NB: a first league was founded in 1928 but no data prior to 1961 are available.
1961 Atomic [*0]
1962 Arsenal [*1]
1963-66 not known [*1]
1967 Pan Am Jets [*1]
1968 not awarded [*2]
1969/70 Empire (Gray's Farm)
1970 Empire (Gray's Farm)
1971 Empire (Gray's Farm)
1972 Empire (Gray's Farm)
1973 Empire (Gray's Farm)
1974/75 Empire (Gray's Farm) [*3]
1975/76 Supa Stars
1976/77 Supa Stars
1977/78 Five Islands
1978/79 Empire (Gray's Farm)
1979-82 not known
1983 Lion Hill Spliff FC (St. John's) [*4]
1983/84 Villa Lions FC (St. John's)
1984/85 Liberta FC
1985/86 Villa Lions FC (St. John's)
1986/87 Liberta FC
1987/88 Empire (Gray's Farm)
1988/89 SAP (Bolans)
1989/90 J and J Construction (Parham)
1990/91 not known
1991/92 Empire (Gray's Farm)
1992/93 not known
1993/94 Lion Hill Spliff FC (St. John's)
1994/95 English Harbour
1995/96 English Harbour
1996/97 English Harbour
1997/98 Empire (Gray's Farm)
1998/99 Empire (Gray's Farm)
1999/00 Empire (Gray's Farm)
2000/01 Empire (Gray's Farm)
2001/02 Parham FC
2002/03 Parham FC
2003/04 Bassa FC (All Saint's)
2004/05 Bassa FC (All Saint's)
2005/06 SAP (Bolans)
2006/07 Bassa FC (All Saint's)
2007/08 Bassa FC (All Saint's)
2008/09 SAP (Bolans)
2009/10 Bassa FC (All Saint's)
2010/11 Parham FC
2011/12 Old Road
2012/13 Old Road
2013/14 SAP (Bolans)
2014/15 Parham FC
2015/16 Hoppers FC (Green Bay)
2016/17 Parham FC
2017/18 Hoppers FC (Green Bay)
2018/19 Liberta Black Hawks SC
2019/20 abandoned
2020/21 not held
2021/22 not held
2022/23 Grenades FC (St. John's)
2023/24 All Saints United
2024/25
Total Number of Titles (where known)
13 Empire (Gray's Farm) [all listed above] [*5]
6 Parham FC (includes J and J Construction)
5 Bassa FC (All Saint's) [all listed above]
Five Islands [4 seasons not known]
4 Lion Hill Spliff [2 seasons not known]
SAP (Bolans) [all listed above] [*6]
2 Hoppers FC (Green Bay) [all listed above] [*8]
Old Road [all listed above]
1 All Saints United
Grenades FC (St. John's) [*9]
Liberta Black Hawks SC [listed above] [*7]
other clubs to have won championships
English Harbour (at least 3, see above)
Liberta FC (at least 2, see above) [*7]
Pan Am Jets (includes Arsenal) (at least 2, see above) [*1]
Supa Stars (at least 2, see above)
Villa Lions FC (at least 2, see above)
Urlings (at least 1; aka Golden Stars)
[*0] Atomic's title in 1961 reportedly was their sixth successive
one.
[*1] Arsenal renamed Pan Am Jets between 1962 and 1965; in 1962
Arsenal won the league ahead of Atomic and Empire; Empire had
beaten Atomic 2-1 in their first ever top level match that
season (see note [*5]); Empire finished 4th in 1964 .
[*2] league ended in a 3-way tie between Antigua Sugar Factory
(A.S.F.), Rangers (from Church Lane) and Empire, with Empire
having the best goal record; after a playoff between the
three teams ended in another dead-heat, Rangers refused to
play Empire in a second playoff and the title was not awarded.
[*3] in 1974/75 Empire won the league-and-cup double, the first
club on Antigua to achieve this feat.
[*4] Empire finished runners-up 1983, losing out to Lion Hill Spliff
on goal difference.
[*5] Empire's 13 titles are the record for Antigua; Empire were
formed in 1962 when the existing club Realto Sports Club
(founded in the 1950s) changed name to Empire (after the
Empire Grocery "on the Bridge"); they were first relegated in
1984 but immediately returned after winning promotion in 1985.
[*6] SAP abbreviates Spirit, Attitude & Performance; the club also
won two FA Cups (2004/05 and 2008/09).
[*7] the club called Liberta FC which won two championships in
the late 1980s are apparently not related to the current
Liberta (Blackhawks) SC founded on Jan 29, 1991.
[*8] Hoppers FC, founded 1969, first won the league in 2015/16.
[*9] Grenades FC, founded 1990, first won the league in 2022/23.
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