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{{Infobox football league
| name                 = Taeshan Premier League
| logo                 = Logo of the Taeshan Premier League.png
| pixels               = 190
| organiser            = [[Taeshan Soccer Federation]] (TSF)
| country              = Taeshan
| confed               = [[Confederación Rushmori de Fútbol (CRF)]]
| founded              = {{start date and age|df=yes|68}}
| teams                = [[#Clubs|24]]
| relegation           = [[Taeshan Erste Liga]]
| level                = [[Taeshan football league system|1]]
| domest_cup           = {{unbulleted list|[[Fadron Pizza Cup]]}}
| confed_cup           = {{unbulleted list|[[IFCF Champions League]]<br>[[IFCF Challengers Cup]]}}
| champions            = [[Mierton Manatees]] (3rd title)
| season               = [[Taeshan Premier League 68|Season 68]]
| most successful club = [[Atlantea Hurricanes]] (14 titles)
| most_appearances     = {{flagicon|Taeshan}} {{nowrap|[[Jordan Jaffacake]] (560)}}
| top_goalscorer       = {{flagicon|Saugeais}} {{nowrap|[[François Rousseau]] (203)}}
| tv                   = [[List of TPL broadcasters|List of broadcasters]]
| website              = [https://www.tpl.tae]
| current              = [[Taeshan Premier LEague 68]]
}}

The '''Premier League''' of the [[Taeshan|Taeshani]] Football League is the top professional association football division of the Taeshani league system. It is contested by 24 teams, with the two lowest placed teams relegated to the Erste Liga and replaced by the top two teams in that division, plus two play-offs involving the next highest two and lowest two placing teams from their respective leagues deciding any other relegations. A total of 71 teams have competed in the Premier League, seventeen of which have been crowned champions. Founded in Season 1, the league was initially dominated by [[Atlantea Hurricanes]], with early wins by various teams among a teenage years that saw the arrival of [[Bayern Phoenix]] & [[Laketown Rangers]]. As the league reached it's twenties a second Bayern team arrived with [[Bayern-Algaer]] making the city the first with multiple champions. After a back and forth between various teams the 40's and much of the 50's were dominated by [[Real Atlantea]] winning 12 of 13. Eventually their reserves ran out and [[Taeshan City Miners]] took over the domination of the league winning 4 in 7 before another relative period of parity. 

The First Division used to be consistently among the most mediocre leagues affiliated to the Union of International Club Associations (UICA), with only [[Real Atlantea]]'s lone semi-final appearance in the Champions' Cup, and [[Atlantea Hurricanes]] [[Globe Cup]] loss high points in international play. 

==Competition Format==
The competition format follows the common double round-robin format. During the course of a season, which is year-long, each club plays every other club twice, once at home and once away, for a total of 46 matches. 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. If points are equal between two or more clubs, the rules are:

*If all clubs involved have played each other twice:
**If the tie is between two clubs, then the tie is broken using the head-to-head goal difference (without the away goals rule)
**If the tie is between more than two clubs, then the tie is broken, using the games the clubs have played against each other:
***a) head-to-head points
***b) head-to-head goal difference
***c) head-to-head goals scored
*If two legged games between all clubs involved have not been played, or the tie is not broken by the rules above, it is broken using total goal difference.
*If the tie is still not broken, it is to be resolved by number of wins and finally alphabetical order, unless the title, an international qualification place or a relegation spot is in dispute. In these cases, number of wins is replaced as a tie-breaker by a special play-off match at a neutral ground. the neutral ground of Grand Duke's Stadium in Rumiatzi; however, this method has yet to be used.
A system of promotion and relegation exists between the Premier League and the [[Taeshan Erste Liga]], whereby the two lowest placed teams in the Premier League are relegated to the Erste Liga, and the top two teams from the Erste Liga are promoted to the Premier League. An additional two promotions can be won as the Erste Liga third place, and the Erste Liga Fourth place play Neutral Playoff games against the Premier League 22nd and 21st place teams for promotion. 

Throughout the First Division's history it has gradually changed the number of clubs in the top division multiple times. 
 	
*20 clubs = '''1-16'''
*22 clubs = '''17-19'''
*24 clubs = '''20-24'''
*25 clubs = '''25-30'''
*24 clubs = '''31-'''


==Champions==
===Performance by club===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:80%;"
|+Performance by individual clubs in the First Division
|-
! style="width:20%;"| Club
! style="width:10%;"| Titles
! style="width:10%;"| Runners-up
! style="width:65%;"| Winning seasons
|-
| [[File:Atlantea_Hurricanes_logo.png|15px]] [[Atlantea Hurricanes]] || <div style="text-align: center;">14</div> || <div style="text-align: center;">4</div> || 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 20, 25, 35
|-
| [[File:RealAtlantea.png|15px]] [[Real Atlantea]] || <div style="text-align: center;">12</div> || <div style="text-align: center;">4</div> || 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 51
|-
| [[File:LaketownRangers.png|15px]] [[Laketown Rangers]] || <div style="text-align: center;">8</div> || <div style="text-align: center;">5</div> || 30, 32, 33, 34, 52, 59, 63, 64
|-
| [[File:Bayern Phoenix.png|15px]] [[Bayern Phoenix]] || <div style="text-align: center;">6</div> || <div style="text-align: center;">4</div> || 19, 23, 24, 26, 27, 28
|-
| [[File:Bayern-Algaer.png|15px]] [[Bayern-Algaer]] || <div style="text-align: center;">5</div> || <div style="text-align: center;">6</div> || 17, 21,  22, 31, 50
|-
| [[File:TaeshanCityMiners.png|15px]] [[Taeshan City Miners]] || <div style="text-align: center;">5</div> || <div style="text-align: center;">0</div> || 53, 54, 55, 56, 60
|-
| [[File:MiertonManatees.png|15px]] [[Mierton Manatees]] || <div style="text-align: center;">2</div> || <div style="text-align: center;">4</div> || 58, 62, 67
|-
| [[File:WiechesterFC.png|15px]] [[Wiechester FC]] || <div style="text-align: center;">2</div> || <div style="text-align: center;">3</div> || 1, 3
|-
| [[File:MoresvilleFC.png|15px]] [[Moresville FC]] || <div style="text-align: center;">2</div> || <div style="text-align: center;">1</div> || 36, 37
|-
| [[File:YatonFC.png|15px]] [[Yaton FC]] || <div style="text-align: center;">2</div> || <div style="text-align: center;">0</div> || 2, 65
|-
| [[File:XIslandMarauders.png|15px]] [[X Island Marauders]] || <div style="text-align: center;">1</div> || <div style="text-align: center;">1</div> || 14
|-
| [[File:LosRiosaMonstas.png|15px]] [[Los Riosa Monstas]] || <div style="text-align: center;">1</div> || <div style="text-align: center;">0</div> || 16
|-
| [[File:RealChinchinhua.png|15px]] [[Real Chinchinhua]] || <div style="text-align: center;">1</div> || <div style="text-align: center;">0</div> || 18
|-
| [[File:TintownTerrapins.png|15px]] [[Tintown Terrapins]] || <div style="text-align: center;">1</div> || <div style="text-align: center;">1</div> || 29
|-
| [[File:NewCapetownFalcons.png|15px]] [[New Capetown Falcons]] || <div style="text-align: center;">1</div> || <div style="text-align: center;">3</div> || 38
|-
| [[File:1093_CF_Atlantea_logo.png|15px]] [[1093 Club de Football Atlantea]] || <div style="text-align: center;">1</div> || <div style="text-align: center;">3</div> || 57
|-
| [[File:SleepyHollow.png|15px]] [[Sleepy Hollow]] || <div style="text-align: center;">1</div> || <div style="text-align: center;">0</div> || 60
|-
|}

==Benevolence Bowl==

Since [[Season 41]] the Benevolence Bowl has pitted the Premier League title winner against the [[Fadron Pizza Cup]] winner at the beginning of the following season. If the title winner produces a double the second place side in the Premier League plays in the match. 

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Tournament
! Premier League Winner
! Score
! Fadron Pizza Cup Winner
|-
| I
| Atlantea Hurricanes
| 3-1
| Mt Ceabring Thunder
|-
| II
| Moresville FC
| 1-0
| New Capetown Falcons 
|-
| III
| Moresville FC
| 2-3
| New Capetown Falcons 
|-
| IV
| New Capetown Falcons
| 3-1
| Bayern-Algaer
|-
| V
| Real Atlantea
| 1-2
| Laketown Rangers
|-
| VI
| Real Atlantea
| 2-1
| Fadrön Flight
|-
| VII
| Real Atlantea
| 2-0 
| Bayern Phoenix
|-
| VIII
| Real Atlantea 
| 3-1 
| Mt Ceabring Thunder
|-
| IX
| Real Atlantea
| 3-2
| Bayern Phoenix
|-
| X
| Real Atlantea
| 1-0
| Mierton Manatees
|-
| XI
| Real Atlantea
| 2-1
| Laketown Rangers
|-
| XII
| Real Atlantea 
| 3-1
| Sleepy Hollow
|-
| XIII
| Real Atlantea 
| 2-0
| Tintown Terrapins 
|-
| XIV
| Bayern-Algaer 
| 0-3
| New Capetown Falcons
|-
| XV
| Real Atlantea
| 2-0 
| Mierton Manatees
|-
| XVI
| Laketown Rangers
| 5-0
| Moresville Mice
|-
| XVII
| Taeshan City Miners
| 1-2
| New Capetown Falcons
|-
| XVIII
| Taeshan City Miners
| 2-1
| New Capetown Falcons
|-
| XIX
| Taeshan City Miners 
| 2-1 
| Mierton Manatees
|-
| XX
| Taeshan City Miners
| 1-0
| Bayern-Algaer
|-
| XXI
| 1093 Club de Atlantea
| 2-0
| Mt Ceabring Thunder
|-
| XXII
| Mierton Manatees
| 1-3
| Laketown Rangers
|-
| XXIII
| Sleepy Hollow
| 1-2
| 1093 Club de Atlantea
|-
| XXIV
| Laketown Rangers
| 3-2
| 1093 Club de Atlantea
|-
| XXV
| Laketown Rangers
| 2-0
| Williams Isle
|-
| XXVI
| 1093 Club de Atlantea
| 3-1
| Yenvil Town FC
|}

==Media coverage==
===Domestic===

The TPL TV, radio, internet, and mobile broadcast rights are distributed by the Taeshan Soccer Federation directly, and often linked with the [[Taeshan national football team]] games' rights. In Taeshan all games are free over the airwaves on various channels of [[TSPN]]. Notably the games can be watches as well on TSPN+.

===Global===

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!width=350px|Country
! style="width:300px;"|Station
|-
|align="left"|{{flag|Kelssek}}||NSN (National Sports Network)
|-
|align="left"|{{flag|Kohnhead}}||Kohnhead Football Now
|-
|align="left"|{{flag|Royal Kingdom of Quebec}}||Ciel Sports
|-
|align="left"|{{flag|Tioguldós}}||TiogTV PFF
|-
|align="left"|{{flag|Valladares}}||VSPN
|-
|align="left"|{{flag|Xanneria}}||Xtra Sports and Xtra Sports II
|-
|}



==All-Star Game==
Taeshan has had an all-star game dating since Season 37. The first iteration pinned the Taeshan Premier League side against a [[United Gordonopia]] League All-star side. A 50th season return saw the TPL All-Star side face [[Alianza FC]] of [[San Jose Guayabal]]. The game would return once again for [[Season 64]] with a permanent opponent in an opposition in the form of a [[Banijan|Banijan]] All-Star team. 


{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Home Side
! Score
! Away Side
! Stadium
! Season
|-
| Taeshan All-Stars
| 1-4
| United Gorodnopia All-Stars
| Atlantea Coliseum
| 37
|-
| United Gordonopia All-Stars
| 1-2
| Taeshan All-Stars
| 
| 38
|-
| Taeshan All-Stars
| 1-0
| United Gordonopia All-Stars
| Atlantea Coliseum 
| 39
|-
| Taeshan All-Stars
| 2-1 
| Alianza FC
| Atlantea Coliseum
| 50
|-
| Taeshan All-Stars
| 3-2 
| Banija All-Stars
| Atlantea Coliseum
| 64
|-
| Taeshan All-Stars
| 1-0 
| Banija All-Stars
| Atlantea Coliseum 
| 65
|-
| Banija All-Stars
| 0-1
| Taeshan All-Stars
| 
| 66
|}



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