The Jersey Football Combination is the senior football league on the island of Jersey and is run by the Jersey Football Association.
Although the league is affiliated with the English FA, it does not form a part of the English football league system.
Each year, the league champion plays the champions of Guernsey's Priaulx League for the Upton Park Trophy.
History The Jersey Football Combination League (JCFL) was established in 1975 after a merger between the Jersey Football League and the Jersey Saturday Football League. The JFCL were initially independent from the Jersey Football Association.
Originally, the Jersey Football Combination consisted of five divisions, with the Premiership and Championship open to first teams, with separate leagues for reserve sides. However, from the start of the 2015-16 season all first-team sides play in the Premiership, with a mid-season split into two divisions. After one season, this was scrapped and the format changed again. From the 2016-17 season onwards the top 8 teams play in the Premiership and the other 7 teams play in the Championship.
The Jersey Football Combination also selects a side to play in the FA Inter-League Cup. In 2012, the Jersey team qualified for the 2013 UEFA Regions' Cup, where they were eliminated in the group stage.
In 2019, after nearly 20 years of discussions, it was finally agreed that the JFA and Jersey Football Combination would merge, with the JFA assuming responsibility for the administrative and organization of league football on the island. The 2019–20 season was the first to be organized of the FFA.
Clubs The following clubs are in the league for the 2026-27 season.
Premiership
Grouville Jersey Wanderers Rosele Rovers St. Brelade St. Clement St. Ouen St. Paul's St. Peter
Premiership 2
Dragoes de Jersey St. John St. Lawrence Sporting Academics Sports Club of Jersey Trinity
Championship 1
Grouville (reserves) Jersey Wanderers (reserves) Madiera FC Sports Club of Jersey St. Clement (reserves) Saint Lawrence St. Ouen (reserves) St. Paul (reserves) Trinity
Championship 2
First Tower United Grouville (C's) Jersey Wanderers (C's) Rozel Rovers (reserves) St. Brelade F.C. (reserves) St. John St Lawrence (reserves) St. Ouen (C's) St. Peter (reserves) Trinity (reserves)
Premiership
Champions Source: No. Season Champion Notes 1 1975-76 First Tower United1st Title 2 1976-77 First Tower United2nd Title 3 1977-78 First Tower United3rd Title 4 1978-79 Oaklands1st Title 5 1979-80 St. Paul's 1st Title 6 1980-81 Jersey Wanderers1st Title 7 1981-82 St. Paul's2nd Title 8 1982-83 First Tower United4th Title 9 1983-84 First Tower United5th Title 10 1984-85 Jersey Wanderers2nd Title 11 1985-86 Jersey Wanderers 3rd Title 12 1986-87 St. Paul's 3rd Title 13 1987-88 St. Paul's 4th Title 14 1988-89 Jersey Wanderers 4th Title 15 1989-90 Jersey Wanderers 5th Title 16 1990-91 Sporting Academics 1st Title 17 1991-92 Jersey Scottish 1st Title 18 1992-93 Jersey Scottish 2nd Title 19 1993-94 First Tower United 6th Title 20 1994-95 First Tower United 7th Title 21 1995-96 Jersey Scottish 3rd Title 22 1996-97 Jersey Scottish 4th Title 23 1997-98 Jersey Scottish 5th Title 24 1998-99 Jersey Scottish 6th Title 25 1999-00 St Paul's 5th Title 26 2000-01 St. Peter 1st Title 27 2001-02 St Peter 2nd Title 28 2002-03 Trinity 1st Title 29 2003-04 Jersey Scottish 7th Title 30 2004-05 Jersey Scottish 8th Title 31 2005-06 St Peter 3rd Title 32 2006-07 Jersey Scottish 9th Title 33 2007-08 St Paul's 6th Title 34 2008-09 St Paul's 7th Title 35 2009-10 St Paul's 8th Title 36 2010-11 St Paul's 9th Title 37 2011-12 Jersey Scottish 10th Title 38 2012-13 Jersey Scottish 11th Title 39 2013-14 St. Paul's 10th Title 40 2014-15 St. Paul's 11th Title 41 2015-16 St. Paul's 12th Title 42 2016-17 St. Paul's 13th Title 43 2017-18 St. Paul's 14th Title 44 2018-19 St. Paul's 15th Title 45 2019-20 Jersey Wanderers 6th Title 46 2020-21 St. Paul's 16th Title 47 2021-22 St. Clement 1st Title 48 2022-23 St. Peter 4th Title 49 2023-24 St. Clement 2nd Title 50 2024-25 Grouville 1st Title 51 2025-26
All-Time Premiership Table
All-Time Jersey Premiership table from the start of the 2011-12 season up to the end of 2017-18 season. Pos.ClubSeasonsPldWinDrawLossGFGAGDPts1st2nd3rdRelegatedPtsper MatchBestPos.1St. Paul's 711989181240412228228252 2.371 2Jersey Scottish6101741314389103286235231 2.331 3Jersey Wanderers 711968133827515592217 16 1.822 4St. Ouen 7119462152214219-5158 1.3345St. Peter 7119413246221223-2155 1 1.3026Trinity585321340158188-30109 11.2847Rozel Rovers589202049117196-7980 20.9068St. Clement 4661884089178-8962 10.9449Grouville 46612124267211-14451 20.77410St. Brelade 3501292962108-4642 10.84511St. Lawrence 234652333107-7423 20.68912Jersey Portuguese 12123161888-709 10.43813St. John 11422101244-328 10.57714First Tower United 11613121750-336 10.389 Numbers in bold are the record (highest either positive or negative) numbers in each column.
League or status at 2018-19: 2018-19 Jersey Premiership 2018-19 Jersey Championship Defunct or not competing in 2018-19
All-time top scorers Records began from the start of the 2011-12 season
RankNameYearsGoalsSeasons Played1 Kieran Lester2011, 2014–1076 2 Craig Russell2011–988 3 Daryl Wilson2011, 2013–797 4 Karl Hinds2013–786 5 Jack Boyle2011, 2013–637 6 Matt Rawlings2011, 2014–2016, 2017–595 7 Jack Cannon2011–2018527 8 Charlie Petulla2011–468 9 Stewart Daynes2011–2017, 2018–437 10 Rupert Murray2011–2017426
Bold denotes players currently playing in the Jersey Premiership.
Records Since the start of the 2011-12 season
Titles Most titles: 5, St. Paul's Most consecutive title wins: 5, St. Paul's (2013-14 to 2017-18) Biggest title-winning margin: 14 points, twice; 2011–12 Jersey Scottish (41 points) over St. Paul's (27 points) and 2016-17 St Paul's (54 points) over Jersey Wanderers (40 points) Smallest title-winning margin: 0 points and 7 goal difference – 2015-16; St. Paul's (+33) over Jersey Scottish (+26).
Goals Most goals scored in a season: 88, St. Paul's (2016–17) Fewest goals scored in a season: 9, Grouville (2017–18) Most goals conceded in a season: 92, Grouville (2017–18) Fewest goals conceded in a season: 10, St. Paul's (2014–15) Best goal difference in a season: 71, St. Paul's (2016–17) Most goals scored at home in a season: 37, St. Paul's (2016–17) Fewest goals scored at home in a season: 5 Rozel Rovers (2012–13) Grouville (2013–14) St. Clement (2015–16) Most goals conceded at home in a season: 40, Grouville (2017–18) Fewest goals conceded at home in a season: 3, St. Paul's (2014–15) Most goals scored away in a season: 51, St. Paul's (2016–17) Fewest goals scored away in a season: 3, Grouville (2017–18) Most goals conceded away in a season: 54, Jersey Portuguese (2016–17) Fewest goals conceded away in a season: 5, Jersey Scottish (2014–15)
Points Most points in a season: 54, St. Paul's (2016–17) Fewest points in a season: 1, Grouville (2017–18) Most points in a season without winning the league: 44, Jersey Scottish (2014–15) Fewest points in a season while winning the league: 34, St. Paul's (2015–16) Most points in a season while being relegated: 20, Trinity (2015–16) Fewest points in a season while surviving relegation: 14, St. Ouen (2013–14)
Le Riche Cup
The Le Riche Cup is the main cup competition in Jersey. Every final has been played at Springfield Stadium, St Helier.
Wheway Trophy The Wheway Trophy is the second most important cup competition in Jersey, which also includes the top 3 clubs from Guernsey. Every final has been played at Springfield Stadium, St Helier.
Finals
+Wheway Trophy winnersSeasonWinnersScoreRunners–up2011-12St. Paul's2 - 0Grouville2012-13Jersey Scottish3 - 0Northerners2013-14Jersey Scottish6 - 1St. Ouen2014-15St. Paul's1 - 0Jersey Wanderers2015-16St. Ouen4 - 2Sylvans2016-17St. Paul's3 - 0St. Ouen2017-18St. Paul's3 - 2St. Peter2018-19St. Paul's3 - 1St. Peter
+Key to list of winners:*Match went to extra timeMatch decided by a penalty shootout after extra time
Championship
Promotions to Premiership
A record of every club to have been promoted to the Jersey Premiership
SeasonChampionOther Promotions 2011-12 St. Brelade St. Lawrence 2012-13 Trinity St. Clement 2013-14 First Tower United St. Lawrence, Rozel Rovers 2014-15 St. John none 2015-16 Rozel Rovers Jersey Portuguese 2016-17 St. Clement Grouville 2017-18 Trinity none
a. Rozel Rovers beat St. Lawrence 3 - 0 (AET) in the Premiership Play-Off
List of Premiership Seasons
2017-18
The 2017–18 Jersey Premiership is the 43rd season of the Jersey Football Combination, the top Jersey professional league for Jersey clubs, since its establishment in 1975. The season started on 9 September 2017 and finished on 26 May 2018.
St. Paul's are the defending champions, while St. Clement and Grouville have entered as the promoted teams from the 2016-17 Jersey Championship.
League table
PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts 1 St. Paul's (C)1814225920+39442 St. Peter1810535522+33353 Jersey Wanderers189275628+28294 St. Clement189274138+3295 St. Ouen189183431+3286 Rozel Rovers1843112144-2315 7 Grouville (R)180117992-831
(C) = Champions, (R) = Relegated
Results Each team plays each other three times meaning that each team will play 18 games in total
1st set of results
2nd set of results
a Home Walkover given to St. Paul's
Players Top scorers
RankNameClubGoals1 Matt RawlingsSt. Clement212= Jake PrinceSt. Peter182= Karl HindsSt. Paul's184 Jack BoyleSt. Paul's135 Arthur IllingworthJersey Wanderers116= Dom PougeolleSt. Ouen96= Jules GabbiadiniJersey Wanderers96= Harrison MoonJersey Wanderers99= Craig RussellSt. Paul's89= Sol SolomonSt Peter811= Kieran LesterSt. Paul's711= George GlitheroRozel Rovers713= Ben GallichanSt Peter513= Daryl WilsonSt Peter5
Hat-tricks
Player For Against Result Date Dom Pougeolle St. Ouen Rozel Rovers 5–0 (H) Karl Hinds7 St. Paul's Grouville 9–1 (A) Jake Prince St. Peter St. Ouen 3–1 (H) 27 January 2018 Matt Rawlings4 St. Clement Grouville 4–2 (A) 24 February 2018 Karl Hinds St. Paul's Grouville 10–0 (H) 7 March 2018 Arthur Illingworth Jersey Wanderers Grouville 11–0 (H) Ben Gallichan St. Peter Grouville 9–0 (H) Jake Prince St. Peter Grouville 9–0 (H) Jake Prince4 St. Peter Grouville 11–1 (A) Sol Solomon St. Peter Grouville 11–1 (A) Jake Prince St. Peter Grouville 6–0 (A) Matt Rawlings St. Clement Grouville 6–0 (H) Liam Spencer St. Clement Grouville 6–0 (H) Matt Rawlings4 St. Clement St. Paul's 5–2 (H) 17 May 2018 Note 4 Player scored 4 goals; 7 Player scored 7 goals; (H) – Home; (A) – Away
2018-19
The 2018-19 Jersey Premiership is the 44th season of the Jersey Football Combination, the top Jersey professional league for Jersey clubs, since its establishment in 1975.
St. Paul's are the defending champions, while Trinity have entered as the promoted team from the 2017-18 Jersey Championship.
League table
PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts1 St. Paul's (C)1817016113+48512 St. Peter1713135824+34403 Jersey Wanderers179173836+2284 St. Clement175482836-8195 St. Ouen1851121844-26166 Rozel Rovers1733112556-31127 Trinity1832132645-1911
(C) = Champions
Results Each team plays each other three times meaning that each team will play 18 games in total
1st set of results
2nd set of results
Players Top scorers
RankNameClubGoals1 Kieran LesterSt. Paul's152 Sol SolomonSt. Peter143 Matt Rawlings St. Clement124 Harry CardwellSt. Peter115= Fraser BarlowSt. Paul's105= Karl HindsTrinity and St. Peter107= Jack BoyleSt. Paul's97= Jules GabbiadiniJersey Wanderers97= George GlitheroRozel Rovers910= Jake PrinceSt. Peter710= Jody ByrneSt. Ouen7
Hat-tricks