2021–22 Liberian First Division

The 2022 LFA First Division (known as the Orange First Division for sponsorship reasons) was the 48th season of the Liberian First Division (formerly the Liberian Premier League), the top-tier football league in Liberia, since the league's establishment in 1956. The regular season began on November 3, 2021 and ended on April 17, 2022, with Watanga clinching their first ever league title.^[1][2]

Liberian First Division League

Season	2021–22
Dates	November 3, 2021 – May 8, 2022
Champions	Watanga (1st title)
Relegated	MC Breweries
Champions League	Watanga
Confederation Cup	LISCR
Matches played	132
Goals scored	346 (2.62 per match)
Top goalscorer	Prince Zawoh (12 goals)
Biggest home win	Mighty Barrolle 8–2 Sandi (November 14, 2021)
Biggest away win	Heaven Eleven 0–5 Nimba Kwado (February 6, 2022)
Highest scoring	Mighty Barrolle 8–2 Sandi (November 14, 2021)
Longest winning run	Mighty Barrolle (5 matches)
Longest unbeaten run	Freeport (9 matches)
Longest winless run	Heaven Eleven (10 matches)
Longest losing run	MC Breweries (4 matches)
← 2020–21 2022–23 → All statistics correct as of May 8,2022.

Team changes

The following teams have changed division since the 2020–21 season.

To National Second Division

Relegated from 2020–21 Liberian First Division

• NPA Anchors
• Nimba
• Small Town

From National Second Division

Promoted to 2021–22 Liberian Second Division

• Heaven Eleven (promoted as champions)
• Barrack Young Controllers II
• Sandi

Purchased statuses

• Invincible Eleven purchased their status from Barrack Young Controllers II.^[3]

Teams

Stadia and locations

Heaven Eleven

Mighty Barrolle

Nimba Kwado
Nimba United

Sandi

Monrovia

Greater Monrovia teams
Bea Mountain
Freeport
Invincible Eleven
LISCR
LPRC Oilers
MC Breweries
Watanga

Locations of the 2022 First Division teams

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Bea Mountain	Gardnersville	Tusa Field
Freeport	Monrovia	Antoinette Tubman Stadium	10,000
Heaven Eleven	Yekepa	Yekepa Stadium
Invincible Eleven	Gardnersville	Antoinette Tubman Stadium	10,000
LISCR	Monrovia	Antoinette Tubman Stadium	10,000
LPRC Oilers	Paynesville	Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex	22,000
Mighty Barrolle	Buchanan	Doris Williams Stadium	03,000
MC Breweries	Monrovia	Antoinette Tubman Stadium	10,000
Nimba Kwado	Sanniquellie	Sanniquellie Sports Stadium	03,000
Nimba United	Mount Barclay	North Star Sports Stadium
Sandi	Kakata	Nancy B Doe Sports Stadium
Watanga	Paynesville	Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex	22,000

Number of teams by county

Position	County	Number	Teams
1	Montserrado	7	Bea Mountain, Freeport, Invincible Eleven, LISCR, LPRC Oilers, MC Breweries and Watanga
2	Nimba	3	Heaven Eleven, Nimba Kwado and Nimba United
3	Grand Bassa	1	Mighty Barrolle
	Margibi		Sandi

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Watanga (C)	22	13	3	6	37	17	+20	42	Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round
2	Bea Mountain	22	11	8	3	32	20	+12	41
3	LISCR	22	9	9	4	42	26	+16	36	Qualification for Confederation Cup first qualifying round[a]
4	Freeport	22	8	9	5	35	26	+9	33
5	Nimba Kwado	22	9	6	7	25	18	+7	33
6	Nimba United	22	10	2	10	32	37	−5	32
7	Mighty Barrolle	22	7	10	5	31	34	−3	31
8	LPRC Oilers	22	8	5	9	31	27	+4	29
9	MC Breweries (R)	22	6	5	11	22	39	−17	23	Qualification to relegation play-offs
10	Invincible Eleven	22	5	7	10	21	30	−9	22
11	Heaven Eleven	22	4	8	10	16	34	−18	20
12	Sandi	22	4	4	14	22	38	−16	16

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. LISCR qualified for the Confederation Cup as the 2021–22 LFA Cup winners.

Results

Home \ Away	BEA	FRE	HEA	INV	LIS	LOI	MIG	MCB	NKW	NUN	SAN	WAT
Bea Mountain		2–1	1–0	2–2	2–1	0–0	2–2	1–1	0–0	0–1	2–1	0–2
Freeport	1–1		5–1	1–1	3–3	1–1	1–0	2–0	3–2	3–1	0–0	0–2
Heaven Eleven	0–0	0–0		1–1	0–2	1–0	1–1	2–2	0–5	0–2	1–1	1–0
Invincible Eleven	0–3	0–1	0–1		0–0	0–2	2–3	3–0	2–1	3–2	3–2	0–0
LISCR	2–0	1–1	2–2	1–0		5–1	2–2	1–1	1–2	2–3	8–2	2–1
LPRC Oilers	0–1	4–2	3–1	0–2	0–0		0–0	4–1	1–0	2–3	3–0	2–2
Mighty Barrolle	1–4	2–2	2–1	1–1	2–2	2–0		2–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–3
MC Breweries	2–2	0–1	2–1	1–0	2–1	0–6	3–0		2–1	3–1	1–2	0–3
Nimba Kwado	1–2	1–0	0–0	2–0	0–1	1–0	2–2	0–0		0–2	1–0	0–0
Nimba United	1–2	1–5	1–2	1–1	0–2	2–1	1–2	2–1	0–1		2–1	2–1
Sandi	0–2	0–0	3–0	2–0	2–2	1–2	1–2	1–0	1–2	1–2		1–2
Watanga	1–3	3–2	1–0	3–0	0–1	1–0	4–1	3–0	0–2	4–0	1–0

Updated to match(es) played on April 17, 2022. Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-offs

The relegation play-offs took place between April 28 to May 8, 2022.^[4]

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
MC Breweries	3–4	Invincible Eleven	0–2	3–2

Invincible Eleven won 4–3 on aggregate, stay in First Division

Final round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Heaven Eleven	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1	4
2	Sandi	2	1	0	1	6	6	0	3
3	MC Breweries (R)	2	0	1	1	3	4	−1	1	Relegation to Second Division

Updated to match(es) played on May 8, 2022. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored.
(R) Relegated

MCBreweries is relegated to Second Division

Statistics

Top goalscorers

As of April 10, 2022

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Prince Zawoh	Nimba United	12
2	Varney Dukuly	Mighty Barrolle	11
	Sidiki Kromah	Invincible Eleven
4	Patrick Dueh	Freeport	10
5	Gibson Freeman	Freeport	9