Marianas Soccer League 1

Marianas Soccer League 1

Founded	2005;20 years ago (2005) [1]
Country	Northern Mariana Islands
Confederation	AFC
Number of clubs	5
Level on pyramid	1
International cup(s)	AFC Challenge League Marianas Club Championship
Current champions	Spring: Kanoa (2nd title) (2025)
Most championships	Inter Godfather's (7 titles) [2]
Broadcaster(s)	FIFA+ YouTube (live streaming)
Website	www.nmifa.com
Current: 2025 Marianas Soccer League 1

The Marianas Soccer League 1 is the men's top level professional football competition of the Northern Mariana Islands Football Association. It is above the Marianas Soccer League 2, but there is no regular promotion/relegation between the two competitions.

History

The league began as an invitational event in the Northern Mariana Islands. The league has been operating since 2005 ^[1] and grew to include eight teams in the 2008 season. ^{[3] [4]}

On 2 August 2012 the competition was re-branded as the M-League, following the suit of many other AFC national competitions. In September 2012, the Northern Mariana Islands Football Association (NMIFA) officially launched a two tier completion, usually without promotion and relegation. In the inaugural season there were 5 teams in Division 1 and 4 teams in generally amateur Division 2.

After the 2020 season was abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the league was relaunched in Spring 2021 as the Marianas Soccer League.

Marianas Club Championship

Since 2023, the winners of the Marianas Soccer League 1 and the Guam Soccer League compete against each other in the Marianas Club Championship. ^[5]

Previous winners

Winners so far are: ^[2]

Northern Mariana Invitational Championship

• 2005: not held
• 2006–07: L&S/Kyung-Seung
• 2007: Fiesta Inter Saipan ^[6]
• 2008 Spring: Inter Godfather's
• 2008 Fall: Inter Godfather's
• 2009: Inter Godfather's
• 2010: MP United
• 2011: Inter Godfather's ^[7]

M-League Division 1

• 2012 Spring: Wild Bills
• 2012 Fall: Tan Holdings
• 2013 Spring: Wild Bills
• 2013–14: Wild Bills
• 2014 Fall: MP United
• 2015 Spring: Tan Holdings
• 2015 Fall: not held
• 2016 Spring: Tan Holdings
• 2016 Fall: MP United
• 2017 Spring: MP United
• 2017 Fall: Tan Holdings
• 2018 Spring: MP United
• 2018 Fall: abandoned
• 2019 Spring: Teen Ayuyu
• 2019 Fall: All Blue
• 2020 Spring: abandoned
• 2020 Fall: not held

Marianas Soccer League

• 2021 Spring: Tan Holdings
• 2021 Fall: All Blue
• 2022 Spring: Eleven Tiger
• 2022 Fall: Tan Holdings
• 2023 Spring: Eleven Tiger
• 2023 Fall: Eleven Tiger
• 2024 Spring: Kanoa
• 2024 Fall: Matansa
• 2025 Spring: Kanoa

Top goalscorers

Year	Top scorer	Team	Goals
2007	Masatoshi Otsuka [6]	Fiesta Inter Saipan
2009	Joe Wang Miller	MP United	23 [8]
2010	Joe Wang Miller	MP United	15 [4]
2016	Martin Jambor	Tan Holdings	14
2018	Sunjoon Tenorio	MP United	15
2020 Spring	Andrw Omelau		8
2024 Fall	Tanapon Unsa	Matansa	11

Hat-tricks multiple

Rank	Country	Player	Hat-tricks
1		Sunjoon Tenorio	1

References

1. "about the NMIFA". NMIFA. Archived from the original on 14 October 2013. Retrieved 20 September 2013.
2. "Northern Marianas — List of Champions". RSSSF . Retrieved 19 September 2013.
3. Schöggl.H (2010) Northern Marianas 2010, Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation, 2010-08-11. Retrieved 2011-05-14.
4. 'MP United rules men's league' Archived 2012-03-23 at the Wayback Machine , Saipan Tribune, 2010-07-27. Retrieved 2011-05-14.
5. "Wings FC ready for first-ever Marianas Club Championship". Pacific Daily News. 15 December 2023. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
6. 'Fiesta Inter takes football crown' Archived 2012-03-23 at the Wayback Machine , Saipan Tribune, 2007-09-10. Retrieved 2011-05-14.
7. 'Inter Godfather's Bags Men's League Title', Marianas Variety, 2011-12-19. Retrieved 2015-03-25.
8. Schöggl.H (2010) Northern Marianas 2009, Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation, 2010-03-25. Retrieved 2011-05-14.