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
Sri Lanka Super League to najwyższej klasy rozgrywki piłkarskie na Sri Lance. W lidze bierze udział 18 drużyn, które grają ze sobą systemem kołowym. Mistrz kraju uzyskuje kwalifikację do Ligi Mistrzów AFC, a wicemistrz do Pucharu AFC.

Liga została założona w 1988 roku i od tego czasu jest rozgrywana regularnie. Najbardziej utytułowaną drużyną w historii ligi jest Renown SC, który zdobył tytuł mistrzowski 10 razy.

Wśród najsłynniejszych piłkarzy, którzy grali w Sri Lanka Super League, można wymienić takie nazwiska jak:

* Kasun Jayasuriya
* Chathuranga Sanjeewa
* Ishara Madushanka
* Jeewo Rathnayake
* Tharindu Eranga