State Football Tournament of Graecia

The State Football Tournament of Graecia, commonly abbreviated as SFTG is the only football tournament that takes place on the People's Republic of Graecia. It takes place annually, and has all Graecian football teams (of which four currently exist) compete for the final composition of the Graecia national football team. The winner of the first, and to date, only cup is the Cliffton State Football Academy.

History

A football cup for the People's Republic of Graecia was conceived from it's foundation. Through some disputed this, it was finally decided that the tournament will be used to compose the Graecian national team. The first instance of the tournament (the 2020 SFTG) was completed some months after Graecia's foundation, and defined the first formation of the newborn Graecian national football team.

Organisation

Sports, as all public aspects, are directly controlled by the state. This means that not many teams can be founded, and the best result must be extracted from them. As such, the goal of the tournament is to determine the formation of the National team; other than having more of it's players on the national team, and a bit more recognition, the winning team (known in Graecia as a state football academy) has no other prizes. The structure of the tournament is simple: The teams participate in matches between one-another; If a team loses too many times, it is eliminated. On the final, the two best teams compete with each other. When the results are accepted by the state, the resulting national team is formatted as follows:

• The captain and the goalkeeper of the winning team become the captain and the goalkeeper of the National Team, respectively;
• The winning team places 5 players of it's selection onto the national team (including the Captain and the Goalkeeper mentioned before);
• The second best team places it's captain and 2 players of it's selection;
• The third best team places it's captain and 1 player of it's selection;
• and the worst team places it's captain alone.

Currently competing teams

Every recognised Graecian team is owned by the state, and it is mandatory to participate in the cup. Currently only 4 teams exist:

Club	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Salonigrad State Football Academy (SSFA)	Salonigrad	Salonigrad State Sport Facility "Marx"	35.000
Ersoy State Football Academy (ESFA)	Ersoy	Ersoy State Sports Stadium "The Dawn of the New Era"	23.258
Cliffton State Football Academy (CSFA)	Cliffton	Cliffton State Football Facility "The Red Banner"	10.000
Erythropolis State Foorball Academy (ErSFA)	Erythropolis	Erythropolis State Sport Arena	15.015

Statistics

Below, you can see the statistics from all the seasons the tour has run (currently 1).

2020 season

	SSFA	ESFA	CSFA	ErSFA
Salonigrad State Football Academy	–	1-1	1–1	1-2
Ersoy State Football Academy	1-1	–	4-0	4-1
Cliffton State Football Academy	1-1	2-1	–	0-2 (final)
Erythropolis State Football Academy	1-2	4-1	2–1	–