Liga Campiontia

Ascensio Liga Primaria Calcitro

File:Ascensio Liga Primaria logo.svg
Founded	1892 1904 (in current form)
Country	Latium
Confederation	BFCA
Number of teams	20
Level on pyramid	1
Relegation to	2Liga
Domestic cup(s)	Copa de Imperator Imperial Champions Cup
League cup(s)	Copa LPA
International cup(s)	BFCA Champions League BCFA International League Belisarian Cup
Current champions	Imperialis Ianiculum (28th title)
Most championships	MCS Ascanium (30 titles)
TV partners	RAL (national & live broadcasts)
Website	www.ligaprem.la
2021–22 Liga Primaria Season

Ascensio Liga Primaria Calcitro, commonly referred to as Liga Primaria, is the top flight professional association football league in Latium. Consisting of 20 clubs, it operates a promotion and relegation system with it's immediate lower-level league, 2Liga Calcitro. The league was sponsored by ULArgentaria from 1997 though 2015 and since 2016 has been sponsored by Ascensio, a Latin tech company.

The Liga Primaria acts as a corporation of 20 football clubs, who act as shareholders. Seasons run from early August to May, with teams playing a total of 38 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 Primaria 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. Liga Primaria boasts an average attendance of 48,239, one of the highest of any football league. The league currently ranks X in BCFA coefficient and X in the UCA worldwide in the BCFA coefficient ranking.

Of the 92 clubs to have competed since the inception of the Liga Primaria in 1892, seventeen have won the title. The teams with the most championships are: MCS Ascanium (30), Imperialis Ianiculum (28), Athletica Adrianopolis (17), Honoria Ancia (14) and Internationalis Utica (8). Historically, MCS Ascanium, Imperialis Ianiculum, Athletica Adrianopolis, Honoria Ancia, and ASIL Ascanium have been considered the big five, with Arminium Flaminiana and Internationalis Utica occasionally competing for top honors. The current champions are Imperialis Ianiculum.

Format

John Calogerius of Imperialis Ianiculum, holds the Liga Primaria 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 38 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 Primaria relegates its bottom three finishers to the second level 2Liga Calcitro. Conversely, three teams are promoted from 2Liga Calcitro to Liga Primaria: the league champion, runner-up and playoff champion between teams who finished 3 through 6.

The top 6 teams in Liga Primaria also qualify for spots in the Belisarian Champions League. Teams that finish in the top 4 qualify for the Imperial Champions Cup.

Sponsorship

Beginning in 1984, Liga Primaria 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, Ascensio is the league-wide sponsor with the deal running until 2022.

Teams

Team	City	Founded	Championships	Stadium	Capacity
Rubra MCS	Modicia	1941		Stadium	33,000
Athletica Adrianopolis	Adrianople	1896		Stadium	44,813
Imperialis Adrianopolis	Adrianople	1929		Transanio	50,388
Arminium Flaminiana	Arminium	1908		Stadium	26,971
ASIL Ascanium	Ascanium	1850	12	Stadia Ager	62,405
MCS Ascanium	Ascanium	1899	30	Stadium	45,001
SU Ascanium	Ascanium	1911	5	Stadia Ager	62,405
Imperialis Ianiculum	Castellum ab Alba	1879		Ianiculum Colosseum	59,062
BSMO Leones	Castellum ab Alba	1929		National Stadium	85,000
Alba Athletica	Castellum ab Alba	1879		Stadium	55,723
Cularo Carda	Cularo	1932		Stadium	35,400
Honoria Ancia	Entella	1889	16	Stadia Anicia	32,702
Florentia Catilina	Florentia	1889		Stadium	32,500
Haenna Rupilia	Haenna	1901		Stadium	22,400
Libarna	Libarna	1959		Stadium	19,147
Mediolanum Metallarii	Mediolanum	1899		Stadium	22,900
Ostia AUM	Ostia	1932		Stadia Ostia	29,710
Ravenna Auxillia	Ravenna	1900		Ostia Stadium	35,400
Internationalis Utica	Utica	1899		Delpha Stadium	44,813
1912 Vindobona	Vindobona	1912		Stadia UGL	26,186

See also

• Latin football league system