Barbados Premier League

(Redirected from Barbados Premier Division)

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.

Barbados Premier League
Founded1947; 77 years ago (1947)
First season1947
CountryBarbados Barbados
ConfederationCONCACAF
Number of teams10
Level on pyramid1
Relegation toBarbados Division One
Domestic cup(s)Barbados FA Cup
International cup(s)CFU Club Shield
Current championsWeymouth Wales
(2024)
Most championshipsWeymouth Wales (20 titles)
Top goalscorerBarbados 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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Champions

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Ed. Season Champion
1
1947–48 Spartan
2
1949 Spartan
3
1950 Spartan
4
1951 Spartan
5
1952 Empire
1953–1959 No Tournament
6
1960 Everton
1961 No Tournament
7
1962 New South Wales1
8
1963 Everton
9
1964 New South Wales
10
1965 Everton
11
1966 Everton
12
1967 New South Wales
1968 No 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 Wales1
18
1974 Pan-Am Wales
19
1975 Pan-Am Wales
20
1976 Pan-Am Wales
1977 No Tournament
21
1978 Weymouth Wales1
1979 No Tournament
1980 No Tournament
22
1981 Weymouth Wales
23
1982 Pinelands United
1983 No Tournament
24
1984 Weymouth Wales
25
1985 Pinelands United
26
1986 Weymouth Wales
27
1987 Everton
28
1988 Pride of Gall Hill
29
1989 Paradise
30
1990 Brittons Hill
1991 No Tournament
31
1992 Pinelands United
32
1993 Pride of Gall Hill
1994 No 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]
2021–2022 No Tournament
59
2023 Weymouth Wales
60
2024 Weymouth Wales

Notes

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  • ^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

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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

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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
Most goals by a player in a single game

All-time topscorers

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Rank Players Goals Years
1   Armando Lashley 146 2010
2   Mario Harte 142 2007

Multiple hat-tricks

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Rank Country Player Hat-tricks
1   Armando Lashley 10
2   Mario Harte 8
3   Dwayne Stanford 4
  Riviere Williams
5   Corey Barrow 3
  Dario Harewood
  Romario Harewood
  Zeco Edmee
  Ryan Lucas
  Henderson Richards
  Kenroy Skinner
  Shaquille Stewart
13   Shaquille Boyce 2
  Jabarry Chandler
  Michael Forde
  Dwayne Gale
  Paul Lovell
  Dwayne Lynch
  Dwayne McClean
  Shandel Samuel
21   Quincy Atherley 1
  Keon Atkins
  Greg Belle
  Jeremy Bradshaw
  Ryan Brewster
  Randy Burrowes
  Walton Burrowes
  Romell Bynoe
  Travis Coppin
  Kirk Cox
  Shane Cox
  Sherwin Daisley
  Elijah Downey
  Angus Doyle
  Adrian Forde
  Anthony Forde
  Jarvis Forde
  Kyle Forde-Blades
  Norman Forde
  Kyle Gibson
  Roshon Gittens
  Gregory Goodridge
  Jamar Grazette
  Ryan Griffith
  Rudi Grosvenor
  Rohan Hall
  Kemar Heardley
  Sheran Hoyte
  Rohan Johnson
  Maradona Lavine
  Arantees Lawrence
  Omari Leacock
  Andre Leslie
  Dwayne Mars
  Tige McClean
  Omando McLeod
  Carlos Nichols
  Curtis Odle
  Terry Odle
  Ottis Ollivierre
  Tristan Paris
  Dario Pilgrim
  Andre Pinder
  Niall Reid
  Llewellyn Riley
  Ray Snaag
  Malcom Steward
  Peter Stoute
  Alvin Welch
  Shane Welch
  Jeffrey Williams
  Dario Wilson
Most hat-tricks in a single season
  • 20 hat-tricks (2016)
Most hat-tricks by a player in a single season

See also

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References

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  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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