# 2024 Papua New Guinea Premier Soccer League

The 2024 Papua New Guinea Premier Soccer League was the 2nd season of the Premier Soccer League and the 16th edition of top-tier soccer in Papua New Guinea overall. The league began on 6 July 2024 with 8 teams, after being postponed for a planned March to July season.
Hekari United are the defending champions, having won the inaugural Premier Soccer League title with a 1–0 victory over Lae City Dwellers in the 2022–23 edition, ending their nine-year title drought.

## Teams

As early as January 2024, the Papua New Guinea Football Association has sent notice of Expressions of Interest to the eight PSL clubs from the previous season. The teams were Gulf Isou, Hekari United, Lae City, Lae City Dwellers, Madang FC, Morobe Wawens, Port Moresby Strikers, and United Highlands FC.
On 2 July 2024, the PNGFA has confirmed on its Facebook page the 8 teams that will compete for the season, including Round 1 matchups. After a nine-year absence, Admiralty Islands return to top flight football.
Papua New Guinea Premier Soccer League 2024 :
| Team | Region | Previous Best | Other Honours | Stadium | Capacity |
| Admiralty Islands | | | | | |
| Gulf Komara | Southern | 2015–16: Southern Conference: 4th 2019–20: 4th | 2018 National Premier League: Champions | | |
| Hekari United | Southern | 2006–14, 2022–23: Champions (9x) | 2009–10 OFC Champions League: Champions 2017 National Premier League: Champions 2007 Port Moresby Premier League: Champions | PNG Football Stadium | 14,800 |
| Lae City | Northern | 2015–19: Champions (5x) | 2018, 2019 OFC Champions League: Quarter-Finalists | Sir Ignatius Kilage Stadium | 1,500 |
| Lae City Dwellers | | 2022–23: Runners-up | | | |
| Morobe Wawens | Northern | 2018: 3rd | None | Sir Ignatius Kilage Stadium | 1,500 |
| Port Moresby Strikers (name changed from Southern Strikers) | Southern | 2018: 5th | None | | |
| United Highlands | | | | | |

## Regular season
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Hekari United (C) | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 35 | 7 | +28 | 35 | Qualification to Champions League group stage and Playoffs |
| 2 | Gulf Komara | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 17 | +6 | 23 | Qualification to Playoffs |
| 3 | Port Moresby Strikers | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 22 | Qualification to Playoffs |
| 4 | Lae City | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 18 | Qualification to Playoffs |
| 5 | Morobe Wawens | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 21 | −1 | 17 | |
| 6 | United Highlands | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 22 | 24 | −2 | 17 | |
| 7 | Lae City Dwellers | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 21 | 33 | −12 | 14 | |
| 8 | Admiralty Islands | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 13 | 32 | −19 | 10 | |

## Results

| Home \ Away | ADM | GUK | HEK | LAE | LCD | MOW | PMS | UHI |
| Admiralty Islands | — | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 0–5 | 0–5 | 1–2 | 1–0 |
| Gulf Komara | 3–0 | — | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 |
| Hekari United | 2–0 | 3–1 | — | 1–2 | 9–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 |
| Lae City | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | — | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 |
| Lae City Dwellers | 5–4 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 1–2 | — | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 |
| Morobe Wawens | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | — | 3–2 | 2–4 |
| Port Moresby Strikers | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | — | 2–2 |
| United Highlands | 2–0 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 3–5 | 0–1 | 0–1 | — |

### Results by round

| Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
| Admiralty Islands | L | D | L | L | L | W | W | L | L | L | W | L | L | L |
| Gulf Komara | W | D | W | W | L | D | W | D | W | L | L | W | D | D |
| Hekari United | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | L |
| Lae City | W | L | D | D | W | D | L | W | L | L | L | L | W | W |
| Lae City Dwellers | L | W | L | W | L | L | L | L | D | W | W | L | L | D |
| Morobe Wawens | L | L | L | L | W | D | L | D | D | W | D | D | W | W |
| Port Moresby Strikers | D | L | W | D | L | D | W | W | L | W | D | W | L | W |
| United Highlands | D | W | W | L | W | L | L | L | W | L | L | W | D | L |

### Positions by round

| Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
| Hekari United | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Gulf Komara | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Port Moresby Strikers | 4 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Lae City | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 |
| Morobe Wawens | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 |
| United Highlands | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 |
| Lae City Dwellers | 7 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 |
| Admiralty Islands | 8 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
* Qualification to the OFC Champions League national play-offs and PSL Playoffs
* Qualification to the PSL Playoffs

## Playoffs

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| October 26 – Port Moresby | October 26 – Port Moresby |
| Hekari United | 3 |
| Hekari United | 3 | November 2 – Port Moresby | November 2 – Port Moresby |
| Lae City | 0 | November 2 – Port Moresby | November 2 – Port Moresby |
| Lae City | 0 | Hekari United | 2 |
| October 26 – Port Moresby | October 26 – Port Moresby | | Hekari United | 2 |
| October 26 – Port Moresby | October 26 – Port Moresby | Gulf Komara | 1 |
| Gulf Komara | 2 | Gulf Komara | 1 |
| Port Moresby Strikers | 1 | | |
| Port Moresby Strikers | 1 | Third place match | Third place match |
| | | November 2 – Port Moresby | November 2 – Port Moresby |
| | | Port Moresby Strikers | 2 |
| | | Lae City | 3 |

### Final
## Season statistics
### Clean sheets

    As of 20 October 2024
| Rank | Club | Clean sheets |
| 1 | Hekari United | 9 |
| 2 | Morobe Wawens | 5 |
| 2 | Port Moresby Strikers | 5 |
| 4 | Lae City | 4 |
| 5 | Admiralty Islands | 2 |
| 5 | Gulf Komara | 2 |
| 5 | Lae City Dwellers | 2 |
| 8 | United Highlands | 1 |

### Hat-tricks

    As of 29 July 2024
| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
| Logan Biwa | United Highlands | Morobe Wawens | 4–2 (A) | 22 July 2024 |
| Matu Ben | Lae City Dwellers | Admiralty Islands | 5–4 (H) | 29 July 2024 |