Super League of Malawi

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TNM Super League
Founded1986
Country Malawi
ConfederationCAF
Number of teams16
Level on pyramid1
Domestic cup(s)FISD Challenge Cup
Malawi Charity Shield
International cup(s)CAF Champions League
CAF Confederation Cup
Current championsNyasa Big Bullets
(2020–21)
Most championshipsNyasa Big Bullets (15 titles)
Current: 2022 Super League of Malawi

Super League of Malawi, also known under the sponsored name as TNM Super League,[1] is the top football division in Malawi.[2][3]

Malawian mobile telecommunications company TNM sponsors the league with K65 million annually.[4][5]

History

It was created in 1986 and was first sponsored by Gillet Nacet. It was composed of eight teams: five teams from Blantyre and Districts Football League (BDFL) and three teams from Lilongwe and Districts Football League (LDFL). The eight inaugural members of the Super League of Malawi were Bata Bullets, Limbe Leaf Wanderers, MDC United, Red Lions, ADMARC Tigers, Silver Strikers, Civo United and MITCO.[6]

Competition format

There are 16 clubs in the Super League. During the course of a season (from April to December) each club plays the others twice (a double round-robin system), once at their home stadium and once at that of their opponents', for 30 games. The first place teams qualifies for the Confederation of African Football (CAF) Champions League or Confederation Cup and the three lowest placed teams in the Super League are relegated to the regional leagues. The winners of each regional league (Southern Region Football League, Central Region Football League and Northern Region Football League) promoted to the Super League.

International competitions

Qualification for African competitions

Qualification criteria for 2021–22

Association ranking for 2022–23 CAF Champions League and 2022–23 CAF Confederation Cup will be based on results from each CAF tournament (Champions League and Confederation Cup) from 2018 to 2020–21.

The winner of the Super League qualify for the subsequent season's CAF Champions League.

Current clubs

The following sixteen clubs are competing in the Super League of Malawi during the 2022 season.

Team Location Stadium Capacity
Nyasa Big Bullets Blantyre Kamuzu Stadium 65,000
Silver Strikers Lilongwe Silver Stadium 20,000
Mighty Wanderers Blantyre Kamuzu Stadium 65,000
Civil Service United Lilongwe Civo Stadium 25,000
Karonga United Karonga Karonga Stadium 20,000
Moyale Barracks Mzuzu Mzuzu Stadium 15,000
TN Stars Kasungu Kasungu Stadium 6,000
MAFCO Nkhotakota Chitowe Stadium 1,000
Ekwendeni Hammers Mzuzu Mzuzu Stadium 15,000
Kamuzu Barracks Lilongwe Civo Stadium 25,000
Red Lions Balaka Balaka Stadium 3,000
Blue Eagles Lilongwe Nankhaka Stadium 5,000
Mighty Tigers Nchalo Kalulu Stadium 3,000
Dedza Dynamos Dedza Dedza Stadium 6,000
Sable Farming Blantyre Mpira Stadium 6,244
Rumphi United Rumphi Rumphi Stadium 1,000

Previous winners

Season Champions Runners-up Third place Winning manager
2006 MTL Wanderers Silver Strikers Big Bullets Zimbabwe Rahman Gumbo
2007 ESCOM United MTL Wanderers Silver Strikers
2008 Silver Strikers Big Bullets ESCOM United
2009–10 Silver Strikers ESCOM United MTL Wanderers Malawi Daniel Dzinkambani
2010–11 ESCOM United Silver Strikers Moyale Barracks Malawi Charles Manda
2011–12 Silver Strikers ESCOM United Mighty Wanderers Malawi Thom Mkorongo
2012–13 Silver Strikers Big Bullets Blantyre United Malawi Franco Ndawa
2013 Silver Strikers Moyale Barracks MAFCO Salima Malawi Stain Chirwa
2014 Big Bullets Moyale Barracks Blue Eagles Malawi Elijah Kananji
2015 Nyasa Big Bullets MAFCO Salima Blue Eagles Malawi Mabvuto Lungu
2016 Kamuzu Barracks Nyasa Big Bullets Silver Strikers Malawi Billy Phambala
2017 Be Forward Wanderers Nyasa Big Bullets Silver Strikers Malawi Yasin Osman
2018 Nyasa Big Bullets Be Forward Wanderers Silver Strikers Zimbabwe Callisto Pasuwa
2019 Nyasa Big Bullets Be Forward Wanderers Blue Eagles Zimbabwe Callisto Pasuwa
2020–21 Nyasa Big Bullets Silver Strikers Mighty Wanderers Zimbabwe Callisto Pasuwa

Performance by club

Club Titles Winning seasons
Nyasa Big Bullets (Includes Bata, Total, Bakili) 15 1986, 1991, 1992, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2020–21
Silver Strikers 8 1993, 1994, 1996, 2008, 2010, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013.
Mighty Wanderers (Includes Limbe Leaf, Telecom, MTL, Be Forward) 6 1990, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2006, 2017
ESCOM United 2 2007, 2010–11
ADMARC Tigers 1 1989
Civo United 1 1987
MDC United 1 1988
Kamuzu Barracks 1 2016

Top scorers

Year Top scorers Team Goals[7]
2001–02 Malawi Heston Munthali MDC United 24
2002–03 Malawi Ganizani Malunga Bakili Bullets 28
2004 Malawi Rodrick Douglas Illovo 18
2005–06 Malawi Aggrey Kanyenda Mighty Wanderers 26
2006 Malawi Aggrey Kanyenda Mighty Wanderers 18
2007 Malawi Chiukepo Msowoya ESCOM United 17
2008 Malawi Diverson Mlozi Bullets 14
2009–10 Malawi Tony Chitsulo Silver Strikers 18
2010–11 Malawi Chikondi Mpulula
Malawi Luke Milanzi
Blantyre United & Blue Eagles
ESCOM United
18
2011–12 Malawi Ishmael Thindwa EPAC United 18
2012–13 Malawi Vincent Chinthenga Bvumbwe Research 18
2013 Malawi Ishmael Thindwa EPAC United 18
2014 Malawi Gastin Simkonda Moyale Barracks 17
2015 Malawi Innocent Bokosi[8]
Malawi Chiukepo Msowoya[8]
Red Lions
Bullets
14
2016 Malawi Richard Mbulu MAFCO Salima 19
2017 Malawi Matthews Sibale[9] Silver Strikers 16
2018 Malawi Chiukepo Msowoya Bullets 16
2019 Malawi Khuda Muyaba[10] Silver Strikers 21
2020–21 Malawi Hassan Kajoke[11] Nyasa Big Bullets 21

References

  1. ^ "All set for Malawi TNM Super League re-launch". Nyasa Times. 12 April 2018.
  2. ^ "Malawi - List of Cup Winners". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 2019-05-19.
  3. ^ "Football Association of Malawi » MAs and govt collaboration vital in Infrastructure development". www.fam.mw. Retrieved 2019-05-19.
  4. ^ "TNM Super League Round up: Silver continues to shine | Malawi Voice". Archived from the original on 2012-10-23. Retrieved 2012-10-27.
  5. ^ "Football Association of Malawi » TNM Super League". www.fam.mw. Retrieved 2019-05-19.
  6. ^ "About Us". sulommw.com.
  7. ^ "Where are the strikers?". mwnation.com. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  8. ^ a b "Chiukepo, Bokosi share top scorers award". malawi24.com. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
  9. ^ "Sibale wins Golden Boot in maiden season". mwnation.com. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
  10. ^ "Khuda Muyaba wins golden boot award". malawi24.com. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
  11. ^ "Kajoke's delight at Golden Boot award". malawi24.com. Retrieved 30 October 2021.

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