Final Table:
1.Defenders FC 16 10 4 2 35-25 34 [*1] Champions
2.Colombo FC 16 9 5 2 40-20 32 [C] [8-0]
3.Blue Star SC (Kalutara) 16 10 2 4 23-16 32 [0-0]
4.Navy Sea Hawks SC 16 9 3 4 30-19 30 [*2] [0-1]
5.Renown SC 16 8 3 5 29-20 27
6.Ratnam SC (Kotahena) 16 8 3 5 23-19 27 [P]
7.Upcountry Lions (Nawalapitiya) 16 8 0 8 30-22 24 [1-2]
8.Red Stars SC (Ratmalana) 16 6 5 5 31-21 23 [P]
9.Matara City SC 16 6 5 5 25-24 23 [2-1]
10.SL Air Force SC 16 6 5 5 18-20 23 [1-3]
11.Solid SC (Anuradhapura) 16 5 3 8 36-34 18 [2-3]
12.New Young's SC (Wennapuwa) 16 5 2 9 22-25 17 [1-1]
13.Java Lane SC (Slave Island) 16 4 5 7 24-32 17 [3-1]
14.Pelicans SC (Kurunegala) 16 4 5 7 19-30 17 [1-0]
15.Saunders SC (Pettah) 16 4 2 10 22-35 14 [3-2]
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16.Crystal Palace SC (Gampola) 16 3 4 9 14-31 13 [1-1] Relegated
17.Negombo Youth SC 16 1 4 11 18-46 7 Relegated
-.Super Sun SC (Beruwela) excluded; all results annulled;
record at exclusion: 12 4 3 5 15-23 15
[*1] SL Army SC were renamed Defenders FC
[*2] SL Navy SC were renamed Navy Sea Hawks SC
NB: annulled results against Super Sun between square brackets
NB: due to a league reform (a 10-team Super League will be the top level
competition in 2020), eventually only the top-8, Air Force (as Blue
Eagles) and New Young's remained at the top level after fulfilling
"the stipulated requirements and criteria to participate".
Round 1
[Oct 21]
Super Sun 1-1 New Young's [annulled]
[Oct 27]
Colombo 4-3 Upcountry Lions
Renown 4-1 Pelicans
[Oct 28]
Defenders 4-0 Java Lane
Navy Sea Hawks 0-1 Blue Star
Negombo Youth 1-1 Saunders
SL Air Force 0-1 Ratnam
[Oct 31]
Red Stars 1-1 Matara City
Solid 1-1 Crystal Palace
Round 2
[Nov 3]
Ratnam 2-0 Crystal Palace
[Nov 4]
Defenders 3-2 Solid
[Nov 7]
Java Lane 0-2 Renown
Saunders 1-2 Matara City
Upcountry Lions abd Pelicans [abandoned at 0-0 in 32' due to rain]
New Young's 1-1 Negombo Youth
[Nov 14]
Blue Star 0-0 Super Sun [annulled]
Red Stars 0-2 Colombo
[Nov 21]
SL Air Force 0-1 Navy Sea Hawks
[Dec 9]
Upcountry Lions 2-0 Pelicans [remaining 58']
Round 3
[Nov 10]
Navy Sea Hawks 4-1 Negombo Youth
[Nov 11]
Colombo 8-0 Super Sun [annulled]
Matara City 1-1 Ratnam
Defenders 3-3 Crystal Palace
Blue Star 2-1 Upcountry Lions
Saunders 4-4 Java Lane
[Nov 18]
Solid 0-1 Red Stars
[Dec 5]
Renown 2-2 SL Air Force
[Dec 30]
Pelicans 0-2 New Young's
Round 4
[Nov 17]
Java Lane 0-2 Upcountry Lions
[Nov 18]
Super Sun 3-1 SL Air Force [annulled]
Crystal Palace abd Navy Sea Hawks [abandoned at 0-2 at half-time]
Negombo Youth 1-2 Blue Star
[Nov 20]
New Young's 2-2 Matara City
[Nov 28]
Solid abd Renown [abandoned in 25' due to rain]
[Dec 5]
Pelicans 0-3 Colombo
[Dec 6]
Ratnam 0-1 Defenders
[Dec 8]
Crystal Palace 1-2 Navy Sea Hawks [second half]
[Dec 12]
Solid 0-4 Renown [remaining 65']
[Dec 13]
Saunders 1-2 Red Stars
Round 5
[Nov 24]
Blue Star 3-1 Java Lane
New Young's 1-3 Solid
SL Air Force 2-2 Pelicans
[Nov 25]
Red Stars 2-2 Navy Sea Hawks
Upcountry Lions 3-0 Crystal Palace
[Dec 9]
Ratnam 2-1 Saunders
[Dec 15]
Defenders 1-0 Renown
Super Sun 1-2 Matara City [annulled]
[Dec 18]
Colombo 0-2 Negombo Youth
Round 6
[Nov 28]
Upcountry Lions 1-2 Super Sun [annulled]
Crystal Palace 1-1 Red Stars
Navy Sea Hawks 1-1 Pelicans
[Dec 9]
Renown 3-1 Negombo Youth
Matara City 1-3 Defenders
[Dec 15]
New Young's 1-2 Blue Star
Solid 0-4 Colombo
[Dec 19]
Java Lane 0-1 Ratnam
[Dec 20]
SL Air Force 2-1 Saunders
Round 7
[Dec 1]
Pelicans 1-0 Super Sun [annulled]
Ratnam 2-2 Solid
[Dec 2]
Blue Star abd Colombo [abandoned at 1-1 in 75' due to crowd trouble]
Navy Sea Hawks 3-2 Java Lane
Negombo Youth 1-2 Upcountry Lions
New Young's 0-1 SL Air Force
[Dec 16]
Crystal Palace 1-0 Saunders
[Dec 19]
Red Stars 5-0 Defenders
Renown 2-1 Matara City
[Dec 28]
Blue Star 1-1 Colombo [replay behind closed doors]
Round 8
[Dec 22]
Ratnam 0-4 Colombo
Renown 0-0 Red Stars
Navy Sea Hawks 3-0 Solid
[Dec 23]
Java Lane 3-1 Super Sun [annulled]
Matara City 3-1 Upcountry Lions
Defenders 3-0 Saunders
Pelicans 1-1 Negombo Youth
[Jan 6]
Blue Star 1-0 SL Air Force
New Young's 4-0 Crystal Palace
Round 9
[Jan 5]
Ratnam 0-2 Navy Sea Hawks
Red Stars 2-0 Upcountry Lions
Saunders n/p Renown [no referees]
[Jan 6]
Negombo Youth 1-2 Java Lane
Solid 2-3 Super Sun [annulled]
Matara City 0-0 Pelicans
[Jan 9]
Crystal Palace 0-1 Blue Star
SL Air Force 2-2 Colombo
[Jan 10]
Defenders 2-1 New Young's
Saunders 3-2 Renown
Round 10
[Jan 12]
Java Lane 2-2 Red Stars
Super Sun 1-0 Navy Sea Hawks [annulled]
Colombo 2-2 Crystal Palace
Solid 6-1 Matara City
Upcountry Lions 0-1 New Young's
[Jan 13]
SL Air Force 2-4 Defenders
Blue Star 1-0 Renown
Negombo Youth 2-4 Ratnam
Pelicans 3-1 Saunders
Round 11
[Jan 16]
Colombo 2-0 Matara City
Defenders 1-1 Pelicans
Upcountry Lions 4-1 Renown
Red Stars 7-1 Negombo Youth
SL Air Force 1-4 Solid
Saunders 3-2 Super Sun [annulled]
Ratnam 0-0 Blue Star
[Jan 17]
Crystal Palace 1-0 Java Lane
New Young's 1-4 Navy Sea Hawks
Round 12
[Jan 19]
Negombo Youth 0-1 SL Air Force
Super Sun 1-1 Crystal Palace [annulled]
New Young's 2-1 Red Stars
[Jan 20]
Solid 1-3 Upcountry Lions
Matara City 1-0 Blue Star
Colombo 3-1 Saunders
Renown 2-1 Ratnam
[Jan 21]
Navy Sea Hawks 1-1 Defenders
Java Lane 3-1 Pelicans
Round 13
[Jan 26]
Colombo 3-2 New Young's
Blue Star 1-2 Saunders
Crystal Palace 1-2 Matara City
[Jan 27]
Solid 2-2 Java Lane
Defenders 2-2 Negombo Youth
Navy Sea Hawks 2-1 Upcountry Lions
Ratnam 3-1 Pelicans
Renown abd Super Sun [abandoned at 3-2 in 72']
Red Stars 0-1 SL Air Force
NB: Super Sun refused to continue the match against Renown after the third goal
of Renown had been allowed to stand, claiming it should have been annulled
for offside;
all their matches were annulled and Super Sun are disqualified for the next
two seasons of the Dialog Champions League, and forced to restart at the
third level (Division 2); however, they may enter the FA Cup
Round 14
[Jan 30]
Crystal Palace 2-1 Negombo Youth
Navy Sea Hawks 3-0 Renown
Super Sun n/p Defenders
Matara City 2-2 SL Air Force
Red Stars abd Blue Star [abandoned at 2-1 in 83']
[Jan 31]
Upcountry Lions 0-1 Ratnam
Pelicans 3-2 Solid
Saunders 2-1 New Young's
Colombo 4-4 Java Lane
[Feb 1]
Red Stars 4-1 Blue Star [remaining 7']
Round 15
[Feb 2]
Negombo Youth 0-6 Matara City
[Feb 3]
Blue Star 2-1 Solid
Crystal Palace 0-3 Pelicans
Java Lane 0-0 SL Air Force
New Young's 1-0 Ratnam
Saunders 2-1 Navy Sea Hawks
Upcountry Lions 5-2 Defenders
Renown 1-1 Colombo
Super Sun n/p Red Stars
Round 16
[Feb 9]
Java Lane 3-2 New Young's
Matara City abd Navy Sea Hawks [abandoned at 2-1 in 87' due to crowd trouble]
Pelicans 0-4 Blue Star
Renown 5-1 Crystal Palace
Solid 4-1 Saunders
[Feb 10]
Colombo 1-2 Defenders
[Feb 11]
Matara City 2-1 Navy Sea Hawks [remaining 3', in Colombo]
[Feb 13?]
Upcountry Lions 0-1 SL Air Force
[Feb 24]
Ratnam 5-2 Red Stars
Negombo Youth n/p Super Sun
Round 17
[Feb 13]
Navy Sea Hawks 0-4 Colombo
Defenders 3-1 Blue Star
New Young's 0-1 Renown
[Feb 17]
Matara City 0-1 Java Lane
SL Air Force 1-0 Crystal Palace
Pelicans 2-1 Red Stars
Saunders 1-3 Upcountry Lions
Negombo Youth 2-8 Solid
Super Sun n/p Ratnam
Final Table:
1.Defenders FC 16 10 4 2 35-25 34 [*1] Champions
2.Colombo FC 16 9 5 2 40-20 32 [C] [8-0]
3.Blue Star SC (Kalutara) 16 10 2 4 23-16 32 [0-0]
4.Navy Sea Hawks SC 16 9 3 4 30-19 30 [*2] [0-1]
5.Renown SC 16 8 3 5 29-20 27
6.Ratnam SC (Kotahena) 16 8 3 5 23-19 27 [P]
7.Upcountry Lions (Nawalapitiya) 16 8 0 8 30-22 24 [1-2]
8.Red Stars SC (Ratmalana) 16 6 5 5 31-21 23 [P]
9.Matara City SC 16 6 5 5 25-24 23 [2-1]
10.SL Air Force SC 16 6 5 5 18-20 23 [1-3]
11.Solid SC (Anuradhapura) 16 5 3 8 36-34 18 [2-3]
12.New Young's SC (Wennapuwa) 16 5 2 9 22-25 17 [1-1]
13.Java Lane SC (Slave Island) 16 4 5 7 24-32 17 [3-1]
14.Pelicans SC (Kurunegala) 16 4 5 7 19-30 17 [1-0]
15.Saunders SC (Pettah) 16 4 2 10 22-35 14 [3-2]
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16.Crystal Palace SC (Gampola) 16 3 4 9 14-31 13 [1-1] Relegated
17.Negombo Youth SC 16 1 4 11 18-46 7 Relegated
-.Super Sun SC (Beruwela) excluded; all results annulled;
record at exclusion: 12 4 3 5 15-23 15
[*1] SL Army SC were renamed Defenders FC
[*2] SL Navy SC were renamed Navy Sea Hawks SC
NB: annulled results against Super Sun between square brackets
NB: due to a league reform (a 10-team Super League will be the top level
competition in 2020), eventually only the top-8, Air Force (as Blue
Eagles) and New Young's remained at the top level after fulfilling
"the stipulated requirements and criteria to participate".
NB: Defenders still play under their former name SL Army in this tournament 1/32 Finals Singing Fish lt SLTB SC Great Star SC bt Pelicans SC 1/16 Finals Crystal Palace 1-2 Renown Air Force bt Blue Stars Saunders bt Navy Solid ?-6 Negombo Youth St Nicholas SC (Jaffna) bt St Marys SC (Jaffna) Uruthirapuram SC 3-1 Liverpool SC Colombo FC 4-0 Wimbledon SC United SC lt SLTB SC SL Army SC bt Sarikamulla Youth SC Java Lane SC bt Great Star SC Civil Security SC lt Prison SC Red Sun SC bt Municipal Council Ratnapura Eveready SC bt Red Robbins SC Jupiters SC lt New Young's SC Rangers SC lt New Star SC SL Police 4-0 Golden Rise SC 1/8 Finals [no extra time played] [Oct 24] SL Army 3-0 New Star New Young's 4-0 Red Sun [Nov 3] SL Air Force 0-4 Renown Police 3-1 Negombo Youth [Nov 4] Saunders 6-2 Eveready Java Lane 1-3 Colombo [Nov 13] Saint Nicholas 1-2 Prison SLTB 1-1 Uruthirapuram [4-1 pen] Quarterfinals [no extra time played] [Nov 17, Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo] SL Army 2-0 SLTB Colombo 0-0 New Young's [4-1 pen] [Nov 18, Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo] Renown 0-0 Police [1-3 pen] Prison 1-2 Saunders Semifinals [Nov 25, Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo] SL Army 1-0 Police [Dinusha Perera 28og] Saunders 2-0 Colombo [Sundaraj Niresh 71pen, Kasun Jayasuriya 90+3] Final [Dec 1, Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo] SL Army 4-2 Saunders [Mohamed Issadeen 17, 84, Jesuraj Bernard 27, Kasun Pradeep 90+3; Sundaraj Niresh 34, Chamod Dilshan 90+1]
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