2017 Malé League

The 2017 Malé League is the seventh 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 and qualified to the AFC Cup. Top four teams qualify for the Dhivehi Premier League and the President's Cup. Bottom four teams play the Malé League qualification with the champion and the runner-up of [Maldivian Maldivian Second Division Football Tournament|Second Division Football Tournament|Second Division].
Top four teams of Malé League qualification after one round will play in the next year's Malé League. Bottom two will be relegated to Second Division.

Teams

A total of 8 teams will be contesting in the league.

Teams and their divisions

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

Captain

Eagles

Coaching changes

Team

Outgoing Head Coach

Manner of departure

Date of departure

Incoming Head Coach

Date of appointment

United Victory

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

Former Players

Club Eagles

League table

Season summary

Positions by round

The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches.

Team \ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
Eagles	5	4	4	3	4	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	5
Green Streets	2	3	5	5	3	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	2
Valencia	6	6	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7
Maziya	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
New Radiant	4	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3
TC Sports	1	5	3	4	5	3	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	4
United Victory	8	8	8	8	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8
Victory	7	7	6	6	7	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	6

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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

Hat-tricks

Player

For

Against

Result

Date

Ref

2018 Malé League qualification

Qualification league table

Note! Zefrol & Kudahenveiru decided to withdraw before starting of the qualification. Therefore other teams automatically qualified to 2018 Malé League without playing the qualification Round.