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| {{Infobox football league
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| |name = J&K Premier Football League
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| |organiser = [[Jammu and Kashmir Football Association]]
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| |country = India
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| |divisions = [[#League structure|5]]
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| |teams = [[#Teams|16]]
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| |promotion = [[I-League 3]] | |
| |relegation = J&K Super Division
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| |levels = [[Indian football league system|5–7]]
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| |champions = [[J&K Bank Football Club|J&K Bank]]
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| |tv = SportCast India ([[livestreaming|live streaming]])
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| The '''J&K Premier Football League''', also known as the '''J&K Premier Division''',<ref name="jkpfl" >{{cite web |title=All you need to know about the football league structure in Jammu and Kashmir |url=https://www.goal.com/en-in/news/jammu-and-kashmir-football-league-structure-india-jkfa/gb10ic3jo3vjzxrpz56qo4jc |website=Goal.com |last1=Mukherjee |first1=Soham |date=10 July 2018 |access-date=19 May 2022 |archive-date=19 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220519213705/https://www.goal.com/en-in/news/jammu-and-kashmir-football-league-structure-india-jkfa/gb10ic3jo3vjzxrpz56qo4jc |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="jk" >{{cite web |title=J&K Premier Football League |url=https://theawayend.co/jammu-kashmir-premier-division/ |website=The Away End |access-date=1 February 2022 |archive-date=27 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211027010833/https://theawayend.co/jammu-kashmir-premier-division/ |url-status=live }}</ref> is the top [[state football leagues in India|state-level]] [[association football|football]] league in the [[India]]n state of [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]], conducted by [[Jammu and Kashmir Football Association]] (JKFA)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Jammu & Kashmir Football Association|url=https://www.the-aiff.com/association/508|access-date=2021-12-11|website=www.the-aiff.com|archive-date=11 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211211054829/https://www.the-aiff.com/association/508|url-status=live}}</ref> and J&K Sports Council.<ref name="khelnow">{{cite web|url=https://khelnow.com/football/jammu-kashmir-professional-football-league-2021-fixtures-results-standings|title=Jammu Kashmir Professional Football League 2021: Fixtures, results, standings & more|access-date=17 July 2021|archive-date=15 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210715143218/https://khelnow.com/football/jammu-kashmir-professional-football-league-2021-fixtures-results-standings|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| ==History==
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| ===J&K Premier Football League===
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| The sport was controlled by the Kashmir Olympic Association (KOA) as the governing body of football. In 1964, the [[Jammu & Kashmir Football Association]] was formed which took over the reins from KOA and framed a constitution which established itself as the apex body of football in J&K. The Premier Division is organised by JKFA which is the top tier of the state football league. The two bottom-placed teams get relegated to the Super Division league while the top two teams gets promoted to the Premier Division. The A-Division is the third tier while the fourth-tier is the B-Division. The teams which participated in the lowest tier were divided into 12 pools and following the round-robin stage, the top-two teams from each pool progressed to the knock-out stage with the two finalists qualifying to the upper tier.<ref name="jkpfl" />
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| ===JKFA Professional League===
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| The JKFA Professional League is the professional league, conducted by Jammu & Kashmir Football Association (JKFA) and J&K Sports Council, was Founded in 2021, with the league is currently contested with 8 teams competing for title and I-League Qualifiers nomination in its inaugural edition.<ref>{{Cite web|last=GKNN|title=JKFA set to launch first Pro Football league of J&K|url=https://www.greaterkashmir.com/todays-paper/jkfa-set-to-launch-first-pro-football-league-of-jk|access-date=2021-12-11|website=Greater Kashmir|language=en|archive-date=17 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210717194312/https://www.greaterkashmir.com/todays-paper/jkfa-set-to-launch-first-pro-football-league-of-jk|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| The inaugural season kicked off on 12 July 2021, with 8 teams competing for the maiden title and qualification for the [[I-League 2nd Division]].<ref name="greaterkashmir">{{cite web|url=https://www.greaterkashmir.com/todays-paper/jkfa-set-to-launch-first-pro-football-league-of-jk|title=JKFA set to launch first Pro Football league of J&K|access-date=17 July 2021|archive-date=17 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210717194312/https://www.greaterkashmir.com/todays-paper/jkfa-set-to-launch-first-pro-football-league-of-jk|url-status=live}}</ref> The 8 teams will play once against each other in a round-robin format. The Top 2 clubs will be nominated for [[2020–21 I-League 2nd Division|I-League 2nd Division]].<ref name="theawayend.com">{{cite web|url=https://theawayend.co/jkfa-professional-league/|title=JKFA Professional League|access-date=17 July 2021|date=12 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210711213046/https://theawayend.co/jkfa-professional-league/|archive-date=11 December 2021|website=The Away End|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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| With an idea to bring professional flavour into J&K football, the J&K Football Association (JKFA) launched JKFA Professional (Pro) Football League starting from July 12, 2021. The league would initially run parallel to main top-tier football league of J&K Premier League and with the passage of time is set to turn into completely professional league. JKFA has made it clear that this newly launched league would serve as qualifying tournament for the Second Division I-League organised by All India Football Federation (AIFF).
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| JKFA recently held meeting with five professional clubs of J&K who had applied for the second division I-League. As JKFA can nominate only two clubs out of five, it was decided to hold qualifying tournament for the teams. Later it was further decided to include three more teams as per AIFF directions to make it a proper Professional Qualifying League.
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| ===JKFA Professional League===
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| |1st
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| |[[JKFA Professional League 2021|2021]]
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| |[[J&K Bank Football Club|J&K Bank]]
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| ==League structure==
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| There are four divisions in the league under the Jammu & Kashmir Football Association (JKFA), with the J&K Premier Division being the top-most league, followed by three lower tiers.<ref name="jkpfl" />
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| ! colspan="2" |JKFA Premier Football League
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| !I<br/><sub>(Level 5 on Indian Football [[Indian football league system|pyramid]])</sub>
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| |Premier Division
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| !II<br/><sub>(Level 6 on Indian Football [[Indian football league system|pyramid]])</sub>
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| !III<br/><sub>(Level 7 on Indian Football [[Indian football league system|pyramid]])</sub>
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| !IV<br/><sub>(Level 8 on Indian Football [[Indian football league system|pyramid]])</sub>
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| ==Teams==
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| A total of 8 teams participated in the league.
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| |style="text-align:left;"|[[Downtown Heroes FC]]
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| |style="text-align:left;"|[[Hyderya Sports FC]]
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| |style="text-align:left;"|[[J&K Bank Football Club|J&K Bank FC]]
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| |style="text-align:left;"|J&K Sports Council Football Academy (SCFA)
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| |style="text-align:left;"|[[Kashmir Avengers FC]]
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| |style="text-align:left;"|[[Lonestar Kashmir FC]]
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| |style="text-align:left;"|[[Real Kashmir FC|Real Kashmir FC Reserves]]
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| |style="text-align:left;"|Shaheen FC
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| | Sportscast India
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| ==Champions==
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| ===J&K Premier Football League===
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| |[[J&K Bank Football Club|J&K Bank]]
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| |<ref>{{Cite web|title=J&K Bank emerges winner of Premier Division League|url=https://www.dailyexcelsior.com/jk-bank-emerges-winner-of-premier-division-league/|date=6 November 2017|website=www.dailyexcelsior.com|publisher=Daily Excelsior|first=Excelsior|last=Sports Correspondent|location=Kashmir|access-date=26 January 2021|archive-date=5 June 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220605035719/https://www.dailyexcelsior.com/jk-bank-emerges-winner-of-premier-division-league/}}</ref>
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| |[[J&K Bank Football Club|J&K Bank]]
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| |<ref>{{Cite web|title='J&K Bank's dominance in football due to strong foundation laid by its academy'|url=https://www.greaterkashmir.com/todays-paper/sports-todays-paper/jk-banks-dominance-in-football-due-to-strong-foundation-laid-by-its-academy|date=8 July 2021|access-date=13 November 2021|last=Khan|first=Abid|website=www.greaterkashmir.com|publisher=Greater Kashmir|language=en|archive-date=8 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210708052932/https://www.greaterkashmir.com/todays-paper/sports-todays-paper/jk-banks-dominance-in-football-due-to-strong-foundation-laid-by-its-academy|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| |[[J&K Bank Football Club|J&K Bank]]
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| ==See also==
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| *[[Jammu & Kashmir Football Association]]
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| ==References==
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| {{reflist}}
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| {{Football in India}}
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| {{Sports leagues of India}}
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| {{DEFAULTSORT:JandK Premier Football League}}
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| [[Category:Football leagues in India|4]]
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| [[Category:Football in Jammu and Kashmir]]
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| [[Category:2021 establishments in Jammu and Kashmir]]
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| [[Category:Sports leagues established in 2021]]
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