ABOUT 

 welcome to the junior premier league 

We endeavor to be the world’s best provider of competitive opportunities for development and advancement in youth football.

AN INTRODUCTION TO JPL CANADA

  • We work hard to be the best league in every country we work in and keep the player at the core of everything we do.

    Our League in Canada is proud to announce that we have appointed Bert Lobo, Director of Football for JPL Canada.

  • Bert has vast experience operating soccer leagues in Canada being the former President of the Ontario Youth Soccer League (OYSL) and also the Central Soccer League in Ontario.  OYSL was widely acclaimed as being the highest-level league in Canada and provided many players for the National Team.

    Bert has operated Indoor facilities, indoor leagues and tournaments for over 20 years in Ontario.  He also represents Canadian teams for their participation in the largest youth soccer tournaments in the World.

    In recent years Bert has been commissioned by Caribbean Countries to assess facilities and initiate and operate various soccer events there.

    The JPL is pleased to have Bert Lobo operate JPL Canada.

    If your club thinks it has what it takes then email bert.lobo@jplcanada.com for more details on how to get involved.

OUR HISTORY

  • The Junior Premier League was affiliated and sanctioned to start by the Football Association in England in April 2011 after a meeting at Wembley Stadium between our founder Martin Brock, and Steve Rooke & Michael Game from the FA. The sanction was granted for us to be a nationally affiliated league even though we were very small – we are grateful that the FA saw the vision we had.

  • On the 10th of September 2011, the following clubs kicked off the first season of the Junior Premier League, Bath City Academy, JSSI, Yate Town, Oxford City, Gloucester City, Hereford United, Worcester City, WBA Colts, Kidderminster Harriers, Bristol Inner City, North Somerset, Newport County, Burton Albion, & Racing Club Warwick.

    The end of our first season saw us crown champions in League and Cup Competitions at the Under 12s to Under 16s age groups. Since that time the JPL has grown from an initial 1 league per age group to what it is today which is an average of 12 leagues per group and from the initial 12s to 16s, we are now at Under 7s through to Under 18s.

    In the first season we saw a success rate that, whilst we expected it to be high, literally surpassed our every expectation, as 1 in 12 players in the league were signed to a professional football club academy. This amazing statistic has increased over time and it now stands at 1 in 11 players from our league and 1 in 6 for players selected to the JPL representative teams.

  • In the second season, the JPL started getting inquiries from girls’ teams to join it and after discussions with the FA, we were told we would not be permitted to operate a girls league. It took us another 8 seasons before we were finally given the go-ahead to start a very small girls league with 7 Under 16s teams.

    The following season we decided that rather than referring to it as JPL Girls we needed to give that section of the league a stronger identity and JPL Warriors was born. By the start of the 2022/23 season, the Warriors League now has from Under 12s to Under 18s and multiple leagues for most age groups.

    • First league to exceed 15,000 registered players

    • First league to exceed 20,000 registered players

    • First league to exceed 25,000 registered players

    • First league to exceed 30,000 registered players

    • The first league to have a player signed by every professional football club in England

    • First league representative team to visit Real Madrid CF Academy for training camps

    • First English league to expand into the USA & Middle East

    • The only truly National Youth football league in England

  • The JPL has its England offices in Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, and employs a full-time team of 11 staff that is dedicated to providing the best service for all of our clubs, coaches, parents, and players.

    We now have offices in the USA, Qatar, Abu Dhabi, Bahrain and will shortly be opening offices in Australia, Mexico and Canada.

    We have a full-time team of staff that is focused on growing the JPL brand in the Mountain West region, incorporating Utah, Colorado, Nevada, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, and South Dakota.

SHOWCASE TEAMS

The Junior Premier League has always believed that our role is to create opportunities for the most talented players to showcase their abilities.

With this in mind, we created the JPL Showcase Teams concept where the best players from across the League get to play together in teams and travel to England to represent the League in Canada against top English clubs.

Our showcase teams in England regularly play the full academy sides from Clubs such as Manchester United, Arsenal, Tottenham, Chelsea, Aston Villa, Liverpool, Brighton & and West Ham. We also take these teams for training camps and matches at Real Madrid, Barcelona, and Juventus.

This 2024 opportunity is available to Girls Born 2013 – 2007.

Open ID Sessions will be held in various areas.

Please complete and submit the ID form.  You will be contacted to review your application and advise as to the next available location, date, and time for you to attend.

Information about the trip is also provided here.

To apply for this fantastic opportunity please click here.