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{{short description|Association football league in Grenada}}
{{Unreferenced|date=October 2006}}
{{Refimprove|date=September 2014}}
{| class="infobox football" style="width: 16em; text-align: center;"
{{infobox football league
| logo =
| pixels =
| country = {{flagicon|GRN}} [[Grenada Football Association|Grenada]]
| confed = CONCACAF
| founded = 1983
| first = 1983
| teams = 10
| relegation = [[GFA First Division]]
| levels = 1
| domest_cup = [[GFA Super Knockout Cup]]
| confed_cup = [[CFU Club Shield]]
| champions = [[Paradise FC International|Paradise]]
| season = [[2023–24 GFA Premier League|2023–24]]
| most successful club = [[Hurricanes SC|Hurricanes]] <small>(7 titles)</small>
| website =
| current = [[2024–25 GFA Premier League]]
}}

The '''GFA Premier League''' is the top [[Association football|football]] league in [[Grenada]]. It was created in 1983 and is headed by the [[Grenada Football Association]]. 10 teams participate in this league.

The 10th-placed team is relegated to the [[GFA First Division|Grenada First Division]], while the 9th-placed team plays a play-off with the 2nd-placed team of the second level.

Despite being a league competition in [[CONCACAF]] none of the [[Grenada]]n teams ever played in [[CFU Club Championship]] or [[CONCACAF Champions' Cup]].

Some of the matches are played at the 9,000 capacity [[Grenada National Stadium]]. In 2014, the match between PetroCaribe Queens Park Rangers and Nixon's Electrical Happy Hill FC was the first live broadcast of a Premier Division match.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.concacaf.com/article/live-tv-coverage-for-grenadas-premier-division|publisher=CONCACAF.com|title=Live TV coverage for Grenada's Premier Division|date=11 June 2014|access-date=16 July 2014}}</ref>

==Current teams==
''{{As of|2022}}''
*[[Eagles Super Strikers FC|Eagles Super Strikers]]
*[[FC Camerhogne]]
*[[Spartans SC|Spartans]]
*[[Hard Rock FC|Hard Rock]]
*[[Hurricanes SC|Hurricanes]]
*[[Mount Rich SC|Mount Rich]]
*[[Paradise FC International|Paradise]]
*[[Queens Park Rangers SC|Queens Park Rangers]]
*[[St. John's SC|St. John's]]
*[[Chantimelle Football Club|Chantimelle]]

== 2021–22 stadiums ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Team
!Location
!Stadium
!Capacity
|-
|-
|[[Eagles Super Strikers FC|Eagles Super Strikers]]
! style="font-size: 16px;" | ''Grenada League''
|[[Sauteurs]]
|-
|[[Fond Recreation Ground]]
| style="font-size: 10px;" | [[Image:Current sport.svg|40px|]] ''[[Grenada League 2007]]''
|1,000
|-
| style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px;" |
|-
|-
|[[FC Camerhogne]]
| style="font-size: 12px; background: #BFD7FF;" | '''Founded'''
|[[St. George's, Grenada|St. George's]]
|[[Kirani James Athletic Stadium]]
|8,000
|-
|-
|[[Spartans SC]]
| style="font-size: 12px;" | 1983
|
|
|
|-
|-
|[[Hard Rock FC]]
| style="font-size: 12px; background: #BFD7FF;" | '''Nation'''
|[[Sauteurs]]
|[[Fond Recreation Ground]]
|1,000
|-
|-
|[[Hurricanes SC]]
| style="font-size: 12px;" | {{GRN}}
|[[Victoria, Grenada|Victoria]]
|[[Alston George Park]]
|1,000
|-
|-
|[[Mount Rich SC]]
| style="font-size: 12px; background: #BFD7FF;" | '''Relegation To'''
|
|
|
|-
|-
|[[Paradise FC International]]
| style="font-size: 12px;" | [[Grenada First Division]]
|[[Paradise]]
|[[Progress Park]]
|1,000
|-
|-
|[[Queens Park Rangers SC]]
| style="font-size: 12px; background: #BFD7FF;" | '''Number of Teams'''
|[[Gouyave]]
|[[Cutbert Peters Park]]
|1,000
|-
|-
|[[St. John's SC]]
| style="font-size: 12px;" | 10
|[[Gouyave]]
|-
|[[Cutbert Peters Park]]
| style="font-size: 12px; background: #BFD7FF;" | '''International Qualification'''
|1,000
|-
| style="font-size: 12px;" | [[CFU Club Championship]]
|-
| style="font-size: 12px; background: #BFD7FF;" | '''Current Champions (2008)'''
|-
| style="font-size: 12px;" | [[Carib Hurricane]]
|-
| style="font-size: 12px; background: #BFD7FF;" | '''Website'''
|-
| style="font-size: 12px;" |
|-
|-
|[[Chantimelle Football Club]]
|
|
|
|}
|}

The '''Premier Division''' is the top [[Association football|football]] league in [[Grenada]]. It was created in 1983 and is headed by the [[Grenada Football Association]]. 10 teams participate in this league.

The 10th-placed team is relegated to the [[Grenada First Division]],while the 9th-placed plays a playoff with the 2nd of the second level.

Despite being a league competition in [[CONCACAF]] none of the [[Grenada]]n teams ever played in [[CFU Club Championship]] or [[CONCACAF Champions' Cup]].

Some of the matches are played at the 9,000 capacity [[Grenada National Stadium]].

==Grenada Premier Division - 2011==
*[[Ball Dogs (Granada football club)|Ball Dogs]]
*[[Carib Hurricane FC|Carib Hurricane]]
*[[Chantimelle FC|Chantimelle]]
*[[Eagles Super Strikers]]
*[[Fontenoy United]]
*[[Grenada Boys Secondary School FC|GBSS]]
*[[Hard Rock FC|Hard Rock]]
*[[ASOMS Paradise|Paradise]]
*[[Queens Park Rangers (Grenada football club)|Queen's Park Rangers]]
*[[South Stars]]


==Previous winners==
==Previous winners==
{{Div col|colwidth=30em}}
*1983-95: ''unknown''
*1983: ''unknown''
*1984: [[Queens Park Rangers SC|Queens Park Rangers]]
*1985: ''unknown''
*1986: [[Carenage FC|Carenage]]
*1987–93: ''unknown''
*1994: [[Queens Park Rangers SC|Queens Park Rangers]]
*1995: [[Queens Park Rangers SC|Queens Park Rangers]]
*1996: [[Barba Super Stars]]
*1996: [[Barba Super Stars]]
*1997: [[Seven Seas Rock City]]
*1997: [[Seven Seas Rock City]]
*1998: [[Fontenoy United]]
*1998: [[Fontenoy United F.C.|Fontenoy United]]
*1999: [[St Andrews Football League|SAFL]]
*1999: [[St. Andrews Football League|SAFL]]
*2000: [[Grenada Boys Secondary School FC|GBSS]]
*2000: [[Grenada Boys Secondary School FC|GBSS]]
*2001: [[Grenada Boys Secondary School FC|GBSS]]
*2001: [[Grenada Boys Secondary School FC|GBSS]]
*2002: [[Queens Park Rangers (Grenada football club)|Queens Park Rangers]]
*2002: [[Queens Park Rangers SC|Queens Park Rangers]]
*2003: [[Carib Hurricane]]
*2003: [[Carib Hurricane FC|Carib Hurricane]]
*2004: ''cancelled''
*2004: ''abandoned''
*2005: [[ASOMS Paradise|Paradise]]
*2005: [[Paradise FC International|Paradise]]
*2006: [[Carib Hurricane]]
*2006: [[Carib Hurricane FC|Carib Hurricane]]
*2007: [[ASOMS Paradise|Paradise]]
*2007: [[Paradise FC International|Paradise]]
*2008: [[Carib Hurricane]]
*2008: [[Carib Hurricane FC|Carib Hurricane]]
*2009: ''abandoned''
*2009: ''abandoned''
*2010: [[ASOMS Paradise|Paradise]]
*2010: [[Paradise FC International|Paradise]]
*2011: [[Hard Rock FC|Hard Rock]]
*2012: [[Hard Rock FC|Hard Rock]]
*2013: [[Hard Rock FC|Hard Rock]]
*[[2014 GFA Premier Division|2014]]: [[Paradise FC International|Paradise]]
*[[2015 GFA Premier Division|2015]]: [[Carib Hurricane FC|Carib Hurricane]]
*[[2016 GFA Premier Division|2016]]: ''not finished''
*[[2017–18 GFA Premier Division|2017–18]]: [[Carib Hurricane FC|Carib Hurricane]]
*[[2018–19 GFA Premier League|2018–19]]: [[Paradise FC International|Paradise]]
*[[2019–20 GFA Premier League|2019–20]]: [[Hurricanes SC|Hurricanes]]
*[[2020–21 GFA Premier League|2020–21]]: ''not held due to [[COVID-19 pandemic in Grenada|COVID-19]]''
*[[2021–22 GFA Premier League|2021–22]]: [[Hurricanes SC|Hurricanes]]
{{div col end}}


==Best Scorers==
==Top goalscorers==
{|class="wikitable"
{| bgcolor="#f7f8ff" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="font-size: 95%; border: gray solid 1px; border-collapse: collapse;"
! Season
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC" align="center"
! Goalscorer
| width="100" | '''Year'''
! Club
| width="200" | '''Best scorers'''
!Goals
| width="220" | '''Team'''
|-
| width="100" | '''Goals'''
|- align=center
|{{center|'''2005'''}}
|{{flagicon|GRN}} [[Nigel Bishop]]
|'''2005'''
|GBSS
|{{flagicon|Grenada}} [[Nigel Bishop]]|| [[Grenada Boys Secondary School FC|GBSS]] || 15
|{{center|15}}
|-
|rowspan=2| {{center|'''2018-19'''}}
|{{flagicon|GRN}} Keno Alexander
|[[Hard Rock FC]]
|rowspan=2|{{center|14}}
|-
|{{flagicon|GRN}} Jose McIntosh Jr
|[[Eagles Super Strikers FC|Eagles]]
|-
|{{center|'''2021-22'''}}
|{{flagicon|GRN}} Rickell Charles
|[[Queens Park Rangers SC|QPR]]
|{{center|16}}
|-
|{{center|'''2023-24'''}}
|{{flagicon|GRN}} Jamil Rocastle
|[[Hard Rock FC|Hard Rock]]
|{{center|16}}
|-
|}
|}
==Multiple hat-tricks==
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
!Rank
!Country
!Player
!Hat-tricks
|-
|1||{{flagicon|GRN}}||Deandre Smith ||3
|-
|rowspan=5|2||{{flagicon|GRN}}||Rayel Alexander||rowspan=5|2
|-
|{{flagicon|GRN}}||Rickell Charles
|-
|{{flagicon|GRN}}||Kriston Julien
|-
|{{flagicon|GRN}}||Jose Jr McIntosh
|-
|{{flagicon|GRN}}||Jamil Rocastle
|-
|rowspan=30|7||{{flagicon|GRN}}||Keno Alexander||rowspan=30|1
|-
|{{Flagicon|GRN}}||Kasey Baptiste
|-
|{{flagicon|GRN}}||Shermon Calliste
|-
|{{flagicon|GRN}}||[[Jamal Charles (footballer)|Jamal Charles]]
|-
|{{flagicon|GRN}}||Keishon Clarke
|-
|{{flagicon|GRN}}||Chiesa Clyne
|-
|{{flagicon|GRN}}||[[Joshua Isaac]]
|-
|{{flagicon|GRN}}||Randell Mark
|-
|{{flagicon|GRN}}||Darrel Phillip
|-
|{{flagicon|GRN}}||Jake Rennie
|-
|{{flagicon|GRN}}||Travis Rennie
|-
|{{flagicon|GRN}}||Kobe Rigby
|-
|{{flagicon|GRN}}||Raheem Stephen
|-
|{{flagicon|GRN}}||[[Kwazim Theodore]]
|-
|{{flagicon|GRN}}||Henson Williams
|-
|{{flagicon|GRN}}||Keston Williams
|-
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}


== External Links ==
==External links==
*[http://www.spicefootball.leaguerepublic.com/ Official Site]
*[http://www.spicefootball.leaguerepublic.com/ Official Site]
*[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesg/grenadachamp.html Grenada - List of Champions], RSSSF.com


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[[Category:Football competitions in Grenada]]
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[[Category:National association football premier leagues]]
[[Category:Top level football leagues in the Caribbean]]
[[Category:Sports leagues established in 1983]]
[[Category:1983 establishments in Grenada]]
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Latest revision as of 03:41, 23 November 2024

GFA Premier League
Founded1983
First season1983
CountryGrenada Grenada
ConfederationCONCACAF
Number of clubs10
Level on pyramid1
Relegation toGFA First Division
Domestic cup(s)GFA Super Knockout Cup
International cup(s)CFU Club Shield
Current championsParadise
(2023–24)
Most championshipsHurricanes (7 titles)
Current: 2024–25 GFA Premier League

The GFA Premier League is the top football league in Grenada. It was created in 1983 and is headed by the Grenada Football Association. 10 teams participate in this league.

The 10th-placed team is relegated to the Grenada First Division, while the 9th-placed team plays a play-off with the 2nd-placed team of the second level.

Despite being a league competition in CONCACAF none of the Grenadan teams ever played in CFU Club Championship or CONCACAF Champions' Cup.

Some of the matches are played at the 9,000 capacity Grenada National Stadium. In 2014, the match between PetroCaribe Queens Park Rangers and Nixon's Electrical Happy Hill FC was the first live broadcast of a Premier Division match.[1]

Current teams

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As of 2022

2021–22 stadiums

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Team Location Stadium Capacity
Eagles Super Strikers Sauteurs Fond Recreation Ground 1,000
FC Camerhogne St. George's Kirani James Athletic Stadium 8,000
Spartans SC
Hard Rock FC Sauteurs Fond Recreation Ground 1,000
Hurricanes SC Victoria Alston George Park 1,000
Mount Rich SC
Paradise FC International Paradise Progress Park 1,000
Queens Park Rangers SC Gouyave Cutbert Peters Park 1,000
St. John's SC Gouyave Cutbert Peters Park 1,000
Chantimelle Football Club

Previous winners

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Top goalscorers

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Season Goalscorer Club Goals
2005
 Grenada Nigel Bishop GBSS
15
2018-19
 Grenada Keno Alexander Hard Rock FC
14
Grenada Jose McIntosh Jr Eagles
2021-22
 Grenada Rickell Charles QPR
16
2023-24
 Grenada Jamil Rocastle Hard Rock
16

Multiple hat-tricks

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Rank Country Player Hat-tricks
1 Grenada Deandre Smith 3
2 Grenada Rayel Alexander 2
Grenada Rickell Charles
Grenada Kriston Julien
Grenada Jose Jr McIntosh
Grenada Jamil Rocastle
7 Grenada Keno Alexander 1
Grenada Kasey Baptiste
Grenada Shermon Calliste
Grenada Jamal Charles
Grenada Keishon Clarke
Grenada Chiesa Clyne
Grenada Joshua Isaac
Grenada Randell Mark
Grenada Darrel Phillip
Grenada Jake Rennie
Grenada Travis Rennie
Grenada Kobe Rigby
Grenada Raheem Stephen
Grenada Kwazim Theodore
Grenada Henson Williams
Grenada Keston Williams

References

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  1. ^ "Live TV coverage for Grenada's Premier Division". CONCACAF.com. 11 June 2014. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
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