2017–18 Welsh Premier League
| Season | 2017–18 |
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| Dates | 11 August 2017 – TBC |
| Matches played | 21 |
| Goals scored | 60 (2.86 per match) |
| Biggest home win |
The New Saints 4–0 Cefn Druids (8 September 2017) |
| Biggest away win |
Prestatyn Town 0–4 Connah's Quay Nomads (11 August 2017) |
| Highest scoring |
Bangor City 5–2 The New Saints (11 August 2017) |
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← 2016–17
2018–19 →
All statistics correct as of 8 September 2017.
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The 2017–18 Welsh Premier League is the 26th season of the Welsh Premier League, the highest football league within Wales since its establishment in 1992. The New Saints are the defending champions. The season fixtures were announced on 23 June 2017. The season began on 11 August 2017 and will conclude in April 2018; the Europa League play-offs will follow afterwards.
Teams play each other twice on a home and away basis, before the league split into two groups at the end of January 2018 – the top six and the bottom six.
The bottom two placed teams from the previous season, Rhyl and Airbus UK Broughton were relegated to the Cymru Alliance for the 2017–18 season. They were replaced by Barry Town United and Prestatyn Town, champions of the 2016–17 Welsh Football League Division One and 2016–17 Cymru Alliance respectively.
Teams play each other twice on a home and away basis, before the league split into two groups – the top six and the bottom six.
Teams who finish in positions third to seventh at the end of the regular season will participate in play-offs to determine the third participant for the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League, who will qualify for the preliminary round.
Player of the Month: August- The player of the month for August was awarded Adam Roscrow of Cardiff Met
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