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
SeasonChampionsRunners-upTopscorers2015 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)2025–26MaziyaOdi SportsTBC
Titles by club ClubsChampions Winning seasonRunners-up Runner-up seasonMaziya62016, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2022, 2023, 2025–2612018New Radiant22015, 20170Trust and Care SC1201832015, 2016, 2017Eagles032019–20, 2022, 2023Valencia012020–21Odi Sports012025–26
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 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 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 PeriodSponsorBrand2015–2018Ooredoo Maldives Ooredoo Dhivehi Premier League2019–21 Dhiraagu Dhiraagu Dhivehi Premier League 2022 Ooredoo Maldives Ooredoo Dhivehi Premier League2023MWSC 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.
Current clubs Note: Table lists clubs in alphabetical order. Team Division Stadium Capacity Biss Buru Sports Club Maafannu, Malé National Football Stadium 4,000 Buru Sports Club Machchangolhi, Malé Club Eagles Maafannu, Malé Dhidhdhoo Sports HA. DhidhdhooDhidhdhoo Football Stadium1,000 Gadhdhoo Recreation Club GDh. GadhdhooGadhdhoo Football Stadium1,000 Maziya West Maafannu, MaléNational Football Stadium4,000 New Radiant Henveiru, Malé Odi Sports Club Galolhu, MaléTC Sports ClubHenveiru, Malé Victory Sports Club Galolhu, Malé
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 2025/26 season. Teams in bold are part of the 2026/27 Premier League.
Pos.ClubSeasonsPldWinDrawLossGFGAGDPts1st2nd3rd4thRelegatedBestPos. 1 Maziya 10 154 115 24 15 458 108 +350 369 5 1 1 1 1st 2 Trust and Care SC 10 154 80 27 47 277 194 +83 267 1 3 1 1 1st 3 Club Eagles 9 139 77 35 27 305 160 +145 266 2 3 1 2nd 4 New Radiant 6 83 48 16 19 174 85 +89 160 2 1 1 1 1st 5 Green Streets 7 114 39 20 59 164 235 -71 137 1 1 3rd 6 Victory 6 85 18 13 54 74 184 -110 54 1 5th 7 Valencia 6 97 30 17 55 114 174 -60 107 1 1 2nd 8 United Victory 6 104 26 22 58 120 224 -104 100 1 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 3 32 14 5 13 58 51 +7 47 1 4th 22 Odi SC 2 19 12 3 4 40 13 +27 39 1 2nd21Gadhdhoo Recreation Club1000000000 -22Dhidhdhoo Sports1000000000 -24Biss Buru Sports Club1000000000 - Notes
Clubs continental head to head records
Head-to-head records against clubs from 26 nations whom they have played to date only in AFC Competitions.
Against Region %WinSAFFSAFFEAFFEAFFWAFFAFFCAFAEAFFWAFFWAFFWAFFAFFWAFFAFFAFFSAFFSAFFAFFWAFFAFFEAFFSAFFAFFCAFAAFFWAFFTotal 26 nations
Last Updated on 12 August 2025.
References
External links Ooredoo Dhivehi Premier League (2016 MD3-2017) at Mihaaru.