Florian Premier League
Countries | Florian Republic |
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Confederation | AEFA |
Founded | 2016 |
First season | 2017–18 |
Number of teams | 10 |
Levels on pyramid | 1 |
Relegation to | Florian Championship |
Domestic cup(s) |
President's Cup Florian Cup |
International cup(s) |
AEFA Champions' League AEFA Cup |
Current champions |
RB Dragonmoor (2017) |
Most championships | RB Dragonmoor (1) |
2017–18 |
The Florian Premier League known as the Monster Interactive Florian Premier League for sponsorship reasons is the highest level of Football in the Florian Republic.
History
Origin
Foundation
Early dominance by Northcliff United and Dragonmoor City
Format
Each team will play four times against each other team in the competition. The teams which finish in the bottom two places in the relegation table are automatically relegated to the Florian Championship. The relegation table is calculated over positional points over three seasons.The inaugural season will kick off on the 12th August 2017. The winner will qualify for the AEFA Champions' League, with the Runner-up qualifying for the AEFA Cup.
AEFA Competiton qualification
Currently, the winner of the league qualifies for the qualifying rounds of the AEFA Champions' League. The 2nd and 3rd placed teams qualify for the qualifying rounds of the AEFA Cup. Also, the winner of the Florian Cup qualifies for the AEFA Cup. If the winner of the Florian Cup has already qualified for an AEFA competition, the 4th placed team in the league will qualify as well.
International players policy
To improve the standard of Florian football, clubs are limited to have up to three foreigners in their teams starting lineups. Top clubs such as RB Dragonmoor and Northcliff United are known for having fielding players from the Kingdom of Coria and Craitland. The improvements of the national team were spotted when they famously beat the Craitland national football team on Craitish home soil. However, to accompany this rule, teams can controversially buy a foreign marquee player without a transfer cap and also that the marquee player can start in the starting line-up and not count as a 'foreign' player.
Florian Premier League seasons and champions
Most successful clubsCurrent Clubs
Former clubsAEFA RankingThe League as of 2017 was ranked joint 22nd in AEFA, however it will increase in the future after a very sucessfull first campaign of Florian clubs in the AEFA Champions league and AEFA Cup.
The Edwin Farrar TrophyThe current Championship trophy was created by Florian artist, Jacob Price. It consists of three pillars and is gold plated. With a Dark Brown base. The trophy was named after the founder of the Florian Republic, Edwin Farrar. Sponsors
Media coverageFlorian Republic and EtourneyThe main broadcaster of the league in the Florian Republic is Red Sports which signed a Cr 350 million in late 2017. Free to view sports channel, SPorts Hub broadcast a selected match each week.
Notable rivalriesIn the league there is many notable rivalries. Firstly, the Southern Derby played by Dragonmoor City FC and Celtic FC Oldhaven due to the location of both teams. The other notable rivalry is the derby between Dragonmoor City and Northcliff United, the two most sucessfull teams in the country.
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