Valladar Liga-3
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| Founded | 1985 |
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| Country | Valladares |
| Confederation | CRF |
| Number of teams | 20 |
| Level on pyramid | 3 |
| Promotion to | Liga-2 |
| Relegation to | Campeonato Nacional |
| Domestic cup(s) | King's Shield |
| International cup(s) | IFCF Challenger’s Cup Cup Winners' Cup (both through King’s Shield) |
| Current champions | Gatineau UC 98 (60) |
| TV partners | GOL |
| Website | www.lfv.vd/liga3 |
| Current: Valladar Liga-3 60 | |
The Valladar Liga-3 (League-3 in English and Ligue-3 in French), is Valladares’s third division of association football. Run by the Liga Federal de Valladares, an entity affiliated to the Valladar Football Association, it contains twenty clubs from across the country, and maintains a system of promotion and relegation of three or four clubs a year between it and the Valladar Liga-2 and Campeonato Nacional, Valladares’s second and fourth divisions, respectively. It is the lowest tier of the Liga Federal setup.
The season runs from February to November, during which time 38 matches are played per team, totalling 380 matches overall. The majority of matches are played on Saturdays, with four featured matches per round played on Sundays and one matchday during Independence Day on October 8th. It is broadcast by GOL, who own rights to the league's featured matches every week.
The Liga-3 was set up in 1985 by the Valladar Football Association under the name Tercera Liga de Valladares, and has served as the third division of Valladar football ever since. For its 31st season, in 2008, it was also taken over by the Liga Federal de Valladares and rebranded as the Liga-3. The current champions of the league are Danubio FC, who will be returning to the second tier for Season 60.
Competition format
There are 20 clubs in Liga-3. During the course of a season, each club plays the others twice, once at their home stadium and once at that of their opponents, for a total of 38 games. Teams receive three points for a win and one point for a draw. No points are awarded for a loss. Teams are ranked by total points, then head-to-head record, goal difference, goals scored, number of wins, and fair play points. At the end of each season, the club with the most points is crowned champion and promoted to Liga-2 along with the runner-up. The clubs that end between the third and the tenth position go on to play the final play-off series with its winner earning the last direct promotion spot, with a potential fourth promotion to be decided in a play-off between the final play-off runner-up and the Liga-2's seventeenth-placed club. As for relegation, the three lowest placed clubs are relegated to the Campeonato Nacional, losing their LFV membership in the process. The top three teams from the Campeonato Nacional are promoted in their place, provided they meet the LFV's licensing criteria.
Clubs for Season 60
| Club | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
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| Alianza Antioquia | Pradera, Antioquia | Estadio Gobernador Villa | 25,272 |
| AS Lausanne | Lausanne, Foix | Stade Auguste-Mayot | 11,100 |
| AS Vaud | Gatineau, Foix | Stade Omnisports Gatineau | 17,500 |
| Bretford Royals | Bretford, Westlands | Municipal Park | 10,500 |
| Carloburgo Phoenix | Carloburgo, Mountbatten | Olympic Stadium | 38,755 |
| Corumbá EC | Corumbá, Chiquito | Arena do Jacaré | 19,000 |
| Dynamo Metropolis | Metropolis | Dynamo Stadium | 5,100 |
| EC Comercial | Campo Grande, Chiquito | Estádio Menor | 15,000 |
| Eterna Celtic | Eterna City, Eterna | Venndale Stadium | 15,400 |
| FC Columbus | City of Columbus | Estadio Parque Armenia | 35,250 |
| FC Sillimus | City of Sillimus | Moss Tower Stadium | 19,500 |
| FC Westporte 984 | Westporte, Canalave | Riverside Stadium | 23,000 |
| Minault United | Minault, Mountbatten | Municipal Stadium | 10,300 |
| Northport Bears | Northport, Westlands | Allenby Stadium | 12,400 |
| Patriotas FC | City of Columbus | Estadio Parque Armenia | 35,250 |
| Sporting Florencia | Florencia, Antioquia | Estadio Isidro Cabrales | 10,500 |
| Stanford United | Stanford, Mountbatten | Parken Road Stadium | 13,500 |
| Talleres (CP) | Ciudad Piar, District of Metropolis | Estadio Michael Baek | 6,200 |
| Villaznia AC | Villaznia, Eterna | Municipal Stadium | 12,200 |
| Yumbo FC | Yumbo, Angostura | Estadio Guachicona | 11,000 |