Year Champions Runners-Up
National Playoffs
1946 Customs and Naadhee Ahthamadhun [shared] [1st edition]
1947-68 not known
1969 not known [*1]
1970 DNC and Zamaanee Club (Male) [shared] [20th edition; *2]
1971 not known
1972 Victory SC and DNC [shared] [*3]
1973 not known [*3]
1974 ASA Nooraaneemaage [Hithadhou Island]
1975-82 not known
Maldives First Division
1983 not known Valencia [*4]
1984 not known
1985 Victory
1986 Victory
1987 New Radiant Valencia
1988 Victory
1989 Club Lagoons
1990 New Radiant Valencia
1991 New Radiant
1992 Victory
1993 Valencia
1994 Valencia
1995 New Radiant Valencia
1996 Club Lagoons Valencia
1997 New Radiant 2-1 Hurriyya
1998 Valencia 1-1 2-0 Victory
1999 Valencia 2-1 Hurriyya
2000 Victory
2001 Victory 2-1 Valencia
2002 Victory 4-2 Valencia
2003 Victory 2-1 Valencia
2004 New Radiant 1-1 Valencia [aet, 6-5 pen]
2005 Victory 1-0 New Radiant
2006 Victory 0-0 Valencia [aet, 3-1 pen]
2007 New Radiant 3-1 Victory
2008 Valencia 3-2 Victory [aet]
Presidents Cup
2009 Victory 2-1 VB Sports
2010 Victory 2-1 New Radiant
2011 Victory 2-1 New Radiant [aet]
2012 New Radiant 0-0 Victory [aet, 2-1 pen]
[*1] in 1969, DNC first entered the national tournament, beating
Orchid Club (Malé) 3-1
[*2] the 20th edition in 1970 was the only ever to be played outside
of Malé
[*3] DNC reportedly won a soccer league 1973, but are listed with only 2
shared national titles; possibly they only won the regional Gan league;
see: http://www.feydhoo.com/Photoes/nfpicturepro/displayimage.php?album=14&pos=2;
in 1972 they won both the Gan League and the National Championship
[*4] according to the AFC site, Valencia won the inaugural Maldives
First Division in 1983; Valencia only claim finishing runners-up
NB: Valencia are also reported to have won the 'National Championship'
in 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996 and 1997 but that must refer to a different
tournament from the above (which is called 'National Football Tournament'
at http://www.valencia.com.mv/Achievements.htm)
Victory were reported to have won 19 championships in all after
their win in 2006; for 9, the corresponding seasons are not known.
Number of Titles (in total 63 championships have been played (up to and
including 2012; 44 champions known, including 6 shared
titles, so only 41 seasons)
22 Victory SC [NB: for 8 seasons, the year is not known; includes at
least 1 shared title (1972)]
8 New Radiant
5 Valencia
2 Club Lagoons [later renamed IFC, currently VB Sports]
2 DNC [both shared]
1 ASA Nooraaneemaage
1 Customs [shared]
Naadhee Ahthamadhun [shared]
Zamaanee Club [shared]
NB: DNC = Delightful (formerly Diligent) Neighbours Club); they were from
Feydhoo Island, Addu Atoll; club were dissolved 1975 or 1976
League in existence since 2000; combines the top teams from the Malé
League with teams from the other islands and is the final qualifying
stage for the national championship playoffs.
2000 Victory
2001 Valencia
2002 Valencia
2003 Valencia
2004 Valencia
2005 Hurriyya
2006 New Radiant
2007 Victory
2008 Valencia
2009 VB Sports
2010 VB Sports
2011 VB Sports
2012 New Radiant
2013
Number of Titles (13)
5 Valencia
3 VB Sports
2 New Radiant
Victory SC
1 Hurriyya
Since 2000 top teams qualify for Dhivehi league with some teams from
other islands. From 2007 a qualifying stage restricted to Malé does
not exist anymore.
2001 Victory
2002 Island FC
2003 Victory
2004 New Radiant
2005 Valencia
2006 Victory
Number of Titles (6)
3 Victory SC
1 Island FC
New Radiant
Valencia
With thanks to Erlan Manaschev (emanaschev@yandex.ru)
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