Q-League
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| Founded | 1890 as Quebecois Premiership |
|---|---|
| Country | Quebec and Shingoryeo |
| Confederation | IFCF |
| Number of teams | 20 |
| Level on pyramid | 1 |
| Relegation to | The Championship |
| Domestic cup(s) | Coupe de la Reine |
| League cup(s) | RQFA Mossun Cup |
| International cup(s) | IFCF Champions League IFCF Challengers Cup IFCF Associations Trophy |
| Current Shield | Montreal Koreana (32 titles) (152) |
| Most championships | Montreal Koreana (32 titles) |
| TV partners | QBC |
| Website | www.qleague.que/en |
The Q-League is the highest level of association football in Quebec and Shingoryeo. Administrated by the Royal Quebecois Football Association, the Q-League contests 20 teams from all across the nation, and uses a promotion-relegation system of three to four teams between it and the Quebecois Championship, also shortened as 'The Championship' for common use.
Seasons run from late August to early May, during which two halves of the season - Ouverture (late August to Boxing Day) and Fermeture (early January to early May) - are being played over a 38-week, 380-match stretch. Most matches are played between Friday nights and Sunday afternoons, with occasional matches played on Wednesdays and Thursdays. Current RQFA regulations prohibit holding a match involving a Q-League side outside of RQFA State League, something that usually leads into a compressed calendar with international windows and IFCF calendars taken into account for many players and clubs.
Bankrolled by strong Quebecois Pound (Q£), as well as strong attendance and sponsorship figures, the Q-League enjoys strong financial stability that allows its reputation to continue as a self-sustaining league. Ownership structures tend to vary between sports societies whose fans are mandated to own at least 51% of the club stakes and are supported by a wide range of internal sponsors, and that of the clubs with clearer owners after extensive measures taken place to vet their suitability. The league also prides itself in never having a title sponsor, a rare feature among domestic football leagues across the multiverse. Domestic rights for the Q-League, the Championship and the Coupe de la Reine are broadcasted by three national broadcasters along language lines, with the QBC Sports (Korean-language broadcasts), FAS TV (English-language broadcasts), and Tele-1 (French-language broadcasts) holding the league rights according to the language of broadcast.
Internationally, the Q-League is considered to be a competitive, mid-major league on the upper-half of the IFCF ladder, with a strong reputation for developing high calibre talent and housing dozens of notable international similarly to its equivalents in Ko-oren, Mytanija and the Licentian Isles. Regularly its stars, both Quebecois and foreigner, use the league as a springboard to seek opportunities abroad in the bigger Chromatik Red League, Nepharan Zenith, and the Shango-Fogoa Premier League. Currently the Q-League is ranked ninth in IFCF, third-highest in northwestern Anaia behind Chromatika and Ko-oren, and highest in northwestern Atlantian Oceania ahead of Squornshelan Remnant States.
The Q-League winners play for the Salamantic Supercup, a pre-season cup competition that pits the Quebecois champion against their equivalents from Ko-oren, one of three closest geographical rivals located in northern Anaia. They have also played as one of the three sides to play in the Northern Shield, a currently dormant football competition that pitted Quebec and Shingoryeo and Chromatika on annual basis. The current champions are Montreal Koreana FC, who won in the 2056-57 season after beating Mipojoseon FC, 1-0 on extra time after 0-0 draw in regulation, in the 2057 Grand Final pitting the Ouverture and the Fermeture winners.
Clubs
2057-58 Season (2.13)
Select Former clubs
| Club | Location | Last Q-League season |
|---|---|---|
| AJ Anju | Anju, Abitibi-Agawa | 2054-56 (2.11) |
| Baie-Verte | Baie-Verte, Joongyeong | 2056-57 (2.12) |
| Club Racing de Myeongju | Myeongju, Nord-Est | 2054-56 (2.11) |
| Club Sportive de Portbou | Portbou, Saguenay | 2056-57 (2.12) |
| Dukhoborian | Songwha City, Nord-Est | 2043-44 (2.02) |
| Habpo Koreana | Twin Cities, Acadie | 2054-56 (2.12) |
| Hamilton Steelers | Hamilton, Mahan | 2045-46 (2.04) |
| Hanbat Fury | Hanbat, Terre-Aux-Oiseaux | 2043-44 (2.02) |
| Hochelaga | City of Hochelaga, Songak | 2044-45 (2.03) |
| Huronia 4.25 | Fort-Huron, Mahan | 2048-50 (2.06) |
| Iqaluit Red Army | Iqaluit, Nunavut | 2050-51 (2.07) |
| Lakeshore | Kingston, Mahan | 2050-51 (2.07) |
| Levis Athletic | Levis, Joongyeong | 2052-53 (2.09) |
| Nunavut North Stars | Iqaluit, Nunavut | 2056-57 (2.12) |
| PLI Islanders | Bannockburn Park, Acadie | 2051-52 (2.08) |
| Club Impact de Songak | Songak, Songak | 2044-45 (2.03) |
| Trojana Condommakers FC | Trojana-Trojanajara, Yoseo-Manitoba | 2054-56 (2.11) |
| Vaughan-York Azzurri | Vaughan-York Parish, Mahan | 2042-43 (2.01) |
List of Titles Won
| Club | Winners | Championship seasons |
|---|---|---|
| Montreal Koreana | ★★★ 32 |
1904-05, 1909-10, 1951-52, 1956-57, 1964-65, 1966-67, 1992-93, 1993-94, 1996-97, 1998-99, 1999-2000, 2000-01, 2007-08, 2009-10, 2010-11, 2012-13, 2016-17, 2018-19, 2019-20, 2023-24, 2024-25, 2028-29, 2030-31, 2033-34, 2040-41, 2041-42, 2043-44, 2044-45, 2047-48, 2052-53, 2054-55, 2056-57 |
| CSKA Quebec | ★★ 21 |
1892-93, 1902-03, 1905-06, 1913-14, 1921-22, 1922-23, 1945-46, 1952-53, 1955-56, 1965-66, 1975-76, 1978-79, 1979-80, 1982-83, 1984-85, 1986-87, 1989-90, 2020-21, 2036-37, 2037-38, 2045-46 |
| St. John's Arsenal | ★ 14 |
1924-25, 1934-35, 1936-37, 1947-48, 1970-71, 1988-89, 1995-96, 2002-03, 2003-04, 2017-18, 2020-21, 2022-23, 2025-26, 2032-33 |
| Haligonian | ★ 12 |
1891-92, 1898-99, 1900-01, 1911-12, 1916-17, 1931-32, 1954-55, 1959-60, 1977-78, 1983-84, 2038-39, 2042-43 |
| Zenit Attawapiskat | 9 | 1908-09, 1932-33, 1940-41, 1941-42, 1958-59, 1974-75, 1997-98, 2013-14, 2021-22 |
| Heart of Saguenay | 8 | 1893-94, 1907-08, 1914-15, 1917-18, 1939-40, 1971-72, 1973-74, 1980-81 |
| Olympique de Rimouski | 7 | 1972-73, 1985-86, 1991-92, 2006-07, 2027-28, 2045-46, 2049-50 |
| Jolbonopolis United | 7 | 1918-19, 1925-26, 1943-44, 1949-50, 1950-51, 1957-58, 2001-02 |
| Levis Athletic | 7 | 1912-13, 1920-21, 1929-30, 1942-43, 1960-61, 1969-70, 1987-88 |
| Mipojoseon | 6 | 1896-97, 1926-27, 2048-49, 2050-51, 2051-52, 2053-54 |
| Kingston FC | 6 | 1923-24, 1928-29, 1963-64, 1976-77, 2005-06, 2039-40 |
| Swangard Athletic | 5 | 1981-82, 2004-05, 2031-32, 2034-35, 2035-36 |
| Northandryun Rovers | 4 | 1930-31, 1937-38, 1962-63, 1994-95 |
| Wansan Noksaekjeonsa | 3 | 2008-09, 2011-12, 2026-27 |
| Forest City Athletic | 3 | 1903-04, 1938-39, 1968-69 |
| Hamilton Steelers | 3 | 1901-02, 1930-31, 1953-54 |
| Habpo Koreana | 3 | 1906-07, 1915-16, 1944-45 |
| Perce Town | 2 | 2046-47, 2055-56 |
| Trojana Condommakers FC | 2 | 2015-16, 2029-30 |
| Montreal City | 2 | 1933-34, 1967-68 |
| Baie-Verte | 2 | 1927-28, 1948-49 |
| Jolbonopolis Spartak | 2 | 1897-98, 1946-47 |
| Hochelaga | 2 | 1899-1900, 1919-20 |
| Cornwall Clippers | 2 | 1890-91, 1895-96 |
| Iqaluit Red Army | 1 | 2014-15 |
| Oakwood Schooners | 1 | 1961-62 |
| Daedonggang United | 1 | 1910-11 |
| AJ Anju | 1 | 1894-95 |