Sports in Creeperopolis

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Association football is the most popular sport in Creeperopolis. According to a poll conducted by the Gaceta Creeperiano in 2019, around 84 percent of Creeperopolis are fans of at least one football club. Professional association football in Creeperopolis is governed by the National Football Association (ANF) and is affiliate with CONFUSUR. The ANF oversees the Liga Imperial, the top flight of association football, the Segunda División and the Tercera División, and both the men's and women's national football teams. Various footballers have been considered to be national heroes.

Other popular sports in Creeperopolis include baseball, basketball, beach football, boxing, bullfighting, and peil. In the Olympics, Creeperopolis finds relative success in association football, baseball, athletics, and curling. Skill-based sports, such as bowling and competitive poker, are also common place but to a much lesser degree than sports such as association football or baseball. Before the Creeperian Civil War, the government sought to encourage the country to solely focus on association football and baseball, ignoring other sports and even outlawing sports such as boxing and bullfighting, but following the civil war, the government relaxed its laws and began encouraging Creeperans to involve themselves in and following multiple sports. Since the 1980s, foreign sports leagues have attempted to expand their markets in Creeperopolis.

Creeperopolis has numerous stadiums across the country, some of which hold a capacity of over 30,000 spectators, but the largest stadiums primarily serve association football and baseball. The largest stadium in Creeperopolis is the Emperor Adolfo III Stadium in San Salvador, which seats 120,000 spectators and serves as the home pitch of CF San Salvador and the Creeperopolis national football team. The country's second largest stadium is the 18 June Stadium, which seats 85,000 spectators and serves as the home pitch of CF Adolfosburg and as the secondary field of the Creeperopolis national football team. The largest stadium built for a sport other than association football is the Euloxio Basquez Agar National Stadium in Victoria, a baseball stadium with seats for 50,000 spectators which serves as the home field for the Victoria Reyes.

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