soccer football_league_season - freebase-schema/freebase GitHub Wiki

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Current definition: A season of a league is a competition held over a period of time which is a discrete series of football matches, in which teams participate.

Proposed definition:

A football league season is a series of association football matches played as part of a football league [link] over a defined period of time which generally leads to a final ranking.

• Seasons of professional association football leagues (e.g. FA Premier League 1998-99, 2009-10 La Liga, Serie A 2008-09, A-League 2006-07)

• Seasons of amateur association football leagues (e.g. 2009–10 Season of the Fußball-Bundesliga, Ukrainian Football Amateur League 2007)

• Seasons of international association football competitions (e.g. 2002 African Cup of Nations, 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup, 1997 Copa America)

• Seasons of non-association football games such as American football, rugby and Australian rules football. (e.g. 2005 NFL Season, Rugby Football League Season, 2005 Australian Football International Cup)

• Use the Sport League Season type for these.

• Association football matches (e.g. 2008 UEFA Cup Final, 2006 Royal League Final, England v Hungary)

• Use the Football match type for these.

• Association football leagues (e.g. Norwegian Premier League for Women, La Liga, Big Ten Conference)

• Use the Football league type for these.

• Olympic football events (e.g. Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Men’s tournament, Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women’s tournament)

• Use the Olympic event competition type for these.