Sierra Leone National Premier League

Sierra Leone National Premier League is the top football league in Sierra Leone. It was founded in 1967. The league is sponsored by the Sierra Leone Commercial Bank, one of the major Sierra Leonean banks. East End Lions and Mighty Blackpool are the two biggest and most successful clubs. The National Premier League is controlled by the Sierra Leone Football Association. To date a club outside Freetown has never won the league. The season runs from March to July.

The league is sponsored by Lintel-Africell who paid Le200 Million for the privilege.

Structure
Fourteen clubs compete in the league, playing each other twice, once at home and once away. At the end of the season the bottom two clubs are relegated to the Sierra Leone National First Division, the second highest football league in Sierra Leone. The top two teams qualify for the CAF Champions League, while the third place team or the winner of the Sierra Leonean FA Cup will qualify for the CAF Confederation Cup. If the winner of the Sierra Leonean FA Cup has already qualify for the CAF Champions League, the Confederations Cup spot will go to the third place team in the table.

Previous winners

 * 1968 : Mighty Blackpool (Freetown)
 * 1969-72 : Not Played
 * 1973 : Ports Authority (Freetown)
 * 1974 : Mighty Blackpool (Freetown)
 * 1975-76 : Not Played
 * 1977 : East End Lions (Freetown)
 * 1978 : Mighty Blackpool (Freetown)
 * 1979 : Mighty Blackpool (Freetown)
 * 1980 : East End Lions ( Freetown)
 * 1981 : Real Republicans (Freetown)
 * 1982 : Sierra Fisheries (Freetown)
 * 1983 : Real Republicans (Freetown)


 * 1984 : Real Republicans (Freetown)
 * 1985 : East End Lions (Freetown)
 * 1986 : Sierra Fisheries (Freetown)
 * 1987 : Sierra Fisheries (Freetown)
 * 1988 : Mighty Blackpool (Freetown)
 * 1989 : Freetown United (Freetown)
 * 1990 : Old Edwardians (Freetown)
 * 1991 : Mighty Blackpool (Freetown)
 * 1992 : East End Lions (Freetown)
 * 1993 : East End Lions (Freetown)
 * 1994 : East End Lions (Freetown)
 * 1995 : Mighty Blackpool (Freetown)


 * 1996 : Mighty Blackpool (Freetown)
 * 1997 : East End Lions (Freetown)
 * 1998 : Mighty Blackpool (Freetown)
 * 1999 : East End Lions (Freetown)
 * 2000 : Mighty Blackpool (Freetown)
 * 2001 : Mighty Blackpool (Freetown)
 * 2002-04 : Not Played
 * 2005 : East End Lions (Freetown)
 * 2006 : Kallon F.C. (Freetown)
 * 2008 : Ports Authority (Freetown)
 * 2009 : East End Lions (Freetown)
 * 2010 : East End Lions (Freetown)