Sierra Leone National Premier League is a professional football league in Sierra Leone. It was founded in 1967. The league is sponsored by Leone Rock Metal Group. East End Lions and Mighty Blackpool are the two biggest and most successful clubs. The National Premier League is controlled by the Sierra Leone Football Association. The season runs from December to July.
Structure Eighteen clubs compete in the league, playing each other twice, once at home and once away. At the end of the season the bottom three clubs are relegated to the Sierra Leone National First Division, the second highest football league in Sierra Leone. The champions qualify for the CAF Champions League, while the second place team or the winner of the Sierra Leonean FA Cup will qualify for the CAF Confederation Cup. If the winner of the Sierra Leonean FA Cup has already qualify for the CAF Champions League, the Confederations Cup spot will go to the second place team in the table.
2024/2025 Clubs Club City Stadium Capacity Abacha City Freetown Approved School Bai Bureh Warriors Port Loko New PortLoko Field2,500Bhantal FCFreetown SLFA Academy 2,000 Bo Rangers Bo Southern Arena 6,000 Bullum Stars Lungi New PortLoko Field 2,500 Diamond Stars Koidu Town Koidu Sports Stadium 3,000 East End Lions Freetown Approved School 5,000 Freetown City Football Club Freetown Approved School 5,000 Kamboi Eagles Kenema Kenema Town Field 7,000 Kallon FC Freetown Approved School 5,000Luawa FCFreetown SLFA Academy 2,000 Mighty Blackpool Freetown SLFA Academy 2,000SLIFAFreetown SLFA Academy 2,000 Old Edwardians Freetown SLFA Academy 2,000 Ports Authority Freetown Approved School 5,000 Star Sports Freetown SLFA Academy 2,000Wilberforce Strikers Freetown SLFA Academy 2,000Wusum Stars MakeniWusum Field 4,000
Previous winners Years Champions1967Mighty Blackpool (1)Not held between 1968 and 19721973Ports Authority (1)1974Mighty Blackpool (2)Not held between 1975 and 19771978Mighty Blackpool (3)1979Mighty Blackpool (4)1980East End Lions (1)1981Real Republicans (1)1982Sierra Fisheries (1)1983Real Republicans (2)1984Real Republicans (3)1985East End Lions (2)1986Sierra Fisheries (2)1987Sierra Fisheries (3)1988Mighty Blackpool (5)1989Freetown City (1)1990Old Edwardians (1)1991Mighty Blackpool (6)1992East End Lions (3)1993East End Lions (4)1994East End Lions (5)1995Mighty Blackpool (7)1996Mighty Blackpool (8)1997East End Lions (6)1998Mighty Blackpool (9)1999East End Lions (7)2000Mighty Blackpool (10)2001Mighty Blackpool (11)Not held between 2002 and 20042005East End Lions (8)2006Kallon (4)2007Not held2008Ports Authority (2)2009East End Lions (9)2010East End Lions (10)2011Ports Authority (3)2012Diamond Stars (1)2013Diamond Stars (2)2014East End Lions (11)2015Not held2016Not finished2017Not held2018Not held2019East End Lions (12)2020Not finished due to COVID-192021–22Bo Rangers (1)2022–23Bo Rangers (2)2023–24Bo Rangers (3)2024–25East End Lions (13)
Performance by club Club City Titles Last title East End Lions Freetown 13 2024–25 Mighty Blackpool Freetown 11 2000–01 Kallon (includes Sierra Fisheries) Freetown 4 2005–06Bo RangersBo32023–24 Real Republicans Freetown 3 1984 Ports Authority Freetown 3 2010–11 Diamond Stars Koidu 2 2012–13 Freetown City (includes Freetown United) Freetown 1 1989 Old Edwardians Freetown 1 1990
Top goalscorers SeasonPlayerClubGoals2000–01 Kelfala MarahMighty Blackpool5Abdulai K. Conteh Old Edwardians2007–08 Lahai "Chandus" Freeman 102011–12 James Bangura Central Parade 82019 Musa Noah KamaraEast End Lions152021–22 Musa Noah KamaraBo Rangers 192022–23 Alie ContehKallon142023–24 Musa Noah KamaraBo Rangers15 Most time goalscorers 3 times Musa Noah Kamara (2019, 2021–22, 2023–24)
References
External links League overview at Soccerway League at FIFA (archived 12 December 2007) TheFarFoot website RSSSF competition history Sierra Leone Premier League, standings, results & fixtures