2021 Sri Lanka Super League

The 2021 Sri Lanka Super League was the first season of Sri Lanka Super League, after a 3-year delay. It is the top division of Sri Lankan football.

Summary
The start of the season was impacted by COVID-19. After the 2018–19 season, the inaugural Sri Lanka Super League was scheduled to kick-off in April 2020, but was rescheduled to November, 29 January 2021 and finally started on 19 April 2021, due to concerns of the pandemic.

The season was forced to play on a single round-robin system. After the International Break at the end of matchday 3, the tournament recommencement was scheduled to 2 July 2021. But, the Football Sri Lanka announced the postponement on 16 June 2021, due to travel restrictions.

Pre-season tournament
A pre season was launched with much glamour and delight, but the tournament delayed further. Since the Sri Lanka national football team were set to play their 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifying second round games against Lebanon and South Korea in March, Football Sri Lanka conducted Sri Lanka Super League pre-season tournament without spectators.

Super League pre-season tournament was conducted with 10 clubs, divided in two groups, from 17 February to 24 March.

Teams
The league is made up of 10 clubs that were selected from the Sri Lanka Champions League at the end of the 2018–19 season, after meeting the Football Federation of Sri Lanka's Club Licensing Criteria in association with the Asian Football Confederation.

Teams and their divisions

 * ''Note: Table lists clubs in alphabetical order.