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]
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 (15; runners-up finishes between square brackets)
8 [ 3] Hekari United [includes PRK/Hekari Souths United]
7 Lae City [includes Lae City Dwellers, Toti City]
[ 2] Eastern Stars
[ 2] Gelle Hills United
[ 2] Madang FC
[ 1] Besta PNG United
[ 1] Gigira Laitepo Morobe
[ 1] Lae FC
[ 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
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
1962-84 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
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 [aet, 3-2 pen]
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