The 2019 Fiji Premier League was the 43rd season of the
Fiji Premier League
The Fiji Premier League or the FPL, also called Digicel Premier League for sponsorship reasons, is the top division men's professional football league in Fiji. Contested by eight teams, it shares a promotion and relegation system with the Fiji S ...
(Vodafone Premier League for sponsorship reasons), the top-tier
football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...
league in
Fiji
Fiji ( , ,; fj, Viti, ; Fiji Hindi: फ़िजी, ''Fijī''), officially the Republic of Fiji, is an island country in Melanesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean. It lies about north-northeast of New Zealand. Fiji consists ...
organized by the
Fiji Football Association
The Fiji Football Association is the governing body of football in Fiji. It came into existence in 1961. It is the overseeing body of the Fiji National Team and its leagues.
History
Football started to be played in Fiji ever since the arrival o ...
since its establishment in 1977. It started on 19 January 2019.
Lautoka
Lautoka () is the second largest Local government in Fiji, city in Fiji. It is on the west coast of the island of Viti Levu, in the Ba Province of the Western Division, Fiji, Western Division. Lying in the heart of Fiji's sugar cane-growing r ...
are the defending champions.
Team changes
To Fiji Premier League
Promoted from
2018 Vodafone Senior League
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Nasinu
Nasinu () is an urban area on the island Viti Levu in Fiji. It is officially designated a "Town" (and was formally incorporated as such in 1999) despite having a population larger than Suva City (92,043 at the 2017 Census). Nasinu is the most pop ...
From Fiji Premier League
Relegated to
2019 Vodafone Senior League
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Dreketi
Teams
A total of eight teams compete in the league.
Stadiums and locations
League table
Results
Top scorers
See also
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2019 Vodafone Senior League
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2019 Inter-District Championship
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2019 Inter-District Championship - Senior Division
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2019 Fiji Battle of the Giants
The 2019 Battle of the Giants is the 41st season of Battle of the Giants a football competition held every year, under the auspices of the Fiji Football Association in which the top district teams take part.
The competition, which started in 19 ...
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2019 Fiji Football Association Cup Tournament
References
External links
RSSSF
Fiji Premier League seasons
Fiji
Fiji ( , ,; fj, Viti, ; Fiji Hindi: फ़िजी, ''Fijī''), officially the Republic of Fiji, is an island country in Melanesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean. It lies about north-northeast of New Zealand. Fiji consists ...
Premier League
The Premier League (legal name: The Football Association Premier League Limited) is the highest level of the men's English football league system. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the English Foo ...
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