Preseason Update #2
Registration for the 2021-2022 season is complete. For those unable to join this year, we hope to have you join next year.
Here are some more updates now that we are closer to the season:
1. We are expanding the league this year and will need more volunteers to run the league, especially with scorekeeping on matchday. Please message the management and we will add you to the group.
2. New player assessment will be held on November 7th. Attendance is mandatory for new players. Unfortunately, due to capacity limits, only the new players and GMs will be allowed to attend.
3. The Draft will be held on Monday November 8th (tentative).
4. Regular season teams will be split into two divisions: Sharq (East) and Gharb (West). Teams will play within division twice and opposite division once.
5. The Quarterfinals and Semi-finals will be two legs; the final will be one leg. Quarterfinals teams will play seeds from opposite division i.e. 1v4, 2v3 and the higher seed needs just a draw at aggregate over both legs to advance (i.e. there will be no penalty shootouts in the quarterfinal). In the semi-finals, a draw after two legs at full-time will lead to penalty shootouts. Penalty shootouts will also follow a draw at full-time in the final.
6. Our General Managers for the upcoming season will be:
Sharq (East) Division
Hejaz FC - Taqi Ahmed
Jerusalem FC - Syed Murtaza Tirmizi
Samarra FC - Junaid Akram
Sham FC - Muhammad Shah
Gharb (West) Division
Anatolia FC - Zain Khilji
Andalusia FC - Owais Ansari
Maghrib FC - Danish Khan
Masr FC - Omar El-Askalany
7. The schedule is confirmed but subject to changes due to weather cancellations. The playoffs will be 2 legs with teams playing cross division.
Nov 7th - New player assessment
Nov 8th - Draft (tentative)
Nov 14th - Matchweek 1
Nov 21st - Matchweek 2
Nov 28th - Matchweek 3
Dec 5th - Matchweek 4
Dec 12th - Matchweek 5
Dec 19th - Matchweek 6
Jan 9th - Matchweek 7
Jan 16th - Matchweek 8
Jan 23rd - Matchweek 9
Jan 30th - Matchweek 10
Feb 6th - Quarterfinal (Leg #1)
Feb 13th - Quarterfinal (Leg#2)
Feb 27th - Semifinal (Leg#1)
Mar 6th - Semifinal (Leg#2)
Mar 13th - Finals
NOTE: No matches will be played on the following Sundays: December 26th, January 2th and February 20th.
More details to come.