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{{Short description|Association football league in Wales}}
{{About||the feeder to the Cymru Premier|Welsh Football League|the rugby union league|Welsh Premier Division|women's football league|Adran Premier}}
{{EngvarB|date=April 2018}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2018}}
{{Infobox football league
| logo            = JD Cymru Premier - Patch Lockup Logo.png
| pixels          = 250
| country         = {{WAL}} 
| other countries = {{ENG}} (1 team)
| confed          = [[UEFA]]
| founded         = 1992
| folded          = 
| teams           = 12<br>16 (In 2026-27)
| relegation      = [[Cymru North]]<br>[[Cymru South]]
| levels          = [[Welsh football league system|1]]
| domest_cup      = [[Welsh Cup]]
| league_cup      = [[Welsh League Cup]]
| confed_cup      = 
{{Plainlist|
* [[UEFA Champions League]]
* [[UEFA Conference League]]
}} 
| champions       = {{flagicon|ENG}} [[The New Saints F.C.|The New Saints]] (17th title)
| season          = [[2024–25 Cymru Premier|2024–25]]
| most successful club = {{flagicon|ENG}} The New Saints <br />(17 titles)
| most_appearances = Chris Venables (537)
| top_goalscorer = [[Marc Lloyd Williams]] (319)
| website         = {{URL|cymrufootball.wales}}
| current         = [[2025–26 Cymru Premier]]
}}
The '''Cymru Premier''', known as the '''JD Cymru Premier''' for sponsorship reasons, is the national [[association football|football]] league of [[Wales]]. It has both [[Professional Sports|professional]] and [[semi-professional]] status clubs and is at the top of the [[Welsh football league system]]. It was founded in 1992, as the first league representing all of Wales. Prior to 2002, the league was known as the '''League of Wales''' (LoW), but changed its name as part of a sponsorship deal to the '''Welsh Premier League'''.  The league was rebranded as the '''Cymru Premier''' for the 2019–20 season.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.faw.cymru/en/news/new-identity-tiers-1-2/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200510055436/https://www.faw.cymru/en/news/new-identity-tiers-1-2/ | url-status=dead | archive-date=10 May 2020 | title=FAW / New identity for Tiers 1 & 2 }}</ref> Though formed relatively recently, the league contains some of the [[List of Cymru Premier clubs|oldest clubs]] in world football.  Eleven current or former members of the league were founded in the 1870s or 1880s, with many more formed before the end of the 19th century. The vast majority of its clubs are still owned and run by the local community or by people from the area.{{cn|date=December 2024}} 

It operates on a [[promotion and relegation]] system with Tier 2 of the [[Welsh football league system]], the [[Cymru North]] and [[Cymru South]] leagues.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-07-24 |title=FAW announce formation of JD Cymru Leagues - Y Clwb Pêl-droed |url=https://clwbpeldroed.org/2019/07/24/jd-cymru-leagues-football-association-wales/ |access-date=2024-09-04 |language=en-GB}}</ref> The Cymru Premier League is currently contested by 12 teams, with each team playing each other home and away during the first phase. At the end of this period the league splits into two divisions, with the top 6 teams going on to the Championship Conference, and the bottom 6 teams into the Play-Off Conference. Each team playing each other a further two times, home and away, with the champion being decide by the team with the most points in the Championship Conference, and the lowest two teams in Play-Off Conference relegated. Seasons usually run from August to May, with each team playing 32 matches in total. It is due to expand to 16 teams in 2026-27 and with a changed format.

Cymru Premier is currently ranked 49th in the [[UEFA coefficient]]s based on the performances by teams in European competition over the past 5 years, giving 4 of its teams opportunities in [[European football]] qualifiers.

The current champions are [[The New Saints F.C.|TNS]] who won the league for the 17th time in the [[2024–25 Cymru Premier|2024–25 season]]. Seven teams have won the competition since its inception: [[The New Saints F.C.|TNS]] (17), [[Barry Town United F.C.|Barry Town]] (7), [[Bangor City F.C.|Bangor City]] (3), [[Connah's Quay Nomads F.C.|Connah's Quay Nomads]] (2), [[Rhyl F.C.|Rhyl]] (2), [[Llanelli Town A.F.C.|Llanelli]] (1) and [[Cwmbrân Town A.F.C.|Cwmbran Town]] (1). As of the [[2024–25 Cymru Premier|2024-25]] season 42 clubs have participated in Wales' top flight league.

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==Formation==
{{Main|1992–93 League of Wales}}

=== Original League ===
The league was formed in October 1991 by [[Alun Evans (FAW)|Alun Evans]], [[Secretary General]] of the [[Football Association of Wales]] (FAW), as he believed that the [[Wales national football team|Welsh international football team]] was under threat from [[FIFA]]. The FAW, along with the other three [[home nations]]' associations ([[The Football Association]], [[Irish Football Association]] and [[Scottish Football Association]]), had a permanent seat on the [[International Football Association Board]] (IFAB) and it was thought that many FIFA members were resentful of this and pressing for the four unions to unite into one combined side for the whole of the United Kingdom.

The new league was formed for the 1992–93 season, and officially launched on 15 August 1992.<ref>[http://www.s4c.co.uk/sgorio/e_/2012/teithior-tymhorau-199293/ S4C: A season in brief: 1992/93] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140306095400/http://www.s4c.co.uk/sgorio/e_/2012/teithior-tymhorau-199293/ |date=6 March 2014 }}. Retrieved 6 March 2014</ref> At the time, despite the FAW being a FIFA and [[UEFA]] member it had not previously organised a national league, only the [[Welsh Cup]]. 

On its formation the league consisted of a number of teams previously playing in regional leagues across Wales, plus a small number of clubs that had been playing in the English league system. Because of historically poor north–south transport links through mountainous mid-Wales (although these have improved in the post [[World War II]] years), it was sometimes easier for Welsh clubs to travel east–west to play football, so some Welsh clubs looked east to England for competitors. Teams in Wales that had played in the English leagues included [[Aberdare Athletic F.C.|Aberdare Athletic]], [[Cardiff City F.C.|Cardiff City]], [[Merthyr Town F.C. (2010)|Merthyr Town]], [[Newport County A.F.C.|Newport County]], [[Swansea City A.F.C.|Swansea City]] and [[Wrexham A.F.C.|Wrexham]]. Many semi-professional sides in Wales also played in both the Welsh and [[English football league system]] at different points in their history; [[Bangor City F.C.|Bangor City]] were founder members of the North Wales Coast League in 1893 and the Welsh National League in 1921, before the Alliance Premier League (now the [[National League (English football)|National League]]) in 1979 and reached the [[FA Trophy]] final in 1984. They transferred back once again to the Welsh system and the new League of Wales in 1992.

While the league itself is relatively young, many of its clubs are among the oldest in the world, having played in North, Mid and South Wales regional leagues since the 19th century. A number of the current members of the league are over 100 years older than the league itself. Many more of the leagues clubs current and ex-clubs were formed before 1900. The current oldest member is [[Newtown A.F.C.|Newtown]], formed in 1875.

=== Further recruitment ===
The formation of the League of Wales saw the start of a bitter dispute between the [[Football Association of Wales]] (FAW) and those [[Non-League football|non-League]] clubs who wanted to remain part of the [[English football league system|English football pyramid]]. The 'Irate Eight', as they were dubbed, consisted of [[Bangor City F.C.|Bangor City]], [[Barry Town United F.C.|Barry Town]], [[Caernarfon Town F.C.|Caernarfon Town]], [[Colwyn Bay F.C.|Colwyn Bay]], [[Merthyr Tydfil F.C.|Merthyr Tydfil]], [[Newport County A.F.C.|Newport]], [[Newtown A.F.C.|Newtown]] and [[Rhyl F.C.|Rhyl]]. At the time, [[Cardiff City F.C.|Cardiff City]], [[Swansea City A.F.C.|Swansea City]] and [[Wrexham A.F.C.|Wrexham]] were playing in [[The Football League]], and the FAW decided to allow those teams to continue to play in the English system, although they continued to compete in the Welsh Cup for a few more seasons. The success of these clubs in the Welsh Cups meant that they frequently competed in the [[UEFA Cup Winners' Cup|European Cup Winners' Cup]] despite the fact that Wrexham had never played above the Second Division and Swansea had spent just two seasons in the First Division during the early 1980s, while Cardiff had been semi-regular members of the First Division from the 1920s up to 1962.

Prior to the inaugural season, Bangor City, Newtown and Rhyl agreed to play in the League of Wales. However, as Rhyl's application to join the league was late, they were placed in the second level of the pyramid system. Because of FAW sanctions, the remaining five clubs were forced to play their home matches in England. Following a season in exile at [[Worcester City F.C.|Worcester City]], five became four, as Barry Town joined the Welsh pyramid in time for the 1993–94 season.

[[Newport Association Football Club Ltd and others v Football Association of Wales Ltd|A court ruling in 1995]] allowed the remaining four clubs to return to Wales to play their home matches while still remaining within the English system; despite this victory, Caernarfon Town decided to join the League of Wales for the [[1995–96 League of Wales|1995–96 season]]. Colwyn Bay continued in the English pyramid for a further 24 years before transferring to the Welsh pyramid in 2019, leaving only two of the Irate Eight remaining -  Newport County, who won promotion to the Football League in 2013, and [[Merthyr Town F.C.|Merthyr Town]], the successor club to Merthyr Tydfil following its liquidation in 2010. In 2008, Wrexham were relegated from the Football League and after an absence of 15 years, returned through automatic promotion at the end of the 2022–23 season.

Conversely, in 1996 now-defunct English team [[Oswestry Town F.C.|Oswestry Town]] were accepted by the League of Wales and currently [[The New Saints F.C.|The New Saints]] are based in [[Oswestry]] (having moved from [[Llansantffraid-ym-Mechain|Llansantffraid, Powys]] in 2007). Another English club, [[Chester City F.C.|Chester City]], whose stadium sits on the [[England–Wales border]], applied to join the Welsh Premier League after being expelled from the [[National League (division)|Football Conference]] in 2010<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/chester/8558713.stm|title=Chester City seek Welsh Premier spot|date=9 March 2010|publisher=BBC|access-date=10 January 2017|archive-date=15 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210215094859/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/chester/8558713.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> but were wound up almost immediately afterwards (their successor team, [[Chester F.C.]], opted to reapply within the English system).

=== Renewed calls to recruit Welsh teams ===
Welsh football teams that currently play in the English football system include:  [[Swansea City A.F.C.|Swansea City]] and [[Wrexham A.F.C.|Wrexham]] (both in the EFL Championship), [[Cardiff City F.C.|Cardiff City]] (EFL League One), [[Newport County A.F.C.|Newport County]] (EFL League Two), and [[Merthyr Town F.C.|Merthyr Town]] (National League North).<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-01-24 |title=Dic Mortimer: The Elephant in Welsh Footy Room |url=http://www.welshnot.com/dic-mortimer-elephant-welsh-footy-room/ |access-date=2022-05-22 |website=welshnot |language=en-GB |archive-date=22 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220522195629/https://www.welshnot.com/dic-mortimer-elephant-welsh-footy-room/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Some have called for all Welsh teams to be recruited into Cymru Premier, but in particular the lower ranked Merthyr Town as they are in the English non-league setup.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2021-07-14 |title=Should all of Wales' football clubs play in Welsh leagues? |url=https://nation.cymru/opinion/should-all-of-wales-football-clubs-play-in-welsh-leagues/ |access-date=2022-05-22 |website=Nation.Cymru |language=en-GB |archive-date=22 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220522192109/https://nation.cymru/opinion/should-all-of-wales-football-clubs-play-in-welsh-leagues/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

An online poll by ''Y Clwb Pêl-droed'' on Twitter found 56.7% in favour of Merthyr Town joining the Welsh football system.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Jordan |date=2017-11-22 |title=Should Merthyr Town consider moving to the Welsh pyramid system? |url=https://clwbpeldroed.org/2017/11/22/should-merthyr-town-consider-move-wales/ |access-date=2022-05-22 |website=Y Clwb Pêl-droed - Your home for Welsh football |language=en-GB |archive-date=22 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220522192936/https://clwbpeldroed.org/2017/11/22/should-merthyr-town-consider-move-wales/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Future ===
In April 2024, the [[Football Association of Wales]] released a six-year strategic plan to enhance league's competitiveness and announcing a multi-million euro investment in the league and its teams.  The plans included increasing the number of teams competing in the league, revamping the competition format, and introducing Friday night league play.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Wathan |first1=Chris |title=Cymru Premier: Expansion and Friday games planned in revamp |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/cd1dgjwqjj4o |access-date=13 January 2025 |work=BBC Sport |date=24 April 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Dowling |first1=Rob |title=Strategic vision unveiled for JD Cymru Premier |url=https://faw.cymru/news/strategic-vision-unveiled-for-jd-cymru-premier/ |website=FAW |access-date=13 January 2025 |date=24 April 2024}}</ref>

In September 2024, the FAW confirmed the new league format would start in the 2026–27 season and would consist of 16 teams each playing each other home and away before being split into three tiers of six, four and six clubs.  The top six in the table will play each other once more, with the club topping the table after Matchday 35 crowned champions.  Teams finishing second through sixth qualify for the end of season European qualification play-offs. Clubs ranked seventh through tenth will play each other once more, with the club placing seventh after Matchday 33 receiving the final play-off spot for European qualification.  The remaining teams ranked eleventh and below will also play each other once more. At the end of Matchday 35, the two lowest clubs will be automatically relegated, while the club in 14th will compete in the relegation play-off with the qualifiers from [[Cymru South]] and [[Cymru North]] to play in the next season's Cymru Premier.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Pritchard |first1=Dafydd |title=Cymru Premier to expand to 16 teams with new split from 2026-27 |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/c0e1qdg7ezdo |access-date=13 January 2025 |work=BBC Sport |date=27 September 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Dowling |first1=Rob |title=JD Cymru Premier format confirmed for 2026/27 |url=https://faw.cymru/news/jd-cymru-premier-format-confirmed-for-2026-27/ |website=FAW |access-date=13 January 2025 |date=27 September 2024}}</ref>

For the 2025–26 season the league introduced "VAR lite", a simpler and cheaper system of [[Video assistant referee|VAR]].<ref>https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/cymru-premier-clubs-video-assistant-32218707</ref>

==Structure==

===Promotion and relegation===
Clubs are promoted to the Cymru Premier from the [[Cymru North]] in the north/ central Wales and the [[Cymru South]] in the south/ central Wales. Clubs who finish as champions of the feeder leagues, or as runners-up if the champions decide not to seek promotion, are promoted subject to an application for membership being received and accepted and the stadium and infrastructure safety criteria of the Cymru Premier being met.

No teams were promoted to the Welsh Premier League following the 2005–06 season. However, [[Grange Harlequins A.F.C.|Cardiff Grange Quins]], who finished bottom of the Welsh Premier League resigned leaving the league to operate with an odd number of clubs for 2006–07.

Eighteen clubs competed in the Welsh Premier League for the 2007–08 season as both [[Neath Athletic A.F.C.|Neath Athletic]] (Welsh Football League Division One) and [[Llangefni Town F.C.|Llangefni Town]] (Cymru Alliance) were promoted whilst [[Cwmbran Town F.C.|Cwmbran Town]] were relegated to Welsh Football League Division One.

For 2008–09, [[Prestatyn Town F.C.|Prestatyn Town]] played in the Welsh Premier League for the first time after promotion from the Cymru Alliance, whilst [[Llangefni Town F.C.|Llangefni Town]] were relegated to the Cymru Alliance after only one season.

The 2009–10 season saw [[Bala Town F.C.|Bala Town]] promoted to the Welsh Premier League after they won the Cymru Alliance in 2008–09. They replaced [[Caernarfon Town F.C.|Caernarfon Town]] who were relegated to the Cymru Alliance.

At the end of the 2009–10 season, due to league restructuring Connah's Quay, Porthmadog, Welshpool Town, Caersws and Cefn Druids were relegated to the Cymru Alliance league. Rhyl were also relegated to the Cymru Alliance, despite finishing 6th in the Welsh Premier League, as they failed to meet the financial criteria required to gain the Welsh Premier League domestic licence. No teams were promoted to the Welsh Premier League from the feeder leagues.

===League restructure for 2010–11 season===
The 18 Welsh Premier League clubs met on 13 April 2008 and voted to support a restructuring proposal put forward by Welsh Premier League secretary John Deakin which would replace the single Welsh Premier League with a First and Second Division with 10 teams in each Division for the 2010–11 season. A further proposal was accepted that the [[Football Association of Wales]] should take full control of the Welsh Premier League and the existing Company, 'Football League of Wales Limited' should be dissolved. These proposals were forwarded to the Football Association of Wales for their consideration.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.welshpremiership.com/news/WelshPrem33645.ink |title= Clubs vote to Re-structure the League |publisher= Welsh Premier League |date= 13 April 2008 |access-date= 13 April 2008 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110718025149/http://www.welshpremiership.com/news/WelshPrem33645.ink |archive-date= 18 July 2011 |url-status= dead }}</ref>

In June 2009 the clubs voted to accept an alternative proposal to reduce the premier League from 18 clubs to 12 for the 2010–11 season onwards.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/league_of_wales/8097299.stm | title=Clubs accept reduced Premier League | date=13 June 2009 | access-date=6 January 2010 | work=BBC News | archive-date=17 June 2009 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090617045641/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/league_of_wales/8097299.stm | url-status=live }}</ref>

==Current structure==

The season is split into two phases, and concludes with an end of season Playoff to determine Wales' fourth European side for the following year.

===Phase 1===

Phase 1 runs from Match Day 1 in August through to Match Day 22 in mid-January. Each team plays the other sides in the league twice, once at home and once away, making a total of twenty-two games.

After the conclusion of Phase 1, the league splits in two, with the top six teams forming the Championship Conference, and the bottom six teams forming the Playoff Conference. All points accumulated by teams in Phase 1 are brought forward into Phase 2.

===Phase 2===

Phase 2 then runs from Match Day 23 at the start of February through to Match Day 32 at the end of April. Each side plays the other five in their conference twice more, home and away, to bring up a total of thirty-two games played.

The side finishing top of the Championship Conference after thirty-two games is the League Champion, and will qualify for the UEFA Champions League. To date six teams have won the title in twenty-six seasons.

The runners-up in the Championship Conference qualify automatically for the UEFA Europa Conference League, whilst the remaining teams qualify for the end of season European Playoffs.

The bottom two sides in the Playoff Conference are relegated. Meanwhile, the side finishing top of the Playoff Conference (seventh place in the league table) advances to the European Playoffs.

Note that sides in the Playoff Conference can finish no higher in the table than seventh.

===European Playoffs===

The five teams finishing in 3rd–7th contest the end of season European Playoffs. The 6th placed team host 7th in a quarter-final, with the winners travelling to the 3rd placed side for the first semi-final, whilst 4th host 5th in the other.

The winners then meet at the ground of the highest ranked side in the final, with the winners qualifying for the UEFA Europa Conference League.

If one of the five teams has already qualified for Europe by winning the Welsh Cup, then the remaining four sides will contest the playoffs directly from the semi-final stage.

If one of the top two sides wins the JD Welsh Cup, then the third placed side will automatically take up a UEFA Europa Conference League spot. The remaining four sides will then contest the playoffs directly from the semi-final stage.

In seasons where the league's UEFA Coefficient has been amongst the lowest five, meaning only two berths are available in the UEFA Conference League, the playoffs will include the 2nd placed side as well. In 2021–22, the 2nd placed side qualified directly to the Conference League and the playoff winners qualified for the [[Scottish Challenge Cup]] instead.

==European competition==
The champions of the Cymru Premier qualify, along with the champions of every European domestic league, for the [[UEFA Champions League]]. The second or third placed teams (depending on who wins the Welsh Cup) qualify for the first qualifying round of the [[Europa Conference League|UEFA Europa Conference League]]. 

A place in the first qualifying round of the Europa Conference League is also awarded to the winners of the [[Welsh Cup]]. If the winners of the Welsh Cup have already qualified for Europe via their league placing (i.e., finishing in the top two and winning the cup), then the third placed team will qualify directly. The playoff is contested between the sides finishing 3rd–7th, excluding any team already qualified for Europe. In years where Wales are only eligible to enter two teams in the Conference League, only the cup winners (or 2nd place, if the cup winners win the league) will qualify directly for the Conference League and teams finishing 2nd–7th (excluding teams already qualified for Europe) contest the playoff.

Results in Europe have been mixed – some notable successes, such as [[Barry Town United F.C.|Barry Town]]'s run to the first round proper of the UEFA Cup, drawing 3–3 with [[Aberdeen F.C.|Aberdeen]] at Jenner Park, Bangor City's win over FC Sartid of Yugoslavia and Barry's 3–1 victory over [[FC Porto]] in the UEFA Champions League (albeit losing 3–9 on aggregate), stand alongside some heavy defeats, such as [[The New Saints F.C.|The New Saints]]' 12–1 aggregate defeat to [[Amica Wronki]] of Poland.

In August 2024 [[The New Saints F.C.|The New Saints]] became the first club from Wales' top flight to enter the group stage of a European competition, when they beat [[FK Panevėžys|FK Panevezys]] 3–0 on aggregate to qualify for the [[UEFA Conference League]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=The New Saints vs Panevėžys: UEFA Conference League |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/live/c5y895kj9l9t |access-date=2024-09-04 |website=BBC Sport |language=en-GB}}</ref>

As of October 2024 the Cymru Premier is ranked 49th out of 55 members by the [[UEFA coefficient]], having risen from 52nd the previous year.

== Media coverage ==
For the first four seasons of the league's existence, its results were not featured on the [[Press Association]]'s [[vidiprinter]] service and consequently had not appeared on the [[BBC]]'s ''[[Final Score]]'' or [[Sky Sports|Sky]]'s ''[[Soccer Saturday]]''. The PA added the league's results at the start of the 1996–97 season, which was also when the PA began providing the results for the [[Northern Ireland Football League|Northern Irish league]].

Since the start of the 2007–08 season goals and results from the league have appeared on the [[Press Association]] [[vidiprinter]] service. Prior to this only the full-time score had been displayed although the half time score had also been shown from around 2000. ''[[Final Score]]'' continues to include the Cymru Premier results as part of their classified football results sequence and for a while ''[[Soccer Saturday]]'' also included the WPL results but has not done so in recent seasons, and in 2013, Sky Sports removed the league from its vidiprinter as part of a major reduction in the number of competitions that it featured on its vidiprinter service.

On television, brief highlights from one of the day's games were featured on BBC Wales' sports results programme ''Wales on Saturday'' whilst the BBC also provided a 30-minute highlights programme for Welsh-language broadcaster, [[S4C]], entitled "Y Clwb Pêl-droed".  When the corporation lost the international broadcast rights to [[BSkyB]] at the end of the 2003/4 season, S4C won the secondary rights package which included highlights of the national team and all domestic rights. ''[[Sgorio]]'' took over the "Clwb Pêl-droed" slot previously produced by the BBC and in 2010/11 the half-hour highlights programme was dropped in favour of one live game per week. S4C broadcasts in Wales and throughout the rest of the UK via digital satellite with an interactive option for English-language commentary available via digital satellite.

As of the 2018–19 season, [[S4C]] show one live game per matchweek from either the league, [[Welsh Cup]] or [[Scottish Challenge Cup]] if a Welsh team is involved. They also stream all live televised matches on the [[Sgorio]] Facebook page, as well as streaming an additional ten per season from these competitions exclusively online.

Weekly highlights of all league games are shown on [[S4C]] on a Monday night at 17:30, and thereafter on Sgorio's social media and [[YouTube]] channels.

The advent of the League has brought increased media coverage for its member clubs, notably from the ''[[Western Mail (Wales)|Western Mail]]'' and [[Liverpool Daily Post|''Daily Post'']], as well as local press.

== Clubs ==
{{Main|List of Cymru Premier clubs}}
{{See also|List of Welsh Premier League champions}}
Of the 20 clubs that played in the inaugural season of the League of Wales, ten have since been relegated yet to return, with one, [[Ebbw Vale F.C.|Ebbw Vale]], folding in 1998.<ref>[http://www.welsh-premier.com/rel_club.php?cid=24 Relegated clubs:Ebbw Vale welsh-premier.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120406115453/http://www.welsh-premier.com/rel_club.php?cid=24 |date=6 April 2012 }}. Retrieved 16 June 2010 23:45</ref> For a list of all clubs past and present see [[List of Cymru Premier clubs]]. For a list of winners and runners-up of the Cymru Premier since its inception, and top scorers for each season, see [[List of Welsh football champions]].

Only two clubs have played in every season League of Wales/Cymru Premier since its inception. These two clubs are [[Aberystwyth Town F.C.|Aberystwyth Town]] and [[Newtown A.F.C.|Newtown]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Grosvenor |first1=Gavin |title=Robins ready for latest derby clash |url=https://www.countytimes.co.uk/sport/15841717.robins-ready-for-latest-derby-clash/ |access-date=4 September 2020 |work=County Times |date=15 September 2017 |archive-date=11 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210411091243/https://www.countytimes.co.uk/sport/15841717.robins-ready-for-latest-derby-clash/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Bangor City: Third-placed club to be demoted from Welsh Premier League |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/43908796 |access-date=4 September 2020 |work=BBC Sport |date=26 April 2018 |archive-date=2 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211002220125/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/43908796 |url-status=live }}</ref> As these clubs have been relegated as of the 2024–25 season, this will no longer be the case when the 2025–26 season kicks off.

==Sponsorship==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;margin-left:1em;float:center"
!Period
!Sponsor
!Brand
|-
|1992–1993
||Konica Peter Llewellyn Limited of Swansea
||Konica League of Wales
|-
|1993–2002
||No sponsor
||League of Wales
|-
|2002–2004
||JT Hughes Mitsubishi
||JT Hughes Mitsubishi Welsh Premiership
|-
|2004–2006
||[[Vauxhall]] Masterfit Retailers
||[[Vauxhall]] Masterfit Retailers Welsh Premier League
|-
|2006–2011
||[[Principality Building Society]]
||[[Principality Building Society]] Welsh Premier Football League
|-
|2011–2015
||CorbettSports.com
||Corbett Sports Welsh Premier League
|-
|2015–2017
||[[Dafabet]]
||The [[Dafabet]] Welsh Premier League
|-
|2017–2019
|rowspan=2|[[JD Sports]]
||The [[JD Sports|JD]] Welsh Premier League
|-
|{{nowrap|2019–present}}
|| [[JD Sports|JD]] Cymru Premier
|}

==Champions==
{{See also|List of Cymru Premier champions}}
''For the champions of the top division of the Welsh League from 1904 to 1992, see [[Welsh Football League]]''

{| class="wikitable"
! style="width:8%;" | Seasons
! style="width:16%;"| Winners
! style="width:16%;"| Runners-up
! style="width:16%;"| Third place
! style="width:28%;"| Notes
|-
|align=center|[[1992–93 League of Wales|1992–93]]
|[[Cwmbran Town F.C.|Cwmbran Town]] (1)
|[[Inter Cardiff F.C.|Inter Cardiff]]
|[[Aberystwyth Town F.C.|Aberystwyth Town]]
|–
|-
|align=center|[[1993–94 League of Wales|1993–94]]
|[[Bangor City F.C.|Bangor City]] (1)
|[[Inter Cardiff F.C.|Inter Cardiff]]
|[[Ton Pentre F.C.|Ton Pentre]]
|–
|-
|align=center|[[1994–95 League of Wales|1994–95]]
|[[Bangor City F.C.|Bangor City]] (2)
|[[Afan Lido F.C.|Afan Lido]]
|[[Ton Pentre F.C.|Ton Pentre]]
|–
|-
|align=center|[[1995–96 League of Wales|1995–96]]
|[[Barry Town United F.C.|Barry Town]] (1)
|[[Newtown A.F.C.|Newtown]]
|[[Conwy United F.C.|Conwy United]]
|–
|-
|align=center|[[1996–97 League of Wales|1996–97]]
|[[Barry Town United F.C.|Barry Town]] (2)
|[[Inter Cardiff F.C.|Inter CabelTel]]
|[[Ebbw Vale F.C.|Ebbw Vale]]
|[[The Treble|Treble]] with [[Welsh Cup]] and [[Welsh League Cup]]
|-
|align=center|[[1997–98 League of Wales|1997–98]]
|[[Barry Town United F.C.|Barry Town]] (3)
|[[Newtown A.F.C.|Newtown]]
|[[Ebbw Vale F.C.|Ebbw Vale]]
|[[Double (association football)|Double]] with [[Welsh League Cup]]
|-
|align=center|[[1998–99 League of Wales|1998–99]]
|[[Barry Town United F.C.|Barry Town]] (4)
|[[Inter Cardiff F.C.|Inter CabelTel]]
|[[Cwmbran Town F.C.|Cwmbran Town]]
|[[The Treble|Treble]] with [[FAW Premier Cup]] and [[Welsh League Cup]]
|-
|align=center|[[1999–2000 League of Wales|1999–00]]
|[[The New Saints F.C.|Total Network Solutions]] (1)
|[[Barry Town United F.C.|Barry Town]]
|[[Cwmbran Town F.C.|Cwmbran Town]]
|–
|-
|align=center|[[2000–01 League of Wales|2000–01]]
|[[Barry Town United F.C.|Barry Town]] (5)
|[[Cwmbran Town F.C.|Cwmbran Town]]
|[[Carmarthen Town A.F.C.|Carmarthen Town]]
|[[Double (association football)|Double]] with [[Welsh Cup]]
|-
|align=center|[[2001–02 League of Wales|2001–02]]
|[[Barry Town United F.C.|Barry Town]] (6)
|[[The New Saints F.C.|Total Network Solutions]]
|[[Bangor City F.C.|Bangor City]]
|[[Double (association football)|Double]] with [[Welsh Cup]]
|-
|align=center|[[2002–03 Welsh Premier League|2002–03]]
|[[Barry Town United F.C.|Barry Town]] (7)
|[[The New Saints F.C.|Total Network Solutions]]
|[[Bangor City F.C.|Bangor City]]
|[[Double (association football)|Double]] with [[Welsh Cup]]
|-
|align=center|[[2003–04 Welsh Premier League|2003–04]]
|[[Rhyl F.C.|Rhyl]] (1)
|[[The New Saints F.C.|Total Network Solutions]]
|[[Haverfordwest County A.F.C.|Haverfordwest County]]
|[[The Treble|Treble]] with [[Welsh Cup]] and [[Welsh League Cup]]
|-
|align=center|[[2004–05 Welsh Premier League|2004–05]]
|[[The New Saints F.C.|Total Network Solutions]] (2)
|[[Rhyl F.C.|Rhyl]]
|[[Bangor City F.C.|Bangor City]]
|[[Double (association football)|Double]] with [[Welsh Cup]]
|-
|align=center|[[2005–06 Welsh Premier League|2005–06]]
|[[The New Saints F.C.|Total Network Solutions]] (3)
|[[Llanelli A.F.C.|Llanelli]]
|[[Rhyl F.C.|Rhyl]]
|[[Double (association football)|Double]] with [[Welsh League Cup]]
|-
|align=center|[[2006–07 Welsh Premier League|2006–07]]
|[[The New Saints F.C.|The New Saints]] (4)
|[[Rhyl F.C.|Rhyl]]
|[[Llanelli A.F.C.|Llanelli]]
|[[Double (association football)|Double]] with [[FAW Premier Cup]]
|-
|align=center|[[2007–08 Welsh Premier League|2007–08]]
|[[Llanelli A.F.C.|Llanelli]] (1)
|[[The New Saints F.C.|The New Saints]]
|[[Rhyl F.C.|Rhyl]]
|[[Double (association football)|Double]] with [[Welsh League Cup]]
|-
|align=center|[[2008–09 Welsh Premier League|2008–09]]
|[[Rhyl F.C.|Rhyl]] (2)
|[[Llanelli A.F.C.|Llanelli]]
|[[The New Saints F.C.|The New Saints]]
|–
|-
|align=center|[[2009–10 Welsh Premier League|2009–10]]
|[[The New Saints F.C.|The New Saints]] (5)
|[[Llanelli A.F.C.|Llanelli]]
|[[Port Talbot Town]]
|[[Double (association football)|Double]] with [[Welsh League Cup]]
|-
|align=center|[[2010–11 Welsh Premier League|2010–11]]
|[[Bangor City F.C.|Bangor City]] (3)
|[[The New Saints F.C.|The New Saints]]
|[[Neath F.C.|Neath]]
|–
|-
|align=center|[[2011–12 Welsh Premier League|2011–12]]
|[[The New Saints F.C.|The New Saints]] (6)
|[[Bangor City F.C.|Bangor City]]
|[[Neath F.C.|Neath]]
|[[Double (association football)|Double]] with [[Welsh Cup]]
|-
|align=center|[[2012–13 Welsh Premier League|2012–13]]
|[[The New Saints F.C.|The New Saints]] (7)
|[[Airbus UK Broughton F.C.|Airbus UK Broughton]]
|[[Bangor City F.C.|Bangor City]]
|–
|-
|align=center|[[2013–14 Welsh Premier League|2013–14]]
|[[The New Saints F.C.|The New Saints]] (8)
|[[Airbus UK Broughton F.C.|Airbus UK Broughton]]
|[[Carmarthen Town A.F.C.|Carmarthen Town]]
|[[Double (association football)|Double]] with [[Welsh Cup]]
|-
|align=center|[[2014–15 Welsh Premier League|2014–15]]
|[[The New Saints F.C.|The New Saints]] (9)
|[[Bala Town F.C.|Bala Town]]
|[[Airbus UK Broughton F.C.|Airbus UK Broughton]]
|[[The Treble|Treble]] with [[Welsh Cup]] and [[Welsh League Cup]]
|-
|align=center|[[2015–16 Welsh Premier League|2015–16]]
|[[The New Saints F.C.|The New Saints]] (10)
|[[Bala Town F.C.|Bala Town]]
|[[Llandudno F.C.|Llandudno]]
|[[The Treble|Treble]] with [[Welsh Cup]] and [[Welsh League Cup]]
|-
|align=center|[[2016–17 Welsh Premier League|2016–17]]
|[[The New Saints F.C.|The New Saints]] (11)
|[[Gap Connah's Quay F.C.|Gap Connah's Quay]]
|[[Bala Town F.C.|Bala Town]]
|[[Double (association football)|Double]] with [[Welsh League Cup]]
|-
|align=center|[[2017–18 Welsh Premier League|2017–18]]
|[[The New Saints F.C.|The New Saints]] (12)
|[[Bangor City F.C.|Bangor City]]
|[[Connah's Quay Nomads F.C.|Connah's Quay Nomads]]
|[[Double (association football)|Double]] with [[Welsh League Cup]]
|-
|align=center|[[2018–19 Welsh Premier League|2018–19]]
|[[The New Saints F.C.|The New Saints]] (13)
|[[Connah's Quay Nomads F.C.|Connah's Quay Nomads]]
|[[Barry Town United F.C.|Barry Town United]]
|[[Double (association football)|Double]] with [[Welsh Cup]]
|-
|align=center|[[2019–20 Cymru Premier|2019–20]]
|[[Connah's Quay Nomads F.C.|Connah's Quay Nomads]] (1)
|[[The New Saints F.C.|The New Saints]]
|[[Bala Town F.C.|Bala Town]]
|[[Double (association football)|Double]] with [[Welsh League Cup]]
|-
|align=center|[[2020–21 Cymru Premier|2020–21]]
|[[Connah's Quay Nomads F.C.|Connah's Quay Nomads]] (2)
|[[The New Saints F.C.|The New Saints]]
|[[Bala Town F.C.|Bala Town]]
|–
|-
|align=center|[[2021–22 Cymru Premier|2021–22]]
|[[The New Saints F.C.|The New Saints]] (14)
|[[Bala Town F.C.|Bala Town]]
|[[Newtown A.F.C.|Newtown]]
|[[Double (association football)|Double]] with [[Welsh Cup]]
|-
|align=center|[[2022–23 Cymru Premier|2022–23]]
|[[The New Saints F.C.|The New Saints]] (15)
|[[Connah's Quay Nomads F.C.|Connah's Quay Nomads]]
|[[Penybont F.C.|Penybont]]
|[[Double (association football)|Double]] with [[Welsh Cup]]
|-
|align=center|[[2023–24 Cymru Premier|2023–24]]
|[[The New Saints F.C.|The New Saints]] (16)
|[[Connah's Quay Nomads F.C.|Connah's Quay Nomads]]
|[[Bala Town F.C.|Bala Town]]
|[[Double (association football)|Double]] with [[Welsh League Cup]]
|-
|align=center|[[2024–25 Cymru Premier|2024–25]]
|[[The New Saints F.C.|The New Saints]] (17)
|[[Penybont F.C.|Penybont]]
|[[Haverfordwest County F.C.|Haverfordwest County]]
|[[Double (association football)|Treble]] with [[Welsh Cup]] & [[Welsh League Cup]]
|}

== Performances by club ==
Seven clubs have been champions. In '''bold''' those competing in the [[2025–26 Cymru Premier|2025–26 season]].
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Club
! Winners
! Runners-up
! Third place
! Winning years
|-
| '''[[The New Saints F.C.|The New Saints]]'''
| style="text-align: center;" | 17
| style="text-align: center;" | 7
| style="text-align: center;" | 1
| [[1999–2000 League of Wales|1999–00]], [[2004–05 Welsh Premier League|2004–05]], [[2005–06 Welsh Premier League|2005–06]], [[2006–07 Welsh Premier League|2006–07]], [[2009–10 Welsh Premier League|2009–10]], [[2011–12 Welsh Premier League|2011–12]], [[2012–13 Welsh Premier League|2012–13]], [[2013–14 Welsh Premier League|2013–14]], [[2014–15 Welsh Premier League|2014–15]], [[2015–16 Welsh Premier League|2015–16]], [[2016–17 Welsh Premier League|2016–17]], [[2017–18 Welsh Premier League|2017–18]], [[2018–19 Welsh Premier League|2018–19]], [[2021–22 Cymru Premier|2021–22]], [[2022–23 Cymru Premier|2022–23]], [[2023–24 Cymru Premier|2023–24]], [[2024–25 Cymru Premier|2024–25]]
|-
| '''[[Barry Town United F.C.|Barry Town United]]'''
| style="text-align: center;" | 7
| style="text-align: center;" | 1
| style="text-align: center;" | 1
| [[1995–96 League of Wales|1995–96]], [[1996–97 League of Wales|1996–97]], [[1997–98 League of Wales|1997–98]], [[1998–99 League of Wales|1998–99]], [[2000–01 League of Wales|2000–01]], [[2001–02 League of Wales|2001–02]], [[2002–03 Welsh Premier League|2002–03]]
|-
| [[Bangor City F.C.|Bangor City]]
| style="text-align: center;" | 3
| style="text-align: center;" | 2
| style="text-align: center;" | 4
| [[1993–94 League of Wales|1993–94]], [[1994–95 League of Wales|1994–95]], [[2010–11 Welsh Premier League|2010–11]]
|-
|'''[[Gap Connah's Quay F.C.|Connah's Quay Nomads]]'''
| style="text-align: center;" | 2
| style="text-align: center;" | 4
| style="text-align: center;" | 1
| [[2019–20 Cymru Premier|2019–20]], [[2020–21 Cymru Premier|2020–21]]
|-
| [[Rhyl F.C.|Rhyl]] 
| style="text-align: center;" | 2
| style="text-align: center;" | 2
| style="text-align: center;" | 2
| [[2003–04 Welsh Premier League|2003–04]], [[2008–09 Welsh Premier League|2008–09]]
|-
| '''[[Llanelli A.F.C.|Llanelli]]'''
| style="text-align: center;" | 1
| style="text-align: center;" | 3
| style="text-align: center;" | 1
| [[2007–08 Welsh Premier League|2007–08]]
|-
| [[Cwmbran Town F.C.|Cwmbran Town]]
| style="text-align: center;" | 1
| style="text-align: center;" | 1
| style="text-align: center;" | 2
| [[1992–93 League of Wales|1992–93]]
|-
| [[Inter Cardiff F.C.|Inter Cardiff]]
| style="text-align: center;" | –
| style="text-align: center;" | 4
| style="text-align: center;" | –
| –
|-
| '''[[Bala Town F.C.|Bala Town]]'''
| style="text-align: center;" | –
| style="text-align: center;" | 3
| style="text-align: center;" | 4
| –
|-
| [[Airbus UK Broughton F.C.|Airbus UK Broughton]]
| style="text-align: center;" | –
| style="text-align: center;" | 2
| style="text-align: center;" | 1
| –
|-
| [[Newtown A.F.C.|Newtown]]
| style="text-align: center;" | –
| style="text-align: center;" | 2
| style="text-align: center;" | 1
| –
|-
| '''[[Penybont F.C.|Penybont]]'''
| style="text-align: center;" | –
| style="text-align: center;" | 1
| style="text-align: center;" | 1
| –
|-
| [[Afan Lido F.C.|Afan Lido]]
| style="text-align: center;" | –
| style="text-align: center;" | 1
| style="text-align: center;" | –
| –
|-
| [[Ton Pentre F.C.|Ton Pentre]]
| style="text-align: center;" | –
| style="text-align: center;" | –
| style="text-align: center;" | 2
| –
|-
| [[Ebbw Vale F.C.|Ebbw Vale]]
| style="text-align: center;" | –
| style="text-align: center;" | –
| style="text-align: center;" | 2
| –
|-
| [[Neath F.C.|Neath]]
| style="text-align: center;" | –
| style="text-align: center;" | –
| style="text-align: center;" | 2
| –
|-
| [[Carmarthen Town A.F.C.|Carmarthen Town]]
| style="text-align: center;" | –
| style="text-align: center;" | –
| style="text-align: center;" | 2
| –
|-
| '''[[Haverfordwest County A.F.C.|Haverfordwest County]]'''
| style="text-align: center;" | –
| style="text-align: center;" | –
| style="text-align: center;" | 2
| –
|-
| [[Aberystwyth Town F.C.|Aberystwyth Town]]
| style="text-align: center;" | –
| style="text-align: center;" | –
| style="text-align: center;" | 1
| –
|-
| [[Conwy United F.C.|Conwy United]]
| style="text-align: center;" | –
| style="text-align: center;" | –
| style="text-align: center;" | 1
| –
|-
| [[Llandudno F.C.|Llandudno]]
| style="text-align: center;" | –
| style="text-align: center;" | –
| style="text-align: center;" | 1
| –
|-
| [[Port Talbot Town F.C.|Port Talbot Town]]
| style="text-align: center;" | –
| style="text-align: center;" | –
| style="text-align: center;" | 1
| –
|}

Notes:
*[[The New Saints F.C.|The New Saints]] were known as Llansantffraid until 1996 and Total Network Solutions between then and 2006.

=== Most successful clubs ===
{{Pie chart
|caption = Titles won by club (%)
|label1 = The New Saints – 17
|value1 = 51.52
|color1 = #00FF00
|label2 = Barry Town United – 7
|value2 = 21.21
|color2 = #4169E1
|label3 = Bangor City – 3
|value3 = 9.09
|color3 = #00FFFF
|label4 = Rhyl – 2
|value4 = 6.06
|color4 = #FFFFFF
|label5 = Connah's Quay – 2
|value5 = 6.06
|color5 = #FF0000
|label6 = Cwmbran Town – 1
|value6 = 3.03
|color6 = #000000
|label7 = Llanelli – 1
|value7 = 3.03
|color7 = #8B0000
}}

==Players==
[[Marc Lloyd Williams]] scored 319 goals in 467 appearances, making him the most prolific goalscorer in the league's history.<ref>[http://www.welsh-premier.com/index.php/people/players/goalscorers Welsh Premier all-time leading goal scorers] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111106210946/http://www.welsh-premier.com/index.php/people/players/goalscorers |date=6 November 2011 }} Welsh Premier Football</ref>

Chris Venables holds the record for the number of appearances in the league with 537 games played.

[[Paul Harrison (footballer, born 1984)|Paul Harrison]] holds the record for the most consecutive appearances in the league with more than 190<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.tnsfc.co.uk/player/paul-harrison/.|title = Paul Harrison|date = 16 February 2017|access-date = 6 April 2016|archive-date = 19 April 2016|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160419225757/http://www.tnsfc.co.uk/player/paul-harrison/|url-status = live}}</ref>

==See also==
{{Portal|Association football|Wales}}
*[[Football in Wales]]
*[[Welsh football league system]]
*[[Welsh Cup]]
*[[Welsh League Cup]]
*[[FAW Premier Cup]]
*[[List of association football competitions]]
*[[List of football clubs in Wales]]
*[[List of stadiums in Wales by capacity]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.CymruFootball.Wales Official site of the JD Cymru Premier]
*[http://www.wpl.cymru/ Former Official site of the JD Cymru Premier]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20140109223020/http://www.wfda.co.uk/ Welsh Football Data Archive website]
*[https://int.soccerway.com/national/wales/premier-league/ SOCCERWAY] (Welsh Premier League summary)

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