Shillong Premier League

Regular season

The competition consists of 18 rounds that follows a double round-robin format, with each club playing the others twice, at SSA Stadium, First Ground, Polo, for a total of 18 matches each. Teams receive three points for a win, one point for a draw, and no points for a loss. There are no play-offs and the team which tops the table wins the league.

The position of each team is determined by the highest number of points accumulated during the regular season. If two or more teams are level on points, the following criteria are applied in order until one of the teams can be determined as the higher ranked

• Highest number of points accumulated in matches between the teams concerned
• Highest goal difference in matches between the teams concerned
• Highest number of goals scored in matches between the teams concerned
• Highest goal difference
• Highest number of goals scored

Shillong Super Cup

The top six teams of the league qualify for the tournament, with the top two finishers in the SPL earning direct entry into the semifinals, while teams placed third to sixth will face off in playoff matches to secure the remaining two spots.^[6]

Championship League

A league-cum-knockout event featuring the champions and runners-up of its men’s football pyramid. With five SSA divisions in all, this would involve 10 clubs split into two groups, with knockouts to follow the round robin stage.^[6]