Palau Soccer League

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Palau Soccer League
Founded2004;19 years ago (2004)
CountryFlag of Palau.svg  Palau
Confederation OFC (associate member)
Number of teams 5
Level on pyramid1
Current champions Kramers (2014)
Most championships Team Bangladesh (3 titles)
Website PFA
Current: 2014 season

The Palau Soccer League is the highest division of competitive association football in the nation of Palau, founded in 2004 by the Palau Soccer Association. Due to the lack of equipment and facilities, all matches are played in the Palau Track And Field Stadium outside the town of Koror, on Koror island.

Contents

Champions

A complete list of previous league champions: [1]

Clubs by number of titles

TitlesTeamChampions in
3 Team Bangladesh 2005, 2006–07, 2012 (Spring)
2 Daewoo Ngatpang 2004, 2010
2 Kramers 2008, 2014
1 Melekeok 2009
1 Surangel And Sons Company 2006
1 Taj FC 2012 (Fall)

Top scorers

SeasonTop scorerNationTeamGoals
2004 Tony Ililau Flag of Palau.svg Palau Track and Field Team 4
2006–07 Tony Ililau Flag of Palau.svg Palau Tiger Team 9
2012 Malakai Bitu Flag of Fiji.svg Team Bangladesh 10

2004 Source: [2]
2007 Source: [3]
2012 Source:[ citation needed ]
Note 1: The 2007 leading goalscorers is for records that could be found, final round of results is not known and one further match is recorded only as a draw.

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References

  1. rsssf.org; Palau – List of Champions
  2. Palau 2004 at RSSSF.com
  3. Palau 2006–07 at RSSSF.com