St Samuel Football Association
The St Samuel Football Association (The SSFA) is the governing body of football in St Samuel and is a member of the Union of Saint Holden Football Association.
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Overview
The FA governs all professional football clubs in St Samuel. All of St Samuel's professional football clubs must be members of the Football Association. The SSFA is responsible for the appointment of the management of the St Samuel's men's and women's national teams, the organization of the King's Cup (the nation's most prestigious cup competition), and is the governing body of the 10 professional divisions.
History
The SSFA was founded in 1895 by Sir Francisco Della Montlivio. The original concept was 6 football clubs in one division named the Royal St Samuel Football League. Since those days when the SSFA was a tiny comitee, the association has grown from strength to strength and now has 200 professional football teams and a whole host womens, youth and amateur branches.
St Samuel National Team
- Nickname: The Latin Crusaders
- Home colours: Light Blue
- Away colours: White
- Third colours: Light Yellow
World Cup History
- World Cup 34 Qualifiers: 5th in Group 5
- World Cup 35 Qualifiers: 4th in Group 12
- World Cup 36 Qualifiers: 4th in Group 9
- World Cup 37 Qualifiers: 4th in Group 11
Other Tournaments
- Cup of Harmony 26
- Di Bradini Cup U21 Cup
Former Players
Domestic Competitions
- King's Cup - Knockout competition consisting of every professional and amateur club in the country.
- Queen's Cup - Knockout competition consisting of teams from Division 1 to Division 5.
- Prince's Cup - Knockout competition consisting of teams from Division 6 to Division 10.
- Royal Cup - Competition consisting of every professional club starting in a group stage and ending in a knockout phase.
Domestic League
Division 1
Division 2
Division 3
Division 4
Division 5
Division 6
Division 7
Division 8
Division 9
Division 10
Each division consist's of 20 teams and from each division (except the Royal King's Division) the top two teams are automaticaly promoted and 3rd to 6th enter a playoff competition in which one team will also gain promotion. In all divisions, three teams will be relegated.
Below Division 10 is the Royal Amateur Football Premier League in which the top two teams win promotion into Division 10 and a 3rd team is also promoted after winning the play-off, as with the professional division play-off system.
The Amateur Football League is a pyramid system going all the way down to grass roots football.
