Provo Premier League
{{short description|Association football league in Turks and Caicos}}
{{refimprove|date=December 2010}}
{{Infobox football league
| name = Provo Premier League
| image = WIV Provo Premier League.svg
| caption =
| pixels = 200px
| country = Turks and Caicos Islands
| confed = CONCACAF
| founded = {{Start date and age|1999|df=yes}}
| first = 1999
| folded =
| divisions =
| teams = 7 (since 2024-25)
| feeds =
| promotion =
| relegation =
| levels = 1
| domest_cup = Turks and Caicos FA Cup
| league_cup =
| confed_cup = CFU Club Championship
| champions = SWA Sharks
| season = 2024-25
| most successful club = AFC Academy
(7 titles)
| most caps =
| top goalscorer =
| sponsorship_name =
| tv =FIFA+
| website =
| current = 2024–25 Provo Premier League
}}
The Provo Premier League is the top division of the Turks and Caicos Islands Football Association. Despite being a league competition in CONCACAF none of the Turks and Caicos' teams ever played in the CFU Club Championship nor CONCACAF Champions League. The winners of the competition qualify for the CFU Club Shield. The TCIFA National Academy stadium hosts all league games. Matches are streamed for free at FIFA+, the online streaming platform of the governing soccer body.
==Teams==
For the 2024-25 season, the league comprises seven teams:{{cite web |title=The seven teams in this year's Provo Premier League. |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/DCNURJsOGEC/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== |access-date=12 November 2024 |website=Instagram}}
Competition format
The teams play two short tournaments that divide the regular season in half, resulting in two champions.{{Cite web |title=The Provo Premier League 2023/2024 - Results, fixtures, tables and stats - Global Sports Archive |url=https://globalsportsarchive.com/competition/soccer/the-provo-premier-league-2023-2024/clausura/94151/ |access-date=2025-04-21 |website=globalsportsarchive.com}} The Apertura runs from November to February and the Clausura from February to April. If one team wins both phases, they are named the champion of the league. Should two different teams win the individual phases, a knockout playoff is scheduled. There is a post-season knockout playoff that is played after the end of the clausura schedule.
The league has been renamed seven times in the 26 years since it was founded;{{Cite web |title=The Provo Premier League 2023/2024 - Results, fixtures, tables and stats - Global Sports Archive |url=https://globalsportsarchive.com/competition/soccer/the-provo-premier-league-2023-2024/apertura/88651/ |access-date=2025-04-23 |website=globalsportsarchive.com}}
- Western Union Football League (1999 - 2003)
- MFL League (2003 - 2009)
- MFL Super4s (2010 - 2011)
- WIV Provo Premier League (2012-2014)
- Digicel Play Provo Premier League (2014-2015)
- Gilley's Enterprises Provo Premier League (2016)
- The Provo Premier League (2017-Present)
Previous winners
All winners listed according to RSSSF:{{cite web |title=Turks and Caicos Islands – List of Champions |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablest/turkscaicoschamp.html |access-date=12 November 2024 |website=RSSSF}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |
| Season
!Winner |
|---|
| 1999 |
| 2000 |
| 2001 |
| 2002 |
| 2002–03 |
| 2003–04 |
| 2004–05 |
| 2005–06 |
| 2006–07 |
| 2007–08 |
| 2008–09
|Digi |
| 2009–10 |
| 2010–11 |
| 2012 |
| 2013 |
| 2014 |
| 2014–15 |
| 2016 |
| 2017 |
| 2018 |
| 2019 |
| 2019-20 |
| 2020–21
|not held due to COVID-19 |
| 2021–22 |
| 2022–23 |
| 2023-24 |
| 2024-25 |
Titles by team
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |
| Team
!Titles !Year(s) |
|---|
| AFC Academy (Academy Jaguars & Academy Eagles)
|7 |
| SWA Sharks
|5 |2001, 2019-20, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2024-25 |
| PWC Athletic
|3 |2003–04*, 2004–05*, 2007–08 |
| Beaches
|3 |2002, 2006–07, 2017 |
| Cheshire Hall
|2 |2012, 2013 |
| Caribbean All Stars
|2 |1999**, 2002–03 |
| Cost Right
|1 |2005–06 |
| Digi
|1 |2008–09 |
| Masters
|1 |2000 |
| Provopool
|1 |2010–11 |
Top goalscorers
Multiple hat-tricks
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
!Rank !Country !Player !Hat-tricks |
| 1
|{{flagicon|IRL}} |Brian Gregg |7 |
| 2
|{{flagicon|HAI}} |Jean Innocent |4 |
| rowspan=1|3
|{{flagicon|TCA}} |Ismael Athis |rowspan=1|3 |
| rowspan=2|4
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|Salomon Clemanio
|rowspan=2|2
|-
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|Sterlin Glory
|-
|rowspan=10|6
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|Kenlove Joseph
|rowspan=5|1
|-
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|Josep Friend-Leer
|-
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|Herwens Guerrier
|-
|{{flagicon|HAI}}
|Matony Junior
|-
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|Toby Sheppard
|-
|}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-WIV-Provo-Premier-League/162056667238577 Facebook page]
{{Football in the Turks and Caicos Islands}}
{{CONCACAF Leagues}}
Category:Sports leagues established in 1998
Category:1998 establishments in the Turks and Caicos Islands
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