The 2017 Malé League is the seventh season of the
Malé League
Malé League is the official competition for football clubs in the Malé area. The top four teams qualify for Dhivehi League and bottom two teams play off against relegation with top-2 of 2nd division. Since 2001 top teams qualify for Dhivehi Le ...
, the top division of
Maldivian football
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under the latest update of the Maldivian football league system. The league was made up of the 8 clubs.
Format
All eight teams play against each other in Two Round Format. Team with most total points at the end of the season will be crowned as Malé League champion and qualified to the
AFC Cup
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. Top four teams qualify for the
Dhivehi Premier League
Dhivehi Premier League is a Maldivian men's professional football league. At the top of the Maldives football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Contested by 10 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and releg ...
and the
President's Cup. Bottom four teams play the Malé League qualification with the champion and the runner-up of
Second Division.
Top four teams of Malé League qualification after one round will play in the next year's Malé League. Bottom two will be relegated to Second Division.
Teams
A total of 8 teams will be contesting in the league.
Teams and their divisions
:''Note: Table lists clubs in alphabetical order.''
Personnel
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA
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eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Coaching changes
Foreign players
Players name in bold indicates the player is registered during the mid-season transfer window.
League table
Season summary
Round One & Two
Positions by round
The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches.
Last updated:
Matches
First round
A total of 28 matches will be played in this round.
Second round
A total of 28 matches will be played in this round.
Season statistics
Top scorers
Hat-tricks
;Note
(2) – Second round match
2018 Malé League qualification
Qualification league table
Note!
Zefrol &
Kudahenveiru decided to withdraw before starting of the qualification. Therefore other teams automatically qualified to
2018 Malé League
The 2018 Malé League will be the eighth season of the Malé League, the top division of Football in the Maldives, Maldivian association football, football under the latest update of the Maldivian football league system. The league was made up of ...
without playing the qualification Round.
References
Maldives football league system 2017on Mihaaru Online. 4 Jan 2017 (Dhivehi)
Minivan C'ship top 4 to PL on Mihaaru Online. 4 Jan 2017 (Dhivehi)
{{2017 in Asian Football (AFC)
Football leagues in the Maldives
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