Bermuda - List of Champions

The first report of a soccer match being played in Bermuda is found in the Royal Gazette of November 11th 1902, when the 36th Company of the Royal Engineers defeated the 2nd Company Royal Worcestershire Regiment 5-0.
A league (the Bermuda Football Combination) was formed on Bermuda in 1928/29. In 1941, the black clubs formed their own league, the Bermuda Football League. In 1954, black clubs entered the BFA Cup for the first time, and in November 1963 a joint league (Bermuda Football Union) was established.

Bermuda Football Combination (white championship)

Season  Champions  
1928/29 Dockyard Recreation and Sports Club
1929/30 Coy A. West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales Own)
1930-35   unknown
1936    Bowery 
1937      unknown (Wellington Rovers or Friswell's Hill)
1938-62   unknown
1962/63   unknown

NB: the above champions apparently correspond to winners of a 
    knock-out competition up to and including 1936.

Bermuda Football League (black championship)

Season  Champions  
1941    Pembroke Juniors
1942      not held
1943  not held
1944    Pembroke Juniors
1945/46 Pembroke Juniors  
1946/47 Pembroke Juniors
1947/48 Pembroke Juniors
1948/49 Pembroke Juniors
1949/50 Key West Rangers
1950/51 Pembroke Juniors 
1951/52 Key West Rangers
1952/53 Key West Rangers
1953/54 Key West Rangers
1954/55 Pembroke Juniors
1955/56 Pembroke Juniors
1956/57 Pembroke Juniors
1957/58 Pembroke Juniors
1958/59 Devonshire Lions
1959/60 Pembroke Hamilton Club
1960/61 Pembroke Hamilton Club
1961/62 Pembroke Hamilton Club
1962/63 Pembroke Hamilton Club

Bermuda Football Union (joint league)

Season  Champions                         Runners-Up
1963/64 Young Men's Social Club           Pembroke Hamilton Club
1964/65 Young Men's Social Club           Dock Hill Rangers
1965/66 Young Men's Social Club           Casuals Sports Club
1966/67 Somerset Cricket Club             Pembroke Hamilton Club
1967/68 Somerset Cricket Club             Devonshire Colts FC
1968/69 Somerset Cricket Club             Devonshire Colts FC
1969/70 Somerset Cricket Club             St George's Cricket Club
1970/71 Pembroke Hamilton Club            Somerset Cricket Club  
1971/72 Devonshire Colts FC               Pembroke Hamilton Club
1972/73 Devonshire Colts FC               North Village Community Club
1973/74 North Village Community Club      Devonshire Colts FC
1974/75 Hotels International FC           Somerset Cricket Club  
1975/76 North Village Community Club      Young Men's Social Club 
1976/77 Pembroke Hamilton Club            Somerset Cricket Club  
1977/78 North Village Community Club      Somerset Cricket Club  
1978/79 North Village Community Club      Devonshire Recreation Club
1979/80 Hotels International FC           Somerset Cricket Club  
1980/81 Southampton Rangers SC            Somerset Cricket Club  
1981/82 Somerset Cricket Club             North Village Community Club
1982/83 Somerset Cricket Club             Pembroke Hamilton Club
1983/84 Somerset Cricket Club             North Village Community Club
1984/85 Pembroke Hamilton Club            Somerset Cricket Club  
1985/86 Pembroke Hamilton Club            Somerset Cricket Club  
1986/87 Somerset Cricket Club             Dandy Town SC
1987/88 Dandy Town SC                     Hotels International FC 
1988/89 Pembroke Hamilton Club            Dandy Town SC
1989/90 Pembroke Hamilton Club            Dandy Town SC
1990/91 Boulevard Community Club          Hamilton International (?)
1991/92 Pembroke Hamilton Club            Boulevard Community Club 
1992/93 Somerset Cricket Club             Devonshire Colts FC        
1993/94 Dandy Town SC                     North Village Community Club
1994/95 Boulevard Community Club          Dandy Town SC
1995/96 Vasco da Gama FC                  North Village Community Club
1996/97 Devonshire Colts FC               Vasco da Gama FC   
1997/98 Vasco da Gama FC                  Dandy Town SC
1998/99 Vasco da Gama FC                  Dandy Town SC
1999/00 PHC Zebras                        North Village Community Club
2000/01 Dandy Town Hornets SC             North Village Community Club
2001/02 North Village Community Club      Dandy Town SC
2002/03 North Village Community Club      Devonshire Cougars
2003/04 Dandy Town SC                     Devonshire Cougars
2004/05 Devonshire Cougars                Dandy Town SC   
2005/06 North Village Community Club      Somerset Trojans CC
2006/07 Devonshire Cougars                North Village Community Club      
2007/08 PHC Zebras                        North Village Community Club    
2008/09 Devonshire Cougars                Boulevard Blazers
2009/10 Dandy Town SC                     North Village Community Club      
2010/11 North Village Community Club      PHC Zebras
2011/12 Dandy Town SC                     North Village Community Club      
2012/13 Devonshire Cougars                PHC Zebras

Notes:

The first report of on soccer match being played in Bermuda is found 
in the Royal Gazette of November 11th 1902, when the 36th Company of 
the Royal Engineers defeated the 2nd Company Royal Worcestershire 
Regiment 5-0.

A ('white') league was formed on Bermuda in 1929.  In 1944, the 
black clubs formed their own league, the Bermuda Football League.
In 1954, black clubs entered the BFA Cup for the first time, and
in November 1963 a joint league started.

Number of Titles (since 1963):

 9 Pembroke Hamilton Club (now called PHC Zebras)
   Somerset Cricket Club (aka Somerset Trojans) 
 
 8 North Village Community Club (temporarily called North Village Red Devils)

 6 Dandy Town SC (temporarily called Dandy Town Hornets)

 4 Devonshire Cougars 

 3 Devonshire Colts FC
   Vasco da Gama FC
   Young Men's Social Club

 2 Boulevard Community Club (now Boulevard Blazers)
   Hotels International FC

 1 Southampton Rangers SC

About this document

Source for data prior to 1930: [FIF 31]

Prepared and maintained by Hans Schöggl for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Author: Hans Schöggl
Last updated: 11 Apr 2013