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Dhivehi Premier League

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Dhivehi Premier League
Founded22 December 2014; 11 years ago (2014-12-22)
CountryMaldives
ConfederationAFC
Number of clubs10
Level on pyramid1
Relegation toSecond Division
Domestic cup(s)FA Cup
President's Cup
Charity Shield
International cupAFC Challenge League
Current championsMaziya (6th title)
(2025–26)
Most championshipsMaziya (6 titles)
Broadcaster(s)Television Maldives
Current: 2025–26 Dhivehi Premier League

The Dhivehi Premier League, known as the Dhiraagu Dhivehi Premier League for sponsorship reasons, 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 the Second Division Football Tournament.

The Dhivehi Premier League succeeded the Dhivehi League. Currently all ten teams are based in the capital city of Male' at the National Football Stadium.

History

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Season Champions Runners-up Topscorers
2015 New Radiant Trust and Care SC Maldives Assadhulla Abdulla (9 goals)
2016 Maziya Trust and Care SC Maldives Ali Fasir (29 goals)
2017 New Radiant Trust and Care SC Maldives Ali Ashfaq (13 goals)
2018 Trust and Care SC Maziya Maldives Ahmed Rizuvan (31 goals)
2019–20 Maziya Eagles Maldives Ahmed Rizuvan (28 goals)
2020–21 Maziya Valencia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Cornelius Stewart (10 goals)
2022 Maziya Eagles Spain Tana (18 goals)
2023 Maziya Eagles Maldives Ahmed Rizuvan (23 goals)
2025–26 Maziya Odi Sports TBC


Titles by club

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Clubs Champions Winning season Runners-up Runner-up season
Maziya 6 2016, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2022, 2023, 2025–26 1 2018
New Radiant 2 2015, 2017 0
Trust and Care SC 1 2018 3 2015, 2016, 2017
Eagles 0 3 2019–20, 2022, 2023
Valencia 0 1 2020–21
Odi Sports 0 1 2025–26

Source: rsssf.org[1]

Competition format

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The Premier League began with 8 teams, with a format in which each club plays the others thrice (a double round-robin system), for a total of 21 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.

In 2025, the league format changed to now include 10 teams, now the club plays the others twice for a total of 18 games. Teams are ranked by total points, goal difference, and goals scored. If still equal, teams are deemed to occupy the same position. If there is a tie for the championship or relegation, a play-off match decides the rank. The bottom two teams of the league gets relegated to the Regional Leagues, (the current Second Division), while the teams who finish 7th and 8th respectively they will go to the Promotion/Relegation playoff with the winners of the 4 FAM Regional League, with the top 6 avoiding relegation all together.

Qualification for Asian competitions

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Two teams qualify for the AFC Cup. The winner directly qualifies to the group stage. While the second spot is a play-off. It is given to the winner of the FA Cup. If the winner of the league wins the FA Cup the second spot goes to the second placed team in the league. The team must win play-off to get to the group stage.

Since the inauguration of the AFC Challenge League in 2024, only one team, the winner qualify for the AFC Challenge League play-offs. The team must win play-offs to get to the group stage.

Sponsorship

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Period Sponsor Brand
2015–2018 Ooredoo MaldivesOoredoo Dhivehi Premier League
2019–21 DhiraaguDhiraagu Dhivehi Premier League
2022 Ooredoo MaldivesOoredoo Dhivehi Premier League
2023 MWSCMWSC Dhivehi Premier League
2025– DhiraaguDhiraagu Dhivehi Premier League

Awards

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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][2]

Current clubs

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Note: Table lists clubs in alphabetical order.
Team Division Stadium Capacity
Buru SC Machchangolhi National Football Stadium 5,000
Club Eagles Maafannu
Green Streets Machchangolhi
Maziya West Maafannu
New Radiant Henveiru
Odi SC Galolhu
Trust and Care SC Henveiru
United Victory Galolhu
Valencia Machchangolhi
Victory SC Galolhu

All-time table

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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 2025/26 season.[3] Teams in bold are part of the 2025/26 Premier League.


Pos. Club Seasons Pld Win Draw Loss GF GA GD Pts 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Relegated Best
Pos.
1Maziya 91531142415457108+34936651111st
2Trust and Care SC 9153802746276189+8726713111st
3Club Eagles 8139773527305160+1452662312nd
4New Radiant 58348161917485+891602111[a]1st
5Green Streets 7114392059164235-71137113rd
6Victory 58518135474184-1105415th
7Valencia 697301755114174-60107112nd
8United Victory 6104262258120224-104100114th
9Foakaidhoo 23788213684−48326th
10BG Sports 235612173356−233017th
11Da Grande 35612123266107−414815th
12Super United Sports 33579193166−35306th
13Nilandhoo SC 232832144114−70276th
14G. Dh. Thinadhoo 1145362318+51814th
15Sh. Milandhoo 1143561826−8146th
16A. A. Maalhos 1142391840−2297th
17B. Fehendhoo 19117230−28419th
18Dh. Kudahuvadhoo 1140311640−3438th
19Mahibadhoo 11402121247−35218th
20Th. Thimarafushi 19018237−351110th
21Buru SC 232145135851+74714th
22Odi SC 11812334012+283912nd
Notes
  1. ↑ 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 in relegation[4]

Clubs continental head to head records

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Head-to-head records against clubs from 26 nations whom they have played to date only in AFC Competitions.

Against Region P W D L GF GA GD %Win
 Bangladesh SAFF 2272132653−27031.82
 Bhutan SAFF 431071+6075.00
 China EAFF 4013121−20000.00
 Hong Kong EAFF 3294193262−30028.13
 India WAFF 46943349111−62019.57
 Indonesia AFF 2063113332+1030.00
 Iran CAFA 2002017−17000.00
 Japan EAFF 7016047−47000.00
 Jordan WAFF 412135−2025.00
 Kuwait WAFF 6006527−22000.00
 Kyrgyzstan WAFF 100103−3000.00
 Laos AFF 211032+1050.00
 Lebanon WAFF 200236−3000.00
 Malaysia AFF 2769122647−21022.22
 Myanmar AFF 8224914−5025.00
   Nepal SAFF 522169−3040.00
 Pakistan SAFF 63121215−3050.00
 Philippines AFF 311111+0033.33
 Saudi Arabia WAFF 200238−5000.00
 Singapore AFF 2852212268−46017.86
 South Korea EAFF 10019150−49000.00
 Sri Lanka SAFF 115241120−9045.45
 Thailand AFF 9009532−27000.00
 Turkmenistan CAFA 100112−1000.00
 Vietnam AFF 1611141345−32006.25
 Yemen WAFF 100134−1000.00
Total 26 nations 2796140178275702−427021.86
  • Last Updated on 12 August 2025.

References

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  1. ↑ "Maldives- List of Champions". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 5 February 2023. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
  2. ↑ "FAM introduces season tickets". Maldivesoccer. April 2015. Archived from the original on 6 July 2015. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  3. ↑ "Dhivehi Premier League 2021/2022 Standings - Football/Maldives". www.flashscore.com. Archived from the original on 15 April 2023. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
  4. ↑ "Valencia makes a comeback to First Division". Raajje Mv. 15 January 2020. Archived from the original on 1 March 2020. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
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