{{Short description|Former Maldivian association football league}} {{Refimprove|date=September 2020}}{{Infobox football league|name=Dhivehi League|founded=1983|country=Maldives|teams=8|folded=2015|level=1|relegation=Second Division|confed_cup=AFC Challenge League|most_champs=Club Valencia<br/>New Radiant SC|champions=New Radiant SC|successor=Dhivehi Premier League}}
'''Dhivehi League''' was a Maldivian football league organized by the Football Association of Maldives. 8 clubs competed in the league, which was the top level of the Maldivian football league system.
== Format == Dhivehi League consisted of 3 round robin rounds, each club once at home and once as visitor. In the 3rd round only the top 6 played, while the lower 2 got relegated. The FAM normalisation committee has decided to rebrand the competition as the Dhivehi Premier League.
== Past winners == *1983: Victory Sports Club *1984: Victory Sports Club *1985: Victory Sports Club *1986: Victory Sports Club *1987: New Radiant SC *1988: Victory Sports Club *1989: Club Lagoons *1990: New Radiant SC *1991: New Radiant SC *1992: Victory Sports Club *1993: Club Valencia *1994: Club Valencia *1995: New Radiant SC *1996: Victory Sports Club *1997: New Radiant SC *1998: Club Valencia *1999: Club Valencia *2000: Victory Sports Club *2001: Club Valencia *2002: Club Valencia *2003: Club Valencia *2004: Club Valencia *2005: Hurriyya SC *2006: New Radiant SC *2007: Victory Sports Club *2008: Club Valencia *2009: VB Sports Club *2010: VB Sports Club *2011: VB Sports Club *2012: New Radiant SC *2013: New Radiant SC *2014: New Radiant SC<ref>{{Cite web|title=Dhivehi League - Maldives - Results, fixtures, tables and news -|url=https://int.soccerway.com/national/maldives/dhiraagu-dhivehi-league/2014/championship-round/r28159/|last=|first=|date=|website=int.soccerway.com|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150222062447/http://int.soccerway.com:80/national/maldives/dhiraagu-dhivehi-league/2014/championship-round/r28159/ |archive-date=2015-02-22 |access-date=2020-05-20}}</ref>
===Most successful clubs=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left" |- ! Team ! Winners |- | style="text-align:left;"| New Radiant SC | '''9''' |- | style="text-align:left;"| Victory Sports Club | '''9''' |- | style="text-align:left;"| Club Valencia | '''9''' |- | style="text-align:left;"| VB Sports Club | '''3''' |- | style="text-align:left;"| Club Lagoons | '''1''' |- | style="text-align:left;"| Hurriyya SC | '''1''' |- |}
== All-time standings == {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- !width="20"|Pos !width="175"|Club !width="20"|{{Tooltip | Pld | Played}} !width="20"|{{Tooltip|W|Won}} !width="20"|{{Tooltip|D|Draw}} !width="20"|{{Tooltip|L|Lost}} !width="20"|{{Tooltip|GF|Goals For}} !width="20"|{{Tooltip|GA|Goals Against}} !width="20"|{{Tooltip|GD|Goal Difference}} !width="20"|{{Tooltip|Pts|Points}} |-style="background:#ccffcc" |1||New Radiant SC||234||138||40||56||530||250||+280||454 |- |2||Victory Sports Club||234||118||45||71||483||300||+183||399 |- |3||Club Valencia||234||96||53||85||442||368||+74||341 |- |4||Maziya S&RC||181||93||37||51||357||220||+137||316 |- |5||VB Addu FC||180||92||39||49||448||262||+186||315 |-style="background:#ffffcc" |6||Club Eagles||118||41||31||46||150||186||-36||154 |-style="background:#ffffcc" |7||Club All Youth Linkage||105||21||23||61||105||246||-141||86 |-style="background:#ffffcc" |8||TC Sports Club||35||21||8||6||74||37||+37||71 |-style="background:#ffffcc" |9||Vyansa||83||17||16||50||78||156||-78||67 |-style="background:#ffffcc" |10||Hurriyya SC||48||18||12||18||118||85||+33||66 |-style="background:#ffcccc" |11||BG Sports Club||68||14||18||36||65||118||-53||60 |-style="background:#ffcccc" |12||Thoddoo FC||51||8||4||39||44||192||-148||28 |-style="background:#ffcccc" |13||United Victory||21||5||8||8||18||25||-7||23 |-style="background:#ffcccc" |14||Guraidhoo ZJ||31||5||5||21||41||97||-56||20 |-style="background:#ffcccc" |15||Mahibadhoo SC||33||4||4||25||38||105||-67||16 |-style="background:#ffcccc" |16||Rasdhoo JU||12||4||0||8||14||20||-06||12 |-style="background:#ffcccc" |17||Veymandoo ZJ||17||3||2||12||21||68||-47||11 |-style="background:#ffcccc" |18||Kelaa YF||12||3||1||8||14||45||-31||10 |-style="background:#ffcccc" |19||Foakaidhoo ZJ||21||1||5||15||13||65||-52||8 |-style="background:#ffcccc" |20||Hiriyaa (Hinnavaru)||12||1||2||9||10||49||-39||5 |-style="background:#ffcccc" |21||Mahibadhoo ZJ||14||1||2||11||11||71||-60||5 |-style="background:#ffcccc" |22||STELCO||7||1||1||5||7||18||-11||4 |-style="background:#ffcccc" |23||Haspress Club(Hinnavaru)||5||1||1||3||6||19||-13||4 |-style="background:#ffcccc" |24||FVD (Vilufushi)||7||1||1||5||4||26||-22||4 |-style="background:#ffcccc" |25||DX Sports Club(Miladu)||7||0||3||4||6||25||-19||3 |-style="background:#ffcccc" |26||Thinadhoo||7||0||2||5||4||23||-19||2 |-style="background:#ffcccc" |27||Thinadhoo ZC||07||0||0||7||5||31||-26||0 |} <small>Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.</small>
'''Note''' *The first year (2000) results and statistics missing. *VB Addu FC statistics included VB Sports and Island FC results. *Thoddoo FC statistics included the results of Kalhaidhoo ZJ. *2015 DPL and 2016 DPL statistics included in the table.
== All-time top scorer == {|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center" |- !width=20|Rank !width=65|Nationality !width=130|Name !width=300|Club !width=70|Years !width=70|Goals !width=70|Apps !width=70|Ratio |- align="center" |1 |{{flagicon|MDV}} |align=left|'''Ali Ashfaq''' |Club Valencia, New Radiant & VB Sports Club |2003–2013||181||151||1.23 |}
== Top scorers by seasons == {| class="wikitable sortable" style="width: 65%" !scope="col" style="width:5%;" | Season !scope="col" style="width:20%;"| Player !scope="col" style="width:10%;" | Nationality !scope="col" style="width:15%;"| Club !scope="col" style="width:5%;" | Goals !scope="col" style="width:5%;" | Games !scope="col" style="width:5%;" | Ratio |- !scope="row"|2000 |Ali Umar |{{MDV}} |Club Valencia | | | |- !scope="row"|2001 |Ali Shiham |{{MDV}} | | | | |- !scope="row"|2002 |Ali Shiham |{{MDV}} | | | | |- !scope="row"|2003 |Ali Ashfaq |{{MDV}} |Club Valencia |19 |19 |{{#expr:19/19 round 3}} |- !scope="row"|2004 |Ali Ashfaq |{{MDV}} |Club Valencia |20 |11 |{{#expr:20/11 round 3}} |- !scope="row"|2005 |Ali Ashfaq |{{MDV}} |Club Valencia |11 |11 |{{#expr:11/11 round 3}} |- !scope="row"|2009 |Ali Ashfaq |{{MDV}} |VB Sports Club |26 |14 |{{#expr:26/14 round 3}} |- !scope="row"|2010 |Ali Ashfaq |{{MDV}} |VB Sports Club |18 |13 |{{#expr:18/13 round 3}} |- !scope="row"|2012 |Ali Ashfaq |{{MDV}} |New Radiant SC |9 | | |- !scope="row"|2013 |Ali Ashfaq |{{MDV}} |New Radiant SC |31 |18 |{{#expr:31/18 round 3}} |- !scope="row"|2014 |Assadhulla Abdulla |{{MDV}} |Maziya S&RC |22 | | |- |}
== See also == *Malé League
== References == <references />
== External links == *[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesm/maledchamp.html RSSSF] *List of football clubs in Maldives *[http://www.maldivesoccer.com/ maldivessoccer] *[http://int.soccerway.com/national/maldives/dhiraagu-dhivehi-league/ Soccerway]
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