2018–19 Kerala Blasters FC season, Players, First-team squad
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2018–19 Kerala Blasters FC season, Statistics, Squad statistics
Players Used: Kerala Blasters has used a total of 23 different players in all competitions.


2018–19 Kerala Blasters FC season, Pre-season and friendlies
Kerala Blasters started their pre season in July in Ahmedabad to prepare for a competition called Toyota Yaris La Liga World. They faced Melbourne City FC from Australia and Spanish club Girona FC in the competition. They suffered heavy losses by Australian club 0–6 and Spanish club 0–5.


2018–19 Kerala Blasters FC season, Pre-season and friendlies
In September 2018, Kerala started their second phase of pre season before Indian Super League in Thailand. Where they played some friendly matches with local clubs.


2018–19 Kerala Premier League
The 2018–19 Kerala Premier League Season is the sixth season of the Kerala Premier League. The season features 11 teams which will be divided into 2 groups and is played on a home-and-away format. The season kicked off on 16 December 2018. Kozhikode Quartz, SBI Kerala and Trikaripur withdrawn from the league due to financial problems.


2018–19 Kerala Premier League, Teams
Central Excise, Cochin Port Trust and Kerala Police are pulled out from the 2018–19 season. Golden Threads, RFC Kochi, Kovalam FC along with Indian Navy were added making 2018–19 season a 11-team affair.


2018–19 Kerala Premier League, Teams, Foreign players
Clubs can sign maximum four players of any nationality but only three is allowed in the playing eleven.


2018–19 Keşla FK season
The Keşla 2018-19 season is Keşla's first full season since the changed their name in 28 October 2017, and the eighteenth Azerbaijan Premier League season.


2018–19 Keşla FK season, Season Events
On 5 June, Azer Salahli and Fuad Bayramov signed new one-year contracts with Keşla and Slavik Alkhasov signed a new two-year contract.


2018–19 Keşla FK season, Season Events
On 13 June, Keşla signed new one-year contracts with Tarlan Guliyev, Jabir Amirli, Andre Clennon, Murad Gayali, Denis Silva and Adrian Scarlatache, whist Sertan Tashkin signed a new two-year contract.


2018–19 Keşla FK season, Season Events
On 22 June, Keşla agreed new one-year contracts with Orkhan Sadigli, Vagif Javadov and Ebrima Sohna.


2018–19 Keşla FK season, Season Events
On 17 July Yuriy Maksymov left Keşla by mutual consent. On 25 July, Mladen Milinković was appointed as Keşla's new manager.


2018–19 Keşla FK season, Season Events
On 28 July, Keşla signed Elnur Jafarov on a one-year contract.


2018–19 Keşla FK season, Season Events
On 9 August, Keşla signed Nikola Mitrović on a one-year contract.


2018–19 Keşla FK season, Season Events
On 14 August, Keşla announced the signing of Ruslan Nasirli on a one-year contract from MOIK Baku, and Samir Masimov on a two-year contract.


2018–19 Keşla FK season, Season Events
On 17 August, Orkhan Sadigli joined Sumgayit on a season-long loan deal, with Keşla announcing the signing of Edvinas Girdvainis the following day, 18 August.


2018–19 Keşla FK season, Season Events
On 1 October, Keşla announced the signing of Diallo Guidileye on a contract until the end of the season.


2018–19 Keşla FK season, Season Events
On 11 October, Keşla announced the signing of Jonathan Ayité on a contract until the end of the season.


2018–19 Keşla FK season, Season Events
On 29 October 2018 Milinković was sacked as manager, with Tarlan Ahmadov being appointed as his replacement on 30 October 2018.


2018–19 Keşla FK season, Squad, Out on loan
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2018–19 Khuzestan Premier League
The 2018–19 Khuzestan Premier League season was the 19th season of the Khuzestan Premier League which took place from September 7, 2018 to April 26, 2019 with 16 teams competing from the province of Khuzestan. This was the second year that the league played with 16 teams. Teams played home and away with one another each playing 28 matches. Eftekhar Shushtar finished the season on top of the standings and was promoted to division 3 of the Iranian football system. Meanwhile, with Esteghlal Veys' withdrawal from the league, they will be relegated to the Khuzestan Division 1 along with last place finishers Esteghlal Abadan.


2018–19 Khuzestan Premier League, League changes
During week 4 of the season, Esteghlal Veys did not take the field against Jonub Susangerd due to monetary issues. The team officially withdrew from the league prior to the start of week 5 matches. The league continued with the remaining 15 teams and Esteghlal's results were removed from league records. Week 30 was scheduled to take place prior to the New Year, however, due to bad weather conditions, the league cancelled 4 matches while playing only those matches that would alter the league champion and the team being relegated.


2018–19 Kilmarnock F.C. season
The 2018–19 season was Kilmarnock's sixth season in the Premiership, and their 26th consecutive season in the top flight of Scottish football.


2018–19 Kilmarnock F.C. season, Overview
Killie, like the previous season, went on a pre-season training camp in La Manga, Spain. On 13 July 2018, manager Steve Clarke said that Youssouf Mulumbu had left Kilmarnock and wasn't expected to return to the club. A Kilmarnock XI took part in two friendly matches. The first was against East Kilbride on 18 July 2018 in which Daniel Higgins scored the only goal of the game to give Killie a 1–0 win. On 22 July 2018, Killie played local junior side Kilwinning Rangers in Ben Lewis's testimonial.


2018–19 Kilmarnock F.C. season, Overview
Kilmarnock finished the season in third place - the club's highest league finish since 1966 - and with a record points tally. Eamonn Brophy's 89th-minute penalty secured a 2–1 win over Rangers in the last game of the season to secure third and qualification to the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League.


2018–19 Kilmarnock F.C. season, Overview
Kilmarnock were seeded for the group stage draw of the League Cup and were drawn to face Premiership rivals St Mirren along with Dumbarton, Queen's Park and Spartans. In their opening fixture, Kilmarnock drew 0–0 with St Mirren and missed out on the opportunity for a bonus point as they lost 3–2 on penalties. They won their subsequent three matches to finish first in Group H. Killie were eliminated in the second round by Rangers.


2018–19 Kilmarnock F.C. season, Overview
Kilmarnock entered the fourth round of the Scottish Cup as one of the Premiership clubs, starting on 19 January 2019. After defeating Forfar Athletic, they lost to Rangers in a fifth round replay.


2018–19 Kisvárda FC season
The 2018–19 season will be Kisvárda FC's debut season in the OTP Bank Liga and the 16th in existence as a football club.


2018–19 Kisvárda FC season, First team squad
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2018–19 Kisvárda FC season, Transfers, Summer
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2018–19 Kisvárda FC season, Transfers, Summer
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2018–19 Kisvárda FC season, Transfers, Winter
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2018–19 Kisvárda FC season, Transfers, Winter
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2018–19 Kisvárda FC season, Statistics, Top scorers
Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.


2018–19 Kisvárda FC season, Statistics, Disciplinary record
Includes all competitive matches. Players with 1 card or more included only.


2018–19 Korean peace process
The 2018−19 Korean peace process was initiated in order to resolve the long-running Korean conflict and denuclearize Korea. International concern about North Korea's nuclear weapons came to a head in 2017, when they posed a direct threat to the United States. At the same time, Moon Jae-in was elected president of South Korea with the promise of returning to the Sunshine Policy, favoring good relations with North Korea. A series of summits were held between North Korea's Kim Jong-un, South Korea's Moon, and Donald Trump of the United States.


2018–19 Korean peace process
Trump became the first sitting US President to meet a North Korean leader and to enter North Korean territory. Kim became the first North Korean leader to enter South Korean territory. Moon became the first South Korean President to give a speech in North Korea. In parallel to this, a number of cultural exchanges began. Tensions were lowered on both sides of the DMZ.


2018–19 Korean peace process
The summits failed to make substantial progress towards denuclearization or a peace treaty. In October 2019, talks in Sweden began between US and North Korean negotiating teams, but broke down after one day. Subsequently, relations deteriorated, though dialogue continued.


2018–19 Korean peace process, Background
In 1945, at the end of World War II, Korea was divided. In 1950, war broke out between North and South Korea. The United States intervened to defend the South and has continued a military presence to the present day. A cease fire ended the fighting in 1953, but no official peace treaty has been signed. Frequent clashes have occurred up to recent times.


2018–19 Korean peace process, Background
At the end of the Cold War, North Korea lost its supporters in the Soviet Bloc. In December 1991 North and South Korea made an accord, the Agreement on Reconciliation, Non-Aggression, Exchange and Cooperation, pledging non-aggression and cultural and economic exchanges. They also agreed to prior notification of major military movements and established a military hotline, and to work on replacing the armistice with a "peace regime".


2018–19 Korean peace process, Background
In 1994, concern over North Korea's nuclear program led to the Agreed Framework between the US and North Korea. In 1998, South Korean President Kim Dae-jung announced a Sunshine Policy towards North Korea. An Inter-Korean summit was held in 2000. Continuing concerns about North Korea's development of nuclear missiles led in 2003 to the six-party talks that included North Korea, South Korea, the US, Russia, China, and Japan. In 2006, however, North Korea resumed testing missiles and on October 9 conducted its first nuclear test. A second inter-Korean summit was held in 2007. By 2017, estimates of North Korea's nuclear arsenal ranged between 15 and 60 bombs, probably including hydrogen bombs. In the opinion of analysts, the Hwasong-15 missile is capable of striking anywhere in the United States. There was an increase in militaristic rhetoric on both sides.


2018–19 Korean peace process, Thaw at the Winter Games
In May 2017 Moon Jae-in was elected President of South Korea with a promise to return to the Sunshine Policy. In his New Year address for 2018, North Korean leader, Chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea Kim Jong-un proposed sending a delegation to the upcoming Winter Olympics in South Korea. The Seoul–Pyongyang hotline was reopened after almost two years. At the Winter Olympics, North and South Korea marched together in the opening ceremony and fielded a united women's ice hockey team.


2018–19 Korean peace process, Thaw at the Winter Games
As well as the athletes, North Korea sent an unprecedented high-level delegation, headed by Kim Yo-jong, sister of Kim Jong-un, and President Kim Yong-nam, and including performers like the Samjiyon Orchestra. The delegation passed on an invitation to President Moon to visit North Korea. An opinion poll taken on 15 February found that 61.5% of South Koreans thought Moon should take up the invitation.


2018–19 Korean peace process, Thaw at the Winter Games
The performances by the Samjiyon Orchestra at the Olympics marked the first time since 2006 that any North Korean artist performed in South Korea. The North Korean ship which carried the orchestra, Man Gyong Bong 92, was also the first North Korean ship to arrive in South Korea since 2002.


2018–19 Korean peace process, Thaw at the Winter Games
Following the Olympics, the governments of North and South Korea raised the possibility that they could host the 2021 Asian Winter Games together. On 1 April, South Korean K-pop stars performed a concert in Pyongyang titled "Spring is Coming", which was attended by Kim Jong-un and his wife. Meanwhile, propaganda broadcasts stopped on both sides. The K-pop stars were part of a 160-member South Korean art troupe which performed in North Korea in early April 2018. It also marked the first time since 2005 that any South Korean artist performed in North Korea.


2018–19 Korean peace process, April 2018 inter-Korean summit
On 27 April, a summit took place between Moon and Kim in the South Korean zone of the Joint Security Area. It was the first time since the Korean War that a North Korean leader had entered South Korean territory. The leaders met at the line that divides Korea. Kim and Moon signed the Panmunjom Declaration pledging to work towards a final peace to the Korean conflict within a year and the complete denuclearization of Korea. The agreement also called for the end of military activities in the region of the Korean border and the reunification of Korea. The leaders also agreed to work together to connect and modernise their railways.


2018–19 Korean peace process, April 2018 inter-Korean summit
On 5 May, North Korea adjusted its time zone to match the South's. In May, South Korea began removing propaganda loudspeakers from the border area in line with the Panmunjom Declaration.


2018–19 Korean peace process, May 2018 inter-Korean summit
Moon and Kim met on May 26 to discuss Kim's upcoming summit with Trump. The summit led to further meetings between North and South Korean officials during June. On June 1, officials from both countries agreed to move forward with the military and Red Cross talks. They also agreed to reopen a jointly operated liaison office in Kaesong that the South had shut down in February 2016 after a North Korean nuclear test. The second meeting, involving the Red Cross and military, was held on June 22 at North Korea's Mount Kumgang resort, where it was agreed that family reunions would resume.


2018–19 Korean peace process, 2018 North Korea–United States Singapore Summit
Donald Trump met with Kim Jong-un on June 12, 2018, in Singapore, in the first summit meeting between the leaders of the United States and North Korea. They signed a joint statement, agreeing to security guarantees for North Korea, new peaceful relations, reaffirmation of the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, recovery of soldiers' remains, and follow-up negotiations between high-level officials. Immediately following the summit, Trump announced that the US would discontinue "provocative" joint military exercises with South Korea, and he wishes to bring the U.S. forces back home at some point, but he said that was not part of the Singapore agreement.


2018–19 Korean peace process, Aftermath of Singapore summit, Subsequent negotiations
On July 6–7, Pompeo visited North Korea for the third time to continue the negotiations with General Kim Yong-chol. After the meeting, Pompeo stated that the talks had been productive and that progress had been made "on almost all of the central issues". However, the North Korean state media criticized the meeting soon after, saying the U.S. had shown a "gangster-like attitude" and calling the demands of the Trump administration "deeply regrettable". Pompeo delivered a letter from Kim to Trump, in which the latter expressed his hope for successful implementation of the US-North Korea Joint Statement and reaffirmed his will for improving the relations between the countries.


2018–19 Korean peace process, Aftermath of Singapore summit, Subsequent negotiations
Pompeo announced on August 23, 2018, that he would return to North Korea the following week for the fourth round of talks. The following day, Trump tweeted that he had asked Pompeo not to make the trip because he felt "we are not making sufficient progress with respect to the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula". South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha urged continued U.S.-North Korean talks.


2018–19 Korean peace process, Aftermath of Singapore summit, Subsequent negotiations
In August, Foreign Minister Kang said that she had "considerable" consultations over a declaration of a formal end of the Korean War with the Chinese and U.S. foreign ministers. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi expressed support for a declaration. North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho said he was "alarmed" by U.S. insistence on maintaining sanctions until North Korea denuclearizes and what he said was U.S. reluctance to declare an end to the Korean War.


2018–19 Korean peace process, Aftermath of Singapore summit, Subsequent negotiations
According to Vox, Trump had made an spoken agreement with North Korea to sign a declaration ending the Korean War, both at a White House meeting on June 1, and during the Singapore Summit. However, National Security Adviser John Bolton and Defense Secretary Jim Mattis both opposed signing the declaration before denuclearization.


2018–19 Korean peace process, Aftermath of Singapore summit, Return of remains of US soldiers
On July 27 North Korea handed over 55 boxes of human remains, thus starting to fulfill their pledge in the Singapore declaration. The remains were saluted in a ceremony in their honor by US soldiers. More than 36,000 American troops died during the Korean War, but some 7,700 remain unaccounted for, including 5,300 believed to have died in North Korea. The remains of 220 soldiers were recovered from North Korea during the years 1996-2005.


2018–19 Korean peace process, Aftermath of Singapore summit, Return of remains of US soldiers
North Korea reported to the U.S. Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency that they could not be sure how many individuals were represented in each of the 55 boxes. After the failure of the Hanoi Summit, the US suspended the program. By October 2019, it was reported that 35–40 servicemen had been identified.


2018–19 Korean peace process, Aftermath of Singapore summit, Dismantling of rocket launch sites
On July 24, North Korea began to dismantle a rocket launch site at Tonchang, an action which Kim had pledged to Trump. South Korean President Moon called the move "a good sign for North Korea's denuclearization". At the same time, the Sohae Satellite Launching Station was being dismantled. Satellite imagery showed that several key facilities had been demolished, including the rail-mounted processing building, where space launch vehicles were prepared before moving them to the launch pad, and the rocket engine test stand.


2018–19 Korean peace process, Aftermath of Singapore summit, Dismantling of rocket launch sites
According to the analyst website 38 North, the Sohae Station was believed to have played an important part in North's ICBM program, and its dismantlement represented a first step towards fulfilling Kim's commitment to disarmament. By August 7, there was more progress on dismantling facilities at the Sohae Station, including the demolition of the test stand's concrete foundations, launch pad's gantry tower, and the pad foundation. According to 38 North, these actions had to be viewed cautiously as since they were neither permanent or irreversible.


2018–19 Korean peace process, Aftermath of Singapore summit, Other developments in North and South Korea
North Korea stopped its anti-American government propaganda after the Singapore summit and cancelled its annual anti-US government rally. North Korea staged a grand parade for its 70th anniversary without its ICBMs.


2018–19 Korean peace process, Aftermath of Singapore summit, Other developments in North and South Korea
On 23 June 2018, South Korea announced that it would not conduct annual military exercises with the US in September, and would also stop its own drills in the Yellow Sea, in order to not provoke North Korea and to continue a peaceful dialog. On July 1, South and North Korea resumed ship-to-ship radio communication, which could prevent accidental clashes between South and North Korean military vessels around the Northern Limit Line (NLL) in the West (Yellow) Sea. On 17 July 2018, South and North Korea fully restored their military communication line on the western part of the peninsula.


2018–19 Korean peace process, Aftermath of Singapore summit, Other developments in North and South Korea
North and South Korea competed as "Korea" in some events at the 2018 Asian Games. North Korean movies were screened at the Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival in South Korea. In August, reunions of families divided since the Korean War took place at Mount Kumgang in North Korea.


2018–19 Korean peace process, Aftermath of Singapore summit, Other developments in North and South Korea
North and South Korea agreed to reduce guard posts and equipment along the DMZ. U.S. General Vincent Brooks responded, "I have some concerns about what that means militarily for the ability to defend along the Military Demarcation Line". However, he assessed the risk as being to "a reasonable degree" and said that the move represents an outstanding opportunity to reduce tensions on the DMZ.


2018–19 Korean peace process, Third inter-Korean summit in 2018
On 13 August, the South Korean Blue House announced that Moon would attend the third inter-Korean summit with Kim in Pyongyang in September. On September 5, during the meeting with South Korean special envoy Chung Eun-yong about the upcoming summit, Kim declared that he wanted to accomplish the denuclearization of Korea before the US leader Donald Trump completes his first term (January 2021).


2018–19 Korean peace process, Third inter-Korean summit in 2018
In Pyongyang, on September 18, both leaders signed an agreement titled the "Pyongyang Joint Declaration of September 2018". The agreement called for the removal of landmines planted at the Joint Security Area. North Korea agreed to dismantle its nuclear program in the presence of international experts if the U.S. took reciprocal action. Moon became the first South Korean leader to give a speech to a North Korean audience when he addressed 150,000 spectators at the Arirang Festival on 19 September.


2018–19 Korean peace process, North Korea–United States Hanoi Summit, 2019
Donald Trump met with Kim Jong-un on February 27, 2019, in Hanoi, Vietnam, in the second summit meeting between the leaders of the United States and North Korea. On February 28, 2019, the White House announced that the summit was cut short and that no agreement was reached, with Trump later elaborating that it was because North Korea wanted an end to all sanctions. North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong-ho asserted that the country only sought a partial lifting of five United Nations sanctions placed on North Korea during 2016–17.


2018–19 Korean peace process, DMZ meeting, 2019
In April 2019 Trump tweeted that a third summit between him and Kim "would be good". On June 12, 2019, he received a letter from Kim which he described as "beautiful". On June 26, 2019, it was announced that talks were underway to hold a third U.S.–North Korean summit. On June 22, 2019, an undated photo was also released by the North Korean government of Kim Jong-un reading a letter from Trump. Kim described the letter as "excellent" and described Trump as the "supreme leader" of the United States. However, Kim later denied reports of continued talks with the United States, and relations with the U.S. State Department still remained hostile.


2018–19 Korean peace process, DMZ meeting, 2019
On June 30, 2019, Donald Trump and Moon Jae-in met with Kim Jong-un at the DMZ. The meeting was apparently the result of an impromptu Trump tweet suggesting a possible meeting with Kim at the DMZ "just to shake his hand and say Hello(?)!". When they met, Trump and Kim shook hands, and Kim said in English, "It's good to see you again", "I never expected to meet you at this place", and "You are the first US President to cross the border". They briefly crossed the border into North Korea before crossing back into South Korea.


2018–19 Korean peace process, DMZ meeting, 2019
After meeting at the border, Trump, Kim and Moon Jae-in entered the Inter-Korean House of Freedom for approximately one hour. A result of the brief meeting was that both U.S. and North Korea agreed to set up teams to resume denuclearization talks, which had previously stalled at the Hanoi Summit earlier in the year.


2018–19 Korean peace process, DMZ meeting, 2019
The meeting has been reported as historic as it was the first time a sitting U.S. president has set foot in North Korea; former US Presidents Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton had previously visited North Korea after they left office.


2018–19 Korean peace process, Subsequent developments in 2019
During 2019, North Korea conducted a series of short–range missile tests, while the US and South Korea took part in joint military drills in August. On 16 August 2019, North Korea's ruling party made a statement criticizing the South for participating in the drills and for buying US military hardware, calling it a "grave provocation".


2018–19 Korean peace process, Subsequent developments in 2019
On September 10, 2019, Trump tweeted that he had asked Bolton for his resignation which was given shortly thereafter. North Korea had previously called Bolton a "warmonger". Pro -North Korean newspaper Chosun Sinbo welcomed Bolton's resignation, stating that he was to blame for breaking off the February summit in Hanoi. Trump had disagreed with Bolton's advocacy of "Libyan model" for North Korea. Bolton subsequently repudiated Trump's policy, saying that North Korea was becoming more dangerous.


2018–19 Korean peace process, Subsequent developments in 2019
On 23 September 2019, Trump and Moon met in New York, at the time of the 74th United Nations General Assembly session. Trump downplayed the seriousness of North Korea's short-range missiles stating that they had not been covered by an agreement and describing them as "nothing spectacular". Both Trump and Moon expressed support for continuing negotiations.


2018–19 Korean peace process, Subsequent developments in 2019
As agreed at the DMZ summit, talks began in Stockholm on 5 October 2019 between US and North Korean negotiating teams. After one day, the North Koreans said that talks had broken down, blaming US inflexibility. The US team, however, said discussions were good, and would be resumed.


2018–19 Korean peace process, Subsequent developments in 2019
On December 7, 2019, a spokesman for North Korea's Defense Academy announced that an important test had been conducted at the Sohae Satellite Launching Station, but no details were forthcoming.


2018–19 Korean peace process, Subsequent developments in 2019
In December 2019, US Ambassador to the United Nations Kelly Craft said during a meeting of the UN Security Council that was called at her request that the US was prepared to take "simultaneous steps" with North Korea to achieve peace. But she also warned the North Koreans against conducting further missile tests.


2018–19 Korean peace process, Aftermath
In May 2020, saying he intended to employ "new policies", Kim met with the Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party and discussed boosting North Korea's nuclear deterrent. The augmentation of conventional artillery was discussed as well. On June 5, 2020, the North Korean foreign minister Ri Son-gwon said that prospects for peace between North and South Korea, and the U.S., had "faded away into a dark nightmare". He indicated that subsequent to the meeting with Trump, the North's efforts had focused instead on amassing a more "reliable force to cope with the long-term military threats from the U.S.".


2018–19 Korean peace process, Aftermath
On June 13, Kim Yo-jong, sister of Kim Jong-un, warned that "before long, a tragic scene of the useless North-South joint liaison office completely collapsed would be seen". On June 16, the North threatened to return troops that had been withdrawn from the border to posts where they had been previously stationed. Later that day, the liaison office in Kaesong was blown up by the North Korean government. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the South Korean delegation had left the building in January.


2018–19 Korean peace process, Aftermath
In September, Moon and Kim exchanged friendly letters about COVID-19 and the typhoons that had hit Korea. On 22 September, Moon addressed the UN General Assembly and called for a "permanent peace regime" in Korea. Kelly Craft, the US ambassador to the UN, backed his call and said that there had been significant progress in negotiations so far. On the same day, the crew of a North Korean patrol boat killed a South Korean fisheries officer whom they encountered off their coast and torched his flotation device. Kim apologized to South Korea for the incident. In November, the South Korean defense ministry reaffirmed its commitment to the peace process in an ASEAN security meeting.


2018–19 Korean peace process, Aftermath
In February 2021, South Korea continued to omit North Korea's "enemy" status from the South Korean military's White Paper after downgrading the status of Japan.


2018–19 Korisliiga season
The 2018–19 Korisliiga season was the 79th season of the top professional basketball league in Finland. Karhu successfully defended their title to repeat as Finnish national champions.


2018–19 Korisliiga season, Format
The eleven teams played four times against each one of the other teams for a total of 40 games. The eight best qualified teams joined the playoffs and the last one played a best-of-three relegation playoff against the First Division runners-up.


2018–19 Korisliiga season, Teams
Ura promoted from First Division and Kobrat remained in the league as Espoo United was expelled due to financial irregularities.


2018–19 Korisliiga season, Playoffs
The quarter-finals and semi-finals were played in a best-of-three 1–1–1–1–1 format with re-seeding in the semifinals. The finals were played in a best-of-seven playoff format.


2018–19 Kosovar Cup
The 2018–19 Kosovar Cup was the football knockout competition of Kosovo in the 2018–19 season.


2018–19 Kosovar Cup, Second Round
The draw for the second round was held on 6 November 2018.


2018–19 Kosovar Cup, Third Round
The draw for the third round was held on 30 November 2018.


2018–19 Kosovar Cup, Quarter-finals
The draw for the fourth round was held on 11 December 2018.


2018–19 Kosovar Cup, Semifinals
These matches were played on 17 April and 1 May 2019.


2018–19 Kosovo Basketball Superleague
The 2018–19 IP Superliga e Basketbollit is the 25th season of the Kosovo Basketball Superleague. It started on 22 September 2018.


2018–19 Kosovo Basketball Superleague, Teams
Peja was expelled from the league due to not meeting the criteria for being admitted. Ponte Prizreni replaced them.


2018–19 Kosovo Basketball Superleague, Playoffs
Playoffs will be played in a best-of-five playoff format. The higher seeded teams played game 1, 2 and 5 at home in the semifinals and games 1, 3 and 5 in the finals.


2018–19 Kuwait Crown Prince Cup
This will be the 26th edition of Kuwait Crown Prince Cup where the 15 teams are in a knockout stage.


2018–19 Kuwait Emir Cup
The 2018–19 Kuwait Emir Cup is the 57th edition, Kuwait SC are the defending champions.


2018–19 Kuwait Federation Cup
The 2018–19 Kuwait Federation Cup tournament saw all 15 Kuwaiti clubs participating in 2 groups, rather than 3. Kazma SC are the defending champions.


2018–19 Kuwaiti Division One
33rd edition of the tournament, 5-time champions Al-Shabab SC are the former champions. Originally the league would consist of 7 teams but with the Kuwait FA announced its expansion in football so last seasons 2017–18 relegated team have been un-relegated and 2017–18 Kuwaiti Division One winners Al-Shabab SC and losing play-off team Al-Fahaheel FC will all compete this season. So moving forward any new team to be founded and join football would join the Kuwaiti Division One.


2018–19 Kuwaiti Premier League
57th edition of the tournament. Kuwait SC are the defending champions. Originally the league was structured at 8 teams but Kuwait FA announced its expansion in football so last seasons 2017–18 relegated team have been un-relegated and 2017–18 Kuwaiti Division One winners Al-Shabab SC and losing play-off team Al-Fahaheel FC will all compete this season.


2018–19 Kuwaiti Premier League, Teams, Foreign players
The total number of foreign players is restricted to five per club.


2018–19 LBA season
The 2018–19 LBA season, also known as Serie A PosteMobile for sponsorship reasons, was the 97th season of the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA), the men's top tier professional basketball division of the Italian basketball league system (LBA). The regular season began on October 7, 2018 and finished on May 12, 2019, with the playoffs started on May 18 (dependent on an Italian club qualifying for the 2019 EuroLeague Final Four, 2019 EuroCup Playoffs or for the 2019 Champions League Playoffs) and finished on June 22.


2018–19 LBA season
As in previous years, Molten Corporation provided the official ball for all matches.


2018–19 LBA season
Umana Reyer Venezia won their 4th title by beating Banco di Sardegna Sassari in game 7 of the finals.


2018–19 LBA season, Teams, Promotion and relegation (pre-season)
A total of 16 teams contested the league, including 15 sides from the 2017–18 season and one promoted from the 2017–18 Serie A2.


2018–19 LBA season, Teams, Promotion and relegation (pre-season)
Alma Pallacanestro Trieste was the promoted club from the Serie A2 Basket after beating Novipiù Casale Monferrato at game 3 of league's playoffs, and returned to the top division after a 14 years absence.


2018–19 LBA season, Teams, Promotion and relegation (pre-season)
Trieste replaced Betaland Capo d'Orlando who were relegated during the previous season.


2018–19 LBA season, Changes from 2017–18
As in previous seasons, LBA clubs must play in arenas that seat at least 3,500 people. From 2017–18 season, all clubs must host their home playoffs matches in arenas with a seating capacity of at least 5,000 people.


2018–19 LBA season, Rules
Each team is allowed either five or seven foreign players under two formulas:


2018–19 LBA season, Rules
Each club can choose the 5+5 formula, that consists of five Italian players and five foreign players, and the 3+4+5 formula, with five Italian players, three foreigners from countries outside the EU and four foreigners from EU countries or "Cotonou Countries".


2018–19 LBA season, Rules
At the end of the season there will be a prize of €500.000,00 for the top three ranked teams, that had chosen the 5+5 formula, considering the playing time of Italian players, and €200.000,00 for those teams that will obtain the best results with their youth sector.


2018–19 LBA season, Regular season
In the regular season, teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The eight first qualified teams advanced to the Playoffs, the last seven qualified teams were eliminated, while the last one qualified team was relegated and replaced by the winner of the playoffs of the second-level Serie A2 Basket. The matchdays were from October 7, 2018, to May 2019.


2018–19 LBA 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.


2018–19 LBA season, Playoffs
The LBA playoffs quarterfinals and semifinals were best of five formats, while the finals series were best of seven format. The playoffs began on May 18, 2019, and finished on June 22, 2019.


2018–19 LBA season, Supercup
The 2018 Italian Supercup, also known as Zurich Connect Supercoppa 2018 for sponsorship reasons, was the 24rd edition of the super cup tournament of the Italian basketball. The Supercup opened the 2018–19 season on 29 and 30 September 2018, and it was contested in the PalaLeonessa in Brescia.


2018–19 LBA season, Supercup
Qualified for the tournament were Fiat Torino and Germani Brescia, as Italian Cup finalists, AX Armani Exchange Milano and Dolomiti Energia Trento as LBA Playoffs finalist.


2018–19 LBA season, Supercup
AX Armani Exchange Milano beat the tournament host Germani Basket Brescia 59–81, while Fiat Torino beat Dolomiti Energia Trento 81–72.


2018–19 LBA season, Supercup
AX Armani Exchange Milano was the Supercup winner for the third consecutive season after beating Fiat Torino in the final 82–71. Milano used an 11–0 run to start the second quarter and jump in front. Milano held a 41–31 lead at halftime, then Vladimir Micov nailed three triples early in the third quarter to open a 55–38 lead. Torino closed in with a 0–12 run in the fourth quarter, but Artūras Gudaitis had a three-point play to extend it to 76–67, and sending Milano on its way to victory. Micov and Gudaitis scored 17 points apiece to lead Milano to its first trophy of the season. Nemanja Nedović scored 14, and Mike James had 10 in a victory. Tony Carr paced Torino with 15 points, while Tekele Cotton, Tyshawn Taylor and Jamil Wilson scored 11 apiece.


2018–19 LBA season, Cup
The 51st edition of the Italian Cup, knows as the PosteMobile Final Eight for sponsorship reasons, was contested in February 2019. As in the previous edition, Nelson Mandela Forum in Florence hosted the Cup. Eight teams qualified for the Final Eight were Avellino, Bologna, Brindisi, Cremona, Milano, Sassari, Varese and Venezia.


2018–19 LBA season, Cup
Segafredo Virtus Bologna stunned AX Armani Exchange Milano 84-86 and Vanoli Cremona defeated Openjobmetis Varese 82–73 in the Italian Cup quarterfinals on Thursday. The game was not as close as the final score would indicate with Bologna leading by multiple possessions throughout the fourth quarter and Milano only getting within 2 on a Curtis Jerrells triple on the buzzer. Tony Taylor scored 23 points and Pietro Aradori 16 for Bologna, which took a big step towards adding to its record eight Italian Cup triumphs. James Nunnally paced Milano with 19 points while leading scorer Mike James shot just 1 for 11 on three-pointers and finished with 13 points. For Cremona, Drew Crawford scored 22 points and Wesley Saunders added 20.


2018–19 LBA season, Cup
On the second night of the Italian Cup quarterfinals, Banco di Sardegna Sassari edged Umana Reyer Venezia 88-89 behind 24 points from Dyshawn Pierre and New Basket Brindisi out-gunned Sidigas Avellino 95-98 as Adrian Banks poured in 26 points.


2018–19 LBA season, Cup
Vanoli Cremona will play New Basket Brindisi in the final of the Italian Cup. In the semifinals, Cremona topped Segafredo Virtus Bologna 102-91 as Travis Diener netted 26 points on 6-for-9 three-point shooting. Mangok Mathiang added 19 points and 10 rebounds in the victory. Brindisi held off Sassari 86–87, with John Brown scoring 20 points, and Jeremy Chappell collecting 18 points plus 9 rebounds.


2018–19 LBA season, Cup
Vanoli Cremona lifted the Italian Cup for the first time after beating New Basket Brindisi 83–74 in the final. Wesley Saunders posted 18 points and 9 rebounds and Drew Crawford also scored 18 to lead the winners. Michele Ruzzier added 12 points off the bench. Cremona used a 9-0 second-quarter run to surge ahead from a 25–25 tie and led 45–37 at halftime. The lead stood in double figures for most of the second half and Brindisi never got closer than 6. John Brown posted 21 points and 8 rebounds and Tony Gaffney scored 19 in defeat. Drew Crawford was named Panasonic MVP of the competition.


2018–19 LEB Oro season
The 2018–19 LEB Oro season was the 23rd season of the Spanish basketball second league. It started on 5 October 2018 with the first round of the regular season and ended on 2 June 2019 with the final.


2018–19 LEB Oro season, Format changes
On 2 June 2018, the General Assembly of the Spanish Basketball Federation agreed some changes in the competition format:


2018–19 LEB Oro season, Teams, Promotion and relegation (pre-season)
A total of 18 teams contested the league, including 14 sides from the 2017–18 season, two relegated from the 2017–18 ACB and two promoted from the 2017–18 LEB Plata.


2018–19 LEB Oro 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.


2018–19 LEB Oro season, Copa Princesa de Asturias
The Copa Princesa de Asturias was played on 8 February 2019, by the two first qualified teams after the end of the first half of the season (round 17). The champion of the cup would have played the playoffs against the ninth qualified if it has finished the league between the second and the fifth qualified.


2018–19 LEB Plata season
The 2018–19 LEB Plata season was the 19th season of the Spanish basketball third league. It started on 6 October 2018 with the first round of the regular season and ended on 25 May 2019 with the promotion playoffs.


2018–19 LEB Plata season, Format changes
On 2 June 2018, the General Assembly of the Spanish Basketball Federation agreed some changes in the competition format:


2018–19 LEB Plata season, Teams, Promotion and relegation (pre-season)
A total of 24 teams contested the league, including 10 sides from the 2017–18 season, two relegated from the 2017–18 LEB Oro, four promoted from the 2017–18 Liga EBA and eight guest teams according to the FEB criteria. On July 11, 2018, Isover Basket Azuqueca, CB Vic Universitat de Vic, Bàsquet Girona, Aquimisa Laboratorios Queso Zamorano, Igualitorio Cantabria Estela, Quesería La Antigua CB Tormes, TeslaCard Círculo Gijón and Zornotza Saskibaloi Taldea achieved the vacancies from the expansion to 24 teams.


2018–19 LEB Plata season, First phase, Group East, 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.


2018–19 LEB Plata season, First phase, Group West, 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.


2018–19 LEB Plata season, Second phase, Group A1, 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 3, but then postponed and played between rounds 6 and 7, it will be added to the standings for round 6.


2018–19 LEB Plata season, Second phase, Group A2, 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 3, but then postponed and played between rounds 6 and 7, it will be added to the standings for round 6.


2018–19 LEB Plata season, Copa LEB Plata
The Copa LEB Plata was played on 22 December 2018, by the first qualified team of each group after the end of the first half of the season (round 11 of first phase).


2018–19 LEN Champions League
The 2018–19 LEN Champions League was the 56th edition of LEN's premier competition for men's water polo clubs.


2018–19 LEN Champions League, Overview, Team allocation
12 teams are directly qualified for the Preliminary round (TH: Champions League title holders).


2018–19 LEN Champions League, Preliminary round
The draw for the group stage was held on 5 September 2018 in Barcelona. The 16 teams were drawn into two groups of eight.


2018–19 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 and third placed teams advance to the Final 8. They are joined by the host of the tournament and the fourth placed team from a group other than one the host plays in. The matchdays are 17 October, 3 and 21 November, 5 and 19 December 2018, 9 and 23 January, 6 and 27 February, 16 and 27 March, 13 and 24 April, 15 May 2019.


2018–19 LEN Champions League, Preliminary round
A total of 9 national associations are represented in the group stage.


2018–19 LEN Euro Cup
The 2018–19 LEN Euro Cup was the second tier of European competition in water polo. It ran from 28 September 2018 to 13 April 2019.


2018–19 LEN Euro League Women
The 2018–19 LEN Euro League Women was the 32nd edition of the major European tournament for women's water polo clubs. It ran from 24 January to 20 April 2019.


2018–19 LEN Euro League Women
The Final 4 was contested in Sabadell, Spain, on 19 and 20 April. The home team became European champion for the fifth time, defeating Greece's Olympiacos in the final match.


2018–19 LEN Euro League Women, Overview, Calendar
The calendar of the competition was announced on 25 May 2018.


2018–19 LEN Euro League Women, Preliminary Round
The draw of the pools for the Preliminary Round was held in Kirishi, Russia, before the 2018 Super Cup, on 9 october 2018.


2018–19 LEN Euro League Women, Knockout stage, Quarterfinals
The draw took place at LEN headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, on 29 January 2019.


2018–19 LEN Euro League Women, Knockout stage, Final Four
The allocation of the Final 4 in Sabadell and the draw of the semifinals were announced by LEN on 13 March 2019. The Spanish team hosted the finals for the second time (the first one was the 2016 edition).


2018–19 LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds men's basketball team
The 2018–19 LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds men's basketball team represented LIU Brooklyn during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Blackbirds were led by second-year head coach Derek Kellogg, and played their home games at the Steinberg Wellness Center, with two home games at the Barclays Center, as members of the Northeast Conference (NEC). They finished the season 16–16 overall, 9–9 in NEC play to finish in a tie for fifth place. As the No. 6 seed in the NEC Tournament, they advanced to the semifinals, where they were defeated by Saint Francis (PA).


2018–19 LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds men's basketball team
The season was the final season for the LIU Brooklyn athletic program as a distinct entity, and also the last for the "Blackbirds" nickname. Long Island University merged its two athletic programs—the Division I LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds and Division II LIU Post Pioneers—into a single Division I athletic program that has since competed as the LIU Sharks. The unified LIU program maintained LIU Brooklyn's NEC membership. The Brooklyn campus will be home to the unified basketball program.


2018–19 LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds men's basketball team, Previous season
The Blackbirds finished the 2017–18 season at 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.


2018–19 LKL season
The 2018–19 Lietuvos krepšinio lyga, also called Betsafe-LKL for sponsorship reasons, was the 26th season of the top-tier level professional basketball league of Lithuania, the Lietuvos krepšinio lyga (LKL). The Betsafe LKL championship started on 22 September 2018 and ended on 1 June 2019.


2018–19 LKL season, Competition format
During the regular season, all teams play 36 games. The top eight teams in the regular season standings, after playing their entire 36 game schedule, qualified for the playoffs in the quarterfinals, that was played in a best-of-three games format. The semifinals were played in best-of-three format.


2018–19 LKL season, Competition format
The final round was be played between the two winners of the semifinals. The finals series, for first place, as also games for third place were played in a best-of-five format.


2018–19 LKL season, Play–offs
Quarterfinals and semifinals were played in a best–of–three games format, while the finals in a best–of–five format.


2018–19 LNBP season
The 2018–19 LNBP season was the 19th season of the Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional, Mexico's top professional basketball league. It started in October 2018 with the first round of the regular season and ended in April 2019 with the last game of the finals, won by Fuerza Regia de Monterrey.


2018–19 LNBP season, Teams
A total of 14 teams contest the league, including four new franchises.


2018–19 LNH Division 1
The 2018–19 LNH Division 1 is the 67th season of the LNH Division 1, French premier handball league and the 42st season consisting of only one league. It runs from 5 September 2018 to 5 June 2019.


2018–19 LNH Division 1, Team information
The following 14 clubs compete in the LNH Division 1 during the 2018–19 season:


2018–19 LPB season
The 2019–20 LPB season was the 86th season of the premier Portuguese basketball league and the 11th season under the current Liga Portuguesa de Basquetebol (LPB) format. For sponsorship reasons, the league was also known as Liga Placard.


2018–19 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.


2018–19 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.


2018–19 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.


2018–19 LPB season, Playoffs
Seeded teams played at home games 1, 2 and 5.


2018–19 LSU Lady Tigers basketball team
The 2018–19 LSU Lady Tigers basketball team represented Louisiana State University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season college basketball season. The Lady Tigers, led by eighth-year head coach Nikki Fargas, played their home games at Pete Maravich Assembly Center and are members of the Southeastern Conference.


2018–19 LSU Lady Tigers basketball team
The Lady Tigers finished the season 16–13, 7–9 in SEC play. As a 6th seed, they lost in the second round of the SEC Women's Tournament to Tennessee. They missed being selected for the NCAA Division I Tournament and were invited to play in the Women's National Invitation Tournament but declined.


2018–19 LSU Lady Tigers basketball team, Previous season
The Lady Tigers finished the 2017–18 season 19–10, 11–5 in SEC play to finish in a four-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 were upset by Central Michigan in the first round.


2018–19 LSU Lady Tigers basketball team, Rankings
^Coaches' Poll did not release a second poll at the same time as the AP.


2018–19 LSU Tigers basketball team
The 2018–19 LSU Tigers basketball team represented Louisiana State University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team's head coach was Will Wade, in his second season at LSU. Tony Benford also served as interim head coach for the last regular season game, 2019 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament and 2019 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament. They played their home games at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, as a member of the Southeastern Conference. They made the NCAA Tournament where they beat Yale, Maryland where they lost to  Michigan State in the Sweet Sixteen.


2018–19 LSU Tigers basketball team, Previous season
The Tigers finished the 2017–18 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 in to Utah in the second round.


2018–19 LSU Tigers basketball team, Rankings
*AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings^Coaches did not release a Week 2 poll.


2018–19 La Liga
The 2018–19 La Liga season, also known as LaLiga Santander for sponsorship reasons, was the 88th since its establishment. The season began on 17 August 2018 and finished on 19 May 2019. Fixtures for the 2018–19 season were announced on 24 July 2018. This was the first La Liga season to use VAR.


2018–19 La Liga
Barcelona were the defending champions, and they secured a second consecutive title with three games to spare following victory over Levante on 27 April. Huesca, Rayo Vallecano and Valladolid joined as the promoted clubs from the 2017–18 Segunda División. They replaced Málaga, Las Palmas and Deportivo La Coruña, who were relegated to the 2018–19 Segunda División.


2018–19 La Liga, Summary
Several clubs made managerial changes before the start of the season. Among them were Real Madrid, when Zinedine Zidane resigned following the club's third consecutive UEFA Champions League victory. He was replaced by Julen Lopetegui, who was managing the Spanish national team at the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia at the time of announcement and was dismissed from that job as a result. Other incomers included Pablo Machín at Sevilla, who was hired after his success with newly promoted Girona the previous season.


2018–19 La Liga, Summary
In the transfer window, the biggest deal saw Real Madrid lose Cristiano Ronaldo to Juventus for a fee of €112 million; the Portuguese forward had scored 450 goals in 438 games during his nine years in the Spanish capital. Real Madrid's additions included Belgium international goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois for €35 million from Chelsea, and striker Mariano returned to the club from Lyon for €22 million. Defending champions Barcelona added Clément Lenglet to their defence, Arturo Vidal to midfield, and spent over €40 million on Brazilian forward Malcom. Players exiting Barcelona included Andrés Iniesta at the end of a successful 16-year-spell, as he signed for Vissel Kobe in Japan.


2018–19 La Liga, Summary
Veterans Gabi and Fernando Torres also left Atlético Madrid for new teams in Asia, while the same club welcomed in the likes of World Cup-winning French midfielder Thomas Lemar and Portugal's Gelson Martins. After a successful previous season, in which the team finished fourth and returned to the Champions League, Valencia made permanent the loan signing of Portuguese winger Gonçalo Guedes from Paris Saint-Germain and Geoffrey Kondogbia from Inter Milan. Forward Simone Zaza and midfielder João Cancelo both left to Italy, while Kevin Gameiro arrived as replacement. Athletic Bilbao sold Kepa Arrizabalaga to Chelsea for €80 million, a world record fee for a goalkeeper.


2018–19 La Liga, Summary
The tenth round of matches featured the first El Clásico of the season, which Barcelona won 5–1 at home against Real Madrid with a hat-trick by Luis Suárez. The result put Madrid into 9th place, and led to the dismissal of Lopetegui after only five months. Other early pace-setters included Sevilla with their prolific strike partnership of André Silva and Wissam Ben Yedder, Alavés who were briefly league leaders in mid-October, Espanyol, and Valladolid who had been taken over by former Brazil international Ronaldo.


2018–19 La Liga, Teams, Promotion and relegation (pre-season)
A total of 20 teams will contest the league, including 17 sides from the 2017–18 season and three promoted from the 2017–18 Segunda División. This will include the two top teams from the Segunda División, and the winners of the play-offs.


2018–19 La Liga, Teams, Promotion and relegation (pre-season)
The first team to be relegated from La Liga were Málaga. Their relegation was ensured on 19 April 2018, following a late 0−1 defeat to Levante, ending their 10-year spell in the top division.


2018–19 La Liga, Teams, Promotion and relegation (pre-season)
The second team to be relegated were Las Palmas, after a 0−4 home defeat to Deportivo Alavés on 22 April 2018, ending their three-year spell in the league.


2018–19 La Liga, Teams, Promotion and relegation (pre-season)
The last team to be relegated were Deportivo La Coruña, following a 2−4 home loss to Barcelona on 29 April 2018. This result ensured Deportivo's third relegation in seven years, and also handed Barcelona their 25th La Liga title.


2018–19 La Liga, Teams, Promotion and relegation (pre-season)
On 21 May 2018, Huesca were promoted to La Liga for the first time ever by winning 2–0 at Lugo.


2018–19 La Liga, Teams, Promotion and relegation (pre-season)
Rayo Vallecano was the second team to earn promotion to La Liga on 27 May 2018 by winning against Lugo as well, this time 1–0. Rayo returned after a two-year absence.


2018–19 La Liga, Teams, Promotion and relegation (pre-season)
Valladolid was the last team to be promoted after beating Sporting Gijón and Numancia in the play-offs. Valladolid returned to top division after 4 years.


2018–19 La Liga, Teams, Promotion and relegation (pre-season)
This was the first season since the 2014–15 season without any teams from the archipelagos of Spain (teams located on the Balearic Islands and Canary Islands) since Las Palmas was relegated and Tenerife failed to qualify for the promotion play-offs.


2018–19 La Liga, Teams, Stadia and locations
Celta signed a sponsorship contract with Abanca to rename their stadium as Abanca-Balaídos.


2018–19 La Liga, Teams, Matches outside Spain
On 16 August 2018, La Liga signed a 15-year agreement with Relevant Sports (owners of the International Champions Cup) to schedule one match per season within the United States. This would mark the first time ever that an official La Liga league match would be held there. The match between Girona and Barcelona, to be played on 27 January 2019, was selected to be played in Miami, but it required the approval of the Royal Spanish Football Federation. On 21 September 2018, the Spanish Football Federation denied approval of the match being held in Miami.


2018–19 La Liga, Teams, Matches outside Spain
On 26 October 2018, following a request for guidance from the Spanish Football Federation, US Soccer and CONCACAF, the FIFA Council discussed La Liga's proposal. At the end of the meeting, the FIFA Council stated that "Consistent with the opinion expressed by the Football Stakeholders Committee, the Council emphasised the sporting principle that official league matches must be played within the territory of the respective member association". On 13 December 2018, Barcelona left their disposition to play the match in Miami without effect.


2018–19 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 to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards.


2018–19 La Liga, Season statistics, Zamora Trophy
The Zamora Trophy is awarded by newspaper Marca to the goalkeeper with the lowest goals-to-games ratio. A goalkeeper has to have played at least 28 games of 60 or more minutes to be eligible for the trophy.


2018–19 La Salle Explorers men's basketball team
The 2018–19 La Salle Explorers basketball team represented La Salle University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Explorers, led by first-year head coach Ashley Howard, played their home games at Tom Gola Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania as members of the Atlantic 10 Conference. They finished the season 10–21, 8–10 in A-10 play to finish in ninth place. They lost in the second round of the A-10 Tournament to Rhode Island.


2018–19 La Salle Explorers men's basketball team, Previous season
The Explorers finished the 2017–18 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.


2018–19 La Salle Explorers men's basketball team, Previous season
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.


2018–19 La Salle Explorers women's basketball team
The 2018–19 La Salle Explorers women's basketball team will represent La Salle University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Explorers, led by first year head coach Mountain MacGillivray, play their home games at Tom Gola Arena and were members of the Atlantic 10 Conference. They finished the season 6–25, 3–13 in A-10 to finish in a tie for last place. They lost in the first round of the A-10 Women's Tournament to Dayton.


2018–19 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.


2018–19 Lafayette Leopards men's basketball team
The 2018–19 Lafayette Leopards men's basketball team represented Lafayette College during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Leopards, led by 24th-year head coach Fran O'Hanlon, played their home games at the Kirby Sports Center in Easton, Pennsylvania as members of the Patriot League.


2018–19 Lafayette Leopards men's basketball team, Previous season
The Leopards finished the 2017–18 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.


2018–19 Lafayette Leopards women's basketball team
The 2018–19 Lafayette Leopards women's basketball team represents Lafayette College during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Leopards, led by second year head coach Kia Damon, play their home games at Kirby Sports Center and were members of the Patriot League. They finished the season 9–22, 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 Bucknell.


2018–19 Lamar Cardinals basketball team
The 2018–19 Lamar Cardinals basketball team represented Lamar University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Cardinals were led by fifth-year head coach Tic Price and played their home games at the Montagne Center in Beaumont, Texas as members of the Southland Conference.


2018–19 Lamar Cardinals basketball team
The Cardinals finished conference play with as 12–6 record in a three-way tie with New Orleans and Southeastern Louisiana for third place. The team qualified for the 2019 Southland Conference Men's Basketball Tournament as the fifth seeded team. They won the first-round game against eighth seed Houston Baptist by a score of 81–79. The season ended when the Cardinals were eliminated in the second round by fourth seed New Orleans with a score of 72–76.


2018–19 Lamar Cardinals basketball team, Previous season
The Cardinals finished the 2017–18 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.


2018–19 Lamar Cardinals basketball team, Offseason, Player additions
Three players signed letters of intent during the early signing period. Christian Barrett, a transfer, played at Jacksonville College. Barrett will play forward. Davion Buster and Gehlon Easter were high school recruits. Both will play guard. Another transfer, Edwin Jeudy, was announced on March 17, 2018. Jeudy will be transferring from Gillette College. He was ranked number 78 in the 2018 Junior College Basketball Top 100 Player Rankings.


2018–19 Lamar Cardinals basketball team, TV and radio media
All Lamar games will be broadcast on KLVI, also known as News Talk 560.


2018–19 Lamar Cardinals basketball team, TV and radio media
Live video of all home games (except those picked up by Southland Conference TV agreements) will be streamed on ESPN3.


2018–19 Lamar Lady Cardinals basketball team
The 2018–19 Lamar Lady Cardinals basketball team represented Lamar University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Cardinals, led by sixth year head coach Robin Harmony, played their home games at the Montagne Center as members of the Southland Conference. The Lady Cardinals finished the 2018–19 season with an overall record of 24-7. They won the Southland Conference regular season championship were 17-1 in Southland play. After losing to Abilene Christian in the Southland Conference tournament semi-final game 79-88, the Lady Cardinals were an automatic qualifier to the WNIT.


2018–19 Lamar Lady Cardinals basketball team
Their season ended with a first round 71-73 loss to the South Alabama in the first round. The loss ended a 42 home court win streak which started on November 16, 2016. Chastadie Barrs set the NCAA Division I steals record in the WNIT game at 192. She had tied the steals record of 191 the previous season.


2018–19 Lamar Lady Cardinals basketball team, Previous season
The Lady Cardinals finished the 2017–18 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 State 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 in the first round.


2018–19 Latvian–Estonian Basketball League
The 2018–19 Latvian–Estonian Basketball League, known as OlyBet Latvian–Estonian Basketball League for sponsorship reasons, was the inaugural season of the newly formed Latvian–Estonian Basketball League, the combined top basketball division of Latvia and Estonia.


2018–19 Latvian–Estonian Basketball League
The season began on 28 September 2018, with the 2018 Estonian champions Kalev/Cramo hosting a game against the 2018 Latvian champions Ventspils. The Final Four was played at the Saku Suurhall in Tallinn, Estonia, with Ventspils winning the inaugural title.


2018–19 Latvian–Estonian Basketball League, Competition format
The competition format follows the usual double round-robin format. During the course of the regular season, which lasts from 28 September 2018 to 24 March 2018, all the teams play each other twice, once at home and once away, for a total of 28 games. Teams receive two points for a win and one point for a loss. Teams are ranked by total points, with the eight highest-ranked teams advancing to the double-legged quarter-finals. The winning teams will determine the champion in a Final Four tournament.


2018–19 Latvian–Estonian Basketball League, Teams
15 teams, 7 from Estonia and 8 from Latvia, are contesting the league in the 2018–19 season.


2018–19 Latvian–Estonian Basketball League, Play-offs
The quarter-finals were played with a double-legged format while the semi-finals and final in a Final Four format was hosted at the Saku Suurhall in Tallinn, Estonia.


2018–19 Latvian–Estonian Basketball League, Individual statistics
Players qualify to this category by having at least 50% games played.


2018–19 Latvian–Estonian Basketball League, Latvian championship
The six best Latvian teams qualified for the national play-offs, that started on 10 April 2019.


2018–19 Latvian–Estonian Basketball League, Latvian championship
Quarterfinals and semifinals are played in a best-of-five games format (1-1-1-1-1) while the final in a best of seven one.


2018–19 Latvian–Estonian Basketball League, Latvian championship, Third place series
The team with the higher seed played game one, two, five and seven (if necessary) at home.


2018–19 League 2 (Iran)
2018–19 Iran Football's 2nd Division  is the 18th under 2nd Division since its establishment (current format) in 2001. The season featured 21 teams from the 2nd Division 2017–18, three new teams relegated from the 2017–18 Azadegan League: Saba Qom, Rah Ahan Tehran and Iranjavan Boushehr, and four new teams promoted from the 3rd Division 2017–18: Chooka Talesh, Shahrdari Kamyaran, Esteghlal Ramshir, Jahad Nasr Sirjan.


2018–19 Lebanese FA Cup
The 2018–19 Lebanese FA Cup was the 47th edition of the national football cup competition of Lebanon. It started with the First Round on 12 October 2018 and concluded with the final on 25 May 2019.


2018–19 Lebanese FA Cup
Defending champions Ahed beat Ansar in the final to win their second consecutive Lebanese FA Cup, their sixth in total. The winner qualified for the 2020 AFC Cup play-off round; however, as Ahed also won the Lebanese Premier League, the AFC Cup spot went to second-placed Ansar.


2018–19 Lebanese FA Cup, Bracket
The following is the bracket which the Lebanese FA Cup resembled. Numbers in parentheses next to the score represents the results of a penalty shoot-out.


2018–19 Lebanese Premier League
The 2018–19 Lebanese Premier League season began on 21 September 2018 and concluded on 21 April 2019. 2018–19 was the 58th season of the Lebanese Premier League, the top Lebanese professional league for association football clubs in the country, established in 1934.


2018–19 Lebanese Premier League
Ahed were the defending champions. Shabab Sahel and Chabab Ghazieh joined as the promoted clubs from the 2017–18 Lebanese Second Division. They replaced Shabab Arabi and Islah who were relegated to the 2018–19 Lebanese Second Division. Ahed won their third consecutive Lebanese Premier League title, and seventh overall, with two games to spare.


2018–19 Lebanese Premier League, Summary, Issues
The 2018–19 season was one of the worst for Lebanese football since the Lebanese Civil War for various issues.


2018–19 Lebanese Premier League, Summary, Issues
The first issue was the poor preparation and management of most clubs. Nejmeh had changed their head coach twice and bought five of ten summer signings only in the last week of the transfer window. Ansar changed their coach a week before the season began and signed two players in the last days of the transfer window. The league's smaller clubs had other problems. Tadamon Sour found themselves without a head coach or president at the start of the season. Tripoli also began the season without a head coach, as well as having not signed any new players. Nabi Chit SC changed their name to Bekaa SC in a failed attempt to attract more investors. Overall, only five of twelve teams kept their manager from the previous season, and most summer acquisitions were concluded in the final days of the signing window.


2018–19 Lebanese Premier League, Summary, Issues
The second issue concerned the tensions between the Lebanese Football Association (LFA) and the clubs, with the referees' performances being the hot topic. Clubs like Ansar and Nejmeh protested to the Federation, threatening to leave the league if no improvements were to be made. These tensions culminated with the resignation of Semaan Douaihy, a member of the Executive Committee of the LFA. Salam Zgharta FC and Racing Beirut announcing their withdrawal from all LFA-managed competitions.


2018–19 Lebanese Premier League, Summary, Issues
The final issue the league faced was the re-emergence of match-fixing. While the LFA proved its existence, it made no effort to punish the parties involved or to cancel the results of the implicated teams.


2018–19 Lebanese Premier League, Summary, League summary
Al Ahed FC won their third consecutive title with a ten-point margin. The battle for second place went down to the wire, with Ansar claiming an AFC Cup spot from Nejmeh in the last matchday of the league. The relegation battle was also determined on the last matchday, with eight of the 12 teams all candidates for relegation. The Beirut Municipal Stadium and the Fouad Chehab Stadium returned to host Lebanese Premier League matches.


2018–19 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, while the bottom two are relegated to the Lebanese Third Division.


2018–19 Lebanese Second Division
Nahda Barelias and Shabab El Bourj were promoted from the Third Division, while Al Shabab Al Arabi and Al Islah were relegated from the Lebanese Premier League in 2017–18.


2018–19 Lebanese Women's Football League
The 2018–19 Lebanese Women's Football League was the 12th edition of the Lebanese Women's Football League since it was formed in 2008.


2018–19 Lebanese Women's Football League
SAS won their fourth title with a 2–1 victory over defending champions Zouk Mosbeh.


2018–19 Lech Poznań season
Lech Poznań is a Polish football club based in Poznań. This is their 96th season overall. They compete in Ekstraklasa, the highest ranking league in Poland.


2018–19 Lech Poznań season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2018–19 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.


2018–19 Lechia Gdańsk season
The 2018–19 Lechia Gdańsk season is the club's 75th season of existence, and their 11th continuous in the top flight of Polish football. The season covered the period from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019.


2018–19 Lechia Gdańsk season, Season information
On 9 February 2019 Lechia wore their first ever non-green or non-white kit for a home match. The team wore an all black kit in respect to Paweł Adamowicz, the mayor of Gdańsk, who was a life long Lechia fan who was murdered on 14 January 2019.


2018–19 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.


2018–19 Lechia Gdańsk season, Players, Out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2018–19 Lee Man FC season
The 2018-19 season is Lee Man's second consecutive season in Hong Kong Premier League.


2018–19 Lee Man FC season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2018–19 Lee Man FC season, Squad
Players' positions as per club's announcement. Remarks:LP These players are considered as local players in Hong Kong domestic football competitions. FP These players are registered as foreign players.


2018–19 Lee Man FC 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.


2018–19 Lee Man FC season, Matches, Hong Kong Premier League
On 27 July 2018, the fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced, with the home match against Kitchee being the first match in the league of the season.


2018–19 Leeds United F.C. season
The 2018–19 season was Leeds United's ninth consecutive season in the Championship. Along with competing in the Championship, the club also participated in the FA Cup and EFL Cup.


2018–19 Leeds United F.C. season
The season covers the period from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019.


2018–19 Leeds United F.C. season, Review
Before a 2–0 victory over Derby County on 11 January 2019, manager Marcelo Bielsa admitted he had sent a spy to the Derby FC training ground, after reports emerged in the press that a man was spotted the previous day outside the Derby training ground. Derby manager Frank Lampard was critical of Bielsa's method. On 12 January, Leeds United released a statement in response to the incident. Tottenham Hotspur Manager Mauricio Pochettino described the incident as 'not a big deal' and commonplace in Argentina.


2018–19 Leeds United F.C. season, Review
On 15 January, the EFL announced they would be investigating the incident. With intense media scrutiny on what was coined 'Spygate' in the media, Bielsa announced a press briefing on 16 January 2019, where he gave a detailed analysis of his research on a PowerPoint presentation to the gathered media and journalists, detailing his meticulousness, thoroughness and preparation over his opponents, with some journalists in attendance describing it as a 'coaching masterclass' and 'genius'.


2018–19 Leeds United F.C. season, Review
The 'Spygate' saga was resolved on 18 February, when Leeds were fined a sum of £200,000 by the EFL for breach of a portion of Rule 3.4 of EFL Regulations ("In all matters and transactions relating to The League each Club shall behave towards each other Club and The League with the utmost good faith. "), with the EFL also announcing a new rule as a result, that teams could not watch opposition training up to 72 hours before a game. It was subsequently revealed, by Bielsa, that he paid the £200,000 fine in full himself.


2018–19 Leeds United F.C. season, Competitions, Pre-season friendlies
Leeds announced pre-season friendlies against Forest Green Rovers, York City, Southend United, Oxford United, Guiseley and Las Palmas.


2018–19 Leeds United F.C. season, Competitions, Championship, Matches
On 21 June 2018, the Championship fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.


2018–19 Leeds United F.C. season, Competitions, FA Cup
The third round draw was made live on BBC by Ruud Gullit and Paul Ince from Stamford Bridge on 3 December 2018.


2018–19 Leeds United F.C. season, Competitions, EFL Cup
On 15 June 2018, the draw for the first round was made in Vietnam. The second round draw was made from the Stadium of Light on 16 August.


2018–19 Legia Warsaw season
The 2018–19 Legia Warsaw season is the club's 102st season of existence, and their 82st in the top flight of Polish football. Legia entered the 2018–19 season as the defending Ekstraklasa champions.


2018–19 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.


2018–19 Legia Warsaw season, Players, Out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2018–19 Lehigh Mountain Hawks men's basketball team
The 2018–19 Lehigh Mountain Hawks men's basketball team represented Lehigh University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Mountain Hawks, led by 12th-year head coach Brett Reed, played their home games at Stabler Arena in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania as members of the Patriot League.


2018–19 Lehigh Mountain Hawks men's basketball team, Previous season
The Mountain Hawks finished the 2017–18 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.


2018–19 Lehigh Mountain Hawks women's basketball team
The 2018–19 Lehigh Mountain Hawks women's basketball team represents Lehigh University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Mountain Hawks, led by twenty-fourth year head coach Sue Troyan, play their home games at Stabler Arena and are members of the Patriot League. They finished the season 21–10, 12–6 in Patriot League play to finish in second place. They advanced to the semifinals of the Patriot League Women's Tournament where they lost to American. Despite having 21 wins and a better record, they were not invited to a postseason tournament.


2018–19 Leicester City F.C. season
The 2018–19 Leicester City season was the club's 114th season in the English football league system and their 51st (non-consecutive) season in the top tier of English football. This was their fifth consecutive season in the 2018–19 Premier League. They also competed in the FA Cup and EFL Cup.


2018–19 Leicester City F.C. season
The season covers the period from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019.


2018–19 Leicester City F.C. season
The season was marred by the death of owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha in a helicopter crash outside the King Power Stadium on 27 October, shortly after a 1–1 home draw against West Ham United.


2018–19 Leicester City F.C. season, Pre-season, Pre-season friendlies
Leicester City announced that they will play pre-season friendlies against Notts County, Valencia and Lille, with a further two matches against Akhisarspor and Udinese Calcio as part of a tour to Austria.


2018–19 Leicester City F.C. season, Competitions, Premier League, Matches
On 14 June 2018, the Premier League fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.


2018–19 Leicester City F.C. season, Competitions, FA Cup
The third round draw was made live on BBC by Ruud Gullit and Paul Ince from Stamford Bridge on 3 December 2018.


2018–19 Leicester City F.C. season, Competitions, EFL Cup
The second round draw was made from the Stadium of Light on 16 August. The third round draw was made on 30 August by David Seaman and Joleon Lescott. The fourth round draw was made live on Quest by Rachel Yankey and Rachel Riley on 29 September.


2018–19 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 7 May 2019. The following awards were made:


2018–19 Leinster Senior Cup
The 2019 Leinster Senior Cup was the 118th 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 St Patrick's Athletic


2018–19 Leinster Senior Cup, Preliminary Round
The draw for the preliminary round and first round was made on 1 August 2018.


2018–19 Leinster Senior Cup, Fourth Round
The 12 Leinster teams from the League of Ireland join the competition in this round.


2018–19 Lesotho Premier League
The 2018–19 Lesotho Premier League is the 51st season of the Lesotho Premier League, the top-tier football league in Lesotho, since its establishment in 1970. The season started on 15 September 2018.


2018–19 Levante UD season
During the 2018–19 season, Levante UD are participating in La Liga and Copa del Rey.


2018–19 Levante UD season, Players, Current squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2018–19 Levante UD season, Players, Out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2018–19 Liberty Flames basketball team
The 2018–19 Liberty Flames men's basketball team represented Liberty University in the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team played its home games in Lynchburg, Virginia for the 29th consecutive season at Vines Center, with a capacity of 8,085. The team was led by Ritchie McKay, in his sixth season, but fourth season since his return to the program. They were first-year members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finished the season 29–7, 14–2 in ASUN play to share the regular season championship with Lipscomb. They defeated Jacksonville, North Florida and Lipscomb to be champions of the Atlantic Sun Tournament. They received the ASUN's automatic-bid to the NCAA Tournament where they defeated Mississippi State in the First Round before losing in the Second Round to Virginia Tech.


2018–19 Liberty Flames basketball team, Previous season
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. 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.


2018–19 Liberty Lady Flames basketball team
The 2018–19 Liberty Lady Flames basketball team represents Liberty University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Eagles, led by twentieth-year head coach Carey Green, play their home games at the Vines Center and were first year members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finished the season 16–16, 10–6 in A-Sun play to finish in a tie for third place. They advanced to the championship game of the A-Sun Tournament where they lost to Florida Gulf Coast.


2018–19 Libyan Premier League
The 2018–19 Libyan Premier League season was an abandoned season that was supposed to be the 46th since its establishment. The season has started on 28 November 2018. Fixtures of the 2018–19 were announced on 30 October 2018.


2018–19 Libyan Premier League
Al-Nasr were the defending champions. Al-Sadaqa and Abu Salem joined as the promoted clubs from the 2017–18 Libyan First Division. They replaced Qurdabia, Al-Andalus, Ascharara, Abi al Ashhar, Al-Tarsana and Annajma who were relegated to the 2018–19 Libyan First Division.


2018–19 Libyan Premier League, Summary
Before the start of the season many disagreements took place which led to the postponement of the start of the season several times. The Competition Organising Committee in the Libyan Football Federation has chosen 14 September to be the date of starting the new season but, there were 4 clubs who demanded the postponement of the season. These clubs were Al-Nasr, Al-Ahly Benghazi, Al-Ahly Tripoli, Al-Madina.


2018–19 Libyan Premier League, Summary
The reason behind this was that these clubs wanted to hold a meeting for the general assembly for discussing the problems that the previous season has faced and how to avoid them and solve the current . As a result of the clubs demands and the security situations, The Competition Committee delayed the start of the new season until 2 October but didn't hold the general assembly meeting. However, On 12 October the eastern group clubs were hosted in the headquarters of  Darnes Club. The clubs made an agreement to refuse the start of the season until they get their demands from the Football Federation. Their demands were:


2018–19 Libyan Premier League, Summary
The Football Federation had accepted their demands except the 2nd point. On the other hand, All the western clubs (except Al-Ahly Tripoli and Al-Ittihad) also held a meeting in Al-Madina Club  and they also have refused the start of the season until they get their demands which were to get financial support from the Football Federation but the last didn't approve their demands and delayed the season again due to problems and this time until 26 October.


2018–19 Libyan Premier League, Summary
However, another club meeting was held between all the western clubs (except Al-Ittihad and Al-Ittihad Misurata) in  Abu Salem Club headquarters where they agreed to not start the season until the removal of the president of the Libyan Football Federation Jamal Aljaafari. Meanwhile, the Competition Committee has held the draw of the league without the knowledge of the clubs and without any representative from them in the draw ceremonies and the draw wasn't held in the headquarters of the Football Federation in Tripoli but it was held in Misurata instead.


2018–19 Libyan Premier League, Summary
The Competition Committee has also chosen 9 November as a date of starting the new season. However, because of the long postponement of the season which will have a negative effect on the club's especially those who will compete on continental level and will also affect the national team, the clubs Rafik and  Asswehly have agreed to start the new season without any demands. The Competition Committee as usual delayed the season until 21 November to solve some problems.


2018–19 Libyan Premier League, Summary
On the other hand the refusing clubs of the East and West which were:Abu Salem, Aschat, Al-Ahly Tripoli Al-Wahda, Al-Madina, Al-Hilal, Al-Mahalla, Shabaab al Jabal, Darnes and Al Ta'awon have organised a competition for the necessity of keeping their players in the form of games. The competition was under the name of Activator Competition for Libyan Premier League Clubs or Libya Tajma'ona (Libya brings us together). However, some refusing clubs like  Al-Ahly Benghazi  and  Al-Nasr didn't participate in the competition because of their preparation for CAF Champions League preliminary round games as they were camping in Egypt.


2018–19 Libyan Premier League, Summary
On 21 November the refusing clubs made a statement indicating their demand for holding the General Assembly meeting and their need for financial support. However, the league has already started and the first game was between Al-Ittihad and Aschat which saw the withdrawal of the latter because of their refusal to start the league before getting what they demanded in the statement. On 24 November, the Executive Office held a meeting to decide whether to keep or withdraw the trust from the LFF president Jamal Aljaafari by the majority of vote.


2018–19 Libyan Premier League, Summary
The majority decided to withdraw trust from Jamal Aljaafari and he will be removed from his position temporarily until the New General Assembly meeting which was scheduled to be held on 8 December in Sirte until it was delayed to 20 December in  Marj. However, The league will continue on its scheduled date. The executive office has appointed the former referee and vice president Abdulhakim Alshilmani as the new president for the Libyan Football Federation. 85 clubs representatives have attended the meeting with 82 clubs voting against Jamal Aljaafari, 2 clubs voting for him and 1 club refusing to vote. As a result, Jamal Aljaafari was removed permanently from his position as a president of the Libyan Football Federation.


2018–19 Libyan Premier League, Summary
The second round of matches in the second group featured the first Tripoli Derby of the season, which Al-Ittihad won 2–1 at Misurata Stadium against Al-Ahly Tripoli. The result put Al-Ahly into 12th place temporarily. Other early pace-setters included Al-Akhdar and Shabaab al Jabal who are currently the top two teams in the first group as of mid-February, Asswehly, Al-Madina and Abu Salem who are the second, third and fourth placed teams in the second group respectively as of the first week of February. The third round of matches in the first group featured the first "Benghazi Derby" of the season, which Al-Ahly Benghazi won 1-0 at  Benina Stadium against Al-Nasr.


2018–19 Libyan Premier League, Summary
The season suffered delays several times. It was first delayed in mid-February so that the national team could hold a training camp in Tunisia in preparation for an important match against South Africa. It was delayed again a month later for the same reason.


2018–19 Libyan Premier League, Summary
Early in the season, the LFF announced that the season would continue during Ramadan at night. However, due to the 2019 Western Libya offensive, the LFF decided to suspend the league. Sources inside the LFF indicated that the season was close to being cancelled. However, the LFF decided to postpone the season until June 15 (though at this stage, many foreign coaches had fled the country and foreign players terminated their contracts).


2018–19 Libyan Premier League, Summary
June 15th passed, and there was no sign of the league continuing. The LFF later decided to cancel the season and announced that Al-Ittihad will play in the 2019-20 CAF Confederation Cup and Al-Nasr will play in the 2019-20 CAF Champions League.


2018–19 Libyan Premier League, Teams, Groups
Due to the continued security situation in Libya in 2018 and the difficulty in air-travel for most teams, the participating teams were grouped by their geographical location into two groups of twelve 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.


2018–19 Libyan Premier League, Teams, Stadiums
The following stadiums were chosen by the Competitions Committee to be available to host league games.


2018–19 Libyan Premier League, Teams, Stadiums
1 As per the decision of the Stadiums Assessments Committee of the Libyan Football Federation on 30 October 2018 these stadiums will not host matches until they are repaired. On 27 January, the Competition Committee announced the ability of these stadiums to host the league games again.


2018–19 Libyan Premier League, First stage, Group 1, 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.


2018–19 Libyan Premier League, First stage, Group 2, 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.


2018–19 Liechtenstein Cup
The 2018–19 Liechtenstein Cup was the 74th season of Liechtenstein's annual cup competition. Seven clubs competed with a total of 15 teams for one spot in the first qualifying round of the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League. FC Vaduz were the defending champions.


2018–19 Liechtenstein Cup, First round
The first round involved all except the four highest-placed teams. Five teams received a bye to the second round by drawing of lot. FC Vaduz II did not enter the competition.


2018–19 Liechtenstein Cup, Second round
The second round involved all except the four highest-placed teams.


2018–19 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).


2018–19 Liga Alef
The 2018–19 Liga Alef season was the 10th season as third tier since its re-alignment in 2009 and the 77th season of third-tier football in Israel.


2018–19 Liga Alef, Promotion play-offs, Test matches
Hapoel Acre won 7–4 on aggregate and remained in Liga Leumit. Maccabi Herzliya remained in Liga Alef.


2018–19 Liga EBA season
The 2018–19 Liga EBA season is the 25th season of the Spanish basketball fourth league. The season started on 22 September 2018 and will end on 19 May 2019 with the promotion playoffs to LEB Plata.


2018–19 Liga EBA season, Competition format
Teams are divided in five groups attending to geographical criteria. Groups A, C, D and E are divided in two.


2018–19 Liga EBA season, Competition format, Final stage
The three best teams of each group and the fourth of Group A (champion of the previous season) will play the promotion playoffs. From these 16 teams, only six will be promoted to LEB Plata.


2018–19 Liga EBA season, Competition format, Final stage
Since this season, only two teams will host one of the two final stages. Each final stage consist in two groups of four teams where the group winners will promote directly to LEB Plata.


2018–19 Liga EBA season, Competition format, Final stage
The two runners-up from each stage will play a final match for the two last spots.


2018–19 Liga EBA season, Competition format, Eligibility of players
The Spanish Basketball Federation limited the number of non-EU players to only two and forced the clubs to have at least eight homegrown players.


2018–19 Liga EBA season, Regular season, Group A
The 28 teams of the group were divided into two subgroups, where the two first qualified teams of each one would join the final stage. The two group winners will face for deciding the first and second position of the group; the same for the two runners-up, deciding the positions third and fourth.


2018–19 Liga EBA season, Regular season, Group A, Finals
The winner of this single-legged series qualified as group A champion. The game was played on 4 May at Municipal of Zizur Nagusia.


2018–19 Liga EBA season, Regular season, Group C
As in the group A, the 28 teams were divided into two subgroups, where the two first qualified teams of each one would join the Final Four for deciding the three participant teams in the final stage.