The Baller League is again for Season 2! Discover out all it’s good to know on the way it works, what’s modified and which well-known faces are participating!
What’s the Baller League?
The Baller League started in Germany, created by entrepreneur Felix Starck and aided by Mats Hummels and Lukas Podolski. It’s a six-a-side indoor soccer competitors, with the primary UK season going down on the Copper Field Area in London.
The influencer-led league – headlined by KSI for the UK model – sees former Premier League gamers, futsal gamers and celebrities face each other in 12 groups to win the Baller League. Every crew battles it out for 11 weeks to find out the ultimate 4. The winner is set in a remaining 4 play-off, with two semi-finals establishing the ultimate.
The motion returns on Monday October 27 with the ultimate matchday of the season, forward of the ultimate 4, on account of happen on January 5.
Baller League guidelines – how does it work?
Every crew has 12 gamers to select from – chosen in a Ballers League draft – with halves which are quarter-hour lengthy.
There are not any corners – if the ball goes behind off the opposition 3 times, a penalty is awarded to the attacking crew (’90s MLS-style!) – and within the remaining three minutes of every half, completely different guidelines are added.
These ‘gamechangers’ embody a 3 vs 3 format, long-range objectives scored from behind the offside line counting as double and goalkeepers unable to make use of their arms.
Matches will happen each Monday for 11 consecutive weeks, earlier than the highest 4 groups within the league standings battle it out within the semi-finals and remaining to crown the champion. The primary season noticed Sharky’s SDS FC raise the trophy after a 4-3 victory over MVPs United within the remaining.
What’s new?
The second season returns with new faces as Chloe Kelly’s Clutch FC, Idris Elba’s Rukkas FC and Niko Omilana’s NDL FC be part of the competitors.
There will likely be one other new face on the sidelines too, with former England striker and Sky Sports activities knowledgeable Daniel Sturridge becoming a member of Micah Richards to handle Deportrio FC.
Former gamers John Terry, Jens Lehmann, Robert Pires, Alan Shearer and Ian Wright additionally return to the dugout, alongside Miniminter, Tobi Brown, Sharky, AngryGinge and Maya Jama who will handle alongside Como Girls’s Alisha Lehmann.
Baller League UK Season 2 fixtures
Matchday 1
Recreation 1: 26ers vs Yanited
Recreation 2: N5 vs NDL FC
Recreation 3: Deportrio vs Wembely Rangers AFC
Recreation 4: SDS FC vs VZN FC
Recreation 5: Rukkas FC vs MVPs United
Recreation 6: M7 FC vs Clutch FC
Baller League UK Season 2 dates and full match schedule
Matchday 1: October 27
Matchday 2: November 3
Matchday 3: November 10
Matchday 4: November 17
Matchday 5: November 24
Matchday 6: December 1
Matchday 7: December 8
Matchday 8: December 15
Matchday 9: December 22
Matchday 10: December 29
Matchday 11: January 5
Closing 4: TBC
Baller League UK Season 2 groups and managers
England hero Chloe Kelly returns for Season 2 however this time managing Clutch FC
- 26ers – managed by John Terry
- Deportrio – managed by Micah Richards and Daniel Sturridge
- NDL FC – managed by Niko Omilana
- M7 FC – managed by Miniminter
- MVPs United – managed by Alisha Lehmann and Maya Jama
- N5 FC – managed by Jens Lehmann, Robert Pires and Eman SV2
- Rukkas FC – managed by Idris Elba
- SDS FC – managed by Sharky
- Clutch FC – Managed by Chloe Kelly
- VZN FC – managed by Tobi Brown
- Wembley Rangers – managed by Ian Wright and Alan Shearer
- Yanited – managed by Indignant Ginge
Baller League squads and gamers
Former Manchester United left-back Cameron Borthwick-Jackson will line up for M7 FC
26ers
Franchise: J’ardell Stirling, Bilal Sayoud
Designated: Ebenezer Addo-Kufuor, Emmanuel Gown, Kojo Apenteng, Connor Wooden
Crew Baller: David Oupoh, Serine Sanneh, Nabeel Ghannam, Pharrell Mensah, Sam Meisel, Eligijus Dapkus
Clutch FC
Franchise: Albie Sheehan, Evans Kouassi
Designated: Addison Garnett, Michael Hill, Future Ojo, Eddie Allsopp
Crew Baller: David Solademi, Keir Dickson, Dillon Barnes, Erick Kenko, Jordan Lazenbury, Ethan Oke
Deportrio
Franchise: Richard Afrane-Kesey, Francis Gerard Mampolo
Designated: Adam Dawson, Josh Harrop, Marvin Sordell, Kevin Gonzalez
Crew Baller: Daniel Atherton, Jack McConnell, Zach Fagan, Alex Dyer, Henri Lansbury, Joleon Lescott
M7 FC
Franchise: Toby Bull, Stefan Ilic
Designated: Sam Fitzgerald, Zaid Al-Hussaini, Zion Nditi, Jay Emmanuel-Thomas
Crew Baller: Femi Akinwande, Mohammed Mahyoub, Jordon Thompson, Cameron Borthwick-Jackson, Bayli Spencer-Adams, Joshua Abbott
MVPs United
Franchise: Timmy Abraham, Montel McKenzie
Designated: Josh Rusoke, Jake Chambers Shaw, James Caton, Tommy Scott
Crew Baller: Lorenzo Kevin Spinelli, Daniel Wooden, Tyrone Marsh, Vani Da Silva, Nathan Okome, Robbie Burton
N5 FC
Franchise: Martyn Waghorn, Jack Younger
Designated: Declan McCarthy, Angus MacDonald, George Nikaj, Jean-Baptiste Fisher
Crew Baller: Hani Berchiche, Callum Charlton, Chris Arthur, Ross Derham, Nathan Holland, Nile Ranger
NDL FC
Franchise: Amine Sassi, Ciaran Clark
Designated: Amin Belaid, Isaac Modi, Dominic Vose
Crew Baller: Aaron Steavens, Jordan Antonio Brown, Kamel Sassi, Ruben Junior, Amadou Kassarate
Rukkas FC
Franchise: Mussa Bham, Casey Shann
Designated: Ergys Pepaj, Jezreel Davies, Taufee Skandari, Toby Aromolaran
Crew Baller: Dara Dada, Seth Locke, Luqman Kassim, Bruno Andrade, Michael Hector, Brandon Barker
SDS FC
Franchise: Mauro Vilhete
Designated: Camilo Restrepo, Hafed Al-Droubi, David Marques Castanho, Alfie Matthews
Crew Baller: Michael Folivi, Calvin Dickson, Finlay Chadwick, Youssef Chentouf, Nya Kirby, Tarik Gidaree
VZN FC
Franchise: Yasin Ben El-Mhanni, Scott Kashket
Designated: Kurtis Cumberbatch, Ola Ogunwamide, Hamza Semakula
Crew Baller: Michael Onovwigun, Luka Marusic, Daniel Bowry, Eric De Melo, Joshua Parker, Melvin Minter
Wembley Rangers AFC
Franchise: Cheikh Thiam, George Isaac
Designated: Domingos Pires, Jack Connors, Callam Gardner, Danny Bassett
Crew Baller: Ben Lengthy, Charles Yiadom Kunado, Sandro Camara, Dominic Morgan-Griffiths, Ismat Sumbal, Alfie Mansell
Yanited
Franchise: Bryan Ly, John Bostock
Designated: Calum Butcher, PK Humble, Remy Clerima, Jesse Waller-Lassen
Crew Baller: Max Pitman, Harry Cain, Kadell Daniel, Medy Elito, Ahoora Heydari, Abdulahi Abdulazeez
