The Ceredigion League (known as ''The Costcutter Ceredigion League'' for sponsorship purposes) is a

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league for the county of

Ceredigion Ceredigion ( , , ) is a county in the west of Wales, corresponding to the historic county of Cardiganshire. During the second half of the first millennium Ceredigion was a minor kingdom. It has been administered as a county since 1282. Cere ...

. It is at the fifth level of the

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. It was founded in 1921 as the Cardiganshire League in

Lampeter Lampeter (; cy, Llanbedr Pont Steffan (formal); ''Llambed'' (colloquial)) is a town, community and electoral ward in Ceredigion, Wales, at the confluence of the Afon Dulas with the River Teifi. It is the third largest urban area in Ceredigion, ...

. The ten founding teams were

Aberaeron Aberaeron, previously anglicised as Aberayron, is a town, community, and electoral ward between Aberystwyth and Cardigan, in Ceredigion, Wales. Ceredigion County Council offices are in Aberaeron. The name of the town is Welsh for ''mouth of the ...

, Aberystwyth Battery, Conservative FC, College Reserves, Drefach, Lampeter, Llanybydder,

Newcastle Emlyn Newcastle Emlyn ( cy, Castellnewydd Emlyn) is a town on the River Teifi, straddling the counties of Ceredigion and Carmarthenshire in West Wales. It is also a community entirely within Carmarthenshire, bordered by those of Llangeler and Cenarth ...

, Padarn United and Parish Hall United. Newcastle Emlyn withdrew from the league without playing games.

Member clubs for 2022–23 season

First Division

*Bargod Rangers *Cardigan Town *Crannog *Crymych *Dewi Stars *Felinfach *Ffostrasol Wanderers *Llanboidy *Llandysul *Llechryd *St Dogmaels

Second Division

*Aberporth *Aberaeron reserves *Crannog reserves *Ffostrasol Wanderers reserves *Lampeter Town *Maesglas *New Quay *Pencader United *St Dogmaels reserves

Third Division

*Bargod Rangers reserves *Crymych reserves *Felinfach reserves *Llanboidy reserves *Llandysul reserves *Llechryd reserves *Maesglas reserves

First Division champions

Information provided from league website Those years empty are not known.

1920s

*1921–22: Llandysul *1922–23: North: Parish Hall United; South: Llandysul *1923–24: *1924–25: Bargod Rangers *1925–26: Bargod Rangers *1926–27: Llanbydder *1927–28: *1928–29: *1929–30:

1930s

*1930–31:

*1931–32: Bargod Rangers *1932–33: Aberaeron Town *1933–34: *1934–35: *1935–36: *1936–37: *1937–38: *1938–39:

1940s

*1946–47: Bargod Rangers *1947–48:

*1948–49: Llandysul *1949–50: Cilgerran

1950s

*1950–51: ''uncompleted'' *1951–52: Llanybydder *1952–53: Aberaeron Town *1953–54: Aberaeron Town *1954–55: Bargod Rangers *1955–56: Aberaeron Town *1956–57:

*1957–58: Bargod Rangers *1958–59: Tregaron *1959–60: Aberaeron Town

1960s

*1960–61: St Dogmaels *1961–62: Bargod Rangers *1962–63: Beulah *1963–64: St David's College *1964–65: St Dogmaels *1965–66: St Dogmaels *1966–67: Bargod Rangers *1967–68: Ffostrasol Wanderers *1968–69: Cardigan Town *1989–70: Ffostrasol Wanderers

1970s

*1970–71: Ffostrasol Wanderers *1971–72: Ffostrasol Wanderers *1972–73: Bargod Rangers *1973–74: St Dogmaels *1974–75: Ffostrasol Wanderers *1975–76:

*1976–77: Ffostrasol Wanderers *1977–78:

*1978–79: Bargod Rangers *1979–80: Ffostrasol Wanderers

1980s

*1980–81: Bargod Rangers *1981–82:

*1982–83: Maesglas *1983–84:

*1984–85: Maesglas *1985–86:

*1986–87: Maesglas *1987–88:

*1988–89: Maesglas *1989–90:

1990s

*1990–91: Dewi Stars *1991–92: St Dogmaels *1992–93: St Dogmaels *1993–94: St Dogmaels *1994–95: St Dogmaels *1995–96: Cardigan Town *1996–97: St Dogmaels *1997–98: Dewi Stars *1998–99:

*1999–2000: Cardigan Town

2000s

*2000–01: Cardigan Town *2001–02:

*2002–03: Cardigan Town *2003–04: Crannog *2004–05: Lampeter Town *2005–06: Lampeter Town *2006–07: St Dogmaels *2007–08: Maesglas *2008–09: Lampeter Town *2009–10: Cardigan Town

2010s

*2010–11: New Quay *2011–12: New Quay *2012–13: New Quay *2013–14:

reserves *2014–15: Cardigan Town *2015–16: Cardigan Town *2016–17: St Dogmaels *2017–18: Lampeter Town *2018–19: St Dogmaels *2019–20: St Dogmaels

2020s

*2020–21: ''No competition'' *2021–22: St Dogmaels *2022–23:

Cup Competitions

Teams from the Ceredigion League can compete in 6 different cups; *Bay Cup - only 1st teams. *League Cup - only 1st teams and reserve sides that do not have their 1st teams participating in this league (Newcastle Emlyn III, Aberaeron Reserves). *Cwpan Ceredigion - same teams who participate in the League cup, with their equivalent from the Aberystwyth League. *Percy Eldridge Cup - only the reserve sides which have their 1st teams participating in the league (not Newcastle Emlyn III or Aberaeron Reserves). *South Cards Cup - all teams from Division 2 and the teams from the Reserve Cup which do not have their 1st teams in Division 2. *J.Emrys Morgan Cup - same teams who participate in the League Cup, with their equivalent from the Aberystwyth League, Montgomeryshire League and the Mid Wales South League.

References

External links

Ceredigion League: Official website
{{UEFA fifth level leagues Sport in Ceredigion 1921 establishments in Wales Sports leagues established in 1921

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