The Premiership
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| Organising body | Lisander Football Federation |
|---|---|
| Country | Lisander |
| Divisions | 1 |
| Number of teams | 18 |
| Level on pyramid | 1 |
| Relegation to | Liga Nacional 1 |
| Domestic cup(s) | Copa do Príncipe |
| League cup(s) | MEMA League Cup |
| International cup(s) | Champions League Challengers Cup |
| Current champions | AC Kasandora (P12) |
| Most championships | Club Sparta (20) |
The Premiership, formerly Tristarbank Premiership, is the first division of the Lisander football league system.
History
Early Days and the Formation of Premiership
Football in Lisander dates from early 1900s, a time when the culture of sports clubs was flourishing in Lisander, like AS Virtus, Club Sparta and all of the clubs in The Soria League. The National Championship started to be held by the 1920s, under the guidance of the Lisanderian Sports Federation, and after under the Lisanderian Football Federation. It took more than 100 years to the Principality clubs finally manage the league themselves. By 2013, the previous iteration of National Championship, The !LIGA ( Oficially, I Liga, but the sponsor was Itel, whose logo was stylized !TEL) was losing in attention to an ever-growing Rugby and Basketball fanbase. The competition was in a sorry state, with most teams plagued by financial uncertainity. The 2011 season had extended itself to the following year due to the war with Brasilistan and economic problems caused by that.
By that time, Lisander was recovering its international ties that were severed by the war against Brasilistan, and the clubs started to spectate many league systems, in order to replicate and develop a proper league, run by the clubs that could defeat the advance of the other sports. Then by the association of the 10 teams then in the !LIGA (AC Kasandora, AS Virtus 1904, CA Oeste, Club Sparta, CF Thiéry sur-le-mer, Clube Naval de Sendas, Dawson FC, Liath Cuáin Chlub Peil, Racing Club de Soria and Shamrocks FC), backed by the FLF, Ministry for Sport and a major sponsorship from Tristarbank, among other sponsorships, The Premiership SRL, a private-owned company, was established to take care of the professional football in Lisander. Its first season happened in the following year.
Expansions
In the following ten seasons, with all the teams then in the three first levels agreeing to have its league governed by Premiership SRL, the number of professional clubs aligned and pushing for the inclusion in the ladder started to grow. The Lisander football league system then started to push up. Premiership started to grew, operating in a non-relegation system for the first seasons. The number of teams grow from 10 to 12 in Premiership 2, Then to 14 in Premiership 3, then Promotion and Relegation Started. The second promotion wave came in Premiership 7, when the number of Promotions and Relegations was defined in three per season, in order to match with the number of Qualifiers for the Liga B Champions Trophy. One relegation and three promotions pushed the number after 16. Then, by the end of Premiership 8, the number of the teams in each one of the three divisions organized by Premiership SRL and The National League is fixed in 18.
Corporate Structure
In organisational terms, Premiership SRL is an affiliate company of the Liga Nacional de Futebol, with nine major shareholders: The Liga Nacional itself holds 60%. As sponsors, Tristarbank held 11%, that were bought back by Liga Nacional. The remaining 40% has been split between six clubs. Five of them are known as "Star Teams" (with more than ten national titles) Club Sparta, AS Virtus 1904, Racing Club de Soria, Shamrocks FC and Port Liath FC. The sixth club is Sporting Club de Grandeville, which belongs indirectly to the Crown of Lisander. Unlike other leagues where clubs are shareholders, there is no ring-fencing in the Premiership. Being one of the shareholder clubs, does not guarantee automatic stay in the top flight. The most recent case was the relegation of Port Liath FC to Liga Nacional 2 (for financial reasons) after Premiership 11 and of Racing Club de Soria to Liga Nacional 1 (on sporting demerit) a few seasons before.
Clubs
The following 18 clubs are competing in the Premiership 10.
| Club | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| AC Kasandora | Kasandora | ACK Arena | 32,000 |
| AS Virtus 1904 | Despina | Estádio dos Arminhos | 40,000 |
| CA Oeste | Despina | EON Arena | 67,000 |
| CF Thiéry sur-le-mer | Thiéry sur-le-mer | Stade August Deschamps | 7,000 |
| Club Defensor | Soria | SW Park Stadium | 5,000 |
| Club Sparta | Sirenia | Estádio Sparta | 9,000 (Temporary) |
| Dawson FC | Dawson | New Claret Road | 38,400 |
| Elysium SC | Soria | URSA Park | 33,000 |
| FC Solaris Sirenia | Sirenia | Comunal de Sirenia | 9,000 |
| FC Stellar Kasandora | Kasandora | Estádio da Ribeira | 10,000 |
| FC Victoria 03 Kasandora | Kasandora | Comunal de Kasandora | 5,000 |
| Liath Cuain CP | Porto Gris | Valera Park | 18,600 |
| Racing Club de Soria | Soria | Albert II | 42,400 |
| RC Naval Sendas-Beaumont | Beaumont | Estádio Beira-Mar | 12,000 |
| Shamrocks FC | Porto Gris | Emerald Park | 44,120 |
| Soria Union FC | Soria | Nordland Metropolitano | 32,000 |
| Sporting Grandeville | Grandeville | Andreas Rozan | 18900 |
| Trent United FC | Trent | Community Stadium | 14,000 |
| UDTR | Três Rios/Trois Rivières | Vincent Mader Stadium | 11,130 |
History
Premiership
| Season | Champions | Runners-up | Third place |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AS Virtus 1904 | CA Oeste | Club Sparta |
| 2 | FC Stellar Kasandora | Racing Club de Soria | Dawson FC |
| 3 | Dawson FC | Shamrocks FC | Pines Athletic RFC |
| 4 | Club Sparta | AC Kasandora | RC Naval |
| 5 | Club Sparta | FC Solaris Sirenia | CF Thiéry sur-le-mer |
| 6 | AS Virtus 1904 | AC Kasandora | Club Sparta |
| 7 | SC Grandeville | AS Virtus 1904 | Dawson FC |
| 8 | AS Virtus 1904 | Sporting Grandeville | Club Sparta |
| 9 | AC Kasandora | AS Virtus 1904 | Liath Cuain CP |
| 10 | Racing Club de Soria | AS Virtus 1904 | FC Solaris Sirenia |
| 11 | AC Kasandora | Club Sparta | AS Virtus 1904 |
| 12 | Club Sparta | AC Kasandora | Racing Club de Soria |
List of Lisanderian football champions
includes National Championship, Liga 1 and !Liga results, before Premiership
| Club | Titles (Premierships) |
Seasons |
|---|---|---|
| ★ Club Sparta |
20 (3) | 1928, 1930, 1934, 1948, 1949, 1954, 1955, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1975, 1987, 1990, 1991, 2000, 2009. Premiership: 4, 5, 12. |
| ★ AS Virtus 1904 |
15 (3) | 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1982, 1984, 1992, 2001, 2003. Premiership: 1, 6, 8. |
| ★ Racing Club de Soria |
16 (1) | 1931, 1939, 1940, 1950, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1964, 1971, 1972, 1988, 1989, 1994, 2007, 2013. Premiership: 10. |
| ★ Shamrocks FC |
13 | 1932, 1933, 1937, 1951, 1952, 1957, 1973, 1974, 1985, 1995, 2002, 2004, 2011-2012. |
| ★ Port Liath FC |
10 | 1963, 1965, 1968, 1983, 1993, 1998, 1999, 2006, 2008, 2010. |
| AC Casterwill | 7 | 1927, 1929, 1935, 1936, 1956, 1962, 1981. |
| AC Kasandora | 7 (2) | 1977, 1979, 1996, 1997, 2005. Premiership: 9, 11. |
| Dawson FC | 5 (1) | 1938, 1953, 1958, 1983. Premiership: 3. |
| FC Universitário | 3 | 1924, 1925, 1926. |
| Pines Athletic | 2 | 1978, 1980. |
| CA Oeste | 1 | 1976. |
| FC Stellar Kasandora | 1 | Premiership: 2. |
| Sporting Grandeville | 1 | Premiership: 7. |