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Ascensio Liga Premier
File:Ascensio Liga Premier logo.png
Founded1892
1904 (in current form)
Country Latium
ConfederationBFFA
Number of teams22
Level on pyramid1
Relegation toLiga Una
Domestic cup(s)Copa de Imperator
League cup(s)Copa LPA
International cup(s)Belisarian Champions League
Current championsFC Imperialis Ianiculum (28th title)
Most championshipsMPS Ascanium (30 titles)
TV partnersRAL/RAL Sport (national & live broadcasts)
TVE (Hellenic language broadcasts)
RAL Gelonia (Gelonian language broadcasts)
DelphaAA (international broadcasts)
Websitewww.ligaprem.la
2019–20 Liga Premier Season

Ascensio Liga Premier, commonly referred to as Liga Premier, is the top flight professional football league in Latium. Consisting of 22 clubs, it operates a promotion and relegation system with it's immediate lower-level league, the Liga Una. The league was sponsored by ULArgentaria from 1997 though 2015 and since 2016 has been sponsored by Ascensione, a Latin tech company.

The Liga Premier acts as a corporation of 22 football clubs, who act as shareholders. Seasons run from early August to May, with teams playing a total of 42 games, not including domestic cup games or confederation league games. Each team plays each other in the league twice, once home and once away. The majority of games are played on Saturday and Sunday, but with no more than two games a week being played on either tuesday or thursday.

Liga Premier holds the largest television contract of any Latin professional sport, valued at over $15 billion a year. The league also has various television contracts abroad, including the nations of x, y, and z. The Liga Premier boasts an average attendance of 48,239, one of the highest of any football league. The league currently ranks X in BFFA coefficient and X in the UAFA worldwide in the BFFA coefficient ranking.

Of the 92 clubs to have competed since the inception of the Liga Premier in 1892, seventeen have won the title. The teams with the most championships are: Alexandria AO (30), Imperialis Ianiculum (28), Adrianople City (17), Mégas Leonopolis FC (14) and Internationalis Utica (8). Historically, Imperialis Ianiculum, Alexandria AO, Adrianople City, Mégas Leonopolis have been considered the big four, with Mégas AEA Phoenix and Internationalis Utica occasionally competing for top honors. The current champions are Mégas AEA Phoenix.

History

Format

John Calogerius of Imperialis Ianiculum, holds the Liga Premier record for goals in a season at 48 in 2014–15.

The competition format follows the usual double round-robin format. During the course of a season, which lasts from August to May, each club plays every other club twice, once at home and once away, for a total of 42 games. Teams receive three points for a win, one point for a draw, and no points for a loss. Teams are ranked by total points, with the highest-ranked club at the end of the season crowned champion. Head-to-head is the first tie breaker, with goal differential coming next if head-to-head was not successful in creating a winner.

Atop the Latin football pyramid, Liga Premier relegates its bottom three finishers to the second level Liga Una. Conversely, three teams are promoted from Liga Una to Liga Premier: the league champion, runner-up and playoff champion between teams who finished 3 through 6.

The top 6 teams in Liga Premier also qualify for spots in the Belisarian Champions League.

Sponsorship

Beginning in 1984, Liga Premier has held a league-wide sponsorship. The first such sponsor was Celer automotive, though they opted not to renew their sponsorship following the 1990-91 season. ULArgentaria sponsored the league from 1991-92 until 1999-00 seasons, and again starting in 2001 until 2015. Since 2016, Ascensione is the league-wide sponsor with the deal running until 2022.

Teams

Team City Founded Championships Stadium Capacity
Rufus PC Aarhusium Aarhusium 1941 Stadium 33,000
Adrianopolis Urbis PC Adrianople 1896 Stadium 44,813
Athletica Adrianopolis Adrianople 1929 Transanio 50,388
Arminium Arminium 1908 Stadium 26,971
MPS Ascanium Ascanium 1900 30 Galata Stadium 52,405
Ascanium LS Ascanium 1920 17 Galata Stadium 52,405
Augusta Tolosa PC Augusta Tolosa 1911 Stadium 35,001
Theophylactus AC Beroea 1879 Stadium 31,241
Alba Athletica Castellum ab Alba 1879 Stadium 55,723
LS Velia Castellum ab Alba 1929 RoPetrol Stadium 35,400
Mons Pincius AC Castellum ab Alba 1932 Stadium 46,021
PC Imperialis Ianiculum Castellu ab Alba 1912 28 Ianiculum Colosseum 62,062
Honoria Ancia AC Entella 1889 Stadium 27,330
Espo Triaina PC Espo 1935 Stadium 22,400
Heraclea Olympias SC Heraclea 1959 Stadium 32,000
Helios Ionia Kepetta 1899 Stadium 19,900
Leonopolis LC Leonopolis 1932 Leonopolis Circus 29,710
Ostia PC Ostia 1900 Ostia Stadium 35,400
SI Internationalis Pompaelo Pompaelo 1899 Stadium 20,000
Antonia Ravenna PC Ravenna 1909 Stadium 39,990
SIL Vindobona 1918 Vindobona 1918 UGL Stadium 35,601
Internationalis Utica Utica 1899 Delpha Stadium 44,813