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by **Pasarga** » Tue Jun 15, 2021 8:11 pm

Season 1998 Preview

Lineups are listed left to right where applicable

Avidë
Nicknames: Rangers, Royals
Location: Torgos | Stadium: Royality Park (19,000) | Manager: Joso Kolar (62)
Kits: Home & Away

The second smallest club in the capital, it has been a very long and difficult climb up to the top tier for the Rangers to finally be at the highest reaches of the domestic game. Having long been anchored to the bottom tier of the pyramid, it has only been in the last decade that the team started to ascend up the footballing league, thanks in large part from an anonymous donation that allowed them to upgrade their facilities. It's believed the donation came from the royal family with the family having been seen at games of the club throughout it's short history but it has never been proven, what has been proven is the club's ability to turn that investment into long term success and they now stand at the top of the pyramid. Staying there will be the last test of Kolar, who has done well to develop a solid group of young players into a real competent team, though the manager is nearing retirement.

Starting XI: Ormos Császár (30);

Tara Blackmore (25), Renáta Szepesy (30),

Erin Nowicki (27), Kemenes Harsányi (24); Rez Seres (27),

Daz Manning (32), Bendegúz Saári (27), Markus Dobos (30); Alex Forgács (29), Szescx Sághy (25)
Key Reserves: Ema Erdei (LB, 25), Bod Gölöncsér (CB, 25), Nusa Kálmán (CB, 21), Gyala Szép (RW, 22), Liliána Sinka (LW, 23), Ladomér Orbán (MC, 24), Mike Frueh (ST, 31)

Baskita FC
Nickname: Eagles
Location: Torgos | Stadium: Taltron Park (66,000) | Manager:

Mario Ventura (58)
Kits: Home & Away

Ventura has to be very disappointed with the board right now, as they continue to underfund him and not allow him to pursue the types of players that will get Baskita back into IFCF contention, all while his best players continue to get older or retire. With a squad that has far too many starters over their thirties and in the twilight of their career, Ventura will be lucky to keep them in a top ten position for the entire year. There are some promising products coming through the academy again, but most are at least two seasons away from being ready for the first team. That might be time too long for Venture to stay at the job or for Baskita to stay afloat in an ever more difficult SuperLiga.

Starting XI: Ozsvát Sárközi (30); Erik Klein (21), Renata Novaković (31),

Jake Newton (33), Kinga Kállai (30); Becse Sultés (30), Bod Joó (30),

Evangeline Aschenbach (33), Ádám Berecz (32);

Damaris Nebojsic (29),

Sebastián Ferreira (26)
Key Reserves: Zsombor Szôlôsi (GK, 27),

Tejano Debar (CB, 23), Nusa Soós (CB, 27), Bars Keresztes (CB, 27), Mara Máthé (MC, 27), Hajna Ujváry (MC, 26), Péter Csorba (ST, 21), Ktisztina Seres (ST, 26)

Club Stein-los
Nickname: The Old Club, The Dressers
Location: Stein-los | Stadium: Stein-los Stadium (59,000) | Manager:

Markus Anderton (49)
Kits: Home & Away

Despite the pressure of a possible sack at the end of the season, Anderton was able to navigate last season well enough, finishing sixth and managing to win the Copa, which gave the Old Club a spot in the Challengers' and Anderton able to retain his position for another year. However the loss of Mora in the midfield during the summer and a lack of replacement means that the squad is severely weaker than it was last year. With the added pressure of two ICC competitions, it may prove to be a step to far for Anderton to handle and the Dressers might be in a similar situation to Baskita come the end of the season, and in need of a new manager as well.

Starting XI: Edina Szél (30); Ibolya Takách (28), Alvisio Pisani (31),

Jakob Silas (31),

Suzie Knight (25); Zizi Lendvai (30),

Daniel Lachlant (27), Frici Czakó (21), Mario Schweitzer (30); Leticia Palmer (27), Éva Mezei (28)
Key Reserves: Gyala Sáry (GK, 26), Ompoly Erôss (CB, 23), Barbara Nagy (RB, 24), Ramóna Berta (MC, 30),

Yadira Ziegler (RW, 23), Sabina Grubišić (LW, 21)

CA Paulinthal
Nickname: The Hurricane, CAP
Location: Paulinthal | Stadium: San Daros (64,000) | Manager:

Andrea Betancourt (57)
Kits: Home, Away, & Third

After being denied any silverware last season, Betancourt has decided to get younger and brought in a handful of talented young Pasargans to replace what had been an aging squad. The keys to the Hurricanes' success will continue to be those two talented strikers at the tip of the spear, but last season proved that they could not win the title alone and needed more help than they got. With a wealth of under twenty-one national team talent now on the roster, Betancourt seems to be banking on the youthful legs being able to turn a few of those draws into wins and losses into draws, edging the gap and reestablishing CAP as the premier side in the dual islands.

Starting XI: Borka Szekeres (29); Rudy Yáñez (22), Fruzsina Budai (27), Judit Kádár (30), Viktor Szôcs (21); Vojmil Topić (23), Milan Grubišić (31), Lovre Popović (21), Erik Földessy (30);

Stanimir Ilev (30),

Arista Tzorvas (30)
Key Reserves: Ozsvát Orosz (GK, 27), Markus Vida (CB, 21), Gillen Madrigal López (A/ML, 21), Ors Rátz (A/MC, 32), Ilona Kárpáty (AMC, 20), Evangelino Pulido Castaneda (ST, 21), Eustacio Corral Magana (ST, 21)

Duke of the North
Nickname: The Dukes
Location: Isnat'pa | Stadium: Citadel Stadium (25,000) | Manager: Duci Urbán (49)
Kits: Home & Away

The Dukes continue to move along and do what they do, continue to be an enigma among Pasargan football with their insistence to sticking to a very defensive form of the game. The results are there for the club to show that their way of playing the game is just as good as any other, with a pair of finishes at seventh in the last two years and one of the usual placements for the Isnat'pa side, but it is not winning them any fans or attracting difference making talent to the club. Maybe they do not need it, maybe they are content in being who they are, but most sportspeople look to achieve greater and for the moment, this club seems too comfortable in just doing enough.

Starting XI:

Leonidas Barrett (32); Rozalia Sebeôk (30), Nadine Fenstermacher (32), Darda Szalai (28),

Chorus Wilhelm (27); Zsa-zsa Kuncz (26), Vitéz Takácz (26),

Keziah Locke (31),

Raimund Noffke (32); Erik Klug (32),

Greyson Coulthirst (33)
Key Reserves: Lukáš Hanzelka (GK, 18), Evacska Horvát (LB, 21), René Petrie (CB, 22), Vidor Kovách (CB, 21), Mátyás Vigh (RW, 21), Deco Kocsis (ST, 21), Ákos Pálinkás (ST, 30)

Evenfar FC
Nickname: The Pegasii, The Greens
Location: Evenfar | Stadium: Woodland Park (22,000) | Manager: Kelemen Demeter (56)
Kits: Home & Away

Long ago are the days when the Greens were the champions of Evenfar and the rulers of the city, with Hellinic Rouge being the small fry. Not only have they had to suffer the indignity of seeing their crosstown rivals become the bigger club and win a pair of SuperLiga titles, but they had to do so from the second tier as they have indeed fallen on some hard times. Despite a dominant showing in the SuperLiga 2, the Greens have not found success in the top flight in recent trips back there and are odds on favorites to be relegated after not being able to pick up any notable transfers in the summer, unlike their fellow promoted side of Avidë.

Starting XI: Kornél Virág (30); Zdeňka Ramešová (24), Miklós Kállay (30), Stefan Polášek (28), Martin Dusík (23); Helena Píchová (30), Ines Frankfurter (31), Erzebet Márton (29), Milada Slezáková (20); Márió Schulteisz (32), Lucia Kocábová (30)
Key Reserves: Phillipp Saenger (LB, 33), Kateřina Stašová (CB, 23), Josef Koníček (CB, 22), Farah Epskamp (RW, 32), Marie Procházková (LW, 21), Irena Šebestová (MC, 23), Kristýna Riedlová (ST, 24)

Fetherdron United
Nickname: The Eagles
Location: Torgos | Stadium: Silverthal (60,000) | Manager: Marko Gerste (45)
Kits: Home & Away

For a second straight season Fetherdron was only a single spot above the relegation zone but were always safe pointswise from making the drop into the second tier. It is a dangerous life that the club is living, especially as they continue to fail to produce any signings from the transfer window. It is one thing to miss out on high profile players, it's another to not even get a free agent for two straight seasons. While this means that the academy products have a better chance at making the first team, it does leave the continued survival for the capital's third largest club highly up in the air, especially with a new capital club up in the top tier to contend with.

Starting XI: Leon Poljak (31); Erika Csontos (23), Júlia Kocsis (32), Erik Kortig (26), Anne-Roos van Weert (32); Višeslav Stojanović (31),

Shanna Oakstone (29),

Faizan Yakam (29), Đurđa Mihaljević (32); Jana Walter (32), Zoárd Novák (30)
Key Reserves: Krisztina Gelencsér (GK, 26), Gabriele Wulf (CB, 26), Vincze Sánta (RB, 23), Zizi Danko (RW, 23), Christina Durr (LW, 21), Florka Müllner (ST, 26), Angyalka Havasy (ST, 26)

Galatica
Nickname: The Galacticos
Location: Torgos | Stadium: Stade de Torgos (90,000) | Manager: Michael Mueller (53)
Kits: Home & Away

A smaller league definitely seemed to hurt Galatica, going from an IFCF challenging club to one that was in the midtable, as they had fewer of the weaker teams to collect points off of. With the new style of the league, Mueller might have finally reached the heights of where he can take the squad and it might be time for both club and the manager to move on to new challenges. However two new wingers have come in during the transfer window to reinforce the side and give it a bit of a boost to try and get back into the IFCF. A top six finish is ultimately the goal and anything that comes short of that, it will be difficult to see Mueller staying on another year in this project.

Starting XI: Liliána Végh (31); Carlo Iadanza (31), Blanka Gáspár (28),

Lowen Rosenthal (32),

Jirar Malgos (25); Ernesztina Szölôsi (26),

Riona Parker (30),

Lovisa Tedenby (23),

Marvin Peiper (21);

Zheng Yuanjun (22),

Cristian Bogarín (28)
Key Reserves: Dominik Fenyves (GK, 22), Mihaela Pavlović (RB, 31), Anasztaizia Orsós (LB, 27), Zajzon Kádár (CB, 26), Dávid Berec (RW, 27), Daniek Huijberts (MC, 31),

Naseem Cross (ST, 32)

Hellinic Rouge
Nickname: The Spartans
Location: Evenfar | Stadium: Spartan Stadium (30,000) | Manager:

Chris Granger (45)
Kits: Home & Away

It was a bit of a let down in Granger's third season, though finishing third and only two points out of a Champions' League is nothing to sneeze at, by all means it was still a fairly successful season considering all the turnover in the squad during last season. This looks to be a troubling season for Granger though, with an entirely new attack and the defense looking a bit misshapen as well. There is plenty of talent up and down the roster but the new players, especially the new attacking partnership, is going to have to have some time to bed in and get used to play with each other. Objectively a top half finish would be good, though the Spartans are likely going to be aiming higher with their recent successes.

Starting XI: Szescõ Mezei (GK, 27); Lõrinc Vass (27),

Tom Wellington (25), Borsala Máté (31),

Paö (23); Ferike Szôllôssi (29), Domokos Biró (26),

Exene Fletcher (24),

Freddie Wright (31);

Aldo Gonckalev (29),

Tommy Sutton (27)
Key Reserves: Ábel Virág (GK, 24), Arnþrúður Kristjánsdóttir (RB, 31), Yunus Abdul-Wahhab Shamoun (LRCB, 22), Michel Sarrazin (CB, 23), Erzebet Lörinc (RW, 25), Csongor Sebeôk (D/MC, 21), Magdalena Debeljak (LW, 32), Joska Sághy (ST, 22)

Lunas FC
Nickname: The Moon Warriors
Location: Lunas | Stadium: Stadium of the Moon (84,000) | Manager: Alex Saári (54)
Kits: Home & Away

For the Moon Warriors, it feels like it is the same old story every year, they are a difficult to beat side, especially when playing at home, but they are never quite good enough to be challenging for the IFCF. It is not even about making the Challengers' Cup at this point for the beleagured fans of the city, who continue to wonder why their alluring city, magnificent stadium, and decent history fails routinely to bring good players in. It is about being in the conversation and not just stuck in neutral, neither going up nor down, for at least if they were regressing they could find a way to shake things up. As it is, not much has changed besides a few youth and reserve team players and youngsters abroad coming back to the dual islands. Maybe some fresh faces will change the fortunes, but it seems unlikely without a truly recognizable star in the side.

Starting XI:

Rosalind Buchanan (34); Mozes Szôts (30), Henri Rocheleau (27), Grégoire Grimard (27), Boban Groenink (32); Jakub Malý (26), Arnold Jósa (28), David Schweizer (31), Lorant Kontz (30); Gergo Sáry (28), Zvonimir Čerkez (31)
Key Reserves: Eliot LaGrande (GK, 27), Rozalia Zsinka (RW, 20), Ásmundur Jónatansson (MC, 21), Sophie Nagel (MC, 33), Vésteinn Kristófersson (ST, 18)

Paulinthal FC
Nickname: The Reds
Location: Paulinthal | Stadium: Seaside Park (27,000) | Manager:

Catheline Harper (59)
Kits: Home & Away

When the other two top flight teams in your city are the oldest and most decorated club in the nation and one of the more infamous ones, it's easy to forget that Paulinthal FC exists and has a top flight title to their name as well. While they were relatively safe from the drop, the side was completely gutted during the offseason and rebuilt from the ground up. On paper this squad is significantly stronger than the side that finished thirteenth last but there is an air of uncertainty around the team that they have not properly had enough time to gel together during the preseason with all the movements made. With the SuperLiga so competitive, it would not be a terrible shock if they end up in a relegation battle.

Starting XI: Kamilla Vig (28); Sandor Kuntz (28), Karole Szôllösi (31), Kartal Gál (28), Irenke Maier (31);

Alysia Moyer (26), Istvan Szücs (28), Lenci Szathmáry (28),

Reynardo Jalali (23); Stephan Maier (29), Melinda Fazekas (28)
Key Reserves: Radek Šťastný (GK, 21), Szescõ Erôss (CB, 21), Renátó Boros (CB, 20), Vjekoslava Jovanović (RW, 27),

Monica Quarten (MC, 34), Nóra Antal (A/MC, 31), Tomica Galić (ST, 20)

Peynol-Lunas
Location: Lunas | Stadium: Crescent Park (50,000) | Manager:

Gobind Srygler (66)
Kits: Home, Away, & Third

Peynol enters into the season having had a safe but underwhelming season last go around, but did achieve the initial goal of merely staying a SuperLiga side at the end of the season. Syrgel is looking to be more ambitious this season, despite not getting any reinforcements during the summer window and is setting a minimum points goal of thirty, as that will mean that Peynol will have survived another season in the top tier if history is any indicator. However like many of the lower half of the league, Peynol has the capability to be both a contender for the IFCF spots or could find themselves in a relegation battle, it is such a knife's edge with the league. There is enough quality however that getting to that thirty point target and safety should be within reach without too much fuss.

Starting XI: Olivér Gyarmaty (28); Katinka Szöllôsy (30), Buga Radić (31),

Thibaut Peñarito (26), Joëlle Levering (27);

Fabio Bozzo (27),

Ruth Mulberry (34), Ceylan Versteege (31), Birthe Rinkel (27); Zajzon Erdôs (30),

Terrance Lymaria (26)
Key Reserves: Vilbergur Héðinsson (GK, 23), Mattías Víglundsson (RB, 21), Michiel Dijkhuis (CB, 31),

Eusebio Warburton (RW, 23), Mónika Csordás (LW, 28), Szabina Pálffi (MC, 22),

Samson Greanaia (ST, 23)

Santos Luega
Nickname: The Tecos
Location: Paulinthal | Stadium: Tecos Stadium (47,000) | Manager: Takara Lemus Escobar (47)
Kits: Home & Away

Santos Luega, perhaps the most infamous club in all of Pasarga, with their strict stance of only allowing players of hispanic heritage into the club, though they have been a bit more open the last few years allowing players under the age of 18 to be allowed into the club if born in Paulinthal. Despite the rather small player pool to choose from, the Tecos have never been relegated outside of the top flight of Pasargan football and are something of cult heroes to small portions of the Paulinthal population. Escobar has lifted the Tecos from the lower end of the midtable and seems to be having the team performing quite well, only just missing out on a Challengers' Cup spot due to the Copa results. There's nothing to suggest that Escobar or the Tecos are going to be fading back into obscurity any time soon and they might just challenge for the Champions' League spots if their youth prospects continue to prosper.

Starting XI: Gillen Cortés Marín (33); Elisandro Franco Alonzo (31), Rocco Rael Aranda (26), Anelisa Armijo Díaz (32), Raynaldo Puga Burgos (30); Juanma Urías Zarate (28), Giulianna Cuellar Montalvo (28), Georges Cervántez Guardado (31), Fortuna Alemán Alaniz (27); Yoko Corrales Noriega (32), Oriel Villagómez Acuna (30)
Key Reserves: Illed Chávez Sedillo (GK, 22), Gabrielle Ayala Camacho (LB, 21),

Erauso Iburrusteta (33), Atala Rascón Magana (RW, 32), Lavinia Batista Aranda (MC, 32), Olivia Garza Rosales (ST, 24), Anacleto Paz Briseño (ST, 32)

Sardin United
Nickname: Riversiders, Gold-Blues
Location: Sardin | Stadium: East River Stadium (27,000) | Manager:

Lara Winter (50)
Kits: Home & Away

Despite a bit of a small stature, Sardin United seems to becoming a mainstay in the top flight, and playing some very solid football in the process. Being the club that produced Juhana Jäntti, there is obviously some potential in the academy and the greater Sardin area, proven by the fact that the cities' three biggest clubs have all been in the topflight in the last decade. However the Riversiders have been the side to emerge as the side with the most steel in the gut to withstand the tenacity of the league, having a solid defensive line that keeps the side in most matches. However in all their years in the SuperLiga, it has been finding a striker with consistent form that has kept them from pushing into consistent top half finishers. Their defensive prowess should be enough to keep them up but until good attacking options make themselves known, it is unlikely they will achieve more than just being a really hard match in the SuperLiga.

Starting XI: András Gerô (28); Kristof Lakatos (30), Alvisio Mancini (31),

Dimitri Skondreas (29), Anita Szarka (28); Dániel Bencsik (28), Egyed Váradi (30), Vanessza Harsányi (28), Ivett Sörös (28); Aranka Szigethy (28), Eszter Bakos (27)
Key Reserves:Kinga Zsinkó (LB, 28), Vince Meyer (CB, 27), Jenci Pollák (CB, 24), Orzsebet Sághi (RB, 25), Kemenes Dobos (MC, 30), Nyék Illyés (A/MC, 22), Barbara Kántor (ST, 30)

Stein-los Turkish
Nickname: Turkish, Eagles
Location: Stein-los | Stadium: Albrecht Road (57,000) | Manager:

Genova Conrad (61)
Kits: Home & Away

Turkish, the sister team to Albrecht Turkish of renown, and one of the founding members of Pasargan club football. Despite arguably being the most popular of the three major clubs in Stein-los, Turkish are somehow the least successful of them all, even though recent Copa victories have bolstered their trophy cabinet to quite a respectable size for those outside of Tani and CAP. Conrad turned the side into a consistently qualifying ICC club and then began the ascent towards being a major title contender, before finally pulling off the feat last season in a season of wonder for Turkish. Success begets success and Conrad was able to bring in a Nepharim national team winger as well as a former U21 Pasargan leftback to keep the club in amongst the contenders. Busy on multiple fronts this season, Turkish will have a lot to prove they were not just a one season wonder and can continually vie with the other major clubs for trophies.

Starting XI: Ambrus Galambos (35); Asztrik Puskás (26) , Torsten Mueller (32), Benci Szôllôs (31),

Pristina Soeringer (24);

Chantal Kalevi (25), Muhib Bandar Ba (21),

Koloman Reaves (32),

Atalanta Skapetis (33); Najiyah Lubanah Mifsud (26), Réka Szôllôssi (31)
Key Reserves: Rashida Adeela Almasi (GK, 26), Oszkar Berec (CB, 30), Anisah Sfiyah Said (CB, 22), Qubilah Tuba Guirguis (RB, 27), Erzebet Révész (LW, 22), Juliska Müller (RW, 28), Gordan Jurić (ST, 23)

Tanrısal
Nickname: Tani
Location: Stein-los | Stadium: Kilmonarch (72,000) | Manager: Srđan Jakšić (53)
Kits: Home & Away

Tani is the club that has stood the test of time in Stein-los, having won the second ever top division, and yet still remains a force in the game even now. Tani is a club that has always had money, despite it being the "second club" of Stein-los, and was able to attract quality players from the start. Unlike other teams that prefer to build from within, Tani much prefers to buy already developed players, though their youth academy has had a few stand outs over time. A successful season that saw Tani climb back into the IFCF means that Srđan Jakšić was about to keep his job, but there is still some disgruntlment in being eleven points off the pace of the league winners in Turkish and failing to bring home the Copa. Tani tried to go after several players to better their chances in the market, but each and every bid fell through for the side and they will have to make due with what they have, to get more from players already giving it their all. Not an enviable task but one that need be done to satisfy the fans.

Starting XI: Dalma Kollár (21);

Matts Pedersen (28), Laurent Chandonnet (32), Borbála Szôcs (27), Mojmira Jović (28);

Kolbeinn Ingvarsson (25),

Christian O'Brien (29), Irena Đurić (32);

Adrien Trolli (23);

Keller Marsden (33),

Gabriel Petrasso (27)
Key Reserves: Andrija Hrvatin (RB, 23), Mozes Szölôsi (CB, 21), Nidal Thamer (CB/DMC 22), Poldi Szigety (MC, 30), Katinka Pálffy (RW, 21), Benci Gölöncsér (AMC, 30), Bratislav Rukavina (ST, 28)

by **Pasarga** » Fri Jun 18, 2021 10:56 pm

Season 1998
Part I

LBCT 2nd Prelim

(FJA)              Lakseåker IF    5–5 a  Stradirù                  (PAS)   4–4   1–1

Challengers' 2nd Prelim

(MAP)            Golden Phoenix    0–3    Club Stein-los            (PAS)   0–2   0–1

Champions' League 3rd Prelim

(VIL)              Eastal Lunar  a 2–2    CA Paulinthal             (PAS)   0–1   2–1

LBCT 3rd Prelim

(NPH)              Creed United    6–4    Stradirù                  (PAS)   4–2   2–2
(PAS)                     Avidë    6–2    Manehattan Dragons        (EQS)   4–1   2–1

LBCT Playoff

(PAS)                Evenfar FC    5–0    Mpalena Sport             (PEL)   3–0   2–0
(AUD)             Sparta Zijweg    4–0    Avidë                     (PAS)   2–0   2–0

Challengers' 3rd Prelim

(OSC)           AS Odiol Vorona    3–3 a  Club Stein-los            (PAS)   2–2   1–1
(ZIW)           Tamaria Strikas    2–1    Tanrısal                  (PAS)   1–1   1–0

Challengers' Playoff

(TEQ)               SC Pedregal    3–2    Club Stein-los            (PAS)   1–2   2–0 
(CBP)           Clayton City FC    2–7    CA Paulinthal             (PAS)   1–5   1–2

Challengers' Qualifying

(SRS)                FC Yassaca    4–3    CA Paulinthal             (PAS)   2–3   2–0

While the majority of the SuperLiga clubs are doing friendlies to get ready for the season, those that qualified for international play for the most part are having to play in games a month out of the opening day of the league season to try and qualify into their respective competitions' group stages. It starts well for Stradirù in the Liga B Trophy, scoring four goals in an eight goal thriller away from the dual islands, before keeping it a drab one to one affair in Stein-los. However when they have to travel to Nephara in the third preliminary round, it goes south and the team is bested, then unable to grab a win at home for an early elimination for the SuperLiga 2's favorite. The same week that Stradirù is eliminated, their city rivals in Club Stein-los start their ICC adventure in Mapletish. A Frici Czakó secures the away victory before Leticia Palmer scores in Stein-los Stadium to secure the victory. In the capital, Avidë put their Equestrian opposition to the sword, with new signing Daz Manning getting a brace in the win, before also winning in Equestria to advance in the Liga B. Yet it is not a good week overall, as despite winning in Vilita thanks to a goal by Arista Tzorvas, CAP is defeated in Paulinthal by a score of two to one and is eliminated from the Champions' League path very early on, leaving Turkish as the only Pasargan representative in the esteemed competition.

The following week sees Evenfar enter into the fray, getting a rather easy draw and winning comfortably both home and away, Lucia Kocábová getting a brace in Evenfar and then a goal away from the dual islands in the five to nil aggregate win. The good fortune is not shared by fellow promoted side Avidë, who lose two to nil in both Audioslavia and the capital, getting a terror of a tie and being bounced out early. In the Challengers' Cup, the two Stein-los sides make ready, but it would only be the Old Club who would go through, with Tani bested in Stein-los after getting a draw away from home, while the Dressers advance thanks to away goals from Knight and Mezei giving them the away goals advancement with them holding to a one all draw in Stein-los. However the next week sees them bested in the dual islands after coming out of Tequilo with a victory, a brace from Lachlant having given them hope, only to be denied at the last with two goals to their visitors and their journey in the Challengers' at an end. CAP would not be as unfortunate, putting five goals past their foe in Baker Park, then a pair of goals from Ilev in the duals islands for an impressive seven to two aggregate victory. An Ilev hattrick in the Remnant States looking to have secured passage for the Hurricane to the group stage in the Challengers' Cup, but two goals from Yassaca and a steely defense in Paulinthal shook the dual islands as CAP was eliminated before the group stages and after having such an impressive position coming back home.

Copa Real
@ Stade de Torgos, Torgos
Stein-los Turkish 1-1(1-1 AET)[5-3 PKs] Club Stein-los

As has become the tradition, the official start to the season began in Torgos and the Copa Real, with two of the three big clubs of Stein-los doing battle in the nation's capital to start out the season. Turkish looking to pick up where they left off with the league title, while the Old Club looking to prove their critics wrong and be among the IFCF hunters this season. It would be The Dressers who would grab the opening goal, as Daniel Lachlant followed up on a saved effort from Éva Mezei to put Club Stein-los ahead. Yet three minutes past the hour mark, Turkish would strike back and show the sort of flashy football that allowed them to capture the SuperLiga title last season. Kalevi and Skapetis performed cross field crosses to one another on the wings before Kalevi met one on the half follow and struck true. The new signing at Albrecht Road was already looking an inspired signing with movement like that, though neither side could find a winner in the rest of regulation. The extra time periods felt lackluster, neither side wanting to be caught on a counter with tired legs and so the game came to kicks from the spot. Ambrus might be closing in on retirement but he was able to guess right on Mario Schweitzer attempt, corraling the ball in front of him to secure the first piece of silverware for the league holders.

Both Tani and CAP come flying out of the gate in their first six matches, with both sides with a mirrored five wins and one draw record to their name, both teams looking the plant themselves at the top of the table where each team thinks it belongs. However Turkish has taken their recent league victory to heart and only dropped a single game in their opening five as well. It is clear that the three biggest teams in the league this season are all looking to etch their names into the trophy again, but the question is which one of these three titans is going to blink first? Matchday six remarkably sees all three teams drop points, with Tani laboring to a draw in Lunas despite goals from Ingvarsson, Trolli, and Marsden, with Lunas getting a hattrick from Gergo Sáry to steal a point. Turkish are held to a boring scoreless draw in Stein-los by an Evenfar squad that many had pegged from the drop at the start of the season. Yet it is in the capital that the biggest shock happens when Baskita gets four goals from four different scorerers to thump the Hurricane four to one.

CAP looked to bounce back against another capital club, Galatica, in Paulinthal the following week but instead were upended in their own stadium by goals from Peiper and Parker, while scoring none themselves. Some quiet questions have to be asked if the two stars, the veteran strikers, are too old and found out to continue to lead the line for the Hurricane. However putting five past Evenfar the following week quieted that concern for a moment, with the team retaking the lead in goals scored and only being two points off of Tani's pace. A Tani side that continued to labor to frustrating draws, an entertaining but damning eight goal affair in Stein-los before a one all draw with surprise package Duke of the North who sit only two points back as well after picking up seven points in their last three matches. Their stay in the top is believed to likely be shortlived, no one expects them to keep up the average of less than a goal conceded per game, but we shall see. Turkish meanwhile stake their claim and pull within a point of the leaders after Réka Szôllôssi brace secures a win in Lunas against Peynol, before the side explodes for seven against Paulinthal in Albrecht Road. Last years winners are not going away quietly, even to start the season.

The biggest surprise is that Hellinic has gotten off to a real poor start with only eight points from their first four games despite a positive goal differential. When the Spartans are good, they are exceptional, but so far this season they have been the model of inconsistency and it really calls into question Granger's decision to have as much upheaval in the ranks over the last two seasons as there has been. There is still plenty of time to turn it around but it needs doing if the Spartans are to make good on an IFCF challenge that the fans are used to. Meanwhile both promoted sides are finding life quite difficult in the SuperLiga, as the competitiveness of the league really shines through with how overpowered the pair look to be against even the most middling of sides in the division.

There is not much to talk about from the first round, most of the favorites were able to get themselves through to the second round, even if a few of them needed extra time in order to be able to accomplish that task. Somewhat fortunate for the lower leagues is that there were a handful of all SuperLiga ties in this round, making the chance for one of the top tier teams to win the trophy a bit smaller than normal. However the biggest shock came in the nation's capital in one of these all SuperLiga affairs, with little Avidë to be taking on the SuperLiga holders and multiple Copa winners of Stein-los Turkish. Despite just thirty-seven percent of the possession and only two shots on target, Avidë were able to pull off the upset in a one to nil victory, Alex Forgács grabbing the only goal in the affair. The league campaign might have gotten off to a poor start, but this victory might mean more to them than anything else the rest of the season, as not only was it an impressive result but it was also televised and everyone got to see the heart of this little club from Torgos defeat one of the giants of the nation.

Ps                       Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Tanrısal                8    5   3   0    18   10   +8    18
 2 Stein-los Turkish       8    5   2   1    18    7  +11    17
 3 CA Paulinthal           8    5   1   2    21    7  +14    16
 4 Duke of the North       8    5   1   2    10    5   +5    16
 5 Peynol-Lunas            8    3   2   3     9    9    0    11
 6 Baskita FC              8    3   2   3    10   11   −1    11
 7 Santos Luega            8    3   2   3     8    9   −1    11
 8 Paulinthal FC           8    3   2   3     9   14   −5    11
 9 Club Stein-los          8    3   1   4    12   12    0    10
10 Galatica                8    3   1   4    15   17   −2    10
11 Lunas FC                8    3   1   4    10   16   −6    10
12 Fetherdron United       8    2   3   3    17   16   +1     9
13 Sardin United           8    2   3   3     6    7   −1     9
14 Hellinic Rouge          8    2   2   4    14    9   +5     8
15 Evenfar FC              8    2   1   5     4   18  −14     7
16 Avidë                   8    1   1   6     4   18  −14     4

by **Pasarga** » Sun Jun 20, 2021 9:08 pm

Season 1998
Part II

Champions' League Group Stage

P  Group G                      Pld  W  D  L  GF  GA  GD Pts     Brm    HzC    CdB    SlT
1  Brinemouth               NPH   6  3  1  2   9   8   1  10      -     1-2    1-0    1-1  
2  Herzegovina City FC      BNJ   6  3  0  3  12   8   4   9 *   2-3     -     1-2    0-1
3  Cednia Beach AFC         TUR   6  3  0  3   8   6   2   9 *   3-1    1-2     -     2-0
4  Stein-los Turkish        PAS   6  2  1  3   3  10  -7   7     0-2    0-5    1-0     -   
*  Tie broken by goal difference

Challengers' Group Stage

P  Group C                        P  W  D  L  GF  GA  GD Pts     SCP    HlP    19S    Roz
1  SC Pedregal              TEQ   6  4  1  1  12   4   8  13      -     0-1    4-0    1-0  
2  Hellenic Rouge           PAS   6  3  1  2   8   9  -1  10     1-1     -     2-1    2-1  
3  1912 Stelburg            STL   6  3  0  3  11  10   1   9     1-2    3-1     -     3-0  
4  Rozelle                  BRE   6  1  0  5   6  14  -8   3     1-4    3-1    1-3     -

RSC 2nd

(PAS)             CA Paulinthal    3–3 a  Terrarokka                (VIL)   1–3   2–0
(PAS)                Baskita FC    4–4 a  Real Squidroid Caos Joven (SQR)   2–3   2–1

RSC Group Stage

Group G                           P  W  D  L  GF  GA  GD  Pts    BRM    CDB    HZG    SLT
1  Brinemouth               NPH   6  3  2  1   8   8   0  11      -     2-1    0-3    2-1  
2  Cednia Beach AFC         TUR   6  2  2  2   9  11  -2   8     1-1     -     2-2    0-3  
3  Herzegovina City FC      BNJ   6  2  1  3  10   8   2   7 *   1-2    0-1     -     1-2  
4  Stein-los Turkish        PAS   6  2  1  3  11  11   0   7 *   1-1    3-4    1-3     -   
Tie broken by head to head goal difference

CWC Prelim

(CHA)                     Lemonade    0–9    Club Stein-los               (PAS)   0–4   0–5

CWC 1st

(PAS)               Club Stein-los    3–7    Raynor City United           (VAL)   2–5   1–2

CdC 1st

(PAS)	Stein-los Turkish	 2–1	Steinaux		(GRF)	2-0 0-1

CdC 2nd

(PAS)	Stein-los Turkish	3–4	Metropolis Alligators	(VLD)	2-1 1-3 (aet)

As the sole Pasargan representative left in the Champions' League, there was a lot riding on the shoulders of Turkish, especially if the SuperLiga wanted to maintain a spot in the top twelve of the association rankings to keep their automatic berth into the Champions' League group stage. Having been so dominant in the SuperLiga last season and having had a good start to the domestic campaign already, there was a lot of hope that Turkish could provide a masterclass in their group and make it to the knockout stages. However the failure to keep at least an unbeaten record at Albrecht Road dashed the hopes of Turkish of even falling into the Challengers' Cup knockout rounds, finishing dead last in the group. The talented youth team did no better either, failing to win a single game at home in their group stage and also finished last, both trends that were an unfortunate theme for Pasargan teams in these international fixtures.

Hellinic did just manage to sneak their way into the knockouts of the Challengers', thanks in large part to an unexpected victory in Tequilo, with a goal from Tommy Sutton being the decided between the two sides to advance out of the group stage. The Spartans unfortunately will be the only Pasargan team in the latter stages of their respective competitions with both CAP and Baskita having their academy teams thwarted on away goals in the second round of the Rising Stars. It looked like the Old Club was going to be able to put a good showing for itself after winning in a convincing nine to nil aggregate victory in the Cup Winners' Cup Preliminary Round, but then got the draw of death with Raynor City United in the first round and were thoroughly trounced, an ugly two to five defeat in Stein-los before putting up a decent showing in Raynor City but still falling two to one to the Vanorian giants. Turkish struggles to get past Steinaux in the first round of the Copa de Campeones, using a useful two to nil victory with goals from Ba and Mifsud to advance after a one to nil defeat in the away leg. Yet a two to one victory with a brace from Szôllôssi in Stein-los would not be enough for Turkish in the second round, as they were matched by the same score in Valladares before the Alligators got a third in extra time, pinning all Pasargan hopes for ICC glory on Hellinic.

Tani continued their inconsistent form starting with a loss in the big Stein-los derby against the Old Club, a late goal from Lendvai giving the Dressers a victory over their most heated rivals in Kilmonarch. Determined not to falter, Tani rode a brace from Petrasso in Paulinthal to get past the Tecos, yet were held in Kilmonarch by another Stein-los rival as the holders traveled across town and played their title and city rivals to a two all draw, with Turkish getting goals from Reaves and Mueller while Tani had scores from O'Brien and Marsden. Traveling to the capital to face the Eagles should have been a good spot to continue an unbeaten run but Baskita performed a smash and grab in their way of playing to the level of their competition, a goal from Nebojsic in the first half all that separated the two teams. A difficult one to nil victory of Hellinic in Stein-los thought to have righted the ship, with Tani pulling into a tie for first with two games before the halfway marker. However in the last two games of the half, Tani would get completely demolished, first Galatica would come out of nowhere with a six to one victory in the capital, before the Hurricane pulled into Stein-los and dropped a five spot in their route, sending Tani down to sixth at the halfway mark and on a zero goal difference thanks to that nine goal swing.

The reason Tani was able to stay at pace with CAP was cause the Hurricane were having some inconsistency problems of their own, with a surprise defeat to Peynol as their strikers once again failed to make an impact and a goal from Rinkel was able to send Peynol all three points. A comfortable two to nil defeat of Paulinthal in the San Daros in one of the city derbies did stabilize things, yet a three to two defeat in the capital against Fetherdron of all sides really made people start to doubt that CAP had the steel in them to put up a title fight, having been bested by the capital with its three largest clubs. However things all seemed to change when the Old Club visited the Hurricane and Ilev had a hattrick while Topić and Erik Földessy added goals as well in a five to two route. Tzorvas and Magana each had goals in Stein-los as CAP upended Turkish to keep the momentum going, while a sublime freekick from Milan Grubišić was enough to beat Hellinic in Paulinthal, before the mammoth route of Tani in Stein-los, with five different scorers on the day putting CAP at the top of the table at the halfway mark.

Chasing the Hurricane is Duke of the North, who continue to defy the odds with conceding on average less than a goal a game, having only given up nine goals in the first half and having a decent offensive output to turn bore draws into victories, as the Dukes sit only two points behind the Hurricane at the top of the table. Turkish despite some woeful inconsistency in the first half are only three points back and might be able to put a run together now that they have had the shackles and distraction of international football lifted from them. Lurking just behind the top three but ahead of Tani in sixth are Galatica and Santos Leuga tied on twenty-six points each but having got there in two completely different ways with Galatica scoring but conceding a ton of goals while the Tecos have generally grinded their way to points. With the league having shrunk, some big teams are bound to be on the wrong side of luck and that at the moment seems to be Club Stein-los, dangerously only two points ahead of the drop zone while Paulinthal is that team in fifteenth place with fifteen points. Amazing little Avidë has turned in some clutch performances to snag a few victories, none quite as large as the four to two victory over Turkish on matchday fourteen that brought them out of the drop zone, though Evenfar does indeed seemed doomed to return back to the SuperLiga 2 with only eleven points in the first half of the season.

Little Avidë managed another win in the cup in the second round, managing to show their depth with a routine win at the vastly overmatched Harklaoff. However in an all Torgos affair, the Rangers would be on the wrong side of a penalty shootout with Torgos City, after ten goals between the clubs in regulation and then another goal each in extra time before the spotkicks downed the Rangers and their dreams of getting into the ICC's. Amazingly one week after being decimated by the Hurricane in Stein-los, Tani would take on CAP again but in the cup and would this time emerge victorious, with Katinka Pálffy getting the winner in extra time. There is only four SuperLiga teams remaining after so many all top tier ties in the first three rounds, as well as the holders being undone in Stein-los in the second round by Tarrows of the bottom tier in the biggest shock of the tournament thus far this season. The odds seem high for a non top tier side to win the cup, especially after Peynol and Duke of the North were drawn together for the next round. If that were to come to pass, it would have huge implications for ICC qualification and thus all the top clubs have one eye cast on the tournament to see who might be on the wrong end if things go poorly for the top flight.

Ps                       Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 CA Paulinthal          15   10   1   4    38   15  +23    31
 2 Duke of the North      15    9   2   4    22    9  +13    29
 3 Stein-los Turkish      15    8   4   3    33   21  +12    28
 4 Galatica               15    8   2   5    34   23  +11    26
 5 Santos Luega           15    8   2   5    19   17   +2    26
 6 Tanrısal               15    7   4   4    26   26    0    25
 7 Sardin United          15    6   4   5    16   13   +3    22
 8 Hellinic Rouge         15    5   3   7    29   17  +12    18
 9 Baskita FC             15    4   6   5    17   21   −4    18
10 Lunas FC               15    5   3   7    20   28   −8    18
11 Peynol-Lunas           15    5   3   7    15   23   −8    18
12 Club Stein-los         15    5   2   8    20   24   −4    17
13 Fetherdron United      15    4   5   6    27   33   −6    17
14 Avidë                  15    5   2   8    20   30  −10    17
15 Paulinthal FC          15    4   3   8    17   33  −16    15
16 Evenfar FC             15    3   2  10    11   31  −20    11

by **Pasarga** » Tue Jun 22, 2021 10:29 am

Season 1998
Part III

Challengers Ro32

(PAS)            Hellenic Rouge    2–5    Cednia Beach AFC          (TUR)   0–2   2–3

LBCT Ro16

(PAS)                Evenfar FC    1–4    Argón Tacranza            (TEQ)   0–2   1–2

Hellenic looked to carry the torch for the SuperLiga in the ICC knockout stages, looking to be a savior of the Pasargan coefficient after what had been a mostly dreadful showing from Pasargan clubs across the board in the various ICC events that had taken place in the season. The draw would not be kind, getting Cednia Beach from Turori and as has been an all too familar theme for Pasargan clubs in the ICCs, where bested by multiple goals at home in the first leg, effectively ending the tie before even going to Turori. Credit to the Spartans for trying to put up a valiant fight against Cednia Beach in Turori, with goals from Wright and Fletcher, but three goals from the home side and their two in the dual islands did in the Spartans and any chance of the coefficient being saved. Meaning that both teams who qualify for the Champions' League next season shall likely be having to go through preliminary rounds, a major blow to the pride of the league and ability to draw in star talent to the league. Even Evenfar that had managed to sneak into the LBCT knockout rounds found themselves on the wrong end of a home defeat before being knocked out on the road, ending Pasargan involvement in all ICCs for the season.

The second half of the season opens with a bang for the league leaders, as CAP travels to the capital and puts a pair past the Rangers en route to an easy victory, before returning home and besting the Riversiders by the same scoreline with both strikers netting a goal in the game in front of the home support. The strikers have been a bit of an enigma for the side, at times being completely powerless to break down defenses, while at other times being completely overpowering, perhaps a real sign that their age is causing inconsistency rather than a detriment to their true talents. In Lunas, the Moon Warriors get an early go ahead goal from Sáry but a second half brace from Vojmil Topić ensures that the Hurricane return home with all three points. However it is at home that their unbeaten run ends, as the Dukes perform a masterclass smash and grab, with Locke grabbing a late goal to steal the points from the league leaders. However a four to nil win over the Tecos certainly brought smiles to all the fans of the Hurricane, as well as a three to nil victory over Baskita to revenge their first half loss in the capital. Yet in the capital Galatica would shut down the Hurricane's attack and hold them to a nil nil draw, meaning their lead at the top is only four points going into the final stretch of the season.

Despite their victory in Paulinthal, Duke of the North has fallen off the pace, winning just twice in the last seven games, with three losses and a pair of draws to send the Dukes from second to fourth and ten points off the pace set by CAP at the top of the table. It is Turkish who is nipping on the heels of the league leaders and trying to make sure that they still have a chance of retaining their title all the way through the season with an eight game unbeaten run during that time frame. The stand out results came against Galatical in Albrecht Road, a game that was sure to see a lot of goals with both teams liking to play open. No one could have foreseen the nine to four game that unfolded, with Turkish getting goals from Szôllôssi (x3), Mifsud (x2), Reaves, Ba (x2), and Mueller. Turkish sent a message that they will not go quietly and let the Hurricane waltz their way to another league title and many fans are looking forward to the fixture between the two as it could have title implications base on the respective form of both sides.

Tani is three points adrift from Turkish in third, having won five times but lost twice in the third quarter of the season, not able to turn those losses into the draws needed to really in the title conversation, seven points back with eight to play. While there have been bigger comebacks for title victories, the Tani squad just seems a touch too inconsistent to be able to pull off that feat. Meanwhile the Tecos continue to grind out results, finding ways to grab points even when they really should not and are sitting in the uncomfortable spot of fifth in the league, with one eye cast on the Copa results to see if it will be enough to send them into the Challengers' Cup should they hold off five clubs who are all within five points of them. Those clubs include the high flying Galatica, the Old Club, Hellinic, Sardin United, and Lunas. Baskita looks safe from relegation after two wins and three draws, there is still a tad of uncertainty about where they will finish in the table. At the bottom of the table, Evenfar's fate is not as certain as it was, having picked up two wins while the Rangers only picked up one, and Paulinthal only a victory and a draw as it seems certain that two of those three look like they will be the relegated teams this season.

Copa de la Luna Quarterfinals
Aratha Metz 2-0 Torgos City
Baskita FC 2-0 Mytos-Turin
Myrtha Dalin 0-2 Tanrısal
Peynol-Lunas 1-2 Duke of the North

What had looked to be high odds of a non top tier team winning the Copa and sending ICC qualification into a disaster took a major blow in the quarterfinals, even as two of the four remaining SuperLiga teams played one another. Building off their wonderful league form over the course of the season, Duke of the North traveled to Peynol in the all SuperLiga tie to try and punch their ticket towards the semifinals. An early goal from Locke looked to have the visitors en route, but a strike just past the hour mark from Lymaria brought things back level. However Zsa-zsa was in the right spot just before the final whistle to tuck in a rebound past the Peynol keeper and send the Dukes to the semifinals. They are met their by Baskita and Tani, who both calmly dispatched their non top tier competition by the same two to nil scoreline, the same scoreline Aratha Metz defeated Torgos City by in the tie contested by a pair of non SuperLiga sides. The draw for the semifinals has the Dukes traveling to the capital to face Baskita, who despite a poor league season has done well in the cup, while Aratha will host Tani in Targas with all the hopes of the non top tier sides riding on their shoulders.

Ps                       Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 CA Paulinthal          22   15   2   5    51   17  +34    47
 2 Stein-los Turkish      22   12   7   3    50   29  +21    43
 3 Tanrısal               22   12   4   6    47   37  +10    40
 4 Duke of the North      22   11   4   7    26   16  +10    37
 5 Santos Luega           22   10   5   7    29   28   +1    35
 6 Sardin United          22   10   4   8    28   20   +8    34
 7 Galatica               22    9   5   8    45   38   +7    32
 8 Club Stein-los         22   10   2  10    37   35   +2    32
 9 Hellinic Rouge         22    8   6   8    37   22  +15    30
10 Lunas FC               22    9   3  10    33   40   −7    30
11 Baskita FC             22    6   9   7    25   29   −4    27
12 Fetherdron United      22    6   7   9    34   44  −10    25
13 Peynol-Lunas           22    7   4  11    23   36  −13    25
14 Avidë                  22    6   2  14    24   47  −23    20
15 Paulinthal FC          22    5   4  13    22   45  −23    19
16 Evenfar FC             22    5   2  15    16   44  −28    17

by **Pasarga** » Tue Jun 22, 2021 11:16 am

Season 1998
Part IV

Let us start at the bottom, where Avidë has pulled into the form of their season in order to ensure their survival into next season, a task that had seemed impossible at the start of the season but has been made true by the little club from the capital. A loss to Galatica was expected but then to go to Evenfar and produce a three to one victory against their fellow relegation threatened side was a major step towards their survival. However traveling the following week to Lunas and getting an eighty-third minute winner from Dobos against Peynol, to drag them into the relegation mix and the Rangers closer to safety was something of a miracle. Then came the big showdown, a home game in Torgos against Paulinthal, a win making their survival almost a guarantee while it would almost doom the Reds to relegation. Goals from Manning, Seres, and Blackmore saw the Rangers emerge victorious, and then they went to Fetherdron and pulled off a two nil victory to boot in a capital derby. Losses to the Old Club and Turkish didn't matter as they have survived but in doing so, doomed Evenfar and Paulinthal to the drop.

Moving upwards, the Tecos had the unenviable position of trying to hold off several big clubs in order to hold onto fifth and hope the Copa results went the right way for them to secure a spot in the Challengers' next season. Losing to the Moon Warriors in Lunas was a poor way to start off that run, yet in Pualinthal they were able to put a pair of goals past Duke of the North to make sure to tread water. A close loss in Stein-los to Tani, Ingvarsson rescuing the points late for Tani, was not the run the side wanted to be able and maintain their position, nor was a heavy defeat in Torgos against the Eagles. It seemed the side was intent on letting their rivals move past them. However an eighty-seventh minute winner from Guardado against Galatica revived some hope for the Tecos, and then Acuna helping the side escape Evenfar with all three points gave them some momentum, with a slim lead over Sardin United and Lunas in fifth. A win over Peynol would secure fifth before the final day, with Peynol visiting Paulinthal for the tie, which tipped things in Santos' favor, as goals from Acuna, Castillo, and Aranda completed the route and secured their position in fifth before the final day.

If Tani or Duke of the North had any real title aspirations left, their inconsistent form of winning one and losing one made that disappear quickly, leaving only Turkish and the Hurricane battling away for the title while Tani and the Dukes had to settle for third and fourth place respectively in the table, unable to go up or down from there. CAP and Turkish both snuck away with close away wins, before CAP blasted Peynol at the San Daros but Turkish were held by Fetherdron at Albrecht Road, the gap widening to six. Turkish put four past Tani in a Stein-los derby, but CAP put six past the same Fethdron who had held Turkish the week before. Turkish got a late winner from Erzebet Révész to sour Hellinic's chase for fifth, but CAP got an Ilev hattrick to beat the Old Club in Stein-los. The San Daros was buzzing as Turkish brought their full team, free from injury or suspensions to Paulinthal. A victory for the hosts and CAP would have taken the title back, while a victory for the visitors would have the title race go until the final day of the season. The investment into youthful legs by Betancourt at the start of the season paid dividends, as her young players ran circles around Turkish, with Szôcs getting the opening goal and Magana scoring with his first touch of the game in the seventy-first minute, CAP emerging as two to nil victors and able to celebrate their title in front of the home fans with confetti and a trophy celebration. The Hurricane might have celebrated too much, having been held in Evenfar by the Spartans in the midweek, but they did not care, the title was theirs once again.

Copa de la Luna Semifinals
Baskita FC 0-1 Duke of the North
Aratha Metz 0-2 Tanrısal

In a match of two clubs who could really use a trip to the Final and the potential berth into the Challengers' that comes with making it into the Final, Baskita hosted the Dukes in the capital with the thought of salvaging something from this miserable season. However this is Duke of the North they were facing, a team who is (in)famous for making the game ugly and not all fun to play in when they are able to play the sort of game that they like to. Which on a rainy day in the nation's capital, they were able to, frustrating the Eagles left, right, and center, and then doing what they have been doing for years, grabbing a goal and racing out victorious. Deco Kocsis was the second half substitute who nabbed the goal for the Dukes and ended all hopes of Baskita making something of the season. Meanwhile in Targas, the Metropolitans were hoping to produce a major upset against Tani and second tier side looking for a bit of redemption for their season to, having already been doomed to relegation to the SuperLiga 3. However from the opening whistle, the gulf in talent between the two sides was clear and it seemed inevitable when Irena Đurić scored in the thirty-fourth minute and then Gabriel Petrasso sealed the deal in the fifty-fifth, Tani walking out two nil winners. With Tani and the Dukes already guranteed a spot in the Challengers', it now means Santos has qualified for the competition as well, leaving only the monetary prize and a place in the Cup Winners' Cup to play for between the two sides at the end of the season.

Ps                       Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 CA Paulinthal          29   21   3   5    69   20  +49    66
 2 Stein-los Turkish      29   17   8   4    65   34  +31    59
 3 Tanrısal               29   16   4   9    60   49  +11    52
 4 Duke of the North      29   14   5  10    33   24   +9    47
 5 Santos Luega           29   14   5  10    39   37   +2    47
 6 Sardin United          29   12   7  10    35   28   +7    43
 7 Lunas FC               29   13   4  12    45   52   −7    43
 8 Galatica               29   12   6  11    56   48   +8    42
 9 Club Stein-los         29   13   3  13    50   48   +2    42
10 Hellinic Rouge         29   11   8  10    49   30  +19    41
11 Baskita FC             29   10   9  10    33   36   −3    39
12 Fetherdron United      29    8   9  12    44   60  −16    33
13 Avidë                  29   10   2  17    35   56  −21    32
14 Peynol-Lunas           29    7   5  17    25   50  −25    26
15 Evenfar FC             29    6   3  20    22   55  −33    21
16 Paulinthal FC          29    5   5  19    25   58  −33    20

by **Pasarga** » Tue Jun 22, 2021 5:29 pm

Season 1998
Finale

The thought was that with very little to play for across the league, that we would seem some boring football that likely would see a lot of draws and low scoring affairs, teams looking to just bring the season to a close without suffering any major injuries heading into the offseason where they could regroup and look to address whatever issues were arising. Someone forgot to tell the teams in Paulinthal that, as CAP went and completely waxed Tani in the San Daros, putting six past their biggest rivals in a thorough display of who the Hurricane believe to be the biggest club in the dual islands in. With six different scorers, it was a total team effort and an expression of the strength in depth that enabled CAP to be able to take back their crown. Paulinthal was just playing for pride, having already been doomed to relegation but they and the Tecos played to a seven goal thriller, with Jalali grabbing the winning goal in the seventy-ninth minute. It will be interesting to see if Harper stays on and if whoever is the manager can convince Moyer and Jalali to try and get the Reds promoted back up rather than look elsewhere for employment next season.

It was a day where favorites fell for the most part, apart from Galatica over Evenfar and Hellinic over the Rangers in Torgos, with Baskita falling in Lunas against Peynol, Sardin unable to hold Turkish in Sardin, Lunas able to get one over on the Dressers in Lunas, while Fetherdron grabbed an unexpected victory and pair of goals over Duke of the North. Hellinic, Baskita, and Club Stein-los will all feel like the season was a major bust, while Lunas and Galatica will be wondering how they were not able to overtake Santos in fifth. Hellinic's poor first half is all that kept the side from being in ICC contention in truth at the end and the team will not likely have much movement, as they did look fairly solid once some of the new faces had settled into the squad. Though relegated, Paulinthal will likely be the favorites to win the SuperLiga 2 next season, provided they are able to keep their squad mostly in tact, while Evenfar will have some work to do to get a bounceback promotion given the quality in the second tier. Coming up from the second tier is the historic side of Stilinkeep FC, accompanied by Titanderth, both quite capable sides, meaning survival in the top tier just got that much more difficult for all of the bottom half sides.

Matchday 30
CA Paulinthal 6-1 Tanrısal
Evenfar FC 1-2 Galatica
Avidë 1-2 Hellinic Rouge
Peynol-Lunas 3-1 Baskita FC
Sardin United 0-2 Stein-los Turkish
Paulinthal FC 4-3 Santos Luega
Lunas FC 2-1 Club Stein-los
Fetherdron United 2-0 Duke of the North

Pos Team                    P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 CA Paulinthal          30  22  3   5  75  21  +54  69     Champions
  2 Stein-los Turkish      30  18  8   4  67  34  +33  62     IFCL
  3 Tanrısal               30  16  4  10  61  55   +6  52     IFCC
  4 Duke of the North      30  14  5  11  33  26   +7  47     IFCC
  5 Santos Luega           30  14  5  11  42  41   +1  47     IFCC
  6 Lunas FC               30  14  4  12  47  53   -6  46
  7 Galatica               30  13  6  11  58  49   +9  45
  8 Hellinic Rouge         30  12  8  10  51  31  +20  44
  9 Sardin United          30  12  7  11  35  30   +5  43
 10 Club Stein-los         30  13  3  14  51  50   +1  42
 11 Baskita FC             30  10  9  11  34  39   -5  39
 12 Fetherdron United      30   9  9  12  46  60  -14  36
 13 Avidë                  30  10  2  18  36  58  -22  32
 14 Peynol-Lunas           30   8  5  17  28  51  -23  29
 15 Paulinthal FC          30   6  5  19  29  61  -32  23     Relegated
 16 Evenfar FC             30   6  3  21  23  57  -34  21     Relegated

Copa de la Luna Final
@ Stade de Torgos, Torgos

A pristine day in the capital looked to favor Tani in a matchup of contrasting attitudes towards the game both tactically and how to build a squad, with the cosmopolitan Tani side definitely coming into the game as the favorites. Marsden was inches from giving the team the lead in the tenth minute, but her effort went just wide. The Dukes slowly worked their way into the game with their defensive efforts, closing down and frustrating the dynamic Tani attack in the midfield and not allowing it to get forward with momentum. A counter was sprung just past the half hour mark and Erik Klug made no mistake with the opportunity presented to them. Now trailing, Tani had to open up further and press hard on the famously hard to beat Duke of the North defensive shape. Try as hard as they could, there was no getting around the wall of bodies that the Dukes were putting up in front of the attacking thrust of Tani and in the dying minutes of the game, Raimund Noffke put the dagger through Tani with a solid strike on a counter, sealing up the third Copa de la Luna title for the Isnat'Pa side and sending them not only into the Challengers' but also the Cup Winners' Cup.

Duke of the North 2-0 Tanrısal
Erik Klug (31'), Raimund Noffke (87')

SuperLiga 2

Pos Team                  P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Stilinkeep FC        30  19   7   4  47  15  +32  64     Champions
  2 Titanderth           30  18   5   7  62  45  +17  59     Promoted
  3 Riis                 30  17   5   8  56  27  +29  56
  4 SC Troubalose        30  14   7   9  30  19  +11  49
  5 Lìjû                 30  13  10   7  41  31  +10  49
  6 FC Belja             30  15   4  11  48  44   +4  49
  7 Aleine United        30  11   7  12  41  35   +6  40
  8 Myrtha Dalin         30  12   4  14  34  34   +0  40
  9 Stradirù             30  10   9  11  20  21   -1  39
 10 SC Filwarfin         30  10   7  13  32  45  -13  37
 11 Celesthem FC         30   8  11  11  24  32   -8  35
 12 Tyrysier             30   8  11  11  34  48  -14  35
 13 Tulduroc United      30   8   7  15  15  25  -10  31
 14 Aleine FC            30   6  12  12  36  48  -12  30
 15 Aratha Metz          30   7   5  18  16  43  -27  26     Relegated
 16 FC Myrkan            30   6   5  19  27  51  -24  23     Relegated

SuperLiga 3

Pos Team                 P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Targas City         30  18  5   7  60  25  +35  59     Champions
  2 Arthiana-bas        30  14  7   9  58  39  +19  49     Promoted
  3 Haslief             30  15  4  11  63  56   +7  49
  4 SC Sardin           30  13  9   8  56  37  +19  48
  5 Torgos City         30  13  8   9  38  30   +8  47
  6 Mytos-Turin         30  13  7  10  26  25   +1  46
  7 RC Sardin           30  12  8  10  55  51   +4  44
  8 St. Galaxia         30  12  8  10  34  33   +1  44
  9 Targas United       30  12  6  12  38  39   -1  42
 10 FC Felaton          30  10  8  12  39  45   -6  38
 11 Orasul              30   9 10  11  36  39   -3  37
 12 SC Myrkan           30  10  7  13  25  29   -4  37
 13 Druidists           30   9  9  12  38  45   -7  36
 14 Peixe               30   9  7  14  43  61  -18  34
 15 OS Anax             30   9  6  15  47  67  -20  33     Relegated
 16 Athletic Sutra      30   3  9  18  29  64  -35  18     Relegated

SuperLiga 4

Pos Team                  P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 SC Dendros           30  19   6   5  44  20  +24  63     Champions
  2 Harklaoff            30  17   5   8  45  25  +20  56     Promoted
  3 Isnat'pa United      30  17   5   8  28  16  +12  56
  4 Hyan FC              30  17   4   9  28  17  +11  55
  5 Altanley United      30  14   9   7  29  16  +13  51
  6 Leyton Peynol        30  13  10   7  32  24   +8  49
  7 Cape Jark            30  12   8  10  23  22   +1  44
  8 Tarrows              30  11   9  10  25  28   -3  42
  9 Tharg-calan          30  12   5  13  42  47   -5  41
 10 Cilinas FC           30  10   8  12  26  27   -1  38
 11 Uriz                 30   7  14   9  19  21   -2  35
 12 Renaitiz             30   8   5  17  15  34  -19  29
 13 Real Troubalose      30   6  10  14  17  27  -10  28
 14 Pendera              30   7   7  16  12  27  -15  28
 15 Seletal FC           30   5   9  16  10  25  -15  24
 16 Darom United         30   5   6  19  13  32  -19  21

Championship Playoff: Duke of the North 1-3(1-0) CA Paulinthal, Hellinic Rouge 3-2(2-1) Baskita FC | Hellinic Rouge 2-4 CA Paulinthal

Central Pargis

Pos Team                    P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Baskita FC             30  19   7   4  51  22  +29  64     Champions
  2 Galatica               30  16   6   8  45  27  +18  54
  3 SC Sardin              30  15   9   6  37  22  +15  54
  4 Fetherdron United      30  13  12   5  34  21  +13  51
  5 Riis                   30  13   5  12  39  37   +2  44
  6 Torgos City            30  11  11   8  34  37   -3  44
  7 St. Galaxia            30  11  10   9  27  24   +3  43
  8 Tyrysier               30  12   6  12  30  29   +1  42
  9 Targas United          30  11   7  12  31  37   -6  40
 10 Targas City            30   9   9  12  31  36   -5  36
 11 FC Felaton             30  10   6  14  31  40   -9  36
 12 Aratha Metz            30   9   8  13  38  39   -1  35
 13 Tarrows                30   9   8  13  27  31   -4  35
 14 Avidë                  30   7   8  15  33  44  -11  29
 15 RC Sardin              30   5  12  13  29  40  -11  27
 16 Peixe                  30   4   8  18  15  46  -31  20

Peynol

Pos Team                    P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Duke of the North      30  19   8   3  60  27  +33  65     Champions
  2 Stilinkeep FC          30  18  10   2  58  26  +32  64
  3 Titanderth             30  18   6   6  41  22  +19  60
  4 FC Belja               30  13  12   5  42  27  +15  51
  5 Orasul                 30  13   7  10  46  30  +16  46
  6 Tulduroc United        30  13   6  11  33  31   +2  45
  7 Myrtha Dalin           30  12   7  11  27  31   -4  43
  8 Hyan FC                30  13   4  13  30  34   -4  43
  9 Pendera                30  10  11   9  34  38   -4  41
 10 Lìjû                   30  10   9  11  37  31   +6  39
 11 SC Dendros             30   9   6  15  26  38  -12  33
 12 Mytos-Turin            30   9   4  17  27  34   -7  31
 13 Leyton-Peynol          30   7   9  14  25  43  -18  30
 14 Altanley United        30   5   9  16  22  42  -20  24
 15 Isnat'pa United        30   6   5  19  21  47  -26  23
 16 Darom United           30   6   5  19  23  51  -28  23

Pargis-Peynol

Pos Team                  P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Hellinic Rouge       30  20   5   5  52  26  +26  65     Champions
  2 Peynol-Lunas         30  15   9   6  39  19  +20  54
  3 Lunas FC             30  15   9   6  46  27  +19  54
  4 Arthian-bas          30  15   7   8  44  28  +16  52
  5 Celesthem FC         30  12  12   6  36  24  +12  48
  6 SC Troubalose        30  13   8   9  35  26   +9  47
  7 Evenfar FC           30  13   7  10  38  30   +8  46
  8 SC Filwarfin         30  13   6  11  34  30   +4  45
  9 Haslief              30  10   6  14  33  38   -5  36
 10 Real Troubalose      30   9   9  12  25  31   -6  36
 11 Cilinas FC           30   9   9  12  32  49  -17  36
 12 Thag-Calan           30   8   9  13  28  34   -6  33
 13 Seletal FC           30   8   7  15  26  43  -17  31
 14 Renaitiz             30   7   8  15  24  37  -13  29
 15 Uriz                 30   5  10  15  25  41  -16  25
 16 Cape Jark            30   5   5  20  22  56  -34  20

South Pargis

Pos Team                    P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 CA Paulinthal          30  18   6   6  41  22  +19  60     Champions
  2 Club Stein-los         30  16   7   7  49  28  +21  55
  3 Tanrısal               30  16   6   8  48  32  +16  54
  4 Stein-los Turkish      30  15   6   9  41  24  +17  51
  5 Santos Luega           30  16   3  11  45  30  +15  51
  6 Aleine FC              30  14   6  10  36  33   +3  48
  7 Stradirù               30  13   8   9  39  37   +2  47
  8 Paulinthal FC          30  12  10   8  36  31   +5  46
  9 FC Myrkan              30  12   6  12  37  44   -7  42
 10 Druidists              30  13   2  15  32  39   -7  41
 11 Aleine United          30  11   5  14  40  38   +2  38
 12 SC Myrkan              30   8  12  10  26  33   -7  36
 13 Sardin United          30   9   8  13  39  41   -2  35
 14 OS Anax                30   5   9  16  24  54  -30  24
 15 Athletic Sutra         30   5   7  18  22  42  -20  22
 16 Harklaoff              30   4   5  21  19  46  -27  17

Awards
Team of the Season (Voted on by the media)
GK:

Leonidas Barrett - Duke of the North
RB: Viktor Szôcs - CA Paulinthal
CB: Judit Kádár - CA Paulinthal
CB:

Dimitri Skondreas - Sardin United
LB: Asztrik Puskás - Stein-los Turkish
RW:

Atalanta Skapetis - Stein-los Turkish
MC: Giulianna Cuellar Montalvo - Santos Luega
MC:

Exene Fletcher - Hellinic Rouge
LW: Vojmil Topić - CA Paulinthal
ST:

Gabriel Petrasso - Tanrısal
ST:

Stanimir Ilev - CA Paulinthal

Player of the Season (Voted on by the Managers of the SuperLiga)
1) Vojmil Topić - CA Paulinthal (9 goals, 14 assists)
2)

Leonidas Barrett - Duke of the North (12 clean sheets)
3)

Gabriel Petrasso - Tanrısal (18 goals, 5 assists)

Golden Boot
1)

Stanimir Ilev - CA Paulinthal (20 goals)
2)

Gabriel Petrasso - Tanrısal (18 goals)
3) Réka Szôllôssi - Stein-los Turkish (17 goals)

Foreigner of the Year (Voted on by the PFA)
1)

Leonidas Barrett - Duke of the North (12 clean sheets)
2)

Gabriel Petrasso - Tanrısal (18 goals, 5 assists)
3)

Stanimir Ilev - CA Paulinthal (20 goals, 2 assists)

by **Pasarga** » Thu Sep 16, 2021 7:02 pm

Season 1999 Preview

Lineups are listed left to right where applicable

Avidë
Nicknames: Rangers, Royals
Location: Torgos | Stadium: Royality Park (19,000) | Manager: Joso Kolar (63)
Kits: Home & Away

Despite being the second smallest club in the capital, the Rangers were able to defy the odds last season in their first ever season in the top flight and survived the season. A lot of that credit has been given to a trio of signings before the season began to bring in some foreign players with a bit of class and experience, something that the club lacked. While facilities and infrastructure have slowly been building up since an anonymous donation, that most assume came from the royal family, over the last decade plus, nothing quite is a substitute for experience. It is strange then that the Rangers were not able to make any signees during this summer window and on paper look to once again be the weakest team in the league. However if the last several years have proven anything, it is that Kolar can get the best out of players, which given this is likely their last season, would be a fitting way to go out with able to keep the small team in the SuperLiga for two straight seasons.

Starting XI: Ormos Császár (31);

Tara Blackmore (26), Renáta Szepesy (31),

Erin Nowicki (28), Kemenes Harsányi (25); Rez Seres (28),

Daz Manning (33), Bendegúz Saári (28), Markus Dobos (31); Alex Forgács (30), Szescx Sághy (26)
Key Reserves: Ema Erdei (LB, 26), Bod Gölöncsér (CB, 26), Nusa Kálmán (CB, 22), Gyala Szép (RW, 23), Liliána Sinka (LW, 24), Ladomér Orbán (MC, 25), Mike Frueh (ST, 32)

Baskita FC
Nickname: Eagles
Location: Torgos | Stadium: Taltron Park (66,000) | Manager:

Mario Ventura (59)
Kits: Home & Away

Fans of the Eagles have to sympathize with Ventura, who has seen his squad sold or aged out of the time and little in the way of funds to go out and get the players that could make a difference and return Baskita to being an IFCF contending squad. All three signees for the team during the window were under seventeen players, who are just more names and bodies to throw into the collection of players who are a year to two years away from being ready for this level of competition. The question is can Ventura keep his calm and demeanor in that time and still find a way for the Eagles to stay competitive while the youth coaches groom the younger players into first teamers. It is weird to say but survival is the goal for the former champions, which has to be very different from the project Ventura likely thought they were signing on for when they took the job.

Starting XI: Ozsvát Sárközi (31); Erik Klein (22), Renata Novaković (32), Bars Keresztes (28), Kinga Kállai (31); Becse Sultés (31), Bod Joó (31), Mara Máthé (28), Irenke Fenyvesi (22);

Damaris Nebojsic (30),

Sebastián Ferreira (27)
Key Reserves: Zsombor Szôlôsi (GK, 28),

Tejano Debar (CB, 24), Nusa Soós (CB, 28), Hajna Ujváry (MC, 27), Ádám Berecz (RW, 33), Ktisztina Seres (ST, 27)

Club Stein-los
Nickname: The Old Club, The Dressers
Location: Stein-los | Stadium: Stein-los Stadium (59,000) | Manager: Jorit van Kruistum (51)
Kits: Home & Away

Having to compete across four competitions finally broke the back of the squad and they fell from competing for IFCF places to lower midtable, meaning that the long under pressure Markus Anderton was relieved of their managerial duties in the summer. Unfortunately for the Old Club, it took nearly the entire summer to get a replacement for Anderton, before finally getting former national team player Jorit van Kruistum to come to Stein-los. That meant that the Dressers missed out on many of their potential signees who could get the fortunes back for the side, although they did manage to sign a young Euran defender, as well as a talented winger and center midfielder before the window closed. However it is hard to believe that a teenage centerback is the tonic for the defensive problems of last season and the supporters should be looking instead to solidify a midtable position and maybe rely on their traditional good fortune in the Copa.

Starting XI: Edina Szél (31); Ibolya Takách (29), Alvisio Pisani (32), Ompoly Erôss (24),

Suzie Knight (26);

Wolfgang Rieder (29),

Daniel Lachlant (28),

Warren Brattan (29),

Yadira Ziegler (24);

Leticia Palmer (28), Éva Mezei (29)
Key Reserves: Gyala Sáry (GK, 27),

Aaron Manning (CB, 18), Barbara Nagy (RB, 25), Frici Czakó (RW/MC, 22), Ramóna Berta (MC, 31), Sabina Grubišić (LW, 22), Zlatko Ćosić (ST, 20)

CA Paulinthal
Nickname: The Hurricane, CAP
Location: Paulinthal | Stadium: San Daros (64,000) | Manager:

Andrea Betancourt (58)
Kits: Home, Away, & Third

It was a return to form last season for CAP, as Bentancourt guided the team to a wonderful SuperLiga title with both a dominating defense and a prolific offense, leaving the rest of the league behind them towards the end of the season. However if there is a truth we all have to deal with, it is age, and age is something that is not on the side of Ilev and Tzorvas, who are now both on the wrong side of thirty. While still elite level strikers, the time is sooner than later where a transition will need to be made, luckily Magana looks to be that solution. The side brought in a pair of Mytanars to reinforce the side and maybe add some new ideas into it, as they look to retain their SuperLiga title after such an impressive outing last season which will be very difficult to try and replicate.

Starting XI: Borka Szekeres (30); Rudy Yáñez (23), Fruzsina Budai (28), Judit Kádár (31),

Patrik Odonelec (24); Vojmil Topić (24),

Alen Hrdaljko (27), Erik Földessy (31); Ilona Kárpáty (21);

Stanimir Ilev (31),

Arista Tzorvas (31)
Key Reserves: Ozsvát Orosz (GK, 28), Markus Vida (CB, 22), Lovre Popović (MC, 22), Milan Grubišić (MC, 32), Ors Rátz (A/MC, 33), Zizi Lendvai (LW, 31), Eustacio Corral Magana (ST, 22)

Duke of the North
Nickname: The Dukes
Location: Isnat'pa | Stadium: Citadel Stadium (25,000) | Manager: Duci Urbán (50)
Kits: Home & Away

Somehow this enigma of a club was able to finish in the top five last season and has earned themselves a spot in the Champions' Cup, but that achievement may be their undoing. The Dukes first eleven has proven the last half decade or so that they can go toe to toe with anyone in the league and find a way to frustrate even the most potent of attacking talents, yet when they are stretched beyond just the first eleven and a few key substitutes, can they hold up? Fans from across the nation, apart from obviously in Isnat'pa, will be hoping that this club whose tactics are so against the rest of the footballing culture do indeed fade. However while they may not have the fans across the nation like sides of the Lunas clubs, those who do support the club are among the most passionate there are and make Citadel Stadium a truly difficult place to travel to.

Starting XI:

Leonidas Barrett (33); Rozalia Sebeôk (31), Vidor Kovách (22), Darda Szalai (29),

Chorus Wilhelm (28); Zsa-zsa Kuncz (27), Vitéz Takácz (27),

Keziah Locke (32),

Raimund Noffke (33);

Melusina Rose (25), Ákos Pálinkás (31)
Key Reserves: Lukáš Hanzelka (GK, 19), Evacska Horvát (LB, 22), René Petrie (CB, 23), Mátyás Vigh (RW, 22), Martina Pernicová (MC, 20), Deco Kocsis (ST, 22)

Fetherdron United
Nickname: The Eagles
Location: Torgos | Stadium: Silverthal (60,000) | Manager: Marko Gerste (46)
Kits: Home & Away

Fortunes might be changing for Fetherdron, as the Eagles were able to climb to twelfth last season and finished very comfortably outside of the drop zone in terms of points, with a thirteen point gap. Also for the first time in three seasons, there is a signing during the summer window, as veteran striker Timur Salai joins in what fans are hoping to be a season or two jolt to the attacking talent. However last season the problem was not so much with the attack as it was with the defense, with the second most goals conceded in the SuperLiga. There have been several changes in the back to try and fix those woes, but it is quite unlikely that the reserves of last season could be better starters for this season, although stranger things have happened in the league.

Starting XI: Leon Poljak (32); Erika Csontos (24), Gabriele Wulf (27), Erik Kortig (27), Vincze Sánta (24); Christina Durr (22),

Shanna Oakstone (30),

Faizan Yakam (30), Zizi Danko (24); Timur Salai (32), Zoárd Novák (31)
Key Reserves: Krisztina Gelencsér (GK, 27), Zizi Pálfi (CB, 19), Višeslav Stojanović (LW, 32), Ferike Németh (MC, 19), Florka Müllner (ST, 27), Angyalka Havasy (ST, 27)

Galatica
Nickname: The Galacticos
Location: Torgos | Stadium: Stade de Torgos (90,000) | Manager: Michael Mueller (54)
Kits: Home & Away

It was a near miss season will Mueller doing everything he could to get the team into a top five position but ultimately falling just shy of that goal. While a top six finish was thought the requirement he needed to keep his job, he has managed to stay on, yet has decided not to reinforce the side during the summer window. According to sources within the team, Mueller believes that an offseason together to better learn from one another is what the team needs more than a fresh face or two and has apparently staked his position on it. While it is a bold move, there is always the feeling that at least one addition to stir up some competition is better than none, but we shall see if the former national teamer can produce a bit of magic and get the largest capital club into the IFCF or if they will be looking for a new job next summer.

Starting XI: Liliána Végh (32); Anasztaizia Orsós (28), Blanka Gáspár (29), Zajzon Kádár (27),

Jirar Malgos (26); Ernesztina Szölôsi (27),

Riona Parker (31),

Lovisa Tedenby (24),

Marvin Peiper (22);

Zheng Yuanjun (23),

Cristian Bogarín (29)
Key Reserves: Dominik Fenyves (GK, 23), Mihaela Pavlović (RB, 32), Carlo Iadanza (LB, 32), Dávid Berec (RW, 28), Daniek Huijberts (MC, 32),

Dana Church (LW/ST, 22)

Naseem Cross (ST, 33)

Hellinic Rouge
Nickname: The Spartans
Location: Evenfar | Stadium: Spartan Stadium (30,000) | Manager:

Chris Granger (45)
Kits: Home & Away

As we expected, Granger's fourth season in charge of the Spartans was in fact the worst in terms of the final position, but that was thought to be likely with a huge amount of turnover in the squad. What the Spartans do have is talent up and down the roster and what is an elite level goalkeeper who can pull off saves that few could even begin to attempt. Having learned the lesson from last season, there is not much turnover in this squad for the season, only a promotion from the youth academy to speak of and it should mean that this squad is more settled and ready to take on the perils of the SuperLiga as a more cohesive unit. A top five finish needs to be the absolute minimum with a squad as talented as this and it would not be a stretch to suggest that perhaps even pushing for a Champions' League spot or title challenge if the team really has gelled in the offseason.

Starting XI: Szescõ Mezei (28); Lõrinc Vass (28),

Tom Wellington (26), Borsala Máté (32),

Paö (24); Ferike Szôllôssi (30), Csongor Sebeôk (22),

Exene Fletcher (25),

Freddie Wright (32);

Aldo Gonckalev (30),

Tommy Sutton (28)
Key Reserves: Ábel Virág (GK, 25), Arnþrúður Kristjánsdóttir (RB, 32), Michel Sarrazin (CB, 24), Erzebet Lörinc (RW, 26), Domokos Biró (MC, 27), Magdalena Debeljak (LW, 33), Joska Sághy (ST, 23)

Lunas FC
Nickname: The Moon Warriors
Location: Lunas | Stadium: Stadium of the Moon (84,000) | Manager: Alex Saári (55)
Kits: Home & Away

At long last, there was something of improvement for the long suffering fans of the Moon Warriors. One point, a single point was all that separated the team from a potential IFCF place and from where they finished in sixth. However after being a side that seemed stuck in neutral and in the midtable for so long, there has to be a small fear that they might have a hangover from coming so close but ultimately not achieving their goal. A young attacking midfielder from Krytenia might help things be a bit fresh, but it is a lot to ask of a twenty-two year old fresh in the dual islands to try and keep the morale up for a squad. While a top half finish should be the place where the side finishes, that threat of a hangover does loom and could see them dragged down into the lower end of the midtable.

Starting XI:

Rosalind Buchanan (35); Mozes Szôts (31), Henri Rocheleau (28), Grégoire Grimard (28), Freja Kristiansen (20); Jakub Malý (27), Arnold Jósa (29),

Andrew Asprilla (22), Lorant Kontz (31); Gergo Sáry (29), Zvonimir Čerkez (32)
Key Reserves: Eliot LaGrande (GK, 28), Boban Groenink (RB, 33), Guðlaugur Ísidórsson (CB, 20), Rozalia Zsinka (RW, 21), Ásmundur Jónatansson (MC, 22), David Schweizer (MC, 32), Vésteinn Kristófersson (ST, 19)

Peynol-Lunas
Location: Lunas | Stadium: Crescent Park (50,000) | Manager: Jens Reiniger (52)
Kits: Home, Away, & Third

There is a change in manager as Peynol managed to miss the thirty point target and was lucky that there were two worse clubs than they are were not part of the pair of relegated teams. In comes Jens Reiniger, who has some management experience and with keeping teams out of the danger zone, although getting into the top half of the top division has not been part of his forte. Unable to work the transfer window, having only been hired a fortnight ago, Reiniger will have to make the most of what is a terrible defensive group and if the team does survive, will be a position where he will no doubt be looking to upgrade as soon as possible. It will be a true test of his abilities if he is abilities if he is able to keep this woeful defense afloat in the season and make it to the next summer transfer window without having been part of the drop.

Starting XI: Olivér Gyarmaty (29); Katinka Szöllôsy (31), Buga Radić (32),

Thibaut Peñarito (27), Joëlle Levering (28);

Fabio Bozzo (28), Szabina Pálffi (23), Ceylan Versteege (32), Birthe Rinkel (28); Zajzon Erdôs (31),

Terrance Lymaria (27)
Key Reserves: Vilbergur Héðinsson (GK, 24), Mattías Víglundsson (RB, 22), Bora Major (CB, 29), Michiel Dijkhuis (CB, 32),

Eusebio Warburton (RW, 24), Mónika Csordás (LW, 29),

Samson Greanaia (ST, 24)

Santos Luega
Nickname: The Tecos
Location: Paulinthal | Stadium: Tecos Stadium (47,000) | Manager: Takara Lemus Escobar (49)
Kits: Home & Away

Santos Luega, perhaps the most infamous club in all of Pasarga, with their strict stance of only allowing players of hispanic heritage into the club, though they have been a bit more open the last few years allowing players under the age of 18 to be allowed into the club if born in Paulinthal. Despite the rather small player pool to choose from, the Tecos have never been relegated outside of the top flight of Pasargan football and are something of cult heroes to small portions of the Paulinthal population. Escobar has lifted the Tecos from the lower end of the midtable and seems to be having the team performing quite well. A season after missing out on the Champions' Cup due to the Copa results, the Tecos managed to replicate a fifth place position and now get the chance to show their mettle on the international arena. What that means for their ability to mainstay their domestic success however is very much an unknown, having been some time since being in an international competition.

Starting XI: Gillen Cortés Marín (34); Elisandro Franco Alonzo (32), Rocco Rael Aranda (27), Ascensión Laureano Tórrez (19), Raynaldo Puga Burgos (31); Juanma Urías Zarate (29), Giulianna Cuellar Montalvo (29), Georges Cervántez Guardado (32), Fortuna Alemán Alaniz (28); Olivia Garza Rosales (25), Oriel Villagómez Acuna (31)
Key Reserves: Illed Chávez Sedillo (GK, 23), Gabrielle Ayala Camacho (LB, 22), Ascensión Laureano Tórrez (CB, 19),

Erauso Iburrusteta (CB, 34), Atzin Laureano Rendón (LW, 19), Troilo Dávila Concepción (MC, 19), Libio Parra Terrazas (ST, 18)

Sardin United
Nickname: Riversiders, Gold-Blues
Location: Sardin | Stadium: East River Stadium (27,000) | Manager:

Lara Winter (51)
Kits: Home & Away

Despite a bit of a small stature, Sardin United seems to becoming a mainstay in the top flight, and playing some very solid football in the process. Being the club that produced Juhana Jäntti, there is obviously some potential in the academy and the greater Sardin area, proven by the fact that the cities' three biggest clubs have all been in the topflight in the last decade. However the Riversiders have been the side to emerge as the side with the most steel in the gut to withstand the tenacity of the league, having a solid defensive line that keeps the side in most matches. However in all their years in the SuperLiga, it has been finding a striker with consistent form that has kept them from pushing into consistent top half finishers. Their defensive prowess should be enough to keep them up but until good attacking options make themselves known, it is unlikely they will achieve more than just being a really hard match in the SuperLiga.

Starting XI: András Gerô (29); Kristof Lakatos (31), Alvisio Mancini (32),

Dimitri Skondreas (30), Anita Szarka (29); Dániel Bencsik (29), Egyed Váradi (31), Vanessza Harsányi (29), Ivett Sörös (29); Aranka Szigethy (29), Eszter Bakos (28)
Key Reserves:Olivér Szatmári (GK, 20), Kinga Zsinkó (LB, 29), Vince Meyer (CB, 28), Jenci Pollák (CB, 25), Kemenes Dobos (MC, 31), Nyék Illyés (A/MC, 23), Barbara Kántor (ST, 31)

Stein-los Turkish
Nickname: Turkish, Eagles
Location: Stein-los | Stadium: Albrecht Road (57,000) | Manager:

Genova Conrad (62)
Kits: Home & Away

Turkish, the sister team to Albrecht Turkish of renown, and one of the founding members of Pasargan club football. Despite arguably being the most popular of the three major clubs in Stein-los, Turkish are somehow the least successful of them all, even though recent Copa victories have bolstered their trophy cabinet to quite a respectable size for those outside of Tani and CAP. Conrad turned the side into a consistently qualifying ICC club and then began the ascent towards being a major title contender, before finally pulling off the feat two seasons ago in a season of wonder for Turkish. Turkish however was not able to retain their crown last season as CAP fought their way to the top and Turkish ad to settle for second. Galambos has decided to retire and the team seems to be in the middle of a transition, but Conrad has shown the ability to perform great feats with less before, even while battling on several fronts.

Starting XI:

Danilo Araúz (29); Asztrik Puskás (27) ,

Brooke Renshaw (21), Benci Szôllôs (32),

Pristina Soeringer (25);

Chantal Kalevi (26), Muhib Bandar Ba (22), Moore Lafontaine (19), Juliska Müller (29); Najiyah Lubanah Mifsud (27), Réka Szôllôssi (32)
Key Reserves: Rashida Adeela Almasi (GK, 27), Oszkar Berec (CB, 31), Anisah Sfiyah Said (CB, 23), Qubilah Tuba Guirguis (RB, 28), Nawar Taqwaa Bazzi (ST, 19), Gordan Jurić (ST, 24)

Stilinkeep FC
Nickname: The Knights
Location: Stilinkeep | Stadium: Stilinkeep Stadium (64,000) | Manager: Natália Szölösi (61)
Kits: Home & Away

Three years removed from their last showing in the SuperLiga and not a whole lot has changed for the Knights, besides a few changes in the roster between then and now. They are still a team that is perhaps over reliant on a defensive structure, which did lead them to completely dominating the SuperLiga 2 last season but could be easily exposed by the higher caliber of player in the top division. As has ever been the case with Stilinkeep it feels like, there is absolutely no bite to their attack and they are going to most likely find it difficult to score goals or hold the wealth of attacking talent in the SuperLiga to being shut down every week. This likely spells another relegation for the team from the heart of Peynol.

Starting XI: Guglielmo Lo Duca (34); Vjekoslav Tomić (32), Zorica Horvat (32), Hrvoja Bošnjak (32), Mór Szöllôs (29); Andrija Kovačević (32), Laborc Sinka (31), Miro Švorc (26), Gazsi Lackó (29); Markos Kovách (29), Ibolya Makai (31)
Key Reserves: Adél Deák (GK, 29), Rebecca Cerar (RB, 21), Frančiška Marija Žužinjak (CB, 21), Huanita Gombar (CB, 24), Kristin Vadnu (RW, 21), Sandi Sinković (LW, 25), Jelenko Štih (MC, 21), Tanja Marija Tul (ST, 25)

Tanrısal
Nickname: Tani
Location: Stein-los | Stadium: Kilmonarch (72,000) | Manager: Srđan Jakšić (54)
Kits: Home & Away

Tani is the club that has stood the test of time in Stein-los, having won the second ever top division, and yet still remains a force in the game even now. Tani is a club that has always had money, despite it being the "second club" of Stein-los, and was able to attract quality players from the start. Unlike other teams that prefer to build from within, Tani much prefers to buy already developed players, though their youth academy has had a few stand outs over time. Back to back seasons back in the IFCF seems to have stabilized what had been quite the turbulent time for the club and Srđan Jakšić no longer likely to be sacked for a poor season. What is concerning is that for a second straight window that every high profile transfer attempt by Tani was a miss, leaving the team having to invest in youth which is far from their preferred path of building a squad.

Starting XI: Dalma Kollár (22);

Matts Pedersen (29), Mozes Szölôsi (22), Borbála Szôcs (28), Mojmira Jović (29);

Kolbeinn Ingvarsson (26),

Christian O'Brien (30), Katinka Pálffy (22);

Adrien Trolli (24); Eduard Novaković (20),

Gabriel Petrasso (28)
Key Reserves: Deli Sinka (LB, 22), Laurent Chandonnet (CB, 33), Poldi Szigety (MC, 31), Irena Đurić (RW, 33), Barna Göröncsér (LW, 21), Benci Gölöncsér (AMC, 31), Bratislav Rukavina (ST, 32)

Titanderth
Nickname: The Titans
Location: Dendros | Stadium: Olympus (21,000) | Manager:

Erica Karling (53)
Kits: Home & Away

Titanderth is another one of these handful of clubs that likes to bounce back and forth, having some modicum of success when they do enter into the top flight. Unlike three years ago when Karling had no tools at her disposal to try and have any chance of staying up in the SuperLiga, the board allowed her a small transfer kitty to try and bolster the squad. What that has resulted in is several veterans of the topflight making their way to Dendros and giving the Titans an honest to goodness chance of staying in the top division. It might not be pretty, yet neither was their promotion push last season, and yet it still got the job done, which will be the strategy for the side in the upcoming seasons as Karling looks to construct a great escape and find a way not to get the side relegated.

Starting XI: Anton Lind (33); Blanka Antunovic (32), Endre Totth (29), Mato Kuprešak (27), Ognjen Kolar (26); Csombor Horvát (31), Erika Mičková (27), Predrag Filipović (31), Megyer Kállai (29); Nadica Perković (28), Anci Szathmár (29)
Key Reserves: Martin Vágner (GK, 27), Višeslav Šarić (LB, 27), Lukáš Žváček (CB, 18), Denes Zsinka (MC, 29), Milada Brožová (LW, 18), Klaus Frankfurter (ST, 27)

by **Pasarga** » Thu Sep 16, 2021 7:38 pm

Season 1999

The season opens up in a rather dull affair for anyone who wants to see a free flowing game in the Copa Real, as the Dukes get an early start on their way of playing the game with a stubborn defensive effort that looks to keep CAP contained and frustrated for the entire match. However Ilona Kárpáty finally manages to find a yard of space and makes the Dukes pay for letting her getting into that position. It is an ugly win in the end, but it is another trophy to add to the collection of CA Paulinthal as they prepare to try and retain their crown as the best team in dual islands.

Copa Real
@ Stade de Torgos, Torgos
CA Paulinthal 1-0 Duke of the North

It is a four team title race for most of the season, as CAP refuses to lose and let go of their crown easily, fighting tooth and nail and putting in goals with their two immensely talented starting strikers as if it is going out of still. Tani tries to keep pace with a reshuffled team and is completely dominant on the offensive end as well as perhaps finding a long term goalie with young Dalma Kollár looking absolutely sensational during the entire season for Tani, but like Turkish, the Stein-los teams are not able to keep up the pace that CAP and the Spartans are putting before them. Szescõ Mezei seems to be on a mission to show the entire world that he is in fact the very best goalkeeper in the entire sport and spots clean sheet after clean sheet for a Hellinic Rouge side that looks to be very thankful not to be bogged down with international competition. Every week they look absolutely fresh and rearing to go, focused on finally bringing success back to Spartan Stadium since their Euran boss has taken over. Granger has needed a few seasons to get the team in his model but after four seasons the team reflects his desires and it has been paying huge dividends.

The Spartans have a five point lead with two games to go but one of those games is CAP coming to visit Spartan stadium in a potential title deciding game. Neither side has any injuries or suspensions and can play their full strength teams in this pivotal match in the penultimate matchday, where a win would deliver a SuperLiga title to the Spartans while CAP keeps hope alive for the retainment of the title if they can take a victory from Evenfar. The battle in the midfield is intense as it is strength against strength, while the few opportunities that Ilev and Tzorvas are easily handled by the talented work of Mezei in net. Yet in a moment of madness, Paö brings down Vojmil Topić inside the box and the ref is quick to point to the penalty spot, which Ilev is already walking up to. The star striker who has lead CAP in goals since his arrival looks calm on the spot and takes a three step runup before blasting it hard and to the left of Mezei, the keeper getting a touch but not enough to keep it out. CAP is able to run out of Evenfar with three points and hope that they might yet still retain the SuperLiga crown.

CAP is at home to their archrivals of Tani, while Hellinic is in Dendros to take on Titanderth. Titanderth has already secured their survival for this season and have nothing to play for, while Tani needs at least a point to secure their spot of third and the highest Challengers' Cup seed over their city rivals of Turkish, who are in Lunas to take on Peynol. It is glory early on for CA Pualinthal, as Alen Hrdaljko heads in a corner to give the holders an early lead and to take over the top spot in the standings. When news comes in that Klaus Frankfurter had scored for Titanderth, there was a growing optimism in San Daros that CAP had been able to sneak away with the title once more, especially as the scores held through the halftime whistle. Nerves started to grow when on the hour mark, news from Dendros said that the Spartans had been awarded a penalty, with Tommy Sutton scoring it to bring things level. Minutes ticked away and the Hurricane inched their way ever closer to the SuperLiga title. In a matter of fifty seconds, it all changed however, with Christian O'Brien scoring a sublime freekick in the ninety second minute to equal things in Paulinthal, while Freddie Wright would score on a breakaway in the ninety-third minute and the script had been entirely flipped, the Spartans had stolen the SuperLiga title from CAP in the dying moments of the season.

A week later, the Spartans would run rampant over Galatica in their own stadium in the Copa Final, with Aldo Gonckalev and Exene Fletcher getting on the scoresheet, although Galatica knew they had secured a Challengers' Cup spot regardless of the result. Yet it was never really ever a contest and the Spartans were able to lift their second trophy in as many weeks, winning their third cup as well as league title, all of them coming in the last decade. Yet there was two more Finals to be played, as CA Paulinthal had battled their way to the Challengers' Cup Final as well as the Copa de Campeones Final, the latter being the first of the two high profile events. Yet going up against AFC Treason is no easy task and the Hurricane were unable to defeat their Nepharim opposition in the regional championship before returning to the dual islands and the Stadium of the Moon for the Challengers' Cup, with Lunas having been awarded the Final. Standing opposite of them was Herzegovina City FC of Banija, a fierce foe but one that did not have the advantage of playing in their own nation. Ilona Kárpáty had a first half brace but Herzegovina would match with a pair of goals in the second half and sending the game to extra time, before Erik Földessy would finally seal the victory for CAP with a cultured finish cutting in off the wing in the second half of extra time.

SuperLiga

Pos Team                    P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Hellinic Rouge         30  20  7   3  67  26  +41  67     Champions
  2 CA Paulinthal          30  18  9   3  75  27  +48  63     IFCL
  3 Tanrısal               30  16  9   5  77  31  +46  57     IFCC
  4 Stein-los Turkish      30  17  6   7  50  29  +21  57     IFCC
  5 Galatica               30  13  8   9  59  47  +12  47     IFCC
  6 Santos Luega           30  13  7  10  47  43   +4  46
  7 Club Stein-los         30  13  6  11  54  47   +7  45
  8 Duke of the North      30  12  7  11  34  34   +0  43
  9 Avidë                  30  10  9  11  37  43   -6  39
 10 Titanderth             30  10  6  14  45  68  -23  36
 11 Baskita FC             30  10  5  15  42  58  -16  35
 12 Sardin United          30   8  8  14  27  41  -14  32
 13 Peynol-Lunas           30   8  7  15  35  61  -26  31
 14 Lunas FC               30   7  6  17  34  67  -33  27
 15 Fetherdron United      30   6  6  18  28  64  -36  24     Relegated
 16 Stilinkeep FC          30   3  6  21  20  45  -25  15     Relegated

SuperLiga 2

Pos Team                  P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Paulinthal FC        30  19   8   3  81  39  +42  65     Champions
  2 Riis                 30  17   8   5  61  29  +32  59     Promoted
  3 Lìjû                 30  14   6  10  45  37   +8  48
  4 Stradirù             30  12   9   9  32  26   +6  45
  5 FC Belja             30  12   7  11  49  47   +2  43
  6 Aleine FC            30  12   7  11  52  50   +2  43
  7 Myrtha Dalin         30  12   6  12  54  50   +4  42
  8 SC Troubalose        30  11   7  12  34  40   -6  40
  9 Tyrysier             30   9  11  10  37  34   +3  38
 10 Evenfar FC           30   9  11  10  38  39   -1  38
 11 Aleine United        30  10   8  12  41  51  -10  38
 12 SC Filwarfin         30  10   8  12  32  43  -11  38
 13 Targas City          30   7  12  11  30  41  -11  33
 14 Celesthem FC         30   9   5  16  35  51  -16  32
 15 Arthiana-bas         30   8   6  16  38  56  -18  30     Relegated
 16 Tulduroc United      30   3  13  14  18  44  -26  22     Relegated

SuperLiga 3

Pos Team                P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 FC Myrkan          30  17   7   6  47  27  +20  58     Champions
  2 SC Sardin          30  15   9   6  46  27  +19  54     Promoted
  3 Druidists          30  15   9   6  40  24  +16  54
  4 St. Galaxia        30  16   4  10  38  26  +12  52
  5 Torgos City        30  13   9   8  45  31  +14  48
  6 Mytos-Turin        30  13   9   8  33  20  +13  48
  7 FC Felaton         30  13   8   9  44  39   +5  47
  8 Targas United      30  11   9  10  30  29   +1  42
  9 Haslief            30  12   6  12  46  46   +0  42
 10 Orasul             30   8  11  11  28  35   -7  35
 11 SC Myrkan          30   7  13  10  28  27   +1  34
 12 SC Dendros         30  10   4  16  28  48  -20  34
 13 Peixe              30   9   6  15  36  52  -16  33
 14 RC Sardin          30   9   4  17  30  40  -10  31
 15 Aratha Metz        30   8   6  16  20  36  -16  30     Relegated
 16 Harklaoff          30   3   8  19  23  55  -32  17     Relegated

SuperLiga 4

Pos Team                  P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 OS Anax              30  19   6   5  61  22  +39  63     Champions
  2 Altanley United      30  18   5   7  35  17  +18  59     Promoted
  3 Athletic Sutra       30  16   5   9  48  29  +19  53
  4 Cilinas FC           30  15   8   7  45  34  +11  53
  5 Hyan FC              30  13  13   4  27  18   +9  52
  6 Leyton Peynol        30  10  11   9  33  35   -2  41
  7 Pendera              30  11   7  12  22  24   -2  40
  8 Isnat'pa United      30  10   9  11  20  21   -1  39
  9 Cape Jark            30  10   9  11  24  25   -1  39
 10 Tarrows              30  10   8  12  40  38   +2  38
 11 Real Troubalose      30   9  11  10  23  27   -4  38
 12 Renaitiz             30   8   7  15  22  43  -21  31
 13 Uriz                 30   7   9  14  19  31  -12  30
 14 Tharg-calan          30   8   6  16  29  46  -17  30
 15 Darom United         30   4  15  11  22  34  -12  27
 16 Seletal FC           30   5   5  20   9  35  -26  20

Championship Playoff: CA Paulinthal 5-1(4-0) Stilinkeep FC, Hellinic Rouge 4-3(3-0) Baskita FC | CA Paulinthal 3-2 Hellinic Rouge

Central Pargis

Pos Team                    P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Baskita FC             30  20   7   3  57  23  +34  67     Champions
  2 Galatica               30  17   8   5  45  25  +20  59
  3 Fetherdron United      30  12  13   5  42  23  +19  49
  4 St. Galaxia            30  13   9   8  38  23  +15  48
  5 Riis                   30  13   9   8  32  28   +4  48
  6 SC Sardin              30  13   7  10  36  29   +7  46
  7 Avidë                  30  12   9   9  39  31   +8  45
  8 Tyrysier               30  11  12   7  33  29   +4  45
  9 Targas City            30  10   8  12  27  33   -6  38
 10 Targas United          30   9   9  12  29  44  -15  36
 11 Torgos City            30   8  10  12  39  43   -4  34
 12 RC Sardin              30   6  12  12  28  37   -9  30
 13 Aratha Metz            30   7   8  15  23  34  -11  29
 14 FC Felaton             30   6  10  14  23  40  -17  28
 15 Tarrows                30   5  11  14  22  47  -25  26
 16 Peixe                  30   4   6  20  17  41  -24  18

Peynol

Pos Team                    P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Stilinkeep FC          30  18  10   2  44  18  +26  64     Champions
  2 Duke of the North      30  18   6   6  50  23  +27  60
  3 Myrtha Dalin           30  16   7   7  41  25  +16  55
  4 Lìjû                   30  15   7   8  40  25  +15  52
  5 FC Belja               30  13   8   9  38  32   +6  47
  6 Mytos-Turin            30  11  12   7  42  33   +9  45
  7 Titanderth             30  12   7  11  36  28   +8  43
  8 Isnat'pa United        30  10   8  12  37  42   -5  38
  9 Orasul                 30   9  10  11  31  37   -6  37
 10 SC Dendros             30  11   4  15  35  46  -11  37
 11 Pendera                30   8  10  12  29  42  -13  34
 12 Leyton-Peynol          30   7  11  12  29  37   -8  32
 13 Hyan FC                30   8   7  15  21  34  -13  31
 14 Altanley United        30   6  11  13  31  38   -7  29
 15 Tulduroc United        30   6  11  13  25  39  -14  29
 16 Darom United           30   3   9  18  17  47  -30  18

Pargis-Peynol

Pos Team                  P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Hellinic Rouge       30  23   5   2  55  13  +42  74     Champions
  2 Peynol-Lunas         30  20   5   5  57  21  +36  65
  3 Lunas FC             30  18   7   5  54  21  +33  61
  4 SC Troubalose        30  17   5   8  41  29  +12  56
  5 SC Filwarfin         30  14   6  10  40  33   +7  48
  6 Celesthem FC         30  14   6  10  33  31   +2  48
  7 Real Troubalose      30  14   3  13  33  37   -4  45
  8 Uriz                 30  13   4  13  33  34   -1  43
  9 Evenfar FC           30  11   7  12  33  32   +1  40
 10 Arthian-bas          30  11   7  12  35  40   -5  40
 11 Haslief              30  10   6  14  32  40   -8  36
 12 Cape Jark            30   7   6  17  23  49  -26  27
 13 Cilinas FC           30   5  10  15  23  36  -13  25
 14 Seletal FC           30   3  12  15  22  44  -22  21
 15 Renaitiz             30   4   8  18  25  49  -24  20
 16 Thag-Calan           30   4   7  19  27  57  -30  19

South Pargis

Pos Team                    P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 CA Paulinthal          30  23   5   2  59  15  +44  74     Champions
  2 Tanrısal               30  18   7   5  41  24  +17  61
  3 Stein-los Turkish      30  17   9   4  53  26  +27  60
  4 Paulinthal FC          30  13   7  10  39  32   +7  46
  5 Druidists              30  11   8  11  32  31   +1  41
  6 Sardin United          30  10  10  10  41  39   +2  40
  7 Aleine FC              30  11   7  12  31  40   -9  40
  8 Club Stein-los         30  10   8  12  44  40   +4  38
  9 FC Myrkan              30   9  11  10  30  31   -1  38
 10 SC Myrkan              30  10   8  12  28  32   -4  38
 11 Aleine United          30   8  11  11  27  34   -7  35
 12 Harklaoff              30   9   7  14  24  39  -15  34
 13 Santos Luega           30   8   9  13  42  52  -10  33
 14 Stradirù               30   7   9  14  35  45  -10  30
 15 Athletic Sutra         30   6   8  16  27  49  -22  26
 16 OS Anax                30   5   6  19  23  47  -24  21

Copa de la Luna
Early rounds restricted due to broadcast restrictions

Round of Sixteen
Tanrısal 1-1(1-2 AET) Duke of the North
FC Myrkan 2-0 SC Troubalose
Tulduroc United 2-3 SC Filwarfin
Lìjû 1-1(1-1 AET)[5-3 PKs] Stein-los Turkish
Peynol-Lunas 2-3 RC Sardin
Baskita FC 0-0(1-0 AET) Club Stein-los
Galatica 1-0 Aratha Metz
Hellinic Rouge 0-0(2-0 AET) Myrtha Dalin

Quarterfinals
Galatica 2-0 Lìjû
Baskita FC 0-0(0-0 AET)[5-3 PKs] FC Myrkan
RC Sardin 3-0 SC Filwarfin
Hellinic Rouge 2-1 Duke of the North

Semifinals
Baskita FC 0-3 Galatica
RC Sardin 0-3 Hellinic Rouge

Final
@ Stade de Torgos, Torgos
Galatica 0-2 Hellinic Rouge

Awards
Team of the Season (Voted on by the media)
GK: Szescõ Mezei - Hellinic Rouge
RB:

Patrik Odonelec - CA Paulinthal
CB: Judit Kádár - CA Paulinthal
CB:

Tom Wellington - Hellinic Rouge
LB: Asztrik Puskás - Stein-los Turkish
RW:

Freddie Wright - Hellinic Rouge
MC:

Alen Hrdaljko - CA Paulinthal
MC:

Exene Fletcher - Hellinic Rouge
LW: Vojmil Topić - CA Paulinthal
ST:

Gabriel Petrasso - Tanrısal
ST:

Stanimir Ilev - CA Paulinthal

Player of the Season (Voted on by the Managers of the SuperLiga)
1) Vojmil Topić - CA Paulinthal (6 goals, 17 assists)
2)

Exene Fletcher - Hellinic Rouge (4 goals, 9 assists)
3)

Gabriel Petrasso - Tanrısal (21 goals, 3 assists)

Golden Boot
1)

Gabriel Petrasso - Tanrısal (21 goals)
2)

Stanimir Ilev - CA Paulinthal (20 goals)
3)

Tommy Sutton - Hellinic Rouge (18 goals)

Foreigner of the Year (Voted on by the PFA)
1)

Exene Fletcher - Hellinic Rouge (4 goals, 9 assists)
2)

Gabriel Petrasso - Tanrısal (21 goals, 3 assists)
3)

Stanimir Ilev - CA Paulinthal (20 goals, 4 assists)

by **Pasarga** » Thu Dec 23, 2021 3:05 pm

Season 2000 - First Half

Copa Real
@ Stade de Torgos, Torgos
Hellinic Rouge 1-0 Galatica

Despite playing in their home stadium in the annual curtain raiser on the season, after being drawn ahead of CA Paulinthal (second place in the league) in the draw to decide who would take on Hellinic in the Copa Real with the Spartans having done the double last season, Galatica (Copa de la Luna runners up) were unable to get any advantage over a Spartans team that looks keen to try and retain their title this season. Tommy Sutton converted a well orchestrated chance in the thirty-third minute to give the Spartans a lead that they would not relinquish the rest of the game, with Szescõ Mezei putting in a performance at the keeper position that is clearly trying to impress those in the national team in order for him to attempt to win back the number one kit with the Wanderers. In the end, it is a bit of a drab match, with the clear sign both teams might have been holding back to try and keep fresh for the ICC fixtures.

Challengers Preliminary Round

(EXT)                        Grand Beach    1–2    Galatica                           (PAS)   0–1   1–1

Challengers First Qualifying Round

(SHT)                      Kuala Town FC    2–4    Galatica                           (PAS)   2–3   0–1

LBCT First Qualifying Round

(NPH)                   Parrhesia United    5–3    Lìjû                               (PAS)   2–2   3–1

Challengers Second Qualifying Round

(GGY)                        Balogsi ETO    3–4    Galatica                           (PAS)   2–4   1–0

LBCT Second Qualifying Round

(PAS)                               Riis    1–3    Kionao Locals                      (TUR)   1–2   0–1

Champions League Third Qualifying Round

(EQS)                  Cloudsdale Flyers    1–6    Hellinic Rouge                     (PAS)   0–2   1–4

Challengers Third Qualifying Round

(SVG)           Nazionale Acqui Bollente    2–3    Galatica                           (PAS)   1–1   1–2

Challengers Fourth Qualifying Round

(TMB)                         Straton FC    0–4    Galatica                           (PAS)   0–3   0–1
(CBP)                      New Bremen FC    4–0    Stein-los Turkish                  (PAS)   2–0   2–0

Champions League Playoff Round

(PAS)                     Hellinic Rouge    4–6    AC Pomena                          (JUE)   3–3   1–3

Challengers Playoff Round

(PAS)                           Galatica    2–4    Crystopolis City                   (CRY)   1–1   1–3  (aet)

LBCT Playoff Round

(PAS)                      Paulinthal FC    2–1    Bloomer FC                         (DAR)   2–0   0–1

Champions League Group Stage
Group D

#  Team                                          P  W  D  L  GF  GA  GD  Pts    SLN    CAP    CMK    TUC
1  Soldarian FC                            VAL   6  3  1  2  10  12  -2  10      -     2-1    3-2    2-0  
2  CA Paulinthal                           PAS   6  2  3  1  11   9   2   9 *   2-2     -     3-1    1-1  
3  Chromatik                               CMT   6  3  0  3  12  10   2   9 *   4-0    2-3     -     2-1  
4  Trebuchet Cham                          ZWZ   6  1  2  3   6   8  -2   5     3-1    1-1    0-1     -   
*  Tie broken by head to head results (CA Paulinthal 6, Chromatik 0)

Challengers Group Stage

P  Group I                                     Pld  W  D  L  GF  GA  GD  Pts    MSa    CBe    YeO    Tan
1  Mar Sara FC                             VAL   6  4  2  0  17   7  10   14     -     1-1    3-0    4-1  
2  Cednia Beach AFC                        TUR   6  3  1  2  10   6   4   10    1-3     -     0-1    4-0
3  Yeaddin Owls                            VIL   6  2  0  4   8  13  -5    6    2-4    0-1     -     4-3  
4  Tanrısal                                PAS   6  1  1  4   9  18  -9    4    2-2    1-3    2-1     -

P  Group L                                     Pld  W  D  L  GF  GA  GD  Pts    HlR    ECv    VLC    CqU
1  Hellinic Rouge                          PAS   6  4  1  1  11   7   4   13     -     1-2    3-3    3-1  
2  Energija Chernovets                     STL   6  4  0  2  12   5   7   12    1-2     -     1-2    4-0
3  VLC FC                                  EFL   6  3  1  2  14   8   6   10    0-1    0-1     -     5-1  
4  Coquitlam United                        KSK   6  0  0  6   3  20 -17    0    0-1    0-3    1-4     -

LBCT Group Stage
Group F

#  Team                                          P  W  D  L  GF  GA  GD  Pts    BSK    GFC    PMR    PLT
1  Busukuma Force                          BNJ   6  4  2  0  16   6  10  14      -     2-2    1-1    4-1  
2  Golgafrincham                           SRS   6  2  1  3   6  11  -5   7 *   1-3     -     2-1    0-1  
3  FK Pomorie                              STL   6  2  1  3   8  10  -2   7 *   1-3    0-1     -     3-2  
4  Paulinthal FC                           PAS   6  2  0  4   9  12  -3   6     0-3    4-0    1-2     -   
Tie broken by head to head results

RSC Group Stage

Group D                                          P  W  D  L  GF  GA  GD  Pts    PAS    ZWZ    CMT    VAL
1  CA Paulinthal                           PAS   6  2  3  1   9   7   2   9      -     1-3    0-0    4-2
2  Trebuchet Cham                          ZWZ   6  2  2  2   6   6   0   8     0-2     -     0-0    1-2  
3  Chromatik U-18s                         CMT   6  0  6  0   0   0   0   6 *   0-0    0-0     -     0-0  
4  Soldarian FC                            VAL   6  1  3  2   7   9  -2   6 *   2-2    1-2    0-0     -

If Galatica are going to make it to the group stage, they are going to have to earn it, starting the preliminary round of the Challengers, getting a testy away win before holding out for a draw in Torgos. It is not impressive from the side but it is still very early in the preseason for them, so a win is a win. That form looks to slowly be coming into view as the Galacticos edge a testy affair away from the dual islands in the first leg of the next round, before Riona Parker gets a goal seventeen minutes into the home leg to put the tie to bed and secure their advancement again. Another impressive road performance for Galatica in the first leg of the second qualifying round, with Cristian Bogarín leading the way with a hattrick is just enough for the side to make it through again, despite a dodgy penalty late in the home leg that cost them a victory there and made the last ten minutes a bit nervy. In Anaia, Zheng Yuanjun rescues a draw before playing hero back in Torgos with an eighty-second minute winner for both the night and the tie. The trip to Tumbra was a surprisingly straightforward one, with Galatica getting a three to nil victory, sealing the tie with a one to nothing victory to make it all the way to the Playoff and one more win away from the group stage despite starting in the first possible round of the tournament. Despite an opening draw in Torgos, the Galactics were not able to replicate their amazing road record in the Crystal Empire and slunk to a defeat after coming so agonizingly close to the promised land of the group stages.

The LBCT is not a kind mistress to Pasargan clubs, with a tough draw for Lìjû seeing them dumped out against a fairly competitive side from Nephara in their first round of entry, with Riis then getting a tough draw with a Turori club that sees them to unable to win even a single tie. Paulinthal is the last Pasargan hope in the tournament and they get drawn with a Darmen side in the playoff round, perhaps a bit fortunate in that there is not a huge deal of travel required and Darmen's league at least perceived to be a step below those in the dual islands. Melinda Fazekas scores early in Paulinthal and Alysia Moyer scores late for a two goal advantage before going to Darmen. The late goal from the Nepharim winger proves useful as Bloomer FC do grab a goal at home but the Reds defense stands tall late to have them avance to the group stages. Yet a tough draw and inability to win at home in the group stages sees the side finish last place in what ended up a very scrappy and close group in the bottom three teams.

The Spartans open up their Champions League account with a very impressive result, six to one aggregate winners over the champions from Equestria, winning four to one in Equestria with Sutton and Fletcher looking in midseason form already. However it might have been fools gold as the Spartans were held in a three all draw at home in the next round by AC Pomena from Juvencus, before losing three to one away from home and denying the SuperLiga a chance at having both teams in the group stage for yet another season. It is highly concerning that the defense was so susceptible, given that that was one of the main keys to the Spartans title last season and the number of national team players on their roster. It does not get any better for national team players with Turkish defeated two to nil in both of their legs in the Challengers Qualifiers against a side from Baker Park. The Spartans at least fall into the Challengers Group Stage, where Tani was already automatically qualified and CA Paulinthal will once again be the only Pasargan representative in the Champions League group stages, a trend that is becoming far too common.

None of the group draws are particularly easy and that is especially true for Tan in their group, getting a team from Valanora and two from the cove, completely getting destroyed in their three road trips in the group, giving up four goals each. Failing to win even two of their home fixtures does not help the perception that Tani is on a downswing, nor does it help the national coefficient as they finish dead last in their group. Luckily for the coefficient, the Spartans are able to overcome their road wariness, winning all three road ties in a very difficult group including VLC FC from Eastfield Lodge and Energija Chernovets, both of whom took points from the Spartans in Evenfar. Despite that, the Spartans still win the group thanks to their road form and keep some hope of the coffecient not falling too hard. Through skill or luck, no one can be quite certain, the Hurricane escape out of a group that contained Soldarian from Valanora and Chromatik from Chromtika as well as Trebuchet Cham from Zwangzug, all three good teams from very good leagues. It is thanks to both of the Hurricane wins coming against Chromatik that they do advance out of the group, winning the tiebreaker after the sides finished level on nine points, although CAP would only lose in the group away to Soldarian. An unorthodox but impressive escape from a very difficult group for the team who has been the standard bearer for the SuperLiga for several seasons now.

The first half of the season has brought us many things to think and talk about, most notably how the two best teams in the league are clearly the two best teams in the league by some margin. With the amount of national team talent that is on the rosters of both CA Paulinthal and Hellinic Rouge, it should come as no surprise to many that these two clubs are leading the pack at the halfway mark, but the dominant fashion in which they are doing so is definitely noticeable. With the third placed side, Duke of the North at the moment, ten points adrift behind the Spartans in second, it is quite evident that this is going to be a two horse race from start to finish, which is even more impressive when you consider the amount of fixtures both are having to play with both teams having made it into the the group stages of the IFCF. Even more mind boggling is the fifty-three goals that the Hurricane has scored in the first fifteen matches of the season, with age looking to be no factor towards the impressive strikeforce of Ilev and Tzorvas up front. If both can keep their rotation on point and continue the way they have been playing, it will be sure to make the second half very interesting to watch as the two best teams try to take the title from one another.

Three teams who will be wondering exactly what happened at the halfway mark will be Tani, Baskita, and Lunas, all three teams who were expecting to be in and among the IFCF race, but all are in the bottom half of the table at the halfway mark. Tani has been consistently inconsistent and when you combined their league form with the way they played in the Challengers Cup, it is fair to say that Srđan Jakšić is in a precarious position and will need to pull off a miracle in the second half of the season to keep his job, particular with the demolition they had in Torgos against Baskita. That was a rare moment of good fortune for the Eagles who have been quite dreadful, as has Lunas and both managers are likely to be facing the axe come the end of the season, particularly in the case of Alex Saári, with Lunas having a wealth of near national team level talent but only two wins to their name in the first fifteen.

The race for the Challengers Cup is going to be interesting, with eight clubs within seven points of each other with only two being guaranteed a spot in the IFCF, the other will be at the mercy of whatever transpires in the Copa de la Luna. Duke of the North is perhaps the unexpected side to be on the top of that group but they are notorious for being difficult to break down, although it is the team only a point behind them that has had the best defensive record in the first half, that being Stein-los Turkish. Turkish might feel slightly aggrieved at not being closer to the title race but with CAP and the Spartans only having lost three games between the both of them, it is hard to be too upset since both are having seasons to remember it seems like. Galatica and Club Stein-los probably are both where they expect to be in that fifth and sixth position, they want to be competing for IFCF berths and are in the mix and having looked at similar levels. The two surprising contenders for these spots are the Reds of Paulinthal, having just won their promotion back to the topflight last season, and the little club from the capital of Avidë.

Sardin United currently would not feel happy about being in the second relegation spot, but their continued lack of being able to score goals is really the cause of their downfall so far, but a few wins in a row could have them out of the bottom two spots. TItanderth and Peynol-Lunas are likely not feeling too comfortable in trying to secure their survival, while Riis would be quite happy in just surviving the season after not thinking they were quite up for the rigors of the season beforehand, but would currently make it through the season. It definitely looks like it is a battle of four teams trying to keep out of fifteenth and if you had to wager on who will lose that battle, you would go with Riis, as they do just look a little overmatched and have perhaps been fortunate to grab the draws they did to not currently be in the bottom two spots.

Ps Pld                          W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 CA Paulinthal          15   12   2   1    53   18  +35    38
 2 Hellinic Rouge         15   12   1   2    36   18  +18    37
 3 Duke of the North      15    8   3   4    26   19   +7    27
 4 Stein-los Turkish      15    7   5   3    25   15  +10    26
 5 Galatica               15    7   3   5    25   21   +4    24
 6 Club Stein-los         15    7   3   5    24   21   +3    24
 7 Avidë                  15    7   3   5    26   24   +2    24
 8 Paulinthal FC          15    7   2   6    25   27   −2    23
 9 Santos Luega           15    6   2   7    16   19   −3    20
10 Tanrısal               15    5   5   5    23   28   −5    20
11 Baskita FC             15    5   2   8    24   22   +2    17
12 Titanderth             15    3   5   7    20   28   −8    14
13 Peynol-Lunas           15    3   4   8    18   34  −16    13
14 Riis                   15    3   3   9    19   35  −16    12
15 Sardin United          15    2   4   9    12   24  −12    10
16 Lunas FC               15    2   1  12    17   36  −19     7

by **Pasarga** » Thu Dec 23, 2021 6:53 pm

Season 2000 - Second Half

Challengers Cup Ro32

(CRY)                    Crystal Fair HC    3–2    Hellinic Rouge                     (PAS)   2–1   1–1

CWC First Round

(PAS)               Hellinic Rouge    3–2    Asbury Park FC               (CBP)   2–1   1–1

Champions League Ro16

(PAS)                      CA Paulinthal    5–1    Shamrock Cathair                   (AUD)   4–1   1–0

RSC Ro16

(PAS)                      CA Paulinthal    0–1    Mancodas City U19s                 (PFA)   0–1   0–0

CdC First Round

(PAS)	Hellinic Rouge		 2–1	Tikariot City FC	(TKT)	2-1 0-0

CWC Ro16

(PAS)               Hellinic Rouge    2–5    AC Izotz Zubia               (AUD)   1–4   1–1

Champions League Quarterfinals

(VAL)                       Soldarian FC    2–3    CA Paulinthal                      (PAS)   2–2   0–1  (aet)

CdC Second Round

(EFL)	Olympia FC		0–1	Hellinic Rouge		(PAS)	0-0 0-1

Champions League Semifinals

(VLD)              Metropolis Alligators    1–2    CA Paulinthal                      (PAS)   1–2   0–0

CdC Semifinals

(PAS)	Hellinic Rouge	2–1	Partisan Sjoedrhavn	(SVJ)	1-0 1-1

The fixtures come thick and fast for the Spartans of Hellinic Rouge, as the number of competitions they are in means they are playing a game on average every three days for at least the third quarter of the season. Despite advancing from their group in the Challengers thanks to strong road performances, the Spartans are not able to replicate that in the Round of Thirty-Two in the Crystal Empire, losing two to one in Atlantian Oceania and only managing a one all draw in Evenfar. The Cup Winners' Cup is a little better, as a pair of goals from Aldo Gonckalev at home is enough to see the side through, after Sutton secures the draw and win of the tie in Baker Park. Parker and Sutton were once again on the scoresheet at home in Evenfar, this time in the CdC first round against Tikariot City, which would be decisive enough after Mezei kept a clean sheet in Tikariot. However when Zozi came to Evenfar, the Spartans could not contain them and were blasted four to one, making the tie in Audioslavia a trivial matter, as the Spartans were dropped from the Cup Winners' Cup. Mezei would find his form again in time for a trip to Eastfield Lodge, where the Spartans earned an nil nil draw, taking the tie at home with a strike just shy of halftime from Fletcher. In the regional semifinals, the Spartans would have to dig deep against a very tough Partisan side, edging out a home tie with the only goal coming before the hour mark from Tom Wellington on a corner, before the side needed a late goal in Savojarna from Csongor Sebeôk to send them into the Final, which will be taking place in the dual islands.

The Hurricane would get Audioslav competition in the Round of Sixteen in the Champions League and it gave pause to the club from Paulinthal, knowing how tough clubs from Audioslavia were. However a night of absolute brilliance in the western port city won the tie in the home leg, as goals from Ilev, Alen Hrdaljko, Vojmil Topić, and second half sub Magana delighted the home crowd in the four to one victory, as well as then Ilona Kárpáty snatching a late winner in Audioslavia for good measure. The draw would see a rematch of the group stage against Soldarian of Valanora. Playing upon the draw trend, the Hurricane avenged their only loss in the group stage at Soldarian with a two all draw thanks to goals from Ilev and Tzorvas, then completing the comeback with a header from Fruzsina Budai in the fifty-first minute to win the home leg and tie. Now in the dizzying heights of the semifinals, the Hurricane knew they were up for a real fight, especially playing off against a strong club from Valladares. The home side got one on the board but second half goals from Topić and Kárpáty stole a victory in Valladares, before the defense clamped down at home and prevented nothing for the Aliigators, ending scoreless on the night and sending CAP to their first Champions League Final, a first for the SuperLiga as well.

Champions League Final
at Stadii Di Bradini, Jhanna, Starblaydia

(AUD)         Cazadores Cathair    5–1    CA Paulinthal             (PAS)

Perhaps playing in Anaia gave the Audioslavia side a faux advantage of being at home, with the game taking place in Starblaydia, but on this night Cazadores Cathair was simply unstoppable and the Hurricane could not do much to try and resist the overwhelming force of their Audioslav opposition. Much like the night in Paulinthal where CAP was able to seemingly score at will against Shamrock Cathair, the inverse was true against Cazadores. It is a defeat that will sting for quite a long while for the Hurricane and their faithful but that the club was able to get to the Final at all is quite the achievement and may put to bed some of the speculation that Pasargan football was entering a down period. The team will lick their wounds and attempt to bounce back and find their way to the Final again, as long as they are able to qualify for the competition from the SuperLiga first.

CdC Final
Stade de Torgos (90,000) - Torgos, Pasarga

(NPH)	AFC Treason	3–3P	Hellinic Rouge	(PAS)	(3–3 aet) (4–5 pen)

When Chris Granger took the Spartans job five seasons ago, many thought he could never do better than his predecessor, who had brought the first three trophies to the Spartans in the form of a Copa, then a surprising SuperLiga title, and finished it off with an even more surprising retention of the title. The Euran stood no chance of being able to live up to that sort of accomplishment. After a night of swings and round abouts, where his side went up two goals in the first half hour, only to need a late goal from Wright to send the game to extra time, before Mezei was unflinching in the pivotal moment, Granger has gone a step further. For Granger and Wright, it is a victory that has to be especially pleasing, given how much trouble Nepharim clubs had been for Euran ones in the CdC, and especially for Wright who was the first big signing of Granger's management. It will be a night and trophy that those in Evenfar will not soon forget, all things finally coming up good for the young manager from Eura.

With as close as the Spartans and Hurricane were in the first half of the season and how comparable in depth and talent of their rosters, any sort of slip up by either team was going to be punished heavily by the other, at least in theory. Unfortunate it was for the Spartans then that they had that run of two months were they had fixtures almost every third day, as their form dropped considerably in the start to the second half of the season, beginning with a shocking four to one loss in the capital to Avidë. It is particularly painful because at Riis, CAP was held to a scoreless draw, yet still they were able to widen the gap because the Spartans could not keep up shop like normal. Following that up with an inexcusable home draw to relegation threatened Sardin United when CAP then goes and puts five past the side you just lost to is hard to swallow. Two games later being upended at home by Santos definitely had the form falling down hard, as draws in three of the next four matches saw the gap widen terribly for the Spartans, even when CAP was dropping points in their own occasional upset. That wobble to start the second half would ultimately be Hellinic's undoing, as CAP had already won the title by the penultimate matchday when the Spartans beat them in Evenfar, but it was too little too late.

The title was won by the Hurricane in finding ways to snatch a draw from the jaws of defeat, as the Hurricane only lost thrice in the season, one of those coming against Hellinic when the title was already well and truly secured and they were ending the season in a celebration tour against their rivals. While the Hurricane could not keep up that insane goalscoring pace of the first half of the season, they still put plenty of goals on the scoreboard with an insane ninety-three goals for in the thirty league matches, an average of over three goals a game. Marry that to one of the better defenses in the league and an ability to turn bad results in draws and draws into victories and the title coming back to Paulinthal is not a huge surprise, though how they were able to keep bodies rotating through with the Champions League run is also quite impressive. There is now a question as to what to do with their pair of aging strikers, as the law of averages says they likely can't repeat this again, particularly with both in their mid thirties next season. Is it time to buy and replace them with younger stars or try to ride their experience for one last time?

Someone must have lit a fire under Tani in the second half of the season, as they won eleven of their fifteen fixtures to zoom up the table and back into fourth and a Challengers Cup spot, exactly where many had thought Tani would have been at the end of the season when you compared their roster to that of the Spartans and Hurricane. Is it enough to save Srđan Jakšić's job? It might just be enough, but the manager will be tasked with getting Tani to the Challengers group stage and then giving a respectable account of themselves. A repeat of what happened this season will likely be the last straw for the manager who is definitely on the hotseat. Likewise, Baskita was able to stabilize itself quite well in the second half of the season and scoot into a top half finish, which is not what the fans will want but it is serious progress after the regression of the past few seasons, keeping Mario Ventura in the job for the timebeing. Lunas performed a miracle to win eight games in the second half and escape relegation but this team is loaded with fringe national team talent and should have never been in that position in the first place, Alex Saári is likely going to be relieved of his duties before the transfer window opens in the summer.

Almost quietly Turkish turned in another good performance for third in the league, remaining fairly steady from the start of the season and till the end, making sure that the team gets their Challengers Cup spot and should grant them automatic entry into the group stage. Like most Pasargan clubs in the IFCF next season they will definitely be looking to give a better account of themselves and prove that the league is more than just a one or two team show. There is some potential for some moves for Turkish and maybe the right ones can have them dreaming of a deep run into the Challengers Cup. Galatica finishes fifth and rounds out the best of the rest this season but that does not guarantee them a spot in the Challengers, they must root on Turkish in the Copa Final to get that berth and have the season not be one that ends up fruitless despite having a relatively good run. Avidë continues to def the odds, surviving for the third season in a row and for a second season in a row in the midtable, it is remarkable how well this little club has done since making the topflight. Riis ultimately does get done in, as was expected, but Sardin United not being able to perform an escape from the drop does send some shockwaves through the league, though the Riversiders will be odds on favorites for promotion from SuperLiga 2 next season.

Copa de la Lunal Final
@ Stade de Torgos, Torgos
Stein-los Turkish 2-1 Riis

It is quite remarkable that Riis has been able to get to the Final, considering how poorly they have played in the league, but they did get a few surprising results that showed there was a bit of quality to the side. They seemed poised to upset the balance of the league when Kereshaspa Igras gave them the lead in the forty-fourth minute of the match. However Turkish is a good team and in the second half they began to push hard on Riis and they began to falter under that sustained pressure. Najiyah Lubanah Mifsud would eventually get the equalizer in the seventy-first, before Nephara international Chantal Kalevi would bag the winner five minutes later and add to Turkish' remarkable haul in the Copa, reaffirming their reputation as something of a cup specialist.

SuperLiga

Pos Team                    P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 CA Paulinthal          30  21  6   3  93  39  +54  69     Champions
  2 Hellinic Rouge         30  20  6   4  65  34  +31  66     IFCL
  3 Stein-los Turkish      30  16  6   8  58  35  +23  54     IFCC
  4 Tanrısal               30  16  6   8  68  49  +19  54     IFCC
  5 Galatica               30  16  4  10  52  41  +11  52     IFCC
  6 Club Stein-los         30  12  6  12  43  37   +6  42
  7 Baskita FC             30  12  5  13  45  42   +3  41
  8 Duke of the North      30  12  5  13  36  42   -6  41
  9 Paulinthal FC          30  12  4  14  51  64  -13  40
 10 Avidë                  30  11  6  13  46  51   -5  39
 11 Santos Luega           30  11  4  15  29  37   -8  37
 12 Lunas FC               30  10  5  15  42  52  -10  35
 13 Titanderth             30   8  8  14  34  52  -18  32
 14 Peynol-Lunas           30   7  8  15  36  60  -24  29
 15 Riis                   30   5  7  18  32  67  -35  22     Relegated
 16 Sardin United          30   5  6  19  21  49  -28  21     Relegated

SuperLiga 2

Pos Team                    P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 FC Myrkan              30  16   6   8  51  37  +14  54     Champions
  2 Lìjû                   30  16   5   9  49  28  +21  53     Promoted
  3 Myrtha Dalin           30  13  10   7  59  38  +21  49
  4 Tyrysier               30  14   6  10  55  40  +15  48
  5 SC Troubalose          30  14   5  11  33  34   -1  47
  6 Stradirù               30  13   7  10  28  24   +4  46
  7 FC Belja               30  12   8  10  44  39   +5  44
  8 Stilinkeep FC          30  11  10   9  26  21   +5  43
  9 Fetherdron United      30  10  13   7  41  36   +5  43
 10 Targas City            30  12   6  12  42  41   +1  42
 11 Celesthem FC           30  12   5  13  29  31   -2  41
 12 SC Filwarfin           30   8  10  12  32  52  -20  34
 13 Evenfar FC             30   7  10  13  39  44   -5  31
 14 Aleine FC              30   8   5  17  48  65  -17  29
 15 SC Sardin              30   7   8  15  27  46  -19  29     Relegated
 16 Aleine United          30   4  12  14  33  60  -27  24     Relegated

SuperLiga 3

Pos Team                  P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Mytos-Turin          30  18   7   5  34  17  +17  61     Champions
  2 Druidists            30  16   8   6  47  33  +14  56     Promoted
  3 Arthiana-bas         30  15   7   8  53  31  +22  52
  4 Torgos City          30  15   7   8  48  31  +17  52
  5 SC Myrkan            30  12   9   9  28  26   +2  45
  6 Haslief              30  13   4  13  44  50   -6  43
  7 Tulduroc United      30  10  11   9  26  19   +7  41
  8 Targas United        30   8  13   9  25  25   +0  37
  9 St. Galaxia          30   9   9  12  29  26   +3  36
 10 RC Sardin            30  10   6  14  46  49   -3  36
 11 SC Dendros           30  10   6  14  36  49  -13  36
 12 Altanley United      30   9   8  13  33  37   -4  35
 13 Orasul               30   9   8  13  28  35   -7  35
 14 FC Felaton           30   8   8  14  33  45  -12  32
 15 Peixe                30   8   6  16  38  53  -15  30     Relegated
 16 OS Anax              30   6  11  13  38  60  -22  29     Relegated

SuperLiga 4

Pos Team                  P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Aratha Metz          30  22   5   3  44   8  +36  71     Champions
  2 Athletic Sutra       30  16  10   4  49  25  +24  58     Promoted
  3 Cilinas FC           30  15  12   3  47  24  +23  57
  4 Tarrows              30  16   8   6  37  21  +16  56
  5 Hyan FC              30  12   9   9  25  21   +4  45
  6 Cape Jark            30  12   7  11  27  23   +4  43
  7 Uriz                 30  12   5  13  23  24   -1  41
  8 Isnat'pa United      30  10  11   9  20  22   -2  41
  9 Tharg-calan          30  12   4  14  42  43   -1  40
 10 Leyton Peynol        30   9   8  13  21  28   -7  35
 11 Real Troubalose      30   8   8  14  15  27  -12  32
 12 Darom United         30   7   9  14  12  32  -20  30
 13 Harklaoff            30   6  11  13  32  44  -12  29
 14 Renaitiz             30   7   7  16  22  40  -18  28
 15 Pendera              30   6   9  15  18  35  -17  27
 16 Seletal FC           30   2  13  15  15  32  -17  19

Championship Playoff: Baskita 3-1(2-0) Stilinkeep FC, Lunas FC 5-4(4-2) Club Stein-los | Baskita FC 1-3 Lunas FC

Central Pargis

Pos Team                    P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Baskita FC             30  21   4   5  63  26  +37  67     Champions
  2 Galatica               30  16   9   5  50  23  +27  57
  3 RC Sardin              30  16   5   9  45  33  +12  53
  4 Avidë                  30  16   4  10  39  31   +8  52
  5 Targas United          30  14   6  10  42  35   +7  48
  6 Riis                   30  11   9  10  41  37   +4  42
  7 Fetherdron United      30  11   8  11  33  32   +1  41
  8 SC Sardin              30  11   7  12  41  45   -4  40
  9 Aratha Metz            30   9  10  11  31  46  -15  37
 10 St. Galaxia            30  10   6  14  29  35   -6  36
 11 Tyrysier               30   8  11  11  33  34   -1  35
 12 Targas City            30   8  11  11  26  30   -4  35
 13 FC Felaton             30  10   5  15  27  41  -14  35
 14 Torgos City            30   7  12  11  32  39   -7  33
 15 Peixe                  30   7  10  13  27  38  -11  31
 16 Tarrows                30   3   7  20  20  54  -34  16

Peynol

Pos Team                    P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Stilinkeep FC          30  16   6   8  44  25  +19  54     Champions
  2 Myrtha Dalin           30  14  12   4  40  22  +18  54
  3 Duke of the North      30  14   9   7  56  30  +26  51
  4 FC Belja               30  14   9   7  49  31  +18  51
  5 Mytos-Turin            30  12  10   8  31  21  +10  46
  6 Titanderth             30  11  11   8  34  28   +6  44
  7 Lìjû                   30  11   8  11  44  40   +4  41
  8 Hyan FC                30  11   8  11  31  34   -3  41
  9 SC Dendros             30   8  15   7  29  31   -2  39
 10 Leyton-Peynol          30   9  10  11  29  33   -4  37
 11 Tulduroc United        30  11   4  15  26  46  -20  37
 12 Pendera                30   9   7  14  32  42  -10  34
 13 Isnat'pa United        30   8   8  14  30  38   -8  32
 14 Orasul                 30   6  13  11  23  35  -12  31
 15 Darom United           30   7   9  14  27  45  -18  30
 16 Altanley United        30   6   7  17  27  51  -24  25

Pargis-Peynol

Pos Team                  P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Lunas FC             30  20   6   4  55  28  +27  66     Champions
  2 SC Troubalose        30  18   6   6  47  23  +24  60
  3 Peynol-Lunas         30  18   4   8  56  27  +29  58
  4 Hellinic Rouge       30  18   4   8  49  20  +29  58
  5 Celesthem FC         30  17   4   9  38  25  +13  55
  6 Haslief              30  14   9   7  39  31   +8  51
  7 Evenfar FC           30  13   9   8  45  31  +14  48
  8 Renaitiz             30  13   4  13  30  32   -2  43
  9 SC Filwarfin         30  10   4  16  36  39   -3  34
 10 Real Troubalose      30   7  12  11  36  42   -6  33
 11 Arthian-bas          30   8   8  14  30  38   -8  32
 12 Cilinas FC           30   8   8  14  27  45  -18  32
 13 Uriz                 30   7   7  16  29  56  -27  28
 14 Thag-Calan           30   6   8  16  27  48  -21  26
 15 Seletal FC           30   5   6  19  25  53  -28  21
 16 Cape Jark            30   4   9  17  26  57  -31  21

South Pargis

Pos Team                    P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Club Stein-los         30  17  7   6  43  26  +17  58     Champions
  2 CA Paulinthal          30  15  9   6  38  24  +14  54
  3 Stein-los Turkish      30  16  5   9  52  35  +17  53
  4 SC Myrkan              30  14  9   7  36  24  +12  51
  5 Stradirù               30  13  9   8  43  31  +12  48
  6 Santos Luega           30  14  6  10  44  32  +12  48
  7 FC Myrkan              30  12 10   8  29  29   +0  46
  8 Tanrısal               30  13  6  11  48  38  +10  45
  9 Paulinthal FC          30  13  4  13  35  33   +2  43
 10 Sardin United          30  11  9  10  36  34   +2  42
 11 Aleine FC              30  10 10  10  33  38   -5  40
 12 Aleine United          30  10  9  11  31  31   +0  39
 13 Athletic Sutra         30   9  5  16  29  46  -17  32
 14 Druidists              30   8  6  16  30  39   -9  30
 15 Harklaoff              30   5  6  19  23  53  -30  21
 16 OS Anax                30   2  6  22  25  62  -37  12

Awards
Team of the Season (Voted on by the media)
GK: Szescõ Mezei - Hellinic Rouge
RB:

Patrik Odonelec - CA Paulinthal
CB: Oszkar Berec - Stein-los Turkish
CB:

Tom Wellington - Hellinic Rouge
LB: Asztrik Puskás - Stein-los Turkish
RW: Erik Földessy - CA Paulinthal
MC:

Alen Hrdaljko - CA Paulinthal
MC:

Exene Fletcher - Hellinic Rouge
LW: Vojmil Topić - CA Paulinthal
ST:

Tommy Sutton - Hellinic Rouge
ST:

Stanimir Ilev - CA Paulinthal

Player of the Season (Voted on by the Managers of the SuperLiga)
1) Vojmil Topić - CA Paulinthal (5 goals, 19 assists)
2)

Exene Fletcher - Hellinic Rouge (2 goals, 11 assists)
3)

Stanimir Ilev - CA Paulinthal (21 goals, 3 assists)

Golden Boot
1)

Stanimir Ilev - CA Paulinthal (21 goals)
2)

Tommy Sutton - Hellinic Rouge (20 goals)
3)

Gabriel Petrasso - Tanrısal (19 goals)

Foreigner of the Year (Voted on by the PFA)
1)

Stanimir Ilev - CA Paulinthal (21 goals, 3 assists)
2)

Exene Fletcher - Hellinic Rouge (2 goals, 11 assists)
3)

Tommy Sutton - Hellinic Rouge (20 goals, 4 assists)

by **Pasarga** » Sun Mar 06, 2022 1:20 am

Season 2001 - First Half

Copa Real
@ Stade de Torgos, Torgos
CA Paulinthal 4-2 Stein-los Turkish

The start of another domestic season starts in Torgos, the same place that the domestic season usually comes to an end, as the Hurricane and Turkish take part in the Copa Real, CAP having won the league and Turkish being the Copa holders. CAP was looking to see how the team would handle the departure of one of their star strikers, with Arista Tzorvas leaving the club during the summer. Turkish however was looking to to spring launch a title hunt with the season opener against the title holders and looked good for it when Najiyah Lubanah Mifsud opened the scoring and Juliska Müller doubled the lead, but Ilev would give CAP a lifeline before the halftime whistle. The talismanic striker would strike again two minutes after the restart to draw the teams level, homegrown Eustacio Corral Magana gave the team the lead six minutes later, and then Alen Hrdaljko sealed the win for CAP in the eighty-first, giving them the first piece of silverware of the season.

Challengers Cup 1st Qualifying Round

(ACH)                      Winock United    0–5    Tanrısal                           (PAS)   0–2   0–3

Challengers Cup 2nd Qualifying Round

(PAS)                           Galatica    2–0    Telecontarë                        (STB)   2–0   0–0 
(PAS)                           Tanrısal    4–1    Blackheath                         (TLI)   3–0   1–1

Liga B 2nd Qualifying Round

(EFL)                       Polkation FC    0–3    Myrtha Dalin                       (PAS)   0–2   0–1

Champions League 3rd Qualifying Round

(PAS)                     Hellinic Rouge    4–2    Rülândéá Kôstä                     (FFD)   0–1   4–1

Challengers Cup 3rd Qualifying Round

(PAS)                           Galatica    3–2    Gasple Dynamic                     (UAD)   3–2   0–0
(PAS)                           Tanrısal    3–1    Cyrene Bay                         (OAM)   1–1   2–0

Liga B 3rd Qualifying Round

(ZRH)                  Ogroven Sportlich    3–4    Myrtha Dalin                       (PAS)   1–1   2–3  (aet)
(PAS)                               Lìjû    8–2    Bereskh Albion                     (ACH)   7–1   1–1

Challengers Cup 4th Qualifying Round

(QUE)              Olympique de Rimouski    8–1    Galatica                           (PAS)   4–1   4–0 
(PAS)                           Tanrısal    2–3    Avante Leipreachan                 (HVY)   1–1   1–2  (aet)

Champions League Playoff Round

(PAS)                     Hellinic Rouge    3–3 p  Wirr Tsi                           (CMT)   3–3   0–0  (3–4 pen)

Challengers Cup Playoff Round

(PAS)                     Hellinic Rouge    2–1    Rovers United                      (ZWZ)   2–1   0–0

Liga B Playoff Round

(PAS)                               Lìjû    4–1    Stoneryn Lions                     (UAD)   2–1   2–0 
(PAS)                          FC Myrkan    2–0    Z'ai'ai                            (CMT)   0–0   2–0 
(ASG)                       Ibarbe Sport    3–0    Myrtha Dalin                       (PAS)   3–0   0–0

RSC Second Round

(CRY)                    Crystal Fair HC    2–3    Lunas FC                           (PAS)   2–1   0–2  (aet)

Champions League Group Stage

Group D                                     Pld  W  D  L  GF  GA  GD  Pts    CAP    StI    RCU    WrT
1  CA Paulinthal                           PAS   6  4  2  0  16   9   7   14     -     2-2    5-2    3-2  
2  Strathcona Internationals               KSK   6  3  2  1   7   5   2   11    1-2     -     1-0    0-0
3  Raynor City United                      VAL   6  2  1  3   9  10  -1    7    1-1    0-1     -     4-1
4  Wirr Tsi                                CMT   6  0  1  5   6  14  -8    1    1-3    1-2    1-2     -

Challengers Cup Group Stage

Group A                       P  W  D  L  GF  GA  GD  Pts    HeR    CSi    PRh    ItU
1  Hellinic Rouge          PAS   6  4  1  1  11   8   3  13      -     1-2    1-0    3-2  
2  Colonial Sile           VIL   6  3  1  2  10   7   3  10     1-2     -     2-2    0-1
3  Port Rhovanyon AFC      TKT   6  1  3  2   7  10  -3   6     1-1    0-3     -     3-2  
4  Iturributa United       ASG   6  1  1  4   9  12  -3   4     2-3    1-2    1-1     -

Group G                       P  W  D  L  GF  GA  GD  Pts    Yea    Str    Ste    Kit
1  Yeaddin Owls            VIL   6  4  1  1  10   5   5  13      -     2-2    2-1    1-0  
2  Straudum VV             KOR   6  3  2  1  12   6   6  11     0-2     -     2-0    4-1  
3  Stein-los Turkish       PAS   6  2  1  3   8   9  -1   7     2-1    0-0     -     2-3  
4  Kitara AA               BNJ   6  1  0  5   6  16 -10   3     0-2    1-4    1-3     -

Liga B Group Stage

Group B
#  Team                                          P  W  D  L  GF  GA  GD  Pts    BaV    Lij    SbW    FKF
1  Baie-Verte                              QUE   6  5  0  1  11   3   8  15      -     2-0    2-0    3-0  
2  Lìjû                                    PAS   6  3  1  2  12   6   6  10     1-0     -     0-1    2-2  
3  Suburban Warriors                       DAR   6  2  0  4   4  12  -8   6     1-2    0-5     -     1-3  
4  FK Finansijskigrade                     ZRH   6  1  1  4   7  13  -6   4     1-2    1-4    0-1     -

Group C
#  Team                                          P  W  D  L  GF  GA  GD  Pts    FCM    SDv    Cbc    VvC
1  FC Myrkan                               PAS   6  3  1  2  11   7   4  10      -     2-0    5-1    1-0  
2  San Ludovico                            SVG   6  2  3  1  10   9   1   9     3-1     -     1-1    2-2  
3  Cabecedas                               CBZ   6  1  3  2   8  12  -4   6 *   1-1    2-3     -     1-0  
4  Viltvodle City                          SRS   6  1  3  2   7   8  -1   6 *   2-1    1-1    2-2     -   
Tie broken by head to head results

RSC Group Stage

Group D                                          P  W  D  L  GF  GA  GD  Pts    PAS    CMT    KSK    VAL
1  CA Paulinthal                           PAS   6  3  2  1  12  10   2  11      -     3-2    2-2    1-0  
2  Wirr Tsi U-18s                          CMT   6  3  0  3  13  11   2   9     2-4     -     3-1    2-0  
3  Strathcona Internationals               KSK   6  2  2  2  10  10   0   8     2-0    2-1     -     1-2  
4  Raynor City United                      VAL   6  1  2  3   7  11  -4   5     2-2    1-3    2-2     -

This season it will be Tani looking to try and get to the group stage through the most difficult path possible to Pasargan clubs, with five qualifying rounds that will need be navigated in order to see the Stein-los club into the group stages of the tournament. Last season Galatica put up a respectable fight to attempt the feat from this position, Tani will try to do them better and avoid the same slow start to the season that they had last season, where they then needed a massive eleven wins from the second half of the season to grasp this position. It seems though that the short break between the end of last season and the start of the early qualifiers actually is a boon for Tani, as two easy wins in their first round secures them passage to the next stage, where they are joined in by the aforementioned Galatica. Galatica uses a brace in Torgos from Cristian Bogarín to advance over Tele from Starblaydia, the defense playing an amazing game in the trip to Anaia. Goals from Gabriel Petrasso, Adrien Trolli, and Katinka Pálffy in Stein-los allows Tani a comfortable three nil advantage, allowing for a rotated side to play to a one all draw away from home and both Pasargan clubs advance. Meanwhile Myrtha Dalin easily dispatches their opponents in the Liga B, though some wonder if that tournament is more of a distraction for them trying to win promotion after falling just shy last season.

We are getting closer to the group stages as well as the start of the SuperLiga and with that it means that the Spartans enter into the Champions League Qualifying 3rd Round. A surprising loss in Evenfar where the Spartans thought they bossed the game was thought to have ended their Champions League run at the first hurdle, yet the Spartans showed themselves to be road warriors, scoring four time in Farfadills and keeping the hosts held to a single goal. While it is not the same as the CdC championship earned a few months prior, it is a night that will go down in the Spartans lore and bringing them one step closer to that coveted group stage berth. In Torgos, Galatica had to fight tooth and nail for the whole ninety to get a home victory, Riona Parker smashing home the winner in the eighty-seventh minute in a five goal thriller, which would be the difference in the tie with neither side finding the goal in the away leg. Tani was held to a one all draw in Stein-los, but the trip across the region did not seem to bother them, as Eduard Novaković and Christian O'Brien score on either side of the halftime whistle for Tani to advance as well. Lìjû scored an emphatic victory in Stilinkeep to end the tie after a one leg in their entry to the Liga B, while Myrtha Dalin used home advantage in extra time to squeak through to the next round as well.

The schedule seems to have caught up with the Pasargan clubs in the next two rounds, with Tani in extra time while Galatica was completely undone in their tie in the fourth qualifying round. To make matters worse, the Spartans were played to a three all draw in Evenfar and then failed to find the net in Chromatika, with the side failing in the penalty shootout that came after a hundred twenty scoreless minutes and falling into the Challengers Cup Playoff Round. Luckily for the Spartans, they found their footing and used the home crowd to sneak past there competition from Zwanzug, Tommy Sutton playing the role of the hero in the seventy-sixth minute, a two one win that would suffice after another gridlock game in the away tie. Lìjû and Myrkan both show why they were the teams promoted from the SuperLiga 2 in the Liga B Playoff Round but Pasarga could not make it three from three with Myrtha Dalin falling at this final hurdle. Meanwhile in the Rising Stars Cup, the Lunas youth team needed extra time after being bested in Equestria, but managed to turn it around in the dual islands to advance to the knockout stages later in the season.

The group draws continue their record of being very difficult for Pasargan clubs, with CA Paulinthal getting none other than the supposedly best team in the sport in their group in the form of Raynor City United. The Hurricane are in what many are calling a group of death and yet there is a quiet confidence from the team, remembering their unexpected run into the Final a few seasons ago. That confidence results in an unbeaten record, winning all three road games and busting through United with five goals in the home fixture to top their group and advance into the knockouts. The Spartans are not one to be outdone and nearly pull off the same feat, though their group on paper would not be quite the same level of difficulty, still four wins, a draw, and a loss have Hellinic atop their group as well, but Turkish is not as lucky, seeing their hopes dashed with an unfortunate third place finish in one of the more stacked groups of the Challengers Cup. Lìjû and Myrkan both do just enough in the Liga B to secure their passage, the former barely getting the job done in the end but both are in the knockouts, while the CAP youth team does not manage to go unbeaten but also wins their group in the Rising Stars champions path.

There is often talk that the IFCF and the other ICC competitions are a distraction for the clubs when it comes to their league form, as the teams who play in those competitions often fail to find their footing in the first parts of the season with as much travel and football that they have already had to endure before the first matchday of league play is even played. While that talk is often trounced because teams like CA Paulinthal and Hellinic Rouge have found ways to turn those early ventures into the ICCs as a way to get their team into match sharpness and midseason form towards the beginning of the season. However the evidence that there is quite a bit of hampering of the squads looks quite true, as the teams who have played in the qualifying rounds as well as the group stages of the IFCF have seen a bit of inconsistency for the best of them and some poor form for the worst of them, the evidence being quite clear that perhaps due to the increased level of competition throughout the ICCs, there is more wear and tear on players than ever before.

This is especially true for CA Paulinthal, who had the benefit of not having to play in any of the Qualifying rounds but have still had to play in the group stage of the Champions League and have their youth team playing in the Rising Stars as well. The Hurricane in the first half of the season have lost twice as many games as they did all of last season, having been on the wrong end of a result six times out of the first fifteen, the most demoralizing of them in the last match of the first half, being clearly beaten by Tani in Stein-los, when a win would have brought the teams level on twenty-six points. However even if they had won the game, they still would have been ten points adrift from the top of the table because of how poorly they have started the league season. Tani has felt that as well with the second quarter seeing the team seemingly completely unable to win on the road but Kilmonarch has been quite the fortress, with notable wins against both of the other two major clubs from Stein-los as well as the aforementioned win over the Hurricane to end the first half of the season.

The team that has flourished has been the Spartans, who have used the disappointment of missing out of the Champions League group stage to spur on their efforts in not only the Challengers Cup but also the league, with only a single defeat from the first half of the season. They sit a clear seven points ahead of the rest of the challengers and an impressive thirteen ahead of the holders of CAP, who sit in sixth. The Spartans have been a force that has been completely unable to be dealt with by nearly all of their opponents, the strikeforce of the team scoring goals at nearly three goals a match and a defense that is not quite as good as it has been in other campaigns but good enough to keep the team in the best position to pull victories off. With a seven point lead at the halfway point, it is hard to see how any of Club Stein-los, Tani, or Santos will be able to try and track them down, with all three clubs on twenty-nine points and seven adrift of the indominatable Spartans at the top. It might be that Hellinic has already sealed up the title through the first half, but as Tani proved last season, there could still be a good run from a club to force Hellinic to play their best for the duration in order to secure the SuperLiga title.

Ps                       Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Hellinic Rouge         15   11   3   1    39   17  +22    36
 2 Club Stein-los         15    9   2   4    38   21  +17    29
 3 Tanrısal               15    9   2   4    28   14  +14    29
 4 Santos Luega           15    9   2   4    24   14  +10    29
 5 Duke of the North      15    6   6   3    17   14   +3    24
 6 CA Paulinthal          15    7   2   6    33   28   +5    23
 7 Baskita FC             15    6   5   4    23   20   +3    23
 8 Lunas FC               15    7   2   6    23   25   −2    23
 9 Galatica               15    7   1   7    25   26   −1    22
10 Lìjû                   15    6   2   7    19   22   −3    20
11 Avidë                  15    6   2   7    22   30   −8    20
12 Stein-los Turkish      15    6   1   8    34   35   −1    19
13 Titanderth             15    3   5   7    29   36   −7    14
14 FC Myrkan              15    4   1  10    13   26  −13    13
15 Paulinthal FC          15    3   1  11    16   31  −15    10
16 Peynol-Lunas           15    1   3  11    19   43  −24     6

by **Pasarga** » Sun Mar 06, 2022 1:58 pm

Season 2001 - Second Half

Challengers Cup Ro32

(STL)              FK Metropola Borograd    3–1    Hellinic Rouge                     (PAS)   3–1   0–0

Cup Winners' Cup First Round

(PAS)            Stein-los Turkish    4–2    Nile Bridge                  (EFL)   2–0   2–2

RSC Playoff Round

(PAS)                   Lunas FC    2–0    Wirr Tsi U-18s            (CMT)

Champions League Ro16

(AUD)                     KT Itzalovalle    6–1    CA Paulinthal                      (PAS)   2–1   4–0

CdC First Round

(PAS)	CA Paulinthal		6–1	Cyrene Bay	(OAM)	4-0 2-1

Liga B Ro16

(VIL)                       Alikki-Corra    2–3    FC Myrkan                          (PAS)   1–2   1–1 
(PAS)                               Lìjû  p 2–2    Juavi FC                           (VAL)   2–2   0–0  (4–2 pen)

Cup Winners' Cup Ro16

(COR)                Northshore FC    1–4    Stein-los Turkish            (PAS)   0–3   1–1

RSC Ro16

(PAS)                  Lunas FC     1–0    Maethoru SC                (KOR)
(PAS)             CA Paulinthal     1–0    Lakeside U19               (COR)

CdC Quarterfinals

(PAS)	CA Paulinthal		4–5	Gunzlach		(GRF)	1-1 3-4 (aet)

Liga B Quarterfinals

(PAS)                               Lìjû    1–0    Hawabark Boulders                  (BNJ)   1–0   0–0 
(STL)                         FK Pomorie    4–5    FC Myrkan                          (PAS)   3–4   1–1  (aet)

Cup Winners' Cup Quarterfinals

(PAS)            Stein-los Turkish    3–1    Nacional                     (VLD)   1–0   2–1

RSC Quarterfinals

(PAS)                  Lunas FC    2–1    Young Emeralds             (SRS)   
(MYT)                    Ararat    2–0    CA Paulinthal              (PAS)

Liga B Semifinals

(PAS)                          FC Myrkan    2–0    Lìjû                               (PAS)   2–0   0–0

Cup Winners' Cup Semifinals

(PAS)            Stein-los Turkish    4–7    Crystal Fair HC              (CRY)   2–5   2–2

RSC Semifinals
Pale International Stadium, Pale, StrayaRoos

(PAS)                  Lunas FC    0–4    Ararat                    (MYT)

The second half of the season brings about some of the most exciting of moments both in the league as well as in the international competitions, as teams enter into the knockout stages and try to prove that they are the best in their region or in the world. It is yet another opportunity for Pasargan clubs to get the monkey off their back about not having won a Champions League, a feat made difficult by the fact that the league constantly only gets a single entry into the group stages and often see them bounced out at that stage. CA Paulinthal made quite a bit of history and gave optimism that Pasarga's time might be coming soon with their run into the Final of the Champions League last season and yet again they will be the lone Pasargan representative in the knockout stages of that competition, while the Spartans of Hellinic will be trying to make their way through the dangers and perils of what is a supremely stacked Challengers Cup, as the clubs that are in the knockouts this season would more often be seen in the former competitions latter stages than the this one.

The Spartans start that peril filled trip in Atlantian Oceania against FK Metropola Borograd and they are put to the sword thrice by the home side, with Exene Fletcher collecting the lone goal for the Spartans to give them a small lifeline with the trip back to Evenfar still to come. However in the dual islands, the defense of Metropola Borograd stood tall and denied the Spartans at every opportunity, the game ending nil nil and seeing the Atlantian Oceania side through. In the Cup Winners' Cup, Turkish are looking to give a better account of themselves than they did in the Challengers and distract them from a currently underwhelming league performance. Goals from Chantal Kalevi and Najiyah Lubanah Mifsud gave Turkish a two goal advantage going to Eastfield Lodge, where Nawar Taqwaa Bazzi came on as a second half substitute and scored a brace after the hosts had brought things level to secure Turkish through to the next round. The Lunas youth team was able to host their playoff round fixture and used two early goals to see off their opponents from Chromatika.

The Champions League and the curse of the Audioslavia draw however is something that is going to keep the fans, players, and staff of CA Paulinthal awake for many long nights as they were paired with KT Itzalovalle from Audioslavia in the Round of Sixteen. A two to one defeat in Audioslavia gave a lot of people hope that the Hurricane would be able to shake away from their Audioslav competition in Pualinthal, that was not to be however. KT Itzalovalle came into Paulinthal and all four of their shots on target were in the back of the net while their keeper made saves on the eight from the home side and gave an unbalanced four to nil on the night and six to one aggregate defeat for the Hurricane, ending Pasargan participation in the major IFCF trophies in the first knockout stage of both of the two main competitions. CAP seemed to channel their anger into a dominant first tie defeat of Cyrene Bay in the CdC, but the sting of both the Spartans and Hurricane eliminated at the first time of asking will be having fans of the SuperLiga as a whole reeling and wondering about the coefficient strength.

Lìjû and FC Myrkan both have difficult ties in the Round of Sixteen in the Liga B trophy and the former needs penalties to get past their Vanorian competition, while Myrkan rides their one goal advantage that they earned in the first leg at Vilita to a narrow victory and both of the Pasargan clubs advancing forward in that competition. CA Paulinthal and Lunas' youth teams get the benefit of the only leg of their ties being in the dual islands and both find a solitary goal and keep a clean sheet in their push to try and earn a trophy for Pasarga. Turkish had an away day to remember in the first leg of their Round of Sixteen tie, with goals from three different players in a three nil thrashing of Northshore FC, affording the team the luxury of rotation in the home leg to try and keep the players fit as the two teams play to a one all draw, giving Turkish a good deal of hope that their season might have something good come of it after all despite the miserable first half of the season that they had to endure. It may be that Turkish will be like Tani of last season and go on a run if their confidence is boosted enough by this Cup Winners' Cup run.

CAP's poor season continues in the Quarterfinals of the CdC, as the inability to find a winner in the San Daros against Gunzlach comes back to bite the team, as they are edged out in a high scoring affair in the away leg, ending the senior's team participation completely in international competitions. It may be a blessing in disguise, allowing the Hurricane to focus in on the domestic league and try to climb their way back into an IFCF qualifying position after their poor first half performance. Lìjû continues to ride their luck in the Liga B, Juro Marušić scoring the lone goal across the two legs to send them through, while Myrkan finds a way to get a winner in extra time at home to also advance, the two sides being drawn to face one another in the semifinals ensuring a Pasargan participant in the Liga B Final. The home advantage continues to hold true in the RSC, with Lunas sailing through, but CAP's youth team the away side and ousted to add to the Hurricane's woes. Stein-los Turkish get a fierce Valladar opponent in the Quarterfinals of the CWC but Muhib Bandar Ba makes sure that Turkish has the advantage going to Valladares. Nacional scores first in the second leg but Chantal Kalevi shows her class with a pair of goals to see Turkish into the semifinals.

FC Myrkan hosts the first game in the all Pasargan semifinal of the Liga B trophy and they are playing in front of a packed house at Myrkan Stadium. Lìjû looks set up to defend and try to hit the hosts on the counter attack, something they have done quite well in with their league performances this season, looking to be safe from relegation. There is no accounting for experience and set pieces however and veteran fullback Francis DuLin gets a head to ball twice on corners to get their first two goals of the season and two goals that Myrkan is able to then defend with relentless aggression in the second leg to send the team to the Final. Lunas does not find their travel to StrayaRoos well at all and like CAP before them, they are dispatched by Ararat by a scoreline that is a bit flattering, but such is the way of youth football. Turkish's poor home form finally comes to upend them against their Equestrian opposition, as a combination of suspensions and rotation means they have a distorted defense that is broken five times at Albrecht Road, making the second leg a fruitless endeavor and Turkish is eliminated at the final hurdle before the Final and in a very poor fashion.

Liga B Final
at Pale International Stadium, Pale, StrayaRoos

(NPH)              Creed United    0–1    FC Myrkan                 (PAS)

Travling to StrayaRoos to play in the same stadium that Lunas' youth team had been so thoroughly embarrassed in a week before, FC Myrkan knew that their task was going to be difficult as they were up against a team from Nephara. Nephara is famous for the strength of their domestic league, with a common belief that their second tier is as competitive and talented as many different league's top tiers. Creed United would be the most difficult task and would show if Myrkan had been using smoke and mirrors to advance their way through the competition or if the team truly had been the real deal during the international fixtures. Francis DuLin, the hero of the semifinals and captain of the side, marshalled the defense well to deny Creed any opening as the two sides tussled for supremacy through the first half of the game. Young Ugod Szôts would slip through the defense of Creed in the sixty-ninth minute and slot home an effort from just outside the six between the keeper's legs. It was a moment of magic, of individual skill, and it was the moment that Myrkan needed as they were able to hold on through the last twenty minutes and lift the trophy! In a cycle of disappointment in the ICCs, FC Myrkan provided a bit of spark and pride for all of Pasarga.

Well we all thought that Hellinic had won the league from the first half of the season with as good as they had been and as poor as all the usual title challengers had been through those first fifteen matches of the season. The Spartans with their solitary loss and seven point gap over the nearest competitor was going to be quite the mountain to try and have to climb, especially after the Spartans were knocked out of the Challengers Cup in the Round of Thirty-Two, allowing their full focus to be on the league. Hellinic was going to need to lose often in the second half of the season and their rivals were going to have to go on a tear to try and make the league competitive and give the fans something to be still cheering for or against towards the final stretch of the season. That would not be, as the Spartans only lost three times in their last fifteen games, being an absolutely dominant team from start to finish in the league. Chris Granger has had to put to bed all doubts about his capabilities after adding a second SuperLiga title to add on to his first as well as a CdC title. It took a few seasons to shape the team to his vision but once it came about, they are definitely a force to be reckoned with and now will get to show it in the Champions League group stages, nabbing that automatic group stage spot that comes with the title.

At the halfway mark, CA Paulinthal was supposed to be done and dusted, no possible way for them to rise through the teams above them to get back into the Champions League, they were going to be having to fight for a Challengers Cup spot and that was going to be the extent of their ambitions. Perhaps spurred on by the woes of the side in the Champions League, CdC, as well as the Rising Stars, the Hurricane tore through the league in the second half as a team inspired to get vengeance on all the nay sayers who thought that the team was completely out of it through the first half. Eleven wins from the second fifteen fixtures, including a very delightful and carthritic seven to one drubbing of Tani on the final matchday in the San Daros to see off the fans in style, putting a stamp on the end of their season after having just beaten the champions in Evenfar the week before. The squad could definitely do with some reinforcements but they are not done by a long shot and securing Champions League football with that second half performance should put fear into the league that perhaps the lack of depth in the first half of the season is the only reason they struggled to begin with.

For CAP to have risen so high, other teams had to fall away and the most notable of those was Duke of the North, who only won four times in the second half of the season, falling from fifth and a spot in the Challengers, all the way down to eleventh. Club Stein-los was second and perhaps thought they could scrape with the Spartans, but three wins and seven draws in the second half saw them fall away, all the way out of IFCF contention with a sixth place finish. Perhaps the Old Club was playing too much not to lose and not enough to try and win to give themselves an honest opportunity and being a contender for the title against the likes of the Spartans. Tani and Santos stayed true to their form and finished fourth and third respectively, but their form was not enough to keep the goliath of CA Paulinthal from surpassing them and sending them below what was supposed to be a wounded and easily defeated Hurricane side. Srđan Jakšić did enough to keep his job yet again as Tani did look quite a bit better this season than those past but he still has to wonder how comfortable his position at the club really is.

To some surprise, it is Peynol-Lunas who props up the table, they had a season that absolutely never started and you can surely expect a mass exodus from the club as they hit the second tier next season, as there is far too much talent on that roster to be stuck in the mire that is the SuperLiga 2. In also a bit of a surprise, it is Titanderth who will be joining them and not either of the promoted sides from the SuperLiga 2 last season, as both Myrkan and Lìjû finished comfortably away from the relegation spots, the latter even being in the midtable conversation for most of the season, showing their time in the Liga B was not a distraction after all. Avidë continues to defy expectation and stays in the top flight despite most definitely still being the smallest club in the SuperLiga, though somehow they continue to get it done. Lunas had a resurgent season to sneak their way all the way into fifth but a Copa de la Luna Final that has Club Stein-los in it means that their passage into the Challengers Cup is far from certain. Lastly, getting some confidence through their Cup Winners' Cup run, Turkish was able to shake off their terrible first half and climb from twelfth to seventh. It is not where the team wants to be, but it is far better than the first half performance had them and positions them to try and attract some reinforcements in the summer window to get back into a top five position.

Copa de Lunas Final
@ Stade de Torgos, Torgos
Club Stein-los 2-0 Tanrısal

The Copa seems to be a place where the reversal of fortunes come to pass, as CAP easily strolls their way into the semifinals only to have Tani sneak a win away from the San Daros a week before they would be put to the sword in the same stadium by the Hurricane. Tani will be meeting Club Stein-los, for another battle of the Stein-los derbies, of which Tani had won all four games during the league. Yet in the capital, Club Stein-los showed some of their vintage form, bringing Tani down, Wolfgang Rieder and Éva Mezei getting the goals that give the Old Club the victory and with it berths into the Cup Winners' Cup as well as the Challengers Cup, denying Lunas the spot from their fifth place finish. It is the fourth Copa title for The Dressers, moving them into fourth place for the most cup titles in the dual islands.

SuperLiga

Pos Team                    P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Hellinic Rouge         30  20  6   4  73  36  +37  66     Champions
  2 CA Paulinthal          30  18  3   9  68  42  +26  57     IFCL
  3 Santos Luega           30  15  9   6  49  33  +16  54     IFCC
  4 Tanrısal               30  16  5   9  62  42  +20  53     IFCC
  5 Lunas FC               30  15  8   7  51  41  +10  53
  6 Club Stein-los         30  12  9   9  55  42  +13  45     IFCC
  7 Stein-los Turkish      30  12  8  10  55  47   +8  44
  8 Galatica               30  13  4  13  49  46   +3  43
  9 Lìjû                   30  13  4  13  43  42   +1  43
 10 Baskita FC             30  11 10   9  44  44   +0  43
 11 Duke of the North      30  10 10  10  29  33   -4  40
 12 FC Myrkan              30   8  7  15  26  41  -15  31
 13 Avidë                  30   8  6  16  35  55  -20  30
 14 Paulinthal FC          30   7  4  19  28  55  -27  25
 15 Titanderth             30   5  8  17  44  69  -25  23     Relegated
 16 Peynol-Lunas           30   4  5  21  36  79  -43  17     Relegated

SuperLiga 2

Pos Team                    P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 SC Filwarfin           30  17   4   9  51  40  +11  55     Champions
  2 Stilinkeep FC          30  15   9   6  32  18  +14  54     Promoted
  3 Sardin United          30  14   9   7  38  23  +15  51
  4 Riis                   30  14   9   7  52  39  +13  51
  5 Stradirù               30  13   8   9  33  25   +8  47
  6 SC Troubalose          30  12  10   8  38  27  +11  46
  7 Fetherdron United      30  12  10   8  43  37   +6  46
  8 Mytos-Turin            30  10   9  11  24  23   +1  39
  9 Evenfar FC             30  10   8  12  50  44   +6  38
 10 Aleine FC              30  10   7  13  38  48  -10  37
 11 Targas City            30   9  10  11  31  41  -10  37
 12 Tyrysier               30   8  10  12  36  43   -7  34
 13 Celesthem FC           30   8   8  14  27  38  -11  32
 14 Myrtha Dalin           30   7  11  12  42  55  -13  32
 15 FC Belja               30   7   6  17  44  61  -17  27     Relegated
 16 Druidists              30   5  10  15  34  51  -17  25     Relegated

SuperLiga 3

Pos Team                  P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Arthiana-bas         30  20   4   6  64  23  +41  64     Champions
  2 Torgos City          30  17   7   6  50  22  +28  58     Promoted
  3 Aleine United        30  17   3  10  51  40  +11  54
  4 Haslief              30  15   7   8  49  36  +13  52
  5 SC Myrkan            30  15   4  11  35  23  +12  49
  6 Tulduroc United      30  13   7  10  29  19  +10  46
  7 Targas United        30  11  10   9  27  25   +2  43
  8 Orasul               30  11   8  11  30  32   -2  41
  9 SC Sardin            30  12   5  13  37  44   -7  41
 10 St. Galaxia          30   8  14   8  29  31   -2  38
 11 Aratha Metz          30  10   6  14  24  28   -4  36
 12 Athletic Sutra       30   9   8  13  29  31   -2  35
 13 RC Sardin            30   9   5  16  30  45  -15  32
 14 Altanley United      30   7   8  15  19  35  -16  29
 15 FC Felaton           30   7   6  17  37  65  -28  27     Relegated
 16 SC Dendros           30   5   6  19  24  65  -41  21     Relegated

SuperLiga 4

Pos Team                  P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Peixe                30  23   2   5  58  23  +35  71     Champions
  2 OS Anax              30  16   4  10  52  35  +17  52     Promoted
  3 Harklaoff            30  15   5  10  45  32  +13  50
  4 Tarrows              30  14   5  11  30  33   -3  47
  5 Leyton Peynol        30  14   4  12  39  30   +9  46
  6 Uriz                 30  13   7  10  25  21   +4  46
  7 Hyan FC              30  13   7  10  31  28   +3  46
  8 Isnat'pa United      30  12   9   9  23  17   +6  45
  9 Cilinas FC           30  10  12   8  32  28   +4  42
 10 Tharg-calan          30  10   9  11  36  41   -5  39
 11 Cape Jark            30   9  10  11  20  22   -2  37
 12 Pendera              30   9   6  15  16  27  -11  33
 13 Darom United         30   9   6  15  30  45  -15  33
 14 Real Troubalose      30   9   5  16  19  33  -14  32
 15 Seletal FC           30   6   9  15  15  34  -19  27
 16 Renaitiz             30   4   8  18  15  37  -22  20

Championship Playoff: Duke of the North 3-1(2-0) Fetherdron United, Peynol-Lunas 3-5(2-2) CA Paulinthal | Duke of the North 0-2 CA Paulinthal

Central Pargis

Pos Team                    P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Fetherdron United      30  17  8   5  37  21  +16  59     Champions
  2 Baskita FC             30  17  5   8  44  20  +24  56
  3 Avidë                  30  16  7   7  42  25  +17  55
  4 Riis                   30  14 10   6  35  24  +11  52
  5 RC Sardin              30  16  3  11  44  35   +9  51
  6 Tyrysier               30  14  7   9  40  28  +12  49
  7 Targas United          30  13  8   9  36  29   +7  47
  8 Galatica               30  12  8  10  36  29   +7  44
  9 St. Galaxia            30  11  5  14  33  39   -6  38
 10 Aratha Metz            30  10  6  14  34  42   -8  36
 11 Targas City            30   9  8  13  30  33   -3  35
 12 Torgos City            30   8 10  12  30  38   -8  34
 13 Peixe                  30   8  8  14  32  42  -10  32
 14 SC Sardin              30   9  3  18  25  49  -24  30
 15 FC Felaton             30   5  9  16  19  35  -16  24
 16 Tarrows                30   7  3  20  24  52  -28  24

Peynol

Pos Team                    P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Duke of the North      30  23   4   3  54  19  +35  73     Champions
  2 Stilinkeep FC          30  19   8   3  48  20  +28  65
  3 Titanderth             30  16   4  10  39  26  +13  52
  4 Pendera                30  14   8   8  36  30   +6  50
  5 Mytos-Turin            30  12  10   8  35  22  +13  46
  6 SC Dendros             30  13   7  10  38  27  +11  46
  7 FC Belja               30  13   7  10  41  31  +10  46
  8 Lìjû                   30  12   8  10  36  26  +10  44
  9 Leyton-Peynol          30  11   9  10  35  31   +4  42
 10 Myrtha Dalin           30  10   4  16  27  39  -12  34
 11 Orasul                 30   7  11  12  34  44  -10  32
 12 Isnat'pa United        30   7   9  14  26  40  -14  30
 13 Altanley United        30   6  10  14  25  43  -18  28
 14 Darom United           30   7   7  16  20  43  -23  28
 15 Hyan FC                30   6   9  15  23  45  -22  27
 16 Tulduroc United        30   4   5  21  18  49  -31  17

Pargis-Peynol

Pos Team                  P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Peynol-Lunas         30  21  4   5  52  14  +38  67     Champions
  2 Lunas FC             30  18  7   5  52  24  +28  61
  3 Hellinic Rouge       30  17  9   4  49  24  +25  60
  4 Evenfar FC           30  15  8   7  44  32  +12  53
  5 SC Troubalose        30  12  9   9  44  33  +11  45
  6 SC Filwarfin         30  14  3  13  45  37   +8  45
  7 Arthian-bas          30  12  6  12  39  37   +2  42
  8 Real Troubalose      30  10 10  10  32  33   -1  40
  9 Haslief              30  10  9  11  26  29   -3  39
 10 Uriz                 30  10  8  12  30  33   -3  38
 11 Celesthem FC         30   9 10  11  33  38   -5  37
 12 Renaitiz             30   8 10  12  28  36   -8  34
 13 Thag-Calan           30   8  8  14  25  40  -15  32
 14 Cilinas FC           30   8  8  14  30  48  -18  32
 15 Cape Jark            30   4  8  18  29  62  -33  20
 16 Seletal FC           30   1  9  20  20  58  -38  12

South Pargis

Pos Team                    P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 CA Paulinthal          30  20   7   3  51  22  +29  67     Champions
  2 Stein-los Turkish      30  19   2   9  43  28  +15  59
  3 Tanrısal               30  14  11   5  49  24  +25  53
  4 Sardin United          30  13  12   5  33  21  +12  51
  5 Paulinthal FC          30  13  11   6  43  26  +17  50
  6 Club Stein-los         30  15   5  10  38  31   +7  50
  7 Aleine United          30  13   7  10  34  29   +5  46
  8 Santos Luega           30  13   7  10  30  31   -1  46
  9 Stradirù               30  12   6  12  30  31   -1  42
 10 Aleine FC              30   8  10  12  23  25   -2  34
 11 FC Myrkan              30   8  10  12  24  31   -7  34
 12 SC Myrkan              30   8  10  12  28  36   -8  34
 13 Druidists              30   7   8  15  31  46  -15  29
 14 Harklaoff              30   6   6  18  20  45  -25  24
 15 OS Anax                30   5   6  19  24  48  -24  21
 16 Athletic Sutra         30   4   6  20  27  54  -27  18

Awards
Team of the Season (Voted on by the media)
GK: Gillen Cortés Marín - Santos Luega
RB: Raynaldo Puga Burgos - Santos Luega
CB: Vidor Kovách - Duke of the North
CB:

Tom Wellington - Hellinic Rouge
LB: Lõrinc Vass - Hellinic Rouge
RW: Katinka Pálffy - Tanrısal
MC:

Alen Hrdaljko - CA Paulinthal
MC:

Exene Fletcher - Hellinic Rouge
LW: Vojmil Topić - CA Paulinthal
ST:

Tommy Sutton - Hellinic Rouge
ST:

Stanimir Ilev - CA Paulinthal

Player of the Season (Voted on by the Managers of the SuperLiga)
1)

Exene Fletcher - Hellinic Rouge (5 goals, 13 assists)
2) Vojmil Topić - CA Paulinthal (4 goals, 17 assists)
3) Gillen Cortés Marín - Santos Luega (9 clean sheets)

Golden Boot
1)

Tommy Sutton - Hellinic Rouge (20 goals)
2)

Stanimir Ilev - CA Paulinthal (19 goals)
3)

Gabriel Petrasso - Tanrısal (17 goals)

Foreigner of the Year (Voted on by the PFA)
1)

Exene Fletcher - Hellinic Rouge (5 goals, 13 assists)
2)

Stanimir Ilev - CA Paulinthal (19 goals, 4 assists)
3)

Tommy Sutton - Hellinic Rouge (20 goals, 3 assists)

by **Pasarga** » Mon Jun 06, 2022 1:47 pm

Season 2002 - First Half

Copa Real
@ Stade de Torgos, Torgos
Hellinic Rouge 3-0 Club Stein-los

Chris Granger gets to take his team on a victory lap of sorts to start the season, going into Torgos to take on Club Stein-los after the Old Club managed to win the Copa last season. However that form is not currently with the Old Club from Stein-los and Hellinic is all over them from the opening whistle and it is clear that the Spartans mean to retain the title this season and with a vengeance. Tommy Sutton grabs a first half brace with the Euran leading the line for this very dangerous Spartans attack, while Exene Fletcher caps off the scoring with a screamer from the top of the box with just over a quarter hour to go, the Nephara midfielder putting the tie to rest. It is early days but Hellinic looks to be in the sort of mood that wins titles this season, with the management team having done well to get the squad already looking like they are in midseason form in the season opener.

Challengers Cup 2nd Qualifying Round

(PAS)                            Club Stein-los    4–1    Omega                                     (TFS)   3–1   1–0

Liga B 2nd Qualifying Round

(STR)                               Pale Albion    3–5    Sardin United                             (PAS)   2–3   1–2

Champions League 3rd Qualifying Round

(PAS)                             CA Paulinthal    2–4    Sabrefell Moths                           (NPH)   1–2   1–2

Challengers Cup 3rd Qualifying Round

(PAS)                                  Tanrısal    3–1    Brattleboro FC                            (CDG)   3–1   0–0 
(TAL)                              Fortis Epops    1–4    Club Stein-los                            (PAS)   0–3   1–1

Liga B 3rd Qualifying Round

(PAS)                             Sardin United    3–2    Rozelle Alliance                          (BRE)   2–1   1–1

Challengers Cup 4th Qualifying Round

(PAS)                             CA Paulinthal    6–3    Blinding Lights                           (CHA)   4–2   2–1
(OME)                     United Philibiscostal    3–4    Club Stein-los                            (PAS)   2–3   1–1
(PYA)                             FK Krasnograd    3–2    Tanrısal                                  (PAS)   1–0   2–2

Challengers Cup Playoff Round

(PAS)                            Club Stein-los  p 3–3    Sterling City United                      (DAR)   1–2   2–1  (4–3 pen)
(MYT)                                    Ararat    1–5    CA Paulinthal                             (PAS)   1–2   0–3

Liga B Playoff Round

(PAS)                              SC Filwarfin    4–1    Secklow                                   (KRY)   2–0   2–1    
(PAS)                             Stilinkeep FC    0–3    Leaside Lions                             (QUE)   0–1   0–2    
(PAS)                             Sardin United    2–5    Defensores de Villafuerte                 (VLD)   1–3   1–2

RSC Second Round

(PAS)                             CA Paulinthal    3–4    Westwood Sprites Coed Academy             (CBP)   1–3   2–1

Champions League Group Stage

Group F
#  Team                                                 P  W  D  L  GF  GA  GD  Pts    CNM    HCR    STG    KRA
1  Canbix Muses                                   ZWZ   6  3  2  1   8   5   3  11      -     1-1    1-0    1-0  
2  Hellinic Rouge                                 PAS   6  2  4  0  11   8   3  10     1-1     -     2-2    2-2   
3  Spartangrad                                    EUR   6  2  2  2   9   7   2   8     2-0    1-3     -     3-0  
4  Liria                                          MYT   6  0  2  4   5  13  -8   2     1-4    1-2    1-1     -

Challengers Cup Group Stage

Group C                                                 P  W  D  L  GF  GA  GD  Pts    NAC    MAR    CZC    STL
1  Nacional                                       VLD   6  5  1  0  12   4   8  16      -     1-0    3-2    1-1  
2  Marthorpe City FC                              FVA   6  3  1  2   9   5   4  10     0-2     -     2-1    1-0     
3  Cazadores Cathair                              AUD   6  1  1  4  10  17  -7   4     1-3    1-6     -     4-2  
4  Club Stein-los                                 PAS   6  0  3  3   4   9  -5   3     0-2    0-0    1-1     -

Group I                                                 P  W  D  L  GF  GA  GD  Pts    MET    SAN    DPN    STR
1  Metropolis Alligators                          VLD   6  4  1  1   9   5   4  13      -     0-2    2-1    3-1  
2  Santos Luega                                   PAS   6  4  0  2  15   7   8  12     1-3     -     3-1    3-1  
3  DD Porto Nowi                                  ZRH   6  2  1  3   7   7   0   7     0-0    2-1     -     0-1  
4  Starlight SC                                   SQR   6  1  0  5   3  15 -12   3     0-1    0-5    0-3     -

Group K                                                 P  W  D  L  GF  GA  GD  Pts    CAP    STR    NEW    BLU
1  CA Paulinthal                                  PAS   6  3  1  2  11   9   2  10      -     0-2    0-1    1-0  
2  Straudum VV                                    KOR   6  2  2  2  12  11   1   8 *   2-4     -     0-1    1-1  
3  New Bremen FC                                  CBP   6  2  2  2  10  13  -3   8 *   3-3    3-5     -     0-3  
4  Brenville Blue                                 COR   6  1  3  2   9   9   0   6     1-3    2-2    2-2     -

Liga B Group Stage

Group F
#  Team                                          P  W  D  L  GF  GA  GD  Pts    ATF    SCF    Kia    Por
1  Athlétique Trois-Fleuves                OME   6  3  2  1  11   9   2  11 *    -     1-1    1-1    4-6  
2  SC Filwarfin                            PAS   6  3  2  1  12   6   6  11 *   1-2     -     1-1    4-0  
3  Kionao Locals                           TUR   6  1  3  2   7   8  -1   6     0-1    1-3     -     2-2  
4  Porto Vecchio                           SVG   6  1  1  4   9  16  -7   4     0-2    1-2    0-2     -

RSC Group Stage

Group F                                                 P  W  D  L  GF  GA  GD  Pts    CaM    HeR    Spa    Lir
1  Canbix Muses                                   ZWZ   6  3  2  1   9   6   3  11      -     2-1    3-0    0-3  
2  Hellinic Rouge                                 PAS   6  3  1  2  10   7   3  10     1-1     -     1-2    4-2  
3  Spartangrad                                    EUR   6  2  1  3   6   8  -2   7     0-0    0-2     -     3-0  
4  Liria                                          MYT   6  2  0  4   8  12  -4   6     1-3    0-1    2-1     -

The early rounds of the IFCF for Pasargan clubs opens up again in Stein-los, although this season it is not Tani that gets us underway but rather Club Stein-los by virtue of their Copa win nabbing a spot in the Challengers Cup. The Old Club looks good in front of their home fans, with Leticia Palmer, Frici Czakó, and Aaron Manning getting on the scoresheet in a three to one victory at home. On the road it is a much quieter affair, with the Old Club clearly looking to just set up shop and see the tie out, but Daniel Lachlant ensures a victory with a well taken free kick and the Old Club advances onwards. In the unexpected position of being in the Liga B, Sardin United has to fight tooth and nail through both legs to advance, having to forego their usual defensive stance in a three to two away victory and then a two to one home victory. It is a bitter pill for Sardin who was hoping to jump right back into the SuperLiga but having missed promotion by one spot but also in international competition, distracting them potentially from earning their way back into the top flight.

It is a cruel twist of fate from the draw for the Hurricane as they get one of the best clubs in the world and a regional rival of Sabrefell Moths from Nephara in their Champions League qualifying round. Try as they might, they can not get past the Moths, losing by a scoreline of two goals to one in both legs of the fixture, although new signing Vâásk Çêwé did look dangerous and got the solitary goal for the Hurricane in the home leg. Alas they still fall into the Challengers Cup and will hope for better results there. The Old Club blitzes Fortis Epops away from home with a comfortable three to nil victory, allowing a full rotation in the home fixture that results in a draw and the Stein-los club advances. In the other part of the city, Tani takes on Dagan outfit Brattleboro FC in the same round of the competition. New signing Abel Wesoloski-Okafor gets a brace on either side of the halftime whistle in the home leg, with Mozes Szölôsi added a third for a two goal cushion going into Cassadaigua, where Tani tightens their grip on the ball and passes the ninety minutes away for progression to the next round. Sardin once again scapes by in the Liga B, this time getting past one of the lesser known Rozelle sides from Brenecia thanks to a home victory in the first leg, it's still an uncomfortable position but they will gladly take the appearance and prize money.

Falling into the Challengers Cup seems to have made CAP a bit angry and they take out their frustrations on Blinding Lights, with Eustacio Corral Magana getting a brace, while Ilona Kárpáty and Alen Hrdaljko both get their names on the scoresheet in the four goal output at home, though giving up two goals does make the away leg a dangerous affair. Vojmil Topić however sees to that with a brace of his own, the first goal coming three minutes into the match and another a half hour in that kills the tie and sees the Hurricane move forward. Tani are on the wrong side of a one to nil scoreline in the first leg of their tie away from home and despite goals from Gabriel Petrasso and Adrien Trolli in the home leg, the defense can't keep the opposition from scoring twice as well and Tani once more falls out of the competition much earlier than expected. Where Tani fails, Club Stein-los looks to succeed, with Wolfgang Rieder scoring a game winner in the eighty-seventh minute of five goal thriller away from home and the side holding on to a one all draw in Stein-los to sneak into the next round. Both CAP and The Old Club are drawn with Rushmori opposition and it is a tight affair for the Dressers against their Darmen opponents, the tie heading to a penalty shootout after both sides won two to one away from home. National team pool keeper Edina Szél makes two saves in the shootout and Club Stein-los has done it the hard way to get to the group stages. CAP narrowly wins in Mytanija, before Çêwé, Magana, and Topić all score in the first half in Paulinthal, the Hurricane moving to the group stage, though the wrong one if you were to ask their fans.

In the Champions League group stages, Hellinic is handed quite a tough draw and on the onset look like they might be out of their depth with the level of competition that they are having to face. With only two wins from those six matches, you might believe that as well, but the side managed to draw their remaining four other matches going unbeaten in a very unusual manner, with one of their wins being against Spartangrad being the reason that they are able to secure second place in front of the Euran outfit. Three Pasargan sides are in the group stages of the Challengers Cup, providing a real chance to make some movement in the coefficients if the teams are able to play up to their caliber. That unfortunately is far from the case for Club Stein-los, who finishes dead last in the group after getting three draws and three defeats in their group, a huge disappointment considering the guts they had shown to make it to this stage in the first place. However the two clubs from Paulinthal are up to the task, with Santos getting four wins and finishing a comfortable second in their group, while CAP only got three wins but somehow managed to top a very competitive group with just ten points. With three teams in the knockouts, Pasargan hopes for coefficient building and trophies grow stronger.

Let's start at the top and how the Spartans are trying their best to retain the title. A solitary loss in the first half of the season goes a long way towards doing exactly that, with the only loss coming in Paulinthal. However that loss was not to CAP, but rather Paulinthal FC in a very uninspiring performance by Hellinic Rouge that saw the Reds run out four to one victors against the current holders. If there is a concern with the Spartans moving forward and having a solid chance at retaining their title, it is that their elite level defense of the last few seasons has looked only above average, with conceding just over a goal a game. Perhaps it is a sign that Szescõ Mezei should be dropped by the national team if his club form is failing the same way that his national team form has, with some games looking like he is an elite level keeper and other games like the one against the Reds where he looks completely pedestrian and can be scored on by just about anyone. It is a distressing situation for the Spartans but they are top of the table at the halfway mark and have to feel fairly comfortable that just shoring up the defensive efforts is the only real concern going into the second half and retaining the title.

The Spartans are not running away from the title though, as the Old Club has shot out of nowhere to be matching the Spartans step for step, with Club Stein-los having the same exact record as Hellinic at the halfway stage. The first team to win a top flight title in the dual islands, the Old Club has constantly been right there or therabouts, but like their cross city rivals of Turkish, have found it hard to displace the duopoly of CAP and Tani that developed before then Baskita and now Hellinic found ways to sneak their way onto the podium. The Old Club has ten top flight titles to their record but the last time they lifted the trophy was back in 1929, over seventy seasons ago. The Dressers only loss of the season has come at the hands of the Spartans in Stein-los and the side started off poorly with a pair of draws to start off the season but rebounded strongly, including winning both of the two fixtures against their fellow Stein-los rivals in Turkish and Tani. Being out of the IFCF now, can The Old Club take advantage of being singularly focused while the Spartans are distracted or will the tail off during the stretch run?

CAP is lurking within striking range though, however their attempts to truly make it a three horse race took a huge dent in the last matchday when they traveled to Stein-los to take on the struggling Tani in Kilmonarch. Tani had had a rough go of it in the first half of the season, with only four wins, three draws, and twelve losses coming into the huge rivalry game, while CAP had been flying high and only two points off the top two. Yet somehow Tani pulled out a miracle and stunned the Hurricane two to one in front of their home fans to drag Tani back into the logjam that is fourth to twelfth, with only five points separating the fourteen sides in the middle of the table. It is the sort of loss that can cause a title challenge to fall away but it should not come as a surprise as Tani always seems to show out at home against CAP even during down season and the Hurricane will be rueing the opportunity to keep themselves just one win and the top two held to a draw from sharing that lead at the top. They are currently comfortably third, with a four point gap over both Turkish as well as Paulinthal FC, but there are a dozen clubs within that striking range and CAP needs to be way to not be prone to the upset in the second half as they were in the first if they really want to compete for the title this season.

Down at the bottom, currently it looks like the much beloved Avidë might finally be seeing the struggles that most thought would have already come their way with their constrained financial situation. With only four wins from the opening half of play and not a single draw in sight, it has been a first half of suffering for the little club from the capital, as evidence by their fourty goals against and abysmal goal difference. Struggling for goals and unable to keep them out, it looks like it will take a minor miracle for them not to finally hit the drop and fall back into the second tier where they had seemed the most comfortable in the last decade. Right there with them though is SC Filwarfin, the promoted team who is faring about as poorly but has a bit more of a scoring touch than the capital club, though for all the good it has done them merely finding a single draw better than the Royals. Myrkan and Lìjû both sit just three points about the Royals but it definitely looks more like that the capital club as well as Filwarfin are likely to be the two teams heading down to the second tier once the second half of the season wraps up, which is a shame given how much support Avidë has garnered since finding their way into the top flight.

Ps                       Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Hellinic Rouge         15    9   5   1    30   18  +12    32
 2 Club Stein-los         15    9   5   1    27   17  +10    32
 3 CA Paulinthal          15    8   3   4    33   15  +18    27
 4 Stein-los Turkish      15    6   5   4    27   19   +8    23
 5 Paulinthal FC          15    6   5   4    34   29   +5    23
 6 Galatica               15    6   4   5    29   21   +8    22
 7 Stilinkeep FC          15    6   3   6    17   14   +3    21
 8 Lunas FC               15    5   5   5    22   20   +2    20
 9 Duke of the North      15    4   8   3    13   12   +1    20
10 Santos Luega           15    5   4   6    19   21   −2    19
11 Baskita FC             15    6   1   8    20   24   −4    19
12 Tanrısal               15    5   3   7    22   19   +3    18
13 FC Myrkan              15    4   3   8    18   26   −8    15
14 Lìjû                   15    4   3   8    15   24   −9    15
15 SC Filwarfin           15    4   1  10    21   39  −18    13
16 Avidë                  15    4   0  11    11   40  −29    12

by **Pasarga** » Mon Jun 06, 2022 8:52 pm

Season 2002 - Second Half

Challengers Cup Round of 32

(PAS)                              Santos Luega    1–5    Soldarian FC                              (VAL)   1–3   0–2
(SRS)                                Chalesm FC    0–4    CA Paulinthal                             (PAS)   0–2   0–2

Champions League Round of 16

(PAS)                            Hellinic Rouge    4–2    Mâ Âlâmëómë                               (FFD)   2–2   2–0

CdC First Round
(PAS) Hellinic Rouge 6–5 Sterling City United (DAR) 4-2 2-3

Liga B Round of 16

(PAS)                              SC Filwarfin    5–3    Royal Arexa                               (ASG)   3–2   2–1

RSC Playoff Round

(CBP)          Westwood Sprites    0–2    Hellinic Rouge            (PAS)

RSC Round of 16

(PAS)            Hellinic Rouge    0–1    Mipojoseon                (QUE)

CWC First Round

(EUR)                  Spartangrad    3–0    Club Stein-los               (PAS)   1–0   2–0

Champions League Quarterfinals

(PAS)                            Hellinic Rouge    2–4    Latrobe Athletic                          (KSK)   1–1   1–3

CdC Quarterfinals

(MYT)	Atletik		3–6	Hellinic Rouge		(PAS)	2-4 1-2

Liga B Quarterfinals

(PAS)                              SC Filwarfin    2–1    Surf Jettica                              (VIL)   2–1   0–0

CdC Semifinals

(EFL)	RGS Athletic	1–4	Hellinic Rouge		(PAS)	1-3 0-1

Liga B Semifinals

(VAL)                               AC Hartdale    5–3    SC Filwarfin                              (PAS)   3–2   2–1

Mâ Âlâmëómë is a very difficult draw but considering that the Spartans failed to win their group, they can hardly complain about the difficulty of the draw. The Farf club came into Evenfar and looked for a good hour like the best team in all of the sport, grabbing a two goal advantage and putting the Spartans on the backfoot. A diving header from Csongor Sebeôk on a freekick with ten minutes to go gave the home side some life, before Sutton grabbed an equalizer at the death, sending the sides into Atlantian Oceania all square. Somehow in Farfadillis the Spartans seemed more relaxed and able to play their game effectively, Exene Fletcher and Viktor Szôcs both nabbing rare goals to secure the win and send the Spartans on through to the quarterfinals. In the Challengers Cup, the Tecos are not match for Soldarian FC of Valanora in the Round of Thirty-Two, but CAP is trying to add make a Final run and easily dispatches Chalesm FC with a pair of two to nil victories. Yet Farfadillis comes knocking again in the Round of Sixteen and this time it is La Nueva Avenida. There is hope after Vojmil Topić secures a one all draw in Farfadillis but the Hurricane are completely dominated at home by the tune of three to nil and crash out early. Meanwhile while their league form has been dour, Filwarfin continues to impress in the Liga B and sneaks into the Quarterfinals there.

In the CdC, the Spartans are tasked with trying to deal with Darmen competition, with Sterling City United trying to play upstart early in the competition. A four to two victory for Hellinic in Evenfar seems like a safe enough lead to take into Darmen but it takes a late goal from Sutton to ensure the victory in the tie after Sterling City United was up three to one with a quarter hour to go. Tired legs from fixture congestion definitely being seen in the second leg of the tie for the Spartans, still they march on. The Cup Winners' Cup is supposed to be another route for glory for Club Stein-los but drawing Spartangrad from Eura ends the hope before it can ever truly begin for the Old Club. The Spartans youth team finds solid footing in the first knockout round of the Rising Stars Cup, giving credence to the Pasargan dominance over the youth game, before being pipped in a tense affair at home in the Round of Sixteen there, a very unfortunate result for the youth team that had shown quite a bit of promise in making it that far to begin with.

The Quarterfinals are the stage where your mettle really gets tested, as there are no easy ties regardless of what competition you are participating in, it is time to put in your best or get knocked out. The Spartans put up a solid performance at home against Latrobe Athletic, Fletcher getting on to the end of a corner in a one all affair in Evenfar. Yet in Kelssek, the Spartans defense fails them and they are taken apart for three goals while their own strike force squanders opportunities and the Kelssek side advances forward, ending the dream of a Pasargan club once more making it to the semifinals or beyond in the most prestigious club competition. There is all still to play for in the Copa de Campeones though, drawing Mytanar competition there. Whatever disappointment of frailty in front of net from the Champions League was put to bed in the away leg in Mytanija, as the Spartans blasted four but still conceded two to make the home leg troublesome. Yet goals from Sutton and Erzebet Lörinc are enough to seal advancement in a two to one victory in Evenfar. Brave SC Filwarfin continue to fight on, perhaps now seeking glory more in the Liga B than the SuperLiga and a two to one victory in Celesthem is all the scoring needed as there is no goals to be found in the trip to Vilita by either side.

The famous RGS Athletic from Eastfield Lodge stand in the way of Hellinic Rouge and a spot in the Final of the CdC. It is a tough draw but the Spartans have the home leg in the second leg of the tie, knowing at least a draw in Eastfield Lodge should likely be enough to see the side through. It is an early goal from the home side though, taking a lead into the halftime break. Yet the Spartans come out of the halftime talk on the front foot and press the hosts hard on the attack. Fletcher gets the first for the Spartans, poking home an effort in the six after a scramble from a freekick. Sarrazin makes it two with nine minutes left, rising above the crowd on a corner and put a powerful header into the near post. Aging striker Aldo Gonckalev shows some vigor still with an injury time blast from just inside the box for a three to one advantage, which is sealed with a Sutton masterclass in the first half in Evenfar and the Spartans are into the Final, looking to extend the impressive Pasargan record in the tournament. For Filwarfin, coming up against Vanorian opposition in the semifinals was a task too far, though they made AC Hartdale work for in both legs but ultimately could not bridge the talent gap between the two sides.

CdC Final
at Old City Stadium, Iturributa, Astograth

(PAS)	Hellinic Rouge	4–4	Port Rhovanyon AFC	(TKT)	(5–5 aet) (5–3 pen.)

It is an unexpected for facing the Spartans in Astrograth for the right to call themselves the champions of Rushmore, as it a club from Tikariot, whose domestic game is good but not considered among the elite, yet. However that perception may soon be changing with the way they looked to match the Spartans blow for blow in the Final, as the Pasargan club would put one in only to be pegged back, four times the Spartans took the lead and four times did Port Rhovanyon claw back and equalizer in regulation. In extra time, the Tikariot team struck first but Sutton willed the Spartans back once more, his form in the ICCs continuing to show why Granger was so desperate to have him in the first place. Spot kicks are the end result to seperate the two sides and with an in form Mezei between the sticks for the Spartans, Hellinic held the edge and one that they were able to press with a victory in the shootout and claiming the title as the best team in Rushmore for this season.

As the second half kicks off, the Spartans know that there is a battle brewing for the top spot in the league and if they are to retain their crown, they have to come out swinging. It is an ugly win in Myrkan, but a win is a win, particularly with Club Stein-los drawing and keeping distance ahead of CAP who wins their away fixture. The Spartans are stunned in Evenfar though by the Royals, as Avidë's bid to survive has taken a huge leap with four points from six to open the second half, getting an efficient draw against Hellinic. Yet Club Stein-los can not make up ground, as they defeated in Paulinthal by the Tecos and now CAP reenters the mix with their victory over Myrkan in Paulinthal, truly turning the title race into a three horse race already just two matches into the second half of the season. CAP then go top of the table as they win in Torgos against the Royals, not falling into the same trap as the Spartans and Turkish had, thanks also to Hellinic losing away to Duke of the North, but the Old Club keeps pace with a reassuring victory over Baskita in Stein-los. Despite a poor first half, it looks to be another season where CAP's talent rises to the surface as league play goes on.

While CAP and Hellinic find easy victories in the next fixture, the Old Club are upset in Torgos by a quietly good Galatica side, giving CAP a small gap at the top of the table to try and extend their lead by. Yet it is all brought back to level pegging when the Hurricane visit their Paulinthal rivals of the Tecos and are bitten by a late goal by the Tecos in Tecos Stadium and held to a draw while both Hellinic and Club Stein-los find victories. CAP is once again held, this time by the Eagles of Baskita in the San Daros, but the Spartans can not take advantage of two more dropped points by the Hurricane as they lose to Galatica in Torgos as well, paving the way for Club Stein-los to earn their way to the top with a victory against Lìjû away from home. However no team can hold momentum, with the Old Club being held the following week in Stein-los by Paulinthal FC, who have had quite a hand in the title race. CAP find Torgos a tricky venue as well, but manages a draw at Galatica in the Stade de Torgos, bettering what their title rivals were able to manage but not enough to retake the lead though the Spartans don't mind after easing past Filwarfin at home.

It looks to be a season where a title winner might not even gather sixty points as another week comes and goes with two of the three title challengers dropping points, this time it is Hellinic and Club Stein-los who both lose embarrassingly on the road but CAP finds an easy time of it in Celesthem against Filwarfin. CAP and Hellinic both manage very comfortable wins at home the following week, really showcasing their title credentials, but Club Stein-los is held by a surging Tani in a Stein-los derby, the first one that Tani has taken points it and it comes in the Old Club's Stein-los Stadium, a big blow to their title aspirations. Form is fickle and the Reds of Paulinthal FC do a huge favor for the Old Club as they hold CAP to a one all draw at home, while Lunas FC has the upset of the season thwarting their Peynol compatriots of Hellinic in Lunas, making it tight again amongst the three challengers with five games remaining. Lunas springs the upset again the following week in San Daros, putting the sword to CAP with four goals off of five shots and the Hurricane inexplicably lose, while Hellinic and The Old Club draw one all heading into the final month of the season and all three clubs still in the running.

As the pressure intensifies, Hellinic is bested in Stein-los by a Turkish team trying to claw their way into the title race at the last moment. That cause is helped a huge amount as CAP is defeated by the Old Club in Stein-los, a narrow victory that puts them in the driver's seat with only a handful of games remaining and trying to break a seventy plus year drought. It is all falling apart for the Spartans and Hurricane here at the end, with Hellinic losing in Evenfar to a Tani team that looked dead at the halfway stage but is climbing into IFCF contention and CAP being dragged into a fight for third now with Turkish beating them at the San Daros in Paulinthal. All it takes is a single goal from Daniel Lachlant in Celesthem and Club Stein-los extends their lead at the top, needing a point from their last two matches in order to steal the title right from underneath the noses of two of the biggest clubs in the nation and after so much heartbreak that they suffered in the ICCs this season. It would be cruel to lose the title lead now for the oldest club in the nation.

The seventy two year drought is over, as the Old Club take care of business against Myrkan in Stein-los Stadium, with goals from Éva Mezei and Ompoly Erôss earning the two to nil victory over Myrkan and crowning Club Stein-los as Champions of Pasarga for the first time since the 1928/1929 season. It has not been the prettiest of season but it was one of grit and determination and a bit of form when it mattered most. While CAP and Hellinic found troubled footing during the run in, Club Stein-los managed to steady the ship enough to grab the needed victories for the title, making the last day against Avidë meaningless for them. An aging squad and multiple tournaments to fight through means the prize money likely is going straight into a transfer chest if Club Stein-los wants to challenge in the ICCs and have a chance of retaining their crown next season when a humbled Hellinic as well as CA Paulinthal will be hot on their tails looking to take back a title that they both think should be theirs. Especially after CAP loses to Tani on the last matchday, letting both Turkish and Tani leapfrog them, taking third and Champions League play away from the Hurricane and giving it to Turkish, having CAP finish in fifth instead. Galatica will hope CAP can bounce back quickly as next week they are in the Copa Final and Galatica needs CAP to win in order to make it to the Challengers Cup themselves.

Copa de la Luna Final
@ Stade de Torgos, Torgos
CA Paulinthal 0-0(2-0 AET) Paulinthal FC

The Copa Final is the final chance for the Hurricane to have something go right for them this season, yet playing the Reds in a Paulinthal derby in the Final means that their crosstown rivals are surely looking to add on to CAP's misery and earn their own spot in the ICCs for next season with CAP having already having secured a spot with their league finish. It is a dour affair with the Reds sitting back and inviting CAP to apply the pressure and for all the talent they have on their roster, they can not find an opener in the ninety minutes. However CAP's depth and ability to rotate throughout the season shows its edge in the extra time period, with goals from Vojmil Topić and then Ilona Kárpáty giving the Hurricane a piece of silverware for the season. It gives Galatica a spot in the Challengers Cup next season and adds the Cup Winners' Cup to CAP's gauntlet to run next season, whether or not that is a good thing is a point of debate but the side will be happy to not go two seasons without winning any domestic trophies.

SuperLiga

Pos Team                    P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Club Stein-los         30  16   9   5  47  32  +15  57     Champions
  2 Hellinic Rouge         30  16   7   7  51  34  +17  55     IFCL
  3 Stein-los Turkish      30  14   8   8  57  38  +19  50     IFCL
  4 Tanrısal               30  15   5  10  53  39  +14  50     IFCC
  5 CA Paulinthal          30  14   7   9  59  39  +20  49     IFCC
  6 Galatica               30  13   8   9  48  37  +11  47     IFCC
  7 Stilinkeep FC          30  12   6  12  34  28   +6  42
  8 Santos Luega           30  11   8  11  38  40   -2  41
  9 Paulinthal FC          30  10  10  10  46  48   -2  40
 10 Duke of the North      30   8  13   9  23  25   -2  37
 11 Baskita FC             30  10   7  13  38  41   -3  37
 12 Lìjû                   30  10   7  13  38  49  -11  37
 13 Avidë                  30  11   3  16  32  59  -27  36
 14 Lunas FC               30   9   8  13  38  41   -3  35
 15 FC Myrkan              30   8   4  18  31  50  -19  28     Relegated
 16 SC Filwarfin           30   6   4  20  36  69  -33  22     Relegated

SuperLiga 2

Pos Team                    P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Mytos-Turin            30  17   7   6  33  17  +16  58     Champions
  2 Torgos City            30  17   6   7  49  35  +14  57     Promoted
  3 SC Troubalose          30  16   6   8  30  24   +6  54
  4 Stradirù               30  12  13   5  32  22  +10  49
  5 Titanderth             30  15   2  13  50  42   +8  47
  6 Fetherdron United      30  13   7  10  37  30   +7  46
  7 Evenfar FC             30  13   5  12  42  35   +7  44
  8 Myrtha Dalin           30  12   7  11  50  47   +3  43
  9 Sardin United          30  11   9  10  37  31   +6  42
 10 Peynol-Lunas           30  11   7  12  35  41   -6  40
 11 Tyrysier               30  10   7  13  35  39   -4  37
 12 Aleine FC              30  11   3  16  41  48   -7  36
 13 Targas City            30  10   5  15  29  44  -15  35
 14 Riis                   30   7   8  15  32  36   -4  29
 15 Arthiana-bas           30   8   4  18  29  43  -14  28     Relegated
 16 Celesthem FC           30   8   2  20  28  55  -27  26     Relegated

SuperLiga 3

Pos Team                  P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Aleine United        30  17   7   6  58  36  +22  58     Champions
  2 SC Sardin            30  16   7   7  57  38  +19  55     Promoted
  3 FC Belja             30  15   5  10  60  37  +23  50
  4 RC Sardin            30  14   7   9  51  53   -2  49
  5 Targas United        30  12  11   7  25  23   +2  47
  6 SC Myrkan            30  12   8  10  32  30   +2  44
  7 Haslief              30  12   7  11  55  55   +0  43
  8 Aratha Metz          30  10  11   9  30  26   +4  41
  9 Tulduroc United      30  11   8  11  29  26   +3  41
 10 Athletic Sutra       30  11   7  12  35  45  -10  40
 11 St. Galaxia          30   8  11  11  34  34   +0  35
 12 Druidists            30   9   8  13  42  47   -5  35
 13 OS Anax              30   7  10  13  47  67  -20  31
 14 Altanley United      30   6  12  12  26  33   -7  30
 15 Peixe                30   7   8  15  34  47  -13  29     Relegated
 16 Orasul               30   7   5  18  25  43  -18  26     Relegated

SuperLiga 4

Pos Team                  P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 FC Felaton           30  19   3   8  56  30  +26  60     Champions
  2 Harklaoff            30  17   6   7  39  24  +15  57     Promoted
  3 Isnat'pa United      30  14   9   7  21  13   +8  51
  4 Leyton Peynol        30  14   7   9  50  41   +9  49
  5 Hyan FC              30  13   9   8  27  17  +10  48
  6 SC Dendros           30  14   6  10  36  27   +9  48
  7 Cape Jark            30  12  11   7  22  18   +4  47
  8 Tharg-calan          30  11  11   8  43  35   +8  44
  9 Cilinas FC           30  11  11   8  29  28   +1  44
 10 Tarrows              30  10  10  10  35  39   -4  40
 11 Uriz                 30  10   9  11  22  18   +4  39
 12 Renaitiz             30   8   5  17  27  39  -12  29
 13 Pendera              30   6  11  13  14  30  -16  29
 14 Real Troubalose      30   5  11  14  14  26  -12  26
 15 Seletal FC           30   4   9  17  10  29  -19  21
 16 Darom United         30   4   8  18  14  45  -31  20

Championship Playoff: Tanrısal 4-1(3-0) Baskita FC , Peynol-Lunas 2-1(2-0) Stilinkeep FC | Tanrısal 2-0 Peynol Lunas

Central Pargis

Pos    Team                    P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Baskita FC             30  17  7   6  54  26  +28  58     Champions
  2 Tyrysier               30  15  9   6  40  23  +17  54
  3 Fetherdron United      30  15  9   6  37  21  +16  54
  4 Galatica               30  14 10   6  42  32  +10  52
  5 Riis                   30  13  9   8  41  31  +10  48
  6 St. Galaxia            30  15  3  12  31  31   +0  48
  7 Targas City            30  12  8  10  43  34   +9  44
  8 Torgos City            30  12  7  11  35  36   -1  43
  9 FC Felaton             30  10 10  10  35  31   +4  40
 10 Avidë                  30  11  7  12  29  34   -5  40
 11 Aratha Metz            30  10  5  15  29  45  -16  35
 12 Peixe                  30   9  7  14  30  40  -10  34
 13 RC Sardin              30   8  7  15  36  46  -10  31
 14 Targas United          30   9  4  17  27  43  -16  31
 15 SC Sardin              30   7  7  16  29  44  -15  28
 16 Tarrows                30   7  3  20  15  36  -21  24

Peynol

Pos Team                    P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Stilinkeep FC          30  18   6   6  49  26  +23  60     Champions
  2 Duke of the North      30  17   8   5  50  23  +27  59
  3 FC Belja               30  15   9   6  47  27  +20  54
  4 Titanderth             30  13  10   7  42  27  +15  49
  5 Lìjû                   30  12  11   7  41  36   +5  47
  6 Myrtha Dalin           30  10  11   9  39  36   +3  41
  7 SC Dendros             30  10  10  10  33  32   +1  40
  8 Leyton-Peynol          30  12   4  14  38  39   -1  40
  9 Orasul                 30  10   9  11  34  39   -5  39
 10 Hyan FC                30   8  13   9  34  35   -1  37
 11 Pendera                30   9   6  15  32  47  -15  33
 12 Isnat'pa United        30   7  12  11  25  41  -16  33
 13 Altanley United        30   8   8  14  30  41  -11  32
 14 Tulduroc United        30   8   7  15  31  41  -10  31
 15 Mytos-Turin            30   6  12  12  28  36   -8  30
 16 Darom United           30   5   8  17  24  51  -27  23

Pargis-Peynol

Pos Team                  P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Peynol-Lunas         30  20  3   7  52  24  +28  63     Champions
  2 Hellinic Rouge       30  19  3   8  59  25  +34  60
  3 Lunas FC             30  16  6   8  45  24  +21  54
  4 Evenfar FC           30  15  7   8  33  22  +11  52
  5 Haslief              30  14  7   9  42  31  +11  49
  6 SC Filwarfin         30  13  8   9  37  31   +6  47
  7 Real Troubalose      30  13  7  10  38  29   +9  46
  8 SC Troubalose        30  13  6  11  34  29   +5  45
  9 Celesthem FC         30  13  6  11  40  36   +4  45
 10 Arthian-bas          30  10  8  12  32  36   -4  38
 11 Cilinas FC           30  10  4  16  29  49  -20  34
 12 Thag-Calan           30   9  6  15  26  46  -20  33
 13 Renaitiz             30   9  4  17  32  49  -17  31
 14 Uriz                 30   7  8  15  25  42  -17  29
 15 Cape Jark            30   7  6  17  24  43  -19  27
 16 Seletal FC           30   5  5  20  22  54  -32  20

South Pargis

Pos Team                    P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Tanrısal               30  21   7   2  52  14  +38  70     Champions
  2 Stein-los Turkish      30  19   7   4  42  22  +20  64
  3 CA Paulinthal          30  17   7   6  43  24  +19  58
  4 Club Stein-los         30  17   4   9  43  27  +16  55
  5 Stradirù               30  13   9   8  36  27   +9  48
  6 FC Myrkan              30  12  10   8  36  27   +9  46
  7 SC Myrkan              30  12   9   9  38  38   +0  45
  8 Sardin United          30  10   9  11  36  27   +9  39
  9 Santos Luega           30  10   7  13  33  38   -5  37
 10 Aleine FC              30  10   5  15  32  37   -5  35
 11 Paulinthal FC          30   8  11  11  30  37   -7  35
 12 Athletic Sutra         30  10   3  17  31  48  -17  33
 13 Druidists              30   9   5  16  28  40  -12  32
 14 Aleine United          30   8   7  15  25  37  -12  31
 15 Harklaoff              30   4   9  17  23  43  -20  21
 16 OS Anax                30   3   5  22  14  56  -42  14

Awards
Team of the Season (Voted on by the media)
GK: Adél Deák - Stilinkeep FC
RB:

Suzie Knight - Club Stein-los
CB: Vidor Kovách - Duke of the North
CB: Ompoly Erôss - Club Stein-los
LB: Lõrinc Vass - Hellinic Rouge
RW: Frici Czakó - Club Stein-los
MC:

Alen Hrdaljko - CA Paulinthal
MC:

Exene Fletcher - Hellinic Rouge
LW: Vojmil Topić - CA Paulinthal
ST:

Tommy Sutton - Hellinic Rouge
ST:

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Abel Wesoloski-Okafor - Tanrısal

Player of the Season (Voted on by the Managers of the SuperLiga)
1)

Exene Fletcher - Hellinic Rouge (5 goals, 11 assists)
2)

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Abel Wesoloski-Okafor - Tanrısal (14 goals, 4 assists)
3) Vojmil Topić - CA Paulinthal (5 goals, 15 assists)

Golden Boot
1)

Vâásk Çêwé - CA Paulinthal (19 goals)
2)

Tommy Sutton - Hellinic Rouge (17 goals)
3)

Gabriel Petrasso - Tanrısal (16 goals)

Foreigner of the Year (Voted on by the PFA)
1)

Exene Fletcher - Hellinic Rouge (5 goals, 11 assists)
2)

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Abel Wesoloski-Okafor - Tanrısal (14 goals, 4 assists)
3)

Tommy Sutton - Hellinic Rouge (17 goals, 3 assists)

by **Pasarga** » Sun Sep 04, 2022 12:58 am

Season 2003 - Review

Copa Real
@ Valladares
Club Stein-los 0-2 CA Paulinthal

The SuperLiga holders looked out of their depth against a Hurricane side that although did not have any changes over the summer window, seemed a different squad than the one that took the field last season. The lethality of Vâásk Çêwé in front of net for a goal on either side of the halftime whistle started off the domestic campaign right for CA Paulinthal. As well as earning the first piece of silverware up for competition, the Hurricane were the first visitors in this season that is set to take part in Valladares, with the ongoing domestic crisis in the dual islands. Some will wonder if the change in scenery is why the Hurricane looked so dominant and the Dressers looked out of their element, as the clubs of the nation will have to quickly adjust to the current realities that will come with playing at least one domestic season away from their homes back in Pasarga. This might be a season where the mental fortitude of a squad will be a much higher difference maker as everyone has to deal with the unfamiliar and not being in the comfort of their own homes.

Copa early rounds blacked out due to broadcast restrictions

Copa de la Luna Final
@ Valladares
Lunas FC 1-2 Galatica

Both Lunas and Galatica went into the match knowing that a win would send them into the Challengers Cup and the coveted prize money that comes with even playing in the qualifying rounds of that tournament. Neither side have had exceptional domestic campaigns here in Valladares, though Galatica could say that they have had a smidge better of time away from the dual islands than Lunas have. It would be Cristian Bogarín, the striker from Valladares, who would play the pivotal role in the Final though, coming on in the fifty-seventh minute with Galatica trailing by a goal. The striker then leveled terms with his first touch in the fifty-ninth minute, before winning the game and trophy for the Galacticos in the seventy-seventh minute with a strong header off a corner. Despite losing more games than they won in the league, Galatica have managed to sneak their way into the Challengers Cup once more, keeping up the revitalization that they have had in the last decade with continued trips into the international domestic competitions. While far from the titles that the fanbase desire, it is a trophy to add to the cabinet, which do not come by easily.

Having to play in a foreign nation for the entire duration of a season is not something that any manager could have been prepared for nor the players under their care. It was a season of trouble in just keeping the players of the various clubs motivated to go to their training and then take the field when it was the matchday, the worries of what was transpiring back home weighing heavily on many of the staffs and players alike. There seemed to be a very leveling factor in that, bringing a certain level of parity outside of the truly elite clubs, while a few clubs were exposed for having a few too many players a little long in the tooth. Chief among these was the Spartans of Hellinic Rouge who while in contention for the Challengers Cup spaces into the last few weeks of the season, was never able to truly muster a title challenge and their usually elite defense came apart quite far too easily on many occasions during the season. There is likely to be some major shuffling in the Spartans defense during the offseason, as finishing lower midtable for a team expected to contend for a title will not be easily swallowed in Peynol when the squad is able to return.

Despite having quite comfortably winning the SuperLiga 2 last season, Mytos-Turin were also among those heavily affected by the reality of playing away from the dual islands for the season, not really ever able to feel at ease in their host nation. Only managing to grab points in eleven of the thirty matches really spelled doom for the club and it should come as no huge surprise that they were easily propping up the rest of the table, scoring a meager twelve goals. That lack of any true goalscoring threat meant that their fairly respectable tally of only conceding forty-two goals in the season, less than the champions of the league, was all for nothing. It comes as a bit of a surprise those that the Reds of Paulinthal FC will be the other team joining them down in the SuperLiga 2 next season, missing safety in the end by a single point, though their quite porous defense was their major trouble having conceded the most goals in the league with sixty-one given up across the season. It was a bad season for two of Paulinthal's big three clubs, with Santos Luega finishing in thirteenth spot and only three points above their crosstown rivals who were relegated.

The surprise of the season comes from newly promoted Torgos City, who were the major beneficiaries of the parity that the season in Valladares provided. At just forty-three points, a mere ten above the relegated Paulinthal FC, the Citizens were able to sneak into fifth spot in the league by virtue of being difficult to beat. Seven draws were third most in the league, with Stilinkeep and Paulinthal being tied for first with nine each, showing their ability to make themselves quite difficult to beat. Which is impressive given that they conceded the second most goals in the league in fifty-six, but fifty-four goals thanks to a strikeforce lead by Jausdorak Mareaunthen from Ko-oren was lethal enough to keep the Citizens marching on and all the way into an Challengers Cup position, where Galatica joins them by virtue of their Copa victory, and Baskita who had something of a mini revival in Valladares, finishing in sixth and able to edge out just enough victories to be above the rest of the Challengers Cup challengers in the middle of the table.

Yet the top four of the league was the three major Stein-los clubs and CA Paulinthal battling it out for the title, as it was evident from the first few weeks that they would be the four clubs making their way into the top four and the Champions League positions that come with them. Club Stein-los looked to have taken their defeat in the Copa Real to heart and was able to start stringing together results throughout the season, by they lacked the dynamic firepower in their squad compared to the other three and would eventually see a few too many draws instead of wins, making them unable to retain their crown. Turkish might have wished to grab another draw or two instead of being feast or famine, finishing a point behind the leaders at the top, with goals spread well across their front six. It is hard to win the title with nine losses though despite nineteen victories and have content themselves with third. Tani brought the fight to CAP throughout the season but two seasons without the title had CAP absolutely in the mood and they goals in for fun through the season, finishing with eighty-seven for. The show they put on for the Valladares hosts is what earned them that title and Tani left bitterly in second despite a magnificent campaign of their own. In the end, it is the Hurricane who once again rule the league.

SuperLiga

Pos Team                    P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 CA Paulinthal          30  19  3   8  87  46  +41  60     Champions
  2 Tanrısal               30  19  3   8  62  39  +23  60     IFCL
  3 Stein-los Turkish      30  19  2   9  63  39  +24  59     IFCL
  4 Club Stein-los         30  17  6   7  53  40  +13  57     IFCL
  5 Torgos City            30  12  7  11  54  56   -2  43     IFCC
  6 Baskita FC             30  12  5  13  49  45   +4  41     IFCC
  7 Galatica               30  12  4  14  52  51   +1  40     IFCC
  8 Duke of the North      30  11  7  12  38  48  -10  40
  9 Stilinkeep FC          30  10  9  11  27  33   -6  39
 10 Hellinic Rouge         30  11  6  13  47  57  -10  39
 11 Lunas FC               30  11  5  14  39  40   -1  38
 12 Avidë                  30  11  5  14  47  51   -4  38
 13 Santos Luega           30  11  3  16  37  46   -9  36
 14 Lìjû                   30  10  4  16  37  50  -13  34
 15 Paulinthal FC          30   8  9  13  40  61  -21  33     Relegated
 16 Mytos-Turin            30   5  6  19  12  42  -30  21     Relegated

SuperLiga 2

Pos Team                    P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 SC Troubalose          30  17   4   9  47  23  +24  55     Champions
  2 Stradirù               30  16   5   9  34  23  +11  53     Promoted
  3 Fetherdron United      30  15   5  10  54  35  +19  50
  4 Aleine United          30  15   5  10  54  39  +15  50
  5 Titanderth             30  13   8   9  53  45   +8  47
  6 Evenfar FC             30  13   7  10  38  36   +2  46
  7 FC Myrkan              30  12   7  11  39  36   +3  43
  8 Targas City            30  12   7  11  38  48  -10  43
  9 Peynol-Lunas           30  12   6  12  40  36   +4  42
 10 Tyrysier               30  12   6  12  41  40   +1  42
 11 SC Sardin              30  10   8  12  41  49   -8  38
 12 Sardin United          30   9   8  13  26  30   -4  35
 13 Riis                   30  10   4  16  29  42  -13  34
 14 SC Filwarfin           30   8   7  15  38  51  -13  31
 15 Aleine FC              30   8   6  16  40  66  -26  30     Relegated
 16 Myrtha Dalin           30   6  11  13  31  44  -13  29     Relegated

SuperLiga 3

Pos Team                  P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Arthiana-bas         30  18   7   5  53  26  +27  61     Champions
  2 FC Belja             30  18   6   6  42  22  +20  60     Promoted
  3 Celesthem FC         30  17   5   8  43  20  +23  56
  4 St. Galaxia          30  15   7   8  30  20  +10  52
  5 Targas United        30  14   6  10  27  21   +6  48
  6 Haslief              30  12   9   9  47  30  +17  45
  7 Athletic Sutra       30  13   4  13  38  28  +10  43
  8 Aratha Metz          30  12   7  11  24  32   -8  43
  9 RC Sardin            30  11   6  13  49  47   +2  39
 10 SC Myrkan            30  11   6  13  26  36  -10  39
 11 Tulduroc United      30   8  11  11  23  20   +3  35
 12 OS Anax              30  10   4  16  44  58  -14  34
 13 FC Felaton           30   7   8  15  34  43   -9  29
 14 Altanley United      30   7   8  15  22  42  -20  29
 15 Harklaoff            30   7   7  16  24  60  -36  28     Relegated
 16 Druidists            30   7   5  18  22  43  -21  26     Relegated

SuperLiga 4

Pos Team                  P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Orasul               30  18   9   3  45  13  +32  63     Champions
  2 Peixe                30  16   5   9  43  30  +13  53     Promoted
  3 Uriz                 30  11  16   3  18  11   +7  49
  4 Cilinas FC           30  13   9   8  32  22  +10  48
  5 Hyan FC              30  12  10   8  29  21   +8  46
  6 SC Dendros           30  13   7  10  34  29   +5  46
  7 Isnat'pa United      30  11  12   7  23  18   +5  45
  8 Tarrows              30  10  11   9  33  32   +1  41
  9 Tharg-calan          30  11   7  12  38  36   +2  40
 10 Cape Jark            30  10   8  12  17  21   -4  38
 11 Leyton Peynol        30   9  11  10  32  39   -7  38
 12 Real Troubalose      30   8   9  13  19  25   -6  33
 13 Pendera              30   6  14  10  18  25   -7  32
 14 Darom United         30   8   7  15  18  31  -13  31
 15 Seletal FC           30   8   5  17  14  30  -16  29
 16 Renaitiz             30   4   4  22  11  41  -30  16

Championship Playoff: Lunas FC 2-5(1-3) Tanrısal, Stilinkeep FC 3-4(3-1) Baskita FC | Tanrısal 2-4 Baskita FC
Central Pargis

Pos Team                    P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Baskita FC             30  19   6   5  57  28  +29  63     Champions
  2 Galatica               30  17   7   6  47  24  +23  58
  3 St. Galaxia            30  15   5  10  35  34   +1  50
  4 Fetherdron United      30  12   9   9  34  28   +6  45
  5 Riis                   30  13   6  11  37  33   +4  45
  6 Torgos City            30  12   9   9  28  27   +1  45
  7 Tyrysier               30  11  11   8  29  27   +2  44
  8 Avidë                  30  11   9  10  28  27   +1  42
  9 RC Sardin              30  10  11   9  32  30   +2  41
 10 Targas City            30  12   3  15  34  40   -6  39
 11 Targas United          30  10   8  12  31  35   -4  38
 12 SC Sardin              30   8  12  10  29  26   +3  36
 13 Aratha Metz            30  10   6  14  36  37   -1  36
 14 FC Felaton             30   6  10  14  28  42  -14  28
 15 Peixe                  30   7   4  19  27  46  -19  25
 16 Tarrows                30   6   6  18  18  46  -28  24

Peynol

Pos Team                    P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Stilinkeep FC          30  22   5   3  59  20  +39  71     Champions
  2 FC Belja               30  14  10   6  45  22  +23  52
  3 Duke of the North      30  15   6   9  38  28  +10  51
  4 Mytos-Turin            30  14   8   8  31  22   +9  50
  5 Lìjû                   30  14   8   8  37  28   +9  50
  6 Hyan FC                30  14   5  11  36  31   +5  47
  7 Myrtha Dalin           30  13   8   9  37  35   +2  47
  8 Orasul                 30  13   5  12  39  32   +7  44
  9 Titanderth             30  10   9  11  38  38   +0  39
 10 Leyton-Peynol          30  10   5  15  32  37   -5  35
 11 Pendera                30   7  11  12  28  37   -9  32
 12 SC Dendros             30   7  11  12  33  43  -10  32
 13 Isnat'pa United        30   7  10  13  32  44  -12  31
 14 Tulduroc United        30   7   7  16  24  43  -19  28
 15 Altanley United        30   6  10  14  23  44  -21  28
 16 Darom United           30   4   8  18  22  50  -28  20

Pargis-Peynol

Pos Team                  P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Lunas FC             30  22   5   3  61  18  +43  71     Champions
  2 Peynol-Lunas         30  19   8   3  48  19  +29  65
  3 Hellinic Rouge       30  16   6   8  44  25  +19  54
  4 SC Troubalose        30  15   8   7  35  20  +15  53
  5 Real Troubalose      30  12   8  10  40  39   +1  44
  6 Evenfar FC           30  10  11   9  33  33   +0  41
  7 Cape Jark            30  11   7  12  35  48  -13  40
  8 Arthian-bas          30   9  11  10  30  30   +0  38
  9 Haslief              30   9  11  10  26  27   -1  38
 10 Celesthem FC         30  10   7  13  36  38   -2  37
 11 Uriz                 30  11   4  15  33  41   -8  37
 12 SC Filwarfin         30   9  10  11  30  39   -9  37
 13 Thag-Calan           30   8   9  13  37  43   -6  33
 14 Renaitiz             30   8   9  13  26  35   -9  33
 15 Cilinas FC           30   2  12  16  21  41  -20  18
 16 Seletal FC           30   3   6  21  25  64  -39  15

South Pargis

Pos Team                    P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Tanrısal               30  18  4   8  52  20  +32  58     Champions
  2 Stradirù               30  16  9   5  39  20  +19  57
  3 Stein-los Turkish      30  15  8   7  44  31  +13  53
  4 FC Myrkan              30  15  5  10  39  30   +9  50
  5 CA Paulinthal          30  13 10   7  41  26  +15  49
  6 SC Myrkan              30  14  7   9  33  29   +4  49
  7 Santos Luega           30  13  8   9  33  23  +10  47
  8 Paulinthal FC          30  11 10   9  31  34   -3  43
  9 Club Stein-los         30  12  5  13  37  38   -1  41
 10 Druidists              30  11  6  13  36  40   -4  39
 11 Aleine United          30  11  5  14  33  36   -3  38
 12 Aleine FC              30  11  4  15  31  37   -6  37
 13 Sardin United          30  11  3  16  29  42  -13  36
 14 Athletic Sutra         30   6  8  16  25  41  -16  26
 15 OS Anax                30   7  3  20  29  58  -29  24
 16 Harklaoff              30   4  9  17  17  44  -27  21

Awards
Team of the Season (Voted on by the media)
GK: Adél Deák - Stilinkeep FC
RB:

Suzie Knight - Club Stein-los
CB: Mozes Szölôsi - Tanrısal
CB: Ompoly Erôss - Club Stein-los
LB: Asztrik Puskás - Stein-los Turkish
RW: Katinka Pálffy - Tanrısal
MC:

Alen Hrdaljko - CA Paulinthal
AMC:

Adrien Trolli - Tanrısal
LW: Vojmil Topić - CA Paulinthal
ST:

Vâásk Çêwé - CA Paulinthal
ST:

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Abel Wesoloski-Okafor - Tanrısal

Player of the Season (Voted on by the Managers of the SuperLiga)
1)

Vâásk Çêwé - CA Paulinthal (26 goals, 5 assists)
2)

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Abel Wesoloski-Okafor - Tanrısal (12 goals, 6 assists)
3) Vojmil Topić - CA Paulinthal (3 goals, 18 assists)

Golden Boot
1)

Vâásk Çêwé - CA Paulinthal (26 goals)
2)

Gabriel Petrasso - Tanrısal (18 goals)
3) Eustacio Corral Magana - CA Paulinthal (16 goals)

Foreigner of the Year (Voted on by the PFA)
1)

Vâásk Çêwé - CA Paulinthal (26 goals, 5 assists)
2)

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Abel Wesoloski-Okafor - Tanrısal (12 goals, 6 assists)
3)

Gabriel Petrasso - Tanrısal (18 goals, 2 assists)

by **Pasarga** » Sat Dec 10, 2022 6:12 pm

Season 2004 Preview

Lineups are listed left to right where applicable

Avidë
Nicknames: Rangers, Royals
Location: Torgos | Stadium: Royality Park (19,000) | Manager: Curtis Théberge (55)
Kits: Home & Away

Over the last few years the Rangers have firmly established themselves as a tidy and entertaining club, despite still being the smallest club in the SuperLiga even now after several seasons in the top flight. There is no obvious weaknesses and they have adequate depth to deal with a full season of fixtures, but the quality of the reserves is something that may be lacking. The best players are however in the twilight of their careers and should the team survive another season against the odds against them, some investment in the transfer window looks like it will be needed to attempt to ensure their continued survival here in the SuperLiga. It will be a difficult task but if the team can replicate their offensive show from last season, the Rangers should have just enough about them to survive once more.

Starting XI:

Halan Grieve (27);

Tara Blackmore (31), Bod Gölöncsér (31),

Erin Nowicki (33), Kemenes Harsányi (30); Liliána Sinka (29), Ladomér Orbán (30), Bendegúz Saári (33), Gyala Szép (28); Szescx Sághy (31), Éva Szepesi (26)
Key Reserves: Szescx Tóth (GK, 26), Bodor Schmit (RB, 26), Nusa Kálmán (CB, 27), Rez Seres (LW, 33), Veronika Madarász (MC, 26), Melinda Sultész (AML/ST, 18)

Baskita FC
Nickname: Eagles
Location: Torgos | Stadium: Taltron Park (66,000) | Manager:

Mario Ventura (64)
Kits: Home & Away

It likely took far more seasons than Ventura would have liked, but everything seemed to come together for the Eagles last season as they were able to once more claim a spot in the top six of the league and the Challengers Cup spot that came with it. HIs tenure at the capital club has been one fraught with battles with the board as well as the squad at his disposal since the moment he arrived in Torgos and as it is soon to draw to its end, one has to wonder what his legacy might be. Hoping for an improvement on what was last season's unexpected foray into IFCF contention is likely not on the cards but if it does come to pass, perhaps Ventura's time with Baskita will be looked on with more favor than it originally looked like was going to transpire in his first few seasons at the helm.

Starting XI: Zsombor Szôlôsi (33); Erik Klein (27),

Ffibwd yTewgneoll (28),

Tejano Debar (29), Vjekoslava Barišić (22); Dominik Sedlák (24), Tomáš Zeman (23), Hajna Ujváry (32), Irenke Fenyvesi (27); Ktisztina Seres (32),

Sebastián Ferreira (32)
Key Reserves:

Angelika Weissmuller (CB, 21), Bars Keresztes (CB, 33), Nusa Soós (CB, 33),

Luki Gainzarain (D/MC, 21), Mara Máthé (MC, 33), Dunya Areebah Asfour (RW, 20), Adelbert Mezei (ST, 22)

CA Paulinthal
Nickname: The Hurricane, CAP
Location: Paulinthal | Stadium: San Daros (64,000) | Manager:

Andrea Betancourt (63)
Kits: Home, Away, & Third

Last season was a season where the comfort of winning the title was not as high as those who support The Hurricane would have liked, eventually only winning the title thanks to their ridiculous goal difference when compared to their title challengers. The once mighty defense and stone cold keeping ability of CAP was not to be found last season and it may be a case where Szekeres will be forced out from her spot as the team's number one position, though that looks more likely to happen in the summer than it does during the upcoming season. On the other hand, the team has such a prolific and lethal thrust about them in the final third of the pitch that their defensive frailties may not matter in the end, though one has to wonder how much longer Hrdaljko can maintain his hold in the center of the park. It is good questions to have though for CAP, with options off the bench who will be looking for their own chances to impress and fight for a starting spot in this season or the next.

Starting XI: Borka Szekeres (35); Rudy Yáñez (28), Markus Vida (27), Nadica Jović (24),

Patrik Odonelec (29); Vojmil Topić (29),

Alen Hrdaljko (32), Kat Földessi (23); Ilona Kárpáty (26); Eustacio Corral Magana (27),

Vâásk Çêwé (27)
Key Reserves: Ozsvát Orosz (GK, 33), Fruzsina Budai (CB, 33), Ompoly Sultisz (R/CB, 24), Amadeo Enríquez (LB, 22), Lovre Popović (MC, 27), Áron Gombos (A/MC, 20), Áron Sultis (ST, 23)

Club Stein-los
Nickname: The Old Club, The Dressers
Location: Stein-los | Stadium: Stein-los Stadium (59,000) | Manager: Jorit van Kruistum (56)
Kits: Home & Away

Three points adrift from the title and despite that, it meant that the Old Club was three spots adrift as well, finishing in fourth although that did give them a spot in the Champions League. That same finish is likely not going to be enough to make the competition again though, with the federation losing a high cycle and it comes at a bit of a bad time for the Dressers, who might have peaked last season with that finish. Many players in their mid thirties meant that was probably Club Stein-los' best chance at capturing another title, with Jorit van Kruistum already having said that she plans to be heavily involved in the next transfer window to try and retool the team. The question is whether this current assembly has enough about them to secure a spot once more in the IFCF and have a bit more money to spend come the window next summer.

Starting XI: Gyala Sáry (32);

Suzie Knight (31),

Aaron Manning (23), Ompoly Erôss (29),

Edwin Keylick (31); Sabina Grubišić (27),

Daniel Lachlant (33),

Warren Brattan (34), Frici Czakó (27);

Leticia Palmer (33), Zlatko Ćosić (25)
Key Reserves: Nataša Jerković (LB, 24), Romana Vuković (CB, 22), Boriska Ferenczy (A/MC, 22), Vasyl Prášil (MC, 23), Aneta Žáková (ST, 22)

Duke of the North
Nickname: The Dukes
Location: Isnat'pa | Stadium: Citadel Stadium (25,000) | Manager: Duci Urbán (55)
Kits: Home & Away

While it was not quite the falling off that most in the nation would have been hoping for, with many hoping that the Dukes find a way to get themselves relegated, the elite defense for which the club has earned so much of their ire from the rest of the nation was not on display last season. It is a squad that is largely in their prime, though with a handful of players who are perhaps beyond their shelf life. Yet in theory those veterans should provide some benefit to the more youthful prospects on the team who are trying to earn their spot in the first eleven. Expecting much in the way of an attack is not something that comes to mind with the club, yet it might be time for the team to rethink their approach to the game if what has worked for them the last decade or so has finally been found out by the rest of the league.

Starting XI: Lukáš Hanzelka (24); Evacska Horvát (27), Vidor Kovách (27), René Petrie (28),

Chorus Wilhelm (33); Zsa-zsa Kuncz (32), Vitéz Takácz (32), Martina Pernicová (25), Mátyás Vigh (27);

Melusina Rose (30), Deco Kocsis (27)
Key Reserves: Dagmar Valešová (RB, 23),

Franziska Maurer (CB, 21), Jana Ducháčová (LW, 22), Braslav Ilić (MC, 24), Matej Cindrić (ST, 21)

Galatica
Nickname: The Galacticos
Location: Torgos | Stadium: Stade de Torgos (90,000) | Manager: Michael Mueller (59)
Kits: Home & Away

Like a lot of teams last season, the talented defense of Galatica was not able to stop the prolific attacks week in and week out that they were going up against. Still they managed to grab just enough points and score just enough goals to sneak their way into seventh and the final Challengers Cup spot ahead of Duke of the North on goal difference. Unlike a lot of clubs, the Galacticos actually have quite a bit of depth at their disposal and are probably one of the teams best equipped for any long term injuries to their starting eleven. Can the squad be improved? Definitely, they are not quite up to the level of the usual two or three title contenders in the league but if the team is able to hit a good run of form, there is no reason on paper why they could not possibly find themselves in that mix as well.

Starting XI:

Alexandra Markgrak (32); Yunus Abdul-Wahhab Shamoun (28), Sebestyen Sebök (24), Zajzon Kádár (32),

Jirar Malgos (31); Ernesztina Szölôsi (32), Nidal Thamer (28),

Lovisa Tedenby (29),

Vasja Vansek (23);

Zheng Yuanjun (28),

Cristian Bogarín (34)
Key Reserves: Dominik Fenyves (GK, 28), Anasztaizia Orsós (LB, 33), Dorina Szél (CB, 21),

Marvin Peiper (RW, 27), Noel Orsós (D/MC, 27), Kriszta Csonka (ST, 27), Neci Lôrinc (ST, 22)

Hellinic Rouge
Nickname: The Spartans
Location: Evenfar | Stadium: Spartan Stadium (30,000) | Manager:

Chris Granger (51)
Kits: Home & Away

For so long the Spartans had relied on Mezei, who for a short while could make a case for being named as the best keeper in the world, but last season was not the case in the least for the veteran keeper. Not all blame can be put on the veteran, as teams across the entirety of the SuperLiga were having trouble keeping up their defensive efforts away from the dual islands, but the stats do not lie with over twenty goals more conceded last season for the team than their worst seasons before that. The key for the Spartans to get back to challenging for the title is finding that defensive strength that had allowed them to provide the national team with many fine defenders over the last decade and had originally propelled their march towards the top of the table.

Starting XI: Szescõ Mezei (33); Lõrinc Vass (33),

Tom Wellington (31), Michel Sarrazin (29), Viktor Szôcs (27); Nándor Szôts (32), Csongor Sebeôk (27),

Exene Fletcher (30), Erzebet Lörinc (31);

Aldo Gonckalev (35),

Tommy Sutton (33)
Key Reserves: Ábel Virág (GK, 30), Franciska Szathmári (L/CB, 22), Annamária Sághi (CB, 22), Bendegúz Pálfy (RW, 22), Lehel Komáromy (LW, 21), Domokos Biró (MC, 32), Jadranko Lončar (MC, 23), Joska Sághy (ST, 28), Kevin Pásztor (ST, 22)

Lìjû
Nickname: The Blues
Location: Stilinkeep | Stadium: Calabrese Park (29,000) | Manager: Tomáš Koleček (51)
Kits: Home & Away

Lìjû is among one of the youngest clubs to make it to the height of the Pasargan pyramid but despite their occasional trips to the top tier, they can never really establish themselves. Like a handful of other sides, there are seasons where they show glimpses of being able to compete at this level, only to completely fall away in the falling season, often getting relegated in the process. Last season was not one of those highs unfortunately for the squad, but they did manage to just survive the drop down into the second tier. The squad has nowhere near the amount of talent to truly compete in the SuperLiga and far from the sort of quality you want on the bench to try and rescue games. It seems most likely that the Blues are going to be heading for the drop.

Starting XI: Armand Berki (30); Mária Torma (32), Joško Pranjić (27), Vitomir Delić (32),

Svyatoslav Ranta (28);

Taaliah Haq (31),

Hank Hampton (31), Dora Bilić (22), Tena Jurić (32); Juro Marušić (32),

Christian Rudloff (29)
Key Reserves: Josipa Novosel (GK, 20), Smiljan Jelić (RB, 23), Marinko Brkić (CB, 21), Dinka Anić (MC, 20), Geranio Benítez (RW, 28), Juraj Božić (ST, 25)

Lunas FC
Nickname: The Moon Warriors
Location: Lunas | Stadium: Stadium of the Moon (84,000) | Manager:

Anders Barrett (59)
Kits: Home & Away

The Moon Warriors finished last season once more in the lower reaches of the midtable mediocrity and were threatened with a relegation fight for a short while. The team at times seems to lack the imagination you need to really spark the attack and get a winning or unbeaten streak going in a league as highly competitive as the SuperLiga has become. Aging faces in the defense and a subpar keeper definitely do not help the matter, as any time the side might get some momentum in the attack, the question of whether it will be enough to secure a result will constantly be lingering overhead. Survival this season is all that need be on the agenda, survive and try to strengthen that backline and get a keeper actually worth their salt in the transfer window to try and build back towards the upper reaches of the table once more.

Starting XI: Eliot LaGrande (33); Markus Bar (24), Henri Rocheleau (33), Grégoire Grimard (33), Freja Kristiansen (25); Jakub Malý (32), Ásmundur Jónatansson (27),

Andrew Asprilla (32), Rozalia Zsinka (26); Vésteinn Kristófersson (24), Gunnar Ástþórsson (22)
Key Reserves: Đurđica Grgić (GK, 19), Jóhann Sigurgeirsson (RB, 20), Philipp Köhler (CB, 23), Božo Horvatinčić (MC, 27), Astrid Nordgård (LW, 24), Marijo Varga (ST, 20)

Santos Luega
Nickname: The Tecos
Location: Paulinthal | Stadium: Tecos Stadium (47,000) | Manager: Takara Lemus Escobar (54)
Kits: Home & Away

Santos Luega, perhaps the most infamous club in all of Pasarga, with their strict stance of only allowing players of hispanic heritage into the club, though they have been a bit more open the last few years allowing players under the age of 18 to be allowed into the club if born in Paulinthal. Despite the rather small player pool to choose from, the Tecos have never been relegated outside of the top flight of Pasargan football and are something of cult heroes to small portions of the Paulinthal population. Last season was one of complete disappointment with everything seemingly going wrong at the worst possible time for the Tecos. Part of their exclusive recruitment strategy does mean that there are times when the squad is weak and cannot find replacements, which seems to be the case right now. There are a handful of youthful players stepping into starting roles and more prominent places in the first team but is it enough to get them out of the rut that they ran into last season?

Starting XI: Illed Chávez Sedillo (28); Gabrielle Ayala Camacho (27), Rocco Rael Aranda (32), Ascensión Laureano Tórrez (24), Kaiane Alaniz Jimínez (23); Atzin Laureano Rendón (24), Troilo Dávila Concepción (24), Glenda Pelayo Riojas (21), Fortuna Alemán Alaniz (33); Olivia Garza Rosales (30), Libio Parra Terrazas (23)
Key Reserves: Bennie Cepeda Marroquín (LB, 21), Joshua Ledesma Rivero (CB, 24), Killa González Mena (CB, 21), Ilya Alcalá Samaniego (RW, 22), Natacha Balderas Acuna (MC, 21),

Arabante Ibarraran (ST, 21)

SC Troubalose
Nickname: Sporting, The Metropolitans
Location: Troubalose | Stadium: Fire Park (62,000) | Manager: Julcsa Biró (61)
Kits: Home & Away

There was once a time when The Metropolitans were among the best clubs in the dual islands, challenging for silverware and even actually winning the top division once. However in the modern era, they have seen nothing but setbacks and have been relegated to the numerous amount of clubs that seem to bounce back and forth between the SuperLiga and SuperLiga 2. To her credit, Julcsa has done her best to not let the team wallow in the second tier, usually finding their way back into the top division on the occasions that they do falter and end up in the drop. However for a club with such a long history and with some success, it has to be super frustrating. They just narrowly won their promotion back to the top flight last season and are on paper one of the most thin squads in the league, which does not give good tidings for the upcoming season, particularly with the SuperLiga trending towards being a league more offensively minded.

Starting XI: Jarmila Gradišar (31); Katakin Csizmadia (26), Blanka Kubátová (32), Braslav Bosanac (24), Dobrinko Rubil (28); Srebrenka Ćosić (27), Silva Vrdjuka (33), Mislav Anić (31), Miroslav Dokoupil (32); Kateřina Valešová (32), Mara Jukić (24)
Key Reserves: Bogumil Kolar (GK, 19), Božetjeh Petković (CB, 21), Jan Bosanac (MC, 23), Vera Martinović (RW, 25), Dijana Stolar (ST, 20)

Stein-los Turkish
Nickname: Turkish, Eagles
Location: Stein-los | Stadium: Albrecht Road (57,000) | Manager:

Genova Conrad (67)
Kits: Home & Away

Turkish, the sister team to Albrecht Turkish of renown, and one of the founding members of Pasargan club football. Despite arguably being the most popular of the three major clubs in Stein-los, Turkish are somehow the least successful of them all, even though recent Copa victories have bolstered their trophy cabinet to quite a respectable size for those outside of Tani and CAP. Conrad turned the side into a consistently qualifying ICC club and then began the ascent towards being a major title contender, before finally pulling off the feat seven seasons ago in a season of wonder for Turkish. Turkish was agonizingly close to pulling off the feat last season again but they were ultimately denied by a single point by the Hurricane and even more infuriating for the fans, were bested by their cross city rivals of Tani for second spot thanks to goal difference. This team is talented, it can go toe to toe with CAP, it just needs to turn a few of those losses into draws and it could add another SuperLiga title to their trophy case.

Starting XI:

Danilo Araúz (34); Asztrik Puskás (32) ,

Brooke Renshaw (26), Szescõ Erôss (27),

Pristina Soeringer (30);

Chantal Kalevi (31), Muhib Bandar Ba (27), Moore Lafontaine (24), Sumaiya Zakiyyah Aswad (22); Najiyah Lubanah Mifsud (32), Gordan Jurić (29)
Key Reserves: Rashida Adeela Almasi (GK, 32), Qubilah Tuba Guirguis (RB, 33), Abdul-Rashid Abadi (LB, 22), Anisah Sfiyah Said (CB, 28),

Lucas Winkel (LW/ST, 21), Hamim Zakwan Nader (MC, 22),

Alyssa Chenoweth (MC, 21), Nawar Taqwaa Bazzi (ST, 24)

Stilinkeep FC
Nickname: The Knights
Location: Stilinkeep | Stadium: Stilinkeep Stadium (64,000) | Manager: Jessica Weiss (53)
Kits: Home & Away

Hiring former national team centerback Jessica Weiss to take over the club seemed a bit of a gamble and yet her first season in charge and the Knights looked more or less the same as they have ever been. The squad is still full of players from top to bottom who are full of steely resolve and committed to a defensive outlook that makes scoring against them quite difficult, even in this modern scoring trend. Yet that commitment to falling back into cover does them the attack at times looking a bit impotent and the strikers that are at the club do not inspire confidence that they are goign to miraculously find shooting boots to send this traditionally yo-yo side up the league. Yet on the other hand it is hard to see this team losing often enough to actually fall back into the second tier, which is some accomplishment given their limited quality.

Starting XI: Adél Deák (34); Kati Máté (23), Huanita Gombar (29),

Randy Kovalchuk (31), Rebecca Cerar (26); Sandi Sinković (30), Miro Švorc (31),

Kristmar Raknarsson (24), Kristin Vadnu (26); Tanja Marija Tul (30), Tine Hudmal (26)
Key Reserves: Frančiška Marija Žužinjak (CB, 26), Rikard Rigó (MC, 21), Jelenko Štih (MC, 26),

Garion Clifford (R/LW, 18),

Khaalida Moghaddam (AML/ST, 18)

Stradirù
Nickname: The Stars
Location: Stein-los | Stadium: Queenhigh Park (19,000) | Manager: Stojan Marinović (36)

It is hard to imagine now but this club was once thought of as the perfect example of an expansion club that did it right and gradually worked its way up the ladder to get to the top tier and establishing themselves there. That is nearly half a century ago and the Stars have fallen on hard times, having fallen as far as the third tier within the last decade before fighting their way back to the SuperLiga by tooth and nail over the last few years. They are short on cash, quality, and depth, all things that are needed in abundance in the modern era. Few teams have earned their promotion to the top tier of the pyramid and have looked as unready as this team has, yet Stojan Marinović took over the club last season and was able to guide them into an unexpected promotion, perhaps the extremely youthful manager might yet have a few surprises in store for his top tier colleagues.

Starting XI: Rašeljka Ivanović (32); Anđela Bašić (32), Prvan Čerkez (26), Mia Jelić (27), Marica Vukelić (27); Ana Pavlović (29), Sofija Barić (31), Slavica Anić (29), Veselko Brkić (26); Radimir Matković (32), Ljerka Rukavina (31)
Key Reserves: Petar Jakšić (GK, 26), Brajko Miletić (RB, 21), Sara Vidaković (LW, 34), Buga Barić (MC, 23), Antonia Marković (ST, 27)

Tanrısal
Nickname: Tani
Location: Stein-los | Stadium: Kilmonarch (72,000) | Manager:

Triffid Ramsey (53)
Kits: Home & Away

Tani is the club that has stood the test of time in Stein-los, having won the second ever top division, and yet still remains a force in the game even now. Tani is a club that has always had money, despite it being the "second club" of Stein-los, and was able to attract quality players from the start. Unlike other teams that prefer to build from within, Tani much prefers to buy already developed players, though their youth academy has had a few stand outs over time. It appears that their time of suffering the indignity of failing to even make the IFCF at all has come to an end and they so nearly could have snatched the title from CAP last season. On the whole of it, Tani is perhaps the team with the most talent in their roster, it is getting all that talent and all those egos to work as a cohesive group that is the challenge. Yet with having come so close to winning the title last season, it surely must give the entire team motivation to get on the same page and make their way over that final hurdle to take the title back to the Kilmonarch after a long absence.

Starting XI: Dalma Kollár (27);

Jasmijn Spiderlair (28), Mozes Szölôsi (27), Réka Szigeti (26), Mislav Ivančić (22);

Kolbeinn Ingvarsson (31),

Christian O'Brien (35), Katinka Pálffy (27);

Adrien Trolli (29);

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Abel Wesoloski-Okafor (24),

Gabriel Petrasso (33)
Key Reserves: Jaromír Janoušek (GK, 22),

Matts Pedersen (LB, 34), Borbála Szôcs (CB, 33),

Ismail Blom (CB, 21), Istvan Bodor (RW, 22), Barna Göröncsér (LW, 26),

Kæja Finnvarðsdóttir (MC, 26), Eduard Novaković (ST, 25),

Arabante Zardain (ST, 21)

Torgos City
Nickname: The Citizens
Location: Torgos | Stadium: Capital Grounds (20,000) | Manager:

Alyonka Stenberg (56)

When Torgos City earned their promotion into the top tier two seasons ago, no one thought much of it, they were maybe going to put up a bit of a fight to try and stave off relegation but were likely going to hit the drop right back down to the second tier. Yet if there was any team that was able to take advantage of the odd circumstances of the season being played in Valladares instead of the dual islands, it was this club. Through some shrewd signing of several veteran journeyman foreigners, the Citizens were able to compete with the best that the SuperLiga had to offer and were able to come out with points more often than not, sneaking their way into a top five position and into the Challengers Cup. This club is not ready for the rigors of international competition by any means, but neither were they supposed to be ready for the SuperLiga standard last year and yet they proved otherwise. Maybe they will return to form with the domestics back in Pasarga or maybe this is the beginning of a new power inside Torgos?

Starting XI:

Markus Kattegat (28); Tzigane Söröss (27),

Seinosuke Suda (30), Brigitta Takách (27), Alex Kelemen (24);

Kevin Ricci (34),

Jade Rothbard (31), Kemenes Sós (24),

Silke Gutenberg (33);

Lucius Prohaska (28);

Jausdorak Mareaunthen (26)
Key Reserves: Emma Elek (GK, 22), Vilmos Barta (RB, 19), Regina Kárpáthy (CB, 20), Tihamér Erdôs (RW, 28), Mátyás Mezey (L/RW, 25), Alisz Vas (ST, 19), Erzsi Novák (ST, 30)

by **Pasarga** » Sat Dec 10, 2022 8:40 pm

Season 2004 - Review

Copa Real
@ Stade de Torgos, Torgos
Galatica 1-2 CA Paulinthal

It might be a bit unfair for Galatica to get to play in their home stadium for the Copa Real, but the Hurricane did not seem to mind as they were able to edge out their foes from the capital. Zheng Yuanjun had the home fans excited early on, scoring in the first twenty minutes of the match, yet a goal from Vâásk Çêwé before the halftime whistle gave CAP momentum heading into the break. Ilona Kárpáty then gave the Paulinthal side the lead with a clean effort just shy of the hour mark and it was then smooth sailing from there for the league champions, looking to get a bit of early momentum to roll into the start of a season looking to retain their crown.

Copa early rounds blacked out due to broadcast restrictions

Copa de la Luna Final
@ Stade de Torgos, Torgos
Stein-los Turkish 2-1 Duke of the North

The Copa is usually the place where a few more upsets tend to happen, especially in the early rounds as the SuperLiga teams are usually battling across multiple fronts in the opening round or two. This season it was much of the same with Tani and CAP both out of the tournament before the semifinal stage, yet it would be two teams from the top of the pyramid who would do battle in the Copa Final, as Turkish and Duke of the North met in Torgos to finish off the season. The Dukes were wanting to do what they usually do, set up shop and force the Stein-los club to try and break them down, then hit Turkish on the counter attack, it had been their way of doing things for years with great effectiveness. Melusina Rose was that spark for the Dukes, finishing off one of those counter attacks just in the fifty-fourth minute. With ten minutes to go, it looked like Duke of the North was going to escape with their victory, but a side as talented as Turkish never says day. Former national team striker chested down a cross from Kalevi and hit it on the half volley with seven minutes to go to tie the game up. Nawar Taqwaa Bazzi then had a diving heading on a low cross from Aswad that snuck into the top left corner in the second minute of added time, with Turkish grabbing the trophy and at least a spot in the Challengers Cup for next season.

Let's start at the bottom and work our way towards the top, shall we? Stradirù came into this season as perhaps one of the most unprepared teams for the rigors of a promotion in recent memory, with even little ol Avidë having looked a stronger squad when they promoted up to the top flight. It really showed as the club was only able to scrap together four victories, although they did squeak out several draws that did make their point tally a bit more respectable at the end, but it was very clear early on that the team was not supposed to be up. The Stars were probably promoted a season or two too soon and would have needed access to the transfer window to really have a shot at surviving, alas the civil strife prevented the clubs from doing business as usual and here we are. Torgos City on the other hand were very much found out to be pretenders, going from qualifying for the Challengers Cup last season to being relegated this season and were looking good for the drop not even a third of the way into the season. In the end, it looks like whatever business went on over in Valladares was the key to their success more than the actual talent on their squad and they will be heading down to the second tier once more.

A surprise at the last safe spot in the league is the Tecos, who were not bad, but they just did not know how to turn draws into victories. Eleven draws is quite a few, over a third of their matches, and while they might have finished in fourteenth, they were not in any real danger of being relegated. That might not be the case in future season, where there were not as two obvious teams that were not quite cut out for the rigors of the top tier. Lunas is not a surprise however, given what has happened with their defense and their keeper situation in the club, it is not a big surprise. The Moon Warriors are definitely going to be hitting the transfer window in the summer, the question will be is if they can strengthen enough to stay out of this sort of fight in the follow seasons. Moving further up; Troubalose, Stilinkeep, Lìjû, and Avidë should all be relatively happy with the way that their seasons ended up, as for some they were slightly higher than they might have expected while others hit exactly the sort of mark that they were likely aiming for at the start of the season.

Entering into the top half and Galatica will not be that thrilled with dropping down a position, as they switched spots with Duke of the North. Galatica, like Santos Luega and Lìjû, had a problem with drawing far too many matches and it damaged their attempts at staying in the IFCF places this season. The defense in particular was pretty subpar compared the talent that is in the team. One would fully expect the Galacticos to try and retool during the window to get back into the IFCF spots and improve upon the weakness that their defense has become. For Duke of the North, well, a runners up medal in the Copa is probably the highlight of their campaign. They did what they always do and play really defensive and gritty football and much to everyone else in the SuperLiga dismay, it was ultimately quite effective. It is ugly football, it is football that sucks the life out of the viewers, and yet it is the football that has kept the Dukes relevant and always within striking distance of the IFCF positions. It is not like to any time soon as long as the club continues to get top half finishes.

After failing to finish in the IFCF spots last season, the Spartans managed to claw their way back into the IFCF spots with a few more wins and a better collective effort in the back, with Mezei looking a bit more like his old self. Likewise for The Old Club, they slipped up a little bit when compared to last season, but a fifth placed finish is nothing to be too disappointed about. The side will have to play a qualifying round or two if it wants to get into the Challengers Cup group stages, which both them and the Spartans definitely will want to for the money if not for the pride of these two successful clubs. Navigating qualifying rounds depends a lot on the luck the draw and how effective the preseason conditioning will be, which in theory should be stronger for those from Evenfar, but you never can tell how a squad is doing by friendlies alone. Baskita continues their mini resurgence with yet another top six finish, knowing that they are going to have their tickets punched in for the Challengers Cup. However it is likely the last season with Ventura at the helm, which seems fitting that he'd have one of his best seasons ever in the swan song.

Then we get to the top and once more it is the same three clubs at the top of the table, with Tani, Turkish, and CAP all looking to take home the title once more. And in an ironic twist of fate, it would come back to CAP and Tani who would end up tied on the points at the end of the season. And it would be Turkish who decided which way it would go, as Turkish went into the San Daros on matchday twenty-eight and walked out as victors by a score of five to one. That defeat brought Tani and CAP level on points and then put Tani ahead on goal difference, and Tani would maintain that goal difference with holding CAP to a draw in the final matchday of the season in San Daros with a one all draw. Tani really started to get the ball rolling though when Kæja Finnvarðsdóttir as the starting center mid after a handful of matches, with O'Brien looking fatigued. A single goal better was the difference and Tani was able to take away the title away from their rivals. All three teams will now prepare for rigors of the Champions League once more, although Tani will have the very sweet taste of a league title to boost their morale that much more heading into what is always a very difficult time of it in the group draw.

SuperLiga

Pos Team                    P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Tanrısal               30  20   3   7  73  35  +38  63     Champions
  2 CA Paulinthal          30  19   6   5  68  31  +37  63     IFCL
  3 Stein-los Turkish      30  17   6   7  56  36  +20  57     IFCL
  4 Baskita FC             30  15   8   7  55  31  +24  53     IFCC
  5 Club Stein-los         30  16   3  11  47  40   +7  51     IFCC
  6 Hellinic Rouge         30  12   9   9  49  40   +9  45     IFCC
  7 Duke of the North      30  11   7  12  25  25   +0  40
  8 Galatica               30   8  11  11  42  50   -8  35
  9 Avidë                  30  10   5  15  41  61  -20  35
 10 Lìjû                   30   7  13  10  33  44  -11  34
 11 Stilinkeep FC          30   8   9  13  27  36   -9  33
 12 SC Troubalose          30   9   6  15  26  44  -18  33
 13 Lunas FC               30   9   6  15  35  55  -20  33
 14 Santos Luega           30   7  11  12  26  35   -9  32
 15 Torgos City            30   6  10  14  44  62  -18  28     Relegated
 16 Stradirù               30   4  11  15  24  46  -22  23     Relegated

SuperLiga 2

Pos Team                    P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Fetherdron United      30  18  8   4  56  28  +28  62     Champions
  2 Paulinthal FC          30  15  7   8  52  37  +15  52     Promoted
  3 Peynol-Lunas           30  14  9   7  50  35  +15  51
  4 Arthiana-bas           30  14  8   8  54  48   +6  50
  5 Sardin United          30  13 10   7  34  28   +6  49
  6 Evenfar FC             30  12  6  12  38  37   +1  42
  7 FC Myrkan              30  10  9  11  33  37   -4  39
  8 Aleine United          30  11  6  13  42  51   -9  39
  9 FC Belja               30  10  8  12  35  35   +0  38
 10 Targas City            30  10  7  13  41  45   -4  37
 11 SC Filwarfin           30  10  7  13  27  38  -11  37
 12 Titanderth             30  10  6  14  47  44   +3  36
 13 Mytos-Turin            30  10  6  14  29  33   -4  36
 14 Riis                   30  10  5  15  32  44  -12  35
 15 Tyrysier               30   9  5  16  32  46  -14  32     Relegated
 16 SC Sardin              30   7  7  16  29  45  -16  28     Relegated

SuperLiga 3

Pos Team                  P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Aleine FC            30  20  7   3  67  33  +34  67     Champions
  2 Peixe                30  19  3   8  49  33  +16  60     Promoted
  3 Haslief              30  16  5   9  75  49  +26  53
  4 Tulduroc United      30  15  7   8  33  20  +13  52
  5 Celesthem FC         30  15  5  10  45  37   +8  50
  6 Myrtha Dalin         30  14  6  10  41  36   +5  48
  7 Aratha Metz          30  13  4  13  34  36   -2  43
  8 Athletic Sutra       30  13  4  13  40  46   -6  43
  9 SC Myrkan            30  13  3  14  35  34   +1  42
 10 St. Galaxia          30  10  9  11  27  31   -4  39
 11 OS Anax              30  11  5  14  46  51   -5  38
 12 Altanley United      30   8  8  14  22  31   -9  32
 13 Targas United        30   7 10  13  23  30   -7  31
 14 FC Felaton           30   7  6  17  33  54  -21  27
 15 Orasul               30   6  7  17  22  43  -21  25     Relegated
 16 RC Sardin            30   5  7  18  28  56  -28  22     Relegated

SuperLiga 4

Pos Team                  P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 SC Dendros           30  17   8   5  54  26  +28  59     Champions
  2 Druidists            30  18   4   8  45  24  +21  58     Promoted
  3 Cape Jark            30  16   7   7  35  19  +16  55
  4 Hyan FC              30  14  10   6  29  16  +13  52
  5 Cilinas FC           30  14   9   7  28  20   +8  51
  6 Harklaoff            30  13   7  10  31  23   +8  46
  7 Tarrows              30  13   4  13  26  26   +0  43
  8 Tharg-calan          30  11   6  13  44  46   -2  39
  9 Pendera              30  10   8  12  19  19   +0  38
 10 Uriz                 30   9  11  10  19  24   -5  38
 11 Real Troubalose      30   9   9  12  20  30  -10  36
 12 Isnat'pa United      30   7  13  10  15  19   -4  34
 13 Leyton Peynol        30   9   7  14  26  31   -5  34
 14 Seletal FC           30   6  10  14  12  28  -16  28
 15 Darom United         30   6   6  18  20  48  -28  24
 16 Renaitiz             30   3  11  16  13  37  -24  20

Championship Playoff: Duke of the North 1-0(1-0) SC Dendros, Baskita 2-4(2-1) Stein-los Turkish | Duke of the North 0-3 Stein-los Turkish
Central Pargis

Pos Team                    P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Baskita FC             30  18   7   5  45  17  +28  61     Champions
  2 Galatica               30  18   6   6  35  19  +16  60
  3 Tyrysier               30  16   7   7  43  20  +23  55
  4 RC Sardin              30  14   9   7  34  26   +8  51
  5 Fetherdron United      30  13   7  10  32  27   +5  46
  6 Targas City            30  13   6  11  31  24   +7  45
  7 Riis                   30  12   8  10  35  30   +5  44
  8 Torgos City            30  12   7  11  29  28   +1  43
  9 Aratha Metz            30  10  12   8  33  33   +0  42
 10 Avidë                  30  13   2  15  33  40   -7  41
 11 Targas United          30   9  11  10  28  30   -2  38
 12 St. Galaxia            30   8  14   8  27  30   -3  38
 13 SC Sardin              30   8   5  17  28  41  -13  29
 14 Peixe                  30   6   7  17  24  40  -16  25
 15 Tarrows                30   7   4  19  25  43  -18  25
 16 FC Felaton             30   4   6  20  17  51  -34  18

Peynol

Pos Team                    P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Duke of the North      30  21   7   2  58  22  +36  70     Champions
  2 Stilinkeep FC          30  20   6   4  50  23  +27  66
  3 Mytos-Turin            30  16   6   8  42  24  +18  54
  4 Lìjû                   30  16   6   8  44  29  +15  54
  5 Titanderth             30  12   9   9  40  32   +8  45
  6 FC Belja               30  12   6  12  35  29   +6  42
  7 Myrtha Dalin           30  11   9  10  34  35   -1  42
  8 Orasul                 30  10   9  11  29  29   +0  39
  9 SC Dendros             30   9  12   9  34  40   -6  39
 10 Leyton-Peynol          30   9   9  12  39  42   -3  36
 11 Hyan FC                30  10   5  15  36  50  -14  35
 12 Pendera                30   7  10  13  28  37   -9  31
 13 Altanley United        30   6  13  11  22  37  -15  31
 14 Isnat'pa United        30   7   8  15  30  46  -16  29
 15 Tulduroc United        30   4   9  17  25  41  -16  21
 16 Darom United           30   4   8  18  20  50  -30  20

Pargin-Peynol

Pos Team                  P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 SC Filwarfin         30  18   5   7  44  22  +22  59     Champions
  2 Peynol-Lunas         30  15  10   5  48  26  +22  55
  3 Evenfar FC           30  15   9   6  40  21  +19  54
  4 Hellinic Rouge       30  14  10   6  37  25  +12  52
  5 Lunas FC             30  14   8   8  43  24  +19  50
  6 SC Troubalose        30  13   8   9  32  30   +2  47
  7 Arthiana-bas         30  13   6  11  34  27   +7  45
  8 Celesthem FC         30  11  11   8  36  32   +4  44
  9 Seletal FC           30  11   8  11  33  35   -2  41
 10 Haslief              30  11   7  12  25  29   -4  40
 11 Renaitiz             30   9   7  14  27  35   -8  34
 12 Thag-Calan           30   7  11  12  34  48  -14  32
 13 Real Troubalose      30   7   6  17  25  41  -16  27
 14 Uriz                 30   6   9  15  29  52  -23  27
 15 Cilinas FC           30   6   8  16  25  44  -19  26
 16 Cape Jark            30   4   9  17  17  38  -21  21

South Pargis

Pos Team                    P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Stein-los Turkish      30  19   6   5  56  27  +29  63     Champions
  2 Club Stein-los         30  16  10   4  41  22  +19  58
  3 Santos Luega           30  14   9   7  41  26  +15  51
  4 Aleine United          30  15   5  10  38  27  +11  50
  5 Tanrısal               30  14   6  10  42  30  +12  48
  6 CA Paulinthal          30  14   4  12  47  30  +17  46
  7 Stradirù               30  12   7  11  34  29   +5  43
  8 Paulinthal FC          30  11  10   9  33  36   -3  43
  9 Sardin United          30  13   4  13  34  42   -8  43
 10 Aleine FC              30   9  10  11  31  36   -5  37
 11 Athletic Sutra         30   9   8  13  28  40  -12  35
 12 SC Myrkan              30   8   9  13  32  40   -8  33
 13 FC Myrkan              30   6  11  13  25  41  -16  29
 14 Harklaoff              30   8   4  18  19  48  -29  28
 15 Druidists              30   4  13  13  27  35   -8  25
 16 OS Anax                30   5  10  15  28  47  -19  25

Awards
Team of the Season (Voted on by the media)
GK: Lukáš Hanzelka - Duke of the North
RB:

Patrik Odonelec - CA Paulinthal
CB: Mozes Szölôsi - Tanrısal
CB: Vidor Kovách - Duke of the North
LB: Asztrik Puskás - Stein-los Turkish
RW: Katinka Pálffy - Tanrısal
MC:

Kæja Finnvarðsdóttir - Tanrısal
AMC:

Adrien Trolli - Tanrısal
LW: Vojmil Topić - CA Paulinthal
ST:

Vâásk Çêwé - CA Paulinthal
ST:

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Abel Wesoloski-Okafor - Tanrısal

Player of the Season (Voted on by the Managers of the SuperLiga)
1)

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Abel Wesoloski-Okafor - Tanrısal (20 goals, 6 assists)
2)

Vâásk Çêwé - CA Paulinthal (23 goals, 2 assists)
3)

Gabriel Petrasso - Tanrısal (18 goals, 4 assists)

Golden Boot
1)

Vâásk Çêwé - CA Paulinthal (23 goals)
2)

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Abel Wesoloski-Okafor - Tanrısal (20 goals)
3)

Gabriel Petrasso - Tanrısal (18 goals)

Foreigner of the Year (Voted on by the PFA)
1)

/

Abel Wesoloski-Okafor - Tanrısal (20 goals, 6 assists)
2)

Vâásk Çêwé - CA Paulinthal (23 goals, 2 assists)
3)

Gabriel Petrasso - Tanrısal (18 goals, 4 assists)

by **Pasarga** » Sun Mar 05, 2023 11:56 am

Season 2005 - Review

As has been the custom for the last several seasons, the season begins in Torgos at the national stadium (also the home of Galatica) in the Stade de Torgos for the Copa Real. The supercup pitting the champions of last season's SuperLiga, Tanrısal, against the winners of the last Copa de la Luna, Stein-los Turkish. This matchup breaks a trend of at least one of the participants in the season opener being a holdover from the last Copa Real, with the Stein-los rivals being the two teams meeting in this edition of the competition. However it appeared from the first kick that only one team showed up to actually compete in the game and that was Turkish, with Gordan Jurić grabbing a brace in the first ten minutes of the game and the finishing off a first half hattrick in the forty-first. Three more players got on the scoresheet for Turkish, while Adrien Trolli would get the lone goal for Tani in the demolition job, finishing off a move set up by Kæja Finnvarðsdóttir just shy of the hour mark. The six to one victory is one of the more lopsided victories in the short history of the Copa Real and may signal that Tani is not mentally prepared to defend their SuperLiga crown.

Copa Real
@ Stade de Torgos, Torgos
Tanrısal 1-6 Stein-los Turkish

Copa early rounds blacked out due to broadcast restrictions

This was a season that for some odd reason, if you wanted to win your Copa de la Luna tie, you wanted to be drawn at home, otherwise you did not have much of a chance in advancing to the next round of the tournament. In the last three rounds leading up to the Final, only a single team won on the road, which was Peynol-Lunas who bested fellow second tier side SC Filwarfin in Celesthem in the Quarterfinals. Riding the high of their promotion back into the top flight, Paulinthal FC was able to string along victories in the Copa, which some managers would not wanted and would have preferred to be eliminated early to concentrate on the league campaign and not getting relegated back to the second tier. Unfortunately for them, awaiting them in the Final was the holders of Turkish, looking to retain their title and move into a tie with CA Paulinthal for the most Copa titles won. It was a hard fought game and for an hour, it seemed evenly matched. Yet eventually the depth of Turkish was able to undo the tenacity of defending from Paulinthal, with Gordan Jurić and Lucas Winkel grabbing goals after the hour mark for Turkish to hold their title and punch a ticket to the IFCF.

Copa de la Luna Final
@ Stade de Torgos, Torgos
Stein-los Turkish 2-0 Paulinthal FC

There are seasons where it is obvious from the get go who is going to win the title or at least be in the picture, some teams are simply built different. Whether it is through tradition, a lot of money in the bank balance, or even a combination, some clubs are simply going to be a cut above the rest and able to get the most from their players or attract the best that come to the league. Last season's champions in Tani were already humbled to begin the season in the Copa Real where Turkish absolutely stomped them in a six to one victory that raised a few eyebrows about the richest of the Stein-los clubs, full on panic had to be set in though when on the opening day in Kilmonarch Tani was defeated six to one again, this time by less than fancied Fetherdron United. The Eagles were a team that most had out for battling against relegation, not being able to humilate one of the title favorites away from Torgos. Traveling to Paulinthal to take on the newly promoted Paulinthal FC, they were expected to cruise past them, yet a strike by Mili Billhook gave the home side a share of the points. It was clear this was not the same Tani from the previous season.

The other title favorites started off their campaigns well though, with CAP blasting that same Paulinthal FC side on the opening day seven to one in the San Daros, leaving the home crowd raucous. Traveling to Stilinkeep, it was a tense back and forth affair between the Hurricane and Stilinkeep FC with it look to finish two all, but Vâásk Çêwé snatched victory for the visitors with an eighty-ninth minute strike from inside the six yard box. A home win over Avidë kept the good times rolling, until the Hurricane ran into the steel gauntlet that is Duke of the North away from home and were on the wrong end of a two to nil defeat. Then being held by Santos to a two all draw in San Daros was the sign that the team was not quite the same as when it was the all conquering force within the SuperLiga and they were going to have to battle for the title this season if they were to recapture it. Elsewhere Turkish opening with four wins and a draw from their first five matches and where only dropped points when they traveled to Duke of the North on the second matchday for a nil all draw. After thrashing Tani in the Copa Real, their start of season form really looked worthy of being a title challenger.

It was the sort of form that Turkish was able to keep up throughout most of the season, though they did eventually end up losing a handful of games with six in total with an additional five draws to their record, leaving them to have won nineteen times and finish onf sixty-two points. It is a respectable haul but there have been more than a handful of seasons where that tally would only be good for second or third in the SuperLiga depending on how well the rest of the big clubs within the league were performing, chief among them their fellow Stein-los adversaries. Tani started off the season slowly, but after a poor start, they would win seven of their next nine fixtures with the other two matches ending in draws, including Tani's own trip to Duke of the North who was proving to be a real thorn in the side of the top teams in the first half of the season. However on matchday eleven when Turkish visited Kilmonarch, there was no denying who was the superior team as Turkish once again thrashed Tani, this time five to two in Tani's own home stadium and showing Tani the true mettle of a title challenger this season.

After their sputter against Santos, the Hurricane needed to show they meant business and did so in a convincing three to one defeat over IFCF hopefuls Baskita FC in Torgos, yet another capital team came the following week to the San Daros and stole points when Galatica grabbed an undeserved equalizer in an one all draw. Another defeat at home two weeks later to Fetherdron followed up by a draw again two weeks later at home to Lìjû and CAP was already falling behind. Losing then to Lunas in Lunas did not help but a very strong victory over Club Stein-los the week before the match with Turkish seemed to give CAP some hope. If they could find a way to beat Turkish at the Albrecht Road, then there was still a chance they could mount a second half challenge to Turkish's dominance over the season. It was not meant to be though, despite a very strong showing from CAP, scoring three away from home against the league leaders, yet Turkish did them one better to take all three points and secure their position as the favorite. Despite running rampant in the second half of the season, including holding Turkish to a nil all draw in the San Daros, CAP could only must enough for a second place finish and Turkish were winning their first title in eight seasons.

Despite all the troubles that Duke of the North gave the title challengers throughout the season, not being able to turn those draws into victories against them and most of the rest of the league resigned themselves to a lower midtable finish that is a far cry from the hopes that they had at grabbing an IFCF place. Fellow IFCF hopefuls Baskita FC and Club Stein-los also fellw short, with Baskita looking too defensively fragile during the season and finishing at tenth, while Club Stein-los was too inconsistent to put together the sort of run to finish above their final resting spot in eighth. Hellinic Rouge fared a bit better but the failure of Pasargan clubs to perform in the IFCF the last two cycles meant that despite a respectable finish in sixth that they are forced to miss out on the IFCF by a single point to the team that finished fifth. That team was quite the unexpected visage of Stilinkeep FC who were able to use their defensive strength and score just enough goals to sneak their way all the way into fifth, able to ride the coattails of the victory for Turkish in the Copa da la Luna to earn a Challengers Cup position. Galatica like Tani was good just not good enough week in and week out, but was comfortable in their top four position by the end of the season.

At the other end, it was nearly a season of massive disappointment for one of the most established clubs in Pasarga, as the (in)famous Santos Luega only finished one point above the drop zone after losing their last two matches to relegation candidates SC Troubalose and Lìjû. Their saving grace was that on the final matchday, Troubalose lost at home against Baskita and they were not able to relegate the Tecos for the first time in their long history. Will the almost relegation spur on Santos to finally drop their controversial recruitment policy or will they stick to the culture of the club even if it looks like it is failing them in the modern age? Replacing the aforementioned two clubs in the topflight is Torgos City, who won the second tier with a comfortable ten point cushion and nearly positive forty goal difference with their less than a goal conceded average. In addition will be Evenfar FC, who made Peynol-Lunas suffer for a second straight season in coming in third and being so close but so far away from a return trip to the top flight. A cruel fate for the club but it does mean that we once more are given an Evenfar derby between Everfar FC and Hellenic with the younger of the clubs having surpassed the original.

SuperLiga

Pos Team                    P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Stein-los Turkish      30  19   5   6  79  40  +39  62     Champions
  2 CA Paulinthal          30  16   7   7  61  44  +17  55     IFCL
  3 Tanrısal               30  16   6   8  58  37  +21  54     IFCC
  4 Galatica               30  15   7   8  54  36  +18  52     IFCC
  5 Stilinkeep FC          30  12   8  10  33  33   +0  44     IFCC
  6 Hellinic Rouge         30  13   4  13  46  39   +7  43
  7 Avidë                  30  12   6  12  40  48   -8  42
  8 Club Stein-los         30  11   8  11  47  46   +1  41
  9 Fetherdron United      30  12   5  13  38  49  -11  41
 10 Baskita FC             30  11   4  15  41  53  -12  37
 11 Duke of the North      30   8  12  10  21  27   -6  36
 12 Paulinthal FC          30  10   6  14  49  57   -8  36
 13 Lunas FC               30   9   8  13  35  50  -15  35
 14 Santos Luega           30   7  10  13  34  41   -7  31
 15 SC Troubalose          30   8   6  16  26  40  -14  30     Relegated
 16 Lìjû                   30   5  10  15  41  63  -22  25     Relegated

SuperLiga 2

Pos Team                P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Torgos City        30  19   6   5  64  25  +39  63     Champions
  2 Evenfar FC         30  15   8   7  49  33  +16  53     Promoted
  3 Peynol-Lunas       30  13  11   6  53  36  +17  50
  4 Titanderth         30  12   7  11  34  41   -7  43
  5 FC Myrkan          30  11   9  10  42  38   +4  42
  6 Stradirù           30   9  13   8  21  25   -4  40
  7 Sardin United      30   9  12   9  29  26   +3  39
  8 Riis               30  10   9  11  37  42   -5  39
  9 Arthiana-bas       30  10   8  12  42  38   +4  38
 10 Mytos-Turin        30   8  13   9  25  26   -1  37
 11 Targas City        30   9  10  11  35  39   -4  37
 12 FC Belja           30  10   7  13  49  63  -14  37
 13 Peixe              30  10   6  14  36  41   -5  36
 14 Aleine FC          30   9   6  15  28  45  -17  33
 15 Aleine United      30   8   8  14  41  54  -13  32     Relegated
 16 SC Filwarfin       30   7   9  14  41  54  -13  30     Relegated

SuperLiga 3

Pos Team                  P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Myrtha Dalin         30  21   2   7  56  31  +25  65     Champions
  2 Tyrysier             30  17   8   5  58  28  +30  59     Promoted
  3 Haslief              30  18   1  11  70  46  +24  55
  4 SC Myrkan            30  15   5  10  35  27   +8  50
  5 SC Sardin            30  14   7   9  54  37  +17  49
  6 Druidists            30  13   6  11  37  27  +10  45
  7 Targas United        30  13   5  12  22  22   +0  44
  8 Celesthem FC         30  13   4  13  42  37   +5  43
  9 Athletic Sutra       30  12   6  12  36  43   -7  42
 10 Tulduroc United      30  11   7  12  35  31   +4  40
 11 St. Galaxia          30   9   9  12  28  40  -12  36
 12 FC Felaton           30  11   3  16  34  59  -25  36
 13 Altanley United      30   7   9  14  20  38  -18  30
 14 Aratha Metz          30   5  14  11  27  40  -13  29
 15 SC Dendros           30   8   4  18  27  55  -28  28     Relegated
 16 OS Anax              30   6   4  20  37  57  -20  22     Relegated

SuperLiga 4

Pos Team                  P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 RC Sardin            30  23  4   3  55  18  +37  73     Champions
  2 Hyan FC              30  17  9   4  34  13  +21  60     Promoted
  3 Harklaoff            30  16  8   6  52  25  +27  56
  4 Isnat'pa United      30  16  6   8  23  12  +11  54
  5 Leyton Peynol        30  13 10   7  29  22   +7  49
  6 Cilinas FC           30  15  4  11  34  29   +5  49
  7 Orasul               30  14  4  12  28  24   +4  46
  8 Tarrows              30  12  6  12  32  28   +4  42
  9 Tharg-calan          30  13  3  14  36  41   -5  42
 10 Uriz                 30  11  6  13  19  19   +0  39
 11 Cape Jark            30   8  9  13  20  25   -5  33
 12 Real Troubalose      30  10  3  17  15  30  -15  33
 13 Pendera              30   7  6  17  13  29  -16  27
 14 Seletal FC           30   6  7  17  11  33  -22  25
 15 Renaitiz             30   5  7  18  11  33  -22  22
 16 Darom United         30   4  8  18  13  44  -31  20

Championship Playoff: Lunas FC 5-3(4-1) Tanrısal, Duke of the North 2-0(1-0) Baskita FC | Lunas FC 1-2 Duke of the North
Central Pargis

Pos Team                    P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Baskita FC             30  20   3   7  47  22  +25  63     Champions
  2 Fetherdron United      30  17   8   5  41  18  +23  59
  3 Riis                   30  16   7   7  40  26  +14  55
  4 Tyrysier               30  16   5   9  38  26  +12  53
  5 Galatica               30  13  13   4  48  29  +19  52
  6 St. Galaxia            30  13  10   7  32  21  +11  49
  7 Targas City            30  13   8   9  30  24   +6  47
  8 Torgos City            30  11   7  12  37  34   +3  40
  9 Targas United          30  11   7  12  38  38   +0  40
 10 SC Sardin              30   9  13   8  29  35   -6  40
 11 Avidë                  30   8   9  13  33  40   -7  33
 12 RC Sardin              30   7  12  11  36  45   -9  33
 13 Aratha Metz            30   8   8  14  30  45  -15  32
 14 Peixe                  30   5  10  15  25  42  -17  25
 15 Tarrows                30   4   5  21  21  48  -27  17
 16 FC Felaton             30   4   5  21  26  58  -32  17

Peynol

Pos Team                    P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Duke of the North      30  22   4   4  59  22  +37  70     Champions
  2 Myrtha Dalin           30  20   4   6  50  25  +25  64
  3 Stilinkeep FC          30  16  12   2  56  27  +29  60
  4 FC Belja               30  15  10   5  47  22  +25  55
  5 Mytos-Turin            30  15   9   6  48  29  +19  54
  6 Titanderth             30  14   4  12  43  35   +8  46
  7 Orasul                 30  12   7  11  34  38   -4  43
  8 Hyan FC                30  11   6  13  30  38   -8  39
  9 Lìjû                   30  10   8  12  39  38   +1  38
 10 Darom United           30  11   4  15  34  48  -14  37
 11 Leyton-Peynol          30   9   7  14  28  40  -12  34
 12 Pendera                30   7  12  11  31  41  -10  33
 13 SC Dendros             30   7   9  14  35  50  -15  30
 14 Altanley United        30   4   9  17  18  35  -17  21
 15 Isnat'pa United        30   3   9  18  17  50  -33  18
 16 Tulduroc United        30   2  10  18  20  51  -31  16

Pargis-Peynol

Pos Team                  P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Lunas FC             30  22   6   2  63  19  +44  72     Champions
  2 Peynol-Lunas         30  19   3   8  53  23  +30  60
  3 Evenfar FC           30  17   5   8  59  29  +30  56
  4 SC Filwarfin         30  13   9   8  36  29   +7  48
  5 Real Troubalose      30  13   9   8  37  30   +7  48
  6 Hellinic Rouge       30  11  13   6  40  25  +15  46
  7 SC Troubalose        30  13   7  10  42  38   +4  46
  8 Thag-Calan           30  12   7  11  35  40   -5  43
  9 Celesthem FC         30  11   7  12  35  36   -1  40
 10 Cilinas FC           30   9  10  11  35  46  -11  37
 11 Uriz                 30   9   8  13  30  38   -8  35
 12 Arthian-bas          30   7  10  13  17  33  -16  31
 13 Haslief              30   6  11  13  33  50  -17  29
 14 Seletal FC           30   4   9  17  19  39  -20  21
 15 Cape Jark            30   5   6  19  26  60  -34  21
 16 Renaitiz             30   2  14  14  21  46  -25  20

South Pargis

Pos Team                    P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Tanrısal               30  18   5   7  49  21  +28  59     Champions
  2 Club Stein-los         30  17   8   5  54  28  +26  59
  3 Paulinthal FC          30  14  11   5  42  26  +16  53
  4 CA Paulinthal          30  13   9   8  38  29   +9  48
  5 Aleine United          30  12  10   8  35  28   +7  46
  6 Aleine FC              30  13   7  10  28  26   +2  46
  7 Druidists              30  11  10   9  32  33   -1  43
  8 Stein-los Turkish      30  11   9  10  37  28   +9  42
  9 SC Myrkan              30  11   8  11  32  37   -5  41
 10 Santos Luega           30  10   9  11  39  43   -4  39
 11 Sardin United          30  10   7  13  31  35   -4  37
 12 OS Anax                30   9   7  14  35  48  -13  34
 13 Stradirù               30   8   9  13  30  35   -5  33
 14 FC Myrkan              30   8   7  15  31  45  -14  31
 15 Harklaoff              30   5   7  18  25  49  -24  22
 16 Athletic Sutra         30   5   7  18  28  55  -27  22

Awards
Team of the Season (Voted on by the media)
GK: Lukáš Hanzelka - Duke of the North
RB: Rebecca Cerar - Stilinkeep FC
CB: Mozes Szölôsi - Tanrısal
CB: Vidor Kovách - Duke of the North
LB: Yunus Abdul-Wahhab Shamoun - Galatica
RW: Kat Földessi - CA Paulinthal
MC:

Kæja Finnvarðsdóttir - Tanrısal
MC: Muhib Bandar Ba -Stein-los Turkish
LW:

Chantal Kalevi - Stein-los Turkish
ST:

Vâásk Çêwé - CA Paulinthal
ST: Gordan Jurić - Stein-los Turkish

Player of the Season (Voted on by the Managers of the SuperLiga)
1) Muhib Bandar Ba -Stein-los Turkish (4 goals, 9 assists)
2) Gordan Jurić - Stein-los Turkish (19 goals, 3 assists)
3) Lukáš Hanzelka - Duke of the North (12 clean sheets)

Golden Boot
1) Gordan Jurić - Stein-los Turkish (19 goals)
2)

Vâásk Çêwé - CA Paulinthal (17 goals)
3)

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Abel Wesoloski-Okafor - Tanrısal (16 goals)

Foreigner of the Year (Voted on by the PFA)
1)

Vâásk Çêwé - CA Paulinthal (17 goals, 5 assists)
2)

Kæja Finnvarðsdóttir - Tanrısal (5 goals, 8 assists)
3)

Chantal Kalevi - Stein-los Turkish (4 goals, 8 assists)

by **Pasarga** » Fri May 19, 2023 10:30 pm

Season 2006 - Review

For another year, Turkish find themselves in the opening match of the season and for another year they are the underdogs in the game and are expected to be but a challenge for the more favored team that they are facing. Unlike last season where Tani failed to show up against their crosstown rivals in the curtain riser, the Hurricane of CAP were looking like they were intent on adding the trophy to their trophy case back at the San Daros. Unfortunately for them, the opening salvo by Vâásk Çêwé, as Gordan Jurić and Alyssa Chenoweth scored second half goals to allow Turkish to start their season off on the right foot once more. CAP will undoubtedly be looking back at the second half and wonder if they made the right substitutions as they lost a game that they had seemed completely control of in the first hour of the game.

Copa Real
@ Stade de Torgos, Torgos
Stein-los Turkish 2-1 CA Paulinthal

Copa early rounds blacked out due to broadcast restrictions

The Copa was more or less straightforward this season, with the favorites more often than not finding ways to get their victories over those sides that had looked to potentially cash in on the SuperLiga teams being more focused on the league or perhaps even ICCs. Perhaps the biggest shock came in the Round of Sixteen when the two biggest favorites for the tournament in the form of CAP and Turkish both found themselves in the capital and both where undone by a solitary goal in extra time against fellow SuperLiga teams from the capital city. Avidë has been on a hard push with their continued stay in the SuperLiga against all expectations to overcome the moniker of being the "smallest club in the capital", while the Eagles of Baskita are looking to show some tangible growth after a long period of decline. Avidë thought they had won the game in the eighty-second minute, but Éva Szepesi's strike was deemed to have come from an offside position. In extra time, Luki Gainzarain won a header in the box on a freekick and managed to direct it past the keeper, giving Baskita a lead that they would not relinquish, stalling Avidë's ambitions for another season at least and securing the Eagles at least a spot in the Challengers' Cup.

Copa de la Luna Final
@ Stade de Torgos, Torgos
Avidë 1-1(1-2 AET) Baskita FC

There is a lot that can be said about the SuperLiga but the honest to goodness truth, it varies so wildly from season to season that it really is hard to pin down an accurate description of the league. There have been more than a few occasions where one or two teams have simply ran away from the rest of the league and never to look over their shoulders, while other seasons it is one of the most competitive leagues around with anywhere up to five or six teams that will feel like they are in the mix for a challenge to the title with the results to back it up. You truly never know what the season is going to give you until you get to it and see how the results start to unfold and the shape of the league really begins to settle in. This was one of those seasons where six teams had the results to say that they were in the mix for long portions of the season, but come down the stretch it would be two teams who would emerge as the real two contenders to the league crown and it came as no big surprise as it being CAP and Tani who were doing battle towards the last to see who would take the title back home with them after Turkish's running away of the league last season.

Unfortunately for Tani, CAP had a four point lead on them with two games left in the season, but were traveling to Evenfar to take on the Spartans, while they were hosting Galatica. Knowing that they needed a win to have a chance of snatching the title away from their dreaded rivals on the last matchday of the season, Tani played perhaps their best game of the season and put six past Galatic, a Galatica side that was comfortably in fifth place and fighting for better positioning in the Challengers' Cup space. It was as good of a result as the Stein-los club could have hoped for, now they needed the Spartans to do them a favor. For eighty-seven minutes the defense of Hellinic had held strong against the relentless attack of the Hurricane, holding off the storm with firm footing and looking like they would be stealing a point in their race to grab Challengers' Cup positioning. Then Eustacio Corral Magana broke through the Spartans defensive line with some deft passing with their strike partner and put a blast into the upper near post to break the deadlock and give CAP not just the win but securing them a title, a title which they celebrated in front of Tani in Paulinthal the following week, not caring about a loss that meant nothing in the end for their title run but did at least ensure that Tani would be competing in the Champions League.

Baskita had a real remarkable season and finished third on top of their Copa run to victory, which transferred their Copa Winning Challengers' Cup spot to the league, which Galatica did just enough to avoid handing it over to the Spartans in sixth place and just a point adrift from the Galaticos. Hellinic will probably feel more than a little hard done by to not be in an IFCF spot, but the SuperLiga's poor run of form in the international competitions, including the Spartans own failings in those competitions, are the reason they will have to miss out despite an otherwise fairly good season. Turkish might have been distracted by the Champions League and not able to keep up a fight throughout the season with the rest of the elite pack but were still oozing with talent enough for a fourth place finish and will believe enough in themselves that they should hopefully find a way to make it through the increadably challenging Challengers' Cup qualifying rounds and into the Group Stage proper where they might begin to make amends for their previous poor outings in the ICCs despite some stellar domestic showings. It is a fate that most all of the best SuperLiga teams can share in right now and the work to repairing the coefficient has to start somewhere, so the upcoming cycle of competitions is as good as a place to start as any.

SuperLiga

Pos Team                    P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 CA Paulinthal          30  17   7   6  59  33  +26  58     Champions
  2 Tanrısal               30  17   6   7  63  35  +28  57     IFCL
  3 Baskita FC             30  15   8   7  38  27  +11  53     IFCC
  4 Stein-los Turkish      30  15   6   9  53  43  +10  51     IFCC
  5 Galatica               30  14   8   8  57  46  +11  50     IFCC
  6 Hellinic Rouge         30  14   7   9  52  40  +12  49
  7 Club Stein-los         30  12   9   9  46  35  +11  45
  8 Santos Luega           30  12   6  12  43  37   +6  42
  9 Fetherdron United      30   9   9  12  40  43   -3  36
 10 Duke of the North      30  10   6  14  27  37  -10  36
 11 Lunas FC               30  10   6  14  38  50  -12  36
 12 Avidë                  30   8  11  11  37  44   -7  35
 13 Stilinkeep FC          30   8  11  11  27  37  -10  35
 14 Paulinthal FC          30   7  11  12  32  44  -12  32
 15 Torgos City            30   7   7  16  30  52  -22  28     Relegated
 16 Evenfar FC             30   3   6  21  28  67  -39  15     Relegated

SuperLiga 2

Pos Team                P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Sardin United      30  16  10   4  34  18  +16  58     Champions
  2 Targas City        30  16   6   8  47  33  +14  54     Promoted
  3 Titanderth         30  15   8   7  60  38  +22  53
  4 FC Myrkan          30  15   7   8  47  31  +16  52
  5 Myrtha Dalin       30  14   9   7  41  25  +16  51
  6 Arthiana-bas       30  14   4  12  44  32  +12  46
  7 Peynol-Lunas       30  13   7  10  39  36   +3  46
  8 Riis               30   9  12   9  45  39   +6  39
  9 Mytos-Turin        30  11   6  13  26  34   -8  39
 10 SC Troubalose      30   9   8  13  32  35   -3  35
 11 Aleine FC          30  10   5  15  35  55  -20  35
 12 Peixe              30  10   4  16  36  51  -15  34
 13 Tyrysier           30   8   9  13  39  52  -13  33
 14 Stradirù           30   7  10  13  18  33  -15  31
 15 FC Belja           30   7   8  15  33  49  -16  29     Relegated
 16 Lìjû               30   5   9  16  29  44  -15  24     Relegated

SuperLiga 3

Pos Team                  P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 SC Filwarfin         30  18   8   4  55  26  +29  62     Champions
  2 St. Galaxia          30  15   9   6  35  24  +11  54     Promoted
  3 Athletic Sutra       30  13   9   8  40  34   +6  48
  4 Targas United        30  14   6  10  24  22   +2  48
  5 Tulduroc United      30  13   8   9  29  22   +7  47
  6 Aleine United        30  13   7  10  50  44   +6  46
  7 SC Sardin            30  12   6  12  43  34   +9  42
  8 FC Felaton           30  11   8  11  36  38   -2  41
  9 Celesthem FC         30  10  10  10  37  36   +1  40
 10 RC Sardin            30  11   7  12  37  46   -9  40
 11 Aratha Metz          30   9  12   9  27  25   +2  39
 12 SC Myrkan            30  10   5  15  32  28   +4  35
 13 Druidists            30   8  10  12  36  40   -4  34
 14 Hyan FC              30   8   6  16  27  38  -11  30
 15 Altanley United      30   8   3  19  19  43  -24  27     Relegated
 16 Haslief              30   5  10  15  45  72  -27  25     Relegated

SuperLiga 4

Pos Team                  P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 OS Anax              30  22   3   5  65  30  +35  69     Champions
  2 Cilinas FC           30  19   5   6  45  22  +23  62     Promoted
  3 Harklaoff            30  14  10   6  42  20  +22  52
  4 SC Dendros           30  15   4  11  42  28  +14  49
  5 Leyton Peynol        30  14   6  10  33  33   +0  48
  6 Orasul               30  13   8   9  32  21  +11  47
  7 Uriz                 30  10  11   9  22  21   +1  41
  8 Tharg-calan          30  12   4  14  37  43   -6  40
  9 Tarrows              30  10   9  11  26  36  -10  39
 10 Renaitiz             30   9  10  11  22  25   -3  37
 11 Cape Jark            30   9   8  13  20  26   -6  35
 12 Isnat'pa United      30   6  14  10  18  27   -9  32
 13 Real Troubalose      30   7   9  14  16  27  -11  30
 14 Seletal FC           30   6   9  15  15  29  -14  27
 15 Darom United         30   6   7  17  23  49  -26  25
 16 Pendera              30   4  11  15  14  35  -21  23

Championship Playoff: Baskita FC 4-1(3-0) Stilinkeep FC, CA Paulinthal 5-2(3-2) Celesthem FC | Baskita FC 2-4 CA Paulinthal

Central Pargis

Pos Team                    P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Baskita FC             30  19  10   1  56  18  +38  67     Champions
  2 Fetherdron United      30  16   6   8  38  26  +12  54
  3 Galatica               30  15   8   7  47  27  +20  53
  4 Targas City            30  15   6   9  41  32   +9  51
  5 Tyrysier               30  14   8   8  37  28   +9  50
  6 Riis                   30  13   7  10  40  31   +9  46
  7 Aratha Metz            30  11   6  13  33  38   -5  39
  8 Torgos City            30  10   9  11  28  39  -11  39
  9 RC Sardin              30  10   8  12  38  36   +2  38
 10 St. Galaxia            30   8  13   9  29  38   -9  37
 11 FC Felaton             30   8  11  11  29  43  -14  35
 12 Peixe                  30   9   5  16  30  40  -10  32
 13 SC Sardin              30   8   7  15  28  40  -12  31
 14 Targas United          30   8   7  15  29  42  -13  31
 15 Avidë                  30   7   8  15  39  42   -3  29
 16 Tarrows                30   6   7  17  30  52  -22  25

Peynol

Pos Team                    P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Stilinkeep FC          30  17   7   6  49  26  +23  58     Champions
  2 Lìjû                   30  16   8   6  38  24  +14  56
  3 Duke of the North      30  15   7   8  48  24  +24  52
  4 Titanderth             30  14   9   7  39  22  +17  51
  5 Myrtha Dalin           30  15   5  10  44  27  +17  50
  6 FC Belja               30  11  15   4  38  21  +17  48
  7 Orasul                 30  12  10   8  44  34  +10  46
  8 Mytos-Turin            30  12   8  10  37  29   +8  44
  9 Hyan FC                30  10   9  11  29  33   -4  39
 10 SC Dendros             30  10   8  12  31  40   -9  38
 11 Leyton-Peynol          30   9  10  11  34  36   -2  37
 12 Isnat'pa United        30   9   7  14  26  43  -17  34
 13 Altanley United        30   8   5  17  32  56  -24  29
 14 Tulduroc United        30   6  10  14  26  48  -22  28
 15 Pendera                30   7   7  16  22  47  -25  28
 16 Darom United           30   4   5  21  19  46  -27  17

Pargis-Peynol

Pos Team                  P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Celesthem FC         30  18  8   4  50  27  +23  62     Champions
  2 Peynol-Lunas         30  18  7   5  52  26  +26  61
  3 Lunas FC             30  17  6   7  48  26  +22  57
  4 SC Filwarfin         30  13 10   7  40  26  +14  49
  5 SC Troubalose        30  14  6  10  34  32   +2  48
  6 Real Troubalose      30  14  5  11  45  45   +0  47
  7 Haslief              30  13  7  10  32  22  +10  46
  8 Evenfar FC           30  11  8  11  33  34   -1  41
  9 Renaitiz             30  10  9  11  31  30   +1  39
 10 Hellinic Rouge       30  10  8  12  38  37   +1  38
 11 Arthian-bas          30   9  7  14  37  38   -1  34
 12 Cape Jark            30   8  9  13  29  40  -11  33
 13 Uriz                 30   7  9  14  30  44  -14  30
 14 Thag-Calan           30   7  8  15  21  41  -20  29
 15 Cilinas FC           30   5  8  17  26  48  -22  23
 16 Seletal FC           30   4  9  17  17  47  -30  21

South Pargis

Pos Team                    P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 CA Paulinthal          30  19   9   2  51  18  +33  66     Champions
  2 Santos Luega           30  17   9   4  49  24  +25  60
  3 Tanrısal               30  15   8   7  54  19  +35  53
  4 Sardin United          30  15   6   9  40  31   +9  51
  5 Stein-los Turkish      30  13  10   7  45  27  +18  49
  6 FC Myrkan              30  13  10   7  37  30   +7  49
  7 Paulinthal FC          30  15   3  12  39  33   +6  48
  8 Stradirù               30  13   6  11  32  36   -4  45
  9 Club Stein-los         30   8  12  10  36  35   +1  36
 10 Aleine United          30   9   9  12  30  37   -7  36
 11 Harklaoff              30   9   6  15  28  53  -25  33
 12 Druidists              30   7   9  14  25  35  -10  30
 13 Aleine FC              30   6  10  14  26  41  -15  28
 14 SC Myrkan              30   6   8  16  19  35  -16  26
 15 Athletic Sutra         30   4  11  15  24  44  -20  23
 16 OS Anax                30   5   6  19  19  56  -37  21

by **Pasarga** » Thu Aug 17, 2023 4:55 am

Season 2007 - Review

The season opener is more like a glorified friendly but there is still a trophy to be won by the participating sides and a look to see how their summer acquisitions are bedding in against good competition. It might be a bit of an unfair advantage for the Copa holders though, getting to play in their home city and thus getting a larger amount of the fans in attendance for the match against CAP, though a fair number of Hurricane kits were in the crowd. It was a cagey affair for the first half as both teams were trying to feel each other out and assert their dominance in the midfield, but neither team could find the opening. The second half saw the game open up a little as both sides started to press more and the chances for counters also began to unfold. It was on one of the latter opportunities for the Eagles that Irenke Fenyvesi made a late run into the box and was found by Kaaren Lothar off the other wing and put the ball sneakily past Longstreet in goal for CAP. It was not the prettiest goal but it was effective and it would be the only difference between the two sides, as for a second straight season CAP does not find their feet for the curtain raiser against the Copa holders.

Copa Real
@ Stade de Torgos, Torgos
Baskita FC 1-0 CA Paulinthal

Copa early rounds blacked out due to broadcast restrictions

The Copa was a bit topsy turvy this season even if it did end up with two of the bigger clubs making the Final, with a second tier team making it to the semifinals and was only the wrong side of a penalty shootout away from ending up in the Final in place of CAP. In the other semifinal, it was little Avidë who made it to a second straight semifinal, thanks in large part to fortunate draws, against fellow Torgos rivals in Galatica. The little club however could not stop the Galacticos from finding a winner, with Zheng Yuanjun finding the eventual winner shortly after the hour mark sending the smaller club packing. In the final itself, both teams went attacking from the outset and the play of the keepers had to be outstanding to keep the goals from flowing forth, which they were. Neci Lôrinc found the breakthrough in the fifty-first for Galatica, but Vâásk Çêwé leveled for the visitors in the seventy-eighth. Level through regulation, it was off to extra time, but once more the keepers were to the task and thus the dreaded penalty shootout was to be the decider. Each team had mad their first three penalties, then Galatica converted their fourth before second half sub Vojmil Topić's attempt hit the wrong side of the post. Centerback Sebestyen Sebök then stepped up to the spot and converted as calmly as you'd like to give Galatica their first silverware in four seasons and confirming a trip to the Cup Winners' Cup and Challengers' Cup.

Copa de la Luna Final
@ Stade de Torgos, Torgos
Galatica 1-1(1-1 AET)[5-4 PKs] CA Paulinthal

There are a few seasons where everything just clicks for a club and they steamroll their way to a title, destroying all opposition in their wake and you know from the onset that nothing is going to be able to stop them. This was one of those seasons as CAP did not lose a game until matchday thirteen when they traveled to Stein-los to take on Turkish, the home side coming away as two to nil victors, although their had been three draws in that time. However CAP followed up that loss by the dominating the Spartans four to nil in the San Daros and then traveling again to Stein-los and escaping with a two to one victory over Tani. That win over the Spartans was particularly impressive, given it was Hellinic who had been giving the best chase against the Hurricane for the season and would end up finishing in second place with a point haul that is normally more than enough to win a title most seasons. However this season CAP was simply on another level with a strike force that was scoring at will and a defense that was refusing to give any room to anyone but the most clean of attacks. Twenty-two wins, four draws, and four losses is an impeccable record for a team, especially in this age of parity in the SuperLiga where there is four or five teams in any given season who may be challenging for the title. All credit has to go to Andrea Betancourt, the Nephara manager at the helm of the project, with the only thing looking to slow down the Hurricane is the constant rumors of it being her last season in charge of the team every season.

Tani and Galatica were the best of the rest and in a normal season, would have been in and around the title race for most of the season with both teams recording over fifty points and a good campaign by all accounts having won at least half of their matches both. Tani was let down this season though by a defense who was not quite in the same rhythm as they were last season when they finished just a point shy of CAP for the SuperLiga crown, as their potent attack continued to look as one of the three best in the league once more. However as each season proves time and time again, a good strike force alone is not enough to ensure you are competing for the title, nor a good defense alone either as you can look at Duke of the North and Stilinkeep both finishing midtable and some ways off contending for a place in IFCF football. Galatica had all the right things come together, but it was merely the wrong season to be just good enough, you truly had to be elite to be competing for the title, although they will have to be quite proud in getting a top four finish and winning the Copa, a successful season by all accounts. And that leaves Turkish able to breath comfortably in fifth, able to maintain a stay in the IFCF despite a bit of a lackluster season plagued by poor showings from the players up top, as age has perhaps at last caught up to their strikers.

Newly promoted and returned to the SuperLiga Sardin United survives relegation by a sole point (although their vastly superior goal difference also would have saved them if tied on points) over their fellow promotion partners in Targas City, while Fetherdron United's stay at the top level has come to a close at last. It has been one of the Eagles longest stays in the topflight, but they were doomed to eventually fall back into the second tier at some point, such has become the history of their club. The biggest surprise at the bottom is Lunas FC who despite a massive negative goal difference and an atrocious season, has managed to have the tiebreaker over Targas City not to go down to the second tier. The three time former champions are indeed fallen on hard times and they will be looking heavily into the transfer market to try and build themselves back up, as a near as close scare with the drop will not have sat well at all with their fans, nor will the fans of Club Stein-los be much pleased with a bottom half finish not too long after having contended in the IFCF. It seems to be a time of hard choices for once historic clubs, Baskita perhaps included despite another youth league title to their cabinet.

SuperLiga

Pos Team                    P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 CA Paulinthal          30  22   4   4  70  22  +48  70     Champions
  2 Hellinic Rouge         30  20   3   7  66  35  +31  63     IFCL
  3 Tanrısal               30  16   5   9  65  45  +20  53     IFCC
  4 Galatica               30  15   7   8  53  35  +18  52     IFCC
  5 Stein-los Turkish      30  13   8   9  41  36   +5  47     IFCC
  6 Avidë                  30  12   8  10  44  38   +6  44
  7 Duke of the North      30  11  11   8  26  26   +0  44
  8 Stilinkeep FC          30   9  11  10  32  33   -1  38
  9 Santos Luega           30  10   8  12  34  43   -9  38
 10 Paulinthal FC          30  11   5  14  44  59  -15  38
 11 Baskita FC             30   9  10  11  35  42   -7  37
 12 Club Stein-los         30   8  11  11  31  35   -4  35
 13 Sardin United          30   5  12  13  19  27   -8  27
 14 Lunas FC               30   5  11  14  32  55  -23  26
 15 Targas City            30   7   5  18  32  58  -26  26     Relegated
 16 Fetherdron United      30   3   9  18  33  68  -35  18     Relegated

SuperLiga 2

Pos Team                P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 SC Filwarfin       30  17   6   7  44  33  +11  57     Champions
  2 SC Troubalose      30  15   7   8  40  35   +5  52     Promoted
  3 Evenfar FC         30  14   9   7  40  26  +14  51
  4 Torgos City        30  14   8   8  46  36  +10  50
  5 Peynol-Lunas       30  13  10   7  58  37  +21  49
  6 Riis               30  12  12   6  53  37  +16  48
  7 Arthiana-bas       30  12  10   8  49  38  +11  46
  8 FC Myrkan          30  13   4  13  43  44   -1  43
  9 Tyrysier           30  11   9  10  33  31   +2  42
 10 Myrtha Dalin       30  11   9  10  42  45   -3  42
 11 Titanderth         30  10   6  14  47  49   -2  36
 12 St. Galaxia        30   6  11  13  28  39  -11  29
 13 Stradirù           30   7   8  15  22  40  -18  29
 14 Peixe              30   8   5  17  34  52  -18  29
 15 Aleine FC          30   7   6  17  43  66  -23  27     Relegated
 16 Mytos-Turin        30   5  10  15  16  30  -14  25     Relegated

SuperLiga 3

Pos Team                  P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Lìjû                 30  17   5   8  49  30  +19  56     Champions
  2 Aleine United        30  15   9   6  50  31  +19  54     Promoted
  3 SC Sardin            30  16   4  10  52  44   +8  52
  4 FC Belja             30  15   6   9  44  27  +17  51
  5 RC Sardin            30  14   8   8  66  43  +23  50
  6 Aratha Metz          30  12   9   9  32  30   +2  45
  7 SC Myrkan            30  11  10   9  34  27   +7  43
  8 Tulduroc United      30   9  13   8  27  24   +3  40
  9 Druidists            30   9  11  10  35  31   +4  38
 10 Targas United        30  10   8  12  23  27   -4  38
 11 Celesthem FC         30   9  10  11  32  32   +0  37
 12 Hyan FC              30   9   8  13  22  33  -11  35
 13 OS Anax              30   9   6  15  39  59  -20  33
 14 FC Felaton           30   6  13  11  40  51  -11  31
 15 Athletic Sutra       30   4  12  14  26  51  -25  24     Relegated
 16 Cilinas FC           30   6   6  18  25  56  -31  24     Relegated

SuperLiga 4

Pos Team                  P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Harklaoff            30  20   6   4  50  21  +29  66     Champions
  2 Orasul               30  19   6   5  38  14  +24  63     Promoted
  3 Haslief              30  19   3   8  66  43  +23  60
  4 Leyton Peynol        30  17   8   5  46  26  +20  59
  5 SC Dendros           30  16   6   8  51  37  +14  54
  6 Altanley United      30  14   9   7  33  27   +6  51
  7 Isnat'pa United      30  11  10   9  24  23   +1  43
  8 Tarrows              30   8  11  11  28  35   -7  35
  9 Cape Jark            30   8   9  13  19  23   -4  33
 10 Pendera              30   7  11  12  20  29   -9  32
 11 Tharg-calan          30   7  10  13  39  48   -9  31
 12 Uriz                 30   7  10  13  17  28  -11  31
 13 Real Troubalose      30   8   7  15  16  29  -13  31
 14 Seletal FC           30   6   8  16   9  32  -23  26
 15 Darom United         30   5   9  16  23  37  -14  24
 16 Renaitiz             30   2   9  19  13  40  -27  15

Championship Playoff: Peynol Lunas 2-5(2-2) Baskita FC, FC Belja 1-4(1-2) Tanrısal | Tanrısal 2-4 Baskita FC

Central Pargis

Pos Team                    P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Baskita FC             30  20   6   4  58  22  +36  66     Champions
  2 Galatica               30  16   8   6  42  21  +21  56
  3 Riis                   30  15  10   5  41  23  +18  55
  4 Targas City            30  15   8   7  34  21  +13  53
  5 Avidë                  30  13   9   8  36  24  +12  48
  6 Fetherdron United      30  12   8  10  38  29   +9  44
  7 Targas United          30  12   8  10  27  32   -5  44
  8 RC Sardin              30  12   7  11  33  38   -5  43
  9 Tyrysier               30  11   7  12  35  31   +4  40
 10 Torgos City            30  10   9  11  33  36   -3  39
 11 St. Galaxia            30   8  10  12  31  32   -1  34
 12 FC Felaton             30   9   5  16  25  46  -21  32
 13 SC Sardin              30   6  11  13  30  41  -11  29
 14 Peixe                  30   7   5  18  22  48  -26  26
 15 Tarrows                30   6   7  17  24  48  -24  25
 16 Aratha Metz            30   6   6  18  28  45  -17  24

Peynol

Pos Team                    P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 FC Belja               30  19   5   6  49  28  +21  62     Champions
  2 Duke of the North      30  16   8   6  49  22  +27  56
  3 Stilinkeep FC          30  15   9   6  48  29  +19  54
  4 Titanderth             30  15   8   7  48  26  +22  53
  5 Myrtha Dalin           30  16   5   9  47  31  +16  53
  6 Mytos-Turin            30  11  12   7  43  26  +17  45
  7 Orasul                 30  12   7  11  30  33   -3  43
  8 Leyton-Peynol          30   9  11  10  36  40   -4  38
  9 Darom United           30  11   4  15  33  46  -13  37
 10 Lìjû                   30   8  10  12  42  40   +2  34
 11 SC Dendros             30   8   9  13  22  35  -13  33
 12 Pendera                30   6  13  11  25  44  -19  31
 13 Altanley United        30   9   4  17  35  55  -20  31
 14 Hyan FC                30   5  15  10  23  39  -16  30
 15 Isnat'pa United        30   6   8  16  27  43  -16  26
 16 Tulduroc United        30   4  12  14  26  46  -20  24

Pargis-Peynol

Pos Team                  P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Peynol-Lunas         30  17  10   3  40  13  +27  61     Champions
  2 Hellinic Rouge       30  17   8   5  46  23  +23  59
  3 Lunas FC             30  15  11   4  44  19  +25  56
  4 Evenfar FC           30  15   9   6  45  29  +16  54
  5 Haslief              30  13   9   8  36  27   +9  48
  6 Celesthem FC         30  13   9   8  39  30   +9  48
  7 SC Troubalose        30  12   9   9  30  31   -1  45
  8 Real Troubalose      30  12   7  11  28  31   -3  43
  9 Arthian-bas          30  10  11   9  25  22   +3  41
 10 SC Filwarfin         30  11   7  12  33  34   -1  40
 11 Renaitiz             30  10   7  13  32  35   -3  37
 12 Uriz                 30   7   9  14  25  36  -11  30
 13 Cape Jark            30   7   8  15  34  44  -10  29
 14 Thag-Calan           30   7   6  17  25  44  -19  27
 15 Seletal FC           30   5   4  21  20  54  -34  19
 16 Cilinas FC           30   3   8  19  14  44  -30  17

South Pargis

Pos Team                    P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Tanrısal               30  19   7   4  54  28  +26  64     Champions
  2 Stein-los Turkish      30  18   6   6  52  22  +30  60
  3 Santos Luega           30  18   6   6  45  23  +22  60
  4 Sardin United          30  14   7   9  31  27   +4  49
  5 CA Paulinthal          30  12  12   6  40  24  +16  48
  6 Paulinthal FC          30  14   6  10  37  33   +4  48
  7 Club Stein-los         30  12   7  11  35  29   +6  43
  8 Stradirù               30  10  11   9  26  29   -3  41
  9 SC Myrkan              30  12   4  14  26  32   -6  40
 10 Aleine United          30  11   7  12  33  42   -9  40
 11 Aleine FC              30  10   9  11  38  33   +5  39
 12 Harklaoff              30   9   6  15  33  46  -13  33
 13 FC Myrkan              30   8   8  14  28  34   -6  32
 14 Athletic Sutra         30   6   9  15  22  44  -22  27
 15 OS Anax                30   4   7  19  20  47  -27  19
 16 Druidists              30   3   8  19  20  47  -27  17

Awards
Team of the Season (Voted on by the media)
GK:

Chary Longstreet - CA Paulinthal
RB:

Patrik Odonelec - CA Paulinthal
CB:

Franziska Maurer - Duke of the North
CB: Vidor Kovách - Duke of the North
LB: Rudy Yáñez - CA Paulinthal
RW: Kat Földessi - CA Paulinthal
MC: Csongor Sebeôk - Hellinic Rouge
AMC: Ilona Kárpáty - CA Paulinthal
LW:

Marin Boglic Hellinic Rouge
ST:

Vâásk Çêwé - CA Paulinthal
ST:

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Abel Wesoloski-Okafor - Tanrısal

Player of the Season (Voted on by the Managers of the SuperLiga)
1)

Chary Longstreet - CA Paulinthal (12 clean sheets)
2) Ilona Kárpáty - CA Paulinthal (4 goals, 12 assists)
3)

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Abel Wesoloski-Okafor - Tanrısal (20 goals, 3 assists)

Golden Boot
1)

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Abel Wesoloski-Okafor - Tanrısal (20 goals)
2) Eustacio Corral Magana - CA Paulinthal (19 goals)
3)

Vâásk Çêwé - CA Paulinthal (18 goals)

Foreigner of the Year (Voted on by the PFA)
1)

Chary Longstreet - CA Paulinthal (12 clean sheets)
2)

Vâásk Çêwé - CA Paulinthal (18 goals, 3 assists)
3)

Patrik Odonelec - CA Paulinthal (12 clean sheets, 5 assists)

by **Pasarga** » Tue Oct 24, 2023 7:21 am

Season 2008 - Review

The opening match of the domestic calender has become something of a soft gauge on how well the champions of the previous season are prepared for the rigors of the upcoming domestic struggle. As often has been the case, that would be the Hurricane of CA Paulinthal, who might feel a bit hard done by having to play Galatica in their home stadium in what is supposed to be a neutral venue for the occasion. The Galacticos, having finished fourth last season as well as their Copa title, look to be a good test to see if CAP is ready to try to defend their title and win their third straight to add to their record tally of top flight titles. Zheng Yuanjun had a brace inside the first half hour for Galatica and they were looking good for the lead, but late into the first half stoppage time Ilona Kárpáty arrived late in the box and bulleted a shot into the upper near corner. Vâásk Çêwé would level things nine minutes into the second half after Magana sent in a clean through ball that the Farf had no trouble with and then he would net the winner in the seventy-ninth from the spot after Magana was pulled down by Yunus Abdul-Wahhab Shamoun in the area. A clinical penalty take secured the win and the trophy for the Hurricane but the match did show that CAP was not as dominant as it has been in the past.

Copa Real
@ Stade de Torgos, Torgos
CA Paulinthal 3–2 Galatica

Copa early rounds blacked out due to broadcast restrictions

There is no telling what was going on with the Copa this season, as many SuperLiga teams were felled in the first two rounds of the competition, including favorites Tani, Turkish, and the mighty CAP. With many of the favorites out of the way, some of the smaller clubs thought they had a chance, none more so than Avidë, as the small club from Torgos nimbly navigated each round with a deftness one would have seen from one of the more fortunate clubs with a mighty budget behind them, making it all the way to the Final of the Copa. There awaiting them was Club Stein-los, one of the few big clubs who survived the onslaught of the early rounds and showcased their talent with ease, none more so than in the semifinal where they breezed past Lunas FC three to nil. It seemed to be a huge mismatch in the Final, as there was no way the Rangers could possibly contend with The Old Club, but contend they did and kept the Dressers from having any good scoring opportunities, taking them into extra time. Unfortunately the Rangers themselves could not muster anything worthwhile in the attacking third either and the dreaded spotkicks were needed. Former U21 international Kardos Szûcs stood tall in net for Club Stein-los saving two efforts, earning them the victory in the shootout and a guarantee of international football next season.

Copa de la Luna Final
@ Stade de Torgos, Torgos
Avidë 0–0(0–0 AET)[2–4 pen.] Club Stein-los

When Stein-los Turkish just made one signing during the summer window, many people thought that Turkish was likely going to just be contending for a spot in the IFCF places and not be going for the title. After all, they had a strike force that looked old last season with a severe inability to consistently finish, wasting what had been one of the better defenses in the league. Martin Boyle, the Valladares manager, however did not seem to panic and instead made a single purchase, a young Vanorian striker from a relegated club who showed a lot of promise but needed a bit of polish. Whatever the manager told the twenty-one year old to do during the preseason absolutely worked wonders, as Imre Haaland hit the ground running in the SuperLiga, tearing up defenses left, right, and center as Turkish's attack rivaled that even of the mighty Tani with their world cup winning Abel Wesoloski-Okafor leading their line. It was clear from the get go that this season looked to be different and Imre looked to be different as well.

Yet for every good turn that Turkish was making, CA Paulinthal was right there with them neck and neck, the Hurricane looking quite determined to make it three SuperLiga titles in a row. Vâásk Çêwé was CAP's own superstar striker, the Farf being perhaps one of the best strikers in the world right now along with Wesoloski-Okafor, both vying for supremacy in the SuperLiga. Yet Tani's poor defense during the season cost the world cup winning Banija striker from contending for the title and it came down to CAP and Turkish going into the final matchday, with Turkish sitting on fifty-six points and hosting Baskita FC, while CAP was on fifty-four points and hosting SC Filwarfin. On paper, this was a matchup that greatly favored the right outcome for CAP to get the victory and steal the title away from Turkish at the last chance of asking, especially when Turkish lost one to nothing against the Eagles. However CAP lost their two to one lead in the eighty-fourth minute as Daryna Kohut managed to poke home the ball after a scramble in the six, earning Filwarfin the draw, a draw that they thought they needed to ensure survival. Instead the Squornshelan striker secured the title for Turkish, their first title in three years, being the last team to lift the trophy before and now after CAP's pair.

The rest of the league was highly competitive, however Club Stein-los made themselves extremely hard to defeat and while they never truly challenged for the title, they were able to sneak into third, not needing the Copa victory to get into the Challengers' Cup after all and improving their seeding with the league finish. It will be a nice bounce back for The Old Club after finishing towards the bottom end of the table last season and giving their supporters some worries. Tani's pooros defense was the reason they could not mount a real challenge but the strength of their league leading attack was good enough for fourth and they will no doubt look to make some changes in the summer to better their chances of making the group stages of the Challengers Cup as well as be in the mix for the SuperLiga next season as their fans are not going to want to slip back into mediocrity after having just climbed out of it recently. Perhaps the big surprise is Santos in fifth, as the infamous club was able to pip both Baskita and Galatica to the final international spot with just being bang average, which is sometimes all you really need.

Duke of the North will be breathing a massive sigh of relief as they were caught up in a relegation battle this season, which is a far cry from their desired spot in the upper part of the midtable or even battling for a spot in the IFCF. A combination of a weaker attack than normal as well as a defense that was good but not great this season gave the Dukes a mighty scare and they just managed to stave off relegation. However that is not the case for two other historic clubs as both Lunas FC as well as Stilinkeep FC found themselves in the relegation spots and will be in the SuperLiga 2 next season. Lunas is a three time former top flight winner and their slow decline over the last two or so decades made this feel like it was perhaps an inevitability rather than a tragedy that has befallen such a massive club. Both clubs should be favorites to come right back up next season though, with the talent gap between the SuperLiga and SuperLiga 2 increasing every season it feels like, making it all the more difficult to bounce back into the top tier if you do not manage to do so after your first season in the second.

SuperLiga

Ps SuperLiga             Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Stein-los Turkish      30   17   5   8    72   55  +17    56     Champions
 2 CA Paulinthal          30   16   7   7    64   51  +13    55     IFCL
 3 Club Stein-los         30   14   7   9    61   49  +12    49     IFCC
 4 Tanrısal               30   13   8   9    74   61  +13    47     IFCC
 5 Santos Luega           30   13   8   9    52   45   +7    47     IFCC
 6 Baskita FC             30   12   9   9    58   48  +10    45
 7 Galatica               30   13   6  11    54   56   −2    45
 8 Hellinic Rouge         30   13   4  13    60   66   −6    43
 9 Avidë                  30   10   8  12    45   49   −4    38
10 SC Filwarfin           30   10   6  14    49   54   −5    36
11 SC Troubalose          30    9   9  12    59   72  −13    36
12 Sardin United          30   10   5  15    32   37   −5    35
13 Paulinthal FC          30   10   5  15    57   65   −8    35
14 Duke of the North      30   10   5  15    29   40  −11    35
15 Lunas FC               30    8   9  13    46   55   −9    33     Relegated
16 Stilinkeep FC          30    8   7  15    27   36   −9    31     Relegated

SuperLiga 2

Ps SuperLiga 2           Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Peynol-Lunas           30   17   5   8    67   47  +20    56     Champions
 2 Fetherdron United      30   16   5   9    45   36   +9    53     Promoted
 3 Myrtha Dalin           30   16   5   9    25   19   +6    53
 4 Evenfar FC             30   13  10   7    43   36   +7    49
 5 Arthiana-bas           30   13   8   9    56   47   +9    47
 6 Stradirù               30   12   9   9    52   56   −4    45
 7 Riis                   30   13   4  13    44   38   +6    43
 8 FC Myrkan              30   12   7  11    48   45   +3    43
 9 Lìjû                   30   12   7  11    44   48   −4    43
10 Titanderth             30   11   9  10    35   28   +7    42
11 Peixe                  30   10  10  10    39   43   −4    40
12 Tyrysier               30   10   5  15    37   43   −6    35
13 St. Galaxia            30    9   7  14    29   35   −6    34
14 Torgos City            30    8   6  16    38   48  −10    30
15 Targas City            30    4  13  13    29   42  −13    25     Relegated
16 Aleine United          30    6   6  18    25   45  −20    24     Relegated

SuperLiga 3

Ps SuperLiga 3           Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Celesthem FC           30   18   5   7    50   31  +19    59     Champions
 2 Targas United          30   15  10   5    28   18  +10    55     Promoted
 3 Mytos-Turin            30   14   7   9    36   22  +14    49
 4 Druidists              30   12  12   6    38   31   +7    48
 5 RC Sardin              30   13   8   9    62   56   +6    47
 6 SC Myrkan              30   11  11   8    32   26   +6    44
 7 Aratha Metz            30   12   8  10    39   34   +5    44
 8 FC Belja               30   12   7  11    51   47   +4    43
 9 FC Felaton             30    9  13   8    61   64   −3    40
10 Orasul                 30    9   9  12    29   33   −4    36
11 Harklaoff              30    8   9  13    43   55  −12    33
12 SC Sardin              30    8   9  13    42   54  −12    33
13 Tulduroc United        30    8   7  15    22   28   −6    31
14 OS Anax                30    8   7  15    49   63  −14    31
15 Aleine FC              30    6  11  13    40   47   −7    29     Relegated
16 Hyan FC                30    8   5  17    33   46  −13    29     Relegated

SuperLiga 4

Ps SuperLiga 4           Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Altanley United        30   15  11   4    34   18  +16    56     Champions
 2 Real Troubalose        30   15   8   7    33   20  +13    53     Promoted
 3 Pendera                30   13   8   9    30   20  +10    47
 4 Leyton Peynol          30   14   5  11    47   41   +6    47
 5 Tharg-calan            30   14   4  12    41   42   −1    46
 6 Cape Jark              30   12   8  10    32   32    0    44
 7 SC Dendros             30   11   9  10    40   39   +1    42
 8 Darom United           30   11   9  10    33   37   −4    42
 9 Tarrows                30   11   7  12    24   24    0    40
10 Isnat'pa United        30    9  12   9    27   26   +1    39
11 Uriz                   30    9   8  13    21   26   −5    35
12 Cilinas FC             30    8  10  12    36   40   −4    34
13 Athletic Sutra         30    9   6  15    43   44   −1    33
14 Seletal FC             30    8   9  13    25   33   −8    33
15 Haslief                30    8   8  14    39   50  −11    32
16 Renaitiz               30    8   8  14    18   31  −13    32

Championship Playoff: SC Dendros 1-4(1-1) Santos Luega, Baskita FC 4-3(3-1) Hellinic Rouge | Baskita FC 0-2 Santos Luega

Central Pargis

Ps Central Pargis        Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Baskita FC             30   17  11   2    68   41  +27    62     Champions
 2 Avidë                  30   14   8   8    43   35   +8    50
 3 Tyrysier               30   13   5  12    39   42   −3    44
 4 Riis                   30   12   7  11    44   51   −7    43
 5 Fetherdron United      30   11   9  10    46   47   −1    42
 6 SC Sardin              30   10  11   9    55   51   +4    41
 7 Peixe                  30   10  11   9    38   35   +3    41
 8 Targas City            30   10  10  10    47   45   +2    40
 9 Tarrows                30   10  10  10    31   29   +2    40
10 Galatica               30    9  11  10    56   53   +3    38
11 FC Felaton             30    9  10  11    41   43   −2    37
12 Aratha Metz            30    8  13   9    41   43   −2    37
13 Torgos City            30    7  14   9    35   37   −2    35
14 Targas United          30    9   8  13    25   30   −5    35
15 St. Galaxia            30    8  10  12    28   32   −4    34
16 RC Sardin              30    6   6  18    47   70  −23    24

Peynol

Ps Peynol                Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 SC Dendros             30   19   9   2    47   27  +20    66     Champions
 2 Leyton Peynol          30   17   6   7    49   41   +8    57
 3 Duke of the North      30   13   9   8    32   23   +9    48
 4 Myrtha Dalin           30   13   7  10    27   25   +2    46
 5 FC Belja               30   13   6  11    49   35  +14    45
 6 Stilinkeep FC          30   13   6  11    24   23   +1    45
 7 Pendera                30   12   8  10    25   23   +2    44
 8 Mytos-Turin            30   10   8  12    22   22    0    38
 9 Lìjû                   30   10   7  13    32   45  −13    37
10 Isnat'pa United        30    7  15   8    19   18   +1    36
11 Darom United           30   10   6  14    49   54   −5    36
12 Altanley United        30   10   6  14    29   35   −6    36
13 Hyan FC                30   10   5  15    34   43   −9    35
14 Titanderth             30    8  10  12    31   32   −1    34
15 Tulduroc United        30    7   8  15    17   26   −9    29
16 Orasul                 30    7   6  17    17   31  −14    27

Pargis-Peynol

Ps Pargis-Peynol         Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Hellinic Rouge         30   18   4   8    66   44  +22    58     Champions
 2 Real Troubalose        30   15   6   9    32   16  +16    51
 3 Haslief                30   16   3  11    53   46   +7    51
 4 Lunas FC               30   15   6   9    56   50   +6    51
 5 SC Filwarfin           30   14   7   9    36   36    0    49
 6 SC Troubalose          30   15   3  12    57   47  +10    48
 7 Peynol-Lunas           30   13   5  12    40   40    0    44
 8 Celesethem FC          30   12   6  12    28   33   −5    42
 9 Evenfar FC             30   10  11   9    46   46    0    41
10 Cape Jark              30   11   7  12    25   22   +3    40
11 Tharg-calan            30   11   5  14    51   56   −5    38
12 Arthiana-bas           30    9   8  13    53   57   −4    35
13 Renaitiz               30    7  12  11    23   32   −9    33
14 Cilinas FC             30    9   5  16    29   44  −15    32
15 Seletal FC             30    7   8  15    16   30  −14    29
16 Uriz                   30    8   4  18    18   30  −12    28

South Pargis

Ps South Pargis          Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Santos Luega           30   17   7   6    59   39  +20    58     Champions
 2 CA Paulinthal          30   17   6   7    86   67  +19    57
 3 Tanrısal               30   17   5   8    78   57  +21    56
 4 Stein-los Turkish      30   16   6   8    70   53  +17    54
 5 Club Stein-los         30   16   4  10    71   47  +24    52
 6 Paulinthal FC          30   12   9   9    57   57    0    45
 7 FC Myrkan              30   13   4  13    51   57   −6    43
 8 Sardin United          30   13   4  13    33   40   −7    43
 9 OS Anax                30   12   5  13    50   57   −7    41
10 Aleine FC              30   11   7  12    38   45   −7    40
11 Aleine United          30   10   8  12    36   37   −1    38
12 Athletic Sutra         30    9   7  14    39   45   −6    34
13 SC Myrkan              30    6  11  13    31   44  −13    29
14 Stradirù               30    6  10  14    41   55  −14    28
15 Harklaoff              30    8   3  19    41   57  −16    27
16 Druidists              30    5   8  17    32   56  −24    23

Awards
Team of the Season (Voted on by the media)
GK: Olivér Szatmári - Sardin United
RB: Rebecca Cerar - Stilinkeep FC
CB:

Franziska Maurer - Duke of the North
CB: Vidor Kovách - Duke of the North
LB: Gabrielle Ayala Camacho - Santos Luega
RW: Kat Földessi - CA Paulinthal
MC: Moore Lafontaine - Stein-los Turkish
AMC: Ilona Kárpáty - CA Paulinthal
LW:

Lucas Winkel - Stein-los Turkish
ST:

Imre Haaland, Stein-los Turkish
ST:

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Abel Wesoloski-Okafor - Tanrısal

Player of the Season (Voted on by the Managers of the SuperLiga)
1)

Imre Haaland, Stein-los Turkish (22 goals, 5 assists)
2)

Vâásk Çêwé - CA Paulinthal (18 goals, 7 assists)
3)

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Abel Wesoloski-Okafor - Tanrısal (20 goals, 5 assists)

Golden Boot
1)

Imre Haaland, Stein-los Turkish (22 goals)
2)

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Abel Wesoloski-Okafor - Tanrısal (20 goals)
3)

Vâásk Çêwé - CA Paulinthal (18 goals)

Foreigner of the Year (Voted on by the PFA)
1)

Imre Haaland, Stein-los Turkish (22 goals, 5 assists)
2)

Vâásk Çêwé - CA Paulinthal (18 goals, 7 assists)
3)

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Abel Wesoloski-Okafor - Tanrısal (20 goals, 5 assists)

by **Pasarga** » Wed Jan 24, 2024 2:44 pm

Season 2009 - Preview

The dawn of another SuperLiga season is close at hand and the teams are preparing their squads for the upcoming season, each with their own goals for the upcoming calendar, all starting off the season with the hope that they will be able to achieve those goals and then some. It was a relatively quiet transfer window for the SuperLiga sides, with the clubs missing out on more targets than what they actually hit on, leading a lot of clubs to have to look within to the reserve and youth teams to fill out their roster for the upcoming season. A few teams did fare a bit better though, in particular was newly promoted Peynol-Lunas who managed to grab a pair of former internationals to strengthen their squad in a bid to stay afloat in the top tier of football here in the dual islands. With former Pasarga international Jens Reiniger at the helm of the club, there is a growing up in Lunas that they will be able to stay up and they look the more likely of the two promoted teams to be able to put up a fight with the rest of the SuperLiga, as Fetherdron looks too young in the attack and too old in the back to contend with SuperLiga level squads.

Of course the major talk of any season is always going to be the title race and this season sees Turkish enter in as the holders of the title, breaking up a run of consecutive championships by the Hurricane, who are sandwiched in between a pair of Turkish titles. It was a title won on the slimmest of margins though last season and the chances of Turkish retaining the title seem to rest on whether young Vanorian striker Imre Haaland can continue the seemingly torrent run through SuperLiga defenses or if the managers across the league will find a way to slow down the striker who hit the ground running in the dual islands. Much of the core of the Turkish squad though is on the wrong side of thirty and last season might have been their season of catching lightning in a bottle, able to pip their title rivals at just the right time before the veterans started to get too old to contribute regularly. CAP is a team that is loaded in talent but as Vâásk Çêwé's days leading the front line seem to be coming to a close, as well as Magana getting close to retirement, will they be able to transition to a younger attack who has not had a chance to prove themselves or be able to attract elite strikers to replace them in the upcoming window or two to retain their spot as the most deep and complete side in the league?

Speaking of elite strikers, Tani has what many might consider the best striker in the game right now in the form of Abel Wesoloski-Okafor, as the Banija-Quebec dual national has been absolutely tearing up the league for the past seven seasons as well as making his mark in the international game having helped lift a World Cup with Banija whom he declared for. Tani was one of the clubs who did manage to snag a transfer in during the window, bringing in Brenecia attacking midfielder Vaida Meskela, but will it be enough to see the rich and mighty club of old be able to finally challenge the competitors for the title, both new and old? The defense has been leaky as of late despite a collection of great individual talent, perhaps a sign that Triffid Ramsey's tactics are not working out for the Stein-los giants. Making it more insufferable for Tani has been seeing Turkish lift two titles and a Copa since their last victory as well as Club Stein-los finishing above them and lifting the Copa last season, as the Old Club has hit their own rich vein of form but look unlikely to maintain a real title challenge but seem good money for an IFCF spot challenge.

Elsewhere in the battle for the IFCF spots we expect to see Hellinic Rouge, as the Spartans are unlikely to have the same sort of dross in the back for consecutive season, while Galatica and the massive improvements they have made over the last decade can not be discounted either. The Galacticos rival Tani with their financial might, in large part for an agreement with the Torgos city council that allows them a discounted rent price for use of the Stade de Torgos, where their gate receipts are among the largest in the league getting to play in the largest stadium in the entire nation. On the outside looking in is Santos, who managed to somehow sneak their way into fifth place last season even though they continue to maintain their status as the most hated club in all of the dual islands due to their club policy for recruitment. There is also Baskita, the team whose academy was once the talk of the nation but have seen them overtaken in that department by CAP and the other major clubs.

On the other side of the spectrum, Fetherdron United does look like it is locked in for a relegation battle and likely will drop back to the second tier as they continue their existence of the last two decades as a yo-yo club between the top division and the second tier. As mentioned, their squad is missing balance and the right personnel to really give a fight to stay afloat at this level. Elsewhere Duke of the North will want to bounce back from their scare of a relegation and they never should have been that low given the national team talent they have in defense, but they are seemingly impotent in the attack, same with Sardin United. Which means clubs like Paulinthal FC, SC Troubalose, and SC Filwarfin are likely also in contention for a relegation fight, the latter two teams having surprise stays in the top flight given they were the favorites for the drop last season. Which leaves just Peynol-Lunas and Avidë as clubs who look like they are going to be good but not good enough to be in an IFCF fight, but also not likely to be in a relegation fight either, just comfortably midtable, which for a club as small as Avidë, is sort of a happy place to be in their continued unexpected life in the SuperLiga. It looks to be a grand season in the SuperLiga once more and it will get started in the next weekend with the Copa Real before the season truly gets underway.

by **Pasarga** » Thu Jan 25, 2024 4:23 pm

Season 2009 - Review

This has become quite the regular occurrence, two Stein-los teams battling it out in the curtain opener of the season, with it routinely being Turkish and The Old Club who are the two clubs who are vying with one another. Turkish comes in hoping that they ride the wave of the championship from last season into another trophy that they can springboard into a title retaining season. For Club Stein-los, a third place finish and a Copa win last year was a bit of a surprise and they will want to retain IFCF football this season, though they might have peaked with their players last season. If that is the case though, it was not on display in the Stade de Torgos to open up the season, as they were going toe to toe with Turkish and pushing their current holders of the league. New striker Jhon Gustavino gave Club Stein-los the lead just shy of the hour mark and then the Tikariot national doubled his tally and the lead in the eighty-first as the Old Club stun the holders in the curtain raiser and look at least initially like they are on track to finishing up in the IFCF places once more and perhaps even contend for a title if things swing the right way.

Copa Real
@ Stade de Torgos, Torgos
Stein-los Turkish 0-2 Club Stein-los

Copa early rounds blacked out due to broadcast restrictions

It was an early exit by CAP in the Copa, be bested in Paulinthal by Tani in the Round of Sixteen, taking away what many thought was their best chance at silverware in a round that was quite topsy turvy, with a handful of the ties being settled in penalties, including third tier SC Sardin besting Santos in Paulinthal in the spot kicks. The next round saw the third tier side continue their run, taking out Aleine quite easily away from home again, while the biggest shock of the round came in Torgos where Avidë advanced ahead of Turkish thanks to a brace from former under twenty-one international Melinda Sultész, knocking out Turkish in spectacular fashion. Yet their run towards a second consecutive run into the Final was cut short in Sardin as the third tier side finally got a home game and once more was able to take their SuperLiga side to the spotkicks and and the third tier side somehow makes their way into the Final, where they will be met by Tani who after knocking out rivals CAP in the round of sixteen, edged out Club Stein-los a goal to nil in a Stein-los derby, before being taken to extra time by newly promoted Fetherdron, yet the sheer quality of Abel Wesoloski-Okafor allowed Tani a blemish and set them up for their first real chance of silverware in five seasons.

The two teams met in Torgos to decide who would lift the trophy, with most top flight teams reluctantly rooting on for Tani despite their big money status, not wanting the third tier side to steal away one of the IFCF places that was up for grabs. However it did not start off well for the Stein-los giants as SC Sardin opened up the scoring in the ninth minute as veteran striker Roman Zoul was able to break through the defense and put one past Dalma Kollár in net. No one had really thought that SC Sardin would be able to contend against Tani, much less be able to get a goal on them, yet they were showing why they had been able to get to the Final in the first half and taking the game to Tani. Quality though, it usually rises to the top and the Copa final was no different and Okafor leveled things in the fifty-second minute with a neat chip from inside the box. Barna Göröncsér would then score the winner in the seventy-first, being the first to a rebound off an Okafor shot and Tani would clamp down afterwards, securing their first piece of silverware in five seasons and a trip into the Challengers Cup at minimum next season.

Copa de la Luna Final
@ Stade de Torgos, Torgos
SC Sardin 1-2 Tanrısal

Last season CAP was edged out of a third straight title in a season where the league's strikeforces were scoring nearly at whim and the average goals per game soared across the board, with even the best defenses in the league having trouble slowing down opposition attacks. It saw a lot of questions asked about the quality of defending in the league with only a single club conceded less than forty goals in the season and that was the traditionally defensive outfit of Sardin United with thirty-seven conceded. That went out the window this season as it seemed a return to the usual outputs from the league, with seven teams conceding less than forty goals and one team even conceding a mere twenty-five during league play. Scoring really was down across the board this season, apart from the title winners who scored seventy-nine goals, thirty more than the next closest attack who clocked in at just a mere forty-nine goals and that lack of scoring output had a very noticeable effect on the league, with a few surprises coming in the final table and who managed to snag a spot in the IFCF for the season.

If this was to be the last season of Vâásk Çêwé and Eustacio Corral Magana were going to lead the line for CAP, then they decided they were going to go out in style and at the pinnacle of the league, although not their game. The two strikes combined for fifty-two of the the Hurricane's seventy-nine goals and outscored the rest of the league by themselves, hence the aforementioned lack of scoring in the league. With CAP the only team that was able to find reliable scoring, it really comes as no huge surprise that they ran away with the SuperLiga title this season, no one even close to keeping up with their pace as second place was eleven points behind their output of sixty-five points. It was disappointing from a fan perspective that there was not a real battle for the title this season as it sapped some of the excitement out of the league, although there was plenty of excitement in other phases of the league, yet it is the championship race that really captivates the nation and instead it was just an inevitable stroll to clinching the title for CAP, which was fairly obvious even at just ten games into the season. It a credit to their team and to Andrea Betancourt's ability as a manager, with the Nepharim announcing she would be retiring from her post in the last game of the season. That leaves a huge question mark for CAP as they head into the offseason and prepare to get the squad ready for Champions League play and who to bring in the strengthen the side. It was a double though for CAP, as their youth team was able to make the Final of the Rising Stars Cup and ran out three to one winners, reinforcing the idea that they now have the best academy in the dual islands.

The battle for second and third place however was an intriguing one as Pasargan success in the IFCF last season with Turkish making the knockouts of the Champions' League and Tani making the Final of the Associations Trophy, where they lost to Mar Sara FC of Valanora, enabling the league to be granted a third spot in the Champions League. Three teams were vying for two positions, as Turkish was looking quite dangerous and the only other team besides CAP to have reliable goal scoring, while the Spartans refound their defensive shape and were being quite difficult to beat, while Galatica was finding ways to eek out results. Unfortunately for the capital club, their defensive was not one of the ones who was having a much better year than before and it ended up costing them a few too many draws allowing the Champions League places going to Turkish and the Spartans, the latter of whom took second place on goal difference after the two sides finished level on points, their elite defensive efforts over the season paying dividends in both prize money and their entry position into the Champions League. Turkish made the knockout rounds of the competition last season but if they are going to have a chance to do that again, they are going to have to navigate the extreme perils that are the qualifying rounds, which take no prisoners and have often been quite unkind to Pasargan teams.

Behind Galatica, there was a six team race for fifth place and the only other assured spot in the Challengers Cup, with Tani having won the Copa and taken the other qualifying spot from the league, although Tani was one of the six teams in contention for that league spot. Last season's third placed side and Copa winners of Club Stein-los saw their offense completely dry up and nabbed a few too many losses to keep up the challenge, finishing with as many losses as wins and being tenth despite only three points off of fifth place. Duke of the North was happy to merely not be in a relegation fight like last season and were happy with a return to a defensive season who finished with a positive goal difference despite just twenty-seven goals scored. Like their cross town rivals, Tani had some defensive woes and ended up with eleven losses as well as wins but their capture of the Copa means it doesn't really matter to them, although their fans will be disappointed to being having to try and qualify through the qualifying rounds again. Surprise fifth place Santos last season were a draw fest and fell just short, much was the same for a resurgent Baskita. Little Avidë and their want to not lose was able to then edge out the rest of the chasing teams and sneak their way into the Challengers again, quite the remarkable feat given the size of the club and their talent level compared to the rest of the teams who were in contention.

At the opposite end of the table, many expected Fetherdron United to be an easy pick to be relegated, their lot in life over the last few decades has been constantly bouncing back and forth between the SuperLiga and the second tier. Yet the Eagles managed a great escape, defeating Club Stein-los in Stein-los on the penultimate matchday to move out of the relegation zone, although they had Turkish to deal with on the last matchday, even if the game was in Torgos. Turkish, as expected, managed to win the game, two to one with a brace from Imre Haaland, but it wouldnt batter as both SC Troubalose and SC Filwarfin would also lose at home against Hellinic Rouge and Baskita FC respectively and would be the two teams going down while Fetherdron United had a stay of execution and gets a much unexpected second season in the top flight. For the two Sporting clubs, their relegations are not a huge surprise, many thought they were good for the drop last season, but after having survived such an explosive season, they were thought to be somewhat safe this season but that would ultimately not be the case. A long departed Evenfar FC and Lìjû return to the top flight while Lunas missed out on a bounce back promotion by a single flight and will have to suffer a second season in the SuperLiga 2, which makes some wonder if their stars will stay for another season or cast their eyes elsewhere rather than try to get the side promoted again.

SuperLiga

Pos Team                    P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 CA Paulinthal          30  20   5   5  79  34  +45  65     Champions
  2 Hellinic Rouge         30  15   9   6  42  25  +17  54     IFCL
  3 Stein-los Turkish      30  16   6   8  49  36  +13  54     IFCL
  4 Galatica               30  15   7   8  44  41   +3  52     IFCC
  5 Avidë                  30  12   8  10  43  40   +3  44     IFCC
  6 Baskita FC             30  11   9  10  42  37   +5  42
  7 Santos Luega           30  10  12   8  44  42   +2  42
  8 Tanrısal               30  11   8  11  44  42   +2  41     IFCC
  9 Duke of the North      30  10  11   9  27  26   +1  41
 10 Club Stein-los         30  11   8  11  34  37   -3  41
 11 Sardin United          30   8  11  11  26  31   -5  35
 12 Peynol-Lunas           30   8  11  11  40  48   -8  35
 13 Paulinthal FC          30   7   8  15  34  51  -17  29
 14 Fetherdron United      30   7   7  16  27  46  -19  28
 15 SC Filwarfin           30   5  10  15  22  40  -18  25     Relegated
 16 SC Troubalose          30   4  10  16  26  47  -21  22     Relegated

SuperLiga 2

Pos Team                P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Evenfar FC         30  17  6   7  47  29  +18  57     Champions
  2 Lìjû               30  15 10   5  61  37  +24  55     Promoted
  3 Lunas FC           30  16  6   8  53  42  +11  54
  4 Torgos City        30  15  7   8  56  38  +18  52
  5 Tyrysier           30  13  7  10  37  31   +6  46
  6 Riis               30  13  7  10  48  48   +0  46
  7 Arthiana-bas       30  12  7  11  37  43   -6  43
  8 Stilinkeep FC      30  11  8  11  34  26   +8  41
  9 Stradirù           30  11  8  11  24  23   +1  41
 10 Titanderth         30  10  9  11  48  49   -1  39
 11 FC Myrkan          30  11  6  13  36  38   -2  39
 12 Peixe              30  10  5  15  35  51  -16  35
 13 Myrtha Dalin       30   9  7  14  40  48   -8  34
 14 Celesthem FC       30   7 10  13  29  35   -6  31
 15 Targas United      30   5  9  16  17  37  -20  24     Relegated
 16 St. Galaxia        30   5  8  17  29  56  -27  23     Relegated

SuperLiga 3

Pos Team                  P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 FC Belja             30  19   8   3  73  35  +38  65     Champions
  2 Aleine United        30  18   5   7  74  43  +31  59     Promoted
  3 Targas City          30  16   5   9  47  30  +17  53
  4 SC Myrkan            30  15   8   7  42  28  +14  53
  5 Tulduroc United      30  15   7   8  33  18  +15  52
  6 Mytos-Turin          30  14   7   9  30  22   +8  49
  7 SC Sardin            30  12   8  10  43  43   +0  44
  8 Orasul               30  12   7  11  27  28   -1  43
  9 RC Sardin            30  12   4  14  48  52   -4  40
 10 Druidists            30   9  12   9  38  34   +4  39
 11 Aratha Metz          30   9   6  15  19  38  -19  33
 12 Altanley United      30   8   6  16  30  42  -12  30
 13 Harklaoff            30   6  11  13  45  58  -13  29
 14 Real Troubalose      30   6   9  15  21  40  -19  27
 15 FC Felaton           30   7   5  18  30  62  -32  26     Relegated
 16 OS Anax              30   5   6  19  33  60  -27  21     Relegated

SuperLiga 4

Pos Team                  P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Haslief              30  21   5   4  89  33  +56  68     Champions
  2 Athletic Sutra       30  16   8   6  45  31  +14  56     Promoted
  3 Uriz                 30  14   8   8  24  19   +5  50
  4 Isnat'pa United      30  12  11   7  25  18   +7  47
  5 Leyton Peynol        30  14   5  11  36  46  -10  47
  6 Hyan FC              30  11  13   6  26  20   +6  46
  7 Cilinas FC           30  12  10   8  45  39   +6  46
  8 Tarrows              30  13   6  11  35  32   +3  45
  9 Aleine FC            30  12   8  10  53  37  +16  44
 10 Tharg-calan          30  11   5  14  32  43  -11  38
 11 SC Dendros           30  10   5  15  30  37   -7  35
 12 Cape Jark            30   7  11  12  16  25   -9  32
 13 Pendera              30   8   7  15  18  28  -10  31
 14 Darom United         30   7   8  15  22  40  -18  29
 15 Renaitiz             30   7   5  18  24  42  -18  26
 16 Seletal FC           30   4   7  19  14  44  -30  19

Championship Playoff: Peynol-Lunas 4-2(3-1) Duke of the North, Tanrısal 3-2(2-0) Baskita FC | Peynol-Lunas 1-3 Tanrısal

Central Pargis

Pos Team                    P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Baskita FC             30  19   5   6  58  29  +29  62     Champions
  2 Galatica               30  19   5   6  45  22  +23  62
  3 Targas City            30  15   8   7  50  25  +25  53
  4 Tyrysier               30  12  12   6  41  25  +16  48
  5 Aratha Metz            30  14   6  10  38  24  +14  48
  6 Avidë                  30  14   6  10  39  36   +3  48
  7 Fetherdron United      30  10  14   6  40  25  +15  44
  8 Targas United          30   9  13   8  36  34   +2  40
  9 Torgos City            30  10   8  12  24  36  -12  38
 10 RC Sardin              30   9   8  13  33  44  -11  35
 11 Peixe                  30  10   3  17  24  45  -21  33
 12 Riis                   30   8   8  14  31  41  -10  32
 13 St. Galaxia            30   8   7  15  22  36  -14  31
 14 SC Sardin              30   7   9  14  24  35  -11  30
 15 FC Felaton             30   7   7  16  21  41  -20  28
 16 Tarrows                30   5   9  16  20  48  -28  24

Peynol

Pos Team                    P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Duke of the North      30  19  5   6  54  27  +27  62     Champions
  2 Stilinkeep FC          30  19  4   7  48  31  +17  61
  3 Mytos-Turin            30  15 10   5  49  23  +26  55
  4 FC Belja               30  16  7   7  46  34  +12  55
  5 Myrtha Dalin           30  16  6   8  39  31   +8  54
  6 Titanderth             30  16  4  10  37  25  +12  52
  7 Lìjû                   30  15  5  10  42  29  +13  50
  8 Leyton-Peynol          30  12  8  10  36  28   +8  44
  9 Hyan FC                30  11  7  12  34  44  -10  40
 10 SC Dendros             30  10  7  13  36  38   -2  37
 11 Isnat'pa United        30  10  5  15  30  43  -13  35
 12 Altanley United        30   7 10  13  34  52  -18  31
 13 Tulduroc United        30   8  5  17  26  43  -17  29
 14 Pendera                30   6  8  16  30  43  -13  26
 15 Orasul                 30   5  7  18  24  45  -21  22
 16 Darom United           30   4  4  22  21  50  -29  16

Pargis-Peynol

Pos Team                  P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Peynol-Lunas         30  21  6   3  55  16  +39  69     Champions
  2 Evenfar FC           30  19  7   4  57  26  +31  64
  3 Lunas FC             30  16  9   5  49  26  +23  57
  4 Celesthem FC         30  15  6   9  33  32   +1  51
  5 Hellinic Rouge       30  14  7   9  45  29  +16  49
  6 SC Filwarfin         30  14  6  10  42  31  +11  48
  7 Real Troubalose      30  12  7  11  38  33   +5  43
  8 Arthian-bas          30  11  8  11  21  28   -7  41
  9 SC Troubalose        30  10  8  12  42  37   +5  38
 10 Haslief              30  11  5  14  29  35   -6  38
 11 Uriz                 30   8  8  14  30  42  -12  32
 12 Thag-Calan           30   8  7  15  32  46  -14  31
 13 Cape Jark            30   7  8  15  24  47  -23  29
 14 Cilinas FC           30   8  3  19  23  49  -26  27
 15 Seletal FC           30   5 10  15  27  46  -19  25
 16 Renaitiz             30   5  7  18  15  39  -24  22

South Pargis

Pos Team                    P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Tanrısal               30  19   8   3  62  22  +40  65     Champions
  2 CA Paulinthal          30  15  10   5  48  28  +20  55
  3 Stein-los Turkish      30  15   4  11  45  27  +18  49
  4 Santos Luega           30  14   7   9  40  28  +12  49
  5 Paulinthal FC          30  13   9   8  34  26   +8  48
  6 FC Myrkan              30  15   3  12  35  30   +5  48
  7 Sardin United          30  13   8   9  33  31   +2  47
  8 Club Stein-los         30  13   7  10  34  29   +5  46
  9 Stradirù               30  12   6  12  40  39   +1  42
 10 SC Myrkan              30  11   8  11  38  43   -5  41
 11 Aleine United          30   8  11  11  32  35   -3  35
 12 Druidists              30   9   7  14  34  48  -14  34
 13 Aleine FC              30   7  11  12  29  38   -9  32
 14 Athletic Sutra         30   6   7  17  22  42  -20  25
 15 Harklaoff              30   6   7  17  30  58  -28  25
 16 OS Anax                30   5   5  20  18  50  -32  20

Awards
Team of the Season (Voted on by the media)
GK: Ábel Virág - Hellinic Rouge
RB: Viktor Szôcs - Hellinic Rouge
CB:

Franziska Maurer - Duke of the North
CB: Vidor Kovách - Duke of the North
LB: Franciska Szathmári - Hellinic Rouge
RW: Kat Földessi - CA Paulinthal
MC: Moore Lafontaine - Stein-los Turkish
AMC: Ilona Kárpáty - CA Paulinthal
LW:

Lucas Winkel - Stein-los Turkish
ST:

Vâásk Çêwé - CA Paulinthal
ST: Eustacio Corral Magana - CA Paulinthal

Player of the Season (Voted on by the Managers of the SuperLiga)
1)

Vâásk Çêwé - CA Paulinthal (27 goals, 6 assists)
2) Eustacio Corral Magana - CA Paulinthal (25 goals, 4 assists)
3) Viktor Szôcs - Hellinic Rouge (10 clean sheets, 3 assists)

Golden Boot
1)

Vâásk Çêwé - CA Paulinthal (27 goals)
2) Eustacio Corral Magana - CA Paulinthal (25 goals)
3)

Imre Haaland, Stein-los Turkish (19 goals)

Foreigner of the Year (Voted on by the PFA)
1)

Vâásk Çêwé - CA Paulinthal (27 goals, 6 assists)
2)

Imre Haaland, Stein-los Turkish (19 goals, 5 assists)
3)

Vasja Vansek - Galatica (2 goals, 8 assists)

by **Pasarga** » Tue Apr 09, 2024 1:32 pm

Season 2010 - Preview

The Contenders
Let's start with the obvious, CA Paulinthal as the reigning champions will be looking to retain the crown and they made a few moves in the transfer window to try and ensure their continued success at the top of the Pasargan pyramid. Bringing in a pair of strikers who are in the midst of their national team contention in the form of Milica Prokopljevic from Mytanija (continuing the connection that has grown there for the Hurricane) and Járngrímur Náttúlfsson from Graintfjall. Replacing Vâásk Çêwé's production will be hard, as well as Magana being moved to coming off the bench, but the pair look to have the potential to bag forty plus goals between them. There was also the move to bring in Savojar Natasha Kirai as a second choice keeper behind Vanorian youngster Tobias Propst who has grown into the role. If there is a concern with CAP, it is that they have pair of over thirty players starting in the middle of their defense, a defense which was pretty good last season and allowed them to retake the crown. If they can hold there and the two new additions produce as they are expected, CAP should be there at battle for the championship once more.

Next in line is the three other "big" clubs of the modern era of the Superliga, the first of which are the Spartans of Hellinic Rouge. Granger has been at the head of the Spartans for a long time, with the Euran entering into their fifteenth season as the manager and there are questions about when he will move on from the club. Those questions are being asked more as he looks to replacing an aging Elek Salai with Vanorian journeyman Jacob Kvalvåg who has been out of football for a few years. No other moves besides some youth team promotions to the first team raise the question if the side will have the depth to compete again with CAP. The side is going to be tested in multiple competitions and a lack of depth can potential be an issue in the team trying to close the eleven point gap that was between them and CAP last season.

In Stein-los, both Stein-los Turkish as well as Tanrısal are both hoping for "bounce back" seasons as it were, Tani especially after a dismal eighth place showing last season but lifting the Copa de la Luna to earn a spot in both the Challengers Cup as well as Cup Winners' Cup. Dagan striker Sierra Corston was brought in to be a rotation option at Turkish, to allow both Imre Haaland and Nawar Taqwaa Bazzi an opportunity to have a game or two off rather than needing to carry the burden alone. If Haaland can have the same sort of scoring output that he had upon arrival and the defense continues to be among the best in the SuperLiga, Turkish is definitely in a title challenge with the amount of talent on the roster. Former national team striker Júlia Müller has been appointed as the new manager but it came late, meaning she was only able to make one capture during the window but it was fringe Wanderers fullback Veronika Fábián to try and shore up a defense that was leaky at times last season. If she can help cut the goals conceded by even a handful, the offensive firepower that Tani has should be keep them in and among the top of the table.

The Pretenders
The obvious one here is Galatica as no matter how well they play, how good their manager and players might be, they can never seem to put it all together and give themselves a proper run to the top of the table and contend for a title or even a Champions League place. Vanorian defensive midfielder Maximilian Edvardsen as well as veteran Pasargan fullback Deli Sinka were both added to the team during the transfer window but defense has not been a problem but rather consistent scoring. With Yue striker Zheng Yuanjun seemingly in their last season or near the end of their career, failure to add some offensive push really makes one wonder how the board expects the team to be able to compete with the best that the league has to offer, which has far more talent even if Galatica probably has the most money in the league outside Tani.

Baskita FC has failed to really regain their prominence as one of the big clubs in the league despite having the fourth most top flight titles in Pasargan history and being the first club to really dedicate themselves to trying to develop youth for both club as well as country. Ruslan Demetriev from Kelssek is entering their fourth year at the helm and has seen the team not fall back into midtable mediocrity or the rare relegation scare, but getting into the upper echelon still has been a challenge despite their best efforts. Vanorian winger Izabelle Jönsson as well as Polarian defender Odbjorn Ohm were brought in to try and bring the talent level higher as a whole, but whether or not it is enough to get the team into an IFCF qualifying position or not is a big question.

Also in Torgos there is Avidë, although to call them a pretender is a bit harsh considering the small stature of the club and being one of the smallest clubs not just in Torgos across all four divisions but in the SuperLiga as a whole. Simply by their books and by the state of their facilities, the Rangers should be a mid tier SuperLiga 2 team but they have maintained a spot in the top flight despite all the challenges and a mysterious benefactor, who is rumored to be a member of the royal family, which has helped upgrade their facilities little by little over their stay in the SuperLiga. That sustained success has let them actually make a few surprising captures in the transfer market, including this previous window in getting Ko-orenite defender Hunusu Siltinthen to go into the center of the defense. Ko-oren players are known for being great in the dark arts and defensive side of the game and the team did manage to make a surprise appearance in the Challengers Cup spots last season, which they could do so again if Siltenthen is as good as they were advertised to be.

by **Pasarga** » Fri Apr 12, 2024 6:18 am

Season 2010 - Review

The curtain raiser continues its tradition of having a team from Stein-los in it, with Tani being awarded a spot with their win of the Copa de la Luna and taking on the champions in CAP, as these two rivals meet at the beginning of the season. New signing Milica Prokopljevic made an instant impression for the Hurricane faithful, grabbing a goal in the nineteenth minute with a good finish from inside twelve yards and helping to have CAP dominate the first half. Failing to produce more goals though let Tani hang around and in the second half they found an equalizer through attacking midfielder Zágon Schmid. Despite good efforts by both teams, neither could find a way past the other during regulation and into extra time the two sides went, but once there the keepers shone with both producing a couple of amazing saves to keep the score at one all and into the spot kick challenge the tie went. Both sides first three shooters made their efforts, with Aya Haukås then converting the fourth attempt for CAP. Tobias Propst then stunned the entire crowd with a diving palm save on Barna Göröncsér's effort, before captain Ompoly Sultisz converted his effort to have the Hurricane come out on top in the first of at least three tilts between the two rivals this season.

Copa Real
@ Stade de Torgos, Torgos
Tanrısal 1-1(1-1 AET)[3-5 PKs] CA Paulinthal

An extra Champions League place means a team has to start deep in the qualifying rounds of the competition and the unfortunate team to do so was Turkish, who looked like they had not had any pre IFCF friendlies to get into a bit of form before taking on the competition head on. Losing four to one on aggregate, including an opening loss in Stein-los was disappointing, but that disappointment turned into outright frustration when the team failed to showed any offensive desire against Eastfielder giants RGS in the Challengers Cup and were eliminated from IFCF competition well before the group stage. It did not get any better for Stein-los football fans though as in the round before in the Challengers Cup, Tani took on former Polarian giants SK Franz Josef City and were torn apart in both legs and looked helpless, more the club that had been in exile for decades compared to their counterparts. While the Rangers showed themselves well against Tikariot club Eivora Athletic, running rampant in the first leg at home to the tune of five goals with a brace from Melinda Sultész to lead the way in the six to one aggregate victory, the fourth round would be a bridge too far for the Torgos side and they would bow out to San Gines side Brienenoord after failing to find the back of the net at home and losing both legs by a single goal.

The LBCT also looked shaky to start off, with Lunas FC not being able to overturn a two goal deficit from the first leg in the third qualifying round against Polarian opposition, managing only a draw in a bit of a drab two goal affair in the home leg. However in the Playoff Round, Pasargan clubs showed a bit more bite to them, both sides winning both of their ties to ensure a spot in the group stage. Lìjû used a brilliant performance from new signing Serdar Admiri in the first leg where they banged in all four of the goals to see themselves through and hoping that sort of performance is seen in the league for their survival chances. Evenfar for their part simply looked a stronger, more complete side and showed why a lot of people in the dual islands fancy them to stay up this season and avoid a drop right back down to the second tier.

Second qualifying Round Champions League
(PAS)                   Stein-los Turkish    1–4    Eugene Troger                       (TRL)   0–1   1–3

Second qualifying Round Challengers Cup
(PIS)                 SK Franz Josef City    9–2    Tanrısal                            (PAS)   5–1   4–1

Third qualifying round Champions League
(MYT)                           1923 Esca    0–2    Hellinic Rouge                      (PAS)   0–0   0–2

Third qualifying round Challengers Cup
(PAS)                               Avidë    6–1    Eivora Athletic FC                  (TKT)   5–1   1–0
(EFL)                        RGS Athletic    3–1    Stein-los Turkish                   (PAS)   1–0   2–1

Third qualifying round LBCT
(PIS)                     Melville Celtic    3–1    Lunas FC                            (PAS)   2–0   1–1 

Fourth qualifying round Challengers Cup
(SGN)                         Brienenoord    3–1    Avidë                               (PAS)   2–1   1–0

Playof Round Champions League
(PAS)                      Hellinic Rouge    5–2    Atletik                             (MYT)   4–2   1–0

Playoff Round LBCT
(KOR)                          Arboren FC    2–6    Lìjû                                (PAS)   2–4   0–2
(SRS)                    Viltvodle United    0–4    Evenfar FC                          (PAS)   0–1   0–3

The group stages are typically a bit of a nervy time of it and often when Pasargan sides see their runs cut short, except for CA Paulinthal who has made a run or two in their time through the knockout stages and even has an international trophy to show for their troubles. The Hurricane were given a group that on paper looked to be quite dangerous with Banija giants Herzegovina, Audioslavian big club AC Izotz Zubia, as well as a strong Hellenic SC. CAP however would make short work of the group, only losing at home to Herzegovina and drawing at home against Hellenic, but winning all their away fixtures as well as at home against Zozi. It was one for the neutrals with fifteen goals for and eleven against for the Hurricane, but they topped their group. As did the Spartans, although they had a bit more of a difficult time of it despite on paper having a much easier group. A lack of offensive output might concern the Spartans but trying to run out Elek Salai at thirty-three and a Vanorian most people have never heard of and been out of football for two years did raise a few alarm bells before the season and it certainly showed at times, but the Spartans were able to just about sneak their way through the group as group winners and hopefully avoid a difficult draw in the Round of Sixteen.

Despite new manager Simon Kvaal's attempts to get the squad to play above themselves, Galatica simply just can not and are squarely rooted to the bottom of their Challengers Cup group. To be fair to Galatica, they did have a rather brutal group for it being the Challengers Cup, having Istria City from Banija, Laborious Hawk and Myana from Chromatika, as well as Squornshelous champions Sivolvia Central, which was a pretty brutal draw. Even so, they are a team who on paper have nearly the same amount of talent as CAP, Tani, Turkish, and Hellinic but never seem to conjure the results that their talent would suggest they should do. Four points from the group is quite the disappointment and a dragon the association as it attempts to jockey with other associations to maintain its spot in the top eight of the IFCF rankings and have those extra allocations for the Champions League.

Evenfar continues to look like a complete team and one that was quite deserving of their promotion as champions from the SuperLiga 2 last season as they make surprisingly easy work of their groupmates. A relentless offence being a major contributor to their success and a defense that knew how to bend and not break, Evenfar finishing with a tidy four wins, one draw, and one loss record with a massive positive seven goal difference and fifteen goals to the good. In a group that boasted Chromatik as well as Euran opposition, that is supremely impressive and does send out a bit of a shout that they need to be taken seriously. Lìjû unfortunately couldn't find a third victory in their group and will have to settle for third but it was okay showing, even if their defense at times left a lot to be desired, although it was clear they were more concerned with their survival push in the league compared to the LBCT towards the end of the group stage. In the RSC, CAP's and Hellinic's youth teams mirror their senior teams and top their group, although it was far more competitive for the Hurricane at the youth level that their senior team had, needed a draw against Herzegovina to secure the group title.

CL Group B
#  Team                                           P  W  D  L  GF  GA  GD  Pts    CAP    HVC    HLS    AIZ
1  CA Paulinthal                            PAS   6  4  1  1  15  11   4  13      -     1-3    2-2    3-2  
2  Herzegovina City FC                      BNJ   6  4  0  2  12   6   6  12     1-2     -     4-1    1-0  
3  Hellenic SC                              ELM   6  2  2  2   8  10  -2   8     2-3    1-0     -     1-1  
4  AC Izotz Zubia                           AUD   6  0  1  5   5  13  -8   1     1-4    1-3    0-1     -

CL Group H
#  Team                                           P  W  D  L  GF  GA  GD  Pts    SVC    PKF    CTK    LRA
1  Hellinic Rouge                           PAS   6  3  1  2  10   7   3  10 *    -     1-0    1-2    1-1  
2  Scott City FC                            DAR   6  3  1  2   6   5   1  10 *   1-0     -     1-0    2-0  
3  CF Outineau                              KSK   6  2  1  3   8   9  -1   7 **  1-3    2-2     -     3-1  
4  Bavingtor FC                             FVA   6  2  1  3   7  10  -3   7 **  2-4    2-0    1-0     - 

Challengers Cup Group B
#  Team                                           P  W  D  L  GF  GA  GD  Pts    IST    MYA    SIV    GAL
1  Istria City FC                           BNJ   6  4  0  2  11  10   1  12      -     0-2    3-2    2-1  
2  Myana                                    CMT   6  3  1  2  10   5   5  10     3-1     -     0-1    3-0  
3  Sivolvia Central AC                      SRS   6  3  0  3   6   8  -2   9     1-3    1-0     -     1-0  
4  Galatica                                 PAS   6  1  1  4   6  10  -4   4     1-2    2-2    2-0     -

LBCT Group E
#  Team                                           P  W  D  L  GF  GA  GD  Pts    EFC    Anc    ZFK    Dfo
1  Evenfar FC                               PAS   6  4  1  1  15   8   7  13      -     2-1    2-0    1-1  
2  Anchors FC                               CMT   6  4  0  2  13  10   3  12     2-4     -     1-0    3-2  
3  Zanatlija FK                             ZRH   6  2  0  4   8  10  -2   6     1-4    1-2     -     2-0  
4  Dangerford                               EUR   6  1  1  4   8  16  -8   4     3-2    1-4    1-4     -

LBCT Group G
#  Team                                           P  W  D  L  GF  GA  GD  Pts    HHi    Old    Lìj    Sha
1  Hadford Hill FC                          FVA   6  4  2  0  14   6   8  14      -     3-1    4-0    1-0  
2  Oldbridge FC                             EFL   6  2  2  2   5   8  -3   8     0-0     -     0-3    1-1  
3  Lìjû                                     PAS   6  2  0  4   9  12  -3   6     2-3    1-2     -     3-2  
4  FK Shakhter Z'ai'ai                      CMT   6  1  2  3   7   9  -2   5     3-3    0-1    1-0     -

RSC Group B
#  Group B                                        P  W  D  L  GF  GA  GD  Pts    CAP    HFC    HSC    IzZ
1  CA Paulinthal                            PAS   6  3  2  1   9   6   3  11      -     1-1    3-3    2-0  
2  Herzegovina City FC                      BNJ   6  3  1  2  11   8   3  10     2-0     -     1-2    3-1 
3  Hellenic SC                              ELM   6  2  1  3   9  12  -3   7     0-2    1-2     -     1-3  
4  AC Izotz Zubia                           AUD   6  2  0  4   8  11  -3   6     0-1    3-2    1-2     -   

RSC Group H
#  Group H                                        P  W  D  L  GF  GA  GD  Pts    HlR    BFC    SCF    CFO
1  Hellinic Rouge                           PAS   6  4  1  1  11   8   3  13      -     2-0    2-1    2-2  
2  Bavingtor FC                             FVA   6  4  0  2  10   7   3  12     4-2     -     1-2    2-1  
3  Scott City FC U-19s                      DAR   6  3  0  3   9   7   2   9     0-1    0-1     -     3-2  
4  CF Outineau                              KSK   6  0  1  5   6  14  -8   1     1-2    0-2    0-3     -

The knockout rounds bring a bit of added pressure, it also brings a bit of added fixture congestion for both the cup winner as well as the league champion as both the Cup Winners' Cup as well as the Copa de Campeones take place in the second half of the season. Fixture congestion being a large part of why the SuperLiga has kept to a sixteen team model rather than expand for the added revenue that those extra home games as well as a television rights might bring. Between domestic and international events, footballers already do not get much time to relax and recuperate, making the fixture list even more crowded runs a risk of at the minor end just merely burning players and staffs out and on the worse side of things highly increasing the injury risks of the players as they do not get the time between matches that their bodies need to properly recover.

Tani's youth team gets things going and they have to survive a scare in Saint Elanor after edging out a tense affair in Stein-los but they do survive that scare and score passage into the playoff and are fortunate to get a home draw against Rekan opposition and Kilmonarch is rocking and rolling with a near on sell out crowd despite it being the youth team as Tani defeats the Rekan giants Aleiusia Capital two goals to none as their youth team continues to be at quite a high tier. In the Round of Sixteen, they are joined by CAP's and the Spartans youth teams who got to skip a round thanks to winning their group, but the Spartans run into Chromatik opposition in Anaia and fall flat. It's a back and forth affair in Mytanija between Nyva and CAP but the Hurricane manage to get the tie to penalties and from there their keeper is a stonewall and sends the team through, if only just. Tani is the only team with a home game and use it to their advantage, sneaking past Serrapince from Tumbra by a more comfortable than it was scoreline of three to one. Yet their luck and CAP's both run out in the next round as both are on the road and fail to get the victory in the adverse conditions, even if Tani eventually only succumbs in penalties in Farfadillis.

The Champions League is where all the eyes were focused though and for the first time in recent memory, the SuperLiga had not just one team in the knockouts but two teams, with the draw being favorable to CAP on paper and poor for the Spartans. However despite pulling out a draw in a six goal thriller in Darmen against their flagship club of Scott City, the Hurricane were bested in normal time in Paulinthal. What looked to be a chance to make the quarterfinals was brought down despite it having looked like it was there for CAP to take. Like their fellow Pasargan side, Hellinic powered through a draw away to Quebec, against perhaps their best team in St. John's Arsenal, and then goals from Elek Salai, Jadranko Lončar, and Jacob Kvalvåg saw the Spartans rise above it all in Evenfar to claim the tie. However when they were drawn against Raynor City United in the Quarterfinals, the Spartans knew that they were done for, though they gave their best effort. Losing the first leg at home by only a single goal and drawing in Valanora, it's not a disgraceful way to go but they will wonder if they could have made a surprise Final appearance had they managed to win the home leg.

What to say about Evenfar's run through the LBCT, hrmm? The side was ruthlessly efficient, nearly to a fault, as they kept doing just enough to see off their competitors and nothing anything more than that. Some might say they were trying to conserve energy for their league campaign, which would be a smart thing to do as they were just promoted back up to the top flight, but there was an odd majesty to the way they kept winning their ties. In the Round of Sixteen getting a late goal veteran Graintfjaller striker Eelis Mikaelsson to win in Sylestone and then play to a goalless draw in Evenfar. Solitary goals in both legs in the Quarterfinals both in Evenfar and then in Ko-oren to ease past Limecroft Et Abyss. Even in the semifinals when against a free flowing Quebecois side, where the home leg was a five goal affair, the side never panicked and did their business, before Eelis grabbed another goal in Quebec in the second leg to ensure their passage into the Final and a real shot at lifting a trophy. While perhaps not the beautiful game in a traditional sense, there is a certain majesty to the way Evenfar has conducted their business and they would be good favorites to lift the LBCT trophy in the Final.

The less said about the CdC the better, CAP was running a bit ragged at the time with a handful of nagging injuries that weren't keeping their stars from playing but they were not up to their best. It was a bit fortunate that they got past their Dagan opposition in the first round before Liria from Mytanija took advantage of their poor play and won in their ground with the only goal over the two games. It was disappointing but understandable given the fixture congestion at this point for the Hurricane, who had their eyes now squarely on trying to retain the league. Tani on the other hand had a huge desire to make up for their poor preseason showing in the Challengers Cup qualifying rounds in the Cup Winner's Cup and blitzed Tor as Abel Wesoloski-Okafor showcased why he was considered the best striker in the world for a time with a brace in both legs of the tie. Atletik of Mytanija was up next and it was a more stern test, Eduard Novaković getting the only goal in the first leg in Stein-los, while a strike near the hour mark from national team winger Katinka Pálffy saw the teams end level and Tani win the tie. The semifinals were surprisingly less trouble, perhaps Latrobe caught focusing on the league, but Tani put two past them in both legs while only conceding one and securing their passage to the Final, which will be taking place in one of their biggest rivals stadiums, at Stein-los Stadium home of Club Stein-los. A chance to win an international trophy not just in Pasarga but in their home city is an opportunity Tani will not want to pass up.

RSC First Round
(PAS)                            Tanrısal    3–2    University College                  (EXT)   2–1   1–1

RSC Playoff
(PAS)                  Tanrısal    2–0    Aleiusia Capital          (ZRH)

Cup Winners' Cup First Round
(PAS)                     Tanrısal    5–2    Gortz United                 (ASG)   4–1   1–1

Champions League Round of Sixteen
(QUE)                  St. John's Arsenal    3–5    Hellinic Rouge                      (PAS)   2–2   1–3 
(DAR)                       Scott City FC    5–4    CA Paulinthal                       (PAS)   3–3   2–1

LBCT Round of Sixteen
(SYL)                               Dodle    1–2    Evenfar FC                          (PAS)   1–2   0–0 

RSC Round of Sixteen
(MYT)                      Nyva    1–1 p  CA Paulinthal             (PAS)  (1–3 pen)
(CMT)          Crossroads U-18s    2–0    Hellinic Rouge            (PAS)  
(PAS)                  Tanrısal    3–1    Serrapince FC             (TMB)

Cup Winners' Cup Round of Sixteen
(PAS)                     Tanrısal    5–2    Tor                          (CMT)   3–1   2–1

CdC First Round
(PAS)	CA Paulinthal		2–1	Starksville Coastal	(CDG)	1-1 1-0

Champions League Quarterfinals
(PAS)                      Hellinic Rouge    3–4    Raynor City United                  (VAL)   2–3   1–1 

LBCT Quarterfinals
(PAS)                          Evenfar FC    2–0    Limecroft Et Abyss FC               (KOR)   1–0   1–0

RSC Quarterfinals
(FFD)              La + Querida  p 1–1    Tanrısal                  (PAS)  (4–2 pen)
(DAR)         Brham United U-19    1–0    CA Paulinthal             (PAS)  

Cup Winners' Cup Quarterfinals
(PAS)                     Tanrısal    2–1    Atletik                      (MYT)   1–0   1–1

CdC Quaterfinals
(PAS)	CA Paulinthal		0–1	Liria		(MYT)	0-0 0-1

LBCT Semifinals
(PAS)                          Evenfar FC    4–2    BK Klampenborg                      (QUE)   3–2   1–0

Cup Winners' Cup Semifinals
(KSK)             Latrobe Athletic    1–4    Tanrısal                     (PAS)   0–2   1–2

Traveling to the distant Kanmer, Evenfar did not bring a huge amount of traveling support, as the distance compiled with their smaller profile these days, having been eclipsed by Hellinic Rouge in their namesake home city. The fans that did make the trip were treated to a fairly good game between what appeared to be two equally matched squads as Interblag from Squornshelous in Arrosia met the side on the field and took the lead in the first half with a well worked effort. Interblag would be done in from a member of Evenfar from their home country as Vlart Hedberg scored a rare goal from their holding midfielder spot to bring the two sides level just six minutes after the break. The game winning goal would come via the way of a teenager, as second half substitute and eighteen year old striker Lo Lihozhung Lu from Farfadillis powered a shot from the edge of the box with just their third touch of the game. It was a blast worthy of an ovation and the one that was the difference between the two sides. It is Evenfar's first top level trophy, having never won a Copa nor a top flight title despite being a founding member of the league over a century ago.

LBCT Final
@ Utarwalin Hall, Utarwalin, Kanmer
(SRS) Interblag FC 1–2 Evenfar FC (PAS)

Tani might have had an embarrassing showing at the start of the season when they were completely demolished in one of the Challengers Cup qualifying rounds but the Cup Winners' Cup has seen them perhaps at their peak. Playing the Final in Stein-los, even if not at their own stadium of Kilmonarch, the advantage was clear and Athletic Saint Eleanor was under duress from the opening whistle until the last whistle, Tani being energized by the massive amount of support with it nearly being a home game for the side. Star man himself Abel Wesoloski-Okafor opened the scoring in the fourteenth minute, running over to the fans and kissing the badge before being swamped by his teammates. Home grown products Katinka Pálffy and Eduard Novaković rounded off the scoring in the forty-third and sixty-fifth minutes respectively in a performance where Tani looked in complete control. Celebrations no doubt lasted on through the night and into the following week, but questions about what comes next with all three of the scorers in their thirties and on the downswing of their careers. Was this their last hurrah as a group? If so, what a treat it was and a way to end their season on a high.

Cup Winners' Cup Final
@ Stein-los Stadium in Stein-los, Pasarga
(EXT) Athletic Saint Eleanor 0–3 Tanrısal (PAS)

The Copa this season saw several of the favorites eliminated early, with Tani and CAP both gone before even the round of sixteen, while the Dukes, Spartans, Tecos, Old Club, and Peynol-Lunas all crashed out in the aforementioned round leaving only five SuperLiga teams in the competition at the Quarterfinal stage. Despite this, it would be two teams from the top flight who would meet in the Final, each perhaps living a bit of a charmed life to get into the Final, after Stein-los Turkish needed extra time in the round of sixteen to get past RC Sardin of the third tier and at home no less. Little Avidë would require penalties in Myrkan after a hundred twenty minutes of scoreless football and the second tier side coming up just short of the upset in the spotkicks. After a marathon season, neither side was at their best for the Final in Torgos, but the Rangers perhaps had a slight edge in playing in the capital compared to Turkish. Home grown winger turned striker Melinda Sultész would open the scoring in the seventeenth minute for the Rangers and despite many attempts on goal, Turkish could not break down their defense with Hunusu Siltinthen marshalling the effort. The Ko-oren defender was perhaps the biggest difference and helped the Rangers lift their first ever top level trophy as they held on for the narrow one to nil victory, ensuring a spot in the Challengers Cup as well as the Cup Winners' Cup next season.

Final
@ Stade de Torgos, Torgos
Avidë 1-0 Stein-los Turkish

There was a mighty effort made this season by Turkish and Tani to try and keep CAP from retaining their crown, both sides with immense offensive talent that could shine with the best of them and Turkish with a defense that looked quite spectacular to behold. Even the Spartans looked good for large portions of the season but had a small run of bad form towards the middle late part of the campaign where they lost a few games in a row and like that they were out of title contention, with Jacob Kvalvåg proving to be a bit of an inspired signing and racking up a fair number of goals for the team despite them eventually falling away. Despite it being just there for both of them, neither Turkish nor Tani could ultimately keep pace with the Hurricane whose depth and overall talent just eventually won out in the end. All the goals that Tani had, the stern defense that Turkish was able to bring to bare, it was not enough with CAP's own overwhelming offensive power helped them roll over the league with just four losses on the board and twenty wins on the other end. It was a good attempt but CAP still reigns supreme and justly so.

Galatica showed why they were considered a pretender, as both they and Club Stein-los failed to finish in the top seven of the league and were some ways off contending even for a champions league position. Kvaal's charges were so wildly inconsistent that the only consistency the Galacticos saw was the fact they were wildly inconsistent week in and week out, as such was the case for The Old Club. To a lesser extent, the fact that Duke of the North finished tenth is a minor surprise but not a huge one as they are prone to a poor season if they fail to find the goals to match their typical defensive fortitude. Even their usual steel on the defensive end was lacking a bit of sharpness this season but with both Vidor Kovách and René Petrie entering their mid thirties, a small fall off should have probably been expected of the notoriously defensive minded club.

Avidë might have won the Copa, but they did not need to win the competition to ensure a spot in the IFCF next season as they finished fifth on merit, with a defense that could make Turkish and the Dukes quite proud in their own right. The finish also means that they are going to be going right into the group stage and that is the sort of money that can really help a club like the Rangers who struggle mightily when compared to the rest of the league for funds, especially with their relatively small stadium. It is the sort of money that if invested correctly could mean that the Rangers will never have to worry about being relegated again and can start to dream of making ICCs on a routine basis. A bigger shock than Avidë making the Challengers Cup position is Paulinthal FC, as the recently relegated Reds had a season of ups and downs, with a woeful defense but an offense who could score in bunches and get them just enough wins to climb out of the midtable mediocrity this season. Contrast that with the Eagles of Baskita, who had just a bang average sort of season for a top seven team and qualified for the last Challengers Cup spot, thanks to Avidë and Turkish being in the Copa Final. Ruslan Demetriev will be quite pleased to have done so well with Baskita this season but will have wanted a bit more progress to actually be a top contender for the title once more.

At the other end, Peynol-Lunas had a dreadful season as their old defense was torn to shreds on a routine basis, leaving the side completely hapless and nowhere near being able to contend for safety. To make matters worse, Jens Reiniger is considering retiring as the former Wanderer does not feel like trying to get the side back up and having suffered his second relegation at the helm of the side, with retirement looking more favorable than a season in the second tier as he enters his mid sixties. Elsewhere Sardin United was sweating bullets until the last day but were able to survive, just, despite all the things in place for the Riversiders to be a solid midtable team. Sardin's fortunes however were sour notes for Fetherdron, as the Eagles finally succumbed and were sent back to the second tier. Their followers have to wonder what it is that Avidë will have done right where their own club that has better facilities and far more money is doing wrong, as the capital club might well run the risk over being overtaken by the Rangers as the third biggest club in the capital if they continue to be a yo-yo team.

SuperLiga

Pos Team                    P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 CA Paulinthal          30  20  6   4  76  43  +33  66     Champions
  2 Stein-los Turkish      30  18  5   7  54  25  +29  59     IFCL
  3 Tanrısal               30  17  6   7  68  39  +29  57     IFCL
  4 Hellinic Rouge         30  16  5   9  59  36  +23  53     IFCL
  5 Avidë                  30  14  7   9  46  34  +12  49     IFCC
  6 Paulinthal FC          30  15  4  11  50  58   -8  49     IFCC
  7 Baskita FC             30  13  9   8  40  30  +10  48     IFCC
  8 Galatica               30  13  5  12  50  45   +5  44
  9 Club Stein-los         30  12  6  12  35  44   -9  42
 10 Duke of the North      30   9  7  14  30  37   -7  34
 11 Santos Luega           30  10  3  17  40  56  -16  33
 12 Lìjû                   30  10  3  17  36  54  -18  33
 13 Evenfar FC             30   8  7  15  38  56  -18  31
 14 Sardin United          30   7  9  14  31  42  -11  30
 15 Fetherdron United      30   7  7  16  28  52  -24  28     Relegated
 16 Peynol-Lunas           30   4  5  21  33  63  -30  17     Relegated

SuperLiga 2

Pos Team                P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Torgos City        30  19   2   9  59  42  +17  59     Champions
  2 Stilinkeep FC      30  15   9   6  40  21  +19  54     Promoted
  3 Riis               30  17   2  11  44  28  +16  53
  4 Titanderth         30  16   3  11  64  47  +17  51
  5 Lunas FC           30  13   7  10  52  36  +16  46
  6 FC Belja           30  13   7  10  44  43   +1  46
  7 SC Troubalose      30  10  13   7  37  29   +8  43
  8 FC Myrkan          30  11   7  12  35  41   -6  40
  9 Tyrysier           30  11   6  13  35  54  -19  39
 10 SC Filwarfin       30  10   6  14  44  40   +4  36
 11 Myrtha Dalin       30  11   3  16  41  42   -1  36
 12 Arthiana-bas       30  10   6  14  43  59  -16  36
 13 Stradirù           30   9   7  14  19  29  -10  34
 14 Celesthem FC       30   9   6  15  36  46  -10  33
 15 Aleine United      30   8   8  14  38  50  -12  32     Relegated
 16 Peixe              30   8   8  14  32  56  -24  32     Relegated

SuperLiga 3

Pos Team                  P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Targas City          30  16   8   6  55  29  +26  56     Champions
  2 SC Sardin            30  16   7   7  47  24  +23  55     Promoted
  3 Druidists            30  14   6  10  32  26   +6  48
  4 RC Sardin            30  13   8   9  50  40  +10  47
  5 Mytos-Turin          30  12  10   8  26  21   +5  46
  6 SC Myrkan            30  12  10   8  29  24   +5  46
  7 Orasul               30  12   9   9  30  24   +6  45
  8 Aratha Metz          30  11  10   9  28  23   +5  43
  9 Haslief              30  11   6  13  41  43   -2  39
 10 Targas United        30   9  12   9  25  27   -2  39
 11 Athletic Sutra       30  11   6  13  27  40  -13  39
 12 St. Galaxia          30   7  13  10  23  32   -9  34
 13 Tulduroc United      30   7  10  13  27  34   -7  31
 14 Altanley United      30   7   9  14  24  38  -14  30
 15 Harklaoff            30   7   6  17  29  48  -19  27     Relegated
 16 Real Troubalose      30   7   6  17  17  37  -20  27     Relegated

SuperLiga 4

Pos Team                  P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Aleine FC            30  19   5   6  64  21  +43  62     Champions
  2 Hyan FC              30  16   9   5  32  18  +14  57     Promoted
  3 OS Anax              30  16   6   8  45  29  +16  54
  4 FC Felaton           30  13  11   6  48  30  +18  50
  5 Tarrows              30  13   7  10  31  27   +4  46
  6 SC Dendros           30  12  10   8  36  35   +1  46
  7 Leyton Peynol        30  12   7  11  29  31   -2  43
  8 Isnat'pa United      30  12   6  12  22  18   +4  42
  9 Seletal FC           30  11   9  10  22  22   +0  42
 10 Uriz                 30  10   9  11  23  24   -1  39
 11 Cilinas FC           30  10   9  11  28  36   -8  39
 12 Tharg-calan          30  10   6  14  31  42  -11  36
 13 Cape Jark            30   9   6  15  24  31   -7  33
 14 Darom United         30   6   9  15  21  44  -23  27
 15 Renaitiz             30   5  11  14  21  37  -16  26
 16 Pendera              30   3   6  21  12  44  -32  15

Championship Playoff: Duke of the North 4-3(3-2) Tyrysier, Stein-los Turkish 5-2(4-0) Lunas FC | Duke of the North 1-2 Stein-los Turkish

Central Pargis

Pos Team                    P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Tyrysier               30  17   9   4  48  25  +23  60     Champions
  2 Fetherdron United      30  16   9   5  40  23  +17  57
  3 Galatica               30  16   7   7  46  30  +16  55
  4 Baskita FC             30  15   6   9  49  28  +21  51
  5 Avidë                  30  13   8   9  38  36   +2  47
  6 SC Sardin              30  13   8   9  27  28   -1  47
  7 Targas City            30  14   4  12  40  28  +12  46
  8 RC Sardin              30  12   8  10  38  32   +6  44
  9 Riis                   30  12   8  10  34  31   +3  44
 10 St. Galaxia            30  10   6  14  37  42   -5  36
 11 Torgos City            30   9   8  13  27  38  -11  35
 12 Aratha Metz            30   9   4  17  24  47  -23  31
 13 Targas United          30   6   9  15  27  36   -9  27
 14 FC Felaton             30   6   9  15  28  46  -18  27
 15 Tarrows                30   7   6  17  23  45  -22  27
 16 Peixe                  30   5  11  14  34  45  -11  26

Peynol

Pos Team                    P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Duke of the North      30  20   8   2  56  17  +39  68     Champions
  2 Stilinkeep FC          30  22   2   6  52  20  +32  68
  3 Mytos-Turin            30  14   9   7  46  31  +15  51
  4 Lìjû                   30  14   8   8  38  26  +12  50
  5 Titanderth             30  14   7   9  34  24  +10  49
  6 FC Belja               30  12   9   9  40  26  +14  45
  7 Myrtha Dalin           30  10  12   8  36  33   +3  42
  8 Orasul                 30  10   9  11  26  33   -7  39
  9 Hyan FC                30  11   5  14  32  36   -4  38
 10 Leyton-Peynol          30   9  10  11  30  33   -3  37
 11 Altanley United        30  10   6  14  27  40  -13  36
 12 SC Dendros             30   8  11  11  32  37   -5  35
 13 Tulduroc United        30   8   7  15  20  38  -18  31
 14 Isnat'pa United        30   7   6  17  27  49  -22  27
 15 Pendera                30   6   7  17  26  48  -22  25
 16 Darom United           30   5   4  21  18  49  -31  19

Pargis-Peynol

Pos Team                  P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Lunas FC             30  20   6   4  54  20  +34  66     Champions
  2 Peynol-Lunas         30  18   4   8  49  30  +19  58
  3 Evenfar FC           30  16   7   7  39  22  +17  55
  4 Celesthem FC         30  13  11   6  40  26  +14  50
  5 Hellinic Rouge       30  14   8   8  31  25   +6  50
  6 SC Troubalose        30  13   9   8  44  31  +13  48
  7 SC Filwarfin         30  13   8   9  41  31  +10  47
  8 Arthian-bas          30  13   7  10  32  29   +3  46
  9 Real Troubalose      30  12   6  12  40  38   +2  42
 10 Haslief              30   9  10  11  30  31   -1  37
 11 Thag-Calan           30  10   4  16  32  44  -12  34
 12 Cape Jark            30   9   6  15  29  37   -8  33
 13 Renaitiz             30   6  11  13  23  38  -15  29
 14 Uriz                 30   8   5  17  27  55  -28  29
 15 Cilinas FC           30   5   5  20  19  42  -23  20
 16 Seletal FC           30   5   5  20  22  53  -31  20

South Pargis

Pos Team                    P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Stein-los Turkish      30  20   7   3  51  19  +32  67     Champions
  2 CA Paulinthal          30  21   4   5  46  15  +31  67
  3 Tanrısal               30  17   5   8  49  30  +19  56
  4 Sardin United          30  14   7   9  35  28   +7  49
  5 Stradirù               30  15   3  12  48  39   +9  48
  6 Santos Luega           30  14   5  11  41  40   +1  47
  7 SC Myrkan              30  12   8  10  31  23   +8  44
  8 Paulinthal FC          30  12   7  11  34  26   +8  43
  9 Club Stein-los         30  13   3  14  39  41   -2  42
 10 FC Myrkan              30  11   6  13  33  40   -7  39
 11 Aleine United          30  11   4  15  39  43   -4  37
 12 Aleine FC              30   7  13  10  38  43   -5  34
 13 Athletic Sutra         30   8   7  15  29  51  -22  31
 14 Druidists              30   5  10  15  23  41  -18  25
 15 Harklaoff              30   4   9  17  19  41  -22  21
 16 OS Anax                30   5   4  21  22  57  -35  19

Awards
Team of the Season (Voted on by the media)
GK:

Nicola Butler - Stein-los Turkish
RB:

Florian Beike - Stein-los Turkish
CB:

Eizens Gladbach - Hellinic Rouge
CB:

Hunusu Siltinthen - Avidë
LB: Abdul-Rashid Abadi - Stein-los Turkish
RW: Kat Földessi - CA Paulinthal
AMC: Zágon Schmid - Tanrısal
AMC: Ilona Kárpáty - CA Paulinthal
LW:

Aya Haukås - CA Paulinthal
ST:

Milica Prokopljevic - CA Paulinthal
ST:

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Abel Wesoloski-Okafor - Tanrısal

Player of the Season (Voted on by the Managers of the SuperLiga)
1)

Nicola Butler - Stein-los Turkish (12 clean sheets)
2) Zágon Schmid - Tanrısal (6 goals, 12 assists)
3)

Milica Prokopljevic - CA Paulinthal (17 goals, 5 assists)

Golden Boot
1)

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Abel Wesoloski-Okafor - Tanrısal (19 goals)
2)

Milica Prokopljevic - CA Paulinthal (17 goals)
3)

Imre Haaland, Stein-los Turkish (16 goals)

Foreigner of the Year (Voted on by the PFA)
1)

Nicola Butler - Stein-los Turkish (12 clean sheets)
2)

Milica Prokopljevic - CA Paulinthal (17 goals, 5 assists)
3)

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Abel Wesoloski-Okafor - Tanrısal (19 goals, 2 assists)

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