The 2023–24 Cymru Premier (; known as the JD Cymru Premier for sponsorship reasons) was the 32nd season of the

Cymru Premier 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 ...

(formerly known as the Welsh Premier League), the highest

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league within

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since its establishment in 1992. The winners ( The New Saints, their third consecutive title win and sixteenth overall) qualified for the 2024–25 Champions League first qualifying round. The runners-up ( Connah's Quay Nomads), third-placed team ( Bala Town), and play-off winners ( Caernarfon Town) qualified for the 2024–25 Conference League first qualifying round. The bottom two teams (

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and Pontypridd United) were relegated to either the 2024–25

Cymru North The Cymru North is a regional association football, football league in Wales, covering the northern half of the country. It initially had clubs with semi-professional status. Together with the Cymru South, it forms the second tier of the Welsh fo ...

or the 2024–25

Cymru South The Cymru South is a regional association football, football league in Wales, covering the southern half of the country. It initially had clubs with semi-professional status. Together with the Cymru North, it forms the second tier of the Welsh fo ...

Teams

The league consisted of twelve teams; the top ten teams from the previous season, and one team each promoted from the second-tier leagues, the

and

. The New Saints entered the season as defending champions (for the second consecutive season). The two promoted sides were

(winners of the 2022–23 Cymru North) and Barry Town United (winners of the

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). Barry Town United were promoted back to the top tier on the first time of asking following their relegation in the 2021–22 season, while Colwyn Bay were promoted to the top tier of Welsh football for the first time since switching from the

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in 2018–19. The bottom two teams from the 2022–23 season ( Airbus UK Broughton and Flint Town United) were both relegated to the

for the 2023–24 season. Flint Town United's relegation was only confirmed on the final day of the previous season, where a dramatic victory for Aberystwyth Town, combined with Flint's defeat to Pontypridd United, saw the Silkmen drop into the relegation zone. Haverfordwest County came close to being relegated following their failure to achieve a Tier One license at the first time of asking, but their appeal was successful, ensuring their stay in the league.

Stadia and locations

Personnel and kits

Managerial changes

League table

Results

Matches 1–22

Teams played each other twice, once at home and once away.

Matches 23–32

After 22 matches, the league split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six). Each team plays every other team in their group twice (once at home and once away).

Top six

Bottom six

Conference League play-off

Teams placed 3rd–7th will enter one-off play-off matches for the third spot in the Conference League first qualifying round. The higher-placed team gains home advantage. Since the 2023–24 Welsh Cup winners finished in the top three, the 3rd-placed team qualified automatically for the Conference League and the spot was vacated.

Semi-finals

Final

Season statistics

Top scorers

Hat-tricks

;Notes (H) – Home team
(A) – Away team

Monthly awards

Annual awards

Attendances

Figures taken from FAW Cymru Football app and other club channels. Correct as of 22 April 2024. ''*Denotes incomplete record, as missing attendance figures. Figures for Penybont v Caernarfon (16/9), Pontypridd v Bala (16/9), Bala v Aberystwyth (27/9), Penybont v TNS (7/10), Penybont v Aberystwyth (27/10) and Cardiff Met v Connah's Quay (6/4) have not been publicly recorded. Average attendances for these teams are calculated on basis of available attendance data divided by total number of home games played''

References

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