{{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=[[Maldivian Second Division Football Tournament|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 [[Maldives|Maldivian]] [[football (soccer)|football]] league organized by the [[Football Association of Maldives]]. 8 clubs competed in the league, which was the top level of the [[Football in Maldives|Maldivian football league system]].
== Format == Dhivehi League consisted of 3 [[round-robin tournament|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 Dhivehi League|1983]]: [[Victory Sports Club]] *[[1984 Dhivehi League|1984]]: [[Victory Sports Club]] *[[1985 Dhivehi League|1985]]: [[Victory Sports Club]] *[[1986 Dhivehi League|1986]]: [[Victory Sports Club]] *[[1987 Dhivehi League|1987]]: [[New Radiant SC]] *[[1988 Dhivehi League|1988]]: [[Victory Sports Club]] *[[1989 Dhivehi League|1989]]: [[Club Lagoons]] *[[1990 Dhivehi League|1990]]: [[New Radiant SC]] *[[1991 Dhivehi League|1991]]: [[New Radiant SC]] *[[1992 Dhivehi League|1992]]: [[Victory Sports Club]] *[[1993 Dhivehi League|1993]]: [[Club Valencia]] *[[1994 Dhivehi League|1994]]: [[Club Valencia]] *[[1995 Dhivehi League|1995]]: [[New Radiant SC]] *[[1996 Dhivehi League|1996]]: [[Victory Sports Club]] *[[1997 Dhivehi League|1997]]: [[New Radiant SC]] *[[1998 Dhivehi League|1998]]: [[Club Valencia]] *[[1999 Dhivehi League|1999]]: [[Club Valencia]] *[[2000 Dhivehi League|2000]]: [[Victory Sports Club]] *[[2001 Dhivehi League|2001]]: [[Club Valencia]] *[[2002 Dhivehi League|2002]]: [[Club Valencia]] *[[2003 Dhivehi League|2003]]: [[Club Valencia]] *[[2004 Dhivehi League|2004]]: [[Club Valencia]] *[[2005 Dhivehi League|2005]]: [[Hurriyya SC]] *[[2006 Dhivehi League|2006]]: [[New Radiant SC]] *[[2007 Dhivehi League|2007]]: [[Victory Sports Club]] *[[2008 Dhivehi League|2008]]: [[Club Valencia]] *[[2009 Dhivehi League|2009]]: [[VB Sports Club]] *[[2010 Dhivehi League|2010]]: [[VB Sports Club]] *[[2011 Dhivehi League|2011]]: [[VB Sports Club]] *[[2012 Dhivehi League|2012]]: [[New Radiant SC]] *[[2013 Dhivehi League|2013]]: [[New Radiant SC]] *[[2014 Dhivehi League|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||[[B.G. Sports Club|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 ZC|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 Dhivehi Premier League|2015 DPL]] and [[2016 Dhivehi Premier League|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 SC|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 Dhivehi League|2000]] |[[Ali Umar]] |{{MDV}} |[[Club Valencia]] | | | |- !scope="row"|[[2001 Dhivehi League|2001]] |[[Ali Shiham]] |{{MDV}} | | | | |- !scope="row"|[[2002 Dhivehi League|2002]] |[[Ali Shiham]] |{{MDV}} | | | | |- !scope="row"|[[2003 Dhivehi League|2003]] |[[Ali Ashfaq]] |{{MDV}} |[[Club Valencia]] |19 |19 |{{#expr:19/19 round 3}} |- !scope="row"|[[2004 Dhivehi League|2004]] |[[Ali Ashfaq]] |{{MDV}} |[[Club Valencia]] |20 |11 |{{#expr:20/11 round 3}} |- !scope="row"|[[2005 Dhivehi League|2005]] |[[Ali Ashfaq]] |{{MDV}} |[[Club Valencia]] |11 |11 |{{#expr:11/11 round 3}} |- !scope="row"|[[2009 Dhivehi League|2009]] |[[Ali Ashfaq]] |{{MDV}} |[[VB Sports Club]] |26 |14 |{{#expr:26/14 round 3}} |- !scope="row"|[[2010 Dhivehi League|2010]] |[[Ali Ashfaq]] |{{MDV}} |[[VB Sports Club]] |18 |13 |{{#expr:18/13 round 3}} |- !scope="row"|[[2012 Dhivehi League|2012]] |[[Ali Ashfaq]] |{{MDV}} |[[New Radiant SC]] |9 | | |- !scope="row"|[[2013 Dhivehi League|2013]] |[[Ali Ashfaq]] |{{MDV}} |[[New Radiant SC]] |31 |18 |{{#expr:31/18 round 3}} |- !scope="row"|[[2014 Dhivehi League|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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