1. President's Cup
Formerly known as the National Tournament, President Cup (since 2005), is said to be the birth of this beautiful game in Maldives. The very first of this tournament was held in 1946 and this year (2007) will see the 57th edition of this prestigous domestic sports extravaganza. The first edition ended with Customs and Naadhee Ahthamadhun both sharing the trophy.
The current format of the President's Cup allow only the top four teams of Dhivehi League to participate.
2. Cup Winners Cup
As the name implies it's the tournamet of champions. All the champions of five major tournaments of previous year will battle to be crowned as the champion of champions. This is the most expensive tournament of local season with both champion and runners up sharing a sum of Rf 100,000 (aprox. US$ 8000). If one club holds the title of more than one tournament, the chance will be given to runners up of the tournaments in the following order to fill the five available slots.
Club Valencia won the first three edition of this tournament held from 1996 to 1998.
1. Dhivehi League
2. FA Cup
3. President's Cup
4. Cup Winners Cup
5. Pomis Cup
3. F.A Cup
This is a tournament open for all the member clubs of Maldives Football Association (FAM). The bigger guns usually appear in this tournament from quarter final stage. Started in 1988, this year will see the 20th edtion of this tournament. This is one tournament where major clubs fights inorder to win a ticket to AFC CUP.
4. Dhivehi League
Dhivehi League is the long lasting tournament of the season with two rounds; 8 teams will compete in the first round and the bottom two will be out in the second round. The top six teams that qualify for the second round will play a total of 12 matches in both rounds to find out the winner. The winner will be awarded with a shield and get the chance to represent the second team of Maldives in next year's AFC CUP.
Dhivehi League is a tournament of six teams from first divsion or zone 9 and the best two teams of zone 1-8.
5. POMIS Cup
The only tournament where local clubs face foreign clubs in domestic season. Started in 1987, up to this year only 16 editions were held due to the difficulty of getting better foreign clubs. The first time POMIS Cup was cancelled in 2002 and sadly the last edition was held in 2003. Sri Lankan club Renown SC was the first winner beating country club Saunders SC in the final.
6. AFC Cup
This is where Maldives club go international. The AFC Cup organised by Asian Football Confederation (AFC) is the second level tournament. The winners of Dhivehi League and FA Cup represent Maldives in this tournament.
Maldivian club New Radiant reached the semi final of 2005's edition and were beaten by Al Faisaly of Jordan, who won the tournament.
