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| - Liga Mundo Season 21 ran from November 20, 2014 to March 21, 2015. The league saw a decrease from 27 to 26 teams - with one expansion addition and two clubs closed down by the league authorities. SC Jeniçer Tirana joined the league as an expansion team on November 5, 2014 while Antarctican Polar Bears and Skagafjörður Nords AFC were disbanded by the league on the following day prior to the drafting of the new season schedule. Spain relocated to Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria on November 16, 2014 and were re-named the Transvaal Bothas. On November 20, 2014, Stien van Buyten became - at age 39 - the oldest outfield player ever to appear in a Liga Mundo match when he started for the Transvaal Springboks in their Season 21 opener versus Plymouth City FC. He was also the last remaining active player in Liga Mundo from Season 1 as well as holding the record for most seasons in Liga Mundo with 21 campaigns to his name. After appearing in 4 matches during his 21st and final campaign, Stien Van Buyten decided to take an early retirement and hung up his cleats on December 30, 2014 – two weeks short of seven years in Liga Mundo. His last game took place at Loftus Versfeld on Christmas Day of 2014 when he entered the game as a substitute in the Springboks’ win over The Fighting Sherms. Due to poor voting participation by the league managers the previous few seasons, starting this season the commissioner would once again select the league MVP along with the divisional MVPs. AS Accelerando joined as an expansion team for Liga Mundo Season 22 on March 10, 2015 after the Tercera Liga season had ended. The league went through contraction during the off-season which followed when Debate Land Orators, Syracuse Salty Dogs, and Transvaal Bothas, the three-worst clubs in the Tercera Liga, were wounded up and disbanded by league authorities on March 25, 2015. This resulted in the league going to 24 teams and re-balancing the three divisions at 8 teams each.
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