2023 Kings League

The 2023 Kings League, also known as Kings League Infojobs due to sponsorship reasons, is the 1st season of Kings League, a Spanish seven-a-side football competition. It commenced on 1 January 2023 with the first match day of the Winter Split, which concluded on 26 March 2023. The Summer Split began on 7 May 2023, and it is set to conclude with its Final Four on 29 July 2023.

Venue

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

Teams

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

Team	Manager	Chairperson
1K FC	José Morales	Iker Casillas
Aniquiladores FC	Sergio Verdirame	Juan Guarnizo
El Barrio	Juan Arroita	Adri Contreras
Jijantes FC	Pau Moral	Gerard Romero
Kunisports	Martín Posse	Sergio Agüero
Los Troncos FC	Èric Bartra	Jaume Cremades (Perxitaa)
PIO FC	Pol Coma	Samantha Rivera (Rivers)
Porcinos FC	Juvenal	Ibai Llanos
Rayo de Barcelona	Efrén Guillén	Martí Miràs (Spursito)
Saiyans FC	Daniel Romo	David Cánovas (TheGrefg)
Ultimate Móstoles	Álex Martínez	Mario Alonso (DjMaRiiO)
xBuyer Team	Víctor González	Javier (xBuyer) and Eric Ruiz (MiniBuyer)

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Rayo de Barcelona	JuanluDBZ	Named sporting director	27 March 2023[4]	Offseason	Efrén Guillén	28 March 2023
PIO FC	Gerardo Torrado	Left to pursue other projects	6 April 2023[5]		Diego Morata	9 April 2023
1K FC	Julio García Mera	Named sporting consultant	14 April 2023		Sergio Ortega	14 April 2023
Jijantes FC	Marc Carmona	Sacked	9 May 2023[6]	9th	Roger de la Villa (caretaker)	9 May 2023
Ultimate Móstoles	Nacho Castro	Signed by Mineros de Zacatecas	15 May 2023	4th	Álex Martínez	15 May 2023
Jijantes FC	Roger de la Villa	End of caretaker spell	19 May 2023	12th	Pau Moral	19 May 2023
Los Troncos FC	Pol Font	Sacked[7]	16 July 2023	Post-season	Èric Bartra	4 August 2023
1K FC	Sergio Ortega	Other commitments	26 July 2023		José Morales	18 August 2023
PIO FC	Diego Morata	Personal reasons	12 September 2023[8]	6th - Group A	Pol Coma	15 September 2023

Winter Split (January–March 2023)

Regular phase standings

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

H\A

1K

ANI

ELB

JFC

KNS

TFC

PIO

POR

RDB

SAI

ULT

XBU

1K FC

3:2

2:5

4:5

(3) 2:2 (4)

2:3

Aniquiladores FC

4:2

2:3

(4) 1:1 (2)

(3) 1:1 (2)

1:5

El Barrio

1:4

(1) 3:3 (4)

5:0

4:2

1:2

Jijantes FC

3:5

1:3

1:5

2:4

3:5

3:4

Kunisports

1:2

2:6

2:1

0:4

(2) 2:2 (3)

3:1

Los Troncos FC

5:7

3:2

6:3

0:1

5:3

PIO FC

3:4

2:5

5:0

(1) 2:2 (2)

(3) 0:0 (1)

(2) 1:1 (3)

Porcinos FC

5:2

5:3

5:3

5:1

4:5

4:3

Rayo de Barcelona

2:4

3:2

1:4

5:4

1:3

(0) 2:2 (3)

Saiyans FC

1:0

1:5

1:3

4:2

5:1

Ultimate Móstoles

3:2

5:1

2:3

3:2

2:1

xBuyer Team

3:2

4:0

3:2

0:1

2:5

2:1

Playoffs

The playoffs were held from 24 to 26 March 2023.

	Quarterfinals 24 March — Cupra Arena					Semifinals 26 March ― Camp Nou					Final 26 March ― Camp Nou
	1	Ultimate Móstoles	0
	8	El Barrio	3			8	El Barrio	4
	4	Saiyans FC	3			4	Saiyans FC	3
	5	Kunisports	2								8	El Barrio	3
	2	Porcinos FC	2 (0)								7	Aniquiladores FC	0
	7	Aniquiladores FC (p)	2 (3)			7	Aniquiladores FC (p)	2 (3)
	3	Los Troncos FC	4			3	Los Troncos FC	2 (2)
	6	xBuyer Team	2

Champion El Barrio 1st title

Guest players

Kings League teams have the possibility to invite one player (the "12th Player") each matchday.^[9]

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

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

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

Awards

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

Transfer market

A transfer market opened among all participating teams in the month of April 2023, between the Winter and Summer Splits. The rules of the market were outlined in separate livestreams before the end of the Winter Split regular season:^[10][11]

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

Summer Split (May–July 2023)

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

• 3 points for a win during regular time.
• 2 points for a penalty shoot-out win.
• 1 point for a penalty shoout-out loss.
• 0 points for a loss during regular time.^[12]

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

Regular phase standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	WSO	LSO	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Porcinos FC	11	9	0	1	1	58	32	+26	28	Advance to playoff semifinals
2	Aniquiladores FC	11	8	1	0	2	51	32	+19	26	Advance to playoff second round
3	El Barrio	11	6	1	0	4	40	36	+4	20
4	xBuyer Team	11	6	0	1	4	44	34	+10	19
5	PIO FC	11	6	0	0	5	33	47	−14	18	Advance to playoff first round
6	Jijantes FC	11	4	1	1	5	35	40	−5	15
7	1K FC	11	4	0	2	5	46	53	−7	14
8	Ultimate Móstoles	11	4	0	1	6	40	40	0	13
9	Kunisports	11	3	2	0	6	40	44	−4	13
10	Saiyans FC	11	4	0	0	7	41	47	−6	12
11	Rayo de Barcelona	11	3	1	0	7	30	47	−17	11
12	Los Troncos FC	11	2	1	1	7	42	48	−6	9

H\A

1K

ANI

ELB

JFC

KNS

TFC

PIO

POR

RDB

SAI

ULT

XBU

1K FC

5:4

5:3

(4) 4:4 (5)

7:10

Aniquiladores FC

5:2

(2) 3:3 (1)

4:3

4:1

6:1

5:3

El Barrio

5:2

5:3

3:4

3:4

3:2

3:5

Jijantes FC

1:5

4:3

4:6

Kunisports

5:10

3:4

(4) 4:4 (3)

6:7

4:3

Los Troncos FC

(2) 4:4 (1)

3:6

7:3

3:4

2:3

2:4

PIO FC

3:2

4:3

2:1

2:9

Porcinos FC

5:3

5:1

(1) 5:5 (2)

4:2

9:5

5:1

6:2

4:2

Rayo de Barcelona

1:3

0:1

2:3

4:5

5:4

(2) 3:3 (1)

1:7

Saiyans FC

1:4

2:3

1:3

3:6

4:3

2:6

Ultimate Móstoles

8:4

3:5

2:5

4:6

3:6

3:0

xBuyer Team

6:7

(2) 3:3 (4)

4:3

5:2

5:1

Playoffs

The playoffs are slated to be held from 22 to 29 July 2023, with a new ten-team format announced on 18 April 2023.^[13]

Champion xBuyer Team 1st title

Guest players

In May 2023, the Kings League announced the addition of a 14th Player, at the time a mystery, available to only one team. It was later revealed to be World Cup and Champions League winner Andrea Pirlo, with Jijantes FC signing him.^[14]

Team	11th Player	12th Player	13th Player	14th Player
1K FC1	David Barral (Week 1)	Borja Fernández (Week 1)	Marc Torrejón (Weeks 1–3)
Aniquiladores FC	Fran Hernández (Week 1)	Nadir Louah (Week 1)	David Acedo (Week 2)
El Barrio	Nicolás Pareja (Week 1)	Martín Mantovani (Week 1)
Jijantes FC	Román Golobart (Week 1)	Ibai Gómez (Week 1)	Gai Assulin (Week 1) Nando Quesada (Week 3)	Andrea Pirlo (Week 5)
Kunisports	Ferran Corominas (Week 1)	Augusto Fernández (Week 1)	Mauricio del Castillo (Weeks 1–3)
Los Troncos FC	Carles Planas (Week 1)	Joan Verdú (Week 1)	Lele Montero (Week 1) Djibril Cissé (Week 2) David López (Week 3)
PIO FC	Alberto Lopo (Week 1)	Carlos Corvo (Week 1)	Gerard Artigas (Weeks 1, 3)
Porcinos FC	Hugo Fraile (Week 1)	Javier Espinosa (Week 1)	Alberto Bueno (Weeks 1–3)
Rayo de Barcelona	Víctor Mongil (Week 1)	Eric Jiménez (Week 1)	Dani Liñares (Weeks 1–3)
Saiyans FC	David López (Week 1)	Roger García (Week 1)
Ultimate Móstoles	Juanma González (Week 1)	Toni Paredes (Week 1)	Gerard Vergé (Week 1) Diego de la Mata (Week 3)	Andriy Shevchenko (Week 7)[15]
xBuyer Team	Fernando Velillas (Week 1)	Adri Gimeno (Week 1)	Alexis García (Week 1) Víctor Aliaga (Week 3)

1. ^ Ricardo, who was 1K's 11th Player during the Winter Split, is now considered part of the regular roster per a special request from the team.

Awards

	Regular Season MVP	Best Goalscoarer	Best Goalkeeper	Final Four MVP
Player	Nadir Louah	Roger Carbó	Sergi Aguilar	Roger Carbó
Team	Aniquiladores FC	xBuyer Team	El Barrio	xBuyer Team

Season statistics

Winter Split

Top goalscorers

As of 27 March 2023

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[16]
1	Cristian Ubón	El Barrio	17
2	Edgar Álvaro	Los Troncos FC	15
3	Alberto Bueno	1K FC	13
	Roger Carbó	Saiyans FC
5	Joan Verdú	Los Troncos FC	11
	Juanma González	Ultimate Móstoles
7	Marc Pelaz	Rayo de Barcelona	10
8	Ferran Corominas	Kunisports	9
	Álvaro Arché	Ultimate Móstoles
	Joan Poch	xBuyer Team
11	Fran Hernández	Aniquiladores FC	8
	Gabriel Cichero	Porcinos FC
	Hugo Fraile	Porcinos FC

Top assists

As of 27 March 2023

Rank	Player	Club	Assists[17]
1	Alberto Bueno	1K FC	8
	Joan Verdú	Los Troncos FC
3	Javier Espinosa	Porcinos FC	7
4	Ferran Corominas	Kunisports	6
	Iván López	PIO FC
	Hugo Fraile	Porcinos FC
	Francesc Purti	Rayo de Barcelona
8	Fran Hernández	Aniquiladores FC	5
	Pablo Beguer	El Barrio
	Flavio Ruggeri	Kunisports
	Àlex Gutiérrez	Ultimate Móstoles

MVP of the week

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

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

A list of all MVPs awarded can be found on KingsLeague's web.^[18]

Summer Split

Top goalscorers

As of 30 July 2023

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[19]
1	Roger Carbó	xBuyer Team	20
2	Fran Hernández	Aniquiladores FC	19
3	Marc Granero	1K FC	18
4	Cristian Ubón	Ultimate Móstoles	14
	Ferran Corominas	Kunisports
	Hugo Fraile	Porcinos FC
	Marc Pelaz	Los Troncos FC
8	Alberto Bueno	Porcinos FC	12
	Nadir Louah	Aniquiladores FC
	Gilles Vidal	El Barrio
	David Barral	1K FC
12	Joan Verdú	Los Troncos FC	11
	Álvaro Arché	El Barrio

Top assists

As of 30 July 2023

Rank	Player	Club	Assists
1	Javier Espinosa	Porcinos FC	10
2	Pablo Beguer	xBuyer Team	8
	Hugo Fraile	Porcinos FC
4	Joan Verdú	Los Troncos FC	7
	Mark Sorroche	Los Troncos
	Marc Torrejón	1K FC
7	Álvaro Arché	El Barrio	6
	Nando Quesada	Jijantes FC

MVP of the week

Week	Player	Club
1	Dani Liñares	Rayo de Barcelona
2	Joan Verdú	Los Troncos FC
3	Pablo Beguer	xBuyer Team
4	Carlos Corvo	PIO FC
5	Fran Hernández	Aniquiladores FC
6	Sergio Agüero	Kunisports
7	Noel Bayarri	Porcinos FC
8	Pol Zapata	Aniquiladores FC
9	Tom Diawara	Jijantes FC
10	Nadir Louah	Aniquiladores FC
11	Cristian Ubón	Ultimate Móstoles
Playoff 1-2R	Nadir Louah	Aniquiladores FC
Final Four	Roger Carbó	xBuyer Team

Kings Cup (September–October 2023)

The 2023 Kings Cup is set to begin on 10 September 2023 and conclude on 14 October 2023.

Group stage

The groups were drawn during the Draft Day event on 4 September 2023.

Group A	Group B
Porcinos FC xBuyer Team Ultimate Móstoles Los Troncos FC PIO FC Jijantes FC	Aniquiladores FC El Barrio Kunisports Saiyans FC 1K FC Rayo de Barcelona

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	WSO	LSO	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ultimate Móstoles	5	4	0	0	1	18	10	+8	12	Knockout stage
2	Jijantes FC	5	3	0	0	2	21	19	+2	9
3	Porcinos FC	5	3	0	0	2	14	13	+1	9
4	Los Troncos FC	5	2	0	0	3	20	18	+2	6
5	xBuyer Team	5	2	0	0	3	17	19	−2	6
6	PIO FC	5	1	0	0	4	20	31	−11	3

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	WSO	LSO	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Aniquiladores FC	5	4	0	0	1	20	14	+6	12	Knockout stage
2	Saiyans FC	5	3	0	0	2	19	13	+6	9
3	Rayo de Barcelona	5	2	1	0	2	18	18	0	8
4	El Barrio	5	2	0	1	2	16	17	−1	7
5	1K FC	5	1	1	0	3	11	19	−8	5
6	Kunisports	5	1	0	1	3	11	14	−3	4

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Knockout stage

The format for the knockout stage was unveiled on 18 September 2023.

First round

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Quarterfinals

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Semifinal

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Final

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Champion Ultimate Móstoles 1st title

2024 Winter Split (January–April 2024)

The 2024 Winter Split is still considered part of the 2023 season before the adoption of a new calendar model starting with the 2024-25 season. It began on 21 January and is set to conclude on 20 April 2024.

Regular phase standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	WSO	LSO	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Aniquiladores FC	11	7	1	0	3	44	34	+10	23	Playoff semifinals and 2024 Kings World Cup
2	Saiyans FC	11	7	1	0	3	37	28	+9	23	Playoff second round and 2024 Kings World Cup
3	Jijantes FC	11	7	0	0	4	32	37	−5	21
4	Ultimate Móstoles	11	6	1	0	4	43	20	+23	20
5	Los Troncos FC	11	6	1	0	4	33	28	+5	20	Playoff first round and 2024 Kings World Cup
6	1K FC	11	5	1	2	3	36	36	0	19
7	Kunisports	11	4	1	1	5	30	32	−2	15
8	Porcinos FC	11	4	0	3	4	42	45	−3	15
9	xBuyer Team	11	4	1	0	6	42	39	+3	14	Playoff first round and 2024 Kings World Cup Redemption Game
10	El Barrio	11	4	0	0	7	33	40	−7	12
11	PIO FC	11	3	1	0	7	31	47	−16	11	2024 Kings World Cup Redemption Game
12	Rayo de Barcelona	11	1	0	2	8	27	44	−17	5

Playoffs

	First round 14 April — Cupra Arena					Second round 15 April ― Cupra Arena					Semifinals 20 April ― WiZink Center					Final 20 April ― WiZink Center
											1	Aniquiladores FC	4
											4	Ultimate Móstoles	6
						4	Ultimate Móstoles (p)	1 (3)
	5	Los Troncos FC	4			5	Los Troncos FC	1 (0)
	10	El Barrio	3													4	Ultimate Móstoles	3
																2	Saiyans FC	4
						2	Saiyans FC	5
	7	Kunisports	1			8	Porcinos FC	4
	8	Porcinos FC	3								2	Saiyans FC	4
											3	Jijantes FC	2
						3	Jijantes FC (p)	1 (2)
	6	1K FC	3			9	xBuyer Team	1 (1)
	9	xBuyer Team	10

Champion Saiyans FC 1st title

External links

• Official website
• Official Twitch channel

References