2024 Super League of Malawi

Super League of Malawi

Season	2024
Dates	6 June 2024 – 7 December 2024
Champions	Silver Strikers
Relegated	Baka City
Champions League	Silver Strikers
Matches played	135
Goals scored	317 (2.35 per match)
Top goalscorer	Isaac Kaliati (17 goals)
Best goalkeeper	George Chikooka (10 clean sheets)
Biggest home win	Mighty Wanderers 8–0 Mzuzu City Hammers (10 August) Creck 8–0 Baka City (10 August)
Biggest away win	FOMO 0–3 Mighty Wanderers (14 April) Chitipa United 0–3 Nyasa Big Bullets (21 April)
Highest scoring	Mighty Wanderers 8–0 Mzuzu City Hammers (10 August) Creck 8–0 Baka City (10 August)
Longest winning run	6 matches Silver Strikers (27 April – 2 June)
Longest unbeaten run	27 matches Silver Strikers (6 April – 27 November)
Longest winless run	10 matches Baka City (7 April – 24 June)
Longest losing run	5 matches Baka City (14 July – 10 August)
← 2023 2025 → All statistics correct as of 21 August 2024.

The 2024 Super League of Malawi (known as the TNM Super League for sponsorship reasons) was the 38th season of the Super League of Malawi, the top professional league for association football clubs in Malawi since its establishment in 1986. The season started on 6 June and ended on 29 December 2024.

On 30 November 2024, Silver Strikers won their 9th league title with two matches to spare, following a 1–0 victory against second placers Mighty Mukuru Wanderers.

Teams

Sixteen teams competed in the league, the top thirteen teams from the previous season and three promoted sides from the regional leagues.

Changes from previous season

Promotion and relegation

Promoted from Regional Leagues	Relegated to Regional Leagues
Baka City Creck FOMO	Blue Eagles Red Lions Extreme

Name changes

• Ekwendeni Hammers were renamed to Mzuzu City Hammers. ^[1]
• Kawinga FC were renamed to Creck Sporting Club. ^[1]

Stadiums and locations

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Baka City	Karonga	Karonga Stadium	20,000
Bangwe All Stars	Blantyre	Mpira Stadium	6,244
Chitipa United	Karonga	Karonga Stadium	20,000
CIVO United	Lilongwe	Civo Stadium	25,000
Creck	Lilongwe	Civo Stadium	25,000
Dedza Dynamos	Dedza	Dedza Stadium	6,000
FOMO	Mulanje	Mulanje Park Stadium	4,000
Kamuzu Barracks	Lilongwe	Civo Stadium	25,000
Karonga United	Karonga	Karonga Stadium	20,000
MAFCO	Nkhotakota	Chitowe Stadium	1,000
Mighty Tigers	Nchalo	Kalulu Stadium	3,000
Mighty Wanderers	Blantyre	Kamuzu Stadium	65,000
Moyale Barracks	Mzuzu	Mzuzu Stadium	15,000
Mzuzu City Hammers	Mzuzu	Mzuzu Stadium	15,000
Nyasa Big Bullets	Blantyre	Kamuzu Stadium	65,000
Silver Strikers	Lilongwe	Bingu National Stadium	41,100

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Silver Strikers (C)	30	19	10	1	58	17	+41	67	Qualification for CAF Champions League
2	Mighty Wanderers	30	17	7	6	57	19	+38	58
3	Nyasa Big Bullets	30	14	13	3	42	20	+22	55
4	Mzuzu City Hammers	30	13	9	8	31	32	−1	48
5	Civil Service United	30	11	10	9	35	27	+8	43
6	Creck	30	10	12	8	44	33	+11	42
7	Karonga United	30	11	9	10	30	30	0	42
8	Moyale Barracks	30	9	12	9	30	27	+3	39
9	MAFCO	30	9	12	9	30	39	−9	39
10	Kamuzu Barracks	30	8	13	9	30	29	+1	37
11	Dedza Dynamos	30	7	15	8	32	31	+1	36
12	Mighty Tigers	30	8	11	11	26	38	−12	35
13	Chitipa United	30	7	8	15	35	46	−11	29
14	FOMO (R)	30	8	5	17	20	38	−18	29	Relegation to regional leagues
15	Bangwe All Stars (R)	30	6	9	15	17	34	−17	27
16	Baka City (R)	30	2	7	21	17	74	−57	13

Source: Sulom Soccerway RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	BAK	BAN	CHI	CIV	CRE	DED	FOM	KAM	KAR	MAF	MGT	MGW	MOY	MZU	NBB	SIL
Baka City	—	2–0		0–0	1–1			0–0	0–1	0–0		0–2	1–2			0–2
Bangwe All Stars	3–0	—	3–0			2–1	0–1		1–1	0–1	0–0	0–0		0–0	0–2
Chitipa United	4–1	4–0	—	1–3	1–1			4–1	4–1	0–0	0–1				0–3	1–1
CIVO United	3–0	1–1	4–0	—		3–0	1–0	1–2		0–0	0–0	0–1	1–0	3–0		0–2
Creck	8–0	1–0		1–2	—	2–0	1–0			2–1	3–1		3–2	1–2	1–1
Dedza Dynamos	4–0	3–0	0–0		1–1	—	1–0	2–2	1–0	3–0		0–0			1–1	1–1
FOMO	1–1	1–0	1–0			1–1	—			0–1	0–0	0–3	2–1	2–1
Kamuzu Barracks	4–0	1–0	2–0		2–2	2–0	3–1	—	2–1		0–0	0–1	0–0		0–0	2–2
Karonga United	1–0		1–1	1–1	1–1		3–0	0–0	—		3–1		2–0	1–1	2–1	0–1
MAFCO			2–0	2–2	1–2		1–0	1–1	2–0	—	2–0	0–0	1–1		1–1
Mighty Tigers	4–1				1–0	1–1	2–2	2–3		2–3	—	1–2	2–0	1–0		2–2
Mighty Wanderers			2–0	3–0	3–0	3–1		1–1	1–0			—	1–2	8–0
Moyale Barracks		1–1	1–1	3–0		0–0			1–0	2–1	1–0		—		0–0	0–0
Mzuzu City Hammers	2–1	2–0	1–0	1–0		2–1	2–1	1–0	0–1	1–1		2–0	1–1	—
Nyasa Big Bullets	2–1	0–1		1–1	3–2		3–0				0–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	—	0–1
Silver Strikers		3–1	2–0		2–0		1–0		4–2	2–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	5–0		—

Updated to match(es) played on 28 September 2024. Source: Sulom
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Results by round

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21
Baka City	L	L	D	L	L	D	L	D	L	D	W	L	L	L	L	L	D	L	L
Bangwe All Stars	L	L	D	D	L	D	L	L	W	D	L	L	D	D	L	W	L	L	L	W
Chitipa United	L	W	L	L	L	D	D	L	L	L	D	W	L	L	W	L	W	D	D	L
Civil Service United	L	W	L	L	W	D	D	W	W	L	L	D	W	D	D	W	D	L	W	D
Creck	W	W	L	L	D	L	W	D	W	D	D	W	L	D	W	W	W	L	D
Dedza Dynamos	D	L	D	D	W	D	D	W	L	D	W	L	D	W	L	L	D	W	D
FOMO	W	L	L	W	L	D	L	L	W	D	W	L	L	L	D	L	L	L	W	D
Kamuzu Barracks	D	D	W	W	W	L	D	W	W	D	D	D	D	D	L	D	D	W	L	W
Karonga United	W	L	D	W	D	L	D	L	L	W	L	W	L	W	D	L	D	L	W	W
MAFCO	L	D	D	L	L	D	W	W	L	W	D	W	W	D	D	W	L	D	D	D
Mighty Tigers	L	D	W	L	W	D	W	L	L	D	L	L	D	D	D	D	W	L	W	D
Mighty Wanderers	D	W	W	D	D	W	L	L	W	W	W	L	W	D	W	W	D	W	W
Moyale Barracks	W	L	W	D	D	D	D	D	W	L	L	W	W	D	D	D	L	W	D	D
Mzuzu City Hammers	W	W	L	W	D	W	L	W	L	D	D	W	L	W	D	L	W	W	L	L
Nyasa Big Bullets	D	D	W	W	D	D	W	D	L	D	D	D	W	L	W	D	L
Silver Strikers	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	D	W	W	D	W	W	D	D

Updated to match(es) played on 19 September 2024. Source: Sulom
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21
Silver Strikers	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Mighty Wanderers	10	4	1	3	4	3	4	5	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Kamuzu Barracks	9	10	7	5	2	4	5	3	2	2	3	3	3	4	5	6	5	5	5	3
Mzuzu City Hammers	6	3	4	2	3	2	3	2	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	3	3	4
Creck	1	2	5	8	8	11	8	10	8	6	6	5	7	7	6	3	3	4	4	5
Civil Service United	14	5	10	11	11	10	11	8	6	8	9	11	9	10	9	8	7	9	6	6
Moyale Barracks	3	7	3	6	6	6	7	6	7	7	8	7	6	5	7	9	9	6	7	7
MAFCO	11	12	13	15	15	15	13	12	13	12	11	8	8	8	8	7	8	7	8	8
Karonga United	5	8	9	7	7	7	9	11	12	11	13	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	9
Nyasa Big Bullets	8	11	6	4	5	5	2	4	5	5	5	6	5	6	4	5	6	8	9	10
Dedza Dynamos	7	14	14	13	10	9	10	7	9	9	7	9	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	11
Mighty Tigers	15	13	8	10	9	8	6	9	10	10	12	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
FOMO	4	9	12	9	12	12	12	13	11	13	10	12	12	13	13	13	14	14	13	13
Chitipa United	16	6	11	12	13	13	14	14	15	15	16	14	14	15	14	15	13	13	14	14
Bangwe All Stars	13	16	16	14	14	14	15	16	14	14	14	15	15	14	15	14	15	15	15	15
Baka City	12	15	15	16	16	16	16	15	16	16	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16

	Qualification to the CAF Champions League
	Relegation to Malawi Regional Football Leagues

Updated to match(es) played on 19 September 2024. Source: Sulom

Season statistics

Scoring

Top scorers

As of 19 September 2024

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Zeliat Nkhoma	Kamuzu Barracks	12
2	Isaac Msiska	Mzuzu City Hammers	10
	George Chaomba	Creck
1	Isaac Kaliati	Mighty Wanderers	17
5	Blessings Mwalilino	Karonga United	7
	Emmanuel Jnr Saviel	Civil Service United
	Promise Kamwendo	Dedza Dynamos
	Ramadhan Ntafu	Chitipa United
	Saulos Moyo	Karonga United
10	Christopher Kumwembe	Mighty Wanderers	6

Most assists

As of 31 August 2024

Rank	Player	Club	Assists
1	McDonald Lameck	Silver Strikers	8
2	Gaddi Chirwa	Mighty Wanderers	6
	Stanley Sanudi	Mighty Wanderers
4	Muhamad Biason	Civil Service United	5
	George Chaomba	Creck
	Uchizi Vunga	Silver Strikers

Own goals

As of 19 September 2024

Rank	Player	Club	Own goals
1	Aaron Chilipa	Creck	1
	Chimwemwe Kalyala	Baka City
	Ben Mbewe	MAFCO
	Bright Mtondagowa	Mzuzu City Hammers
	Robert Kolneli	Baka City
	Steve Mkweza	MAFCO

Hat-tricks

As of 19 September 2024

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Ramadhan Ntafu	Chitipa United	Karonga United	4–1 (H)	14 April 2024
Christopher Kumwembe	Mighty Wanderers	Civil Service United	3–0 (H)	23 June 2024
Festus Duwe	Civil Service United	Chitipa United	4–0 (H)	10 August 2024
George Chaomba	Creck	Baka City	8–0 (H)	10 August 2024

Note

(H) – Home; (A) – Away

Clean sheets

As of 31 August 2024

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	George Chikooka	Silver Strikers	11
2	Lucky Tizola	Mighty Tigers	8
3	Christopher Mikuwa	MAFCO	6
	Donnex Mwakasinga	Dedza Dynamos
5	Hastings Banda	Kamuzu Barracks	5
	Simeon Harawa	Moyale Barracks
	John Rahaman	Civil Service United
	Maclean Mwale	Karonga United
	William Thole	Mighty Wanderers

Discipline

Red cards

As of 21 August 2024

Rank	Player	Team	Red cards
1	George Chaomba	Creck	1
	Chifuniro Mpinganjira	Dedza Dynamos
	Clifford Chimulambe	Moyale Barracks
	Peter Kasonga	MAFCO
	Gabinho Daud	Bangwe All Stars
	Francisco Madinga	Mighty Mukuru Wanderers

Attendances

#	Football club	Average attendance
1	Nyasa Big Bullets	2,548
2	Mighty Wanderers	2,313
3	Silver Strikers	1,793
4	Dedza Dynamos	1,653
5	Creck SC	1,168
6	Kamuzu Barracks	1,144
7	Mighty Tigers FC	968
8	Mzuzu City Hammers	704
9	Moyale Barracks	697
10	MAFCO FC	608
11	Karonga United	539
12	FOMO FC	466
13	Civil Service United FC	385
14	Baka City	343
15	Chitipa United	298
16	Bangwe All Stars	225

References

1. "Football Association of Malawi nods to Ekwendeni Hammers, Kawinga FC name change". times.mw. 21 February 2024. Retrieved 9 September 2024.

External links

• Official Website