Toujin League 1

Toujin League 1 (TL1)

Founded	05 May 1997
Country	Toujin
Confederation	NCFF
Number of teams	20
Relegation to	Toujin League 2 (TL2)
International cup(s)	NCC (Nagasaki Conglomerate Championship)
Current champions	1
Most championships	Tarabashi City FC (9)
TV partners	TJ1TV;
Website	ToujinLeague1.org
2021-2022 TJ1

The Gregahou national football team (Gregahouvian: Komanda futbol natsionalniy Greğahouğaniy) represents Gregahou in men's international association football competitions, and is controlled by the Gregahouvian Football Association, or, in Gregahouvian: Assotsiğatsiğa Greğahouğaniy Futbolniy. The team's colors are white and light blue, and the storm petrel, the country's national bird, is its symbol. The Gregahouvian national team is colloquially known as Şvornağa (National selection). Gregahou plays its home matches at the Third of May National Stadium in the nation's capital, Stolitsemlağa, and is currently managed by Fedor Dsarnaev. The team was not a major football force in its home confederation of CONCACAF until the turn of the 21st century, when Gregahouvian football became professionalized domestically.

History

Association football has been present on the archipelago semi-professionally as early as 1965, with the founding of the Worker's Football League on offshore Tatneft oilrigs under Soviet rule. Teams from different settlements competed with each other as opponents, but professional football and an internationally-represented team was not created until 1985, five years after the nation gained its independence.

The Gregahouvian side facing Belize in a friendly in Mexico City, June 1989

The Gregahouvian Football Association (Gregahouvian: Assosiğatsiğa Greğahouğaniy Futbolniy) was founded on March 17, 1985 under the administration of President Murat Bragin after a quick rise to popularity of what now is the Premyer Liga, Gregahou's top flight of football. The national team was created first under the impression that it might build patriotism and community among the country's still-new and growing population, but Bragin's advisors were quickly surprised at the level of interest that was shown in the national team in its first few years. Within two years of its original founding, the team had secured enough resources to begin training at a specified facility and played abroad only until the completion of the country's national grounds, the Third of May Stadium in the capital city, Stolitsemlağa in 1990.

Early matches did not show much for the newly-formed Gregahouvian side, but the turn of the 21st century saw the team rise in power among its equally-sized Caribbean counterparts with more devotion and resources spent towards the team's expansion. Sheldon Montenegro, a Gregahouvian-American, signaled his final choice to play internationally for Gregahou in 1995 with 22 years of age and began to play full time. Porte Nouvelais prospect player Fontenay DuBois became eligible to play internationally in 2002 with the transfer of sovereignty of the player's homeland to Gregahou and became the team's lead goalscorer over the course of his continuing 16-year career. After the territory handover in 2002, many of the incoming Gregahouvian players were Nouvelais, which, at first created dissent among other ethnic groups present, but with following success, fans began to accept the growing demographic in the national team, which remains statistically significant today. Despite the team's continued rise and success since the turn of the century, the team has not attempted to qualify for either the CONCACAF Gold Cup or the FIFA World Cup, and, as such, has not played in either to date. Team success has since continued in the 2010s, and notable victories include an upset of 3-1 versus Canada in 2019 as well as a powerful 8-2 victory over the Curaçao national team in 2017, with gradually better results against powerhouse teams as well.

League table (2021-2022 Season)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Yakamatsu FC	21	16	4	1	87	29	+58	52	Qualification for the Nagasaki Conglomerate Championship
2	FC Tomoya	22	15	3	4	78	31	+47	48
3	Tarabashi City	22	13	4	6	70	32	+38	43
4	Wakatori Battlehens	21	10	5	6	57	35	+22	35	Qualification for the Nagasaki Conglomerate Championship Play-in
5	Kobayatsu FC	22	11	2	9	46	33	+13	35
6	Vegalta FC	22	8	6	8	38	37	+1	30
7	Aoba City	21	7	6	8	36	32	+4	27
8	Tochigi FC	23	7	4	12	30	43	-13	25
9	FC Hajimari	21	6	5	10	33	47	-4	23
10	Kochi United	21	7	1	13	36	46	–10	22
11	Kobayatsu City	22	6	3	13	35	59	–14	21
12	Kageyama City	21	6	2	13	36	45	–9	20
13	Biwako Shiga	23	5	3	15	29	45	–16	18
14	Tarabashi United	21	5	3	13	30	52	–22	18
15	Totaru FC	22	4	4	14	25	44	–19	16
16	Sendo United	22	3	6	13	24	54	–30	15
17	Noiburo FC	23	3	5	15	35	62	–27	14
18	Hajimari United	21	3	4	14	21	59	–38	13	Relegation to Toujin League 2
19	Kokaitsu FC	23	2	7	14	22	62	–40	13
20	Mifune SC	22	1	6	15	12	70	–58	9