International Association Football League

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The International Association Football League is a football competition in which thirty-six clubs from six nations compete in two conferences, the Fire Conference and the Granite Conference.

Each club plays 34 matches per season, one home and one away against each of the other 17 clubs in its conference. At the end of the season, one team from each nation is relegated to the top level of the nation’s domestic league system, determined by a playoff between the nation’s lowest finisher in each conference. The team is replaced with another club from that nation, chosen by the nation’s football association. The top four teams from each conference, regardless of nationality, qualify for the postseason where a direct knockout format over two legs is used to determine the league champion.

History

The IAFL was created by the football associations of Bedistan, Casari, and Milchama. In the original format, a single conference of eighteen teams was used, and the winner won the league title. The team from each nation finishing lowest was relegated. In the third season, Liverpool England joined, and the league expanded to twenty-four teams, though the format remained essentially the same. For the fifth season, Capitalizt SLANI—recognized by the IAFL as the football association of the Unified Capitalizt States—and Krytenia joined, and rather than using a single thirty-six team league, the format was changed to two conferences of eighteen teams, three from each nation. Playoffs were added to determine the league winner and the teams to be relegated.

Oliverry and the Lowland Clans are tentatively slated to join the IAFL in the sixth season.

Members

Nation Season joined Football association Relegation to
Bedistan 1 Bedistan Football Association Súprelige
Casari 1 Casari Soccer Authority Casaran Professional League First Division
Milchama 1 Milchama Football League
Liverpool England 3 Football Association of Liverpool England Liverpool England High League
Krytenia 5
Unified Capitalizt States 5 Capitalizt SLANI C4 Champions League

League results

Seasons 1–4

Season Champions Highest finishers Relegated
Bedistan Casari Liverpool England Milchama Bedistan Casari Liverpool England Milchama
1 Tyrellia City (Casari) Carter FC (6th) Tyrellia City (1st) Did not participate Desert Foxes (2nd) South Coast United (16th) Tyrellian International (18th) Did not participate Chaialim (15th)
2 Presscot FC (Casari) Carter FC (4th) Presscot FC (1st) Did not participate Great Alexandria (2nd) Graceville Salamanders (17th) West Baronies SC (13th) Did not participate Rising Fireballs (18th)
3 Presscot FC (Casari) Sokojiwa Dosi CK (8th) Presscot FC (1st) North Fence Pushing (2nd) Great Alexandria (4th) Dennis FC (22nd) Leyton FC (21st) Folenisa (23rd) Norman Spartans (24th)
4 Sokojiwa Dosi CK (Bedistan) Sokojiwa Dosi CK (1st) Brighton Hill FC (3rd) Al-Digoshi F.C. (5th) Legions of Hope (4th) Jackson FC (21st) United Arcadian (24th) Alnwick Torpedo F.C. (23rd) Desert Foxes (22nd)

Season 5

Season Champions Fire Cup winner Granite Cup winner Relegated
Bedistan Capitalizt SLANI Casari Krytenia Liverpool England Milchama
5 Legions of Hope (Milchama) Sokojiwa Dosi CK (Bedistan) Sonoma Center Panthers (Capitalizt SLANI) Graceville Salamanders 소코지토 도시 결합뒌 (Sokojito Dosi Gyūlhabdwen) Leyton FC Mercia Kovenham Talbott Invading Crusaders


Football in Bedistan
Bedistan national football team
International Association Football League
Súprelige | Áltelige | Médilige | Báïelige | Fíbelige
Cup competitions: Bedistani Cup | League Cup | BFA Trophy
Old leagues: BPL | BFL ('65) | BFA | BFL ('14) | West | North | Heartland | Deep South
Governing bodies: Bedistan Football Association
Notable clubs
Alexandria | Bucks Lake | Carter | Dennis | Esto | Floral | Forest Hill | Graceville | Hundon
Jamaica | Justus | Lolestu | San Diego | San Solari | Sokojiwa | South Coast | Yuba Utd
Football in the Unified Capitalizt States
National teams: Capitalizt SLANI national football team, Jasīʼyūn national football team
Associations: Capitalizt SLANI, 자스연 (Jasīʼyūn)
Capitalizt SLANI League: International Association Football League/SLANI International League, C4 Champions League, Bluefox Axtra League
자스연 리그 (Jasīʼyūn Ligī): 자본가 췌고 리그 (Jabonga Çwego Ligī), 자본가 높은 리그 (Jabonga Nopʼīn Ligī)
Cups: Aeropag Tribune Cup, Capitalizt Super Cup, 자스연 컵 (Jasīʼyūn Kūb), TakilQuip Cup
Teams: Port Lusambo, Sonoma Center