List of Puerto Rican football champions

This is a list of Puerto Rican football champions over the years. Football, as a sport played by the masses, started late in Puerto Rico's history. There were several amateur tournaments and leagues throughout the second half of the 20th century, but it wasn't until 2008 when the first professional football league was started.

Torneo Nacional Superior

The Torneo Nacional Superior (TNS) (Superior National Tournament) was the first attempt at organizing the football clubs in the island. It lasted from 1911 until 1994, when a breakaway league formed, and that breakaway league would last until 2002.[1]

Season Champions
1911 Minerva FC (1)
1912 Not held
1913 Not held
1914 Celtics FC (1)
1915 San Juan FC (1)
1916 Not held
1917 Not held
1918 Not held
1919 Not held
1920 San Juan FC (2)
1921 España FC (1)
1922 Real San Juan FC (1)
1923 Not held
1924 Not held
1925 Not held
1926 Real San Juan FC (2)
1927 España FC (2)
1928 España FC (3)
1929 España FC (4)
1930 España FC (5)
1931 Not held
1932 Not held
1933 Not held
1934 Arecibo FC (1)
1935 Arecibo FC (2)
1936 Real San Juan FC (3)
1937 Not held
1938 Not held
1939 Not held
1940 Not held
1941 Not held
1942 Not held
1943 Not held
1944 Not held
1945 Not held
1946 America FC (1)
1947 America FC (2)
1948 America FC (3)
1949 Arqueros Verdes (1)
1950 Not held
1951 Arqueros Verdes (2)
1952 Not held
1953 Santurce FC (1)
1954 Not held
1955 Not held
1956 Caribes FC (1)
1957 Caribes FC (2)
1958 Arqueros Verdes (3)
1959 Millionarios FC (1)
1960 Suizos FC (1)
1961 Atlético de Añasco (1)
1962 Atlético de Añasco (2)
1963 Don Bosco FC (1)
Deportivo Español (1)
1964 Interguayamés FC (1)
1965 Atlético de Añasco (3)
1966 Not held
1967 Roosevelt FC (1)
1968 Roosevelt FC (2)
1969 Don Bosco FC (2)
1970 Don Bosco FC (3)
1971 Guayama FC (1)
1972 Roosevelt FC (3)
1973 Roosevelt FC (4)
1974 Guayama FC (2)
1975 Academia Quintana FC (1)
1976 Atlético Guayamés (1)
1977 Atlético Guayamés (2)
1978 Academia Quintana FC (2)
1979 Remanso FC (1)
1980 YaMa Sun Oil (1)
1981 Academia Quintana FC (3)
1982 Not held
1983 Brujos de Guayama (1)
1984 Academia Quintana FC (4)
1985 Brujos de Guayama (2)
1986 Academia Quintana FC (5)
1987 Brujos de Guayama (3)
1988 Academia Quintana FC (6)
1989 Academia Quintana FC (7)
1990 Cruz Azul (Guayama) (1)
1991 Guayama FC (3)
1992 Bucaneros de Arroyo (1)
1993 Bucaneros de Arroyo (2)
1994 Don Bosco FC (4)
Rafael Santiago (1)

Championships by team

Club Titles
Academia Quintana FC 7
España FC 5
Don Bosco FC 4
Roosevelt FC 4
America FC 3
Arqueros Verdes 3
Atlético de Añasco 3
Brujos de Guayama 3
Guayama FC 3
Real San Juan FC 3
Arecibo FC 2
Atlético Guayamés 2
Bucaneros de Arroyo 2
Caribes FC 2
San Juan FC 2
Celtics FC 1
Cruz Azul (Guayama) 1
Deportivo Español 1
Interguayamés FC 1
Millionarios FC 1
Minerva FC 1
Rafael Santiago 1
Remanso FC 1
Santurce FC 1
Suizos FC 1
YaMa Sun Oil 1

For unknown reasons, several teams broke away and created a second league. Both of them existed from 1995 until 2005, when a united island-wide championship began to be organized.

Season Champions
1995–96 Academia Quintana FC
1996–97 Academia Quintana FC
1997–98 Academia Quintana FC
1998–99 CF Nacional (Carolina)
1999–2000 Academia Quintana FC
2000–01 Academia Quintana FC
2001–02 Academia Quintana FC
2002–03 Not held
2003–04 Not held
2004–05 Not held

Championships by team

Club Titles
Academia Quintana FC 6
CF Nacional (Carolina) 1

Asociación de Fútbol de Puerto Rico

The Asociación de Fútbol de Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico Football Association) existed for a single season (1996) with teams from San Juan, Yabucoa, Caguas, Maunabo, Guayama, Ponce, Cabo Rojo, Mayagüez, Aguadilla, and Arecibo.[1]

Liga Mayor de Fútbol Nacional

Created by teams that broke away from the TNS, the Liga Mayor de Fútbol Nacional (LMFN) (Major League of National Football) lasted for nine seasons and ran parallel to the TNS.[1]

Champions by season

Season Champions Score Runners-up Regular season winner
1996–97 Maunabo Leones 2–0 Puerto Rico Islanders Puerto Rico Islanders
1997–98 Puerto Rico Islanders 3–0 Brujos (Guayama) Puerto Rico Islanders
1998–99 Puerto Rico Islanders 4–0 Cardenales (Río Piedras) Cardenales (Río Piedras)
1999–00 Vaqueros de Bayamón 1–0 Gigantes de Carolina FC Puerto Rico Islanders
2000–01 Puerto Rico Islanders 4–3 Brujos (Guayama) Puerto Rico Islanders
2001–02 Vaqueros de Bayamón 3–0 Puerto Rico Islanders Vaqueros de Bayamón
2002–03 Sporting (Carolina) 2–1 Vaqueros de Bayamón Sporting (Carolina)
2003–04 Sporting (San Lorenzo) 1–0 Caguas Huracan Sporting (San Lorenzo)
2004–05 Real Quintana 2–1 CF Fraigcomar CF Fraigcomar

Championships by team

Club Titles Runners-up
Puerto Rico Islanders 3 2
Vaqueros de Bayamón 2 1
Maunabo Leones 1 —
Real Quintana 1 —
Sporting (Carolina) 1 —
Sporting (San Lorenzo) 1 —
Brujos (Guayama) — 2
Cardenales (Río Piedras) — 1
CF Fraigcomar — 1
Gigantes de Carolina FC — 1
Caguas Huracan — 1

Campeonato Nacional de Fútbol

In 2005, a united national championship was organized by the Puerto Rican Football Federation, the Campeonato Nacional de Fútbol (National Football Championship), but it was composed mainly from teams from the LMF.[1]

Season Champions Score Runners-up
2005 CF Fraigcomar (1) 1–0 Huracán FC Caguas
2006 CF Fraigcomar (2) 4–1 Academia Quintana FC
2007 CF Fraigcomar (3) 2–1 Atléticos de Levittown FC

Championships by team

Club Titles Runners-up
CF Fraigcomar 3 —
Huracán FC Caguas — 1
Academia Quintana FC — 1
Atléticos de Levittown FC — 1

Puerto Rico Soccer League

In 2008, the first professional league was created, the Puerto Rico Soccer League (PRSL), which was composed of eight teams playing the regular season, and the top four seeded moving on to the playoffs. A ninth team joined in 2009, three teams joined in 2010, and one team joined for the 2011 season, after which the league folded. A new professional league, the Liga Profesional de Fútbol de Puerto Rico, was scheduled to start in 2013.

Season Champions Aggregate Runners-up 1st leg 2nd leg Regular season winner
20081 Sevilla FC Bayamón (1) 2–1 CA River Plate Ponce -- -- Sevilla FC Bayamón (1)
2009 Bayamón FC (1) 3–2 Atlético de San Juan FC 2–2 1–0 CA River Plate Ponce (1)
20102 CA River Plate Ponce (1) 3–0 Puerto Rico Islanders FC 1–0 2–0 --
20113 FC Leones de Ponce (1) 1–1 (3–0 pen.) Sevilla FC Juncos -- -- Sevilla FC Juncos (2)
2012 Not held
2013
2014 (Super Copa Gigante) Criollos FC (Caguas) (1) Bayamón FC
2014 (Copa Criolla) Criollos FC (Caguas) (2) RR Academia Quintana FC
2014 (Copa Excelencia) Criollos FC (Caguas) (3) RR FC Mayagüez
2015 SPDP Spartans (1) RR Academia Quintana FC
2016 Metropolitan FA (1) Bayamón FC
2017 GPS Puerto Rico (1) Bayamón FC
1The 2008 championship match had only one leg.
2The 2010 season was cancelled. This match was the final of the Supercopa DirecTV 2010, which served as the qualifier for the 2011 CFU Club Championship.
3The 2011 championship match had only one leg. After 120 minutes, the game was decided in favor of FC Leones de Ponce, who were able to successful convert its first three penalty attempts and, also, were able to stop all three attempts from Sevilla FC Juncos.

Championships by team

Club Titles Runners-up
Criollos FC (Caguas) 3 —
Bayamón FC 1 3
CA River Plate Ponce 1 1
Sevilla FC Puerto Rico 1 1
FC Leones de Ponce 1 —
GPS Puerto Rico 1 —
Metropolitan FA 1 —
SPDP Spartans 1 —
Atlético de San Juan FC — 1
Academia Quintana FC — 2
Puerto Rico Islanders FC — 1
FC Mayagüez — 1

Liga Nacional de Fútbol

In 2008, along with the first division, a PRSL 2nd division tournament was organized, anticipating a promotion/relegation system, which was scheduled to start in 2011, but that was postponed till 2013. In 2009, the Puerto Rico Football Federation renamed the 2nd division league as the Liga Nacional de Fútbol (National Football League) and made it a separate league. The 2008 season had eighteen teams divided in three groups; the 2009 season had sixteen teams divided in two groups; while the 2010 season had twenty-one teams divided in four groups. For the 2011 season, the LNFPR split into a first division with eight teams and a second division with 14 teams, retaking the promotion/relegation ideas, which is to start in 2013.

Season Champions Score Runners-up
2008 San Juan Sharks (1) 4–1 Maunabo Leones FC
2009 Maunabo Leones FC (1) 2–1 Bayamón FC
2010 Maunabo Leones FC (2) 2–0 Bayamón FC
2011 Bayamón FC (1) RR Sevilla FC Puerto Rico
2012 Bayamón FC (2) RR Sevilla FC Puerto Rico
2013 Sevilla FC Puerto Rico (1) 6–0 Bayamón FC
2014 Yabuco Sual FC (1) 2–2 (8–7 pen.) Guayama FC
2015 Criollos de Caguas FC (1) 4–2 Guayama FC
20161 Puerto Rico FC (1) 4–1 Criollos de Caguas FC
2017–18 Not held
1The 2016 season was cancelled. This match was the final of the 2016 Copa Luis Villarejo, which served as the qualifier for the 2017 CFU Club Championship.

Championships by team

Club Titles Runners-up
Bayamón FC 2 3
Maunabo Leones FC 2 1
Sevilla FC Puerto Rico 1 2
Criollos de Caguas FC 1 1
Puerto Rico FC 1 —
San Juan Sharks 1 —
Yabuco Sual FC 1 —
Guayama FC — 2

Liga Puerto Rico

In 2018, a new league called Liga Puerto Rico was announced by the Puerto Rican Football Federation in August 2018.[2] Prior to the announcement, the federation organized a preparatory tournament that ran from March until June 2018.[3] Ten teams participated in the tournament which was eventually won by Bayamón FC.[4] The league's official launch event attended by FIFA and CONCACAF delegates was held on August 23, 2018 with the league set to begin play the following month.[5] The league began play on September 29, 2018.[6]

Season Champions Runners-up Ref.
2018–19 Metropolitan FA (1) Bayamon FC [7]
2019–20 Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Puerto Rico [8]
2020–21 [9]
2021 Bayamon FC (1) Metropolitan FA [10]
2022 Metropolitan FA (2) Puerto Rico Sol
2022 Apertura Metropolitan FA (3) Puerto Rico Sol
2023 Clausura Metropolitan FA (4) Academia Quintana
2023 Apertura Academia Quintana (1) Metropolitan FA
2024 Clausura Academia Quintana (2) Metropolitan FA
2024 Academia Quintana (3) Metropolitan FA

Championships by team

Club Titles Runners-up
Metropolitan FA 4 4
Academia Quintana 3 1
Bayamón FC 1 1
Puerto Rico Sol — 2

Liga Puerto Rico Pro

In 2025, the league was renamed as the Liga Puerto Rico Pro by the Puerto Rican Football Federation.

Season Champions Runners-up Ref.
2025 Metropolitan FA Academia Quintana
2025-26 Academia Quintana Puerto Rico Surf

Championships by team

Club Titles Runners-up
Academia Quintana 1 1
Metropolitan FA 1 —
Puerto Rico Surf — 1

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Puerto Rico - List of Champions". RSSSF. Retrieved 2011-06-10.
  2. ^ "La FPF Anuncia Lanzamiento de la Liga Puerto Rico". www.facebook.com. Archived from the original on 2019-12-07. Retrieved 2018-08-18.
  3. ^ Jusino, Edwin (27 March 2018). "Comienza el Torneo Preparatorio de la Federación" (in Spanish). Futbol Boricua. Archived from the original on 6 July 2018. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Bayamón se Corona Campeón del Torneo Preparatorio - Ciudad de Bayamón". 11 June 2018. Archived from the original on 16 June 2019. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
  5. ^ "La Federación lanza su liga elite superior amateur llamada Liga Puerto Rico" (in Spanish). futbolboricua.co. 25 August 2018. Archived from the original on 10 January 2020. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
  6. ^ Schöggl, Hans. "Puerto Rico - List of Champions". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 25 July 2022. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference Puerto Rico 2018/19 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  8. ^ Stokkermans, Karel. "Puerto Rico 2019/20". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 25 July 2022. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  9. ^ "En compas de esper la FPF para reiniciar la Liga Puerto Rico" (in Spanish). Liga Puerto Rico. Archived from the original on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
  10. ^ "Bayamon FC es el nuevo monarca del futbol local" (in Spanish). Liga Puerto Rico. Archived from the original on 25 January 2022. Retrieved 19 December 2021.

See also

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