Perth futsal team PYF Saltires retain Scottish title and qualify for Champions League

A Perth futsal team can again look forward to representing Scotland on the Champions League stage.

PYF Saltires successfully defended their Scottish Super League title this season and received the trophy following their final game on Sunday.

Saltires navigated through the league campaign unbeaten, securing victory in all 12 of their fixtures and scoring 174 goals along the way.

Their triumph qualifies them through to represent the country in the 2023/24 UEFA Futsal Champions League preliminary stages later this year.

“It’s been a really exciting season and we’re all delighted to win the title again,” said Saltires manager Scott Ballingall.

“It’s been particularly pleasing this year as two members of our Colts squad have been integral to our success. The group is so demanding of each other and that really drives us on.

“The relentlessness this group shows is brilliant, we play at pace and look like scoring almost every time we have the ball.”

Saltires rounded off their title-winning campaign with a 32-0 win against TJ Slovak Lads.

They finished nine points clear of Dundee Futsal and 17 points clear of third-placed Fair City Santos, who also hail from Perth.

“It would be great for the sport in this country if the top league was more competitive,” Ballingall continued.

“The winners of the regional leagues all look good so I think the Super League will be a lot stronger next year.

“We can ultimately only play against what we are up against, but we continue to do the right things no matter the opponents, which hopefully stands us in good stead.”

The draw for the Champions League will be made in July and Ballingall is looking for Saltires to pose more of a threat this year.

Last year, they did manage to secure a draw against