Malian Première Division

Ligue 1 Orange Mali
Founded	1966
Country	Mali
Confederation	CAF
Number of teams	20
Level on pyramid	1
Domestic cup(s)	Malian Cup ; Super Coupe National du Mali
International cup(s)	Champions League ; Confederation Cup
Current champions	Stade Malien ; (2020-21)
Most championships	Stade Malien (23)
Website	www.footmali.com
	Current: 2020-21 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 (Carré d'As), 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 (2020-21)[]

Pool A[]

Pool B[]

Previous winners[]

1966: Djoliba AC
1967: Djoliba AC
1968: Djoliba AC
1969: AS Real Bamako
1970: Stade Malien
1971: Djoliba AC
1972: Stade Malien
1973: Djoliba AC
1974: Djoliba AC
1975: Djoliba AC
1976: Djoliba AC
1977: no championship
1978: no championship
1979: Djoliba AC
1980: AS Real Bamako
1980–81: AS Real Bamako
1982: Djoliba AC
1983: AS Real Bamako
1983–84: Stade Malien
1985: Djoliba AC
1986: AS Real Bamako
1987: Stade Malien
1988: Djoliba AC
1988–89: Stade Malien
1990: Djoliba AC
1991: AS Real Bamako
1991–92: Djoliba AC
1992–93: Stade Malien
1993–94: Stade Malien
1994–95: Stade Malien
1995–96: Djoliba AC
1996–97: Djoliba AC
1997–98: Djoliba AC
1998–99: Djoliba AC
1999–00: Stade Malien
2000–01: Stade Malien
2002: Stade Malien
2002–03: Stade Malien
2004: Djoliba AC
2005: Stade Malien
2005–06: Stade Malien
2007: Stade Malien
2007–08: Djoliba AC
2008–09: Djoliba AC
2009–10: Stade Malien
2010–11: Stade Malien
: Djoliba AC
2012–13: Stade Malien
: Stade Malien
2014–15: Stade Malien
2016: Stade Malien
2017: not awarded (season abandoned)
2018: not played^[1]
2019–20: Stade Malien
2020–21: Stade Malien

Performance by club[]

	Club	City	Titles	Years
1	Stade Malien	Bamako	23	1970, 1972, 1984, 1987, 1989, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2020, 2021
2	Djoliba AC	Bamako	22	1966, 1967, 1968, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1979, 1982, 1985, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2012
3	AS Real Bamako	Bamako	6	1969, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1986, 1991

References[]

^ "[Saison 2017-2018]-Pas de Championnat mais la Coupe du Mali pour sauver la saison". Footmali (in French). 2 June 2018. Retrieved 23 September 2018.

External links[]

[1] "[Saison 2017-2018]-Pas de Championnat mais la Coupe du Mali pour sauver la saison". Footmali (in French). 2 June 2018. Retrieved 23 September 2018.

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