Marianas Soccer League 1 | |
Pixels: | 200 |
Country: | Northern Mariana Islands |
Founded: | [1] |
Teams: | 9 |
Levels: | 1 |
Confed Cup: | AFC Challenge League Marianas Club Championship |
Champions: | Eleven Tiger (1st title) |
Season: | 2023 |
Most Successful Club: | Tan Holdings (6 titles)[2] |
Tv: | FIFA+ (live streaming) |
The Marianas Soccer League 1 is the men's top level professional football competition of the Northern Mariana Islands Football Association. It is above the Marianas Soccer League 2, but there is no regular promotion/relegation between the two competitions.
The league began as an invitational event in the Northern Mariana Islands. The league has been operating since 2005[1] and grew to include eight teams in the 2008 season.[3] [4]
On 2 August 2012 the competition was re-branded as the M-League, following the suit of many other AFC national competitions. In September 2012, the Northern Mariana Islands Football Association (NMIFA) officially launched a two tier completion, usually without promotion and relegation. In the inaugural season there were 5 teams in Division 1 and 4 teams in generally amateur Division 2.
After the 2020 season was abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the league was relaunched in Spring 2021 as the Marianas Soccer League.
Since 2023, the winners of the Marianas Soccer League 1 and the Guam Soccer League compete against each other in the Marianas Club Championship.[5]
Winners so far are:[2]
L&S/Lyung-Seung
Teen Ayuyu
All Blue
Year | Top scorer | Team | Goals | |
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2007 | Masatoshi Otsuka | |||
2009 | 23[8] | |||
2010 | 15 | |||
2016 | Martin Jambor | 14 | ||
2018 | 15 |