2017–18 Campionato Sammarinese di Calcio explained

Competition:Campionato Sammarinese di Calcio
Season:2017–18
Winners:La Fiorita
Continentalcup1:Champions League
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:La Fiorita
Continentalcup2:Europa League
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers:Folgore
Tre Fiori
Matches:164
Total Goals:529
Prevseason:2016–17
Nextseason:2018–19
Updated:23 May 2018

The 2017–18 Campionato Sammarinese di Calcio was the 33rd season since its establishment. It is the highest level in San Marino, in which the country's top 15 amateur football clubs played. The season begin on 8 September 2017 and concluded with the play-off final on 23 May 2018. La Fiorita were the defending champions from the previous season. The fixtures and group compositions were announced on 19 August 2017.[1]

Participating teams

Because there is no promotion or relegation in the league, the same 15 teams who competed in the league last season competed in the league this season.

Regular season

The 15 clubs were split into two groups; one with eight clubs and another with seven clubs.

Group A

Group B

Results

All teams played twice against the teams within their own group and once against the teams from the other group. This means that the clubs in the eight-club group played 21 matches each while the clubs in the seven-club group played 20 matches each during the regular season.[2]

Play-offs

The top three teams from each group advanced to a play-off which determined the season's champion and qualifiers for the Champions League and the Europa League.

The play-offs were played in a double-elimination format with both regular season group winners earning byes in the first and second round. All matches were decided over one leg with extra time and then penalties used to break ties, when required.

First round

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Second round

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Domagnano eliminated.

Third round

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Libertas eliminated.

Fourth round

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Tre Penne eliminated.

Semi-final

Tre Fiori eliminated and qualified for Europa League.

Final

La Fiorita qualified for 2018–19 Champions League preliminary round and Folgore qualified for 2018–19 Europa League preliminary round.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sono nati! Ecco i calendari di Campionato Sammarinese e Coppa Titano. Were born! Here are the calendars of the Sammarinese Championship and the Titan Cup. 19 August 2017. San Marino Football Federation. it. 25 August 2017.
  2. Web site: Campionato 2017/2018 - Season rules. Scoresway. 26 August 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170906172234/http://www.scoresway.com/?sport=soccer&page=competition&id=160&view=rules. 6 September 2017. dead.