Malian Première Division


Malian Première Division is the top division of football in Mali. Having been created in 1966, it is governed by the Malian Football Federation. The league has been professional since 2004. The official name is Ligue 1 Orange Mali for sponsorship reasons.
The season usually runs from December to late August. The league currently consists of twenty clubs split into two pools and features a round-robin home-and-away schedule within each pool. The top two in each pool qualify for the Championship Play-Off, which involves a round-robin between the four teams. The winners of the play-off are crowned champions and qualify for the CAF Champions League.
In the 2017 season, the competition started in early January, but in the 6th round, the government dissolved the football association on 9 March and the remaining matches of the round were abandoned. The league did not take place in 2018 but resumed for the 2019-20 season.

Teams (2021–22)

TeamLocationStadiumCapacity
Afrique ÉliteBamakoStade Modibo Kéïta35,000
AS BakaridjanSégouStade Amari Daou30,000
AS Black StarsBamakoStade Modibo Kéïta35,000
AS DouanesSikassoStade Babemba Traoré de Sikasso30,000
AS KorofinaBamakoStade Modibo Kéïta35,000
AS Olympique de MessiraBamakoStade du 26 Mars50,000
AS PoliceBamakoStade du 26 Mars50,000
AS Real BamakoBamakoStade Modibo Kéïta35,000
CO BamakoBamakoStade Modibo Kéïta35,000
CS DuguwolofilaKoulikoroStade Mamadou Diarra H. de Koulikoro8,000
Djoliba ACBamakoStade du 26 Mars50,000
LC BamakoBamakoStade Modibo Kéïta35,000
Stade MalienBamakoStade du 26 Mars50,000
AS Onze Créateurs de NiarélaBamakoStade du 26 Mars50,000
US BougoubaBougoubaStade du 26 Mars50,000
USC KitaKitaStade du 26 Mars50,000
USFAS BamakoBamakoStade Municipal de USFAS5,000
Yeelen OlympiqueBamakoStade du 26 Mars50,000

Previous winners

YearsChampions
1966Djoliba
1967Djoliba
1968Djoliba
1969Real Bamako
1970Stade Malien
1971Djoliba
1972Stade Malien
1973Djoliba
1974Djoliba
1975Djoliba
1976Djoliba
1977–1978Not held
1979Djoliba
1980Real Bamako
1980–81Real Bamako
1981–82Djoliba
1982–83Real Bamako
1983–84Stade Malien
1984–85Djoliba
1985–86Real Bamako
1986–87Stade Malien
1987–88Djoliba
1988–89Stade Malien
1989–90Djoliba
1990–91Real Bamako
1991–92Djoliba
1992–93Stade Malien
1993–94Stade Malien
1994–95Stade Malien
1995–96Djoliba
1996–97Djoliba
1997–98Djoliba
1998–99Djoliba
1999–2000Stade Malien
2000–01Stade Malien
2001–02Stade Malien
2002–03Stade Malien
2003–04Djoliba
2004–05Stade Malien
2005–06Stade Malien
2006–07Stade Malien
2007–08Djoliba
2008–09Djoliba
2009–10Stade Malien
2010–11Stade Malien
2011–12Djoliba
2012–13Stade Malien
2013–14Stade Malien
2014–15Stade Malien
2016Stade Malien
2017Abandoned
2017–18Not held
2018–19Not held
2019–20Stade Malien
2020–21Stade Malien
2021–22Djoliba
2022–23Real Bamako
2023–24Djoliba
2024–25Stade Malien

Qualification for CAF competitions

Association ranking for the 2025–26 CAF club season

The association ranking for the 2025–26 CAF Champions League and the 2025–26 CAF Confederation Cup will be based on results from each CAF club competition from 2020–21 to the 2024–25 season.
;LegendCL: CAF Champions LeagueCC: CAF Confederation Cup≥: Associations points might increase on basis of its clubs performance in 2024–25 CAF club competitions
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