Campionato Sammarinese di Calcio explained

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Country:San Marino
Confed:UEFA (Europe)
Teams:16
Level:1
Domest Cup:Coppa Titano
Super Coppa Sammarinese
Confed Cup:UEFA Champions League
UEFA Europa League
UEFA Europa Conference League
Champions:Virtus (1st title)
Season:2023–24
Most Successful Club:S.P. Tre Fiori (8)
Top Goalscorer:Imre Badalassi
(134 goals)
Tv:San Marino RTV
Website:Website
Current:2023–24 Campionato Sammarinese di Calcio

Campionato Sammarinese di Calcio (English translation: Sammarinese Football Championship) is the highest competition for football clubs located at the only level of the Sammarinese football league system (no relegation system exists) and has been operating since the 1985–1986 season.[1] Currently, Campionato Sammarinese di Calcio is ranked last (55th) among European leagues according to UEFA's league coefficient, which is based on the performance of Sammarinese clubs in the Champions League, Europa League and the Conference League.[2] [3]

Rules

Until 1996, the league had two levels, Serie A1 and Serie A2, and a relegation/promotion system. However, the teams promoted from the second level could also participate in the championship play-off against Serie A1's first teams. All the clubs play at the same level since then. Before 2018–2019 season, they were split into two divisions called Girone (or "Groups").[4] The teams played home and away matches in their girone and once against the teams from the other girone. The first three teams in each girone entered a double-elimination play-off tournament, which was the only seen in association football world, to decide the championship winners, who qualified for the UEFA Champions League preliminary phase.

In the 2018–2019 season, the rules changed. All the clubs were still split into two girone. The teams played once against the other teams in the same girone. The top four teams in each girone proceeded to group 1 in the second stage, while the others proceeded to group 2. Teams played twice against each team in the same group. The second and the third team in group 2 proceeded to the play-off. The winner of the play-off, the top team in group 2 and the top 6 teams in group 1 proceeded to the final stage. The championship winner qualified for the UEFA Champions League preliminary phase and the first runner-up qualified for the Europa League preliminary phase.

In the 2020–2021 season, a new format was applied. Now, all the teams play in the same league and play each other twice. At the end of the regular season, the top twelve teams proceed to the play-off tournament, deciding the winner who qualifies for the UEFA Champions League preliminary phase, and the loser of the final for the Conference League preliminary phase.

The domestic cup winners qualify for the Europa Conference League preliminary phase.[5]

Stadiums

Sanmarinese teams do not have home grounds of their own. Instead, the following venues are randomly chosen for every match:

StadiumCapacityCity
San Marino Stadium6,664Serravalle
Stadio di Dogana Ezio Conti1,200Dogana
Stadio di Acquaviva900Acquaviva
Stadio di Fiorentino700Fiorentino
Stadio Fonte dell'Ovo600San Marino
Campo Sportivo di Domagnano500Domagnano
Campo Sportivo di Montegiardino500Montegiardino
Stadio Serravalle B500Serravalle

Sometimes the San Marino Stadium, based in Serravalle, is also used. Since there are not many grounds, matches are played on two days of each week, usually Saturday and Sunday. The play-off finals and the European fixtures are always played in the Stadio Olimpico.

Teams (2023–24)

There are 16 teams in championship.

TeamCity
Cailungo
Serravalle
Domagnano
Faetano
Fiorentino
Falciano
Serravalle
Montegiardino
Borgo Maggiore
Murata
Chiesanuova
San Giovanni sotto le Penne
San Marino
Fiorentino
San Marino
Acquaviva

Champions

Winners by season

The 2019–20 season was abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Tre Fiori, with the highest points obtained before the suspension, was crowned champions and qualified for the UEFA Champions League.

Titles by team

scope=colClubscope=colTitlesscope=colRunners-up
scope=rowTre Fiori84
scope=rowLa Fiorita66
scope=rowFolgore55
scope=rowTre Penne54
scope=rowDomagnano43
scope=rowFaetano31
scope=rowMurata31
scope=rowLibertas13
scope=rowCosmos13
scope=rowPennarossa12
Virtus11
scope=rowMontevito10
scope=rowJuvenes/Dogana03
scope=rowSan Giovanni01
scope=rowCailungo01

Top scorers

YearTop scorerTeamGoals
1997–98 21
2003–04 15
2004–05 19
2009–1013
2010–11 Adolfo Hirsch
Marco Fantini
Roberto Gatti
Alessandro Giunta
Francesco Viroli
Virtus
Juvenes/Dogana
Murata
Tre Fiori
Faetano
12
2011–1211
2012–1317
2013–1418
2014–1516
2015–1620
2016–1727
2017–1820
2018–1922
2019–2016
2020–2113
2021–2224
2022–23 Matteo PrandelliCosmos21
2023-24 Imre BadalassiTre Pennebgcolor=mistyrose30
Most time goalscorers:
Most goals by a player in a single season:

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: San Marino – List of Champions. RSSSF. 3 November 2014. 17 August 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220817094759/https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/sanmchamp.html. live.
  2. Web site: UEFA Country Ranking 2015 . 9 August 2014 . 16 May 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150516182756/http://kassiesa.home.xs4all.nl/bert/uefa/data/method4/crank2015.html . dead .
  3. Web site: San Marino – Member associations – Inside UEFA. UEFA. UEFA. en. 24 November 2018. 25 November 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181125141020/https://www.uefa.com/insideuefa/member-associations/association=smr/index.html. live.
  4. Web site: San Marino and the true meaning of football. thesefootballtimes.co. 2 September 2015. en-GB. 24 November 2018. 25 November 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181125073909/https://thesefootballtimes.co/2015/09/02/san-marino-and-the-true-meaning-of-football/. live.
  5. Web site: uefa.com – Football Europe – News & Features – News Specific . 28 February 2007 . 8 May 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080508062929/http://www.uefa.com/footballeurope/news/kind=2/newsid=504477.html . live .