2017–18 LEB Plata season, Regular season, Positions by round
The table lists the positions of teams after completion of each round. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for round 13, but then postponed and played between rounds 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for round 16.


2017–18 LEB Plata season, Copa LEB Plata
The Copa LEB Plata was played on 27 January 2018, by the two first qualified teams after the end of the first half of the season (round 15). The champion of the cup would have played the playoffs as first qualified if it has finished the league between the second and the fifth qualified.


2017–18 LEN Champions League
The 2017–18 LEN Champions League was the 55th edition of LEN's premier competition for men's water polo clubs.


2017–18 LEN Champions League, Overview, Team allocation
12 teams are directly qualified for the Preliminary round (TH: Champions League title holders).


2017–18 LEN Champions League, Preliminary round
The draw for the group stage was held on 29 August 2017 in Budapest. The 16 teams were drawn into two groups of eight.


2017–18 LEN Champions League, Preliminary round
In each group, teams play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners, runners-ups, third and fourth placed teams advance to the Final 8. The matchdays are 25 October, 8 and 29 November, 9 and 20 December 2017, 13 and 24 January, 7 and 28 February, 14 and 31 March, 18 and 28 April, 9 May 2018.


2017–18 LEN Champions League, Preliminary round
A total of 11 national associations are represented in the group stage.


2017–18 LEN Champions League Final Eight
The 2017–18 LEN Champions League Final Eight is the concluding LEN Champions League tournament of the 2017–18 LEN Champions League season.


2017–18 LEN Champions League preliminary round
This article describes the group stage of the 2017–18 LEN Champions League.


2017–18 LEN Champions League preliminary round, Format
16 teams were drawn into two groups of eight teams. Teams play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format.


2017–18 LEN Euro Cup
The 2017–18 LEN Euro Cup was the second tier of European competition in water polo. It ran from 27 September 2017 to 18 April 2018.


2017–18 LEN Euro League Women
The 2017–18 LEN Euro League Women was the 31st edition of the top tier European tournament for women's water polo clubs. It ran from 1 December 2017 to 21 April 2018.


2017–18 LEN Euro League Women
Defending champions Kinef Kirishi hosted the Final 4 on 20 and 21 April 2018 at their home pool. The russian team won the trophy for the second year in a row, defeating in the final game Spain's CN Sabadell.


2017–18 LEN Euro League Women, Overview, Calendar
The calendar of the competition was released by LEN on 7 June 2017.


2017–18 LEN Euro League Women, Qualification Round
The draw was held by LEN on 19 August 2017.


2017–18 LEN Euro League Women, Preliminary Round
The draw of the pools for the Preliminary Round was held on 6 December 2017.


2017–18 LEN Euro League Women, Knockout stage, Quarterfinals
The draw of the Quarterfinals matches was held, alongside the draw for the 2019 Women's European U19 Championship, on 27 January 2018.


2017–18 LEN Euro League Women, Knockout stage, Final Four
LEN announced the choice of the defending champions Kinef Kirishi as host of the Final Four on 20 March 2018. The draw was held in Pontevedra, Spain, during the last day of Europa Cup Super Final.


2017–18 LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds men's basketball team
The 2017–18 LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds men's basketball team represented The Brooklyn Campus of Long Island University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Blackbirds, led by first-year head coach Derek Kellogg, played their home games at the Steinberg Wellness Center, with several home games at the Barclays Center, as members of the Northeast Conference. They finished the season 18–17, 10–8 in NEC play to finish in a tie for fourth place. As the No. 4 seed in the NEC Tournament, they defeated St. Francis Brooklyn, Fairleigh Dickinson, and Wagner to become NEC Tournament champions. They earned the NEC's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament where they lost in the First Four to Radford.


2017–18 LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds men's basketball team, Previous season
The Blackbirds finished the 2016–17 season at 20–12, 13–5 in nec play to finish in second place. In the NEC Tournament, they lost to  Robert Morris in the quarterfinals.


2017–18 LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds men's basketball team, Previous season
On March 20, 2017, head coach Jack Perri was fired after five seasons at LIU Brooklyn. Former Massachusetts head coach Derek Kellogg was hired as the new head coach on April 18.


2017–18 LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds men's basketball team, Preseason
In a poll of league coaches at the NEC media day, the Blackbirds were picked to finish in sixth place.


2017–18 LKL season
The 2017–18 Lietuvos krepšinio lyga, also called Betsafe-LKL for sponsorship reasons, was the 25th season of the top-tier level professional basketball league of Lithuania, the Lietuvos krepšinio lyga (LKL). The season started in September 2017, and the last game of final series was played in 18 June 2018.


2017–18 LKL season, Competition format
During the regular season, all teams will play 36 games. The top eight teams in the regular season standings, after playing their entire 36 game schedule, will each qualify for the playoffs in the quarterfinals, that will be played in a best-of-five games format. The semifinals will also be played in that format.


2017–18 LKL season, Competition format
The final round will be played between the two winners of the semifinals. The finals series, for first place, will be played in a best-of-seven format, while the series for third place will be played in a best-of-five format.


2017–18 LKL season, Regular season
In the regular season, teams play against each other four times, home-and-away, in double a round-robin format. The eight first qualified teams advance to the play-offs. The regular season started on 19 September 2017.


2017–18 LKL season, Play-offs
The quarter-finals are played in a best-of-five format, with the higher seeded team playing the first, third and (if necessary) fifth game at home. The semi-finals are played in a best-of-five format and the finals in a best-of-seven format, with the higher seed team playing games 1, 3, 5 and 7 (if necessary) at home.


2017–18 LNAH season
The 2017–18 LNAH season was the 22nd season of the Ligue Nord-Américaine de Hockey (before 2004 the Quebec Semi-Pro Hockey League), a minor professional league in the Canadian province of Quebec. Six teams participated in the regular season, which was won by the Sorel-Tracy Eperviers. Sorel-Tracy Eperviers also won the playoff championship.


2017–18 LNAH season, Coupe Canam-Playoffs
All six teams qualify for the playoffs. The two highest seeded quarterfinal losers advances to a repechage (2nd chance round) which is best-of-three. The winner of that series advances to the semifinals. All other rounds are best-of-seven.


2017–18 LNBP season
The 2017–18 LNBP season season was the 18th season of the Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional (LNBP). The regular season began on 20 October 2017 and ended on 2 March 2018. The playoffs began on 6 March and ended on 10 April 2018.


2017–18 LNBP season, Teams, Changes from last season
The league expanded to 11 teams for the 2017–18 season with the additions of the Aguacateros de Michoacán, Capitanes de Ciudad de México and Libertadores de Querétaro.


2017–18 LNBP season, Teams, Changes from last season
During the offseason, the Barreteros de Zacatecas were renamed the Mineros de Zacatecas. Garzas de Plata UAEH left the league and Indios de Ciudad Juárez  announced they were sitting out the current season.


2017–18 LNBP season, All-Star Weekend
The 2017 LNBP All-Star Game was an exhibition basketball game that was played on December 3, 2017 in León, Guanajuato at the Domo de la Feria, home of the Abejas de Guanajuato. It was the 20th edition of the event. The Mexicans won the game 163-136. The MVP of the game was Juan Toscano-Anderson, who scored 7 assists, the most ever scored by a player in an All-Star Game.


2017–18 LNBP season, All-Star Weekend, Location
There was a lot of speculation over the location of the game. Finally on October 12, Sergio Ganem, the league commissioner announced on a press conference that the chosen location was the Domo de la Feria in León, stating that the region deserved it because of its loyal fans. The commissioner of the LNBP, Sergio Ganem, considered that the All-Star Game will be a great event in a city like León, where basketball is important and in previous editions it had pronounced itself for being the venue. "It is a place that had already demanded in previous years through its president Alejandro Marcocchio the All-Star Game and I think it is a very wise decision to bring to León and Bajío the best basketball in Mexico," he said.


2017–18 LNBP season, All-Star Weekend, All-Star Game, Coaches
With the best record at the time, and also as an assistant coach in the National Team, Spaniard Ramón Díaz was selected as the coach for the Mexicans. The coach with the second best record, Iván Déniz, also Spanish, was selected as a coach for the foreigners.


2017–18 LNBP season, All-Star Weekend, All-Star Game, Roster
Each roster is selected by a voting process which occurs on social networking sites, such as Twitter, or Facebook, and players selected by the coach of each side, and is composed of 14 players for each team. The Mexicans were led by Lorenzo Mata, Juan Toscano-Anderson, Pedro Meza, Edgar Garibay, and Israel Gutierrez, which were selected to be in the starting lineup. Toscano would end up being the game's MVP for a 2nd consecutive year.


2017–18 LNBP season, All-Star Weekend, All-Star Game, Roster
Meanwhile, the foreigners were led by their starters who were: Dominicans Juan Coronado, and Emmanuel Ándujar, Puerto Rican Jonathan Rodríguez, and Americans Reggie Larry and Eugene Phelps.


2017–18 LNBP season, All-Star Weekend, All-Star Game, Roster
Mexico's reserves included Fernando Benítez, Raúl Bórquez, Cezar Guerrero, P. J. Reyes, Irwin Ávalos, Ray Barreno, Michael Lizárraga, Roberto Nelson, Jaron Martín.


2017–18 LNBP season, All-Star Weekend, Three Point Contest and Slam Dunk Contest
The American Steven Pledger of the Abejas de León won the contest of Shots of 3, when prevailing to the Puerto Rican Isaac Sosa of the Panteras de Aguascalientes in the final round. While Juan Toscano-Anderson of Fuerza Regia de Monterrey won the contest of Clavadas, defeating in the last round the American Terrance King of the Abejas de León.


2017–18 LNH Division 1
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2017–18 LNH Division 1
The 2017–18 LNH Division 1 is the 66th season of the LNH Division 1, French premier handball league and the 41st season consisting of only one league. It runs from 13 September 2017 to 30 May 2018.


2017–18 LNH Division 1, Team information
The following 14 clubs compete in the LNH Division 1 during the 2017-18 season:


2017–18 LNH Division 1, League table, Schedule and results
In the table below the home teams are listed on the left and the away teams along the top.


2017–18 LPB season
The 2017–18 LPB season was the 85th season of the premier Portuguese basketball league and the tenth season under the current Liga Portuguesa de Basquetebol (LPB) format. For sponsorship reasons, the league was also known as Liga Placard.


2017–18 LPB season
Benfica played as defending champions but were eliminated in the semi-finals by Porto, who in turn lost 3–0 in the final to Oliveirense, who won their first league title.


2017–18 LPB season, Format
The competition format consisted of two stages: a regular season, comprising two phases, and the play-offs. In the first phase of the regular season, the twelve participating teams compete against each other in a double round-robin system, with home and away matches.


2017–18 LPB season, Format
The second phase of the regular season comprised two groups; the six best-ranked teams at the end of the first phase competed in Group A, and the remaining six teams competed in Group B. Again, teams in each group competed against each other in a double round-robin system, with home and away matches. The six Group A teams and the two best-ranked Group B teams qualified for the play-offs, while the two worst-ranked teams in Group B were relegated to the second-tier Proliga.


2017–18 LPB season, Format
The play-offs were disputed as a single-elimination tournament, with fixtures determined by each team's classification in the previous round, and comprise three knockout rounds (quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals) played in a best-of-five system.


2017–18 LPB season, Playoffs
Seeded teams played games 1, 2 and 5 at home.


2017–18 LSU Lady Tigers basketball team
The 2017–18 LSU Lady Tigers basketball team will represent Louisiana State University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season college basketball season. The Lady Tigers, led by seventh-year head coach Nikki Fargas, will play their home games at Pete Maravich Assembly Center and were members of the Southeastern Conference. They finished the season 19–10, 11–5 in SEC play to finish in a 4 way tie for fourth place. As a 4th seed, they lost in the quarterfinals of the SEC Women's Tournament to Texas A&M. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Women's Tournament where got upset by Central Michigan in the first round.


2017–18 LSU Tigers basketball team
The 2017–18 LSU Tigers basketball team represented Louisiana State University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team's head coach was Will Wade, in his first season at LSU. They played their home games at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, as a member of the Southeastern Conference. They finished the season 18–15, 8–10 in SEC play to finish in a tie for ninth place. They lost in the second round of the SEC Tournament to Mississippi State. The Tigers received an invitation to the National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Louisiana before losing to Utah in the second round.


2017–18 LSU Tigers basketball team, Previous season
The Tigers finished the 2016–17 season 10–21, 2–16 in SEC play to finish in a tie for 13th place. They lost in the First Round of the SEC Tournament to Mississippi State.


2017–18 LSU Tigers basketball team, Previous season
On March 10, head coach Johnny Jones was fired. He finished at LSU with a five-year record of 90–72. On March 20, LSU hired VCU head coach Will Wade as their next head coach.


2017–18 La Liga
The 2017–18 La Liga season, also known as LaLiga Santander for sponsorship reasons, was the 87th since its establishment. The season began on 18 August 2017 and concluded on 20 May 2018. The fixtures were released on 21 July 2017.


2017–18 La Liga
Real Madrid were the defending champions. Barcelona, under new manager Ernesto Valverde, won the league title on 29 April 2018 with four matches to spare. It was the second part of a double-winning season for Barcelona, who also won the 2018 Copa del Rey Final.


2017–18 La Liga
Levante, Girona and Getafe were the newly promoted clubs competing in the season, with Girona entering La Liga for the first time in its history. At the end of the season, Málaga, Las Palmas and Deportivo La Coruña were all relegated to the Segunda División.


2017–18 La Liga, Summary
Prior to the season, several teams hired new managers, among them the previous season's runners-up Barcelona, who enlisted the services of Ernesto Valverde from Athletic Bilbao after the exit of Luis Enrique. Meanwhile, Valencia, who had struggled in the previous campaign hired Marcelino.


2017–18 La Liga, Summary
In the transfer window, Barcelona were involved in the new world record transfer, selling Brazilian forward Neymar to French club Paris Saint-Germain for €222 million. They replaced him with young Frenchman Ousmane Dembélé, who signed for an initial €105 million fee that could rise to €150 million. Defending champions Real Madrid sold striker Álvaro Morata to Chelsea for €80 million and lost veteran defender Pepe to Turkey's Beşiktaş on a free transfer, while its largest fee paid during the window was €24 million for young defender Theo Hernandez from city rivals Atlético Madrid.


2017–18 La Liga, Summary
Barcelona first topped the table on 16 September after winning 5–0 in its third match of the season against neighbours Espanyol, eventually making a run of seven wins from the start of the season that ended with a 1–1 draw at Atlético Madrid. Valencia improved on its previous campaign and began its new season well, with Marcelino getting the best out of players such as Italian striker Simone Zaza and on-loan Portuguese winger Gonçalo Guedes. Real Madrid struggled in the first half of the season, with problems including a smaller squad, injuries and the comparatively poorer goalscoring form of Cristiano Ronaldo relative to recent seasons.


2017–18 La Liga, Summary
In January 2018, Barcelona added to its attack by spending €160 million on Brazilian Philippe Coutinho from Liverpool, while the end of a transfer ban allowed Atlético to register Diego Costa and Vitolo for action. Real Madrid manager Zinedine Zidane made no signings. Málaga were the first team to be relegated, ending its ten-season stay in La Liga with its descent confirmed after a 0–1 loss against Levante on 19 April. Three days later, Las Palmas' relegation was also confirmed after the Canarian team lost 0–4 at home to Alavés to end its three-year top flight status.


2017–18 La Liga, Summary
On 29 April, Barcelona sealed its 25th league title with a 4–2 win at Deportivo de La Coruña, with Lionel Messi scoring a hat-trick. Barcelona still had four matches to play, and it was the second part of its double, having earlier won the 2018 Copa del Rey Final. The result also made Deportivo the final of the three relegated teams, sending them back to Segunda División for the first time in four years.


2017–18 La Liga, Summary
A day later, Real Betis, under new manager Quique Setién, booked its entry to the UEFA Europa League following a 2–1 win over Málaga. Betis had a chance of occupying Spain's fourth UEFA Champions League spot after Barcelona, Atlético Madrid and Real Madrid, but that was soon taken by Valencia, which returned to the competition for the first time in three years. In its second-last match of the season, Sevilla drew 2–2 with city rivals Betis to confirm seventh place and qualification for the UEFA Europa League at the expense of Getafe. Barcelona were on track to complete the first unbeaten La Liga season since the Spanish Civil War (and first in a 38-match season), but surprisingly lost its 37th match 4–5 at Levante, having only conceded 24 goals all season to that point.


2017–18 La Liga, Teams, Promotion and relegation (pre-season)
A total of 20 teams competed in the league: the 17 sides from the 2016–17 season and the three promoted from the 2016–17 Segunda División. This latter three included the two top teams from the Segunda División and the winners of the play-offs.


2017–18 La Liga, Teams, Promotion and relegation (pre-season)
Levante was the first team from Segunda División to achieve promotion, after a one-year absence from La Liga, on 29 April 2017 after winning 1–0 against Oviedo. Girona were promoted as the runners-up after drawing 0–0 against Zaragoza on 4 June 2017, this was its first promotion to the top division. It became the 62nd team to participate in the Spanish top level league. Getafe was the last to be promoted after defeating Huesca and Tenerife in the play-offs, one year after its relegation.


2017–18 La Liga, Teams, Promotion and relegation (pre-season)
The three promoted clubs replaced Sporting Gijón, Osasuna and Granada, which were relegated at the end of the previous season.


2017–18 La Liga, Teams, Stadia and locations
Atlético Madrid played for the first season at their new stadium, Wanda Metropolitano, replacing the Vicente Calderón Stadium, where they played since its opening in 1966.


2017–18 La Liga, Teams, Stadia and locations
Deportivo La Coruña signed a sponsorship contract with Abanca for renaming their stadium as Abanca-Riazor.


2017–18 La Liga, Teams, Stadia and locations
Real Betis completed their stadium renovation and it was grown to 60,720 seats, becoming the fourth biggest stadium in Spain. Meanwhile, after their first promotion ever to La Liga, Girona expanded Estadi Montilivi temporarily for hosting 13,450 spectators.


2017–18 La Liga, League table, Positions by round
The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for day 16.


2017–18 La Liga, Season statistics, Zamora Trophy
The Zamora Trophy was awarded by newspaper Marca to the goalkeeper with the lowest goals-to-games ratio. A goalkeeper had to have played at least 28 games of 60 or more minutes to be eligible for the trophy.


2017–18 La Liga, Season statistics, Hat-tricks
4 Player scored 4 goals; (H) – Home ; (A) – Away


2017–18 La Liga, Average attendances
Source: Notes:1: Team played last season in Segunda División.2: Atlético Madrid played the previous season at Vicente Calderón Stadium.3: Barcelona played its match against Las Palmas behind closed doors.


2017–18 La Salle Explorers men's basketball team
The 2017–18 La Salle Explorers basketball team represented La Salle University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Explorers, led by 14th-year head coach John Giannini, played their home games at Tom Gola Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania as members of the Atlantic 10 Conference. They finished the season 13–19, 7–11 in A-10 play to finish in a three-way tie for 10th place. As the No. 12 seed in the A-10 Tournament, they lost in the first round to Massachusetts.


2017–18 La Salle Explorers men's basketball team
On March 23, 2018, head coach John Giannini and the school mutually agreed to part ways after 14 seasons. Giannini left with a 212–226 record at La Salle. On April 8, the school hired Villanova assistant Ashley Howard as head coach.


2017–18 La Salle Explorers men's basketball team, Previous season
The Explorers finished the 2016–17 season 15–15, 9–9 in A-10 play to finish in a tie for seventh place. As the No. 8 seed in the A-10 Tournament, they lost to Davidson in the first round.


2017–18 La Salle Explorers men's basketball team, Preseason
In a poll of the league’s head coaches and select media members at the conference's media day, the Hawks were picked to finish in ninth place in the A-10. Senior forward B.J. Johnson was named to the conference's preseason second team.


2017–18 La Salle Explorers women's basketball team
The 2017–18 La Salle Explorers women's basketball team will represent La Salle University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Explorers, led by eighth year head coach Jeff Williams, play their home games at Tom Gola Arena and were members of the Atlantic 10 Conference. They finished the season 8–22, 3–13 in A-10 play to finish in a tie for eleventh place. They lost in the first round of the A-10 Women's Tournament to George Washington.


2017–18 La Salle Explorers women's basketball team
On March 2, Jeff Williams's contract was not renewed. He finished at La Salle with an 8-year record of 92–149.


2017–18 La Salle Explorers women's basketball team, Media, La Salle Explorers Sports Network
Select Explorers games will be broadcast online by the . The A-10 Digital Network will carry all non-televised Explorers home games and most conference road games.


2017–18 Lafayette Leopards men's basketball team
The 2017–18 Lafayette Leopards men's basketball team represented Lafayette College during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Leopards, led by 23rd-year head coach Fran O'Hanlon, played their home games at the Kirby Sports Center in Easton, Pennsylvania as members of the Patriot League. They finished the season 10–21, 7–11 in Patriot League play to finish in seventh place. They defeated American in the first round of the Patriot League Tournament before losing in the quarterfinals to Colgate.


2017–18 Lafayette Leopards men's basketball team, Previous season
The Leopards finished the 2016–17 season 9–21, 5–13 in Patriot League play to finish in a tie for ninth place. As the No. 10 seed in the Patriot League Tournament, they lost in the first round to Loyola (MD).


2017–18 Lafayette Leopards women's basketball team
The 2017–18 Lafayette Leopards women's basketball team represents Lafayette College during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Leopards, led by first year head coach Kia Damon, play their home games at Kirby Sports Center and were members of the Patriot League. They finished the season 11–19, 6–11 in Patriot League play to finish in eighth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Patriot League Women's Tournament where they lost to American.


2017–18 Lafayette Leopards women's basketball team, Previous season
They finished the season 4–28, 2–16 in Patriot League play to finish in last place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Patriot League Women's Tournament where they lost to Navy.


2017–18 Lamar Cardinals basketball team
The 2017–18 Lamar Cardinals basketball team represented Lamar University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Cardinals were led by fourth-year head coach Tic Price and played their home games at the Montagne Center in Beaumont, Texas as members of the Southland Conference. They finished the season 19–14, 11–7 in Southland play to finish in a tie for fifth place. They lost in the first round of the Southland Tournament to Central Arkansas. They were invited to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they lost in the first round to UTSA.


2017–18 Lamar Cardinals basketball team, Previous season
The Cardinals finished the 2016–17 season 19–15, 10–8 in Southland play to finish in a tie for fifth place. They defeated Southeastern Louisiana in the first round of the Southland Tournament to advance to the quarterfinals where they lost to Stephen F. Austin. They were invited to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they lost in the first round to Texas State.


2017–18 Lamar Lady Cardinals basketball team
The 2017–18 Lamar Lady Cardinals basketball team represented Lamar University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Cardinals, led by fifth year head coach Robin Harmony, played their home games at the Montagne Center and are members of the Southland Conference. The Lady Cardinals finished the season with an overall record of 22-8. They won the Southland Conference regular season championship were 17-1 in Southland play. After losing to Nicholls in a Southland Conference tournament semi-final game 68-74, the Lady Cardinals were an automatic qualifier to the WNIT. Their season ended with a first round 68-80 loss to the TCU Horned Frogs in the first round.


2017–18 Lamar Lady Cardinals basketball team, Previous season
The Lady Cardinals finished the 2016–17 season with a 21–6, 15–3 Southland play. They lost in the semifinals of the Southland Women's Tournament to Stephen F. Austin. The Lady Cardinals were invited to the WBI where they lost to Rice, the WBI champion, in the first round.


2017–18 Lamar Lady Cardinals basketball team, Roster
Randy Schneider (Florida International) Hana Haden (Harris–Stowe State University) Cameron Miles (San Diego)


2017–18 Latvian Basketball League
The 2017–18 Latvian Basketball League was the 27th and last season of the top basketball league of Latvia. VEF Rīga was the defending champions. Eventually, Rīga lost the final to Ventspils by 2–4.


2017–18 Latvian Basketball League, Competition format
The same ten teams from the previous season will join the league. The two first qualified teams will join directly the semifinals while teams between third and sixth will qualify to the quarterfinals.


2017–18 Latvian Basketball League, Playoffs
The playoffs were played with a best-of-five games format, except for the finals, that were played in seven games. Seeded teams played games 1, 3 and 5 at home, except in the finals where the seeded team played at home games 1, 2, 5 and 7.


2017–18 Latvian Hockey League season
The 2017–18 Latvian Hockey League season was the 27th season of the Latvian Hockey League, the top level of ice hockey in Latvia. Six teams participated in the league, and HK Kurbads won the championship.


2017–18 League 2 (Iran)
2017–18 Iran Football's 2nd Division  is the 17th under 2nd Division since its establishment (current format) in 2001. The season featured 25 teams from the 2nd Division 2016–17, three new teams relegated from the 2016–17 Azadegan League: Kheibar Khoramabad, Foolad Yazd, Esteghlal Ahvaz, and five new teams promoted from the 3rd Division 2016–17: Shahrdari Bam, Mes Novin Kerman, Perspolis Mashhad, Khoushe Talaye Sana, Shohadaye Babolsar.


2017–18 Lebanese FA Cup
The 2017–18 Lebanese FA Cup was the 46th season of the national football competition of Lebanon. The winners of the competition earned a spot in the 2019 AFC Cup.


2017–18 Lebanese Premier League
The 2017–18 Lebanese Premier League is the 57th season of top-tier football in Lebanon. A total of twelve teams are competing in the league, with Al Ahed the defending champions. After 21 rounds, Al Ahed have won the league for the 6th time in its history.


2017–18 Lebanese Premier League, Teams
Shabab Al-Sahel and Al Egtmaaey Tripoli were relegated to the second level of Lebanese football after ending the 2017–18 season in the bottom two places. They were replaced by Al Shabab Al Arabi and Al Islah Al Bourj Al Shimaly who won promotion from the second tier.


2017–18 Lebanese Second Division
The Lebanese Second Division (Arabic: الدوري اللبناني - الدرجة الثانية) is the second division of Lebanese football. It is controlled by the Federation Libanaise de Football Association. The top two teams qualify for the Lebanese Premier League and replace the relegated teams.


2017–18 Lebanese Second Division, Teams
Bourj and Shabab Majdal Anjar were promoted from the Third Division, while Shabab Sahel and Egtimaey Trablos were relegated from the Lebanese Premier League in 2016-17.


2017–18 Lebanese Women's Football League
The 2017–18 Lebanese Women's Football League was the 11th edition of the Lebanese Women's Football League since its inception in 2008. Zouk Mosbeh won their first title, with defending champions SAS coming second.


2017–18 Lech Poznań season
Lech Poznań is a Polish football club based in Poznań. This was their 95th season overall. They competed in Ekstraklasa, the highest ranking league in Poland.


2017–18 Lech Poznań season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2017–18 Lech Poznań season, Squad, Out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2017–18 Lechia Gdańsk season
The 2017–18 Ekstraklasa season was Lechia's 74th since their creation, and was their 10th continuous season in the top league of Polish football.


2017–18 Lechia Gdańsk season
The season covered the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.


2017–18 Lechia Gdańsk season, Players, First-team squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2017–18 Lee Man FC season
The 2017-18 season was the first season in Lee Man Football Club's existence, and their first year in Hong Kong Premier League, top flight football in Hong Kong, and also the FA Cup.


2017–18 Leeds United F.C. season
The 2017–18 season was Leeds United's eighth consecutive season in the Championship. Along with competing in the Championship, the club also participated in the FA Cup and EFL Cup.


2017–18 Leeds United F.C. season
The season coverd the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.


2017–18 Leeds United F.C. season, First team squad
Appearances (starts and substitute appearances) and goals include those in the Championship (and playoffs), League One (and playoffs), FA Cup, League Cup and Football League Trophy.


2017–18 Leeds United F.C. season, Friendlies, Pre-season
As of 28 June 2017, Leeds United had announced six pre-season friendlies against Harrogate Town, Guiseley, North Ferriby United, Borussia Mönchengladbach, Oxford United and Eibar.


2017–18 Leeds United F.C. season, Friendlies, Pre-season
Another friendly was scheduled against Ingolstadt, which was cancelled by local government officials in Kufstein, Austria. Instead, the club arranged a behind-closed-doors friendly in Italy with Bursaspor. The Turkish team divulged details and a video of the match to the public.


2017–18 Leeds United F.C. season, Friendlies, Post-season
On 24 April, Leeds United announced a post-season tour of Myanmar was to take place in May.


2017–18 Leeds United F.C. season, Competitions, FA Cup
In the FA Cup, Leeds United entered the competition in the third round and were drawn away to Newport County.


2017–18 Leeds United F.C. season, Competitions, EFL Cup
On 16 June 2017, Leeds United were drawn at home against Port Vale in the first round. Leeds were drawn away to Newport County for the second round, but the match was held at Elland Road due to Rodney Parade's pitch being resurfaced. The club agreed to share 45% of gate receipts for the match with Newport, despite being entitled to keep the full amount due to the change of venue. An away trip to Burnley was drawn for the third round. Another away tie against Leicester City was announced for the fourth round.


2017–18 Legia Warsaw season
The 2017–18 Legia Warsaw season is the club's 101st season of existence, and their 81st in the top flight of Polish football. Legia entered the 2017–18 season as the defending Ekstraklasa champions.


2017–18 Legia Warsaw season, Players, Current squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2017–18 Lehigh Mountain Hawks men's basketball team
The 2017–18 Lehigh Mountain Hawks men's basketball team represented Lehigh University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Mountain Hawks, led by 11th-year head coach Brett Reed, played their home games at Stabler Arena in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania as members of the Patriot League. They finished the season 16–14, 11–7 in Patriot League play to finish in a tie for third place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Patriot League Tournament to Boston University.


2017–18 Lehigh Mountain Hawks men's basketball team, Previous season
The Mountain Hawks finished the 2016–17 season 20–12, 12–6 in Patriot League play to finish in a tie for second place. As the No. 3 seed in the Patriot League Tournament, they defeated Colgate and Boston University before losing to Bucknell in the championship game. Despite having 20 wins, they did not participate in a postseason tournament.


2017–18 Lehigh Mountain Hawks women's basketball team
The 2017–18 Lehigh Mountain Hawks women's basketball team represents Lehigh University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Mountain Hawks, led by twenty-third year head coach Sue Troyan, play their home games at Stabler Arena and were members of the Patriot League. They finished the season 15–15, 9–9 in Patriot League play to finish in a tie for fourth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Patriot League Women's Tournament to Navy.


2017–18 Lehigh Mountain Hawks women's basketball team, Previous season
They finished the season 10–20, 5–13 in Patriot League play to finish in ninth place. They lost in the first round of the Patriot League Women's Tournament where they lost to Loyola (MD).


2017–18 Leicester City F.C. season
The 2017–18 Leicester City season was the club's 113th season in the English football league system and its 50th (non-consecutive) season in the top tier of English football. This season saw Leicester City participate in the Premier League for the fourth consecutive season as well as the FA Cup and EFL Cup.


2017–18 Leicester City F.C. season
The season covered the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.


2017–18 Leicester City F.C. season, Pre-season, Pre-season friendlies
Leicester City announced five pre-season friendlies against Burton Albion, Luton Town, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Milton Keynes Dons and Borussia Mönchengladbach.


2017–18 Leicester City F.C. season, Competitions, Premier League, Matches
On 14 June 2017, the 2017–18 season fixtures were announced. Leicester City played in the first Premier League fixture that opened the season on Friday.


2017–18 Leicester City F.C. season, Competitions, FA Cup
In the FA Cup, Leicester City entered the competition in the third round and were drawn away to Fleetwood Town.


2017–18 Leicester City F.C. season, Competitions, EFL Cup
Leicester City entered in the second round of the competition with an away trip to Sheffield United. A home tie against Liverpool was confirmed for the third round. Another home tie was drawn for the fourth round with Leeds United the visitors. A third consecutive home tie in the competition was announced for the quarter-finals, against Manchester City.


2017–18 Leicester City F.C. season, Awards, Club awards
Leicester's annual award ceremony, including categories voted for by the players and supporters, was held on 1 May 2018. The following awards were made:


2017–18 Leinster Senior Cup
The 2018 Leinster Senior Cup was the 117th staging of the Leinster Football Association's primary competition. It included all Leinster based League of Ireland clubs from the First Division and Premier Division, as well as a selection of intermediate level sides. The competition was won by Shelbourne


2017–18 Leinster Senior Cup, Fourth Round
The 12 Leinster teams from the League of Ireland join the competition in this round.


2017–18 Lesotho Premier League
The 2017–18 Lesotho Premier League is the 50th season of top-tier football in Lesotho. The season began on 2 September 2017 and ended on 19 May 2018.


2017–18 Levante UD Femenino season
The 2017–18 season of Levante UD Femenino was the 19th season of the women's team of football club Levante UD. The team was 8th in Primera División and a quarterfinalist in the Copa de la Reina.


2017–18 Levante UD Femenino season, Season summary
Levante had ended the previous season's championship in the 4th position, same as in 2015–16, ending the league campaign on a positive note by defeating Barcelona, which needed a victory and an Atlético Madrid miss to win the title, after a 4-game away losing streak including a record 6–0 defeat against local rival Valencia in Mestalla before an attendance of 17,000. Valencia ended the competition third with an unseen 11 point advantage over Levante.


2017–18 Levante UD Femenino season, Season summary
Few days later it was reported in the media that the squad's captains had expressed a lack of tune with manager Andrés Tudela, who had its contract renewed for two more seasons in April, along with objections to the planning of the trainings and an alleged lack of functionality in the section's structure in a meeting with the club's chairman, Quico Catalán. After a loss against lower-ranked Granadilla in the Copa de la Reina's quarterfinals against lower-ranked Granadilla put an end to the season, it was reported that this rift would likely result in the departure of over half the squad.


2017–18 Levante UD Femenino season, Season summary
In the end ten players left the team in the summer transfer market, including internationals Noelia Bermúdez, Raquel Infante, Olivia Oprea, Nagore Calderón, Adriana Martín and María José Pérez, with Bermúdez joining Valencia along with Andrea Esteban. Levante signed Noelia Ramos, Patricia Padilla, Natalia Ramos, Alba Aznar, Marta Cardona and 6-times league champion Miriam Diéguez within Primera División, and Greta Espinoza, 2017 Euro finalist Sofie Junge Pedersen and Jéssica Silva from abroad. After five seasons working on a €250,000 budget, the team's was increased to €300,000, the highest in nearly a decade.


2017–18 Levante UD Femenino season, Season summary
Levante won 7 of the 13 first games of the championship, settling in the 4th position near the halfway point of the league with two victories over direct rivals Athletic Bilbao and Valencia. However, two wide losses against Atlético and Barcelona started a 5-games losing streak and by February the team had plummeted to the 8th position. On February 13, Andrés Tudela was sacked following a draw against newly-promoted Madrid. It was the third dismissal of a manager in the campaign, after Real Sociedad's Juanjo Arregi and Madrid's Jesús Núñez.


2017–18 Levante UD Femenino season, Season summary
Tudela was replaced by Kino García, the coach of the section's B team. After a 0–6 debut rout over Espanyol, the team attained an essential three home games winning streak, but lost the remaining seven games in the championship and ended it in the 8th spot, barely qualifying for the Copa de la Reina on the head-to-head over Sporting Huelva thanks to Madrid losing its last game. This was Levante's worst result in the championship since the 2010–11 season, after six seasons always ending either 4th or 5th. Charlyn Corral scored 25 goals, more than those scored by the rest of the team combined, and she was the top scorer of the championship with a five goals over Atlético's Sonia Bermúdez. She is to become the second Mexican player awarded the Pichichi Trophy after Hugo Sánchez.


2017–18 Levante UD Femenino season, Season summary
In the Copa de la Reina Levante faced defending champion Barcelona in the quarterfinals, and lost both games by single goals scored by former Levante player Alexia Putellas.


2017–18 Levante UD season
During the 2017–18 season, Levante UD are participating in La Liga and the Copa del Rey. This is the 109th season in Levante UD ’s history and the 12th in the Primera División.


2017–18 Levante UD season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2017–18 Liberty Flames basketball team
The 2017–18 Liberty Flames men's basketball team represented Liberty University in the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team played its home games in Lynchburg, Virginia for the 28th consecutive season at Vines Center, with a capacity of 8,085. The team was led by Ritchie McKay, who was in his fifth season, but third season since his return to the program. They were members of the Big South Conference. They finished the season 22–14, 9–9 in Big South play to finish in a four-way tie for fifth place.


2017–18 Liberty Flames basketball team
They defeated Campbell and UNC Asheville to advance to the championship game of the Big South Tournament where they lost to Radford. They were invited to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they defeated North Carolina A&T in the first round in a game referred to as the Jim Phelan Classic. They received a second round bye and defeated Central Michigan in the quarterfinals before losing in the semifinals to UIC.


2017–18 Liberty Flames basketball team
This was Liberty's final season as members of the Big South Conference, as the school announced on May 17, 2018 that they will be moving to the Atlantic Sun Conference for the 2018–19 season.


2017–18 Liberty Flames basketball team, Previous season
The Flames finished the 2016–17 season 21–14, 14–4 in Big South play to finish in a third place. They were upset in Quarterfinals of the Big South Tournament by Radford. They were invited to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they defeated Norfolk State in the First Round to be champions of the Coach John McLendon Classic. In the Second Round they defeated Samford before losing in the Quarterfinals to UMBC.


2017–18 Liberty Lady Flames basketball team
The 2017–18 Liberty Lady Flames basketball team represents Liberty University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Eagles, led by nineteenth-year head coach Carey Green, play their home games at the Vines Center and were members of the Big South Conference. They finished the season 24–10, 16–3 in Big South play win the Big South regular season title. They won the Big South Women's Basketball Tournament and earn an received automatic bid of the NCAA Women's Tournament where lost to Tennessee in the first round.


2017–18 Liberty Lady Flames basketball team
This was Liberty's final season as members of the Big South Conference, as the school announced on May 17, 2018 that they will be moving to the Atlantic Sun Conference for the 2018–19 season.


2017–18 Libyan Premier League
The 2017–18 Libyan Premier League was the 45th season of the Libyan Premier League, the top Libyan professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1963. The season started on 15 August 2017 and concluded on 13 June 2018.


2017–18 Libyan Premier League
1 The 2017-18 season was used to determine the teams that will compete in 2018 and 2018-19 CAF competitions.


2017–18 Libyan Premier League, Teams
Due to the continued security situation in Libya in 2017 and the difficulty in air-travel for most teams, the participating teams were grouped by their geographical location into four groups of seven teams. Teams from each group were scheduled to play every team from their group in a home-and-away round robin format with 3 points given for a win and 1 point for a draw.


2017–18 Libyan Premier League, Stadiums
Neutral stadiums were identified within each region to host group games. Matches are to be played without spectators.


2017–18 Libyan Premier League, CAF competitions playoff
The leader of the four groups after the first round at the end of 2017 compete in the CAF competition playoff (also known as quadruple round), which is used to determine the Libyan teams which qualified for the 2018 CAF Champions League and 2018 CAF Confederation Cup.


2017–18 Libyan Premier League, CAF competitions playoff, Final
Winner qualified for 2018 CAF Champions League. Loser qualified for 2018 CAF Confederation Cup.


2017–18 Libyan Premier League, Second round
The second round of the Libyan Premier League started on 20 January 2018. Results are combined with first round.


2017–18 Liechtenstein Cup
The 2017–18 Liechtenstein Cup was the 73rd season of Liechtenstein's annual cup competition. Seven clubs competed with a total of 16 teams for one spot in the first qualifying round of the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League. FC Vaduz are the defending champions.


2017–18 Liechtenstein Cup, First round
The first round involved all except the eight highest-placed teams. The top four teams received a bye to the third round, with the teams ranked 5th to 8th receiving a bye to the second round. FC Vaduz II (U23) did not enter the competition.


2017–18 Liechtenstein Cup, Second round
The second round involved the four winners of the first round and the four teams which received a bye through to the second round (FC Schaan, FC Balzers III, FC Triesen II and USV Eschen/Mauren III).


2017–18 Liechtenstein Cup, Quarterfinals
The quarterfinals involved the four teams who won in the second round, as well as the top four highest placed teams (FC Vaduz, FC Balzers, USV Eschen/Mauren  and FC Ruggell).


2017–18 Liga ASOBAL
The 2017–18 Liga ASOBAL, also named Liga ASOBAL by sponsorship reasons, is the 28th season since its establishment.


2017–18 Liga Alef
The 2017–18 Liga Alef season was the 9th season as third tier since its re-alignment in 2009 and the 76th season of third-tier football in Israel.


2017–18 Liga Alef, North Division, Positions by round
The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for day 17.


2017–18 Liga Alef, South Division, Positions by round
The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for day 17.


2017–18 Liga Alef, Promotion play-offs, Test matches
Hapoel Kfar Saba won 5–3 on aggregate and remained in Liga Leumit. Ironi Tiberias remained in Liga Alef.


2017–18 Liga Bet
The 2017–18 Liga Bet season was the 62nd season of fourth tier football in Israel.


2017–18 Liga Bet, Promotion Play-offs, Northern Divisions
1The match was abandoned at the 116th minute with Hapoel Bnei Fureidis leading 3–1 as Bnei Kafr Qara staff attacked the fourth official. The match was given as a walkover to Hapoel Bnei Fureidis, while Kafr Qara had two points deducted for the next season campaign.


2017–18 Liga Bet, Relegation Play-offs
Sektzia Ma'alot remained in Liga Bet; Maccabi Ironi Yafa remained in Liga Gimel


2017–18 Liga Bet, Relegation Play-offs
Hapoel Kiryat Ono remained in Liga Bet; Bnei Yehud remained in Liga Gimel


2017–18 Liga Bet, Relegation Play-offs
Maccabi Ein Mahil remained in Liga Bet; Ihud Bnei Baqa remained in Liga Gimel


2017–18 Liga Bet, Relegation Play-offs
Tzeirei Rahat relegated to Liga Gimel; Ironi Kusiefe promoted to Liga Bet


2017–18 Liga Bolasepak Rakyat
The 2017–18 Liga Bolasepak Rakyat is the third season of the Liga Bolasepak Rakyat since its establishment in 2015. The league is currently the fourth level football league in Malaysia. There are 100 clubs participating in this season. Clubs from Johor did not participated in this season league.


2017–18 Liga Bolasepak Rakyat, Clubs
Currently there are a total of 100 clubs out of more than 150 possible districts in the country participated in the Liga Bolasepak Rakyat for 2017–18 season. For current season, all clubs from Johor has been excluded from the league as the league schedules conflicted with the Johor Darul Ta’zim League. The clubs were divided into 8 zones according to regional location. Clubs listed in Bold are new to the league.


2017–18 Liga Bolasepak Rakyat, Clubs, Current clubs, North Zone
There are 15 clubs competing in North Zone this season.


2017–18 Liga Bolasepak Rakyat, Clubs, Current clubs, West Zone
There are 12 clubs competing in West Zone this season.


2017–18 Liga Bolasepak Rakyat, Clubs, Current clubs, Middle Zone 1 & 2
There are 30 clubs competing in Middle Zone 1 & 2 this season.


2017–18 Liga Bolasepak Rakyat, Clubs, Current clubs, South Zone
There are nine clubs competing in South Zone this season.


2017–18 Liga Bolasepak Rakyat, Clubs, Current clubs, East Zone
There are 17 clubs competing in East Zone this season.


2017–18 Liga Bolasepak Rakyat, Clubs, Current clubs, Borneo Zone 1
There are 12 clubs competing in Borneo Zone 1 this season.


2017–18 Liga Bolasepak Rakyat, Clubs, Current clubs, Borneo Zone 2
There are 9 clubs competing in Borneo Zone 2 this season.


2017–18 Liga Bolasepak Rakyat, Clubs, Clubs not participated
Below are the list of clubs which participated in last season but did not participated in current season.


2017–18 Liga Bolasepak Rakyat, Clubs, Club summaries, Stadium
Below are the list of stadium for clubs in the league.


2017–18 Liga Bolasepak Rakyat, Clubs, Club summaries, Personnel and kits
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2017–18 Liga Bolasepak Rakyat, League table
Each zone will provide two groups winners for national round where if the zone have more than two groups, each group winners will compete in play-off round and the top two will qualified for their zone.


2017–18 Liga Bolasepak Rakyat, Play-Off Round
Clubs that qualified from each group will compete with other groups within their zone and only two best clubs from each zone will proceed to next national round. Zone with only two group will not compete in play-off and both group winners will automatically qualified to the next round. After the play-off round is over, there will be only 16 clubs left from 8 zones total.


2017–18 Liga EBA season
The 2017–18 Liga EBA season was the 24th season of the Spanish basketball fourth league. The season started in September 2017 and ended in May 2018 with the promotion playoffs to LEB Plata.


2017–18 Liga EBA season, Overview before the season
Teams are divided in five groups attending to geographical criteria. Groups A, C and D are divided in two.


2017–18 Liga EBA season, Overview before the season, Promotion playoffs
The three best teams of each group and the fourth of Group D (champion of the previous season) will play the promotion playoffs. From these 16 teams, only four will be promoted to LEB Plata. The winner of each group can organize a group stage.


2017–18 Liga EBA season, Overview before the season, Promotion playoffs
The promotion playoffs will be played round-robin format in groups of four teams where the first qualified of each group will host one of the stages.


2017–18 Liga EBA season, Regular season, Group A, Finals
The winner of this single-legged series will host one of the four groups of the final stage. The game was played on 5 May at the Pabellón de A Raña in Marín.


2017–18 Liga EBA season, Regular season, Group A, Finals
The winner qualified for the final stage. The games were played on 5 and 6 May at the Palacio de Deportes of Gijón.


2017–18 Liga EBA season, Regular season, Group C, Finals
The winner will host one of the four groups of the final stage. Runner-up and third place game winner qualified for the final stage. The games were played on 5 and 6 May at Pavelló Municipal d'Esports of Vic.


2017–18 Liga EBA season, Regular season, Group C, Finals
Winners remained at Liga EBA. First leg was played on 5 and 6 May, second leg on 12 and 13.


2017–18 Liga EBA season, Promotion playoffs
The 16 qualified teams will be divided in four groups of four teams. The first qualified teams will host the groups, played with a round-robin format.


2017–18 Liga EBA season, Promotion playoffs
The winner of each group will promote to LEB Plata.


2017–18 Liga FPD
The 2017–18 Liga FPD season, also known as Campeonato Banco Popular for sponsorship reasons, is the 97th since its establishment. The tournament is the first since the 2006–07 season to use the Apertura and Clausura names to their short tournaments, marking a departure from the Invierno and Verano tournaments.


2017–18 Liga FPD
The Voit Lummo is the official match ball of the tournament. Herediano entered as the defending champions, but lost the title in the Apertura finals to Pérez Zeledón.


2017–18 Liga FPD, Teams
A total of 12 teams will contest the league, including 10 sides from the 2016–17 season, one team promoted from the Liga de Ascenso and a newly formed team.


2017–18 Liga FPD, Teams
Grecia were promoted for the first time to the Liga FPD after defeating Jicaral in the Liga de Ascenso final, thus replacing San Carlos in the Liga FPD.


2017–18 Liga FPD, Teams
Guadalupe is a newly established team that takes over the previous franchise of Belén. UNAFUT authorized the name change just two days before the beginning of the season.


2017–18 Liga FPD, Teams
On 2 June 2017 Henning Jensen, rector of the University of Costa Rica, announced the cease of the agreement between the university and its homonymous club, citing that the transfer of the administrative management of the team to the Colombian company Con Talla Mundial was neither requested nor advised to the university. Jensen also stated that the club did not comply with the correction in the financial part of the club. On 19 June 2017, Con Talla Mundial announced that the club will now be under the name "Universitarios FC".


2017–18 Liga FPD, Teams
The administration of the team had revealed the team badge and their intentions to use the Estadio Nacional as their home stadium. However, the Asociación Filial Club de Fútbol UCR, which holds the rights of the team within the league, sued the University because of their cease of the agreement. The club then retains its original name and is due to return to the Estadio Ecológico.


2017–18 Liga FPD, Torneo Apertura
The Apertura tournament will be played on the second half of 2017, starting on 29 July and, given the possibility of a final, ending on 23 December. The tournament is dedicated to former referee Luis Paulino Siles who, in 1982, became the first Costa Rican to officiate a match at a FIFA World Cup.


2017–18 Liga FPD, Torneo Apertura
The tournament began with two scoreless draws in the UCR vs Cartaginés and Herediano vs Guadalupe matches. Saprissa's Luis Stewart Pérez scored the first goal of the tournament, during his team's match against Carmelita.


2017–18 Liga FPD, Torneo Apertura, Regular season
Defending champions Herediano topped the season undefeated with 54 points. By achieving this, Herediano broke two records in the league. They became the first team with the longest undefeated streak (surpassing the 21-match streak by Saprissa in the 2003–04 season, the team being coincidentally managed by Hernán Medford). The team also broke the record for more points achieved in a regular season, surpassing Alajuelense in the 2014 Invierno season.


2017–18 Liga FPD, Torneo Apertura, Regular season
On 3 September 2017, the match between Saprissa and Grecia was suspended at the 81st minute due to a false bomb threat. The remaining nine minutes were played the next morning.


2017–18 Liga FPD, Torneo Apertura, Apertura finals
Since regular season leaders Herediano were unable to top the quadrangular stage, a double-legged final will be played against the quadrangular winner Pérez Zeledón in order to determine the champions of the Apertura tournament. By getting more points in the aggregate table, Herediano will host the second leg.


2017–18 Liga FPD, Torneo Clausura
The Clausura tournament will be played on the first half of 2018, starting on 7 January and, given the possibility of a final, ending on 20 May. The tournament is dedicated to the Costa Rica national football team squad that played in the 1990 FIFA World Cup, represented by their captain Róger Flores.


2017–18 Liga FPD, Torneo Clausura, Clausura Finals
Since regular season leaders Herediano were unable to top the quadrangular stage, a double-legged final will be played against the quadrangular winner Saprissa in order to determine the champions of the Clausura tournament.


2017–18 Liga FPD – Apertura season
The 2018 Apertura season served as the opening half of the 2017–18 Liga FPD season. It began on 29 July 2017 and ended on 23 December 2017.


2017–18 Liga FPD – Apertura season
Herediano entered as the defending champions, but lost the title in the Apertura finals to Pérez Zeledón.


2017–18 Liga FPD – Apertura season, League table, Regular season
Defending champions Herediano topped the season undefeated with 54 points. By achieving this, Herediano broke two records in the league. They became the first team with the longest undefeated streak (surpassing the 21-match streak by Saprissa in the 2003–04 season, the team being coincidentally managed by Hernán Medford). The team also broke the record for more points achieved in a regular season, surpassing Alajuelense in the 2014 Invierno season.


2017–18 Liga FPD – Apertura season, League table, Regular season
On 3 September 2017, the match between Saprissa and Grecia was suspended at the 81st minute due to a false bomb threat. The remaining nine minutes were played the next morning.


2017–18 Liga FPD – Apertura season, League table, Apertura finals
Since regular season leaders Herediano were unable to top the quadrangular stage, a double-legged final will be played against the quadrangular winner Pérez Zeledón in order to determine the champions of the Apertura tournament. By getting more points in the aggregate table, Herediano will host the second leg.


2017–18 Liga FPD – Apertura season, Season statistics, Foreign players
This is a list of foreign players in the 2017 Apertura season. The following players:


2017–18 Liga FPD – Apertura season, Season statistics, Foreign players
A new rule was introduced this season, that clubs can have four foreign players per club  and can only add a new player if there is an injury or a player(s) is released and it's before the close of the season transfer window.


2017–18 Liga FPD – Clausura season
The 2018 Apertura season served as the opening half of the 2017–18 Liga FPD season. It began on 6 January 2018 and, given the possibility of a final, will end on 20 May 2018.


2017–18 Liga Femenina de Baloncesto
The 2017–18 Liga Femenina de Baloncesto, also known as Liga Dia for sponsorship reasons, is the 55th season of the Spanish basketball women's league. It started on 30 September 2017 with the first round of the regular season and ended in April 2018 with the final.


2017–18 Liga Femenina de Baloncesto, Teams, Promotion and relegation (pre-season)
A total of 14 teams contest the league, including 12 sides from the 2016–17 season and two promoted from the 2016–17 Liga Femenina 2.


2017–18 Liga Femenina de Baloncesto, Regular season, Positions by round
The table lists the positions of teams after completion of each round.


2017–18 Liga Gimel
The 2017–18 Liga Gimel season was the 50th season of fifth tier football in Israel, with 105 clubs competing in 8 regional divisions for promotion to Liga Bet.


2017–18 Liga Gimel, Jezreel (North C) Division, Positions by round
1On 27 December 2017 Maccabi Umm al-Fahm was temporarily expelled from the league after the club had a check bounced and the club failed to rectify the situation within a month. The club was reinstated on 10 January 2018.


2017–18 Liga Gimel, Promotion play-offs, North A division
1The match result was 1–0 to Maccabi Ironi Yafa (after extra time). However, as Kafr Manda fielded an ineligible player, the match was given as a walkover to Yafa.


2017–18 Liga Gimel, Promotion play-offs, North A division
Maccabi Ironi Yafa remained in Liga Gimel; Sektzia Ma'alot remained in Liga Bet


2017–18 Liga Gimel, Promotion play-offs, North B division
Ihud Bnei Baqa remained in Liga Gimel; Maccabi Ein Mahil remained in Liga Bet


2017–18 Liga Gimel, Promotion play-offs, South A division
1The match was abandoned at the 36th minute following a brawl between the teams. The match was annulled and neither team advanced to the next round.


2017–18 Liga Gimel, Promotion play-offs, South A division
Bnei Yehud remained in Liga Gimel; Hapoel Kiryat Ono remained in Liga Bet


2017–18 Liga Gimel, Promotion play-offs, South B division
Ironi Kuseife Promoted to Liga Bet; Tzeirei Rahat relegated to Liga Gimel


2017–18 Liga Gimel, Further promotions
The following teams are eligible to promotion if a vacancy would be created in 2018–19 Liga Bet:


2017–18 Liga Gimel, Further promotions
As both Bnei Ra'anana and Otzma Holon are equal on points-per-match average, Bnei Ra'anana are ahead on winning percentage (0.71% and 0.70%)


2017–18 Liga Gimel, Further promotions
As both Hapoel Bnei Ashdod and Beitar Yavne are equal on points-per-match average and winning percentage, Hapoel Bnei Ashdod are ahead on goal difference (+82 and +60).


2017–18 Liga I
The 2017–18 Liga I (also known as Liga 1 Betano for sponsorship reasons) was the 100th season of the Liga I, the top professional league for Romanian association football clubs. The season began on 14 July 2017 and ended on 2 June 2018, being the third to take place since the play-off/play-out format has been introduced.


2017–18 Liga I
Defending champions Viitorul Constanța came fourth. CFR Cluj became the new champions in the last fixture of the play-off, clinching their fourth league title after finishing one point above FCSB. Juventus București and Sepsi OSK entered as the promoted teams from the 2016–17 Liga II, but only the latter managed to avoid relegation.


2017–18 Liga I
Since Romania dropped from 15th to 17th in the UEFA association coefficient rankings, only the title winner qualified for the UEFA Champions League.


2017–18 Liga I, Teams
The league consists of 14 teams: twelve teams from the 2016–17 Liga I and two new teams from the 2016–17 Liga II.


2017–18 Liga I, Teams
The first club to be promoted was Juventus București, following their 3–1 win against Balotești on 30 April 2017. Juventus will play in the Liga I for the first time in their history.


2017–18 Liga I, Teams
The second club to be promoted was Sepsi OSK, following their 1–1 draw against Mioveni on 3 June 2017. Sepsi will play in the Liga I for the first time in their history.


2017–18 Liga I, Teams
The first club to be relegated was Târgu Mureș, which were relegated on 19 May 2017 following a 0–1 defeat against Pandurii Târgu Jiu, ending their 3-year stay in the top flight.


2017–18 Liga I, Teams
The second and final club to be relegated was Pandurii Târgu Jiu, which were relegated on 4 June 2018 following their 1–2 defeat against Botoșani, ending their 12-year stay in the top flight.


2017–18 Liga I, Teams, Personnel and kits
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2017–18 Liga I, Regular season
In the regular season the 14 teams will meet twice, a total of 26 matches per team, with the top 6 advancing to the Championship round and the bottom 8 qualifying for Relegation round.


2017–18 Liga I, Championship play-offs
The top six teams from Regular season would meet twice (10 matches per team) for places in 2018–19 UEFA Champions League and 2018–19 UEFA Europa League as well as deciding the league champion. Teams started the Championship round with their points from the Regular season halved, rounded upwards, and no other records carried over from the Regular season.


2017–18 Liga I, Relegation play-outs
The bottom eight teams from regular season will meet twice (14 matches per team) to contest against relegation. Teams start the Relegation round with their points from the Regular season halved, rounded upwards, and no other records carried over from the Regular season. The winner of the Relegation round finishes 7th in the overall season standings, the second placed team - 8th, and so on, with the last placed team in the Relegation round being 14th.


2017–18 Liga I, Promotion/relegation play-offs
The 12th-placed team of the Liga I faced the 3rd-placed team of the Liga II.


2017–18 Liga I, Season statistics, Clean sheets
1 Florin Niță was transferred to Sparta Prague during the winter transfer window.


2017–18 Liga I, Attendances
Updated to games played on 2 June 2018Source: Notes:1: Played last season in Liga II.2: Universitatea Craiova played 8 matches in Turnu Severin while their new stadium was being built.3: FC Voluntari played 6 matches out of their stadium until it was opened.


2017–18 Liga I, Champion squad
Goalkeepers: Giedrius Arlauskis  (26 / 0); Cosmin Vâtcă (10 / 0). Defenders: Kévin Boli  (14 / 0); Mário Camora  (30 / 1); Srdjan Luchin (3 / 0); Cristian Manea (35 / 0); Andrei Mureșan (27 / 1); Paulo Vinícius  (34 / 5); Andrei Peteleu (7 / 0); Alexandru Vlad (3 / 0).


2017–18 Liga I, Champion squad
Midfielders: Mihai Bordeianu (6 / 0); Valentin Costache (13 / 0); Emmanuel Culio  (33 / 8); Ciprian Deac (34 / 5); Damjan Đoković  (23 / 3); Ovidiu Hoban (34 / 3); Alexandru Ioniță (9 / 1); Sebastian Mailat (13 / 1); Thierry Moutinho  (8 / 0); Dan Nistor (17 / 0); Bryan Nouvier  (15 / 1); Adrian Păun (19 / 2); Laurențiu Rus (10 / 0). Forwards: Ibrahima Baldé  (13 / 4); Jeremy Bokila  (5 / 0); Marius Coman (4 / 0); Billel Omrani  (30 / 8); George Țucudean (14 / 4); Urko Vera  (15 / 5). (league appearances and goals listed in brackets)


2017–18 Liga I (women's football)
The 2017–18 season of Romania's top level women's football league was again called Liga I, after four seasons in which it was named Superliga. It is the 28th season of top level football and will decide the Romanian champions and UEFA Women's Champions League participant.


2017–18 Liga II
The 2017–18 Liga II (also known as 2017–18 Liga II Casa Pariurilor) was the 78th season of the Liga II, the second tier of the Romanian football league system. The season began on 5 August 2017 and ended on 2 June 2018.


2017–18 Liga II
A total of 20 teams contested the league. It was the second Liga II season with a single series. The season was played in a round-robin tournament. The first two teams promoted to Liga I at the end of the season and the third-placed team played a play-off match against the 12th-placed team from Liga I. The last five teams relegated to Liga III.


2017–18 Liga II, Team changes, Teams spared from relegation
Metalul Reșița was spared from relegation due to withdrawal of Brașov.


2017–18 Liga II, Team changes, Renamed teams
SCM Pitești bought FC Argeș brand and was renamed as Argeș Pitești.


2017–18 Liga II, Team changes, Renamed teams
Metalul Reșița was renamed as Sportul Snagov at one year after its movement to Snagov.


2017–18 Liga II, Personnel and kits
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2017–18 Liga II, Promotion/relegation play-offs
The 12th-placed team of the Liga I faces the 3rd-placed team of the Liga II.


2017–18 Liga II, Season statistics, Clean sheets
*Only goalkeepers who played all 90 minutes of a match are taken into consideration.


2017–18 Liga II (women's football)
The 2017–18 Liga II was the 5th season, since its reintroduction in 2013, of the second level women's football league of the Romanian football league system. Since the previous season, the second tier league was renamed from Liga I to Liga II, since the top tier got renamed again to Liga I. 16 teams divided in 2 series played in the competition that consisted of a double round-robin lasting 14 stages, totaling 112 matches.


2017–18 Liga II (women's football), Team changes, Excluded and spared teams
Juniorul Satu Mare was disbanded in the summer of 2017, so Ladies Târgu Mureș (8th place in 2016–17 Liga I, Seria II) was spared from relegation.


2017–18 Liga III
The 2017–18 Liga III is the 62nd season of the Liga III, the third tier of the Romanian football league system. The season began on 25 August 2017 and ended on 27 May 2018.


2017–18 Liga III, Team changes, Teams spared from relegation
Metalul Reșița was spared from relegation to Liga III due to withdrawal of Brașov from Liga II.


2017–18 Liga III, Team changes, Teams spared from relegation
Sportul Chiscani, Urban Titu, CS Șirineasa and Nuova Mama Mia Becicherecu Mic were spared from relegation to Liga IV due to lack of teams in Liga III.


2017–18 Liga III, Team changes, Excluded teams
After the end of the last season, Râmnicu Vâlcea, Unirea Tărlungeni, Berceni, Șoimii Pâncota were dissolved.


2017–18 Liga III, Team changes, Excluded teams
Dinamo II București, Pandurii II Târgu Jiu and Poli II Timișoara withdrew and then were dissolved.


2017–18 Liga III, Team changes, Excluded teams
FC Milcov, Șurianu Sebeș, Viitorul Ulmeni, FC Zalău, Unirea Jucu and Viitorul II Constanța withdrew from Liga III.


2017–18 Liga III, Team changes, Other teams
CFR II Cluj, CFR Cluj's second team was also enrolled in Liga III.


2017–18 Liga III, Team changes, Other teams
CNP Timișoara received the permission to enroll in Liga III, due to the excellent results recorded in the youth championships.


2017–18 Liga III, Team changes, Renamed teams
Voința Saelele was moved from Saelele to Turnu Măgurele and renamed as Voința Turnu Măgurele.


2017–18 Liga III, Possible relegation
At the end of the championship a special table will be made between 12th places from the 5 series. The last team in this table will relegate also in Liga IV. In this table 12th place teams are included without the points obtained against teams that relegated in their series.


2017–18 Liga IV
The 2017–18 Liga IV was the 76th season of the Liga IV, the fourth tier of the Romanian football league system. The champions of each county association play against one from a neighboring county in a playoff to gain promotion. From this season the counties were divided into 7 regions, each consisting of 6 counties and the draw was made on 28 February 2018, with 3 months and a half before the first matches.


2017–18 Liga IV, 2017–2018 Promotion Play-Off
The matches are scheduled to be played on 16, 23 and 30 June 2018.


2017–18 Liga IV Alba
The 2017–18 Liga IV Alba was the 50th season of the Liga IV Alba, the fourth tier of the Romanian football league system. The season began on 25 August 2017 and ended on 10 June 2018. Ocna Mureș win the title and qualify to promotion play-off in Liga III.


2017–18 Liga IV Alba, Overview, Competition format
The league will be played in a double round-robin format. The team ranked first will crowned county champion and qualify to promotion play-off in Liga III. The last two teams will relegated to Liga V Alba – County.


2017–18 Liga IV Alba, Promotion play-off
Champions of Liga IV – Alba County face champions of Liga IV – Harghita County.


2017–18 Liga IV Alba, Promotion play-off
Ocna Mureș promoted to 2018–19 Liga III. Unirea Cristuru Secuiesc does not have C.I.S. (Certificate of Sports Identity) and was excluded from promotion play-off by the Romanian Football Federation.


2017–18 Liga IV Arad
The 2017–18 Liga IV Arad was the 50th season of the Liga IV Arad, the fourth tier of the Romanian football league system. The season began on 19 August 2017 and ended on 2 June 2018.


2017–18 Liga IV Argeș
The 2017–18 Liga IV Argeș (known as Liga Fortuna Sports for sponsorship reasons) was the 50th season of the Liga IV Argeș, the fourth tier of the Romanian football league system. The season began on 26 August 2017 and ended on 26 June 2018.


2017–18 Liga IV Argeș
Unirea Bascov was crowned as county champion and qualify to the promotion play-off in Liga III.


2017–18 Liga IV Argeș, Promotion play-off
Champions of Liga IV – Argeș County face champions of Liga IV – Olt County.


2017–18 Liga IV Bacău
The 2017–18 Liga IV Bacău was the 50th season of Liga IV Bacău, the fourth tier of the Romanian football league system. The season began on 19 August 2017 and was ended on 10 June 2018. Gauss Bacău was crowned as county champion qualifying to the  promotion play-off to Liga III.


2017–18 Liga IV Bacău, Promotion play-off
Champions of Liga IV – Bacău County face champions of Liga IV – Botoșani County.


2017–18 Liga IV Bihor
The 2017–18 Liga IV Bihor was the 50th season of the Liga IV Bihor, the fourth tier of the Romanian football league system. The season began on 26 August 2017 and ended on 10 June 2018.


2017–18 Liga IV Bihor
Sânmartin was crowned as county champion and qualify to the promotion play-off in Liga III.


2017–18 Liga IV Bihor, Promotion play-off
Champions of Liga IV – Bihor County face champions of Liga IV – Maramureș County.


2017–18 Liga IV Bistrița-Năsăud
The 2017–18 Liga IV Bistrița-Năsăud was the 50th season of Liga IV Bistrița-Năsăud, the fourth tier of the Romanian football league system. The season began on 27 August 2017 and ended on 9 June 2018. Dumitra crowned as county champion and qualify to promotion play-off in Liga III.


2017–18 Liga IV Bistrița-Năsăud, Teams
A total of fifteen teams contest the league, including fourteen sides from the previous season and one promoted team.


2017–18 Liga IV Bistrița-Năsăud, Promotion play-off
Champions of Liga IV – Bistrița-Năsăud County face champions of Liga IV – Satu Mare County.


2017–18 Liga IV Bistrița-Năsăud, Promotion play-off
ACS Dumitra promoted to Liga III. Energia Negrești-Oaș  does not have C.I.S. (Certificate of Sports Identity) and was excluded from promotion play-off by the Romanian Football Federation.


2017–18 Liga IV Brașov
The 2017–18 Liga IV Brașov was the 50th season of the Liga IV Brașov, the fourth tier of the Romanian football league system. The season began on 19 August 2017 and ended on 9 June 2018. SR Brașov crowned as county champion and qualify to promotion play-off in Liga III.


2017–18 Liga IV Brașov, Teams
A total of sixteen teams will participate in the 2017–18 edition of the Liga IV Brașov County.


2017–18 Liga IV Brașov, Promotion play-off
Champions of Liga IV – Brașov County face champions of Liga IV – Covasna County.


2017–18 Liga IV Bucharest
The 2017–18 Liga IV Bucharest was the 50th season of the Liga IV Bucharest, the fourth tier of the Romanian football league system. The season began on 1 September 2017 and ended on 3 June 2018. Academia Rapid București win the title and qualify to promotion play-off in Liga III.


2017–18 Liga IV Bucharest, Competition format
The 16 teams will play a regular season, followed by a championship play-off. The regular season is a double round-robin tournament and at the end of the regular season, the top four ranked teams qualify for the championship play-off.


2017–18 Liga IV Bucharest, Championship play-off
The championship play-off played in a single round-robin tournament between the best four teams of the regular season. The teams started the play-off with the following points: 1st place – 3 points, 2nd place – 2 points, 3rd place – 1 point, 4th place – 0 points.


2017–18 Liga IV Bucharest, Promotion play-off
Champions of Liga IV – Bucharest face champions of Liga IV – Giurgiu County.


2017–18 Liga IV Caraș-Severin
The 2017–18 Liga IV Caraș-Severin was the 50th season of Liga IV Caraș-Severin, the fourth tier of the Romanian football league system. The season began on 2 September 2017 and ended on 10 June 2018.


2017–18 Liga IV Caraș-Severin
Voința Lupac crowned as county champion and qualified for the promotion play-off in Liga III.


2017–18 Liga IV Caraș-Severin, Overview, Teams
A total of thirteen teams participate in the 2017–18 edition of the Liga IV Caraș-Severin County.


2017–18 Liga IV Caraș-Severin, Overview, Team changes
The following teams have changed division since the previous season:


2017–18 Liga IV Caraș-Severin, Overview, Competition format
The league will be played in a double round-robin format. The team ranked first will crowned county champion and qualify to promotion play-off in Liga III. The last two teams will relegated to Liga V Caraș-Severin – County.


2017–18 Liga IV Caraș-Severin, Promotion play-off
Champions of Liga IV – Caraș-Severin County face champions of Liga IV – Hunedoara County.


2017–18 Liga IV Cluj
The 2018–19 Liga IV Cluj was the 50th season of the Liga IV Cluj, the fourth tier of the Romanian football league system. The season began on 25 August 2017 and ended on 6 June 2018. Sticla Arieșul Turda crowned as county champion and qualify to the promotion play-off in Liga III.


2017–18 Liga IV Cluj, Overview, Teams
A total of fifteen teams will participate in the 2017–18 edition of the Liga IV Cluj County.


2017–18 Liga IV Cluj, Overview, Team changes
The following teams have changed division since the previous season.


2017–18 Liga IV Cluj, Overview, Competition format
The league will be played in a double round-robin format. The team ranked first will crowned county champion and qualify to promotion play-off in Liga III. The last two teams will relegated to Liga V Cluj – County.


2017–18 Liga IV Cluj, Promotion play-off
Champions of Liga IV – Cluj County face champions of Liga IV – Sălaj County.


2017–18 Liga IV Constanța
The 2017–18 Liga IV Constanța was the 50th season of the Liga IV Constanța, the fourth tier of the Romanian football league system. The season began on 19 August 2018 and ended on 1 June 2019.


2017–18 Liga IV Constanța
Medgidia crowned as county champion and qualify to promotion play-off in Liga III.


2017–18 Liga IV Constanța, Overview, Teams
A total of sixteen teams will participate in the 2017–18 edition of the Liga IV Constanța County.


2017–18 Liga IV Constanța, Overview, Competition format
The league was played in a double round-robin format. The team ranked first will crowned county champion and qualify to promotion play-off in Liga III. The last two teams will relegated to Liga V Constanța County.


2017–18 Liga IV Constanța, Promotion play-off
Champions of Liga IV – Constanța County face champions of Liga IV – Vrancea County.


2017–18 Liga IV Dolj
The 2017–18 Liga IV Dolj was the 50th season of the Liga IV Dolj, the fourth tier of the Romanian football league system. The season began on 12 August 2017  and ended on 10 June 2018. FC U Craiova 1948 was crowned as county champion and qualify to the promotion play-off in Liga III.


2017–18 Liga IV Dolj, Overview, Teams
A total of fourteen team participate in 2017–18 edition of  Liga IV Dolj.


2017–18 Liga IV Dolj, Overview, Competition format
The season was divided into two stages  — Regular season played in a double round robin tournament, the last two ranked, 13th and 14th places, will be relegated directly to Liga V. The first four ranked will play in the play-off, where they will enter with the points accumulated between them in the regular season, while the other competitors (places 5-12) will play in the League Cup, for ranking places.


2017–18 Liga IV Dolj, Championship play-off
At the end of the regular season, the first six teams will play a Championship play-off and the winners crowned as county champions and qualify to the promotion play-off to Liga III. The teams will start the play-off with the number of points gained in the regular season only against the other qualified teams.


2017–18 Liga IV Dolj, League Cup
The teams which was ranked 5th to 12th places in the regular season played in the League Cup to establish the final standings. In the League Cup, each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If tied on aggregate, the away goals rule was used.


2017–18 Liga IV Dolj, League Cup, First round
First Leg: 5 and 6 May. Second Leg: 11 and 12 May.


2017–18 Liga IV Dolj, League Cup, Third round
First Leg: 2 June. Second Leg: 8 and 10 June.


2017–18 Liga IV Dolj, Promotion play-off
Champions of Liga IV – Dolj County face champions of Liga IV – Dâmbovița County.


2017–18 Liga IV Dolj, Promotion play-off
FC U Craiova 1948 promoted to 2018–19 Liga III. Gloria Cornești did not meet the criteria for participation in the play-off, not having the Sports Identity Certificate (C.I.S. ).


2017–18 Liga IV Dâmbovița
The 2017–18 Liga IV Dâmbovița was the 50th season of the Liga IV Dâmbovița, the fourth tier of the Romanian football league system. The season began on 19 August 2017 and ended on 9 June 2018. Gloria Cornești was crowned as county champion and qualify to the promotion play-off.


2017–18 Liga IV Dâmbovița, Promotion play-off
Champions of Liga IV – Dâmbovița County face champions of Liga IV – Dolj County.


2017–18 Liga IV Dâmbovița, Promotion play-off
FC U Craiova 1948 promoted to 2018–19 Liga III. Gloria Cornești did not meet the criteria for participation in the play-off, not having the Sports Identity Certificate (C.I.S.)


2017–18 Liga IV Galați
The 2017–18 Liga IV Galați was the 50th season of the Liga IV Galați, the fourth tier of the Romanian football league system. The season began on 2 September 2017 and ended on 3 June 2018. CSU Galați win the title and qualify to promotion play-off in Liga III.


2017–18 Liga IV Galați, Overview, Teams
A total of thirteen teams was participate in the 2017–18 edition of the Liga IV Galați County.


2017–18 Liga IV Galați, Overview, Competition format
The league was played in a double round-robin format. The team ranked first was crowned county champion and qualify to promotion play-off in Liga III. The last one in the league table relegated to Liga V – Galați County.


2017–18 Liga IV Galați, Promotion play-off
Champions of Liga IV – Galați County face champions of Liga IV – Brăila County.


2017–18 Liga IV Hunedoara
The 2017–18 Liga IV Hunedoara was the 50th season of the Liga IV Hunedoara, the fourth tier of the Romanian football league system. The season began on 2 September 2017 and ended on 2 June 2018.


2017–18 Liga IV Ialomița
The 2017–18 Liga IV Ialomița was the 50th season of the Liga IV Ialomița, the fourth tier of the Romanian football league system. The season began on 26 August 2017 and ended on 10 June 2018.


2017–18 Liga IV Ialomița
Abatorul Slobozia crowned as county champion and qualify to promotion play-off in Liga III.


2017–18 Liga IV Ialomița, Overview, Teams
A total of sixteen teams competed in the league - twelve from the previous season and four newly promoted side.


2017–18 Liga IV Ialomița, Overview, Competition format
The league was played in a double round-robin format. The team ranked first will crowned county champion and qualify to promotion play-off in Liga III. The last two teams will relegated to Liga V Ialomița County.


2017–18 Liga IV Ialomița, Promotion play-off
Champions of Liga IV – Ialomița County face champions of Liga IV – Ilfov County.


2017–18 Liga IV Iași
The 2017–18 Liga IV Iași was the 50th season of the Liga IV Iași, the fourth tier of the Romanian football league system. The season began on 20 August 2017 and concluded on 10 June 2018. Victoria Lețcani crowned as county champion and qualify to promotion play-off in Liga III.


2017–18 Liga IV Iași, Teams
A total of sixteen teams participate in 2017–18 edition of Iași — fourteen teams from previous season season and two newly promoted teams from 2016–17 Liga V Iași County.


2017–18 Liga IV Iași, Promotion play-off
Champions of Liga IV – Iași County face champions of Liga IV – Neamț County.


2017–18 Liga IV Iași, Promotion play-off
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț promoted to 2018–19 Liga III. Victoria Lețcani does not have C.I.S. (Certificate of Sports Identity) and was excluded from promotion play-off by the Romanian Football Federation.


2017–18 Liga IV Mureș
The 2017–18 Liga IV Mureș was the 50th season of the Liga IV Mureș, the fourth tier of the Romanian football league system. The season began on 2 September 2017 and ended on 9 June 2018.


2017–18 Liga IV Olt
The 2017–18 Liga IV Olt was the 50th season of the Liga IV Olt, the fourth tier of the Romanian football league system. The season began on 26 August 2017 and ended on 3 June 2018. Vedița Colonești crowned as county champion and qualify to the promotion play-off in Liga III.


2017–18 Liga IV Olt, Promotion play-off
Champions of Liga IV – Olt County face champions of Liga IV – Argeș County.


2017–18 Liga IV Prahova
The 2017–18 Liga IV Prahova, commonly known as Liga A Prahova, was the 50th season of the Liga IV Prahova, the fourth tier of the Romanian football league system. The season began on 18 August 2017 and ended on 10 June 2018. Blejoi win the title and qualify to promotion play-off in Liga III.


2017–18 Liga IV Prahova, Promotion play-off
Champions of Liga IV – Prahova County face champions of Liga IV – Călărași County.


2017–18 Liga IV Suceava
The 2017–18 Liga IV Suceava (known as Liga Inter Conti for sponsorship reasons) was the 50th season of the Liga IV Suceava, the fourth tier of the Romanian football league system. The season began on 27 August 2017 and ended on 10 June 2018. Șomuz Fălticeni was crowned as county champion and qualified for the promotion play-off in Liga III.


2017–18 Liga IV Suceava, Promotion play-off
Champions of Liga IV – Suceava County face champions of Liga IV – Vaslui County.


2017–18 Liga IV Teleorman
The 2017–18 Liga IV Teleorman was the 50th season of the Liga IV Teleorman, the fourth tier of the Romanian football league system. The season began on 26 August 2017 and ended on 2June 2018. Rapid Buzescu win the title and qualify to promotion play-off in Liga III.


2017–18 Liga IV Teleorman, Overview
A total of sixteen teams participate in the 2017–18 edition of the Liga IV Teleorman County.


2017–18 Liga IV Teleorman, Overview, Competition format
The league was played in a double round-robin format. The team ranked first will crowned county champion and qualify to promotion play-off in Liga III. The last three teams will relegated to Liga V Teleorman County.


2017–18 Liga IV Teleorman, Promotion play-off
Champions of Liga IV – Teleorman County face champions of Liga IV – Vâlcea County.


2017–18 Liga IV Timiș
The 2017–18 Liga IV Timiș was the 50th season of the Liga IV Timiș, the fourth tier of the Romanian football league system. The season began on 11 August 2017 and ended on 9 June 2018.Dumbrăvița win the title and qualify to promotion play-off in Liga III.


2017–18 Liga IV Timiș, Promotion play-off
Champions of Liga IV – Timiș County face champions of Liga IV – Mehedinți County.


2017–18 Liga IV Vaslui
The 2017–18 Liga IV Vaslui was the 50th season of the Liga IV Vaslui, the fourth tier of the Romanian football league system. The season began on 3 September 2017 and ended on 17 June 2018. Flacăra Muntenii de Sus win the title and qualified for the promotion play-off in Liga III.


2017–18 Liga IV Vaslui, Overview, Teams
A total of twelve teams participate in the 2017–18 edition of Liga IV – Vaslui County.


2017–18 Liga IV Vaslui, Overview, Team changes
The following teams have changed division since the previous season:


2017–18 Liga IV Vaslui, Overview, Competition format
The twelve teams will play a regular season, followed by a play-off and play-out. The regular season is a double round-robin tournament. At the end of the regular season the first eight ranked teams will enter in the championship play-off. The occupants of places 9-12 go into relegation play-out.


2017–18 Liga IV Vaslui, Relegation play-out
Star Tătărani announced that they can't organize the game, lost by forfeit and relegated to Liga V – Vaslui.


2017–18 Liga IV Vaslui, Relegation play-out
Juventus Fălciu saved from relegation. Multim Perieni qualify for promotion/relegation play-off match with the third placed team from Liga V.


2017–18 Liga IV Vaslui, Relegation play-out
Moara Domnească promoted to 2018–19 Liga IV Vaslui. Multim Perieni relegated to Liga V Vaslui.


2017–18 Liga IV Vaslui, Championship play-off
The championship play-off was played between the first eight ranked teams in the regular season. The quarter-finals, semi-finals and final was played in a single-leg format.


2017–18 Liga IV Vaslui, Championship play-off
Flacăra Muntenii de Sus won the 2017–18 Liga IV Vaslui and qualify for promotion play-off.


2017–18 Liga IV Vaslui, Promotion play-off
Champions of Liga IV – Vaslui County face champions of Liga IV – Suceava County.


2017–18 Liga Leumit
The 2017–18 Liga Leumit was the 19th season as second tier since its re-alignment in 1999 and the 76th season of second-tier football in Israel.


2017–18 Liga Leumit
A total of sixteen teams were contesting in the league, including twelve sides from the 2016–17 season, the two promoted teams from 2016–17 Liga Alef and the two relegated teams from 2016–17 Israeli Premier League.


2017–18 Liga Leumit, Changes from 2016–17 season, Team changes
Maccabi Netanya and Hapoel Acre, were promoted to the 2017–18 Israeli Premier League.


2017–18 Liga Leumit, Changes from 2016–17 season, Team changes
Hapoel Tel Aviv and Hapoel Kfar Saba were relegated after finishing as the two bottom-placed clubs in the 2016–17 Israeli Premier League.


2017–18 Liga Leumit, Changes from 2016–17 season, Team changes
Maccabi Sha'arayim, and Hapoel Jerusalem were directly relegated to Liga Alef after finishing in the previous season in last two league places. They were replaced the top placed teams from each division of 2016–17 Liga Alef, Hapoel Marmorek (from South Division) and Hapoel Hadera (from North Division).


2017–18 Liga Leumit, Overview, Stadia and locations
The club is playing their home games at a neutral venue because their own ground does not meet league requirements.


2017–18 Liga Leumit, Playoffs, Top Playoff
Key numbers for pairing determination (number marks position after 30 games)


2017–18 Liga Leumit, Playoffs, Bottom Playoff
Key numbers for pairing determination (number marks position after 30 games)


2017–18 Liga Leumit, Positions by round
The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for day 17.


2017–18 Liga Leumit, Promotion/Relegation playoff
The 14th-placed team, Hapoel Kfar Saba, faced 2017–18 Liga Alef promotion play-offs winner Ironi Tiberias in a two-legged tie. The matches took place on 25 and 29 May 2018.


2017–18 Liga Leumit, Promotion/Relegation playoff
Hapoel Kfar Saba won 5–3 on aggregate and remained in Liga Leumit. Ironi Tiberias remained in Liga Alef.


2017–18 Liga MX Femenil season
The 2017–18 Liga MX Femenil season was the inaugural season of the top-flight women's football league in Mexico. The season is contested by sixteen teams, being the counterpart women's teams of the men's league, Liga MX. Of the 18 Liga MX clubs, Puebla and Lobos BUAP were the two teams who do not field a women's team.


2017–18 Liga MX Femenil season, Format
The Liga MX Femenil season is split into two championships: the Torneo Apertura (or opening tournament) and the Torneo Clausura (or closing tournament). Each in contested in an identical format and includes the same sixteen teams. The Apertura started on July 29, 2017 and ended in November 2017  while the Clausura (or closing tournament) runs from January 5-May 5, 2018.


2017–18 Liga MX Femenil season, Teams, stadiums, and personnel
The following sixteen teams are competing this season. Of the 18 Liga MX clubs, Puebla and Lobos BUAP are the two teams who do not field a women's team.


2017–18 Liga MX Femenil season, Format
The teams will be divided into two groups of eight, where the best two of each group will advance to the semifinals of the Liguilla.


2017–18 Liga MX Femenil season, Torneo Apertura, Regular season, Positions by round
The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 8, but then postponed and played between days 11 and 12, it will be added to the standings for day 12.


2017–18 Liga MX Femenil season, Torneo Apertura, Regular season, Top goalscorers
Players sorted first by goals scored, then by last name.


2017–18 Liga MX Femenil season, Torneo Clausura
The Clausura 2018 is the second championship of the season.


2017–18 Liga MX Femenil season, Torneo Clausura, Regular season, Positions by round
The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for day 16.


2017–18 Liga MX Femenil season, Torneo Clausura, Regular season, Top goalscorers
Players sorted first by goals scored, then by last name.


2017–18 Liga MX season
The 2017–18 Liga MX season  (known as the Liga BBVA Bancomer MX for sponsorship reasons) was the 71st professional season of the top-flight football league in Mexico. The season is split into two championships—the Torneo Apertura and the Torneo Clausura—each in an identical format and each contested by the same eighteen teams.


2017–18 Liga MX season, Teams, stadiums, and personnel
These are the eighteen teams that competed in the 2017-18 season. Chiapas was relegated to the Ascenso MX after accumulating the lowest coefficient last season, and were replaced by the Ascenso MX Clausura 2017 champion Lobos BUAP, who won promotion after defeating the Ascenso MX Apertura 2016 champion Dorados de Sinaloa in the 2016–17 Ascenso MX Promotion Final.


2017–18 Liga MX season, Torneo Apertura
The Apertura 2017 is the first championship of the season.


2017–18 Liga MX season, Torneo Apertura, Regular season
The season began on 21 July 2017 and ended on 19 November 2017.


2017–18 Liga MX season, Torneo Apertura, Regular season, Positions by round
The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for day 16.


2017–18 Liga MX season, Torneo Apertura, Regular Season statistics, Top goalscorers
Players sorted first by goals scored, then by last name.


2017–18 Liga MX season, Torneo Apertura, Attendance, Per team
Source: Notes:Only regular season listed1: Team played in Ascenso MX last season.2: UNAM played one home match at Estadio Corregidora


2017–18 Liga MX season, Torneo Clausura
The Clausura 2018 is the second championship of the season. The regular phase of the tournament began in January 2018.


2017–18 Liga MX season, Torneo Clausura, Regular season, Positions by round
The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for day 16.


2017–18 Liga MX season, Torneo Clausura, Regular Season statistics, Top goalscorers
Players sorted first by goals scored, then by last name.