Dhivehi Premier League

Dhivehi Premier League
Founded22 December 2014 (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 (5th title)
(2023)
Most championshipsMaziya (5 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 at the National Football Stadium.

History

See also: Dhivehi League
Season Champions Runners-up Topscorers
2015 New Radiant Trust and Care SC Assadhulla Abdulla (9 goals)
2016 Maziya Trust and Care SC Ali Fasir (29 goals)
2017 New Radiant Trust and Care SC Ali Ashfaq (13 goals)
2018 Trust and Care SC Maziya Ahmed Rizuvan (31 goals)
2019–20 Maziya Eagles Ahmed Rizuvan (28 goals)
2020–21 Maziya Valencia Cornelius Stewart (10 goals)
2022 Maziya Eagles Tana (18 goals)
2023 Maziya Eagles Ahmed Rizuvan (23 goals)


Titles by club

Clubs Champions Winning season Runners-up
Maziya 5 2016, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2022, 2023 1
New Radiant 2 2015, 2017 0
Trust and Care SC 1 2018 3
Eagles 0 3
Valencia 0 1

Source: rsssf.org[1]

Competition format

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, 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 Regional League, with the top 6 avoiding relegation all together.

Qualification for Asian competitions

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

Period Sponsor Brand
2015–2018 Ooredoo Maldives Ooredoo Dhivehi Premier League
2019–21 Dhiraagu Dhiraagu Dhivehi Premier League
2022 Ooredoo Maldives Ooredoo Dhivehi Premier League
2023 MWSC MWSC Dhivehi Premier League
2025– Dhiraagu Dhiraagu Dhivehi Premier League

Awards

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.[2]

Current clubs

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

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 2022 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.
1 Maziya 8 121 86 20 15 348 95 +253 278 4 1 1 1 1st
2 Trust and Care SC 8 121 67 23 31 237 133 +104 224 1 3 1 1st
3 Club Eagles 7 107 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 6 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 5 70 27 12 31 98 104 −6 93 1 2nd
8 United Victory 5 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 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 3 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 SC 1 - - - - - - - - -
22 Odi SC 1 - - - - - - - - -
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]
  2. ^ Victory was docked 3 points for failing to pay over players' wages during 2018 Dhivehi Premier League[5]

Clubs continental head to head records

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

Against Region P W D L GF GA GD %Win
 Bangladesh SAFF 22 7 2 13 26 53 −27 031.82
 Bhutan SAFF 4 3 1 0 7 1 +6 075.00
 China EAFF 4 0 1 3 1 21 −20 000.00
 Hong Kong EAFF 32 9 4 19 32 62 −30 028.13
 India WAFF 46 9 4 33 49 111 −62 019.57
 Indonesia AFF 20 6 3 11 33 32 +1 030.00
 Iran CAFA 2 0 0 2 0 17 −17 000.00
 Japan EAFF 7 0 1 6 0 47 −47 000.00
 Jordan WAFF 4 1 2 1 3 5 −2 025.00
 Kuwait WAFF 6 0 0 6 5 27 −22 000.00
 Kyrgyzstan WAFF 1 0 0 1 0 3 −3 000.00
 Laos AFF 2 1 1 0 3 2 +1 050.00
 Lebanon WAFF 2 0 0 2 3 6 −3 000.00
 Malaysia AFF 27 6 9 12 26 47 −21 022.22
 Myanmar AFF 8 2 2 4 9 14 −5 025.00
   Nepal SAFF 5 2 2 1 6 9 −3 040.00
 Pakistan SAFF 6 3 1 2 12 15 −3 050.00
 Philippines AFF 3 1 1 1 1 1 +0 033.33
 Saudi Arabia WAFF 2 0 0 2 3 8 −5 000.00
 Singapore AFF 28 5 2 21 22 68 −46 017.86
 South Korea EAFF 10 0 1 9 1 50 −49 000.00
 Sri Lanka SAFF 11 5 2 4 11 20 −9 045.45
 Thailand AFF 9 0 0 9 5 32 −27 000.00
 Turkmenistan CAFA 1 0 0 1 1 2 −1 000.00
 Vietnam AFF 16 1 1 14 13 45 −32 006.25
 Yemen WAFF 1 0 0 1 3 4 −1 000.00
Total 26 nations 279 61 40 178 275 702 −427 021.86
  • Last Updated on 12 August 2025.

References

  1. ^ "Cambodia - 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.
  5. ^ "މުސާރަ މައްސަލައެއްގައި ފީފާއިން ވިކްޓަރީގެ ޕޮއިންޓް އުނިކޮށްފި" (in Divehi). FIGC. 21 February 2019. Archived from the original on 10 September 2020. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
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