Sierra Leone National Premier League Explained

Sierra Leone National Premier League
Country:Sierra Leone
Confed:CAF
Ceo:rodney michael
Teams:18
Chairman:14
Relegation:Sierra Leone National First Division
Levels:1
Domest Cup:Sierra Leonean FA Cup
Confed Cup:Champions League
Confederation Cup
Champions:Bo Rangers F.C.
Season:2023–2024
Most Successful Clubs:East End Lions (12 titles)
Tv:AYV
Current:2024-25 Sierra Leone National Premier League

Sierra Leone National Premier League is a professional football league in Sierra Leone. It was founded in 1967. The league is sponsored by the Sierra Leone Commercial Bank, one of the major Sierra Leonean banks. East End Lions and Mighty Blackpool are the two biggest and most successful clubs. The National Premier League is controlled by the Sierra Leone Football Association. The season runs from March to July.[1]

The current champions of the premier league are East End Lions. They won the league unbeatable in 2019.

Fc Kallon's 7–0 win against Sierra Leone Police Fc on October 23, 2021, is the biggest win in the history of the league.

Structure

Eighteen clubs compete in the league, playing each other twice, once at home and once away. At the end of the season the bottom three clubs are relegated to the Sierra Leone National First Division, the second highest football league in Sierra Leone. The champions qualify for the CAF Champions League, while the second place team or the winner of the Sierra Leonean FA Cup will qualify for the CAF Confederation Cup. If the winner of the Sierra Leonean FA Cup has already qualify for the CAF Champions League, the Confederations Cup spot will go to the second place team in the table.

Current teams 2019 season

ClubCityStadiumCapacity
Dems field Wellington
10,000
45,000
Koidu Town2,000
45,000
45,000
45,000
Kallon45,000
Mighty BlackpoolFreetown45,000
45,000
Freetown45,000
EBK Stadium

Previous winners

YearsChampions
1967Mighty Blackpool (1)
Not held between 1968 and 1972
1973Ports Authority FC (1)
1974Mighty Blackpool (2)
Not held between 1975 and 1977
1978Mighty Blackpool (3)
1979Mighty Blackpool (4)
1980East End Lions (1)
1981Real Republicans (1)
1982Kallon Football Club (1)
1983Real Republicans (2)
1984Real Republicans (3)
1985East End Lions (2)
1986Kallon Football Club (2)
1987Kallon Football Club (3)
1988Mighty Blackpool (5)
1989Freetown City (1)
1990Old Edwardians (1)
1991Mighty Blackpool (6)
1992East End Lions (3)
1993East End Lions (4)
1994East End Lions (5)
1995Mighty Blackpool (7)
1996Mighty Blackpool (8)
1997East End Lions (6)
1998Mighty Blackpool (9)
1999East End Lions (7)
2000Mighty Blackpool (10)
2001Mighty Blackpool (11)
Not held between 2002 and 2004
2005East End Lions (8)
2006Kallon Football Club (4)
2007Not held
2008Ports Authority FC (2)
2009East End Lions (9)
2010East End Lions (10)
2011Ports Authority FC (3)
2011-2012Diamond Stars FC (1)
2013Diamond Stars FC (2)
2014East End Lions (11)
2015Not held
2016Not finished
2017Not held
2018Not held
2019East End Lions (12)
2019-2020 (Not finished due to Covid-19[2] -- auto-translated from French by Module:CS1 translator -->)
2021-2022Bo Rangers (1)
2022-2023Bo Rangers (2)
2023-24Bo Rangers (3)

Performance by club

ClubCityTitlesLast title
12 2018–19
11 2000–01
Kallon (includes Sierra Fisheries)4 2005–06
Bo RangersBo32023–24
3 1984
3 2010–11
2 2012–13
Freetown City (includes Freetown United)1 1989
1 1990

Top goalscorers

SeasonPlayerClubGoals
2000–01 Kelfala MarahMighty Blackpool5
Old Edwardians
2007–0810
2011–12Central Parade8
2019 Musa Noah KamaraEast End Lions15
2021-22 Musa Noah KamaraBo Rangers 19
2022-23 Alie ContehKallon14
2023-24 Musa Noah KamaraBo Rangers14
Most time goalscorers:

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Aboutaball website. https://web.archive.org/web/20120307013159/http://www.aboutaball.co.uk/html2/countries/sierraleone.php. dead. March 7, 2012.
  2. Web site: 18 July 2020 . 16 July 2020 . La COVID-19 provoque l'annulation de saison en Sierra Leone . fr.cafonline.com. <