2021 Sri Lanka Super League
Season | 2021 |
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Dates | 19 April 2021 – 11 January 2022 |
Champions | Blue Star (1st title) |
AFC Cup | Blue Star |
Matches played | 45 |
Goals scored | 137 (3.04 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Senal Sandesh Pingho (10 goals) |
TBD → |
The 2021 Sri Lanka Super League was the first season of Sri Lanka Super League, after a 3-year delay. It is the top division of Sri Lankan football.
Summary
[edit]The start of the season was impacted by COVID-19. After the 2018–19 season, the inaugural Sri Lanka Super League was scheduled to kick-off in April 2020,[1] but was rescheduled to November,[1] 29 January 2021[2] and finally started on 19 April 2021,[3] due to concerns of the pandemic.[4]
The season was forced to play on a single round-robin system. After the International Break at the end of matchday 3, the tournament recommencement was scheduled to 2 July 2021. But, the Football Sri Lanka announced the postponement on 16 June 2021, due to travel restrictions.[5]
Pre-season tournament
[edit]A pre season was launched with much glamour and delight, but the tournament delayed further. Since the Sri Lanka national football team were set to play their 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifying second round games against Lebanon and South Korea in March, Football Sri Lanka conducted Sri Lanka Super League pre-season tournament without spectators.[2][6]
Super League pre-season tournament was conducted with 10 clubs, divided in two groups, from 17 February to 24 March.[7]
Teams
[edit]The league is made up of 10 clubs that were selected from the Sri Lanka Champions League at the end of the 2018–19 season, after meeting the Football Federation of Sri Lanka's Club Licensing Criteria in association with the Asian Football Confederation.[4]
Teams and their divisions
[edit]- Note: Table lists clubs in alphabetical order.
Foreign players
[edit]Team | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Player 4 | Player 5 |
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Blue Eagles | |||||
Blue Star SC | Jerry Arepade Ombenbe | Mohamed Traoré | |||
Colombo FC | Jean Yapo Seka | Bodric Tagne | Olumide Akofe | ||
Defenders FC | Muhammad Adil | Stephane Dang | |||
Sea Hawks FC | Motohiro Kaneshiro | Chikara Tashiro | Samuel Kingston | ||
New Young's SC | |||||
Ratnam SC | Enoch Danso | Jide Jimoh | |||
Red Star SC | Ismaila Abumere Ogudugu | Muritala Oladeni | Mohammed Mubarak | Emmanuel Godwin | |
Renown SC | Michael Job | Olumide Agbeti | |||
Up Country Lions SC | George Abege | Elijah Ari | Martin Karndu | Eugene Swen |
League table
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Blue Star (C, Q) | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 9 | +12 | 22 | Qualification for AFC Cup preliminary round 1 |
2 | Sea Hawks | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 11 | +5 | 19[a] | |
3 | Colombo | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 11 | +11 | 19[a] | |
4 | Renown | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 17 | |
5 | Up Country Lions | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 8 | +9 | 16 | |
6 | Red Stars | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 16 | +2 | 10 | |
7 | Defenders | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 10 | |
8 | New Young's | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 31 | −18 | 7 | |
9 | Ratnam | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 16 | −11 | 3 | |
10 | Blue Eagles | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 16 | −13 | 2 |
Results
[edit]Fixture
[edit]Round 1
[edit]19 April 2021 | Colombo | 4–0 | New Young's | |
14:00 | Dilshan 15', 85' Zarwan 57' (pen.) Seka 79' |
19 April 2021 | Blue Star | 2–4 | Red Stars | |
16:00 | Arepade 40' Shifan 55' |
Rahman 3', 35', 74' Ogudugu 9' |
21 April 2021 | Ratnam | 1–1 | Up Country Lions | |
16:00 | Jimoh 59' | Akhil 77' |
21 April 2021 | Blue Eagles | 0–1 | Sea Hawks | |
16:00 | Hasmeer 11' |
Round 2
[edit]24 April 2021 | Defenders | 0–0 | Blue Eagles | |
13:00 |
25 April 2021 | Red Stars | 0–0 | Ratnam | |
13:00 |
25 April 2021 | New Young's | 1–4 | Up Country Lions | |
16:00 | Nithushan 23' | W.Razeek 19', 65', 83' Sujan Perera 90+3' |
Round 3
[edit]30 April 2021 | Sea Hawks | 5–0 | New Young's | |
16:00 | Hasmeer 28', 55' Kaneshiro 31', 44', 74' |
1 May 2021 | Blue Eagles | 0–6 | Red Stars | |
16:00 | Farhan 9' Rislan 19' Dilakshan 22' Ogudugu 59', 67', 76' |
29 November 2021 | Up Country Lions | 2–0 | Defenders | |
11:00 | Abege 28' Asmil 89' |
Round 4
[edit]6 December 2021 | Sea Hawks | 1–0 | Up Country Lions | |
15:00 | Musthaq 90+3' |
7 December 2021 | Blue Eagles | 1–2 | New Young's | |
15:00 | L.Fernando 86' | Sanjeewa 39' Rumesh 53' |
Round 5
[edit]10 December 2021 | Blue Eagles | 0–1 | Renown | |
11:00 | Kurukulasuriyage 74' |
11 December 2021 | Sea Hawks | 2–2 | Defenders | |
11:00 | D.Madushan 26' S.Madushan 30' |
Chameera 68' Mohamed 73' |
12 December 2021 | New Young's | 4–4 | Red Stars | |
11:00 | Sanjeewa 19', 47', 53' Nitharshan 68' |
Dananjaya 6' Ogudugu 24' Rihad 28' Rahman 45+4' |
12 December 2021 | Up Country Lions | 1–2 | Blue Star | |
15:00 | Sujan Perera 71' (pen.) | Arepade 43' Sandesh Pingho 53' |
Round 6
[edit]16 December 2021 | New Young's | 3–1 | Ratnam | |
11:00 | Danushka 35' Dananjaya 79' Nikila 81' |
Enoch 41' |
17 December 2021 | Red Stars | 1–3 | Renown | |
11:00 | Rahman 35' (pen.) | Kurukulasuriyage 16' Aman 54' Iqbal 90+2' |
17 December 2021 | Up Country Lions | 1–0 | Blue Eagles | |
15:00 | Shifan 90+5' |
Round 7
[edit]28 December 2021 | Sea Hawks | 2–1 | Red Stars | |
11:00 | Kaneshiro 45+4' D.Madushan 90+5' |
Rahman 15' |
29 December 2021 | Up Country Lions | 2–3 | Colombo | |
11:00 | Nitharshan 20', 63' | Aakib 30', 90+6' Tagne 90+5' |
29 December 2021 | New Young's | 1–2 | Renown | |
15:00 | Agbeti 78' (o.g.) | Supan 53' D.Madushan 57' |
30 December 2021 | Blue Eagles | 0–0 | Ratnam | |
15:00 |
Round 8
[edit]7 January 2022 | Red Stars | 0–0 | Defenders | |
15:00 |
7 January 2022 | Ratnam | 0–1 | Sea Hawks | |
11:00 | S.Madushan 58' |
7 January 2022 | Renown | 1–0 | Up Country Lions | |
11:00 | Job 45+2' |
7 January 2022 | Blue Star | 4–1 | New Young's | |
15:00 | Sandesh Pingho 52', 56', 83' Arshad 90' |
Mushikhan 21' |
7 January 2022 | Colombo | 2–0 | Blue Eagles | |
15:00 | Seka 24' Aakib 78' |
Round 9
[edit]10 January 2022 | Defenders | 6–1 | New Young's | |
11:00 | Izzadeen 27', 64', 85' M.Fernando 45+2' (o.g.) Mohamed 84', 89' |
Mushikhan 22' |
10 January 2022 | Red Stars | 0–3 | Up Country Lions | |
15:00 | W.Razeek 1', 51', 59' (pen.) |
11 January 2022 | Colombo | 2–3 | Sea Hawks | |
15:30 | Aakib 14' Seka 87' |
S.Madushan 36' Hasmeer 65' K.Ishan 75' |
11 January 2022 | Blue Star | 3–2 | Blue Eagles | |
15:30 | Fazal 11' Arshad 14' M.Ishan 83' |
L.Fernando 15' Malshan 36' |
Top goalscorers
[edit]Player | Club | Goals |
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Senal Sandesh Pingho | Blue Star SC | 10 |
Mohamed Rahman | Red Star SC | 8 |
Mohamed Aakib | Colombo FC | 8 |
Ahmed Waseem Razeek | Up Country Lions SC | 6 |
Chamod Dilshan | Colombo FC | 5 |
Ismaila Abumere Ogudugu | Red Star SC | 5 |
Rifkhan Mohamed | Defenders FC | 5 |
Mohamed Hasmeer | Sea Hawks FC | 5 |
Zohar Mohamed Zarwan | Colombo FC | 4 |
Chathuranga Sanjeewa | New Young's SC | 4 |
Motohiro Kaneshiro | Sea Hawks FC | 4 |
Jerry Arepade Ombenbe | Blue Star SC | 4 |
Jean Yapo Seka | Colombo FC | 4 |
Own goals
[edit]Player | Club | Own goals | Against |
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Olumide Agbeti | Renown SC | 1 | New Young's SC |
Madushanka Fernando | New Young's SC | 1 | Defenders FC |
Clean sheets
[edit]Player | Club | Clean sheet |
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Udayanga Perera | Sea Hawks FC | 4 |
Supun Kaveesh | Blue Star SC | 4 |
Rasik Rishad | Renown SC | 4 |
Mohammed Mubarak | Red Star SC | 3 |
Weerasinghe Sujan Perera | Up Country Lions SC | 3 |
Nuwan Gimhana | Colombo FC | 2 |
Champions
[edit]Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
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Blue Star SC | Kalutara | Kalutara Stadium | 15,000 |
References
[edit]- ^ a b ‘Super League’ – Sri Lanka’s first Professional Football League to begin in November at Daily News Lanka. date:2 July 2020
- ^ a b Lanka Super League to begin with pre-season tournament at Daily Mirror Lanka. date: 20 January 2021
- ^ Football Super League kicks off tomorrow at Sunday Observer Lanka. date:18 April 2021
- ^ a b Sri Lanka Super League set for November lift off at AFC. date: 2 July 2020
- ^ Super League Postponement at Football Sri Lanka. date: 16 June 2021
- ^ Football Super League kicks off to transform Sri Lanka at Sunday Observer Lanka. date: 4 April 2021
- ^ Super League pre-season tournament group stage schedule at Football Sri Lanka (Facebook). date: 12 February 2021
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