{{short description|Somali association football league}} {{Infobox football league | logo= | pixels= | country={{flagicon|SOM}} Somalia | confed=CAF | founded=1967 | teams=12 | promotion= | relegation=Somali Second Division | levels=1 | domest_cup=Somalia Cup | champions=Mogadishu City Club | season=2024–2025 | top goalscorer= {{flagicon|Somalia}} Ciise Aden Abshir (103 goals) | tv=Astaan TV <br> Asal TV <br> Bile TV | website= | current=2025–26 Somali First Division }}
The '''Somali National League''' ({{langx|so|Heerka Koowaad ee Soomaali}}), formerly the '''Somali Premier League''', is the Somali professional league for men's association football. It has been active for over 50 years, having been established in 1967. Somalia has 12 professional clubs playing for the Somali First Division. Football is the most popular sport in Somalia. In the 1930s, Italian Colonial Authorities established some of the first teams in Somalia. In the 2021–22 season, Gaadiidka won the Somali First Division.
==Foreign players== Each team competing in the league is only allowed to register four foreign players at a time.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2015/7/1/somalias-football-revival-lures-foreign-players|title=Somalia’s football revival lures foreign players|first=Hamza|last=Mohamed|website=Al Jazeera}}</ref>
==Clubs== ''As of the 2024-2025 season:'' {| class="wikitable sortable" ! width="150" scope="col" |Club ! width="150" scope="col" |Location ! width="200" scope="col" |Stadium |- |Mogadishu City ||Mogadishu||Mogadishu Stadium |- |{{sort|Dekedaha|Dekedaha}}||Mogadishu||Banadir Stadium |- |{{sort|Gaadiidka|Gaadiidka}} ||Mogadishu||Banadir Stadium |- |{{sort|Heegan|Heegan}}||Mogadishu||Banadir Stadium |- |{{sort|Horseed|Horseed FC}}||Horseed||Horseed Stadium |- |{{sort|Raadsan|Raadsan SC}}||Mogadishu||Banadir Stadium |- |{{sort|Jeenyo United|Jeenyo United FC}}||Mogadishu||Banadir Stadium |- |Gasko FC||Mogadishu||Banadir Stadium |- | {{sort |Elman SC ||Mogadishu||Banadir Stadium |- | {{sort |KIGS SC||Mogadishu||Banadir Stadium |- |Madbacada FC ||Mogadishu||Banadir Stadium |- |Badbaado FC ||Mogadishu||Mogadishu Stadium |}
==Previous winners== Previous winners were:<ref>{{cite web|title=Somalia Champions|website=RSSSF|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/somachamp.html|access-date=22 December 2013}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" |+ ! Year ! Champion |- |1967 |Somali Police (1) |- |1968 |Hoga (1) |- |1969 |Lavori Pubblici (1) |- |1970 |Lavori Pubblici (2) |- |1971 |Lavori Pubblici (3) |- |1971–72 |Horseed (1) |- |1972–73 |Horseed (2) |- |1973–74 |Horseed (3) |- |1975 |Mogadiscio Municipality (1) |- |1976–77 |Horseed (4) |- |1977–78 |Horseed (5) |- |1978–79 |Horseed (6) |- |1979–80 |Horseed (7) |- |1980–81 |Lavori Pubblici (4) |- |1982 |Wagad (1) |- |1983 |National Printing Agency (1) |- |1984 |Marine Club (1) |- |1985 |Wagad (2) |- |1986 |Mogadiscio Municipality (2) |- |1987 |Wagad (3) |- |1988 |Wagad (4) |- |1989 |Mogadiscio Municipality (3) |- |1990 |Gaadiidka (1) |- | colspan="2" |''Not held between 1991 and 1993'' |- |1994 |Morris Supplies (1) |- |1995 |Alba (1) |- | colspan="2" |''Not held in 1996 and 1997'' |- |1998 |Dekedaha (1) |- |1999 |Banaadir (1) |- |2000 |Elman (1) |- |2001 |Elman (2) |- |2002 |Elman (3) |- |2003 |Elman (4) |- |2004–06 |Banaadir (2) |- |2007 |Dekedaha (2) |- |2008 |''Not held'' |- |2008–09 |Banaadir (3) |- |2009–10 |Banaadir (4) |- |2011 |Elman (5) |- |2012 |Elman (6) |- |2013–14 |Banaadir (5) |- |2014–15 |Heegan |- |2015–16 |Banaadir (6) |- |2016–17 |Dekedaha (3) |- |2018 |Dekedaha (4) |- |2019 |Dekedaha (5) |- |2019–20 |Mogadishu City (1) |- |2021 |Horseed (8) |- |2022 |Gaadiikdka (2) |- |2023–24 |Dekedaha (6) |- |2024–25 |Mogadishu City (2) |}
==2021 Somali First Division table==
The final standings:<ref>{{Cite web | title=Somalia 2021 | url=https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/soma2021.html | access-date=2025-08-22 | website=www.rsssf.org}}</ref> {{row counter|{| class{{=}}"wikitable sortable" |- ! Pos. !! Football Club !! Average attendance !! W !! D !! L !! Points |- | 1 || Horseed SC || 7,533 || 11 || 5 || 2 || 38 |- | 2 || Mogadishu City Club || 2,512 || 11 || 5 || 2 || 38 |- | 3 || Heegan FC || 2,032 || 9 || 6 || 3 || 33 |- | 4 || Raadsan SC || 917 || 9 || 6 || 3 || 33 |- | 5 || Dekedaha FC || 907 || 6 || 5 || 7 || 23 |- | 6 || Midnimo FC || 654 || 7 || 1 || 10 || 22 |- | 7 || Gaadiidka FC || 698 || 6 || 3 || 9 || 21 |- | 8 || Jeenyo United FC || 567 || 5 || 5 || 8 || 20 |- | 9 || Elman SC || 520 || 5 || 2 || 11 || 17 |- | 10 || Geeska Afrika FC || 321 || 1 || 2 || 15 || 5 |- |} }}
Highest attendance: 65,000 at Horseed SC vs Mogadishu City Club.<ref>https://wardheernews.com/tanks-gone-somalis-fill-mogadishu-stadium-with-65000-fans-for-first-time-since-2004/{{Dead link | date=August 2025 | fix-attempted=yes}}</ref>
==Performance by club== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Club ! Titles ! Last title |- | Mogadishu City Club (includes Mogadishu Municipality, Banaadir) || 11 || 2024–25 |- | Horseed FC || 8 || 2020–21 |- |Elman FC|| 6 || 2012–13 |- | Dekedda (includes Ports Authority) || 6 || 2023–24 |- | Wagad || 4 || 1988 |- | Jeenyo United (includes Lavori Pubblici) || 4 || 1980–81 |- | Gaadiidka || 2 || 2022 |- | Heegan (includes Somali Police) || 2 || 2014–15 |- | Deledda FC || 1 || 1998 |- | Alba || 1 || 1995 |- | Merca New Supplies || 1 || 1994 |- | Marine Club || 1 || 1984 |- | Printing Agency || 1 || 1983 |- | Hoga || 1 || 1968 |} ==Top goalscorers == {|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" !Season!!Player!!Team!!Goals |- |2023-24||align=left|{{flagicon|NGA}} Adepoju Oluwaseun||Gaadiidka||22 |- |2024-25||align=left|{{flagicon|SOM}} Abdulqadir Eenow||MCC||23 |}
==See also== *Somalia League 2013–2014
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *[https://footballsomalia.so/so/ Footballsomialia] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20071118200321/http://www.fifa.com/associations/association=som/nationalleague/standings.html League at FIFA.com] *[https://int.soccerway.com/national/somalia/first-division/20132014/regular-season/r23101/ League at Soccerway.com] *[https://www.flashscore.com/football/somalia/national-league/ League at Flashcore.com]
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