| Season | 2017–18 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 11 August 2017 – 20 May 2018 |
| Champions | The New Saints (12th title) |
| Relegated | Prestatyn Town Bangor City[1] |
| Champions League | The New Saints |
| Europa League | Connah's Quay Nomads Bala Town Cefn Druids |
| Matches | 192 |
| Goals | 544 (2.83 per match) |
| Biggest home win | Aberystwyth Town 7-1Prestatyn Town (16 December 2017)[2] |
| Biggest away win | Carmarthen Town 0–5The New Saints (30 September 2017)[3] |
| Highest scoring | Bangor City 5–2The New Saints (11 August 2017)[4] The New Saints 6–1Prestatyn Town (14 October 2017) The New Saints 5–2Carmarthen Town (25 November 2017)[5] |
2018–19 → All statistics correct as of 15 December 2017. | |
The2017–18 Welsh Premier League was the 26th season of theWelsh Premier League, the highestfootball league withinWales since its establishment in 1992.The New Saints are the defending champions. The season fixtures were announced on 23 June 2017.[6] The season began on 11 August 2017[7] and concluded in April 2018; the Europa League play-offs followed afterwards. Teams played 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.
On 26 April 2018 the FAW Club Licensing Appeals Body decided to revokeBangor City's Tier 1 and UEFA licence[8] meaning that they would automatically drop down to the second level of Welsh football the next season and would not be able to compete for a place in thefollowing season's Europa League.[9]
The bottom two placed teams from theprevious season,Rhyl andAirbus UK Broughton were relegated to theCymru Alliance for the2017–18 season. They were replaced byBarry Town United andPrestatyn Town, champions of the2016–17 Welsh Football League Division One and2016–17 Cymru Alliance respectively. Barry Town United are playing in the Welsh Premier League for the first time since the2003–04 season, while Prestatyn Town were returning to the top flight after being relegated in the2014–15 season.
| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aberystwyth Town | Aberystwyth | Park Avenue | 5,000 |
| Bala Town | Bala | Maes Tegid | 3,000 |
| Bangor City | Bangor | Nantporth | 3,000 |
| Barry Town United | Barry | Jenner Park | 3,500 |
| Cardiff Metropolitan University | Cardiff | Cyncoed Campus | 1,620 |
| Carmarthen Town | Carmarthen | Richmond Park | 3,000 |
| Cefn Druids | Wrexham | The Rock | 3,000 |
| Connah's Quay Nomads | Connah's Quay | Deeside Stadium | 1,500 |
| Llandudno | Llandudno | Park MBi Maesdu | 1,013 |
| Newtown | Newtown | Latham Park | 5,000 |
| Prestatyn Town | Prestatyn | Bastion Road | 2,000 |
| The New Saints | Oswestry | Park Hall | 2,000 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation[a] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The New Saints(C) | 32 | 23 | 5 | 4 | 83 | 32 | +51 | 74 | Qualification for theChampions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | Bangor City(D, R) | 32 | 19 | 3 | 10 | 49 | 32 | +17 | 60 | Relegation toCymru Alliance[b] |
| 3 | Connah's Quay Nomads | 32 | 17 | 6 | 9 | 46 | 29 | +17 | 57 | Qualification for theEuropa League first qualifying round[c] |
| 4 | Bala Town | 32 | 15 | 4 | 13 | 37 | 48 | −11 | 49 | Qualification to theEuropa League preliminary round |
| 5 | Cefn Druids(O) | 32 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 38 | 41 | −3 | 44 | Qualification for theEuropa League play-offs[d] |
| 6 | Cardiff Metropolitan University | 32 | 12 | 7 | 13 | 46 | 41 | +5 | 43 | |
| 7 | Barry Town United | 32 | 16 | 5 | 11 | 39 | 31 | +8 | 53 | Qualification for theEuropa League play-offs[d] |
| 8 | Newtown | 32 | 12 | 4 | 16 | 52 | 55 | −3 | 40 | |
| 9 | Aberystwyth Town | 32 | 10 | 7 | 15 | 47 | 56 | −9 | 37 | |
| 10 | Llandudno | 32 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 39 | 44 | −5 | 36 | |
| 11 | Carmarthen Town | 32 | 8 | 5 | 19 | 35 | 62 | −27 | 29 | |
| 12 | Prestatyn Town(R) | 32 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 27 | 67 | −40 | 19 | Relegation toCymru Alliance[b] |
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.
| Home \ Away | ABE | BAL | BAN | BAR | CMU | CMR | CDR | CQN | LND | NTW | PRE | TNS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 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 | 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 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | — | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–3 |
| Connah's Quay Nomads | 5–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | — | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 |
| Llandudno | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | — | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 |
| Newtown | 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 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 5–2 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–4 | 6–1 | — |
Top six[edit]
Source:Welsh Premier League Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win. | Bottom six[edit]
Source:Welsh Premier League Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
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Teams that finish in positions third to seventh at the end of the regular season will participate in play-offs to determine the third participant for the2018–19 UEFA Europa League, who will qualify for thepreliminary round. However, due to Bangor City's expulsion, there was just one semi-final, with fifth place Cefn Druids gaining a bye to the final after Bala Town (who had finished 4th) took Bangor's place.
| Cardiff Met | 4–1 | Barry Town United |
|---|---|---|
Roscrow 26',73'Evans 30'Sainty 43' (o.g.) | Report | Hood 89' |
| Cefn Druids | 1–0 | Cardiff Met |
|---|---|---|
| J.Davies 16' |
| Month | Manager of the Month | Player of the Month | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manager | Club | Player | Club | |
| August |  Alan Morgan | Llandudno | Adam Roscrow | Cardiff Met. |
| September | Scott Ruscoe | The New Saints | Kayne McLaggon | Barry Town United |
| October | Huw Griffiths | Cefn Druids | Eliot Evans | Cardiff Met. |
| November |  Kevin Nicholson | Bangor City | Dean Rittenberg | Bangor City |
| December | Colin Caton | Bala Town | Chris Venables | Bala Town |
| January | Scott Ruscoe | The New Saints | Aeron Edwards | The New Saints |
| February | Gavin Chesterfield | Barry Town United | Declan Walker | Aberystwyth Town |
| March | Gavin Chesterfield | Barry Town United | Michael Bakare | Connah's Quay Nomads |
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Greg Draper | The New Saints | 21 |
| 2 | Eliot Evans | Cardiff Met. | 14 |
| 3 | Wes Fletcher | The New Saints | 13 |
| 4 | Kayne McLaggon | Barry Town United | 12 |
| 5 | Adam Roscrow | Cardiff Met. | 11 |
 Declan Walker | Aberystwyth Town | ||
| Michael Wilde | Connah's Quay Nomads | ||
| Dean Rittenberg | Bangor City | ||
| 9 | Mike Hayes | Bala Town | 9 |
| Craig Hobson | Aberystwyth Town |
