TheDhivehi Premier League, known as theDhiraagu Dhivehi Premier League for sponsorship reasons, is aMaldivian men's professionalfootball league. At the top of theMaldives football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Contested by 10 clubs, it operates on a system ofpromotion and relegation with theSecond Division Football Tournament.

The Dhivehi Premier League succeeded theDhivehi League. Currently all ten teams are based at theNational Football Stadium.

Season	Champions	Runners-up	Topscorers
2015	New Radiant	TC Sports Club	Assadhulla Abdulla (9 goals)
2016	Maziya	TC Sports Club	Ali Fasir (29 goals)
2017	New Radiant	TC Sports Club	Ali Ashfaq (13 goals)
2018	TC Sports Club	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)

The Premier League began with 8 teams, with a format in which each club plays the others thrice (a doubleround-robin system), for a total of 21 games. Teams receivethree points for a win and one point for a draw. No points are awarded for a loss. Teams areranked by total points, thengoal 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, now the club plays the others twice for a total of 18 games. Teams areranked 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 currentSecond Division), while the teams who finish 7th and 8th respectively they will go to the Promotion/Relegation playoff with the winners of the 4Regional League, with the top 6 avoiding relegation all together.

Two teams qualify for theAFC Cup. The winner directly qualifies to the group stage. While the second spot is a play-off. It is given to the winner of theFA Cup. If the winner of the league wins theFA 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 theAFC Challenge League in 2024, only one team, the winner qualify for theAFC Challenge League play-offs. The team must win play-offs to get to the group stage.

TheFootball Association of Maldives (FAM) provides each Premier League team with an amount ofMVR 1.6 million. The Champion team also receives a MVR 1 million cash prize.^{[citation needed][1]}

Note: Table lists clubs in alphabetical order.

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 2022 season.^[2] Teams inbold are part of the 2025/26 Premier League.

Notes

Head-to-head records against clubs form 26 nations whom they have played to date only in AFC Competitions.

Against	Region	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	%Win
Bangladesh	SAFF	22	7	2	13	26	53	−27	031.82
Bhutan	SAFF	4	3	1	0	7	1	+6	075.00
China	EAFF	4	0	1	3	1	21	−20	000.00
Hong Kong	EAFF	32	9	4	19	32	62	−30	028.13
India	WAFF	46	9	4	33	49	111	−62	019.57
Indonesia	AFF	20	6	3	11	33	32	+1	030.00
Iran	CAFA	2	0	0	2	0	17	−17	000.00
Japan	EAFF	7	0	1	6	0	47	−47	000.00
Jordan	WAFF	4	1	2	1	3	5	−2	025.00
Kuwait	WAFF	6	0	0	6	5	27	−22	000.00
Kyrgyzstan	WAFF	1	0	0	1	0	3	−3	000.00
Laos	AFF	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1	050.00
Lebanon	WAFF	2	0	0	2	3	6	−3	000.00
Malaysia	AFF	27	6	9	12	26	47	−21	022.22
Myanmar	AFF	8	2	2	4	9	14	−5	025.00
Nepal	SAFF	5	2	2	1	6	9	−3	040.00
Pakistan	SAFF	6	3	1	2	12	15	−3	050.00
Philippines	AFF	3	1	1	1	1	1	+0	033.33
Saudi Arabia	WAFF	2	0	0	2	3	8	−5	000.00
Singapore	AFF	28	5	2	21	22	68	−46	017.86
South Korea	EAFF	10	0	1	9	1	50	−49	000.00
Sri Lanka	SAFF	11	5	2	4	11	20	−9	045.45
Thailand	AFF	9	0	0	9	5	32	−27	000.00
Turkmenistan	CAFA	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	000.00
Vietnam	AFF	16	1	1	14	13	45	−32	006.25
Yemen	WAFF	1	0	0	1	3	4	−1	000.00
Total	26 nations	279	61	40	178	275	702	−427	021.86

• Last Updated on 12 August 2025.

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