2022–23 Natopian Major League

Natopian Major League

Season	2022–23
Champions	Lindström Leopards
Relegated	Mehlville Panthers Frenzyville Ferrets Holstein Harriers
FMF CL	Butter Cow City Eucas
CTFA CL	TBD
Matches played	192
Goals scored	335 (1.74 per match)
Biggest home win	Avenged City Punks 5–0 Mehlville Panthers
Longest winning run	Lindström City Goats (6)
Longest unbeaten run	Lindström Leopards (12)
Longest winless run	Mehlville Panthers (15)
Longest losing run	Mehlville Panthers (15)
← 2021–22 2023–24 →

The 2022–23 Natopian Major League season will be the 12th professional season of the top-flight football league in Natopia.

Natopian Major League

The Natopian Major League will be contested by twelve teams, who will play each other two times, once at home and once on the road. This season will see changes to the post-season, with the top six, rather than the top four, contesting the Championship play-offs, known as the Liguilla, while the bottom six will enter the relegation play-offs, known as the Descenso, in which the bottom three will be relegated.

Teams, stadiums, and personnel

Team	Chairman	Head Coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor(s)
Ashington Lions	Clifford Carlson	Nelius Marais	Roger Azin	Torfabrik	ESB Tapfer
Avenged City Punks	Conrad Riley	Tiaan Vermeulen	Max Drury		Carrillo Clinic
Butter Cow City Eucas	Stamatios Dimakis	Eon Smith	Christophe von Bagelberry		Kerularios & Company
Frenzyville Ferrets	Lateef Adriaanse	Norris Noble	Sigismund Cowfefe		Asadal
Hazelwood City Dukes	Harrison Sutton	Bob Flowers	Steve Collins		Florian Airlines
Holstein Harriers	Veniamin Katsareas	Stephen Anderson	Bram DeMien		Patti's
Lindström City Goats	Sergio Park	Ade Du Toit	Lordi Pistepirkko		Aurochs Bros. Bagels
Lindström Leopards	Lencho McKenzie	Aidan Newman	Penley Hook		Anzarolexion
Mehlville Panthers	Ned Blanton	Wade Kim	Joshua Murphy-Lee		Dingo Enterprises
Oakham Oakers	Ronnie Sturgeon	Eric Smythe	Keith Keagan		Air Senya
Tapfer Point Eternals	Jace Jimenez	Gazali Levy	Jason Sulls		Neridia Defense Industries
Tassity Bulls	Alexios Minellis	Peter Price	Stanley Kirk		DrinX

Table

Pos.	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Lindström Leopards	22	12	7	3	23	11	+12	43	Advances to Liguilla
2	Butter Cow City Eucas	22	11	6	5	18	10	+8	39
3	Oakham Oakers	22	11	2	8	20	16	+4	35
4	Tassity Bulls	22	9	7	6	21	14	+7	34
5	Hazelwood City Dukes	22	9	6	7	22	15	+7	33
6	Ashington Lions	22	8	6	7	22	18	+4	30
7	Avenged City Punks	22	6	11	5	20	15	+5	29	Advances to Descenso
8	Lindström City Goats	22	8	5	9	17	18	−1	29
9	Holstein Harriers	22	7	5	10	14	18	−4	26
10	Frenzyville Ferrets	22	7	4	11	15	21	−6	25
11	Tapfer Point Eternals	22	5	6	11	14	21	−7	21
12	Mehlville Panthers	22	5	3	14	14	43	−29	18

Liguilla

The Liguilla will be contested by the top six placed teams in the regular season. Unlike previous seasons, this will be held as a double round-robin, with teams playing each other a further two times. Points from the regular season will carry over into this tournament.

Pos.	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Lindström Leopards	32	16	11	5	30	16	+14	59	Qualification to FMF Champions' League
2	Oakham Oakers	32	16	4	12	32	26	+6	52
3	Butter Cow City Eucas	32	14	9	9	26	17	+9	51	Qualification to CTFA Champions' League
4	Hazelwood City Dukes	32	14	8	10	31	23	+8	50
5	Tassity Bulls	32	12	9	11	27	22	+5	45
6	Ashington Lions	32	11	7	14	28	28	0	40

Descenso

The Descenso will be contested by the bottom six placed teams in the regular season, with teams playing each other a further two times with points from the regular season carrying over into this tournament.

Pos.	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
7	Lindström City Goats	32	13	6	13	28	26	+2	45
8	Avenged City Punks	32	10	12	10	29	25	+4	42
9	Tapfer Point Eternals	32	12	6	14	28	31	−3	42	Qualification to CTFA Champions' League
10	Mehlville Panthers	32	11	4	17	31	51	−20	37	Relegated to Class A
11	Frenzyville Ferrets	32	10	6	16	25	34	−9	36
12	Holstein Harriers	32	9	6	17	20	36	−16	33

Tapfer Point Eternals qualified for the CTFA Champions' League by winning the NSF Cup.

Natopian Minor League Class A

The Natopian Minor League Class A will be contested by sixteen teams, who will play each other twice, once at home and once on the road, for a total of 30 matches. At the end of the season, the top two sides will be promoted, with the sides finishing third through sixth entering the play-offs to compete for the final promotion place; the bottom three teams, meanwhile, will be relegated.

Pos.	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Micronia Marauders	30	19	4	7	45	18	+27	61	Promoted to Major League
2	Cape Newport Cows	30	17	6	7	49	17	+32	57
3	Redquill FC	30	15	9	6	42	17	+25	54	Advances to Promotion playoffs
4	Beit Zakyyria FC	30	16	5	9	33	18	+15	53
5	Hoffenheim FC	30	16	5	9	39	25	+14	53
6	West Bay FC	30	15	7	8	36	21	+15	52
7	Nova Alrodia Rostock	30	13	9	8	33	17	+16	48
8	Klaasistya AFC	30	14	6	10	29	35	−6	48
9	Dos Gardenias FC	30	11	6	13	32	26	+6	39
10	Aristarchus FC	30	11	5	14	26	28	−2	38
11	Nadens Havn FC	30	8	9	13	21	35	−14	33
12	Bight Bay AFC	30	10	3	17	21	41	−20	33
13	Duck Head Bay AC	30	8	8	14	17	33	−16	32
14	Bagelston FC	30	6	7	17	19	42	−23	25	Relegated to Class B
15	Saint Bartholoma AC	30	6	6	18	17	48	−31	24
16	Chancellorsport Chargers	30	4	7	19	17	55	−38	19

Playoffs

The playoffs will be contested by the third- through sixth-placed teams in the regular season, with the third-placed team hosting the sixth, and fourth hosting fifth. The final will be held at a neutral venue to determine the champions.

	Semifinals				Final
	Redquill FC (a.e.t.)	1
	West Bay FC	0
					Redquill FC	2
					Beit Zakyyria FC	1
	Beit Zakyyria FC	4
	Hoffenheim FC	1

Natopian Minor League Class B

The Natopian Minor League Class B will be contested by sixteen teams, who will play each other twice, once at home and once on the road, for a total of 30 matches. At the end of the season, the top two sides will be promoted, with the sides finishing third through sixth entering the play-offs to compete for the final promotion place. Myrtilis Mariners and Santos Laguna FC were granted professional licenses to join the league ahead of the season.

Pos.	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Graveacre FC	30	20	3	7	51	20	+31	63	Promoted to Class A
2	Santos Laguna FC	30	19	5	6	56	12	+44	62
3	Tethys AC	30	15	6	9	29	22	+7	51	Advances to Promotion playoffs
4	Bronze Coast SC	30	14	7	9	29	20	+9	49
5	Borders Bay SC	30	13	7	10	31	19	+12	46
6	Eadricton FC	30	13	6	11	35	25	+10	45
7	Etnedal FC	30	13	6	11	29	27	+2	45
8	Cape Cran Bay FC	30	12	9	9	21	24	−3	45
9	Etampes FC	30	14	2	14	25	28	−3	44
10	Woodport AC	30	13	5	12	31	36	−5	44
11	Riashil FC	30	12	7	11	22	26	−4	43
12	Myrtilis Mariners	30	12	2	16	22	34	−12	38
13	Nerthus AFC	30	10	4	16	23	35	−12	34
14	Brunopolis FC	30	8	3	19	20	45	−25	27
15	Zoomsitya FC	30	6	4	20	15	41	−26	22
16	Dyuupvik Donkeys	30	4	8	18	17	42	−25	20

Playoffs

The playoffs will be contested by the third- through sixth-placed teams in the regular season, with the third-placed team hosting the sixth, and fourth hosting fifth. The final will be held at a neutral venue to determine the champions.

	Semifinals				Final
	Tethys AC (a.e.t.)	3
	Eadricton FC	2
					Tethys AC	0
					Bronze Coast SC	2
	Bronze Coast SC (a.e.t.)	2
	Borders Bay SC	1