The 2011–12 Welsh Premier League season was the 20th season of the
Welsh Premier League
The Cymru Premier, known as the JD Cymru Premier for sponsorship reasons, is the national football league of Wales. It has both professional and semi-professional status clubs and is at the top of the Welsh football league system. It was found ...
, the highest
football
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league of
Wales
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since its establishment in 1992.
Bangor City
Bangor City Football Club () was a Welsh football club from the City of Bangor, Gwynedd.
Founded in 1876, Bangor City have been founder members of the North Wales Coast League, the Welsh National League, the North Wales Combination, the W ...
were the defending champions, but lost their title to
The New Saints
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in a meeting on the final game of the season.
Teams
Haverfordwest County were relegated to the 2011–12
Football League Division One
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at the end of the
2010–11 season after finishing at the bottom of the table. The club thus ended a fourteen-year tenure in the league. They were replaced by
2010–11 Football League runners-up
Afan Lido
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, who returned to the Premier League after six seasons.
Originally,
Bala Town
Bala Town Football Club () is a Welsh professional football club from Bala, Gwynedd, who play in the . They play their home games at Maes Tegid.
History
For a full history see; '' List of Bala Town FC seasons''
Although the current Bala Tow ...
as 11th-placed team were going to be relegated as well; however, they were eventually spared as
2010–11 Cymru Alliance champions
Connah's Quay Nomads were denied a Premier League licence.
Stadia and location
League table
Results
Teams played each other twice on a home and away basis, before the league was split into two groups at the end of round 22 – the top six and the bottom six.
Clubs in these groups played each other twice again bringing the total fixture count to 32.
Matches 1–22
Matches 23–32
Top six
Bottom six
UEFA Europa League play-offs
Teams who finished in positions fourth through eighth at the end of the season participated in a play-off to determine the second participant for the
2012–13 UEFA Europa League
The 2012–13 UEFA Europa League was the 42nd season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 4th season since it was renamed from the UEFA Cup to the UEFA Europa League.
The final was played at the Amsterdam Are ...
. As Neath failed to win their appeal against an FAW Domestic licence, Aberystwyth Town took their place (See
Relegation Section)
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
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Final
Top goalscorers
References
External links
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