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Baltic Futsal League
Organising bodyMTÜ Baltic Futsal League
Founded2019
RegionBaltic
Number of teams8
WebsiteWebsite
2019-2020 Baltic Futsal League

The Baltic Futsal League is a new futsal club commercial competition involving 8 teams from Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Russia, and Belarus.

The debut season was scheduled to take place between October 2019 and April 2020, but was interrupted by COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020 and postponed until further notice. The competition format is one round among 8 teams, adding up to 28 matches in total.

A big challenge for the organizers was the match calendar that suits participants from all countries, as the national championships in each country take place at very different times throughout the year.[1]

The matches were covered by media, social media and online streaming services, including in-depth live statistics.[2] The tournament was prepared as a media product, hoping to attract sponsors, advertisers, and potentially reach TV audiences. The participating clubs are incentivized by free travel and accommodation.[1] In the first ever Baltic Futsal League press-conference in Saint Petersburg on 14 May 2019, the league organizers paid particular attention at commercial, PR and marketing aspects of the competition, providing free training and consultations to each of the participating clubs.[3] The league will promote growth and experience of the clubs, planning to expand the league in the future, attracting participants from more countries.[4][5][6]

Participants

A total of eight teams competed in the 2019–2020 season:[7][8][9]

Note: Two Saint Petersburg teams «АЖИО» and «Фруктовый мир» have joined together to compete as «АЖИО-ФМ».[7]

Current Season

The first match took place on 2019 October 18 in Riga.[10][11] The last round of the season was planned to take place 11 April 2020 in Tallinn, with award ceremony to follow. However, in the light of the COVID-19 pandemic, on 12 March it was announced that the championship is being suspended until further notice.[12] As the pandemic was easing, the organizers held an online conference with the participating clubs on 23 July 2020. Discussion about completing 2019–2020 season as well as 2020–2021 season schedule were questions on the agenda.[13]

Matchday 1

FC Petrow Latvia4:7Lithuania FK Vytis
LatviaRīga
FC Cosmos Estonia1:3Russia Agio FM
EstoniaKehra
TFK Rēzekne Latvia2:4Estonia Narva United FC
LatviaLudza
FC Stalitsa Belarus7:1Lithuania Gargždų Pramogos
BelarusMinsk

Matchday 2

FK Vytis Lithuania5:1Latvia TFK Rēzekne
LithuaniaJonava
Agio FM Russia10:3Estonia Narva United FC
RussiaSaint Petersburg
Gargždų Pramogos Lithuania3:4Latvia FC Petrow
LithuaniaGargždai
FC Cosmos Estonia2:10Belarus FC Stalitsa
EstoniaTallinn

Matchday 3

FC Stalitsa Belarus4:4Russia Agio FM
Penalties
4:5
BelarusMinsk
Narva United FC Estonia2:4Estonia FC Cosmos
EstoniaNarva
FK Vytis Lithuania6:3Lithuania Gargždų Pramogos
LithuaniaKaunas
FC Petrow Latvia7:3Latvia TFK Rēzekne
LatviaRīga

Matchday 4

FC Stalitsa Belarus4:0Latvia TFK Rēzekne
BelarusMinsk
Gargždų Pramogos Lithuania5:11Russia Agio FM
LithuaniaGargždai
FC Cosmos Estonia1:9Latvia FC Petrow
EstoniaKehra
Narva United FC EstoniavLithuania FK Vytis
EstoniaNarva

Matchday 5

FC Petrow Latvia3:7Belarus FC Stalitsa
LatviaJelgava
Gargždų Pramogos Lithuania3:5Estonia Narva United FC
LithuaniaGargždai
Agio FM RussiavLithuania FK Vytis
RussiaSaint Petersburg
TFK Rēzekne Latvia5:7Estonia FC Cosmos
LatviaLudza

Matchday 6 will take place 14–18 March

postponed

Final matchday will take place 11 April in Tallinn

postponed

Championship Table

  • as of 29 February
# Club Played Win Draw Lose Win on
Penalties		 Lose on
Penalties		 Goals + Goals - Goal Diff. Points
1 FC Stalitsa 5 4 1 0 0 1 32 10 +22 13
2 AGIO FM 4 3 1 0 1 0 28 13 +15 11
3 FK Vytis 3 3 0 0 0 0 18 8 +10 9
4 FC Petrow 5 3 0 2 0 0 27 21 -6 9
5 Narva UTD 4 2 0 2 0 0 14 19 -5 6
6 FC Cosmos 5 2 0 3 0 0 15 28 -13 6
7 TFK Rezekne 5 0 0 5 0 0 10 27 -17 0
8 Gargždų Pramogos 5 0 0 5 0 0 15 33 -18 0

Top Scorers

# Player Minutes Played Goals
1 Mykhailo Grytsyna /FC Stalitsa/ 41' 9
2 Maksim Sens /FC Petrow 79 6
3 Kirill Osinovskiy /AGIO FM/ 53' 5
4 Roman Ananev /AGIO FM/ 53' 4
5 Ruslan Lazyuk /FC Stalitsa/ 59' 4
6 Beto /FC Stalitsa/ 61' 4

2020-2021 season

The first meeting of the League Board took place in the Tallinn on 1 of March. The league calendar was discussed, as well as the league promotion. It was announced that currently there are 12 clubs from 9 countries interested in the 2020–2021 season. There would be 22 league rounds, totaling to 132 games. The matches would take place between October and April.[14]

The competition was affected by COVID-19 pandemic, the completion of 2019–2020 season was postponed, which is likely to affect the start of the next season. The clubs and the organizers met on an online conference on 23 July 2020 to discuss the next season's calendar, yet no details were made public.[13]

There were talks that the number and the geography of the participants will expand, however the list of participants was announced on 28 November, which included 8 teams — two from Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and one from Belarus and Ukraine.[15] Seven of the clubs remained the same, the Ukrainian team replaced the Russian team.

At the beginning of December the numbers of COVID-19 cases increased rapidly, and on 8 December 2020 the organizers announced that the season start is postponed to April 2021.[16]

1 „FK Vytis Kaunas“ (Lithuania)
2 „Gargždų Pramogos–SC“ (Lithuania)
3 „FC Petrow“ (Latvia)
4 TFK Rezekne (Latvia)
5 „MFK Stolitsa“ (МФК «Столица») (Belarus)
6 „SK Sokil“ (СК «Сокіл») (Ukraine)
7 „FC Narva United“ (Estonia)
8 „FC Cosmos“ (Estonia)

References

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  9. ^ "Kaks Eesti klubi osalevad uues saalijalgpalli Balti liigas". 15 July 2019.
  10. ^ "Season 19/20".
  11. ^ "Calendar of the starting season of BFL – Baltic Futsal League". Archived from the original on 2019-10-21. Retrieved 2019-10-21.
  12. ^ "Baltic Futsal League Official statement – Baltic Futsal League". balticfutsal.com. Archived from the original on 2020-03-21.
  13. ^ a b "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2020-07-28. Retrieved 2020-07-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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  16. ^ "Season 2020/21 is delayed for spring 2021".
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