Liberia 2018


First Division
Cup Tournaments
Second Division
Third Division
National County Meet 2017/18

First Division 2018

Group Stage | Championship Final

NB: start originally announced for Apr 16 but eventually postponed until Aug 27

Group Stage

Final Tables:

Group A
 1.Barrack Young Controllers   8   5  2  1  21- 5  17       Final
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
 2.Watanga FC                  8   4  2  2  11-15  14
 3.Jubilee FC                  8   3  2  3   6- 7  11
 4.MC Breweries                8   2  3  3   8-10   9
 5.Small Town FC               8   1  1  6   7-16   4  [P]

Group B
 1.LPRC Oilers                 8   5  2  1  12- 5  17       Final
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
 2.Nimba United                8   4  3  1   7- 3  15
 3.LISCR                       8   3  3  2  10- 9  12  [C]
 4.NPA Anchors FC              8   1  2  5   6-11   5  [P]
 5.Keitrace FC                 8   0  4  4   4-11   4

NB: both FC Fassell and promoted side Nimba FC withdrew three days before the
    start of the league, apparently due to financial problems; as both originally 
    had been drawn in group A, Jubilee FC were moved from group B to group A

Round 1 [Aug 27]
Group A
Small Town                1-2 MC Breweries              
  [Lawrence Paigar 44; Mitis Mulbah 2, Sampson Giddings 88pen]
Barrack Young Controllers 3-0 Watanga                   
  [Trokon Myers 22, Mustapha Lomell 59pen, Kelvin Potis 91]
Jubilee                   bye
Group B
NPA Anchors               0-2 LPRC Oilers               
  [Stanley Whitfield 59, Dominic Jlateh 78]
Keitrace                  1-3 LISCR                     
  [Dauda Kamara 71; Prince Urey 45, Malachi Kromah 77og, Varney Sando 90+1]
Nimba United              bye

Round 2 [Aug 30]
Group A
Jubilee                   1-0 Small Town                
  [Joseph Mento 84]
Watanga                   2-2 MC Breweries              
  [Godfrey Smith 9, Chauncy Freeman 63; Mitis Mulbah 78pen, Festus Blapoh 2-2]
Barrack Young Controllers bye
Group B
LISCR                     1-1 NPA Anchors               
  [Armah Vaikainah 60; James Richardson 73]
LPRC Oilers               0-0 Nimba United              
Keitrace                  bye

Round 3 [Sep 2]
Group A
Jubilee                   0-0 Watanga                   
Barrack Young Controllers 0-1 MC Breweries              
  [Mitis Mulbah]
Small Town                bye
Group B
Keitrace                  1-1 NPA Anchors               
  [Abass Bah; Morris Jackson]
Nimba United              0-0 LISCR                     
LPRC Oilers               bye

Round 4
Group A [Sep 5]
Small Town                1-5 Barrack Young Controllers 
  [Amalu Dorley; Kelvin Potis, Trokon Myers (4)]
MC Breweries              1-1 Jubilee                   
  [Mitis Mulbah; Darlington Weah]
Watanga                   bye
Group B
[Sep 5]
Nimba United              0-0 Keitrace                  
[Sep 14]
LPRC Oilers               1-2 LISCR                     
  [Randy Dukuly; Emmanuel Tarpeh, Prince Urey]
NPA Anchors               bye

Round 5 [Sep 8]
Group A
Watanga                   2-1 Small Town                
  [Ronaldo Dann, Geoffrey Smith; Sekou Kiasamba]
Jubilee                   1-3 Barrack Young Controllers 
  [Budu Harris; Trokon Myers, Yaya Bility, Fallah Sheriff]
MC Breweries              bye
Group B
Keitrace                  1-3 LPRC Oilers               
  [Kabineh Swaray; Stanley Whitfield, Randy Dukuly (2)]
Nimba United              1-0 NPA Anchors               
  [Darlington Philip]
LISCR                     bye

Halfway Tables:

Group A
 1.Barrack Young Controllers   4   3  0  1  11- 3   9
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
 2.MC Breweries                4   2  2  0   6- 4   8
 3.Jubilee FC                  4   1  2  1   3- 4   5
 4.Watanga FC                  4   1  2  1   4- 6   5
-----------------------------------------------------
 5.Small Town FC               4   0  0  4   3-10   0  [P]

Group B
 1.LISCR                       4   2  2  0   6- 3   8  [C]
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
 2.LPRC Oilers                 4   2  1  1   6- 3   7
 3.Nimba United                4   1  3  0   1- 0   6
 4.NPA Anchors FC              4   0  2  2   2- 5   2  [P]
-----------------------------------------------------
 5.Keitrace FC                 4   0  2  2   3- 7   2

Round 6 [Sep 16]
Group A
Jubilee                   1-0 MC Breweries              
  [Edward Selebah]
Barrack Young Controllers 0-0 Small Town                
Watanga                   bye
Group B
Keitrace                  0-1 Nimba United              
  [Harris Ronal]
LISCR                     0-2 LPRC Oilers               
  [Randy Dukuly 25, Ashley Williams 90og]
NPA Anchors               bye

Round 7 [Sep 23]
Group A
Watanga                   1-0 Jubilee                   
  [Farsedu Logan]
MC Breweries              1-1 Barrack Young Controllers 
  [Prince Kennedy; Kelvin Potis]
Small Town                bye
Group B
NPA Anchors               2-0 Keitrace                  
  [Abraham Barshall, George Dauda]
LISCR                     2-3 Nimba United              
  [Alloy Brown (2); Harris Ronal (2), Nyumah Fayiah]
LPRC Oilers               bye

Round 8 [Sep 26]
Group A
Small Town                0-1 Jubilee                   
  [Zackie Bannie]
MC Breweries              0-2 Watanga                   
  [Kelvin Kollie (2)]
Barrack Young Controllers bye
Group B
NPA Anchors               1-2 LISCR                     
  [Myers Galo; Varney Sando, Sam Kollie]
Nimba United              0-1 LPRC Oilers               
  [Dominic Jarteh]
Keitrace                  bye

Round 9 [Oct 2]
Group A
MC Breweries              1-2 Small Town                
Watanga                   0-7 Barrack Young Controllers 
Jubilee                   bye
Group B
LISCR                     0-0 Keitrace                  
LPRC Oilers               2-1 NPA Anchors               
Nimba United              bye

Round 10 [Oct 8]
Group A
Small Town                2-4 Watanga                   
Barrack Young Controllers 2-1 Jubilee                   
MC Breweries              bye
Group B
NPA Anchors               0-2 Nimba United              
LPRC Oilers               1-1 Keitrace                  
LISCR                     bye

Final Tables:

Group A
 1.Barrack Young Controllers   8   5  2  1  21- 5  17       Final
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
 2.Watanga FC                  8   4  2  2  11-15  14
 3.Jubilee FC                  8   3  2  3   6- 7  11
 4.MC Breweries                8   2  3  3   8-10   9
 5.Small Town FC               8   1  1  6   7-16   4  [P]

Group B
 1.LPRC Oilers                 8   5  2  1  12- 5  17       Final
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
 2.Nimba United                8   4  3  1   7- 3  15
 3.LISCR                       8   3  3  2  10- 9  12  [C]
 4.NPA Anchors FC              8   1  2  5   6-11   5  [P]
 5.Keitrace FC                 8   0  4  4   4-11   4

NB: both FC Fassell and promoted side Nimba FC withdrew three days before the
    start of the league, apparently due to financial problems; as both originally 
    had been drawn in group A, Jubilee FC were moved from group B to group A

NB: no clubs were promoted or relegated while FC Fassell and Nimba FC were readmitted for the
    2019 season which is to start on Feb 27

Championship Final

[Oct 17, Antoinette Tubman Stadium, Monrovia]
Barrack Young Controllers 2-2 LPRC Oilers               [aet, 4-2 pen]
  [William Freeman 3, Mustapha Lomell 59; Ebenezer Solo 24pen, Augustine Otu 40]

Topscorer:
 9 Trokon Myers (BYC)

Cup Tournaments 2018

LFA Cup 2018

Quarterfinals
[Sep 29]
NPA Anchors               0-0 FC BEA Mountain           [aet, 3-1 pen]
LISCR                     2-1 Watanga                   
Barrack Young Controllers 3-0 Paynesville FC            
[Sep 30]
MC Breweries              2-0 Nimba Kwado               

Semifinals [Oct 5]
Barrack Young Controllers 4-2 NPA Anchors               [aet]
LISCR                     2-0 MC Breweries              

Final [Oct 19, The Antoinette Tubman Stadium, Monrovia]
Barrack Young Controllers 4-0 LISCR                     
  [David Tweh 28, Trokon Myers 34, 74, Mustapha Lomell 50]

Super Cup

Final [Feb 24, 2019]
Barrack Young Controllers 2-1 LISCR                     


Second Division

[Oct 26]
Invincible Eleven         2-1 BYC II
Bea Mountain              6-0 Mighty Barolle
Tony FC                   0-0 Nimba Kwado      
Mighty Blue Angels        0-5 Gardnerville FC
[Oct 31]
Freeport FC                -  Srimex FC  
[Nov 2]
Mighty Barolle             -  PAGS FC
Tony FC                   lt  Bristol FC 
[Nov 3]
Freeport FC               3-2 Invincible Eleven
 
Top Final Tables:
Group A
 1.Bea Mountain                                    21
 
Groupe B
 1.Nimba Kwado                                     23
 2.Tony FC                                         23
 
Final [Nov 6,7]
Bea Mountain              0-0 Nimba Kwado               [aet, 4-2 pen] 
  [match abandoned at 0-0 after 90' due to fading light on Nov 6;
   extra time and penalty shootout played Nov 7]       

Third Division

NB: played at county level with subsequent playoffs; there are
    15 county leagues: Bomi, Bong, Gbarpolu, Grand Bassa, Grand Cape Mount,
                       Grand Gedeh, Grand Kru, Lofa, Margibi, Maryland,
                       Montserrado, Nimba, River Gee, Rivercess, Sinoe.

Playoffs 2018/19

Regional Playoff (Bomi, Grand Cape Mount, Gbarpolu, Montserrado)

NB: Gbarpolu representatives did not enter

Participants:
Montserrado: Samira FC, Muscat FC, Pepper
             Freeport FC, Page FC, Jr. Pro FC 
Bomi: Junior Barcelona
Grand Cape Mount: Medina FC
 
NB: played in two groups, top-2 of each qualifying for National Playoff

Round 1 [Feb 15, 2019]
Muscat FC                  -  Pepper FC
Samira FC                  -  Junior Barcelona  


National Playoff

 1.Muscat FC [Montserrado]
 2.Heaven Eleven [Nimba]
 3.VISA FC [Nimba]

NB: apparently Samira FC promoted instead of VISA FC


National County Meet 2017/18

NB: start originally planned for Dec 2, 2017 but tournament only started end March 2018.

Round 1 [Mar 31,Apr 1]  
Bong                      2-1 Lofa
Nimba                     1-0 Grand Gedeh
Sinoe                     0-1 Grand Kru
Maryland                  0-0 River Gee
Montserrado               0-0 Margibi    
Grand Bassa               1-0 River Cess
Grand Cape Mount          2-0 Gbarpolu
 
Round 2 [Apr ?]
Grand Bassa               0-0 Margibi
River Cess                1-2 Montserrado
 
Round 3 [Apr 6]
Bong                      0-0 Nimba
Grand Gedeh               2-1 Lofa
Sinoe                     2-0 Maryland
River Gee                 1-0 Grand Kru 
Montserrado               0-0 Grand Bassa
Margibi                   2-1 River Cess
 
Final Tables:
 
Group A 
 1.Sinoe                       3   2  0  1   4- 2   6  Quarterfinals
 2.River Gee                   3   1  1  1   2- 2   4  Quarterfinals
 3.Grand Kru                   3   1  1  1   2- 2   4
 4.Maryland                    3   0  2  1   1- 3   2 
 
Group B
 1.Nimba                       3   2  1  0   4- 0   7  Quarterfinals
 2.Bong                        3   1  2  0   2- 1   5  Quarterfinals
 3.Grand Gedeh                 3   1  1  1   2- 2   4
 4.Lofa                        3   0  0  3   2- 7   0 
 
Group C
 1.Montserrado                 3   1  2  0   2- 1   5  Quarterfinals
 2.Margibi                     3   1  2  0   2- 1   5  Quarterfinals
 3.Grand Bassa                 3   1  2  0   1- 0   5    
 4.River Cess                  3   0  0  3   2- 5   0
 
Group D
 1.Bomi                        2   2  0  0   5- 2   6  Quarterfinals
 2.Grand Cape Mount            2   1  0  1   2- 2   3  Quarterfinals
 3.Gbarpolu                    2   0  0  2   2- 5   0    
 
Quarterfinals
Bong                      5-0 Bomi  
Nimba                     1-0 Grand Cape Mount
Montserrado               bt  River Gee or Sinoe
Margibi                   bt  Sinoe or River Gee 
 
Semifinals 
Bong                      1-1 Nimba                     [aet, 4-1 pen] 
Montserrado               1-1 Margibi                   [aet, Montserrado on pen]
 
Final 
Montserrado               2-0 Bong


2016/17

2019

list of champions

list of cup winners


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Authors: Karel Stokkermans and Hans Schöggl
Last updated: 16 Mar 2022

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