Cymru Premier

Cymru Premier
Founded	1992
Country	Wales
Other club(s) from	England (1 team)
Confederation	UEFA
Number of teams	12
Level on pyramid	1
Relegation to	Cymru North; Cymru South
Domestic cup(s)	Welsh Cup
League cup(s)	Welsh League Cup
International cup(s)	UEFA Champions League; UEFA Conference League;
Current champions	The New Saints (16th title) ; (2023–24)
Most championships	The New Saints ; (16 titles)
Most appearances	Chris Venables (537)
Top goalscorer	Marc Lloyd Williams (319)
Website	cymrufootball.wales
	Current: 2024–25 Cymru Premier

The Cymru Premier, known as the JD Cymru Premier for sponsorship reasons, is the national football league of Wales. It has both professional and semi-professional status clubs and is at the top of the Welsh football league system. Prior to 2002, the league was known as the League of Wales (LoW), but changed its name as part of a sponsorship deal to the Welsh Premier League. The league was rebranded as the Cymru Premier for the 2019–20 season.^[1]

It operates on a promotion and relegation system with both the Cymru North and Cymru South below it.^[2] The league is contested by 12 teams, with each team playing each other home and away during the first phase. At the end of this period the league splits into two divisions, with the top 6 teams going on to the Championship Conference, and the bottom 6 teams into the Play-Off Conference. Each team playing each other a further two times, home and away, with the champion being decide by the team with the most points in the Championship Conference, and the lowest two teams in Play-Off Conference relegated. Seasons usually run from August to May, with each team playing 32 matches in total.

Cymru Premier is currently ranked 49th in the UEFA coefficients based on the performances by teams in European competition over the past 5 years. The current champions are TNS who won the league for the 16th time in the 2023-24 season. Seven teams have won the competition since its inception: TNS (16), Barry Town United (7), Bangor City (3), Connah's Quay Nomads (2), Rhyl (2). Llanelli (1) and Cwmbran Town (1). As of the 2024-25 season 42 clubs have participated in Wales' top flight league.