2012 M*League Division 1

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The 2012 M*League Division 1 was the sixth season of top-flight football in Northern Marianas Islands. The league was divided into two parts, the Winter League and the Fall League. The Winter League was won by IFC Wild Bills, and the Fall League was won by Tan Holdings FC [1]

M*League Division 1

The M*League, "M" for Marianas, is the top level football competition of the Northern Mariana Islands Football Association. It was an invitational league in the Northern Mariana Islands. The league has operated since 2005 and grew to include eight teams in the 2010 competition. On 2 August 2012 the competition was re-branded as the M*League following the suit of many other AFC national competitions.

IFC Wild Bills an association football club from the Northern Mariana Islands

IFC Wild Bills are an association football club from the Northern Mariana Islands. They have won 2 titles in M*League in 2012 and 2013 spring.

Tan Holdings FC M*League Division 1 club

Tan Holdings Football Club, also known as the THFC, is a M*League Division 1 club, which plays in the island of Saipan. They play in the Northern Mariana Islands first division, the M*League Division 1.

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Spring League

The Spring league was played in a normal league format, each team played the others twice and the team in first place following the completion of all games won the championship.

League table

The precise results for this season was a normal league format in which each team played the others twice.

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 IFC Wild Bills (C)8701267+1921
2 Inter Godfather's 84221911+814
3 Paire FC 8233101449
4 KFAS 8233131419
5 SKY FC (R)8026527222 2013 M*League Division 2
Source: [2]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.

Results

Home \ Away IWB GOD PFC KFAS SKY IWB GOD PFC KFAS SKY
IFC Wild Bills 1–05–03–23–04–12–16–0
Inter Godfather's 4–03–38–2W2–0
Paire FC 1–12–15–01–1D
KFAS 3–23–3W
SKY FC
Updated to match(es) played on 23 March 2008. Source: [2]
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

The scores for rounds five and nine are not known, although it is known that Inter Saipan, FC Arirang and Onwell beat Ol' Aces, Multinational and Independents respectively in round five [2] and that Inter Saipan beat Multinational while Onwell drew with FC Aririang in round six. [2] The result of the match between Independents and Ol' Aces in round nine is not known while none of the results in round ten are known. [2]

Fall League

The Fall League consisted of a reduced number of teams, with only Inter Saipan (competing under their new name of Inter Godfather's) and Multinational FC from the Spring League choosing to compete. Wild Bill's and Pacific Telecom, who competed in the previous season also competed, with Pacific Telecom competing under the name MP United - PTI. [2] A group stage was held to confirm who would play whom in the semi finals.

The 2007 Northern Mariana Championship was the second season of top-flight football in Northern Marianas Islands and the first to include a play-off phase. The competition was won by Fiesta Inter Saipan who defeated FC Arirang 3–1 in the final.

Group Stage

The results of the group stage are not known, it is also not known whether teams played each other once or twice.

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Inter Godfather's (Q)00000000 Semi-finals
2 Wild Bill's (Q)00000000
3 MP United - PTI (Q)00000000
4 Multinational FC (Q)00000000
Source: [2]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.

Semi finals

Third place match

Final

Inter Godfather's1-1MP United - PTI
Unknown Source Unknown
Penalties
Unknown5-4Unknown

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