Saltsteadish football league system
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The Saltsteadish football league system, or league pyramid, is a series of generally unconnected association football leagues in Saltstead.
Saltsteadish leagues are not usually linked by promotion and relegation, making it near-impossible for amateur clubs to progress to upwards or for weak senior clubs to lose their status. Progress toward a league pyramid was made with the founding of the Saltsteadish Mästerheid, which employed two twelve-team divisions that exchange a single club each season, with a third division added three years later. However, the Mästerheid itself is unconnected to leagues below it, with no teams relegated out of its bottom division.
Senior league system
The Royal Saltsteadish Football Association sanctions three bodies to organise senior league competitions. The Saltsteadish Mästerheid organises the top three levels of the Saltsteadish league system, which are hierarchically bound to each other through promotion and relegation, but are otherwise unconnected to other Saltsteadish football league systems. Underneath the Mästerheid are two parallel leagues, one for clubs in the former state of Saxland and one for clubs from the other Saltsteadish states.
| Level | Division | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saltsteadish Gold Division 12 teams ↓ 1 relegation spot, 1 relegation playoff spot | |
| 2 | Saltsteadish Silver Division 12 teams ↑ 3 promotion playoff spots ↓ 1 relegation spot, 1 relegation playoff spot | |
| 3 | Saltsteadish Bronze Division 12 teams ↑ 3 promotion playoff spots | |
| 4 | Saxland National League 24 teams |
Walland Federal League 24 teams |