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Palestinian Premier League

Association football league in Palestine

It has been suggested that West Bank Premier Leaguebemerged into this article. (Discuss) Proposed since May 2024.

The West Bank Premier League is one of the two top divisions of the Palestinian Football Association (PFA).^[1] The other is the Gaza Strip Premier League. Palestinian clubs have a rich history stretching back to the early 1930s, but most teams folded due to the political turmoil, and ensuing reduction of the geographical area of the country. Over the years, the format of the league has taken many different shapes. The league has been held uninterrupted since 2008.

• In 1977, Silwan won a five-team league on 28 points ahead of Al-Arabi Beit Safafa, YMCA, Al-Bireh Group, and Shabab Al-Khaleel.
• In 1982, Shabab Al-Khaleel won a 24-team league on 81 points five points ahead of closest challengers YMCA.
• In 1984, Markaz Tulkarem won a 12-team league on 60 points one point ahead of closest challengers Hateen.
• In 1985, Shabab Al-Khaleel won their second league title, the league once again featured 12 teams. Shabab Al-Khaleel finished on 60 points, six ahead of Thaqafi Tulkarm.
• In 1997, Markaz Shabab Al-Am'ari won their first league title on 64 points, the league featured 16 teams, Thaqafi Tulkarm finished as runner-up on 53 points.
• In 2008–09, Taraji Wadi Al-Nes won a 22-team league that would determine the members of the First and Second Division. They collected 49 points from 21 games.
• In 2009–10 Jabal Al-Mukaber won a 12-team league, the last before the PFA instituted a professional set-up. They collected 49 points from 22 games, 7 more than their closest challengers Hilal Al-Quds.

The 2010–11 season marked the creation of the first professional league in the territories and saw high-profile signings for many clubs. Most notably Fadi Lafi of the Hilal Al-Quds, and Hernán MadridofWadi Al-Nes, and many Palestinians-Israelis who played for teams in the second and third tier of Israeli football.^{[citation needed]}

The original format of the WBPL consisted of 12 teams playing each other twice over 22 matchdays, the bottom two clubs are relegated to the second division and the team with the most points are crowned champions.^[2]

The 2011–12 included only 10 teams but the PFA announced that four teams will be promoted from the First Division returning the league to its traditional 12-team format. The PFA also altered the rules on player eligibility banning the use of foreign players but letting teams have an unlimited amount of Arab Israeli citizens in their squads^{[citation needed]}

Season 2022–23 clubs:^[3]

The winners were:^[5]

• 1977: Silwan
• 1982: Shabab Al-Khalil
• 1984: Markaz Tulkarem
• 1985: Shabab Al-Khalil (2)
• 1986: Shabab Al-Khalil (3)
• 1997: Markaz Shabab Al-Am'ari
• 1999: Shabab Al-Khalil (4)
• 2000: Wadi Al-Nes
• 2006: Markaz Tulkarem (2)
• 2007: Wadi Al-Nes (2)
• 2008–09: Taraji Wadi Al-Nes
• 2009–10: Jabal Al-Mukaber Club
• 2010–11: Markaz Shabab Al-Am'ari (2)
• 2011–12: Hilal Al-Quds
• 2012–13: Shabab Al-Dhahiriya
• 2013–14: Taraji Wadi Al-Nes (2)
• 2014–15: Shabab Al-Dhahiriya (2)
• 2015–16: Shabab Al-Khalil (5)
• 2016–17: Hilal Al-Quds (2)
• 2017–18: Hilal Al-Quds (3)
• 2018–19: Hilal Al-Quds (4)
• 2019–20: Markaz Balata
• 2020–21: Shabab Al-Khalil (6)
• 2021–22: Shabab Al-Khalil (7)
• 2022–23: Jabal Al-Mukaber (2)
• 2023-24:

Season	Scorer	Team	Goals
2020-21	Shehab Qumbor	Jabal Al-Mukaber	15
2021-22	Shehab Qumbor	Jabal Al-Mukaber	24
2022-23	Mohammed Maraaba	Hilal Al-Quds	21

Rank	Country	Player	Hat-tricks
1		Mohammed Maraaba	4
2		Shehab Qanbar	3
3		Mahmoud Abu Warda	1
		Rashid Adwi
		Aref Al Haj
		Mahmoud Al Iwisat
		Mohammed Al Jaabari
		Wael Awawdeh
		Shaher Daoud
		Oday Mohammad Hamad
		Hamza Issa
		Zaid Qunbar
		Khaled Salem
		Musa Tarabin

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