| TNM Super League | |
| Country: |  Malawi |
| Confed: | CAF |
| Founded: | 1986 |
| Teams: | 16 |
| Relegation: | Malawi Regional Football Leagues |
| Levels: | 1 |
| Domest Cup: | FISD Challenge Cup Malawi Charity Shield |
| Confed Cup: | CAF Champions League CAF Confederation Cup |
| Champions: | Silver Strikers (9th title) |
| Season: | 2024 |
| Most Successful Club: | FCB Nyasa Big Bullets (17 titles) |
| Top Goalscorer: | Chiukepo Msowoya (129 goals) |
| Current: | 2024 Super League of Malawi |
Super League of Malawi, also known as the TNM Super League for sponsorship reasons,[1] is the top football division in Malawi. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the Malawi Regional Football Leagues.[2] [3]
Malawian mobile telecommunications company TNM sponsors the league with K65 million annually.[4] [5]
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]
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.
See also: CAF 5-year ranking.
Association ranking for 2023–24 CAF Champions League and 2023–24 CAF Confederation Cup will be based on results from each CAF tournament (Champions League and Confederation Cup) from 2018–19 to 2022-23.
The winner of the Super League qualify for the subsequent season's CAF Champions League.
The following sixteen clubs are competing in the Super League of Malawi during the 2023 season.
| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bangwe All Stars | Blantyre | Mpira Stadium | 6,244 | |
| Blue Eagles | Lilongwe | Nankhaka Stadium | 5,000 | |
| Chitipa United | Karonga | Karonga Stadium | 20,000 | |
| Civil Service United | Lilongwe | Civo Stadium | 25,000 | |
| Dedza Dynamos | Dedza | Dedza Stadium | 6,000 | |
| Ekwendeni Hammers | Mzuzu | Mzuzu Stadium | 15,000 | |
| Extreme | Lilongwe | Civo Stadium | 25,000 | |
| Kamuzu Barracks | Lilongwe | Civo Stadium | 25,000 | |
| Karonga United | Karonga | Karonga Stadium | 20,000 | |
| MAFCO | Nkhotakota | Chitowe Stadium | 1,000 | |
| Mighty Tigers | Nchalo | Kalulu Stadium | 3,000 | |
| Mighty Wanderers | Blantyre | Kamuzu Stadium | 65,000 | |
| Moyale Barracks | Mzuzu | Mzuzu Stadium | 15,000 | |
| Nyasa Big Bullets | Blantyre | Kamuzu Stadium | 65,000 | |
| Red Lions | Balaka | Balaka Stadium | 3,000 | |
| Silver Strikers | Lilongwe | Bingu National Stadium | 41,100 |
| Season | Champions | Runners-up | Third place | Winning manager | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Bata Bullets | ADMARC Tigers | Limbe Leaf Wanderers | ||
| 1986–87 | Civo United | ||||
| 1987–88 | MDC United | Henry Moyo | |||
| 1988–89 | ADMARC Tigers | ||||
| 1989–90 | Limbe Leaf Wanderers | ||||
| 1990–91 | Bata Bullets | ||||
| 1991–92 | Bata Bullets | ||||
| 1992–93 | Silver Strikers | ||||
| 1993–94 | Silver Strikers | ||||
| 1994–95 | Limbe Leaf Wanderers | ||||
| 1995–96 | Silver Strikers | ||||
| 1996–97 | Telecom Wanderers | ||||
| 1997–98 | Silver Strikers | ||||
| 1998–99 | Bata Bullets | Red Lions |  Ramadhan Nsanzurwimo | ||
| 1999–2000 | Bata Bullets | Silver Strikers | Ramadhan Nsanzurwimo | ||
| 2000–01 | Total Big Bullets | Ramadhan Nsanzurwimo | |||
| 2001–02 | Total Big Bullets | Silver Strikers | |||
| 2002–03 | Bakili Bullets | ||||
| 2004 | Bakili Bullets | Silver Strikers | |||
| 2005 | Big Bullets | Silver Strikers | |||
| 2006 | MTL Wanderers | Big Bullets |  Rahman Gumbo | ||
| 2007 | ESCOM United | MTL Wanderers | |||
| 2008 | Big Bullets | ESCOM United | |||
| 2009–10 | ESCOM United | MTL Wanderers | Young Chimodzi | ||
| 2010–11 | ESCOM United | Moyale Barracks | Charles Manda | ||
| 2011–12 | ESCOM United | Mighty Wanderers | Thom Mkorongo | ||
| 2012–13 | Big Bullets | Blantyre United | Franco Ndawa | ||
| 2013 | Moyale Barracks | MAFCO Salima | Stain Chirwa | ||
| 2014 | Moyale Barracks | Blue Eagles | Elijah Kananji | ||
| 2015 | MAFCO Salima | Blue Eagles | Mabvuto Lungu | ||
| 2016 | Nyasa Big Bullets | Silver Strikers | Billy Phambala | ||
| 2017 | Be Forward Wanderers | Nyasa Big Bullets | Silver Strikers | Yasin Osman | |
| 2018 | Be Forward Wanderers | Silver Strikers | Callisto Pasuwa | ||
| 2019 | Be Forward Wanderers | Blue Eagles | Callisto Pasuwa | ||
| 2020–21 | Mighty Wanderers | Callisto Pasuwa | |||
| 2022 | Nyasa Big Bullets | Blue Eagles | Kamuzu Barracks | Callisto Pasuwa | |
| 2023 | FCB Nyasa Big Bullets | Silver Strikers | Mighty Mukuru Wanderers | Callisto Pasuwa | |
| 2024 | Silver Strikers |
| Club | Titles | Winning seasons | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nyasa Big Bullets (Includes Bata, Total, Bakili) | 17 | 1986, 1991, 1992, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2020–21, 2022, 2023 | |
| 9 | 1993, 1994, 1996, 2008, 2010, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013, 2024 | ||
| Mighty Wanderers (Includes Limbe Leaf, Telecom, MTL, Be Forward) | 6 | 1990, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2006, 2017 | |
| 2 | 2007, 2010–11 | ||
| 1 | 1989 | ||
| 1 | 1987 | ||
| 1 | 1988 | ||
| 1 | 2016 |
| Year | Top scorers | Team | Goals[7] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001–02 | MDC United | 24 | ||
| 2002–03 | Bakili Bullets | 28 | ||
| 2004 | Illovo | 18 | ||
| 2005–06 | Mighty Wanderers | 26 | ||
| 2006 | Mighty Wanderers | 18 | ||
| 2007 | ESCOM United | 17 | ||
| 2008 | Bullets | 14 | ||
| 2009–10 | Silver Strikers | 18 | ||
| 2010–11 | Blantyre United & Blue Eagles ESCOM United | 18 | ||
| 2011–12 | EPAC United | 18 | ||
| 2012–13 | Bvumbwe Research | 18 | ||
| 2013 | EPAC United | 18 | ||
| 2014 | Moyale Barracks | 17 | ||
| 2015 | Red Lions Bullets | 14 | ||
| 2016 | MAFCO Salima | 19 | ||
| 2017 | Matthews Sibale[9] | Silver Strikers | 16 | |
| 2018 | Bullets | 16 | ||
| 2019 | Khuda Muyaba[10] | Silver Strikers | 21 | |
| 2020–21 | Hassan Kajoke[11] | Nyasa Big Bullets | 15 | |
| 2022 |  Babatunde Adepoju[12] | Nyasa Big Bullets | 18 | |
| 2023 | Clement Nyondo | Dedza Dynamos | 16 | |
| Rank | Player | Goals | Years | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chiukepo Msowoya | 129 | 2005 | |
| 2 | Gastin Simkonda | 116 | 2009 |
| Season | Goalkeeper | Team | Clean sheets | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | William Thole | Mighty Wanderers | 13 | |
| 2024 | George Chikooka | Silver Strikers | 9 |
| Rank | Country | Player | Hat-tricks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | | George Chaomba | 1 |
| Festus Duwe | ||
| Ramadhan Ntafu | ||