Dhivehi League

National Championship
Founded
1983
Nation
Number of Teams
8
Asian Qualification
AFC President's Cup
Most time Champions
Victory SC (10)
Current Champions (2009)
VB Sports Club
Maldives National Championship is the official Maldivian football (soccer) league, organized by the Football Association of Maldives.
Every year, 8 teams compete in this high-profile competition, the top level in Maldives.
There are two qualification methods:
Zone 1-8 consists of the Atolls and the two finalists of Zone 1-8 Final Tournament and the top 2 teams of Zone 9 Qualification (Malé League, First Division) participate in Dhivehi league along with the 4 best-finishes in the Dhivehi league of the previous year.
Dhivehi League consists of 3 rounds of teams play round robin format. It runs through out the season in Maldives.
==Dhivehi League - 2010 Teams==
*All Youth Linkage FC
*Club Valencia
*Maaziya SRC
*New Radiant SC
*Thoddoo FC 1
*VB Sports
*Victory SC
*Vyansa
1 Kalhaidhoo ZJ changed name to Thoddoo FC.
==Winners of League/Dhivehi League==
*2000: Victory SC
*2001: Club Valencia
*2002: Club Valencia
*2003: Club Valencia
*2004: Club Valencia
*2005: Hurriyya
*2006: New Radiant SC
*2007: Victory SC
*2008: Club Valencia
*2009: VB Sports Club
*2010: VB Sports Club
==Winners of Maldives National Championship==
*1983: Victory SC
*1984: Victory SC
*1985: Victory SC
*1986: Victory SC
*1987: New Radiant SC
*1988: Victory SC
*1989: Club Lagoons
*1990: New Radiant SC
*1991: New Radiant SC
*1992: Victory SC
*1993: Club Valencia
*1994: Club Valencia
*1995: New Radiant SC
*1996: Club Lagoons
*1997: New Radiant SC 2-1 Hurriyya
*1998: Club Valencia 1-1 2-0 Victory SC
*1999: Club Valencia 2-1 Hurriyya
*2000: Victory SC
*2001: Victory SC 2-1 Club Valencia
*2002: Victory SC 4-2 Club Valencia
*2003: Victory SC 2-1 Club Valencia
*2004: New Radiant SC 1-1 Club Valencia (aet, 6-5 pens)
*2005: Victory SC 1-0 New Radiant SC
*2006: Victory SC 0-0 Club Valencia (aet, 3-1 pens)
*2007: New Radiant SC 3-1 Victory SC
*2008: Club Valencia 3-2 Victory SC
*2009: Victory SC 2-1 VB Sports
*2010: VB Sports 5-2 Victory SC
==References==
*RSSSF
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