South Sudan - List of Champions and Cup Winners

In Southern Sudan, the growth of football was linked with Christian missionaries who entered South Sudan in the early 1900s following the destruction of the Mahdist regime.
Football was played at the Church Missionary Society's first Southern mission site at Malek and at Yei, where African and non-African participants competed. The Nugent missionary school in Loka dominated football in the region during the colonial years; a team from the Nugent School travelled to Juba in 1937, defeating a "United Juba team" 2-0. In 1945 the Nugent School remained unbeaten in matches against Yei Town, Church Missionary Society (CMS) Yei, R.A.F., and Juba (three times) before reaching the 1949 final for the Governor's Cup.

List of Champions

Year    Winners                      Runners-Up
2011/12 Al-Salam (Wau)  
2013    Atlabara FC (Juba)
2014    Al-Malakia FC (Juba) 
2015    Atlabara FC (Juba)       3-1 Al-Ghazal FC (Wau)
2016      not held
2017    Al-Salam (Wau)           2-1 Kator FC (Juba)  
2018    Al-Hilal FC (Wau)        1-1 Al-Merikh FC (Juba)      [6-5 pen]
2019    Atlabara FC (Juba)           Al-Hilal FC (Wau)
2020      not held
2021      not held
2022      not held
2023    Salaam FC (Bor)              El-Merriekh FC (Bentiu)  
2024    El-Merriekh FC (Bentiu)  

Number of Titles (9)

 3 Atlabara FC (Juba)

 2 Al-Salam (Wau)        [2011/12 edition may not have been official]

 1 Al-Hilal FC (Wau)
   Al-Malakia FC (Juba)
   El-Merriekh FC (Bentiu)  
   Salaam FC (Bor)

South Sudan Cup

2012    El-Nasir FC (Juba)       2-1 El-Meriekh (Renk)
2013    Al-Malakia FC (Juba)     2-0 Salam FC (Aweil)
2014    Al-Malakia FC (Juba)     1-0 Al-Ghazal FC (Wau)
2015    Atlabara FC (Juba)       1-0 Al-Hilal FC (Wau)
2016    Al-Salam (Wau)           3-0 Young Stars (Torit)
2017    Al-Salam (Wau)           2-2 Al-Hilal (Juba)          [5-4 pen]
2018    Al-Merikh FC (Juba)      2-0 Al-Ghazal FC (Wau)
2019    Amarat United FC (Juba) 12-0 Jil Salam FC (Malakal)  
2020    Al-Rabita FC (Juba)      2-0 Nile City FC (Yambio)  
2021    Atlabara FC (Juba)       2-0 Salam FC (Kuajok)
2022    Al-Hilal FC (Wau)        2-0 Zalan FC (Rumbek)
2023    Al-Merikh FC (Juba)      2-0 Nujum al-Souma (Renk)     
2024    Jamus FC (Juba)          1-1 El-Merreikh FC (Bentiu)  [4-2 pen]

NB: the 2012 edition was the first

Number of Wins (13; lost finals between square brackets)

 2      Atlabara FC (Juba) 
 2      Al-Salam (Wau)
 2      Al-Malakia FC (Juba)
 2      Al-Merikh FC (Juba)

 1 [ 1] Al-Hilal FC (Wau)
 1      Amarat United FC (Juba) 
 1      Jamus FC (Juba) 
 1      El-Nasir FC (Juba)
 1      Al-Rabita FC (Juba)  

   [ 2] Al-Ghazal FC (Wau)
   [ 1] Al-Hilal (Juba)
   [ 1] Jil Salam FC (Malakal)
   [ 1] El-Merreikh FC (Bentiu)
   [ 1] El-Meriekh (Renk)
   [ 1] Nile City FC (Yambio)
   [ 1] Nujum al-Souma (Renk) 
   [ 1] Salam FC (Aweil)
   [ 1] Salam FC (Kuajok)
   [ 1] Young Stars (Torit)
   [ 1] Zalan FC (Rumbek)

South Sudan Super Cup

2022    Zalan FC (Rumbek)        0-0 Al-Hilal FC (Wau)        [4-3 pen]
2023    Salaam FC (Bor)          2-1 Al-Merikh FC (Juba) 

NB: the 2022 edition reportedly was the first; however, already in January 2015 a
    Super Cup match was announced and described as the second edition at the time

Number of League-and-Cup Doubles (3)

 1 Atlabara FC (Juba)        [2015]
 1 Al-Malakia FC (Juba)      [2014]
 1 Al-Salam (Wau)            [2017]

Independence Cup

2011    Al-Malakia FC (Juba)     1-1 Atlabara FC (Juba)       [aet, Malakia on pen]
2013    Al-Malakia FC (Juba)     1-0 Atlabara FC (Juba)

MTN Cup

NB: entrants determined by public vote

2015    Al-Malakia FC (Juba)     1-1 Atlabara FC (Juba)       [5-4 pen]

South Sudan - List of Regional Champions

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Source for introduction: [Tou 18]

Prepared and maintained by Hans Schöggl for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Author: Hans Schöggl
Last updated: 24 May 2024