Welsh Premier League
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| Country | Wales (11 teams) |
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| Other club(s) from | England (1 team) |
| Confederation | UEFA |
| Founded | 1992 |
| Number of teams | 12 |
| Level on pyramid | 1 |
| Relegation to |
Cymru Alliance Welsh Football League Division One |
| Domestic cup(s) |
Welsh Cup Welsh League Cup |
| International cup(s) |
UEFA Champions League UEFA Europa League Scottish Challenge Cup |
| Current champions |
The New Saints (2016–17) |
| Most championships |
The New Saints (11 times) |
| TV partners | S4C |
| Website | www |
 2016–17 season
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The Welsh Premier League (Welsh: Uwch Gynghrair Cymru) is the national football league for Wales. It has both professional and semi-professional status clubs and is at the top of the Welsh football league system. Prior to 2002, the league was known as the League of Wales, but changed its name as part of a sponsorship deal. Currently, the full sponsored name of the league is the Dafabet Welsh Premier League.
At the end of the 2015/16 season the Welsh Premier League was ranked 48th out of 55 members by the UEFA coefficient .
The league was formed in October 1991 by Alun Evans, Secretary General of the Football Association of Wales (FAW), as he believed that the Welsh international football team was under threat from FIFA. The FAW, along with the other three home nations' associations (The Football Association, Irish Football Association and Scottish Football Association), had a permanent seat on the International Football Association Board (IFAB) and it was thought that many FIFA members were resentful of this and pressing for the four unions to unite into one combined side for the whole of the United Kingdom.
The new league was formed for the 1992–93 season, and officially launched on 15 August 1992. At the time, despite the FAW being a FIFA and UEFA member it had not previously organised a national league, only the Welsh Cup. Traditionally, the strongest teams in Wales had always played in the English leagues. Aberdare Athletic, Cardiff City, Merthyr Town, Newport County, Swansea City and Wrexham have all been members of the Football League.
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