The 2018 Malé League will be the eighth season of the
Malé League, the top division of
Maldivian football under the latest update of the Maldivian football league system. The league was made up of the 8 clubs.
Format
All eight teams play against each other in Two Round Format. Team with most total points at the end of the season will be crowned as Malé League champion. Top six teams qualify for the
Dhivehi Premier League
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 rel ...
. Bottom two teams play the Malé League qualification with the runner-up of
Second Division
In sport, the Second Division, also called Division 2 or Division II is usually the second highest division of a league, and will often have promotion and relegation with divisions above and below. Following the rise of Premier League style compet ...
.
The team with the most points in Malé League qualification after a two-legged group round will play in the next year's Malé League. Bottom two will be relegated to Second Division.
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Mihaaru Sports. 05 January 2018
Teams
A total of 8 teams will be contesting in the league.
Teams and their divisions
:''Note: Table lists clubs in alphabetical order.''
Personnel
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Coaching changes
Foreign players
Players name in bold indicates the player is registered during the mid-season transfer window.
League table
Season summary
Round One and Two
Positions by round
The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches.
Matches
First round
A total of 28 matches will be played in this round.
Second round
A total of 28 matches will be played in this round.
Season statistics
Top scorers
Hat-tricks
2019 Malé League qualification
The qualifiers were to be played between 2018 Malé League bottom two teams– United Victory
United Victory is a Maldivian professional football club. They have qualified for the Dhivehi Premier League for the very first time, after crowning the 2015 Second Division Football Tournament
The 2015 Second Division Football Tournament ...
and Club Valencia
Club Valencia is a Republic of the Maldives, Maldivian football (soccer), football club based in Malé, Maldives. Nicknamed ''The Sunrisers'', the club competes in the Dhivehi Premier League, the top tier of Football in Maldives, Maldivian footb ...
, and 2018 Second Division runner up JJ Sports Club. Due to unknown reasons, JJ Sports Club withdrew their chance in the qualification phase.
References
on Mihaaru Online.
{{2018 in Asian Football (AFC)
Football leagues in the Maldives
Maldives
The Maldives, officially the Republic of Maldives,, ) and historically known as the Maldive Islands, is a country and archipelagic state in South Asia in the Indian Ocean. The Maldives is southwest of Sri Lanka and India, about from the A ...
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