Tuesday, 8 May 2018

Gozo - 2017/18 BOV GFA Second Division


The Gozitan Second Division, known as Melita Second Division for sponsorship reasons with Melita is the second and lowest level in the Gozo Football League. The league was first competed in 1948.
The Melita Second Division is played in the same manner as the First Division. It is based on three rounds, each team play each other three times, thus the teams in the Second Division play 18 games each in total. The season is usually held between September and April. At the end of the season, the champion is promoted to the First Division and the team finishing in the bottom of the First Division is relegated to the Second Division. A promotion/relegation playoff game takes place between the team placing second in the Second Division and the 6th placed team in the First Division.






Munxar Falcons were crowned BOV GFA 2nd Division Champions.



Munxar went into the final game of the season with a 1 point lead over neighbours and rivals Sannat Lions and went in firing on all cylinders and opening a 3-0 lead in the first 20 minutes of the game and dominating the first half.





Source: https://www.facebook.com/footballingozo/
             http://gozofa.com/
             https://www.bov.com

Monday, 7 May 2018

Moldova - 2018 "A" Division


The Moldovan "A" Division  is the second-level division of Moldovan Football. There are 12 teams in the competition.


The 2018 Moldovan "A" Division  is the 28th season of Moldovan football's second-tier league. The season started on 21 April 2018 and is scheduled to finish on 3 November 2018. Victoria Bardar are the defending champions, after winning their first title in the competition in the previous season.



Granicerul Glodeni



Victoria Bardar

Source: http://fmf.md
             http://divizia-a.md
             http://moldfootball.com
             https://www.facebook.com/DiviziaAmd/
             https://www.moldpres.md

Sunday, 6 May 2018

Gozo - 2017/18 BOV GFA First Division


The Gozitan First Division, also known as BOV GFA First Division for sponsorship reasons with Bank of Valletta, is the top level of the Gozitan football league system. Under this system there is another division under the First Division, the Second Division.


The BOV GFA First Division is based on three rounds with each team playing each other three times, thus the teams in the First Division play 18 games each in total. The season is usually held between September and April. At the end of the season, the bottom club is relegated to the Second Division and the winner of the Second Division is promoted to next season's First Division. A promotion/relegation play-off game is held between the 6th placed First Division team and the team placing second in the Second Division.

Xewkija Tigers was champion in 2016/17 legaue

Participating teams





The majority of matches are played at the Gozo Stadium or at Sannat Ground.




Victoria Hotspurs were crowned BOV GFA 1st Division Champions.

Mathematically already champions, the Spurs beat their closest rivals Nadur Youngsters 3-1 in the final match of the season to close their dominant season with a 15 point advantage.
Horace Laudi, Executive Gozo Region at Bank of Valletta and Dr Samuel Azzopardi, President of the Gozo Football Association presented Victoria with the BOV GFA 1st Division LAeague Trophy



Promotion play-off

SKVW will play in 2018/19 Gozo Premier League

             https://www.timesofmalta.com
             https://www.bov.com

Switzerland - 2017/18 Promotion League


Promotion League is the third tier of the Swiss football league system, below the Swiss Challenge League and above the 1. Liga Classic. The league was introduced in 2012 and has 16 teams.
The league was introduced at the end of the 2011–12 season and replaced the 1. Liga as the third tier of the league system, with the latter thereby moving to the fourth tier. Sixteen clubs compete in the league, playing each other twice during the seasons, once home and once away. The league champions are promoted to the second tier, the Challenge League, subject to licence regulations. The bottom two clubs of the 1. Liga Promotion are relegated to the 1. Liga with the best two clubs from this level promoted to the 1. Liga Promotion. It is the highest league level in Switzerland that permits participation of reserve teams



The 2017-2018 Promotion League season is the 6th Edition (the 4th since its name change) of the 3rd division of Swiss Football and is the third level of the football hierarchy in Switzerland, behind the Super League and the Challenge League. The Championship has 16 teams and each team plays 30 games.
FC Le Mont LS, which he had not received the license III in the1st instance, has decided not to appeal. The club also decides that the team will also not play in Promotion League. FC United Zurich, 15th in the 2016-2017 season, is maintained in Promotion League. The 2017-2018 season started on 2 August 2017 and will finish on 26 May 2018
The 2017–18 season saw two new clubs in the league, Yverdon Sport FC and FC Stade Lausanne-Ouchy which were all promoted from the 1. Liga Classic. No club was relegated from the Challenge League as FC Le Mont didn't get their league licence by the Swiss Football Association and subsequently relegated.


Yverdon Sports

SC Kriens

             www.yverdonsport.ch
             www.sckriens.ch

Saturday, 5 May 2018

Mauritius - 2017/18 Premier League


Mauritian Premier League is the top division of football in Mauritius, governed by the Mauritius Football Association since its establishment in 1935.




The 2017–18 Mauritian Premier League season is the 38th season of top-flight football in Mauritius. The season started on 26 November 2017.

Clubs




Pamplemousses SC champions BPFL 2016/17

Source: https://www.lemauricien.com
             https://www.facebook.com/MFAUNOFFICIALPAGE/

Thursday, 3 May 2018

Libya - 2017/18 Premier League


The Libyan Premier League ( الدوري الليبي الممتاز‎) is the highest division of the Libyan football league pyramid, organized by Libyan Football Federation.


The 2017-18 season of the Libyan Premier League is the forty-fifth edition of the country's top level association football league since its inception in 1963.
Due to the continued security situation in Libya in 2017 and the difficulty in air-travel for most teams, the participating teams were grouped by their geographical location into four groups of seven teams. Teams from each group were scheduled to play every team from their group in a home-and-away round robin format with 3 points given for a win and 1 point for a draw.
Neutral stadiums were identified within each region to host group games. Matches are to be played without spectators.

First Round
Group A


Al-Ahli (Benghazi) Qualified for quadruple round


Group B





Al-Tahaddi qualified for quadruple round


Group C





Al-Ittihad qualified for quadruple round

Group D



Al-Ahli Tripoli qualified for quadruple round


The leader of the four groups after the first round at the end of 2017 compete in the quadruple round, which is used to determine the Libyan teams which qualified for the 2018 CAF Champions League and 2018 CAF Confederation Cup.

Al-Ittihad qualified for 2018 CAF Champions League. A-Tahaddi qualified for 2018 CAF Confederation Cup.


Al-Ittihad

Al-Tahaddi

Second Round


The second round of the Libyan Premier League started on 20 January 2018. Results are combined with first round.



Source: http://www.lff.ly/
             https://www.libyaobserver.ly
             http://hailoosport.com

Norway - 2018 OBOS-ligaen

1. divisjon is the second highest level of the Norwegian football league system. Since the 2015 season, it has been branded as OBOS-ligaen, after a six-year deal was agreed with the housing cooperative OBOS.
Formally, it was a semi-professional league.

The league is contested by 16 teams, and the top two teams will be promoted to Eliteserien, while the teams placed from third to sixth place will play a promotion-playoff against the 14th-placed team in Eliteserien to win promotion. The bottom two teams will be relegated to the 2. divisjon known as PostNord-ligaen, and the team in 14 place will play in the playoff.
The 2018 OBOS-ligaen is Norway's second-tier football league. The season began on 2 April 2018 and is scheduled to end on 11 November 2018.



Viking Stavanger

             http://www.viking-fk.no

Wednesday, 2 May 2018

Guinea - 2017/18 Championnat National

Guinée Championnat National is the top division of the Guinean Football Association, it was created in 1965. The official name in 2014 - 2015 season was Ligue 1 Nimba Mining for sponsorship reasons




The 2017–18 Guinée Championnat National season is the 52nd edition (since independence) of the top level of football competition in Guinea. It began on 3 November 2017




Horoya


Gangan FC Kindia


CIK 

Hafia FC

Source: http://www.feguifoot.com/
             http://www.legranddebatdufoot.com
             http://hafiafc.com/