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{{Short description|Indian regional association football league in the state of Punjab}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2022}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2014}}
{{Infobox football league
| name = Punjab State Super League
| image = Punjab State Super League.svg
| pixels = 250
| organiser = [[Punjab Football Association]]
| country = India
| founded = {{start date and age|1986}}
| promotion = [[I-League 3]]
| relegation = Punjab Second Division
| levels = [[Indian football league system|5]]
| teams = 10
| domest_cup =
| champions = [[Punjab FC Reserves and Academy|Punjab FC]] (2nd title)
| most_successful_club = [[JCT FC|JCT]] (9 titles)
| tv = [[YouTube]] ([[livestreaming|live streaming]])
| website =
| current = [[2025–26 Punjab State Super League|2025–26]]
}}

The '''Punjab State Super League''' (simply known as the '''Punjab Super League''' or the '''JCT Punjab Super League''') is an Indian top [[Indian State Leagues|state-level]] regional [[Association football|football]] league in the state of [[Punjab, India|Punjab]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Siraj Chatterjee|date=10 December 2020|url=https://footballindia.co.in/punjabi-football-on-a-roar/|title=Punjabi Football on a Roar!|website=footballindia.co.in|publisher=Football India|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210417210646/https://footballindia.co.in/punjabi-football-on-a-roar/|archive-date=17 April 2021|access-date=12 December 2021|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/sport/other/2019/nov/07/by-the-touchline-yan-and-the-laws-of-a-young-football-coach-2058287.html|title=By the touchline: Yan and the Laws of a young football coach|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191108134204/https://www.newindianexpress.com/sport/other/2019/nov/07/by-the-touchline-yan-and-the-laws-of-a-young-football-coach-2058287.html|archive-date=8 November 2019|first1=Ayantan|last1=Chowdhury|agency=ENS|website=newindianexpress.com|publisher=The New Indian Express|date=7 November 2019|access-date=5 December 2023|location=Chandigarh}}</ref> The league serves as the top football league in the state of [[Punjab, India|Punjab]] and is sanctioned by [[Punjab Football Association]]. The league has been long-sponsored by the JCT Limited.<ref name=MSR>{{cite web|title=28th JCT Punjab State Super Football League starts today|url=http://www.msrsportsnews.com/viewnews?newsId=3035|website=MSR Sports News|access-date=31 October 2014|archive-date=1 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141101033931/http://www.msrsportsnews.com/viewnews?newsId=3035|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="pfl" >{{cite web |title=All you need to know about the football league structure in Punjab |url=https://www.goal.com/en-in/news/punjab-football-league-structure-india/2ynwa3eqpmiz19u1zz0f8zm83 |website=Goal.com |last1=Pathak |first1=Manasi |date=22 June 2018 |access-date=26 September 2022 |archive-date=5 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180705105202/https://www.goal.com/en-in/news/punjab-football-league-structure-india/2ynwa3eqpmiz19u1zz0f8zm83 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==History==
The Punjab State Super Football League was started in 1986 by the Punjab Football Association.<ref name="pfl" /> However, during the early days the league was played as a knock-out tournament for at least one week, thus was not granted state league status by the [[All India Football Federation]] till 2001.<ref name=History>{{cite web|title=League History — 28th Punjab State Super Football League — Legend Inder Singh to kick-off|url=http://www.kolkatafootball.com/punjab_football_league_2014-15/#horizontalTab2|website=kolkatafootball.com|publisher=Kolkata Football|date=23 August 2014|access-date=31 October 2014|archive-date=1 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141101022001/http://www.kolkatafootball.com/punjab_football_league_2014-15/#horizontalTab2}}</ref> In 2001, the Punjab Football Association reformed the league to make it more into a league which would be played on a home and away basis. This thus earned the league its "state league" status.<ref name=History/>

In 2014, the Punjab State Super Football League was relaunched with JCT Limited as the title sponsors.<ref name=History/> The league would also be played in a number of different cities to promote grassroots football and prize money would be given out to provide an incentive for teams participating.<ref name=History/>

==Competition structure==
The Punjab football structure is based on two state level leagues, followed by the district leagues.

{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
!Tier
!Division
|-
!I (5 on Indian Football [[Indian football league system|pyramid]])
|Punjab State Super Football League
|-
!II (6 on Indian Football [[Indian football league system|pyramid]])
|Punjab Second Division
|-
!III (7 on Indian Football [[Indian football league system|pyramid]])
|Punjab Third Division
|}

==Champions==
The list of Super League champions:<ref>{{Cite web|last=Chaudhuri|first=Arunava|url=http://www.indianfootball.de/data/pfl.html|title=List of Champions of the Punjab Football League|website=indianfootball.de|publisher=Indian Football Network|date=2008|access-date=2 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180503074229/http://www.indianfootball.de/data/pfl.html|archive-date=3 May 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Season !! Champion
|-
| 1985–86 || [[Border Security Force Sporting Club|BSF]]
|-
| 1987 || [[JCT FC|JCT]]
|-
| 1988 || [[Border Security Force Sporting Club|BSF]]
|-
| 1989 || Punjab State Electricity Board
|-
| 1990–91 || [[JCT FC|JCT]]
|-
| 1991 || [[JCT FC|JCT]]
|-
| 1992–93 || Punjab State Electricity Board
|-
| 1993 || ''League not held''
|-
| 1994–95 || [[Punjab Police FC|Punjab Police]]
|-
| 1995 || [[JCT FC|JCT]]
|-
| 1996 || ''League not held''
|-
| 1998 || Punjab State Electricity Board
|-
| 1999 || Rail Coach Factory
|-
| 2000–01 || [[Border Security Force Sporting Club|BSF]]
|-
| 2001 || ''League not held''
|-
| 2002 || [[JCT FC|JCT]]
|-
| 2003 || [[JCT FC|JCT]]
|-
| 2004 || [[JCT FC|JCT]]
|-
| 2005 || [[JCT FC|JCT]]
|-
| 2006 || [[JCT FC|JCT]]
|-
| 2007 || Rail Coach Factory
|-
| 2008 || [[Border Security Force Sporting Club|BSF]]
|-
| [[2016 Punjab State Super League|2016]] || Rail Coach Factory
|-
| 2018 || [[Minerva Punjab F.C.|Minerva Punjab]]
|-
| [[2019 Punjab State Super League|2019]] || [[Minerva Punjab F.C.|Minerva Punjab]]
|-
| [[2020–21 Punjab State Super Football League|2020–21]] || [[Punjab Police FC|Punjab Police]]
|-
| [[2021–22 Punjab State Super Football League|2021–22]] || [[Border Security Force Sporting Club|BSF]]
|-
| [[2022–23 Punjab State Super Football League|2022–23]] || [[RoundGlass Punjab FC Reserves and Academy|RoundGlass Punjab]]
|-
| [[2023–24 Punjab State Super Football League|2023–24]] || [[Namdhari FC]]
|-
| [[2024–25 Punjab State Super League|2024–25]] || [[Namdhari FC]]
|-
| [[2025–26 Punjab State Super League|2025–26]]||[[Punjab FC Reserves and Academy|Punjab FC]]
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Punjab State Super Football League}}
{{Football in India}}
{{Sports leagues of India}}

[[Category:Punjab State Super Football League]]
[[Category:Football in Punjab, India]]
[[Category:Regional football leagues in India]]
[[Category:1986 establishments in Punjab, India]]
[[Category:Sports leagues established in 1986]]

Punjab State Super League - Revision history

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