Dhivehi League

Dhivehi League
Full name	Wataniya Dhivehi League
Association	Football Association of Maldives
First edition	2000
Teams	10
master	Maziya S&RC (2019/20)
Record champions	New radians (7 ×)
Website	maldivesoccer.net
Qualification for	AFC Cup
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The Dhivehi Premier League , also: Wataniya Dhivehi League, is a professional football league in the Maldives . It is also the highest league in the country. The league was founded in 2000. The league champions qualify, together with the cup winners, for participation in the AFC Cup . The record winner is New Radiant with seven titles.

mode

In a rather complicated mode, both the master and the relegated are determined. At the same time, the league serves as a qualifying tournament for the Maldives National Championships. In the first round of the league, the eight teams only play one game against each other. The top six teams qualify for the second round of the league. Here, too, the teams only play one game against each other. At the end of the second round, the championship leader is also determined. The first four of the table qualify for the national championships, also known as the President's Cup . The two worst-placed clubs play off the promoted and relegated teams in the relegation play-offs against the two finalists of the second division.

Participating teams (2018)

• TC Sports Club
• Club Eagles
• Maziya S&RC
• New radians
• Club Green Streets
• Faafu Nilandhoo
• Shaviyani Foakaidhoo
• Victory SC
• Baa Fehendhoo
• Thaa Thimarafushi

Championships

Champion of the Dhivehi Premier League

• 2015: New Radiant
• 2016: Maziya S&RC
• 2017: New Radiant
• 2018: TC Sports Club
• 2019/20: Maziya S&RC

Master of the Dhivehi League

• 2000: New Radiant
• 2001: Club Valencia
• 2002: Club Valencia
• 2003: Club Valencia
• 2004: Club Valencia
• 2005: Hurriyya
• 2006: New Radiant
• 2007: Victory SC
• 2008: Club Valencia
• 2009: VB Sports
• 2010: VB Sports
• 2011: VB Sports
• 2012: New Radiant
• 2013: New Radiant
• 2014: New Radiant

Champion of the Maldives National Championships

1983: Victory SC 1984: Victory SC 1985: Victory SC 1986: Victory SC 1987: New Radiant 1988: Victory SC 1989: Club Lagoons 1990: New Radiant 1991: New Radiant 1992: Victory SC 1993: Victory SC 1994: Club Valencia 1995: New Radiant 1996: Club Lagoons 1997: New Radiant 2-1 Hurriyya 1998: Club Valencia 1-1 2-0 Victory SC 1999: Club Valencia 2-1 Hurriyya 2000: Victory SC

2001: Victory SC 2-1 Club Valencia 2002: Victory SC 4-2 Club Valencia 2003: Victory SC 2-1 Club Valencia 2004: New Radiant 1-1 Club Valencia (nE 6-5) 2005: Victory SC 1-0 New Radiant 2006: Victory SC 0-0 Club Valencia (aft. 3-1) 2007: New Radiant 3-1 Victory SC 2008: Club Valencia 3-2 Victory SC 2009: Victory SC 2-1 VB Sports 2010: VB Sports 5-2 Victory SC 2011: Victory SC 2-1 New Radiant 2012: New Radiant 0-0 Victory SC (n.E. 2-1) 2013: New Radiant 4-2 n.V. Maziya S&RC 2014: New Radiant 1-0 n.V. Club Eagles 2015: Maziya S&RC 3-1 New Radiant 2016: Club Eagles 1-0 n.V. TC Sports Club 2017: New Radiant 3-0 TC Sports Club 2018:

See also

• List of the highest national soccer divisions

Web links

• Website with information about the league