2024 Papua New Guinea Premier Soccer League

Papua New Guinea Premier Soccer League
Season	2024
Dates	6 July – 2 November
Champions	Hekari United
Premiers	Hekari United
Champions League	Hekari United
Matches played	60
Goals scored	183 (3.05 per match)
Best Player	Judah Asar
Top goalscorer	Logan Biwa (11 goals)
Best goalkeeper	Dave Tomare
Biggest home win	9 goals ; Hekari United 9–0 Lae City Dwellers; (August 10)
Biggest away win	5 goals ; Admiralty Islands 0–5 Morobe Wawens; (October 13)
Highest scoring	9 goals ; Lae City Dwellers 5–4 Admiralty Islands; (July 29) ; Hekari United 9–0 Lae City Dwellers; (August 10)
Longest winning run	8 matches ; Hekari United (July 27 – September 28)
Longest unbeaten run	13 matches ; Hekari United (July 7 – October 12)
Longest winless run	5 matches ; Admiralty Islands (July 7 – August 4) ; Lae City Dwellers (August 4 – September 14)
Longest losing run	4 matches ; Morobe Wawens (July 6 – July 27) ; Lae City Dwellers (August 4 – August 31) ; Lae City (September 14 – October 5)
	← 2022–23 All statistics correct as of 2 November 2024.

The 2024 Papua New Guinea Premier Soccer League was the 2nd season of the Premier Soccer League and the 16th edition of top-tier soccer in Papua New Guinea overall. The league began on 6 July 2024 with 8 teams, after being postponed for a planned March to July season.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Hekari United are the defending champions, having won the inaugural Premier Soccer League title with a 1–0 victory over Lae City Dwellers in the 2022–23 edition, ending their nine-year title drought.^[4]^[5]

Teams

As early as January 2024, the Papua New Guinea Football Association has sent notice of Expressions of Interest to the eight PSL clubs from the previous season. The teams were Gulf Isou, Hekari United, Lae City, Lae City Dwellers, Madang FC, Morobe Wawens, Port Moresby Strikers, and United Highlands FC.^[2]

On 2 July 2024, the PNGFA has confirmed on its Facebook page the 8 teams that will compete for the season, including Round 1 matchups.^[1]^[6] After a nine-year absence, Admiralty Islands return to top flight football.^[5]

Papua New Guinea Premier Soccer League 2024
Team	Region	Previous Best	Other Honours	Stadium	Capacity
Admiralty Islands
Gulf Komara	Southern	2015–16: Southern Conference: 4th 2019–20: 4th	2018 National Premier League: Champions
Hekari United	Southern	2006–14, 2022–23: Champions (9x)	2009–10 OFC Champions League: Champions 2017 National Premier League: Champions 2007 Port Moresby Premier League: Champions	PNG Football Stadium	14,800
Lae City	Northern	2015–19: Champions (5x)	2018, 2019 OFC Champions League: Quarter-Finalists	Sir Ignatius Kilage Stadium	1,500
Lae City Dwellers		2022–23: Runners-up
Morobe Wawens	Northern	2018: 3rd	None	Sir Ignatius Kilage Stadium	1,500
Port Moresby Strikers (name changed from Southern Strikers)	Southern	2018: 5th	None
United Highlands

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Hekari United	14	11	2	1	35	7	+28	35	Qualification to Champions League national play-offs and Playoffs
2	Gulf Komara	14	6	5	3	23	17	+6	23
3	Port Moresby Strikers	14	6	4	4	16	16	0	22	Qualification to Playoffs
4	Lae City	14	5	3	6	19	19	0	18	Qualification to Playoffs
5	Morobe Wawens	14	4	5	5	20	21	−1	17
6	United Highlands	14	5	2	7	22	24	−2	17
7	Lae City Dwellers	14	4	2	8	21	33	−12	14
8	Admiralty Islands	14	3	1	10	13	32	−19	10

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference

Results

Home \ Away	ADM	GUK	HEK	LAE	LCD	MOW	PMS	UHI
Admiralty Islands	—	1–1	0–2	3–1	0–5	0–5	1–2	1–0
Gulf Komara	3–0	—	1–2	2–1	2–0	2–2	1–2	1–1
Hekari United	2–0	3–1	—	1–2	9–0	3–0	2–0	3–2
Lae City	2–0	1–2	0–0	—	1–0	2–2	3–1	1–2
Lae City Dwellers	5–4	1–1	1–4	1–2	—	2–1	0–1	1–3
Morobe Wawens	0–2	1–2	0–0	3–2	0–0	—	3–2	2–4
Port Moresby Strikers	2–1	1–1	0–2	0–0	2–0	0–0	—	2–2
United Highlands	2–0	1–3	0–2	2–1	3–5	0–1	0–1	—

Source: RSSSF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Results by round

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
Team ╲ Round
Admiralty Islands	L	D	L	L	L	W	W	L	L	L	W	L	L	L
Gulf Komara	W	D	W	W	L	D	W	D	W	L	L	W	D	D
Hekari United	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	L
Lae City	W	L	D	D	W	D	L	W	L	L	L	L	W	W
Lae City Dwellers	L	W	L	W	L	L	L	L	D	W	W	L	L	D
Morobe Wawens	L	L	L	L	W	D	L	D	D	W	D	D	W	W
Port Moresby Strikers	D	L	W	D	L	D	W	W	L	W	D	W	L	W
United Highlands	D	W	W	L	W	L	L	L	W	L	L	W	D	L

Source: RSSSF
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
Team ╲ Round
Hekari United	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Gulf Komara	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Port Moresby Strikers	4	7	5	6	6	5	5	4	5	3	3	3	3	3
Lae City	3	4	4	5	4	4	4	3	4	5	6	6	5	4
Morobe Wawens	6	8	8	8	7	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	6	5
United Highlands	5	3	3	3	3	3	3	5	3	4	4	4	4	6
Lae City Dwellers	7	5	6	4	5	6	7	7	7	6	5	5	7	7
Admiralty Islands	8	6	7	7	8	7	6	6	6	8	8	8	8	8

	Qualification to the OFC Champions League national play-offs and PSL Playoffs
	Qualification to the PSL Playoffs

Source: RSSSF

Playoffs

Semi-finals		Final

October 26 – Port Moresby

Hekari United	3
		November 2 – Port Moresby
Lae City	0
		Hekari United	2
October 26 – Port Moresby
		Gulf Komara	1
Gulf Komara	2

Port Moresby Strikers	1
		Third place match

		November 2 – Port Moresby

		Port Moresby Strikers	2

		Lae City	3

Semi-finals

26 October 2024

13:00 UTC+10:00

Hekari United	3–0	Lae City

PNG Football Stadium, Port Moresby

26 October 2024

16:00 UTC+10:00

Gulf Komara	2–1	Port Moresby Strikers

PNG Football Stadium, Port Moresby

Third-place playoff

2 November 2024

13:00 UTC+10:00

Port Moresby Strikers	2–3 (a.e.t.)	Lae City
? ?' ? ?'	The National	? ?' ? ?' ? ?'

PNG Football Stadium, Port Moresby

Final

2 November 2024

16:00 UTC+10:00

Hekari United	2–1	Gulf Komara
Kepo 36' Joe ?'	The National	? ?'

PNG Football Stadium, Port Moresby

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of 29 September 2024

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Logan Biwa	United Highlands	10
2	Ferdahlas Namuesh	Morobe Wawens	7
3	Matu Ben	Lae City Dwellers	5
	Ati Kepo	Hekari United
	Rex Naime	Hekari United

Most assists

As of 5 July 2024

Rank	Player	Club	Assists
1

Clean sheets

As of 20 October 2024

Rank	Club	Clean sheets
1	Hekari United	9
2	Morobe Wawens	5
2	Port Moresby Strikers	5
4	Lae City	4
5	Admiralty Islands	2
	Gulf Komara
	Lae City Dwellers
8	United Highlands	1

Hat-tricks

As of 29 July 2024

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Logan Biwa	United Highlands	Morobe Wawens	4–2 (A)	22 July 2024
Matu Ben	Lae City Dwellers	Admiralty Islands	5–4 (H)	29 July 2024

References

^ ^a ^b "PREMIER SOCCER LEAGUE KICKS OFF THIS WEEKEND". Facebook. 2024-07-02. Retrieved 2024-07-02.
^ ^a ^b "PSL sides to get early notice". The National. 2024-01-16. Retrieved 2024-07-02.
^ "Thrilling Start: PNG Premier Soccer League kicks-off with action-packed weekend". Oceania Football Center. 2024-07-09. Retrieved 2024-07-11.
^ "Hekari regain title". The National. 2023-12-18. Retrieved 2024-07-02.
^ ^a ^b "Soccer primed". The National. 2024-07-05. Retrieved 2024-07-06.
^ "PREMIER SOCCER LEAGUE KICKS OFF THIS WEEKEND". Facebook. 2024-07-02. Retrieved 2024-07-02.

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[:2-2] "PSL sides to get early notice". The National. 2024-01-16. Retrieved 2024-07-02.

[:6-3] "Thrilling Start: PNG Premier Soccer League kicks-off with action-packed weekend". Oceania Football Center. 2024-07-09. Retrieved 2024-07-11.

[:3-4] "Hekari regain title". The National. 2023-12-18. Retrieved 2024-07-02.

[:4-5] "Soccer primed". The National. 2024-07-05. Retrieved 2024-07-06.

[:5-6] "PREMIER SOCCER LEAGUE KICKS OFF THIS WEEKEND". Facebook. 2024-07-02. Retrieved 2024-07-02.

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2024 Papua New Guinea Premier Soccer League

Teams

Regular season

League table

Results

Results by round

Positions by round

Playoffs

Semi-finals

Third-place playoff

Final

Season statistics

Top scorers

Most assists

Clean sheets

Hat-tricks

References

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