Dhivehi League

Dhivehi League
Founded	1983
Folded	2015
Replaced by	Dhivehi Premier League
Country	Maldives
Number of clubs	8
Level on pyramid	1
Relegation to	Second Division
International cup(s)	AFC Cup
Last champions	New Radiant SC
Most championships	Club Valencia ; New Radiant SC

Last updated August 14, 2025

Dhivehi League was a Maldivian football league organized by the Football Association of Maldives. 8 clubs competed in the league, which was the top level of the Maldivian football league system.

Format

Dhivehi League consisted of 3 round robin rounds, each club once at home and once as visitor. In the 3rd round only the top 6 played, while the lower 2 got relegated. The FAM normalisation committee has decided to rebrand the competition as the Dhivehi Premier League.

Past winners

Most successful clubs

Team	Winners
New Radiant SC	9
Victory Sport Club	9
Club Valencia	9
VB Sports Club	3
Club Lagoons	1
Hurriyya FC	1

All-time standings

Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	New Radiant SC	234	138	40	56	530	250	+280	454
2	Victory Sports Club	234	118	45	71	483	300	+183	399
3	Club Valencia	234	96	53	85	442	368	+74	341
4	Maziya S&RC	181	93	37	51	357	220	+137	316
5	VB Addu FC	180	92	39	49	448	262	+186	315
6	Club Eagles	118	41	31	46	150	186	-36	154
7	Club All Youth Linkage	105	21	23	61	105	246	-141	86
8	TC Sports Club	35	21	8	6	74	37	+37	71
9	Vyansa	83	17	16	50	78	156	-78	67
10	Hurriyya SC	48	18	12	18	118	85	+33	66
11	BG Sports Club	68	14	18	36	65	118	-53	60
12	Thoddoo FC	51	8	4	39	44	192	-148	28
13	United Victory	21	5	8	8	18	25	-7	23
14	Guraidhoo ZJ	31	5	5	21	41	97	-56	20
15	Mahibadhoo SC	33	4	4	25	38	105	-67	16
16	Rasdhoo JU	12	4	0	8	14	20	-06	12
17	Veymandoo ZJ	17	3	2	12	21	68	-47	11
18	Kelaa YF	12	3	1	8	14	45	-31	10
19	Foakaidhoo ZJ	21	1	5	15	13	65	-52	8
20	Hiriyaa (Hinnavaru)	12	1	2	9	10	49	-39	5
21	Mahibadhoo ZJ	14	1	2	11	11	71	-60	5
22	STELCO	7	1	1	5	7	18	-11	4
23	Haspress Club(Hinnavaru)	5	1	1	3	6	19	-13	4
24	FVD (Vilufushi)	7	1	1	5	4	26	-22	4
25	DX Sports Club(Miladu)	7	0	3	4	6	25	-19	3
26	Thinadhoo	7	0	2	5	4	23	-19	2
27	Thinadhoo ZC	07	0	0	7	5	31	-26	0

Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Note

The first year (2000) results and statistics missing.
VB Addu FC statistics included VB Sports and Island FC results.
Thoddoo FC statistics included the results of Kalhaidhoo ZJ.
2015 DPL and 2016 DPL statistics included in the table.

All-time top scorer

Rank	Nationality	Name	Club	Years	Goals	Apps	Ratio
1		Ali Ashfaq	Club Valencia, New Radiant & VB Sports Club	2003–2013	181	151	1.23

Top scorers by seasons

Season	Player	Nationality	Club	Goals	Games	Ratio
2000	Ali Umar	Maldives	Club Valencia
2001	Ali Shiham	Maldives
2002	Ali Shiham	Maldives
2003	Ali Ashfaq	Maldives	Club Valencia	19	19	1
2004	Ali Ashfaq	Maldives	Club Valencia	20	11	1.818
2005	Ali Ashfaq	Maldives	Club Valencia	11	11	1
2009	Ali Ashfaq	Maldives	VB Sports Club	26	14	1.857
2010	Ali Ashfaq	Maldives	VB Sports Club	18	13	1.385
2012	Ali Ashfaq	Maldives	New Radiant SC	9
2013	Ali Ashfaq	Maldives	New Radiant SC	31	18	1.722
2014	Assadhulla Abdulla	Maldives	Maziya S&RC	22

References

↑ "Dhivehi League - Maldives - Results, fixtures, tables and news -". int.soccerway.com. Archived from the original on 2015-02-22. Retrieved 2020-05-20.

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[1] "Dhivehi League - Maldives - Results, fixtures, tables and news -". int.soccerway.com. Archived from the original on 2015-02-22. Retrieved 2020-05-20.

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