Baltic Futsal League
The Baltic Futsal League is a new futsal club commercial competition involving 8 teams from Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Russia, and Belarus.
Organising body | MTÜ Baltic Futsal League |
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Founded | 2019 |
Region | Baltic |
Number of teams | 8 |
Website | Website |
The competition will take place between October 2019 and April 2020. The competition format is one round among 8 teams, adding up to 28 matches in total.
One of the challenges is the match calendar that suits participants from all countries. Currently the national championships in each country take place at very different times throughout the year.[1]
The matches will be covered by media, social media and online streaming services, including in-depth live statistics.[2] The tournament is being prepared as a media product, hoping to attract sponsors, advertisers, and potentially reach TV audiences. The participating clubs are incentivized by free travel and accommodation.[1] In the first ever Baltic Futsal League press-conference in Saint Petersburg on 14 May 2019, the league organizers paid particular attention at commercial, PR and marketing aspects of the competition, providing free training and consultations to each of the participating clubs.[3] The league will promote growth and experience of the clubs, planning to expand the league in the future, attracting participants from more countries.[4][5][6]
Participants
A total of eight teams will compete:[7][8][9]
- FC Cosmos (Estonia)
- FC Narva United (Estonia)
- FK Vytis Futsal (Lithuania)
- FC Gargzdu Pramogos (Lithuania)
- TFK Rezekne (Latvia)
- FC Petrow (Latvia)
- MFK AGIO-FM (МФК «АЖИО-ФМ») (Russia)
- MFK Stolitsa (МФК «Столица») (Belarus)
Note: Two Saint Petersburg teams «АЖИО» and «Фруктовый мир» have joined together to compete as «АЖИО-ФМ».[7]
Current Season
The first match took place on 2019 October 18 in Riga.[10][11] The last round of the season was planned to take place 11 April 2020 in Tallinn, with award ceremony to follow. However, in the light of the COVID-19 pandemic, on 12 March it was announced that the championship is being suspended until further notice.[12]
Matchday 1
Matchday 2
Matchday 3
FC Stalitsa | 4:4 | |
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Penalties | ||
4:5 |
Matchday 4
Matchday 5
Matchday 6 will take place 14–18 March
- postponed
Final matchday will take place 11 April in Tallinn
- postponed
Championship Table
- as of 29 February
# | Club | Played | Win | Draw | Lose | Win on Penalties | Lose on Penalties | Goals + | Goals - | Goal Diff. | Points |
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1 | FC Stalitsa | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 10 | +22 | 13 |
2 | AGIO FM | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 13 | +15 | 11 |
3 | FK Vytis | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 8 | +10 | 9 |
4 | FC Petrow | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 21 | -6 | 9 |
5 | Narva UTD | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 19 | -5 | 6 |
6 | FC Cosmos | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 28 | -13 | 6 |
7 | TFK Rezekne | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 27 | -17 | 0 |
8 | Gargždų Pramogos | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 33 | -18 | 0 |
Top Scorers
# | Player | Minutes Played | Goals |
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1 | Mykhailo Grytsyna /FC Stalitsa/ | 41' | 9 |
2 | Maksim Sens /FC Petrow | 79 | 6 |
3 | Kirill Osinovskiy /AGIO FM/ | 53' | 5 |
4 | Roman Ananev /AGIO FM/ | 53' | 4 |
5 | Ruslan Lazyuk /FC Stalitsa/ | 59' | 4 |
6 | Beto /FC Stalitsa/ | 61' | 4 |
2020-2021 season
The first meeting of the League Board took place in the Tallinn on 1 of March. The league calendar was discussed, as well as the league promotion. It was announced that currently there are 12 clubs from 9 countries interested in the 2020-2021 season. There would be 22 league rounds, totaling to 132 games. The matches would take place between October and April.[13]
However, the impact of coronavirus pandemic on the next season plans is not yet known.
References
- https://balticfutsal.com/interview/interview-shipunov/
- https://balticfutsal.com/announcement/agree-instat/
- https://balticfutsal.com/interview/interview-with-mikhail-alexandrov/
- https://rogov.ee/m/futsal/
- https://www.kurier.lt/baltijskaya-futzalnaya-liga/
- https://lff.lt/news/5884/startuoja-baltijos-futsal-lygos-projektas/
- https://balticfutsal.com/team/stolica-minsk/
- https://www.obzor.lt/news/n51527.html
- https://soccernet.ee/artikkel/kaks-eesti-klubi-osalevad-uues-saalijalgpalli-balti-liigas
- https://balticfutsal.com/season-19-20/
- https://balticfutsal.com/announcement/calendar-of-the-starting-season-of-bfl/
- https://balticfutsal.com/official-statement/baltic-futsal-league-official-statement/
- https://www.facebook.com/balticfutsalleague/posts/510397049903573?__tn__=K-R