Sri Lanka Champions League

Sri Lanka Champions League

Founded	1985
Country	Sri Lanka
Confederation	AFC
Number of teams	20
Level on pyramid	1
Relegation to	Division I
Domestic cup(s)	Sri Lanka FA Cup
International cup(s)	AFC Cup & SAFF Club Championship
Current champions	Colombo FC (1st title), (2015)
Most championships	Saunders SC (12th titles)
Current: 2016 Season

The Sri Lanka Football Premier League (currently known under its sponsored name Dialog Champions League) is a Sri Lanka professional league for men's association football clubs. At the top of the Sri Lankan football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Contested by 12 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the Division I.

The tournament was conducted in various formats.Apart from the league system a playoff stage was included in 2013–14 season.Currently 18 clubs are participated in the tournament.Saunders are the most time champion with (12) titles.Rathnam have won the title (5) times and Renown (4) times.In recent times different clubs have able to win the championship title.

2016 Clubs

• Air Force SC (Colombo)
• Army SC (Ratnapura)
• Blue Star SC (Kalutara)
• Colombo FC
• Crystal Palace SC (Gampola)
• Java Lane SC (Colombo)
• Matara City SC (Matara)
• Nandimithra SC (Colombo)
• Navy SC

• Negambo Youth (Negombo)
• New Young's SC (Wennapuwa)
• Police SC (Colombo)
• Renown SC (Colombo)
• Saunders SC (Colombo)
• Solid SC (Anuradhapura)
• Super Sun SC (Beruwala)
• Thihariya Youth SC (Gampaha)
• Mawanella United (Mawanella)

Previous winners

Champions so far:

Season	Champions	Runners-up
1985	Saunders SC	York SC
1986	Saunders SC
1987	Saunders SC
1988	Old Bens SC
1989	Saunders SC
1990	Renown SC
1991	Saunders SC	Ratnam SC
1992	Saunders SC
1993	Renown SC
1994	Renown SC
1995	Pettah United SC
1996	Saunders SC
1997	Saunders SC
1997–98	Ratnam SC
1998–99	Saunders SC
1999–00	Mawanella United

Season	Champions	Runners-up
2000–01	Saunders SC	Negambo Youth
2001–02	Saunders SC	Negambo Youth
2002–03	Negambo Youth
2003–04	Blue Star SC	Ratnam SC
2004–05	Saunders SC	Ratnam SC
2005–06	Negambo Youth	Ratnam SC
2006–07	Ratnam SC	Blue Star SC
2007–08	Ratnam SC
2008–09	Army SC	Ratnam SC
2009–10	Renown SC	Air Force SC
2010–11	Don Bosco SC	Army SC
2011–12	Ratnam SC	Army SC
2013–14	Air Force SC	Ratnam SC
2014–15	Solid SC	Colombo FC
2015-16	Colombo FC	Renown SC

Most Championships

The number of national championships that clubs in Sri Lanka have attained.

Club	Number of Championships
Saunders SC	12
Ratnam SC	5
Renown SC	4
Negambo Youth	2
Old Bens SC	1
Pettah United SC	1
Blue Star SC	1
Army SC	1
Don Bosco SC	1
Air Force SC	1
Solid SC	1
Mawanella United	1
Colombo FC	1

Topscorers

Year	Best scorers	Team	Goals
2003–04	M.A.M. Farzeen	Blue Star SC	19
2006–07	Kasun Jayasuriya	Ratnam SC	24
2007–08	Kasun Jayasuriya	Ratnam SC	12
2008–09	Kasun Jayasuriya	Renown SC	13
2009–10	Mohamed Fazal	Renown SC	14
2014–15	Mohamed Izzadeen	Army SC	26
2015	M.C.M. Rifnaz	Renown SC	9

External links

• League at FIFA
• League at soccerway.com