Malta - 2014/15 Maltese Third Division

The Maltese Third Division (also known as the Bank of Valletta Third Division) is the lowest league level in Maltese football. There are currently 22 teams participating in the league.

The Division comprises two sections - Section A with eleven teams and Section B with eleven teams. Both sections play two rounds with the winner in each group getting promoted to the Maltese Second Division. Relegation play-offs between the 2nd and 3rd placed teams of both groups and the 10th place finisher of Second Division will determine the third team to be in the Second Division.

Because it is the lowest level in the Maltese Football League, there is no formal relegation from and promotion to the league. However, the two lowest placed teams have to reapply to take part the following season

Participating Teams 2014–2015

• Attard
• Kalkara
• Santa Venera
• Marsaskala F.C.
• Mgarr
• Mdina
• Mdina Knights
• St. Lucia
• Mtarfa
• Luqa St. Andrew's
• Qrendi
• Ta' Xbiex
• Hal Kirkop
• Marsaxlokk

Source: http://www.mfa.com.mt

Nigeria - 2015 Nigeria Professional Football League

The 2015 Nigeria Professional Football League (also known as the Nigerian Glo premier league for sponsorship reasons) is the 44th season of the [Nigeria Premier League], the top Nigerian professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1972, and the 25th since the rebranding of the league as the "Professional League".

Kano Pillars came into the season as defending champions of the 2014 season. Shooting Stars, Gabros, Wikki Tourists and Kwara United entered as the four promoted teams.

A total of 20 teams will contest the league including 16 teams from the previous season and four teams promoted from the Nigeria National League. The four promoted teams replace Gombe United, Crown, Kaduna United and Nembe City who were all relegated to the National League at the end of the previous season

Source: http://www.fifa.com/

Lesotho - Vodacom Premier League 2014/15

The Lesotho Premier League also known as Vodacom Premier League is the top football division in Lesotho and was created in 1970. Vodacom Lesotho are the current league sponsor and will back the Premier League for three seasons (2009/10, 2010/11 and 2011/12). Vodacom Lesotho are also the sponsor of the annual Vodacom Soccer Spectacular knockout competition, Lesotho's national cup tournament.

Until the end of the 2009/10 season there were are sixteen clubs in the Premier League. However this has changed for the 2010/11 season after four teams were relegated at the end of the 2009/10 season following the instruction of the Mohale Declaration, a roadmap introduced by FIFA in 2008 which intends to create a professional league in Lesotho with 12 teams by 2014. The 2014/15 Premier League is currently being contested by 14 clubs.

The champion of the Premier League qualifies to represent Lesotho in the ORANGE CAF Champions League. In the past the second placed team in the Premier League used to advance to the CAF Confederation Cup, which is the African equivalent of the UEFA Europa League however this was stopped at the turn of the century because of a lack of funds.

The Lesotho Premier League is still played on an amateur status.

2014-15 teams

• Bantu (Mafeteng)
• Kick4Life FC
• Lesotho Correctional Services (Maseru)
• Lesotho Defence Force FC (Maseru)
• LMPS (Maseru)
• Likila United
• Likhopo (Maseru)
• Linare FC (Leribe)
• Lioli FC (Teyateyaneng)
• Matlama FC (Maseru)
• Mphatlalatsane FC (Leribe)
• Nyenye Rovers (Leribe)
• Qoaling Highlanders
• Sandawana (Mpharane)

Lioli FC 2014-15 champion

Source: http://molaposportscentre.blogspot.com.es/p/lesotho-premier-league.html
            Lesotho Football Asociation

Italy - Lega Pro 2014/15

The Lega Italiana Calcio Professionistico, commonly known as Lega Pro (Pro League), is the governing body that runs the eponymous third highest football division in Italy. 

In the last edition (2013–14), Prima Divisione consisted of two groups: Girone A and Girone B, respectively of 17 and 16 teams. At the end of the season, four teams (two from each group) go up to Serie B and six teams (three from each group) go down to Lega Pro Seconda Divisione.

Also Seconda Divisione consisted of two groups: Girone A and Girone B, but both of 18 teams. At the end of the season, six teams (three from each group) go up to Lega Pro Prima Divisione and nine teams (four from each group plus the loser play-out from each division) go down to Serie D. In both the Seconda Divisione, teams are split by geographical criteria, with the exception of the Sicilian team Milazzo that plays in group A.

The Seconda Divisione, until the summer 2010 consisted of 54 teams, but in the season 2010–11 the teams were only 49 divided geographically into three divisions of 17, 16 and 16 teams each. At the end of the season, six teams (two from each group) went up to the Prima Divisione and four: two for the group A and one for each of the other two groups, went down to Serie D.

On 21 November 2012, it was announced that the two levels would be merged into a unique league composed by three groups of 20 teams each starting from the 2014–15 season. The merge became effective with the 2014–15 Lega Pro season.

The 2014–15 Lega Pro Divisione Unica is the first season of the unified Lega Pro division in place of the old Prima Divisione and Seconda Divisione. The league is composed of 60 teams divided into three different groups of 20 each

Group A, North and Sardinia

• AlbinoLeffe, from Prima Divisione, Girone A
• Alessandria, from Seconda Divisione, Girone A
• Arezzo, from Serie D, Girone E
• Bassano Virtus, from Seconda Divisione, Girone A
• Como, from Prima Divisione, Girone A
• Cremonese, from Prima Divisione, Girone A
• FeralpiSalò, from Prima Divisione, Girone A
• Giana Erminio, from Serie D, Girone A
• Lumezzane, from Prima Divisione, Girone A
• Mantova, from Seconda Divisione, Girone A
• Monza, from Seconda Divisione, Girone A
• Novara, from Serie B
• Pavia, from Prima Divisione, Girone A
• Pordenone, from Serie D, Girone C
• Pro Patria, from Prima Divisione, Girone A
• Real Vicenza, from Seconda Divisione, Girone A
• Renate, from Seconda Divisione, Girone A
• Südtirol, from Prima Divisione, Girone A
• Torres, from Seconda Divisione, Girone A
• Venezia, from Prima Divisione, Girone A

More information: http://scudettitalia.altervista.org

Group B, North and Central

• Ancona, from Serie D, Girone F
• Ascoli, from Prima Divisione, Girone B
• Carrarese, from Prima Divisione, Girone A
• Forlì, from Seconda Divisione, Girone A
• Grosseto, from Prima Divisione, Girone B
• Gubbio, from Prima Divisione, Girone B
• L'Aquila, from Prima Divisione, Girone B
• Lucchese, from Serie D, Girone D
• Pisa, from Prima Divisione, Girone B
• Pistoiese, from Serie D, Girone E
• Pontedera, from Prima Divisione, Girone B
• Prato, from Prima Divisione, Girone B
• Pro Piacenza, from Serie D, Girone B
• Reggiana, from Prima Divisione, Girone A
• San Marino, from Prima Divisione, Girone A
• Santarcangelo, from Seconda Divisione, Girone A
• Savona, from Prima Divisione, Girone A
• SPAL, from Seconda Divisione, Girone A
• Teramo, from Seconda Divisione, Girone B
• Tuttocuoio, from Seconda Divisione, Girone B

More information: http://scudettitalia.altervista.org

Group C, South

• Aversa Normanna, from Seconda Divisione, Girone B
• Barletta, from Prima Divisione, Girone B
• Benevento, from Prima Divisione, Girone B
• Casertana, from Seconda Divisione, Girone B
• Catanzaro, from Prima Divisione, Girone B
• Cosenza, from Seconda Divisione, Girone B
• Foggia, from Seconda Divisione, Girone B
• Ischia, from Seconda Divisione, Girone B
• Juve Stabia, from Serie B
• Lupa Roma, from Serie D, Girone G
• Lecce, from Prima Divisione, Girone B
• Martina Franca, from Seconda Divisione, Girone B
• Matera, from Serie D, Girone H
• Melfi, from Seconda Divisione, Girone B
• Messina, from Seconda Divisione, Girone B
• Paganese, from Prima Divisione, Girone B
• Reggina, from Serie B
• Salernitana, from Prima Divisione, Girone B
• Savoia, from Serie D, Girone I
• Vigor Lamezia, from Seconda Divisione, Girone B

More information: http://scudettitalia.altervista.org

Source:http://www.lega-pro.com

Finland - 2015 Veikkausliiga

 

The 2015 Veikkausliiga will be the eighty-fifth season of top-tier football in Finland. HJK Helsinki are the defending champions.

TPS were relegated to Ykkönen after finishing at the bottom of the 2014 season. Their place was taken by Ykkönen champions HIFK.

FC Honka and MYPA were not given a license due to the clubs bad economic situation. The two places were given for KTP, the runner-up of 2014 Ykkönen, and Ilves, which finished third in Ykkönen.

 

 



^{Source: http://www.veikkausliiga.com/}

England - 2014/15 Sky Bet League

Football League One (often referred to as League One for short or Sky Bet League 1) is the second-highest division of the Football League and the third tier in the English football league system.

Football League One was introduced for the 2004–05 season. It was previously known as the Football League Second Division and prior to the advent of the Premier League, the Football League Third Division.

At present (2014–15 season), Oldham Athletic hold the longest tenure in League One, last being out of the division in the 1996–97 season when they were relegated from the Championship. There are currently six former Premier League clubs competing in the League One, namely Barnsley F.C., Bradford City, Coventry City, Oldham Athletic, Sheffield United and Swindon Town.

The 2014–15 Football League One (referred to as the Sky Bet League One for sponsorship reasons) is the eleventh season of the Football League Championship under its current title and the twenty-second season under its current league division format. The season is set to begin on 9 August 2014.

There are 24 clubs in Football League One.  At the end of the season a table of the final League standings is determined, based on the following criteria in this order: points obtained, goal difference, goals scored, an aggregate of the results between two or more clubs (ranked using the previous three criteria) and, finally, a series of one or more play-off matches.

At the end of each season the top two clubs, together with the winner of the play-offs between the clubs which finished in 3rd–6th position, are promoted to Football League Championship and are replaced by the three clubs that finished at the bottom of that division.

Similarly, the four clubs that finished at the bottom of Football League One are relegated to Football League Two and are replaced by the top three clubs and the club that won the 4th–7th place play-offs in that division.

2014/15 Sky Bet League One teams:

- Barnsley
- Bradford City
- Bristol City
- Chesterfield
- Colchester United
- Coventry City
- Crawley Town
- Crewe Alexandra
- Doncaster Rovers
- Fleetwood Town
- Gillingham
- Leyton Orient
- Milton keynes Dons
- Notts County
- Oldham Athletic
- Peterborough United
- Port Vale
- Preston North End
- Rochdale
- Scunthorpe United
- Sheffield United
- Swindon Town
- Walsall
- Yeovil Town

Relegated from Championship: Doncaster Rovers, Barnsley and Yeovil Town

Promoted from League Two: Chesterfield, Scunthorpe United, Rochdale and Fleetwood Town

Fleetwood Town promoted from League Two

Chesterfield's goalscoring hero Jay O'Shea, left, leads the celebrations at Burton as League One beckons for the Spireites

Bristol new  team for2015/16Championship

Source:  http://www.football-league.co.uk/sky-bet-league-1/
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