The Shillong Premier League (currently known as Officer's Choice Blue Shillong Premier League for sponsorship reasons) is the second-level statefootball league in the Indian state of Meghalaya, below the Meghalaya State League, organised by the Shillong Sports Association (SSA),[1] which is affiliated to the Meghalaya Football Association (MFA).[2][3] It was started with 8 teams in 2010. Mawlai SC are the current champions.[4][5]
Competition format
Regular season
The competition consists of 18 rounds that follows a double round-robin format, with each club playing the others twice, at SSA Stadium, First Ground, Polo , for a total of 18 matches each. Teams receive three points for a win, one point for a draw, and no points for a loss. There are no play-offs and the team which tops the table wins the league.
The position of each team is determined by the highest number of points accumulated during the regular season. If two or more teams are level on points, the following criteria are applied in order until one of the teams can be determined as the higher ranked
Highest number of points accumulated in matches between the teams concerned
Highest goal difference in matches between the teams concerned
Highest number of goals scored in matches between the teams concerned
Highest goal difference
Highest number of goals scored
Championship League
A league-cum-knockout event featuring the champions and runners-up of its men’s football pyramid. With five SSA divisions in all, this would involve 10 clubs split into two groups, with knockouts to follow the round robin stage.
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