Tarperti Premier League

Tarperti Premier League

Organising body	Tarperti Football Federation (TFF)
Founded	23 August 1924 (1924-08-23)
Country	Tarper
Confederation	UFAC
Number of teams	18
Level on pyramid	1
Relegation to	TFL Championship
Domestic cup(s)	Imperial Challenge Cup Tarperti Football Champion's Cup
League cup(s)	Professional Leagues Tournament
International cup(s)	UFAC Champions League UFAC Cup UFAC Challenge
Current champions	FC Terraum 1924 (31st title) (2022-23)
Most championships	FC Terraum 1924 (31 titles)
Most appearances	Markus Geisel (602)
Top goalscorer	Jerry Harman (365 goals)
TV partners	TBC
2022-23 Tarperti Premier League

The Tarperti Premier League (legally: TFF 1st Division Football League) is the topmost tier of the Tarperti football league system. Organised directly by the Tarperti Football Federation, the league is contested annually by eighteen teams and maintains a system of promotion and relegation with the Championship, the second tier.

Originally created as the 1st Football League (1924-1960), the division was also known as League One (1960-1991) and the National Football Prize (1991-2004), before being reintroduced in its current form at the start of the 2004-05 season.

Format

Competition

Eighteen clubs compete in the league annually. Each club plays every other club once at home and once away. Teams are ranked by a points system, with teams earning three points for a win, one for a draw and none for a loss.

If teams are level on points, tie-breakers are applied in the following order:

1. Goal difference for the entire season
2. Total goals scored for the entire season
3. Head-to-head results (total points)
4. Head-to-head goals scored
5. Head-to-head away goals scored
6. Total away goals scored for the entire season

If two clubs are still tied after all of these tie-breakers have been applied, a single match is held at a neutral site to determine the placement. However, this has never been necessary in the history of the Premier League.

Each season, the two lowest ranking teams are automatically relegated to the Championship, replaced by the latter’s top two. The third-to-last club in the league then participates in a two legged play-off match with the third-placed team of the National League, with the winner taking a spot in the following Premier league season.

History

The league was created by the TFF in 1924 as a governmental mandate to create a national football league as required in the recently passed National Fitness Legislation. The 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Football Leagues were established and replaced six regional leagues as the professional tier of Tarperti football. During the regional era, the six regional champions contested in a knock-out play-off to determine the national champions. Today the Regional Leagues are the fifth tier of Tarperti Football.

In order to start the Premier League, clubs from all six regional leagues were invited to apply for TFF membership during in the summer of 1924, with 78 shortlisted for the competition on the basis of financial and sporting criteria.

Since its inaugural season the League has fluctuated between 16 and 20 clubs, with the current 18 clubs being decided after the 1991-92 season. The League has only suspended competition twice, those times being from 1939-1945 due to the Second World War; the other time being the 2000-01 and 2001-02 seasons due to the Civil War. The League was also prepared to suspend competition during the two Covenant Wars from 1950-60 and 1965-75, but chose to play on.

Clubs

The following eighteen clubs will compete in the Premier League during the 2022-23 season.

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Dayton FC	Dayton, Austerfluss	Dayton Arena	30,660
Terraum Olympic	Olympic Park, Terraum	Federal Olympic Stadium	74,649
Terraum Union	Estwark, Terraum	The Old Forestry	22,012
Coche FC	Coche, Whylsental	Casper Street Stadium	27,599
Bergfeld Sailors	City Isle, Bergfeld	Horseshoe Stadium	42,100
Astran Tremon	Tremon, Whylsental	Westtal Stadium	81,365
Plamfort United	Plamfort, Longrove	Forest Stadium	51,500
CS Villibre	Villibre, East Plamyadia	Stade de la Forêt-Noire	34,700
St. Marie	St. Marie, East Plamyadia	Canyoneer-Fels Arène	30,150
Rordale FC	Cliester, Whylsental	Mangerston Stadium	49,698
Limwald FSC	Limwald, Outer Comico	Central Stadium	47,069
Toller Pushner	Pushner, Whylsental	Toll Arena	30,210
Sportif Angum	Angum, East Plamyadia	Anwa Stadium	34,000
Astran Ladbrooke	Ladbrooke, Whylsental	Astra Park	54,057
Auster Midflow	Midflow, Austerfluss	RegLife Arena	75,000
Vernon FC	Churchbank, Whylsental	Vernon Arena	62,271
CJM Port de l'Est	Port de l'Est, East Plamyadia	PED Unico Arène	60,449
Foxville	Foxville, Nordstrand	Solms Arena	30,000

Champions

Main article: List of Tarperti football champions

In total, 19 clubs have won the Tarperti Premiership, excluding titles won before the Premier League's inception. The record champions are Terraum Olympic with 31 titles, ahead of Astran Tremon with 8 and Flussgang FC with 6.

Season Champions 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 Suspended – World War II 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44

Season Champions 1944–45 Suspended – World War II 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64

Season Champions 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84

Season Champions 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 Suspended – Civil War 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04

Season Champions 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 Terraum Olympic (31)

Season Champions 24-25 FC Flussgang 43-44 Suspended – World War II 62-63 Astran Great River 81-82 Citroner AC 00-01 Suspended – Civil War 25-26 GC Lilhammer 44-45 63-64 FC Cliester 82-83 Citroner AC 01-02 26-27 FC Flussgang 45-46 FC Terraum 64-65 Bergfeld Sailors 83-84 CJM Port de l'Est 02-03 FC Terraum 27-28 Citroner AC 46-47 Astran Great River 65-66 1860 East River 84-85 FC Terraum 03-04 Bergfeld Sailors 28-29 GC Lilhammer 47-48 FC Flussgang 66-67 Brigsby United 85-86 FC Terraum 04-05 FC Terraum 29-30 East River SC 48-49 UFS Moneville 67-68 FC Flussgang 86-87 FC Terraum 05-06 FC Terraum 30-31 East River SC 49-50 CJM Port de l'Est 68-69 FC Terraum 87-88 Bergfeld Sailors 06-07 CJM Port de l'Est 31-32 FC Terraum 50-51 FC Parcroi 69-70 Astran Ladbrooke 88-89 FC Terraum 07-08 FC Terraum 32-33 Hunter's Bridge AC 51-52 CJM Port de l'Est 70-71 Astran Ladbrooke 89-90 FC Terraum 08-09 AfP Foxville 33-34 Fernan 04 52-53 FC Parcroi 71-72 FC Terraum 90-91 FC Parcroi 09-10 FC Terraum 34-35 Fernan 04 53-54 Long Beach 96 72-73 FC Terraum 91-92 CJM Parc de l'Est 10-11 Astran Great River 35-36 FC Flussgang 54-55 Red-White Nob'dy 73-74 FC Terraum 92-93 Bergfeld Sailors 11-12 Astran Great River 36-37 Fernan 04 55-56 Astran Great River 74-75 Astran Ladbrooke 93-94 FC Terraum 12-13 FC Terraum 37-38 Long Beach 96 56-57 Astran Great River 75-76 Astran Ladbrooke 94-95 Astran Great River 13-14 FC Terraum 38-39 Fernan 04 57-58 Fernan 04 76-77 Astran Ladbrooke 95-96 Astran Great River 14-15 FC Terraum 39-40 Suspended – World War II 58-59 Donwald United 77-78 FC Cliester 96-97 FC Terraum 15-16 FC Terraum 40-41 59-60 Citroner AC 78-79 Citroner AC 97-98 FC Parcroi 16-17 FC Terraum 41-42 60-61 FC Flussgang 79-80 FC Terraum 98-99 FC Terraum 17-18 FC Terraum 42-43 61-62 FC Cliester 80-81 FC Terraum 99-00 FC Terraum 18-19 TBD Honours In 1975, the honour of "distinguished clubs" was introduced where sides that have won multiple championships display stars on their team badges and jerseys. In Tarper a club must put a copper star for each championship and up to four championships, at the fifth championship the copper star is replaced by a single silver star, no other stars are added until the tenth championship when a single gold star is added from there the club must add a gold star for every ten championships. The TFF refuses to recognize championships before the 1924-25 inaugural season of the Premier League. This led to a controversy in the 80's where several clubs in the top three tiers added stars to in honour of past league championships. The TFF and TFL threatened the clubs with forceful relegation and perhaps expulsion from the league system. The debate went on for two more years and ended when the clubs chose to abide by the Association's Rules. The following clubs have been officially allowed to wear stars while playing in the league system. The number in parentheses is for Premier League titles won. Terraum Olympic* (31) Astran Tremon* (8) Flussgang FC* (6) Astran Ladbrooke* (5) Citroner AC** (5) CJM Port de l'Est* (5) Vernon FC* (5) Bergfeld Sailors* (4) CF Parcroi** (4) Rordale FC* (3) Auster Midflow* (2) Lilhammer GC** (2) Midflow Gymnastic*** (1) Foxville* (1) Brigsby United** (1) Plamfort United* (1) Hunter's Bridge AC** (1) Red-White Astend**** (1) UFS Moneville***** (1) * currently member of the Premier League ** currently member of the Championship *** currently member of League One **** currently member of League Two ***** currently outside of the professional league system