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Dhivehi Premier League
	File:Dhivehi Premier League logo.png
Founded	22 December 2014; 9 years ago
Country	Maldives
Confederation	AFC
Number of teams	10
Level on pyramid	1
Relegation to	Second Division
Domestic cup(s)	FA Cup; President's Cup; Charity Shield; POMIS Cup
International cup(s)	AFC Cup; SAFF Club Championship;
Current champions	Maziya (4th title) ; (2021–22)
Most championships	Maziya; (4 titles)
TV partners	Television Maldives (live matches)
	Current: 2022–23 Dhivehi Premier League

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Dhivehi Premier League is a Maldivian men's professional football league. At the top of the Maldives football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Contested by 10 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with Second Division Football Tournament.^{[citation needed]}

Teams are playing 14 matches each (playing each team in the league twice) totalling 56 matches in the season. The competition formed as the Dhivehi Premier League succeeded the Dhivehi League. From 2018 onward 10 teams compete in Dhivehi Premier League.

History

Season	Champions	Runners-up
2015	New Radiant	TC Sports Club
2016	Maziya	TC Sports Club
2017	New Radiant	TC Sports Club
2018	TC Sports Club	Maziya
2019–20	Maziya	Eagles
2020–21	Maziya	Valencia
2021-22	Maziya	Eagles

Competition format

Competition

There are 10 clubs in the Premier League. During the course of a season each club plays the others twice (a double round-robin system), for a total of 14 games. Teams receive three points for a win and one point for a draw. No points are awarded for a loss. Teams are ranked by total points, then goal difference, and then goals scored. If still equal, teams are deemed to occupy the same position. If there is a tie for the championship, for relegation, or for qualification to other competitions, a play-off match decides rank.

Qualification for Asian competitions

The top two teams in the Dhivehi Premier League qualify for the AFC Cup, with the champion directly entering the group stage. The second-placed team enters the AFC Cup at the play-off round for East Asia Zone and must win the match in order to enter the group stage.^{[citation needed]}

Sponsorship

Period	Sponsor	Brand
2015–	Ooredoo Maldives	Ooredoo Dhivehi Premier League

Finances

The Football Association of Maldives (FAM) provides each Premier League team with an amount of MVR 1.6 million. The Champion team also receives a MVR 1 million cash prize.^{[citation needed]}^[1]

2021–22 Dhivehi Premier League teams

Team	Division
Club Eagles	Maafannu
Club Green Streets	Machchangolhi
Club Valencia	Machchangolhi
Da Grande Sports Club	Maafannu
Maziya S&RC	West Maafannu
Super United Sports	Machchangolhi
TC Sports Club	Henveiru
United Victory	Galolhu

All-time Dhivehi Premier League table

The all-time Dhivehi Premier League table is a cumulative record of all match results, points and goals of every team that has played in the Premier League since its inception in 2015. The table that follows is accurate as of the end of the 2021–22 season.^[2] Teams in bold are part of the 2022–23 Premier League.

Pos.	Club	Seasons	Pld	Win	Draw	Loss	GF	GA	GD	Pts	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Relegated	Best Pos.
1	Maziya	7	121	86	20	15	348	95	+253	278	4	1	1	1		1st
2	TC Sports Club	7	121	67	23	31	237	133	+104	224	1	3	1			1st
3	Club Eagles	6	107	60	28	19	218	110	+108	208		1	3	1		2nd
4	New Radiant	4	65	37	12	16	132	69	+63	123	2			1	1^[a]	1st
5	Green Streets	5	86	35	15	36	139	149	−10	120			1	1		3rd
6	Victory	4	67	12	10	45	56	153	−97	43^[b]					1	5th
7	Valencia	4	70	27	12	31	98	104	−6	93		1				2nd
8	United Victory	4	72	19	20	33	90	131	−41	77				1		4th
9	Foakaidhoo	2	37	8	8	21	36	84	−48	32						6th
10	BG Sports Club	2	35	6	12	17	33	56	−23	30					1	7th
11	Da Grande	3	56	12	12	32	66	107	−41	48					1	5th
12	Super United Sports	2	35	7	9	19	31	66	−35	30						6th
13	Nilandhoo SC	2	32	8	3	21	44	114	−70	27						6th
14	G. Dh. Thinadhoo	1	14	5	3	6	23	18	+5	18				1		4th
15	Sh. Milandhoo	1	14	3	5	6	18	26	−8	14						6th
16	A. A. Maalhos	1	14	2	3	9	18	40	−22	9						7th
17	B. Fehendhoo	1	9	1	1	7	2	30	−28	4					1	9th
18	Dh. Kudahuvadhoo	1	14	0	3	11	6	40	−34	3						8th
19	Mahibadhoo	1	14	0	2	12	12	47	−35	2					1	8th
20	Th. Thimarafushi	1	9	0	1	8	2	37	−35	1					1	10th
21	Buru Sports Club	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-						-

Notes

^ New Radiant were suspended from all football related activities before 2019–20 Dhivehi Premier League started, due to unpaid wages to the players and failing to pay fines to FIFA and FAM, resulting to relegation^[3]
^ Victory was docked 3 points for failing to pay over players' wages during 2018 Dhivehi Premier League^[4]

Managers

Winning managers
Manager	Club(s)	Wins	Winning years
Nikola Kavazović	New Radiant	1	2015
Ali Suzain	Maziya	1	2016
Óscar Bruzón	New Radiant	1	2017
Mohamed Nizam	TC Sports	1	2018
Marjan Sekulovski	Maziya	1	2019–20
Risto Vidaković	Maziya	1	2020–21

References

^ "FAM introduces season tickets". Maldivesoccer. April 2015. Archived from the original on 6 July 2015. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
^ https://www.flashscore.com/football/maldives/dhivehi-premier-league/standings/#/U7dA09cI/table/overall
^ "Valencia makes a comeback to First Division". Raajje Mv. 15 January 2020. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
^ "މުސާރަ މައްސަލައެއްގައި ފީފާއިން ވިކްޓަރީގެ ޕޮއިންޓް އުނިކޮށްފި" (in Divehi). FIGC. 21 February 2019. Retrieved 19 May 2020.

External links

Ooredoo Dhivehi Premier League (2016 MD3-2017) at Mihaaru

[4] New Radiant were suspended from all football related activities before 2019–20 Dhivehi Premier League started, due to unpaid wages to the players and failing to pay fines to FIFA and FAM, resulting to relegation^[3]

[6] Victory was docked 3 points for failing to pay over players' wages during 2018 Dhivehi Premier League^[4]

[ST-1] "FAM introduces season tickets". Maldivesoccer. April 2015. Archived from the original on 6 July 2015. Retrieved 7 July 2020.

[2] ttps://www.flashscore.com/football/maldives/dhivehi-premier-league/standings/#/U7dA09cI/table/overall

[3] "Valencia makes a comeback to First Division". Raajje Mv. 15 January 2020. Retrieved 20 May 2020.

[5] "މުސާރަ މައްސަލައެއްގައި ފީފާއިން ވިކްޓަރީގެ ޕޮއިންޓް އުނިކޮށްފި" (in Divehi). FIGC. 21 February 2019. Retrieved 19 May 2020.

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