The Liga-1 (League-1 in English and Ligue-1 in French), is Valladares’s top 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 Liga-2, Valladares’s second division.
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 weekends, with some on Friday nights and one matchday during Independence Day on October 8th. It is broadcast by VSPN and VBC Sports, who own rights to the league's featured matches every week, and several regional broadcasters who own the rights to the remaining matches not chosen by either VSPN or VBC Sports.
The Liga-1 was set up in 1977 as the Valladar Super League, the first national league competition ever organized in Valladares, and before that, its most prominent teams were competing in amateur leagues organized by the Football Associations of each federal state. The first league season was contested in 1978 by 16 clubs, but it was later expanded to 20 in 1980. Historically, the league has been dominated by Fontvielle Impact and Metropolis Alligators, from the industrial town of Fontvielle and the capital city Metropolis respectively, both of whom being the only clubs that have won 5 or more leagues in a row. L’Impact’s 11 titles and the Alligators’s 10 mean that half of all the titles contested have been won between the two clubs. For its 31st season, in 2008, it was taken over by the Liga Federal de Valladares and rebranded as the Liga-1.
The current champions of the league are AS Bezieres, who won their eighth title at the conclusion of the forty-second season. Every year, at the start of the season, the last season’s champions play the last season’s champions of the King's Shield in an event known as the Canalave Crown, and in addition to this, the league’s top teams every season get to play in the tournaments organized by UICA, such as the Champions’ Cup and the Globe Cup. The league is currently ranked as the 5th strongest league of the multiverse, according to the UICA rankings for UICA season 57.
Clubs for Season 43
Club
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Location
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Stadium
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Capacity
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AD Cerro
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Cerro, District of Metropolis
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Estadio Marcus Trent
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15,000
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AS Bezieres
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Bezieres, Foix
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Stade de Foix-Jules Picot
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63,150
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Bohemians Metropolis
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Metropolis
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Estadio Luis Frattini
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18,500
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Canalave Dragons
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Canalave, Canalave
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Dragon Stadium
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50,091
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Deportivo Junín
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City of Junín
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Arena Junín
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43,394
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Eterna Stars
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Eterna City, Eterna
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Alain Tramontin Stadium
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60,207
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Fontvielle Impact
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Fontvielle, Foix
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Stade de la Frontière
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41,378
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Marinos Metropolis
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Metropolis
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Metropolis Dome
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65,000
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Metropolis Alligators
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Metropolis
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Metropolis Dome
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65,000
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Nacional
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Metropolis
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City of Metropolis Stadium
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47,625
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Nord Energie FC
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Toril, Eterna
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Municipal Stadium
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12,700
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Olympique de Fontvielle
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Fontvielle, Foix
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Stade de l'Amitié
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29,027
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Patriotas FC
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Columbus, Mountbatten
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Danube Canyon Stadium
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21,000
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Pradera FC
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Pradera, Antioquia
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Estadio Gobernador Villa
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25,272
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Pumas Maldonado
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Maldonado, Chiquito
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Estádio do Maldonado
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23,000
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RC Belfort
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Gatineau, Foix
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Stade Omnisports Gatineau
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17,500
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Real Campo Grande
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Campo Grande, Chiquito
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Estádio Estadual Armando Bozzelli
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58,259
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Slateport Bulls
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Slateport, Eterna
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Estadio de la Riviera
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40,000
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Tannenberg FC
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Carloburgo, Mountbatten
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White Meadow Arena
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69,780
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Valencia FC
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Valencia, Antioquia
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Estadio Municipal de Valencia
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17,500
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Roll of Honour
Club
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Winners
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Seasons Won
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Fontvielle Impact
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11
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5, 8, 9, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 41
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Metropolis Alligators
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10
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1, 3, 14, 15, 18, 31, 32, 33, 34, 39
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AS Bezieres
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8
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10, 11, 13, 16, 27, 36, 40, 42
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Tannenberg FC
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3
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6, 17, 38
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Nacional
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3
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7, 12, 30
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Eterna Stars
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2
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2, 20
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Marinos Metropolis
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1
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4
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Canalave Dragons
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1
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19
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Edmonton United
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1
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29
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Olympique de Fontvielle
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1
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35
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Pradera FC
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1
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37
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