World Football Badges News: December 2017

Sunday, 31 December 2017

Cyprus - 2017/18 First Division (Πρωτάθλημα Α΄ Κατηγορίας)

The Cypriot First Division is the top tier football league competition in Cyprus, run by the Cyprus Football Association. Since February 2016, it is sponsored by Cyta and thus officially known as Cyta Championship.The league is contested by 14 teams and runs from August to May, with the three lowest-placed teams relegated to the Cypriot Second Division and replaced by the top three teams in that division.

The 2017–18 Cypriot First Division is the 79th season of the Cypriot top-level football league. The season began on 19 August 2017 and is expected to end in May 2018.

Teams

Anagennisi Deryneia and AEZ Zakakiou were relegated at the end of the first-phase of the 2016–17 season after finishing in the bottom two places of the table. They were joined by Karmiotissa, who finished at the bottom of the second-phase relegation group.

The relegated teams were replaced by 2016–17 Second Division champions Alki Oroklini, runners-up Pafos FC and third-placed team Olympiakos Nicosia.

Uniforms

Source: https://www.cfa.com.cy
http://www.kerkida.net

Bolivia - 2017 Copa Simon Bolivar

Copa Simon Bolivar is the second tier of the Bolivian Football pyramid.

The Copa Simón Bolívar Adecuación 2017 was the 29th edition of the Second Division, which takes place between September 2 and December 20, 2017. It is the transition to the calendar year and one of the shortest of all those disputed since its creation. in 1988.

The 20 clubs will represent the nine departmental associations (champion and runner-up) and will be added the two best Interprovincial Champions Clubs

To access the semifinals, the three winners of the series and the best second will qualify and play for the pass to the final.

GROUP A: University of Vinto, Enrique Happ, Municipal Tiquipaya, Ramiro Castillo and Always Ready, Escara and Deportivo Kala de Oruro.

GROUP B: Destroyers, Royal Pari, University of Beni, San Lorenzo and two teams of the Pando Football Association.

GROUP C: Ciclón, Atlético Bermejo, Quebracho and the four classifieds of Potosí and Sucre.

By arrangement of the ANF, the groups with seven participants (A and C) will have the option of qualifying for the second best place in the semifinals. Group B, having six participants, is excluded from this condition.

Royal Pari

Source: https://www.facebook.com/NacionalBbolivia/
http://nacionalb.futboldebolivia.net
https://es.wikipedia.org

Saturday, 30 December 2017

Scotland - 2017/18 Scottish Premiership

The Scottish Championship, known for sponsorship reasons as the Ladbrokes Championship,is the second tier of the Scottish Professional Football League, the league competition for men's professional football clubs in Scotland. The Scottish Championship was established in July 2013

The 2017–18 Scottish Championship (known as the Ladbrokes Championship for sponsorship reasons) is the 23rd season in the current format of 10 teams in the second tier of Scottish football. The fixtures were published on 23 June 2017.

Ten teams will contest the league:

Teams play each other four times, twice in the first half of the season (home and away) and twice in the second half of the season (home and away), making a total of 180 games, with each team playing 36.

Brechin celebrate as they are promoted to the Landbrokers Championship

Livingstone promoted last season

Source: https://spfl.co.uk/championship/

Crimea - 2017 Premier League

The Crimean Premier League is a professional association football league in Crimea devised by Russia after UEFA refused to allow Crimean clubs to switch to the Russian leagues in the wake of the 2014 Russian annexation of Crimea.

2017-18 teams:

Source: https://en.cfu2015.com
http://futbolgrad.com

Bosnia and Herzegovina - 2017/18 Premier League

The BH Telecom Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina, also known as Liga 12, is the top tier football league in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and is operated by the Football Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina. As the country's most prestigious level of football competition, league changed format since 2016–17 season and is contested by 12 clubs with last two teams relegated at the end of every season.

The League is, as of season 2017–18, represented by four clubs in European competition. The winner of the Premier League starts from the Champions League second qualifying round. The winner of the Football Cup of Bosnia and Herzegovina as well as the runner up and third placed team on table starts from the first qualifying round of Europa League.

At the end of the season bottom two teams are relegated while winners of First League of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and First League of the Republika Srpska are promoted to the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina

The 2017–18 Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina, known as BH Telecom Premier League for sponsorship reasons, is the eighteenth season of the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the highest football league of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The season began on 22 July 2017 and is scheduled to conclude on 28 May 2018, with a winter break between early December 2017 and late February 2018.

A total of 12 teams will contest the league, including 10 sides from the 2016–17 season and two promoted from each of the second-level league.

The season has a two-stage format. In the regular season, each of the 12 teams play home-and-away once, resulting in 22 games played each. The top six teams in the regular season qualify for the Championship round, the bottom six teams qualify for the Relegation round. Each team then plays home-and-away against the other teams within their own group, for an additional ten games played each, a season total of 32 games.

Source: https://www.nfsbih.ba

Friday, 29 December 2017

Brazil - 2017 Brasileirao Serie B

The Serie B of the Brazilian Championship 2017 was a football competition held in Brazil, equivalent to the second division. It was contested by 20 clubs, between 12 May and 25 November. The top four teams were promoted to Série A in 2018 and the bottom four were relegated to Série C in 2018.

América Mineiro were crowned champions.

NORTH(green)
Paysandu (PA)

NORDESTE (orange)
Ceará (CE)
Náutico (PE)

Santa Cruz (PE)
CRB (AL)

ABC (RN)

CENTRO-OESTE (yellow)
Luverdense (MT)
Goiás (GO)
Vila Nova (GO)

SUDESTE (red)
Oeste (SP)
Guarani (SP)
Boa Esporte (MG)
América (MG)

SUL (blue)
Londrina (PR)
Paraná (PR)
Criciúma (SC)
Figueirense (SC)
Brasil de Pelotas (RS)

Juventude (RS)

Internacional (RS)

América de Minas Gerais

Source:https://www.cbf.com.br

Bolivia - 2016/17 Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano

The 2016–17 Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano season was the 40th season of Bolivia's top-flight football league, and the last season under the LFPB name. This season comprised three tournaments (Apertura 2016, Apertura 2017 and Clausura 2017) after an agreement was reached between LFPB and ANF (Second Division) to change the calendar to a single calendar year following the reforms implemented for the Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana by CONMEBOL ahead of the 2017 season.

The number of teams for 2016–17 remained the same as last season. Ciclón was relegated to the Liga Nacional B (Second Division). They were replaced by the 2015–16 Liga Nacional B champion Guabirá

Since The Strongest and Bolívar ended up tied in points, a playoff was played to decide the champion.

The Strongest	2–1	Bolívar

The Strongest 2016 Apertura Champions

Torneo Adecuacion - Apertura 2017

Bolivar 2017 Torneo Apertura Champions

Clausura 2017

Bolivar 2017 Torneo Clausura Champions

Agrregate table playoff decider

Since Petrolero and Universitario ended the season tied in points, a match on neutral ground was played to determine the team that played the promotion/relegation playoff. The loser qualified for the promotion/relegation playoff.

Relegation playoff

The relegation playoff was played between:

Petrolero (2016–17 Primera División aggregate table 12th place)
Destroyers (2016–17 Liga Nacional B runners-up)

The winner will play in the top flight for the 2018 season, while the loser will play in the 2018 Liga Nacional B.

Petrolero	0–3	Destroyers

Destroyers	1–1	Petrolero

Destroyers promoted

Source: http://lfpb.paraelfutbol.com/
http://boliviagol.com/
http://www.eldiario.net
http://www.lostiempos.com

Thursday, 28 December 2017

Hungay - 2017/18 Nemzeti Bajnokság III

NB III (Nemzeti Bajnokság III, National Championship III) is the third tier of Hungarian football (from the autumn of 1997 till the spring of 2005, NB III was the fourth tier, the third was NB II). The tier contains 3 groups (west, center, east) of 16 teams. From each group, the champions are promoted to the NB II. The three lowest teams are relegated to the first tier of local divisions (Megye I.). From NB II, the three lowest teams are relegated to NB III.

The 2017–18 Nemzeti Bajnokság III is Hungary's third-level football competition.

On 20 June 2017, the play-offs finished and the full tables were formed. On 26 June 2017, it was announced that the Hungarian Football Federation did not accept the of Szigetszentmiklósi TK. On 12 July 2017, the Hungarian Football Federation issued the three groups of the 2017–18 season.

Eastern-group

Central-group

Western-group

Source; http://nb3.hu/

Wednesday, 27 December 2017

Nicaragua - 2017/18 Primera División

Liga Nicaragüense de Futbol is the top division of the Federación Nicaragüense de Fútbol, it was created in 1933.

It is played in two parts, Torneo de Apertura from August through November and Torneo de Clausura from January through May. Each of the regular seasons is followed by a play-off of the top 4 teams over a 2-legged semi-final and subsequent final. The relegation end has the bottom team of the aggregate table dropped as well as the loser of the play-off of the 8th and 9th places.

The 2017–18 season in Primera División de Nicaragua will be divided into two tournaments (Apertura and Clausura) and will determine the 69th and 70th champions in the history of the league. The Apertura tournament will be played in the second half of 2017, while the Clausura will be played in the first half of 2018

The Apertura play-off format was changed from previous years, while the Clausura will use the same 4-team play-off format. For the Apetura, the top four teams from the regular stage advanced to a "quadrangular" double-round robin instead of a play-off stage. The regular stage and quadrangular winners would have played to decide the tournament's champion, but ultimately the same team won both and the final was not necessary.

A total of 10 teams will contest the league, including 8 sides from the 2016–17 Primera División 2 sides from the 2016–17 Segunda División.

At the end of the 2016–17 Primera División, Nandasmo finished last in the aggregate table and were relegated to the Segunda División. Taking their place was the champions from the Segunda División, Deportivo Ocotal.

The 9th place team in the aggregate table, Deportivo Sebaco, faced the second place team from the Segunda División, San Francisco Masachapa, in a playoff for a spot in the Primera División. San Francisco Masachapa won the playoff 3-2 on agggregate and were promoted, while Deportivo Sebaco were relegated.