The 2018 Malé League will be the eighth season of the Malé League, the top division of Maldivian football 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. Top six teams qualify for the Dhivehi Premier League. Bottom two teams play the Malé League qualification with the runner-up of Second Division.
The team with the most points in Malé League qualification after a two-legged group round will play in the next year's Malé League. Bottom two will be relegated to Second Division.މާލޭ ލީގުން ހަ ޓީމާ އެކު ދިވެހި ލީގުގައި 10 ޓީމު Mihaaru Sports. 05 January 2018
Teams A total of 8 teams will be contesting in the league.
Teams and their divisions Note: Table lists clubs in alphabetical order. Team Division Eagles Maafannu Club Green Streets Machchangolhi Valencia Machchangolhi Maziya West Maafannu New Radiant Henveiru TC Sports Club Henveiru United Victory Galolhu Victory Galolhu
Personnel
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Team Head coach CaptainEagles Mohamed Shiyaz Sujan PereraGreen Streets Ali Suzain Ashad AliValencia Sobah Mohamed Mohamed SifanMaziya Ismail Mahfooz Asadhulla AbdullaNew Radiant Óscar Bruzón Ali Ashfaq TC Sports Club Mohamed Nizam Farrah AhmedUnited Victory Mohamed Nazeeh Hussain ShimazVictory László Kiss Shafiu Ahmed
Coaching changes
Foreign players
Players name in bold indicates the player is registered during the mid-season transfer window. Club Visa 1 Visa 2 Visa 3 Visa 4 (Asian) Former Players Club Eagles Luiz Eduardo Purcino Mahmoud Sayed Sujan Perera Club Green Streets Ilya Sobol Roland Bilala Oleh Yefimchuk Sergey Smorodin Club Valencia Dryga Sergi Heysham Valeri Jun Kochi Aidar Mambetaliev Maziya Miloš Kovačević Mauro Boerchio Cornelius Stewart New Radiant Candela Jorge Gotor Guillem Martí Misut Zohib Islam Amiri TC Sports Club Alaaeldin Nasr Dioh Williams Anatoliy Vlasichev United Victory Rafael Betim Marti Paulo Helber Kordell Samuel Artur Muladzhanov Victory Ángel Carrascosa Muñoz Simon Tibor Csordás Joaco Cañas
League table
Season summary
Round One and Two
Positions by round The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches.
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
2019 Malé League qualification The qualifiers were to be played between 2018 Malé League bottom two teams– United Victory and Club Valencia, and 2018 Second Division runner up JJ Sports Club. Due to unknown reasons, JJ Sports Club withdrew their chance in the qualification phase.
United Victory won 4–2 on aggregate and secured their first division spot for next season. Club Valencia relegated for the first time in the 39-year history of the club.
References on Mihaaru Online.