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SKNFA Premier League

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SKNFA Premier League
Founded1932; 92 years ago (1932)
CountrySaint Kitts and Nevis
ConfederationCONCACAF
Number of teams12
Level on pyramid1
Relegation toSKNFA Division 1
Domestic cup(s)National Cup
International cup(s)CFU Club Shield
Current championsVillage Superstars
(2023)
Most championshipsNewtown United (16 titles)
Top goalscorerSaint Kitts and Nevis Keithroy Freeman
(130 goals)
Current: 2024 SKNFA Premier League

The SKNFA Premier League, known for sponsorship reasons as the SKNFA National Bank Premier League[1] (previously SKNFA Digicel Super League), is the Saint Kitts top division, created in 1980 and organized by the St. Kitts and Nevis Football Association.

It currently has 10 participating clubs and the season lasts from September to May. At the Regular Stage, each club plays the others twice (home and away) and the top four teams qualify to Super Four stage. The qualified teams play each other once and the top two teams from Super Four play a 3-legged Championship Play-off to determine the season champion. The lowest placed team in Regular Stage is relegated to Saint Kitts and Nevis Division 1, from which another one is promoted.

Despite being a league competition in CONCACAF none of the Saint Kitts and Nevis teams played in the recent years in the CFU Club Championship nor CONCACAF Champions' Cup/CONCACAF Champions League. Their last appearance was in CONCACAF Champions' Cup 1994 represented by Newtown United.

Clubs[2]

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Previous winners

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Performance by club

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Club City Titles Last title
Newtown United Basseterre 16 2011–12
Village Superstars Basseterre 9 2023
St. Paul's United St. Paul's 6 2021–22
Garden Hotspurs Basseterre 4 2000–01
Cayon Rockets Cayon 3 2016–17
Conaree Basseterre 1 2012–13

Top goalscorers

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Season Goalscorer Club Goals
2017-18 Saint Kitts and Nevis Carlos Bertie Cayon Rockets 23
2018-19 Saint Kitts and Nevis Keithroy Freeman St. Paul's United FC 16
2019-20 Saint Kitts and Nevis Keithroy Freeman St. Paul's United FC 38
2021-22 Saint Kitts and Nevis Keithroy Freeman St. Paul's United 23
2022-23 Saint Kitts and Nevis Keithroy Freeman St. Paul's United 26
2024 Saint Kitts and Nevis Keithroy Freeman St. Paul's United 14

Multiple hat-tricks

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Rank Country Player Hat-tricks
1 Saint Kitts and Nevis Keithroy Freeman 6
2 Saint Kitts and Nevis Carlos Bertie 2
3 Saint Kitts and Nevis Anthony Caines 1
Saint Kitts and Nevis Dahjal Kelly
Saint Kitts and Nevis Kadeen Lewis
Saint Kitts and Nevis Errol O'Loughlin
Saint Kitts and Nevis Sean Percival
Saint Kitts and Nevis Nicquan Phipps
Saint Kitts and Nevis Kimaree Rogers
Saint Kitts and Nevis Kennedy Rodriquez
Saint Kitts and Nevis Tiquanny Williams

References

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  1. ^ SKNFA Premier League Matches Continue
  2. ^ "Saint Kitts and Nevis 2021/22".
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