2018 Super League of Malawi

The 2018 Super League of Malawi (known as the TNM Super League for sponsorship reasons)[1] was the 33rd 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 14 April and ended on 24 December 2018.[2] Be Forward Wanderers FC were the defending champions of the previous season. Nyasa Big Bullets was crowned Super League champions for fourteenth time following a 3–0 win over Red Lions.[3]

Super League of Malawi
Season2018
Dates14 April – 24 December
ChampionsBig Bullets FC
RelegatedRed Lions FC
MAFCO Salima
Nchalo United
Matches played240
Goals scored540 (2.25 per match)
Top goalscorerChiukepo Msowoya
(16 goals)
← 2017
2019 →

Teams

Sixteen teams compete in this season: the top thirteen teams from the previous season and three promoted side from the regional leagues. Karonga United (Northern Regional Football League),[4] Nchalo United (Southern Regional Football League),[5] and TN Stars (Central Regional Football League)[6] entered as the three promoted teams, instead of the three relegated teams from previous season, Wizards, Blantyre United and Chitipa United.

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Nyasa Big Bullets (C) 30 21 8 1 55 13 +42 71 Qualification to the CAF Champions League
2 Be Forward Wanderers 30 18 9 3 48 18 +30 63
3 Silver Strikers 30 15 12 3 40 18 +22 57
4 Masters Security 30 11 9 10 30 32 −2 42
5 Civil Service United 30 11 9 10 35 38 −3 42
6 Kamuzu Barracks 30 9 11 10 26 33 −7 38
7 Karonga United 30 9 10 11 34 36 −2 37
8 Mzuni 30 9 9 12 25 25 0 36
9 Thomas Nyirenda Stars 30 9 9 12 37 45 −8 36
10 Azam Tigers 30 9 8 13 38 40 −2 35
11 Blue Eagles 30 9 8 13 31 33 −2 35
12 Dwangwa United 30 9 8 13 35 44 −9 35
13 Moyale Barracks 30 8 11 11 32 41 −9 35
14 Red Lions (R) 30 7 12 11 28 37 −9 33 Relegation to regional leagues
15 MAFCO Salima (R) 30 6 11 13 28 38 −10 29
16 Nchalo United (R) 30 4 8 18 18 49 −31 17[lower-alpha 1]
Source: Soccerway
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Nchalo United three points deducted for attempted match fixing in 2017 Carlsberg Cup

References
  1. "All set for Malawi TNM Super League re-launch". Nyasa Times. Archived from the original on 16 June 2018. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
  2. "Malawi 2018". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 13 May 2019. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
  3. "Stand up for champions: Bullets win Super League title". Malawi24. Archived from the original on 2 August 2021. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
  4. "Karonga promoted to Super League". Malawi24. Archived from the original on 26 December 2019. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
  5. "Nchalo secure promotion to Super League". Malawi24. Archived from the original on 26 December 2019. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
  6. "Rookies set for Super League". The Nation. Archived from the original on 26 October 2020. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
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