Liga de Elite

Liga de Elite

Country	Macau
Confederation	AFC
Founded	1973
Number of teams	10
Level on pyramid	1
Relegation to	Campeonato da 2ª Divisão do Futebol
International cup(s)	AFC Cup
Current champions	Benfica de Macau (2nd title) (2015)
Most championships	Lam Pak (9 titles)
Website	official site
2016

Liga de Elite (Elite League), previously known as Campeonato da 1ª Divisão do Futebol, is the top division of the Macau Football Association, created in 1973. As with the Hong Kong Premier League, it is separate from the mainland Chinese football league system, including the Chinese Super League and leagues below it.

Liga de Elite (2016)

• Benfica de Macau
• Casa de Portugal
• Chao Pak Kei
• Chuac Lun
• Lai Chi
• Kei Lun
• Monte Carlo
• Polícia
• Sporting Clube de Macau
• Tak Chun Ka I

Liga de Elite (2014)

In the 2014 edition, Lam Pak, Lam Ieng and Kuan Tai all forfeited from the 1st Division before the start of the competition.^[1] Lam Pak and Lam Ieng withdrew due to the lack of backing from sponsors and Kuan Tai cited budget issues and could no longer afford to pay some of its players.^[1] To solve the problem of 3 sudden vacancies, the Macau Football Association clarified that the 2 clubs that were relegated in 2013, Kei Lun and MFA Development, were invited to remain, and an additional third team would come from the 2nd Division.^[2] After careful consideration by the MFA, no team from the 2nd Division was picked, being deemed not competitive enough for the 1st Division.

Previous winners

Winners were:^[3]

1973: Polícia de Segurança Pública 1974–83: unknown 1984: Wa Seng 1985: unknown 1986: Hap Kuan 1987: Hap Kuan 1988: Wa Seng 1989: Hap Kuan 1990: Hap Kuan 1991: Sporting Clube de Macau 1992: Lam Pak 1993: Leng Ngan 1994: Lam Pak 1995: GD Artilheiros 1996: GD Artilheiros 1997: Lam Pak 1998: Lam Pak

1999: Lam Pak 2000: Polícia de Segurança Pública 2001: Lam Pak 2002: Monte Carlo 2003: Monte Carlo 2004: Monte Carlo 2005: Polícia de Segurança Pública 2006: Lam Pak 2007: Lam Pak 2007–08: Monte Carlo 2009: Lam Pak 2010: Windsor Arch Ka I 2011: Windsor Arch Ka I 2012: Windsor Arch Ka I 2013: Monte Carlo 2014: Benfica de Macau 2015: Benfica de Macau

Topscorers

Year	Best scorers	Team	Goals
2001–02	Beto	Monte Carlo	19
2005	Cheang Chon Man	Polícia de Segurança Pública	20
2010	Lee Keng Pan	Hoi Fan	9
2011	Kamilo Silva	Monte Carlo	38
2012	Gustavo Silveira Avelino Alison Brito	Windsor Arch Ka I FC Porto de Macau	17
2013	Nicholas Torrão	Windsor Arch Ka I	23

References

1. "Lam Pak, Kuan Tai e Lam Ieng não se vão inscrever na Liga de Elite". jtm.com.mo. 2014-01-03. Retrieved 2014-01-08.
2. "Quem perde é o futebol de Macau". pontofinalmacau.wordpress.com. 2014-01-06. Retrieved 2014-01-08.
3. "Macao – List of Champions". RSSSF. Retrieved 30 September 2011.