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Réunion Premier League

{{short description|Top division association football league in the French territory of Réunion}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2021}}

{{Infobox football league

| name = Réunion Premier League

| logo =

| pixels =

| country = Réunion

| confed = CAF

| founded = 1950

| teams = 14

| relegation =

| levels = 1

| domest_cup = Coupe de la Réunion
Coupe de France

| confed_cup = Champions League
Confederation Cup

| champions = SS Excelsior

| season = 2024

| most successful club = JS Saint-Pierroise (20)

| most_appearances = {{flagicon|REU|football}} Jean-Noël Ajorque
(457 games)

| top_goalscorer = {{flagicon|REU|football}} Tsimba Kely Razafitsialonina
(243 goals)

| tv =

| website = {{URL|http://liguefoot-reunion.fff.fr}}

| current = 2025 Réunion Premier League

}}

The Réunion Premier League, also known as Championnat de La Réunion de football, is the top division of football league system in the French overseas territory of Réunion. The league is run and managed by the Réunionese Football League under the watch of the French Football Federation. Réunion Premier League was created in 1950 and the most successful club is JS Saint-Pierroise, who have won 17 league titles. The defending champions are JS Saint-Pierroise. The winner of the competition earns a berth in the CAF Champions League. In the French pyramid system, the Réunion Premier League is positioned in the Division d'Honneur, the sixth level of French football.

The league has produced several professional Ligue 1 players, as well as players who have gone on to have successful careers abroad. Players such as Jean-Pierre Bade, Guillaume Hoarau, Florent Sinama Pongolle, Dimitri Payet, and Jean-Pascal Fontaine all began their careers on the island before achieving success abroad.

Competition format

There are 14 clubs in the Réunion Premier League. During the course of a season, usually from March to November, each club plays the others twice, once at their home stadium and once at that of their opponents, for a total of 26 games. Like all other amateur leagues in France, the league operates using a 4–2–1 points system meaning four points for a win, two for a draw, and one for a defeat. If points are equal following the season, the goal difference and then goals scored determine the winner. If still equal, teams are deemed to occupy the same position. If there is a tie for the championship, for relegation, or for qualification to other competitions, a play-off match at a neutral venue decides rank. The two lowest placed teams are relegated to second division and the top two teams from the second division are promoted in their place.

The Réunionese Football League runs the Coupe de la Réunion, which is the national cup of the territory. The organization also runs a Coupe de France cup competition that is independent to the Coupe de la Réunion. The Coupe de France competition serves as qualifying rounds for the actual Coupe de France. The competition usually lasts six rounds and the winner of the competition qualifies for the 7th round of the Coupe de France.

Premier League Clubs 2016

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

! Team

! Home City

! Manager

! Stadium

! Capacity

AS Marsouins

|Saint-Leu

|

|Stade Saint-Leu

|{{center|1,000}}

AS Sainte-Suzanne

|Sainte-Suzanne

|

|

|

AJ Petite-Île

|Saint-Joseph

|

|Stade Raphaël Babet

|{{center|2,000}}

AS Excelsior

|Saint-Joseph

|{{flagicon|FRA}} {{sortname|Farès|Bousdira}}

|Stade Raphaël Babet

|{{center|2,000}}

JS Piton Saint-Leu

|Saint-Leu

|

|

|

JS Saint-Pierroise

|Saint-Pierre

|{{flagicon|FRA}} {{sortname|Patrice|Ségura}}

|Stade Michel Volnay

|{{center|8,000}}

RC Saint-Benoît

|Saint-Benoît

|

|

|

Saint-Denis FC

|Saint-Denis

|

|Stade Jean-Ivoula

|{{center|7,500}}

Saint-Pauloise FC

|Saint-Paul

|{{flagicon|FRA}} {{sortname|Christian|Dafreville}}

|Stade Paul Julius Bénard

|{{center|12,000}}

SDEFA

|Saint-Denis

|

|

|

SS Capricorne

|Saint-Pierre

|

|Stade Joffre-Labenne

|

SS Jeanne d'Arc

|Le Port

|

|Stade Georges Lambrakis

|{{center|2,000}}

SS Saint-Louisienne

|Saint-Louis

|{{flagicon|FRA}} {{sortname|Patrick|Laborde}}

|Stade Théophile Hoarau

|{{center|2,500}}

US Sainte-Marienne

|Sainte-Marie

|{{flagicon|FRA}} {{sortname|Djamel|Bendouma}}

|Stade Nelson Mandela

|{{center|8,000}}

{{clear}}

Previous winners

class="wikitable"

!Season

!Num. Clubs

!Champion

!Pts

!Runner-Up

!Pts

align="center"

|1950

n.c.Patrioten.c.n.c.n.c.
bgcolor="#efefef" align="center"

|1951

n.c.Patrioten.c.n.c.n.c.
align="center"

|1952

n.c.Jeanne d'Arcn.c.n.c.n.c.
bgcolor="#efefef" align="center"

|1953

n.c.Patrioten.c.n.c.n.c.
align="center"

|1954

n.c.Patrioten.c.n.c.n.c.
bgcolor="#efefef" align="center"

|1955

n.c.Patrioten.c.n.c.n.c.
align="center"

|1956

12Saint-Pierroise36Patriote34
bgcolor="#efefef" align="center"

|1957

10Saint-Pierroise25Bourbon22
align="center"

|1958

10Saint-Louisiennen/aJeanne d'Arcn/a
bgcolor="#efefef" align="center"

|1959

16Saint-Pierroise33Charles de Foucauld33
align="center"

|1960

10Saint-Pierroise48Jeanne d'Arc41
bgcolor="#efefef" align="center"

|1961

10Saint-Pierroise47Bourbon45
align="center"

|1962

7Patriote29Saint-Pierroise27
bgcolor="#efefef" align="center"

|1963

8Saint-Louisienne36Saint-Pierroise34
align="center"

|1964

8Saint-Louisienne35Saint-Pierroise34
bgcolor="#efefef" align="center"

|1965

10Saint-Louisienne49Stade Tamponnaise44
align="center"

|1966

10Saint-Louisienne49Stade Tamponnaise42
bgcolor="#efefef" align="center"

|1967

10Saint-Louisienne47Patriote43
align="center"

|1968

10Saint-Louisienne46Jeanne d'Arc45
bgcolor="#efefef" align="center"

|1969

10Saint-Louisienne45Jeanne d'Arc44
align="center"

|1970

10Saint-Louisienne44Excelsior44
bgcolor="#efefef" align="center"

|1971

10Saint-Pierroise41Saint-Louisienne36
align="center"

|1972

10Saint-Pierroise48Patriote44
bgcolor="#efefef" align="center"

|1973

13Saint-Pierroise64Excelsior60
align="center"

|1974

12Excelsior59Saint-Pierroise52
bgcolor="#efefef" align="center"

|1975

12Saint-Pierroise53Excelsior53
align="center"

|1976

12Saint-Pierroise55Ouest53
bgcolor="#efefef" align="center"

|1977

12Ouest57Excelsior52
align="center"

|1978

12Saint-Pierroise56Saint-Denis53
bgcolor="#efefef" align="center"

|1979

12Saint-Pauloise59US Bénédictine51
align="center"

|1980

12Saint-Denis57Saint-Pauloise53
bgcolor="#efefef" align="center"

|1981

12Saint-Pauloise55US Bénédictine54
align="center"

|1982

12Saint-Louisienne52Saint-Denis49
bgcolor="#efefef" align="center"

|1983

12Saint-Pauloise51Ouest51
align="center"

|1984

13Saint-Denis58Saint-Pauloise58
bgcolor="#efefef" align="center"

|1985

14Saint-Pauloise64Saint-Pierroise63
align="center"

|1986

14Saint-Pauloise68Saint-Denis65
bgcolor="#efefef" align="center"

|1987

14Saint-Denis64Saint-Pauloise64
align="center"

|1988

14Saint-Louisienne61Stade Tamponnaise60
bgcolor="#efefef" align="center"

|1989

14Saint-Pierroise64Saint-Denis60
align="center"

|1990

14Saint-Pierroise63Stade Tamponnaise60
bgcolor="#efefef" align="center"

|1991

14Stade Tamponnaise67Saint-Denis67
align="center"

|1992

12Stade Tamponnaise61Saint-Denis52
bgcolor="#efefef" align="center"

|1993

12Saint-Pierroise54Saint-Denis54
align="center"

|1994

12Saint-Pierroise56Stade Tamponnaise52
bgcolor="#efefef" align="center"

|1995

12Saint-Denis54Stade Tamponnaise51
align="center"

|1996

12Saint-Denis53Saint-Pierroise53
bgcolor="#efefef" align="center"

|1997

14Saint-Louisienne79Stade Tamponnaise73
align="center"

|1998

14Saint-Louisienne84Stade Tamponnaise81
bgcolor="#efefef" align="center"

|1999

14Stade Tamponnaise86Saint-Pierroise78
align="center"

|2000

14Marsouins77Stade Tamponnaise75
bgcolor="#efefef" align="center"

|2001

14Saint-Louisienne81Saint-Pierroise81
align="center"

|2002

14Saint-Louisienne89Stade Tamponnaise74
bgcolor="#efefef" align="center"

|2003

14Stade Tamponnaise88Saint-Louisienne88
align="center"

|2004

14Stade Tamponnaise82Excelsior78
bgcolor="#efefef" align="center"

|2005

14Stade Tamponnaise88Excelsior87
align="center"

|2006

14Stade Tamponnaise88Saint-Pierroise81
bgcolor="#efefef" align="center"

|2007

14Stade Tamponnaise89Excelsior82
align="center"

|2008

14Saint-Pierroise88Stade Tamponnaise87
bgcolor="#efefef" align="center"

|2009

14Stade Tamponnaise81Excelsior70
align="center"

|2010

14Stade Tamponnaise79Sainte-Marienne74
bgcolor="#efefef" align="center"

|2011

12Saint-Pauloise69Stade Tamponnaise65
align="center"

|2012

12Saint-Louisienne72Stade Tamponnaise67
bgcolor="#efefef" align="center"

|2013

12Sainte-Marienne67Saint-Pauloise63
align="center"

|2014

12Saint-Pauloise68Excelsior66
bgcolor="#efefef" align="center"

|2015

12Saint-Pierroise71Saint-Louisienne65
align="center"

|2016-17

14Saint-Pierroise92Sainte-Marienne78
bgcolor="#efefef" align="center"

|2017

14Saint-Pierroise100Excelsior78
align="center"

|2018

14Saint-Pierroise85Jeanne d'Arc84
bgcolor="#efefef" align="center"

|2019

14Saint-Pierroise86Sainte-Marienne82
align="center"

|2020

14Excelsior40CS Saint-Denis40
bgcolor="#efefef" align="center"

|2021

16Stade Tamponnaise51Excelsior48
align="center"

|2022

14CS Saint-Denis91Saint-Pierroise75
bgcolor="#efefef" align="center"

|2023

14Excelsior87Saint-Pierroise85
align="center"

|2024

14Excelsior89Saint-Pauloise83

=Performance by club=

class="wikitable"
Club

! City

! Titles

! Last title

Saint-PierroiseSaint-Pierre212019
Saint-LouisienneSaint-Louis162012
Stade TamponnaiseLe Tampon112021
Saint-PauloiseSaint-Paul72014
PatrioteSaint-Denis61962
Saint-DenisSaint-Denis62022
ExcelsiorSaint-Joseph32024
Jeanne d'ArcLe Port11952
MarsouinsSaint-Leu12000
OuestSaint-Paul11977
Sainte-MarienneSainte-Marie12013

Top goalscorers

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

!Year

!Country

!Best scorers

!Team

!Goals

2000

|{{flagicon|MRI}}

Robert RateauSS Capricorne20
2001

|{{flagicon|REU|football}}

Bernard LacollayMarsouins21
2002

|{{flagicon|ALG}}

Farid KekarPossession19
2003

|{{flagicon|REU|football}}

Willy RobertSaint-Pauloise20
2004

|{{flagicon|CIV}}

Moussa TraoréStade Tamponnaise14
2005

|{{flagicon|REU|football}}

Willy VisneldaSaint-Louisienne12
2007

|{{flagicon|REU|football}}

Antoine RasolofoMarsouins19
2008

|{{flagicon|REU|football}}

Quentin BoessoSaint-Pierroise23
2009

|{{flagicon|MDG}}

Britton MandilimanaSainte-Marienne20
2010

|{{flagicon|MDG}}

Praxis RabemananjaraSaint-Denis12
2011

|{{flagicon|REU|football}}

Mohamed El-MadaghriStade Tamponnaise11
2012

|{{flagicon|CIV}}

Georges BaSaint-Louisienne9
2013

|{{flagicon|REU|football}}

Faissal ZagharSaint-Louisienne13
2014

|{{flagicon|REU|football}}

Quentin BoessoSaint-Pierroise13
2015

|{{flagicon

}||Fabrice||Sainte-Marienne||14

|-

|2016

|{{flagicon|REU|football}} ||Jean-Michel Fontaine|| Saint-Pierroise||19

|-

|2017

|{{flagicon|REU|football}} ||Jean-Michel Fontaine||Saint-Pierroise||22

|-

|2018

|{{flagicon|REU|football}} ||Jean-Michel Fontaine||Saint-Pierroise||20

|-

|2019

|{{flagicon|REU|football}} ||Jean-Michel Fontaine||Saint-Pierroise||21

|-

|2020

|{{flagicon|REU|football}}||Pierrick Kéhi||Jeanne d'Arc||9

|-

|rowspan=2|2021

|{{flagicon|REU|football}}||Pierrick Kéhi|| Jeanne d'Arc||rowspan=2|12

|-

|{{flagicon|REU|football}}||Mohamed El||Excelsior

|-

|2022

|{{flagicon|REU|football}} ||Mamoudou Diallo|| Saint-Denis ||bgcolor=mistyrose|25

|-

|2023

|{{flagicon|MDG}} ||Angelo Andrianantenaina ||Excelsior||23

|-

|2024

|{{flagicon|REU|football}}||Jean-Michel Fontaine||La Tamponnaise||22

|-

|}

;Most time goalscorers:

=All-times top scorers=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

!Rank

!Country

!Player

!Goals

!Years

1

|{{flagicon|REU|football}}

|Tsimba Kely Razafitsialonina

|243

|1982-2002

2

|{{flagicon|REU|football}}

|Jean-Michel Fontaine

|217

|2006-

3

|{{flagicon|REU|football}}

|Bernard Lacollay

|182

| -2005

4

|{{flagicon|REU|football}}

|Salomon Kéhi

|121

| -2009

5

|{{flagicon|REU|football}}

|Quentin Boesso

|109

|2006

=All-time appearances=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

!Rank

!Country

!Player

!Apps

!Years

1

|{{flagicon|REU|football}}

|Jean-Noël Ajorque

|457

|1994-2017

2

|{{flagicon|REU|football}}

|Johan Lionel

|420

|2000-2019

3

|{{flagicon|REU|football}}

|Gael Payet

|400

|2002-2023

Multiple hat-tricks

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

!Rank

!Country

!Player

!Hat-tricks

1

|{{Flagicon|REU|football}}

|Jean-Michel Fontaine

|3

rowspan=10|2

|{{flagicon|MDG}}

|Angelo Andrianantenaina

|rowspan=10|1

{{flagicon|REU|football}}

|Britton

{{flagicon|REU|football}}

|Kamel Chegui

{{flagicon|REU|football}}

|Dogbo

{{flagicon|REU|football}}

|Jean Pascal Fontaine

{{flagicon|MDG}}

|Henri Charles Gladyson

{{flagicon|REU|football}}

|Dimitri Ornana

{{flagicon|GUF|football}}

|Gabriel Pigrée

{{flagicon|REU|football}}

|Antoine Rasolofo

External links

  • [https://www.rsssf.org/tablesr/reunionchamp.html RSSSF competition history]

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