akademia
Red Tree Prairie 2-0 PYZ

Matchday 14

Trubkozub 0-0 Yarmo
Svyerchki 1-1 Nautilus
Enoti 2-0 Xilofon
Meteoriti 0-2 Yellowknife Yaks
Dhanish Chalal 2-0 Zhefinihussu
K'arasi 0-2 Svayanševakhi
Gunaja 0-4 Iv
Qiše'šefaram 0-2 Bijji
Kala Haveli 0-2 Šešri'makaru
Akademia 0-2 BFZ
Nishoba Arctique 0-3 Korichnevaya Luna
PYZ 1-0 Raktaghav Hathi

Matchday 15

Yarmo 4-1 Svyerchki
Trubkozub 0-2 Enoti
Nautilus 0-0 Meteoriti
Xilofon 0-3 Dynamo
Zhefinihussu 0-1 K'arasi
Dhanish Chalal 3-0 Gunaja
Svayanševakhi 0-0 Qiše'šefaram
Iv 1-0 Pu
Šešri'makaru 0-1 Akademia
Kala Haveli 0-6 Nishoba Arctique
BFZ 1-0 PYZ
Korichnevaya Luna 0-0 Red Tree Prairie

Matchday 16

Enoti 1-0 Yarmo
Meteoriti 1-0 Svyerchki
Dynamo 2-1 Trubkozub
Yellowknife Yaks 4-1 Xilofon
Gunaja 2-2 Zhefinihussu
Qiše'šefaram 0-2 K'arasi
Pu 1-0 Dhanish Chalal
Bijji 4-2 Iv
Nishoba Arctique 1-1 Šešri'makaru
PYZ 0-1 Akademia
Red Tree Prairie 0-1 Kala Haveli
Raktaghav Hathi 0-2 Korichnevaya Luna

Matchday 17

Yarmo 0-1 Meteoriti
Enoti 1-0 Dynamo
Trubkozub 1-3 Yellowknife Yaks
Nautilus 6-3 Xilofon
Zhefinihussu 0-0 Qiše'šefaram
Gunaja 1-1 Pu
Dhanish Chalal 2-4 Bijji
Svayanševakhi 1-2 Iv
Šešri'makaru 3-0 PYZ
Nishoba Arctique 2-1 Red Tree Prairie
Kala Haveli 1-2 Raktaghav Hathi
BFZ 1-1 Korichnevaya Luna

Matchday 18

Dynamo 1-1 Yarmo
Yellowknife Yaks 0-1 Enoti
Xilofon 0-4 Svyerchki
Nautilus 0-1 Trubkozub
Pu 1-1 Zhefinihussu
Bijji 1-0 Gunaja
Iv 1-2 K'arasi
Svayanševakhi 0-2 Dhanish Chalal
Red Tree Prairie 0-2 Šešri'makaru
Raktaghav Hathi 0-1 Nishoba Arctique
Korichnevaya Luna 0-0 Akademia
BFZ 7-0 Kala Haveli

Matchday 19

Dynamo 1-1 Yellowknife Yaks
Meteoriti 1-1 Xilofon
Enoti 1-1 Nautilus
Svyerchki 4-2 Trubkozub
Pu 1-2 Bijji
Qiše'šefaram 0-0 Iv
Gunaja 1-0 Svayanševakhi
K'arasi 2-2 Dhanish Chalal
Red Tree Prairie 0-2 Raktaghav Hathi
PYZ 1-2 Korichnevaya Luna
Nishoba Arctique 0-1 BFZ
Akademia 2-0 Kala Haveli

Matchday 20

Yellowknife Yaks 1-1 Yarmo
Nautilus 0-1 Dynamo
Trubkozub 3-0 Meteoriti
Svyerchki 2-3 Enoti
Bijji 4-0 Zhefinihussu
Svayanševakhi 1-1 Pu
Dhanish Chalal 3-0 Qiše'šefaram
K'arasi 2-0 Gunaja
Raktaghav Hathi 0-1 Šešri'makaru
BFZ 4-1 Red Tree Prairie
Kala Haveli 2-2 PYZ
Akademia 3-1 Nishoba Arctique

Matchday 21

Yarmo 1-1 Xilofon
Yellowknife Yaks 2-2 Nautilus
Dynamo 4-0 Svyerchki
Meteoriti 1-0 Enoti
Zhefinihussu 2-4 Iv
Bijji 2-1 Svayanševakhi
Pu 2-0 K'arasi
Qiše'šefaram 2-0 Gunaja
Šešri'makaru 0-0 Korichnevaya Luna
Raktaghav Hathi 0-0 BFZ
Red Tree Prairie 0-2 Akademia
PYZ 2-1 Nishoba Arctique

Matchday 22

Nautilus 1-0 Yarmo
Trubkozub 0-1 Xilofon
Svyerchki 0-6 Yellowknife Yaks
Meteoriti 1-0 Dynamo
Svayanševakhi 1-1 Zhefinihussu
Dhanish Chalal 0-1 Iv
K'arasi 2-2 Bijji
Qiše'šefaram 2-1 Pu
BFZ 1-1 Šešri'makaru
Kala Haveli 0-2 Korichnevaya Luna
Akademia 1-1 Raktaghav Hathi
PYZ 0-2 Red Tree Prairie

Matchday 23

Yarmo 0-1 Trubkozub
Nautilus 1-0 Svyerchki
Xilofon 1-1 Enoti
Yellowknife Yaks 2-1 Meteoriti
Zhefinihussu 0-1 Dhanish Chalal
Svayanševakhi 1-0 K'arasi
Iv 2-1 Gunaja
Bijji 2-0 Qiše'šefaram
Šešri'makaru 2-0 Kala Haveli
BFZ 3-0 Akademia
Korichnevaya Luna 1-0 Nishoba Arctique
Raktaghav Hathi 2-0 PYZ

Matchday 24

Svyerchki 0-4 Yarmo
Enoti 1-0 Trubkozub
Meteoriti 1-0 Nautilus
Dynamo 2-0 Xilofon
K'arasi 3-0 Zhefinihussu
Gunaja 1-2 Dhanish Chalal
Qiše'šefaram 1-1 Svayanševakhi
Pu 3-2 Iv
Akademia 0-0 Šešri'makaru
Nishoba Arctique 0-1 Kala Haveli
PYZ 1-3 BFZ
Red Tree Prairie 1-2 Korichnevaya Luna

Matchday 25

Yarmo 1-1 Enoti
Svyerchki 2-2 Meteoriti
Trubkozub 1-4 Dynamo
Xilofon 0-2 Yellowknife Yaks
Zhefinihussu 0-1 Gunaja
K'arasi 3-0 Qiše'šefaram
Dhanish Chalal 1-0 Pu
Iv 2-4 Bijji
Šešri'makaru 2-0 Nishoba Arctique
Akademia 2-0 PYZ
Kala Haveli 0-1 Red Tree Prairie
Korichnevaya Luna 0-0 Raktaghav Hathi

Matchday 26

Meteoriti 0-1 Yarmo
Dynamo 3-0 Enoti
Yellowknife Yaks 4-0 Trubkozub
Xilofon 0-0 Nautilus
Qiše'šefaram 0-1 Zhefinihussu
Pu 1-0 Gunaja
Bijji 7-2 Dhanish Chalal
Iv 0-0 Svayanševakhi
PYZ 1-1 Šešri'makaru
Red Tree Prairie 0-1 Nishoba Arctique
Raktaghav Hathi 4-0 Kala Haveli
Korichnevaya Luna 0-1 BFZ

Matchday 27

Yarmo 0-2 Dynamo
Enoti 0-4 Yellowknife Yaks
Svyerchki 2-1 Xilofon
Trubkozub 0-1 Nautilus
Zhefinihussu 0-0 Pu
Gunaja 1-1 Bijji
K'arasi 2-3 Iv
Dhanish Chalal 1-0 Svayanševakhi
Šešri'makaru 1-0 Red Tree Prairie
Nishoba Arctique 2-2 Raktaghav Hathi
Akademia 0-1 Korichnevaya Luna
Kala Haveli 2-3 BFZ

Matchday 28

Yellowknife Yaks 2-4 Dynamo
Xilofon 1-2 Meteoriti
Nautilus 1-0 Enoti
Trubkozub 1-1 Svyerchki
Bijji 1-0 Pu
Iv 1-0 Qiše'šefaram
Svayanševakhi 1-0 Gunaja
Dhanish Chalal 1-1 K'arasi
Raktaghav Hathi 1-0 Red Tree Prairie
Korichnevaya Luna 1-0 PYZ
BFZ 3-2 Nishoba Arctique
Kala Haveli 0-3 Akademia

Matchday 29

Yarmo 1-0 Yellowknife Yaks
Dynamo 1-0 Nautilus
Meteoriti 1-3 Trubkozub
Enoti 1-1 Svyerchki
Zhefinihussu 2-1 Bijji
Pu 2-1 Svayanševakhi
Qiše'šefaram 1-3 Dhanish Chalal
Gunaja 2-4 K'arasi
Šešri'makaru 1-0 Raktaghav Hathi
Red Tree Prairie 2-2 BFZ
PYZ 1-0 Kala Haveli
Nishoba Arctique 0-1 Akademia

Matchday 30

Xilofon 0-1 Yarmo
Nautilus 1-1 Yellowknife Yaks
Svyerchki 0-5 Dynamo
Enoti 4-0 Meteoriti
Iv 2-1 Zhefinihussu
Svayanševakhi 1-1 Bijji
K'arasi 1-0 Pu
Gunaja 0-2 Qiše'šefaram
Korichnevaya Luna 0-1 Šešri'makaru
BFZ 1-0 Raktaghav Hathi
Akademia 0-2 Red Tree Prairie
Nishoba Arctique 0-1 PYZ

Matchday 31

Yarmo 2-0 Nautilus
Xilofon 2-1 Trubkozub
Yellowknife Yaks 2-2 Svyerchki
Dynamo 3-1 Meteoriti
Zhefinihussu 0-1 Svayanševakhi
Iv 1-0 Dhanish Chalal
Bijji 3-3 K'arasi
Pu 1-0 Qiše'šefaram
Šešri'makaru 0-2 BFZ
Korichnevaya Luna 2-0 Kala Haveli
Raktaghav Hathi 2-0 Akademia
Red Tree Prairie 2-2 PYZ

Matchday 32

Trubkozub 0-1 Yarmo
Svyerchki 0-2 Nautilus
Enoti 3-0 Xilofon
Meteoriti 1-1 Yellowknife Yaks
Dhanish Chalal 1-1 Zhefinihussu
K'arasi 2-0 Svayanševakhi
Gunaja 1-7 Iv
Qiše'šefaram 0-5 Bijji
Kala Haveli 0-2 Šešri'makaru
Akademia 1-0 BFZ
Nishoba Arctique 1-0 Korichnevaya Luna
PYZ 2-2 Raktaghav Hathi

Matchday 33

Yarmo 1-1 Svyerchki
Trubkozub 0-1 Enoti
Nautilus 3-0 Meteoriti
Xilofon 1-4 Dynamo
Zhefinihussu 1-2 K'arasi
Dhanish Chalal 1-1 Gunaja
Svayanševakhi 2-0 Qiše'šefaram
Iv 3-1 Pu
Šešri'makaru 1-2 Akademia
Kala Haveli 0-0 Nishoba Arctique
BFZ 2-0 PYZ
Korichnevaya Luna 2-0 Red Tree Prairie

Matchday 34

Enoti 1-1 Yarmo
Meteoriti 1-1 Svyerchki
Dynamo 1-0 Trubkozub
Yellowknife Yaks 1-0 Xilofon
Gunaja 0-0 Zhefinihussu
Qiše'šefaram 1-0 K'arasi
Pu 0-1 Dhanish Chalal
Bijji 5-0 Iv
Nishoba Arctique 0-3 Šešri'makaru
PYZ 0-4 Akademia
Red Tree Prairie 3-0 Kala Haveli
Raktaghav Hathi 1-0 Korichnevaya Luna

Matchday 35

Yarmo 2-1 Meteoriti
Enoti 1-0 Dynamo
Trubkozub 0-1 Yellowknife Yaks
Nautilus 0-0 Xilofon
Zhefinihussu 0-0 Qiše'šefaram
Gunaja 0-2 Pu
Dhanish Chalal 3-0 Bijji
Svayanševakhi 0-2 Iv
Šešri'makaru 3-0 PYZ
Nishoba Arctique 1-0 Red Tree Prairie
Kala Haveli 0-1 Raktaghav Hathi
BFZ 2-1 Korichnevaya Luna

Matchday 36

Dynamo 5-2 Yarmo
Yellowknife Yaks 2-1 Enoti
Xilofon 0-6 Svyerchki
Nautilus 2-0 Trubkozub
Pu 1-0 Zhefinihussu
Bijji 3-0 Gunaja
Iv 0-1 K'arasi
Svayanševakhi 2-0 Dhanish Chalal
Red Tree Prairie 0-1 Šešri'makaru
Raktaghav Hathi 2-0 Nishoba Arctique
Korichnevaya Luna 0-0 Akademia
BFZ 2-0 Kala Haveli

KPFA League Second Division Tables

Group A Standings

   Team                   P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 Dynamo                32  24   5   3  70  18  +52  77
 2 Yellowknife Yaks      32  18  10   4  65  29  +36  64
 3 Enoti                 32  15   8   9  37  29   +8  53
 4 Meteoriti             32  13   7  12  35  38   -3  46
 5 Nautilus              32  10  12  10  34  30   +4  42
 6 Yarmo                 32   9  13  10  36  34   +2  40
 7 Svyerchki             32   8  11  13  43  55  -12  35
 8 Trubkozub             32   5   5  22  22  55  -33  20
 9 Xilofon               32   2   9  21  19  73  -54  15

Group B Standings

   Team                 P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 Bijji               32  19   9   4  67  29  +38  66
 2 Iv                  32  17   7   8  59  39  +20  58
 3 K'arasi             32  16   8   8  51  35  +16  56
 4 Pu                  32  16   5  11  33  27   +6  53
 5 Svayanševakhi       32  14   7  11  31  23   +8  49
 6 Dhanish Chalal      32  13  10   9  39  33   +6  49
 7 Qiše'šefaram        32   6   7  19  16  46  -30  25
 8 Zhefinihussu        32   4  11  17  21  44  -23  23
 9 Gunaja              32   3   8  21  18  59  -41  17

Group C Standings

   Team                    P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 BFZ                    32  20  8   4  55  24  +31  68
 2 Korichnevaya Luna      32  19  6   7  36  13  +23  63
 3 Raktaghav Hathi        32  17  7   8  43  21  +22  58
 4 Šešri'makaru           32  16  8   8  36  18  +18  56
 5 Akademia               32  16  7   9  39  23  +16  55
 6 Red Tree Prairie       32  10  4  18  27  35   -8  34
 7 Nishoba Arctique       32   8  7  17  30  44  -14  31
 8 PYZ                    32   8  5  19  24  45  -21  29
 9 Kala Haveli            32   2  4  26   8  75  -67  10

The major Second Division news is the promotions to the 5246 First Division. As you will remember, the Relegation/Promotion Round has been abolished and the three group winners here in the Second Division go straight up, taking the places of the three worst teams in the First Division. Dynamo will have spent only one year in the Second Division as they've easily been promoted. Bijji are to become the first team from the large city of Fajr to play in the top flight (that'll surely offer up a huge rivalry with Zhevassi). But the big news, the really big and unexpected news, is that Bloody Frog Zone (BFZ for short) have been promoted. The Kagdaz club are notorious for the extremely far-right, racist, xenophobic, and homophobic views of their fan base. Their name is a reference to what they think about the French-speaking residents of the Federation, but the club's logo is even more offensive, and newspapers will often not print it: a dead frog wearing a black and white striped shirt and beret who has been stabbed to death with a bloody spear. BFZ are sure to antagonize people, both domestically and internationally, on a level not yet seen.

Šenapatiam'ajat Vahavi

KDZ Cup

Round of 16

Meteoriti 2-5 Xenon
FKM 2-2 Yastrabi
Vulkan 0-0 Korichnevaya Luna
Enoti 1-1 Nautilus
Nekromanti 3-0 Begemoti
PYZ 4-0 Vampiri
Dynamo 0-0 Gimnasia
Iguani 2-0 Trubkozub

Xenon 3-1 Meteoriti (Xenon 8-3 on aggregate)
Yastrabi 3-1 FKM (Yastrabi 5-3 on aggregate)
Korichnevaya Luna 0-2 Vulkan (Vulkan 2-0 on aggregate)
Nautilus 0-2 Enoti (Enoti 3-1 on aggregate)
Begemoti 0-0 Nekromanti (Nekromanti 3-0 on aggregate)
Vampiri 1-2 PYZ (PYZ 6-1 on aggregate)
Gimnasia 3-0 Dynamo (Gimnasia 3-0 on aggregate)
Trubkozub 0-0 Iguani (Iguani 2-0 on aggregate)

Quarterfinals

Gimnasia 2-0 Nekromanti
PYZ 1-3 Xenon
Vulkan 5-0 Iguani
Yastrabi 6-1 Enoti

Nekromanti 0-2 Gimnasia (Gimnasia 4-0 on aggregate)
Xenon 4-0 PYZ (Xenon 7-1 on aggregate)
Iguani 0-2 Vulkan (Vulkan 7-0 on aggregate)
Enoti 0-2 Yastrabi (Yastrabi 8-1 on aggregate)

Semifinals

Yastrabi 3-1 Gimnasia
Vulkan 4-1 Xenon

Gimnasia 0-1 Yastrabi (Yastrabi 4-1 on aggregate)
Xenon 0-2 Vulkan (Vulkan 6-1 on aggregate)

Finals

Yastrabi 2-0 Vulkan
Vulkan 2-1 Yastrabi (Yastrabi 3-2 on aggregate)

PZJ Cup

Semifinals

Zhevassi 0-2 Juvapanam
Urajbina 1-0 Shadows

Juvapanam 4-1 Zhevassi (Juvapanam 6-1 on aggregate)
Shadows 3-0 Urajbina (Shadows 3-1 on aggregate)

Finals

Shadows 0-4 Juvapanam
Juvapanam 3-1 Shadows (Juvapanam 7-1 on aggregate)

Šenapatiam'ajat Vahavi Final (in Oktyabrsk)

Yastrabi 1-1 Juvapanam (1-3 AET)

Over on the KDZ Cup side of the Vahavi bracket, Vulkan and Yastrabi easily breezed by their opponents (the latter surprisingly, Gimnasia were favored) to make it to the Vahavi semifinal. Pazhujebi-wise, first- and second-place finishers Juvapanam and Shadows didn't disappoint as they went through. So the last four involved were the burgundy and wisteria, the amber and white, the sky and silver, and the silver and black.

Yastrabi shocked everyone by winning the first leg. The Ice Cube was packed with devoted Hawks fans as the unfancied club jumped out in front of the tie two nil on aggregate to leave the tie perfectly poised for the return in Gelendzhik. Over in Pkethat Šede, there was no such drama as Juvapanam torched a Shadows defense thought of by many as staunch. A four-nil lead taken into the home leg? Ho hum, Juvapanam were obviously already though.

The Vulkan v. Yastrabi return leg was quite exciting, though, as we had hoped. The Volcano leapt out in front in the first half after Hu clobbered a long-range shot into the upper right corner of the net to bring the aggregate score to two nil, and in the second half Shcherbina dribbled a flat-footed defender to bring it level on aggregate. But there was drama late as Yastrabi snatched an away goal on 74 minutes and hung on for dear life to make it to the final in Oktyabrsk.

So it was that Yastrabi, who'd had an average year in the league, were pitted against the new dynasty of football in the Federation, the Invincibles of Juvapanam. They made a good show of things after giving up a 3rd minute Mendez goal, and drew back level just before half time. The second half was cautious and dull (as finals can turn out to be), but extra time was hardly boring, as the sky and silver avoided penalties by exploding to life and grabbing two more to win the first-ever double in the history of the Federation's unified competitions.

Juvapanam quite literally could not have had a better year.

UICA Competition Entrants
TQCC - Juvapanam, Shadows
Globe Cup - Urajbina, Zhevassi, Vulkan

Cygnus Cup Entrants
Juvapanam

Stadium Bids
Globe Cup - Graha’ajat Stidiyama, Zhevassi (79,000 seats)

[Valladares]

Valladar Super League XIV Results

King's Shield IV Results

International Qualifiers:

TQCC:
Metropolis Alligators - Canalave Crown Winners (Champions Path)
Olympique de Fontvielle - Best Non-Champion Team (Non-Champions Path)

GC:
Fontvielle Impact - Third-placed team in the Overall Standings
Tannenberg FC - Fourth-placed team in the Overall Standings
AS Bezieres - Fifth-placed team in the Overall Standings

SBCC:
SC Caimanes - Valladar B-League Champions
AC Tallin - Valladar B-League Runners-up
Universitario de Maldonado - Valladar B-League Final Play-Off Winners
Hoxford Rovers - Valladar B-League Final Play-Off Runners-up

CYG:
Metropolis Alligators - King's Shield winners

[Polar Islandstates]

"So, Bob, here we are. The final matches of the season have been played, and we have our first ever champions of the FPIFA league! Yes, congratulations must go to SK Franz Josef City for taking the inaugural title, but it could have been oh so different on another day. Bob?"

"Thanks, Bob. Yes, with only two matches to play, FJC were behind Red Star in the table, and after Red Star's loss at Resolute Storm and Jan Mayen Islanders' capitulation at the hands of a vintage Timo Skye performance it came down to the last day. Win at their home ground of Carravale, and Red Star would re-overtake FJC to clinch the Divisjon Gull title. Should the two have drawn, it would then have opened up the door for Resolute Storm and even Yuzhny to have a shot at stealing the title from out of nowhere, with neither team topping the table all season. However, Red Star reckoned without FJC captain Maarten Berg's return to match fitness, and they just could not find a way past him. In the closing minutes, and with FJC looking to be on the brink of a title-sealing draw away from home, Berg then added insult to injury for Red Star by drifting up to the edge of a box for a corner, and from the ensuing punch-out from Red Star keeper Jens Perokliki, hit a thunderous volley that was still rising when it hit the back of the net. 1-0 FJC, and the away support was going nuts. Not to be outdone, Timo Skye then lobbed Perokliki from 40-yards within seconds of the restart. FJC then saw out the remaining minute and a half by playing keepball around the heartbroken Red Star players, who upon hearing the Resolute and Yuzhny scores, realised they would indeed end up finishing fourth. FJC saw their captain fantastic lift the Divisjon Gull trophy in a blaze of confetti following the match. Bob?"

"Thanks, Bob. Yes, from the very start of their first game, where Timo Skye scored a first half hat-trick and added a further two in the second half before getting sent off for retaliation in a thrilling 8-2 victory over Novaya Sibir Reds, FJC have looked a class, if controversial act. They fully deserve their title at the end of the day, and good luck to them in the TQCC, though one suspects it will take them down a notch or two. Bob, any other defining moments for you from the season past?"

"Thanks, Bob, I think East Franz's emphatic 4-1 victory over their fierce and high flying rivals FJC will live long in their fans' memories, and East Franz losing 6-1 to Yuzhny only the week after beating Lokomotiv 7-2 was also rather bizarre. Standout performance from me this season has to come from Alexsandr van Sorensen. To score 34 goals in one season is one thing when you're Timo Skye... but to score 24 goals in a season in which you only played 16 games, whilst your team only scored 30 overall is quite another thing if you're a 17 year old striker. van Sorensen has been simply delightful to watch all season, and he must surely have attracted the attentions of Sol Kirkkegaard for when the national trials take place later this year. In what has been a disappointing season for Jan Mayen, the performance of van Sorensen has lifted his club. Bob?"

"Thanks, Bob. So the TQCC and the title go to SK Franz Josef City, with Resolute Storm 1913 FC, Yuzhny Equinox FC, andRed Star Severny clinching the Globe Cup spots. At the other end of the table, heartbreak for Novaya Sibir Reds and SK Aasiaat Harbour as they face relegation."

FPIFA Første Divisjon Gull 2011

    Team                          P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  C SK Franz Josef City          22  14  3   5  53  31  +22  45
  2 Resolute Storm 1913 FC       22  14  2   6  49  32  +17  44
  3 Yuzhny Equinox FC            22  11  9   2  43  21  +22  42
  4 Red Star Severny             22  12  5   5  43  23  +20  41
  5 East Franz Athletic          22  12  2   8  44  39   +5  38
  6 1. Surtsey Island Gulls      22  10  4   8  34  32   +2  34
  7 Jan Mayen Islanders          22   9  6   7  30  24   +6  33
  8 North Star Grímsey           22   7  4  11  35  39   -4  25
  9 RSK Longyearbyen Town        22   7  2  13  26  47  -21  23
 10 Lokomotiv Barentsberg        22   5  5  12  35  56  -21  20
  R Novaya Sibir Reds            22   3  7  12  31  48  -17  16
  R SK Aasiaat Harbour           22   1  5  16  18  49  -31   8

"The other divisions played out like this. FC Axel Heiburg took the Andre Divisjon title in thrilling circumstances, with Severnaya Zemlya 88 Equinox also gaining promotion to Divisjon Gull. Klub Athletisk Spitsbergen and Northbrook Diamonds FK took the remaining qualifying spots for the SBCC. In a nailbiting season of surges and poor runs, a phenomenally close relegation dogfight ended in disappointment for Resolute Hills FC and Bennett and Zhokhov."

FPIFA Andre Divisjon Sølv 2011

    Team                              P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  P FC Axel Heiburg                  22  13   6   3  52  24  +28  45
  P Severnaya Zemlya 88 Equinox      22  12   6   4  41  28  +13  42
  3 Klub Athletisk Spitsbergen       22  13   2   7  42  34   +8  41
  4 Northbrook Diamonds FK           22  11   5   6  52  34  +18  38
  5 AC Aleutia Volcanoes             22   8  11   3  39  26  +13  35
  6 FC1. Bjarnarey Flotilla          22   9   8   5  36  30   +6  35
  7 Devon Bay Seals FC               22   6   6  10  23  41  -18  24
  8 FC Solovetsky Monastery          22   7   2  13  35  51  -16  23
  9 AFK Hans Island Pioneers         22   4   8  10  33  45  -12  20
 10 Melville Celtic                  22   4   8  10  22  34  -12  20
  R Resolute Hills FC                22   4   6  12  27  38  -11  18
  R Bennett and Zhokhov              22   3   8  11  24  41  -17  17

"In Tredje Divisjon Bronse, McAvery Centurions ran out comfortable winners in the end, despite a late blip, and will play in Andre Divisjon nest season, where they will be joined by Rapid Jan Mayen FK. Despite battling away all season, injury crises eventually took their toll on 1. Lokomotiv Karlstadt, and they are forced to face the Promotion Playoff. More on that later."

FPIFA Tredje Divisjon Bronse 2011

    Team                           P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  P McAvery Centurions            22  13  3   6  42  32  +10  42
  P Rapid Jan Mayen FK            22  11  6   5  51  29  +22  39
  3 SK Nasjonale Hauker           22   9  9   4  36  29   +7  36
  4 SK Stryær                     22   8  8   6  35  35   +0  32
  5 North Banks FC                22   8  6   8  33  36   -3  30
  6 SK Sturm Rässinger 76         22   8  6   8  31  39   -8  30
  7 Northbrook Zenith FC          22   8  5   9  32  34   -2  29
  8 FC Svenskøya                  22   8  4  10  26  30   -4  28
  9 Grass-Lisch AFC               22   6  8   8  38  36   +2  26
 10 1. RC de Velcosta Cliffs      22   7  5  10  34  34   +0  26
 11 Waldenøya Bears               22   5  7  10  23  36  -13  22
  R 1. Lokomotiv Karlstadt        22   5  5  12  23  34  -11  20

"A frantic end to the season saw Surtsey Rovers SK take the Amatør Divisjonen A title from CAF Cape Havensk FC on their head-to-head match results after the two couldn't be separated by points OR goal difference. Cape's enforced amateur status meant the second berth in the Promotion Playoff passed to Devon Bay Lights FC on goal difference over RNK Sikjonek. Indeed, only 5 points separated the top 6 in what couldn't have been a closer season if it tried. In Amatør Divisjonen B, a resurgent FC1, Sturm Grímsey took the title from Cape Somerville Town by a single point, both teams progressed to the playoffs."

FPIFA Amatør Divisjonen A Standings

   Team                         P  W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 P Surtsey Rovers SK           18  8  6   4  33  26   +7  30
 2 CAF Cape Havensk FC         18  9  3   6  38  31   +7  30
 P Devon Bay Lights FC         18  8  5   5  31  19  +12  29
 4 RNK Sikjonek                18  8  5   5  30  29   +1  29
 5 Svenskøya SV98              18  9  1   8  34  32   +2  28
 6 RSK Moorlands               18  8  2   8  23  25   -2  26
 7 Energie Møllna-Grei SC      18  7  3   8  24  30   -6  24
 8 Måriussa Viking FK          18  5  7   6  20  22   -2  22
 9 San Moranna FC              18  6  2  10  19  31  -12  20
10 FC North Melville           18  4  2  12  19  26   -7  14

FPIFA Amatør Divisjonen B 2011

   Team                           P  W  D  L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 P FC1. Sturm Grímsey            18 10  4  4  29  21   +8  34
 P Cape Somerville Town          18 10  3  5  32  22  +10  33
 3 Steffansson Island FC         18  9  3  6  33  24   +9  30
 4 Dinamo Clavering SC           18  8  4  6  25  24   +1  28
 5 Torpedo Sibir RKA             18  6  7  5  19  15   +4  25
 6 SKFJC Supporters Club         18  6  5  7  28  26   +2  23
 7 Franz Josef Young Boys        18  6  3  9  24  27   -3  21
 8 Ilksporta IK                  18  5  4  9  24  31   -7  19
 9 Seratakki Villagers           18  5  4  9  24  40  -16  19
10 Sporting Club Aasiaat 87      18  5  3 10  19  27   -8  18

"Surtsey Rovers then went into the playoffs on a high, after beating Sturm in the Amatør Cup, captain Kenneth Solberg getting the only goal of a poor game with a first half header."

FPIFA Amatør Cup Final

FC1. Sturm Grímsey 0-1 Surtsey Rovers SK

"The playoffs then brought further, unexpected success for Surtsey. With a disappointing draw in their last match, and a weekend off in gameweek ten, all Cape Somerville Town had to do was beat Sturm Grímsey to gain promotion. However, instead of this victory over a team that only just beat them to the division title, they slumped to a 5-0 defeat. Three penalties in the first 20 minutes did the damage, and the Cape Somerville heads never looked like coming back up again. Happily for FPIFA officials, though not, you suspect for their fans, Lokomotiv Karlstadt will fall nicely into Divisjonen A."

FPIFA Promotion Playoff 2011

   Team                        P  W  D  L For  Ag +/- Pts
 P Surtsey Rovers SK           8  4  2  2  13  14  -1  14
 2 Cape Somerville Town        8  3  3  2  13   9  +4  12
 3 FC1. Sturm Grímsey          8  3  1  4  12  10  +2  10
 4 1. Lokomotiv Karlstadt      8  2  3  3   8  13  -5   9
 5 Devon Bay Lights FC         8  1  5  2  14  14  +0   8

"The final silverware up for grabs then was the Latitude Cup. With all teams playing some part in it, this grandstand event was whistled through at breakneck speed in only a couple of weeks, and though this first season may have lacked the traditionally giant killings of domestic cup competitions, it certainly had its fair share of excitement and drama. In the first qualifying round, a magnificent display of goalkeeping from Sivert Solberg meant North Melville kep just enough goals out to beat Velcosta Cliffs, and Nasjonale Hauker smashed Steffansson Island in their own back yard. Qualifying two saw more teams knocked out, with Surtsey Rovers, Moorlands, and North Melville the only amateur teams going through, and all from Divisjonen A as well. The first round proper drew two of them against each other, Surtsey Rovers beating North Melville to progress even further, whilst league champions Franz Josef City were knocked out by Surtsey Island Gulls. In a high profile tie, Hans Island needed extra time in Round 2 to overcome Surtsey Rovers, and Surtsey Island Gulls came out the better in a seven goal thriller at Yuzhny. Down to the last eight now, and the quarter-finals saw wins for Red Star, Surtsey Island Gulls, Resolute Storm, and a controversial added time winner for Jan Mayen against East Franz. The semi finals drew high tension from all involved, but ultimately it was Red Star who would progress against Surtsey Island Gulls, unusually with Petter Bielsen managing to score all four goals in a 3-1 victory. There was a hat trick hero in the second semi as well, with what some may consider a shock result as Jan Mayen ran five second half goals past Resolute Storm after a goalless first half, no surprise to see that it was van Sorensen with the hat trick. Bob?"

"Thank you, Bob. And so to the final, 30,000 fans crammed themselves into the Nasjonale Stadion to see Red Star Severny take on Jan Mayen Islanders for the inaugural Latitude Cup. With Red Star trying to rectify the loss of a league title that was in their own hands, and Jan Mayen attempting to atone for a disappointing performance from themselves in the league, both teams started with something to prove. A pulsating half of end to end football ended with a goal from Adam Nicklas for Red Star from a corner in first half added time. The second half started with Jan Mayen, and it was they who ran the show all half. With fifteen minutes to go, Jan Mayen were pressing hard for an equalising goal when a misplaced pass saw a Red Star interception, and a long ball from Bielsen set second half substitute Han Micholovski away, his fresh legs easily outsprinting those in the Jan Mayen defence as he raced through to score a second goal on the break that effectively killed the game off. So triumph for Red Star at last, and bitter disappointment for Jan Mayen only avoided by virtue of the Cygnus Cup spot that they claim thanks to Red Star's previous qualification for the UICA Globe Cup."

FPIFA Latitude Cup Final

Red Star Severny 2-0 Jan Mayen Islanders

"And so that is that, come back next season for what will promise to be yet another thrilling series. there are titles to defend, scores to settle, and legends to be written. We'll have all the action, right here on the FPIBC Sports Network. Bob?"

"Thank you Bob, and don't forget to tune in in a couple of weeks for a special feature as we take you through the preparations by newly appointed national team coach Sol Kirkkegaard as Polar Islandstates attempt to make their first foray into international football. With both a Baptism of Fire place, and an intention to begin qualification for the World Cup, early rumours state that Kirkkegaard will select TWO teams made up of players from across the leagues, hand control of one to assistant coach Morten Yarbin and have them playoff against each other on a tour of the nation's islands. We can only assume that a final squad will be chosen from the players that impress. Until then, goodnight from Bob..."

"...and goodnight from Bob. Goodnight"

[Polar Islandstates]

To Clarify:
International Domestic Competition Entrants

TakilQuip Champions Cup:
SK Franz Josef City

Globe Cup:
Resolute Storm 1913 FC
Yuzhny Equinox FC
Red Star Severny

Chronowire Series B Champions Cup:
FC Axel Heiburg
Sevenaya Zemlya 88 Equinox
Klub Athletisk Spitsbergen
Northbrook Diamonds FK

Cygnus Cup:
Jan Mayen Islanders - get the berth over Red Star Severny as RSS already qualified for Globe Cup, above post edited to show this in RP.

[Mossulia]

MATCHDAY 1
Sydney United 1-0 Sydney Rovers
Brisbane Albion 1-2 Melbourne Orient
Cannes Town 3-1 Melbourne South
Perth City 3-2 Adelaide
MATCHDAY 2
Melbourne Orient 2-2 Sydney United
Melbourne South 2-4 Sydney Rovers
Adelaide 3-1 Brisbane Albion
Perth City 1-1 Cannes Town
MATCHDAY 3
Sydney United 2-5 Melbourne South
Melbourne Orient 4-3 Adelaide
Sydney Rovers 0-0 Perth City
Brisbane Albion 0-2 Cannes Town
MATCHDAY 4
Adelaide 0-3 Sydney United
Perth City 1-2 Melbourne South
Cannes Town 2-2 Melbourne Orient
Brisbane Albion 0-1 Sydney Rovers
MATCHDAY 5
Sydney United 0-0 Perth City
Adelaide 0-4 Cannes Town
Melbourne South 2-2 Brisbane Albion
Melbourne Orient 1-1 Sydney Rovers
MATCHDAY 6
Cannes Town 2-0 Sydney United
Brisbane Albion 1-1 Perth City
Sydney Rovers 0-0 Adelaide
Melbourne Orient 2-2 Melbourne South
MATCHDAY 7
Sydney United 0-0 Brisbane Albion
Cannes Town 2-1 Sydney Rovers
Perth City 2-1 Melbourne Orient
Adelaide 0-5 Melbourne South


Liga A Standings

Team                  P  W  D  L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 Cannes Town           7  5  2  0  16   5  +11  17
 2 Melbourne South       7  3  2  2  19  14   +5  11
 3 Perth City            7  2  4  1   8   7   +1  10
 4 Melbourne Orient      7  2  4  1  14  13   +1  10
 5 Sydney United         7  2  3  2   8   9   -1   9
 6 Sydney Rovers         7  2  3  2   7   6   +1   9
 7 Adelaide              7  1  1  5   8  20  -12   4
 8 Brisbane Albion       7  0  3  4   5  11   -6   3

With the first quarter of the season over it seems like Brisbane and Adelaide are in a bit of trouble. But this was pretty much what we expected of them. They were both aiming to avoid the drop. What is surprising is how Sydney United aren't even close to first place. They are instead six points and two places away from the relegation zone. Cannes meanwhile seem to have achieved a clear lead in first place. They were expected to finish around fourth, but instead they find themselves unbeaten and six points away from the nearest opposition, Melbourne South meanwhile are trailing in second six points behind. Behind Melbourne are Perth City who are on equal points to Orient. Between teams from 2nd to 6th are only two points, so it's all still to play for.

Mossulia Cup

Liga Island Athletic 1-0 Rockhampton
Liga Island Athletic manage to pull off an expected victory. They will be unhappy that they only managed to make goal in the whole game, but they'll take the victory.
Cotswold Gardens 1-0 Port Headland Rovers
Division two Port Headland Rovers were shocked by home side Cotswold Gardens. Cotswold Gardens are from the Eastern Conference and are one of the lower non-league teams to make it through. They hope to pull off a shock in the next round.
Chatswood 0-1 Hobart Town Football Club
Two division two sides ended up against each other, no shocks here. The fact is there was no shocks here and nobody really paid much attention here. Hobart Town have the slight edge, but it was always going to be a dull cagey affair just like it was.
Darwin Olympic 2-0 FC Melbourne Athletic
Darwin Olympic are expected to be promoted this year, but they're always ones to focus on the cup more. Conference side Melbourne Athletic failed to produce many shocks are were beaten 2-0.
Canberra 1829 1-0 Tamworth Borough
Southern Premiership side Canberra 1829 are the second lowest team still in it. They are also the lowest team to produce a shock and at their home ground "the park" they managed a victory in front of a stadium record of 2,500. 2,000 of them were home fans and they cheered their team onto a stunning victory.
Brisbane Gotspar 1-0 Port Douglas
Gotspar manage to flatten any chance of a shock against Western League side Port Douglas with a first half goal. The second division side aren't known for the cup, and this win won't boost their confidence too much. They'll need to get a big win to do that.
Darwin Athletic 3-1 Alice Springs
The two conference sides fought it out to create the most exciting game of the cup. The game had the most goals of the round and saw a goal from the halfway line on the mud-field of Athletics stadium. It was like a bog, but there was plenty of excitement.
Canberra Town 1-0 Maroubra Parrish
Parrishes chances on managing a shock were destroyed. It was a big shock for them to even get this far and Canberra's victory saw the second division side go through to the second round.

[Queer Poco el Mono Ara]

UICA Entrants.

TQCC- Royal Khaldoon, Valengren Kickers
Globe Cup - Pythons, Jonastown United, Augustus
SBCC - Villa Ortiz, Garrincha F.C, Barbossa, New Boys Royceton

Rushmore Copa De Campeones

Royal Khaldoon, Valengren Kickers

Cygnus Cup - Augustus

[Pays de Horreur]

Match Results

MATCHDAY 1
Kassel County Rangers 5-0 Sleepy Hollow Hotspur
Sunnydale Athletic 2-2 F.C Sigina
Ambrose County 2-0 Manomo Football Club
Crystal Lake Victoria 3-1 Faletali Express
Sleepy Hollow Club Sportif 5-3 Go Sushi Apo'olo
Wolfenstein Sports Academy 2-1 Isambard Boys Club
West Rodallega Centurions 4-2 Isambard Celtic
Bleufontaine Pirates 0-1 Mount Deschamps Red Diamonds
Cape Jaune Tornados 1-3 Tingley All Stars
St. Clementine FC 2-0 Shrewshill Lions
MATCHDAY 2
F.C Sigina 2-1 Kassel County Rangers
Manomo Football Club 1-1 Sleepy Hollow Hotspur
Faletali Express 1-1 Sunnydale Athletic
Go Sushi Apo'olo 1-0 Ambrose County
Isambard Boys Club 0-1 Crystal Lake Victoria
Isambard Celtic 3-2 Sleepy Hollow Club Sportif
Mount Deschamps Red Diamonds 0-1 Wolfenstein Sports Academy
Tingley All Stars 2-1 West Rodallega Centurions
Shrewshill Lions 2-0 Bleufontaine Pirates
St. Clementine FC 0-4 Cape Jaune Tornados
MATCHDAY 3
Kassel County Rangers 1-6 Manomo Football Club
F.C Sigina 1-1 Faletali Express
Sleepy Hollow Hotspur 1-2 Go Sushi Apo'olo
Sunnydale Athletic 0-1 Isambard Boys Club
Ambrose County 2-0 Isambard Celtic
Crystal Lake Victoria 0-1 Mount Deschamps Red Diamonds
Sleepy Hollow Club Sportif 1-0 Tingley All Stars
Wolfenstein Sports Academy 3-3 Shrewshill Lions
West Rodallega Centurions 1-1 St. Clementine FC
Bleufontaine Pirates 2-1 Cape Jaune Tornados
MATCHDAY 4
Faletali Express 0-2 Kassel County Rangers
Go Sushi Apo'olo 2-1 Manomo Football Club
Isambard Boys Club 0-2 F.C Sigina
Isambard Celtic 0-0 Sleepy Hollow Hotspur
Mount Deschamps Red Diamonds 1-0 Sunnydale Athletic
Tingley All Stars 1-0 Ambrose County
Shrewshill Lions 4-3 Crystal Lake Victoria
St. Clementine FC 1-2 Sleepy Hollow Club Sportif
Cape Jaune Tornados 2-4 Wolfenstein Sports Academy
Bleufontaine Pirates 1-2 West Rodallega Centurions
MATCHDAY 5
Kassel County Rangers 1-1 Go Sushi Apo'olo
Faletali Express 0-1 Isambard Boys Club
Manomo Football Club 0-1 Isambard Celtic
F.C Sigina 2-1 Mount Deschamps Red Diamonds
Sleepy Hollow Hotspur 1-2 Tingley All Stars
Sunnydale Athletic 4-0 Shrewshill Lions
Ambrose County 2-1 St. Clementine FC
Crystal Lake Victoria 1-1 Cape Jaune Tornados
Sleepy Hollow Club Sportif 0-1 Bleufontaine Pirates
Wolfenstein Sports Academy 1-0 West Rodallega Centurions
MATCHDAY 6
Isambard Boys Club 2-0 Kassel County Rangers
Isambard Celtic 1-6 Go Sushi Apo'olo
Mount Deschamps Red Diamonds 3-0 Faletali Express
Tingley All Stars 2-1 Manomo Football Club
Shrewshill Lions 1-1 F.C Sigina
St. Clementine FC 5-3 Sleepy Hollow Hotspur
Cape Jaune Tornados 0-1 Sunnydale Athletic
Bleufontaine Pirates 0-1 Ambrose County
West Rodallega Centurions 3-2 Crystal Lake Victoria
Wolfenstein Sports Academy 0-0 Sleepy Hollow Club Sportif
MATCHDAY 7
Kassel County Rangers 2-1 Isambard Celtic
Isambard Boys Club 0-2 Mount Deschamps Red Diamonds
Go Sushi Apo'olo 2-2 Tingley All Stars
Faletali Express 2-2 Shrewshill Lions
Manomo Football Club 3-2 St. Clementine FC
F.C Sigina 2-3 Cape Jaune Tornados
Sleepy Hollow Hotspur 0-2 Bleufontaine Pirates
Sunnydale Athletic 4-1 West Rodallega Centurions
Ambrose County 2-1 Wolfenstein Sports Academy
Crystal Lake Victoria 1-1 Sleepy Hollow Club Sportif
MATCHDAY 8
Mount Deschamps Red Diamonds 3-2 Kassel County Rangers
Tingley All Stars 1-2 Isambard Celtic
Shrewshill Lions 0-2 Isambard Boys Club
St. Clementine FC 1-0 Go Sushi Apo'olo
Cape Jaune Tornados 1-1 Faletali Express
Bleufontaine Pirates 1-1 Manomo Football Club
West Rodallega Centurions 3-2 F.C Sigina
Wolfenstein Sports Academy 1-0 Sleepy Hollow Hotspur
Sleepy Hollow Club Sportif 1-2 Sunnydale Athletic
Crystal Lake Victoria 2-3 Ambrose County
MATCHDAY 9
Kassel County Rangers 1-0 Tingley All Stars
Mount Deschamps Red Diamonds 0-0 Shrewshill Lions
Isambard Celtic 2-1 St. Clementine FC
Isambard Boys Club 3-2 Cape Jaune Tornados
Go Sushi Apo'olo 2-2 Bleufontaine Pirates
Faletali Express 0-0 West Rodallega Centurions
Manomo Football Club 3-1 Wolfenstein Sports Academy
F.C Sigina 1-2 Sleepy Hollow Club Sportif
Sleepy Hollow Hotspur 0-0 Crystal Lake Victoria
Sunnydale Athletic 0-0 Ambrose County
MATCHDAY 10
Shrewshill Lions 1-4 Kassel County Rangers
St. Clementine FC 0-2 Tingley All Stars
Cape Jaune Tornados 2-1 Mount Deschamps Red Diamonds
Bleufontaine Pirates 1-0 Isambard Celtic
West Rodallega Centurions 2-0 Isambard Boys Club
Wolfenstein Sports Academy 2-1 Go Sushi Apo'olo
Sleepy Hollow Club Sportif 2-1 Faletali Express
Crystal Lake Victoria 1-0 Manomo Football Club
Ambrose County 0-0 F.C Sigina
Sunnydale Athletic 3-2 Sleepy Hollow Hotspur
MATCHDAY 11
Kassel County Rangers 2-1 St. Clementine FC
Shrewshill Lions 1-1 Cape Jaune Tornados
Tingley All Stars 6-2 Bleufontaine Pirates
Mount Deschamps Red Diamonds 2-0 West Rodallega Centurions
Isambard Celtic 0-1 Wolfenstein Sports Academy
Isambard Boys Club 0-2 Sleepy Hollow Club Sportif
Go Sushi Apo'olo 1-3 Crystal Lake Victoria
Faletali Express 1-1 Ambrose County
Manomo Football Club 0-1 Sunnydale Athletic
F.C Sigina 1-1 Sleepy Hollow Hotspur
MATCHDAY 12
Cape Jaune Tornados 2-2 Kassel County Rangers
Bleufontaine Pirates 1-0 St. Clementine FC
West Rodallega Centurions 2-2 Shrewshill Lions
Wolfenstein Sports Academy 1-3 Tingley All Stars
Sleepy Hollow Club Sportif 2-1 Mount Deschamps Red Diamonds
Crystal Lake Victoria 0-1 Isambard Celtic
Ambrose County 0-0 Isambard Boys Club
Sunnydale Athletic 2-3 Go Sushi Apo'olo
Sleepy Hollow Hotspur 3-0 Faletali Express
F.C Sigina 1-0 Manomo Football Club
MATCHDAY 13
Kassel County Rangers 1-2 Bleufontaine Pirates
Cape Jaune Tornados 2-0 West Rodallega Centurions
St. Clementine FC 0-4 Wolfenstein Sports Academy
Shrewshill Lions 1-2 Sleepy Hollow Club Sportif
Tingley All Stars 0-2 Crystal Lake Victoria
Mount Deschamps Red Diamonds 2-0 Ambrose County
Isambard Celtic 1-5 Sunnydale Athletic
Isambard Boys Club 0-0 Sleepy Hollow Hotspur
Go Sushi Apo'olo 0-1 F.C Sigina
Faletali Express 1-1 Manomo Football Club
MATCHDAY 14
West Rodallega Centurions 2-1 Kassel County Rangers
Wolfenstein Sports Academy 3-0 Bleufontaine Pirates
Sleepy Hollow Club Sportif 1-1 Cape Jaune Tornados
Crystal Lake Victoria 2-2 St. Clementine FC
Ambrose County 3-2 Shrewshill Lions
Sunnydale Athletic 0-0 Tingley All Stars
Sleepy Hollow Hotspur 2-1 Mount Deschamps Red Diamonds
F.C Sigina 0-0 Isambard Celtic
Manomo Football Club 2-3 Isambard Boys Club
Faletali Express 1-3 Go Sushi Apo'olo
MATCHDAY 15
Kassel County Rangers 1-1 Wolfenstein Sports Academy
West Rodallega Centurions 1-1 Sleepy Hollow Club Sportif
Bleufontaine Pirates 3-1 Crystal Lake Victoria
Cape Jaune Tornados 0-0 Ambrose County
St. Clementine FC 1-1 Sunnydale Athletic
Shrewshill Lions 1-1 Sleepy Hollow Hotspur
Tingley All Stars 1-0 F.C Sigina
Mount Deschamps Red Diamonds 5-0 Manomo Football Club
Isambard Celtic 2-1 Faletali Express
Isambard Boys Club 2-1 Go Sushi Apo'olo
MATCHDAY 16
Sleepy Hollow Club Sportif 1-5 Kassel County Rangers
Crystal Lake Victoria 2-4 Wolfenstein Sports Academy
Ambrose County 2-2 West Rodallega Centurions
Sunnydale Athletic 0-1 Bleufontaine Pirates
Sleepy Hollow Hotspur 3-1 Cape Jaune Tornados
F.C Sigina 1-1 St. Clementine FC
Manomo Football Club 4-1 Shrewshill Lions
Faletali Express 0-1 Tingley All Stars
Go Sushi Apo'olo 1-0 Mount Deschamps Red Diamonds
Isambard Boys Club 1-1 Isambard Celtic
MATCHDAY 17
Kassel County Rangers 2-1 Crystal Lake Victoria
Sleepy Hollow Club Sportif 2-1 Ambrose County
Wolfenstein Sports Academy 4-1 Sunnydale Athletic
West Rodallega Centurions 2-2 Sleepy Hollow Hotspur
Bleufontaine Pirates 0-2 F.C Sigina
Cape Jaune Tornados 3-0 Manomo Football Club
St. Clementine FC 3-3 Faletali Express
Shrewshill Lions 1-1 Go Sushi Apo'olo
Tingley All Stars 1-0 Isambard Boys Club
Mount Deschamps Red Diamonds 1-0 Isambard Celtic
MATCHDAY 18
Ambrose County 2-1 Kassel County Rangers
Sunnydale Athletic 2-0 Crystal Lake Victoria
Sleepy Hollow Hotspur 1-1 Sleepy Hollow Club Sportif
F.C Sigina 0-1 Wolfenstein Sports Academy
Manomo Football Club 0-1 West Rodallega Centurions
Faletali Express 1-1 Bleufontaine Pirates
Go Sushi Apo'olo 1-0 Cape Jaune Tornados
Isambard Boys Club 1-0 St. Clementine FC
Isambard Celtic 2-1 Shrewshill Lions
Mount Deschamps Red Diamonds 2-0 Tingley All Stars
MATCHDAY 19
Kassel County Rangers 2-0 Sunnydale Athletic
Ambrose County 1-0 Sleepy Hollow Hotspur
Crystal Lake Victoria 0-3 F.C Sigina
Sleepy Hollow Club Sportif 6-1 Manomo Football Club
Wolfenstein Sports Academy 2-1 Faletali Express
West Rodallega Centurions 1-2 Go Sushi Apo'olo
Bleufontaine Pirates 0-2 Isambard Boys Club
Cape Jaune Tornados 1-4 Isambard Celtic
St. Clementine FC 0-1 Mount Deschamps Red Diamonds
Shrewshill Lions 3-1 Tingley All Stars
MATCHDAY 20
Sleepy Hollow Hotspur 0-1 Kassel County Rangers
F.C Sigina 0-2 Sunnydale Athletic
Manomo Football Club 0-2 Ambrose County
Faletali Express 2-2 Crystal Lake Victoria
Go Sushi Apo'olo 0-1 Sleepy Hollow Club Sportif
Isambard Boys Club 2-2 Wolfenstein Sports Academy
Isambard Celtic 1-1 West Rodallega Centurions
Mount Deschamps Red Diamonds 1-0 Bleufontaine Pirates
Tingley All Stars 1-3 Cape Jaune Tornados
Shrewshill Lions 0-1 St. Clementine FC
MATCHDAY 21
Kassel County Rangers 2-1 F.C Sigina
Sleepy Hollow Hotspur 0-1 Manomo Football Club
Sunnydale Athletic 1-0 Faletali Express
Ambrose County 0-0 Go Sushi Apo'olo
Crystal Lake Victoria 1-0 Isambard Boys Club
Sleepy Hollow Club Sportif 2-1 Isambard Celtic
Wolfenstein Sports Academy 2-0 Mount Deschamps Red Diamonds
West Rodallega Centurions 2-0 Tingley All Stars
Bleufontaine Pirates 0-2 Shrewshill Lions
Cape Jaune Tornados 2-0 St. Clementine FC
MATCHDAY 22
Manomo Football Club 1-0 Kassel County Rangers
Faletali Express 0-3 F.C Sigina
Go Sushi Apo'olo 1-0 Sleepy Hollow Hotspur
Isambard Boys Club 3-0 Sunnydale Athletic
Isambard Celtic 2-2 Ambrose County
Mount Deschamps Red Diamonds 0-1 Crystal Lake Victoria
Tingley All Stars 3-2 Sleepy Hollow Club Sportif
Shrewshill Lions 5-6 Wolfenstein Sports Academy
St. Clementine FC 1-0 West Rodallega Centurions
Cape Jaune Tornados 1-1 Bleufontaine Pirates
MATCHDAY 23
Kassel County Rangers 1-1 Faletali Express
Manomo Football Club 2-2 Go Sushi Apo'olo
F.C Sigina 1-0 Isambard Boys Club
Sleepy Hollow Hotspur 1-0 Isambard Celtic
Sunnydale Athletic 0-0 Mount Deschamps Red Diamonds
Ambrose County 2-0 Tingley All Stars
Crystal Lake Victoria 0-0 Shrewshill Lions
Sleepy Hollow Club Sportif 0-2 St. Clementine FC
Wolfenstein Sports Academy 1-2 Cape Jaune Tornados
West Rodallega Centurions 2-0 Bleufontaine Pirates
MATCHDAY 24
Go Sushi Apo'olo 0-2 Kassel County Rangers
Isambard Boys Club 1-1 Faletali Express
Isambard Celtic 0-0 Manomo Football Club
Mount Deschamps Red Diamonds 1-1 F.C Sigina
Tingley All Stars 6-1 Sleepy Hollow Hotspur
Shrewshill Lions 2-2 Sunnydale Athletic
St. Clementine FC 0-0 Ambrose County
Cape Jaune Tornados 4-3 Crystal Lake Victoria
Bleufontaine Pirates 3-2 Sleepy Hollow Club Sportif
West Rodallega Centurions 0-3 Wolfenstein Sports Academy
MATCHDAY 25
Kassel County Rangers 2-1 Isambard Boys Club
Go Sushi Apo'olo 0-1 Isambard Celtic
Faletali Express 0-3 Mount Deschamps Red Diamonds
Manomo Football Club 0-2 Tingley All Stars
F.C Sigina 3-1 Shrewshill Lions
Sleepy Hollow Hotspur 0-1 St. Clementine FC
Sunnydale Athletic 5-1 Cape Jaune Tornados
Ambrose County 1-1 Bleufontaine Pirates
Crystal Lake Victoria 1-2 West Rodallega Centurions
Sleepy Hollow Club Sportif 2-2 Wolfenstein Sports Academy
MATCHDAY 26
Isambard Celtic 3-3 Kassel County Rangers
Mount Deschamps Red Diamonds 0-1 Isambard Boys Club
Tingley All Stars 1-2 Go Sushi Apo'olo
Shrewshill Lions 0-0 Faletali Express
St. Clementine FC 2-1 Manomo Football Club
Cape Jaune Tornados 3-1 F.C Sigina
Bleufontaine Pirates 1-0 Sleepy Hollow Hotspur
West Rodallega Centurions 2-1 Sunnydale Athletic
Wolfenstein Sports Academy 2-0 Ambrose County
Sleepy Hollow Club Sportif 2-3 Crystal Lake Victoria
MATCHDAY 27
Kassel County Rangers 1-2 Mount Deschamps Red Diamonds
Isambard Celtic 1-1 Tingley All Stars
Isambard Boys Club 2-0 Shrewshill Lions
Go Sushi Apo'olo 0-2 St. Clementine FC
Faletali Express 1-1 Cape Jaune Tornados
Manomo Football Club 0-1 Bleufontaine Pirates
F.C Sigina 0-1 West Rodallega Centurions
Sleepy Hollow Hotspur 2-4 Wolfenstein Sports Academy
Sunnydale Athletic 1-1 Sleepy Hollow Club Sportif
Ambrose County 4-0 Crystal Lake Victoria
MATCHDAY 28
Tingley All Stars 2-0 Kassel County Rangers
Shrewshill Lions 1-2 Mount Deschamps Red Diamonds
St. Clementine FC 1-2 Isambard Celtic
Cape Jaune Tornados 2-2 Isambard Boys Club
Bleufontaine Pirates 0-4 Go Sushi Apo'olo
West Rodallega Centurions 0-1 Faletali Express
Wolfenstein Sports Academy 5-0 Manomo Football Club
Sleepy Hollow Club Sportif 2-0 F.C Sigina
Crystal Lake Victoria 1-0 Sleepy Hollow Hotspur
Ambrose County 1-1 Sunnydale Athletic
MATCHDAY 29
Kassel County Rangers 0-0 Shrewshill Lions
Tingley All Stars 2-3 St. Clementine FC
Mount Deschamps Red Diamonds 0-1 Cape Jaune Tornados
Isambard Celtic 1-0 Bleufontaine Pirates
Isambard Boys Club 0-5 West Rodallega Centurions
Go Sushi Apo'olo 3-1 Wolfenstein Sports Academy
Faletali Express 4-4 Sleepy Hollow Club Sportif
Manomo Football Club 4-2 Crystal Lake Victoria
F.C Sigina 0-1 Ambrose County
Sleepy Hollow Hotspur 0-3 Sunnydale Athletic
MATCHDAY 30
St. Clementine FC 3-1 Kassel County Rangers
Cape Jaune Tornados 4-1 Shrewshill Lions
Bleufontaine Pirates 1-2 Tingley All Stars
West Rodallega Centurions 2-1 Mount Deschamps Red Diamonds
Wolfenstein Sports Academy 1-4 Isambard Celtic
Sleepy Hollow Club Sportif 4-2 Isambard Boys Club
Crystal Lake Victoria 2-3 Go Sushi Apo'olo
Ambrose County 1-0 Faletali Express
Sunnydale Athletic 5-2 Manomo Football Club
Sleepy Hollow Hotspur 1-2 F.C Sigina
MATCHDAY 31
Kassel County Rangers 0-2 Cape Jaune Tornados
St. Clementine FC 2-0 Bleufontaine Pirates
Shrewshill Lions 0-0 West Rodallega Centurions
Tingley All Stars 1-1 Wolfenstein Sports Academy
Mount Deschamps Red Diamonds 1-0 Sleepy Hollow Club Sportif
Isambard Celtic 1-1 Crystal Lake Victoria
Isambard Boys Club 1-1 Ambrose County
Go Sushi Apo'olo 1-0 Sunnydale Athletic
Faletali Express 1-2 Sleepy Hollow Hotspur
Manomo Football Club 3-1 F.C Sigina
MATCHDAY 32
Bleufontaine Pirates 0-2 Kassel County Rangers
West Rodallega Centurions 0-1 Cape Jaune Tornados
Wolfenstein Sports Academy 0-0 St. Clementine FC
Sleepy Hollow Club Sportif 3-1 Shrewshill Lions
Crystal Lake Victoria 2-2 Tingley All Stars
Ambrose County 1-1 Mount Deschamps Red Diamonds
Sunnydale Athletic 3-1 Isambard Celtic
Sleepy Hollow Hotspur 1-1 Isambard Boys Club
F.C Sigina 5-1 Go Sushi Apo'olo
Manomo Football Club 1-1 Faletali Express
MATCHDAY 33
Kassel County Rangers 1-0 West Rodallega Centurions
Bleufontaine Pirates 0-0 Wolfenstein Sports Academy
Cape Jaune Tornados 4-2 Sleepy Hollow Club Sportif
St. Clementine FC 0-0 Crystal Lake Victoria
Shrewshill Lions 3-0 Ambrose County
Tingley All Stars 1-0 Sunnydale Athletic
Mount Deschamps Red Diamonds 2-0 Sleepy Hollow Hotspur
Isambard Celtic 2-0 F.C Sigina
Isambard Boys Club 3-2 Manomo Football Club
Go Sushi Apo'olo 3-1 Faletali Express
MATCHDAY 34
Wolfenstein Sports Academy 0-2 Kassel County Rangers
Sleepy Hollow Club Sportif 1-0 West Rodallega Centurions
Crystal Lake Victoria 2-0 Bleufontaine Pirates
Ambrose County 0-1 Cape Jaune Tornados
Sunnydale Athletic 0-0 St. Clementine FC
Sleepy Hollow Hotspur 2-0 Shrewshill Lions
F.C Sigina 0-2 Tingley All Stars
Manomo Football Club 1-0 Mount Deschamps Red Diamonds
Faletali Express 1-0 Isambard Celtic
Go Sushi Apo'olo 1-0 Isambard Boys Club
MATCHDAY 35
Kassel County Rangers 3-1 Sleepy Hollow Club Sportif
Wolfenstein Sports Academy 0-2 Crystal Lake Victoria
West Rodallega Centurions 1-1 Ambrose County
Bleufontaine Pirates 1-1 Sunnydale Athletic
Cape Jaune Tornados 0-2 Sleepy Hollow Hotspur
St. Clementine FC 3-0 F.C Sigina
Shrewshill Lions 2-2 Manomo Football Club
Tingley All Stars 1-1 Faletali Express
Mount Deschamps Red Diamonds 1-1 Go Sushi Apo'olo
Isambard Celtic 1-1 Isambard Boys Club
MATCHDAY 36
Crystal Lake Victoria 1-1 Kassel County Rangers
Ambrose County 1-0 Sleepy Hollow Club Sportif
Sunnydale Athletic 2-5 Wolfenstein Sports Academy
Sleepy Hollow Hotspur 1-1 West Rodallega Centurions
F.C Sigina 0-0 Bleufontaine Pirates
Manomo Football Club 1-1 Cape Jaune Tornados
Faletali Express 1-1 St. Clementine FC
Go Sushi Apo'olo 2-2 Shrewshill Lions
Isambard Boys Club 0-1 Tingley All Stars
Isambard Celtic 1-1 Mount Deschamps Red Diamonds
MATCHDAY 37
Kassel County Rangers 1-1 Ambrose County
Crystal Lake Victoria 2-0 Sunnydale Athletic
Sleepy Hollow Club Sportif 5-2 Sleepy Hollow Hotspur
Wolfenstein Sports Academy 2-0 F.C Sigina
West Rodallega Centurions 1-1 Manomo Football Club
Bleufontaine Pirates 4-1 Faletali Express
Cape Jaune Tornados 2-2 Go Sushi Apo'olo
St. Clementine FC 0-1 Isambard Boys Club
Shrewshill Lions 1-3 Isambard Celtic
Tingley All Stars 2-0 Mount Deschamps Red Diamonds
MATCHDAY 38
Sunnydale Athletic 0-1 Kassel County Rangers
Sleepy Hollow Hotspur 1-3 Ambrose County
F.C Sigina 2-0 Crystal Lake Victoria
Manomo Football Club 1-2 Sleepy Hollow Club Sportif
Faletali Express 1-2 Wolfenstein Sports Academy
Go Sushi Apo'olo 1-6 West Rodallega Centurions
Isambard Boys Club 2-0 Bleufontaine Pirates
Isambard Celtic 0-3 Cape Jaune Tornados
Mount Deschamps Red Diamonds 0-1 St. Clementine FC
Tingley All Stars 2-1 Shrewshill Lions

Team                               P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Wolfenstein Sports Academy        38  22   8   8  76  48  +28  74
  2 Tingley All Stars                 38  21   6  11  60  42  +18  69
  3 Ambrose County                    38  16  15   7  44  31  +13  63
  4 Cape Jaune Tornados               38  17  11  10  66  53  +13  62
  5 Kassel County Rangers             38  18   8  12  60  47  +13  62
  6 Sleepy Hollow Club Sportif        38  18   8  12  70  59  +11  62
  7 Mount Deschamps Red Diamonds      38  18   6  14  44  29  +15  60
  8 Go Sushi Apo'olo                  38  17   9  12  60  56   +4  60
  9 West Rodallega Centurions         38  15  11  12  54  45   +9  56
 10 Isambard Boys Club                38  15   9  14  42  43   -1  54
 11 Sunnydale Athletic                38  14  11  13  56  45  +11  53
 12 Isambard Celtic                   38  14  11  13  48  53   -5  53
 13 St. Clementine FC                 38  14  10  14  45  45   +0  52
 14 F.C Sigina                        38  13   9  16  44  45   -1  48
 15 Crystal Lake Victoria             38  12  10  16  51  59   -8  46
 16 Bleufontaine Pirates              38  12   8  18  33  52  -19  44
 17 Manomo Football Club              38   9   9  20  47  68  -21  36
 18 Sleepy Hollow Hotspur             38   7  10  21  37  63  -26  31
 19 Shrewshill Lions                  38   5  15  18  48  72  -24  30
 20 Faletali Express                  38   2  18  18  34  64  -30  24

Qualifiers


TQCC - Wolfenstein Sports Academy
Globe Cup - Ambrose County
Rushmore CDC Wolfenstein Sports Academy


Globe Cup - Go Sushi Apo'olo
Rushmore CDC ^


Globe Cup Tingley Allstars
Rushmore CDC ^

Sorry for the lack of effort, but I have done two updates for the Una Serie in one day hehe. I'll make it more interesting to look at later today... after the football.

[Saugeais]

UICA Entrants: (based on the previous year's standings)

TQCC - Bugny FC, Montbenoit Dragons
GC - Longview, Arçon, Les Alliés
SBCC - Walldrew, Riverside, Universal

[Commerce Heights]

The deadline for entry to TakilQuip Champions’ Cup 29 and Chronowire Series B Champions’ Cup 26 is now set as 16:00 UTC on Sunday, 2011-02-27.

[Cafundeu]

THE JOWENGUARD CROWN
Pre-Season competition to decide teams for International Competitions

After seasons choosing the teams to be directed to the TQCC, Globe Cup and SBCC through mysterious ways (although most followed a criteria, which changed once or twice), the CCFM finally decided to create a new competition in order to choose the teams to go to the international competitions to be played before the end of the Cafundelense season. In homage to the former president of the CCFM, Erasmo Carlos Jowenguard, the new competition was named the Jowenguard Crown. Played before the official beginning of the new season, is composed by some knockout rounds, involving teams which had good performances in the previous season: be those in the league or in the cup. The competition is divided in two "areas": the TQCC/GC and the SBCC, the winners of each one meeting in the final game to decide the Crown.

The first edition showed that the competition is a pure mess when deciding which teams would participate and which would be its format, and the CCFM directors proved that they are completely useless by repeating the same format and continuing with the mess involving this competition... the same lazyness that makes the people writing this to not update the introduction that has been always the same. For the TQCC/GC area, the 12 best teams of the league were qualified (11, as the champion is already in the TQCC), a small change from previous editions in which the 7 best were called, together with the semifinalists of the last Emperor's Cup, and the last champion of the Second Division. Current First Division league champions (Petardos S/A in this case) wouldn't participate in the Jowenguard Crown and would receive an automatic TQCC spot. Of course, there were cases of a team qualifying in both league and cup criteria. But, in these cases, no substitute would be called.

Seeds for the TQCC/GC area are the following: League 2nd (1st), Cup Winners (2nd), then the qualified through the league (3rd - 12th), those qualified through the cup (13th) and last the current Second Division champion (14th). Top ranked teams receive byes whenever necessary for the numbers.

Former champions:

Edition 1 - Ranca Toco
Edition 2 - Petardos S/A
Edition 3 - Petardos S/A
Edition 4 - Atlético Jutense
Edition 5 - Cafundó do Juta
Edition 6 - Cafundó do Juta
Edition 7 - Petardos S/A
Edition 8 - Ranca Toco

See the results of the TQCC/GC area:

First Round:

(3rd)                  América     1-0     Grêmio Lux              (14th)
(4th)               Dunboor FC     6-0     Tênis Clube             (13th)
(5th)               Ranca Toco     2-2     Porto Lacruz            (12th)
                    Penalties:     3-2
(6th)         Atlético Jutense     1-2     Atlético Central        (11th)
(7th)                 SC Lasft     1-3     Eldorado                (10th)
(8th)               Rio Bonito     1-0     A.F.F.                   (9th)

Quarterfinals:

(1st)          Cafundó do Juta     4-2     Rio Bonito               (8th)
(2nd)          Clube Comercial     2-0     Eldorado                (10th)
(3rd)                  América     3-2     Atlético Central        (11th)
(4th)               Dunboor FC     2-1     Ranca Toco               (5th)

Globe Cup playoff (winners go to GC):

(5th)               Ranca Toco     3-1     Rio Bonito               (8th)
(10th)                Eldorado     1-1     Atlético Central        (11th)
                    Penalties:     4-3

Semifinals:

(1st)          Cafundó do Juta     3-0     Dunboor FC               (4th)
(2nd)          Clube Comercial     2-1     América                  (3rd)

TQCC Playoff (winner goes to TQCC/loser to Globe Cup):

(3rd)                  América     2-4     Dunboor FC               (4th)

Area Final (both qualified for TQCC):

(1st)          Cafundó do Juta     1-0     Clube Comercial          (2nd)

For the SBCC area, there is more organization, and it is easier to get which teams were qualified to play the competition and its format. There were no automatic SBCC spots, and fourteen teams were called, among relegated teams from the First Division in the last season, teams from the Second Division and last season's best Third Division teams. Of course, all of them are now in the Second Division.

The seeds are: last season's 17th placed at Division 1 (1st), 18th/Div1 (2nd), 19th/Div1 (3rd), 20th/Div1 (4th), top 8 not promoted of last season's Division 2 (5th - 12th), last season's Division 3 champions (13th) and last season's Division 3 runner-ups (14th). The first and second seeds enter only in the second round (quarterfinals).


See the results:

First Round:

(7th)               Agreman FH     2-1     Galáxia                 (10th)
(8th)            Metropolitano     4-0     Internacional            (9th)
(3rd)             Bandeirantes     1-1     Dínamo                  (14th)
                    Penalties:     5-4
(6th)                 Varzeano     2-0     Cruzeiro do Sul         (11th)
(4th)     Clube dos Banqueiros     1-2     Universitário           (13th)
(5th)         Atlético Insular     3-1     União Trabalhadora      (12th)

Quarterfinals:

(1st)                  Serrano     0-1     Agreman FH               (7th)
(5th)         Atlético Insular     3-1     Universitário           (13th)
(2nd)           Clube Imperial     3-0     Metropolitano            (8th)
(3rd)             Bandeirantes     0-3     Varzeano                 (6th)

Semifinals (all qualified to the SBCC):

(5th)         Atlético Insular     0-0     Agreman FH               (7th)
                    Penalties:     3-2
(2nd)           Clube Imperial     4-1     Varzeano                 (6th)

Area Final:

(2nd)           Clube Imperial     2-1     Atlético Insular         (5th)

Jowenguard Crown Final:

(TQCC)         Cafundó do Juta     2-0     Clube Imperial          (SBCC)

So, the qualified teams (in order):

TQCC:
Petardos S/A
Cafundó do Juta
Clube Comercial
Dunboor FC

GC:
América
Ranca Toco
Eldorado

SBCC:
Clube Imperial
Atlético Insular
Varzeano
Agreman FH

Cygnus Cup (if it's held before the Emperor's Cup):
Cafundó do Juta (winner of the Crown)


Stadiums:

TQCC
- Estádio Rei Albieri Van Tocco, Cafundó do Juta (cap. 210,001)
- Obelisco Monumental, Lasft (cap. 300,000)
- Arena Multiuso Dra. Veiga, Astari (cap. 100,000)

SBCC:
- Presídio, Carandirú City (cap. 75,000)
- Vale do Imperador, Haja Coração (cap. 55,000)
- Novo Olímpico Imperial, São Jorge (cap. 70,000)

[Mossulia]

(OOC: I plan on editing results in over the next half an hour or so.)

MATCHDAY 8
Sydney Rovers 2-0 Sydney United
Melbourne Orient 0-1 Brisbane Albion
Melbourne South 4-4 Cannes Town
Adelaide 4-0 Perth City
MATCHDAY 9
Sydney United 1-2 Melbourne Orient
Sydney Rovers 1-1 Melbourne South
Brisbane Albion 3-0 Adelaide
Cannes Town 0-1 Perth City
MATCHDAY 10
Melbourne South 2-0 Sydney United
Adelaide 0-0 Melbourne Orient
Perth City 0-0 Sydney Rovers
Cannes Town 0-1 Brisbane Albion
MATCHDAY 11
Sydney United 3-2 Adelaide
Melbourne South 0-0 Perth City
Melbourne Orient 1-2 Cannes Town
Sydney Rovers 2-0 Brisbane Albion
MATCHDAY 12
Perth City 3-3 Sydney United
Cannes Town 1-0 Adelaide
Brisbane Albion 0-1 Melbourne South
Sydney Rovers 2-0 Melbourne Orient
MATCHDAY 13
Sydney United 1-4 Cannes Town
Perth City 1-1 Brisbane Albion
Adelaide 2-5 Sydney Rovers
Melbourne South 4-0 Melbourne Orient
MATCHDAY 14
Brisbane Albion 2-2 Sydney United
Sydney Rovers 1-1 Cannes Town
Melbourne Orient 1-0 Perth City
Melbourne South 2-0 Adelaide

Liga A Standings

   Team                   P  W  D  L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 Cannes Town           14  8  4  2  28  14  +14  28
 2 Melbourne South       14  7  5  2  33  19  +14  26
 3 Sydney Rovers         14  6  6  2  20  10  +10  24
 4 Perth City            14  3  8  3  13  16   -3  17
 5 Melbourne Orient      14  4  5  5  18  23   -5  17
 6 Brisbane Albion       14  3  5  6  13  17   -4  14
 7 Sydney United         14  3  5  6  18  26   -8  14
 8 Adelaide              14  2  2 10  16  34  -18   8

MATCHDAY 15
Sydney United 0-0 Sydney Rovers
Brisbane Albion 0-1 Melbourne Orient
Cannes Town 1-4 Melbourne South
Perth City 2-0 Adelaide
MATCHDAY 16
Melbourne Orient 4-1 Sydney United
Melbourne South 1-0 Sydney Rovers
Adelaide 1-1 Brisbane Albion
Perth City 2-3 Cannes Town
MATCHDAY 17
Sydney United 0-1 Melbourne South
Melbourne Orient 2-2 Adelaide
Sydney Rovers 1-0 Perth City
Brisbane Albion 0-1 Cannes Town
MATCHDAY 18
Adelaide 1-4 Sydney United
Perth City 0-2 Melbourne South
Cannes Town 1-1 Melbourne Orient
Brisbane Albion 1-1 Sydney Rovers
MATCHDAY 19
Sydney United 1-3 Perth City
Adelaide 2-1 Cannes Town
Melbourne South 3-1 Brisbane Albion
Melbourne Orient 0-0 Sydney Rovers
MATCHDAY 20
Cannes Town 1-0 Sydney United
Brisbane Albion 0-2 Perth City
Sydney Rovers 3-1 Adelaide
Melbourne Orient 0-1 Melbourne South
MATCHDAY 21
Sydney United 0-0 Brisbane Albion
Cannes Town 1-3 Sydney Rovers
Perth City 0-2 Melbourne Orient
Adelaide 2-6 Melbourne South
MATCHDAY 22
Sydney Rovers 1-1 Sydney United
Melbourne Orient 1-1 Brisbane Albion
Melbourne South 1-1 Cannes Town
Adelaide 0-1 Perth City
MATCHDAY 23
Sydney United 0-0 Melbourne Orient
Sydney Rovers 1-0 Melbourne South
Brisbane Albion 3-0 Adelaide
Cannes Town 2-3 Perth City
MATCHDAY 24
Melbourne South 2-1 Sydney United
Adelaide 2-0 Melbourne Orient
Perth City 1-0 Sydney Rovers
Cannes Town 1-0 Brisbane Albion
MATCHDAY 25
Sydney United 4-1 Adelaide
Melbourne South 1-0 Perth City
Melbourne Orient 2-2 Cannes Town
Sydney Rovers 2-1 Brisbane Albion
MATCHDAY 26
Perth City 1-0 Sydney United
Cannes Town 0-1 Adelaide
Brisbane Albion 1-0 Melbourne South
Sydney Rovers 4-0 Melbourne Orient

Liga A Standings

   Team                   P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 Melbourne South       26  16   6   4  55  27  +28  54
 2 Sydney Rovers         26  12  10   4  36  17  +19  46
 3 Cannes Town           26  12   7   7  43  33  +10  43
 4 Perth City            26  10   8   8  28  28   +0  38
 5 Melbourne Orient      26   7  11   8  31  37   -6  32
 6 Brisbane Albion       26   5   9  12  22  30   -8  24
 7 Sydney United         26   5   9  12  30  41  -11  24
 8 Adelaide              26   5   4  17  29  61  -32  19

With two games left things are looking settled. Melbourne South have taken a deserved title, while Sydney Rovers are settled in second and look like there going to stay their. Cannes early season lead ended up plummeting as the season went on to see them in third. They can still finish in second, but they will have to push it to manage that. Perth City and Cannes Town are both scrapping it out for the last globe cup place, but Cannes have pretty much sealed it. At the bottom of the table Adelaide can still stay up, but I have a feeling that they won't. Sydney and Brisbane will be fighting for sixth place, but there isn't much point.

Cup Round 2

Liga Island Athletic 0-2 Sydney Rovers
No shocks here. There are never many shocks when it comes to the big teams. Rovers pulled ahead early on and Liga Island never recovered from it. Later on in the game they buried a second goal to make it 2-0.
Cotswold Gardens 2-4 Melbourne Orient
Orient begin their cup campaign in style against non-league Cotswold Gardens. It started off with Cotswold Gardens taking a shocking league before Orient equalized. Gardens then managed to take the lead again just after half time. Orient then managed three goals with a hat-trick from Amadeus.
Darwin Olympic 1-0 Melbourne South
Darwin Olympic managed to pull off a shock beating champions Melbourne South with a late goal. It was looking like extra-time before a goal from Johnstone gave Olympic a lead going into added time. During added time Melbourne managed to blast the bar many a time, but they didn't manage extra-time.
Canberra 1829 3-4 Adelaide
Canberra 1829 managed to keep up with division one side Adelaide. They weren't even expected to get this far so it was pretty amazing that they nearly took Adelaide to extra-time. At first 1829 went one-nil down, but then they managed to score two goals going into half-time ahead. After half time Adelaide managed to pull back a goal and then score again to make it 3-2. 1829 then managed to draw it level. In the last two minutes Adelaide saved grace by scoring.
Brisbane Gotspar 0-1 Perth City
Perth City managed to keep the shocks to a minimum with a first half goal. It was an early goal for Perth and for the rest of the game so little happened and the crowd emptied out from the stadium.
Darwin Athletic 3-5 Cannes Town
Darwin Athletic managed to create an exciting game against division one side Cannes. No shock happened but it was an exciting game for the fans and nobody was leaving. Cannes took two early goals before Darwin scored one back. Cannes then scored again to make it 3-1. After half time Darwin managed another goal before Cannes scored again. Darwin went onto narrow the lead down to 4-3. In the last minutes of injury time Cannes made their victory final with a scrappy goal in the box.
Canberra Town 1-0 Brisbane Albion
Canberra Town managed to pull off the biggest shock of the round. It was a slow game with the action being scrappy until Canberra managed a quick counter attack and a goal. The rest of the game was spent with Albion running at goal and failing to score a goal.
Hobart Town Football Club 2-2 Sydney United (3-2 AET)
Hobart Town managed to continue on their cup run with a victory over Sydney United. United took an early lead before Hobart equalised. Soon after United took the lead again. In the last couple of minutes Hobart were on the attack and after a few tense minutes they scored. Extra-time was tense with no one going for the win. But eventually Hobart managed a counter attack and scored.

MATCHDAY 27
Sydney United 3-2 Cannes Town
Perth City 0-0 Brisbane Albion
Adelaide 2-1 Sydney Rovers
Melbourne South 5-0 Melbourne Orient
MATCHDAY 28
Brisbane Albion 1-2 Sydney United
Sydney Rovers 2-2 Cannes Town
Melbourne Orient 1-0 Perth City
Melbourne South 7-0 Adelaide


Liga A Standings

Team                   P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
1 Melbourne South       28  18   6   4  67  27  +40  60
2 Sydney Rovers         28  12  11   5  39  21  +18  47
 3 Cannes Town           28  12   8   8  47  38   +9  44
 4 Perth City            28  10   9   9  28  29   -1  39
 5 Melbourne Orient      28   8  11   9  32  42  -10  35
 6 Sydney United         28   7   9  12  35  44   -9  30
 7 Brisbane Albion       28   5  10  13  23  32   -9  25
8 Adelaide              28   6   4  18  31  69  -38  22

With the season drawing to the end Melbourne South have run away with it. They have managed to finish the season an entire 13 points ahead of Rovers and therefore they will be heading through to the TQCC. Sydney Rovers and Cannes town managed to occupy the Globe cup spots despite a couple of poor games at the end of the season. Meanwhile at the bottom Adelaide are going down, they had a couple of good games at the end, but Brisbane and Sydney managed to stay ahead of them. Orient meanwhile manage to finish comfortably in the middle of the table.

Round 3

Darwin Olympic 1-1 Sydney Rovers (1-2 AET)
Darwin Olympic failed to make it through to the next round but managed to get close to it. It started off with Rovers taking an early and deserved lead. Olympic just after the break managed a goal to make it 1-1. In the end the rest of the game was a cagey affair. Rovers managed to stop a shock and scored another goal to win.
Canberra Town 1-2 Melbourne Orient
Orient may have had a dull and mid-table season, but they are having an okay time in cup and made it through to the semi-finals after an easy win against Canberra Town. Orient managed to get an early lead one-nil and just before half-time they managed another goal to make it 2-0. Later in the game Canberra scored a consolation goal and went home.
Hobart Town Football Club 1-3 Adelaide
Adelaide may have been relegated, but that hasn't stopped them making it to the semi-finals. They drew an easy game against Hobart Town, but unlike other teams they didn't settle with just one goal. It started off with Hobart going 1-0. With just 12 minutes left it looked like the result. But then Syd managed a quick hat-trick including a 40 yard stunner to put Adelaide through.
Cannes Town 1-1 Perth City (1-2 AET)
Cannes Town and Perth City are virtually equal so it wouldn't be a shock unless the victory was something like 7-0. Cannes went 1-0 up with a goal from Oats. Perth Cities Harris then set up Kaijser for a goal. It was in extra-time that Harris proved himself further. He dribbled the ball in and scored to put his team through to the next round.

Semi-Final

Perth City 0-1 Adelaide
Adelaide managed to make their miserable season a little bit more happy with a victory in the semi-final. With that they end up in the final. It was a dull game until late in the first half when Heart scored a goal to make it 1-0. The game cruised along without event and at the end Adelaide fans invaded the pitch
Sydney Rovers 2-0 Melbourne Orient
Orients dull season came to an end with a dull defeat to Sydney Rovers. Rovers pulled ahead after two minutes nad held onto the lead until the 50th minute when Miller scored a goal.

Final

Sydney Rovers 0-1 Adelaide
Adelaide were having a miserable season, but with the help of Syd they have managed to win the cup. Adelaide held on for most of the game heading for a goal from a counter attack, penalties or extra-time. But Syd changed that with a goal allowing his team to take the lead. For the rest of the game Adelaide held tight at the back, holding on to avoid conceding. They managed and now have won the cup. They may be a championship but Syd says he'll stay.

TQCC: Melbourne South
Globe Cup: Sydney Rovers, Cannes Town, Adelaide
Cygnus Cup: Adelaide

[Chunnan]

This is the Soccer International Cup (SIC), currently in semi finals.
Recent Results (Quarter Finals) are-
Chunnan 1-1 Fellow Citizens (2-2 AET 5-4 PK)
Imbashy 1-0 Bellayus
Saugeais 2-1 Social States Owen
Magolana 1-1 Kernsasquillec (2-1 AET)

[Civil Citizenry]

This is the Soccer International Cup (SIC), currently in semi finals.
Recent Results (Quarter Finals) are-
Chunnan 1-1 Fellow Citizens (2-2 AET 5-4 PK)
Imbashy 1-0 Bellayus
Saugeais 2-1 Social States Owen
Magolana 1-1 Kernsasquillec (2-1 AET)

The UICA tournaments (TakilQuip Champions' Cup, Globe Cup, Serie B Champions' Cup) are for club teams from individual nations, not national teams playing in separate international tournaments.

[Estresse Intenso]

THE MEDICAL CUP GAMES

After so many seasons hiding the results of the football games in the medical games from public view, the Landau Institute has finally decided to reveal the scores of this nearly meaningless competition, as it is only a single event in the middle of an Olympics-type tournament involving other events more related with medicine, as the dyagnosis against the clock, the medicine formulation accuracy, the first-aid race, the equipment throwing and the precise surgery, between others. But as the cup gives the TQCC and GC places of Estresse Intenso, it awards at least something more than medals. So, just some notes before the results:

- only teams strictly related with medical practices can participate in the medical cup games (eliminating this way teams like for example Security, Patients, University Workers, Monks, Administrators and even others like Nutritionists, Dentists and Pharmacists)

- only the 32 best ranked teams in the league's previous season are allowed to join (and participate through a seeded draw)

- the cup involves only knockout rounds (single leg)


To the results:

First Round:

(1st)            Psychiatrists     8-0     Cytophatologists        (32nd)
(2nd)             Neurologists     6-1     Radiologists            (31st)
(3rd)                 Surgeons     1-0     Audiologists            (30th)
(4th)   Otorhinolaryngologists     2-1     Neurosurgeons           (29th)
(5th)           Dermatologists     4-1     Vascular Surgeons       (28th)
(6th)            Cardiologists     5-0     Epidemiologists         (27th)
(7th)       Plastical Surgeons     3-1     Haematologists          (26th)
(8th)               Urologists     3-1     Nephrologists           (25th)
(9th)              Oncologists     2-0     Optometrists            (24th)
(10th)            Orthopedists     3-3     Obstetricians           (23rd)
                    Penalties:     4-2
(11th)   General Practitioners     4-0     Infectiologists         (22nd)
(12th)          Pulmonologists     3-1     Immunologists           (21st)
(13th)            Anesthesists     0-1     Gynaecologists          (20th)
(14th)           Hepatologists     2-2     Endocrinologists        (19th)
                    Penalties:     3-4
(15th)           Pediatricians     4-3     Proctologists           (18th)
(16th)     Gastroenterologists     2-0     Toxicologists           (17th)

Oitavas-de-final:

(1st)            Psychiatrists     4-2     Gastroenterologists     (16th)
(2nd)             Neurologists     6-0     Pediatricians           (15th)
(3rd)                 Surgeons     1-2     Endocrinologists        (19th)
(4th)   Otorhinolaryngologists     1-1     Gynaecologists          (20th)
                    Penalties:     3-4
(5th)           Dermatologists     0-1     Pulmonologists          (12th)
(6th)            Cardiologists     3-0     General Practitioners   (11th)
(7th)       Plastical Surgeons     2-1     Orthopedists            (10th)
(8th)               Urologists     0-1     Oncologists              (9th)

Quarterfinals:

(1st)            Psychiatrists     3-0     Oncologists              (9th)
(2nd)             Neurologists     4-1     Plastical Surgeons       (7th)
(6th)            Cardiologists     2-1     Endocrinologists        (19th)
(12th)          Pulmonologists     5-3     Gynaecologists          (20th)

Globe Cup playoff (winners to GC):

(9th)              Oncologists     2-1     Gynaecologists          (20th)
(7th)       Plastical Surgeons     0-0     Endocrinologists        (19th)
                    Penalties:     4-5

Semifinals:

(1st)            Psychiatrists     4-0     Pulmonologists          (12th)
(2nd)             Neurologists     1-2     Cardiologists            (6th)

Bronze Medal Match (winner to TQCC; loser to GC):

(2nd)             Neurologists     3-0     Pulmonologists          (12th)

Gold Medal Match (both in TQCC):

(1st)            Psychiatrists     3-1     Cardiologists            (6th)

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FACTIONS' CUP OF ESTRESSE INTENSO

While the Medical Games decide the TQCC/GC spots, the newly formed Factions' Cup determinates the SBCC spots. As the war in Estresse Intenso grows bigger, it becomes even more difficult for teams of different factions to face each other in football games. Therefore, this pre-season cup makes the teams play only against other teams of the same general faction, even though these are still rivals of one another. In the end, the champions of each cup go to the SBCC, with the preference order defined by the faction's performance in the last season - only the best 8 of each factions' division get to the cup. By the way, companies can apply to join (or those already in can ask to leave) the Office Buildings' league, the same with the Foreigners' division, which will accept teams of foreigners.

Results - Office Buildings:

Quarterfinals:

(1st)              AUGECC No.1     3-0     Ediraf Retailer          (8th)
(2nd)  Sorthern Airways Hangar     1-1     Syndicate Union          (7th)
                    Penalties:     4-3
(3rd)         Canfudea Factory     3-0     Cygnus Central Command   (6th)
(4th)   Banco Econômico Code-A     0-1     Landsberg Central Office (5th)

Semifinals:

(1st)              AUGECC No.1     2-0     Landsberg Central Office (5th)
(2nd)  Sorthern Airways Hangar     2-3     Canfudea Factory         (3rd)

Final:

(1st)              AUGECC No.1     0-0     Canfudea Factory         (3rd)
                    Penalties:     2-3

Results - Gangs:

Quarterfinals:

(1st)              Red Command     5-0     Johnnyboy and Billyboy   (8th)
(2nd)             Bonde do .38     3-1     Skull Eaters             (7th)
(3rd)          Boom-Bang-Crash     2-1     Chainsaw Killers         (6th)
(4th)       Godfather Alliance     2-1     Kyyaaaahh!               (5th)

Semifinals:

(1st)              Red Command     3-1     Godfather Alliance       (4th)
(2nd)             Bonde do .38     4-2     Boom-Bang-Crash          (3rd)

Final:

(1st)              Red Command     2-0     Bonde do .38             (2nd)

Results - Local Citizens:

Quarterfinals:

(1st)       Academia Acropolis     0-1     Prophets of Space        (8th)
(2nd)               Camisa Dez     1-3     Irmãos do Solo Sagrado   (7th)
(3rd)         Outpost Athletic     4-0     Government Officials     (6th)
(4th)        Rioting Survivors     2-0     Citizens' Committee      (5th)

Semifinals:

(4th)        Rioting Survivors     1-3     Prophets of Space        (8th)
(3rd)         Outpost Athletic     0-2     Irmãos do Solo Sagrado   (7th)

Final:

(7th)   Irmãos do Solo Sagrado     4-3     Prophets of Space        (8th)

Results - Foreigners:

Quarterfinals:

(1st)              Isla Pilsen     5-0     Humanitarian Forces      (8th)
(2nd)       United Mercenaries     3-1     NewsSources Staff        (7th)
(3rd)               For Urizen     0-2     Black Market Kings       (6th)
(4th)         Alien Emissaries     1-2     Pirates of Grammar St.   (5th)

Semifinals:

(1st)              Isla Pilsen     3-0     Pirates of Grammar St.   (5th)
(2nd)       United Mercenaries     0-0     Black Market Kings       (6th)
                    Penalties:     2-4

Final:

(1st)              Isla Pilsen     2-1     Black Market Kings       (6th)

So the qualified for international competitions are:

TQCC
Psychiatrists
Cardiologists
Neurologists

GC
Pulmonologists
Oncologists
Endocrinologists

SBCC
Irmãos do Solo Sagrado
Canfudea Factory
Isla Pilsen
Red Command

Cygnus Cup: Psychiatrists


Stadium bids:

TQCC: The Trench, Neblina (cap. 60,000)
GC: Wide Aterro Sanitário, Limbo (cap. 70,000)
SBCC: Ranch of Uncle Joe, Lowrni (cap. 30,000)