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S1 League
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2023-24 S1 League season
S1 League logo.png
SportAssociation football
FoundedMarch 6, 1965; 59 years ago (1965-03-06)
Organising bodySenrian Soccer Association (SSA)
No. of teams20
Countries Senria
Headquarterstbd street
Keisi, Senria
ConfederationFICF (Coius)
Most recent
champion(s)
FC Kinkei Listras (7th title)
(2022)
Most titlesÉtroite AC Isikawa (9 titles)
TV partner(s)Senria
Broadcast
SHK
STBS
TV Senzou
Mercury Sport
Live streaming
M+
International
Live streaming
tbd
Domestic cup(s)
Related
competitions
S2 League
S3 League
Senrian Women's Soccer Association
Senria Futsal League
Official websitewww.ssl.sn

The S1 League (Senrian: S1리이구, Esu-wan Riigu), officially known as the Leona S1 League (Senrian: 러오나S1리이구, Reona Esu-wan Riigu) for sponsorship reasons, is the highest level of the Senria Soccer League and the the top-level professional association football league in Senria. Founded in 1965 and administered by the Senrian Soccer Association, the league currently consists of 20 teams.

While the Senrian Soccer Association had established the country's men's national team in 1935, Senria's domestic soccer scene remained the purview of several local and regional amateur leagues for the next three decades. In the early 1960s, high turnout for amateur games and viewership numbers for the IFF Coupe du Monde convinced SSA leaders that a professional league would be viable in Senria; the early S1 League struggled to find its footing, however, until the 1970s, when the controversies affecting the All-Senria Baseball League at the time provided an opportunity for the S1 League to establish its position in Senrian sports. Since then, the league has slowly but steadily expanded, becoming one of the most successful soccer leagues in southern Coius.

Each S1 League team plays a standard season of 38 games, facing every other team in the league twice (once at home, once away); the team with the best record at the end of the season is proclaimed the S1 League champion. Every S1 team, alongside every other club team with membership in the Senria Soccer Association, is then eligible to compete for the Senrian National Cup; this is followed in turn by the Senrian Super Cup, in which the winners of the National Cup face the S1 League champions (or the S1 League runners-up, if the champions won the National Cup).

Notably, unlike most other major soccer leagues, the S1 League has a fixed roster of teams and does not utilize the promotion and relegation system; instead, each S1 team has an affiliated farm team in the S2 and S3 leagues, with players being moved between these teams to provide for talent flow.

Since the 1980s, the S1 League has consistently been Senria's second-most prominent sports league, behind only the ASBL in terms of popularity; the National Cup and Super Cup are among the country's most popular televised sporting events, and soccer is the country's second-most popular sport, being the favorite of 20 to 25% of the population. Average match attendance for S1 League games sits at roughly 23,000 as of 2020.

Stance in the Senrian football pyramid

[topmost men's league; players promoted and relegated into lower leagues through farm team system but team roster is fixed]

History

Before the S1 League

[soccer in senria before the S1 league, keeping stuff more and more summarized the further back we go]

Early years

[1965-1972]

Growth in popularity

[1970s-1980s-1990s growth] [70s growth buoyed by ASBL flailing, keeps momentum thru 80s, in the 90s senria hosts CdM which revitalizes]

Recent history

[post-2000 smooth sailing, with a nice bump from the 07 CdM victory]

Teams

S1 League
Team City Stadium Capacity Founded Joined
Aoyama Hayabusa SC Aoyama Pelerine Stadium Aoyama 32,900 1997
Étroite AC Isikawa Isikawa Hosokawa Motors Stadium 44,500 1965
FC Kinkei Listras Keisi Hasiro International Coliseum 64,400 1974
Feiring Chrysanty Hanae Hanae Hanazono Football Stadium 27,500 1979
Fenrir Nisiyama Nisiyama Crux Lupine Arena 42,300 1974
Gerossa Yosida Yosida Ekimae Park Yosida 27,300 1965
Keisi Sylvoia Stags Keisi Sylvoia Stadium 2000 47,800 1965
Ketsubra Tosei Tosei Tosei Invictus Stadium 46,100 1965
Koriyama Venursa Koriyama Morizawa Ouita Grounds Koriyama 30,000 1979
Nakamura Seahounds Nakamura Taiseiyou Yasakani Athletic Park 28,400 1965
Nobeoka Dämmerlicht Gyousuu Nobeoka Nobeoka New Dome 41,500 1965
Outramare Kasaoka Kasaoka Pan-Senrian Airlines Park 35,100 2010
Sagittaria Kitasaki Kitasaki Ibiden Stadium 25,200 2010
Sakata Sapphires SC Sakata Keiou Densan Kumagaya Park 24,900 1965
Tosei Vescora FC Tosei Azineos Stadium 49,900 1986
Tukayama Sivicamo Tukayama Rokutou Retail Banking Stadium 39,100 1965
Ubeyama Onkaidou Cyclones Ubeyama Itakura Cyclone Stadium 35,100 1965
Ueda U-Burst Ueda Park Dome Stadium Ueda 26,000 1986
Ukyou Nachtuils Ukyou Ukyou Football Grounds 36,900 1965
Yorokobu Kanaya Kanaya Tiurafilm Stadium Kanaya 30,100 1997

Timeline


Season structure

[pretty unremarkable double round-robin system in which each team plays every other team twice (once at home, once away), for a season length of 38 games]

[anything about team structure - number of foreign players allowed, that type of thing]

Champions

All-time league table

Championship history

Season Champions Runners-up Third Place
1965–66 Hosokawa AC Tukayama Sivicamo Keisi Sylvoia Stags
1966–67 Hosokawa AC Itakura FC Ubeyama Keisi Sylvoia Stags
1967–68 Keisi Sylvoia Stags Hosokawa AC Gerossa Yosida Sporting
1968–69 Itakura FC Ubeyama Hosokawa AC Taiseiyou Engineers AC
1969–70 Hosokawa AC Taiseiyou Engineers AC Ketsubra Tosei
1970–71 Hosokawa AC Keisi Sylvoia Stags Ketsubra Tosei
1971–72 Ketsubra Tosei Keisi Sylvoia Stags Itakura FC Ubeyama
1972–73 Keisi Sylvoia Stags Tukayama Sivicamo Ketsubra Tosei
1973–74 Tukayama Sivicamo Itakura FC Ubeyama Hosokawa AC
1974–75 Hosokawa AC Nobeoka Dämmerlicht Gyousuu Ketsubra Tosei
1975–76 Ketsubra Tosei Crux Motors FC Gerossa Yosida Sporting
1976–77 Crux Motors FC Keisi Sylvoia Stags Hosokawa AC
1977–78 Hosokawa AC Ukyou Nachtuils Nakamura Engineers AC
1978–79 Nakamura Engineers AC Nisiyama Crux FC Keisi Sylvoia Stags
1979–80 Keisi Sylvoia Stags Nisiyama Crux FC FC Kinkei Listras
1980–81 Nisiyama Crux FC FC Kinkei Listras Sakata Sapphires SC
1981–82 Gerossa Yosida Sporting Keisi Sylvoia Stags Nisiyama Crux FC
1982–83 Sakata Sapphires SC Keisi Sylvoia Stags FC Kinkei Listras
1983–84 Étroite AC Isikawa Ketsubra Tosei Koriyama Venursa
1984–85 Ketsubra Tosei FC Kinkei Listras SR Feiring Athletic
1985–86 FC Kinkei Listras Ubeyama Cyclones Étroite AC Isikawa
1986–87 FC Kinkei Listras Nisiyama FC Ketsubra Tosei
1987–88 Koriyama Venursa SR Feiring Athletic Keisi Sylvoia Stags
1988–89 Keisi Sylvoia Stags SR Feiring Athletic Nakamura Seahounds
1989–90 SR Feiring Athletic FC Kinkei Listras Ukyou Nachtuils
1990–91 FC Kinkei Listras Nobeoka Dämmerlicht Gyousuu Étroite AC Isikawa
1991-92 Ukyou Nachtuils Ketsubra Tosei Étroite AC Isikawa
1992-93 Nakamura Seahounds Keisi Sylvoia Stags Koriyama Venursa
1993-94 SR Feiring Athletic Koriyama Venursa Tosei Vescora FC
1994-95 Keisi Sylvoia Stags Tosei Vescora FC SR Feiring Athletic
1995-96 Ubeyama Onkaidou Cyclones Tosei Vescora FC Nobeoka Dämmerlicht Gyousuu
1996-97 Tosei Vescora FC Sakata Sapphires SC Ueda U-Burst
1997-98 Tosei Vescora FC Ketsubra Tosei Gerossa Yosida Sporting
1998-99 Ketsubra Tosei Fenrir Nisiyama Keisi Sylvoia Stags
1999-2000 Gerossa Yosida Sporting Koriyama Venursa Keisi Sylvoia Stags
2000-01 Ketsubra Tosei Aoyama Hayabusa SC FC Kinkei Listras
2001-02 Ketsubra Tosei Aoyama Hayabusa SC Fenrir Nisiyama
2002-03 FC Kinkei Listras Feiring Chrysanty Aoyama Hayabusa SC
2003-04 Aoyama Hayabusa SC Fenrir Nisiyama Tukayama Sivicamo
2004-05 FC Kinkei Listras Tukayama Sivicamo Ubeyama Onkaidou Cyclones
2005-06 Fenrir Nisiyama Tosei Vescora FC Tukayama Sivicamo
2006-07 Étroite AC Isikawa Tukayama Sivicamo Yorokobu Kanaya
2007-08 Nobeoka Dämmerlicht Gyousuu Yorokobu Kanaya Koriyama Venursa
2008-09 Koriyama Venursa Tosei Vescora FC FC Kinkei Listras
2009-10 Keisi Sylvoia Stags Nakamura Seahounds FC Kinkei Listras
2010-11 Keisi Sylvoia Stags FC Kinkei Listras Ketsubra Tosei
2011-12 Ukyou Nachtuils Keisi Sylvoia Stags Feiring Chrysanty
2012-13 Étroite AC Isikawa Ukyou Nachtuils Nobeoka Dämmerlicht Gyousuu
2013-14 Feiring Chrysanty FC Kinkei Listras Nobeoka Dämmerlicht Gyousuu
2014–15 Ukyou Nachtuils Feiring Chrysanty Aoyama Hayabusa SC
2015–16 Nakamura Seahounds Tosei Vescora FC Outramare Kasaoka
2016–17 Tosei Vescora FC Tukayama Sivicamo Sagittaria Kitasaki
2017–18 Tukayama Sivicamo Sagittaria Kitasaki Sakata Sapphires SC
2018–19 Koriyama Venursa Ketsubra Tosei Aoyama Hayabusa SC
2019–20 Outramare Kasaoka Aoyama Hayabusa SC Sagittaria Kitasaki
2020–21 FC Kinkei Listras Sagittaria Kitasaki Outramare Kasaoka
2021–22 Fenrir Nisiyama Gerossa Yosida Ueda U-Burst
2022–23 FC Kinkei Listras Outramare Kasaoka Fenrir Nisiyama

Most successful clubs

Club Champions Runners-up Third place Winning seasons Runner-up seasons Third place seasons
Étroite AC Isikawa
9
2
6
1965-66, 1966-67, 1969-70, 1970-71, 1974-75, 1977-78, 1983-84, 2006-07, 2012-13 1967-68, 1968-69 1973-74, 1976-77, 1985-86, 1990-91, 1991-92
Keisi Sylvoia Stags
7
7
6
1967-68, 1972-73, 1979-80, 1988-89, 1994-95, 2009-10, 2010-11 1970-71, 1972-73, 1976-77, 1981-82, 1982-83, 1992-93, 2011-12 1965-66, 1966-67, 1978-79, 1987-88, 1989-99, 1999-2000
FC Kinkei Listras
7
5
5
1985-86, 1986-87, 1990-91, 2002-03, 2004-05, 2020-21, 2022-23 1980-81, 1984-85, 1989-90, 2010-11, 2013-14 1979-80, 1982-83, 2000-01, 2008-09, 2009-10
Ketsubra Tosei
6
4
6
1971-72, 1975-76, 1984-85, 1998-99, 2000-01, 2001-02 1983-84, 1991-92, 1997-98, 2018-19 1969-70, 1970-71, 1972-73, 1974-75, 1986-87, 2010-11
Fenrir Nisiyama
4
6
3
1975-76, 1980-81, 2005-06, 2021-22 1975-76, 1978-79, 1979-80, 1986-87, 1998-99, 2003-04 1981-82, 2001-02, 2022-23
Tosei Vescora FC
3
5
1
1996-97, 1997-98, 2016-17 1994-95, 1995-96, 2005-06, 2008-09, 2015-16 1993-94
Feiring Chrysanty
3
4
3
1989-90, 1993-94, 2013-14 1987-88, 1988-89, 2002-03, 2014-15 1984-85, 1994-95, 2011-12
Koriyama Venursa
3
2
3
1987-88, 2008-09, 2018-19 1993-94, 1999-2000 1983-84, 1992-93, 2007-08
Nakamura Seahounds
3
2
3
1978-79, 1992-93, 2015-16 1969-70, 2009-10 1968-69, 1977-78, 1988-89
Ukyou Nachtuils
3
2
1
1991-92, 2011-12, 2014-15 1977-78, 2012-13 1989-90
Tukayama Sivicamo
2
5
2
1973-74, 2017-18 1965-66, 1972-73, 2004-05, 2006-07, 2016-17 2003-04, 2005-06
Ubeyama Onkaidou Cyclones
2
3
2
1968-69, 1995-96 1966-67, 1973-74, 1985-86 1971-72, 2004-05
Gerossa Yosida
2
1
3
1981-82, 1999-2000 2021-22 1967-68, 1975-76, 1997-98
Aoyama Hayabusa SC
1
3
3
2003-04 2000-01, 2001-02, 2019-20 2002-03, 2014-15, 2018-19
Nobeoka Dämmerlicht Gyousuu
1
2
3
2007-08 1974-75, 1990-91 1995-96, 2012-13, 2013-14
Outramare Kasaoka
1
1
2
2019-20 2022-23 2015-16, 2020-21
Sakata Sapphires SC
1
1
2
1982-83 1996-97 1980-81, 2017-18
Sagittaria Kitasaki
0
2
2
2017-18, 2020-21 2016-17, 2019-20
Yorokobu Kanaya
0
1
1
2007-08 2006-07
Ueda U-Burst
0
0
2
1996-97, 2021-22

Other tournaments and awards

Other tournaments

Awards

Statistics

Players and managers

Players

[player transfer rules, any player unions, etc]

[teams can recruit as many foreign players as desired; however, only five foreign players may be placed on a given matchday squad; HOWEVER however, players from estmere, ansan, nakong, and kuthina are not considered foreign players on account of the "deep cooperation" between these countries' leagues]

Managers

Stadiums

Branding and sponsorship

Media coverage

[mercury sport primary broadcaster, with stbs and tv senzou getting select matches sometimes and shk broadcasting highlights]

[mercury's M+ does livestreaming; S1 also has its own channels on pinpin (both pinpin douga and pinpin tandou) and ihweb's wirvid for uploading highlights]

[radio - mercury sport radio plus NHK highlights]

[international broadcasting & streaming - in estmere NSE holds broadcasting and duhamel on demand streaming, in other countries tbd]