Competition Format - Season 18

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Competition Format - Season 18

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Premier Division/Division One (U23 Prem League/ Youth League D1)

12 teams in each competition. Each team plays each other twice, once home and once away. Bottom 3 from Premier Division are relegated to Division One. Top two teams from Division One are promoted to the Premier Division. Teams in 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th qualify for playoffs. Bottom team in Division One may be removed dependant on manager status/ new team status.

Division One Play-Offs (Youth League D1 Play-Offs)

6th plays 3rd, 5th plays 4th then they play a reverse fixture. Away goals DO apply in the semi finals but not in the 1 legged final. Winner gets promoted to Premier Division

FMFA CUP

All teams in the FMFA qualify for the cup.
The cup is a single leg knockout competition with home advantage apart from final which is on a neutral venue.
Round 1 will be the 12 current teams who did not qualify for the Anglo-American Champions League and Anglo-Anglo Trophy plus the four new teams to the league.
Round 2 will be the 8 winners from round 1 plus the 8 teams in the Anglo-American Champions League and Anglo-Anglo Trophy
Quarter Final will be the 8 winners from round 2
Semi-Final will be the 4 winners from the Quarter Finals
Final will be the semi-final winners

FMFA LEAGUE CUP

16 teams participate. All teams not qualified for Anglo-American Champions League and Anglo-American Trophy qualify for League Cup. All rounds apart from the final are over two legs and away goals will count if level after two legs. If this does not decided a winner then extra time and penalties will be used.

ANGLO-AMERICAN CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

The top four teams in the Premier League qualify for the following seasons competition. If the champion of the Anglo American Champions League does not qualify through league position they will take the place of the 4th Premier Division team. These four teams will be joined by the current champions of USA (MLS), Mexico (Liga MX), Brazil (Serie A) and Argentina (Primera Division).

They will play in two groups of 4 playing each other twice, once home once away with the top two from each group proceeding to the semi finals. The top of each group play the second in the other group over a two legged semi-final. If level after two legs the away goals will count and if this does not decide a winner then extra time and penalties will be used.

ANGLO-AMERICAN TROPHY

The current winners of the FMFA Cup and FMFA League Cup qualify for this tournament along with the next two highest positioned league teams in the Premier Division that do not qualify for the Anglo-American Champions League. Should any of the cup winners qualify for the Champions League or qualify for this tournament on league position then their place will go to the next highest placed Premier League team. These four teams will be joined by the current cup winners of Mexico (Copa MX), Brazil (Copa do Brasil) and Argentina (Copa Argentina) and USA (MLS Runer-Up).

They will play in two groups of 4 playing each other twice, once home once away with the top two from each group proceeding to the semi finals. The top of each group play the second in the other group over a two legged semi-final. If level after two legs the away goals will count and if this does not decide a winner then extra time and penalties will be used.

U23 CUP

All U23 teams in the FMFA qualify for the U23 Cup.

All rounds apart from the final are over two legs and away goals will count if level after two legs. If this does not decided a winner then extra time and penalties will be used.

FMFA CHAMPIONS CUP

Winner of Premier Division v Winner of FMFA Cup.

Should the cup winner also be the league champions then the cup runner-up will play the league champions.
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