2023 Kings League

The 2023 Kings League, also known as Kings League Infojobs due to sponsorship reasons, is the 1st season of Kings League, a Spanish seven-a-side football competition. It commenced on 1 January 2023 and is scheduled to end on 26 March 2023.

Kings League
Season2023
Dates1 January – 19 March 2023
(Winter Split regular season)
25 – 26 March 2023
(Winter Split playoffs)[1]
Matches played36
Goals scored194 (5.39 per match)
Top goalscorerAlberto Bueno
(8 goals)
Biggest home winEl Barrio 5–0 Pío FC (1 January 2023)
Pío FC 5–0 Jijantes FC (12 February 2023)
Biggest away win1K 2–5 El Barrio
(22 January 2023)
Highest scoringLos Troncos FC 5–7 Aniquiladores
(5 February 2023)
Longest winning runPorcinos FC
(5 matches)
Longest losing runJijantes FC
(6 matches)
All statistics correct as of 13 February 2023.

Venue

The Kings League is being held at the Cupra Arena, located in the port of Barcelona. The Cupra Arena is part of the Logistics Activities Area (ZAL in Spanish) of the Port of Barcelona.[2] On 20 January 2023, Gerard Piqué and FC Barcelona president Joan Laporta announced that the semifinals, final and third place match of the winter split playoffs would be held as a 'Final Four' event at the Camp Nou, the home ground of FC Barcelona, on March 26, 2023.[3]

Teams

Kit manufacturer for all teams is Adidas while kit sponsor for all teams is InfoJobs. All teams have a "Player 11" who usually is a former professional football player and a "Player 12", a guest player who can be different for each matchdate

Team Manager Chairman Player 11
1K Julio García Mera Iker Casillas Ricardo
Aniquiladores Sergio Verdirame Juan Guarnizo Fran Hernández
El Barrio Juan Arroita Adri Contreras José Juan
Jijantes FC Marc Carmona Gerard Romero Jonathan Soriano1
Kunisports Martín Posse Sergio Agüero Ferran Corominas
Los Troncos FC Pol Font Jaume Cremades (Perxitaa) Fran Álvarez
Pío FC Gerardo Torrado Samy Rivera (Rivers) Alberto Lopo
Porcinos FC Juvenal Ibai Llanos Javier Espinosa2
Rayo de Barcelona JuanluDBZ Martí Rivas (Spursito) Pol Marcó (Polotelli)
Saiyans FC Daniel Romo David Cánovas (TheGrefg) Pol Almellones
Ultimate Móstoles Nacho Castro Mario Alonso (DjMaRiiO) Juanma González
xBuyer Team Víctor González Javier Ruiz (xBuyer) and Eric Ruiz (MiniBuyer) Carlos Castro
1. ^ Jonathan Soriano will be replaced in week 7 due to other professional commitments.
2. ^ Raúl Tamudo was the Porcinos' Player 11 in the week 1 before being replaced by Javier Espinosa.

    Player 12

    Kings League teams have the possibility to invite one player (the "12th Player") each matchday.[4]

    TeamsPlayer(s)
    1K Alberto Bueno (Weeks 1–6)
    Aniquiladores Jordi Campoy (Week 1)
    David Acedo (Week 2)
    Francico Javier Medina (Goku) (Week 3)
    Nadie Louah (Weeks 4–5)
    Walter Erviti (Week 6)
    El Barrio Jorge Gómez (Weeks 1–2)
    Alejandro Gavilán (Papi Gavi) (Week 3)
    Nicolás Pareja (Weeks 4–5)
    Martin Mantovani (Week 6)
    Jijantes FC Nando Quesada (Week 1)
    Ibai Gómez (Week 2)
    Pitu Comadevall (Week 3)
    Joel Huertas (Weeks 4, 6)
    Antonio Barragán (Week 5)
    Kunisports Javi Chica (Weeks 1, 5)
    Javier Saviola (Week 2)
    Sergio Agüero (Weeks 3–4)
    Augusto Fernández (Week 6)
    Los Troncos FC Joan Verdú (Weeks 1, 3-6)
    Víctor Sánchez (Week 2)
    Pío FC Borja Criado (Week 1)
    Javi Márquez (Weeks 2–4)
    David García (Week 5)
    Carlos Corvo (Week 6)
    Porcinos FC Chicharito (Week 1)
    Hugo Fraile (Weeks 2–6)
    Rayo de Barcelona Dídac Vilà (Weeks 1–6)
    Saiyans FC Joan Capdevila (Weeks 1–2, 4, 6)
    Cristian Saldaña (Week 3)
    Joseba García (Week 5)
    Ultimate Móstoles Sergio García (Weeks 1, 3, 6)
    Rubén de la Red (Weeks 2, 4–5)
    xBuyer Team Koko Dembelé (Koko DC) (Week 1)
    Enigma (Week 2) 1
    Fouad El Amrani (Weeks 3–4)
    Fabián Orellana (Weeks 5–6)
    1. ^ Enigma competed in a lucha libre mask. His identity has not been disclosed.

    Winter Split (January-March 2023)

    Regular phase standings
    Pos Team Pld W L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
    1 Porcinos FC 6 5 1 22 15 +7 11 Advance to play-offs
    2 Saiyans FC 6 5 1 14 7 +7 11
    3 Kunisports 6 5 1 13 8 +5 11
    4 Ultimate Móstoles 6 4 2 18 14 +4 10
    5 1K 6 3 3 18 17 +1 9
    6 Aniquiladores 6 3 3 17 18 −1 9
    7 xBuyer Team 6 3 3 14 16 −2 9
    8 Los Troncos FC 6 3 3 20 25 −5 9
    9 El Barrio 6 2 4 16 13 +3 8
    10 Rayo de Barcelona 6 2 4 17 21 −4 8
    11 Pío FC 6 1 5 14 16 −2 7
    12 Jijantes FC 6 0 6 11 24 −13 6
    Updated to match(es) played on 12 February 2023. Source: Kings League
    Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored

    Playoffs

    The playoffs are slated to be held from 25 to 26 March 2023.

    Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
             
    1  
    8  
     
     
    4  
    5  
     
     
    2  
    7  
      Third place match
     
    3    
    6    

    Season statistics

    Top goalscorers
    As of 13 February 2023
    Rank Player Club Goals[5]
    1 Alberto Bueno 1K 8
    2 Juanma González Ultimate Móstoles 7
    3 Carlos Castro xBuyer Team 6
    Marc Pelaz Rayo de Barcelona
    5 Hugo Fraile Porcinos FC 5
    Ferran Corominas Kunisports
    Fran Hernández Aniquiladores
    Cristian Ubon El Barrio
    Joan Poch xBuyer Team
    Edgar Alvaro Los Troncos FC
    Roger Carbó Saiyans FC
    Álvaro Arché Ultimate Móstoles
    Jacobo Liencres El Barrio

    Top assists
    As of 5 February 2023
    Rank Player Club Assists[6]
    1 Alberto Bueno 1K 4
    Joan Verdú Los Troncos FC
    Javier Espinosa Porcinos FC
    Hugo Fraile Porcinos FC
    5 Pau ZZ El Barrio 3
    Ferran Corominas Kunisports
    Dani Pérez Rayo de Barcelona

    MVP of the week

    After each match, a Most Valuable Player is chosen. After the matchday finishes, a poll in Twitter is launched to determine which is the MVP of the week. Simyo sponsors the MVP awards

    Week Player Club
    1 Juanma González Ultimate Móstoles
    2 Ricardo 1K
    3 Sergio Agüero Kunisports
    4 Gabriel Cichero Porcinos FC
    5 Joan Poch xBuyer Team

    A list of all MVPs awarded can be found on KingsLeague's web[7]

    References
    1. Calendar 2023 of Kings League
    2. elcanal (2022-12-28). "El puerto de Barcelona, escenario de la Kings League de Ibai Llanos y Piqué". El Canal Marítimo y Logístico (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-01-18.
    3. Tejedor, Óscar (20 January 2023). "Joan Laporta anuncia que la Final Four de la Kings League InfoJobs se jugará en el Camp Nou". Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 January 2023.
    4. "Jugador 12". Kings League (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-01-18.
    5. "Kings League Top Scorers".
    6. "Kings League Top Assists".
    7. "Kings League Top Scorers".
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