Arucian Football Association
| Most recent season or competition: 2022 Arucian Football Association Season | |
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| Formerly | National Football Association (1940-1944) |
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| Sport | Arucian football |
| Founded | May 11, 1940 |
| Commissioner | Claude Blanc |
| No. of teams | 28 |
| Countries | Sainte-Chloé Bonaventure Île d'Émeraude Carucere Imagua and the Assimas Aucuria Satucin Eldmark |
The Association Arucien de Football (Arucian Football Association), commonly abbreviated as the AAF and popularly known as the Coconut League, is the preeminent international professional men's competition of Arucian football. Through the AAF Commission, the AAF also serves as the sport's governing body and is responsible for controlling the laws of the game. Founded in 1940 as the National Football Association, after five Arucian football clubs from Sainte-Chloé and Carucere jointly founded the organization in order to codify the rules of the game and organize professional competitions. The association's inaugural season began the following year. Under the United Provinces, in 1945 the association adopted its current name and added two teams from Bonaventure and Imagua and the Assimas the following season. Teams from Aucuria's and Satucin's Arucian islands made their first appearance in 1978. Other teams from the rest of the Arucian, from the countries of Île d'Émeraude and TBD in particular, would be added after 1978.
The association currently consists of 28 teams spread over eight countries. Matches have taken place in all participating countries as well as countries like Satucin that border the Arucian. During each AAF season, each team plays 12 games know as the regular series, which runs during the dry season (January to June). The team with the best record after the regular series is awarded the "minor premiership". The top twelve teams then play off in a four-round series known Coupe Arucian, culminating in the Coupe final. The grand final winner is awarded the premiership cup.
Organisation
The AAF is comprised of 28 teams: 9 from Sainte-Chloé, 7 from Bonaventure, 5 from Île d'Émeraude, 2 from both Carucere and Imagua and the Assimas, and 1 from Aucuria, Satucin, and Eldmark. The league has no system of promotion and relegation. The teams are divided into 4 divisions of 7 teams each, and matches are played in a round robin system, where all teams play against all twice in a season. The divisions are the National, Western, Central, and East. After 12 rounds of regular season games every week, the best 4 standing teams in each division will qualify to the AAF Championship, a knock-out stage that goes from round-of-16 to the AAF Final; a third-place match is also played prior to the final.
Teams
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