Valladar Liga-1 season 61

Valladar Liga-1
Season	61
Dates	6 March – 22 November
Champions	AS Bezieres (11th title)
Champions League	AS Bezieres; Nacional
Challengers Cup	Eterna Stars (via Kings' Shield); Canalave Dragons; Metropolis Alligators
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1,067 (2.81 per match)
Biggest home win	Stars 7–2 Maritime; (MD35, 31 October)
Biggest away win	Nacional 0–3 Bohemians; (MD2, 14 March); Servette 0–3 Marinos; (MD19, 12 July); Nord Energie 0–3 Étoile Verte; (MD25, 23 August); Maritime 0–3 Junín; (MD26, 29 August); Impact 3–6 Stars; (MD33, 12 October); Nord Energie 1–4 Slateport; (MD35, 1 November)
Highest scoring	Servette 6–3 Slateport; (MD22, 1 August); Impact 3–6 Stars; (MD33, 12 October); Stars 7–2 Maritime; (MD35, 31 October)
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The Valladar Liga-1 season 61 was the 61st season of the Valladar Liga-1, Valladares's top-flight football league. The season started on 6 March and concluded on 22 November. AS Bezieres won their eleventh title with four matches to spare on 18 October after beating Canalave Dragons by a 2–0 score while at the same time Fontvielle Impact were defeated by Nacional. Tannenberg FC were the defending champions, having won the previous tournament.

Teams

Twenty teams took part in the league in this season: the top seventeen teams from the previous season, plus the Liga-2 60 champions and runners-up FC Maritime Westporte and AS Montreux, as well as AC Tallin, winners of the Liga-2 play-offs.

Stadia and locations

Locations of teams for the 61st Valladar Liga-1 season.

Team	Manager	City	Stadium	Capacity
AC Tallin	Frédéric Galletti	Carloburgo, Mountbatten	Parken Road Stadium	13,500
AD Cerro	Marcelo Castellón	Cerro, District of Metropolis	Estadio Municipal Marcus Trent	15,000
AS Bezieres	Victor Anigo	Bezieres, Foix	Stade de Foix-Jules Picot	63,170
AS Montreux	Guillaume Larsonneur	Montreux, Foix	Stade Micoud	15,500
Bohemians Metropolis	Gilbert Favre	Metropolis, District of Metropolis	Arena Bohemians	25,000
Canalave Dragons	Jean Camacho	City of Canalave, Canalave	Dragon Stadium	50,987
Deportivo Junín	Reece Coleman	Ciudad de Junín	Arena Junín	43,394
Eterna Stars	Fabien Torrente	Eterna City, Eterna	Alain Tramontin Stadium	60,207
Étoile Verte	Frank Boern	Bezieres, Foix	Stade de Charmilliot	13,000
FC Maritime Westporte	Juan Andrés Verzeri	Westporte, Canalave	Riverside Stadium	23,000
Fontvielle Impact	Daniel Bernard	Fontvielle, Foix	Stade de la Frontière	41,378
Marinos Metropolis	Patrick Courtois	Metropolis, District of Metropolis	Estadio Zachary Fortin	50,304
Metropolis Alligators	Martin Boyle	Swangard, District of Metropolis	Alexander I National Stadium	95,021
Nacional	Arthur Bogden	Metropolis, District of Metropolis	City of Metropolis Stadium	47,826
Nord Energie FC	Gustavo Franco	Toril, Eterna	Venndale Stadium	15,400
Olympique de Fontvielle	Glenn Anderson	Fontvielle, Foix	Stade de l'Amitié	29,185
Pradera FC	Daniel Belgrave	Pradera, Antioquia	Estadio de la Montaña	43,174
Servette FC	Pierre Renquin	Servette, District of Metropolis	Stade Municipal Henri Cousteau	21,000
Slateport Bulls	Martín Vásquez	Slateport, Eterna	Estadio de la Riviera	40,110
Tannenberg FC	Thomas Taylor (caretaker)	Carloburgo, Mountbatten	White Meadow Arena	69,780

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
AS Bezieres	Charles dos Santos	End of caretaker tenure	22 November, season 60	Pre-season	Victor Anigo	1 January
AC Tallin	Peter Lutke	Sacked	12 May	20th	Frédéric Galletti	13 May
Tannenberg FC	Ronald Labbadia	Sacked	7 September	18th	Thomas Taylor (caretaker)	7 September

Standings

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	AS Bezieres (C)	38	22	8	8	61	38	+23	74	Qualification for Champions League third preliminary round
2	Nacional	38	21	5	12	63	50	+13	68	Qualification for Champions League second preliminary round
3	Canalave Dragons	38	17	13	8	61	45	+16	64	Qualification for Challengers Cup second preliminary round
4	Metropolis Alligators	38	17	12	9	58	44	+14	63	Qualification for Challengers Cup first preliminary round
5	Bohemians Metropolis	38	17	11	10	58	50	+8	62^[a]
6	Fontvielle Impact	38	18	8	12	57	49	+8	62^[a]
7	Slateport Bulls	38	17	8	13	66	52	+14	59
8	Pradera FC	38	17	6	15	56	50	+6	57
9	Deportivo Junín	38	15	8	15	61	54	+7	53^[b]
10	Tannenberg FC	38	15	8	15	54	53	+1	53^[b]
11	Servette FC	38	15	6	17	43	51	−8	51
12	Marinos Metropolis	38	14	8	16	51	57	−6	50
13	Olympique de Fontvielle	38	12	11	15	50	46	+4	47
14	Eterna Stars	38	11	12	15	56	60	−4	45	Qualification for Challengers Cup third preliminary round^[c]
15	Nord Energie FC	38	12	8	18	48	63	−15	44
16	AD Cerro	38	11	10	17	51	61	−10	43
17	AC Tallin (O)	38	12	6	20	48	57	−9	42	Qualification for Relegation play-off
18	Étoile Verte (R)	38	11	8	19	55	68	−13	41	Relegation to Liga-2
19	AS Montreux (R)	38	9	13	16	41	60	−19	40
20	FC Maritime Westporte (R)	38	7	11	20	29	59	−30	32

Source: LFV
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Head-to-head points, 3) Head-to-head goal difference, 4) Head-to-head goals for, 5) Head-to-head away goals for, 6) Overall goal difference, 7) Overall goals for, 8) Overall away goals for, 9) Fair play points, 10) Play-off (only if needed to decide championship, international qualification or relegation. In all other cases, drawing of lots.)
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (R) Relegated
Notes:

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Head-to-head points: Bohemians Metropolis 4, Fontvielle Impact 1.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Head-to-head points: Deportivo Junín 6, Tannenberg FC 0.
↑ Eterna Stars qualified for the Challengers Cup third preliminary stage by winning the Kings' Shield.

Positions by round

Results

Home \ Away	ACT	ADC	ASB	ASM	BOH	CAD	JUN	ETS	ETV	FCM	FON	MAR	MA	NAC	NE	OF	PRA	SER	SLB	TFC
AC Tallin	—	4–3	4–2	0–0	0–1	1–0	2–1	1–1	2–1	4–0	1–2	2–3	0–2	1–3	1–2	2–1	0–1	1–1	1–3	1−0
AD Cerro	1–3	—	1–2	0–1	0–1	3–5	3–1	1–0	2–2	2–1	1–2	4–2	1–1	0−1	4–3	0–0	0–0	1−2	0–1	3–1
AS Bezieres	2–1	3–0	—	2–0	2–2	2–0	2–0	4–2	3−1	1–1	1−0	1–1	0−1	3–1	2–0	2–0	2–1	2–0	3–2	3–2
AS Montreux	1–3	2–1	0–1	—	2–2	2–2	1–1	0–0	2–2	0–0	2–0	3–1	0–0	2–1	0–1	1–1	2–4	1–0	2–1	1–1
Bohemians Metropolis	1–0	0–1	1–2	2–1	—	0–1	2–1	0–0	3–2	3–2	1–0	2–3	1–2	2−2	1–2	0–0	2–0	1–0	1–1	3–3
Canalave Dragons	2–0	4–2	3–2	2–0	2–2	—	0–0	1−1	1–1	3−1	1–2	2–2	1–0	0–1	2–0	4–3	3–3	1–1	1−0	4–0
Deportivo Junín	2–0	3–0	2–1	4–0	1–2	1–1	—	2–0	1–2	4–2	3–0	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	0–2	1–3	2–1	3–3	1–0
Eterna Stars	3–3	0–0	0–0	2–3	4–1	2−2	1–2	—	1–2	7–2	1−0	2–3	0−2	1–0	1–1	1–1	3–2	0–1	3−2	2−3
Étoile Verte	1–0	3–3	1−2	0–2	2–0	1–0	3–2	4–3	—	0–0	1–1	2–0	0–3	1–3	1–3	2–4	1–2	2–1	1–2	1–3
FC Maritime Westporte	1–0	1–3	2–2	1–0	0–2	1−2	0–3	1–1	0–0	—	0–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–3	0–1	2–1	0–1	2–0	0–0
Fontvielle Impact	3–0	2–1	1−0	2–2	1–1	0–0	3–3	3−6	3–2	2–1	—	0−0	5−3	1–0	1–0	2−0	5–1	3–1	1–0	3–3
Marinos Metropolis	1–0	0–0	0–1	2–0	2–3	1–2	2–0	0–0	3–2	1–1	1−0	—	1−0	1−2	0–2	2–0	2–1	1–1	2−1	1–1
Metropolis Alligators	1–1	2–0	2−2	4–1	1–3	1–2	2–1	1−2	2–2	1–0	2−4	3−1	—	3−1	1–1	2–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	2−4
Nacional	1–0	0−0	1–1	2–1	0−3	2–0	4–3	3–0	1–3	3–0	1–0	5−3	2−1	—	5–1	2–1	1–0	2–1	3–1	3–2
Nord Energie FC	0–1	2–3	1–0	2–2	2–2	0–2	3–2	1–2	0–3	0–1	3–1	3–2	0–0	3–1	—	2–2	2–2	0–1	1–4	2–2
Olympique de Fontvielle	3–2	3–3	0–1	2–0	3–0	1–1	0–0	1–0	3–1	1–2	0−2	0–1	2–3	0–1	4–0	—	0–0	5–3	4–1	1–1
Pradera FC	3–2	0–1	2–0	3–3	3–2	1–2	4–1	4–1	2–1	1–0	3–0	1–0	2–2	1–0	1–0	0–1	—	0–1	1–0	2−1
Servette FC	1–1	2−2	2–1	1–0	1–3	1–1	0–1	0–1	1–0	2–0	1–0	0–3	0–1	4–2	0–1	1–0	2–1	—	6–3	2–1
Slateport Bulls	2–3	1–0	0–0	5–1	1–1	3−1	1–0	3−1	2–0	2–2	0–0	3−1	1–1	4–2	2–0	0–0	1–0	3–0	—	3–1
Tannenberg FC	1−0	0–1	0–1	2–0	0–1	1–0	1–3	0−1	2–1	2–0	2–1	3–1	1−1	1–0	2–1	1–0	2−0	3–0	1–3	—

Source: LFV
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Promotion/relegation play-off

25 November

20:30

Pumas Maldonado	3–2	AC Tallin
Barroso 24' Bastos 56' Antunes 82'		Brücke 65' Lúcio 76' (pen.)

Estádio do Maldonado, Maldonado

Attendance: 14,615

Referee: Clément Seine (Foix)

28 November

17:00

AC Tallin	2–1	Pumas Maldonado
Pinto 14' (o.g.) Blumberg 85'		Lima 57'

Parken Road Stadium, Carloburgo

Attendance: 12,971

Referee: Gary Alvear (District of Metropolis)

Tied 4–4 on aggregate, AC Tallin won on away goals and remained in Liga-1.

Statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Christian Núñez	AS Bezieres	28
2	Adrien Borges	Canalave Dragons	26
3	Nicolás Lucchetti	Nacional	25
4	Alexis Márquez	Slateport Bulls	24
5	Danilo Riveros	Metropolis Alligators	23

Source: LFV

[table_hth_BOH0.92359574508089-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Head-to-head points: Bohemians Metropolis 4, Fontvielle Impact 1.

[table_hth_JUN0.92359574508089-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Head-to-head points: Deportivo Junín 6, Tannenberg FC 0.

[table_note_res_CC3PR0.92359574508089-3] Eterna Stars qualified for the Challengers Cup third preliminary stage by winning the Kings' Shield.

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Associated competitions	Liga-2 Liga-3 Torneo de Verano King's Shield Canalave Crown Champions League Challengers Cup Copa de Campeones