Liga Premiére

Liga Premiére

Founded	5 January 1905
Country	Midrasia (20 teams)
Confederation	FFA
Number of teams	20
Level on pyramid	1
Relegation to	NorteBanque Liga 2
Domestic cup(s)	Copa de Mydra Supercopa
International cup(s)	Champions Cup
Current champions	AC Lotric (10th title) (2018-19)
Most championships	Olympique de Lotrique (24 titles)
TV partners	Démarrer & Ciel (live matches) Démarrer & TV1 (highlights)
2019-20 Liga Premiére

Liga Premiére, originally known as Liga 1 is a Midrasian professional league for men's association football clubs. The league is Midrasia's primary domestic football competition, located at the top of the football league system. The league hosts 20 clubs and operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the bottom three teams each season being relegated to Liga 2. Formed in 1905 as a union of all of Midrasia's regional footballing championships, Liga Premiére is one of the oldest and most prestigious football leagues in Aeia.

A large number of teams have competed and won the league throughout its long history, however in recent years, the league has mostly been dominated by a small sect of top-tier clubs, particularly Olympique de Lotrique and FC Almiaro who are seen as the 'grandees' of modern Midrasian football.

According to the FFA's league coefficient, Liga Premiére has dominated domestic Aeian footballing leagues, though the league faces considerable competition coming from the Navish Superliga. Team's from Liga Premiére have a history of dominating international footballing tournaments and player of the year awards. Most recently, both Olympique de Lotrique and FC Almiaro have won the FFA Champions Cup, making Midrasia the only nation to have two domestic teams win the tournament.

Today Liga Premiére remains one of the most popular and profitable domestic footballing leagues in Aeia, with high levels of average attendance and fans of the league and its teams coming from all over Aeia. In mid-2018 it was announced that the Midrasian Football Federation announced it would be restructuring and rebranding the existing Liga 1 into the Liga Premiére, in a move that was driven by a desire to attract more overseas viewers, as well as reforming the league's financial structure to allow for a more balanced share of TV revenue. In light of the rebrand it was annonced that bidding prices for the broadcasting rights for the 19/20 season had increased significantly, allegedly surpassing Đ3.5 billion.

Format

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 matchdays. 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.

Promotion and relegation

A system of promotion and relegation exists across the entirety of the Midrasian Football Federation. The three lowest placed teams in Liga Premiére are relegated to the Liga 2, and the top two teams from the Liga 2 promoted to Liga Premiére, with an additional club promoted after a series of play-offs involving the third, fourth, fifth and sixth placed clubs. The lowest ranked clubs from Liga 2 are relegated to Liga 3 the bottom tier of Midrasian professional football. Any teams relegated from Liga 3 are regarded as non-league teams and can only play in the amateur Midrasian and regional footballing ladder.

Ranking of clubs on equal points

If points are equal between two or more clubs, the rules are:

• If all clubs involved have played each other twice:
  • If the tie is between two clubs, then the tie is broken using the goal difference for the two matches those clubs have played against each other (without away goals rule)
  • If the tie is between more than two clubs, then the tie is broken using the games the clubs have played against each other:
    • a) head-to-head points
    • b) head-to-head goal difference
    • c) head-to-head goals scored
• If two legged games between all clubs involved have not been played, or the tie is not broken by the rules above, it is broken using:
  • a) total goal difference
  • b) total goals scored
• If the tie is still not broken, the winner will be determined by Fair Play scales. These are:
  • yellow card, 1 point
  • doubled yellow card/ejection, 2 points
  • direct red card, 3 points
  • suspension or disqualification of coach, executive or other club personnel (outside referees' decisions), 5 points
  • misconduct of the supporters: mild 5 points, serious 6 points, very serious 7 points
  • stadium closure, 10 points
  • if the Competition Committee removes a penalty, the points are also removed
• If the tie is still not broken, it will be resolved with a tie-break match in a neutral stadium.

Qualifying for international competitions

The top teams in the league qualify for the FFA Champions Cup. Based on Liga Premiére's league coefficient, Midrasia is able to send a total of 3 teams to the competition. The first, second and third placed teams within the league gain qualification for the tournament.

Teams

A total of 20 teams contest the league in its current season, including 17 sides from the 2018-19 season and three promoted from Liga 2. These are two clubs promoted directly from that division (FC Corinthiens and Skaer Thiaric), and the winner of the Liga 2 play-offs, Laterna Cardinaux.

Stadiums and locations

Lotric

Oyonaix

Roúk

Almiaro

Benedormo

Internationale

Argois

Corinthiens

Mydroll

Montscia

Cardinaux

Saint Sébastien

Hellingbourg

Vaelleniana

Thiaric

Ibbené

Sporting

Draquenbourg

Lotric  teams
AC Lotric
Chasteaulou
Olympique de Lotrique

Map showing the locations of teams in Liga Premiére

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
AC Lotric	Lotric	Sidariz	62,050
Almiaro	Almiaro	Stade de la Sute	87,950
Argois	Argois	Ferraria	54,000
Benedormo	Benedormo	Caldrone Vermillion	37,350
Chasteaulou	Lotric	Parc de Chasteaulou	48,000
Corinthiens	Argois	Bacchiad	26,743
Draquenbourg	Florence	La fosse del Dragon	29,000
Hellingbourg	Berghelling	Stade Nortebanque	40,000
Ibbené	Ibbené	Repain	35,000
Internationale	Bordeiu	Stade de San	51,724
Laterna Cardinaux	Laterna	Stade Candare	15,000
Montscia	Montscia	Barrieur	37,250
Mydroll	Mydroll	Compien	29,532
Olympique de Lotrique	Lotric	Arène de Xambar	72,164
Olympique Roúk	Roúk	Stade de Roúk	31,500
Oyonaix	Oyonaix	Le Cage	22,000
Saint Sébastien	Saint Sébastien	Stade Sigona	32,000
Skaer Thiaric	Skaer	Hent Saonenn	27,500
Sporting Padania	Florence	La Roseraie	32,154
Vaelleniana	Berghelling	Campfa y Per	62,758

2018–2019 season

Pos	Crest	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1		AC Lotric	38	22	7	9	79	53	+26	73
2		Almiaro	38	22	6	10	80	55	+25	72
2		Olympique de Lotrique	38	21	6	11	81	60	+31	69
4		Argois	38	17	11	10	62	43	+19	62
5		Internationale	38	18	8	12	68	57	+11	62
6		Ibbené	38	18	8	12	49	39	+10	62
7		Benedormo	38	17	11	10	64	56	+8	62
8		Hellingbourg	38	18	7	13	62	53	+9	61
9		Mydroll	38	17	10	11	40	35	+5	61
10		Chasteaulou	38	15	14	9	58	46	+12	59
11		Oyonaix	38	15	7	16	41	44	-3	52
12		Vaelleniana	38	13	8	17	55	60	-5	47
13		Olympique Roúk	38	11	12	15	52	59	-7	45
14		Sporting Padania	38	11	10	17	30	50	-20	43
15		Montscia	38	11	9	18	42	64	-22	42
16		Saint Sébastien	38	9	14	15	47	60	-13	41
17		Draquenbourg	38	9	8	21	23	40	-17	35
18		Ardante	38	9	8	21	35	55	-20	35
19		Union de Mydroll	38	7	12	19	23	38	-15	33
20		Norte Club	38	8	8	22	19	43	-24	32

Player records

Top scorers

As of 1 August 2019.

Rank	Nat	Name	Club	Years	Goals	Apps	Ratio
1		Melcion Descendas	Internationale, Saint Sébastien & Blanchard	1972–1985	349	383	0.9
2		Simone Qualquart	Almiaro, AC Lotric & Perpignan	2008–	334	379	0.9
3		Adrien Canavre	Almiaro & Benedormo	1998–2011	251	278	0.9
4		Enzo Lazaré	Olympique de Lotrique & Benedormo	2011–	246	304	0.8
5		Domenico Draveo	Olympique de Lotrique & Mydroll	1986–1999	234	347	0.7
6		Theodore Dimitrios	Olympique de Lotrique	2008–2018	231	339	0.7
7		Vilista	Mydroll	1947–1962	228	550	0.4
8		Henri Thiers	Vaelleniana	1939–1955	223	353	0.6
9		Andreas Masing	Ibbené	1989–2005	219	448	0.5
10		Mathis Lecocq	GC Argois	1939–1950	195	231	0.8

Italics denotes players still playing professional football,

Bold denotes players still playing in Liga Premiére.

Most appearances

Rank	Nat	Name	Years	Apps	Goals
1		Fabian Espulgas	1981–1998	622	0
2		Vilista	1947–1962	550	228
3		Marc Simon	1983–2002	543	36
4		Democrito Sangiovanni	1980–1997	542	52
5		Macedoni Bacardí	1983–2001	523	32
6		David Florient	1995–2012	510	0
7		Jeroni Gavas	1998–2015	505	58
8		Mathieu Morel	1983–2003	504	12
9		Donatello La Torre	1987–2003	497	104
10		Cyrille Bureau	1980–1997	483	139