The 2026–27 Dhivehi Premier League will be the tenth season of the Premier League, the top Maldivian professional league for association football clubs since its establishment in 2015. This will be the first season implementing a home-and-away format.
Teams
A total of 10 teams will be contesting in the league, including 7 sides from the 2025–26 Dhivehi Premier League season and three promoted from the 2025–26 Maldives Regional Leagues; Dhidhdhoo Gadhdhoo and Biss Buru Sports Club.
Changes from the previous season
Promoted to the Premier League Dhidhdhoo Gadhdhoo Biss Buru Sports Club
Relegated to Regional Leagues Club Green Streets Club Valencia United Victory
Teams and their divisions Note: Table lists clubs in alphabetical order. Team Location 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. Dhidhdhoo Dhidhdhoo Football Stadium 1,000 Gadhdhoo Recreation Club GDh. Gadhdhoo Gadhdhoo Football Stadium 1,000 Maziya West Maafannu, Malé National Football Stadium 4,000 New Radiant Henveiru, Malé Odi Sports Club Galolhu, Malé TC Sports Club Henveiru, Malé Victory Sports Club Galolhu, Malé
Personnel and kits Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Main sponsor Other sponsorsBiss Buru Sports Club Ahmed Nashid Mohamed Farish HassanIn-HouseNoneNoneBuru Sports Club Cristian Rodriguez Diaz Ali HamdhaanIn-HouseNoneNoneClub Eagles Abdulla Haneef Abdulla Sameeh MoosaAspire SportsNoneNoneDhidhdhoo Sports Moosa Ibrahim Adam NaseemYN SportsAahiyaa KuriNoneGadhdhoo Recreation Club Mohamed Nazeeh Ahmed RifshaanIn-HouseNoneNoneMaziya Tomáš Trucha Ali SamoohIsland ApparelsOoredoo MaldivesNoneNew Radiant Fran Caínzos Mohamed IrufaanKappiDamiettaOdi Sports Club Rui Gregório Mohamed RasheedObionWellCo MaldivesTC Sports Club Mohamed Athif Abdul Wahid IbrahimKappiNoneNoneVictory Sports Club Mohamed Siyaz Hamza MohamedJoztiSinger
Coaching changes TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in the tableIncoming managerDate of appointmentBuru Sports Club Mohamed NizamEnd of Contract19 April 2026Pre-season Cristian Rodriguez Diaz18 July 2026Maziya Luisma HernándezEnd of Contract12 March 2026Pre-season Tomáš Trucha3 August 2026New Radiant Ali SuzainBecame Technical Director1 March 2026Pre-season Fran Caínzos1 March 2026Odi Sports Club Andrés GarcíaEnd of Contract8 June 2026Pre-season Rui Gregório8 August 2026Victory Sports ClubGergely GeriEnd of Contract28 February 2026Pre-season Mohamed Siyaz28 February 2026
During the season TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in the tableIncoming managerDate of appointmentOdi Sports Club Rui GregórioSacked18 September 20264th Luciano Theiler27 September 2026
Foreign players
Player's name in bold indicates the player was registered during the mid-season transfer window
ClubVisa 1Visa 2Visa 3Visa 4Former PlayersBiss Buru Sports Club Aliu Owolabi Fatai Aremu Timothy Oluwaseun Barnabas Friday AkanmiduBuru Sports Club Albert Freixa Sabater Juan Lescano Khalil Gamal Khalil Elbezawy Harold ValdezClub Eagles Saqib Hanif Amir Shoeib Elsadek Van-Dave Harmon Marko IvanovicDhidhdhoo Sports Kavou Kotadai Chia Felix Gwain Yusif Afful Tetteh GideonGadhdhoo Recreation Club Bojan Vukmirovic Emmanuel Makinde Uros Jemovic Donalio Melachio DouanlaMaziya Nemanja Zdaravkovic Nikola Vujicic Benjamin Kuku Codjo GomezNew Radiant Guilherme Silva Matías Hernández Dorielton Gomes Nascimento Abdulai BilityOdi Sports Club Marvin Lebbie Hudson Jesus Tomislav Todorović Lucas da Costa de LimaTC Sports Club Daniel Emmanuel Eybio Mahmoud Ashraf Magson Dourado Cyrille DissakeVictory Sports Club Shohruhbek Kholmatov Furkaton Khasanboev Alhaji Gero Mirjalol Kasimov
League table
Results
First round
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6
Week 7
Week 8
Week 9
Footnotes
References