Port Balaine Superleague
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| Confederation | AEFA |
| Founded | 2021 |
| First season | 2021–22 |
| Number of teams | 34 |
| Levels on pyramid | 1–4 |
| Domestic cup(s) |
PBFA Supercup Balainese Cup |
| League cup(s) | Premier Cup |
| Website | superleague.pb |
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The Port Balaine Superleague (PBS) is the sole national association football league in Port Balaine. The league was organized in 2021 to formalize the senior play of Balainese football. It is organized by the Port Balaine Football Association, though its clubs are privately owned. The league hosts 34 teams across the top four levels of the Balainese football pyramid.
The Superleague also manages the PBS Reserve League as its non-age-restricted academy and reserve format.
Organization
The Superleague is organized in four divisions: the Premiership (10 clubs), the Championship (eight), 3. Division (eight) and 4. Division (eight). Each season runs from September through May. In the Premiership, a three-round round-robin season is played, totaling 27 games a season. In the lower three divisions, four rounds are played, totaling 28. Two clubs are relegated and promoted between each division automatically after each season.
Tournaments
Three tournaments are played around the Superleague season. The Balainese Cup happens throughout the season and pits all clubs in the Port Balaine Football Association against each other in a single-elimination knockout tournament. The Premier Cup follows the end of the regular season and the top four clubs in the Premiership challenge each other in a single-elimination tournament. Finally, as the first match before the next season, the champion of the Premiership and the winner of the Balainese Cup play for the PBFA Supercup in a final match.
Clubs
Clubs in the Superleague are organized privately. Some, especially in the Premiership, are operated professionally for profit. Most are semi-professional or amateur. A few, such as Port Balaine Gendarmery FC, are sponsored by the commonwealth government. Listed below are the 34 member clubs of the Superleague for the 2021–22 season:
Champions
| Season | Premiership | Pts. | Championship \ | Pts. | 3. Division | Pts. | 4. Division | Pts. |
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| 2021–22 |
Tournaments
| Club | Wins | Winning years |
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| 2021–22 |
| Club | Wins | Winning years |
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| 2021–22 |
| Club | Wins | Winning years |
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| 2021–22 |