FA National Futsal League

Last updated
FA National Futsal League
Flag of England.svg
Founded2008
CountryEngland
Confederation UEFA
Number of teams33
Level on pyramidnational
Domestic cup(s) FA Futsal Cup
Current champions London Helvecia Futsal Club
(FA National Futsal League 2019-20)
Most championships Helvécia Futsal Club (6)
Website The National Futsal League
Soccerball current event.svg Current Season at UEFA.com

The National Futsal League is the premier futsal league in England, administered by a league management committee and not by The Football Association.

Futsal Ballgame-team sport, variant of association football

Futsal is a variant of association football played on a hard court, smaller than a football pitch, and mainly indoors. It has similarities to five-a-side football.

England Country in north-west Europe, part of the United Kingdom

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to the west and Scotland to the north. The Irish Sea lies west of England and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. England is separated from continental Europe by the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south. The country covers five-eighths of the island of Great Britain, which lies in the North Atlantic, and includes over 100 smaller islands, such as the Isles of Scilly and the Isle of Wight.

Contents

The league was funded by The Football Association until the end of the 2018-19 season when the funding ceased.

The league is played under FIFA rules, began in 2008 and features 57 teams in the 3 division pyramid for the 2018-19 season: FA Futsal Super League, Division 1 (North and South) and Division 2 (North, South and Midlands). The FA National Futsal Super League was the highest level of futsal within England. The national champions become England's representatives in the UEFA Futsal Cup.

FIFA International governing body of association football

The Fédération Internationale de Football Association is a non-profit organization which describes itself as an international governing body of association football, fútsal, beach soccer, and efootball. It is the highest governing body of football.

Futsal is a growing sport in England.

The start of the 2019-20 season has seen to biggest change in futsal in England for 10 years.

The National Futsal League consists of Premiership North Premiership South Championship North Championship Midlands Championship South

Champions

SeasonLeague championsRunner-up
2008-09 Helvécia Ipswich Wolves
2009-10 Helvécia Tranmere Victoria
2010-11 Helvécia Spartans
2011-12 Helvécia Sheffield
2012-13 Baku United Helvécia
2013-14 Baku United Manchester
2014-15 Baku United Birmingham
2015-16 Oxford City Helvécia
2016-17 Helvécia London Baku
2017-18 Reading Escolla Helvécia
2018-19 Helvécia Loughborough

See also

Related Research Articles

Teddy Sheringham English footballer and manager

Edward Paul Sheringham, MBE is an English football manager and former player.

Southern Football League English football league

The Southern League, currently known as the BetVictor Southern League under the terms of a sponsorship agreement with BetVictor, is a men's football competition featuring semi-professional clubs from the South West, 'South Central' and Midlands of England and South Wales. Together with the Isthmian League and the Northern Premier League it forms levels seven and eight of the English football league system.

The FA Women's National League is a Football Association-branded league and is run by an elected management committee. It sits at step 3 and 4 of the Women's Pyramid of Football pyramid in England, supporting and underpinning the Women's Super League (WSL) and the Women's Championship. Prior to the 2018–19 season, it was known as the Women's Premier League.

FA Womens National League South English womens association football league

The FA Women's National League South is a league in the third level in the women's football pyramid in England, along with the Northern division. These two divisions are part of the FA Women's National League and below the FA Women's Super League and FA Women's Championship.

Potters Bar Town F.C. association football club

Potters Bar Town Football Club is an English football club based in Potters Bar, Hertfordshire, England. They were formed in 1960 as Mount Grace Old Scholars, and, after dropping 'Old Scholars' from the name in 1984, changed to their present name in 1991. Their best performances in the FA Cup was in the 2006–07 and the 2016-17 seasons when they reached the 4th Qualifying Round. They currently play in the Isthmian League Premier Division.

Biggleswade Town F.C.

Biggleswade Town Football Club is a football club based in Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, England. The club are currently members of the Southern League Premier Division Central and play at Langford Road.

Harefield United F.C.

Harefield United Football Club are an English football club based in Harefield in the London Borough of Hillingdon. The club is the oldest club in Middlesex. The club is affiliated to the Middlesex County Football Association. They are currently members of the Spartan South Midlands League Premier Division

Rugby union in England

Rugby union in England is one of the leading professional and recreational team sports. In 1871 the Rugby Football Union, the governing body for rugby union in England, was formed by 21 rugby clubs, and the first international match, which involved England, was played in Scotland. The English national team compete annually in the Six Nations Championship, and are former world champions after winning the 2003 Rugby World Cup. The top domestic men's club competition is Premiership Rugby, and English clubs also compete in international competitions such as the European Rugby Champions Cup. The top domestic women's competition is the Premier 15s.

The British rugby league system is based on a five-tier structure administered by the Rugby Football League.

Leicester City W.F.C.

Leicester City Women Football Club is the official English women's football club affiliated with Leicester City F.C.. The club is distinct from Leicester City Ladies Football Club who are a stand-alone grassroots club. Leicester City Women won promotion back into the FA Women's Premier League Northern Division in 2016 winning a record 22 games out of 22.

Helvécia Futsal Club

London Helvécia Futsal Club is a futsal club based in London, England. Founded in 2007, they compete in the FA National Futsal League, the top division of English Futsal.

Futsal in Scotland The Scottish Futsal league is the only official futsal affiliated body in Scotland delivering adult futsal for the Scottish Football Association under the guidance of the Scottish Amateur FA. Futsal is an internationally recognised sport, governed by FIFA and UEFA.

Hassan Chaito (footballer, born 1989) Lebanese footballer

Hassan Ali Chaito, also known as Moni, is a Lebanese professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Lebanese Premier League club Ansar and the Lebanon national team. A versatile player, Chaito can also play as a left midfielder, as well as in a false nine role. His main attribute is his finishing.

Stoke City F.C. (Women)

Stoke City Football Club (Women) are an English women's association football club affiliated with Stoke City. They are currently members of the FA Women's National League North.

Cambridge United F.C. Futsal is an English Futsal team based in Cambridge who compete in the FA Futsal League Division 2 (Midlands) since 2015. The team became part of Cambridge United F.C. in May 2015, after previously existing as Cambridge Futsal Club.

The RFU Junior Vase is a rugby union national knockout cup competition in England run by the Rugby Football Union, which has been competed for since 1990. It is mostly contested by 1st XV teams at level 9 of the English rugby union system, although sides as low as level 12 or even outside the league system can sometimes enter. The competition is a national one, but split into regions until the national semi-finals with the final being held at Twickenham Stadium in London. Presently, the RFU Junior Vase is the fifth most important club cup competition in England, behind the Premiership Rugby Cup, RFU Championship Cup, RFU Intermediate Cup and RFU Senior Vase.

Loughborough Foxes Women & Girls Football Club is a football club based in Loughborough, Leicestershire, England. They are currently members of the FA Women's National League North and play at the Loughborough University Stadium.

References