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The Sri Lanka national football team represents Sri Lanka in Association football and is administered by Football Sri Lanka, the governing body of football in Sri Lanka. They have been a member of FIFA since 1952 and a member of AFC since 1954. Sri Lanka's home stadium is the Sugathadasa Stadium in Colombo. The Sri Lankan team was known as the Ceylon national football team until 1972 when Ceylon was renamed Sri Lanka.
The S1 League, or simply S1, is the top division of the Sri Lanka Professional Football League. Currently, the S1 League is the first level of the Sri Lankan association football league system. The second tier is represented by the S2 League. It is currently sponsored by Dialog Axiata and thus officially known as the Dialog S1 League.
Ratnam SC is a Sri Lankan professional football club based in Colombo, that competes in the Dialog Champions League, the top flight of Sri Lankan football. The club was founded in 1950.
Colombo Football Club, or Colombo FC, is a professional football club based in Colombo, playing in the Sri Lanka Super League, the top flight of Sri Lankan football.
The 2009 Premier League championship organized by the Football Federation of Sri Lanka, and was sponsored by Dialog Telekom. Renown SC won the championship by beating SL Air force SC. Mohamed Fazal of Renown SC is the top scorer.
Colombo Hockey and Football Club is a Division 'A' rugby union team based in Colombo, Sri Lanka that competes in the Dialog Rugby League in Sri Lanka.
Sri Lanka Navy Sports Club is a Division 'A' rugby union team based in Sri Lanka. It is the rugby union team of the Sri Lanka Navy Sports Club. In 2014 they won the Clifford Cup, for the first time, defeating Havelock Sports Club, 27–22 in the final. Navy SC also completed the 'Grand Double' by winning the Dialog Rugby League Championship with an undefeated season that same year.
Sri Lanka Air Force Sports Club are a Division 'A' rugby union team, based in Sri Lanka. It is the rugby union team of the Sri Lanka Air Force Sports Club.
Chathura Gunaratne Wellala Hettige, better known as Chathura Gunaratne, is an association footballer from Sri Lanka. Chathura plays in midfield and has played for three clubs in Sri Lanka as well as the Sri Lanka national football team.
Defenders Football Club is a football club based in Homagama, Sri Lanka. In 2018, Sri Lanka Army SC was renamed to Defenders FC.
Solid SC is a Sri Lankan football club based in Anuradhapura in the Anuradhapura District.
The Sri Lanka Rugby Championship, known as the Dialog Rugby League due to its sponsorship by Dialog Axiata, is the major national rugby union club competition, held between the top Division 'A' rugby sides, in Sri Lanka. The annual home and away competition, featuring eight Division 'A' teams, has been held since 1950. The competition has been held between November and February for the last three seasons. The first round of the tournament runs for seven weekends with the final match of the first round in early January, no games are played over the Christmas holiday period. The second round also runs for seven weekends, with the final match in the beginning of March.
2014 sees the 30th edition of the Sri Lanka Football Premier League. This season features 22 teams, an expansion of two clubs. Air Force SC are defending champions. In this season Solid SC wins the champions title after joining the league 2 years ago. The teams played round-robin matches.
2015 Sri Lanka Football Premier League was the 31st season of Sri Lanka Football Premier League. Solid SC of Anuradhapura were the defending champions.
2016–17 is the 32nd Sri Lanka Football Premier League season.
The 2017–18 Premier League Tournament was the 30th season of first-class cricket in Sri Lanka's Premier Trophy, with the matches played across three days each in the group stage. Chilaw Marians Cricket Club won the tournament, after finishing unbeaten in the Super Eight section of the competition.
The following is an alphabetical list of topics related to Sri Lanka.
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The 2018 Sri Lanka FA Cup was the 56th season of Sri Lanka FA Cup, the top-tier knockout football tournament in Sri Lanka. A total of 715 teams would participate.
The 2018–19 Sri Lanka Champions League, known as the 2018–19 Dialog Champions League due to sponsorship reasons, was the 34th season of the Sri Lanka Champions League, the top-tier football league in Sri Lanka. The season started on 21 October 2018, rather than original scheduled date of June, due to the 2018 SAFF Championship, and ended on 24 February 2019.