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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| Founded | 1947 |
|---|---|
| First season | 1947 |
| Country |  Barbados |
| Confederation | CONCACAF |
| Number of clubs | 10 |
| Level on pyramid | 1 |
| 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 | Armando Lashley (146 goals) |
| Current: 2024 Barbados Premier League | |
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
Locations of the 2017 Barbados Premier League teams
- Barbados Defence Force (Wildey)
- Empire Club (Bank Hall, Bridgetown)
- Brittons Hill United (Brittons Hill, Bridgetown)
- Ellerton (Ellerton)
- Notre Dame (Bayville, Bridgetown)
- Paradise (Dover, Christ Church, Barbados)
- Silver Sands (Silver Sands, Christ Church, Bridgetown)
- UWI Blackbirds (Cave Hill)
- St. Andrew Lions (Belleplaine, Saint Andrew, Barbados)
- Weymouth Wales (Carrington, Bridgetown)
- Deacons FC (Deacons, Saint Michael, Barbados)
- Wotton Football Club (Wotton, Christ Church, Barbados)
Champions
edit| Ed. | Season | Champion |
|---|---|---|
1
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1947–48 | Spartan |
2
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1949 | Spartan |
3
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1950 | Spartan |
4
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1951 | Spartan |
5
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1952 | Empire |
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1953–1959 | No Tournament |
6
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1960 | Everton |
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1961 | No Tournament |
7
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1962 | New South Wales1 |
8
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1963 | Everton |
9
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1964 | New South Wales |
10
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1965 | Everton |
11
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1966 | Everton |
12
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1967 | New South Wales |
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1968 | No Tournament |
13
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1969 | New South Wales |
14
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1970 | New South Wales |
15
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1971 | New South Wales |
16
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1972 | New South Wales |
17
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1973 | Pan-Am Wales1 |
18
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1974 | Pan-Am Wales |
19
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1975 | Pan-Am Wales |
20
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1976 | Pan-Am Wales |
–
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1977 | No Tournament |
21
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1978 | Weymouth Wales1 |
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1979 | No Tournament |
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1980 | No Tournament |
22
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1981 | Weymouth Wales |
23
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1982 | Pinelands United |
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1983 | No Tournament |
24
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1984 | Weymouth Wales |
25
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1985 | Pinelands United |
26
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1986 | Weymouth Wales |
27
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1987 | Everton |
28
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1988 | Pride of Gall Hill |
29
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1989 | Paradise |
30
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1990 | Brittons Hill |
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1991 | No Tournament |
31
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1992 | Pinelands United |
32
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1993 | Pride of Gall Hill |
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1994 | No Tournament |
33
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1995 | BDF |
34
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1996 | Paradise |
35
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1997 | Notre Dame |
36
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1998 | Notre Dame |
37
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1999 | Notre Dame |
38
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2000 | Notre Dame |
39
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2001 | Paradise |
40
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2002 | Notre Dame |
41
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2003 | Paradise |
42
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2004 | Notre Dame |
43
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2005 | Notre Dame |
44
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2006 | Youth Milan |
45
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2007 | BDF |
46
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2008 | Notre Dame |
47
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2009 | Brittons Hill |
48
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2010 | Notre Dame |
49
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2011 | Youth Milan |
50
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2012 | Weymouth Wales |
51
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2013 | BDF |
52
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2014 | BDF |
53
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2015 | BDF |
54
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2016 | UWI Blackbirds |
55
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2017 | Weymouth Wales |
56
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2018 | Weymouth Wales |
57
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2018–19 | BDF |
58
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2020 | Season abandoned due to COVID-19[1] |
–
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2021–2022 | No Tournament |
59
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2023 | Weymouth Wales |
60
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2024 | Weymouth Wales |
Notes
edit- ^Note 1 - Club is now known as Weymouth Wales. The club was called "New South Wales" from 1962 to 1972, and then "Pan-Am Wales" from 1973 to 1977.
Titles by club
edit| Club | Titles | Seasons won |
|---|---|---|
| Weymouth Wales | 20 | 1962, 1964, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1981, 1984, 1986, 2012, 2017, 2018, 2023, 2024 |
| Notre Dame | 9 | 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2010 |
| BDF | 6 | 1995, 2007, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018–19 |
| Everton | 5 | 1960, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1987 |
| Paradise | 4 | 1989, 1996, 2001, 2003 |
| Spartan | 4 | 1947–48, 1949, 1950, 1951 |
| Pinelands United | 3 | 1982, 1985, 1992 |
| Youth Milan | 2 | 2006, 2011 |
| Brittons Hill | 2 | 1990, 2009 |
| Pride of Gall Hill | 2 | 1988, 1993 |
| UWI Blackbirds | 1 | 2016 |
| Empire | 1 | 1952 |
Top goalscorers
edit| Season | Topscorer(s) | Club(s) | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 |  Llewellyn Riley |
Notre Dame | 17 |
| 2001 | Peter Stoute |
Paradise | 20 |
| 2002 | Kenroy Skinner |
Youth Milan | 19 |
| 2003 | Adrian Forde |
Barbados Defence Force | 9 |
| 2004 | Llewellyn Riley |
Notre Dame | 16 |
| Dwayne Stanford |
Beverley Hills | ||
| 2005 | Peter Stoute |
Silver Sands | 21 |
| 2006 | Dwayne Stanford |
Beverley Hills | 17 |
| 2007 | Dwayne McClean |
Barbados Defence Force | 16 |
| 2008 | Norman Forde |
Notre Dame | 13 |
| 2009 | Riviere Williams |
Barbados Defence Force | 18 |
| 2010 | Kyle Gibson |
Notre Dame | 13 |
| 2011 | Armando Lashley |
Paradise | 13 |
| 2012 | Dwayne Stanford |
Weymouth Wales | 13 |
| 2013 | Jabarry Chandler |
Pride of Gall Hill | 14 |
| 2014 | Arantees Lawrence |
Pinelands United | 23 |
| 2015 | Dwayne Stanford |
Brittons Hill | 15 |
| 2016 | Mario Harte |
UWI Blackbirds | 29 |
| 2017 | Zeco Edmee Arantees Lawrence |
Notre Dame Weymouth Wales |
15 |
| 2018 | Jabarry Chandler |
Empire | 19 |
| 2018-19 | Armando Lashley |
Paradise | 26 |
| 2023 | Zeco Edmee |
Notre Dame | 26 |
| 2024 | Zeco Edmee Arantees Lawrence |
Notre Dame Weymouth Wales |
15 |
- Most time topscorers
- 4 times
- Dwayne Stanford (2004, 2006, 2012, 2015)
- Most goals in a single season
- 29 goals
- Most goals by a player in a single game
- 10 goals
All-time topscorers
edit| Rank | Players | Goals | Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Armando Lashley
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146 | 2010 |
| 2 | Mario Harte
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142 | 2007 |
Multiple hat-tricks
edit| Rank | Country | Player | Hat-tricks |
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| 1 |
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Armando Lashley | 10 |
| 2 |
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Mario Harte | 8 |
| 3 |
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Dwayne Stanford | 4 |
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Riviere Williams | ||
| 5 |
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Corey Barrow | 3 |
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Dario Harewood | ||
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Romario Harewood | ||
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Zeco Edmee | ||
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Ryan Lucas | ||
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Henderson Richards | ||
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Kenroy Skinner | ||
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Shaquille Stewart | ||
| 13 |
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Shaquille Boyce | 2 |
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Jabarry Chandler | ||
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Michael Forde | ||
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Dwayne Gale | ||
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Paul Lovell | ||
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Dwayne Lynch | ||
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Dwayne McClean | ||
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Shandel Samuel | ||
| 21 |
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Quincy Atherley | 1 |
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Keon Atkins | ||
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Greg Belle | ||
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Jeremy Bradshaw | ||
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Ryan Brewster | ||
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Randy Burrowes | ||
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Walton Burrowes | ||
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Romell Bynoe | ||
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Travis Coppin | ||
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Kirk Cox | ||
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Shane Cox | ||
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Sherwin Daisley | ||
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Elijah Downey | ||
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Angus Doyle | ||
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Adrian Forde | ||
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Anthony Forde | ||
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Jarvis Forde | ||
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Kyle Forde-Blades | ||
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Norman Forde | ||
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Kyle Gibson | ||
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Roshon Gittens | ||
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Gregory Goodridge | ||
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Jamar Grazette | ||
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Ryan Griffith | ||
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Rudi Grosvenor | ||
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Rohan Hall | ||
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Kemar Heardley | ||
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Sheran Hoyte | ||
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Rohan Johnson | ||
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Maradona Lavine | ||
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Arantees Lawrence | ||
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Omari Leacock | ||
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Andre Leslie | ||
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Dwayne Mars | ||
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Tige McClean | ||
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Omando McLeod | ||
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Carlos Nichols | ||
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Curtis Odle | ||
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Terry Odle | ||
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Ottis Ollivierre | ||
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Tristan Paris | ||
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Dario Pilgrim | ||
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Andre Pinder | ||
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Niall Reid | ||
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Llewellyn Riley | ||
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Ray Snaag | ||
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Malcom Steward | ||
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Peter Stoute | ||
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Alvin Welch | ||
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Shane Welch | ||
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Jeffrey Williams | ||
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Dario Wilson |
- Most hat-tricks in a single season
- 20 hat-tricks (2016)
- Most hat-tricks by a player in a single season
- 4 hat-tricks
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "BFA suspends all games". Barbados Football Association. 17 March 2020. Archived from the original on 28 September 2020. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
External links
edit- FIFA standings (archived 7 June 2007)
- Barbados – List of Champions on RSSSF