Vilanian Football League

Football in Vilania is huge. In fact, it is far and away our country’s most popular sport. While our national team certainly attracts lots of attention, club football is also very popular. Professional club football in Vilania is organized into a four-tier promotion and relegation league system known as the Vilanian Football League, or VFL (the official logo of the VFL is shown above). The four leagues are the Vilanian Premier League or VPL (first tier), VFL Championship (second tier), VFL Division I (third tier), and VFL Division II (fourth tier). This bulletin is an overview guide of the VFL system.

First of all, we will discuss the four leagues. The VPL has 20 teams and the three lower leagues each have 24. Promotion and relegation occur at the end of each season, and they work like this:

The bottom three teams in the Premier League are relegated to the Championship.

The top two teams in the Championship are promoted to the VPL, while the third through sixth place teams compete in a promotion playoff for the third spot. The bottom four teams are relegated to Division I.

The top three teams in Division I are promoted to the Championship, while the fourth through seventh place teams compete in a promotion playoff for the fourth spot. The bottom four teams are relegated to Division II.

The top three teams in Division II are promoted to Division I, while the fourth through seventh place teams compete in a promotion playoff for the fourth spot. The bottom two teams are relegated to the Vilanian National League (VNL), the fifth tier of Vilanian football and the highest league that is not fully professional.

The teams currently in the four divisions are:

Vilanian Premier League:

Sporting Kingsbury FC

Kingsbury City FC

St. Clair Royals FC

Olympic FC

Vilania City Cavalry FC

Hamilton Knights FC

South End United FC

Wave City FC

San Laurenz FC

St. William FC

Westbridge Warriors FC

FC Newport

Atlantic FC

Goldwater United FC

AFC Whitefield

Green York City AFC

New Providence Loons FC

Eastwood Army FC

Brighampton FC

Union Saint-Pierre FC

VFL Championship:

Kingsbury United FC

Liberty FC

Dynamo Hamilton FC

Hamilton 104 FC

Hamilton Fire FC

Goldwater City FC

Racing Goldwater FC

FC Palatina

Valley AFC

Westbridge United FC

Green York United AFC

Union Brighampton FC

Sporting St. Clair FC

Newport Sharks FC

New Providence Blackhawks FC

New Madrid United FC

Force FC

Annapolis FC

AFC Waterford

Longford Stars FC

Northwood United FC

Staunton Cadets FC

Dynamo Downsview FC

Sporting San Laurenz FC

VFL Division I:

White Palace FC

Kingsbury Lagoon FC

Vilania City Admirals FC

Union Hamilton FC

Hamilton Wanderers FC

New Madrid Central FC

New Madrid City FC

San Fernando FC

Sporting Green York AFC

San Laurenz 27 FC

Galaxy FC

RKV Fighters FC

Sutherland AFC

White Beach FC

Evanston Town FC

AFC Greenville

Racing Whitefield FC

Notre Dame FC

Brighampton Crew FC

Waterford 66 FC

Westbridge Yellowjackets FC

New Bratislava FC

Murphysboro United FC

Ridgeton Town FC

VFL Division II:

Kingsbury 45 FC

West Kingsbury FC

Sporting Vilania City FC

Wake Forest FC

Williamsburg AFC

Hamilton Arsenal FC

New Hamilton FC

San Juan United FC

Saint-Pierre Front FC

Green York Central AFC

San Laurenz South FC

Goldwater Falcons FC

St. William 72 FC

Drayton City FC

Westbridge North FC

Westbridge South FC

Syracuse AFC

Newport Mariners FC

Southside Wanderers FC

Waterford Eagles FC

FC Exeter

Wilmington Town FC

Eastwood Rams FC

Thunder FC

Here are the four league logos:

The VFL also has three tournament competitions throughout the season. The biggest is the VFL Cup, which is played between all 92 clubs in the four divisions. Then, there are the two league cups. The first, the VPL Cup, is played between the 20 Premier League matches, and the second, the VFL Trophy, is played between the 72 teams in the Championship, Division I, and Division II.

Here are the three cup logos:

The final competition is arguably the highest stakes. It is called the VFL Grand Final, and is essentially the game that decides the best football club in Vilania for each season. In this match, the winner of the Premier League faces the winner of the VFL Cup at the National Stadium. If one team wins both competitions, they face the runner up of the Premier League instead.

Here is the Grand Final logo:

Each season begins on the second Sunday of March with the VFL Community Shield, which features the two most recent Grand Final winners facing off at the National Stadium. Here is that logo:

Premier League Club Logos:

And that’s all. Feel free to ask questions in the comments. This will be linked into my national information bulletin.