Super League of Malawi, also known as the TNM Super League for sponsorship reasons, is the top
football division in
Malawi
Malawi (; or aláwi Tumbuka: ''Malaŵi''), officially the Republic of Malawi, is a landlocked country in Southeastern Africa that was formerly known as Nyasaland. It is bordered by Zambia to the west, Tanzania to the north and northeas ...
. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of
promotion and relegation
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with the Malawi Regional Football Leagues.
Malawian
mobile telecommunications
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company
TNM sponsors the league with
K65 million annually.
History
It was created in 1986 and was first sponsored by Gillet Nacet. It was composed of eight teams: five teams from Blantyre and Districts Football League (BDFL) and three teams from Lilongwe and Districts Football League (LDFL). The eight inaugural members of the Super League of Malawi were
Bata Bullets
Nyasa Big Bullets is a Malawian professional association football club based in Blantyre, currently playing in the TNM Super League, the top division of Malawian football. The club was formerly known as Bata Bullets, Total Big Bullets and Bakili ...
,
Limbe Leaf Wanderers
Mighty Mukuru Wanderers Football Club is a Malawian football club based in Blantyre. They currently play in Malawi's TNM Super League.
History
The Mighty Mukuru Wanderers FC is one of the most successful teams in the Malawi Premier Division, ...
,
MDC United,
Red Lions,
ADMARC Tigers,
Silver Strikers
Silver Strikers Football Club is a Malawian professional football club based in Lilongwe, currently playing in the TNM Super League, the top division of Malawian football. The club was founded in 1977 as a social team for Reserve Bank of Malawi ...
,
Civo United
Civil Service United Football Club-Civo (CIVO United), which represents Civil Services, is a Malawian football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players ...
and MITCO.
Competition format
There are 16 clubs in the Super League. During the course of a season (from April to December) each club plays the others twice (a double
round-robin system), once at their home stadium and once at that of their opponents', for 30 games. The first place teams qualifies for the
Confederation of African Football (CAF) Champions League or
Confederation Cup and the three lowest placed teams in the Super League are relegated to the regional leagues. The winners of each regional league ''(Southern Region Football League, Central Region Football League and Northern Region Football League)'' promoted to the Super League.
International competitions
Qualification for African competitions
Qualification criteria for 2021–22
Association ranking for
2022–23 CAF Champions League
The 2022–23 CAF Champions League (officially the 2022–23 TotalEnergies CAF Champions League for sponsorship purposes) is the 59th season of Africa's premier club football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) and t ...
and
2022–23 CAF Confederation Cup
The 2022–23 CAF Confederation Cup (officially the 2022–23 TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup for sponsorship reasons) is the 20th edition of Africa's secondary club association football, football tournament organized by the Confederation of A ...
will be based on results from each CAF tournament (Champions League and Confederation Cup) from 2018 to 2020–21.
The winner of the Super League qualify for the subsequent season's
CAF Champions League.
Current clubs
The following sixteen clubs are competing in the Super League of Malawi during the
2022 season.
Previous winners
Performance by club
Top scorers
References
External links
Official Website
{{CAF Leagues
Malawi Premier Division,
Football competitions in Malawi
Top level football leagues in Africa, Malawi