2023 Kings League

Kings League
Season	2023
Dates	1 January – 19 March 2023 ; (Winter Split regular season) ; 24 – 26 March 2023 ; (Winter Split playoffs) ; 7 May – 16 July 2023 ; (Summer Split regular season) ; 23 – 30 July 2023 ; (Summer Split playoffs)[1]
Champions	Winter Split:; El Barrio (1st title)
Matches played	73
Goals scored	383 (5.25 per match)
Top goalscorer	Cristian Ubón ; (17 goals)
Biggest home win	El Barrio 5–0 PIO FC ; (1 January 2023) ; PIO FC 5–0 Jijantes FC ; (12 February 2023)
Biggest away win	Aniquiladores FC 1–5 Ultimate Móstoles ; (1 January 2023) ; Kunisports 2–6 El Barrio ; (19 February 2023) ; Kunisports 0–4 Los Troncos FC ; (5 March 2023) ; Saiyans FC 1–5 Jijantes FC ; (12 March 2023) ; Jijantes FC 1–5 Los Troncos FC ; (19 March 2023)
Highest scoring	Los Troncos FC 5–7 Aniquiladores FC ; (5 February 2023)
Longest winning run	Porcinos FC; (6 matches)
Longest losing run	Jijantes FC; (9 matches)
	All statistics correct as of 27 March 2023.

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 with the first match day of the Winter Split, which concluded on 26 March 2023. The Summer Split is due to begin on 7 May 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 and final 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

The kit manufacturer for all teams is Adidas while the kit sponsor for all teams is InfoJobs. All teams have an "11th Player" who usually is a former professional football player and a "12th Player", a guest player who can be different for each match date


Team	Manager	Chairperson
1K FC	Julio García Mera	Iker Casillas
Aniquiladores FC	Sergio Verdirame	Juan Guarnizo
El Barrio	Juan Arroita	Adri Contreras
Jijantes FC	Marc Carmona	Gerard Romero
Kunisports	Martín Posse	Sergio Agüero
Los Troncos FC	Pol Font	Jaume Cremades (Perxitaa)
PIO FC	Gerardo Torrado	Samy Rivera (Rivers)
Porcinos FC	Juvenal	Ibai Llanos
Rayo de Barcelona	Efrén Guillén	Martí Miràs (Spursito)
Saiyans FC	Daniel Romo	David Cánovas (TheGrefg)
Ultimate Móstoles	Nacho Castro	Mario Alonso (DjMaRiiO)
XBUYER TEAM	Víctor González	Javier (xBuyer) and Eric Ruiz (MiniBuyer)

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Rayo de Barcelona	JuanluDBZ	Named sporting director	27 March 2023[4]	Offseason	Efrén Guillén	28 March 2023

Winter Split (January–March 2023)

Regular phase standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Ultimate Móstoles	11	8	3	34	27	+7	19	Advance to play-offs
2	Porcinos FC	11	7	4	37	26	+11	18
3	Los Troncos FC	11	7	4	40	34	+6	18
4	Saiyans FC	11	7	4	21	18	+3	18
5	Kunisports	11	7	4	23	22	+1	18
6	XBUYER TEAM	11	6	5	25	25	0	17
7	Aniquiladores FC	11	6	5	29	30	−1	17
8	El Barrio	11	5	6	33	25	+8	16
9	1K FC	11	5	6	32	34	−2	16
10	PIO FC	11	4	7	27	29	−2	15
11	Rayo de Barcelona	11	3	8	27	40	−13	14
12	Jijantes FC	11	1	10	23	41	−18	12

Updated to match(es) played on 19 March 2023. Source: Kings League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Goals scored

_H\^A

1K

ANI

ELB

JIJ

KUN

LTR

PIO

POR

RBA

SYN

UMS

XBY

1K FC

3:2

2:5

4:5

(3) 2:2 (4)

2:3

Aniquiladores FC

4:2

2:3

(4) 1:1 (2)

(3) 1:1 (2)

1:5

El Barrio

1:4

(1) 3:3 (4)

5:0

4:2

1:2

Jijantes FC

3:5

1:3

1:5

2:4

3:5

3:4

Kunisports

1:2

2:6

2:1

0:4

(2) 2:2 (3)

3:1

Los Troncos FC

5:7

3:2

6:3

0:1

5:3

PIO FC

3:4

2:5

5:0

(1) 2:2 (2)

(3) 0:0 (1)

(2) 1:1 (3)

Porcinos FC

5:2

5:3

5:1

4:5

4:3

Rayo de Barcelona

2:4

3:2

1:4

5:4

1:3

(0) 2:2 (3)

Saiyans FC

1:0

1:5

1:3

4:2

5:1

Ultimate Móstoles

3:2

5:1

2:3

3:2

2:1

XBUYER TEAM

3:2

4:0

3:2

0:1

2:5

2:1

Playoffs

The playoffs were held from 24 to 26 March 2023.

Quarterfinals 24 March ― Cupra Arena			Semifinals 26 March ― Camp Nou			Final 26 March ― Camp Nou

1	Ultimate Móstoles	0
8	El Barrio	3	8	El Barrio	4
4	Saiyans FC	3	4	Saiyans FC	3
5	Kunisports	2				8	El Barrio	3
2	Porcinos FC	2 (0)				7	Aniquiladores FC	0
7	Aniquiladores FC (p)	2 (3)	7	Aniquiladores FC (p)	2 (3)
3	Los Troncos FC	4	3	Los Troncos FC	2 (2)
6	XBUYER TEAM	2

Champion
El Barrio
1st title

Guest players

Kings League teams have the possibility to invite one player (the "12th Player") each matchday.[5]

Team	11th Player	12th Player
1K FC	Ricardo	Alberto Bueno
Aniquiladores FC	Fran Hernández	Jordi Campoy (Week 1) David Acedo (Week 2) Francisco Javier Medina (Goku) (Week 3) Nadir Louah (Weeks 4–5, 8, 10–11; Playoffs) Walter Erviti (Weeks 6–7) Ezequiel Calvente (Week 9)
El Barrio	José Juan	Jorge Gómez (Weeks 1–2) Alejandro Gavilán (Papi Gavi) (Week 3) Nicolás Pareja (Weeks 4–5, 9, 11; Quarterfinals) Martin Mantovani (Weeks 6–8, 10; Final Four)
Jijantes FC	Jonathan Soriano (Weeks 1–6) Román Golobart (Weeks 7–11)	Nando Quesada (Week 1) Ibai Gómez (Weeks 2, 7–11) Pitu Comadevall (Week 3) Joel Huertas (Weeks 4, 6) Antonio Barragán (Week 5)
Kunisports¹	Ferran Corominas	Javi Chica (Weeks 1, 5, 9) Javier Saviola (Week 2) Sergio Agüero (Weeks 3–4; Playoffs) Augusto Fernández (Week 6) Walter Montillo (Week 8) Mauricio del Castillo (Week 10) Gueri Tejedor (Week 11)
Los Troncos FC	Fran Álvarez	Joan Verdú (Weeks 1, 3–6, 8–11; Playoffs) Víctor Sánchez (Week 2) Carlos Omabegho (Week 7)
PIO FC	Alberto Lopo	Borja Criado (Week 1) Javi Márquez (Weeks 2–4) David García (Week 5) Carlos Corvo (Weeks 6–11)
Porcinos FC	Raúl Tamudo (Week 1) Javier Espinosa (Weeks 2–11; Playoffs)	Chicharito (Week 1) Hugo Fraile (Weeks 2–7, 9–11; Playoffs) Ronaldinho (Week 8)
Rayo de Barcelona	Pol Marcó (Polotelli)	Dídac Vilà (Weeks 1–6, 8–10) Mandi Sosa (Week 7) Martí Miràs (Spursito) (Week 11)
Saiyans FC	Pol Almellones (Weeks 1–10) David López (Week 11; Playoffs)	Joan Capdevila (Weeks 1–2, 4, 6, 8, 10–11) Cristian Saldaña (Weeks 3, 7) Joseba García (Week 5) Fernandão (Week 9; Playoffs)
Ultimate Móstoles	Juanma González	Sergio García (Weeks 1, 3, 6, 8–10) Rubén de la Red (Weeks 2, 4–5) Diego de la Mata (Week 7) Adrià de Mesa (Week 11; Quarterfinals)
XBUYER TEAM	Carlos Castro	Koko Dembelé (Koko DC) (Week 1) Enigma (Week 2) ² Fouad El Amrani (Weeks 3–4, 8–11; Playoffs) Fabián Orellana (Weeks 5–7)

1. ^ Kunisports did not feature a 12th Player on Week 7.

2. ^ Enigma competed in a lucha libre mask. His identity has not been disclosed.

Awards


	Best Player	Best Goalscoarer	Best Goalkeeper	Final Four MVP
Player	Cristian Ubón	Cristian Ubón	Marc Briones	Martín Mantovani
Team	El Barrio	El Barrio	Saiyans FC	El Barrio

Transfer market

A transfer market opened among all participating teams in the month of April 2023, between the Winter and Summer Splits. The rules of the market were outlined in separate livestreams before the end of the Winter Split regular season:[6][7]

The market will operate in a way similar to a virtual economy, with each team starting with a virtual €100 million budget.
Each team chairperson can set a buyout clause for their team's ten regular players. The combined amount of money allocated by a team in the buyout clause values cannot exceed €300 million, and every player's buyout clause must be worth a minimum €1 million. There is no maximum value for a single player's buyout clause, as long as the team complies with the €300 million cap. If a team chairperson fails to present the buyout clause values by the agreed deadline, all their players will have a €30 million buyout clause.
Guest players (11th and 12th Players) are excluded from the market.
Teams can sign players through two different methods:
- Buying a player out by paying the amount of money stipulated in his buyout clause. If a buyout is completed, the player cannot refuse to leave his current team; however, if multiple teams attempt a buyout for the same player, the player is allowed to choose which team he will join.
- Negotiation between team chairpersons, which can include trading: players can be swapped for other players or exchanged for future draft picks.
There will be a total of four transfer windows. During the first window, only signing through buyout will be allowed.
If a buyout is activated for a player for whom an offer had been accepted but not notified to the league, the buyout prevails over the offer.
The money teams have left after the market ends can be spent during the Summer Split in purchasing additional secret weapons (including the possibility of adding a "13th Player" for a match), or paying fines.

Summer Split (May–July 2023)

Regular phase standings

Pos	Team	Qualification or relegation
1	Ultimate Móstoles	Advance to play-offs
2	Porcinos FC
3	Los Troncos FC
4	Saiyans FC
5	Kunisports
6	XBUYER TEAM
7	Aniquiladores FC
8	El Barrio
9	1K FC
10	PIO FC
11	Rayo de Barcelona
12	Jijantes FC

Updated to match(es) played on 19 March 2023. Source: Kings League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Goals scored

_H\^A

1K

ANI

ELB

JIJ

KUN

LTR

PIO

POR

RBA

SYN

UMS

XBY

1K FC

Aniquiladores FC

El Barrio

Jijantes FC

Kunisports

Los Troncos FC

PIO FC

Porcinos FC

Rayo de Barcelona

Saiyans FC

Ultimate Móstoles

XBUYER TEAM

Playoffs

The playoffs are slated to be held from 23 to 30 July 2023.

Quarterfinals 23 July	Semifinals 30 July	Final 30 July

1
8
4
5
2
7
3
6

Guest players

Team	11th Player	12th Player	13th Player
1K FC
Aniquiladores FC		Nadir Louah (announced)
El Barrio
Jijantes FC
Kunisports		Augusto Fernández (announced)	Gonzalo Higuaín (announced)
Los Troncos FC
PIO FC	Alberto Lopo (announced)	Carlos Corvo (announced)
Porcinos FC			Alberto Bueno (announced)
Rayo de Barcelona
Saiyans FC
Ultimate Móstoles
XBUYER TEAM

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

As of 27 March 2023

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[8]
1	Cristian Ubón	El Barrio	17
2	Edgar Álvaro	Los Troncos FC	15
3	Alberto Bueno	1K FC	13
3	Roger Carbó	Saiyans FC	13
5	Joan Verdú	Los Troncos FC	11
5	Juanma González	Ultimate Móstoles	11
7	Marc Pelaz	Rayo de Barcelona	10
8	Ferran Corominas	Kunisports	9
	Álvaro Arché	Ultimate Móstoles
	Joan Poch	XBUYER TEAM
11	Fran Hernández	Aniquiladores FC	8
	Gabriel Cichero	Porcinos FC
	Hugo Fraile	Porcinos FC

Top assists

As of 27 March 2023

Rank	Player	Club	Assists[9]
1	Alberto Bueno	1K FC	8
1	Joan Verdú	Los Troncos FC	8
3	Javier Espinosa	Porcinos FC	7
4	Ferran Corominas	Kunisports	6
	Iván López	PIO FC
	Hugo Fraile	Porcinos FC
	Francesc Purti	Rayo de Barcelona
8	Fran Hernández	Aniquiladores FC	5
	Pablo Beguer	El Barrio
	Flavio Ruggeri	Kunisports
	Àlex Gutiérrez	Ultimate Móstoles

MVP of the week

After each match, a Most Valuable Player (also referred to as Simyo MVP for sponsorship reasons) is chosen. After the matchday finishes, a poll in Twitter is launched to determine which is the MVP of the week.

Week	Player	Club
1	Juanma González	Ultimate Móstoles
2	Ricardo	1K FC
3	Sergio Agüero	Kunisports
4	Gabriel Cichero	Porcinos FC
5	Joan Poch	XBUYER TEAM
6	Pol Lechuga	Los Troncos FC
7	Fran Hernández	Aniquiladores FC
8	Edgar Álvaro	Los Troncos FC
9	Joan Verdú	Los Troncos FC
10	Carlos Corvo	PIO FC
11	Uri Pons	Porcinos FC
Final Four	Martín Mantovani	El Barrio

A list of all MVPs awarded can be found on KingsLeague's web.[10]

External links

References

Calendar 2023 of Kings League
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.
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.
Marruccelli, Alessandro (28 March 2023). "La Kings League, preparada para el mercado de fichajes: Spursito hace el primer movimiento". El Nacional (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 March 2023.
"Jugador 12". Kings League (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-01-18.
Luna, Gerardo (18 March 2023). "Piqué anuncia más novedades del mercado de fichajes de la Kings League InfoJobs". Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 March 2023.
Valderas, Moisés (20 March 2023). "Kings League: claves y clausulazos del mercado de fichajes para el 2º split". El Desmarque (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 March 2023.
"Kings League Top Scorers".
"Kings League Top Assists".
"Kings League Top Scorers".

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[1] Calendar 2023 of Kings League

[2] (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] Marruccelli, Alessandro (28 March 2023). "La Kings League, preparada para el mercado de fichajes: Spursito hace el primer movimiento". El Nacional (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 March 2023.

[5] "Jugador 12". Kings League (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-01-18.

[6] Luna, Gerardo (18 March 2023). "Piqué anuncia más novedades del mercado de fichajes de la Kings League InfoJobs". Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 March 2023.

[7] Valderas, Moisés (20 March 2023). "Kings League: claves y clausulazos del mercado de fichajes para el 2º split". El Desmarque (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 March 2023.

[8] "Kings League Top Scorers".

[9] "Kings League Top Assists".

[10] "Kings League Top Scorers".

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