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<\/p>\nThe Baller League is back for Season 2! Find out all you need to know on how it works, what’s changed and which famous faces are taking part!<\/p>\n
What is the Baller League?<\/p>\n
The Baller League began in Germany, created by entrepreneur Felix Starck and aided by Mats Hummels and Lukas Podolski. It is a six-a-side indoor football competition, with the first UK season taking place at the Copper Box Arena in London.<\/p>\n
The influencer-led league – headlined by KSI for the UK version – sees former Premier League players, futsal players and celebrities face one another in 12 teams to win the Baller League. Each team battles it out for 11 weeks to determine the final four. The winner is decided in a final four play-off, with two semi-finals setting up the final.<\/p>\n
The action returns on Monday October 27 with the final matchday of the season, ahead of the final four, due to take place on January 5.<\/p>\n
\n Baller League – the basics\n <\/p>\n
12 teams, 6 vs 6 players
\n 12-man squads and rolling subs
\n 30-minute matches
\n No corners!
\n 11 matchdays in season
\n Final four play-off<\/p>\n
Baller League rules – how does it work?<\/p>\n
Each team has 12 players to choose from – selected in a Ballers League draft – with halves that are 15 minutes long.<\/p>\n
There are no corners – if the ball goes behind off the opposition three times, a penalty is awarded to the attacking team (’90s MLS-style!) – and in the final three minutes of each half, different rules are added.<\/p>\n
Those ‘gamechangers’ include a 3 vs 3 format, long-range goals scored from behind the offside line counting as double and goalkeepers unable to use their hands.<\/p>\n
Matches will take place every Monday for 11 consecutive weeks, before the top four teams in the league standings battle it out in the semi-finals and final to crown the champion. The first season saw Sharky’s SDS FC lift the trophy after a 4-3 victory over MVPs United in the final.<\/p>\n
What’s new?<\/p>\n
The second season returns with new faces as Chloe Kelly’s Clutch FC, Idris Elba’s Rukkas FC and Niko Omilana’s NDL FC join the competition.<\/p>\n
There will be another new face on the sidelines too, with former England striker and Sky Sports expert Daniel Sturridge joining Micah Richards to manage Deportrio FC.<\/p>\n
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\n Former Liverpool and England striker Daniel Sturridge will join fellow Sky Sports pundit Micah Richards in charge of Deportrio FC<\/p>\n
Former players John Terry, Jens Lehmann, Robert Pires, Alan Shearer and Ian Wright also return to the dugout, alongside Miniminter, Tobi Brown, Sharky, AngryGinge and Maya Jama who will manage alongside Como Women’s Alisha Lehmann.<\/p>\n
Baller League UK Season 2 fixturesMatchday 1<\/p>\n
Game 1: 26ers vs Yanited
Game 2: N5 vs NDL FC
Game 3: Deportrio vs Wembely Rangers AFC
Game 4: SDS FC vs VZN FC
Game 5: Rukkas FC vs MVPs United
Game 6: M7 FC vs Clutch FC<\/p>\n
Baller League UK Season 2 dates and full match schedule<\/p>\n
Matchday 1: October 27<\/p>\n
Matchday 2: November 3<\/p>\n
Matchday 3: November 10<\/p>\n
Matchday 4: November 17<\/p>\n
Matchday 5: November 24<\/p>\n
Matchday 6: December 1<\/p>\n
Matchday 7: December 8<\/p>\n
Matchday 8: December 15<\/p>\n
Matchday 9: December 22<\/p>\n
Matchday 10: December 29<\/p>\n
Matchday 11: January 5<\/p>\n
Final Four: TBC<\/p>\n
Baller League UK Season 2 teams and managers <\/p>\n
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\n England hero Chloe Kelly returns for Season 2 but this time managing Clutch FC<\/p>\n
26ers – managed by John TerryDeportrio – managed by Micah Richards and Daniel SturridgeNDL FC – managed by Niko OmilanaM7 FC – managed by MiniminterMVPs United – managed by Alisha Lehmann and Maya JamaN5 FC – managed by Jens Lehmann, Robert Pires and Eman SV2Rukkas FC – managed by Idris ElbaSDS FC – managed by SharkyClutch FC – Managed by Chloe KellyVZN FC – managed by Tobi BrownWembley Rangers – managed by Ian Wright and Alan ShearerYanited – managed by Angry GingeBaller League squads and players <\/p>\n
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\n Former Manchester United left-back Cameron Borthwick-Jackson will line up for M7 FC<\/p>\n
26ers<\/p>\n
Franchise: J’ardell Stirling, Bilal Sayoud<\/p>\n
Designated: Ebenezer Addo-Kufuor, Emmanuel Robe, Kojo Apenteng, Connor Wood<\/p>\n
Team Baller: David Oupoh, Serine Sanneh, Nabeel Ghannam, Pharrell Mensah, Sam Meisel, Eligijus Dapkus<\/p>\n
Clutch FC<\/p>\n
Franchise: Albie Sheehan, Evans Kouassi<\/p>\n
Designated: Addison Garnett, Michael Hill, Destiny Ojo, Eddie Allsopp<\/p>\n
Team Baller: David Solademi, Keir Dickson, Dillon Barnes, Erick Kenko, Jordan Lazenbury, Ethan Oke<\/p>\n
Deportrio<\/p>\n
Franchise: Richard Afrane-Kesey, Francis Gerard Mampolo<\/p>\n
Designated: Adam Dawson, Josh Harrop, Marvin Sordell, Kevin Gonzalez<\/p>\n
Team Baller: Daniel Atherton, Jack McConnell, Zach Fagan, Alex Dyer, Henri Lansbury, Joleon Lescott<\/p>\n
M7 FC<\/p>\n
Franchise: Toby Bull, Stefan Ilic<\/p>\n
Designated: Sam Fitzgerald, Zaid Al-Hussaini, Zion Nditi, Jay Emmanuel-Thomas<\/p>\n
Team Baller: Femi Akinwande, Mohammed Mahyoub, Jordon Thompson, Cameron Borthwick-Jackson, Bayli Spencer-Adams, Joshua Abbott<\/p>\n
MVPs United<\/p>\n
Franchise: Timmy Abraham, Montel McKenzie<\/p>\n
Designated: Josh Rusoke, Jake Chambers Shaw, James Caton, Tommy Scott<\/p>\n
Team Baller: Lorenzo Kevin Spinelli, Daniel Wood, Tyrone Marsh, Vani Da Silva, Nathan Okome, Robbie Burton<\/p>\n
N5 FC<\/p>\n
Franchise: Martyn Waghorn, Jack Young<\/p>\n
Designated: Declan McCarthy, Angus MacDonald, George Nikaj, Jean-Baptiste Fisher<\/p>\n
Team Baller: Hani Berchiche, Callum Charlton, Chris Arthur, Ross Derham, Nathan Holland, Nile Ranger<\/p>\n
NDL FC<\/p>\n
Franchise: Amine Sassi, Ciaran Clark<\/p>\n
Designated: Amin Belaid, Isaac Modi, Dominic Vose<\/p>\n
Team Baller: Aaron Steavens, Jordan Antonio Brown, Kamel Sassi, Ruben Junior, Amadou Kassarate<\/p>\n
Rukkas FC<\/p>\n
Franchise: Mussa Bham, Casey Shann<\/p>\n
Designated: Ergys Pepaj, Jezreel Davies, Taufee Skandari, Toby Aromolaran<\/p>\n
Team Baller: Dara Dada, Seth Locke, Luqman Kassim, Bruno Andrade, Michael Hector, Brandon Barker<\/p>\n
SDS FC<\/p>\n
Franchise: Mauro Vilhete<\/p>\n
Designated: Camilo Restrepo, Hafed Al-Droubi, David Marques Castanho, Alfie Matthews<\/p>\n
Team Baller: Michael Folivi, Calvin Dickson, Finlay Chadwick, Youssef Chentouf, Nya Kirby, Tarik Gidaree<\/p>\n
VZN FC<\/p>\n
Franchise: Yasin Ben El-Mhanni, Scott Kashket<\/p>\n
Designated: Kurtis Cumberbatch, Ola Ogunwamide, Hamza Semakula<\/p>\n
Team Baller: Michael Onovwigun, Luka Marusic, Daniel Bowry, Eric De Melo, Joshua Parker, Melvin Minter<\/p>\n
Wembley Rangers AFC<\/p>\n
Franchise: Cheikh Thiam, George Isaac<\/p>\n
Designated: Domingos Pires, Jack Connors, Callam Gardner, Danny Bassett<\/p>\n
Team Baller: Ben Long, Charles Yiadom Kunado, Sandro Camara, Dominic Morgan-Griffiths, Ismat Sumbal, Alfie Mansell<\/p>\n
Yanited<\/p>\n
Franchise: Bryan Ly, John Bostock<\/p>\n
Designated: Calum Butcher, PK Humble, Remy Clerima, Jesse Waller-Lassen<\/p>\n
Team Baller: Max Pitman, Harry Cain, Kadell Daniel, Medy Elito, Ahoora Heydari, Abdulahi Abdulazeez<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Baller League is back for Season 2! Find out all you need to know on how it…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":244300,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,596,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-244299","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244299","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=244299"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244299\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/244300"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=244299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=244299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=244299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}