Welsh Premier League 2017/18

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Welsh Premier League 2017/18
master The New Saints FC
Champions League
qualification		 The New Saints FC
Europa League
qualification		 Gap Connah's Quay
Bala Town
Cefn Druids AFC
Cup winners Gap Connah's Quay
Relegated Bangor City
Prestatyn Town
Teams 12
Games 192 + 2 play-off games
Gates 538  (ø 2.77 per game)
Top scorer New ZealandNew Zealand Greg Draper (The New Saints FC)
← Welsh Premier League 2016/17
Cymru Alliance
Football League Div. 1 ↓
Venues of the Welsh Premier League 2017/18 teams

The 2017/18 Welsh Premier League was the 26th season of the top Welsh division in men's football . It began on August 11, 2017 and ended with the final of the Europa League playoffs on May 20, 2018. The reigning champions were The New Saints FC .

mode

The twelve teams initially competed against each other twice in a first half of the season, so that each club played 22 games. The league was then divided, with the six best-placed teams playing for the championship and international starting places and the six worst-placed teams against relegation and a place in the Europa League playoffs. In these divided rounds, the teams competed against each other twice. All results from the preliminary round were adopted.

The best-placed team in the championship round became Welsh champions and took part in qualifying for the 2018/19 Champions League . The runner-up was entitled to start in the qualification for the Europa League 2018/19 . The remaining four teams in the championship round and the best team in the relegation round played in a playoff tournament for last place in the Europa League qualification.

Preliminary round

The six best-placed clubs reached the championship round, the teams in positions seven to twelve played against relegation. It should be noted that the number of points achieved in each of the 22 games in the preliminary round was transferred to the individual groups.

table

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. The New Saints FC (M)  22nd  17th  2  3 058:220 +36 53
 2. Gap Connah's Quay  22nd  12  5  5 035:200 +15 41
 3. Bangor City  22nd  12  3  7th 036:240 +12 39
 4th Bala Town (P)  22nd  12  3  7th 026:290  −3 39
 5. Cardiff Metropolitan University FC  22nd  11  5  6th 035:170 +18 38
 6th Cefn Druids AFC  22nd  8th  7th  7th 023:250  −2 31
 7th Llandudno FC  22nd  7th  7th  8th 022:200  +2 28
 8th. Newtown AFC  22nd  8th  3  11 032:350  −3 27
 9. Barry Town United (N)  22nd  8th  3  11 020:250  −5 27
10. Aberystwyth Town  22nd  6th  4th  12 031:410 −10 22nd
11. Prestatyn Town (N)  22nd  4th  3  15th 023:530 −30 15th
12. Carmarthen Town  22nd  3  3  16 016:460 −30 12

Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd goal difference - 3rd goals scored

  • Participation in the championship round
  • Participation in the relegation round
    • (M) reigning Welsh champion
    (P) reigning Welsh cup winner
    (N) Newcomers last season

    Crosstab

    2017/18 Aberystwyth Town Bala Town Bangor City BTU CMU Carmarthen Town CFD Gap Connah's Quay LFC Newtown AFC Prestatyn Town The New Saints FC
    Aberystwyth Town 1: 2 2: 3 0-0 0: 2 1: 2 1-0 4: 2 0: 2 3-0 7: 1 1: 2
    Bala Town 1: 1 0: 1 2-0 2: 1 0: 4 2: 1 1: 1 2: 1 3-0 1-0 0: 3
    Bangor City 3: 2 5-0 0: 1 2: 3 1-0 0: 1 1: 0 1 0: 1 3: 1 1-0 5: 2
    Barry Town United 1: 1 0: 1 1: 1 1-0 3: 1 1: 3 0: 1 2-0 2-0 4-0 0: 1
    Cardiff Metropolitan University FC 1: 1 1: 2 3: 1 3-0 5-0 1: 1 0-0 1-0 2-0 2: 1 0-0
    Carmarthen Town 1-0 0: 1 0-0 1: 2 0: 2 0: 1 1: 2 0-0 0: 2 0: 3 0: 5
    Cefn Druids AFC 2-0 3-0 0: 2 2: 1 0: 3 0-0 0: 1 0-0 0-0 2: 2 1: 3
    Gap Connah's Quay 5: 1 1-0 0: 2 3-0 1-0 3: 1 1: 1 1: 1 4-0 2: 1 2: 2
    Llandudno FC 2: 3 1: 1 0-0 1-0 0-0 3-0 1: 2 1-0 2: 1 2: 2 0: 1
    Newtown AFC 4-0 1: 3 1: 2 3-0 3: 2 4: 1 1: 1 0: 1 2: 1 3-0 2: 3
    Prestatyn Town 1: 2 0: 2 4: 2 1-0 0: 2 3: 2 1: 2 0: 4 1: 3 0-0 1: 4
    The New Saints FC 4-0 3-0 2: 1 0: 1 2: 1 5: 2 4-0 3-0 1-0 2: 4 6: 1
    1The game Bangor City - Connah's Quay on September 15, 2017 was canceled due to failure of the floodlights in the 42nd minute. It was made up on September 26, 2017.

    Finals

    Championship round

    The six best-placed clubs in the preliminary round reached the championship round, which was not only about the championship but also about the international places in the European Cup .

    Closing table

    Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
     1. The New Saints FC  32  23  5  4th 083:320 +51 74
     2. Bangor City 1  32  19th  3  10 049:320 +17 60
     3. Gap Connah's Quay  32  17th  6th  9 046:290 +17 57
     4th Bala Town  32  15th  4th  13 037:480 −11 49
     5. Cefn Druids AFC  32  12  8th  12 038:410  −3 44
     6th Cardiff Metropolitan University FC  32  12  7th  13 046:410  +5 43

    Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd goal difference - 3rd goals scored

  • Welsh champion and participation in the 1st qualifying round for the 2018/19 UEFA Champions League
  • Relegated to the Cymru Alliance or the Welsh Football League First Division
  • Participation in the 1st qualifying round for the 2018/19 UEFA Europa League
  • Participation in the Europa League playoffs
    • 1The runner-up Bangor City received no license for the coming season and therefore had to relegate at the end of the season in place of Carmarthen Town .

    Crosstab

    2017/18 The New Saints FC Gap Connah's Quay Bangor City Bala Town CMU CFD
    The New Saints FC 3: 1 3-0 3-0 3: 3 5: 1
    Gap Connah's Quay 0: 1 1-0 1: 1 3-0 2: 1
    Bangor City 1-0 1-0 1: 2 3-0 1-0
    Bala Town 1: 4 0: 1 1: 2 1-0 1-0
    Cardiff Metropolitan University FC 1: 1 0: 2 1: 2 4: 3 1: 3
    Cefn Druids AFC 2: 2 2-0 0: 2 3: 1 3: 1

    Relegation round

    The winner of the relegation round got the chance to qualify for an international starting place via the Europa League playoffs . The teams in eleventh and twelfth place were relegated to the second division.

    Closing table

    Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
     7th Barry Town United  32  16  5  11 039:310  +8 53
     8th. Newtown AFC  32  12  4th  16 052:550  −3 40
     9. Aberystwyth Town  32  10  7th  15th 047:560  −9 37
    10. Llandudno FC  32  9  9  14th 039:440  −5 36
    11. Carmarthen Town 1  32  8th  5  19th 035:620 −27 29
    12. Prestatyn Town  32  4th  7th  21st 027:670 −40 19th

    Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd goal difference - 3rd goals scored

  • Participation in the Europa League playoffs
  • Relegated to the Cymru Alliance or the Welsh Football League First Division

    • Crosstab

    2018 LFC BTU Newtown AFC Aberystwyth Town Prestatyn Town Carmarthen Town
    Llandudno FC 2: 3 3: 4 1-0 2: 2 3: 2
    Barry Town United 4: 1 1: 1 3: 1 2-0 1-0
    Newtown AFC 3: 2 1: 2 0: 1 3-0 2: 3
    Aberystwyth Town 3: 1 0: 2 5: 3 1: 1 1: 1
    Prestatyn Town 0-0 0-0 0: 1 0: 1 0: 1
    Carmarthen Town 3: 2 0: 1 3: 2 3: 3 3: 1

    Europa League playoffs

    The teams in places five and six of the championship round and the winner of the relegation round reached the playoffs. In the knock-out system , a subscriber has been at the first qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League 2018/19 determined. Two rounds were played on May 12th and May 20th, 2018.

      Semifinals final
                     
          5 Cefn Druids AFC 1
      6th Cardiff Metropolitan University FC 4th     6th Cardiff Metropolitan University FC 0
      7th Barry Town United 1    

    List of goalscorers

    Preliminary round

    Pl. Surname team Gates
    01. New ZealandNew Zealand Greg Draper The New Saints FC 15th
    02. EnglandEngland Eliot Evans Cardiff MU FC 12
    03. WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Kayne McLaggon Barry Town United 10
    EnglandEngland Michael Wilde Gap Connah's Quay
    05. WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Adam Roscrow Cardiff MU FC 09
    06th EnglandEngland Dean Rittenberg Bangor City 08th

    Finals

    Pl. Surname team Gates
    01. New ZealandNew Zealand Greg Draper The New Saints FC 7th
    02. ZimbabweZimbabwe Alec Mudimu Cefn Druids AFC 6th
    WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Nick Rushton Newtown AFC
    WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Liam Thomas Carmarthen Town
    IrelandIreland Declan Walker Aberystwyth Town

    total

    Pl. Surname team Gates
    01. New ZealandNew Zealand Greg Draper The New Saints FC 22nd
    02. EnglandEngland Eliot Evans Cardiff MU FC 14th
    03. WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Kayne McLaggon Barry Town United 12
    04th EnglandEngland Dean Rittenberg Bangor City 11
    IrelandIreland Declan Walker Aberystwyth Town
    EnglandEngland Michael Wilde Gap Connah's Quay
    07th WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Adam Roscrow Cardiff MU FC 10

    Web links

    Individual evidence

    1. ^ Welsh Premier League. In: soccerway.com. Retrieved January 16, 2017 .
    2. ^ Decisions of the FAW Club Licensing Appeals Body. Retrieved April 26, 2018 .
    3. ↑ Goal scorers preliminary round. In: soccerway.com. Retrieved August 9, 2020 .
    4. ↑ Final scorers. In: soccerway.com. Retrieved August 9, 2020 .