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{{Infobox football league
| name = Liga-3
| image = LFV3_logo.png
| pixels = 150px
| country = [[Valladares]]
| other countries = 
| confed = [[Confederación Rushmore de Fútbol|CRF]]
| founded = 1985
| promotion = [[Valladar Liga-2|Liga-2]]
| relegation = [[State Champions League]]
| levels = 3
| teams = 20
| domest_cup = [[King's Shield]]
| league_cup = 
| confed_cup = [[IFCF Challengers Cup]]<br>[[Cup Winners' Cup]]<br>(''both through King’s Shield'')
| shieldtitle = champions
| shield = [[Nord Energie FC]]
| season = 72
| most_successful_club = 
| tv = [[GOL]]
| website = www.lfv.vd/liga3
| current = [[Valladar Liga-3 season 73|Valladar Liga-3 73]]
}}
The '''Valladar Liga-3''' ('''''League-3''''' in {{wp|English language|English}} and '''''Ligue-3''''' in {{wp|French language|French}}), is [[Valladares]]’s third division of {{wp|association football}}. Run by the [[Liga Federal de Valladares]], an entity affiliated to the [[Valladar Football Association]], it contains twenty clubs from across the country, and maintains a system of promotion and relegation of three or four clubs a year between it and the [[Valladar Liga-2]] and the [[State Champions League]], Valladares’s second and fourth divisions, respectively. It is the lowest tier of the Liga Federal setup.

The season runs from February to November, during which time 38 matches are played per team, totalling 380 matches overall. The majority of matches are played on Saturdays, with four featured matches per round played on Sundays and one matchday during Independence Day on October 8th. It is broadcast by [[GOL]], who own rights to the league's featured matches every week.

The Liga-3 was set up in 1985 by the [[Valladar Football Association]] under the name '''''Tercera Liga de Valladares''''', and has served as the third division of Valladar football ever since. For its 31st season, in 2008, it was also taken over by the Liga Federal de Valladares and rebranded as the Liga-3. The current champions of the league are [[Nord Energie FC]], who will be returning to the second tier for Season 73.

==Competition format==
There are 20 clubs in Liga-3. During the course of a season, each club plays the others twice, once at their home stadium and once at that of their opponents, for a total of 38 games. Teams receive three points for a win and one point for a draw. No points are awarded for a loss. Teams are ranked by total points, then head-to-head record, goal difference, goals scored, number of wins, and fair play points. At the end of each season, the club with the most points is crowned champion and promoted to Liga-2 along with the runner-up. The clubs that end between the third and the tenth position go on to play the final play-off series with its winner earning the last direct promotion spot, with a potential fourth promotion to be decided in a play-off between the final play-off runner-up and the Liga-2's seventeenth-placed club. As for relegation, the four lowest placed clubs are relegated to the State Champions League, losing their LFV membership in the process. The top four teams from the State Champions League are promoted in their place, provided they meet the LFV's [[Liga Federal de Valladares#Licensing criteria|licensing criteria]].

==Clubs for Season 73==
The following 20 clubs will be competing in the 73rd Liga-3 season.
{{Location map+ |Valladares|width=400 |float=right|caption=Location of teams in the '''73rd Valladar Liga-3''' season |places=
{{location map~ |Valladares|lat=-8.08 |long=5.88 |label=<small>{{nowrap|[[AC Tallin|Tallin]]}}</small>|position=right}}
{{location map~ |Valladares|lat=-13.03 |long=3.41 |label=<small>{{nowrap|[[Bretford Royals|Bretford]]}}</small>|position=right}}
{{location map~ |Valladares|lat=-12.47 |long=11.21 |label=<small>{{nowrap|[[Club Atlético Lierravus|Lierravus]]}}</small>|position=left}}
{{location map~ |Valladares|lat=-10.54 |long=11.42 |label=<small>{{nowrap|[[Dynamo Metropolis|Dynamo]]}}</small>|position=top}}
{{location map~ |Valladares|lat=-5.34 |long=10.4 |label=<small>{{nowrap|[[EC Comercial|Comercial]]}}</small>|position=bottom}}
{{location map~ |Valladares|lat=-10.83 |long=11.35 |label=<small>{{nowrap|[[Estrella Roja]]}}</small>|position=bottom}}
{{location map~ |Valladares|lat=-8.85 |long=9.02 |label=<small>{{nowrap|[[FC Columbus|Columbus]]}}</small>|position=bottom}}
{{location map~ |Valladares|lat=-2.06 |long=6.89 |label=<small>{{nowrap|'''Westporte'''}}</small>|mark=Blue pog.svg|position=right}}
{{location map~ |Valladares|lat=-10.4 |long=12.05 |label=<small>{{nowrap|'''Gatineau'''}}</small>|mark=Blue pog.svg|position=right}}
{{location map~ |Valladares|lat=-6.56 |long=6.23 |label=<small>{{nowrap|[[Hamanos Athletic Club|Hamanos]]}}</small>|position=top}}
{{location map~ |Valladares|lat=-7.52 |long=6.33 |label=<small>{{nowrap|[[Minault United|Minault]]}}</small>|position=right}}
{{location map~ |Valladares|lat=-12.02 |long=2.11 |label=<small>{{nowrap|[[Northport Bears|Northport]]}}</small>|position=right}}
{{location map~ |Valladares|lat=-6.67 |long=5.34 |label=<small>{{nowrap|'''Pradera'''}}</small>|mark=Blue pog.svg|position=left}}
{{location map~ |Valladares|lat=-16.67 |long=15.68 |label=<small>{{nowrap|[[Real Guadír]]}}</small>|position=left}}
{{location map~ |Valladares|lat=-7.04 |long=4.13 |label=<small>{{nowrap|[[Sporting Florencia|Sp. Florencia]]}}</small>|position=left}}
{{location map~ |Valladares|lat=-8.33 |long=5.88 |label=<small>{{nowrap|[[Stanford United|Stanford]]}}</small>|position=bottom}}
{{location map~ |Valladares|lat=-10.18 |long=11.12 |label=<small>{{nowrap|[[Talleres de Ciudad Piar|Talleres (CP)]]}}</small>|position=left}}
<!--DISPLAY OF GATINEAU, PRADERA AND WESTPORTE TEAMS IN UPPER RIGHT CORNER-->
{{Location map~ |Valladares |mark=TransparentPlaceholder.png |marksize=1 |lat=-0.5 |long=12.0 |label=<div style="font-size:80%;">{{nowrap|'''Teams from Gatineau:'''<br>
[[AS Vaud]]<br>
[[Gatineau UC 98]]}}<br>
{{nowrap|'''Teams from Pradera:'''<br>
[[Alianza Antioquia]]<br>
[[Real Pradera]]}}<br>
{{nowrap|'''Teams from Westporte:'''<br>
[[FC Maritime Westporte]]<br>
[[FC Westporte 984]]}}</div>|position=right}}
}}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Club
! Location
! Stadium
! Capacity
|-
| {{flagicon|Mountbatten}} [[AC Tallin]]
| Carloburgo, Mountbatten
| Parken Road Stadium
| 13,500
|-
| {{flagicon|Antioquia}} [[Alianza Antioquia]]
| Pradera, Antioquia
| Estadio Gobernador Villa
| 25,272
|-
| {{flagicon|Foix}} [[AS Vaud]]
| Gatineau, Foix
| Stade Omnisports Gatineau
| 17,500
|-
| {{flagicon|Westlands}} [[Bretford Royals]]
| Bretford, Westlands
| Municipal Park
| 10,500
|-
| {{flagicon|Alto Danubio}} [[Club Atlético Lierravus|CA Lierravus]]
| Lierravus, Alto Danubio
| Estadio 8 de Octubre
| 26,104
|-
| {{flagicon|District of Metropolis}} [[Dynamo Metropolis]]
| [[Metropolis]]
| Dynamo Stadium
| 5,100
|-
| {{flagicon|Chiquito}} [[EC Comercial]]
| Campo Grande, Chiquito
| Estádio Menor
| 15,000
|-
| {{flagicon|District of Metropolis}} [[Estrella Roja]]
| [[Metropolis]]
| Valladar Royal Air Force Stadium{{efn|name=a|Playing its home matches at Valladar Royal Air Force Stadium in Villena instead of their regular stadium Polideportivo de Villa Domingo in Metropolis which did not meet LFV requirements for Liga-3 matches.}}
| 14,000
|-
| {{flagicon|Columbus}} [[FC Columbus]]
| City of Columbus
| Estadio Parque Armenia
| 35,250
|-
| {{flagicon|Canalave}} [[FC Maritime Westporte]]
| Westporte, Canalave
| Riverside Stadium
| 23,000
|-
| {{flagicon|Canalave}} [[FC Westporte 984]]
| Westporte, Canalave
| Riverside Stadium
| 23,000
|-
| {{flagicon|Foix}} [[Gatineau UC 98]]
| Gatineau, Foix
| Stade Omnisports Gatineau
| 17,500
|-
| {{flagicon|Antioquia}} [[Hamanos Athletic Club]]
| Hamanos, Antioquia
| Estadio Municipal
| 18,243
|-
| {{flagicon|Mountbatten}} [[Minault United]]
| Minault, Mountbatten
| Municipal Stadium
| 10,300
|-
| {{flagicon|Westlands}} [[Northport Bears]]
| Northport, Westlands
| Allenby Stadium
| 12,400
|-
| {{flagicon|Junín}} [[Real Guadír]]
| City of Junín
| Estadio Camilo Mazuera López
| 21,200
|-
| {{flagicon|Antioquia}} [[Real Pradera]]
| Pradera, Antioquia
| Estadio Gobernador Villa
| 25,272
|-
| {{flagicon|Antioquia}} [[Sporting Florencia]]
| Florencia, Antioquia
| Estadio Isidro Cabrales
| 10,500
|-
| {{flagicon|Mountbatten}} [[Stanford United]]
| Stanford, Mountbatten
| Stanford Community Stadium
| 17,250
|-
| {{flagicon|District of Metropolis}} [[Talleres de Ciudad Piar|Talleres (CP)]]
| Ciudad Piar, District of Metropolis
| Estadio Michael Baek
| 15,000
|}
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