South Sudan Football Championship

South Sudan Football Championship
Founded	2011
Country	South Sudan
Confederation	CAF
Level on pyramid	1
Relegation to	South Sudan Premier League
Domestic cup(s)	South Sudan National Cup
International cup(s)	Champions League ; Confederation Cup
Current champions	Atlabara ; (2019)
Most championships	Atlabara (3)
	Current: 2019 South Sudan Football Championship

South Sudan Football Championship is the top division of the South Sudan Football Association. The first season started in 2011 after the independence of South Sudan.

For the first championship in 2011, seven provincial champions entered, and the title was won by Wau Salaam.^[1] They went on to represent South Sudan in the 2012 Kagame Interclub Cup of CECAFA.^[2]

For the second championship in 2013, the title was won by Atlabara, and they have participated in the 2014 CAF Champions League.^[3]

Clubs[]

Club	Town
Aweil Stars	Aweil
	Renk
	Abyei
Atlabara	Juba
	Abiemnom
	Yei
Merreikh	Aweil
	Nimule
	Yambio
	Kuajok
Young Stars	Torit
Zalan	Rumbek

Source: [2]

Champions[]

2011–12 – Wau Salaam
2013 – Atlabara
2014 – Al-Malakia
2015 – Atlabara
2016 – Not played
2017 – Wau Salaam^[4]
2018 – Al-Hilal Wau (appeal won by Al-Merreikh,^[5] but later overturned by South Sudan Football Association)^[6]
2019 – Atlabara
2020 – Not played due to the Covid-19 pandemic

Performance by club[]

Club	Winners	Winning Years
Atlabara	3	2013, 2015, 2019
Wau Salaam	2	2011–12, 2017
Al-Malakia	1	2014
Al-Hilal Wau	1	2018

References[]

^ South Sudan 2011, RSSSF.com
^ South Sudan's Al Salaam Wau excited by Cecafa debut
^ South Sudan clubs to play in CAF Inter-clubs competition
^ [1]
^ Al Hilal Wau stripped off 2018 South Sudan Championships
^ @Africansoccerup (1 November 2018). "Back to square one Al Hilal FC Wau wins appeal after being accused of fielding an eligible player during the South…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

[1] South Sudan 2011, RSSSF.com

[2] South Sudan's Al Salaam Wau excited by Cecafa debut

[3] South Sudan clubs to play in CAF Inter-clubs competition

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[5] Al Hilal Wau stripped off 2018 South Sudan Championships

[6] @Africansoccerup (1 November 2018). "Back to square one Al Hilal FC Wau wins appeal after being accused of fielding an eligible player during the South…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

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