Thursday, 10 May 2018

Algeria - 2017/18 Ligue 1 Mobilis


The Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1  الرابطة الجزائرية المحترفة الأولى لكرة القدم‎); known as Championnat National de Première Division or Ligue 1 for short, and formerly known as the Championnat National 1, is the Algerian professional league for association football clubs. It is the country's primary football competition and serves as the top division of the Algerian football league system. Ligue 1 is one of two divisions making up the Ligue de Football Professionnel, the other being Ligue Professionnelle 2. The league is contested by 16 clubs, and it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with Ligue 2,



The 2017–18 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 will be the 54th season of the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 since its establishment in 1962. A total of 16 teams will contest the league.


All Derby matches between CR BelouizdadMC AlgerNA Hussein DeyUSM AlgerUSM El Harrach and Paradou AC will be played on July 5, 1962 Stadium which seats 64,000 spectators




CR Belouizdad



             Ligue 1 Mobilis
             http://lagazettedufennec.com
             http://www.dzfoot.com
             http://www.planete-footdz.com
             https://www.algeriepatriotique.com

Wednesday, 9 May 2018

Malta - 2017/18 First Division


The Maltese First Division (also known as the Bank of Valletta First Division due to sponsorship reasons) is the second-highest division in Maltese football, behind the Maltese Premier League and above the Maltese Second Division. The league has been running for many years.
14 teams take part in the league. The top two teams are promoted to the Maltese Premier League, whilst the three lowest-finishing teams are relegated to the Maltese Second Division. The third place team plays the tenth place team in the Maltese Premier League in a play-off game for promotion.Due to the expansion of the Maltese Premier League starting from the season 2017/18, 3 teams will be promoted while the 4th placed team will face the play-off game. On the other hand, only 2 teams will get relegated to the Maltese Second Division.


*Qormi Champions
*Pieta' Hotspurs promoted
*Zabbar St.Patrick, Melita & Rabat Ajax relegated

Qormi FC



Tuesday, 8 May 2018

Cape Verde - 2018 Campeonato Caboverdiano de Futebol


The Cape Verdean Football Championship or the Campeonato Caboverdiano de Futebol is a football competition that was created in 1976 in Cape Verde. A local championship was founded in 1953 before independence, when the islands were still part of the Portuguese Empire.



The 2018 Cape Verdean Football Championships season is the 39th beginner level (likely amateur) competition of the first-tier football in Cape Verde. The season began earlier starting on 7 April 2018.
A total of 12 clubs participate in the national championship (Campeonato Nacional). Cape Verdean clubs in the nine inhabited islands will play between late 2017 and early 2018 in the eleven regional leagues, where each league winner qualify for the national championship. The defending champions which is Sporting Praia also qualified, and if they win their regional league, the runner-up of their league also qualifies.
Championship played out in a tournament between the champions of the nine islands (the 10th island (Santa Luzia) is not inhabited).
The season is the second time featuring three groups where the top three qualifies alongside the second placed club with the most points (if one has the same, it may include the most goals scored) into the knockout phase.


Grupo A
Champions Boa Vista:                 Sport Sal-Rei Clube
Champions Santo Antão South:   Associação Académica do Porto Novo
Champions Santiago South:         Associação Académica da Praia (Cidade da Praia)
Champions São Vicente:              Clube Sportivo Mindelense (Mindelo)


Mindelense
Academica do Porto Novo

Grupo B
Champions Brava:                     Sport Clube Morabeza (Nova Sintra)
Champions Santo Antão North: Clube Desportivo Os Foguetões (Eixo-Paúl) 
Champions Santiago North:       Clube Desportivo Scorpion Vermelho (Santa Cruz)
Champions São Nicolau:            Futebol Clube Belo Horizonte (Juncalinho)


Scorpions
Foguetoes

Belo Horizonte

Grupo C
Champions 2017:              Sporting Clube da Praia [Santiago Sul]
Champions Maio:              Barreirense Futebol Clube (Barreiro-Porto Inglês)
Champions Sal:                Grupo Desportivo da Palmeira
Champions Fogo:              Vulcânico Clube do Fogo (São Filipe)


Sporting de Praia


Vulcanico

Barreirense


Palmeira

Source: https://desporto.sapo.pt
             http://submarinocaboverdiano.blogspot.com.es
             https://dtudo1pouco.com       

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