NB: semiprofessional league inaugurated in 2006
2006 PRK Souths United 2-0 Gelle Hills United
2007/08 Hekari Souths United 3-2 Gelle Hills United
2008/09 Hekari Souths United n/p CMSS Rapatona Tigers
2009/10 Hekari Souths United 5-0 Gigira Laitepo Morobe
2010/11 Hekari United 4-0 Eastern Stars
2011/12 Hekari United 3-0 Eastern Stars
2013 Hekari United 3-0 FC Port Moresby
2014 Hekari United abd Lae FC [abandoned at 3-0 in 70']
2015 Lae City Dwellers 5-1 Madang FC
2015/16 Lae City Dwellers 2-0 Hekari United
2017 Lae City Dwellers n/p Madang FC
2018 Toti City 3-0 Besta PNG United
2019 Toti City 0-0 Hekari United [aet, 5-4 pen]
2019/20 Lae City 1-0 Vitiaz United
2021 abandoned
2022 Lae City 1-1 Hekari United [aet, 5-3 pen]
2023 Hekari United 1-0 Lae City Dwellers
2024 Hekari United 2-1 Gulf Komara
NB: 2008/09 final not played, Hekari Souths United declared champions as best team regular season;
2017 final not played, Lae City Dwellers declared champions as best team regular season;
Number of Wins (17; runners-up finishes between square brackets)
10 [ 3] Hekari United [includes PRK/Hekari Souths United]
7 Lae City [includes Lae City Dwellers (pre-2017), Toti City]
[ 2] Eastern Stars
[ 2] Gelle Hills United
[ 2] Madang FC
[ 1] Besta PNG United
[ 1] Gigira Laitepo Morobe
[ 1] Gulf Komara
[ 1] Lae FC
[ 1] Lae City Dwellers [since 2021]
[ 1] FC Port Moresby
[ 1] CMSS Rapatona Tigers
[ 1] Vitiaz United
NB: semiprofessional league inaugurated in 2017 by the FFPNG, a rebel federation challenging the PNGFA;
discontinued after reunification in 2018.
2017 Hekari United 4-1 Papaka FC
2018 Erema 4-3 Welgris Morobe United [aet]
1976 Mopi (Lae) 1977 Germania FC (Port Moresby) 1978 Tarangau (Port Moresby) 1979 Tarangau (Port Morsby) 1980 no competition 1981 Mopi (Lae) 1982 Buresong (Lae) 7-3 Guria FC (Port Moresby) 1983 no competition 1984 Buresong (Lae) 1-0 Rapatona (Port Moresby) 1985 no competition 1986 Guria FC (Port Moresby) 1-1 PNG Def. Force (Port Moresby) [3-2 pen] 1987 Westpac FC (Port Moresby) 2-0 Guria FC (Port Moresby) 1988 Guria (Lahi) 1-0 Buresong (Lae) 1989 Guria FC (Port Moresby) 1-0 Buresong (Lae) 1990 Leipon Manus drw Morobe United (Lae) [Leipon on pen] 1991 not known 1992 Guria FC (Port Moresby) 0-0 PTC Isifone (Lae) [3-2 pen] 1993-94 not known 1995 ICF University (Port Moresby) 1996 ICF University (Port Moresby) 1-0 Telkom (Lae) 1997 ICF University (Port Moresby) 2-0 Babaka 1998 ICF University (Port Moresby) 1-0 Blue Kumuls (Lae) 1999 Guria (Lahi) 2-1 Rapatona (Port Moresby) 2000 Unitech (Lae) 3-2 Guria (Lahi) 2001 Sobou (Lahi) 3-1 ICF University (Port Moresby) 2002 Sobou (Lahi) 1-0 PS United (Port Moresby) 2003 Sobou (Lahi) 1-0 Unitech (Lahi) 2004 Sobou (Lahi) 2-0 HC West (Lae) 2005 Sobou (Lahi) 4-2 Cosmos (Port Moresby) 2006 University (Port Moresby) 0-0 Sobou (Lahi) [aet, 2-0 pen] 2007 national club championship cancelled 2008 Sunammad FC (Dami, Kimbe) 1-1 Poro FC 2009-18 not known 2019 Mungkas FC (Port Moresby) 1-0 City United FC (Lae) 2020 not held Number of Known Titles (27) 5 Sobou (Lahi) 4 ICF University (Port Moresby) [*] 3 Guria FC (Port Moresby) 2 Buresong (Lae) Guria (Lahi) Mopi (Lae) Tarangau (Port Moresby) 1 Germania FC (Port Moresby) Leipon Manus Mungkas FC (Port Moresby) Sunammad FC (Dami, Kimbe) Unitech (Lae) University (Port Moresby) Westpac FC (Port Moresby) [*] in total, University has won over 30 titles.
1977 Lae
1978 Lae and Port Moresby (shared)
1979 Port Moresby
1980 Port Moresby
1981 Lae
1982 no competition
1983 Lae
1984 Port Moresby 1-0 Rabaul
1985 Lae 5-3 Port Moresby [aet]
1986 Port Moresby 2-0 Lae
NB: Bougainville reported to have won 'national soccer championship'
'in the 1980s', presumably a district championship after 1986;
Boougainville won the New Guinea Islands Soccer Championship in 1977
Highlands Region
1999 not known
2000 Momads (Mt Hagen) bt Blue Kumuls (Mt Hagen)
2001 not known [venue: Kerowagi (second time)
2002 not known
2003 G Roots (Kainantu) 2-0 Crusaders (Kainantu)
2004 not known
2005 Momads (Mt Hagen) 3-1 Blue Kumuls (Mt Hagen)
NB: 2003 edition was the fifth
Port Moresby
1962-83 not known
1985 not known
1985 Guria
1986 Westpac FC - Guria
1987-88 not known
1989 Rapatona
1990-95 not known (Defence were promoted to top level in 1995)
1996 University
1997 not known
1998 University 2-1 Rapatona
1999 Defence 1-1 PS United [4-2 pen]
2000 PS United 1-0 Rapatona
2001 University 1-0 PS United
2002 University 3-1 Rapatona
2003 Cosmos 2-1 University
2004 Rapatona 1-0 PS Rutz
2005 PS Rutz 2-0 University
2006 University 0-0 Rapatona [4-2 pen]
2007 Souths United 2-1 University
2008 Maclaren awd Souths United
2009 season not completed
2010 University 2-0 Yamaros
2011 Vats Yamaros 0-0 POMSOE [4-3 pen]
2012 University 1-0 VAT Yamaros
2013 Momase 3-0 Maclaren
2014-15 not held
2016 Mungkas 1-0 Yamaros
2017 Mungkas 2-0 University Inter
2018 Mungkas Keleiruna
2019 PS Rutz University Inter
NB: Rapatona did not win between 1989 and 2004; PS Rutz/United had never
been in a grand final prior to 1998.
Lae
1985 Buresong
1986 Mopi
1987 Buresong
1988-95 not known
1996 Mopi
1997 not known
1998 Mopi 3-2 Bulolo United
1999 Bara 1-0 Buresong
2000 Poro SC 1-1 Blue Kumuls [4-3 pen]
2001 Blue Kumuls 2-1 Goro [aet]
2002 Tarangau SC 2-0 Poro SC
2003 Blue Kumuls - HC West
2004 HC West 2-1 Tarangau SC
2005 Blue Kumuls 2-1 HC West
2006 Cosmos 3-2 Poro SC
2007 HC West 2-0 Poro SC
2008-09 not known
2010 Poro SC
2011 not known
2012 Poro FC drw City United FC [4-2 pen]
2013 not known
2014 Poro FC
NB: Blue Kumuls won 9 championships in total
Lahi
1996 Sobou - Elcom
1997 Guria bt Sobou
1998 Sobou 4-2 Guria
1999 Sobou 1-1 Guria [5-4 pen]
2000 Sobou 1-0 Unitech
2001 Unitech 2-0 Sobou
2002 Sobou w/o Unitech
2003 Unitech 2-0 Sobou
2004 Sobou 3-0 Bismarck
2005 Unitech 4-2 Sobou
2006 league suspended; title won by Sobou?
2007 Sobou 2-1 Sogeram
2008 Unitech 2-1 Sobou
NB: Sobou won 11 championships up to and including 2004 and played all
finals 1993-2005. Their 2007 win was reportedly their 9th
successive premiership but that must be incorrect.
Goroka
1985 Guria
1986 Rapatona
1987-95 not known
1996 Murat
1997 Telikom - Guria
1998 Guria 1-0 Murat
1999-01 not known
2002 Guria - Murat
2003 Blue Kumuls - PNG Power
2004 Crossroads 3-0 Blue Kumuls
2005 Blue Kumuls 3-2 Chauka
2006 not knonn
2007 Guria 1-1 Blue Kumuls [6-5 pen]
Mount Hagen
1986 Konotka
1987-95 not known
1996 Blue Kumuls
1997 Blue Kumuls (?)
1998-00 not known
2001 Momads bt Blue Kumuls
2002 Momads bt Tarangau
2003 Tarangau - Royals
Wau
NB: an organised soccer competition was started in the gold fields
of Wau/Bulolo by the indigenous goldminers; this competition was
called the Wau Kik, which is often referred to nowadays as Wau/Bulolo,
or 1946 Kik.
1996 St Francis
1997 not known
1998 Kaindi 2-1 St Francis [asdet]
1999-01 not known
2002 Kaindi
2003 Kaindi 5-1 Wau United
2004 7 Homes 3-1 Kaindi
2005 Zairas 3-2 Pascols
2006 Zairas 1-1 Kaindi [aet, 5-4 pen]
2007 Affiang w/o [both semifinalists disqualified]
2008 not known
2009 Zairas 1-0 Pascols
2010 Pascols 3-1 Tribes FC
Wabag
1997 Kaupa (?)
1998 Elcom 3-1 Blue Kumuls
1999 Elcom (?)
2000-02 not known
2003 Blue Kumuls
Kimbe
1999 Rapatona (?)
2000 Rapatona - Leki
2001 South Coast bt Rapatona
2002 South Coast 3-2 Hobe West [asdet]
2003-04 not known
2005 South Coast bt Saints
Madang
1995 Yabong Blues
1996 Newtown
1997-99 not known
2000 Brothers 1-0 Royals
2001 Newtown bt Brothers
2002 Newtown - Mimlon
2003 Royals - Momase
2004 Airlink 2-1 Yabong Blues
2005 Newtown 2-0 Nabasa
2006 Momase 3-1 Yabong Blues
2007 not known
2008 Nabasa FC
2009 Nabasa FC 1-1 Yabong Blues [aet, 4-2 pen]
2010-17 not known
2018 Tusbab Blue Kumuls 1-0 Wagsford [aet]
2019 Tusbab Blue Kumuls 3-2 Pendamon
Manus
1985 Menuei 3-1 MSC Wings
1986 Menuei Wings
1987-98 not known
1999 Rela (?)
2000 Seeadler - Kelpiro
2001 not known
2002 Mokoreng - Seeadler
Toniva
2018 KSK FC 1-1 Normal SC [KSK on pen]
East New Britain
2000 United 1-0 South Coast
2001 South Coast 2-1 Vunapope United
2002 Drifers bt South Coast
2003 Mungkas - Vunapope United
2011 Blue Kumuls 4-3 SN Babu
Bougainville
2003 Bobake 2-1 Sobou (Buka)
2004 not known
2005 Kuaku Eagles
2006 Pinkers Raiders 1-1 Kuaku Eagles
2007 not known
2008 Panguna Metals FC
2009 Panguna Metals FC
2010 Panguna Metals FC
2011 Panguna Metals FC
2012 Panguna Metals FC
2013 Panguna Metals FC
2014 Panguna Metals FC
2015 Panguna Metals FC
2016 Poraka FC 2-1 Extreme FC
2017 Extreme FC 3-1 Poraka FC
2018 Panguna Metals FC 3-0 Extract FC
2019 not known (final: Extreme FC vs. Poraka FC)
2020-21 not known
2022 not known (Extract FC reached grand final)
2023 Extreme FC 1-1 Bougainville United [9-8 pen]
2024 Bougainville United 1-1 Extreme FC [Bougainville on pen]
NB: Bougainville intends to declare its independence in September 2027
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