2019 Super League of Malawi

Super League of Malawi
Season2019
Dates13 April – 22 December
ChampionsNyasa Big Bullets
RelegatedDwangwa United
Mlatho Mponela
Master Security Rangers
Matches played240
Goals scored565 (2.35 per match)
Top goalscorerKhuda Muyaba
(21 goals)
← 2018

The 2019 Super League of Malawi (known as the TNM Super League for sponsorship reasons) was the 34th season of the Super League of Malawi, the top professional league for association football clubs in Malawi since its establishment in 1986. It started on 13 April 2019[1][2] and ended on 22 December 2019.[3] Nyasa Big Bullets were the defending champions of the previous season. Nyasa Big Bullets have been crowned the Super League champions for the second consecutive season following a 2–0 victory over TN Stars in the last round.[4]

Teams

Sixteen teams competed in the league – the top thirteen teams from the previous season and the three promoted teams as winners of the regional leagues: Ntopwa (Southern Region Football League), Mlatho Mponela (Central Region Football League) and Chitipa United (Northern Region Football League).

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Nyasa Big Bullets (C) 30 21 7 2 62 13 +49 70 Qualification for CAF Champions League
2 Be Forward Wanderers 30 21 6 3 55 15 +40 69
3 Blue Eagles (Q) 30 15 8 7 48 34 +14 53 Qualification for CAF Confederation Cup[a]
4 Silver Strikers 30 15 8 7 40 28 +12 53
5 Civil Service United 30 13 5 12 38 32 +6 44
6 Moyale Barracks 30 11 9 10 32 31 +1 42
7 Kamuzu Barracks 30 11 9 10 22 22 0 42
8 Thomas Nyirenda Stars 30 12 5 13 31 40 −9 41
9 Mighty Tigers 30 10 8 12 24 24 0 38
10 Karonga United 30 10 7 13 36 45 −9 37
11 Ntopwa 30 11 2 17 41 48 −7 35
12 Mzuni 30 7 11 12 27 37 −10 32
13 Chitipa United 30 7 11 12 31 47 −16 32
14 Dwangwa United (R) 30 8 6 16 31 52 −21 30 Relegation
15 Mlatho Mponela (R) 30 5 8 17 25 45 −20 23
16 Master Security Rangers (R) 30 4 8 18 22 52 −30 20
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored.
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Blue Eagles are 2019 FISD Challenge Cup winners.

Top scorers

As of 23 December 2019
Rank Player Club Goals[5]
1 Malawi Khuda Muyaba Silver Strikers 19
2 Malawi Hassan Kajoke Nyasa Big Bullets 17
3 Nigeria Babatunde Adepoju Be Forward Wanderers 15
4 Malawi Micium Mhone Blue Eagles 12
Malawi Stain Davie TN Stars
5 Malawi Collen Nkhulambe Mzuni 11
Malawi Chiukepo Msowoya Nyasa Big Bullets
Malawi Vincent Nyangulu Be Forward Wanderers

References

  1. ^ "Malawi 2019". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 20 April 2019. Retrieved 25 December 2019.
  2. ^ "Super League season preview: Masters, Eagles set to challenge favourites". Malawi24. Archived from the original on 25 December 2019. Retrieved 25 December 2019.
  3. ^ "Nyasa Big Bullets win back-to-back Malawi TNM Super League titles". Nyasa Times. Archived from the original on 28 September 2022. Retrieved 25 December 2019.
  4. ^ "Nyasa Big Bullets are 2019 TNM Super League champions". maravipost.com. Archived from the original on 30 March 2022. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
  5. ^ "Khuda Muyaba wins golden boot award". Malawi24. Archived from the original on 25 December 2019. Retrieved 5 March 2020.

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