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| - Liga Mundo expanded operations in April 2008 with the formation of the Serie Primera and the addition of the Serie Segunda in Season 2, and then three months later with the addition of the Serie Tercera in Season 3. Starting with Season 8 in April 2010, the divisions were renamed Primera Liga, Segunda Liga, and Tercera Liga respectively with the all-new Cuarta Liga added. During later consolidation, the Cuarta Liga was dropped. Prior to the start of Season 20 the three divisions were renamed LM Primera Liga, LM Segunda Liga, and LM Tercera Liga on June 28, 2014.
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| - Liga Mundo expanded operations in April 2008 with the formation of the Serie Primera and the addition of the Serie Segunda in Season 2, and then three months later with the addition of the Serie Tercera in Season 3. Starting with Season 8 in April 2010, the divisions were renamed Primera Liga, Segunda Liga, and Tercera Liga respectively with the all-new Cuarta Liga added. During later consolidation, the Cuarta Liga was dropped. Currently the league has 24 member clubs as it heads into its 24th season. The league's largest season was in Season 8 when 36 teams took to the field in a sudden burst of expansion teams joining in the wake of Transvaal World Cup IV of March 2010 but consolidation then followed in the subsequent seasons since then before stabilising at 24 teams (with eight teams in each of the three divisions) at the start of Season 13. Since then the league has remained in the 24 to 27 range for member numbers. Four of the clubs - namely Arcadia FC, Atlético Luz Del Mar, VolNation Volunteers, and Transvaal Springboks were known as the Original Four - participated in each and every season played from Season 1 until Season 13 when Atlético Luz Del Mar were transferred to Marseilles FC. The first three clubs (minus Transvaal Springboks) were popularly referred by all as the Big Three during the early days of the league on account of their notable dominance on and off the field from immediately when the league started. One of the most dominant teams during the early days of the league, Arcadia FC would later suffer from management woes and ownership changes; during Season 18 the former management of Atlético Luz Del Mar took over the club and re-branded it as Clube Atlético Santos. The former ownership of Atlético Melloria would then come along take over Clube Atlético Santos at the start of Season 20. The Springboks became competitive after unexpectedly winning the league championship in Season 5, but struggled on the pitch for the league's first three seasons. In Season 7 Swamplandia Sinners became the first expansion, non-original club to win the league title; they repeated as champions in Season 9 to cement their status as one of the top clubs. With the advent of Swamplandia Sinners' two championship titles, much less emphasis has been given since then to the Big Three or Original Four as a collective powerhouse of teams than in the early seasons of the league - especially more so since Arcadia FC were demoted after Season 12 and Atlético Luz Del Mar relocated and were subsequently relegated to the Segunda after the following season. VolNation Volunteers now remains as the only club to have played each and every season in the top-most division with their original team identity while ; Transvaal Springboks - who have played multiple stints in the Segunda Liga since Season 16 are the only other club to have played each and every season under the same team identity and management. As Liga Mundo strives for recognition as the professional sports league in the Cyberverse and to crown a most-deserving, and true futbol World Champion, there are an assortment of playoff cups - respectively, the El Legada Copa, Gloria de Verano Cup, Copa Del Mar, El Invierno Clásico - which have been competed for over the course of various seasons. PremierApex of Costa Libertad (Atlético Luz Del Mar) resigned as commissioner / league admin during Season 8 on May 5, 2010 and appointed Botha of Transvaal (Transvaal Springboks) as his replacement. On June 13, 2013 (during Season 17) the league increased the maximum roster limit from 20 player to 23 players. Later that season, on August 30, 2013, Commissioner Botha announced that the entrance requirements for the Liga Mundo Hall of Fame would be increased from 100 matches to 200 matches starting in Season 18. Prior to the start of Season 20 the three divisions were renamed LM Primera Liga, LM Segunda Liga, and LM Tercera Liga on June 28, 2014.
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