2021 Sri Lanka Super League

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Sri Lanka Super League
Season2021
Dates19 April 2021 – 11 January 2022
ChampionsBlue Star (1st title)
AFC CupBlue Star
Matches played45
Goals scored137 (3.04 per match)
Top goalscorer (10 goals)
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The 2021 Sri Lanka Super League was the first season of Sri Lanka Super League, after a significant 3 Year delay resulting in Sri Lanka Football having a dry period of a lack of top division football. Today it was meant to be the top division of Sri Lankan football. The season after numerous political delays and lack of preparation finally kicked off in the middle of the pandemic on 19 April 2021. The Super League was the brainchild of the current President Jaswar Umar.

Summary[]

Impact of COVID-19 pandemic[]

The start of the season was impacted by the ongoing COVID-19 situation. After the 2018–19 season, the inaugural Super League was scheduled to kick-off in April 2020,[1] but was rescheduled to November 2020,[1] 29 January 2021[2] and finally started on 19 April 2021,[3] due to concerns of the pandemic with discussions held with the health authorities.[4]

Due pandemic, this season was forced to play on a single round-robin system (each club plays the others once).

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[]

After numerous delays, and conflict on basing the National Team Priorities of Technical Head Amir Alagic, clubs were asked if they could play a Premier Season Practice Tournament. Causing further delays to the actual tournament. A pre season was launched with much glamour and delight but unfortunately with Covid 19 being a constant outbreak, 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 without any professional consultation conducted Sri Lanka Super League pre-season tournament, without spectators or a plan.[2][6]

Super League pre-season tournament was conducted with the 10 Super League clubs, divided to two groups, group stage matches held from 17 February 2021 to 24 March 2021.[7]

Teams[]

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[]

Note: Table lists clubs in alphabetical order.
Team Division
Blue Eagles Kelaniya
Blue Star Sports Club Kalutara
Colombo Football Club Colombo
Defenders Football Club Homagama
Navy Sea Hawks FC
New Young's Sports Club Wennappuwa
Ratnam Sports Club Kotahena
Aluthgama
Renown Sports Club Kotahena
Up Country Lions Sports Club Nawalapitiya

Foreign players[]

Team Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5
Blue Eagles
Blue Star SC Nigeria Guinea Mohamed Traoré
Colombo FC Ivory Coast Cameroon Bodric Tagne Nigeria
Defenders FC Pakistan Muhammad Adil Cameroon
Sea Hawks FC Japan Japan Ghana
New Young's SC Ukraine
Ratnam SC Ghana
Nigeria Nigeria Qatar Mohammed Mubarak Nigeria
Renown SC Nigeria Nigeria
Up Country Lions SC Uganda Kyrgyzstan Elijah Ari Liberia Liberia Eugene Swen Maldives Mohamed Shifan

League table[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
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 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
Source: RSSSF
(C) Champion; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head points: Sea Hawks 3, Colombo 0.

Results[]

Fixture[]

Teams BEG BST CFC DFC SHW NYS RAT REN UCL
Blue Eagles 3–2 0–2 0–0 0–1 1–2 0–0 0–6 0–1 0–1
Blue Star 1–0 3–1 3–0 4–1 3–0 2–4 0–0 2–1
Colombo 3–1 2–3 4–0 4–1 2–2 2–1 3–2
Defenders 2–2 6–1 2–1 0–0 0–0 0–2
Sea Hawks 5–0 1–0 2–1 2–0 1–0
New Young's 3–1 4–4 1–2 1–4
Ratnam 0–0 1–2 1–1
1–3 0–3
Renown 1–0
Up Country Lions
Source: RSSSF
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Yellow = draw; Red = top row team win.

Round 1[]

19 April 2021 Colombo 4–0 New Young's
14:00 Dilshan 15' 85'
Zarwan 57' (pen.)
79'
19 April 2021 Blue Star 2–4
16:00 40'
55'		 3' 35' 74'
9'
20 April 2021 Renown 0–0 Defenders
13:00
21 April 2021 Ratnam 1–1 Up Countrty Lions
16:00 59' 77'
21 April 2021 Blue Eagles 0–1 Sea Hawks
16:00 11'

Round 2[]

23 April 2021 Blue Star 1–0 Colombo
16:00 6'
24 April 2021 Defenders 0–0 Blue Eagles
13:00
24 April 2021 Renown 0–2 Sea Hawks
16:00 27'
81'
25 April 2021 0–0 Ratnam
13:00
25 April 2021 New Young's 1–4 Up Countrty Lions
16:00 23' W.Razeek 19' 65' 83'
Sujan Perera 90+3'

Round 3[]

30 April 2021 Sea Hawks 5–0 New Young's
16:00 28' 55'
31' 44' 74'
1 May 2021 Blue Star 3–0 Ratnam
13:00 12'
13'
36'
1 May 2021 Blue Eagles 0–6
16:00 9'
19'
22'
59' 67' 76'
2 May 2021 Colombo 2–1 Renown
16:00 Zarwan 34'
50'		 42'
29 November 2021 Up Countrty Lions 2–0 Defenders
11:00 28'
89'

Round 4[]

5 December 2021 Colombo 2–2
11:00 Zarwan 69'
90+5'		 59' 67'
6 December 2021 Renown 0–0 Blue Star
11:00
6 December 2021 Sea Hawks 1–0 Up Countrty Lions
15:00 Musthaq 90+3'
7 December 2021 Ratnam 1–2 Defenders
11:00 76' (pen.) 41'
Mohamed 47' (pen.)
7 December 2021 Blue Eagles 1–2 New Young's
15:00 86' Sanjeewa 39'
53'

Round 5[]

10 December 2021 Blue Eagles 0–1 Renown
11:00 74'
11 December 2021 Sea Hawks 2–2 Defenders
11:00 26'
S.Madushan 30'		 68'
Mohamed 73'
11 December 2021 Ratnam 1–4 Colombo
15:00 84' (pen.) Dilshan 27' 39' 55'
Aakib 65'
12 December 2021 New Young's 4–4
11:00 Sanjeewa 19' 47' 53'
68'		 6'
24'
28'
45+4'
12 December 2021 Up Countrty Lions 1–2 Blue Star
15:00 Sujan Perera 71' (pen.) 43'
53'

Round 6[]

15 December 2021 Defenders 1–3 Colombo
11:00 Mohamed 58' (pen.) Aakib 8' 46' 79'
16 December 2021 New Young's 3–1 Ratnam
11:00 Danushka 35'
79'
81'		 41'
16 December 2021 Blue Star 3–0 Sea Hawks
15:00 14' (pen.)
71' 88' (pen.)
17 December 2021 1–3 Renown
11:00 35' (pen.) 16'
54'
90+2'
17 December 2021 Up Countrty Lions 1–0 Blue Eagles
15:00 Shifan 90+5'

Round 7[]

28 December 2021 Sea Hawks 2–1
11:00 45+4'
90+5'		 15'
29 December 2021 Up Countrty Lions 2–3 Colombo
11:00 20' 63' Aakib 30' 90+6'
Tagne 90+5'
29 December 2021 New Young's 1–2 Renown
15:00 78' (o.g.) Supan 53'
57'
30 December 2021 Defenders 1–3 Blue Star
11:00 43' 37'
73' 84'
30 December 2021 Blue Eagles 0–0 Ratnam
15:00

Round 8[]

7 January 2022 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 Countrty Lions
11:00 45+2'
7 January 2022 Blue Star 4–1 New Young's
15:00 52' 56' 83'
90'		 21'
7 January 2022 Colombo 2–0 Blue Eagles
15:00 24'
Aakib 78'

Round 9[]

10 January 2022 Renown 2–1 Ratnam
11:00 31'
74'		 52'
10 January 2022 Defenders 6–1 New Young's
11:00 Izzadeen 27' 64' 85'
45+2' (o.g.)
Mohamed 84' 89'		 22'
10 January 2022 0–3 Up Countrty Lions
15:00 W.Razeek 1' 51' 59' (pen.)
11 January 2022 Colombo 2–3 Sea Hawks
15:30 Aakib 14'
87'		 S.Madushan 36'
65'
K.Ishan 75'
11 January 2022 Blue Star 3–2 Blue Eagles
15:30 11'
14'
83'		 15'
36'

Top Scorer[]

Player Club Goals
Sri Lanka Blue Star SC 10
Sri Lanka 8
Sri Lanka Mohamed Aakib Colombo FC 8
Sri Lanka Ahmed Waseem Razeek Up Country Lions SC 6
Sri Lanka Chamod Dilshan Colombo FC 5
Nigeria 5
Sri Lanka Rifkhan Mohamed Defenders FC 5
Sri Lanka Sea Hawks FC 5
Sri Lanka Zohar Mohamed Zarwan Colombo FC 4
Sri Lanka Chathuranga Sanjeewa New Young's SC 4
Japan Sea Hawks FC 4
Nigeria Blue Star SC 4
Ivory Coast Colombo FC 4

Own Goals[]

Player Club Own Goals Against
Nigeria Renown SC 1 New Young's SC
Sri Lanka New Young's SC 1 Defenders FC

Clean Sheet[]

Player Club Clean Sheet
Sri Lanka Sea Hawks FC 4
Sri Lanka Blue Star SC 4
Sri Lanka Renown SC 4
Qatar Mohammed Mubarak 3
Sri Lanka Weerasinghe Sujan Perera Up Country Lions SC 3
Sri Lanka Colombo FC 2

References[]

  1. ^ a b ‘Super League’ – Sri Lanka’s first Professional Football League to begin in November at Daily News Lanka. date:2 July 2020
  2. ^ a b Lanka Super League to begin with pre-season tournament at Daily Mirror Lanka. date: 20 January 2021
  3. ^ Football Super League kicks off tomorrow at Sunday Observer Lanka. date:18 April 2021
  4. ^ a b Sri Lanka Super League set for November lift off at AFC. date: 2 July 2020
  5. ^ Super League Postponement at Football Sri Lanka. date: 16 June 2021
  6. ^ Football Super League kicks off to transform Sri Lanka at Sunday Observer Lanka. date: 4 April 2021
  7. ^ Super League pre-season tournament group stage schedule at Football Sri Lanka (Facebook). date: 12 February 2021
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