Liga Campiontia

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Liga Campiontia Calcitro
Liga Campiontia logo.svg
Founded1892
1904 (in current form)
Country Latium
ConfederationBFCA
Number of teams20
Level on pyramid1
Relegation toLiga 2
Domestic cup(s)Copa de Imperator
Imperial Champions Cup
League cup(s)Copa LPA
International cup(s)BFCA Champions League
BCFA International League
Belisarian Cup
Current championsImperialis Ianiculum (28th title)
Most championshipsMCS Ascanium (30 titles)
TV partnersRAL (national & live broadcasts)
Websitewww.ligacamp.la
2021–22 Liga Campiontia Season

Liga Campiontia, officially Liga Imperialis Campiontia Calcitro (Latin: Imperial Football Championship League), is the top flight professional association football league in Latium. Consisting of 20 clubs, it operates a promotion and relegation system with it's immediate lower-level league, Liga 2 Calcitro. The league was sponsored by ULArgentaria from 1997 though 2007, and from 2007 to 2020 by Ascensio.

The Liga Campiontia acts as a corporation of 20 football clubs, who act as shareholders. Seasons run from early August to May, with teams playing a total of 38 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 Campiontia 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. Liga Campiontia boasts an average attendance of 48,239, one of the highest of any football league. The league currently ranks X in BCFA coefficient and X in the UCA worldwide in the BCFA coefficient ranking.

Of the 92 clubs to have competed since the inception of the Liga Campiontia in 1892, seventeen have won the title. The teams with the most championships are: MCS Ascanium (30), Imperialis Ianiculum (28), Athletica Adrianopolis (17), Honoria Ancia (14) and Internationalis Utica (8). Historically, MCS Ascanium, Imperialis Ianiculum, Athletica Adrianopolis, Honoria Ancia, and ASIL Ascanium have been considered the big five, with Arminium Flaminiana and Internationalis Utica occasionally competing for top honors. The current champions are Imperialis Ianiculum.

History

Format

John Calogerius of Imperialis Ianiculum, holds the Liga Campiontia record for goals in a season at 48 in 2014–15.

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 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 Campiontia relegates its bottom three finishers to the second level 2Liga Calcitro. Conversely, three teams are promoted from 2Liga Calcitro to Liga Campiontia: the league champion, runner-up and playoff champion between teams who finished 3 through 6.

The top 6 teams in Liga Campiontia also qualify for spots in the Belisarian Champions League. Teams that finish in the top 4 qualify for the Imperial Champions Cup.

Sponsorship

Beginning in 1984, Liga Campiontia 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, Ascensio is the league-wide sponsor with the deal running until 2022.

Teams

Team City Founded Championships Stadium Capacity
Rubra MCS Modicia 1941 Stadium 33,000
Athletica Adrianopolis Adrianople 1896 Stadium 44,813
Imperialis Adrianopolis Adrianople 1929 Transanio 50,388
Arminium Flaminiana Arminium 1908 Stadium 26,971
ASIL Ascanium Ascanium 1850 12 Stadia Ager 62,405
MCS Ascanium Ascanium 1899 30 Stadium 45,001
SU Ascanium Ascanium 1911 5 Stadia Ager 62,405
Imperialis Ianiculum Castellum ab Alba 1879 Ianiculum Colosseum 59,062
BSMO Leones Castellum ab Alba 1929 National Stadium 85,000
Alba Athletica Castellum ab Alba 1879 Stadium 55,723
Cularo Carda Cularo 1932 Stadium 35,400
Honoria Ancia Entella 1889 16 Stadia Anicia 32,702
Florentia Catilina Florentia 1889 Stadium 32,500
Haenna Rupilia Haenna 1901 Stadium 22,400
Libarna Libarna 1959 Stadium 19,147
Mediolanum Metallarii Mediolanum 1899 Stadium 22,900
Ostia AUM Ostia 1932 Stadia Ostia 29,710
Ravenna Auxillia Ravenna 1900 Ostia Stadium 35,400
Internationalis Utica Utica 1899 Delpha Stadium 44,813
1912 Vindobona Vindobona 1912 Stadia UGL 26,186

See also