2023 Shillong Premier League

SHILLONG PREMIER LEAGUE

Season	2023
Dates	8 April 2023
Champions	Mawlai SC (2nd Title)
Matches played	31
Goals scored	121 (3.9 per match)
Top goalscorer	Deibormame Tongper (8 goals), (Shillong Lajong)
Best goalkeeper	Siwel Rymbai (Mawlai SC)
← 2021-22 2024 → All statistics correct as of 11 May 2023.

The 2023 Shillong Premier League is the 12th season of the Shillong Premier League (SPL), Mawlai SC are the defending champions. The Shillong Premier League is the second-level state football league in the Indian state of Meghalaya, below the Meghalaya State League, organised by the Shillong Sports Association (SSA), ^[1] which is affiliated to the Meghalaya Football Association (MFA). ^{[2] [3]} It was started with 8 teams in 2010 and it kicks off from the 8th April 2023. ^[4]

Changes from last season

• In an unprecedented move, the Shillong Premier League 2023, already delayed by many months, will only be played over one leg instead of a double round-robin format as time to hold the tournament is fast running out. ^[5]

• This season there will be semi-finals and final(play-offs) after the regular season, since it's a single round-robin

• This season there will be no relegation. ^[6]

• The prize money for the runners-up has been inncreased from 1 lakh to 1.5 lakh rupees.

Promoted from SSA First Division

• Nongthymmai SC
• Sawmer SC

Relegated to SSA Second Division

• Malki SC
• Mawkhar SC

Competition format(2023)

Regular season

The competition consists of 7 rounds that follows a Single round-robin format, with each club playing the others once, at SSA Stadium, First Ground, Polo, for a total of 7 matches each. Teams receive three points for a win, one point for a draw, and no points for a loss. The top 4 ranked teams at the end of the regular season qualifies for the playoffs.

The position of each team is determined by the highest number of points accumulated during the regular season. If two or more teams are level on points, the following criteria are applied in order until one of the teams can be determined as the higher ranked

• Highest number of points accumulated in matches between the teams concerned
• Highest goal difference in matches between the teams concerned
• Highest number of goals scored in matches between the teams concerned
• Highest goal difference
• Highest number of goals scored

Playoffs

The Top 4 ranked club which qualified at the end of the regular season for the playoffs plays semis, where the 1^st ranked team play against the 3^rd ranked team and the 2^nd ranked team against the 4^th rank team, the winners from the semis fight-off each other in the final and the winner is crowned the champion

CLUBS

8 teams compete in the 12th season of Shillong Premier League: 6 from the previous season and 2 promoted from the 2022 SSA First Division. ^[7]

Promoted from SSA First Division

• Nongthymmai SC
• Sawmer SC

Team	Head coach	Captain	Position in 2021-22
Mawlai SC	Herring Shangpliang	F Mukhim	1st
Rangdajied United	Aibanjop Shadap	E Malngiang	2nd
Langsning	Khlain P Syiemlieh	R Khriam	3rd
Shillong Lajong	LEKINI Suting	A Kharmaw	4th
Nangkiew Irat	Pherdonnam Rngaid	S Nongrum	5th
Ryntih FC	B Bhattacharjee	M Warjri	6th
Sawmer SC	Tyngshain Jana	G Shanpru
Nongthymmai	Arky M Umlong	J Manbha

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Rangdajied United	7	6	0	1	14	11	+3	18	Qualification for the semi-finals
2	Mawlai SC	7	5	1	1	23	7	+16	16
3	Shillong Lajong	7	5	0	2	19	14	+5	15
4	Langsning	7	5	0	2	23	7	+16	15
5	Ryntih FC	7	2	1	4	11	18	−7	7
6	Sawmer SC	7	2	0	5	11	18	−7	6
7	Nongthymmai	7	1	0	6	8	21	−13	3
8	Nangkiew Irat	7	1	0	6	7	20	−13	3

Updated to match(es) played on 16 October 2024. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored

Play-offs

Brackets

	Semi-finals				Final
	7 May 2024
	Rangdajied	1
					11 May 2024
	Shillong lajong	0
					Rangdajied	0
	8 May 2024
					Mawlai SC	1
	Mawlai SC	2
	Langsning FC	1

Sources= Semi-Final 1 , Semi-Final 2, Finals

End Of Season Awards

Prize Money ^[8]

• Mawlai SC (Champion)= 3,00,000 Lakh rupees
• Rangdajied United(Runners-up)= 1,50,000 Lakh rupees

Individual Awards ^[9]

• Top Scorer = Deibormame Tongper (8 goals), (Shillong Lajong)
• Best Goalkeeper = Siwel Rymbai (Mawlai SC)

References

1. Mukherjee, Soham (30 April 2018). "All you need to know about the league structure in Meghalaya". Goal.com. Archived from the original on 10 June 2022. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
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3. Digital Desk, Sentinel (5 October 2016). "Rangdajied down Lajong". thenortheasttoday.com. Guwahati: The Sentinel Assam. Archived from the original on 21 April 2023. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
4. Room, The Sports (18 March 2024). "SPL 2023: Rangdajied United kick off season with victory over Nongthymmai – The Sports Room" . Retrieved 17 October 2024.
5. Room, The Sports (18 March 2024). "SPL 2023: Rangdajied United kick off season with victory over Nongthymmai – The Sports Room" . Retrieved 18 October 2024.
6. Room, The Sports (12 March 2024). "Shillong Premier League 2023 to begin on 18th March – The Sports Room" . Retrieved 19 October 2024.
7. Room, The Sports (18 March 2024). "SPL 2023: Rangdajied United kick off season with victory over Nongthymmai – The Sports Room" . Retrieved 17 October 2024.
8. Room, The Sports (11 May 2024). "Mawlai's reign continues with victory in SPL 2023 final over Rangdajied – The Sports Room" . Retrieved 19 October 2024.
9. Room, The Sports (14 November 2019). "SPL 2019 closing ceremony sees Lajong formally crowned champions – The Sports Room" . Retrieved 19 October 2024.