The Ligue 1 (for sponsorship reasons known as Ligue 1

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) is the premier

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competition for clubs in

Mali Mali (; ), officially the Republic of Mali,, , ff, 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞥆𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 𞤃𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭, Renndaandi Maali, italics=no, ar, جمهورية مالي, Jumhūriyyāt Mālī is a landlocked country in West Africa. Mali ...

. The league consist out of ten teams. The most decorated team in the league is

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, who have won a record 18 league championships. The champions of the league are eligible to play in the qualifying rounds of the

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(BAL).

Current teams

The following were the eight teams for the 2019 season: * AS Police *

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* Attar Club *

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AS Sigui AS Sigui is a Malian football club based in Kayes. At the end of the 2006/7 season, they were relegated from the Malien Premiere Division to the D1 (second division) in Malian football. Their home stadium is Stade Abdoulaye Nakoro Cissoko. Ach ...

Djoliba AC Djoliba Athletic Club is a Malian football club and one of the two biggest teams in Mali alongside the Stade Malien. The team is based in the capital city of Bamako. It has its headquarters and three training stadia at Complex Sportif Héréma ...

* AS Mandé * CBD * KBC

Champions

Super Cup

In the Basketball Africa League

In the 2021 season, AS Police made its debut in the

(BAL) as Malian representative. Two years later,

became the second team from the country to qualify.

References

External links

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