Sri Lanka - Super League

Sri Lanka - Super League

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Sri Lanka Super League (Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකා ප්‍රිමියර් ලීග්; Tamil: இலங்கை சூப்பர் லீக்), is the men's professional top tier football league in Sri Lankan football league system, It is organised by the Football Federation of Sri Lanka.

The league comprises 10 clubs. Each season of the tournament generally runs from April to September. Each club plays the others twice (a double round-robin system), for a total of 90 games.

The competition formed as the Sri Lanka Super League in 2018 by the General Secretary of Football Federation of Sri Lanka Jaswar Umar Lebbe with the assistance and guidance of FIFA. It succeeds the Sri Lanka Champions League as the country's top tier football competition.

History

Professionalism in Sri Lanka did not exist until the General Secretary of Football Federation of Sri Lanka Jaswar Umar Lebbe initiated and designed this competition with the assistance and guidance of FIFA in 2018. Club selection process was through a “Club Licensing Criteria” in association with the Asian Football Confederation.

Since most of the clubs in this league haven't any FIFA Standard Stadiums, Sugathadasa Stadium was chosen as the venue to stage the tournament since the beginning.

Sugathadasa
Die Sri Lanka Super League ist die höchste Spielklasse im sri-lankischen Fußball. Sie wurde 1988 gegründet und wird von der Football Federation of Sri Lanka organisiert. Die Liga besteht aus 12 Mannschaften, die in einer Doppelrunde gegeneinander spielen. Die beiden bestplatzierten Mannschaften qualifizieren sich für die AFC Champions League, während die beiden letztplatzierten Mannschaften absteigen. Die erfolgreichste Mannschaft der Liga ist Colombo FC mit 11 Meistertiteln.