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 with the first match day of the Winter Split, which concluded on 26 March 2023. The Summer Split began on 7 May 2023, and it is set to conclude with its Final Four on 30 July 2023.

Kings League
Season2023
Dates1 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]
ChampionsWinter Split:
El Barrio (1st title)
Matches played85
Goals scored467 (5.49 per match)
Top goalscorerCristian Ubón
(20 goals)
Biggest home winEl Barrio 5–0 PIO FC
(1 January 2023)
PIO FC 5–0 Jijantes FC
(12 February 2023)
Biggest away winRayo de Barcelona 1–7 xBuyer Team
(14 May 2023)
Highest scoringLos Troncos FC 5–7 Aniquiladores FC
(5 February 2023)
Longest winning runPorcinos FC
(6 matches)
Longest losing runJijantes FC
(9 matches)
All statistics correct as of 15 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 Spain Sergio Ortega Spain Iker Casillas
Aniquiladores FC Argentina Sergio Verdirame Colombia Juan Guarnizo
El Barrio Spain Juan Arroita Spain Adri Contreras
Jijantes FC Spain Roger de la Villa (caretaker) Spain Gerard Romero
Kunisports Argentina Martín Posse Argentina Sergio Agüero
Los Troncos FC Spain Pol Font Spain Jaume Cremades (Perxitaa)
PIO FC Spain Diego Morata Mexico Samantha Rivera (Rivers)
Porcinos FC Equatorial Guinea Juvenal Spain Ibai Llanos
Rayo de Barcelona Spain Efrén Guillén Andorra Martí Miràs (Spursito)
Saiyans FC Spain Daniel Romo Spain David Cánovas (TheGrefg)
Ultimate Móstoles Spain Nacho Castro Spain Mario Alonso (DjMaRiiO)
xBuyer Team Spain Víctor González Spain 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 Spain JuanluDBZ Named sporting director 27 March 2023[4] Offseason Spain Efrén Guillén 28 March 2023
PIO FC Mexico Gerardo Torrado Left to pursue other projects 6 April 2023[5] Spain Diego Morata 9 April 2023
1K FC Spain Julio García Mera Named sporting consultant 14 April 2023 Spain Sergio Ortega 14 April 2023
Jijantes FC Spain Marc Carmona Sacked 9 May 2023[6] 9th Spain Roger de la Villa (caretaker) 9 May 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 5:3 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.[7]

Team11th Player12th Player
1K FC Spain Ricardo Spain Alberto Bueno
Aniquiladores FC Spain Fran Hernández Spain Jordi Campoy (Week 1)
Spain David Acedo (Week 2)
Spain Francisco Javier Medina (Goku) (Week 3)
Spain Nadir Louah (Weeks 4–5, 8, 10–11; Playoffs)
Argentina Walter Erviti (Weeks 6–7)
Spain Ezequiel Calvente (Week 9)
El Barrio Spain José Juan Spain Jorge Gómez (Weeks 1–2)
Spain Alejandro Gavilán (Papi Gavi) (Week 3)
Argentina Nicolás Pareja (Weeks 4–5, 9, 11; Quarterfinals)
Argentina Martin Mantovani (Weeks 6–8, 10; Final Four)
Jijantes FC Spain Jonathan Soriano (Weeks 1–6)
Spain Román Golobart (Weeks 7–11)		 Spain Nando Quesada (Week 1)
Spain Ibai Gómez (Weeks 2, 7–11)
Spain Pitu Comadevall (Week 3)
Spain Joel Huertas (Weeks 4, 6)
Spain Antonio Barragán (Week 5)
Kunisports1 Spain Ferran Corominas Spain Javi Chica (Weeks 1, 5, 9)
Argentina Javier Saviola (Week 2)
Argentina Sergio Agüero (Weeks 3–4; Playoffs)
Argentina Augusto Fernández (Week 6)
Argentina Walter Montillo (Week 8)
Argentina Mauricio del Castillo (Week 10)
Spain Gueri Tejedor (Week 11)
Los Troncos FC Spain Carles Planas Spain Joan Verdú (Weeks 1, 3–6, 8–11; Playoffs)
Spain Víctor Sánchez (Week 2)
Spain Carlos Omabegho (Week 7)
PIO FC Spain Alberto Lopo Spain Borja Criado (Week 1)
Spain Javi Márquez (Weeks 2–4)
Spain David García (Week 5)
Spain Carlos Corvo (Weeks 6–11)
Porcinos FC Spain Raúl Tamudo (Week 1)
Spain Javier Espinosa (Weeks 2–11; Playoffs)		 Mexico Chicharito (Week 1)
Spain Hugo Fraile (Weeks 2–7, 9–11; Playoffs)
Brazil Ronaldinho (Week 8)
Rayo de Barcelona Spain Pol Marcó (Polotelli) Spain Dídac Vilà (Weeks 1–6, 8–10)
Spain Mandi Sosa (Week 7)
Andorra Martí Miràs (Spursito) (Week 11)
Saiyans FC Spain Pol Almellones (Weeks 1–10)
Spain David López (Week 11; Playoffs)		 Spain Joan Capdevila (Weeks 1–2, 4, 6, 8, 10–11)
Spain Cristian Saldaña (Weeks 3, 7)
Spain Joseba García (Week 5)
Brazil Fernandão (Week 9; Playoffs)
Ultimate Móstoles Spain Juanma González Spain Sergio García (Weeks 1, 3, 6, 8–10)
Spain Rubén de la Red (Weeks 2, 4–5)
Spain Diego de la Mata (Week 7)
Spain Adrià de Mesa (Week 11; Quarterfinals)
xBuyer Team Spain Carlos Castro Spain Koko Dembelé (Koko DC) (Week 1)
Spain Enigma (Week 2) 2
Morocco Fouad El Amrani (Weeks 3–4, 8–11; Playoffs)
Chile 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 Spain Cristian Ubón Spain Cristian Ubón Spain Marc Briones Argentina 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:[8][9]

  • 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)

A new points system for the Summer Split was announced on 24 April 2023:

  • 3 points for a win during regular time.
  • 2 points for a penalty shoot-out win.
  • 1 point for a penalty shoout-out loss.
  • 0 points for a loss during regular time.[10]

This system, as well as the new playoff format, will also be used in the Queens League.

Regular phase standings
Pos Team Pld W WSO LSO L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 1K FC 2 2 0 0 0 10 7 +3 6 Advance to playoff semifinals
2 xBuyer Team 2 1 0 0 1 9 5 +4 3 Advance to playoff second round
3 Los Troncos FC 2 1 0 0 1 10 7 +3 3
4 Ultimate Móstoles 2 1 0 0 1 8 5 +3 3
5 Kunisports 2 1 0 0 1 6 3 +3 3 Advance to playoff first round
6 Aniquiladores FC 2 1 0 0 1 9 7 +2 3
7 Porcinos FC 2 1 0 0 1 7 6 +1 3
8 El Barrio 2 1 0 0 1 5 7 −2 3
9 Saiyans FC 2 1 0 0 1 6 9 −3 3
10 PIO FC 2 1 0 0 1 5 8 −3 3
11 Rayo de Barcelona 2 1 0 0 1 5 10 −5 3
12 Jijantes FC 2 0 0 0 2 4 10 −6 0
Updated to match(es) played on 14 May 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 5:4 5:3
Aniquiladores FC 5:2
El Barrio 3:2
Jijantes FC 1:5
Kunisports
Los Troncos FC 7:3 3:4
PIO FC 2:1
Porcinos FC 4:2
Rayo de Barcelona 1:7
Saiyans FC 4:3 2:6
Ultimate Móstoles
xBuyer Team

Playoffs

The playoffs are slated to be held from 23 to 30 July 2023, with a new ten-team format announced on 18 April 2023.[11]

First roundSecond roundSemifinalsFinal
1
4
5
10
2
7
8
3
6
9

Guest players
Team11th Player12th Player13th Player
1K FC1 Spain David Barral (Week 1) Spain Borja Fernández (Week 1) Spain Marc Torrejón (Weeks 1–2)
Aniquiladores FC Spain Fran Hernández (Week 1) Spain Nadir Louah (Week 1) Spain David Acedo (Week 2)
El Barrio Argentina Nicolás Pareja (Week 1) Argentina Martín Mantovani (Week 1)
Jijantes FC Spain Román Golobart (Week 1) Spain Ibai Gómez (Week 1) Israel Gai Assulin (Week 1)
Kunisports Spain Ferran Corominas (Week 1) Argentina Augusto Fernández (Week 1) Argentina Mauricio del Castillo (Weeks 1–2)
Argentina Gonzalo Higuaín (announced)
Los Troncos FC Spain Carles Planas (Week 1) Spain Joan Verdú (Week 1) Spain Lele Montero (Week 1)
France Djibril Cissé (Week 2)
PIO FC Spain Alberto Lopo (Week 1) Spain Carlos Corvo (Week 1) Spain Gerard Artigas (Week 1)
Porcinos FC Spain Hugo Fraile (Week 1) Spain Javier Espinosa (Week 1) Spain Alberto Bueno (Weeks 1–2)
Rayo de Barcelona Spain Víctor Mongil (Week 1) Spain Eric Jiménez (Week 1) Spain Dani Liñares (Weeks 1–2)
Saiyans FC Spain David López (Week 1) Spain Roger García (Week 1)
Ultimate Móstoles Spain Juanma González (Week 1) Spain Toni Paredes (Week 1) Spain Gerard Vergé (Week 1)
xBuyer Team Spain Fernando Velillas (Week 1) Spain Adri Gimeno (Week 1) Spain Alexis García (Week 1)
1. ^ Ricardo, who was 1K's 11th Player during the Winter Split, is now considered part of the regular roster per a special request from the team.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers
As of 27 March 2023
Rank Player Club Goals[12]
1 Spain Cristian Ubón El Barrio 17
2 Spain Edgar Álvaro Los Troncos FC 15
3 Spain Alberto Bueno 1K FC 13
Spain Roger Carbó Saiyans FC
5 Spain Joan Verdú Los Troncos FC 11
Spain Juanma González Ultimate Móstoles
7 Spain Marc Pelaz Rayo de Barcelona 10
8 Spain Ferran Corominas Kunisports 9
Spain Álvaro Arché Ultimate Móstoles
Spain Joan Poch xBuyer Team
11 Spain Fran Hernández Aniquiladores FC 8
Venezuela Gabriel Cichero Porcinos FC
Spain Hugo Fraile Porcinos FC

Top assists
As of 27 March 2023
Rank Player Club Assists[13]
1 Spain Alberto Bueno 1K FC 8
Spain Joan Verdú Los Troncos FC
3 Spain Javier Espinosa Porcinos FC 7
4 Spain Ferran Corominas Kunisports 6
Spain Iván López PIO FC
Spain Hugo Fraile Porcinos FC
Spain Francesc Purti Rayo de Barcelona
8 Spain Fran Hernández Aniquiladores FC 5
Spain Pablo Beguer El Barrio
Spain Flavio Ruggeri Kunisports
Spain 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 Spain Juanma González Ultimate Móstoles
2 Spain Ricardo 1K FC
3 Argentina Sergio Agüero Kunisports
4 Venezuela Gabriel Cichero Porcinos FC
5 Spain Joan Poch xBuyer Team
6 Spain Pol Lechuga Los Troncos FC
7 Spain Fran Hernández Aniquiladores FC
8 Spain Edgar Álvaro Los Troncos FC
9 Spain Joan Verdú Los Troncos FC
10 Spain Carlos Corvo PIO FC
11 Spain Uri Pons Porcinos FC
Final Four Argentina Martín Mantovani El Barrio

A list of all MVPs awarded can be found on KingsLeague's web.[14]

Top goalscorers
As of 15 May 2023
Rank Player Club Goals[15]
1 Spain Marc Granero 1K FC 5
2 Spain Ferran Corominas Kunisports 4
Spain Fran Hernández Aniquiladores FC
Spain Joan Verdú Los Troncos FC
5 Spain Víctor Hidalgo xBuyer Team 3
Spain Cristian Ubón Ultimate Móstoles
Spain Javier Espinosa Porcinos FC
Spain Roger Carbó xBuyer Team
Spain Joan Poch Saiyans FC

Top assists
As of 16 May 2023
Rank Player Club Assists
1 Argentina Mauricio del Castillo Kunisports 2
Spain Marc Torrejón 1K FC
Spain Gilles Vidal El Barrio
4 Spain Flavio Ruggeri Porcinos FC 1
Spain Fran Hernández Aniquiladores FC
Spain Alexis García xBuyer Team
Spain Román Alegre Saiyans FC
Spain Ricardo 1K FC
Spain Dani Liñares Rayo de Barcelona
Spain Marc Pluvins PIO FC
Spain Javier Espinosa Porcinos FC
Spain Sergi Aguilar El Barrio

MVP of the week
Week Player Club
1 Spain Dani Liñares Rayo de Barcelona
2 Spain Joan Verdú Los Troncos FC

References
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  5. Parra, Abigail (6 April 2023). "¡Deja la Kings League! PIO FC anunció la salida de Gerardo Torrado". Marca México (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 April 2023.
  6. Tejedor, Óscar (9 May 2023). "Jijantes FC prescinde de Marc Carmona tras un nuevo estreno en blanco en la Kings League InfoJobs". Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 May 2023.
  7. "Jugador 12". Kings League (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-01-18.
  8. 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.
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  10. "Novedades del reglamento para el 2º split". Kings League (in Spanish). 24 April 2023. Retrieved 30 April 2023.
  11. "Así será el nuevo e innovador playoff del 2º split". Kings League (in Spanish). 19 April 2023. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
  12. "Kings League Top Scorers".
  13. "Kings League Top Assists".
  14. "Kings League Top Scorers".
  15. "Kings League Top Scorers".
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