Season | 2019 |
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Champions | East End Lions FC |
Top goalscorer | Musa Noah Kamara (15 goals) |
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The 2019 Sierra Leone National Premier League is the 32nd season of the Sierra Leone National Premier League, the top-tier football league in Sierra Leone. The season started on 27 January 2019. [1]
This is the first edition held since the 2014 season, which was abandoned due to the Ebola outbreak.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | East End Lions (C) | 24 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 32 | 10 | +22 | 50 |
2 | FC Kallon | 24 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 30 | 13 | +17 | 46 |
3 | Kamboi Eagles | 24 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 29 | 21 | +8 | 35 |
4 | Ports Authority | 24 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 17 | +1 | 35 |
5 | Mighty Blackpool | 23 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 18 | 17 | +1 | 33 |
6 | Central Parade | 24 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 32 |
7 | Freetown City | 24 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 18 | 19 | −1 | 30 |
8 | Old Edwardians | 24 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 19 | 23 | −4 | 27 |
9 | East End Tigers | 24 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 17 | 22 | −5 | 26 |
10 | Diamond Stars | 24 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 20 | 28 | −8 | 26 |
11 | Bo Rangers | 24 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 19 | −5 | 25 |
12 | RSLAF | 23 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 25 | −8 | 22 |
13 | Anti Drugs Strikers | 24 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 28 | −18 | 20 |
# | Football club | Average attendance |
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1 | FC Kallon | 11,375 |
2 | East End Lions | 5,926 |
3 | Mighty Blackpool | 927 |
4 | Kamboi Eagles | 764 |
5 | Ports Authority FC | 698 |
6 | Bo Rangers | 683 |
7 | Diamond Stars | 512 |
8 | Freetown City FC | 474 |
9 | Central Parade FC | 462 |
10 | Old Edwardians | 431 |
11 | East End Tigers | 389 |
12 | RSLAF FC | 347 |
13 | Anti Drugs Strikers | 276 |
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