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List of Cymru Premier champions

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The Cymru Premier champions are the winners of the highest league in Welsh football, which is currently the Cymru Premier, known as the League of Wales prior to the 2002–03 season and the Welsh Premier League prior to the 2019-20 season. Teams in bold are those who won the double of the Cymru Premier League Championship and Welsh Cup, those in italic are those that won the treble of the Cymru Premier, Welsh Cup and Welsh League Cup in that season.

Champions edit

League of Wales (1992–2002) edit

Year Champions Runners-up Third place Leading goalscorer Goals
1992–93 Cwmbran Town Inter Cardiff Aberystwyth Town  Steve Woods (Ebbw Vale) 29
1993–94 Bangor City Inter Cardiff Ton Pentre  Dave Taylor (Porthmadog) 43
1994–95 Bangor City Afan Lido Ton Pentre  Frank Mottram (Bangor City) 31
1995–96 Barry Town Newtown Conwy United  Ken McKenna (Conwy United) 38
1996–97 Barry Town Inter Cardiff Ebbw Vale  Tony Bird (Barry Town) 42
1997–98 Barry Town[1] Newtown Ebbw Vale  Eifion Williams (Barry Town) 40
1998–99 Barry Town[2] Inter Cardiff Cwmbran Town  Eifion Williams (Barry Town) 28
1999–2000 Total Network Solutions Barry Town Cwmbran Town  Chris Summers (Cwmbran Town) 28
2000–01 Barry Town Cwmbran Town Carmarthen Town  Graham Evans (Caersws) 25
2001–02 Barry Town Total Network Solutions Bangor City  Marc Lloyd-Williams (Bangor City) 47

Welsh Premier League (2002–2019) edit

Year Champions Runners-up Third place Leading goalscorer Goals
2002–03 Barry Town Total Network Solutions Bangor City  Graham Evans (Caersws) 24
2003–04 Rhyl Total Network Solutions Haverfordwest County  Graham Evans (Caersws)[4] 24
2004–05 Total Network Solutions Rhyl Bangor City  Marc Lloyd-Williams (Total Network Solutions) 31
2005–06 Total Network Solutions Llanelli Rhyl  Rhys Griffiths (Port Talbot Town) 28
2006–07 The New Saints[2] Rhyl Llanelli  Rhys Griffiths (Llanelli) 30
2007–08 Llanelli The New Saints Rhyl  Rhys Griffiths (Llanelli) 40
2008–09 Rhyl Llanelli The New Saints  Rhys Griffiths (Llanelli) 31
2009–10 The New Saints Llanelli Port Talbot Town  Rhys Griffiths (Llanelli) 30
2010–11 Bangor City The New Saints Neath  Rhys Griffiths (Llanelli) 25
2011–12 The New Saints Bangor City Neath  Rhys Griffiths (Llanelli) 24
2012–13 The New Saints Airbus UK Broughton Bangor City  Michael Wilde (The New Saints) 25
2013–14 The New Saints Airbus UK Broughton Carmarthen Town  Chris Venables (Aberystwyth Town) 20
2014–15 The New Saints Bala Town Airbus UK Broughton  Chris Venables (Aberystwyth Town) 28
2015–16 The New Saints Bala Town Llandudno  Chris Venables (Bala Town) 20
2016–17 The New Saints Connah's Quay Bala Town  Jason Oswell (Newtown) 22
2017–18 The New Saints Bangor City Connah's Quay Nomads  Greg Draper (The New Saints) 21
2018–19 The New Saints Connah's Quay Nomads Barry Town United  Greg Draper (The New Saints) 27

Cymru Premier (2019–present) edit

Year Champions Runners-up Third place Leading goalscorer Goals
2019–20[1] Connah's Quay Nomads The New Saints Bala Town  Chris Venables (Bala Town) 22
2020–21 Connah's Quay Nomads The New Saints Bala Town  Chris Venables (Bala Town) 24
2021–22 The New Saints Bala Town Newtown  Declan McManus (The New Saints) 24
2022–23 The New Saints Connah's Quay Nomads Penybont  Declan McManus (The New Saints) 26
2023–24 The New Saints[1] Connah's Quay Nomads Bala Town  Brad Young (The New Saints) 22

Key:

Welsh Cup winners
Welsh League Cup winners
Won both cups

Performances by club edit

Six clubs have been champions. In bold those competing in Cymru Premier as of 2023–24 season.

Club Winners Runners-up Third place Winning Years
The New Saints[3]
16
7
1
 1999–2000, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2009–10, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24
Barry Town United
7
1
1
 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03
Bangor City
3
2
4
 1993–94, 1994–95, 2010–11
Connah's Quay Nomads
2
4
1
 2019–20,[1] 2020–21
Rhyl
2
2
2
 2003–04, 2008–09
Llanelli
1
3
1
 2007–08
Cwmbran Town
1
1
2
 1992–93
Inter Cardiff
–
4
–
 –
Bala Town
–
3
4
 –
Airbus UK Broughton
–
2
1
 –
Newtown
–
2
1
 –
Afan Lido
–
1
–
 –
Ton Pentre
–
–
2
 –
Ebbw Vale
–
–
2
 –
Neath
–
–
2
 –
Carmarthen Town
–
–
2
 –
Aberystwyth Town
–
–
1
 –
Conwy United
–
–
1
 –
Haverfordwest County
–
–
1
 –
Port Talbot Town
–
–
1
 –
Llandudno
–
–
1
 –
Penybont
–
–
1
 –

Multiple trophy wins edit

See Double (association football) and Treble (association football)

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. a b Completed the season unbeaten.
  2. a b Also won the FAW Premier Cup.
  3. a The New Saints were known as Llansantffraid until 1996 and Total Network Solutions between then and 2006.
  4. a Graham Evans was awarded the Golden Boot after Andy Moran was tested positive for a banned substance.[2]

References edit

General
  • "Golden Boot Winners". Welsh Premier Football. Archived from the original on 3 January 2010. Retrieved 26 July 2012.
  • Wales - List of Champions, RSSSF.com
Specific
  1. ^ a b "Coronavirus: Welsh football season ends with Connah's Quay champions". BBC Sport. 19 May 2020. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  2. ^ Welsh Premier career details for Andy Moran welsh-premier.com Retrieved 17 June 20:38
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