Valladar Liga-2

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Liga-2
Founded1977
CountryValladares
ConfederationCRF
IFCF
Number of teams20
Level on pyramid2
Promotion toLiga-1
Relegation toLiga-3
Domestic cup(s)King's Shield
International cup(s)IFCF Liga B Champions Trophy
IFCF Challengers Cup
Cup Winners' Cup
(latter two through King’s Shield)
Current championsCAP
(72)
TV partnersGOL
Websitewww.lfv.vd/liga2
Current: Valladar Liga-2 73

The Valladar Liga-2 (League-2 in English and Ligue-2 in French), is Valladares’s second division of 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-1 and Valladar Liga-3, Valladares’s first and third divisions, respectively.

The season runs from March to November, during which time 38 matches are played per team, totalling 380 matches overall. The vast majority of matches are played on Fridays, with two featured matches per round played on Monday nights 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-2 was set up in 1977 along with the Valladar Super League (now Liga-1) as the Valladar B-League, and has served as the second 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-2. The current champions of the league are CAP Los Chorros, who will be returning to the top tier for Season 73.

Competition format

There are 20 clubs in Liga-2. 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-1 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-1's seventeenth-placed club. As for relegation, the three lowest placed clubs are relegated to the Liga-3, with the fourth-lowest placed club playing a play-off against a Liga-3 club, and three teams from Liga-3 are promoted in their place: the top-two and the final play-off winner.

Clubs for Season 73

The following 20 clubs will be competing in the 73rd Liga-2 season.

Club Location Stadium Capacity
District of Metropolis AD Cerro Cerro, District of Metropolis Estadio Municipal Marcus Trent 15,000
Westlands Adelaide Kickers Adelaide, Westlands Westlands Stadium 17,500
Mountbatten Ajax Carloburgo Carloburgo, Mountbatten Olympic Stadium 38,755
Foix AS Lausanne Lausanne, Foix Stade Auguste-Mayot 11,100
Eterna AS Mont-Blanc White Mount, Eterna Laurent Bellerin Stadium 12,000
Foix AS Montreux Montreux, Foix Stade Micoud 15,500
District of Metropolis Atlético Nápoles Metropolis Estadio Andrew Chosroes 23,000
Canalave Canalave Rangers Canalave, Canalave Trefford Park 10,000
Mountbatten Carloburgo Phoenix Carloburgo, Mountbatten Olympic Stadium 38,755
District of Metropolis Danubio FC Metropolis Estadio Andrew Chosroes 23,000
Antioquia Defensores de Villafuerte Villafuerte, Antioquia Estadio Municipal Capitán Rincón 13,000
Eterna Eterna Celtic Eterna City, Eterna Venndale Stadium 15,400
FC Sillimus City of Sillimus Moss Tower Stadium 19,500
Westlands FC Townsville Townsville, Westlands Townsville Municipal Stadium 16,000
Westlands Hoxford Rovers Hoxford, Westlands Westlands Stadium 17,500
Eterna Nord Energie FC Toril, Eterna Municipal Stadium 15,000
District of Metropolis Servette FC Servette, District of Metropolis Stade Municipal Henri Cousteau 21,945
Antioquia Valencia FC Valencia, Antioquia Estadio Tricentenario 30,244
Angostura Western Suburbs FC Vincent, Angostura Vincent Stadium 20,500
Angostura Yumbo FC Yumbo, Angostura Estadio Guachicona 11,000