:Gulf Coast Premier League

{{Infobox football league

|name = Gulf Coast Premier League

|image = GCPL_Circle_Badge.png

|pixels = 200px

|country = United States

|confed = CONCACAF

|founded = 2014

|first =

|teams = 20 Clubs, with some clubs fielding teams in multiple leagues.

|levels =

|domest_cup = Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup

|season = 2024

|champions = Alabama FC South (1)

|most_champs = Motagua New Orleans (3)

|top_goalscorer =

|tv =

|website = {{URL|gcplsoccer.com}}

| current = 2024 GCPL season

}}

The Gulf Coast Premier League (GCPL) is a United States Adult Soccer Association affiliated Amateur Elite League that includes teams from Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, and Mississippi. The regular season of the GCPL runs May through July. On August 13, 2020, it was announced that the GCPL would be the first "amateur league affiliation" of the National Independent Soccer Association{{cite web |title=NISA ANNOUNCES FIRST AMATEUR AFFILIATION WITH GULF COAST PREMIER LEAGUE (GCPL) |url=https://www.nisaofficial.com/news/2020/08/13/nisa-announces-first-amateur-affiliation-with-gulf-coast-premier-league-gcpl |website=NISA Homepage |access-date=August 14, 2020}} after Gaffa FC and Louisiana Krewe FC competed in the NISA 2020 Independent Cup.

Louisiana Premier League

The Louisiana Premier League was formed in 2014 by the Louisiana Soccer Association's Adult Committee members, Jonathan Rednour and Chad Vidrine, with the assistance of Pool Boys FC founder, Jeremy Poklemba. The recent success of a similar formatted competition,{{cite web|url=http://thecup.us/2014/04/03/2015-us-open-cup-qualifying-louisiana-kicks-off-state-tournament-with-two-ncaa-club-teams/|title=2015 US Open Cup qualifying: Cajun SC to face CD Motagua in Louisiana final|date=April 3, 2014|website=TheCup.us}} administered by the LSA, in the spring of 2014 and the emergence of newly formed clubs, Pool Boys FC and Cajun Soccer Club, along with the interest from Motagua New Orleans from the ISLANO league, offered an opportunity to create a statewide elite amateur league. Motagua New Orleans won the inaugural season, defeating Cajun Soccer Club in the finals, 4–2.

On March 8, 2016, the Louisiana Premier League was granted Elite Amateur League status by the United States Adult Soccer Association.{{Cite web|url=http://www.usadultsoccer.com/page/show/1046195-gult-coast-premier-league|title=Gulf Coast Premier League|website=United States Adult Soccer Association|access-date=December 21, 2017|archive-date=October 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171002191841/http://www.usadultsoccer.com/page/show/1046195-gult-coast-premier-league|url-status=dead}}

Gulf Coast Premier League

On August 1, 2016, the Louisiana Premier League, sanctioned and operated by the Louisiana Soccer Association, folded to make way for the newly formed Gulf Coast Premier League. The league formed as a non-profit organization expanding itself to clubs outside Louisiana along the gulf coast.{{cite web|url=http://www.gcplsoccer.com/about/|title=About – Gulf Coast Premier League|date=August 1, 2016|website=Gulf Coast Premier League}}

In January 2017 the league announced three expansion teams, expanding the league footprint into Alabama and Florida.{{Cite news|url=http://www.gcplsoccer.com/gulf-coast-premier-league-announces-summer-season-adds-3-new-clubs/|title=Gulf Coast Premier League announces summer season; adds 3 new clubs|date=January 3, 2017|work=Gulf Coast Premier League|language=en-US}} Central Texas Lobos FC were also announced as a future member in June 2017.

The Gulf Coast Premier League organization currently operates three separate leagues - Premier League, League Two, and the Women's League. Each league is split into conferences for schedule balance, and to manage travel expenses.

Starting with the 2025 season, GCPL will play as conferences in affiliated leagues. The men's Premier division will play in the League for Clubs (denoted on the team table as "Premier"), and the women's division will play in the WPSL (denoted on the team table as "Women's:). Second division teams will compete separately, under the GCPL banner.

=Developmental League=

A 4-team developmental league called the Gulf Coast Development League (GCDL) was announced and began play in May 2019.

=2020 Fall Tournament Showcase=

The League announced it would cancel its 2020 regular season due to the coronavirus epidemic but left open the possibility of a fall competition.{{Cite news|url=https://www.gcplsoccer.com/gulf-coast-premier-league-cancels-2020-season-plans-for-a-fall-season-being-discussed/|title=GULF COAST PREMIER LEAGUE CANCELS 2020 SEASON; PLANS FOR A FALL SEASON BEING DISCUSSED|date=May 4, 2020|work=Gulf Coast Premier League|language=en-US}} In October 2020 the League announced the Fall Tournament Showcase featuring five teams: Pool Boys FC, Louisiana Krewe FC, Crescent City FC, Mobile United FC and new addition 14th Ward FC.{{Cite news|url=https://www.gcplsoccer.com/gulf-coast-premier-league-announces-fall-tournament-showcase/|title=GULF COAST PREMIER LEAGUE ANNOUNCES FALL TOURNAMENT SHOWCASE|date=October 14, 2020|work=Gulf Coast Premier League|language=en-US}}

Great Plains Premier League

In 2019, the GCPL announced the creation of the Great Plains Premier League (GPPL), an expansion conference/sister league with teams to be based in the Dakotas, Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas or Missouri. The GPPL was set to begin play in 2020 however the COVID-19 pandemic halted plans. Nebraska Bugeaters FC, was their only announced club.{{Cite web|url=https://www.gcplsoccer.com/bugeaters-fc-joins-the-gcpl/|title = Bugeaters FC joins the Gulf Coast Premier League| date=February 18, 2019 }}https://www.plainsleague.com/s/GPPL-Info-11-18.pdf{{Dead link|date=December 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}

Teams

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:left"
style="background:white" \| Club ! style="background:white" \| City ! style="background:white" \| Stadium ! style="background:white" \| Founded ! style="background:white" \| Inaugural season
AFC Mobile - Premier \|Mobile, Alabama \|Dotson Field \|2017 \|2017 (returned 2024)
ASG-Lions - League Two \|Tallahassee, Florida \| \| \|2024
BRSC Capitals - Premier, Women's \| Baton Rouge, Louisiana \| Olympia Stadium \| 2016 \| 2017
Cajun Rush - Women's \|Lafayette, Louisiana \|LUS Fiber Stadium \|2014 \|2014
Central Louisiana FC (known as Alexandria Pool Boys FC until 2023) - Premier, League Two \| Alexandria, Louisiana \| Wildcat Field at Louisiana Christian University \| 2013 \| 2014
Gaffa FC - Premier \| Jackson, Mississippi \| Freedom Ridge Park \| 2016 \| 2017
Gulf Coast United - Premier, Women's \| Gulfport, Mississippi \| Herbert Wilson Stadium \| 2003 \| 2021
Hattiesburg FC - Women's \|Hattiesburg, Mississippi \| \|2003 \|2019
Louisiana Krewe II - Premier \| Lafayette, Louisiana \| LUS Fiber Field \| 2013 \| 2014
Mississippi Blues SC - League Two, Women's \|Clinton, Mississippi \|Freedom Ridge Park Stadium \| \|2018
Northtown Bravos - League Two \|Bossier City, Louisiana \| \|2023 \|2024
Pensacola FC - Men's and (U19) Premier, Women's \| Pensacola, Florida \| Ashton Brosnaham Stadium \| 2017 \| 2017
Shreveport United - Premier, Women's \| Shreveport, Louisiana \| Cargill Park \| 2016 \| 2018
Southern States FC II - Premier \| Hattiesburg, Mississippi \| The Oakes Training Center \| 2015 \| 2023
Sowegans SC - Premier \| Albany, Georgia \| Lee County Track and Soccer Complex \| 2022 \| 2023
Tallahassee SC - Premier \|Tallahassee, FL \|Gene Cox Stadium \|2019 \|2019, 2025
Union 10 FC - Premier, Women's \| Daphne, Alabama \| Al Trione Complex \| 2022 \| 2023
Valdosta FC - Premier \|Valdosta, Georgia \|North Lowndes Park \|2024 \|2025

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:left"

style="background:white" | Club

! style="background:white" | City

! style="background:white" | Stadium

! style="background:white" | Founded

! style="background:white" | Inaugural season

AFC Mobile - Premier

|Mobile, Alabama

|Dotson Field

|2017

|2017 (returned 2024)

ASG-Lions - League Two

|Tallahassee, Florida

|2024

BRSC Capitals - Premier, Women's

| Baton Rouge, Louisiana

| Olympia Stadium

| 2016

| 2017

Cajun Rush - Women's

|Lafayette, Louisiana

|LUS Fiber Stadium

|2014

Central Louisiana FC (known as Alexandria Pool Boys FC until 2023) - Premier, League Two

| Alexandria, Louisiana

| Wildcat Field at Louisiana Christian University

| 2013

| 2014

Gaffa FC - Premier

| Jackson, Mississippi

| Freedom Ridge Park

| 2016

| 2017

Gulf Coast United - Premier, Women's

| Gulfport, Mississippi

| Herbert Wilson Stadium

| 2003

| 2021

Hattiesburg FC - Women's

|Hattiesburg, Mississippi

|2003

|2019

Louisiana Krewe II - Premier

| Lafayette, Louisiana

| LUS Fiber Field

| 2013

| 2014

Mississippi Blues SC - League Two, Women's

|Clinton, Mississippi

|Freedom Ridge Park Stadium

|2018

Northtown Bravos - League Two

|Bossier City, Louisiana

|2023

|2024

Pensacola FC - Men's and (U19) Premier, Women's

| Pensacola, Florida

| Ashton Brosnaham Stadium

| 2017

Shreveport United - Premier, Women's

| Shreveport, Louisiana

| Cargill Park

| 2016

| 2018

Southern States FC II - Premier

| Hattiesburg, Mississippi

| The Oakes Training Center

| 2015

| 2023

Sowegans SC - Premier

| Albany, Georgia

| Lee County Track and Soccer Complex

| 2022

| 2023

Tallahassee SC - Premier

|Tallahassee, FL

|Gene Cox Stadium

|2019

|2019, 2025

Union 10 FC - Premier, Women's

| Daphne, Alabama

| Al Trione Complex

| 2022

| 2023

Valdosta FC - Premier

|Valdosta, Georgia

|North Lowndes Park

|2024

|2025

=Former Teams=

Alabama FC South (Montgomery, AL) (2024, moved to USL League Two as Montgomery United)
Aspire FC II (Pineville, LA) (2023)
BOCA FC (Shreveport, AL) (2015–2019)
Crescent City FC (New Orleans, LA) (2021–2023, on hiatus)
Central Texas Lobos FC (Buda, TX) (2018–2023, moved to USL League Two as Hill Country Lobos)
Florida Roots (Panama City, FL) (2020-2022, 2024, on hiatus)
Gulf Coast Rangers FC (Fairhope, AL) (2017–2023, merged with Mobile United FC to form Union 10 FC.
Lake City Gamblers (Lake Charles, LA) (2014–2017)
Louisiana Fire (New Orleans, LA) (2016–2017)
Louisiana Krewe FC (Lafayette, LA) (2018–2021, moved to USL League Two)
Mobile United FC (Mobile, AL) (2021–2022, merged with Gulf Coast Rangers FC to form Union 10 FC.
Motagua New Orleans (New Orleans, LA) (2014–2019)
FC New Orleans (New Orleans, LA) (2019)
New Orleans United (New Orleans, LA) (2021)
Northshore United (Covington, LA) (2017–2021)
Nicholls State University Club (Thibodaux, LA) (2014–2015)
Mississippi Blues FC (Jackson, MS) (2018–2020)
Pensacola Bay United (Pensacola, FL) (2022-2024, on hiatus)
Port City FC (Gulfport, MS) (2016–2019, moved to National Premier Soccer League)
Rad FC (Destin, FL) (2023)
Real United Riverhawks FC (Moss Point, LA) (2018)
Red River FC (Minden, LA) (2021)
Shreveport Rafters FC B (Shreveport, LA) (2016–2017))

Seasons

class="wikitable"
Season ! Winner ! Runner-up ! colspan=2 \| Highest goalscorer
align=center \| 2014–15 \| Motagua New Orleans \| Cajun Soccer Club \| Steven Morris (Motagua New Orleans) \| align=center \| 12
align=center \| 2015–16 \| Motagua New Orleans \| Boca Knights FC \| Joel Amos (Lake City Gamblers) Leonardo Ferriera de Barros (Motagua New Orleans) \| align=center \| 6
align=center \| 2016–17 \| Motagua New Orleans \| Shreveport Rafters FC B \| Reece Wilson (Motagua New Orleans) \| align=center \| 18
2017 \|Gaffa FC \|Cajun Soccer Club \|Vasbert Ledger (Cajun Soccer Club) \| align=center \| 9
2018 \|Port City FC \|Cajun Soccer Club \|Quesi Weston (BOCA FC) \| align=center \| 16
2019 \|FC New Orleans \|Northshore United \|Roger Llergo (FC New Orleans) Adrian Olivares Rodriguez (Louisiana Krewe) Oscar Saavedra (Central Texas Lobos FC) \| align=center \| 9
2020 \| colspan="4" style="text-align:center;"\|Season not disputed due to Covid-19
2021 \|Louisiana Krewe FC \|Gulf Coast Rangers \|Quesi Weston (Louisiana Krewe) \| align=center \| 11
2022 \|Gaffa FC \|Shreveport United \| \|
2023 \|Southern States SC II \|Central Texas Lobos FC \| \|
2024 \|Alabama FC South \|Gaffa FC \|Matthew Reed (Southern States) Hector Moreno (Sowegans) \|11

class="wikitable"

Season

! Winner

! Runner-up

! colspan=2 | Highest goalscorer

align=center | 2014–15

| Motagua New Orleans

| Cajun Soccer Club

| Steven Morris (Motagua New Orleans)

| align=center | 12

align=center | 2015–16

| Motagua New Orleans