Puerto Rico - List of Champions

Torneo Nacional Superior (Official League)

19??-57   not known
1957/58 Caribes FC
1958-90   not known
1990/91 Cruz Azul (Guayama) 
1991-93   not known
1993/94 Rafael Santiago
1994/95   not known
1995/96 Académicos de Quintana (Hato Rey)
1996/97 Académicos de Quintana (Hato Rey)
1997/98 Académicos de Quintana (Hato Rey)
1998/99 CF Nacional (Carolina)
1999/00 Académicos de Quintana (Hato Rey) 
2000/01 Académicos de Quintana (Hato Rey) 
2001/02 Académicos de Quintana (Hato Rey) 
2003      apparently not played

NB: the 2001/02 championship was the 56th;
    dissident leagues (see below) were played 1996-2005 before a united
    national championship was organised again.

Asociación de Fútbol de Puerto Rico

NB: precursor of the Liga Mayor; one season (1996) was played with as
    participants: San Juan, Yabucoa, Caguas, Maunabo, Guayama, Ponce,
                  Cabo Rojo, Mayagüez, Aguadilla, Arecibo

Liga Mayor de Fútbol

1997    Leones (Maunabo)         2-0 Islanders (San Juan)
1998    Islanders (San Juan)     3-0 Brujos (Guayama)  
1999    Islanders (San Juan)     4-0 Cardenales (Río Piedras)
2000    Vaqueros (Bayamón)       1-0 Gigantes (Carolina)     
2001    Islanders (San Juan)     4-3 Brujos (Guayama) 
2002    Vaqueros (Bayamón)       3-0 Islanders (San Juan)
2003    Sporting (Carolina)      2-1 Vaqueros (Bayamón)
2004    Sporting (San Lorenzo)   1-0 Huracanes (Caguas) 
2005    Real Quintana (San Juan) 2-1 Fraigcomar (Río Piedras)

Number of Titles [9; runners-up finishes between square brackets]

 3 [ 2] Islanders (San Juan)
 2 [ 1] Vaqueros (Bayamón)
 1      Leones (Maunabo)
 1      Real Quintana (San Juan)
 1      Sporting (Carolina)
 1      Sporting (San Lorenzo)
   [ 2] Brujos (Guayama)
   [ 1] Cardenales (Río Piedras)
   [ 1] Fraigcomar (Río Piedras)
   [ 1] Gigantes (Carolina)
   [ 1] Huracanes (Caguas)

NB: winners regular season
1997    Islanders (San Juan)                           
1998    Islanders (San Juan)                           
1999    Cardenales (Río Piedras)                
2000    Islanders (San Juan)                           
2001    Islanders (San Juan)    
2002    Vaqueros (Bayamón)
2003    Sporting (Carolina)
2004    Sporting (San Lorenzo) 
2005    Fraigcomar (Río Piedras)

Campeonato Nacional de Fútbol

2005    Fraigcomar (Río Piedras) 1-0 Huracanes (Caguas) 
2006    Fraigcomar (Río Piedras) 4-1 Academia de Quintana 
2007    Fraigcomar (Río Piedras) 2-1 Atléticos (Levittown)
  
NB: first organised in 2005 by the Federación Puertorriqueña de Fútbol 
    to unify the domestic football scene.

Puerto Rico Soccer League

2008    Sevilla FC (Bayamón)     2-1 River Plate Ponce        

NB: first professional league in Puerto Rico

About this document

With thanks to Erlan Manaschev (emanaschev@yandex.ru)

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

Author: Hans Schöggl
Last updated: 23 Oct 2008