Liga Campiontia
| File:Ascensio Liga Premier logo.png | |
| Founded | 1892 1904 (in current form) |
|---|---|
| Country |  Latium |
| Confederation | BFFA |
| Number of teams | 22 |
| Level on pyramid | 1 |
| Relegation to | Liga Una |
| Domestic cup(s) | Copa de Imperator |
| League cup(s) | Copa LPA |
| International cup(s) | Belisarian Champions League |
| Current champions | FC Imperialis Ianiculum (28th title) |
| Most championships | MPS Ascanium (30 titles) |
| TV partners | RAL/RAL Sport (national & live broadcasts) TVE (Hellenic language broadcasts) RAL Gelonia (Gelonian language broadcasts) DelphaAA (international broadcasts) |
| Website | www.ligaprem.la |
 2019–20 Liga Premier Season | |
Ascensio Liga Premier, commonly referred to as Liga Premier, is the top flight professional football league in Latium. Consisting of 22 clubs, it operates a promotion and relegation system with it's immediate lower-level league, the Liga Una. The league was sponsored by ULArgentaria from 1997 though 2015 and since 2016 has been sponsored by Ascensione, a Latin tech company.
The Liga Premier acts as a corporation of 22 football clubs, who act as shareholders. Seasons run from early August to May, with teams playing a total of 42 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 Premier 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. The Liga Premier boasts an average attendance of 48,239, one of the highest of any football league. The league currently ranks X in BFFA coefficient and X in the UAFA worldwide in the BFFA coefficient ranking.
Of the 92 clubs to have competed since the inception of the Liga Premier in 1892, seventeen have won the title. The teams with the most championships are: Alexandria AO (30), Imperialis Ianiculum (28), Adrianople City (17), Mégas Leonopolis FC (14) and Internationalis Utica (8). Historically, Imperialis Ianiculum, Alexandria AO, Adrianople City, Mégas Leonopolis have been considered the big four, with Mégas AEA Phoenix and Internationalis Utica occasionally competing for top honors. The current champions are Mégas AEA Phoenix.
History
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 42 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 Premier relegates its bottom three finishers to the second level Liga Una. Conversely, three teams are promoted from Liga Una to Liga Premier: the league champion, runner-up and playoff champion between teams who finished 3 through 6.
The top 6 teams in Liga Premier also qualify for spots in the Belisarian Champions League.
Sponsorship
Beginning in 1984, Liga Premier 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, Ascensione is the league-wide sponsor with the deal running until 2022.
Teams
| Team | City | Founded | Championships | Stadium | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rufus PC Aarhusium | Aarhusium | 1941 | Stadium | 33,000 | |
| Adrianopolis Urbis PC | Adrianople | 1896 | Stadium | 44,813 | |
| Athletica Adrianopolis | Adrianople | 1929 | Transanio | 50,388 | |
| Arminium | Arminium | 1908 | Stadium | 26,971 | |
| MPS Ascanium | Ascanium | 1900 | 30 | Galata Stadium | 52,405 |
| Ascanium LS | Ascanium | 1920 | 17 | Galata Stadium | 52,405 |
| Augusta Tolosa PC | Augusta Tolosa | 1911 | Stadium | 35,001 | |
| Theophylactus AC | Beroea | 1879 | Stadium | 31,241 | |
| Alba Athletica | Castellum ab Alba | 1879 | Stadium | 55,723 | |
| LS Velia | Castellum ab Alba | 1929 | RoPetrol Stadium | 35,400 | |
| Mons Pincius AC | Castellum ab Alba | 1932 | Stadium | 46,021 | |
| PC Imperialis Ianiculum | Castellu ab Alba | 1912 | 28 | Ianiculum Colosseum | 62,062 |
| Honoria Ancia AC | Entella | 1889 | Stadium | 27,330 | |
| Espo Triaina PC | Espo | 1935 | Stadium | 22,400 | |
| Heraclea Olympias SC | Heraclea | 1959 | Stadium | 32,000 | |
| Helios Ionia | Kepetta | 1899 | Stadium | 19,900 | |
| Leonopolis LC | Leonopolis | 1932 | Leonopolis Circus | 29,710 | |
| Ostia PC | Ostia | 1900 | Ostia Stadium | 35,400 | |
| SI Internationalis Pompaelo | Pompaelo | 1899 | Stadium | 20,000 | |
| Antonia Ravenna PC | Ravenna | 1909 | Stadium | 39,990 | |
| SIL Vindobona 1918 | Vindobona | 1918 | UGL Stadium | 35,601 | |
| Internationalis Utica | Utica | 1899 | Delpha Stadium | 44,813 |