Barbados Premier League

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Barbados Premier League
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Founded1947;77 years ago (1947)
First season1947
Country Flag of Barbados.svg Barbados
Confederation CONCACAF
Number of teams10
Level on pyramid1
Relegation to Barbados Division One
Domestic cup(s) Barbados FA Cup
International cup(s) CFU Club Shield
Current champions Weymouth Wales
(2024)
Most championships Weymouth Wales (20 titles)
Top goalscorer Flag of Barbados.svg Armando Lashley
(146 goals)
Current: 2024 Barbados Premier League

The Premier League is the top football league in Barbados. It was created in 1947 and is headed by the Barbados Football Association. Ten teams participate in this league. It is known as the Digicel Premier League for sponsorship reasons.

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Despite being a league competition in CONCACAF none of the Barbadian teams have played in CFU Club Championship or CONCACAF Champions' Cup (the last appearance was in 2000).

The 9th and 10th-placed teams are relegated to Barbados Division One. Many teams play their home games at the 5,000-capacity Barbados National Stadium in Bridgetown.

Clubs

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Bridgetown
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Locations of the 2017 Barbados Premier League teams

Champions

Ed.SeasonChampion
1
1947–48Spartan
2
1949Spartan
3
1950Spartan
4
1951Spartan
5
1952 Empire
–
1953–1959No Tournament
6
1960Everton
–
1961No Tournament
7
1962 New South Wales 1
8
1963Everton
9
1964 New South Wales
10
1965Everton
11
1966Everton
12
1967 New South Wales
–
1968No Tournament
13
1969 New South Wales
14
1970 New South Wales
15
1971 New South Wales
16
1972 New South Wales
17
1973 Pan-Am Wales 1
18
1974 Pan-Am Wales
19
1975 Pan-Am Wales
20
1976 Pan-Am Wales
–
1977No Tournament
21
1978 Weymouth Wales 1
–
1979No Tournament
–
1980No Tournament
22
1981 Weymouth Wales
23
1982 Pinelands United
–
1983No Tournament
24
1984 Weymouth Wales
25
1985 Pinelands United
26
1986 Weymouth Wales
27
1987Everton
28
1988 Pride of Gall Hill
29
1989 Paradise
30
1990 Brittons Hill
–
1991No Tournament
31
1992 Pinelands United
32
1993 Pride of Gall Hill
–
1994No Tournament
33
1995 BDF
34
1996 Paradise
35
1997 Notre Dame
36
1998 Notre Dame
37
1999 Notre Dame
38
2000 Notre Dame
39
2001 Paradise
40
2002 Notre Dame
41
2003 Paradise
42
2004 Notre Dame
43
2005 Notre Dame
44
2006 Youth Milan
45
2007 BDF
46
2008 Notre Dame
47
2009 Brittons Hill
48
 2010 Notre Dame
49
 2011 Youth Milan
50
2012 Weymouth Wales
51
2013 BDF
52
 2014 BDF
53
 2015 BDF
54
 2016 UWI Blackbirds
55
 2017 Weymouth Wales
56
 2018 Weymouth Wales
57
 2018–19 BDF
58
 2020 Season abandoned due to COVID-19 [1]
–
2021–2022No Tournament
59
2023 Weymouth Wales
60
2024 Weymouth Wales

Notes

Titles by club

ClubTitlesSeasons won
Weymouth Wales 201962, 1964, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1981, 1984, 1986, 2012, 2017, 2018, 2023, 2024
Notre Dame 91997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2010
BDF 61995, 2007, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018–19
Everton51960, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1987
Paradise 41989, 1996, 2001, 2003
Spartan41947–48, 1949, 1950, 1951
Pinelands United 31982, 1985, 1992
Youth Milan 22006, 2011
Brittons Hill 21990, 2009
Pride of Gall Hill 21988, 1993
UWI Blackbirds 1 2016
Empire11952

Top goalscorers

SeasonTopscorer(s)Club(s)Goals
1999 Flag of Barbados.svg Llewellyn Riley Notre Dame 17
2001 Flag of Barbados.svg Peter Stoute Paradise 20
2002 Flag of Barbados.svg Kenroy Skinner Youth Milan 19
2003 Flag of Barbados.svg Adrian Forde Barbados Defence Force 9
2004 Flag of Barbados.svg Llewellyn Riley Notre Dame 16
Flag of Barbados.svg Dwayne StanfordBeverley Hills
2005 Flag of Barbados.svg Peter Stoute Silver Sands 21
2006 Flag of Barbados.svg Dwayne StanfordBeverley Hills17
2007 Flag of Barbados.svg Dwayne McClean Barbados Defence Force 16
2008 Flag of Barbados.svg Norman Forde Notre Dame 13
2009 Flag of Barbados.svg Riviere Williams Barbados Defence Force 18
2010 Flag of Barbados.svg Kyle Gibson Notre Dame 13
2011 Flag of Barbados.svg Armando Lashley Paradise 13
2012 Flag of Barbados.svg Dwayne Stanford Weymouth Wales 13
2013 Flag of Barbados.svg Jabarry Chandler Pride of Gall Hill 14
2014 Flag of Barbados.svg Arantees Lawrence Pinelands United 23
2015 Flag of Barbados.svg Dwayne Stanford Brittons Hill 15
2016 Flag of Barbados.svg Mario Harte UWI Blackbirds 29
2017 Flag of Barbados.svg Zeco Edmee
Flag of Barbados.svg Arantees Lawrence		 Notre Dame
Weymouth Wales 		15
2018 Flag of Barbados.svg Jabarry Chandler Empire 19
2018-19 Flag of Barbados.svg Armando Lashley Paradise 26
2023 Flag of Barbados.svg Zeco Edmee Notre Dame 26
2024 Flag of Barbados.svg Zeco Edmee
Flag of Barbados.svg Arantees Lawrence		 Notre Dame
Weymouth Wales 		15
Most time topscorers
Most goals in a single season
Most goals by a player in a single game

All-time topscorers

RankPlayersGoalsYears
1 Flag of Barbados.svg Armando Lashley1462010
2 Flag of Barbados.svg Mario Harte 1422007

Multiple hat-tricks

RankCountryPlayerHat-tricks
1 Flag of Barbados.svg Armando Lashley10
2 Flag of Barbados.svg Mario Harte 8
3 Flag of Barbados.svg Dwayne Stanford4
Flag of Barbados.svg Riviere Williams
5 Flag of Barbados.svg Corey Barrow3
Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Dario Harewood
Flag of Barbados.svg Romario Harewood
Flag of Barbados.svg Zeco Edmee
Flag of Barbados.svg Ryan Lucas
Flag of Barbados.svg Henderson Richards
Flag of Barbados.svg Kenroy Skinner
Flag of Barbados.svg Shaquille Stewart
13 Flag of Barbados.svg Shaquille Boyce2
Flag of Barbados.svg Jabarry Chandler
Flag of Barbados.svg Michael Forde
Flag of Barbados.svg Dwayne Gale
Flag of Barbados.svg Paul Lovell
Flag of Barbados.svg Dwayne Lynch
Flag of Barbados.svg Dwayne McClean
Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.svg Shandel Samuel
21 Flag of Barbados.svg Quincy Atherley1
Flag of Barbados.svg Keon Atkins
Flag of Barbados.svg Greg Belle
Flag of Barbados.svg Jeremy Bradshaw
Flag of Barbados.svg Ryan Brewster
Flag of Barbados.svg Randy Burrowes
Flag of Barbados.svg Walton Burrowes
Flag of Barbados.svg Romell Bynoe
Flag of Barbados.svg Travis Coppin
Flag of Barbados.svg Kirk Cox
Flag of Barbados.svg Shane Cox
Flag of Barbados.svg Sherwin Daisley
Flag of Barbados.svg Elijah Downey
Flag of Barbados.svg Angus Doyle
Flag of Barbados.svg Adrian Forde
Flag of Barbados.svg Anthony Forde
Flag of Barbados.svg Jarvis Forde
Flag of Barbados.svg Kyle Forde-Blades
Flag of Barbados.svg Norman Forde
Flag of Barbados.svg Kyle Gibson
Flag of Barbados.svg Roshon Gittens
Flag of Barbados.svg Gregory Goodridge
Flag of Barbados.svg Jamar Grazette
Flag of Barbados.svg Ryan Griffith
Flag of Barbados.svg Rudi Grosvenor
Flag of Barbados.svg Rohan Hall
Flag of Barbados.svg Kemar Heardley
Flag of Barbados.svg Sheran Hoyte
Flag of Barbados.svg Rohan Johnson
Flag of Barbados.svg Maradona Lavine
Flag of Barbados.svg Arantees Lawrence
Flag of Barbados.svg Omari Leacock
Flag of Barbados.svg Andre Leslie
Flag of Barbados.svg Dwayne Mars
Flag of Barbados.svg Tige McClean
Flag of Jamaica.svg Omando McLeod
Flag of Barbados.svg Carlos Nichols
Flag of Barbados.svg Curtis Odle
Flag of Barbados.svg Terry Odle
Flag of Barbados.svg Ottis Ollivierre
Flag of Barbados.svg Tristan Paris
Flag of Barbados.svg Dario Pilgrim
Flag of Barbados.svg Andre Pinder
Flag of Barbados.svg Niall Reid
Flag of Barbados.svg Llewellyn Riley
Flag of Barbados.svg Ray Snaag
Flag of Barbados.svg Malcom Steward
Flag of Barbados.svg Peter Stoute
Flag of Barbados.svg Alvin Welch
Flag of Barbados.svg Shane Welch
Flag of Barbados.svg Jeffrey Williams
Flag of Barbados.svg Dario Wilson
Most hat-tricks in a single season
Most hat-tricks by a player in a single season

See also

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References

  1. ↑ "BFA suspends all games". Barbados Football Association. 17 March 2020. Archived from the original on 28 September 2020. Retrieved 28 September 2020.

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